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

Chapter 513: The Tang Dynasty lasted for three generations, and I am the third generation! (First update)
Inside the study, Li Chengqian regained his composure and shook his head, saying, "Although the female protagonist, King Wu, and King Wu of Anzhou seem to have some connection, I don't believe this prophecy refers to King Wu."

Zhang Ananda bowed and said, "The Empress Dowager also came to this conclusion. If it was the King of Wu, then he should not have been enthroned in place of the Tang."

Li Chengqian nodded. Li Ke also had the surname Li and was the son of the previous emperor. Even if he usurped the throne in the end, it was still the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, it is not tenable to replace the Tang Dynasty.

So if it’s someone else, there must be someone else.

"So, Li Junxian has been mistakenly accused." Li Chengqian looked at Zhang Ananda and sighed softly, "I really can't understand why Yuan Tiangang left such a prophecy.

After all, prophecies, from the moment they were first known to others, were designed to make the world develop in this direction."

Peaches and plums surround Yangshan.

I don’t know how many of these prophecies were promoted by the Longxi Li family and the Zhaojun Li family.

Female warriors replaced the Tang Dynasty.

There is also someone pushing it behind the scenes.

Certainly.

"The late emperor also suspected this, but Yuan Tiangang has been dead for many years." Zhang Ananda couldn't help shaking his head.

When the late emperor was dying, he was still cursing Yuan Tiangang.

I just had doubts about this.

"Dead? Is he really dead?" Li Chengqian suddenly narrowed his eyes.

Zhang Ananda paused, looked at Li Chengqian in disbelief, and asked, "Your Majesty, are you saying that Yuan Tiangang faked his death?"

"Aren't there many people who have faked their deaths in recent years?" Li Chengqian sneered and said, "Xu Shimo was also faking his death. In the end, it was the Tibetans who found him first."

"Yes!" Zhang Ananda bowed with a grim expression.

The Tang Dynasty's secret guard system was finally controlled by Zhang Ananda.

He did not discover that Xu Shimo had faked his death, so it was quite possible that Yuan Tiangang had also faked his death.

Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "If I remember correctly, Yuan Tiangang was summoned to Chang'an by my father in the eighth year of Zhenguan. He died in April of the following year."

"Yes!" Zhang Ananda bowed and murmured, "Back then, we all thought he died because he revealed the secrets of heaven. We never thought he would fake his death."

"You just said that the Emperor suspected Yuan Tiangang. Have you investigated his life?" Li Chengqian asked seriously, "Are there any questions?"

"No!" Zhang Ananda shook his head and said, "Yuan Tiangang's great-grandfather served as the governor of Jiang and Huang provinces in the Southern Liang Dynasty, and later served as the prefect of Tianshui and Huairen counties in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Yuan Tiangang's grandfather served as the governor of Puyang and Pujiang counties in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and as a General of Chariots and Cavalry.

His father, Yuan Ji, was the warehouse manager of Liangzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

"Yuan Tiangang himself served as the magistrate of Ziguan County in the Sui Dynasty and the magistrate of Huojing County in the Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian raised his head slightly and said softly, "The family background of the entire Yuan family is gradually declining."

"His son is now the magistrate of Linxi County." Zhang Ananda bowed and said, "We have investigated Yuan Tiangang's ancestors, but we have never seriously investigated his son Yuan Keshi."

"Let's begin the investigation." After a brief pause, Li Chengqian said seriously, "Yuan Tiangang is proficient in face reading, and his son must have some real skills as well. We'll lay out the plan for a longer period of time. Next year, I will transfer him to the position of Marquis of Wugong County. We'll make all the arrangements in place for a longer period of time. We'll just observe and not investigate. Let's see who will go to Master Yuan when he's relaxed, and the situation will gradually become clear."

"Yes!" Zhang Ananda bowed and accepted the order, then said carefully: "Your Majesty, they shouldn't go looking for someone so directly."

