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- Li Yuan's condition has become extremely serious and his body is very weak. Although everyone hid his condition from him and told him that he would recover after taking good care of himself for half a year, but the constant blood in his urine made Li Yuan know that his body was in serious condition. It gets worse every day.
Although Li Yuan's health deteriorated, he was still sane. Most of the time, he had people carry him to the harem garden to experience the vigorous vitality and warm sunshine of mid-spring, but he looked down upon the increasingly critical situation. Even if the Tang Dynasty falls, it will be God's will.
The sunshine in April was warm and pleasant. Li Yuan was sitting under an apricot tree, squinting his eyes to enjoy the warm sunshine. He was lying on a spring couch made of soft rattan, with thick soft cushions under him. Mattress, very comfortable.
Concubine Yin De sat aside and stretched out her jade fingers to pick up the blank jade pot and poured a cup of tea for Li Yuan. She said softly: "Your Majesty, this is this year's new Mengding tea. I fried it over a low fire myself. Your Majesty, try it." taste."
Li Yuan picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and nodded, "Good tea!"
"Your Majesty seems to be in good spirits today."
Li Yuan didn¡¯t speak. He was concentrating on a small green apricot at the end of the tree. He was so entranced that there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. No one dared to say a word, for fear of disturbing the emperor¡¯s interest.
At this moment, an ignorant little eunuch hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty, delete"
The eunuchs and guards on both sides were immediately furious. A steward came up and slapped him hard, "You bastard!"
The little eunuch was frightened and covered his face, wondering what kind of trouble he had caused. At this time, Li Yuan came back to his senses and glanced at the little eunuch lightly, "What's the matter?"
The young eunuch said with a tearful tone: "His Royal Highness King Qi is outside asking for an audience, saying that he has something important to report to the Holy Majesty."
Li Yuan nodded and ordered the guards on both sides, "Bring him to see me."
The guards hurried away, and after a while, they brought Qi King Li Wuji up. Li Wuji knelt down and kowtowed, "My son, I wish to pay my respects to my father!"
Although Li Wuji was not liked by Li Yuan when he was a child, and he often got into trouble when he grew up, he was his son after all. As Li Yuan's body deteriorated day by day, he became more affectionate towards his son. This is also why Li Wuji Bing The root cause of the defeat was not investigated by Li Yuan.
"What's the matter, Emperor?" Li Yuan asked with a slight smile.
"My son, I have something very important to report to my father."
Li Wuji looked at the eunuchs and maids on both sides, and then said: "Only my son and my father know about this matter."
Li Yuan nodded and told the people on both sides, "Everyone, get down!"
He smiled at Concubine Yin De again and said, "Concubine, please stay away."
Everyone withdrew, except for an old eunuch who served Li Yuan, named Jin Gui. He was in charge of Li Yuan's decoction and was the person he trusted most. Li Yuan was ill and could not live without anyone around him, so Jin Gui stayed.
"Tell me! What's the matter?"
Li Wuji kowtowed again, and with a sudden heart, he told Li Jiancheng that the King of Qin had bribed the pharmacist, and that a key witness was being held in the Prince's Juwen Pavilion. He also told Li Yuan, and finally said tremblingly: "Your Majesty. I shouldn¡¯t have said these words to harass my father while he was recovering from his illness, but the King of Qin asked for the army in the capital, and I felt that the problem was serious, so I boldly reported to my father.¡±
Li Yuan's hands grabbed the armrests on both sides of the spring couch, making a loud crunching sound, and his knuckles turned white. There was a kind of extreme anger in his eyes. It turned out that his illness was like this, and he almost fainted with hatred.
"What you saidis true?"
"Everything my son said is true, that woman is still locked up in the basement of Juwen Pavilion."
Li Yuan took out a small silver bell from the side and shook it. As the ringing tone rang, a gray figure appeared next to Li Yuan like a ghost, which really shocked Li Wuji.
Li Yuan squinted his eyes and said, "Go to Juwen Pavilion in the East Palace to see if there is a woman locked up in the basement?"
The gray shadow disappeared again, and Li Yuan closed his eyes and stopped saying a word. Li Wuji also stood aside, not daring to say a word. After an unknown period of time, the man in gray appeared again, "Your Majesty, East Palace Juwen There is indeed a mad woman locked up in the basement of the pavilion. I heard her shouting that King Qin had killed her whole family"
Li Yuan waved his hand and the man in gray disappeared. Only then did Li Yuan open his eyes, let out a long sigh, and said to Li Wuji: "You are a filial son, and you don't want your father to be a fool."
Li Wuji kowtowed, "As long as I know about it, I will never dare to hide it from my father."
Li Yuan sighed and asked again: "Did you just say that King Qin wanted to transfer the army from the capital?"
"Exactly!"
Li Wuji said quickly: "He sent Yuwen Shiji to deliver the message. He wanted to transfer the 30,000 garrison in the capital on the pretext of insufficient troops, and then use the newly recruited soldiers to guard the capital. The emperor was so confused that he actually agreed."
"Hmph! Did he agree? I'm not dead yet."
Li Yuan immediately ordered the old eunuch Jin Gui beside him, "Let the eldest grandson Shunde and Duan Decao come to see me immediately!"
"Old slave obeys the order!"
Jin Gui hurriedly walked out of the garden. As soon as he walked out of the garden, Concubine Yin De, who was waiting here, stopped him and asked coldly: "Eunuch Jin, what did King Qi say?"
Jin Gui lowered his head and did not dare to speak. Concubine Yin De sneered, "Since you refuse to tell me, I can't hide it for you."
