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

Chapter 304 This Letter is Delivered to Changsun Situ (First Update)
The night is blurred.

The bright moon hangs high.

At the Xingzhou Post Station, the postmaster, accompanied by two maids with their heads bowed, came to the east wing of the backyard, outside the most luxurious courtyard of the entire post station.

"I had someone prepare some ginseng soup and present it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The postmaster stepped aside a little and asked the maid to hand the food box in her hand to the guard at the gate for inspection.

After the guards checked the food box, they went forward to check the postmaster and the maid. They were a little surprised to find that even in the dim light, the two graceful maids were still stunningly beautiful, and even had somewhat similar faces.

They immediately saw clearly the real purpose of the postmaster.

But just one look at the two beautiful maids and they knew they couldn't stop them.

After checking, there was no problem and the guard calmly stepped aside.

The postmaster breathed a sigh of relief, then took two maids into the backyard.

……

In the room in the courtyard, Li Chengqian was sitting on the bed with several ancient books on it.

Just at this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Li Chengqian raised his head slightly, picked up a letter, looked at Changsun Xiang in the room, and said, "Cousin, send someone to take this letter back to Chang'an immediately and give it to Master Sun. Then have someone wait for Master Sun's reply."

"Here!" Chang Sun Xiang bowed seriously, took the letter, then walked to the door and opened it.

The postmaster bowed to Changsun Xiang and said, "Changsun Family Commander."

Chang Sun Xiang nodded calmly, glanced at the two maids behind the postmaster, and then walked forward.

The postmaster and two maids immediately made way, and Changsun Xiang walked out calmly.

The postmaster then carefully entered the room and bowed to Li Chengqian in the inner room, saying, "Your Highness, I have prepared some ginseng soup for you to enjoy."

Li Chengqian didn't even look up, but waved his hand and said, "Got it."

The postmaster bowed and then retreated.

Two beautiful maids with similar faces came forward with trays, came to the bed, and bowed to Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness!"

A soft and charming voice sounded in his ears, and Li Chengqian couldn't help but be slightly stunned. He subconsciously looked up, and two almost identical beautiful faces appeared in front of him.

"Your Highness!" The somewhat mature maid on the left lowered her head slightly, biting her lip, and said, "Your Highness, please have some ginseng soup."

"Good!" The strong visual impact made Li Chengqian a little dazed. Two twins with stunning faces appeared side by side in front of him, and even his thoughts stopped.

Her skin is beautiful, her features are picturesque, and she is wearing a yellow and white skirt. When she squats down, her beautiful figure is displayed to the fullest.

Especially since they are sisters.

Twins are stunning beauties, and it is hard to find them even in this world.

The maid on the left breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Li Chengqian's appearance, then poured out a bowl of ginseng soup, scooped out a spoonful, and brought it to Li Chengqian's mouth.

Li Chengqian subconsciously opened his mouth and drank it, and then in an instant, Li Chengqian frowned.

He lowered his head, looked at the two maids with a cold expression, and then said coldly: "Who sent you here?"

The two maids were slightly stunned. In an instant, two cold long swords stretched out from behind the curtains on both sides and were directly placed across their snow-white necks, making them pale in an instant.

Seeing the two men afraid to speak, Li Chengqian lowered his head and spat out the ginseng soup in his mouth. Then, with an indifferent look, he said, "Ginseng, angelica, ophiopogon, wolfberry, and polygonum multiflorum are a tranquilizing soup. Although it's harmless, drinking it will make you drowsy for a day. Now I'm about to see my father, and you want to make me drowsy? What a calculated plan... No, and you two, haven't you received an order to serve my father tonight?"

The two charming maids simultaneously lowered their heads with pale faces.

"Heh!" Li Chengqian couldn't help but laugh and shook his head. He had guessed that Li Zhi would definitely use some tricks, but he never thought that he would use such vulgar tricks.

Li Chengqian's face immediately darkened. Although this method was vulgar, it was very practical.

When the emperor summoned someone, the travel schedule for each day was fixed.

Normally, he should arrive in Dingzhou tomorrow night and meet the emperor at night.

