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Chapter 100 The prince rebels
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Chang'an City.

Li Jiancheng, who was left alone, was very happy at this moment.

Because when Emperor Li Yuan left, he took Prince of Qin Li Shimin with him.

In this way, he acted in Chang'an City as if he had been freed from bondage.

"Your Highness, this is a great opportunity. Before the King of Qin returns to Chang'an, we can wipe out his many forces in the city and place our people in. This way, we can greatly reduce the threat the King of Qin poses to Your Highness." Wang Gui, a servant of the Eastern Palace, gave advice.

"Well, that makes sense!" Li Jiancheng nodded slightly.

At this time, another Donggong official, Xu Shimo, also advised: "Your Highness, in addition to Chang'an City, we should also deploy troops in other places, so that we can better suppress the power of the King of Qin."

"Yeah!" Li Jiancheng nodded in approval again.

Then he thought of one of his confidants, Yang Wengan, who was once a guard of the Eastern Palace and is now the governor of Gyeongju.

Some time ago, Yang Wengang sent him a message saying that he lacked weapons and armor to equip his army.

Recalling this incident, Li Jiancheng said to Xu Shimo: "Yang Wengan once wrote to me, saying that he was short of weapons and armor. I will take this opportunity to give him some of the weapons stored in the East Palace."

As he spoke, Li Jiancheng summoned Erzhu Huan and Qiao Gongshan and ordered them to secretly escort a batch of weapons to Qingzhou and deliver them to the governor Yang Wengan.

After receiving the order, the two men retrieved 500 pieces of armor from the inventory of the Eastern Palace, secretly escorted them to Gyeongju through the Janglin Gate.

During this process, Yang Ergou naturally noticed their abnormal behavior, but remembering Wu Wen's warning to him, he suppressed his curiosity and pretended that he saw nothing.

After Erzhu Huan and Qiao Gongshan escorted the troops out of Chang'an, on their way to Qingzhou, a masked figure stood alone in the middle of the road, blocking their way.

"who!"

A group of escort soldiers rushed forward, picked up their weapons and took a defensive stance.

"Put down your weapons!"

Erzhu Huan stepped forward and shouted at everyone to lay down their weapons.

Then he came up to the masked man and whispered cautiously, "Why are you here?"

"My lord has a secret letter and asked me to pass it to you." The masked man took out a rolled-up piece of paper.

Erzhu Huan took it, opened it, and his face suddenly changed. Then he immediately crumpled the note into pieces.

"I see!"

Following his response, the masked man turned and left, disappearing into the woods nearby.

Erzhu Huan came to Qiaogongshan and whispered in his ear.

After hearing his words, Qiao Gongshan also frowned and asked again: "Really?"

"Yes!" Erzhu Huan nodded affirmatively.

"Well, let's go to Renzhi Palace now."

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Renzhi Palace.

The masked man who delivered the secret letter to Erzhu Huan quietly came to the residence of the King of Qin, knelt before Li Shimin, and said respectfully: "My lord, the matter has been settled!"

"Well, step back." Li Shimin waved his hand gently, and the masked man immediately stepped back and disappeared into the night.

Then, Li Shimin turned to the counselor Du Ruhui who was sitting beside him and asked, "Such a simple plan is unlikely to fool my father, right?"

Du Ruhui raised a smile and said slowly: "Sometimes, the simplest means can often achieve the best results.

"We have framed the prince for treason. Although this plan is not rigorous, a smart person can see through it at a glance.

But as long as the operation is thorough and this matter is proven, then even if the prince has no intention of rebellion, he will be considered as a traitor. "

"Rumors can melt metal, repeated criticism can destroy a person, three people can make a tiger, and rumors are terrifying.

After the matter is done, we will make it public. By then, even if Your Majesty wants to protect the Crown Prince, he will have to consider the public opinion and the public opinion in the court, and will definitely depose the Crown Prince."

"In this case, once the position of the crown prince remains vacant, who else can take on this important task except you, Your Highness?" Listening to Du Ruhui's affirmative analysis, Li Shimin showed a satisfied smile on his face, with his eyes flashing with anticipation for the future.

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A few days later.

Wu Wen was taking a nap in the room.

Suddenly I noticed a lot of noise outside.

Get up and open the door to check.

The originally quiet Renzhi Palace was now crowded with people. All the guards were mobilized, dressed in solemn attire, guarding every passage and corner.

At this time, Doctor Liu, who was in a hurry, happened to pass by his door.

Wu Wen stopped him and asked the reason.

"What's going on here?"

"County Wu, the prince is plotting a rebellion!" Doctor Liu said nervously.

Hearing this, Wu Wen couldn't help but find it ridiculous: "The prince is plotting a rebellion? Are you kidding me?"

"Really, I'm not lying to you. Just look at these guards and you'll know."

Doctor Liu pointed to the guards who were controlling the various passages, and continued:
"The prince intends to occupy Chang'an City and use Qingzhou Governor Yang Wengan to respond, and cooperate with the outside world to carry out a rebellion."

Wu Wen frowned when he heard this: "Where did you get this information from?"

"Who doesn't know about it now? The entire Renzhi Palace is spreading it." said Imperial Doctor Liu.

Wu Wen recalled the history he knew. Yang Wengang had indeed plotted a rebellion, but was soon killed by his subordinates, and the prince's rebellion also came to nothing.

However, he was not clear about the specific details.

"Can you tell me in detail what is happening now?" Wu Wen asked.

Doctor Liu told Wu Wen everything he knew.

First, the prince's subordinates Erzhu Huan and Qiao Gongshan reported that the prince had secretly sent weapons to Yang Wengan, the governor of Qingzhou, with the intention of rebellion.

Emperor Li Yuan was furious and summoned the prince to Renzhi Palace and directly imprisoned him.

Upon learning that the matter had been exposed, Yang Wengan of Qingzhou directly launched a rebellion, thus confirming the prince's rebellion.

In order to prevent the prince's other forces from rising up, Emperor Li Yuan directly ordered Prince of Qin Li Shimin to quickly put down the rebellion.

Based on this information, plus what Wu Wen knew himself, he quickly deduced in his mind and soon discovered the problem.

Crown Prince Li Jiancheng's rebellion was clearly a frame-up.

Not to mention how stupid it is to rebel now, even if he really wanted to rebel, why did he come to Renzhi Palace?

There was obviously another hidden story behind Yang Wengang's uprising.

In addition, Wu Wen knew that Yang Wengan was about to be killed by his own subordinates and would not be able to come before the emperor at all.

All this clearly shows that someone wants to prove that the prince is rebelling and leave him no room for defence.

"What a good plan!" Wu Wen secretly sighed in his heart.

Then, he asked Doctor Liu, "Do you know where the prince is being held in Renzhi Palace now?"

Upon hearing this, Doctor Liu's expression became stern: "County Wu, why are you asking this? You can't be confused at this moment!"

Wu Wen smiled and said, "Just tell me if you know or not. I will handle the rest."

Hearing this, Doctor Liu first looked around, then leaned forward and whispered to Wu Wen.

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(End of this chapter)