Datang: Just been appointed as the crown prince, the counterattack system is here

Chapter 51 Li Yuan: Erlang, it’s time to settle the score! [Seeking follow-up reading]

Lizheng Hall.

Li Chengqian was pacing back and forth in the hall, waiting for news from Taiji Palace.

However, Empress Changsun and Lady Meng did not take what happened in Taiji Palace to heart.

Because they all trust their husbands very much and believe that they can solve all problems.

After all, such a dangerous trouble as Xuanwu Gate was solved by their husbands. How could one or two insignificant rebels be a match for their husbands?
So, when the two sisters-in-law finally got together, they naturally chatted about their experiences raising children and the gossip happening around them.

Don't think that all the ladies of high rank live luxurious lives of elegance and grandeur. In fact, they are no different from ordinary women. They also like to listen to and talk about gossip.

Sometimes when talking about funny things, he would laugh without any image.

At this time, Empress Changsun and Lady Meng happened to be talking about establishing a luxury brand. Lady Meng's eyes lit up when she heard it, and she agreed to Empress Changsun's proposal without thinking, and took the initiative to endorse Empress Changsun's luxury brand.

But the two sisters-in-law were chatting animatedly, while the other family members who came with Meng were feeling like every day was a year.

Especially Changsun Pingting and Changsun Chong, they just looked at Li Chengqian as he walked back and forth, bored.

"Hey, what is he so anxious about? Why is he more worried than us?"

After a long while, Changsun Pingting finally couldn't help but asked Changsun Chong in confusion.

Chang Sun Chong was stunned for a moment, and could not help but frowned and said: "I'm not saying hello!"

Changsun Pingting rolled her eyes at him and said, "In front of outsiders, I can call you brother, but are there outsiders here?"

"Besides, don't you want me to speak well of you in front of Li Zhi?"

"I"

Chang Sun Chong's cheeks flushed, and he couldn't help scratching his head and said, "I didn't..."

"Humph!"

Changsun Pingting snorted softly, then pouted and said, "Go ask him what he's so anxious about."

"Why don't you go?"

"I'm your sister, can you bear to let me come into contact with other men?"

"Cheng Qian is only eight years old, he's our cousin!"

"I don't care. If you don't go, I'll go find Li Zhi and tell her about you."

"Okay, okay, I'll go. Isn't it okay if I go?"

Chang Sun Chong stood up gloomily, then walked towards Li Chengqian and said with a smile, "Cousin, what are you so anxious about?"

Li Chengqian was slightly stunned when he heard this. He thought, "I'm next to you? Why are you so meddlesome?" But he smiled and said:
"Nothing, I'm just worried about my uncle. I'm afraid if he gets killed, you'll be left as orphans and widows."

Damn it!
When Chang Sun Chong heard this, he was so angry that he turned around and wanted to leave.

But when he saw Changsun Pingting waving her fist, he suppressed his anger and said with an awkward smile, "My cousin, you're overthinking it. My father is under the protection of His Majesty, so he'll be fine!"

"Really? That would be best."

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Chang Sun Chong was speechless for a moment.

At this moment, a report suddenly came from outside the door: "The Queen, Li Xiaochang, Zhangsun Anye and others are forcing the ministers in the Taiji Hall to depose the Emperor and welcome the Emperor back to the throne!"

"What!?"

Before Empress Changsun could react, Li Chengqian was the first to be surprised.

Because of this incident, he has deviated from the contents of his plan.

According to the original plan, Changsun Anye and his group were just a group of people who caused trouble.

And Li Yuan was the one who solved problems for Li Shimin.

Now, he never imagined that Changsun Anye and others would dare to act on their own and force Li Shimin to abdicate!
Isn't this crazy?

How dare they!
On the other side, Da'an Palace.

Li Yuan also received the news.

He also didn't expect that Changsun Anye and others would be so crazy that they dared to force Li Shimin to abdicate in his name.

Before, Li Chengqian had asked him if he was worried that Li Shimin would kill him.

He asked in return, "Do you think your father dares?" Li Chengqian answered that he did not dare, because killing his father to seize the throne was against the righteousness of the times.

Indeed, Li Yuan felt that what Li Chengqian said made sense.

Killing one's father to seize the throne is indeed against the will of heaven.

But Li Yuan, who had experienced the Xuanwu Gate Incident, knew very well in his heart that if he resolutely resisted and refused to give up power even at death, Li Shimin would definitely kill him.

Because in Li Shimin's plan, he entered the palace to control his own actions, which was a total of three steps.

The first step is to imprison the father.

The second step is to force the father.

The third step is patricide.

Although the last step was the one Li Shimin least wanted to take, if Li Yuan refused to obey, Li Shimin would definitely take this step as a last resort.

Because these three steps are the internal logic that cannot be escaped in any palace coup.

Because for an emperor who holds great power, if he refuses to submit to Li Shimin's will, and is determined not to issue an edict in his name and hand over power to Li Shimin, then Li Shimin's only choice can be to kill him.

Some might say this is cruel.

But at that point, nothing else matters because that's the rules of the power struggle game.

Therefore, when Li Shimin led his troops into the palace, Li Yuan was actually very clear that he had already made mental preparations to "kill his father".

After all, this is the only way with the least cost, the lowest price, and the best way to avoid political sequelae.

As for the so-called righteousness and etiquette, they are nothing but whitewashing by the victors.

"call"

Taking a deep breath, Li Yuan once again fixed his gaze on Du Caigan and asked calmly, "You said that Changsun Anye brought a black box to the Taiji Hall?"

"Yes!"

Du Caigan nodded and said, "He said it was a ten-thousand-word petition submitted to Your Majesty by the people of Yuzhou!"

"Ah!"

Li Yuan snorted, his eyes narrowing slightly. "It seems he has also learned a lot from the experience of the Xuanwu Gate Incident."

Du Caigan's heart moved, and he couldn't help but ask: "The emperor is suspicious that there is something wrong with the box?"

Li Yuan glanced at him but didn't answer the question. Instead, he asked, "Have all the people I asked you to notify to come and protect the king arrived?"

"Seven or eight of them have arrived, and they are all on their way now!"

"it is good!"

Li Yuan smiled heartily, then raised his head and looked towards the Taiji Palace, muttering, "Erlang, we father and son still have to settle this account!"

……

at the same time.

Inside the Taiji Hall, Changsun Anye and Li Xiaochang were stunned when they heard the words of the person who reported it.

They couldn't help but look in the direction of the sound, and saw Qin Qiong standing outside the hall holding two bloody heads, staring at them with cold eyes.

"How is this possible! How is this possible!"

Li Xiaochang was so frightened that he was at his wit's end. He couldn't help but ask Zhangsun Anye, "Anye, what should we do? What should we do?"

Changsun Anye's expression changed again and again. He glared at Li Xiaochang fiercely, then walked straight to the black box, took out a fire starter from his pocket, and said coldly, "Qin Qiong! Do you think you've won just by taking back Xuanwu Gate?"

As he spoke, he leaned over to open the box, took out a clay-colored jar from it, and said with a half-smile, "Do you know what this is?"

"you!"

Qin Qiong's face changed, and he couldn't help but shout loudly: "Your Majesty, be careful! There are fire bombs in that box!"

"Hahaha!"

Seeing that Qin Qiong recognized the object in his hand, Changsun Anye immediately raised his head and laughed: "Today, I want you all to be buried with me!"

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