Chapter 392: Palace Change
Chapter 392 Palace Change
"Ding-"
"Slaves, slaves and maids deserve to die, slaves and maids deserve to die."
Yi Yu looked sideways at the shoulders that were wet with a large area of wine, and then looked at Gong E, who was kneeling on the ground and shivering, and sighed helplessly, the movement here was too big, so that the sword dance in the hall that was in the hearty stage stopped abruptly, and everyone looked sideways.
Yi Yu turned his head, shook his head at Li Tai, who was leaning against him, and said softly: "Don't be angry, I'll go change my clothes." ”
Li Tai said to Ah Sheng: "You follow." ”
Yiyu asked Ah Sheng, who was easy to be a eunuch, to help her stand up, and saluted Li Shimin, who was frowning and looking at this side, and said, "Erchen go down and change clothes." ”
Li Shimin waved his hand gently, and as soon as Yi Yu left, someone from the palace stepped forward and took the hairy maid down.
Because the sword dance was so exciting, everyone only thought it was a small episode and quickly forgot about it.
When the first wave of people at the banquet fell drunk on the wine table, it did not cause any commotion, until the dance was over, and everyone came back to their senses, and found that half of the people in the hall were drunk and lay down, and then issued a warning, it was too late.
On the Liangyi Palace, there was a drunken atmosphere everywhere, and there was no shortage of crooked people at the banquet, and only a few were sober.
"Someone, someone!"
The two concubines who accompanied the left and right fell drunk one after another, Li Shimin slapped the table, drank in a deep voice, and a small group of black-armored forbidden soldiers poured into the palace, about 30 people, surrounded the entrances and exits, but no one stepped forward to obey the order.
Li Shimin glanced at the dozen or so sword dancers in the hall who were standing abruptly and bowing their heads to obey orders, as if he understood something, turned his head, squinted his eyes and looked at the few children on the left seat who were still awake.
Li Tai, Li Ke, Li You, and Changle.
"Who is it?" The king seemed to have discovered his current situation, but he was still able to ask questions calmly without a trace of panic.
Li Tai didn't move, Li You quickly turned his head to look at Li Ke, Changle stood up uneasily, pulling the shawl and looking around.
"I ask again, who is it?"
The face of the king who knew his fate was angry, if he had put on such a face in normal times, he would have made people weak in fright, and knelt on the ground to confess, but today was different, after his words fell, a laugh rang out in the palace.
"Hehehe, my father is angry." Li Ke stood up with a smile, his face was red, he looked a little excited, I don't know if he was drunk, "Erchen did this, but he didn't want to die too many people tonight, so it was better to let them sleep than to lose their lives." ”
Li Shimin saw that the person who stood up was him, his face sank, and he turned his head to stare at Concubine Yang who was lying at his feet, Xu thought that tonight's banquet was organized by her, and he realized in his eyes, snorted coldly, and said to Li Ke:
"Do you know what you're doing right now?".
"Erchen knows, of course Erchen knows," Li Ke replied without hesitation, while walking around the banquet, walking to the center of the hall, taking a lacquered wooden sword from the hand of a sword dancer, holding a beautiful sword flower in the air, closing the momentum, leaning over and turning his head, looking at Li Shimin on the throne at a distorted angle.
"Father, you have two ways to go now, one is to write an edict now, pass the throne to the sons, and the sons will let you live in the Daming Palace with dignity, then only Li Tai will die tonight, well-the prince's birthday, there are assassins who will do wrong, the prince is the escort, died under the assassin's sword, the emperor was seriously injured, and he can only recuperate in the Daming Palace, so that the third son of the emperor Li Ke is the East Palace, temporarily managing the government, the father thinks, how about this?"
Li Ke arranged the cause of Li Tai's death and the follow-up in a joking tone, but the cold murderous aura on his face was not false at all.
"Rebel!"
"If the father doesn't like this road, then the minister will only be disobedient, but in this way, he will have to die a few more," Li Ke shrugged his shoulders indifferently, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and said something rebellious:
"On the prince's birthday, Princess Changle and the King of Qi assassinated, killed her brother and killed the king, in order to push the Nine Emperors to the throne, she was recognized by King Wu, killed two people on the spot, and was seriously injured, but failed to protect the emperor's life, and the saint was on his deathbed, and entrusted the third son of the emperor Li Ke."
