The night enveloped the earth, and the moon hid in the clouds. The world is in total darkness, solemn and cold.

Although it was late at night, the East Palace could not calm down because of the news of the collapse of the crown princess, and even at this time, there were still many people staying in the East Palace.

Li Changlong sat on top with a calm face, and below him were his henchmen. Some of them were at a loss as to the sudden summoning of the crown prince, and some of them had probably guessed that something big was about to happen.

After today, history may develop in a completely different direction, depending on how they grasp it.

"Marquis Xuanyuan died violently today. Li Changlong glanced at the people below with a calm face and said in a deep voice.

"Huh?" Everyone showed a look of surprise on their faces, Xuanyuan Hou has always been the most advantageous support of the prince's party, and now that Xuanyuan Hou suddenly died, what should they do in the future? Suddenly, the people below began to talk anxiously, and they were not deeply worried about their future.

Li Changlong looked at them, he was not in a hurry, he just looked at them coldly, judging from their expressions, they were quite unconfident in themselves, the prince!

"Don't make any noise!" King Chu shouted, "Let's be quiet and listen to what the prince has to say!"

Everyone quieted down, and someone clenched their fists and asked, "May I ask Your Highness, Xuanyuan Hou died suddenly, what should we do next?"

Li Changlong smiled coldly and asked, "Don't you ask how Xuanyuan Hou died?"

Everyone looked at each other again, and someone asked, "Your Highness, how did Marquis Xuanyuan die?"

"I was killed by Hongu himself. Li Changlong said lightly, as if he was talking about something very common.

"Ah!" As soon as Li Changlong's voice fell, everyone exploded again and began to discuss.

Someone asked angrily: "Your Highness, what crime has Marquis Xuanyuan committed, Your Highness has to kill him!"

There are also people who are deeply worried about their future: "Your Highness, now that the second prince has made a comeback and has the support of the military, we can't do without the support of Marquis Xuanyuan at this time!

The people of Prime Minister Bai Cheng's party had long been dissatisfied with Xuanyuan Hou, so they naturally supported Li Changlong's decision, and stepped forward and said: "Xuanyuan Hou has committed many crimes, and he should have been treated as a righteous law a long time ago, and what His Highness did was just to correct the situation!"

"Anyway, it's happened. King Chu clenched his fists and said, "There is no point in arguing about the rights and wrongs of this matter anymore." Now the most important question is how to solve the current predicament, without the support of Marquis Xuanyuan, our strength has been weakened a lot, how should we compete with the second prince?"

"That's what it means for you to be here today. Li Changlong got up and pulled out his sword, cut off a corner of the table, and glanced at everyone coldly, "You have followed this palace for many years, and you are the confidant of this palace, we have long been one, one is prosperous, and one is lost! Only when this palace wins in this bloody game, can you keep your current status and glory, if this palace fails, your fate will not be much better! And now it has reached the most critical thing, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, do you have the determination to follow this palace to achieve things together?"

"What are Your Highness's plans?" asked King Chu.

"Except for you, no one else knows about Xuanyuan Hou's affairs until now. Li Changlong said, "At this time, we have to catch them off guard! This palace is the Son of Heaven, and the destiny of heaven returns, since it is the destiny of heaven, you might as well let this opportunity advance a little! Once you succeed, you will be famous and famous, and your name will remain in history! Do you dare to gamble with this palace!"

After Li Changlong finished speaking, his eyes slowly crossed everyone's faces, and he was not in a hurry to let them express his position.

And everyone's faces are also quite exciting, no matter how confused people are, they also understand at this moment, the prince is planning to start an incident! If this matter is successful, it is good to say that wealth and nobility are naturally inexhaustible, and if it fails, it will be all over the house! It's just that without Xuanyuan Hou now, how much confidence does His Royal Highness still have to succeed?

The King of Chu was the first to step forward, clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "My subordinates are willing to follow the prince to achieve great things together!"

Since the king of Chu has expressed his position, the rest of the people have to make their position clear, since they already know the prince's plan, there is absolutely no reason to stay out of the matter at this time, even if they want to quit now, they don't want to get out of this door alive!

"The subordinates are willing to follow the prince and achieve great things with the prince!" everyone knelt down and said loudly.

"Very good!" Li Changlong nodded with satisfaction, "You really didn't disappoint this palace!"

"It's a big deal, after all. The King of Chu thought for a while and said, "After all, half of the soldiers and horses in the capital are not in our hands, and this matter is not too late, I don't know what His Highness's plan is? I am afraid that when the Zheng family has the opportunity to know about the affairs of Xuanyuan Hou tomorrow, how should we explain it to them at that time? And how should the people under Xuanyuan Hou calm down and take it for their own use?"

