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

Chapter 68 I’m scared! Really scared! [Please subscribe]

"Father is going to Jiangling too?"

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly, and a sense of power to defend his imperial authority quickly spread throughout the hall.

The atmosphere in the entire hall also dropped to freezing point at this time.

But Li Yuan remained calm and said calmly, "I'm worried about letting Cheng Qian go to Jiangling alone!"

"hehe."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Father, you misunderstood. I will not let Cheng Qian go to Jiangling alone. I will arrange palace servants and guards for him so that he can live a safe and worry-free life in Jiangling."

"I know this is your arrangement for him, but I don't need your arrangement!"

"But."

Li Shimin opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak.

Would he be willing to let Li Yuan leave Chang'an?
The answer is, definitely not.

Not to mention letting the tiger return to the mountains, he was a little scared just by Li Yuan's previous crazy behavior.

Although Li Yuan never showed any intention of fighting for power from beginning to end, Li Shimin thought that Li Yuan was very dangerous because he often threatened to commit suicide.

If Li Yuan encountered an accident outside, or was in a bad mood and jumped into the river, it would all be blamed on him, Li Er, in the end.

So, instead of doing this, Li Shimin felt that it would be better to keep his father in Chang'an.

At worst, I can just stop treating him the same way as before and take good care of him for a hundred years, and then I can feel at ease.

As for letting Li Chengqian go to Jiangling.
To be honest, Li Shimin was also unwilling to do so.

But being unwilling is one thing, and doing or not doing is another.

After all, his son's prestige just now was a dangerous signal in his eyes.

Don’t think that just because Li Chengqian is only eight years old and almost no ministers will take the initiative to join him or get close to him, he is really harmless and poses no threat.

Sometimes, when people are in power, they often want to be still but the wind does not stop.

Therefore, Li Shimin had to find a place for his son where he could not be disturbed by anyone and temporarily avoid the spotlight.

What's more, if Li Shimin were compared with a prince who was loyal, filial, benevolent and righteous, and an emperor who trampled on loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, he would wish he could find a hole to crawl into.

He even felt that he couldn't hold his head up in front of his son.

So in the short term, he didn't want to see Li Chengqian.

But how to stop Li Yuan from going to Jiangling?

It definitely won't work if you use force.

If the "father's love and son's filial piety" scene happened again in front of all the civil and military officials in the court, they would probably go crazy, and even Li Er would not be able to save face.

So, we still have to be soft.

But it is impossible to ask Li Er to compromise!

After all, he is the emperor now, not the King of Qin. Even if he is facing his own father, he cannot bend down and beg Li Yuan to stay.

So, what should we do?

When Li Shimin's anxious gaze scanned the civil and military officials in the court and finally fell on Yuchi Gong, a slightly despicable idea instantly emerged in his mind.

"Yes, that's the only way."

Li Shimin said to himself: "There is no better way."

So, when both father and son fell into silence, he looked at Yuchi Gong calmly, and said as if he remembered something:

"Jingde, when you came in earlier, you seemed to say that the king outside the city was the emperor emeritus or something. I didn't hear it clearly. Could you please say it again?"

Wow!
The whole place was in an uproar!

All the ministers were shocked by Li Shimin's words.

No way, Your Majesty!
You still want to stir up trouble?!

The emperor's sword was just at our necks!
When the ministers thought of what had just happened, they were all frightened and looked at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan's face slowly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Li Shimin, oblivious to what was happening, urged Yuchi Gong: "Tell me, what's going on?"

As soon as the words fell, a look carrying countless messages was delivered at the same time.

Respect virtue!

My first hero of Xuanwu Gate!

Quickly cooperate with me to frame the emperor!!!
"Uh"

Yuchi Gong was now sweating profusely from the pain. If possible, he really wanted to ask Li Shimin or Li Yuan to let him see the imperial physician.

But the situation just now was so fucking exciting that he even forgot the pain.

Now, hearing Li Shimin's question, he felt the pain he had just forgotten begin to pierce his heart again.

So, he also gave Li Shimin a complicated look.

Stop messing with me, Your Majesty!
Let me go!!!

Li Shimin: "."

Yuchi Gong: “.”

The two looked at each other, both silent.

After a while, Yuchi Gong finally couldn't stand the pressure from Li Shimin and said with a wry smile: "I was just trying to say that the kings outside the city were conferred by the retired emperor."

cut!
All the ministers rolled their eyes!
His Majesty Li II was so angry that he almost jumped up!

I don’t know that it was conferred by the emperor?
Are you a pig brain?

Where did the cleverness go?!
In fact, it was not that Yuchi Gong did not understand the hint of Emperor Li II, but that he did not dare to provoke Li Yuan again.

Because removing both of his arms is equivalent to saving his life.

If he messed with Li Yuan again, he would be really scared! As the saying goes, the barefoot are not afraid of those wearing shoes, and the mortals are afraid of the mortals.

