Traveling through the troubled times of Sui and Tang Dynasties

When the Beiping Palace heard the news that the Qin Palace was besieged and that the Qin King was placed under house arrest, it was already after the early dynasty.

Luo Yi was originally angry with Li Yuan because of Li Yuan's bias towards the crown prince, and was angry with Li Yuan, so he didn't bother to take care of his Li family's affairs.These days, the Japanese asked for sick leave and refused to go to court, not to mention, and even issued repeated orders to their eldest son not to go to court.Luo Yi was at home looking at his youngest son, teasing his little grandson, very happy.Oh, by the way, Luo Song had a son a few days ago.Therefore, Luo Song obeyed his father's order and stayed at home on vacation.

Therefore, when Shan Xiongxin had an accident, everyone did not bother the Beiping Palace. Now that Shan Xiongxin and Yu Chigong were arrested, King Qin was under house arrest and awaiting punishment. No one would dare to hide such a big matter, even if they wanted to , can't hide it.The king of Qin was imprisoned. With such a big news, the city of Chang'an has already exploded.

In the Palace of the Prince of Peking, Luo Yi jumped up against the case, furious: "What's the matter with him, Li Yuan? He didn't seem to be such a foolish person before, but now he's living more and more, and I'm not going well with the matter of the prince last time." , okay, now instead of punishing those who should be punished, the ministers who deserved to be punished will be prosecuted instead. The king of Qin has fought in the north and south in recent years, and has always been at the forefront, disregarding the safety of his life. It can be said that there is no The King of Qin fought bloody battles and fought on the front line. Where can Li Yuan sit firmly in Chang'an City? He is good, and the trick of killing donkeys is beautiful!"

Xu Maogong who made the attack hastily stepped forward to signal the old prince to silence, this single general just suffered from his quick tongue.

Luo Yi raised his brows, and said loudly: "My Beiping Mansion is very clean, and we are united in one mind. Even if it is really a treason, no one will file a complaint if the next crime is committed."

Xu Maogong thought so too. At the beginning, Luo Chengjia's house was sworn brothers, and he went to Wagang Village, dealt with Yang's court, and secretly helped Wagang get out of the predicament several times, saving dozens of people in Erxianzhuang. , and the cunning and despicable Yang Guang have been negotiating for a year... The Peking Palace was able to pull out these things at will, and cover them tightly. Yang Guang didn't hear anything Obtained, one can imagine how disciplined and united the Beiping Palace under the leadership of Luo Yi is.

"Master Xu, you are too. You don't even know me when such a big event happened! Where do you put me, Luo Yi, the Peking Palace?" Luo Yi asked with dissatisfaction.

Xu Maogong was ashamed: "The King of Qin specially ordered this. The King of Qin said that the Lord Luo and the Emperor were fighting against each other a while ago, and the Emperor was already dissatisfied. Now that such a trivial matter, don't bother Lord Luo, and don't get involved in the Palace of Peking. If it is the King of Qin today I have not been imprisoned, and I will not come here, but who would have thought that the emperor would not care about his family, so he imprisoned the King of Qin, waiting to be released, and even ordered that all the officials should not intercede for him, otherwise they will be punished together. This is the emperor's order I am determined to punish His Royal Highness King Qin! I can’t help it, so I come to ask the prince—”

"Hey! You man, let me tell you what's good about you!" Luo Yi turned around with his back on his back, pointed at Xu Maogong, and then sighed and put it down, with a hint of resentment, "You think you won't treat me like that?" It’s okay if the Prince’s Mansion of Peking is brought in? Ever since Li Jiancheng dared to set a trap for my son Luo Cheng on the battlefield and wanted to harm him, my Prince’s Mansion of Peking has been at odds with the Crown Prince. What’s more, a few days ago, this king even Luo Cheng, the little boy, is not forgiving with the emperor. He wants to seek justice for him and offend the prince. I don't know what the prince's plan is, but this king's position is here! No matter how we reconcile it, it is absolutely impossible for me in the Beiping palace First class with the prince."

"Come on, come with me to the palace to meet the emperor. I want to ask him, Li Jiancheng is his son. Could it be that Li Shimin was adopted? When the King of Qin was fighting against Xue Ju, Liu Wuzhou, and Wang Shichong, when he was fighting against Goguryeo, our What is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doing? Trying his best to eradicate dissidents."