"The Zheng family doesn't have to worry. They queen will naturally deal with it. Li Changlong said, "Now the queen mother and the palace are their only support, if the palace and the queen have an accident, they will also be unable to escape death, and at this time they will definitely do their best to help! And the Zheng family's male nursing home and you and other people in the house add up to thousands, these people may be scattered may not be able to achieve great things, but together they can play a great role, after dawn tomorrow, these people must all assemble, hit the second prince's mansion and Huainan Wangfu by surprise, and be sure to capture Li Changyan and Gu Tingjun alive!"

"This is the first step. Li Changlong paused and said, "Come in." ”

I saw two burly men entering, and when everyone saw these two people, they were relieved a lot, one of them was the deputy leader of the palace forbidden army, the deputy general of the capital protection army, Qi Shitong. One person is one of the henchmen of the Marquis of Xuanyuan, who is in charge of the patrol battalion.

One of them was one of the emperor's most trusted people, and the other was one of the most trusted people of Xuanyuan Marquis, and they didn't expect that they would be used by the crown prince.

"General Qi, and General Liu are already from the palace, you can rest assured!" Li Changlong looked at everyone's surprised appearance, and a touch of smugness crossed his eyes, "Although the news of Xuanyuanhou's death will spread tomorrow, General Liu will control the people of the patrol battalion, and after our major event is successful, the people of the patrol battalion will not risk their lives to avenge Xuanyuan Hou! And General Qi will open the east gate of the palace when we raise a big event, and the palace will personally lead the city guard and the East Palace soldiers to attack the palace and quickly control the palace!" ”

Li Changlong smiled coldly and continued: "As long as the three of my father, the second prince and Gu Tingjun are controlled, the other ministers will no longer have any problems. This palace will let my father and the emperor give up to this palace, you can support this palace to ascend the throne again, do you have any other opinions?"

Everyone always thought that the crown prince's killing of Xuanyuan Marquis, including this incident, was just an impulsive act, but they didn't expect that he had planned so clearly, and they couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

Li Changlong looked at the admiring gazes of everyone, quite useful, and he had already tasted what is called the heroic spirit of strategizing to win a thousand miles!

"My subordinates swear to follow the prince to the death!" the ministers said confidently.

"If there are no other problems, just do what the palace tells you. Li Changlong said, "It should be soon, not late, we must fight quickly!"

"Yes!"

Xuanyuan Marquis Mansion.

Zheng Peizhi has been waiting for news from her father, why has she been in the East Palace for so long, and she has not brought back any news? Hurriedly sent someone to inquire about the situation, afraid that her father had an accident in the East Palace, if Zheng Peiquan was really killed by the prince, and her sister was also killed by the prince, I don't know if there would be any danger for my father to go! If something happened, she would have better contact her to rescue her.

At this time, the next person entered the inner report and reported: "Second Miss, the queen mother is here!"

"Empress?" Zheng Peizhi's brows frowned slightly, "The crown princess is dead, how can she still be in the mood to come to the Xuanyuan Marquis Mansion at this time?"

Zheng Peizhi was suspicious in her heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet her: "Peizhi has seen her aunt!"

"Get up. The queen said lightly, "Peizhi, you can come out of the cold palace, this palace is very pleased." ”

"Aunt Xie is worried. Zheng Peizhi knelt down and said, "I don't know why my aunt came?"

"Hongu is going to wait for someone here. The queen said lightly, "Don't kneel, get up." ”

"Aunt Xie!" Zheng Peizhi got up, her heart became more and more confused, but she didn't dare to ask, let alone what the queen came here for.

After a while, I saw a few big people of the Zheng family hurrying over and saluting the queen.

The queen glanced at a few people and said, "The palace asked you to come over today, because there is something to inform you!"

"Mother, please command. ”

"Marquis Xuanyuan is dead. The queen said lightly, "The Zheng family will obey the dispatch of this palace in the future!"

"What!" Zheng Peizhi was shocked, "Auntie, how could my father die, how did my father die?"

"Because of the death of my daughter, I was overly sad and died violently. The queen said lightly, her attention was obviously not on Zheng Peizhi, "Have you ever understood?"

These people are all smart people, Marquis Xuanyuan is dead, then their backers are only the queen and the prince, if they fall out with the queen and the prince at this time, it will definitely not be a smart move.

"I understand, I will obey the mother's dispatch in the future!" everyone hurriedly said.

"Auntie!" Zheng Peizhi knelt in front of the queen, "May I ask why my father died in the East Palace? My father's body is not weak, how can he be overly sad because of my sister's death?

"Take her down. The queen said lightly, "In addition to this matter, there is one more thing to discuss with you in this palace!"

No one cares about a woman who wants to ask for an explanation, the two guards stepped forward and dragged Zheng Peizhi down, without Xuanyuan Hou, this second lady doesn't have to be taken into account anymore.