First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 451 Lead the snake out of the hole
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After listening to Gao Chong's words, Gao Shilian and the others frowned.

"Yuzhi, is this too risky?" Gao Shilian, an experienced and prudent governor of Yongzhou, disagreed with this kind of risky behavior.

In his opinion, the crown prince is at the end of the day, he just needs to fight steadily, and the king of Qin will become the crown prince, just around the corner.

Fang Xuanling was always cautious, but also a little worried, "Cheng'en Hall is very big, if there is an ambush, there may be hundreds of people, it is too risky."

Even Cheng Zhijie didn't dare to yell at this time, what if the king of Qin was gone after he rushed in, so what would happen.

Only Li Shimin's eyes were shining brightly, and he looked at Gao Chong, "You are not afraid, why should I be afraid, so I will follow you's plan."

Seeing Gao Shilian's anxious face about to dissuade him, Li Shimin waved his hands and said, "Uncle, don't try to persuade him. If you want to make a big deal quick, you must use some means."

Gao Chong smiled when he heard the words, and looked at Cheng Zhijie, "Yizhen remember, when the appointed time came, we didn't come out, so we rushed in immediately, and at the same time quickly reported to the saint, just say that the prince murdered King Qin."

Seeing that Gao Chong was full of confidence, everyone was very curious, why Gao Chong seemed to know the result long ago.

Little did he know that Gao Chong also felt uncomfortable. Li Jiancheng used Taiyuan Wang's birthday banquet to poison Li Shimin. He was deeply impressed by this incident.

On the original trajectory, Li Jiancheng can be said to have achieved half of the success, because Li Shimin was careless and drank the poisoned wine without warning.

It's just God's will, and I don't know whether Li Shimin's physique is strong, or Li Jiancheng bought fake medicine. After drinking the poisoned wine, Li Shimin vomited blood on the top and blood on the bottom, but he didn't die.

The situation is completely different now, but the birthday banquet was still held as scheduled. Gao Chong made up his mind not to eat anything or drink the wine at the banquet, and at the same time he already had a ruthless plan in his heart.

Li Shimin had already made a decision, and everyone was helpless, they just looked at Gao Chong and told them, "Be careful tomorrow, and protect the king well."

After returning to the mansion, Gao Chong was very excited in his heart. This period of battle between the two mansions should be over.

That's Conglong's merits. With the merits of the past and Conglong's merits, there will be no pressure to replace the fat Changsun Wuji as the first minister of Lingyan Pavilion in the future.

It was already late at night, in the Ganlu Hall, Li Yuan rubbed his eyes, sighed, and said pointedly: "Those who want to sit in this seat don't know how tired they are."

Wang De was like a shadow, standing behind him. Seeing Li Yuan stop writing, he immediately stepped forward to offer tea, "Everyone, it's late at night, let's rest."

Li Yuan gulped down his drink, rubbed the center of his brows, and just asked, "What's happening in the past two days?"

Wang De bowed and replied: "Everything is as usual."

Li Yuan nodded, stood up and patted his buttocks, "I'll go to the imperial concubine tonight."

In the past few days, Li Yuan was exhausted physically and mentally, instead of looking for those young and beautiful ladies, he went to look for Concubine Wan Gui every day, it seemed that only there could he find some comfort.

Seeing Li Yuan lift his legs and leave, Wang De said hesitantly: "Tomorrow is the tenth birthday of King Taiyuan, and the prince will invite all the kings of the clan to the banquet."

Li Yuan paused when he heard the words, "Did you invite King Qin?"

"The King of Qin has already been invited," Wang De replied truthfully.

Li Yuan frowned, and walked slowly, "Remember to remind me when the time comes tomorrow, I will go too."

Wang De agreed.

The haze in the depths of Li Yuan's eyes showed that he was very complicated now.

That night, everyone was tossing and turning.

The next day, Gao Chong was dressed in soft armor and a long robe, and put the two maces in the piano case, bid farewell to his wife and children, and went to pay his respects to his parents.