Others dare not disobey the emperor's order, but he dares in the Beiping Palace.

As soon as Luo Yi in this room stepped out of the mansion gate angrily, the guards dressed as servants who were ambushing in the alley outside the mansion trot all the way to the palace.

In the Eastern Palace, Yang Ruyi was lying softly and boneless on the low floor, propping her head with one hand, and gently stroking her belly with the other hand, she glanced at the kneeling person under her eyes: "Did you see it with your own eyes?" Has Luo Yi come to the palace?"

The man raised his head, and it turned out to be the boy who was watching at the gate of the Peking Palace: "Princess Hui, you ask me to send someone to watch Xu Maogong and others. After Xu Maogong returned to the mansion, he came out from the back door within half a moment." , went straight to the Peking Palace. About half an hour after Xu Maogong went in, he saw Peking Wang Luo Yi angrily leaving the palace and heading towards the palace."

That person's name is the princess, not the crown princess. Obviously, this person is the former member of the Yang family, not the Li family.

Yang Ruyi smiled sweetly, sat up and said: "It seems that Xu Maogong has already told Luo Yi everything that happened last night, and now Luo Yi is going to the palace to intercede for Li Shimin."

The people below frowned slightly, and said worriedly: "Princess, this old man Luo Yi has a heavy army in his hands. He has spent half his life as a soldier, and the two sons of the Luo family are well-known generals. If he intercedes for the King of Qin, The emperor is afraid that he will compromise."

"Li Yuan is afraid of Luo Yi, the main reason you haven't said yet."

"what?"

"As long as there is the Luo family and the Peking Palace, the Turks will not dare to act presumptuously for a day, so they can only retreat to a corner, and the border can be stabilized. Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, Li Yuan will never touch Luo Yi."

"Princess, what should we do then? Luo Yi is about to enter the palace. Could it be that he watched Li Shimin be released? Wouldn't all our previous efforts be wasted?"

Yang Ruyi lowered her eyes slightly, and said softly: "Then what if the Beiping Palace wants to rebel and usurp the throne? I don't think Li Yuan will touch the Peking Palace if it is the root of the Tang Dynasty!"

"His Royal Highness is here—" Li Jiancheng came in with a long robe, handsome and handsome, first saw Yang Ruyi caressing his lower abdomen like a loving mother, his heart softened, his eyes became more loving, and he stepped forward to hold her hand, and said with concern, "I heard from the people in the palace that you haven't had lunch today?"

Yang Ruyi shook her head lightly, with the coquettishness of her daughter's family: "It's so nauseating that I can't eat anything."

"You have to eat as much as you want. If you starve my son, I will not spare you." Li Jiancheng nodded her small nose affectionately.

Yang Ruyi nodded shyly, and obediently buried herself in Li Jiancheng's chest.

When Li Jiancheng lowered his head, he noticed that there was still a person kneeling on the ground. He turned to look at Yang Ruyi and asked, "Who is this person?"

"This person is exactly what Ruyi told His Royal Highness. A relative of Ruyi's collateral line, who used to serve in the Imperial Guard, is now transferred to the Xuanwu Gate Guard."

"Oh? It's your Yang family again?" The smile on Li Jiancheng's face faded, "Don't be Yang Wenqian again. The success is not enough, but the failure is more than failure. I almost let him get killed."

Yang Ruyi was scornful in her heart, implying that you were incompetent, you couldn't even mobilize an army, and you asked Li Yuanji to rescue Luo Cheng, now you're blaming Yang Wenqian.But on the face, he was extremely respectful: "What Your Highness said is that the concubine herself thought that my distant cousin had some skills. Who would have thought that it would be so useless and drag His Highness the Crown Prince down. It is Ruyi's fault."

Li Jiancheng waved his hand and interrupted Yang Ruyi's words impatiently: "Don't get involved with these remnants of the Yang family, you are my princess now, be careful in your words and deeds."

"The concubine knows." Ruyi's handkerchief had already been pulled into a ball, Li Jiancheng, what is the remnant of the Yang family?She, Yang Ruyi, is also from the Yang family!

"Okay, what else do you need to report?" Except for Yang Ruyi stretching her hands a little too occasionally, Li Jiancheng was pleased with her gentleness, so Li Jiancheng didn't criticize him, but just looked at the people on the side to ask questions.

