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

Chapter 99
When news of Li Longji's monster-like killings in the palace reached Princess Taiping, she couldn't believe it that her business of more than ten years had been ruined.

It should be said that she did not expect this day to come so quickly.

She originally thought that her eldest nephew Li Chengqi would fight to the death with Li Longji for the throne.But she didn't understand why Li Chengqi suddenly gave up the position of prince that was easily available to him and gave up this position that made countless people crazy to Li Longji.

Li Chengqi's open-mindedness reminded Princess Taiping of her brother Li Dan, who did not fight for anything. She would never have thought that although Li Longji had a cold nature and could kill both his aunt and his son, the brotherhood in his heart was never forgotten.

At the end of Wu Zetian's reign, on the day when Li Longji and his brothers escaped from confinement, the brothers got drunk in the yard and promised never to turn against each other.

Each of them kept this agreement firmly in mind.

Many years later, when Li Longji and his brothers gathered together, they would laugh and have fun as they did when they were children. When they were drunk, they would lie on each other's laps.Still in that small courtyard, there are no emperors or princes there, only brothers.

Taiping didn't understand that even though his brother gave up the throne, his mother's suspicion of him never diminished.So when Li Chengqi was in charge of the Forbidden Army, she tried again and again to sow discord between him and Li Longji, but made no progress, and could not even insert her own people into the Forbidden Army.

When her first plan failed, she tried another one. She found some magicians and slandered Li Dan in the name of celestial phenomena, saying that the celestial phenomena were unlucky and that the prince would enter Ziwei and ascend to Dabao.

The most incomprehensible thing to her was that if her mother Wu Zetian's temperament had been followed, Prince Li Xian would have been cut into pieces and dragged out to feed the dogs.

But the brother in front of her slapped her thigh and told her with excitement that it was a done deal and double happiness would come to her. I have long missed this spell!He happily abdicated the throne.

Give in, give in, give in...

Taiping knew that from this moment on, she could not rely on anyone but herself, so she decided to launch a coup and establish Xinhe Liansheng!

It’s just that she didn’t understand. It was clear that I was the one riding the dragon, and the advantage was in my situation. The highest power of the empire was at my fingertips. Why was she suddenly knocked back to her original form?
She had no time to think. The cruel reality shattered all her dreams. It only took a short moment to go from heaven to hell.

At this moment, she was no longer the Princess Taiping who was half-servant to the princess in the court, but a down-and-out woman who had lost everything and could only flee to Zhongnan Mountain in a hurry with a few followers.

The man who fled to Zhongnan Mountain after the failed coup a few years ago was named Li Chongjun.

Unexpected, but reasonable, there was no obstruction along the way, as if Li Longji deliberately let her escape from Chang'an City.

Princess Taiping knew this nephew too well. He was so cold that he would kill someone even if he wanted to kill someone.Being able to let her escape honestly is nothing more than giving her a decent face for the sake of the Supreme Emperor.

Just when she was about to return to Chang'an and start her journey in dignity, the chamberlain sent word that the Emperor was waiting at the princess's residence.

Princess Taiping couldn't help but smile with relief. Being able to go on the road with her brother seeing her off, I am not alone.

What she didn't expect was that her brother was standing at the door, waiting for her arrival.

Thousands of words, when spoken, turned into just a greeting.

"Come in, I'm waiting for you." Li Dan just smiled gently and didn't blame his sister too much.

Princess Taiping only thought that what Li Dan said "waiting for her" meant Zhenjiu or Bai Ling. When she walked into the house, she looked up and saw a face that was familiar yet unfamiliar to her. .

"Ah..." She shouted halfway, but stopped.

She turned back to look at Li Dan and smiled softly: "Brother, I have worked so hard to find someone so similar to Aye."

"He is Aye." Li Dan said immediately.Of course Princess Taiping would not believe it. It took Li Dan a long time to get her to accept that the person in front of her was really Li Zhi.

Looking at her father and second brother, who were more than ten years younger than herself, Princess Taiping choked for a long time and said nothing.

The emotions accumulated over the years cannot be expressed at once.Her experiences over the years had taught her to hide her emotions in her heart. She wanted to talk about something, but she didn't know where to start.

Li Zhi comforted the little daughter he had never met before with his kind words. Even though he had never met her before, the feeling that blood was thicker than water was not a lie.Li Zhi choked and couldn't help himself. He couldn't imagine how much suffering his little daughter had suffered over the years to become like this.

The long-lost father's love and family affection seemed to awaken her stagnant heart. The 48-year-old Princess Taiping stood there, looking affectionately at her. All she saw was the image of herself in military uniform when she was 16 years old, begging her father for a prince-in-law.

She remembered that it was a sunny afternoon. She was dressed in military uniform, full of high spirits and pride, and came to the palace to dance the sword.

She still remembered herself at that moment, with Aye's pampering, and she would definitely get what she wanted.

When she was lost in thought, a familiar voice pulled her back from her memories.

"Are you...the future me?"

Princess Taiping looked up and saw her youthful self in a trance, with happiness that could not be hidden between her brows.

Two lines of clear tears could not help but flow down. Ever since Xue Lang starved to death in prison, she had never shown a real smile again.Even if Wu Zetian did it half out of guilt and half out of taking advantage of the countless favors bestowed upon her, it still couldn't make her truly happy at all.

Fortunately, under her flattery and the queen's ruthless clutches, she and Xue Lang's two children were saved.In the process of fighting with her nephew, she has been deliberately alienating the two children and not letting them participate in the slightest.

In history, Li Longji uprooted Princess Taiping's party and killed them all, but did not touch Xue Chongjian's brothers at all. They were simply demoted from the capital and died a good death.

"Ah."

Princess Taiping nodded heavily, she did not regret reaching this point.

"Why are you crying?" The girl Taiping stretched out a pair of soft hands and wiped her tears.

Yes, this is who I was back then, innocent and ignorant of the world.

Princess Taiping was choked with sobs and could not speak, and her thousands of words turned into tears pouring down like rain.

Seeing her like this, the girl Taiping couldn't help but panic. She subconsciously turned around and shouted: "Xue Lang, Xue Lang?"

Who knew that when Princess Taiping heard this call, she immediately covered her face with her sleeves, turned around and left in a hurry.

"Hey, why are you leaving?" The girl Taiping asked, stamping her feet.

Princess Taiping didn't answer. What she wanted now was to leave here as soon as possible.

She didn't want the only man she had ever loved in her life to see her in such a miserable state.

(End of this chapter)