Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

At night, the palace.

In the quiet night, the Yulin Army was stationed on the city wall as usual. Suddenly, there was a vibration in the ground, and a group of cavalry rushed towards the city gate.

The momentum is so huge that it is still frightening even if it is several miles away.

Call!
The cavalry came closer, and the leader jerked the reins and looked up.

"Open the city gate quickly and let me in!"

The defenders on the city wall obviously recognized Li Ying's identity and wiped their cold sweat and said loudly.

"The entrance to His Royal Highness's palace has been closed. No one is allowed to enter the palace without His Majesty's will. You'd better come back tomorrow."

Li Ying's face darkened: "How presumptuous, the lonely prince has entered the palace to garrison on the orders of his father. Open your dog eyes and see what this is!" He then showed the forged summons.
Seeing that the prince had the emperor's edict in his hand, the gatekeeper general hesitated for a moment, then personally came down from the city wall, opened the city gate and prepared to check the authenticity.

There was no other way. The prince led an army to enter the palace late at night, which was not a good thing at first glance. He could not bear the responsibility in case of a coup.

Arriving in front of Li Ying, the garrison general hugged his fists with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, the army has never entered the palace late at night. Can you show your Majesty's edict to the general?"

"Okay, take it and read it yourself." Li Ying sneered and handed over the edict, while quietly touching the hilt of the sword at his waist with his right hand.

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness." The defender general breathed a sigh of relief and was about to take the edict when his face changed and Li Ying said angrily.

"You bastard, how dare you attack Gu!"

Ah!
After killing the defending general with one sword, Li Ying raised her sword high and said to his subordinates.

"Brothers, the eternal hegemony is at this moment, rush into the palace and capture the faint king alive!"

"kill!"

Nearly ten thousand troops raised their weapons and shouted loudly, and the next moment they poured like a flood into the palace gate that had not yet been closed.

Soon the deafening sound of fighting was heard in the palace.

Since there were only 5,000 Yulin guards stationed at the palace, far inferior in number to Li Ying's army, they retreated to the vicinity of the Wanxiang Shrine not long after the fight.

"Your Majesty, the Yulin Guards are already less than two thousand. It won't be long before we can catch that foolish king Li Longji!" Right Minister Zhao Xun said with a smile.

Hearing these words, Li Ying showed a look of pride on his face. For a long time, he had not been taken seriously because of his mother, and was bullied like a dog by Concubine Wu Hui.

Now that he is fine, he can finally use his own strength to teach Li Longji a lesson.

"Zhao Aiqing, since Li Longji has been living in the palace for a long time, it is inevitable that there are some hidden dead men. You will bring two thousand soldiers and horses to search them one by one, and eradicate all those who are related to them!"

"I want to show these people in the palace who look down on me who is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

After saying this, he whipped his horse whip and led the army to kill the Wanxiang Shrine.

He mercilessly killed all the chamberlains who dared to stop him along the way.

Seeing this scene, Liuzi said with confusion on a tall building in the distance.

"Your Majesty, Li Ying has occupied 70% of the palace. According to this trend, it won't be long before he invades the Wanxiang Palace and captures Li Longji alive."

"Why haven't we seen bad people come out to protect the emperor?"

Hearing this, Fan Xin looked towards the Vientiane Palace in the night with a somewhat solemn expression.

"Don't be anxious. If my prediction is correct, the bad guys will come out soon."

This time, the reason why Fan Xin used Li Ying as a chess piece was to see how powerful the bad guy hiding in the dark was.

Only by forcing the opponent into the open can he have a chance to eliminate him.

Soon a cheer came from Nuo Da's palace.

Then Li Ying, carrying a sword, walked up the steps surrounded by soldiers and opened the door of the palace.

Surprisingly, Li Longji didn't look panicked at all, and slowly raised his head to look at his son.

"I thought it would be Fan Xin or even Princess Taiping who led the troops into the palace, but I never thought it would be you, a traitor like you!"

"Why, are you so anxious to become emperor?"

Faced with Li Longji's questioning, Li Ying laughed three times disapprovingly.

Finally, he said with a twisted expression of hatred.

"Li Longji, don't stay here with me alone. If you hadn't been so cold and ruthless, how could my mother and concubine have died of illness on the bed!"

"If it weren't for you, how could a lonely prince live worse than a dog?"

"Aren't you going to pass on the position of Crown Prince to Li Heng? Come on, let's see how you pass it on!"

Looking at his resentful son, Li Longji looked up to the sky and sighed melancholy.

"I didn't expect you to hate me so much. If I had known you were like this, I should have killed you in the first place! Save yourself the trouble of raising a tiger!"

Hearing these words, Li Ying snorted disdainfully.

"It's too late for you to say anything now. My people are everywhere in the palace. If I want to kill you, I will kill you."

