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

Chapter 278: Accusing Fang Xuanling of Rebellion (Part )
In the East Palace, a loud cry of "wa" suddenly came from the Yidong Palace.

In the small pavilion outside the palace, Li Chengqian, holding the drowsy Wang Youlan in his arms, couldn't help but stand up with joy.

Zheng Shuang'er was sitting on the other side. At this time, she couldn't help but stand up and looked towards the hall with curiosity: She didn't know whether Wei Wei gave birth to a boy or a girl.

Today, news of the great victory in Liaodong came, and the Crown Princess gave out rewards to everyone. Without noticing, Su Shu and Wei Wei became pregnant.

The birth will happen immediately afterwards.

Suddenly, Su Shu and Wei Wei were in labor at the same time, and the Eastern Palace was almost in chaos. Fortunately, Li Chengqian rushed back in time.

After Li Chengqian and Su Shu had a brief discussion, Su Yi and Zhang Xuan stayed in Yichun Palace to accompany her, while Li Chengqian brought Zheng Shuang'er and Wang Youlan to Yidong Palace to accompany Wei Wei.

After all, this is Su Shu's fourth child, and Wei Wei's is her first.

Wei Wei's mother, Mrs. Pei, is now in the palace. Wei Zheng is still waiting for news outside the palace due to poor health.

Su Shu had already given birth to a son, and now Wei Wei finally gave birth to one too.

Li Chengqian came back to his senses and looked towards the palace door. Gao, the East Palace Secretary, had already run out of the palace with the baby in her arms, her face full of joy. She bowed to Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, it's a prince!"

Li Chengqian was the crown prince, and before he ascended the throne, his son would inevitably be granted the title of Prince.

Li Chengqian opened the swaddling clothes and looked at the wrinkled baby curled up inside. His face was full of tenderness and care.

Li Chengqian took a deep breath, took out a Tai Chi jade pendant from his waist, stuffed it into the swaddling clothes, and said, "Let's name him Li Shan."

Li Chengqian's eldest son was named Li Xiang, his second son was named Li Jue, and his third son was named Li Jiu.

The fourth son Su Shu just gave birth to today is named Li Yu.

The fifth son here is called Li Shan.

"Shan means success. Everything will be successful." Li Chengqian looked at Pei as she walked out of the hall, bowed slightly, and said, "What do you think of the name Li Shan, mother-in-law?"

Pei paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Good!"

Pei Shi reacted immediately after hearing this and couldn't help laughing. She then bowed to Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, please enter the palace."

"Okay!" Li Chengqian walked quickly into the hall, and then saw Wei Wei lying on the bed in the inner hall, her face covered with sweat and her hair wet.

"Your Highness!" Wei Wei raised her head and looked at the child in Gao's arms behind Li Chengqian.

"I've chosen a name for the child. It's Li Shan!" Li Chengqian sat down beside the bed, holding Wei Wei's wrist, and whispered, "My cousin has already sent someone to inform Duke Zheng's residence. A wet nurse has been arranged. You should have a good sleep and look after the child when you wake up tomorrow."

"Yeah!" Wei Wei responded softly, glanced at her son Li Shan, then closed her eyes.

Almost the next moment, she fell asleep.

Giving birth is the most tiring thing, and she almost exhausted all her energy. Li Chengqian reached out and gently stroked her cheek with tenderness on his face.

After a moment, Li Chengqian came back to his senses and looked at Pei, saying, "Thank you, mother-in-law, for taking care of me tonight. I need to go write a memorial. Today, I received good news: the Crown Princess and Wei'er gave birth to children at the same time. This is an auspicious sign, and I should report it to my father."

"Yes, Prince, please go and get busy!" Pei bowed slightly, and Li Chengqian nodded slightly, then walked quickly into Yidong Palace.

After watching Li Chengqian leave, Mrs. Pei glanced at the baby Li Shan, then walked to the bedside, held Wei Wei's hand, sighed softly, and said, "Daughter, you are truly lucky."

Good news from Liaodong: the Crown Princess gave birth to a son.

Pei could almost imagine that the news had spread throughout Chang'an City.

And the prince had not just one son, but two.