"Why is Chong'er carrying the piano?" Xue held Gao Zhun in his arms, looked at Gao Chong curiously, and asked with a smile, "Would you like to play a piece in public when you go to a banquet?"

Gao Chong grinned, "I won't talk to them. I asked Fang Du to visit the garden in the afternoon, and I won't be back."

Xue didn't think too much, just agreed.

Only Gao Junya's face was gloomy, "Follow me".

Coming to the side courtyard, Gao Junya asked in a deep voice, "Did you guys take any action?"

Gao Chong knew that he couldn't hide it, so he just said: "It's not that we have taken action, it's that the crown prince can't bear it anymore, today it's just for self-protection, don't worry, Aye, there won't be any blood."

Gao Junya was very helpless, "I also guessed that it was the Hongmen Banquet, the King of Qin might as well not go."

"Even if we avoid them today, what about tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow?" Gao Chong shook his head and said, "There is no reason to be a thief for a thousand days. It is better to lead the snake out of the hole than to prevent the thief for a thousand days, so as to avoid future troubles."

"Don't mobilize troops", Gao Junya emphasized again, "Once the mobilization of troops sees blood, the nature will be different."

"Aye is at ease", Gao Chong said with relief: "It's getting late, the baby has gone, if there are no mistakes, come back at night, the sky in Tang Dynasty will change."

Gao Junya's expression was complicated, and she went back to the study alone. She didn't go out until nearly noon, and rode a fast horse into the palace.

In Chengqian Palace, Li Shimin looked at the worried eyes of everyone and smiled freely.

"You don't need to be like this. We have been prepared for a long time. This is not taking a risk with your own life, but leading a snake out of a hole hahaha."

Yu Chigong and Cheng Zhijie, both in armor, looked at each other and bowed together: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will not disgrace you."

Li Shimin nodded, "I will leave the safety of you and me to you."

The eldest grandson, Fang Du, waited to sit in the Qin Palace, and Li Shimin and Li Shimin went straight to the Cheng'en Hall of the East Palace.

"Yuzhi, are you a qin?" Li Shimin asked curiously when he saw Kaohsiung carrying a qin case on his back.

Gao Chong heard the words and said with a smile: "The double mace in the piano case".

Li Shimin understood.

In the Cheng'en Hall, many clan and royal relatives have arrived one after another, basically those who were on Concubine Wan Guifei's birthday a few days ago.

In the apse, Li Jiancheng asked in a deep voice, "Are you all ready?"

"Brother, don't worry." Li Yuanji said with a stern face, "The seats have been arranged. The food and drinks at Li Shimin's table are full of poison. As long as he eats it, he will definitely die."

Li Jiancheng nodded in a daze, and then he realized that he looked at the dozens of knives and axes crowded in the back room, "Is this still necessary?"

Li Yuanji was a little speechless, secretly despising Li Jiancheng's timidity before the battle, and said bluntly: "Of course it is necessary. If Li Shimin refuses to drink or move chopsticks, then he will do it directly."

Li Jiancheng was still a little hesitant, "It's just that there are so many relatives present, what if I accidentally get hurt?"

Li Yuanji stroked his forehead with his hand, and said sharply in dissatisfaction: "Brother! What time is it, and you are still looking forward and backward. As long as you ascend to the big position, it doesn't matter if a few people die."

Seeing Li Yuanji sullen, Li Jiancheng felt a little palpitated. Seeing Li Yuanji turn around and walk into the back room, he ordered sternly, "Wait for me to throw a cup as a sign and give a big drink. You all come out and hack Li Shimin to death with knives."

Li Jiancheng's mind was confused, he could no longer understand this perverse and violent fourth brother in the past.

"Your Highness, King Qin is here," the servant rushed to report.

Li Yuanji was overjoyed, walked over to look at Li Jiancheng and said excitedly: "Let's go out together to see him off for the last time."

(End of this chapter)