"I know." Li Chengqian nodded, then continued, "I previously had someone investigate Wei Shenfu, the chief of the Right Guard, and almost everyone he had contact with, but to no avail. I suspect there's something wrong within the Hundred Cavalry Division, so I'm focusing on Master Yuan Ke to see what's going on within the Division."

"Yes!" Zhang Ananda's expression became serious.

"The Hundred Cavalry Division will investigate Master Yuan Ke, and the Secret Guard will investigate the Hundred Cavalry Division." After a brief pause, Li Chengqian continued, "For something like this involving the Hundred Cavalry Division, we must uncover solid evidence, even going so far as to identify everyone involved. We can't let others use our organization to frame us, nor can we let others cut off our tracks and cut off any leads. If we're going to investigate, we must uncover everything. Be patient."

"Yes!" Zhang Ananda bowed seriously.

The problems with the Hundred Cavalry Division had been noticed during the reign of the previous emperor, but there had never been a good way to investigate.

Now is the perfect time to use these things to force those people to take action.

Then thoroughly investigate.

"Be careful. If Yuan Tiangang is still alive, he might attack the secret guards." Li Chengqian's eyes became serious.

The Tang Dynasty lasted for three generations, and a female ruler, King Wu, succeeded the Tang Dynasty and established her own kingdom.

If this prophecy was fabricated by someone from the beginning, then Yuan Tiangang, the person who said it personally, must have played a vital role in this conspiracy.

The person who secretly planned this conspiracy might be the Yang family of Hongnong, who might have suffered huge losses during the demise of the Sui Dynasty and was extremely resentful of the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Ananda bowed and said, "I remember Yuan Tiangang's tomb is in Shu." "You want to send someone to dig up the grave to see if he's still alive?" Li Chengqian looked up at Zhang Ananda and pondered, "If he really faked his death, the tomb might be empty, or a fake corpse. In either case, he would secretly send people to monitor his own grave to ensure that no one suspected him, or even the Hundred Cavalry Division or the Secret Guards might have been infiltrated by him..."

Zhang Ananda's expression became increasingly ugly. It was basically confirmed that the Hundred Cavalry Division had been infiltrated.

But whether the Secret Guard has been infiltrated is far from confirmed.

But such a possibility exists.

If the secret guards were infiltrated, even by one person, the consequences would be extremely serious.

"We still need to send people to Shuzhong." Li Chengqian looked up at Zhang Anan and said, "Don't use the Secret Guards or the Hundred Cavalry Division. Use the Imperial Guards. Have them take the tokens of the Thousand Oxen Guards and go to the Yizhou Governor's Office and Songzhou to deliver the message. When they pass by Yuan Tiangang's hometown, find his grave. Before a thunderstorm arrives, drive a ten-foot-long iron rod into his grave and then leave."

Thunderstorm, graves, iron rods.

Zhang Ananda didn't quite understand what Li Chengqian was going to do?
"Finally, send people to secretly monitor the important roads in all directions to see if anyone goes to investigate." Li Chengqian's face became serious, and then he said: "If there is, secretly follow the clues and find the person behind them."

"Your Majesty, among the Secret Guards and the Hundred Cavalry Division, there are also people who have switched from the Imperial Guards and are absolutely loyal to Your Majesty." Zhang Ananda bowed carefully.

"That's different." Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Those who have entered the Secret Guard and the Hundred Cavalry Division will definitely be watched. Once they leave, someone will definitely pay attention. If news from Shuzhong gets back, someone will definitely conduct a joint investigation and it will be difficult to conceal it."

Zhang Ananda nodded slightly.

Li Chengqian sorted out his thoughts and continued, "I want to let Yuan Tiangang know that someone has cast suspicion on him, but I don't want him to know that the person who suspected him was me. Once he no longer suspects me, he will mobilize his men to investigate. This includes the Secret Guard, the Hundred Cavalry Division, Master Yuan, and even the Yang family and those around Li Ke."