"Returning to His Royal Highness, my subordinates will monitor Xu Maogong. Xu Maogong went to the Beiping Palace shortly after he came down to court. Now Lord Luo is already on his way into the palace."

When Li Jiancheng heard this, he couldn't care less about kissing me. He pushed Yang Ruyi away, stood up and said, "It's Luo Yi again! He must have come to see Father, to intercede for Li Shimin."

Seeing the situation, Yang Ru winked and asked the man to leave, then stepped forward and gently snuggled into Li Jiancheng's arms: "Then let's make him beg for mercy."

Li Jiancheng was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "Why can't we beg for mercy? Can we still stop him and prevent him from entering the palace?"

"Why do we have to stop him?" Yang Ruyi smiled and leaned into Li Jiancheng's ear and whispered in Li Jiancheng's ear. Li Jiancheng's eyes widened first, full of surprise. After a little consideration, he nodded and said with satisfaction, "Since we can't stop him Hold on, it's better to disturb him."

In the bedroom, Li Yuan rubbed his swollen temples and ordered Li Shimin to be detained. Since then, he has not slept well. Just when he felt a little sleepy, he heard someone report that Luo Yi, the king of Beiping, asked to see him.

Li Yuan smiled wryly, at this juncture, Luo Yi was the only one who dared to ignore his anger and begged to see him.

Li Yuan thought for a while and said: "Let me just say that I have a cold and feel very unwell, and I have already rested." After receiving the order, the personal eunuch walked outside the door to answer.

Li Yuan sighed, if he could hide for a while, it must be for a while.Knowing that he is here to intercede for the people of the world, but if he sees Luo Yi now, I really don't know if he will be able to speak again. Will he pursue it or not?If he pursued it, he would really be reluctant to abandon such a good general. This country has just been established, and it is not suitable for any more troubles; Instead, it's me.

Li Yuan had just made up his mind in this room, but when Luo Yi was not seen, there was a loud noise from the door of the other room. The loud and rough voice was very familiar, but it was Luo Yi, that brash man.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, my minister Luo Yi is asking to see you!"

"Your Majesty, my minister Luo Yi is asking to see you!"

For a moment, Li Yuan was really flustered, this reckless man wouldn't rush into the palace on his own, but then he thought, what kind of place is this?This is his harem, if he doesn't want to see him, what else can he do?You can't force your way in. If that's the case, the next offender will have no law, and it's not far from plotting a rebellion, so he doesn't have to tolerate him.

Sure enough, although Luo Yi was reckless, he wasn't so ignorant of the seriousness, and after a while of quarreling, his voice stopped. Li Yuan just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but then he heard the quarrel outside again, and it was more than just talking The fight seemed to be accompanied by the sound of weapons being unsheathed.

Before Li Yuan could understand what was going on, he saw a group of people dressed like soldiers, about a dozen of them, armed with weapons, rushing into the palace with Luo Yi in their arms.

"Lord Luo, Lord Luo, you can't go in! The emperor has already rested..." Chang De, the old eunuch who took care of him, hurried over, but was pushed to the ground by soldiers holding weapons. The shining sword was facing him. His face darkened immediately.

"Luo Yi, what are you doing? How dare you break into the palace! What do you want to do with these people holding weapons? Did you break into my bedroom just as you said? Do you still have the emperor in your eyes? Are you unwilling to take the position of prince and want to replace him?" Li Yuan gritted his teeth and said, anyone who saw such a scene would probably think so.

Before Luo Yi could speak, he saw the headed guard turned to face Luo Yi, knelt down on one knee, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, my subordinates are here waiting for your orders."

It's the opposite!

Not to mention Li Yuan, even Luo Yi was dumbfounded by the scene in front of him, and couldn't get his head around for a long time.Where did this song come from?He was still arguing with the old eunuch before, and the old eunuch refused to let himself face the saint. He never thought that a row of soldiers suddenly appeared from nowhere, armed with sharp weapons, and directly broke into the saint's bedroom. He thought it was someone If you want to be unfavorable to the emperor, hurry up and take a look...

"Who are you all? How could you break into the emperor's bedroom with weapons in hand?" Luo Yi stared blankly.

