Chapter 22: Rebellion

The explosion made everyone unaware, so Li Chun and Qingyi were far away from the bonfire at that time, and when the explosion sounded, Li Chun instinctively protected Qingyi and pressed Qingyi under him.

At that time, everyone reacted like Li Chun and dodged, and for a while everyone fell down and dodged.

An Zhi immediately shouted: "Someone! Escort! Escort! ”

When the fire subsided into a non-lethal bonfire, everyone rose up in disgrace. Princess Zhulan wiped the black ash on her face and said anxiously, "What's going on?" ”

The old prince Zhuoge was also flustered, "What's going on?" How do campfires explode? ”

Several of the guards and attendants present knelt down together: "Your Majesty forgives your sins!" ”

Li Chun quickly recovered from shock, and looked at everything in the paddock with cold eyes, and anger surged out from his heart, like a river and a sea, or like a flame burning the sky, and it turned into the violent green tendons on his face.

He clenched his fists tightly, and the light in his eyes was inviolable.

Qingyi was tightly held in Li Chun's arms, but Qingyi didn't expect such a situation, the sudden firelight in the sky made her frightened and overwhelmed, and the whole person was shaking unconsciously. At that moment, her hair was also unkempt, and she looked more and more pitiful.

That's really frightening.

She was in Li Chun's arms, still panting for fear because of fear, Li Chun saw it, and hugged Qingyi tightly in his arms like instinct. Qingyi was stunned for a moment, glanced at Li Chun, and relied on Li Chun like this.

In the autumn, the wind was blowing at night, and Li Chun couldn't keep hugging Qingyi like this, so he simply took off his big hat and put it on Qingyi. And said in a loud voice: "What about the gentleman? Why don't you come to escort you? ”

"Weichen Xu Ji, I am here to escort you." There was a loud voice, which surprised everyone.

But he is an important minister in Guanzhong, Xu Ji who was appointed by the first emperor.

Everyone followed the sound and looked over, only to see that Xu Ji did not have the panicked voice of ordinary courtiers coming to escort him, but his eyes were dignified and extremely calm.

That's it, and Xu Ji entered the banquet hall together, as well as Emperor Li Chun's imperial uncle, Prince Gong Li Zhi.

Prince Gong was the younger brother of the first emperor. When the first emperor was not yet a crown prince, his biological mother, Empress Hirohito, was not favored. Emperor Dezong was extremely fond of Li Zhi's biological mother, Concubine Qianqiu, and even had the idea of changing the crown prince, but at that time, the ministers of the court and the central government were all opposed, and Emperor Dezong withdrew his order in the name of being a concubine. It's just because of Dezong's favor that Prince Gong Li Zhi was also crowned a prince at a young age, and he didn't have to go to the fief to stay behind, and lived in Pingjing City for many years, and was often rewarded, and Prince Gong's life was also very nourishing.

"Uncle Huang?" Li Chun was slightly stunned.

Prince Gong Li Zhi said to Li Chun with a provocative smile: "See Your Majesty." ”

Li Chun's face had become dark and surprised: "Why is Uncle Huang here?" I Changlan autumn hunting, but I didn't call the emperor uncle! Could it be that Uncle Huang is bored in the palace and wants to come here to hunt? ”

Prince Gong's face was calm and almost terrifying, as if he could spy on the sinister from it: "Although Your Majesty did not call the minister, the minister heard that His Majesty had suffered a sudden change here, so he specially came to the rescue." ”

Li Chun smiled coldly: "Really? But how do I look, you are here to take my life? ”

Xu Ji bowed slightly to Li Chun and saluted: "Your Majesty, Weichen and Prince Gong heard that you suddenly had an accident during the autumn hunting banquet, so in order to prevent your dragon body from being unharmed, they came to visit." ”

Li Chun let out an "oh" and said coldly: "I suddenly suffered an accident during the banquet. But I will not be denied action by this small explosion. I want to see who is so bold as to dare to do something on the head of the Son of Heaven! I'm going to punish him for the Nine Clans!" When he said the last sentence, his tone already contained an extremely cold murderous majesty, and everyone present couldn't help but tremble.

With such a moment of slaughtering the autumn wind, people can't help but wrap their clothes tightly. Moreover, the atmosphere at this moment is already giving people a tense atmosphere. Where had Qingyi seen such a big battle, and he was even more panicked in his heart, and he couldn't help but float under his feet, and almost fell to the ground.

Li Chun held Qingyi up, and his tone was unprecedentedly gentle and submissive to her: "Don't be afraid, I'm here." ”

Qingyi didn't believe that this was the words that Emperor Li Chun would say to herself, and she couldn't help but feel moved in her heart when she said the words, and even began to wonder if she was dreaming. She pinched herself secretly, it was painful, and it was obvious that she was not dreaming.

But why would that ice cube say such a thing to himself? Qingyi didn't know when she thought about it. Even she was a little suspicious at the moment, so gentle, so tender, probably because she had heard it.

However, the situation at this moment did not allow Qing Yi to think about it at all, she looked at Li Chun, there was a resolute look on the young emperor's face, accompanied by the raging flames that were clearly visible in his eyes, and the field could be burned in an instant.