And this high and mighty emperor is exactly the one who doesn't care about his life.
Seeing that Li Shimin's face had turned extremely ugly, Fang Xuanling quickly stood up and bowed and said;
"Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor, the kings outside the city are at the gates. The most urgent task is to summon them in and clarify the situation. Otherwise, if martial law continues, the people of Chang'an will become increasingly panicked, which will be detrimental to the long-term stability of our Tang Dynasty!"

"That's right! I beg Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor, to put state affairs first!" Du Ruhui also echoed.

Upon hearing this, the ministers looked at each other and immediately shouted, "Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor, please put state affairs first!"

Li Shimin frowned slightly when he heard this, then turned to look at Li Yuan and said, "What do you think, father?"

"Since Changsun Anye and his men rebelled in my name, then these crowned kings, at this time, came to Chang'an in the name of defending the king, so it's inevitable that people will suspect me."

Having said that, Li Yuan looked at Concubine Zhang and the other two and sighed helplessly: "Well, just summon them in!"

"Cheng Zhijie, take my imperial edict immediately and summon the king outside the city!"

As Li Shimin spoke, he turned around, picked up a brush, and drew a few strokes on the imperial edict handed to him by Wushe.

Soon, Cheng Yaojin left the Taiji Hall with the imperial edict.

At the same time, outside the city of Chang'an.

The sky was already turning pale.

Li Ji and Hou Junji were looking around anxiously at this moment.

On the left are seven pretentious kings, and on the right is the Chang'an Palace where the situation is unclear.

Although they knew that these titles were given to cooperate with Li Yuan, they did not dare to say it out loud because they had no evidence to prove that these titles were related to Li Yuan.

Even if it was an obviously forged imperial edict, it was just speculation that Li Yuan might have withheld the seal.

However, since it concerns the enthronement of seven royal family members as kings, this speculation is basically untenable.

Therefore, no matter whether it was Yuchi Gong, Li Ji, Hou Junji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, or Zhangsun Wuji, they did not dare to put the blame of this incident on Li Yuan, even if Li Shimin asked them to frame him, they did not dare.

Because it is easy to be killed by Li Yuan.

As for Li Shimin and all the civil and military officials in the court, why did they suspect that the seven kings outside the city were related to Li Yuan?

The main reason is the information gap.

The timing of Li Yuan's appearance and the timing of the seven kings' approach to the city cannot be said to be a perfect match, but it can only be said to be too coincidental.

But actual speculation is different from pure conjecture.

Actual speculation is based on something that looks like evidence.

Pure speculation relies entirely on imagination.

This is why Li Shimin and his ministers were shocked by the seven kings.

They rely on pure speculation and scare themselves.

Therefore, the key to the entire plan lies in the information gap.

The clattering of horses' hooves broke through the darkness before dawn, alarming the scouts along the way.

Cheng Yaojin, riding a horse, headed straight for the army of Li Ji and Hou Junji.

"Who is coming?!"

A soldier on guard shouted loudly.

Cheng Yaojin didn't say anything and started cursing, "Get out of here! It's you, Grandpa Cheng!"

"Grandpa Cheng?"

The soldier on guard was stunned for a moment and was about to get angry when a soldier beside him quickly reminded him, "It's General Cheng Zhijie of the Right Guard! Quickly report this to General Li and General Hou!"

"Oh oh oh, okay"

The guard soldier reacted quickly and rode forward to report.

Soon, Li Ji and Hou Junji rode their horses to the rear of the formation.

"Cheng Zhijie, what happened?"

When Li Ji saw Cheng Yaojin, he immediately spoke first.

Cheng Yaojin said nothing, directly took out the imperial edict and said: "I am here by the order of His Majesty to summon the seven kings to the Taiji Hall to meet His Majesty, the Supreme Emperor!"

"The Great Emperor?"

Li Ji and Hou Junji were slightly stunned and looked at each other.

But Hou Junji asked in confusion, "What happened in the palace? Why is the Emperor in Taiji Hall?"

"Hey! Stop talking. Take me to see the seven kings. I'm afraid if I go back too late, the emperor will cut off my arm!" Cheng Yaojin said with a bitter face.

"what?!"

Li Ji and Hou Junji were shocked, wondering what kind of trick was this? The emperor actually liked to remove people's arms?!
However, Cheng Yaojin didn't want to waste time talking to them and just rode his horse forward to rush forward.

Not long after, he appeared before the seven kings and read aloud:

"I, Cheng Zhijie, the General of the Right Guard, am here by order of Your Majesty to summon you, the crowned kings, to the Taiji Palace to meet Your Majesty, the Retired Emperor. Are you willing to withdraw your troops and obey the summons?"

After these words were spoken, the seven kings looked at each other in surprise.

But it only took a moment, and the seven kings said in unison: "We are willing to obey the call!"

"what?!"

Li Ji and Hou Junji, who had just reacted, were confused again after hearing this.

What's going on? !

What on earth happened in the palace?

They feel as if they have missed the most important thing in their life, and they are itching and regretful.

But Cheng Yaojin and the seven kings simply ignored them and immediately rode their horses towards Chang'an City.

They were left there, looking at each other, like confused fruits on a confused tree.

(End of this chapter)