In the Zichen Palace, the little emperor was restless, and Shaoqing finally couldn't help calling for his attendants: "Where is Zhongguan Zhao?"
The attendant was puzzled: "Everyone forgot, didn't he go to Shan's mansion to give a banquet?"
"I know! Has he come back?"
"I haven't seen anyone all afternoon, so I guess I haven't seen anyone yet. What's your order?"
Distraught but helpless, the little emperor pondered for a long time, and could only say: "Go quietly to the gate of Shanfu to see what's going on, don't disturb anyone, and report back to me directly when you come back."
The attendant became more and more puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, so he went away.
However, at this time around the Zichen Palace, the guards on duty had received orders from their superiors and had been replaced by a team of Beiya imperial guards.
Since the palace guards were violently killed by the Southern Army on the day Chang'an was broken, they are now severely understaffed, and all important places have been taken over by the Northern Yamen. The attendant rushed out of the palace according to the emperor's orders, and before he could leave the gate of the Zichen Palace, he was arrested and dragged down by the soldiers of the Imperial Army.
The little emperor waited and waited for no one to come. Anxiety, fear, doubt, regret and other emotions collided with each other. After a long time, finally a burst of anger rushed to the top of his head, and he rushed out of the bedroom and shouted: "Come, come!"
"My lord," Wu Ting turned around and said respectfully.
"You are..." The little emperor sized him up suspiciously, feeling an indescribable familiarity. But looking at the bodyguard's uniform and waist card, the other party seemed to be no different from the bodyguards who went back and forth in the palace every day. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "I'm going to the Imperial Garden for a walk."
Without hesitation, Wu Ting acted like a follower of kindness, and signaled with his eyes that Beiya's subordinates, who had changed their costumes, followed, and escorted the little emperor to the imperial garden.
At the same time, Li Dan, the king of Ji, who was only thirteen years old, knelt in front of the main hall of the palace, and said blankly: "The empress is critically ill, and the emperor wants me to accompany you in the palace?"
In the hands of the palace people, it is actually Zhang Minghuang's imperial decree, and the location of the imperial seal is the emperor's private seal. Hearing this, he said solemnly: "Yes, Your Majesty is already waiting for you, His Highness King Ji, in Qingning Palace. Please follow me quickly." Come on little man."
Li Dan's first reaction was that the emperor's brother killed his mother and asked me to send him off for the last time? But after thinking about it, he couldn't imagine that his lonely and lonely emperor brother had such ability, so he had to go back and change into formal clothes, and hurried out of the house with the palace people, only to see a heavily guarded aircraft parked at the door Ma Xin drove the palace chariot.
If Li Dan thinks about it for a while, maybe he can find the clue.
After his imperial brother came to the throne, he had almost no military power, and he was very vigilant against the Beiya, Tunying, and Yulin Army. If Tianhou was really critically ill, how could he get Xie Yun's confidants in Beiya to come and take him into the palace
But Li Dan was young after all, being urged by the palace people, he got into the car in a daze, passed the palace gate all the way, and drove to Qingning Palace. At the gate of the side hall of Qingning Palace.
Ma Xin personally led several elite confidants to "escort" Li Dan to open the palace door. Empress Wu turned from the bookshelf and looked down at her youngest son.
"Heaven, Queen of Heaven?" Li Dan stammered, "Aren't you..."
There were muffled thuds, but it was Ma Xin who led the people to kneel down behind him, and said in unison: "See the new emperor!"
Li Dan was frightened and dumbfounded, he staggered away a few steps, and fell down when his knees gave way: "You guys, what's going on with you?!..."
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The huge capital city is like deep water, the surface still maintains the last trace of calm, but the undercurrent has begun to surge quietly and menacingly.
At the time of application, Dai Zhide, Hao Chujun, Zhang Wenguan and other ministers of the Ministry of Education received Shan Chao's personal letter and were invited to the palace respectively.
The officials on Empress Wu's list who were in their mansion at the moment all received notes or messages from Empress Wu one after another, and gathered in Daming Palace one after another.
The Imperial Army guarded Xuanwu Gate, while the guards on the left and right moved to Danfeng Gate. A large number of people are hidden in Jiacheng. According to Shan Chao's plan, they will occupy Hanyuan Hall, Xuanzheng Hall, and Penglai Hall along the north-south axis, so as to firmly control the entire huge Dongnei.
At the time of You, the palace gate is locked.
