Tiantang

Chapter 317 Hongmen banquet, see the poor dagger

Chapter 323 Hongmen banquet, see the poor dagger
"My family still thinks that you can't enter the palace to take risks. You can just say you're sick and wait and see. If they really want to attack you, you can move forward and retreat freely." Hua Nuer continued to persuade with a worried face.

Zhang Xuan sighed, "If I really escape from Chang'an, they will take the opportunity to confuse Li Heng, label me as a rebel, and even mobilize soldiers to chase us...I brought so many family members and moved slowly. It's hard to say whether I can return to Lingzhou safely."

"Don't worry, I have my own ideas. I can come and go freely in Tubo, let alone the mere Xingqing Palace!" Zhang Xuan smiled coldly, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, "Since they want to take me out, If you insist on making me feel uneasy during this New Year's Eve, then I have nothing to be polite about."

"The right guard led the mansion, hehe... I am afraid that few people in the palace know now that I was the one who managed the guards in the East Palace." A strange sneer slowly emerged from the corner of Zhang Xuan's mouth, and his voice changed Get illusory.

Hua Nuer's eyes lit up.

"Since you have been prepared for a long time, I will not say anything. But—" Hua Nuer gritted her teeth lightly, "I want to enter the palace with you, and Kong'er and I are by your side. If something unexpected happens, At least we can try our best to protect you and Princess Cui."

Zhang Xuan's smile faded, "You can follow me into the palace. It's okay to be prepared, but I have heard a little bit of Li Yu's thoughts and movements. However, I didn't expect that Chen Xuanli would have This courage got involved and mobilized Habayashi Wei..."

"Go, follow me into the palace to watch the theater." Zhang Xuan waved his hand abruptly.

The two left the study room and walked all the way to the main entrance of the palace.

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Cui Ying and Li Tengkong waited anxiously outside the gate of Xingqing Palace.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Zhang Xuan and Hua Nuer came galloping, surrounded by more than ten guards.

Cui Ying and Li Tengkong went up to meet them.

Zhang Xuan turned over and got off the horse, Cui Ying took a step forward and held his hand tightly, although she didn't say anything, the worry in her eyes was beyond words.

Zhang Xuan smiled, and said softly, "Ying'er, it's okay, let's go, let's go into the palace."

Zhang Xuan was in the front, Cui Ying and Li Tengkong were in the back, and Hua Nuer followed closely as a maid.

Entering the gate of Xingqing Palace, along the way, in the light of night, Zhang Xuan found that the guards of the original Xingqing Palace were indeed replaced by the troops led by the right guard.Of course, whether it's the palace guards or the right guards leading the mansion, they are all armed forces in the palace. If it weren't for Zhang Xuan, it would be difficult to detect this invisible change.

In front of the Mingde Hall, two school captains from Youwei's mansion led more than a hundred soldiers on duty. Seeing Zhang Xuan approaching, the two school captains walked side by side, bowed down and bowed down, "Greetings to Prince Yongning!"

Zhang Xuan stared deeply at the two of them, and suddenly said with a smile, "Hu Er, Meng Ju, you two have now been promoted to captains, what a joy to congratulate!"

Hu Er and Meng Ju suddenly raised their heads and said in surprise, "My lord still remembers the villain?"

Zhang Xuan laughed, raised his hand and patted Hu Er's shoulder, "Why don't you remember, when I purged the palace and established the Right Guard House, there were less than a hundred people in the beginning. Every one of you Remember it clearly!"

"Do it well." Zhang Xuan stepped forward and continued to move forward, and from the corner of his eyes, he glanced at Shi Gongsunyou, the head of the right guard who was standing quietly in the shadow of the entrance of Mingde Hall.

A little eunuch bowed down, and his shrill voice resounded immediately - "King Yongning is here! Princess Yongning is here! Madam Yanning is here!"

Following the call of the eunuch, Zhang Xuan walked in slowly with Cui Ying and the three daughters.

In the main hall, the lights are brightly lit, and the melodious music of silk and bamboo resounds euphemistically.And the more than a hundred seats were already full of Chang'an dignitaries and royal family members, and basically all the people who should come have come.

Looking around Zhang Xuan, even Yang Yuhuan and the three Yang sisters had already arrived.Yang Yuhuan and Third Sister Yang stared at Zhang Xuan and the others almost at the same time, with hidden tenderness in their eyes.

Before Li Heng arrived, the hall was full of voices, but because of Zhang Xuan's arrival, it suddenly became silent.

In the eyes of everyone, Zhang Xuan looked calm and calm, walked lightly, and walked all the way, straight to the seat where he and others were sitting.

Wan Chundi sat beside Yang Yuhuan, looking at Zhang Xuan quietly.

On the other hand, Yang Guozhong cupped his hands and said with a smile, "King Yongning!"

"Yang Xiang!" Zhang Xuan also returned the salute.

As soon as Yang Guozhong took the lead, Chen Xilie and others immediately got up and exchanged greetings with Zhang Xuan.

The princelings headed by Chen Xuanli sat silently, and none of them got up.

Zhang Xuan talked to everyone one by one with a smile, and finally cast his clear eyes on Chen Xuanli.

Chen Xuanli bowed his head in silence, but felt a little uneasy in his heart.He suddenly discovered that General Yang Lian, Habayashi Weiyouwei, another master of the capital's military power, was not present.

Why didn't Yang Lian come?

Chen Xuanli's heart skipped a beat.

However, he and Li Yu had already made arrangements, and they felt that nothing would go wrong. They had even arranged the escape route for the failure, and they had no choice but to act.

