Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty: Please say long live His Majesty

Chapter 225: Mountains of Corpses and Seas of Blood in Front of the Suzaku Gate (Part )
March 15th is Empress Wende’s birthday.

Li Chengqian stood in the middle hall of the backyard of Prince Wei's mansion, looking at the crying baby, and suddenly he felt a little dazed.

Li Tai stood to one side and said with a smile, "Royal brother, Qingque plans to invite some court officials to a banquet at the palace in three days. I wonder if you have time?"

Li Chengqian looked at Li Tai in surprise, then nodded and said gently, "Don't worry, I will definitely come."

"Thank you, my royal brother." Li Tai breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "No matter what, Qingque, you are now the father of two children. You should act more prudently and consider them more. This is what a parent should do."

"Yes!" Li Tai quickly bowed with his head down.

Li Chengqian looked towards the inner hall and whispered, "I heard Wan'er had a difficult birth, so I rushed here from Taiyi Qinghua Temple. Is Wan'er doing well? Do you want your sister-in-law to come over?"

"Don't bother my brother. The difficult labor is just a temporary symptom. The imperial physician has already diagnosed and treated her. She's fine." After a brief pause, Li Tai said with a wry smile, "Besides, the emperor's wife is out of the palace. Let's forget it to avoid trouble."

"That's true." Li Chengqian nodded. In fact, it wasn't just Su Shu. It had never been easy for him, Li Chengqian, since he left the palace.

It was simply because it was his mother's birthday that he was able to come out.

"Okay." Li Chengqian glanced at the baby and said, "Give the child a nickname and then send someone to report to the emperor quickly. I believe the emperor will be happy to hear good news."

"Yes!" Li Tai immediately bowed.

"Well! Alright, I won't bother you anymore. I'll go back first." Li Chengqian looked at Li Tai and said softly, "I didn't expect Qingque that you're already a father of two children. You need to act more maturely in the future."

"Yes!" Li Tai bowed slightly, then said, "Your Majesty, I am here to see you off."

"it is good!"

……

Standing in front of the mansion gate, Li Tai looked at the backs of Li Chengqian and his group as they left in a mighty procession, and his eyes couldn't help but darken.

Turning around, Li Tai returned to the palace.

In the study, Li Tai sat on the main couch, looked at Chai Lingwu, and asked, "Just now, the Crown Prince didn't notice anything, did he?"

"No, Your Highness, don't worry, the person is hiding very well." Chai Lingwu immediately bowed.

Li Tai finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I may have made a mistake. The Crown Prince has too many people around him. If he brings so many people again in three days, it might be inconvenient."

Li Chengqian was the crown prince, and when the crown prince traveled, he was naturally escorted by countless Jinwu.

Just like today, three days later, when Li Chengqian came to Prince Wei's Mansion again, it would be the same.

At that time, if he stayed longer, it would be easy to cut off Li Tai, Hou Junji and Zhang Liang's contact with the outside world.

After all, the prince is here, so it is not convenient for them to leave. Moreover, with so many guards, who knows if the prince will suddenly target someone.

"Your Highness, the situation has come to this point. Unless Duke Chen and Duke Xun don't come that day, the Crown Prince will have no choice but to come." Chai Lingwu shook his head and said, "If the Crown Prince doesn't come, and something really happens in the future, he'll hide in the Wude Hall... Does Your Highness really intend to attack Xuanwu Gate?"

Li Tai fell silent. After a moment's thought, he said, "Find someone, cousin, someone the emperor doesn't like very much to sit next to him. That way, he won't stay any longer."

"Your Highness, can you let Uncle Yan sit next to the Crown Prince? At that time, not many people could sit with the Crown Prince. Your Highness, please tell your uncle that they had some unpleasant things before." Chai Lingwu looked at Li Tai carefully.

"That's all." Li Tai breathed a sigh of relief, then his expression turned serious. "Cousin, everything will begin in three days. This is the last time I'll pass on the message to all parties. After that, you won't run away anymore."

"I understand!" Chai Lingwu's heart suddenly tightened. For some reason, he had a very bad premonition.

……

Wude Hall, the glow of the setting sun spreads in front of the hall.

Yu Zhining, Chu Suiliang, Ma Zhou, Li Daliang, Li Xuansi, and Changsun Xiang knelt on both sides of the hall.

"Three days from now, the Prince of Wei's mansion will host a banquet!" Li Chengqian looked at Yu Zhining and asked, "Mr. Yu, has the Ministry of Personnel noticed the unusual movements in the Ministry of Works?"

"Normally, the Ministry of Internal Affairs would send people to the Ministry of Works for an inspection within three to five days." Yu Zhining bowed and nodded, saying, "Your Highness is right. The King of Wei should take action within three days. The Ministry of Works' mobilization of military equipment coincides with this timing."

"The Hongmen Banquet!" Li Chengqian turned to look at Li Daliang and said, "General, don't go. You can't let anything go wrong here."

Li Daliang is the key to their action this time. All arrangements made by Yu Zhining and others need to be coordinated by Li Daliang.

Li Daliang bowed and said, "Your Highness, I'd better go. If I don't go, they might become desperate and discover it in advance. If that happens, our trap will be useless."

Li Chengqian sighed, looked at Ma Zhou and said, "How are the arrangements going?"

