Tiantang

Chapter 144 Cui Ying's Decision

Chapter 152 Cui Ying's Decision
As soon as Princess Yongmu said this, everyone in the audience was taken aback, and immediately fell silent.

At this time, some ministers and dignitaries actually understood that today's New Year's Eve banquet seemed to be a forced palace banquet. This group of royal families united to attack Li Heng. I'm afraid the purpose is not so simple.

Li Heng's face turned pale with anger, his shoulders trembled slightly, and he raised his hands tremblingly to reprimand, "Yongmu, don't hurt people and talk nonsense! I have always been benevolent and filial, how could I do such a treasonous thing like coercing my father?" ?”

Princess Huo Guo sneered, "That's hard to say. Back then, King Rong Li Wan, before the rebellion, who dared to say that he was disloyal and unfilial?"

"Someone can still do this power-hungry thing."

"Aunt Huo Guo, don't spit blood! You say that I am disloyal and unfilial, do you have evidence?" Li Heng was also anxious, stood up and lashed out at her face.

The moment he reprimanded, he looked at Zhang Xuan and Yang Guozhong at the same time.

Zhang Xuan remained expressionless, quietly watching the show unfold.

And Yang Guozhong has always been cunning, he has already noticed that something is wrong from such clues, but he still did not expect that the old emperor actually issued a secret edict to directly pass the throne to Li Lin.What's more did not expect that Gao Lishi and Li Lin would take the risk, play a dangerous game, control the palace and directly want to abolish the prince, and at the same time take Zhang Xuan and himself to death.

"You still need evidence?"

Princess Huo Guo sneered, "You keep claiming that your Majesty's health is not good, and you are staying in Xingqing Palace to recuperate. But until now, no one has seen Your Majesty, whether it is the royal family or the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty... What does this mean? Isn't that evidence?"

"I begged His Majesty again and again to see His Majesty's safety, but the Crown Prince sent people to obstruct and block the gate of the palace. Isn't this evidence?"

"Your Majesty has been ill for a long time, and the crown prince supervises the country to monopolize the power, install cronies, and form cliques for personal gain. Is this evidence?"

"If I want my palace to believe you, I have to ask your majesty to come out. As long as your majesty says it personally, the position of the prince of the prison country is your majesty's oracle. I am willing to plead guilty to the prince face to face!"

Princess Huo Guo's voice suddenly rose an octave.She was close to her sixties, and when she shouted so excitedly, she was out of breath immediately, and the maid next to her quickly helped her to sit down.

"Yes, please come out, Your Majesty, we will pay homage to Your Majesty."

"If His Majesty is seriously ill, we should visit him in person."

Everyone was arguing, and the atmosphere in the hall was chaotic.

boom!
Yang Guozhong suddenly slapped the table, "Presumptuous! It is His Majesty's will for the crown prince to supervise the country. Anyone who dares to disobey will be contemptuous of His Majesty and disrespectful... I would like to advise all the royal family and noble relatives that this is a matter of no basis and no evidence. Don't speak indiscriminately, lest misfortune come out of your mouth, and your wealth and life will be harmed in vain!"

Yang Guozhong's gloomy words sounded a bit threatening.

But Li Lin and the others were determined to finish the play, put Li Lin on the horse, and destroy Zhang Xuan and Yang Guozhong at the same time, eliminating the two major confidantes of the royal family. How could they be scared away by Yang Guozhong's words?
I don't know how long ago, Zhang Xuan and Yang Guozhong had caused uneasiness in the royal family because of their great power.

Now that Yang Guozhong is passing by with horses and horses, even the princess has to stay away, which can be seen.

"Here is the evidence!" A clear and thin voice suddenly came from the entrance of the hall.

Zhang Xuan sneered in his heart: This old mad dog finally couldn't hold back and made his debut on stage.

Zhang Xuan was expressionless, but Yang Guozhong and Li Heng's expressions changed suddenly, because they had already recognized that this person was Gao Lishi.

Gao Lishi held high the two imperial edicts and strode into the hall.

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on him.

"Your Majesty has a decree." Gao Lishi shouted loudly, opened the imperial decree and preached, "... I am sick and sick, and I can't continue. Prince Heng is unfaithful, unfilial, incompetent, and unworthy of being an emperor. I worry about the Tang Dynasty. , will definitely dethrone the prince.”

"My throne is really for the emperor to enshrine. Now I see Li Lin, the king of Ning, who is deeply respected by everyone for her literary and military virtues. I am determined to make Li Lin the heir of the Tang Dynasty and abide by the artifact of the Eastern Palace..."

After Gao Lishi announced this decree, the palace almost exploded.

The emperor wanting to abolish Li Heng does not shock too many people, because the emperor has been thinking this way for a long time; however, the emperor wants to return the power of the throne to the lineage of the emperor Li Xian, and make Li Lin, the heir of Ning Wang, the prince. It was beyond everyone's expectations.

No one doubted the authenticity of the imperial decree, because it was Gao Lishi who came forward.

Gao Lishi and Li Lin exchanged glances without any hesitation, and immediately shouted loudly, "Silence, silence!"

"Your Majesty still has an imperial decree."

Gao Lishi announced the following edict in a sharp tone, to the effect that Zhang Xuan and Yang Guozhong colluded with the prince, hijacked me, and plotted against him;and so on.

This decree left everyone present dumbfounded and held their breath nervously.

Changing King Si Ning to be the crown prince was enough, but Zhang Xuan and Yang Guozhong had to be killed... Yang Guozhong was a well-known treacherous prime minister, but Zhang Xuan was a talented young man who had won the trust of the emperor. Not long ago, he once Made great achievements in countering the rebellion.It can be said that without Zhang Xuan, the old emperor would have been kicked out by King Rong long ago.

