Tiantang

Chapter 336 Palace Change
Chapter 344 Palace Change

Zhang Xuan accompanied Li Heng back to Xingqing Palace, not long after, Xizhu, Wan Chun's maid, came to invite him to Wanchun Garden.

Li Heng didn't care either.Wan Chun is about to marry Zhang Xuan, and she is already Zhang Xuan's woman. In Tang Dynasty, there is no taboo that women are not allowed to see their husbands before marriage. It is normal for Wan Chun to see Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan bid farewell to Li Heng and went to Wanchun Garden.

Li Heng never dreamed that Zhang Xuan's departure would determine his fate.

Zhang Xuan went to Wanchun Garden under the guidance of Xizhu, but Zhang Xuan felt something wrong while walking, this was clearly not the way to Wanchun Garden!

Zhang Xuan's heart suddenly jumped, and he shouted, "Xizhu, you dare to deceive me?"

Xi Zhu turned pale with shock, knelt down on the ground with a puff and said in a trembling voice, "I dare not. This servant is ordered by the princess to ask the prince to go to Xianyang Palace."

"Go to Xianyang Palace? The king just came back from Xianyang Palace, what did Wan Chun ask me to go to Xianyang Palace?" Zhang Xuan sneered, "To be honest!"

Xi Zhu blushed, knelt on the ground and said softly, "The lord calms down, the servants really don't know, the princess has ordered so, the servants have no choice but to obey!"

Hearing the movement in front, Nan Jiyun, who had been following closely behind, rushed over with the body guard, and said loudly, "Commander! What's going on?"

Zhang Xuan shook his head, motioning for Nan Jiyun to step back first.

"Get up and lead the way." Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment, his voice softened, and ordered Xizhu to continue leading the way.

Zhang Xuan walked a few steps, then stopped and turned back to call the guard over, and ordered in a low voice, "Take my king's gold medal, go outside the palace and quickly bring my guard in, and go around the perimeter Go straight to Xianyang Palace, don't disturb the palace guards, don't make mistakes!"

The guard didn't dare to neglect, took the gold medal and rushed away.

Nan Jiyun said softly, "Marshal...this..."

Zhang Xuan sighed, "Nan Ba, I have a very bad premonition in my heart, and I feel that something will happen today—well, let's talk about it depending on the situation."

Seeing that Zhang Xuan didn't want to go deep, Nan Jiyun didn't dare to ask further questions, so he had to put up all his energy and followed closely behind Zhang Xuan full of vigilance.

Soon arrived at Xianyang Palace.Wanchun and Princess Xianyi are already waiting outside the palace gate.

Zhang Xuan walked over slowly, looked at Wan Chun and frowned, "Wan Chun, why did you call me to Xianyang Palace?"

Wan Chun's complexion was very complicated, there was a hint of grayish pallor in the flush, and a flush of excitement mixed with the grayness.The corner of her mouth twitched lightly and she opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything.

Xian Yi saw that Wan Chun didn't speak, so he took the initiative to accompany him with a smile, "King Yongning, please go to the palace to talk—Sister Wanchun, don't just stand there, everyone from King Yongning is here... aren't you You have something to say to King Yongning!"

Xianyi hastily winked at Wanchun.

Wan Chun collected himself, sighed quietly and said softly, "Xuan Lang, Wan Chun has a few words to tell you—come in and talk."

Zhang Xuan nodded silently, and was about to take a step into Xianyang Palace.

Nan Jiyun strode over, stood in front of Zhang Xuan, bowed and said, "Commander, no!"

Zhang Xuan smiled, and said lightly, "Nanba, don't worry. Just follow me in."

Zhang Xuan believed that Wan Chun would not harm him, but he did not trust people like Sheng Wang and Princess Xianyi.Although these people couldn't make any noise in this deep palace, just in case, he decided to bring Nan Jiyun in together.

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In a side hall of Xianyang Palace.After Wan Chun finished speaking, Zhang Xuan's face changed suddenly.It wasn't until this time that he suddenly realized: Why did he always feel that something was wrong, but couldn't find out what was wrong? It turned out that he had neglected the link of the old emperor!
The problem lies with the old emperor.

The old emperor woke up unexpectedly.Although the body is still paralyzed and unable to move on the bed, most of the language and thinking functions have indeed recovered.As for when he recovered, and whether he has been pretending until now, there is no need to get to the bottom of it.

The important thing is that Zhang Xuan immediately figured out what the old emperor wanted to do.

The old emperor refused to take the Zen throne, and refused to give up his emperor's throne.

But now at this time, Li Heng has almost controlled everything inside and outside the palace. If he finds out that the old emperor is still awake, in order to keep his throne, Li Heng might do something deadly.Therefore, the old emperor has been forbearing until now.

Wan Chun's lips trembled, she didn't want to involve Zhang Xuan, but her father begged her personally, seeing the old emperor's miserable state, she couldn't bear to refuse.

If the old emperor wants to succeed, he can only rely on Zhang Xuan's strength. He, the princes and princesses, will not help the matter at all. He will just give Li Heng a plate of food in vain and let others slaughter him.

Yang Lian, the general of the Habayashi Guard in the capital, is Zhang Xuan's man. If Zhang Xuan is willing to support the restoration of the old emperor, the big event will be more than half.And as long as the Habayashi Guard is in his hands, the old emperor believes that as long as he appears in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and says a few words, Li Heng's enthronement ceremony will be ruined.