Jin Gui's face turned pale. Everyone had their own reasons, and Jin Gui was no exception. His reason was that his only nephew was on duty in the palace and had an affair with a palace maid, which caused the palace maid to become pregnant. Concubine Yin De knew it and had the evidence in hand, so she used this matter to ask Jin Gui to do things for her.
Jin Gui had no choice but to step forward and whisper the contents of Li Wuji's report exactly. After saying that, he lowered his head and hurried away as if nothing had happened. Concubine Yin De's eyes were filled with surprise. She didn't have time to think about it. Her confidant eunuch came to find her, recounted what she had just said, and ordered the eunuch: "Tell my father about this quickly."
Of course, Concubine Yin De could also tell the prince directly about the matter, but the risk of doing so would be too great. Firstly, she was afraid that someone from the Holy One would be close to the prince and would tell the Holy One that she was having an affair with the prince. Secondly, through her father, his father could also benefit from it. The current situation Chaos, Li Yuan's life is short, only money is the most reliable.
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Chang'an has a total of 40,000 defense troops, divided into two branches. One is the Yulin Army, which has 20,000 people. It is led by General Sun Shunde and is responsible for guarding the palace city and the imperial city. The other army was just established. The Jinwu Guard, also an army of 20,000, was led by Duan Decao, the general of the Jinwu Guard and the governor of the Nine Gates, responsible for defending the Nine Gates and maintaining order in the outer city.
When Li Yuan handed over the military power meeting to Li Shimin, the four military talismans he took away were the seals for mobilizing the 40,000 troops. At this time, the four military talismans had been handed over to the prince to be built. However, the military talismans were dead, but the people were alive. The military talismans were No matter how useful it is, it is not worth a word from Li Yuan.
Not long after, Changsun Shunde and Duan Decao arrived in a hurry. They knelt down on one knee in front of Li Yuan and saluted, "See your majesty!"
Li Yuan glanced at them and said slowly: "From now on, the four military symbols are invalid, and King Qi will be in charge of your army. You will only serve King Qi."
Li Wuji was overjoyed and knelt down to kowtow, "My son is willing to go through fire and water for my father."
Changsun Shunde and Duan Desao looked at each other, wondering how it could be like this. This meant they no longer served the East Palace. The East Palace could not command them, but they did not dare to ask more questions and saluted Li Wuji together, "Would you like to listen?" King Qi¡¯s order!¡±
Li Yuan nodded and said to the two of them: "You guys should step back! I still have something to say to King Qi."
The two of them slowly retreated. Li Yuan stared at the green apricot on the branch for a while, and then said slowly to Li Wuji: "Your elder brother Jiancheng is too tolerant and does not understand the cruelty of power struggle, but you are stronger than your elder brother." , help your eldest brother and help him sit on the throne, and after he has finished his reign, you can take over your eldest brother's throne."
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Concubine Yin De's father, Yin Guiping, was named Yin A Shu. Because he thought the name "A Shu" was too vulgar, Li Yuan gave him the name Guiping. Since Yin Guiping established a relationship with the crown prince, he has made a lot of profits from him. , there are thousands of hectares of land alone, as well as countless gold, jewelry, silk and satin, which made Yin Guiping make a fortune.
In the afternoon, he received news from the palace and felt that the matter was important. He did not dare to delay. He hurried to Yanpingfang in a carriage and found Yang Jun's mansion. Generally speaking, he was the first to send someone to make an appointment with Yang Jun. They met at a certain wine shop, had a few drinks, chatted, and then passed on the information.
Today, because the matter was important and urgent, Yin Guiping came to pick up Yang Jun in person.
Like most officials in the court, Yang Jun has not been in court these days. He sent his wife and son to the manor in Chencang County. The family's valuables were also secretly transferred to the manor, leaving Yang Jun alone. Chang'an sits and guards.
Although he was unwilling to be Yang Yuanqing's official out of dignity, he knew in his heart that Yang Yuanqing would not kill him. Maybe his two sons would have some career hope in the future. However, Yang Jun did not dare to escape. He was afraid that Li Shimin would do something to them. His son took action and had no choice but to stay in Chang'an.
He was sitting when a servant came to report, "Yin Zaizhang is here. I have something to ask you to see me."
This made Yang Jun slightly startled.Why did Yin Guiping come to him directly? Did something big happen?
He quickly ordered: "Invite him in!"
After a while, Yin Guiping hurried into the study and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Yang Shizun, something big has happened."
"Mr. Sheng, please sit down and speak!"
Yang Jun asked him to sit down and ordered someone to serve him tea. Yin Guiping took a sip of tea and then said anxiously: "Today, King Qi Li Wuji secretly went to see the Holy One and told the Holy One a big thing."
He then told in detail the news he had received. This news also surprised Yang Jun, and he was filled with doubts. He pondered and said, "Thank you, Mr. Yin. I will go to the East Palace right now."
Yin Guiping laughed dryly: "Shijun Yang, I risked my life. You see"
Yang Jun understood what he meant and said with a smile: "Then I will tell His Highness about the land in Yong County."
Yin Guiping shook his head. He has become more refined. Things like land may not belong to him in the future. Only gold and jewelry are the most reliable.
"The land is free, I want five thousand taels of gold."
"Okay! I'll tell His Highness."
Yin Guiping did not delay him and stood up to leave. Yang Jun was the only one left in the room. He thought for a long time, then took the letterhead and wrote a letter, sealed it carefully, and called one of his close family members.
Yang Jun handed him the letter and repeatedly asked: "Go to the Tang Army camp in Xinping County immediately and hand this letter into the hands of the King of Qin in person."
"Don't worry, sir, I will do a good job"
The family left in a hurry, and Yang Jun stood up and walked out of the room and ordered: "Prepare a carriage for me, I want to go to the East Palace. (To be continued) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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