Yang Guozhong turned pale in shock and turned into anger. He stood up and pointed at Gao Lishi and said angrily, "You son of a bitch, how dare you forge the imperial decree and slander the truth and General Zhang. You know that death is inevitable?"

"Yang Guozhong, this is His Majesty's will. How dare our family cheat it? When Your Majesty made the decree, Her Royal Highness Princess Yuzhen was also there." Gao Lishi sneered, pointing at Yang Guozhong and scolding, "You traitorous person who is ruining the country and the people, today Your Majesty has an order to bring you to justice!"

Everyone was surprised and turned to look at Princess Yuzhen Li Chiying.

Princess Yuzhen Li Chiying hesitated for a while, glanced at Cui Ying, who was pretty and pale beside her, slowly got up and said in a deep voice, "I am present, this is indeed His Majesty's personal order. It is not difficult to distinguish the authenticity of His Majesty's imperial decree. Things can be identified on the spot.”

At this time, Cui Ying understood.

These so-called noble relatives of the royal family present today not only want to oust the prince Li Heng, but also take her husband Zhang Xuan as a knife, probably Zhang Xuan is a stumbling block.

Cui Ying did not expect that Princess Yuzhen would also be involved in this matter.It wasn't until this time that Cui Ying suddenly realized that the so-called affection between mother and daughter was nothing compared to power and interests.

Gao Lishi felt a sense of relief in his heart.Princess Yuzhen has a strong influence in the royal family and the government and the public. With her appearance, this matter will be more likely to happen.Next, he secretly glanced at Li Lin.

Li Lin suddenly stopped drinking, "Come here, quickly take down the rebels Yang Guozhong and Zhang Xuan!"

With a bang, more than a hundred palace guards who had been ambushing outside the gate of the palace guarded the entrance of the palace, and rushed into the palace, threatening Zhang Xuan and Yang Guozhong.

Cui Ying got up with a pale face, and staggered a bit.

Li Chiying felt a pain in her heart, but felt a little ashamed.For the benefit of the royal family and herself, she finally chose to give up Zhang Xuan.In her opinion, although this kind of choice is a bit difficult, it is still acceptable.

"Mother... This is the last time Ying Er will see her mother." Cui Ying slowly knelt in front of Princess Yuzhen, her voice was sad and resolute, she bowed to Yuzhen, then suddenly got up, "From now on Afterwards, Cui Ying has nothing to do with His Royal Highness Yuzhen, and there is no bond, please be a witness."

Cui Ying turned around and ran towards Zhang Xuan.

Li Chiying's complexion changed drastically, the corners of his mouth trembled, he raised his hand to say something, but he still lowered his hand weakly.

"Husband, Yinger is with you, life is the same, life is the same as death, and there is no difference between heaven and earth." Cui Ying tightly grasped Zhang Xuan's hand, her voice trembling and excited.

Zhang Xuan's heart warmed up, he hugged Cui Ying in public, and then smiled softly in her ear, "Yinger, don't worry, our good days are yet to come, don't mention this dead word."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xuan gently pushed Cui Ying away, stepped forward slowly, clapped his hands crisply, and applauded, "It's really a good scene, it's really wonderful, it's wonderful!"

Zhang Xuan looked coldly at the several palace guards who surrounded him, and shouted, "Who dares to touch me? You wait for the palace guards, because of their duties, you dare to obey the order of an inner prisoner in violation of the ban. It is really a capital crime." !"

"Gao Lishi, Mr. Zhang has always respected you. Because Mr. Zhang feels that although you are a eunuch and greedy for good things, you are not useless. At least you can distinguish right from wrong, and you will not speak out of conscience."

Zhang Xuan pointed at Gao Lishi and sneered, "It seems that Zhang has misjudged the person."

"Gao Lishi! You pat your chest and say, is Zhang a traitor who plots evil?" Zhang Xuan pouted, "Shameless! At the beginning, His Majesty had a stroke, you, me, Yang Xiang, the prince, and I waited for four After discussing with others, in order to prevent turmoil in the world, the news of His Majesty's critical illness was kept secret... Good guy, now, it has turned out that we have evil intentions to plot rebellion and usurp the throne, and you, a bastard, have become a good old man..."

"Fake imperial edicts, link up with the guards of the palace, surround the East Palace, force the crown prince to abdicate, and attempt to murder the minister—Gao Lishi, you are so brave!"

Zhang Xuan scolded Gao Lishi heartily, and scolded Gao Lishi like a dog, his face was flushed, and his shoulders trembled slightly.

"Come here!" Zhang Xuan suddenly shouted violently.

Suddenly there was a dense sound of swords and guns clashing at the entrance of the hall, and within a moment, Xiao Shisanlang and Habayashi Weiro rushed in with Gu Xi leading a team of murderous Habayashi guards.

Li Lin and Gao Lishi's expressions suddenly changed.

The four gates of the palace city are controlled by their people. Where did Zhang Xuan's troops come from?Little did they know that the Habayashi guards had already taken over the palace city and the imperial city, and Gu Xi led more than a thousand guards of the Habayashi to raid the East Palace, and had already surrounded the periphery of the East Palace.

Xiao Shisanlang secretly sneaked into the palace disguised as a eunuch delivering food, and sent a signal to Zhang Xuan.

"General Gu Lang, take down Gao Lishi and Li Lin, the traitors who forged the imperial decree, disrupted the palace, threatened the prince of the country, and tried to murder the minister!"

Zhang Xuan shouted loudly.

"Here." Gu Xi waved her hand, and the Habayashi guards surrounded her.

Gao Lishi was better, his face was pale but he still stood upright.But Nasi Ning Wang Li Lin was terrified and collapsed on the ground.

(End of this chapter)