When midnight came, the atmosphere in Xingqing Palace reached a climax, and seeing that the New Year was approaching, everyone raised their glasses and said auspicious blessings to Li Longji. Li Longji was also in high spirits, and he did not refuse to come, and he had already drunk several glasses of warm wine in the glass.

Yang Yuhuan has been adding wine to him, Li Longji quietly grabbed Yang Yuhuan's hand from time to time, and the two looked at each other with a smile, really happy in their hearts.

"Erchen congratulates his father on the emperor's longevity than Nanshan, and wishes his mother a ...... forever" After some good prayers and good prayers, Yongwang Li drank all the wine in the cup. At the banquet in the palace, what he drank was not the liquor that Ye Chang made, but the milder rice wine, so although he had already drunk a few more glasses, he was not too drunk.

"I also wish my children's New Year's center all the success." Li Longji smiled and tasted the wine in the glass.

Li Daxi, what is he thinking, Li Longji knows very clearly, this sentence is said, in Li's opinion, it is some kind of promise

He couldn't help but look at the crown prince Li Heng, Li Heng was sitting in the shadow of the light, although the glass-covered lantern blocked the wind, and the fire would not beat, but Li still vaguely felt that his imperial brother's face seemed to have a shadow twisting and twitching.

"The sons also have something to say to listen to their father and mother." When Li Heng saw Li Wang coming, he put down his wine glass and said slowly.

The air seemed to freeze, and everyone's eyes couldn't help but turn to Li Heng's face.

The sound of the clock drum suddenly sounded, it was the sound of the arrival of the new year, and the sound was so loud in the dark night that everyone couldn't hear anything else for a while, and Li Heng kept silent.

At the corner of the main hall, Chen Xuanli quietly and silently retreated, and when he withdrew from the palace and came to the gate of the courtyard, he saw An Yuanguang standing there.

Seeing Chen Xuanli come out, An Yuanguang bowed his hand and saluted: "General, have a good New Year." ”

"Happy New Year." Chen Xuanli nodded, and was about to go to the outside again, but An Yuanguang took a step and stopped him.

"What are you?" Chen Xuanli was a little suspicious.

"There is one more thing to do with the lowly position, I have to ask the general for advice, and ask the general to come with the lowly position." An Yuanguang was very respectful.

Chen Xuanli followed behind An Yuanguang and walked a few steps, he gradually felt that something was wrong, and suddenly stopped: "Yuanguang, where is this going?" ”

"Please come with me, the general." An Yuanguang said with a smile, with a sense of mystery in his expression.

Chen Xuanli was originally a little skeptical, but seeing his calm demeanor, he thought that this was the palace after all, so he put his mind at ease and followed him to a secluded place.

"What the hell is going on?" Seeing An Yuanguang stop, Chen Xuanli asked.

"I'm afraid there will be an incident in the palace tonight." An Yuanguang raised his face and stared at Chen Xuanli with blazing eyes: "I just want to ask Chen Gong, do you know about this?"

Chen Xuanli was shocked, and his eyes widened.

Almost at the same time, outside the palace, the group of figures that were originally scattered in the streets and alleys quickly gathered. They rushed to the important places, the clanging of metal as they moved.

In the main hall, Li Heng raised his head, probably for the first time in his life, he looked at his father and emperor: "Erchen has a question, I want to ask my father, Erchen is the crown prince, according to the etiquette, he should live on the side of his father and mother, King Yong is just a prince, why is he sitting in that position, but Erchen is sitting here"

Li Longji's face, which was barely squeezing out a smile, was completely numb, and there was no warmth at all. His dim old eyes, flashing with a cold light, looked at Li Heng gloomily.

"Is the prince dissatisfied with his current position, does he want to sit in my position?" Li Longji said slowly.

He felt very strange in his heart, Li Heng had always been a person who was extremely cowardly although he was a little ambitious, at least in Li Longji's eyes. It is precisely because of this that when facing Li Linfu, the prince was almost overwhelmed, and when his henchmen Huangfu Weiming and Wei Jian were disposed of, he had no power to fight back.

But today, the prince's expression is a little different from usual.

"Erchen doesn't dare, Erchen wants to sit...... It's just that it should belong to the position of the son. Li Heng was a little stunned: "Father, over the years, the sons and sons have trembled like walking on thin ice, although they are cautious and self-controlled, but around the father, there are always villains and traitors who have repeatedly slandered and divided the ......relationship between the father and son of the heavenly family."

Hearing Li Heng say this, Yang Guozhong suddenly felt a little anxious, he sat up straight, and scolded angrily: "Your Highness, what do you say, could it be that you have lost your heart and gone crazy, so that you have such a word without a monarch's father?" ”

The crown prince's eyes turned to Yang Guozhong, and he did not hide his disgust and hatred: "Yang Guozhong is a traitor, and his father used this to make a minister, causing natural disasters and military disasters in the country, and his father should behead him to calm the world."