With this in mind, Chen Xuanli slowly raised his head and glanced at Zhang Xuan, collected himself, and said with a sneer in his heart, "Wait a while, let's see how arrogant you are!"

Chen Xuanli was willing to take this risk from Li Yu, firstly because he was coerced by Li Yu in a disguised form, and secondly because he wanted to gamble.He knew very well that Li Heng was a bit weak and indecisive in his character, if he used military advice to take Zhang Xuan down decisively, resulting in established facts, Li Heng could only admit the reality.

And because this matter was handled by Li Yu alone, in the eyes of all the officials, this was Li Heng's order.

With all these things, Li Heng has no way out.

In the plan of Li Yu and Chen Xuanli, Zhang Xuan was taken down by thunderous means to carry out military remonstrance, and Li Heng was forced to cut off Zhang Xuan's title and military posts in disguise, and then let Zhang Jiyong take over Longshuo, and Chen Xuanli replaced Yang Guozhong as prime minister.

Correspondingly, the princelings immediately supported Li Heng as the emperor, and Li Heng had to issue an edict to confer Li Yu as the prince of the East Palace.

This series of plans can be said to be seamless, and they really hit Li Heng's pulse.

But what Li Yu miscalculated was that Zhang Xuan had made his fortune by relying on palace changes after all, and he knew more about these shady methods in the palace than anyone else.And he has always considered both advances and retreats in his work. When he entered the palace to show his cards to Li Heng, Zhang Xuan had already considered the worst consequences and planned for the worst.

And Li Yu even ignored Zhang Xuan's influence and control in Chang'an City.You must know that before Zhang Xuan joined the Fan Longshuo, all the Imperial Guards and Palace Guards were all under his command.

The only thing Zhang Xuan didn't expect was that Chen Xuanli would use Habayashi Guard.Because the Habayashi Guards mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses, rumors would definitely spread, and it was impossible for Yang Lian to not know about it.

It can be seen from this that Chen Xuanli and Li Yu have already made up their minds to break the boat. It seems that this time either the fish died or the net was broken.

"His Royal Highness the Prince Jian Guo has arrived! Zhang Liangdi has arrived! King Chu has arrived! King Jianning has arrived!..."

Following the eunuch Huo Changqing's call, Li Heng wore a brand new dragon robe and crown, with a smile on his face, swaggered, and led Zhang Liangdi and his children into the Mingde Hall.

Yang Guozhong and Zhang Xuan looked at each other with a smile, and immediately led all the officials to stand up and bow down, shouting loudly, "Your Majesty, I wait to see you!"

"Everyone is flat!" Li Heng laughed vigorously and gave a help.

Standing behind Li Heng, Li Yu glanced at Zhang Xuan first, then met Chen Xuanli's eyes and exchanged a look.

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Chen Xuanli's confidant Zhonglang led Meng Xun to Chen Xuanli's secret order to lead two thousand guards to surround Xingqing Palace in the name of guarding the palace, and controlled the left and right gates of Xingqing Palace.

The heavy palace door creaked and slowly closed.

Meng Xun looked back and saw that the palace gate was closed tightly, he let out a sigh of relief, and was about to order his soldiers to guard the palace tightly to wait for news from the palace, when he suddenly heard the movement of soldiers and horses marching, he turned his head and saw the heavy In the night, the torches were dotted to form a long light dragon. From the direction of the Suzaku Gate of the imperial city, a black habayashi guard that could not be seen at a glance was moving forward at a fast speed.

Currently, there are more than [-] people in the Habayashi Guard of the capital, half of them are under Chen Xuanli's command, and half of them are under the command of Yang Lian.

"It's not a big deal!" Meng Xun's heart tightened, a thin layer of sweat oozed from his forehead, and he tightly clenched the saber at his waist.And the Habayashi guards behind him are also ready to fight.

"Who is here?" Meng Xun yelled, he had already seen Yang Lian's General Cao Biao leading the army.

Cao Biao smiled indifferently, got off his horse, waved his hands and ordered the army and horses to line up in place, then stepped forward and clasped his hands together and said, "General Meng, Cao is here."

Meng Xun gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "General Cao, I was ordered by His Highness to lead an army to guard the palace. Why did you come here?"

"Hahaha! Coincidentally, Cao was ordered by General Yang to come here to protect the palace..." Cao Biao laughed loudly, his eyes shining brightly.

Yang Lian's order to him was to hold back Meng Xun's main force, and there was no need to conflict with Meng Xun's troops.

As for Yang Lian himself, he personally led a thousand troops towards the right gate of Xingqing Palace.In Yang Lian's army, Xiao Shisanlang and Nan Jiyun led Zhang Xuan's more than a hundred guards to follow.

Meng Xun clenched his teeth, his heart fluttered like numbness.Without Chen Xuanli's order, he would not dare to act rashly, and even if Chen Xuanli's order was given, what else could he do with Cao Biao's 2000 men here?
Although he is only a middle-level general in the army, far from the level of participating in high-level power struggles, he is not a fool. It is self-evident what Chen Xuanli and Li Yu are going to do, and the sudden arrival of Yang Lian's subordinates obviously means that Chen Xuanli Things with Li Yu leaked out.

For a moment, Meng Xun felt cold all over, and his face became more and more ugly as he stood there.

Cao Biao waved his hand, and the Habayashi guards under him immediately spread out according to a certain formation, posing as if they were threatening Meng Xun's troops.

(End of this chapter)