My father, Li Shimin, please call me Crown Prince

Chapter 5: Dark Moon and High Wind, Killing Night
Who knows the big dream first, I know it all my life.

Li Chengqian opened his eyes and felt refreshed.

He had two dreams, one about his previous life and one about Li Chengqian’s life.

It's like a quick tour, but also like a personal experience.

The only benefit is that in the memory of the previous life, I wrote down the things I had seen that were related to Tang Chu.

Then he compared his memories with Li Chengqian's one by one, and his mind was much clearer now.

"Your Highness has woken up."

As soon as Li Chengqian moved, he involved Su Yuer who was sleeping on the side of the bed.

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Yu'er."

Li Chengqian turned over and sat up. He had been sleeping on his stomach before.

It wasn't that she was naked, but Su Yuer helped her put on the lining later.

"It's not hard. Your Highness, do you feel better?"

"After His Highness fell asleep earlier, His Majesty sent Doctor Zhen to see him. He changed the medicine for His Highness and rebandaged the wound."

"Your Highness has been sleeping soundly and hasn't woken up yet. Doctor Zhen said that Your Highness has been exerting too much mental energy and just needs a good sleep."

"Imperial Physician Zhen specifically explained that the injuries on your Highness' face may look terrible, but they have not damaged your bones or muscles. After a few days of rest and a few changes of medicine, he will be back to normal. Your Highness does not need to worry."

Su Yuer was a little nervous.

His Highness already has a leg disease, which has caused his temperament to change drastically. If his face is disfigured again, I’m afraid he will really go crazy.

"Well, I see."

After answering, Li Chengqian got up and asked, "What time is it now?"

The maid next to her replied, "Your Highness, it is now six quarters past midnight."

Li Chengqian nodded. It was already 8:30 in the evening.

An hour consists of eight quarters of an hour, and one quarter corresponds to fifteen minutes in later times.

"Change."

Li Chengqian instructed his eunuch Wen Zhong.

There were several palace maids in the room, and eunuchs were always with them, ready to share their master's worries at any time.

"Yes." Wen Zhong quickly brought the prince's clothes.

Su Yu'er said with some concern: "Imperial Physician Zhen told us to rest, where is the prince going?"

"It's already the hour of Xu, so you should rest early."

Li Chengqian replied as he was getting dressed: "Some troublesome matters need to be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise it will easily lead to disasters."

"Don't worry, it will be soon."

"I'm a little hungry. Prepare some food and I'll come back to eat later."

When Su Yuer heard the last sentence, she finally smiled.

She was most afraid that the prince would never come back, and her previous feelings would be like a flash in the pan, and she would become indifferent to him again.

"Okay, I'll ask someone to prepare the meal right away. Your Highness's favorite Hu pancakes and mutton."

After putting on his clothes, Li Chengqian felt the injuries on his body.

There is no pain anymore, but it still feels a little itchy, so I guess it's just growing flesh.

This royal medicine is indeed a top-grade product with excellent effects.

Outside the door, there was a team of soldiers guarding it.

Seeing Li Chengqian coming out, he bowed slightly and said, "Your Highness."

"Commander Chen, pass on the Crown Prince's order. Immediately summon 20 archers and 20 swordsmen and axesmen to hide behind the main hall."

"I will summon Hegan Chengji to come over later. When I give the order, he will be killed immediately."

Commander Chen at the door is the commander of the Prince's Palace guards, in charge of all the soldiers in the palace.

In the Tang Dynasty's military system, the upper prefecture had a full staff of 1,200 people, the middle prefecture had 1,000 people, and the lower prefecture had 800 people.

"Follow the prince's orders."

Although Commander Chen didn't know why the prince wanted to kill Hegan Chengji, he was the prince's confidant whom he had cultivated for many years.

But since the prince had given the order, he naturally had to obey.

"Eunuch Wen, go in person and send someone to call Hegan Chengji. I will be waiting for him in the main hall of the East Palace."

"Yes, Prince." Wen Zhong bowed.

Then he took a minor official with him and trotted away to deliver the message.

The East Palace, with an area of ​​more than 1,700 acres, is larger than an ordinary village. As the crown prince's confidant, Hegan Chengji also lives in the East Palace.

It also included two thousand palace soldiers, a large number of palace maids, eunuchs, officials of the Eastern Palace, miscellaneous servants, government offices, public halls, towers, etc.

After sorting out his memory, the first thing Li Chengqian wanted to do was to kill Hegan Chengji.

Hegan Chengji, the prince's guard, is also a confidant and assassin who has been trained for many years.

However, in history, it was because of the rebellion of Prince Li You of Qi that Hegan Chengji was implicated.

In order to protect himself, Hegan Chengji reported the prince's rebellion.

This eventually led to Li Chengqian's rebellion being exposed before it even began. He was eventually demoted to a commoner and exiled to Qianzhou, where he died of depression.

Of course, even if Hegan Chengji had not informed on the matter, the coup launched by Li Chengqian would have basically no chance of success, with a 99% chance of failure.

The reason why Hegan Chengji wanted to be killed was because he was a waste.

Hegan Chengji carried out assassinations twice under the orders of the crown prince.

The first time was the killing of Yu Zhining, the Crown Prince’s Left Assistant.

Li Chengqian sent Zhang Sizheng and Hegan Chengji to kill Yu Zhining.

When they arrived at Yu Zhining's residence, they saw Yu Zhining lying on a thatched mat with his head resting on the ground. They could not bear to kill him.

The second time was the assassination of Li Tai.

It would be fine if he really killed him, but Hegan Chengji hasn't been killed yet.

As a result, Li Chengqian not only did not punish him, but also gave him a reward.

Now he must be killed.

Hegan Chengji already knew that Li Chengqian was preparing for a rebellion, and as his confidant, Li Chengqian did not hide it from him.

Furthermore, as the assassin who killed Li Tai, Li Chengqian could not allow this hidden danger to remain.

Limping, Li Chengqian arrived at the main hall of the Eastern Palace.

Commander Chen acted quickly, and forty palace guards had already gathered in the main hall.

Under Li Chengqian's order, they hid in the surrounding areas.

Not long after, the eunuch Wen Zhong arrived.

"Your Highness, Hegan Chengji is waiting outside the palace."

"Send him in."

"Yes, Your Highness."

After getting permission, Hegan Chengji, who was outside the hall, entered the hall and kowtowed.

"Hegan Chengji, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Hegan Chengji was a man of great stature and skill in martial arts, and was highly appreciated by the prince.

He obviously hadn't realized that the prince was going to kill him this time.

He had already heard about the prince being beaten by His Majesty at the Taiji Palace.

So he thought that the prince called him here at night this time, there must be something secret to discuss.

Could it be that he is going to assassinate the King of Wei again?
He really didn't want to do any more assassinations.

"kill."

Li Chengqian shouted without any further ado.

Before Hegan Chengji could react, he heard the sound of an arrow breaking through the air, followed by pain.

Looking at his body again, he saw that it was full of crossbow arrows.

"Prince, why...why?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hegan Chengji fell to the ground, no longer breathing.

"Drag him out and bury him."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Fuemon, who had been hiding, immediately came out from the shadows and followed the prince's instructions.

Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Hegan Chengji dead.

In fact, to kill such a person, only an order is needed, but Li Chengqian was still a little worried unless he saw Hegan Chengji die with his own eyes.

Hegan Chengji was highly skilled in martial arts, and the assassins he hired had a very good relationship with him.

If you rashly send people to kill him, there is a possibility that he will escape.

There will be some troubles at that time.

(End of this chapter)