But if you get up late tomorrow, even half a day late, you will definitely not be able to see the emperor tomorrow, and the meeting may even be delayed until the day after tomorrow.

If Li Chengqian really took this ginseng soup, the consequences would definitely be disastrous.

Fortunately, he has studied medicine in recent years. Although he is not at the top level, he can still taste the efficacy of the medicine as soon as he takes it.

Otherwise, I would have really fallen into Li Zhi's trap...

No, that's not right. Not only that, there are also these two women in front of me.

Li Chengqian's pupils shrank slightly.

Although there is no news about the emperor's health condition at present, Li Chengqian is sure that the emperor must be ill.

In his previous life, he only managed to capture Liaodong City, but when he withdrew his troops and returned to Hebei, he fell ill.

In this life, he even directly invaded Goguryeo territory.

After two years of continuous wars, coupled with the bitter cold in Liaodong that was far worse than other places, the emperor also had hidden dangers left over from his earlier wars.

When I was in Liaodong and Goguryeo, I was still filled with the spirit of war. Now that I am back in Hebei, I have relaxed and all kinds of diseases have immediately come to me.

Compared with his previous life, the emperor's condition might even be more serious.

So, Li Zhi got the news in advance?
Li Chengqian suddenly came to his senses.

Now the emperor's illness, no, the illness of the entire Liaodong returning army, is concealed from the outside world.

Li Chengqian did not deliberately inquire about it because he knew it would not be very good, but Li Zhi was always paying attention.

Especially now that Li Zhi is at an absolute disadvantage in the fight with Li Chengqian, the emperor's return is his last chance.

The only chance.

Therefore, the news of the emperor's illness reached Li Zhi's ears.

Someone around the emperor is communicating with Li Zhi!

Of course, it wasn't necessarily Li Zhi, but someone close to him. The Qinghe Zhao family?

Li Chengqian smiled softly.

Now he is in Xingzhou, and Qinghe is in Beizhou, the northeasternmost part of Xingzhou. Even in later generations, Qinghe County belongs to Xingtai City.

From this we can see how strong the influence of the Qinghe Zhao family was on Xingzhou.

Of course, the Zhaojun Li family and the Qinghe Cui family had a greater influence on Xingzhou, but they did not have the courage to do anything to Li Chengqian.

But the Qinghe Zhao family is different. They are Li Zhi’s wife’s family, and even have a close relationship with the Hongnong Yang family.

It is inevitable to pay a higher price for Li Zhi.

"These aren't the only methods." Li Chengqian suddenly muttered to himself. He narrowed his eyes and whispered, "If I disregard everything and force my way out tomorrow... No, Zhinu will set off first, and he might even do something along the way."

Giving drugs and sending women were not enough. To be more secure, the best way was to continue making changes along the way to prevent Li Chengqian from heading north.

Li Chengqian patted the trembling maid's cheek and asked softly, "Is there any river to the north of here that is the only way to get to Dingzhou?"

The woman with a more stable appearance raised her head carefully and said, "In Zhending, there is a river called Hutuo River that flows down from the Taihang Mountains. It is the only way to get to Dingzhou. It is not easy to cross the river. If someone burns the floating bridge..."

"Knock them out!" Li Chengqian suddenly said.

The two women looked up in shock at the same time, and the next moment, two palms hit the back of their necks heavily.

The two of them suddenly fell down.

Li Chengqian took the tray and put it aside. Then he looked up and said, "Xu An!"

"I'm here!" Xu An came in from the central hall and bowed solemnly to Li Chengqian.

"Go find the General of the Left Guard and ask him to send someone to Zhaozhou overnight and tell him that I need to mobilize boats to cross the river. When I arrive at the Hutuo River tomorrow, I want to see all the boats that can be mobilized." Li Chengqian's expression was cold.

"Yes!" Xu An bowed, then immediately turned and left, not thinking that Li Chengqian was making a fuss at all.

Li Chengqian lowered his head and looked at the beautiful twins lying on the ground. His eyes softened involuntarily, but then turned cold.

