[Chapter 42: The Sun and the Moon Are Long under the South Mountain] (1)
As for how Wei Zhigu found out, and even whether this news is true or false, no one pays attention. They have already decided to fight for the glory and power of the future.
The process of this operation has been formulated a long time ago, and everything is sudden, so that people are unexpected and difficult to guard against, so it must be fast. For Li Longji's side, the biggest disadvantage lies in the troops, so as soon as Li Longji left the Mingde Palace, accompanied by Wang Ju, Wang Maozhong and the three hundred soldiers led by Wang Maozhong, he went straight to the garrison of the Qianhua Gate Forbidden Army, and summoned the two Yulin generals who followed Princess Taiping, Chang Yuankai and Li Ci, to meet him.
How did Chang Li and the others know that there was such a change today, how dare they not come when they heard that the saint had summoned them. But as soon as he walked in front of Li Longji, he saw that this posture was wrong, and before he could react, Wang Ju ordered someone to cut off the heads of the two of them. There is no shortage of people in the Yulin Army who are deaf and clear-sighted, even if they are obedient to the Son of Heaven.
The first battle was won, and Li Longji didn't have time to be happy, so he took Wang Ju, Wang Maozhong and others to the court. This day is the day of the morning visit, the morning drum has ended, the ministers are waiting for the court under the corridor of the hall, but they have not seen the figure of the Son of Heaven for a long time, and when they are not understanding the whispering, they will listen to the voice of the soldiers Huo Huo, and soon there have been heavy soldiers surrounding the ministers in front of the palace.
Many courtiers took advantage of the situation to hide in the palace, Xiao Zhizhong and other prime ministers were the heads of the hundred officials after all, and immediately stepped forward, blocked the hundred officials behind them, and asked sharply: "Who is so bold that he dares to rebel in public?" β
When the soldiers heard this, they moved one after another and made a way. The morning dawn broke through the clouds, and the light was like a long sword, pointing straight at the corridor under the eaves.
Someone dressed in an ochre round-necked robe, stepping on ink-colored boots, strode in the rain of swords. He wore an inky crown of wings, which was very different from his usual casual appearance with only a veil, and he grew a little beard, as if he had matured in an instant.
The eyebrows are like Dai Dai distant mountains, its shape is like a sharp Tang knife, the eyes are like bright stars, and the eyes are more like a scorching flame. The corners of his eyes are deep and firm, and his lips are full of swaggering smiles. The upright posture like a green pine, the fluctuating corners of the robe like flowing water, a static and moving, a magnificent demeanor, and a lot of romance.
The ministers already knew more or less what might be happening, and regardless of whether there was a ghost in their hearts or not, they hurriedly bowed to Li Longji, the Son of Heaven, who came and stood still. Without waiting for the courtesy, I heard Li Longji also say sharply: "Take down Xiao Zhizhong, Cen Xi and others, and behead them to show the public!" β
More than a dozen soldiers immediately set to work. The ministers are afraid that they can't avoid it, and they are also afraid that there are themselves among the "others", and they are retreating and dodging for a while, and the palace gate is very lively for a while, and there are many who have stepped on other people's feet, and most of the ministers are not young, and suddenly the sound of "oops" continues, adding a bit of funny.
Several ministers were quickly caught, and the soldiers raised their knives and fell, and blood splashed in the court, but Xiao Zhizhong struggled desperately to break the imprisonment of the soldiers, rushed to Li Longji, and at the same time turned around and roared at the soldiers who caught up: "I am the order of the Tang Dynasty, the third grade under the Zhongshu Sect, I am in the phase, the head of the hundred officials, and you dare to do it to me?!" β
For a while, the soldiers were so frightened that they did not dare to come forward.
Seeing that Xiao Zhizhong was still able to show his demeanor in a hurry, and his expression was not a trace of panic, Li Longji secretly sighed "It's a pity", but he was still ruthless, and said loudly: "The princess of Zhenguo intends to conspire with Qing and others to rebel, and you are already a traitor of my Tang Dynasty, and everyone will be punished, let alone my Tang Dynasty hero?!" β
Without waiting for Xiao Zhizhong's reaction, Li Longji immediately said: "Don't do it yet?!" β
In the next moment, Xiao Zhizhong's head had rolled in front of Li Longji's boots.
"There are only four ministers here, what about Dou Huaizhen, the husband of the former national mother and nurse?" Wang Ju laughed sarcastically.
In the past, in order to cling to the abolished Wei, Dou Huaizhen married the elderly nurse of the abolished Wei, and was often proud of this, and changed his name to Dou Congyi in order to avoid the name of Wei's father Wei Xuanzhen. Later, Tang Long's coup d'Γ©tat, Li Longji and Princess Taiping overthrew the abolished Wei and the rebellious concubine Li Bao'er, etc., Dou Huaizhen killed his wife in order to save his life and pleaded guilty, and then attached himself to Princess Taiping, re-worshiped the prime minister, and changed his name back.
As early as when he saw soldiers surrounding, Dou Huaizhen, who has always had a keen sense of politics, hid in the palace and hid behind the ministers.