"Returning to Lord Luo, the subordinates are the subordinates of King Qin, who are the guards on duty in the inner courtyard of the palace. Yesterday, I heard that King Qin was under house arrest for no reason, and I felt dissatisfied. I wanted to see the emperor for a long time and plead for King Qin, but the subordinates were very soft-spoken. I can't even see the emperor. Today I saw the prince enter the palace from a distance. I guess it must be because of King Qin. King Qin has shown kindness to my brothers. When King Qin is in trouble, several of my brothers were in a hurry, so they followed the prince. If the emperor agrees to let King Qin go, that’s all. If the emperor blindly listens to the slander and punishes King Qin, then we will also rescue King Qin, Lord Luo, you are also here to save King Qin, and we will obey your orders.” Said Well, the person at the head glanced at Li Yuan in an extremely disrespectful manner.

"What if I just don't agree to let Li Shimin go?" Li Yuan said with a gloomy expression, "Do you still want to rebel?"

The man lowered his head and said resolutely: "This subordinate is only the king of Qin who will follow!"

"Hehe... Alright, what a Li Shimin, after I saw through his ambitions, this meeting is actually an open rebellion! Luo Yi, you actually rebelled with Li Shimin's staff!"

It was only now that Luo Yi realized the seriousness of the situation. He picked up the kneeling man and asked angrily, "Who are you guys? This king doesn't know you at all. Why did you wrong King Qin and this king?"

Although the man was afraid, he pretended to be surprised and said, "How could Lord Luo not know his subordinates? I will meet Lord Luo in the Qin Palace at the end of the day. The subordinate was arranged by the King of Qin. Now the King of Qin is being held by a traitor Harm, it’s time for me to wait.”

"Fart your mother! I don't know you at all, and you don't want to put shit on King Qin. I know what kind of person King Qin is. You guys just say you want to rebel! Rescue the King of Qin? It is clear that someone bought and framed the King of Qin and the King, say! Who are you from? Are you sent by the villain Prince?"

"Since Lord Luo doesn't believe that this subordinate belongs to the King of Qin, then this subordinate will prove it to you—" After finishing speaking, the man broke free from Luo Yi, moved upwards, and rushed to Li Yuan's side. With a raised right hand, the weapon in his hand It lay across Li Yuan's neck.

"Stop—" Luo Yi hurriedly shouted.

"Lord Luo, now you should believe that this subordinate is from the Qin Palace, right?" The man turned his head to look at Li Yuan and said, "Your Majesty, this subordinate does not intend to offend you, as long as you issue an order to release King Qin, and Zen Located at the King of Qin, my subordinates guarantee that you will not be injured, if you want to kill or scratch afterwards, you will be respected."

"Hahaha... my good son! Sure enough, he intends to rebel."

"Your Majesty! Please believe King Qin, these people are not from Prince Qin's residence at all, King Qin must have been framed!"

"Come on, come on, it's terrible, someone has rebelled!" The old eunuch Chang De, who had been shoved aside, got up from the ground. Seeing this posture, his face turned pale with fright, and he ran out with trembling legs. In the bedroom, after a short while, the palace guards surrounded everyone, but because the emperor was held hostage, he dared not do anything.

"Today, regardless of whether I can survive or not, I will first go to the Qin Palace to pass the decree, and immediately execute Li Shimin! All the people in the Qin Palace will be exiled in Shu."

"Your Majesty! There is something strange about this matter. I hope the Emperor will investigate thoroughly before making a decision."

"Old Emperor, you are so ignorant of compliments! If you dare to touch King Qin, I will fight you to the death!" After the man said, he exerted a little force on his hand, and there was a bloodstain on Li Yuan's neck.

Li Yuan was also furious. Looking at Luo Yi, he wished he could tear him into pieces: "I'm being stabbed around my neck with a knife, and I'm in danger. You tell me there's something wrong with this matter? Luo Yi, you really will find someone for Li Shimin. An excuse, this is clearly because the people in Prince Qin's Mansion are dissatisfied with me, they don't see me as an emperor, and I'm afraid it's the same in your eyes."

"Hurry up! Go to Prince Qin's Mansion to pass the decree!"

"Don't go!" Luo Yi stretched out his hand to stop the eunuch who wanted to deliver the decree. In a moment of desperation, he knelt down with a plop, "Your majesty—the King of Qin is the most filial, how could he do such a thing? The emperor spared the King of Qin, whether these people are from the Palace of the King of Qin or not, we hope to thoroughly investigate this matter before making a decision."