"You!" Changle was dumbfounded, and under the anger, his hair stood on end, Li Ke's words actually wanted to push this great crime of killing her brother and killing the king on her.
Li You also stood up and leaned towards Li Tai without a trace.
Li Ke ignored her, looked at Li Shimin for a long time, and asked: "Erchen gave his father half a cup of tea time to consider, if you can't make up your mind, Erchen will make the decision for you." ”
Li Shimin was obviously not angry, he had only recovered from his illness for two days, and when he was provoked by this rebel, a sickly red color appeared on his face.
"I don't have to think about it, Li Tai, take him down for me!"
Before the words fell, Li Tai had already deceived himself, his body was extremely fast, he flipped his palm and knocked away the two sword dancers who stepped forward to protect him, and reflexively grabbed Li Ke's throat, so fast that people didn't have time to react.
"Hmm-" The sound of drawing swords sharpened people's ears, and dozens of cold and dignified long swords pointed at Li Tai together.
"Stand down." Li Tai clasped one hand on Li Ke's throat and led him back to the dragon chair, warning the forbidden army that forced forward to rebel against the party.
However, Li Ke, who was controlled by others, did not panic at all, and when Li Tai took him back, he said coldly:
"Fourth brother, don't you want to know where your brother and sister are now?"
The strength of his hand increased sharply, and he heard Li Ke's muffled snort, and Li Tai's lips were pursed into a straight line.
Li Ke didn't struggle, he was choked by his throat, blood surged up on his face, his face was distorted, his smile was hideous, and he said with difficulty:
"If you don't care about her life or death, you can take action against me, I guarantee that their mother and son will not survive tonight."
Li Tai's pupils darkened, his fingers were released, Li Ke gasped a few times, and after a violent cough, he retched twice before he eased his breath:
"Ahem, cough, haha, cough, that's right, I know that your husband and wife are deeply affectionate, how about it, as long as you are willing to listen to me honestly, I will use the head of the Xiang as a guarantee, and in the future, I will worship their mother and son, as well as the little county lord, I don't think you want to see your brother and sister Fang Soul die early."
Here Li Ke threw out the bait, and Li Shimin, who was furious over there, also shouted:
"Li Tai! Kill this rebel! ”
"Fourth brother, whether your younger brother and sister die tonight, or enjoy the rest of your life, it's only in your thoughts." Li Ke seemed to have grasped Li Tai's death hole.
Hearing the ruthlessness in the words of the father and son, Changle and Li You couldn't help but shudder, but at this time, neither of them dared to interject too much, and cold sweat broke out, so they could only stare nervously at the overlapping figures of Li Tai and Li Ke.
Li Tai put down the hand that was pinching Li Ke's neck, lowered his eyes, and pushed a step away without saying a word.
"That's right, fourth, that's right," Li Ke chuckled, pressed Li Tai's shoulder and pushed him away, lifted the wooden sword in his hand, put it on the side of Li Tai's neck, and turned his head playfully to Li Shimin, who looked gloomy, and said:
"Father, you see, this is your favorite good son, I would rather abandon your safety for a woman, you always take him as a treasure, even the eldest brother has been an abandoned son, over the years, father and emperor, you are moody, several of our brothers have been praised by you, disgusted, abandoned, only he is alone, from beginning to end you love, steady progress, from a powerless and powerless son to sit in the position of this prince, the son is unwilling, really unwilling."
Speaking of this, the resentment in his eyes was violently revealed, his tone changed, and he shook his head and said to Li Shimin:
"The eldest brother is the eldest brother, the eldest grandson is the bloodline of the Tuoba royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the eldest grandson is a very human minister, and the son should lose to the eldest brother, but why, why do you want to favor such a lowly concubine, the son has checked the things of the year, Concubine Jin is from the people, but those hearsay people compare her with my mother, saying that she is the pearl of the former Sui royal family, ha!"
He sneered and pressed the wooden sword in his hand hard against Li Tai's neck:
"You allowed him to open a literary museum, gave him the right to recruit talents, gave him the honor and favor of others, and gave him the opportunity to go out to fight and make military exploits, you gave him so much, and what did you give me! What am I inferior to him? He's the only one who's your son, am I not? You know that he is jealous and hateful, and his eyes are not tolerant of sand, but you still want to belong to him, the eldest brother is dead, aren't you afraid that he will kill all our brothers in the future! ”
"I hate, I hate you for being unfair, father, you remember, it was you who forced your sons to this point."