After saying this, Li Ju and Li Yao rushed into the hall with a team of Jinwu guards, pointed their weapons at Li Longji, and prepared to cut him into pieces at the command.

Li Longji raised his glass and took a sip, looking at Li Ying with a trace of pity.

"Li Ying, do you think you can kill me?"

Sensing the tone of Li Longji's words, Li Ying felt uneasy for no reason, and spoke while holding back her fear.

"Hmph, stop pretending here, come here, kill Hunjun for me!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers shouted loudly and were about to raise their weapons and charge towards Li Longji.

A group of masked men holding sharp knives suddenly rushed out from behind the curtains on both sides of the hall.

As soon as these people met each other, without saying a word, they quickly inserted the knife into the soldier's chest, and wiped out all the rebels in the palace in the blink of an eye.

By the time Li Ying and the others reacted, several cold blades were already on their necks.

What frightened Li Ying even more was what the masked man said next.

"Your Majesty, the rebels who broke into the palace are being eliminated and normalcy will be restored within an hour."

"Okay, you did a good job!" Nodding to the masked man, Li Longji got up and walked to Li Ying.

"Your Majesty, I said you can't kill me just by yourself. Tell me, how do you want to die?"

Li Ying's legs were shaking non-stop. He had grown up in a deep palace. He had never seen such a scene before, and his courage had long been frightened.

"Father...Father, please spare my life. I was just temporarily deceived by a villain and made a big mistake. Please don't kill me!"

After saying that, he knelt on the ground with a bang, holding Li Longji's thigh and wailing.

Li Longji was startled, the smile on his face froze, and he narrowed his eyes and said calmly.

"Oh? Who can confuse a prince like you?"

"This..." Li Ying looked embarrassed.

"Ok?"

Noticing that her father's brows were frowning, Li Ying quickly put her head on the ground.

"Go back to my father, my son said! It was King Fan Xin of Yan who seduced my son to rebel."

"If you don't believe me, go and look at the corpses of those soldiers outside. They are all cavalry he borrowed from the Khitan!" "What are you talking about? Fan Xin tricked you into coming to the palace to change?"

Li Longji's expression changed and he was very embarrassed. He never expected that the guy behind Huang Que would be Fan Xin!
"Your Majesty, it's better to be honest with each other now that the matter has come to this. Why don't we take advantage of this opportunity to kill Fan Xin and other gangsters in one go!" the masked man said with murderous intent.

Li Longji's face was uncertain, looking at the fire dragon approaching from far away in the night, and finally shook his head.

"No, Fan Xin has already made preparations for this operation. It will be too difficult to get rid of him."

"It's better to take advantage of this opportunity and make him mistakenly think that these are my only trump cards."

"This way we can give him a plan."

Seeing that the emperor had made up his mind, the masked man stopped trying to persuade him and ordered people to take the prince and others into custody to wait for Fan Xin's arrival.

After about half an hour, dense footsteps sounded outside the hall.

Then Fan Xin, wearing armor and holding a sword, walked into the hall surrounded by soldiers.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I'm late." After apologizing to the emperor, Fan Xin looked at the masked man in the palace.

"Come on, take down all these rebels!"

"Yes!"

With an order, hundreds of cloaked Qianniu Guards drew their swords and attacked the masked man.

Soon, the two sides were fighting together. It had to be said that these bad guys were indeed very strong. Even veterans like Qian Niuwei had to use a lot of effort to capture them.

And all this happened in a flash of lightning. By the time Li Longji reacted, his bad guy had already been pinned to the ground.

Seeing this, Li Longji was furious and shook his sleeves with dissatisfaction.

"Fan Xin, what do you mean? The bad guys are the imperial guards, why do you want to deal with them!"

"The imperial guards?" Fan Xin was startled, then walked up to one of the masked men and pulled off his face cloth. It turned out that he was a young man in his twenties. "

After confirming that this was the mysterious bad guy, Fan Xin rolled his eyes and awkwardly raised his hand towards Li Longji.

"Your Majesty, calm down. There was a fight in the palace late at night. I thought it was these masked men who did it, but I didn't expect it was the prince's men." After saying that, the masked men were let go.

"Hmph!" Although Li Longji knew that Fan Xin did it on purpose, he didn't say anything. The time had not yet come and it was not the time to fall out with him.

"This time you can come to the palace to help me put down the rebellion, which is somewhat beyond my expectation. How about I invite you to try Taihu Flying Fish at Daming Palace in a few days?"

Naturally, Fan Xin would not refuse the emperor's invitation. The other party wanted to get rid of him, so why didn't he do the same?

"In that case, thank you Your Majesty. If nothing happens, I will take my leave first."

Fan Xin took a deep look at the masked man next to Li Longji, then turned and left with his men.

