People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1695: Rainbow Shawl, God Bless King Peng

On the south bank of the Luo River, countless black-armored soldiers lined up on both sides along the river bank.

The four prime ministers Lu Yuanfang, Wang Dezhen, Cui Zhiwen and Yao Lingzhang stood on the left.

Four princes of the royal family, Li Yuanjia, Li Yuangui, Li Yuanming and Li Lingkui, stand on the right.

Zhang Da'an, Xiao Siye, Yun Hongyin, Ouyang Tong, Wang Jishan and other six ministers, vice ministers and countless officials stood densely behind him.

Because there was not enough room, even the Taiwei Mansion behind it began to be demolished.

The one who started to demolish the Taiwei Mansion was Su Baotong.

The Taiwei Mansion was originally built in a simple manner, and it was completed in just three days. Now it is also extremely easy to dismantle.

Soon, the Dingdingmen Street appeared completely before their eyes.

Countless people suddenly emerged along the entire long street, and they all stood densely on the long street.

The Ziwei Palace was conquered, the final chaos completely disappeared, and Luoyang will return to complete peace.

Almost all the people in Luoyang went out.

Standing on tiptoe, he looked towards the Ziwei Palace expectantly.

The turbulent Luo River separates the two banks.

There was no boat on the river, but one could clearly see that the Duanmen Gate was densely packed with black-armored soldiers.

Although everyone knew that Li Xuan had entered the Ziwei Palace last night, no one could rest assured as long as the Duanmen Gate was not opened.

Finally, in full view of everyone, there was a clear "creak" sound and the Duanmen Gate finally opened with a bang.

……

The Duanmen Gate opened, and Li Xuan, dressed in red and golden armor, jumped out.

Standing on the north bank of Luo River, Li Xuan took a deep breath, looked up at the south bank, and countless expectant eyes fell on him.

Li Xuan smiled with satisfaction, then raised a large flag with his right hand.

A large black flag with a big word "Tang" written in blood on it.

Li Xuan held up the Tang flag and shouted loudly to the countless figures on the south bank: "Tang!"

"Tang!" All the soldiers on the city walls raised their weapons and shouted loudly.

"Tang Tang Tang..." Countless calls came from the south bank of Luo River, and then, smiles appeared on everyone's face.

It's over.

The chaos brought about by Empress Wu was completely resolved.

After a long time, the cheers finally stopped.

Li Xuan held up a big flag and waved it vigorously towards the east of Luo River.

The next moment, nine three-masted warships came in a row towards the upper reaches of the Luo River, and soon arrived in front of the Duanmen.

The huge anchors were all lowered in an instant and stopped completely at the original location of Tianjin Bridge.

The next moment, the catapults on the ship threw left and right, and more than a dozen thick ropes were immediately thrown onto other ships.

The thick rope was instantly taut. Su Baotong came from behind and carried a four-meter-high wooden board with a soldier, and finally placed it directly on the long rope.

Very quickly, the wooden board was placed on the long rope, and some soldiers quickly fastened the board in a very short time.

A wooden bridge and a floating bridge appeared over the Luo River in a very short time.

"Minister Lu, please!" Li Xuan's voice came from the other side.

Lu Yuanfang took a deep breath and stepped onto the floating bridge.

At this moment, there was a sudden cry of surprise from behind him, and Lu Yuanfang subconsciously looked up.

A rainbow stretched from the northwest of Ziwei Palace, crossed most of the palace and fell in front of Duanmen, just behind Li Xuan.

Lu Yuanfang was shocked when he saw this scene.

Not just Lu Yuanfang, many people were stunned when they saw this scene.

Li Xuan stood under the Duanmen Gate, holding a large flag with the word "Tang" on it.

The seven-colored rainbow fell right behind him.

No, from a distance, it looked like it fell on his shoulders like a colorful cloak.

It was particularly dazzling against his red clothes and golden armor.

……

Li Xuan stood at the northern section of the floating bridge, looking at the people who had stopped, with a look of surprise on his face, and could not help but waving the big flag with the word "Tang" in his hand.

In an instant, a colorful rainbow floated gently as he waved his hand.

Finally, the big flag with the word "Tang" in Li Xuan's hand pointed to the Luo River on the west side.