What Li Yuan wanted to say, he saw Li Jiancheng leading a group of people in from the other side. As soon as he entered the door and saw this posture, his face turned pale with fright, and he shouted in a trembling voice: "Father, who is the thief, how dare you The next crime is committed, with the intention of treason!"

The people who had originally held Li Yuan hostage saw more and more guards, and felt timid. Not only him, but even the dozen or so people he brought moved closer to the center, not daring to act rashly.

"Presumptuous! You are already surrounded, and you will be captured before you put down your weapons!" The prince shouted, but he didn't know whether it was because of his majesty or something, but those people's movements were really slow, and it happened that the people brought by the prince suddenly attacked , won in one fell swoop.

Until the leader who hijacked Li Yuan was pressed to the ground by the prince's men, unable to move, he still refused to admit defeat: "Hurry up and release His Highness King Qin, I want to save His Highness King Qin from fire and water."

"Father, my son came late for rescue, which surprised my father." Li Jiancheng quickly took advantage of the situation and stepped forward to support Li Yuan.

The situation stabilized a bit, and suddenly I heard a clear voice from behind: "I didn't know that the remnants of the Yang family in the East Palace became my loyal subordinates of Li Shimin."

The counselor next to Li Jiancheng immediately shouted: "Li Shimin, you are so courageous, you dare to disobey the imperial decree and leave the mansion privately, what do you want?"

It turned out that the person who spoke was Li Shimin, King Qin who was supposed to be under house arrest in the Palace of King Qin.

Li Shimin glanced in the direction of the crown prince, Shi Shiran stepped forward, and knelt down on his knees in the direction of Li Yuan: "Father, the matter of Shimin leaving the house without authorization, I will deal with it after hearing about it later, but someone put it on my body For splashing dirty water, my minister really wants to seek justice."

"Fairness, what justice? You indulged your subordinates and hijacked me, what kind of justice do you need? You are committing a heinous crime, and you should have been cut to death." No one dared to point a sharp weapon at him for many years, and Li Yuan was furious at the moment Zhengda.

"Father! Didn't Father ever trust my son? Is my son such an unfaithful and unfilial person?"

"It's not you, then who else? Who else can have such a great ability to mobilize the forbidden army in the palace?"

"I didn't do it, so someone did it."

When Li Shimin and his entourage cast their gazes over, Li Jiancheng shrunk his neck subconsciously, but quickly went up to him and snorted lightly: "Who is the second brother talking about?"

"Who are you talking about, you don't know?" Cheng Yaojin stared with obvious meaning, "The thief shouted, "Stop the thief!"

"Second brother's subordinates are exactly the same as second brother, no distinction is made between superiority and inferiority, and no one is in their eyes."

"Your Highness, why bother talking about him? Isn't the most important thing now is to interrogate this assassin who keeps saying that he is a staff member of the Qin Palace?" Li Shimin looked sideways at the person who was pressed on the ground.

"General Cheng, I order you to take this cadre down for interrogation. It is obviously a remnant of the Yang family. Even if it has something to do with it, it must have something to do with the Crown Princess who is the daughter of the Yang family, and it must have something to do with the East Palace. It has something to do with it, so why don't you just drag it out and get involved in my Prince Qin's residence!" Li Shimin's eyes were burning like a torch, and Li Jiancheng's heart trembled suddenly when he saw it.

"Come on! I, Old Cheng, don't believe that I can't let him speak the truth."

"Presumptuous! Do you still have me as the emperor in your eyes?" Li Yuan pointed at Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, his face flushed with anger, panting like a cow, "You, and you! You all think I am dead?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?" Li Yuan staggered a few steps, and was finally supported by the eunuch Chang De, his eyes drooping slightly.

"Father!"

"Father—"

Seeing this, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin also wanted to take a step forward to show concern, but Li Yuan stopped him with his hand, and Li Yuan said in a tired voice, "Okay, I'm not feeling well, and I need to rest for a while, you all get out of here."

"Whether it is the dead soldiers of the Qin Palace or the remnants of the Yang family, I have my own judgment. Come and take all these assassins into the dungeon."

