Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4121 Meet in the dark night
A group of concubines knelt at the back, and when they heard the confrontation and verbal confrontation of the few in front, they trembled tremblingly and did not dare to make a sound, wishing they could put their heads in their crotches.

As a prince, how could he not know the danger of fighting for heir?Their respective histories and teachers have always carefully explained the various dangers of the struggle for the throne from ancient times to the present, and even their father and emperor carried out a successful case of seizing the throne more than ten years ago, so I feel the same...

Although the Tang Dynasty did not strictly prohibit the rules of the prince's power, but as a lesson from the past, once the new emperor ascends the throne, his brothers and sisters will definitely be restricted, and military power is out of the question. For the bastards who are not qualified to fight for the heir, they absolutely don't want to get involved in the fight for the heir.

If you win, you can't gain much, but if you lose, you will be implicated. Who would be stupid to rely on it?

Li Yin, the king of Shu, even had his mind blank, wondering if he might just go to Silla to join his brother Li Ke in the future, and become a prince worthy of the name of a prince under one person and above ten thousand, so as to enjoy some glory and wealth.Otherwise, with his usual arrogant, domineering and reckless behavior and temperament, he might be taken out by the new emperor as the chicken that scares monkeys, and chopped up with a knife...

Li Yun, the king of Jiang, thought that if the crown prince was finally defeated, the Fang family would be implicated, and it would be possible to kill the whole family, but the beheading of men and women would probably serve as the secretary of Jiaofang, so he had to find a way to put Fang If the younger sister of the family is rescued, even if she cannot marry the criminal minister's daughter, she must be accepted as a concubine.

At that time, even if you have to marry back a concubine, just throw it aside and respect each other like ice, and you will definitely stay and fly with the younger sister of the Fang family, loving each other...

The most terrified one was King Qi Li You. Before the Guanlongmen Clan mutinied to dethrone the crown prince, but failed to win over King Jin, he had to retreat and push him out. Yun Changsun Wuji became the prince, and even wrote a letter to crusade against the prince.

The benevolence of the prince never pursued it, but after his father returned to Beijing, he has been imprisoned for a long time. Punishment is certain. Even if the father is dead now, whoever becomes the emperor will tolerate a generation who once coveted the throne. Are you alive?

Who is not afraid that if one day the ashes revives again, the prince who once tried to get his hands on the throne will rise again?
No matter how I think about it, I am afraid that I will die...

Heartbroken, he raised his head and glanced at his father who was lying on the royal bed covered with a brocade quilt, and tears of sorrow could not stop streaming down.

Royal father is indeed strict, and when he was alive, he was like a mountain pressing down on the hearts of brothers, but no matter how strict father is, he will not kill us...

He started to cry sobbing, and the brothers in front of him and behind him all cried too, either because of the feeling of the atmosphere, or because they simply thought they should cry...

Seeing the princes crying together, the servants standing on both sides also burst into tears. The whole hall was filled with cigarette smoke and the sound of crying was mournful.

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His Majesty Li Er was wise and mighty, and won the admiration and support of the Minister of Cultural Relics. Now that he has died suddenly, everyone is naturally sad, as if mourning a concubine.However, human beings are selfish, and when they are fond of memories, it is unavoidable to think about how to deal with the current situation so as to ensure their own interests.

It is euphemistically called "the dead are dead", and the living must live on...

In the middle of the night, the princes were exhausted and depressed, so they took turns to rest under the arrangement of the officials of the Ministry of Rites. In particular, they staggered the time for the prince and King Jin to guard the coffin, so as to ensure that one of the two always knelt before the coffin. There are also disputes over the ownership of the throne, and there is no consensus.

The rest of the princes naturally had no objection, but Wei Wang Li Tai was deeply dissatisfied with this: Why is it that I, the second-ranked prince among the legitimate sons, has no chance of ascending to the throne, but is optimistic about the young slave?
However, the situation is like this, no matter how unwilling it is, it can only be wronged and swallowed.

At this moment, Li Tai can't help but reflect on the bitter fruit of his previous reckless actions and completely disdain to befriend courtiers. It should be known that at that time he was canonized as the crown prince. no……

At the end of Yin time, Li Zhi returned to his residence exhausted. The waiter prepared boiling water and clothes for him to take a bath. The boiling hot bath water soaked his whole body to activate his tendons. Only then did he let out a long breath, feeling that he had finally come back to life...

He simply ate a few snacks, drank tea, and asked two handsome young eunuchs to beat his legs and rub his shoulders to relieve his physical fatigue.

Wang Shoushi walked in from the door without a sound, his thin body was hunched, but his pace was not slow, like a poisonous snake that suddenly jumped out of the darkness to choose someone to bite, exuding a sinister and dangerous aura.

Even the air seemed to cool down a bit...

"Your Highness, Duke E is here."

Li Zhi put down his teacup, frowned and asked, "Did no one else notice?"

Wang Shoushi's wrinkled sophistication squeezed out a smile, as if a withered chrysanthemum suddenly bloomed, it was strange and ugly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, this old servant has lived in this palace for decades, and this matter can still be settled, but at the moment Too many eyes, the conversation time should not be too long."

During the mutiny of the Guanlongmen faction, they entered the Taiji Palace, and the servants and maids suffered a lot of losses, but most of the core servants and officials followed the prince to retreat to Xuanwumen, so the loss was not great.When His Majesty Li Er returned to the palace, he was appointed to reorganize the personnel in the palace, and almost all of them were assigned to various posts by himself.

If he wanted to do some secret things in the palace, Wang Shoushi naturally had it at his fingertips...