The next moment, to everyone's great surprise, the seven-colored rainbow actually began to move towards the Luo River following the direction of the "Tang" flag.

Li Xuan also noticed something strange at this time. He turned sideways and instantly saw the moving rainbow.

The rainbow fell into the Luo River and finally disappeared silently in full view of everyone.

With a "wow" sound, countless people couldn't help but make a noise.

They knew all too well what this was.

This is an auspicious sign.

This is the most rare auspicious sign from heaven.

This doesn't look like a flying magpie, a carp or a sacred turtle, nor is it some artificially carved jade.

This is a real blessing from heaven.

Rainbow, seven colors of rainbow.

No, that's not a seven-color rainbow, that's a seven-color auspicious cloud...

Various voices kept coming, but gradually they converged into one sentence.

God bless the Tang Dynasty!

God bless the Tang Dynasty!

……

"Your Majesty!" Lu Yuanfang walked down from the floating bridge, bowed, and looked straight at Li Xuan.

"Prime Minister Lu!" Li Xuan returned the greeting while shaking his head slightly, his eyes slightly looking towards the sky behind him.

He knew nothing, he had no idea what was going on.

Lu Yuanfang's expression darkened. Could it really be a good omen? Could it really be that God was blessing the Tang Dynasty?

Or God bless...

"Where are the Queen and Prince Ping'en?" Lu Yuanfang asked, and everyone immediately regained their focus.

"The Queen Mother hid the Empress and Prince Ping'en, and Di Huaiying has not found them since last night. Xuan has just sent his men to search for them comprehensively." After a brief pause, Li Xuan made way and motioned for everyone to enter the palace. He said, "However, Concubine Zheng and Chongjun, as well as the princess and her husband, have all been found. They are now in Qianyang Palace." Upon hearing that Li Chongjun had been found, the ministers, who had been a little uneasy, immediately relaxed.

Li Chongjun, Li Chongfu.

It will be enough if there is only one descendant of Emperor Zhongzong, and we can look for the rest slowly.

"Where are the others?" Lu Yuanfang was the first to walk into the Duanmen.

"Everything we can find is here." Li Xuan followed Lu Yuanfang into the Duanmen.

In a blink of an eye, a dozen military generals in red clothes and golden armor, and a dozen officials in red and purple official robes, stood on both sides of the Duanmen.

A series of military generals including Wang Fangyi, Qu Chongyu, Tang Zhenxing, Li Duozuo, Li Dazhi, Qin Shandao, all stood on the left.

Liu Jingxian, Wei Xuantong, Chen Guang, Lin Renji, Li Zhaode, Yuan Ming and other Shangshu Temple officials all stood on the right side of the long street.

When they saw Lu Yuanfang and the others, they all bowed and said, "Greetings to Prime Minister Lu, Prime Minister Wang, Prime Minister Cui, Prime Minister Yao, and to the King of Han, the King of Huo, the King of Shu, and the King of Lu."

Lu Yuanfang, Li Yuanjia and others couldn't help but sigh with emotion when they saw so many familiar faces.

Lu Yuanfang nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

The vast majority of them were against Empress Wu.

Some people were sent directly to prison, while others were trying their best to survive outside, protecting their families while being prepared to be sent to prison at any time.

Everyone bowed their hands together, their faces looking somewhat heavy.

Most of them just thought that Empress Wu wanted to seize power, just like Empress Lu did. Who could have imagined that she actually wanted to become emperor and change the Tang Dynasty to Zhou.

"Okay, everyone, let's go to Qianyang Palace first. The princess and Concubine Zheng are still waiting." Li Xuan interrupted everyone slightly. Now was not the time to talk.

"Wait a minute!" A voice came from the side, and then Wei Juyuan, the Minister of Rites, came forward, bowed to Li Xuan, and then looked at everyone and said, "Excuse me, where is Minister Wei?"

Everyone was stunned and realized that Wei Daijia was not among the crowd.

There is no Minister of Rites Wei Daijia.

"Minister Wei was taken away more than half a month ago and never came back." Li Zhaode stepped forward slightly and bowed slightly.

Wei Daijia was one of the first people to be imprisoned by Empress Wu, and Li Zhaode was not much later than him.

In addition, Li Zhaode once served as the commander of the secret guards, so he was better informed about many news than others.

