People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1133 The prince’s final struggle

In the main hall of the East Palace, the lights are flickering.

Li Xian looked at the dense crowd of Youjinwu guards outside the palace. Their faces were frighteningly pale. They sat there with their fists shaking.

The prince's family leader Murong Jingbin stood aside and kept taking out letters from the bookshelf and putting them in the brazier to burn.

From time to time, Mr. Murong looked outside the hall.

What reassured him was that no one from outside the palace rushed into the palace to stop him from burning these most important letters.

The scope of Li Xian's rebellion was larger than anyone imagined.

It's just that people have always focused on Chang'an and Luoyang, but they have ignored that in recent years, too many people in the East Palace and even the Prince Yong's Mansion have been released as officials.

And the location is not low.

Once the strength of these people is gathered, it will be enough for Li Xian to control the court immediately after breaking into Xuanwu Gate.

"We failed." Li Xian finally spoke, with a trace of regret in his eyes: "We underestimated our father's reaction to what happened today."

"It is necessary to take risks." Murong Jian kept moving and shook his head and said: "Your Highness, the most important thing now is to put everything aside from Your Highness. Everything is done by others and has nothing to do with Your Highness. "

Li Xian raised his head with some confusion. Now that he was like this, how could he still be divorced from the matter?

Murong Bin burned the last letter, stood up, looked at Li Xian, and said solemnly: "Everything was done by Chen and Gao Qi. It was the two of us who secretly planned to kidnap His Highness on his birthday. Breaking into the Xuanwu Gate... everything is our fault and has nothing to do with His Highness."

Li Xian's face suddenly became extremely ugly. He looked at Murong Guest, shook his head and said, "It's useless. The secret guards must have been watching these things for a long time."

"The words are so false, but as long as I and Gao Qi insist on it, no one can bite His Highness again." After a slight pause, Murong Jiajia continued: "Except Chen and Gao Qi, no one else has had contact with His Highness. There are letters exchanged between the two of us at my minister's home and at Gao Qi's home, which record our plan to kidnap His Highness."

"Have you already prepared?" Li Xian looked at Murong Guest in disbelief.

"Before thinking about victory, think about defeat first."

After Murong Bin finished his sentence, he suddenly pulled out the long sword placed on the shelf next to him, and the sharp blade was instantly placed on Li Xian's shoulder.

"Your Highness, just think that you were really deceived by Chen and Gao Qi. Everything was done by Chen and Gao Qi. Your Highness must live, so that Chen and Gao Qi will not die in vain." After Murong guest said, he held up his hand. The long sword was stretched forward, and a trace of blood appeared under Li Xian's jaw.

The corner of Li Xian's mouth couldn't help but twitch, and he subconsciously screamed out in pain, but fortunately, he bit down at the last moment.

"Your Highness, please." Murong Jiabin's face turned cold instantly: "Whether I can survive today depends on Your Highness's status in His Majesty's heart."

Li Xian stood up involuntarily, and then was held hostage by Murong Binjia and walked to the palace door, and then heard a "bang".

Murong Binbin kicked open the palace door fiercely.

Countless torches at the palace gate suddenly appeared in front of Murong Guest.

"Murong!" A roar came from the rear. Lu Yili, the prince's right guard and his middle commander, rushed in from the side door with a livid face, shouting angrily: "What are you doing?"

Guest Murong raised his joking eyes and looked at Liu Shenli, Li Jingjia, Pei Yan, Duan Baoxuan, Cui Mi, Li Dazhi and others who were following him. He tilted his head and said, "What are you doing? Looking for a way to survive. The prince has done this." Murong's act of rebellion will naturally seek a way out for himself."

"You are asking for a way to survive. Why do you want to hold His Highness the Crown Prince hostage?" Lu Yi suppressed his anger and stared at Murong Guest.

Today's events were bad enough.

Attendant Liu Shenli, along with General Li Dazhi of Jinwu Guard on the right, General Qianniu Guard on the left and Prince of Beiping County Li Jingjia, Pei Yan, Minister of Punishment, Duan Baoxuan, Minister of Dali Temple, and Cui Mi, Zhongcheng Yushi, were almost all there.