Looking at Li Ke's cynical appearance, Li Shimin's face changed, and a little helplessness was added to his anger, his eyes stopped on Li Tai for a short time, his expression struggled for a moment, and finally sighed:
"Since you say this, I will understand with you that Li Tai's current position is all won by himself, Huang'er, it's not that I am biased, it's true that you are not as good as him."
"Nonsense!"
With a scream, the wooden sword in Li Ke's hand pointed at Li Shimin, his chest rose and fell, and his eyes turned bright red because of hatred:
"The time has come, since my father is unwilling to choose, the ministers will help you choose, tonight, let's die a few more."
Li Shimin's face sank, "Emperor, if you are willing to turn back now, I may be able to deal with you lightly." ”
"Hahaha, at this time, my father will still have to put up a fight with me, do you think I will be afraid if I do this," Li Ke laughed on his back, a little crazy, twisted the wooden sword in his hand, revealing the metal color, the wooden shell fell to the ground with two clicks, and a dagger appeared in his hand.
"Pull Princess Changle over!"
The two rebels of the forbidden army stepped forward quickly, ignored Changle's screams and struggles, and dragged him to Li Shimin, Li Ke stuffed the dagger into her sweaty palm, pinched her trembling wrist from behind, and coaxed in her ear:
"Sister Huang, you hurry up, if you go down with a knife, your father won't be in pain."
"Don't, don't, let go of me, I don't! Father! ”
Li Shimin stared at the dagger that was less than a foot away from his chest, his face turned white, his fist hanging by his side was clenched, his stomach was puffed up, and he roared:
"Take it for me!"
The king's roar echoed in the golden hall, and black shadows jumped down from the beams of the two-zhang high house, preemptively attacking the rebels.
Li Ke was stunned, the dagger held by Changle had been shot down to the ground, and as soon as there was a dull pain in his wrist, he was twisted by his neck and fell to the ground, and his throat, which had only been pinched once not long ago, fell into the palm of the same person, and in a flicker of his eyes, he suddenly felt a chill on his back line, and he screamed:
"Li, Li Tai, you're not afraid of me-"
"Stupid."
Li Tai's cold eyes swept over Li Ke, who was still unclear about the situation, and as soon as his fingers were forced, Li Ke was silent, and he raised his head and looked at the calm king who was protected by the dead man on the throne.
The four looked at each other, each looking for traces in the other's eyes.
On the other hand, the palace was in chaos, hand-to-hand combat, the group of sword dancers did not know where Li Ke found the masters, the shot was vicious, the routine was weird, fortunately, the emperor's group of dead soldiers were more difficult, after half a cup of tea, all the rebels were taken down, and the casualties were not counted.
Behind the Liangyi Palace, Yi Yu sat in the warm pavilion, holding a cup of tea in his hand, Yi Ning and Yi Hua wearing Gong E powder makeup stood behind her, and there were several assassins dressed as palace maids and eunuchs lying on the ground in front of the door, an incense burner was knocked over on the ground, Ah Sheng was kneeling on the ground, explaining to Yu Yu tonight, because he couldn't see that she was angry or annoyed under her calm face, Ah Sheng's heart was up and down.
"In this way, His Royal Highness has long known that King Wu will force the palace tonight, and he will use me to blackmail him."
"Yes."
"Today's dinner was arranged by Concubine Yang?"
"Yes."
Yi Yu raised his hand to support his forehead, "Does the emperor know?" ”。
Ah Sheng hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "The master said that the emperor has noticed something. ”
Yi Yu took a sip of tea, and pressed his fingers against the corner of his forehead.
I have long felt that something is wrong, and it turns out that this is the case.
To put it simply, Li Tai knew that Li Ke was going to rebel, and the emperor knew that someone in the palace had a crooked heart, and the two of them kept quiet, each with their own thoughts, waiting to wipe out this group of people.
To put it more complicated, it is that Li Tai has begun to set up a ** formation since he laid down Anshi City, and he made the matter of collaborating with the enemy to kill the prince unclear, Li Ke took the bait, for fear that sooner or later Li Tai would settle accounts with him, so he decided to strike first, colluded with the forbidden army of Ouchi, and found Concubine Yang as an internal response, and decided to force the palace to rebel tonight.
