Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 138

However, when Qin Tian pacified the bandits inside and outside Longkou County, the capital Chang'an was not at peace either.

Since Qin Tian was demoted to Longkou County, in just half a year, Li Jiancheng, Pei Ji, and Concubine Yin De joined forces to transfer Li Shimin's powerful generals and civil servants out of the capital one after another.

Now beside Li Shimin, there is only Cheng Yaojin left as a military general. That's why Li Jiancheng didn't frame him because he saw that Cheng Yaojin was useless, and felt that there was no difference between Li Shimin's presence and absence of him.

Apart from Cheng Yaojin, only Changsun Wuji, Gao Shilian, Zhang Gongjin and others were left among the civil servants. Counselors like Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling were all thorns in Li Jiancheng's eyes, and they were taken out of Chang'an early on.

Li Shimin's manpower is weak, although he did it on purpose, but he has less power in the capital, so he doesn't dare to stand out easily.

On weekdays, he has become a lot more peaceful. Apart from going to court to deal with government affairs every day, he sits idle in the mansion after the court, like a person who is like a wild crane.

Seeing Li Shimin like this, Li Jiancheng finally let go of his guard.

In fact, as long as Li Shimin doesn't compete with him for the throne, he doesn't really intend to kill Li Shimin.

This is how life goes, and if there are no accidents, it may really be like this.

But in the scorching summer, something happened suddenly in the palace.

Li Yuan suddenly had a nightmare at night, woke up from the bed, and couldn't fall back to sleep after that.

Moreover, as long as he closes his eyes, the nightmare keeps reappearing, making him restless.

The news quickly spread to the princes and princesses, so Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and others came in a hurry the next morning.

"Father, I heard that you didn't have a good rest last night?" Li Jiancheng looked anxious, and Li Shimin and others stood beside him, all of them were also very nervous.

Li Yuan's bedroom was in the rain room, so it wasn't very hot, but Li Yuan was sitting on the bed with cold sweat on his forehead, as if the nightmare from last night hadn't dissipated yet.

He glanced around blankly, and finally fixed his gaze on Li Shimin, but quickly closed his eyes again.

"Father is fine, just sleepy, you'll be fine if you take a rest, you all go down."

Seeing this, all the princes and princesses could only offer a few words of consolation, and then retreated.

But after the princes and princesses left, Li Yuan opened his eyes again, his eyes were slightly fixed, and a cloud of sadness floated on his face.

The dream last night was very strange. He only dreamed of blood, a lot of blood. The blood flowed from the inside of the palace to the outside of the palace, like a sea of ​​blood. He stood on the pavilion of the palace, surrounded by no one, only endless night and blood.

That scene seemed to be hell on earth, he kept shouting, but no one responded.

He didn't know how he had such a dream, and he didn't even dare to tell anyone about it.

In other words, in fact, he somewhat guessed the situation, but he just didn't want to believe it.

In the battle for the throne, didn't those dynasties have to shed blood and sacrifice?
He felt that Li Shimin's people must have been transferred away recently, which made him a little uneasy, for fear that Li Shimin would do something drastic, that's why he couldn't sleep and had nightmares.

That's why he looked at Li Shimin today.

This son of mine is not a law-abiding person.
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East Palace.

After Li Jiancheng returned to the East Palace, he told Song Gongqing about the situation, and after speaking, he looked nervous.

"The prince sees that the emperor's face is very bad. I don't know if he has seen the imperial doctor and what is the situation. His reaction today is also very wrong. It seems that he doesn't want us to pay too much attention to this matter."

For his father, Li Jiancheng was still very worried, but Song Gongqing smiled indifferently: "Your Highness, the Holy Majesty's physical or mental health is a good thing for you, why should you worry?"

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng's expression froze immediately, and he shouted: "Presumptuous, father's health is not good, how can it be considered a good thing for the prince, do I have to wait for father's death?"

Being reprimanded by Li Jiancheng, Song Gongqing was not in a hurry, not even afraid, he was completely confident.

"His Royal Highness, do you think that your crown prince will be safe after taking away those civil servants and generals of the King of Qin? Your Majesty is in its prime, as long as your Majesty is still in power, everything is possible. Maybe His Highness King Qin will counterattack at any time. , only when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne, can you be truly stable, but wait slowly, will you have time?"

These words were very rebellious. After listening to Li Jiancheng, he suddenly fell into deep thought. Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that what Song Gongqing said was very reasonable.

His father is in his prime, and there will be no problem in living for more than ten years, but what is impossible to happen in ten years?

Li Shimin's people were just transferred away, maybe when the court needs them, they will be transferred back again.

At that time, what should I do?
Only when you sit on the throne, everything is a foregone conclusion.

Thinking about it, Li Jiancheng's eyebrows moved slightly, his killing intent concentrated.

"In Mr. Song's opinion, what should the crown prince do?"

Song Gongqing took out a pack of things from his sleeve, and said: "This medicine is called magic powder. As long as you take a little, it will make the holy man restless. This thing is not poisonous, even the imperial doctor can't find it out. , Your Majesty’s body will collapse, and at that time His Highness the Crown Prince will ascend the throne, wouldn’t it be a matter of course?”

Hearing Song Gongqing mention such methods, Prince Li Jiancheng suddenly hesitated again.

"Let the prince think about it."

How could he bear to harm his father?

Song Gongqing is still in no hurry here. He knows that Li Jiancheng will be tempted sooner or later in the face of the temptation of imperial power. He doesn't need to persuade him, because Li Jiancheng will agree to use magic powder soon.

The struggle for imperial power always starts with bloodshed, and Datang is no exception.

Song Gongqing handed the phantom powder to Li Jiancheng, and then bowed and retreated.

The East Palace quickly quieted down, only the sound of water splashing outside the Ziyu House. Now that the Ziyu House has become very popular among the rich and powerful, there will naturally be places like the East Palace.

Li Jiancheng's hand holding the phantom powder trembled a little. After a long time, he came to the window, the rain curtain outside the window fell from above, a coolness hit his face, and the automatic water wheel made a creaking sound.

Li Jiancheng frowned for a moment, then took apart the magic powder that Song Gongqing had given him, and poured it all into the pool.

He really couldn't do it to harm his father, even if he wanted to be the emperor again, he still couldn't do it.

Not far away, Song Gongqing saw all this in the East Palace study, but after seeing these, he still only showed a slight smile, and then continued to read the book.

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