65. Mutiny
Wei Hou sat on the brocade couch, hugged the child on his lap, and looked down at the crowd, her seat was already higher than everyone else, and she sat on the brocade couch, which was even more superior. I saw that everyone bowed their heads and ears, and their hearts were very ironing.
Looking at his grandson's meaty face, he couldn't help but kiss him, and then issued an edict to enshrine his grandson Wu Jiye as the Duke of the Pickaxe Kingdom, and An Le and Wu Jiye kowtowed to thank him. Everyone was stunned at first, and then congratulated the Duke of Ho Guogong,
Shen Mengxi's seat was under Li Dan, closer to the chairman, Li Dan looked at his sister and said sadly: "How long has it been since the third brother died?" They ......"
Shen Mengxi hurriedly silenced him, looking at the fourth brother who was drinking with his head down, she guessed that Li Longji most likely didn't tell him anything.
Li Longji was promoted to Captain Shaoqing when Li Xian was reinstated, in charge of the arsenal of weapons and the official subordinates guarding the palace gate, and had the right to control the forbidden army.
Li Longji was well aware of the importance of the forbidden army, and the Xuanwumen Mutiny, the Five Kings Coup and Li Chongjun's Mutiny were all related to the forbidden army. He has always been a corporal of Lixian, and he has traveled extensively, and he has made friends with the Ten Thousand Cavalry Guo Yi Ge Fushun, Chen Xuanli and others, and in this operation, Li Longji was responsible for opening the palace gate, and Shen Mengxi was responsible for the soldiers and horses, but he didn't expect Li Longji to hide from Li Dan.
At that time, how will Li Dan, who has no merit, sit on the throne of the emperor?
didn't have to think about it, the singing and dancing resumed, the wine and food were presented like flowing water, Shen Mengxi saw Shen Sixteen, who was pretending to be a palace maid, serving food to King Xiang, with makeup on his face, but he couldn't tell that he was in his thirties.
Empress Wei's seat was served by a specific palace maid, and the chairman was also a foot away from the nearest seat below, and there were many guards standing beside him.
The security work of the banquet, in Shen Mengxi's view, was without any mistakes or omissions, and every guest removed their weapons outside the palace gate, and after a physical examination, they were sure that they did not bring weapons and dangerous goods before they were allowed to enter the palace. Shen Sixteen sneaked into the palace yesterday and took the opportunity to replace the palace maid before he could appear at the banquet. Of course, if she can't get in, Shen Mengxi will have to do some work herself.
After three rounds of drinking, Wu Jiye was taken out by the palace maid to change clothes, Shen Mengxi raised his eyes and glanced at Yin'er, and then at Li Longji. The eyes of the three collided, each as steady as Mount Tai.
Accompanied by the drum music and bamboo, there was an incongruous sound outside the hall, sad and sad. There was no one paying attention, only Shen Mengxi and the three of them quickly exchanged glances again, which was a signal that the palace door was opened from the inside and the guards outside the palace had entered the palace city in place.
Wu Yanxiu knelt in front of Wei Hou's couch with a glass of wine to toast, the two didn't know what to say, they smiled extremely happily, Shen Mengxi picked up the wine cup and toasted to Li Dan: "Yue'er salutes the fourth brother!" ”
Shen Mengxi took the initiative to toast with King Xiang, this is the code to start acting!
Wei Hou picked up the wine cup and raised her head to drink, her wide sleeves covered her body, and Wu Yanxiu looked up at Wei Hou with reverence and admiration.
Shen Sixteen took out a short arrow from Shen Mengxi's case a few times with his backhand, and shook his hand towards Wei Hou's seat. Then he didn't look at the result, and turned around to protect Shen Mengxi.
From Shen Mengxi's seat to Empress Wei's seat, about two zhang, this distance, if you stab with a sword, you probably can't walk three steps, and you will be stopped by the guards, and blood will be splattered on the ground. However, for darts, it's just a blink of an eye.