For an ordinary family, giving birth to even just one child is already an extremely joyous event. However, Donggong suddenly had two sons today.

This is a good omen, this is auspicious.

Pei could almost see that Li Chengqian's position as crown prince would be extremely stable.

Not only that, as long as Li Chengqian does not make any mistakes in the future, even the emperor cannot depose him from the position of crown prince.

In the future, every time the prince has another son, his position as the prince will become more stable.

After all, there is no prince in the court today who has the same prestige as Emperor Taizong did back then.

……

In the Chongjiao Hall, candlelight flickered.

Li Chengqian placed the brush in his hand on the pen holder and breathed a sigh of relief.

Today, Su Shu and Wei Wei gave birth to their children at the same time, which he had not expected in advance, but since everything has happened, he has to maximize the benefits of this matter.

The memorial could not be sent to the army immediately, and had to be delivered by Su Xu personally.

Liaodong.

Now that we have taken Liaodong, the most important thing is how to govern it.

Today, Liaodong is governed by the emperor, Zhangsun Wuji, Liu Li, Cen Wenben and others.

Although provincial governors were set up in various places, the higher-level protectorates had not yet been established.

The purpose of Li Chengqian sending Zhao Yuankai and Su Xu was to see if he could let Su Xu seize the position of Protector General of Andong Protectorate.

Zhao Yuankai was the Minister of Taichang Temple and it was impossible for him to stay in Liaodong for a long time, so the key was Su Xu.

He was not only Li Chengqian's father-in-law, but also one of the eighteen scholars in the emperor's Qin Palace.

When Su Xu went to Liaodong, Li Chengqian did not expect him to cause any trouble behind the emperor's back. On the contrary, he hoped that Su Xu could help the emperor stabilize the logistics to the greatest extent.

He also wanted to see how far the emperor could go in Goguryeo with all the support he had now.

Let him serve as a reference.

Looking away, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Highness!" Xu An walked out of the shadows silently and bowed to Li Chengqian.

"Is there something?" Li Chengqian turned sideways in surprise.

"Yes!" Xu An placed a secret book on the memorial in front of Li Chengqian, and then whispered: "The people under the Right Jinwu Guard General Tian Renhui who were responsible for secret affairs have been killed in the past few months." "Killed all?" Li Chengqian's pupils dilated instantly.

"Yes!" Xu An cupped his hands and said, "It was the people from the Hundred Cavalry Division who did it. They spent several months investigating all the people under Tian Renhui, and then killed everyone related to Tian Renhui from the outside little by little."

"Related?" Li Chengqian suddenly realized something and nodded, "In other words, there is no one or anything related to those things around him anymore, is that right?"

"Yes!" Xu An nodded.

"This is his punishment from father." Li Chengqian sneered softly, then sighed softly.

Tian Renhui was a very smart man. He knew that Xueyantuo would never be able to win the battle against the Tang Dynasty, so he decisively chose to trick Xueyantuo.

But unfortunately, Xueyantuo was frightened out of his courage.

Instead of going to Xiazhou and Lingzhou, they went to Shazhou.

What a bunch of idiots! Li Chengqian also set a trap in Shazhou.

No matter what, Xueyantuo was defeated in the end. Although Tian Renhui failed to successfully trap Xueyantuo, he personally went deep into the grassland and captured Zhenzhu Khan's eldest son Yemang alive, and was promoted to General of the Right Jinwu Guard.

With this achievement, all the previous things are not worth mentioning.

Of course, those things have been done, and if you want to get rid of them now, you have to get rid of them completely.

That's why the emperor took action.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian frowned slightly and asked sideways, "Does Wei Ting know about this?"

Xu An thought for a moment, then bowed and said, "I just found out about this too. Although the Jingzhao Wei family is behind Wei Ting, the Hundred Cavalry Division has been very secretive about this matter. It will probably take some time for them to find out."

"No need to wait, slowly find a way to reveal this matter to Wei Ting." Li Chengqian sneered lightly and said, "Wei Ting has been quiet for two months. Isn't his purpose to make me ignore him at this time? Now, it's time to make him move again."

"Yes!" Xu An bowed, then bowed and walked away.

Li Chengqian sat on the couch and raised his head slightly.