Yang Guozhong's face was filled with blood as soon as he saw it.

He was not originally a deep city, although he was a little clever, but he didn't have great wisdom. Li Heng's strange reaction, in his opinion, was the last madness before death

Li Longji asked King Yong to sit in the position that should have been Li Heng, and the intention revealed was obvious, and Li Heng also understood this, and he had no way to retreat. Since ancient times, I have never heard that the deposed prince can have a good end, and in such a situation, Li Heng is naturally going to have a seizure.

But his attack could only make Li Longji even angrier. Maybe Li Longji just had the intention of changing the prince, but because of his seizure, it became a decision.

"Since he became an official, he has been loyal to His Majesty, and he has worked hard for the Tang Dynasty, but he has unintentionally caused His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to regard him as a traitor. The minister is guilty and should be punished, and he is willing to ask for the dismissal of the minister from the post of prime minister, in order to appease His Highness's heart. Yang Guozhong left his position and bowed down in the middle.

This is a retreat as an advance, and under the current circumstances, Li Longji will not allow him to resign at all.

Sure enough, Li Longji comforted: "Why did Qing say this, Qing Yu's achievements in the Tang Dynasty are in my eyes, and the prince is confused for a while, don't take it to heart." ”

"The prince is the capital of the country, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, how can there be confused words" Yang Guozhong heard this, and said: "Today is the New Year's Day, when the monarch and the ministers are happy together, the prince is out of the mouth, and the minister thinks about it carefully, the prince was cautious in the past, but today he is like this, he should have the disease of madness. The minister asked to summon the imperial doctor to diagnose the prince"

It was by no means an excuse pioneered by later generations to be "mentally ill", and Yang Guozhong planned to let Li Heng "be mentally ill". It is impossible for Datang to use a madman as the crown prince, which can also give Li Longji an excuse to change the prince.

Yang Guozhong said while secretly looking at everyone present, among the people present, there was not only one person who was close to Yang Guozhong, at this time, everyone worked together, and it was very likely that Li Longji would be pushed to do this.

Among all the people, the most powerful one is An Lushan.

Yang Guozhong was glancing at An Lushan, and then saw An Lushan standing up from his position.

The two teamed up to deal with Ye Chang, and at the same time, Yang Guozhong also reached a tacit understanding with An Lushan on replacing the crown prince.

However, at this moment, I heard a sudden noise outside, followed by screams.

Li Longji frowned and stared at Li Heng, Li Heng also showed a look of surprise on his face, but with a hint of joy. An Lushan walked to Yang Guozhong's side at this time, kicked Yang Guozhong over, and then said sharply: "Someone"

There were warriors in the hall, and they all looked at each other in amazement, and then they heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside, and more than a dozen forbidden soldiers broke in.

"Duxiu wants to move," An Lushan shouted, and at the same time raised his eyes and looked at Li Longji.

When Li Longji saw those forbidden troops coming in, he was originally relieved, but at this time, when he met An Lushan's eyes, his heart hung again.

An Lushan's eyes ...... Wrong.

"Ann...... Dr. An, what do you mean by that? Yang Guozhong was kicked over by An Lushan, and when he got up at this time, he didn't realize what was going on, so he asked in amazement.

Then there was another scream in the hall, but it was the more than ten forbidden soldiers who rushed in and slashed the warriors in the hall to the ground. The warriors in the palace also reacted at this time, and waved their blades to resist, but more and more forbidden troops came in from outside.

In the blink of an eye, the samurai in the hall were all cut to the ground.

"Chen Xuanli, where is Chen Xuanli" Li Longji was shocked when he saw this situation, and shouted angrily.

"Father doesn't need to be called, Chen Xuanli is already dead at this time." Li Heng's face regained his calmness: "Doctor An, what do you mean by this?" ”

"The minister can't stand it anymore, this world is the Li family's world, it is the world of the Son of Heaven and the prince, when will it be his Yang family's turn to be here to be powerful, and even bully the prince?" An Lushan kicked Yang Guozhong's chest again: "Such a traitor should be punished to appease the hearts of the army and the people of the world"

Yang Guozhong's soul was scattered, and he suddenly realized that today's events were clearly prepared by others a long time ago

When he was still calculating how to replace the prince, the prince had already hooked up with An Lushan

He originally thought that An Lushan was his ally, but he didn't know that An Lushan's real ally was the crown prince

He crawled and crawled, fled to Li Longji's side, and hid behind Li Longji: "Your Majesty help, Your Majesty help, the prince conspired against him, and the prince colluded with An Lushan to rebel."