The guards didn't have time to react, with a short sound of breaking the air, Empress Wei fell on the brocade couch in response, Wu Yan stood up gracefully, his handsome face was full of panic, and he watched as a short arrow shot into the center of Empress Wei's eyebrows.
I couldn't help but shout, "Someone! There are assassins! ”
The guards had already drawn their swords and rushed towards Shen Mengxi's seat. Shen Mengxi raised his hand to overturn the table, stood in front of him as a fortification, and took out a soft sword from his waist and handed it to Shen Sixteen, while his right hand secretly clenched the pistol in his sleeve, and his left hand made a gesture at Yin'er, asking him to come to his side.
Without her summoning, Yin'er had already rushed to her mother's seat at the moment of Shen Sixteen's action, and the maid sent by Li Longji, the king of Ping, failed to infiltrate the hall, only Shen Sixteen was responsible for the assassination, and once she got the weapon stuck under the case from her mother's case a few times, she exposed her mother.
Yin'er blew the whistle hanging around her neck when she ran, and the people quickly guarded in front of Shen Mengxi, and also took advantage of the situation to pull King Xiang behind the erected desk.
Li Longji raised his arms and shouted, "Empress Wei is dead!" Do you still want to resist in vain? Disarm quickly, and don't blame the past! ”
While the guards hesitated, Princess An Le pointed in the direction of Li Dan and Shen Mengxi, and shouted: "Kill them!" Generations of glory! ”
A large number of soldiers suddenly poured in outside the palace, with neat steps, orderly movements, and tacit understanding, quickly surrounding all the guests and guards, and Ge Fushun and Chen Xuanli also appeared at the door of the main hall afterwards.
Princess Anle was clamped her hands and shouted angrily: "Dare to be a slave, dare to rebel!" ”
Li Longji made a gesture decisively, a soldier raised his knife and slashed, with a miserable scream, An Le fell in a pool of blood, Wu Yanxiu, who was cowering on the ground, was also killed by the guards who defected on the spot, all the guests were silent, and they were obediently taken away by the soldiers to check their identities, Wu Jiye lay on the shoulders of a soldier, kicked and beaten, and let out a sharp cry from his mouth, following the high dome of the palace, through the main hall, and through everyone's brains.
In just three minutes, the mutiny ended.
Empress Wei, who was still high up just now, Empress Wei, who was high-spirited, and Empress Wei, who was about to make an edict, became a dead corpse in an instant; The most beautiful princess and the most handsome horse in the Tang Dynasty also fell in a pool of blood with an extremely twisted and ugly posture.
Li Dan was more surprised than everyone else, he looked at his son blankly, then at his sister-in-law and niece who fell to the ground, and then at his calm sister, and silently pointed at them without speaking.
Shen Mengxi sighed.
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In a bloody snatching method again, Li Dan was reinstated.
Li Shimin did not lay a good foundation, so his children and grandchildren always learned from each other in the change of the throne.
As Li Dan's eldest son, Li Chengji is the first choice of the crown prince, but the biggest contributor to this coup is Li Longji. The courtiers had a disagreement between the princes, and Li Chengqi's personality was similar to Li Dan, and he had no intention of power, so he immediately resolutely gave up the position of the crown prince and did not compete with the third brother.
As a result, Li Longji was made the crown prince and entered the East Palace.
In terms of meritorious deeds, Shen Mengxi was the eldest princess, and there was no way to be promoted, so she only raised the feudal yi to 10,000, Yin'er was named the king of Yan, Jian'er was named the king of wings, and the food was 10,000. Shen Mengxi felt the taste of cooking oil on fire.
As expected by Shen Mengxi, Li Dan's throne was quite uncomfortable, he was cowardly and ownerless by nature, and because he did not participate in the mutiny, he was very passive on the day he ascended the throne. Although Shen Mengxi retreated and didn't ask about the government, Li Dan felt the pressure from his son, and habitually asked his sister for advice when he encountered something, and his sister had the sense of security that Emperor Wu gave him back then.