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin looked at each other: "Father——"

"Father, please give me justice."

Li Yuan glanced at the relentless Li Shimin: "Let's leave it at that for today. I suddenly feel unwell. I'll try again after tomorrow morning."

"What about General Shan and General Yuchi?"

"Tomorrow they will be interrogated together."

"Father—General Shan was obviously framed by someone. If he stays in the dungeon again, I'm afraid that someone will harm him!" Li Shimin wanted to say something else.

"Get out of here quickly! Li Shimin, don't forget, you left the mansion in disregard of the imperial decree! I didn't pursue you, it's already a favor. And you, Li Jiancheng, don't think I'm an old fool!" Li Yuan With a low growl, the two glared at each other unwillingly, and left one after another with their subordinates.

When the crowd dispersed, the old eunuch Chang De stretched out his hand and patted Li Yuan on the back and said, "The emperor calms down, the emperor calms down, the health of the dragon body is important."

Li Yuan gently rubbed his temples, frowned, and seemed to be talking to himself: "Shimin never fights uncertain battles. Since he said that those people are the remnants of Yang's family, then nine out of ten will be it. Impatient! What should I do now? What should I do?"

The old lady was startled when she listened to the monitor, and dared to hold her breath, patted Li Yuan's back lightly, without saying a word.

"Go and declare Pei Ji to enter the palace for me."

The old eunuch was taken aback when he heard the words, lowered his head and hurried out of the palace.

By the time Pei Ji rushed into the palace on his old legs, it was almost evening. The emperor sat on the low couch expressionlessly, not knowing what he was thinking. Seeing him coming in, he glanced lightly at him.

Pei Ji hurriedly saluted, was called to stand up again, and stood aside respectfully, listening to the emperor explain the ins and outs of the matter.

"So, Ai Qing thinks how should I deal with it?"

After thinking about it, Pei Jisi said: "I have the courage to ask, do you want to continue to sit on the throne?"

When Li Yuan heard this, his eyes suddenly became sharp. This means that if Pei Ji dared to say such a thing, if he was someone else, he would have been dragged out and beheaded long ago.

Li Yuan took a deep look at his friend for many years: "How do you say that?"

"If the emperor doesn't want to be the emperor anymore, then change the king of Qin to be the prince. The king of Qin has great ambitions. He may have aimed at this position before the emperor's uprising. Otherwise, he would not be the first to persuade the emperor to raise troops against the Sui Dynasty. of."

Pei Ji thought for a while and then said: "And the King of Qin also has this ability. I was fortunate enough to fight with the King of Qin. The King of Qin was brave and good at fighting, so brave that he made the enemy fearful. The high prestige is not only in the army, dare to ask the people in the world, who doesn't know the name of His Royal Highness King Qin?"

"Your Majesty, please pardon the old minister's blunt words. If you change King Qin to be the crown prince, then you can only be the Supreme Emperor early and enjoy the happiness of life."

Pei Ji's slow and coherent words were like a sharp sword piercing Li Yuan's heart, and he immediately became restless: "What if I still want to be the emperor?"

"Then continue to protect the prince. Although the prince is not as capable as King Qin, the prince has no ambitions."

Li Yuan got up slowly, looking directly at the bottom, with a cold look: "Pei Ji, do you know that if Li Shimin's words are true, what he did today is to collude with the remnants of the previous dynasty, intending to assassinate me, and frame his own brother ! No matter which one, it is a capital offense.”

Pei Ji seemed to be ignorant, and said bluntly: "If the crown prince is ambitious, he will not allow the king of Qin to come here. I'm afraid it is really impossible at the moment, so--not to mention, if this matter has nothing to do with the crown princess, it is impossible. If the emperor does not Don't worry, when it's time to give birth, go directly to the mother to keep the child, that's all, and the Yang family will not be able to cause any trouble. How dare the crown prince assassinate the emperor, at most it is just pushing the boat along the way, using the hands of the crown princess, trying to hold him back King Qin, this is a rush to the doctor, why can't the princess stay here?"

"Pei Ji, how many benefits did the crown prince give you to make you protect him so much?"

Pei Ji knelt down on both knees, with a mournful face: "Your Majesty, once the emperor and the courtiers, from the day when the old ministers followed the emperor to fight against the Sui Dynasty, the humble ministers will serve the emperor as the only door, and protecting the prince is also for the emperor to stabilize the country. "

Li Yuan thought for a long time before looking into the distance with deep eyes and saying: "Who doesn't want to be an emperor..."

