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

Chapter 7 Escape from Heaven!

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your permission. I will take Mingfu home now!" Liuzi knelt on the ground and kowtowed twice. He stood up and said to Fan Xin with a choked voice: "Mingfu, please wake up. I will take you home!"

"Mingfu..."

Seeing that Fan Xin was unconscious, Liu Zi carried him on his back and walked towards the palace gate. The guards along the way withdrew their crossed weapons and allowed the master and servant to pass.

Finally, he arrived at the gate of the palace without any danger.

After carefully putting Fan Xin into the hood of the car and covering him with a quilt, Liu Zi came to Li Chong and clasped his fists.

"Your Majesty, Mingfu is seriously ill and urgently needs treatment. If you hadn't given me any instructions, I would have gone back right now."

Li Chong waved his sleeves to the butler, who handed a gift box to Liu Zi.

"This box contains century-old ginseng. When I get back, I'll make some ginseng soup for your Mingfu. I'll finish my official duties in a few days and go to Wushui County to visit him in person."

Seeing that King Langya was so generous, Liu Zi hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, these century-old ginseng is so valuable, I'm afraid I can't afford it."

"Hey! Fan Xin is the brother of this king. He will be directed to govern Bozhou in the future. A mere ginseng is nothing. It's getting late. Let's get on the road quickly." Li Chong waved his hand and said.

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Liu Zi could only accept the gift box, bowed to Li Chong, turned back to the carriage, and signaled the coachman to drive away.

Looking at the back of the car hood going away, the smile on Li Chong's face gradually disappeared: "I don't know whether it is right or wrong to let Fan Xin leave this time."

"Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. Fan Xin is only a seventh-grade county magistrate. There is no way he knows our plan."

"I hope so." Li Chong sighed, not knowing why he felt vaguely uneasy.

"Your Majesty, I have something that I don't understand. Fan Xin is only a seventh-grade official. Are you going to give away the century-old ginseng? You must know that King Fan Yang has been thinking about it for half a year." Li Quan said.

Li Chong glanced at him and said meaningfully: "Do you really think it's easy to get my king's things? Fan Xin has collected so many things from us. Once word gets out, do you think the court will let him go?"

"When the time comes, he won't be able to explain the matter even though he's full of mouths. In the end, he will have no choice but to join us in raising an army to attack that bitch Wu Zetian!"

"Immediately order to spread the news about Fan Xin's collection of century-old ginseng. The farther the news, the better. It's best to let the court know."

Li Quan's eyes lit up and he said with a smile, "Your Majesty is really clever. This not only solves the possibility of Fan Xin's informing, but also allows him to be used by us. It's really a clever plan."

"Okay, let's talk about this later. Let's get rid of Wu Zetian's scoundrels first. Unless they die, I will have trouble sleeping and eating!"

At the end, Li Chong's eyes flashed with endless murderous intent. In the past, when Gaozong was alive, Wu Zetian only interfered in the government affairs.

Now he dared to use the name of Luohe Sacred Stone to openly imprison Emperor Li Dan in the palace and suppress the Li and Tang royal family wantonly.

Li Chong believed that if things continued like this, Wu Zetian would replace his descendants surnamed Li and become emperor in less than ten years.

So this time he launched an army to attack Wu, and he wanted to get rid of that bitch Wu Zetian no matter what!

Before attacking Luoyang, he must first get rid of Wu Zetian's informants in Bozhou!
Not long after, Li Chong arrived in front of the main hall of Guixi Palace. There were thousands more sergeants here than before he left.

"Well, are you all ready?"

"Replying to Prince Bing, the general has already ordered people to surround the subordinates of officials from all over the country, and piled hay and firewood around the main hall of Guixi Palace. As soon as the main hall is cleared, the governor's office immediately takes action to ensure that all the guards are gone. Don't go out!" the commander of the army said respectfully.

Li Chong glanced at the sergeant who was preparing to go and nodded: "Okay, Qianqiu hegemony is now!"