Under everyone's gaze, the prince's right guard led himself to dig out three hundred battle armors from the East Palace stables.

Lu Yi was completely stunned. He didn't know when so many armors appeared in the East Palace, and they were still in the stables.

As long as three hundred more people come, armed with swords and guns, they will immediately become three hundred cavalry.

If the three hundred cavalry make a surprise attack, they can even kill directly through Luoyang from the east of Luoyang City.

What's more, he is still in the palace.

Of course Lu Yi understands what this means?

Someone is plotting rebellion.

Someone in the East Palace wants to rebel.

Now, Murong Guanbin held the prince hostage again.

What happened, everything seemed to become very clear.

……

Mr. Murong raised his head, looked past Lu Yi and landed on Liu Shenli: "Prime Minister Liu, please make way for Murong to leave."

Liu Shenli didn't speak, and just looked at Murong Guest calmly.

This is the East Palace. There are three hundred Jinwu guards in the East Palace, and hundreds of Prince Liuli who obey his orders.

Except for the East Palace, it is the entire palace.

Now in the palace, there are the left and right Jinwu guards, the left and right Qianniu guards, the left and right prison gate guards, the left and right leading army guards, and the imperial guards.

In particular, the Forbidden Army has the largest number, and the North Gate Forbidden Army can dispatch tens of thousands of people into the palace at any time.

Now that something happened in the East Palace, everyone is on alert. How can Murong Guest escape?

Liu Shenli looked away from Mr. Murong and looked at Li Xian: "Your Highness..."

As soon as Liu Shenli opened his mouth, Murong Jian immediately understood that Liu Shenli had figured out his plan.

He is taking responsibility for the prince.

With a "bang" sound, without any hesitation, Murong Binbin turned the hilt of his sword over and hit Li Xian hard on the back of the head.

Just as Li Xian was about to say something, he was knocked unconscious and his face was full of astonishment.

Also astonished were the many high-ranking officials and soldiers present.

"Liu Xiang, please make way for Murong to leave." Murong guest looked at Liu Shenli with determination.

One hand was dragging Li Xian from behind, and the other hand was holding a sword across Li Xian's neck, and blood was already flowing down.

Seeing this scene, how could Liu Shenli still not understand that Murong Binbin was ready to die for Li Xian.

He couldn't leave the East Palace today.

He also knew that he could not leave the East Palace, but he had to go.

Only by moving forward can he shift the blame from Li Xian to himself.

Only in this way will Li Xian have a chance to get rid of suspicion.

Only in this way will other people who want to help Li Xian help him.

Liu Shenli's eyes immediately turned cold, he looked to the side and shouted in a low voice: "General Li, take him down, he will be alive." Liu Shenli gave the order, and Li Dazhi, who had been prepared for a long time, did not hesitate at all. Lift the bow and shoot the arrow directly.

In an instant, two long arrows were shot out like lightning, ruthlessly nailing Murong Jiabin's sword-holding hands.

The blood exploded immediately, and Murong Jian couldn't help but scream in pain.

With a "dang" sound, the long sword fell to the ground.

It was at this moment that two figures rushed out in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, they each grabbed Murong Jianbin's arms.

Li Jingjia, Lu Yi.

At the same time, Pei Yan and Duan Baoxuan also rushed forward to support Li Xian who was unconscious.

"Let me go." Murong Jian couldn't help but screamed.

At this time, a hand reached out to his chin, and then with a strong twist, Murong Binbin's chin had been removed.

"Take him down and put him in Dali Temple Prison." Liu Shenli looked at Duan Baoxuan, nodded, and said, "Mr. Duan, please send him there personally, don't let anyone die."

"Here!" Duan Baoxuan accepted the order with his hands in hand, then turned and left.

Liu Shenli looked at Pei Yan and said, "Brother Zilong asked people to send the prince into the palace. The door of the palace is wide open. Just watch the prince."