The bell rang suddenly, and the sound of a thick impact resounded through the sky.
"kill-"
"kill!"
The moment before the huge palace gate slowly closed, two armies rushed out from the north and south ends of the palace city at the same time, roaring and killing towards the palace!
"What?" By the Taiye Pool, Li Xian raised his head in astonishment: "Who is ringing the court bell? What's the sound outside?!"
Before the words fell, the earth shook like thousands of troops galloping past, shouts of killing and screams came from the distant palace wall at the same time. The few remaining guards could not organize any decent resistance at all, so they were routed under the pincer attack of the Beiya elite and the left and right guards, and turned into flesh and blood under iron hoofs as soon as they met.
Li Xian couldn't believe it, he shook his head stiffly and said, "Mutiny?!"
A few steps behind him, Wu Ting and his subordinates stood with their arms folded.
"Go back to Zichen Palace!" Li Xian turned around and ran in panic: "Hurry up, lock the palace gate, and pass on Wei Aiqing! Hurry up!"
Everyone watched the little emperor silently, no one made a sound or moved, as if the tragic fight tens of meters away was just an absurd dream. Li Xian finally realized something, his horrified eyes swept over everyone's faces, and he gasped, "You...you are rebellious, you are bold..."
"Your Majesty," Wu Ting said softly, "the court bell has rung, you should go to court now."
However, Li Xian couldn't accept this unexpected downfall at all: "Nonsense! Where are the guards? Where is Wei Qing?! I am the prince who was established by the late emperor's edict, you—"
"The court bell is ringing." Wu Ting looked at the emperor almost pityingly, and waved slowly to his subordinates: "Come, Your Majesty, please come to the court."
Li Xian turned around and ran, but within two steps, he was surrounded by the imperial guards and immediately stood up!
"Let go of me! What do you want to do!" Li Xian struggled desperately: "Assassinating the emperor and implicating the nine clans, you are looking for your own death! One by one, Shan Chao, Xie Yun, Tianhou..."
The shouts faded away, and through a thick palace wall of vermilion green tiles, the alarm bells echoed in every corner of the palace city, and a hurricane-like mutiny swept across the entire East Inner Forbidden Garden.
The sound of shouting and killing came from outside the window lattice into the dark room. On the bamboo couch, Xie Yun, who was drenched in cold sweat, slowly opened his eyes, the pupils were as moist as if they had been washed by water.
"... what time is it?"
Shan Chao sat on the edge of the couch, wrapped his upper body in his strong arms, and said in a low voice, "It's time."
"The voice outside... is..."
"Palace change."
Xie Yun closed his eyes, opened them again after a while, and asked in a low voice, "Am I going to die?"
Shan Chao laughed, buried his face on the side of his neck and took a deep breath: "No, Master. I will let you live a good life, enjoy the honor and power, and never be frightened again, nor will you be subject to any The hurt... all the hardships and hardships of the years are gone forever."
"You taught an incompetent apprentice. After waiting for so many years, the apprentice can finally come back to support you."
Xie Yun was still in a trance, struggling to raise his hand, which was held tightly by Shan Chao, kissing the cold and weak blood on his wrist.
The sound of fierce fighting gradually receded to the south and disappeared in the direction of Hanyuan Hall. Xie Yun stared blankly at Shan Chao, then barely raised his other hand, and touched his handsome face: "...you cried..."
"Yeah." Shan Chao smiled with tears in his eyes: "Happy."
The door was knocked twice, and the confidant lieutenant whispered outside the door: "General, the Yulin Army has successfully surrounded the Hanyuan Palace. Civil and military courtiers have entered the palace through the Danfeng Gate, and Ma Xin and other generals from the Beiya Department are escorting the Queen of Heaven. He went to court with King Ji, and Wu Ting also sent a message saying that everything has been arranged properly."
Shan Chao couldn't take his eyes off Xie Yun for a moment, and only replied "um".
"Go," Xie Yun said hoarsely, pressing the back of Shan Chao's head to make him bend down, and kissed intently.
Licking with lips and tongue and entangled in breath, the magnificent Daming Palace turned into a yellowish background, and countless times were wiped out in that instant.
Shan Chao finally stood up, stared at Xie Yun with unblinking handsome eyebrows, and walked out the door backwards.
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In the future, a day that will be passed down in the history books for thousands of years and completely reversed the history of the Tang Dynasty finally came under the smoky sky of Chang'an City.