As everyone knows, after the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch, Li Tai is waiting for him to throw himself into the net, vacate the charge of collaborating with the enemy and give it to the eldest grandson Wuji, so that he can kill two birds with one stone, right and right.
Once this matter is completed, even if Li Tai clears the last obstacle on the road to the throne, it is no wonder that he is anxious and forces Li Ke to do it as soon as he returns to Beijing.
"Alright, get up, I don't blame you." Yu Yu said to Ah Sheng.
It doesn't feel good to be kept in the dark, but Yi Yu doesn't have time to be angry with Li Tai's concealment now, she is more worried about the situation in the Liangyi Palace, she has been out for a long time, and I don't know if it has been solved over there, whether Li Tai will be injured in the chaos, you must know that the hole in his shoulder is only a few days away.
"Someone's coming." Yihua said, Ah Sheng quickly stood up, walked quickly to the window and opened a crack to look out, and vaguely saw a small group of guards running towards this side in the night.
Ah Sheng turned his head and made a silent gesture, and went to the door alone to wait, and after a while, Yu Yu heard a knock on the door.
In the middle of the night, a palace change just kicked off, and then fell silently.
The rebels in the Liangyi Palace, including Li You and the unconscious Concubine Yang, were all detained, and Li Shimin reprimanded the belated Zuoling Forbidden Army, and asked them to search for the remnants of the rebellion inside and outside the palace, and finally left Li Tai to take care of the aftermath, and led the frightened Changle and Li You to the imperial study first.
As soon as the royal car left, Li Tai took a team of forbidden troops to the warm pavilion behind the palace to pick up people, but after looking inside and out three times, he didn't see the figure of the relict jade, Ah Sheng and the Yining Yihua sisters who were sent to protect her '>I don't know where to go.
There was no trace of a fight at the scene, and the person just disappeared out of thin air.
"Prince Qiqi, my subordinates searched the apse again, but found nothing suspicious, please show the prince."
Li Tai bent down, picked up the half cup of tea that had been cooled on the tea table, rubbed his fingers over the mouth of the cup, and closed his eyes, as if he could feel that Yu Yu was sitting here drinking tea not long ago.
"Keep looking."
With these words, he turned and left, in the direction of the imperial study.
In the imperial study, Changle and Li You were sitting tremblingly, compared to Changle who was stabbed by Li Ke with a knife just now, Li You's pale face was quite good.
"Today's affairs in the temple, without my permission, you are strictly forbidden to be exposed."
Paper can't contain the fire, and such a major event as rebellion will soon set off storms, but today's conversation between father and son in the palace, Li Shimin doesn't want more people to know.
"The sons and daughters obey the orders of their father, and they will never dare to leak it." Li You immediately stood up and agreed.
Changle was one step behind him, stood up stiffly, took two steps forward, and knelt down:
"The son is not filial, please ask the father to surrender."
Although she was forced to be helpless, if the emperor was jealous of such a rebellious act as holding a knife at the monarch, she would feel chills when she thought about the consequences.
"It's a good thing that Li Ke's rebel son did, I don't blame you, get up."
"The son of the emperor thanks his father for his grace of not sinning, after today, he should concentrate on calming down, go to the actual temple to fast for a year, and pray for his father."
I have to say that Changle is a smart woman, Li Ke's fate today sounded the alarm for her, she will not simply think that Li Tai is not doing anything behind her back, at this point, she can be regarded as seeing clearly what she didn't want to see before, and retreating is the best way to seek perfection.
"It's enough for you to have this heart." Li Shimin was noncommittal, looked in the direction of the door several times, and after seeing Bingshi's little yellow door elbow in, his fingers flicked briskly on the table a few times.
"Your Majesty, the prince is out asking to see you."
"Let him come in," Li Shimin said to Li You and Changle: "You go down, it's too late today, so stay in the palace." ”
"The retainers retired."
Changle and Li You left with each other, met Li Tai at the door, one saluted, and the other bowed his head.
The two of them walked not far away when they heard the door of the imperial study closing.
Li Shimin looked at Li Tai, who was kneeling in front of him, and asked unhurriedly:
"What is the emperor doing?"
"Ask my father to return the man."
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