"The old minister understands. Since this is the case, the emperor doesn't need to interrogate the thieves in the dungeon at all."

"To interrogate."

"What does the emperor mean?"

"Interrogate those thieves, and give the prince justice."

"Your Majesty, you—" Pei Ji was surprised.

"After the interrogation, no matter what the result is, the people of the world will be exiled to Shu, and you will look after him for me, and go to Shu together, there must be no mistakes."

"The old minister obeys the order."

Back in the East Palace, Yang Ruyifu was pushed away by Li Jiancheng as soon as he stepped forward: "It's all you! You are smart, what a good way to disrupt the situation, this is good, the father will interrogate these people after tomorrow morning, if it is true The emperor's father found out why, not only did he fail to win Li Shimin, but my palace was also implicated by him, Yang Ruyi, what is your intention to collude with the previous court's evil, do you think my life is too long?"

Yang Ruyi was startled, and her face was aggrieved: "How did the emperor know?"

"It's not what Li Shimin said. And judging by his father's appearance, he believed Shimin's words. Also, what kind of person is Shimin? If there is no evidence, he will definitely not do this, and he violated the order. Leaving the mansion, he must have caught something."

"He actually knows about such a secret thing. It seems that our huge East Palace is not safe."

As soon as Yang Ruyi said this, the anger on Li Jiancheng's face became more intense. Even his territory was under surveillance, so how could he not be annoyed: "I am not as good as Li Shimin! Everyone is against him."

Yang Ruyi really didn't like his despondent look, turned his back first, opened the door and window to see everything in sight, then lowered his voice and said to Li Jiancheng: "Your Highness is serious, the emperor's heart is for Your Highness."

"how do I say this?"

"If the emperor wanted to hold His Highness accountable, how could he easily let you go today? The Emperor told the Crown Prince and the King of Qin to go back, which shows that the Emperor is still undecided about how to deal with this matter."

Li Jiancheng calmed down and thought, what he said was reasonable, so he immediately called his cronies to secretly find out who the emperor had summoned into the palace after the incident.

It's just that Li Jiancheng and Yang Ruyi underestimated Li Shimin's ability. Since they could think of finding out who Li Yuan summoned afterwards, the Qin Palace led by Li Shimin is full of talents, so how could they just wait for death.And it's not just who Li Yuan summoned, but also what was said in the study, and within an hour, word by word, it was transmitted to the Qin Palace and reached Li Shimin's ears.

On July 626, 7 A.D., that is, the fourth day of June in the ninth year of Wude, Emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty ordered his prince Li Jiancheng and his second son Li Shimin to confront the palace to thoroughly investigate the assassination incident the night before.

Before the early dynasty, Tang Prince Li Jiancheng led his cronies into the north gate of the imperial palace——Shortly after Xuanwu Gate, the city gate was closed tightly. Qin Wang Li Shimin, who was assisted by Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong and others, took down the prince and everyone in one fell swoop. In the panic, the prince took his life. In the end, he was killed on the spot, and the rest of the East Palace were arrested one after another.

On the same day, the cronies of Prince Qin's mansion led troops into the East Palace, and captured Yang Ruyi, the remnant villain of the Yang family who was a demon girl who harmed the country.

On the same day, Li Mi and others who had originally surrendered to the Li dynasty were arrested on charges of colluding with the remnants of the Yang family, helping the prince, and attempting to rebel. The evidence is solid and cannot be argued.

By the time everything was settled, it was almost noon.

Li Yuan frowned, and slowly woke up. He touched his forehead and felt that he had slept too deeply. He lifted the gauze curtain and looked outside.

"Changde, Changde—"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"What time is it? It's dawn, why didn't you wake me up?" Li Yuan said with displeasure, "You can afford to miss the morning."

Chang De was startled, and quickly knelt down: "This... Your Majesty..."

"What are you hesitating about? Have the Crown Prince and the King of Qin arrived?" Li Yuan asked while ordering someone to wait for him to dress.

After getting no response for a long time, he turned around, frowned and looked at Chang De and said, "What's going on?"

"Go back to the emperor, the crown prince and King Qin have not arrived yet."