Although the others were somewhat surprised by the news of Wei Daijia's disappearance, after looking at each other, they all fell silent tacitly.

Before Wei Juyuan could say anything else, Wei Xuanzhen suddenly grabbed his arm from behind, shook his head solemnly, and said, "Let's go to the main hall first."

Wei Juyuan was stunned and looked at Wei Xuanzhen, a bad premonition rising in his heart.

"Let's go." Li Xuan spoke from the side, looking towards Qianyang Palace, and said: "The entire palace will be thoroughly checked. No matter where the Queen has imprisoned them, they will be found out in the end."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Wei Xuanzhen bowed slightly.

Li Xuan nodded and turned to look at Lu Yuanfang: "Prime Minister Lu, let's go."

"Yes!" Lu Yuanfang took the lead and walked towards Chengtian Gate, and the others followed.

Countless Qianniu Guards in red clothes and golden armor marched from Duanmen to Chengtianmen, and then to Qianyang Palace.

All officials above the ninth rank in Luoyang entered the palace.

Throughout the Ziwei Palace, people were constantly coming in and out of every government office.

Some people carried out piles of official documents, while others escorted others and left the palace through the side door.

The cleansing of the entire palace has begun.

The person in charge of all this was a man in black standing on Chengtian Gate.

His name is Li Mo.

……

Entering Chengtian Gate, the magnificent Qianyang Palace stands in front of you.

The ministers walked silently in front of the Qianyang Palace. The incident involving Wei Daijia made many people feel uneasy.

Lu Yuanfang stopped at the foot of the golden steps. He turned sideways to look at Li Xuan and finally asked, "Where is the Queen?"

In one word, all the ministers' eyes fell on Li Xuan.

Li Xuan had never revealed the whereabouts of Empress Wu before, but now that he has recovered the Ziwei Palace, Empress Wu is either dead or imprisoned.

Now that we are going to enter Qianyang Palace, many things need to be thoroughly clarified.

"In the Zhenguan Hall." Li Xuan looked at everyone and said, "Prime Ministers, princes and uncles, the harem is secret after all. Those above the third rank can just go and take a look. The rest of you can wait here."

"Okay!" Li Yuanjia responded first.

"Let's do this." Lu Yuanfang nodded, then took the lead and walked towards the Zhenguan Hall.

Four prime ministers, four princes, a dozen secretaries, ministers of temples, left and right palace attendants, and several provincial governors in the capital all went with him.

More people stayed where they were, waiting eagerly.

Passing through Zhulong Gate and Daye Gate, all the ministers could not help but become solemn.

This is the harem. Although many people have been summoned here to pay homage to Li Zhi, they have never been to other places, nor have they ever snooped around.

The Zhenguan Hall was guarded by countless black-armored soldiers. The entire palace was quiet and peaceful. You could even hear the sound of birds singing, which made people feel inexplicably at ease.

Lu Yuanfang looked at Li Xuan in surprise, nodded and said, "I have always heard that King Peng has very good military discipline. What I saw today is indeed rare."

After Lu Yuanfang said this, everyone finally came to their senses.

There was not a single bit of chaos in the entire palace, not even a sound of crying or shouting.

You know, this is the imperial palace.

Not only are there countless beautiful palace maids, but there are also countless gold, silver and treasures, any one of which can drive a person crazy.

But the right guards under Li Xuan had none of these things and fell into chaos.

Li Xuan bowed slightly and said, "What the army does is all for the Tang Dynasty, so how could they mess around in the palace?"

"Good!" Lu Yuanfang nodded. All the prime ministers, kings, secretaries, and ministers looked at Li Xuan with a hint of kindness in their eyes.

They were really worried that after Empress Wu fell, another Li Xuan would emerge and hold on to power tightly.

But looking at the current situation, Li Xuan is a person who understands and abides by the rules.

Now everyone felt relieved.

……

With a "creak", the door of the Zhenguan Hall opened.

The ministers' eyes immediately fell on Empress Wu, who was wearing a black dragon robe and had her neck strangled, her heart and lungs pierced, her eyes wide open, and she died unwillingly.

This woman, who had suppressed them for decades together with Emperor Gaozong, finally died.

Finally, someone spoke hoarsely: "How did she die?"

(End of this chapter)