Therefore, the old emperor came up with Wanchun's idea.Xiaozhi moved him with emotion, then seduced him with reason and profit, Wan Chun persuaded him, and the old emperor felt that Zhang Xuan might be tempted.

Looking at Wan Chun, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice, "Wan Chun, I can understand your feelings, but I cannot agree to this matter!"

Wan Chun sighed quietly, "Xuan Lang, don't blame the slave family. The slave family has nothing to do. The other end is the father of the slave family. The father asked the slave family to beg the slave family. The slave family can't do nothing. But the slave family also knows that this is not the case. It's so simple, what to do, I know that you have your own opinion. But I hope you... don't let the prince brother hurt the emperor!"

A trace of fear flashed in Wan Chun's eyes. She was really worried that once Li Heng knew that the old emperor was still sane, would he kill his father and cause bloodshed.

Zhang Xuan walked over and hugged Wan Chun in his arms, patted her on the shoulder, and said softly, "Wan Chun, Li Heng's ascension to the throne and proclaiming himself emperor is the general trend, and no one can stop it, including me. , can only bleed to death."

"Okay, don't worry about this matter, I'll handle it, trust me."

Wan Chun hugged Zhang Xuan tightly, and nodded silently.

After a while, Zhang Xuan led Wan Chun out of the side hall.

Sheng Wang Li Qi and others stood in the courtyard, staring closely at Zhang Xuan.Li Qi stepped forward, clasped his hands together and said, "King Yongning, you are originally a minister of the father. Since the father has an order, you should obey it. By helping the father to restore the king, Yongning king will have the merit of supporting him, and he will be promoted to a nobleman." No problem!"

Zhang Xuan suddenly smiled lightly, and said lightly, "His Royal Highness Sheng, this king is already the prince of Yongning, and the commander of the Longshuo feudal clan is also in charge of the military power of the four towns, how can he be promoted?"

Li Qi was speechless for a while, but blushed and said, "You are a subject of the father, and the father has an order, how dare you not obey?"

The corner of Zhang Xuan's mouth tanned, and he said lightly, "The new emperor is about to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. This matter is unstoppable. This king advises your highnesses not to be wild, so as not to cause trouble to the upper body, and repeat the mistakes of King Rong and King Si Ning."

"Even if His Majesty regains his sanity, it is an iron fact that he is sick and paralyzed in bed and unable to act as an agent of state affairs. Could it be that His Majesty is going to lie on his sickbed to handle state affairs?"

"Therefore, this king advises all of you to stick to the status quo. The crown prince will continue to be on the throne, and the emperor will continue to be his overlord, and everything will be fine. If you insist on going your own way, it will lead to a bloody incident in the palace and a royal scandal involving bloodshed. .”

Xianyi took a step forward and said excitedly, "King Yongning, if the father is still alive, the crown prince should not be enthroned as emperor. This is disrespectful and unfilial. You are a subject of the father. If you don't support the restoration of the father, you will be treasonous!"

Zhang Xuan smiled coldly, ignored Xianyi, turned his head to look at Li Qi and said, "Prince Sheng, if this king guessed correctly, the emperor must have promised to make you the crown prince of the East Palace after restoration... But in this way, Where will the prince be placed? During the period when the prince supervised the country, the country was peaceful, the people were safe and all businesses were prosperous, even if the emperor was restored and wanted to depose the prince, I am afraid that the subjects of the world would not agree!"

Zhang Xuan's voice was full of sarcasm, "I advise King Sheng not to go on a road of no return in a moment of enthusiasm."

Li Qi looked at Zhang Xuan with shame and anger, raised his hand and said angrily, "Zhang Xuan, you are so presumptuous! If you resist the order, you are rebellious! Someone, take Zhang Xuan to the palace!"

After finishing speaking, he rushed out from the side room to the forbidden guards of the Hundred Palaces, led by Gongsun You.

Wan Chun's complexion changed drastically, he rushed to Zhang Xuan, angrily said, "King Sheng, what are you going to do?"

Gongsun You led the palace guards to surround him, Zhang Xuan smiled lightly, pulled Wan Chun behind him, then gently pushed away Nan Jiyun who was guarding him, took a step forward, and looked around at the palace guards, He shouted loudly, "Who dares to touch this king? Whoever wants to be killed by the Nine Clans, come forward!"

Zhang Xuan looked at Gongsunyou coldly and said in a deep voice, "Gongsunyou, you are so brave!"

Gongsun You clasped his hands together in embarrassment and said, "My lord, please forgive the general for being rude. The emperor has a decree, and the general dare not disobey!"

"If the lure fails, do you want to use force to coerce this king? Sheng Wang, you are still too naive. Don't even think about it. If this king is defenseless, how can I come to this Xianyang Palace alone." Zhang Xuan sneered He got up, pointed at Gongsunyou and said, "Gongsunyou, my king's guards and Habayashi guards are outside the palace, if this king makes a big deal...everyone will die!"

Zhang Xuan turned his head and glanced at Nan Jiyun.

Nan Jiyun raised his head and blew a sharp whistle.

Suddenly, more than a hundred sturdy Longshuo guards rushed in with a bang, and immediately broke through the encirclement of the palace guards, protecting Zhang Xuan and Wan Chun.

Nan Jiyun was about to lead the guards to confront Gongsunyou's palace guards, but Gongsunyou led the army in a panic to protect King Sheng and the others and retreated gradually.He didn't dare to really have a conflict with Zhang Xuan's guards, because once there was a conflict, Li Heng got the news that the Habayashi guards outside the palace entered the palace, and none of these people present would survive.

(End of this chapter)