Li Longji's gaze turned around on the crown prince and An Lushan, and he sighed softly.

"The prince is plotting against him?" He asked slowly, still a little calm.

"Erchen doesn't dare, Erchen is the son of his father, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, how dare he rebel?" Li Heng took a deep breath, came out and knelt on the ground: "The mediocre people of the sons and daughters, who are not abandoned by the saints, are established as the crown princes, and the grace of the king's father is added to the body, how can the sons and ministers rebel?" ”

Li Longji heard Li Heng say this, and his tight face loosened slightly: "That's the case...... What do you want? ”

"What do you not want...... Dr. An has something to do with the Son of Heaven, and the sons don't know. ”

An Lushan took a few steps forward, and his fat body stood there, but it was majestic: "Please give an edict to Your Majesty, Yang Guozhong has misled the country, and the whole Yang family is confused by the dynasty, and he should be imprisoned and punished."

Li Longji squinted, and Yang Yuhuan next to him was holding his hand tightly, and he could feel that his hand was trembling slightly.

"Exactly." After a long while, Li Longji reluctantly said.

"Ye Chang is treacherous and hypocritical, full of evil, and he should be punished to calm the Quartet," An Lushan said again.

Hearing this, the eldest princess of Yuzhen couldn't help but glance at Shou An, and found that Shou An's expression was a little strange.

Not frightened, not angry, but ...... Disdain.

As if to say, just by relying on you, you also want to kill Ye Chang?

Li Longji obviously hesitated this time: "How about going to prison and being guilty?" ”

"Punish it all over the place." An Lushan was murderous: "Yang Guozhong, Ye Chang, these two thieves are traitors, the minister is on the side of the Qing monarch this time, and if you don't punish these two thieves, there will be troubles"

Li Longji took a deep breath, and then said, "Accurate." ”

"And the third ...... Your Majesty is old, the prince is in the prime of life, wise and powerful, please Your Majesty Zen is located in the prince

An Lushan's words made Li Longji's face turn pale in an instant, and he looked at Li Heng, who was still kneeling there, as if he hadn't heard anything.

"I ...... I...... If you don't lose your morality, why do you want a Zen position? Li Longji muttered.

"Everyone, join me, please Your Majesty Zen in the crown prince" An Lushan looked around, and the corners of his mouth floated a cruel smile: "You"

He pointed casually, and the prince over there trembled, and then mustered up the courage to come out: "An Lushan, the Son of Heaven treats you well, and you dare to rebel...... Ahh

Before he could finish speaking, a knife peeked out of the back of his chest, and a forbidden soldier behind him pulled his sword back, pushing his body down at the foot of An Lu Mountain.

An Lushan walked over slowly, stepped on the head of the corpse, and then looked around again: "Everyone, please join me, please abdicate the Son of Heaven, Zen is in the crown prince"

In the main hall, there was silence, and the smell of blood permeated. Then someone came forward and coughed: "Please abdicate Your Majesty, Zen is located in the crown prince"

He spoke in a high-pitched voice, and he was a eunuch, and the first one took the lead, and the second and the third took the lead. On Li Longji's side, Gao Lishi turned his eyes and found that it was Cheng Yuanzhen who took the lead in speaking.

He came with Li Heng and originally stood behind Li Heng.

Seeing him, Gao Lishi suddenly remembered that during this time, Yuan Zhen ran to Xingqing Palace under various excuses. At first, he thought he was here to inquire about the news, but now that he thinks about it, he is not here to inquire about the news at all, but to contact the forbidden army

Looking closely at the forbidden troops who came in, Gao Lishi suddenly took a breath of cold air: where they are the forbidden army, they are clearly Hu soldiers under An Lushan

Because many of the guards of the forbidden army were the sons of the chieftains of Zhuhu, Gao Lishi did not feel abnormal at the beginning of these people's rush in, but now he can confirm that around the main hall, there is no longer a single warrior of the forbidden army who is loyal to Li Longji, all of them are An Lushan's subordinates

Gao Lishi turned his face sideways to look at Li Longji, wondering if the Son of Heaven to whom he was loyal realized this.

Li Longji's face was no longer bloody, only full of anger and sadness. There are more and more royal relatives who have joined the ranks of An Lushan, and there are fewer and fewer who are still silent

"Please give an edict to the Son of Heaven as soon as possible," An Lushan shouted again.

"Please issue an edict as soon as possible" The ministers close to the imperial relatives who catered to him also shouted, and Li Longji clearly saw that among them was his son-in-law Zhang Pei, who was very fond of him, and his brother Zhang Jun. This made Li Longji disheartened and only felt heartbroken.

"Traitor" just then, someone shouted.