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Chapter 807 Li Tang's Heaven
Tai Chi Palace is currently in chaos.

Xie Shufang, the leader of the East Palace, immediately learned that the King of Qin had murdered the prince at the Xuanwu Gate, so she immediately led two thousand guards from the East Palace to the East Gate. Numerous guards crowded in front of the palace gate and knocked on the door, asking to enter.Countless palms slapped the gate, but the guards guarding the gate refused Xie Shufang's request to enter the gate, and fired arrows to drive him away.

In desperation, Xie Shufang led her troops to Xuanwu Gate to meet up with the Beiya imperial guards.
At the gate of the palace, under the leadership of Xie Shufang, the Forbidden Army of the Beiya and two thousand guards of the East Palace stormed the Xuanwu Gate.

Although the city gate was closed and there were no siege equipment, thousands of troops tried every means to climb up the city wall. Chang He stood at the Xuanwu Gate. Su Wei came to help and guarded the Xuanwu Gate.

Seeing that not only Chang He, but also Li Yuan's confidant Jing Junhong had rebelled against King Qin, Xie Shufang couldn't help but secretly startled.Li Shimin actually instigated so many people to help him.Xie Shufang immediately went up to the tower and said: "Brother Jing, the matter is still unclear, let's just observe the changes of the situation, why rush to seek refuge with the King of Qin."

Jing Junhong didn't seem to hear Xie Shufang's persuasion to surrender, and continued to defend the city until he died in battle.

On the other hand, Gao Shilian in the Yongzhou administration, Hou Junji from Sanshui, the cavalry general on the right, and Gao Shilian, together with his nephew and grandson Wuji, led the Chang'an officials to release the prisoners, put on armor, and drove directly to the palace gate to strengthen Li Shimin. Momentum.

Inside the palace wall, Pei Ji, Feng Deyi, Chen Shuda, Dou Dan, Yan Shigu and others all knelt in front of Li Yuan and did not speak.Outside the city wall, the shouts of killing were deafening.

Li Yuan suddenly looked at Chen Shuda and shouted: "Tell me, did King Qin do this?"

Chen Shuda knelt down and cried nervously: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I don't know, and this matter has nothing to do with me."

Li Yuan pointed at Chen Shuda and shouted: "Trash, get lost."

"Yes, yes." Chen Shuda lowered his head.

Li Yuan immediately said: "Li Chongjiu's large-scale invasion is fake, Li Shentong actually joined forces with the King of Qin to deceive me, how many people did the King of Qin contact, and how many people in this palace are his confidantes?"

Halfway through the speech, there was a burst of cheers outside the palace walls.

One person yelled: "The crown prince has already surrendered, this is the crown prince's head, have you seen it? Don't retreat quickly!"

As soon as the sound came out, there was a commotion in the surrounding area, and Li Yuandun felt that his footsteps were not stable, and he almost fell to the ground. Both left and right stepped forward to support him and said, "Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon's body."

Li Yuan was supported and sat on a chair. Soon a general, wearing armor and holding a blood-stained long hair, led dozens of guards into the palace.

All the guards stepped forward to stop him, but saw the general took off his helmet, knelt down and said, "The last general, Hou Junji, pay homage to Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

When Li Yuan saw Hou Junji, he asked immediately, "Who is the person who caused the chaos today? Why did Aiqing come here?"

Hou Junji said: "Because the crown prince was in trouble with the king of Qi, the king of Qin raised troops to kill the prince. The king of Qi has already fled to the Hall of Wude. His highness the king of Qin was worried about alarming his majesty, so he sent ministers to serve as guards."
Li Yuan was sad and happy when he heard that, sad that Li Jiancheng was killed, and happy that Li Yuanji was still alive.

Li Yuandao: "You tell King Qin that no matter how big a crime King Qi committed, they are his brothers and you cannot hurt him. You let King Qin come to see me."

Hou Junji said: "Yes, Your Majesty, right now the Prince's rebel party is causing chaos in Chang'an, and the last general is also ordered by the King of Qin to ask His Majesty for instructions. What should we do next?"

Yuwen Shiji said: "Your Majesty, the Prince and the King of Qi did not participate in raising righteous soldiers to resist the Sui Dynasty, nor did they make any contribution to the world. They were jealous of King Qin's great achievements and high prestige, so they plotted together. Now, King Qin has After denouncing and killing them, King Qin's meritorious service will conquer the universe, and the world will return to his heart. If His Majesty can decide to appoint him as the crown prince and entrust state affairs to him, there will be no more troubles."

Chen Shuda, who had just been reprimanded by Li Yuan, stood up at this moment and said: "Your Majesty, the crown prince is cruel and cunning. How can such a person be the heir apparent? King Qin is magnanimous and is the king of Yao and Shun. I implore His Majesty to make King Qin the crown prince."

Yan Shigu also stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, what Yang Wen did, the crown prince has lost his virtue. I have never heard of a crown prince who committed the crime of treason, and he will be the emperor in the future. It’s a move in line with the will of the people.”

Dou Dan also said: "Your Majesty, the army of Zhao State is currently suppressing the situation. The King of Qin has defeated Li Chongjiu twice. Li Chongjiu is afraid of the King of Qin, so he designs to keep the King of Qin murdered. But the more this is the case, the more we have to let the King of Qin be in charge, so the future of the Tang Dynasty Only then can we be saved."

Li Yuan had tears in his eyes when he heard this, these people didn't speak up just now, but now they keep speaking well for the King of Qin, only Pei Ji among the ministers, Xiao Yu and Xiao Yu remained silent.Li Yuan looked at them and Xiao Yu avoided his gaze, while Pei Ji shook his head without saying a word.

Li Yuan said helplessly: "Zhu Qing, you are right, passing the throne to the King of Qin is exactly what I have always wished for!"