Li Zhi must have his own men in Chang'an City, but due to the limitations of their status, there is little they can do.

Only Wei Ting. Even if Wei Ting was dismissed from all official positions, he was still the leading figure of the Jingzhao Wei family. He would definitely be reinstated in the future. This was inevitable.

Instead of worrying about future measures, it is better to plan well now and find a way to put all foreseeable actions of Wei Ting under surveillance.

Don't do anything now and see what happens to him in the future.

Let’s see what Li Zhi will do in the future.

Since returning to Chang'an, Li Zhi has completely kept a low profile. Even Li Chengqian doesn't know what he is doing.

Now, it's time to fish out Li Zhi's actions.

……

A few days later, at Prince Jin's Mansion.

The eunuch came in, lit the candle in the study, then bowed to Li Zhi and left the study.

Li Zhi put down the "Spring and Autumn Annals" in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief.

The more you read the book "Spring and Autumn Annals", the more sober you become and the more addicted you become.

"Knock, knock!" A light knock on the door sounded outside the room. Li Zhi looked up and said, "Come in!"

"Your Highness." Ji Jiafu, the Prime Minister of Prince Jin's Mansion, pushed the door open and entered the room, then closed the door again.

"Is there something?" Li Zhi looked at Ji Jiafu in surprise. Now shouldn't be the time for him to come over!

"There's news from the Chief Secretary." Ji Jiafu quickly walked to Li Zhi's side and bowed slightly.

Li Zhi raised his head, looked outside the room, nodded and said, "You say!"

"Tian Renhui, General of the Right Jinwu Guard and Duke of Xindu," Ji Jiafu whispered. "Tian Renhui originally had some connections with Duke Chen and Duke Xu. Your Majesty and the Crown Prince were already suspicious of him and had even taken action. But then, Tian Renhui captured Yemang, the eldest son of Xueyantuo Zhenzhu Khan, alive on the grassland..."

"So my father promoted him to General of the Right Jinwu Guard." Li Zhi nodded. He knew about this.

"The Chief Secretary said that since His Majesty promoted him, he would definitely not allow him to have anything to do with those past events, so..." Ji Jiafu lowered his head, his expression slightly nervous, "So His Majesty sent people to kill all of his subordinates who were involved in those events."

Li Zhi suddenly turned his head and said in disbelief, "Killed them all?"

"Yes!" Ji Jiafu nodded, and then said: "It took the Hundred Cavalry Division three months to kill everyone."

"The Duke of Xindu must be scared." Li Zhi suddenly laughed.

The emperor spent three months to purge those around Tian Renhui. Every time someone died, Tian Renhui would probably be shocked.

He participated in the rebellion of Li Tai, Hou Junji and Zhang Liang, but not only was he not implicated, he was promoted for his merits.

The emperor could not do anything to him, but he had to eliminate all his subordinates who were involved in these things.

This is the emperor's way of revenge.

Li Zhi looked up and asked doubtfully, "Does the Chief Secretary think there is anything that can be used here?"

What to do with a frightened person?
Want to win over?
It's meaningless. A person who was once involved in treason and finally got away with it, how could he dare to be involved in it again?

"Prime Minister Fang." Ji Jiafu lowered his head and continued, "Fang Yiai was involved in some of this, but His Majesty did not pursue the matter."

"Being the consort of Emperor Gaoyang's sister, this isn't feasible, is it?" Li Zhi frowned and asked, "What exactly does the Chief Secretary want to say?"

"The Chief Secretary wants the Duke of Xindu to send someone to accuse Prime Minister Fang of treason." Ji Jiafu's voice was very low, and even after he finished speaking, his face was full of shock.

Li Zhi completely calmed down at this moment.

He raised his head, his eyes bright, and said in a soft voice, "It is impossible for the Duke of Xindu to sue Fang Xiang. Therefore, the real purpose of the Chief Secretary is to sue Fang Xiang in the name of the Duke of Xindu..."

No, the Duke of Xindu also has to hide behind... I see, they're going to find someone with a tenuous connection to the Duke of Xindu to accuse Fang Xiang of treason, and then implicate the Duke of Xindu, forcing him to admit it."

(End of this chapter)