Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!

Chapter 31 Li Zhi, don’t be a coward!
Empress Wu raised her head. She was now at the end of her rope. The appearance of Li Shimin and Li Zhi meant that her legitimacy collapsed - and the reason why they could appear here must be that the palace city was completely under their control.

She didn't know Li Shimin very well, but she knew Li Zhi too well. He wouldn't be standing here unless she was completely sure.

Therefore, she no longer had the fearful look at the beginning. She stared at Li Shimin with a ruthless gaze and smiled coldly like an owl in the night: "I just wish I couldn't get rid of all Li Shimin."

Li Qing stopped what Li Shimin wanted to say. He looked at Wu Zetian and said, "At any rate, you were once my niece-in-law. I can give you a decent chance."

"Haha." Empress Wu just sneered.

"I just want to ask you a question on behalf of Li Xian." Li Qing took a deep breath, "When you ordered his execution, did you ever feel soft-hearted?"

"If someone from the Yi family commits suicide, why should he interfere with his affairs?" Empress Wu expressed her attitude with an allusion.

The allusion comes from Shi Shuo Xinyu. Every time Shi Chong entertained guests for a banquet, he would ask the beauties at home to persuade him to drink.If the guests did not drink all the wine, he would have his slaves kill the beauties who persuaded them to drink.Prime Minister Wang Dao once went to visit Shi Chong with General Wang Dun. Dao Wang usually had a bad drinking ability and would force himself until he was very drunk.When it was Wang Dun's turn to drink, he insisted not to drink and wanted to see what Shi Chong would do.Shi Chong had killed three beauties in a row, but Wang Dun's expression remained unchanged and he still refused to drink.Director Wang scolded him, but Wang Dun said: "If he kills his own family members, what does it have to do with you?"

This sentence has two meanings. One is to advise Li Qing not to meddle in other people's business, and the other is to show that in her eyes, Li Xian is as dispensable as a slave.

Hearing these words, Li Xian, who was still holding his body up, moved his fingers.

But no one paid any attention to the poor child.

"The tiger is the lord of all beasts, and you don't dare to offend its wrath. Only the love between family and children can be reviewed step by step..."

Li Qing put his hand on Li Shimin's shoulder and groaned softly.

"Only the love between family and children, looking back step by step..."

Li Shimin thought of his deep affection for his children, and when he looked at Empress Wu, his face was full of disgust.

"Tiger poison does not eat its seeds, but you are so vicious!"

He pulled out a sword and threw it in front of Li Zhi.

"Go, kill this poisonous woman!"

Shangguan Wan'er's beauty turned pale and she quickly knelt down on the ground: "Your Majesty Taizong, the empress has been secretly feeling sad since she issued the decree. If it were not for the stability of the court, she would not have made such a move..."

"You, my servant, are kind and righteous." Li Qingliang smiled and kicked Shangguan Wan'er's arm, "Do you know that the Empress Wu you are begging for is the one who framed your father Shangguan Tingzhi, your ancestor Shangguan The man behind Yi? Your whole family was destroyed because of him."

"What? This is impossible!" Shangguan Wan'er raised her head and said in disbelief.

"Whether you believe it or not, just go back and ask your mother Zheng." Li Qing leaned down, reached out and patted Shangguan Wan'er's jade-like face, and said with a smile: "Loyalty is good, I am the most loyal person. If you like it, I’ll give you a chance to follow me.”

Shangguan Wan'er is also smart. She immediately said: "Wan'er is willing to follow..."

"This is me, King Qin of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Shimin knew that she didn't know Li Qing's identity, so he reminded her.

"Wan'er is willing to follow King Qin and serve you."

"Okay, you go back and ask your mother what happened back then, and then come back to me." After Li Qing finished speaking, he said to Li Zhi: "Zhinu, what are you waiting for? Didn't you hear what your father said?"

Li Zhi tremblingly picked up the long sword. To be honest, even though he was very disgusted with Empress Wu now, he still didn't want to kill her.

"Come on, bring people in!"

Li Qing shouted outside.

The soldiers soon pushed a man with short hair in.

"Do you know who this is?" Li Qing asked Li Zhidao with a smile.

Li Zhi shook his head. "It's your mother-in-law's face, Xue Huaiyi." Li Qing looked at Xue Huaiyi's pale face and clicked his tongue at Empress Wu, "So you like this kind of pretty boy. Your aesthetics need to be improved..."

Xue Huaiyi just kowtowed and begged for his life, saying that Empress Wu forced him to do so.

"Ah, by the way, Zhinu, later she also had a pair of male favorites named Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi, and she even set up an agency to select handsome boys for her."

Every time Li Qing said something, Li Zhi's face turned red.

"By the way, your son Li Dan also changed his surname to Wu, and his name is Wu Dan..."

"You don't know what this means, do you? No? No, no?"

"What?!" Li Zhi finally broke his defense. He just felt a little uncomfortable with finding a male favorite after his wife died, but he didn't go to the extent of killing someone. After all, the Tang Dynasty was open-minded and did not pay attention to morality.

But asking his son to change his surname really touched his nerves. Only a son-in-law who stepped in the door would let his son take his wife's surname. This was a great shame in this era, especially for an emperor. He had already imagined that his future generations would be like this. How come he was nailed to a pillar of shame and whipped?

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Li Zhi let out a heartbreaking roar. He raised his sword and dropped it, and the sword sank into Wu Meiniang's heart.

Blood spurted out and sprayed all over him, and he then sat helplessly on the ground.

The courtiers looked at this scene and looked at each other, all secretly applauding.

Except for Empress Wu and her party, they are like mourning their heirs.

Li Shimin looked at Li Zhi's appearance and made a mental note for him. He would talk about it later after the courtiers dispersed.

When the chamberlains walked in, Li Zhi suddenly stood up and ordered: "Take him down and bury him with common people's rites."

After the chamberlains left, Li Qing glanced at Li Xian, who was still holding up his body.

"Everyone is gone, don't pretend."

Li Xian woke up faintly, knelt on the ground and cried loudly.

"Brother Xian, this..." Li Shimin looked like he had seen a ghost, "Isn't he dead?"

"There's still one breath left, so it's just in time." Li Qing said with a smile, "Before we left, I stuffed him with an antidote pill and asked him to pretend to be dead first, here..."

Li Zhi was shocked at first, then let go and dropped the sword, showing an expression of relief.

He stepped forward and hugged Li Xian, who was still crying.

"Aye, grandma, she doesn't want me anymore..." Li Xian cried sadly, "She actually went to the point of killing me for the sake of power..."

"Okay, it's all over." Li Zhi reached out and stroked the back of his son's head, who was about the same age as him. "You, Aye, your grandpa, and your uncle are here too."

Li Xian wiped his tears, turned around and knelt on the ground.

"My grandson, Li Xian, pays homage to the emperor's grandfather and uncle. Thank you for your life-saving grace!"

"I won't say anything unnecessary." Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Since your uncle said that you are a good person and you are quite popular in the court, you should be the one to take the throne."

"With Grandpa Huang and Aye here, how dare Li Xian do it."

Li Xian declined sincerely.

"Idiot!" Li Shimin said with a smile, "Sooner or later we have to go back to the sixth year of Yonghui and the eleventh year of Zhenguan. What should we do in the first year of Chongsheng?"

(End of this chapter)