"I understand." Zhang Ananda bowed. He wanted to find out all the possible means that Yuan Tiangang might have and then eliminate them in one fell swoop.

"The Tang Dynasty lasted for three generations, and a female ruler, King Wu, established her own kingdom." Li Chengqian sneered and whispered, "The Great Tang, the Great Tang, the prosperous Tang Dynasty that three generations of my Li family have worked so hard to build. How could it be replaced by just some person with a prophecy? How is that possible?"

"Yes!" Zhang Ananda bowed solemnly.

"The Prince of Wei is in the Imperial Palace, so I'm not worried. But the Prince of Jin is in Qianzhou, and I don't want him to be used by others." After a brief pause, Li Chengqian said, "Strengthen the secret protection of his personnel. However, if someone kidnaps him and takes him out of Qianzhou, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, we don't have to worry about rescuing him."

"Yes!" Although Zhang Ananda's face looked a little ugly, compared with the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi was really nothing.

Li Chengqian sighed, leaned back, and recalled in his mind all the information he knew in his previous life about the female warrior who replaced the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Meiniang first became the queen and gave birth to four sons and one daughter for Li Zhi. Then she took advantage of Li Zhi's poor health to interfere in state affairs.

Finally, after Li Zhi's death, he ruled behind the scenes for seven years before finally ascending the throne and becoming emperor.

It was during these seven years that rumors began to emerge, such as Yuan Tiangang going to her home to read her fortune in her early years, and rumors about Wu Zhao and the female protagonist replacing the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengqian doesn't believe in destiny, he believes that everything is in the hands of man.

He himself is the best example.

The Tang Dynasty lasted for three generations, and a female ruler, King Wu, succeeded the Tang Dynasty and established her own kingdom.

This prophecy was nothing more than a careful fabrication by someone with ulterior motives to destroy the Tang Dynasty, combining it with the historical laws of the early Han Dynasty.

Yuan Tiangang is just a tool.

Whether it is Li Ke or Li Junxian, they are just means to cause unrest in the Tang Dynasty and weaken its national strength.

As for Wu Meiniang, now that she has fallen into Li Chengqian's hands, Li Chengqian will try his best to ensure that she does not stir up any trouble, but if this is really a conspiracy, others will choose someone else.

……

Li Chengqian raised his head slightly, looked at Zhang Ananda, and asked, "What about Concubine Wu? If we put aside all the impossible possibilities, then the so-called Queen Wu is just a queen surnamed Wu who will replace the Tang Dynasty and establish her own kingdom. And since Concubine Wu is in the palace, she is the most likely to happen. Didn't the emperor ever doubt her? At least I did."

"Your Majesty, the late emperor did have doubts, but Concubine Wu is a gentle person, and she is a woman..." Zhang Ananda lowered his head slightly.

"Not necessarily docile." Li Chengqian sneered softly. He had not forgotten how Wu Meiniang had stripped naked and hidden in the hot springs at Mount Li's hot spring palace to seduce him. His expression became indifferent, and he said softly, "I have heard about how Xu Hui was deposed back then."

"The harem..." Zhang Ananda said two words, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, this is the will of the late emperor."

"I understand." Li Chengqian nodded. Xu Hui was just a scapegoat.

In the end, Wu Meiniang took advantage of him.

Li Chengqian gathered his thoughts and continued, "Concubine Su is pregnant now. The Queen's four children are not able to take care of them. I want to keep Concubine Jieyu in the palace to help the Queen take care of the children. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, do you want to take this opportunity to keep Concubine Wu in the palace and keep close watch on her?" Zhang Ananda instantly understood Li Chengqian's idea.

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "When the emperor issued the decree, he did not specifically mention Concubine Wu, so it is reasonable for me to keep her in the palace. After all, she is also a Concubine."

"His Majesty?"

"But I'm worried about her." Li Chengqian raised his head, sighed softly, and said calmly: "The Tang Dynasty has three generations, and I am the third generation!"

(End of this chapter)