Long live Emperor Wu!

Changsun Wuji clearly had an angry look on his face and said to the chamberlain behind the emperor:

"You all stand down!"

It was disrespectful for him to order the emperor's attendant so casually. The little chamberlain looked at the emperor in shock.

Seeing the young emperor, Mian Qixia's face looked uglier than ever before, but she still calmly raised her hand to signal them to leave.

Only then did the young chamberlain dare to lower his head and command the guard of honor to retreat ten steps away.

Changsun Wuji looked at the emperor with sharp eyebrows, and the emperor looked at him with calm coldness.

"Does Your Majesty think that I was wrongly judged in this case?" Changsun Wuji asked in a deep voice.

Li Shan sneered and said:

"If uncle wants to persuade me to believe that you are right, forget it. I'm not really a child. A few words from others can make me believe whatever I want regardless of the facts."

As he said that, he was about to leave, but Changsun Wuji took another step, stretched out his arms to stop him, and said very stubbornly:

"Fang Yiai, Xue Wanche, and Chai Lingwu are irrefutable. They should be killed for treason. According to Tang law, treason means one person treason. The whole family is guilty. The three princesses and their heirs died together. Some no problem?"

Li Shan rolled his eyes slightly, looked at him and said:

"When Princess Chengyang's consort was executed, she was not guilty. Why didn't you tell my father the same truth at that time?"

Changsun Wuji immediately said:

"Princess Chengyang is your biological sister! She is a direct descendant, can she be the same as these?!"

Li Shan's eyes became colder again, he looked away and looked into the distance:

"That means you can show mercy outside the law, but I am young and do not have enough prestige to keep the people I want to keep."

Changsun Wuji choked for a moment, and then continued:

"I know you think I am good at wielding power and excluding dissidents, but I am not doing it for myself, I am doing it for you and the country of the Tang Dynasty.

The relationship between relatives and friends of the Fang family is complicated. If someone wants to make profits from it and unite them, their power will be huge. For the sake of the stability of the court, this kind of power should not be retained. Wouldn't it be better to break it up while taking this opportunity?

I mentioned this to you, why don’t you want to? And the King of Wu, Li Ke, has long been rebellious. He has a higher reputation than you!

You keep him by your side and rely on him to put down the rebellion? If this continues, he will only outdo his master and threaten your throne! Shouldn't it be removed? "

Li Shan looked at him with his hands behind his back, frowned slightly under his hat, looked at Changsun Wuji's face, and asked silently:

"Is this the reason why my uncle arbitrarily framed others? He acts like a villain, but he is so righteous?"

Upon hearing this, Changsun Wuji narrowed his eyes slightly, glared at Li Shan, walked around to his left with a fairylike air, and said proudly:

"Villain? Your Majesty is kind. Although he is diligent in government affairs, he is too well protected and does not know the dangers of this world. Everyone is wrapped in this quagmire of mortal world. No one is a true saint and gentleman, and there is no room for saints and gentlemen.

Perhaps in your mind, Emperor Taizong was wise and powerful, and he was praised as a saint by the world, so he was truly a saint.

But I want to tell you, back then, if I hadn’t designed him to vomit blood for three days in front of everyone, creating the illusion that Li Jiancheng was going to poison him, causing him to almost die, I wouldn’t have been able to make everyone share the same hatred and indignation, and launch the Xuanwumen War. Change, successfully kill his brother to seize the throne, and become the emperor! "

When Li Shan heard this, his heart was slightly shaken, and he stared sideways at Changsun Wuji, as if he didn't quite believe it.

Changsun Wuji saw what he was thinking and said directly:

"What? Don't believe it?"

As he spoke, he lifted up the sleeves of his broad official uniform, pointed to his chest, and said:

"I am the first of the twenty-four meritorious officials of Lingyan Pavilion. The late emperor's inscription is still there. He personally said that I was the first meritorious official who assisted him in ascending to the throne of God. Have you forgotten?

... Even though there are reasons for this because of your mother, but more importantly, I really used these villainous actions to help him overcome countless difficulties. It can be said that without my eldest grandson Wuji, without our eldest grandson brothers and sisters, there would be no saint and wise king who will shine through the ages, and there would be no you. "

As he spoke, he even rolled up his sleeves, turned his back, and said disdainfully to him:

"Perhaps your father was killed by Li Jiancheng a long time ago and used villainous behavior that you disdained!...Xiaojiu, you should grow up. You shouldn't be so naive and can't tell the difference between good and good!"

After that, he put his sleeves on his back and left quickly.

Li Shan stood there, his expression showing boredom, his eyes misty, and he didn't move for a long time.

……

……

In the end, Wu King Li Ke, Jing King Li Yuanjing, and the two princesses were all ordered to commit suicide.

Fang Yiai, Xue Wanche and Chai Lingwu sentenced him to beheading.

In the end, the result of the struggle was that the children were spared from death, including Princess Gaoyang's children, who were also sentenced to exile.

In Chang'an City, the implicated families totaled more than 4,000 people, and they were all sent to exile on the same day.

Li Shan stood on the city wall of Xuanwu Gate, wearing a thin cloak, looking at the skyline in the distance and the crowd of people leaving, and did not move for a long time.

Wu Rou stood aside and accompanied him quietly.

The wind on the city wall was so strong that people could not stand firmly.

He faced the wind, his cloak fluttered, and his hairband flew around the back of his head. He held up a glass of wine in his hand, pointed it towards the sky, and spilled it.

The wine was carried by the wind and turned into fine raindrops and flew away from the city wall, not even a shadow could be seen.

He still held the empty glass in his hand, as if he was competing with someone, until there was a "pop" sound, the wine glass shattered in his hand, and blood dripped down.

Wu Rou heard the noise, turned her head suddenly, and saw Li Shan clutching the broken porcelain pieces tightly, with red eyes.

She felt so distressed that she quickly stepped forward, opened his hand, and directed Cai Yi behind her to get the medicine. She picked up the broken porcelain pieces and said anxiously:

"You just know how to be cruel to yourself, even if you fall down, don't you want to vent your anger?"

Li Shan lowered his eyes, looked gloomy, and said nothing.

After a while, he murmured:

"I have really failed as an emperor. From now on, who else will dare to do things for me? After all, I can't even protect my own people."

When Wu Rou heard this, she bit her lip and said with sharpness and stubbornness between her beautiful brows and eyes:

"There are me, and many people. After this incident, everyone knows that His Majesty and Changsun Wuji are at odds with each other and are not of the same mind. This is the time to take sides. Everything has just begun.

Putting aside everything else, Li Ji is definitely on our side. His daughter, Sister Xiangyun, followed me and saw her. She will definitely tell Aye about what Changsun Wuji did. "

Wu Rou took the things and bandaged Li Shan's wounds herself.

Li Shan looked at his hands, lowered his eyes and said:

"No matter what, the military power must be in your own hands. Let's go back and choose a day to upgrade the generals with military power and reputation to show their honors and recruit them into the palace to see them more often."

As he spoke, he raised his eyes leisurely and said:

"...Arou, there is something I don't want to do, but I feel I must do it. Please make an idea for me."

Wu Rou immediately raised her eyes, looked at him expectantly, and asked:

"what's up?"