"Don't you need to search the East Palace?" Pei Yan asked subconsciously. As soon as the words came out, he knew that he had said the wrong thing.

Liu Shenli took a deep look at Pei Yan, and finally shook his head calmly and said, "No, your Majesty's decree is only to search the East Palace stables. As for the rest, I don't care about anything else."

"Here!" Pei Yan cupped his hands and his expression flickered.

Since he entered the palace, he has not seen the emperor.

He couldn't see clearly what the emperor was thinking.

Of course, the deposed prince is the deposed prince, but the father will not struggle in his heart when he deposes his son.

A man who couldn't speak rushed to the emperor at this moment and said that he wanted to investigate the remaining members of the prince's party...

An ulterior motive is enough to kill someone.

Liu Shenli turned around, looked at Lu Yi and said: "General Zhonglang, the sixth prince prince immediately put down all weapons and went to the right prison gate guard station. All the guards in the east palace will be taken care of by the right Qian Niu guard."

"The last general takes orders." The prince's right guard led the middle man to hand over Lu Yi seriously, feeling infinite sadness in his heart.

Even if Murong Binbin made a desperate move in the end, the prince would still be deposed.

Throughout the East Palace, there are countless staff members. I don’t know how many people will be “suicided” tonight.

"On the right is General Li Dazhi of the Jinwu Guard, and on the left is General Li Jingjia of the Qianniu Guard." Liu Shenli suddenly ordered.

"The general is here." Li Dazhi and Li Jingjia stood up at the same time and held their hands.

"Today, you two are guarding the East Palace. No one in the room is allowed to leave the room. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed." Liu Shenli stretched out his hand with a fierce look on his face.

"Here!"

……

In the backyard of the East Palace, a sneaky figure escaped from the front yard and headed northeast of the East Palace with rapid breathing.

Just after turning into the shadow of a large hall, a deep voice suddenly sounded: "Qi Zhi, where are you going?"

Qi Zhi, the chamberlain in green clothes in front of him, stopped subconsciously. At this moment, a hand stretched out from the deeper darkness and pressed directly under Qi Zhi's nose.

The sweet smell came, and the next moment, Qi Zhi tilted his head and fainted.

Under the shadow of the palace, Xu Lu walked out calmly and looked at the bottom of the palace wall beyond the two palaces in front.

There was a dog cave there, and that was where Qi Zhi wanted to go.

The Dog Cave is a little-known palace exit in the East Palace.

Even in the entire East Palace, only a few people know about it.

Qi Zhi and Xu Lu are both such people, because they are the people responsible for dark matters around the prince.

Xu Lu put a hand into Qi Zhi's arms, and then a seal wrapped in yellow silk appeared in Xu Lu's hand.

Prince seal.

Xu Lu couldn't help but sigh. A few days ago, he just mentioned a few words about honoring the emperor after his death, and Qi Zhi wrote down the prince's seal.

Putting Prince Yin back into Qi Zhi's arms, Xu Lu carried him and quickly came to an abandoned well not far away, and then threw Qi Zhi into it without hesitation.

Silently, Xu Lu sneered softly.

Prince Seal, this thing, he can carve countless identical carrot seals.

There is no need to get the genuine product at all.

Xu Lu, who had experienced the death of the filial emperor Li Hong, knows best about the storm this thing can stir up.

Now, Qi Zhi clearly wants to do something.

But this has nothing to do with Xu Lu or Li Xuan. They have their own plans.

Turning around and looking in the direction of Qianyang Palace, Xu Lu gritted his teeth tightly.

He knew that Li Hong, who was filial to the emperor, was not poisoned to death.

He was consumed to death.

Little by little, I was worn down until the lamp ran out of oil.

And the person who did this was none other than Empress Wu.

Xu Lu looked sinister: We have plenty of time to play slowly.

Turning around and looking at the entire East Palace, Xu Lu's face became solemn.

Tonight, there are countless people in the entire East Palace who want to die "on a white silk ribbon."

Silently, Xu Lu had disappeared in front of the abandoned well.

(End of this chapter)