Ma Zhou bowed and said, "Your Highness, at that time, the Grand General will be stationed at Suzaku Gate to coordinate the operations. General Zheng Rentai of the Left Golden Guard will lead the Right Golden Guard in hiding in Chang'an County. General Zuo Kuangzheng of the Left Golden Guard will wait until they break through Tonghua Gate, then lead the Left Golden Guard to cut off their retreat from behind. General Qibi Heli of the Right Guard will attack from Suzaku Street, set traps, and surround them on three sides."

Under normal circumstances, General Zuo Kuangzheng of the Left Jinwu Guard should be guarding the Suzaku Gate, Zheng Rentai has no authority to command troops, and Qibi Heli should not be in the city at all.

As the Chief Clerk of Yongzhou, Hou Junji had a strong control over Chang'an City, even though his main focus was outside Tonghua Gate. However, the Changsun family took action.

Even Hou Junji himself didn't know how many of his subordinates chose the Changsun family between him and the Changsun family.

So, his sight was cut off.

He entered the information cocoon that Li Chengqian deliberately created for him.

If Hou Junji is like this, let alone Zhang Liang.

Zhang Liang has been working hard for money these years, and there are some good and bad people among them.

Now, their attention was focused on Li Chengqian, and they didn't notice that their lair had been infiltrated.

"If something really happens to me at that time, let Li Anyan take my place to guard the Suzaku Gate. Together with Li Xuansi, we should be fine." Li Daliang bowed seriously.

Seeing Li Daliang's fearless expression, Li Chengqian quickly waved his hand and said, "Not really, not really. General, don't worry. I just need to have someone fetch a few dozen jars of fine wine from the East Palace and send someone to the Prince of Wei's Palace to keep an eye on it. That will be all that's needed."

Replace the wine in Prince Wei's Palace with the wine in the Eastern Palace.

At the Hongmen Banquet, the prince led a large group away. It was impossible for the Prince of Wei's palace to ambush assassins, so the only way was to use tricks on the food and wine.

However, if Li Chengqian brought his own wine.

Generally speaking, no one would do this, but if Li Chengqian really wanted to do this, Li Tai, Hou Junji and Zhang Liang could only watch.

"Let's do this." Yu Zhining nodded in agreement, finalizing the decision.

"Okay, everyone, be careful. On that day, everyone should go to their respective places and be careful." Li Chengqian looked serious.

"Yes!" All the ministers bowed.

……

It was a hazy night and Li Chengqian was sleeping soundly on the bed.

Suddenly, a voice rang out from outside the palace: "Your Highness, Your Highness!"

Li Chengqian suddenly woke up, and subconsciously held the long sword in front of him with his left hand, but soon, Li Chengqian looked at the dark hall and woke up completely.

He is in Cheng'en Hall.

The gate of the Eastern Palace was guarded by Xue Wanbei, and the adjacent Yanxi Gate was guarded by Li Anyan.

At this moment, it was quiet outside, which meant that Li Tai did not suddenly rush into the palace.

Li Chengqian suddenly laughed. Li Tai would take action the day after tomorrow, so why was he being paranoid now?

Li Chengqian restrained his expression, looked towards the outer hall, and asked loudly, "What's the matter?"

"Your Highness, Duke Qiao has returned to the capital and is now outside Chongjiao Gate!" The voice of eunuch Xu An rang out outside the palace.

Duke Qiao, Chai Zhewei is back. Li Chengqian had instructed us before that as soon as Chai Zhewei comes back, no matter where Li Chengqian is, bring him here immediately.

"Bring the man in, I'll meet him here." Li Chengqian put on his coat, held a long sword in his hand, and walked to the outer hall. He placed the long sword directly on the table.

After Xu An responded, he left quickly. Not long after, he brought Chai Zhewei into the hall.

Two guards in full armor walked from outside the door to both sides of Li Chengqian and stood solemnly.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!" Chai Zhewei, dressed in a black robe and a black hat, bowed to Li Chengqian with a solemn expression.

"Did they bring my cousin back all the way?" Li Chengqian looked at the two guards and examined them curiously.

"Yes!" Chai Zhewei swept the long sword on Li Chengqian's desk and bowed with a bitter expression: "Your Highness, is Erlang in trouble?"

"He is planning a rebellion." Li Chengqian said softly, and Chai Zhewei's pupils instantly dilated.

"Cousin, you're different from him. He lacked everything, so he had to take a gamble. You lack everything, so I don't believe you have anything to do with this." Li Chengqian looked at Chai Zhewei and said, "Given the current situation, the Qingque will launch an attack the day after tomorrow. Cousin, please stay with me for the next two days to get a better understanding of the current situation. Tomorrow night, please go back and see Erlang... I hope he can set things right at this critical moment."

Chai Zhewei immediately understood Li Chengqian's idea. He wanted Chai Lingwu to take down Li Tai at the critical moment.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Chai Zhewei bowed to Li Chengqian gratefully, because this was the only way for Chai Lingwu to get out of this matter.

"I won't hide it from you, cousin. I've made the best possible arrangements for everything in Chang'an, but I still don't know if anything unexpected will happen." Li Chengqian looked up at the darkness outside the palace and said softly, "I don't know whether they will be willing to give up everything or fight to the death. I hope you and Erlang can help. I really don't want to see a sea of ​​blood and corpses outside the Suzaku Gate."

There was horror in Chai Zhewei's eyes.

(End of this chapter)