Yuwen Shi and others were overjoyed to hear Li Yuan's verbal agreement, Hou Junji said loudly: "I implore Your Majesty to issue an order to declare that the crown prince and Qi Wang's party are rebellious, and Qin Wang will take charge of all matters."

Li Yuan nodded and said: "Yuwen Aiqing, you can draw up an order for me!"

After a while, Yuwen Shi and the door of the pavilion came out to announce the imperial decree and appease the guards of the Qi Palace in the East Palace.After the guards of Prince Qi's Mansion in the Eastern Palace learned that they would not be held accountable, they immediately scattered and left.

At the same time, at the south gate of Taiji Palace, Li Yuanji and several cronies escaped from Taiji Palace on horseback.

He looked at the palace behind him with tears in his eyes, his eyes flashed just now, Li Shimin himself rode a horse and drew an arrow to kill himself and Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, was shot by his second brother Li Shimin with an arrow and fell to his horse.

Li Yuanji looked at his elder brother, who just fell into the dust, spouting blood, and looked at him from a distance, stretching out his five fingers, while Li Shimin rode his horse and rushed to him and nailed his elder brother to the ground with a horse.

Later, Li Shimin wanted to kill himself, but Li Yuanji forced him into the woods, and Li Shimin missed several arrows. Li Yuanji, relying on his familiarity with Wude Hall, bypassed this place and was escorted by the guards of the Qi Palace.Only then did Li Shimin stop chasing and escaped with his life.

Li Yuanji knew in his heart that once Li Jiancheng died, he would be gone. At this moment, he seemed like a dog in mourning, but a guard reminded: "Your Highness, since the Emperor Zhao sent someone to send a letter to His Highness, it shows that he has a close heart to His Highness. Why not?" Attached to Zhao, fled to Zhao."

Li Yuanji said to the guard: "Gu and Li Chongjiu are at odds, how could Li Chongjiu tolerate Gu?"

The guard said: "His Royal Highness Qi Wang has forgotten that King Qi's elder sister is the concubine Li Chongjiu. As a brother-in-law, how could he not tolerate His Royal Highness? This is the person Li Chongjiu sent to be next to His Highness Qi Wang. Anyway, His Royal Highness Qi has nowhere to go. , our people can arrange to ensure that King Qi leaves Chang'an safely."

Li Yuanji no longer hesitated after hearing this, in fact, as the other party said, he has nowhere to go now, but he didn't know when this guard became Li Chongjiu's internal support.

Li Yuanji said with a miserable smile: "That's the only way. Right now, my father can't save my life, and only the Emperor Zhao can do it."

At that moment Li Yuanji changed his clothes and rode his horse to leave Tai Chi Palace, but he saw that the people in Chang'an City were panicked.After learning of Li Jiancheng's death, many guards of the East Palace and Prince Qi's Mansion who retreated from the front looted the shops in Chang'an in all directions.

Chang'an was in chaos.

Li Yuanji was afraid of being recognized, so he could only hide his face and walk away.Li Yuanji finally came to a remote warehouse. Don't tell Cao Wen to meet Li Yuanji. After comforting him, he let Li Yuanji hide in the rice boat, and left Chang'an without anyone noticing. Someone escorted them to Youjing.

In the Beihai Pool, Li Yuanku was sitting in the main hall, except for Pei Ji and Xiao Yu, the rest of the ministers had already dispersed to one side.They chatted with each other, and faint laughter came.

And Li Yuan was immersed in grief alone at the moment, and the two courtiers could only stay by Li Yuan's side silently.The setting sun set off the three of them in an incomparably bleak way.

At this time, the armor rang outside, and the ministers and generals of the outer Zhou Dynasty stood up and said enthusiastically: "See King Qin!"

Hearing the voice, Li Yuan immediately restrained his sadness, and regained the majesty of the Tang emperor.

But seeing Li Shimin striding in, his armor and cloak were very neat, but it could be seen that it had been wiped, and there was still a lingering smell of blood on it.And the blood was stained by his elder brother Li Jiancheng.
As soon as Li Shimin saw Li Yuan, he fell to the ground and said: "Father, my son is also..."

"Needless to say," Li Yuan stood up and helped Li Shimin up and said gently, "In the past few days, I almost had the temptation to throw myself into the trap, and actually questioned my dearest flesh and blood. You are my good son. There will be no mistake in handing Datang over to you."

Li Shimin was taken aback, but saw Li Yuan speaking to him in a gentle tone that he hadn't seen in several years. This scene seemed to go back to the time when Li Yuan taught him how to ride a horse when he was ten years old.Li Yuan also patiently explained to Li Shimin sentence by sentence.

"This Tang Dynasty was created by me alone, and it has entered the sixth year of conquering the world. Although most of the heroes in the world bow their heads, Li Chongjiu is still stubborn. His father has nothing to do with him. Guanzhong is barren, and the national strength is day by day. The decline in the number of soldiers, the previous few times of military use, exhausted our Tang treasury, but still did not shake Zhao Guo, all this is my fault, I can't use people, don't trust people, and finally even my flesh and blood relatives abandoned me."

"Father!" Hearing Li Yuan's words, the guilt in Li Shimin's heart burst out suddenly, and tears dripped down, "If the prince hadn't persecuted my son, I wouldn't have..."

Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "It's useless to argue about whether the prince and you are right or wrong. Even if the prince is right, he is dead now, so what is right is also wrong. But if you are alive now, what will happen in the future?" You will be the one to pick the burden of the past. Don’t mention the past, I will fully support you, because only with unity, I, Li Tang, will not be defeated by Li Chongjiu. Please bury the prince well, and give the ministers an explanation. Right now, you are the sky of my Tang Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)