Li Zhi nodded slightly, rubbed his red and swollen eyes, and said emotionally: "Father's funeral, this king is heartbroken, and I wish I could be held accountable for my filial piety...but since my father left you like this Loyal and loyal people assist this king, how dare this king be slack and disappoint his father's expectations, how dare you waste the enthusiasm of your loyal and good ministers? If he can achieve great things in the future, he will not treat him poorly!"

Wang Shoushi knelt down on the ground when he heard the words, and said in a hoarse voice: "The old slave is just an eunuch. He has no children, no daughters, no home and no job. The reason why he devoted himself to serving His Highness wholeheartedly is because His Highness is His Majesty's favorite heir. The will will be passed on to His Highness, and this old slave should also swear allegiance to the death, and never regret it!"

"There are countless high-sounding people in the imperial court, and all the cadres who claim to be loyal and righteous are not even as loyal as you, an eunuch. What face exists between heaven and earth? But what you said is also wrong. Since the father is interested in this king, he has already saved the heart of canonizing the king as the heir, so why didn't he think of leaving a will just in case? When the time is right, the king will take out the will and make it public to see if those people Still determined to go my own way, willing to be a traitor!"

Wang Shoushi paused for the first time: "I would like to do the work of a dog and a horse for Your Highness!"

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The night leak was deeper, the rain outside the window was a little less, pattering, and the night wind was cold.

When Yu Chigong entered this side hall, he saw several candles burning on the bronze candlestick in the hall. His Royal Highness King Jin knelt down on the clean floor on the side of Lin Chuang in a broad robe and belt, and hurried forward and knelt down on one knee: "The final general will join His Royal Highness King Jin."

Li Zhi smiled and stretched out his hand to help, with a gentle expression: "Why do you need to be so polite when your family meets in private? Come quickly to my king's side, how about tasting the tea made by me."

"Here!"

Yu Chigong got up, came to the opposite side of Li Zhi, raised his clothes and knelt down, saw that Li Zhi had filled a cup of tea and pushed it in front of him, he quickly leaned over slightly, took the cup with both hands, held it to his lips He took a shallow sip, clicked his lips, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid of Your Highness's jokes. The old minister has been fond of wine all his life, and he has no pleasure in drinking tea. His Majesty has repeatedly reprimanded the old minister for not being flexible. I have thought about it, but my nature is so natural? With such a stubborn temper from my parents, I will never compromise even if I hit my head. I don’t know how much I have suffered for this. Therefore, the deep kindness and trust in the old minister is not because the old minister does not pay attention to interests, but only morality? Now that His Majesty is going to die, the old minister is in great pain. He should have followed His Majesty to lead his horse and fall under the nine springs, but Thinking that His Majesty still has unfulfilled last wishes, he can only live on in the world, so he has put up such old bones to help His Majesty achieve his great cause. When His Majesty dominates the whole country and achieves the emperor's hegemony in the future, he will go to Zhaoling to follow His Majesty."

Nine parts of these words are true and one part is false, so they are full of voice and emotion, touching the heart, and there is a feeling that a loyal minister and general will cherish the memory of the late emperor and wish he could follow the underground.

Li Zhi was so moved that he burst into tears, straightened up and leaned forward to hold Yu Chigong's hands vigorously, choked up and said: "If everyone respects the father's heart like E Guogong and will not change it until death, father The emperor should smile under the nine springs, but it is a pity that the princes in the court are full of benevolence, righteousness, morality, loyalty and humility, but in fact the hustle and bustle is all about fame and fortune... With the words of E Guogong today, this king will never forget it in his lifetime, but he has achieved something , will protect the lintel of Duke E's lineage from falling, and rest with the country!"

"Your Highness, Long En, don't you dare to be an old minister, dare you to devote yourself to serving you wholeheartedly?"

Yu Chigong was also moved and his blood boiled.

His Majesty Li Er had great trust in him when he was alive, but he only advanced the title to the highest level, without giving corresponding official positions and powers, which made him extremely dissatisfied in private, but he did not dare to reveal half of it, so he could only act in a perverse manner His style reminded His Majesty Li Er from time to time, but he failed to do so.

This is not because he is willing to rely on the King of Jin. The crown prince has a good name and righteousness. As long as there is no imperial edict to depose the throne, he will be the next emperor of the Tang Empire. Why bother to mess with the King of Jin and take huge risks?

However, the Guanlongmen faction launched a mutiny and failed in the end, which put Yuchi Gong in an extremely dangerous situation.The prince seems to be magnanimous and magnanimous to not pursue the Guanlongmen Clan, but in his opinion, this was just a compromise strategy that had to be taken when the reserve position was unstable at that time. Once he ascended the throne, how could he not counterattack and plan to toss the Guanlongmen Clan to death ?

In particular, Yuwen Shi and the Guanlong core headed by them supported the prince on the surface, but they were already on the side of King Jin secretly. Unwilling to take the risk and stand on King Jin's side.

Of course, risks and benefits are equal. As long as His Royal Highness King Jin can seize the throne like the "Xuanwu Gate Incident" back then, he, the military leader who has given charcoal in the snow, will naturally be the first-class meritorious service. , you can really "sleep with the country" as King Jin promised...

But then, Yu Chigong said with great concern: "Now His Highness is imprisoned here, and cannot go out to contact and support your courtiers, and the veterans are also under house arrest and cannot command the army. It is as difficult as reaching the sky to achieve great things."

Li Zhi was full of energy and full of confidence: "Duke E, don't worry, if you are not fully prepared, how can this king allow them to transfer you into the palace and imprison you? Until tomorrow night, we will plan big things together!"

(End of this chapter)