"You wait for my order!"

"Yes!"

Amidst the loud shouts of the officers and soldiers of the three armies, Li Chong opened the door of the palace and strode in. At this time, the hall was full of people, chatting enthusiastically, and roughly sweeping away the crowd.

Seeing Li Chong walking in wearing royal robes, the officials stopped talking, stood up and said in unison: "Your Majesty, please see me!"

Li Chong came to the steps, motioned for everyone to sit down, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, everyone, I was delayed for a while because of something." "It doesn't matter, since the prince is here, can we start the banquet? I'll wait. I heard that the prince has collected a lot of fine wine." An official said with a smile.

However, to everyone's surprise, Li Chong shook his head: "The good wine will be served later. Before that, I have a few words to say."

"Everyone, since Emperor Gaozu overthrew the tyranny of Yang Guang and established the Tang Dynasty, all the emperors have been descendants of my Li family."

"However, God failed to fulfill his wishes. In Gaozong's generation, power fell into the hands of Wu Zetian due to his illness."

"It's nothing more than interfering in government affairs. Now, with the help of the Luohe Sacred Stone concocted by Wu Chengsi, he openly imprisoned the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the palace and took over the power on his own."

"How can you, the ministers of the Tang Dynasty, tolerate shouting?"

As these words came out, the whole hall fell into a deathly silence. All the smiles on the faces of the officials disappeared, and some even looked ashen.

Finally, someone couldn't help but stood up.

"enough!"

"Your Majesty's words are simply ridiculous! Empress Dowager Wu is the wife of Emperor Gaozong and is truly the daughter-in-law of the Li family. How can she be considered an outsider?"

"If she hadn't worked so hard to help handle state affairs, how could Gaozong and the current emperor be able to rest in peace and recuperate!"

At this time another official also stood up.

"That's right! What does the Luohe Heavenly Divine Stone have to do with Wu Chengsi? It is clearly a divine gift given by Haotian after seeing Empress Dowager Wu take great pains!"

"Hmph, has the prince forgotten what happened to Xu Jingye and King Luo Bin when they raised troops in Yangzhou?
"This banquet has changed its taste. It's okay if you don't participate!"

Facing the Wu Dang who stood up to oppose him one after another, Li Chong's smile did not diminish, but his hands holding the wine glass were tightly clenched together.

He did not expect that Wu Zetian's power would expand so quickly, and that he, the authentic Li royal family, would not even be a match.

"So you don't agree with this king's idea?" Li Chongxu narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Of course, we naturally disagree with such treacherous words, and we hope that the prince will stop thinking about it!"

Li Chong smiled: "Well, now that you have made up your mind, I won't say anything anymore, so you can take care of yourself in the future!"

As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. Finally, he put the glass back on the tray and walked out of the hall alone.

Seeing Li Chong come out, the general in charge came up to meet him and asked: "Your Majesty, how is the negotiation going? Are those people willing to surrender?"

Li Chong shook his head, put his hands on his hands and looked up at the sky: "These traitors are no longer willing to look back, let's send them on their way!"

"The last will obey!"

The commander-in-chief laughed ferociously, turned around, drew his sword, pointed it at the main hall and said sternly: "Brothers, fight in and don't let anyone go!"

The next moment, two thousand soldiers rushed into the hall with murderous intent. As their weapons slashed, bodies fell into a pool of blood. It didn't take long for the screams in the hall to disappear.

The palace door opened, and the general in command came out covered in blood. He cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, a total of 230 people have been executed by officials above the county lieutenant level!"

"but…."

"But what?" Li Chong frowned.

"But the Qingping County Magistrate is missing. Someone saw him coming to the banquet, but for some reason he disappeared!" The general who commanded the army lowered his head as he spoke.

Li Chong glared at his subordinates fiercely: "You're a waste, you can't even look down on someone, why don't you send someone to chase him quickly!"

(End of this chapter)