"Tuck these two under the bed, blow out the candles, and go out and pass on the message that no outsiders are allowed to approach the courtyard tonight." After a brief pause, Li Chengqian said, "Pass the order down. Leave the postmaster alone. Whatever the Prince of Jin decides to do tomorrow, he will do it."

"Yes!" Two black-clad guards walked out from behind the curtain, stuffed the twins under Li Chengqian's bed, then blew out the candles and walked out.

The door creaked shut and Li Chengqian lay on the bed.

Judging from the current situation, Li Zhi has already received the news that the emperor is ill, and at the same time he is using some means to deal with him. Of course, framing and slandering him are just Li Zhi's means. His real purpose is the emperor.

In the darkness, Li Chengqian's eyes turned cold.

Could it be that he now knows that the emperor has a back sore?

He even had the idea of ​​sucking out the pus for the emperor.

Li Chengqian smiled coldly. Yes, this method had been used by predecessors before. Deng Tong, who lived during the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, had sucked out pus for Emperor Wen of Han. Therefore, Deng Tong was very favored during the lifetime of Emperor Wen of Han. But unfortunately, Emperor Wen of Han died, and Emperor Jing of Han, who disliked Deng Tong the most, came to power. In the end, Deng Tong's end was extremely miserable.

But this did not prevent Li Zhi from ascending to power through this means.

Li Zhi's fundamental purpose should be to stay by the emperor's side and take care of him personally.

This is his fundamental idea.

It is now clear that the emperor is in poor health, but who knows how many years he can last.

As long as Li Zhi can stay by the emperor's side and hold on until the emperor's last moment, there will be a chance to turn the world upside down.

Renshou Palace Incident.

Li Chengqian suddenly laughed.

He finally understood Li Zhi's thoughts completely.

Back then, Yang Guang used endless means to successfully make Yang Jian depose Yang Yong and become the crown prince. Then, during Yang Jian's serious illness, he took control of the government.

But even someone as cunning and sinister as Yang Guang almost failed, and that was the Renshou Palace Incident.

When Yang Jian was recuperating in Renshou Palace, Yang Guang secretly wrote a letter to Yang Su, asking about the issue of succession to the throne after his father's death.

When Yang Su sent someone to reply, the letter was mistakenly delivered to Yang Jian. At the same time, a palace concubine reported that Yang Guang wanted to humiliate her. Yang Jian was furious and wanted to recall the former crown prince Yang Yong, but Yang Guang took the initiative.

Needless to say, the result of Yang Guang's preemptive strike was obvious, but this method is the most worthy of emulation for anyone in desperate situation.

That's why some people say that the real planner of the Renshou Palace Incident was Yang Yong. He tried to make Yang Jian change his mind before his death and depose Yang Guang and enthrone himself, but he failed in the end.

Although Li Zhi's situation is much better than Yang Yong's now, considering Li Chengqian's current prestige and status in the court and the country, Li Zhi has no way to directly take away his position as crown prince.

Therefore, Li Zhi could only take an unconventional approach.

Stay by the emperor's side to show his filial piety, slander Li Chengqian, and finally make the emperor change his mind before his death.

Of course, even if the emperor could not change his mind, he could forge a will.

After all, Li Chengqian is different from Yang Guang. Although all the officials in the court respect him, they are more in awe of the emperor.

So even if it was a will, as long as it was done cleverly, Li Chengqian would have to be deposed even if he didn't want to.

Do you think Fusu really wanted to commit suicide? That was because of the prestige of the First Emperor!

Li Zhi already had a clear path to succession.

……

The sky gradually brightened and Li Chengqian had already opened his eyes.

Chang Sunxiang had knocked on the door once before, but Li Chengqian ignored him. It was still some time before they set off.

A figure silently appeared behind the curtain and bowed to Li Chengqian, saying, "Your Highness, the Prince of Jin just went out for a walk with three guards, and then headed straight north."

Li Chengqian stood up, pulled out a letter from his sleeve, handed it to the visitor, and said calmly, "Send this letter to the camp immediately and give it to Changsun Situ."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)