Li Longji said coldly: "Search the palace, if you can't find it, the whole city will search and arrest, once you find it, you will be killed!" β
All the soldiers said in unison: "Yes! β
Seeing that the rest of the ministers were silent, and the blood on the steps in front of the hall was dazzling, Li Longji smiled casually, made his tone a little softer, and said: "I know that this matter has nothing to do with you, even if there are people who don't report it, I won't pursue it anymore, after all, my aunt's power is monstrous, and her arrogance is really pressing, I empathize with you, how can I not understand?" The first of the ten heinous crimes of rebellion still needs to be investigated by you or as an assistant, and I only hope that in the future, the public will not disappoint the emperor and me like these ministers. β
The ministers immediately said in unison: "The ministers obey the teachings of the saints!" β
The outer court was boiling, but the inner court was calm.
This coup d'Γ©tat will doom Li Longji's whole family to life and death, so he did not hide the pros and cons and true intentions from Empress Wang Jun, and asked her to settle the harem no matter what, especially the imperial concubines, even if there is no force to distribute to her.
Since Li Longji became the prince and became the emperor, he and Wang Jun are far less close to each other than when they were married to the prince of the county.
So when Li Longji entrusted this important task to her, although she knew the danger, she was even happier in her heart. Her husband still trusts and relies on her, and the fact that they have been in love for many years is still there, and this time she is in danger with her husband, which gives her great courage and makes her have no fear.
In recent years, although her status has risen rapidly, she has never given up practicing martial arts, so when she picks up the familiar spear again, she has a little more confidence.
She is Li Longji's wife, the justifiable princess of the East Palace, and now she has become the mother of the Tang Dynasty, she should be tolerant of everything, the favor of the harem or not, it shouldn't be something she cares about, as for jealousy? Inexistent. Although her education level is not high, she is sensible and polite. She knows that the empress is different from the concubine, it is also a political identity, she is not only the emperor's wife and the mother of the future prince, but at special times, she is also the only woman in the inner court who can justifiably interfere in politics. What she has to do is to assist Li Longji in handling everything in the inner court, making appropriate suggestions on the affairs of the previous dynasty, and giving birth to a son-in-law as soon as possible. She knows Li Longji's excellence, so her requirements for herself are also on par with Empress Taizong's eldest grandson.
Now, she finally has the opportunity to get one step closer to her dream.
On the morning of this day, as soon as the emperor left the palace of Princess Xue, Wang Jun led all the concubines, princes and princesses to greet Princess Xue, and at the same time ordered the inner eunuch Yang Siqiao to bring dozens of strong eunuchs to surround the palace.
Concubine Wu Guanyue has stopped grounding, and naturally she is also among the concubines. Li Longji did not fully inform Wu Guanyue of his plans, only revealed that he would never wait for death, and would definitely protect his wife and children, and let her assist the queen no matter what happened. Wu Guanyue was so deaf and clear-sighted, as soon as she saw Yang Siqiao and those eunuchs, she was sure that today would be the time for Li Longji to fight back.
At the same time, she also realized that it was not her turn to take care of things that were too deep, and although the saint trusted her, the power was still in the hands of the queen. She accepted it calmly, but there was a trace of unwillingness in her heart - Wu Guanyue was not ignorant of the difference between the queen and the favorite concubine, but she had never experienced it as truly as today.
And the queen is too frank and direct, and her actions are simple and rude - isn't the spear Yang Siqiao holding in her hand the spear she uses most often? Once the palace people or eunuchs in this palace see the existence of Yang Siqiao and others, and report it to Princess Xue, can the queen ignore filial piety and insist on detaining Princess Xue here, wouldn't it directly tear her face? Even if the means are tough, you should be able to get by on the face.
If she Wu Guanyue came to do this, it would be more appropriate, this point must be clear to the saint, but he was unwilling to give her this opportunity. She knew that this was not because her surname was Wu, the martial arts family had fallen and was not to be feared, everything was just because of her, not the queen.
didn't let her take charge, but asked her to assist in order to make up for the queen's shortcomings. She could not refuse yet, not only for her own safety, but also for the trust of the monarch and her husband.
Seeing that the concubines, princes and princesses were all here, Wu Guanyue sighed secretly: Presumably the queen has done her best.
The reason why the queen did this was to facilitate everyone's protection, and secondly, she hoped that there would be more people, and it would also make it more fun to talk about, and consume as much time as possible, so that Princess Xue would not find out about the tension outside. But she forgot that Princess Xue is almost old, and her energy is not as good as it was back then, if she really has been playing with the princess and princess and talking to the concubine, it won't last long, and she should have to rest, can the concubine still rely on it at that time? Princess Xue is not a fool.
Wu Guanyue thought about it, and went out of the palace under the pretext of changing clothes, first pretending to be on the orders of the queen, and let Yang Siqiao pay attention to foreign enemies, and at the same time, don't let go of any people in the palace of Princess Xue, in case they enter to pass the news to Princess Xue, and then returned to the palace with a panicked face, and whispered to Wang Jun: "Can the queen borrow a step to talk to the concubine?" β
When Wang Jun saw Wu Guanyue's expression, his heart tightened, thinking that something bad had happened, so he got up and walked to the side with Wu Guanyue. Princess Xue was very happy by the prince and princess, although she also noticed that something was wrong here, she didn't care too much.
Wu Guanyue's expression was narrow, her eyes were burning, and she said in a low voice: "The concubine is disrespectful, I have something to ask the queen, and I hope the queen will be honest." β
Wang Jun knew that he had more than enough force, his wisdom was insufficient, and he needed help, and in the matter of the saint, Wu Guanyue was trustworthy, so he took a deep breath and said, "You say." β
"Today...... Do the saints want the Jedi to strike back? β