When passing by Prince Li Ying, the latter hugged his thigh and begged.

"King Yan, save me, I don't want to die!"

Fan Xin lowered his head and looked at Li Ying a little, and said with a smile.

"Your Highness, since you dare to say in front of His Majesty that it was me who ordered it, you should be prepared to be isolated and helpless, what do you think?"

After saying that, Li Ying left with the people while shouting.

Watching Fan Xin's back disappear into the night, the masked man said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, this thief even knows the content of our conversation. There must be a gap for him in the palace. How should we deal with it?"

"Kill them all!" Li Longji glanced at everyone with pale faces and left the palace.

When they arrived at the Qinzheng Hall, the place was already filled with ministers who had heard the news, and everyone had a hint of panic on their faces.

Seeing Li Longji coming out, Yang Guozhong rushed to the front and expressed concern.

"Your Majesty, while I was sleeping, I suddenly heard the sound of fighting coming from the palace. I quickly got up and put on my clothes to check. Only then did I know that it was Prince Li Ying who led the rebellion. Are you okay?"

Glancing at the ministers, Li Longji chuckled, sat on the dragon chair and spoke.

"My dear friends, don't worry, a traitor alone can't do anything to me."

"On the other hand, Fan Xin actually broke into the palace with his troops. If it weren't for your fear, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to see me!"

Sensing the anger in the emperor's words, Yang Guozhong said with a chill in his heart.

"Your Majesty, I have ordered the Ministry of War to recruit 300,000 soldiers and gather them in Chang'an City. It will take less than half a year to begin to have combat strength."

"Coupled with the elite troops deployed by the imperial court in the west, it is enough to destroy Fan Xin's Youzhou Army!"

Upon hearing that the imperial court had recruited 300,000 new soldiers, the ministers present breathed a sigh of relief and looked much more relaxed.

"Your Majesty, I believe that Luoyang is no longer safe enough at the moment, and the imperial court should move the capital to Chang'an as soon as possible. Only when we get there can we gain the upper hand in the confrontation with Fan Xin."

The ministers had already discussed the matter of moving the capital before they came. In their view, Chang'an City was a symbol of the prosperous age of Li and Tang Dynasties.

Once the emperor returns to Chang'an, he can gather the hearts of the people in the world in an instant.

Coupled with the 300,000 troops deployed in Chang'an, they believed that it would be easy to take back Luoyang and eliminate the rebel Fan Xin.

Seeing that the ministers unanimously agreed to move him to Chang'an, although Li Longji was a little unwilling to do so, he could only obey their opinions.

After thinking about this, Li Longji sighed.

"Well, as for moving the capital, I will follow what you all have said and prepare to leave immediately."

"It's your Majesty!" After the ministers retreated, Li Longji came to the door and looked at the quiet road of Luoyang City with his hands behind his hands.

"The move of the imperial court to Chang'an is of great importance. If we don't have a large army to escort us, we will inevitably be blamed by Fan Xin. Do you have any suggestions?"

Hearing this, the masked man bowed and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I have already won over the Khitan King. They will withdraw to their original base within three days and promise not to follow the Khitan Khan to invade the Tang Dynasty."

"In this way, Guo Zhiyun can lead an army of 100,000 to escort the imperial court to Chang'an."

Hearing that the Khitan was instigated to rebel, Li Longji finally showed a smile on his face and praised.

"My many years of trust in you are not in vain. You are much better at handling things than those foreign ministers."

"Hurry up and do it. When I return to Chang'an, it will be the time to break up with Fan Xin."

Just when Li Longji was secretly arranging to move the capital to Chang'an, a messenger riding a fast horse broke into Prince Yan's mansion, dismounted and came all the way to the hall.

"Your Highness, King Yan, has received a letter from the Khitan Khan. Please read it quickly!"

"Oh, there's a letter from Xiao Qing?" Fan Xin took the letter in surprise, opened it and took a look at the blank rice paper, then walked to the candle and heated it by the fire.

Soon a line of writing appeared on the rice paper.

"All ministries have gathered to resist and insist on returning. I hope you will be prepared."

"Did the Khitan army retreat?" Fan Xin burned the letter and frowned deeply.

At present, his main force is gathering on the right to encircle and suppress the imperial army. If Guo Zhiyun takes action in vain, it is inevitable that he will not take action against him.

From the looks of it, Luoyang City cannot stay any longer, and we must find a safe place as soon as possible.

"Liu Zi, how is the secret training of our troops in Chang'an going?"

"Back to my lord, it will take another half a year for the 300,000 new recruits to become combat effective."

"Okay, send the order to go to Chang'an overnight. When the right army and the Chang'an army meet up, it will be the day Li Longji abdicates!" Fan Xin slapped the table and said coldly.

(End of this chapter)