"Haven't arrived yet?" Li Yuan's tone was displeased, "What time is it, they haven't arrived yet? Don't you take my words seriously? Yesterday, I clearly asked the two of them to enter the palace to confront each other early this morning."

Just when the old eunuch was sitting on pins and needles and didn't know how to answer, he saw a crimson figure flashing through the door.

Li Yuan was stunned when he saw the person coming, and then he felt ominous: "Why are you alone, where is the prince?"

With a plop, Li Shimin knelt down on his knees, lowered his eyes, and said with tears in his eyes: "Father, my son is guilty."

Seeing this posture, Li Yuan felt more and more ominous in his heart, so he didn't reach out to help him, but asked, "I ask you, where is the prince?"

"Father, this subject is guilty. This subject entered the palace this morning, and was ambushed by the crown prince in collusion with Li Mi, the remnants of the Yang family, and others at the Xuanwu Gate. If it wasn't for the rescue by his subordinates...but in the melee, the crown prince was..." Li Shimin was sobbing uncontrollably.

"Your Majesty, the crown prince colluded with the surrendered ministers Li Mi, Wang Bodang, and the remnants of the previous dynasty in an attempt to murder the King of Qin. We can all testify that this matter has nothing to do with the King of Qin." Duan Zhixuan, a minister who came in with Li Shimin, stepped forward and said, He is neither from the Prince Qin's Mansion nor from the Prince's Mansion. From his point of view, it is especially suitable for him to be impartial.

Li Yuan was already in tears, filled with grief: "So, the crown prince is gone? I didn't expect that this kind of fratricide would happen in my Li family?!"

"Father, this has nothing to do with the second brother at all. The eldest brother is very stingy and makes trouble with the second brother everywhere. It's not like you don't know why you were deceived by him? He always framed the second brother. This You deserve to die." Li Yuanba had been standing silently behind the crowd, but seeing his father glaring at his second brother, he forgot his second brother's confession and stayed honestly, squeezed in and shouted.

"Yuanba, Shimin is your second elder brother, but—he, Li Jiancheng, is also your direct brother! How can you say something inferior to a beast?" Li Yuan shook his head and complained loudly.

Li Yuanba had never been accused by Li Yuan before, so he froze in place in fright.

In the past, seeing that he was mentally incomplete, Li Yuan deliberately pampered him, but now he could not help but be disappointed when he heard these remarks.

"Shimin, tell me the truth, do you already know what the prince has done? Are you worried that I will not give you justice today? I will punish you?"

Li Shimin knelt down on the ground in a daze, raised his head slightly, met Li Yuan's sharp eyes, and said slowly: "Yes. The crown prince can't tolerate me, wronged General Shan, and wanted to take General Yuchi down by force. Yesterday he wanted to take advantage of the remnants of the previous dynasty Frame the old prince Luo, and frame me for rebellion! I have borne every step of the way, because I always believe that the father will give my son an explanation."

"But—" Li Shimin took a deep breath, "Father doesn't have sons and ministers in his eyes, does he? Sons and ministers are just stepping stones for the crown prince!"

"Father, I didn't ask for that position. I had no intention of competing with the crown prince. You held my hand and told me over and over again, as long as I take down Xue Ju, Wang Shichong, Li Mi and others for you." The rebels, put down the Tang Dynasty, and allow me to be the crown prince!"

"Yes, it's my fault. It's not fair, I can't even handle family affairs well, and it's my fault that caused a rift between your brothers! But, prince, prince and you are brothers! How can you bear it, how can you bear it?"

Li Shimin wiped away his tears, stood up and said, "Father, please open your eyes and take a good look! The crown prince is jealous of my son's meritorious service, and has repeatedly attacked his son. Did this son threaten him at all? My son is already the King of Qin Yes, riches and honors, endless enjoyment, my son is satisfied, but the eldest brother doesn't think so, the elder brother has set up an ambush at Xuanwu Gate. First go to the palace with the son to confront, if the father doesn't believe what the son said If you want to punish my son for a serious crime of treason, then the elder brother doesn't have to do it; if the father and the emperor believe in what the son said, what happened yesterday was done by the elder brother, then today the son will not be able to leave the palace or the Xuanwu Gate Yes, the elder brother has already colluded with the remnants of the previous dynasty and the