"I'm afraid you have bad intentions when you come here!" Li Chun said viciously.

Xu Ji smiled extremely terrifyingly, and said in a strange manner: "Your Majesty, His Majesty the First Emperor ordered his ministers to manage all affairs in the court. The minister must live up to his mission, otherwise he will be sorry for the entrustment of His Majesty the Emperor! After that, Xu Ji turned around and helped Prince Gong Li Zhi to take a few steps forward, and said: "The minister heard that Your Majesty suddenly suffered an accident in the Changlan enclosure, and ordered all the affairs of the court to be handled by Prince Gong. So this brings Prince Gong to accept your will. ”

Li Chun's angry tone could be heard clearly: "Death? I'm still here, and you dare to say that you're dying? Who gave you the guts? ”

Xu Ji and Prince Gong did not seem to be half frightened by Li Chun's words, but instead smiled more and more coldly on their faces, and said: "Your Majesty was suddenly rebelled by the White Rebellion when he was hunting in Changlan, and he was not even hit by weapons and died. Prince Gong was ordered to succeed to the throne. Xu Ji said these words in an extremely slow and calm tone, and each time he said something, the smiles on Xu Ji and Prince Gong's faces became thicker and thicker. By the time the last sentence was spoken, the two of them couldn't hide a smile on their faces.

Li Chun's face was even more angry, and his eyes were like a tiger wolf, as if he would kill people with his gaze in the next quarter of an hour.

Prince Gong smiled, then took a set of bows and arrows from the attendant in his hand behind him, and made a gesture of shooting at Li Chun. While everyone was still stunned, the long arrow had already shot out. Qingyi didn't know why, but instinctively stepped forward to block Li Chun.

Qingyi only felt a pain in his shoulder, and the arrow had already been inserted into it. Fortunately, Prince Gong's head was not good, and he did not shoot Qingyi's lifeline, Qingyi only ate pain, and fainted in pain.

Everyone present was even more flustered when they saw Qingyi like this, and Princess Zhulan rushed over to support Qingyi with Qiu Niang when she saw this. Still anxious, he said: "Niangniang, Niangniang." ”

The ordinary old prince Zhuoge couldn't bear it angrily for a long time, and said, "How can this be reasonable? You rebels and thieves have slandered the loyalty of my white tribe, and you are still thinking of plotting rebellion to assassinate Your Majesty. is so unfaithful and unjust, I, Hakubu, am the first one who can't bear it! After that, the old prince drew his knife from the guard, and wanted to step forward to fight with Prince Gong Xu Jibo, but was stopped by Li Chun.

Li Chun shook his head at the old prince, and said to Prince Gong and Xu Ji: "Lord Xu is really a loyal minister!" Thinking like this for the country, why didn't my father appoint and reuse you earlier? What a loss. ”

As soon as Li Chun's words fell, there was another sound of rebellion, and everyone looked at it, but it was Li Hang, the king of Yunjun, who came with Li Chun's guards to escort into the venue where the banquet was located.

"Your Majesty, the minister is here to escort you!" Li Hang's voice was like a light piercing the sky, as if it could instantly illuminate the silent night sky.

When everyone saw that it was Li Chun's guards who came to escort them, they were relieved, and Li Chun smiled even more coldly, "What? Uncle Huang and Lord Xu, do you think that such a small skill of carving insects is a matter of fact? ”

Xu Ji was not in a hurry, but said: "Your Majesty, it's useless for your guards to come, they have always taken your safety as the priority, and they don't dare to do anything!" ”

Prince Gong bowed his head to Li Chun and saluted: "Your Majesty, although you are well prepared, but the emperor's guards, of course, must protect the emperor first." ”

"If you dare to move, you don't want to get out alive today!" Li Chun shouted.

Xu Ji saw that the plan to change the monarch failed, and then he had to cheer up when he thought about the way back in his heart, and said to Emperor Li Chun: "Your Majesty, although Weichen and others are surrounded by your guards, if the ministers want your life, your guards are afraid that they will not have time to save you." Have you figured out whether you want to keep your own life, or die with a thief like a rebellious minister? ”

Li Chun didn't answer Xu Ji's words, only nodded slightly, and a military general appeared in the emperor's guards behind him, it was Lin Feng, the general of the emperor's guards.

I saw that Lin Feng was holding a sharp long sword in his hand, and one end of the sword was still against the neck of a middle-aged lady, and the edge of the sword had begun to cut through the lady's skin a little, and the blood stains that flowed out gradually stained the white collar red.

As soon as Xu Ji saw the lady, his pupils widened, and he said with a frightened expression: "Lady! ”

That's Xu Ji's wife.

No one in the dynasty knows that although Xu Ji has developed a ruthless character after many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, he is extremely obedient and caring for his wife at home, and has been extremely affectionate for more than 20 years. made everyone in the court begin to envy Mrs. Xu's blessings.

With Mrs. Xu, the rebellion was easily quelled. Xu Ji and Prince Gong were arrested on the spot, and the remaining rebel monarchs who surrendered were temporarily imprisoned and shot on the spot.