If the soldiers and horses of the East Palace can control the entire palace and further control all the soldiers and horses of Chang'an City, then they can control the entire Chang'an City. At the same time, he secretly communicated with Yang Wengan, the governor of Gyeongju, and the inside and outside should be combined. At the beginning, Yang Wengan was demoted in order to control the military power outside and form a rivalry with the East Palace. Now it's time for him to make a difference.

Just when Li Jiancheng was making wishful thinking, bad news came.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, it's not good! The Emperor is aware of your conspiracy. "The news was conveyed by Fontari, and no one else showed up.

The rebellion will be leaked, which Li Jiancheng naturally never expected. If you rebel, you will either not rebel, or if you rebel, you will inevitably succeed. How does the Emperor know? How to face his father? All this disturbed his heart.

Li Jiancheng found a few people close to him to discuss countermeasures. Among them must be Gao Junming and Li Zhenghang, although these two "close people", one has changed his mind, and the other has no clear position.

Li Jiancheng asked, "What should I do?" ”

After Gao Junming pondered, he replied: "There is no turning back when you open the bow. Either you go to the end or plead guilty alone, Your Highness, you only have these two paths to take. ”

"What are the odds of winning?" Li Jiancheng didn't realize that he was asking this question stupidly.

"With all due respect, the news has been leaked, and now there is no chance of winning." Only Li Zhenghang can say this.

Under the advice of everyone, Li Jiancheng finally chose the latter and went to Renzhi Palace alone to plead guilty. At a distance from the Renzhi Palace, he dismounted. Leading the horse along the way, I was worried.

When he walked outside the Renzhi Palace, the palace gate guards greeted him, but fortunately he knew Li Jiancheng: "His Royal Highness the Prince, why are you here?" ”

The guard's question shows that the father did not tell the world about himself. He said abruptly: "I'll come to see my father." And loosened the reins, "Tie the horse." ”

"Yes."

Li Jiancheng entered the palace, and when he walked outside Li Yuan's bedroom, his nervous mood was self-evident. He saw that Cui Gonggong, who was waiting by his father's side on weekdays, was on standby, so he stepped forward and asked: "There is Gonggong Lao to inform his father, and his son asks to see him." ”

Gonggong Cui showed a somewhat uneasy look: "His Royal Highness the Prince, how can you do something foolish?" ”

"What my father-in-law blames is, isn't this a single person who has come to plead guilty?"

"The old slave is not reproaching, and he doesn't dare to interfere in the government, but just reminds His Highness that the emperor is on fire. Fortunately, you came alone and didn't bring any soldiers and horses, otherwise you wouldn't be able to speak clearly with ten mouths. ”

Li Jiancheng bowed: "Thank you, father-in-law." ”

"Yes, the old slave will go in and report it."

Gonggong Cui saw Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is waiting outside." Li Yuan asked, "How many soldiers and horses did he bring?" ”

"The prince came alone."

Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Call him in." ”

Seeing his father, Li Jiancheng did not have half a word of justification, and instead was a banging kowtow. Despite this, Li Yuan was still in a rage, and detained Li Jiancheng without saying a word.

The news of Jiancheng's detention reached Yang Wengan's ears, and he knew that the conspiracy had been leaked, so he ordered an army to rebel.

The "killer group" headed by Black Eagle, who was also hiding in Guiningzhuang, also received the news of Li Jiancheng's detention, and some of his subordinates really couldn't hold their breath and acted rashly, but they were stopped by Black Eagle. He decided to go to Renzhi Palace alone to inquire about the situation, and what he obtained was Li Jiancheng's order not to act rashly, and this time Black Hawk's composure saved the entire killer group.

And Yang Wengan, who is in Gyeongju, is not so lucky.

As soon as Li Yuan got the news of his army, he was furious and urgently ordered Li Shimin that he had to recruit people around him who could fight well, and put forward extremely tempting conditions for no reason: "I now order you to personally lead the troops to quell the rebellion, and when you come back, I will make you the crown prince." It's good not to mention this condition, but it makes Li Shimin think that his father has the idea of changing the prince, which makes him more firm in his belief.

"The retainers obeyed." Li Shimin readily agreed.

After Li Shimin led his troops to the battle, the army walked a few hundred miles away from Gyeongju, and the sentry came to report: "Yang Wengan is dead." Li Shimin's expression didn't seem too surprised, and asked lightly: "How did you die?" The Sentinel said: "Killed by his men." ”

The adjutant general asked, "Your Highness, where do we go from here?" The army turned back, went back to report to the emperor, or ......"

The adjutant general's words were immediately interrupted by Li Shimin: "Then how can it be done?" Although 'the thief captures the king first', there are still remnants of the force, and they must be wiped out. ”

"What Your Highness said is very true."

The army continued its march towards Gyeongju. As Li Shimin said, after cleaning up the remnants of the forces, he captured a few people who supported the rebellion and happily returned to the emperor. Li Yuan praised it greatly, but he didn't mention the incident before Li Shimin set out on the expedition. Li Shimin has never forgotten this matter, Li Yuan said that he would make him the crown prince when the Gyeongju rebellion was quelled.

Yang Wengan rebelled and was killed. Li Jiancheng, who heard the news, was naturally heartbroken, which was equivalent to missing a hand. After the Gyeongju rebellion was put down, Li Jiancheng was imprisoned for a while before being released.

When he returned to the East Palace, he learned from the pain. Thinking deeply about this incident, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but be suspicious, he thought of a big doubt, Yang Wengan didn't receive my order, why did he raise troops?

"I'm afraid that someone with a heart will do it. Someone told Yang Wengan about your detention Your Highness, and he knew that the rebellion was exposed, so he simply raised troops. The person who said this was a young guest of the house, a descendant of the Zuo family, with a single name and the word "sharp". Originally, he was not qualified to serve in front of the prince, just because he was related to the superintendent of the imperial history Zuo Linghong, and Li Jiancheng saw that he had some knowledge, and on the basis of his original official position, he was allowed to discuss matters in the prince's mansion.

"Your Highness, you didn't think that maybe this whole thing was man-made?" Zuo Rui said. What he said was only speculation, and no conclusive evidence could be found. He was not even present when the rebellion was discussed.

However, what he said reminded Li Jiancheng that he already knew the reason why Yang Wen raised troops. As for the rebellion, he was originally the crown prince, so why take this risk? He only realized at this moment that he regretted not being at the beginning. The reason why he had the intention of rebellion was that someone instigated him at the time, but he couldn't think of who it was. But it can be judged that this person is definitely not of the same mind as himself.

Naturally, he didn't think of Gao Junming and Li Zhenghang, because they didn't express their opinions at all at the beginning of the development of the incident. They never instigated the prince to rebel, but after he made a decision, they expressed some opinions.

The king of Qin sent troops to suppress Yang Wengan's rebellion, and before the army arrived, Yang Wengan had been killed by his subordinates, and it is debatable who the real master of this subordinate is. This point was made by a young guest.

Li Jiancheng finally realized that the bad things that were not conducive to him seemed to be done by his subordinates, and he had his own subordinates, and I am afraid that there were also subordinates of King Qin. But no matter who it is, the root cause is still the contest between himself, the crown prince, and the king of Qin.

In this discussion, only a few guests who usually don't show their faces expressed their opinions, although there were some hindsights. And Li Zhenghang and Gao Junming were both silent. Whether it is self-preservation, disloyalty, or the "old fox" demeanor, Li Jiancheng has never noticed all this.