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

Chapter 97 The Palace Coup

"Yes!"

The inner guard clasped his fists, turned around and waved his hand at his subordinates, and dozens of torches were immediately thrown into the pile of firewood.

Fierce tongues of flames swept into the hall amid billowing black smoke.

Soon the entire hall was engulfed in raging fire, and the violent burning covered up everyone's discussions.

"Strange, why are there no screams?" Huang Shengyan frowned.

"General Huang, don't be nervous. If the fire is full, everyone will be choked by the smoke and faint. It is understandable that there will be no screams."

"At worst, we'll just send someone in to examine the bones."

Li Yuanjia dusted off his sleeves nonchalantly.

It's been ten years!

Damn Wu Zetian suppressed him for more than ten years.

Even in my sleep, I have nightmares about her.

Now that he saw Wu Meiniang burned alive in the hall with his own eyes, he couldn't be more excited!

If the matter hadn't ended yet, he would have drank three thousand cups happily!

It is not difficult to imagine that it will be recorded in the history books in a few years.

In a certain year and month, Emperor Li Yuanjia of the Tang Dynasty turned the tide and got rid of the Demon Queen. He was respected by all people and became a figure comparable to Emperor Taizong.

Thinking of this, he raised his sleeves and wiped his tears, facing the fire and crying with joy.

"Ancestors of the Li family, have you seen it? I, Li Yuanjia, finally got rid of Wu Meiniang!" The voice was full of sadness.

In the queue, Wu Zetian looked at Li Yuanjia who looked like a madman quietly, and said in a calm voice.

"Only when I met me today did I realize how deeply the royal family named Li hates me. It seems that my heart is still too soft."

Although it was just a sigh, it sounded like endless murderous intent to Fan Xin.

He quickly whispered: "Queen Mother, the culprits are only these high-ranking princes and ministers. Those women and children are weak and don't know."

"I hope you can leave them a way to survive and send them to Lingnan."

Wu Zetian glanced at him and said helplessly: "You may seem to have a strong personality, but you have the kindest heart. This is why I trust you."

"But you don't know that the royal family has never been affectionate. Today I killed Li Yuanjia, and tomorrow his wife, children, and children will turn into assassins and come for revenge."

"Thanks to you for sitting in the position of a fourth-rank official, don't you even understand the principle that the spring breeze will regenerate the grass without uprooting it?"

In the past, Wu Zetian also reflected on whether it would be too cruel to use cruel officials such as Zhou Xing to kill ministers who supported Li Tang.

Now it seems that she is too kind. Only by completely eradicating these remaining evils can she successfully ascend the throne and become emperor and rule the world!
So after returning to the palace this time, she will never be any softer. Anyone who threatens her dominance will be purged!
Sensing the determination in Wu Zetian's words, Fan Xin sighed secretly and stopped talking.

The struggle for imperial power involves the game between all parties, and it is definitely not something that he, a young minister from the fourth rank of Dali Temple, can intervene in.

With everyone watching, King Lu walked up to Li Yuanjia and patted his shoulder to comfort him.

"Brother Wang, since Wu Zetian is dead, we should go to the palace and summon all the officials to officially declare the world."

"Yes, state affairs are of paramount importance. Let's go to Shangyang Palace to summon the civil and military officials and tell them personally that the Tang Dynasty they are familiar with is back!"

Li Yuanjia quickly wiped away his tears, stood with his hands behind his back and said to the crowd.

"Then the sky is dead and the new Tang Dynasty will be established. Are you willing to follow me to Shangyang Palace to create a prosperous age?"

"willing!"

"willing!"

Hundreds of internal guards waved their weapons and shouted in unison.

"Okay, let's go!"

With an order, the inner guards rushed out in full force and swept toward the palace, with Fan Xin and others following closely behind.

Arriving at a secluded place, the four of them quietly left the group and followed the path to the palace gate.Originally, the guard had no intention of opening the gate, but when he saw that one of them was Empress Dowager Wu, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Without saying anything, he opened the palace door and sent them to Guanfeng Hall.

As soon as she entered the door, Wu Zetian took off her mask and said with murderous intent.

"Today I want to see if Li Yuanjia dares to come to Shangyang Palace."

"Fan Xin, you immediately take the soldiers and fish talisman and go to the Luojiao camp to seal off the entire Luoyang, and then enter the palace to put down the rebellion."

"Remember, anyone who dares to block you will be killed on the spot no matter who he is or what his identity is!"

"Wei minister leads the order!"

Fan Xin bowed and took the gold fish charm with both hands and said hesitantly.

"Queen Mother, you have returned to the palace now. A few hundred killers can't do anything to you. Why are you letting them into the main hall of Shangyang Palace?"

Wu Zetian sneered upon hearing this, walked to the door and said meaningfully.

"I want to take this opportunity to see who is loyal and who is traitorous. Only by jumping out can we be cleaner!"

At the end of the speech, Wu Zetian's face seemed to be filled with ice-cold frost.

Fan Xin took a deep look at Empress Dowager Wu, bowed and left the Guanfeng Hall.

He knew that after today the cruel politics would officially kick off.

I don’t know how many people will die tragically at the hands of cruel officials.

……

In front of the palace gate.

Appeal!
Li Yuanjia yanked the reins suddenly, raised his head and said loudly to the guard.

"Open the palace door quickly, I want to enter the palace to meet His Majesty!"

"Your Highness, King Han, no one is allowed to open the palace lock after dark. You should come back tomorrow." The gatekeeper general obviously knew Li Yuanjia.

"Bind your eyes and see what this is!" Li Lingkui shouted and took out the fake edict prepared in advance.

Seeing that the two kings had the Queen Mother's decree in their hands, the gatekeeper general did not dare to delay and hurriedly put down the hanging basket and loaded it up to check.

When he discovered that it was indeed Wu Zetian's seal, he ordered people to open the palace door.

After entering the palace, Li Yuanjia led everyone straight to the main hall of Shangyang Palace.

"Lingkui, go and ring the big bell of Shangyang Palace to summon all the officials to come to discuss matters!"

"Yes, Brother Wang!"

Not long after Li Lingkui left, the big bronze bell of Shangyang Palace rang leisurely.

The dull bell interrupted the civil and military ministers who were waiting for news from Hanguang Temple at Fengge Luantai.

"Great! When the big bell of Shangyang Palace rings, it means that the Queen Mother has returned safely from Hanguang Temple!" Wu Sansi said as she slapped the table.

When he heard the bad news, he was so scared that his legs weakened. Fortunately, God blessed the head of the Wu family to come back safely.

The other martial arts ministers also quietly breathed a sigh of relief and looked happy.

Only a few old ministers of Li Tang sat on their chairs with gloomy faces and said nothing.

"Mr. Di Ge, according to the custom of ringing the big bell in Shangyang Palace, hundreds of officials are going to have an audience. Should we set off now?" Zhang Jianzhi asked aloud.

Di Renjie stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Since the Queen Mother has returned from Hanguang Temple, let's go to meet the Queen together."

"According to the elder's instructions!" All the ministers bowed and followed Di Renjie to Shangyang Palace.

As they got closer, the smiles on everyone's faces became weaker and weaker, and eventually disappeared completely.

Because they discovered that the person standing on the platform was not Wu Zetian at all.

But the King of Korea Li Yuanjia!
(End of this chapter)