The golden bell in front of Hanyuan Hall rang, vigorous and vigorous, and lasted for a long time. Hundreds of civil and military officials lined up to go to the court, some were anxious, some were angry, some were guilty and eagerly awaiting... Several prime ministers of Zhongshu Province lined up at the front of the court, leading the ministers behind them, and kneeling on the high dragon chair bow down.
—Sitting side by side on the golden chair is the majestic Tianhou and the pale Li Dan.
Li Dan started to set up another case. Shan Chao sat behind the case with his sword in his hand, holding the blood jade tiger amulet upright in front of his face.
Ma Xin understood and gave some instructions. After a while, two figures entered the Hanyuan Hall, one of them was disheveled and stumbled, it was Li Xian who was in a panic!
"Your Majesty!" Among the courtiers, the white-haired censor rushed out, "You rebellious ministers, how dare you treat Your Majesty like this, Your Majesty!"
There was a loud bang, and before Yu Shi could touch Li Xian's clothes, he was kicked out by Wu Ting in the chest: "Come on! Pull it down!"
The imperial guard responded generously, went up and dragged Yu Shilian out of the hall, and the howling and crying quickly disappeared in the square.
Those who were about to make a move among the civil and military officials suddenly flinched, and some people even took back their steps quietly. Li Xian looked around in a panic, but before he had time to react, he saw a few guards pushing in from the side door and a heavily tied person, it was Wei Xuanzhen he was looking for!
"Your Majesty! What's wrong with you, Your Majesty?!" Wei Xuanzhen struggled and writhed, and shouted again: "Your Majesty is the crown prince established by the late emperor's edict, and his enthronement is justified! The late emperor's bones are not cold, are you trying to rebel?!"
Before Tianhou could speak, Shan Chao lazily said, "Slap your mouth."
Wei Xuanzhen trembled, a guard had already stepped forward and slapped him several times, knocking him to the ground immediately!
"You... the first emperor... the last edict..."
Li Dan couldn't bear to look any further, trembling and closing his eyes, Tian Hou said coldly: "Let's proclaim the decree."
All the prime ministers look at me and I look at you, obviously they don't want to be the rafters of such a young man. After a short while, finally a person came out holding the Minghuang imperial decree. It was Qian Weiwei, the third rank of Fengge Luantai and the doctor of Zuo Suzheng. By the order of the Empress Dowager!"
"The king of Zhou, Li Xian, has no talent, no morals, and is unable to be the master of the world. Today, Emperor Li Xian is abolished as the king of Luling, and the Wei family is exiled to the south of Lingnan, and the son of the first emperor and the queen of heaven, Li Dan, the king of Ji, is the emperor. I respect you!"
The ministers were all moved, and some people shouted "No!" Long live the emperor, long live, long live—"
Everyone knew that the shout was not directed at Li Dan, who was trembling all over, but the Queen of Heaven, who had been in power for more than ten years since the reign of Linde.
Wu Ting stepped forward and snatched the crown from Li Xian's head. During the struggle, Li Xian's legs went limp and he fell to his knees. He walked a few steps unwillingly: "No, I am the emperor established by the will! I did something wrong. What? Why waste me?!"
Tianhou's voice paused word by word, clear to the point of cruelty: "—You want to give up the whole world to Wei Xuanzhen, and why do you say that you are guilty?!"
Li Xian was suddenly at a loss for words.
Shan Chao's voice easily overwhelmed the noise in the hall: "On the night of the late emperor's death, you were alone in front of the sickbed. You came out of the Zichen Palace with the imperial edict to confer the crown prince on your front foot, and there was a sound of the Dragon Yu in the back foot palace. The death knell of Bintian. Thinking about it now, how could you know that it was not you who saw that the late emperor intended to have a young son, and preemptively acted as a force? "
"I didn't!" Li Xian yelled angrily, "Bloody spout!"
Shan Chao's face sank like water, and he raised his hand slightly: "Take it down."
"I didn't!" Li Xian's hoarse struggle gradually faded away: "I won't be that Luling King..."
Shan Chao let out a long breath, and looked down at the ministers who were rushing to worship at his feet.
If he looked further into the distance, he could see the dense array of swords and soldiers outside the Hanyuan Hall, all of them were his men and horses who had entered the capital from Yangzhou not far away; now this iron cavalry once again occupied the Daming Palace where all nations came to court .
Although he is not yet an emperor, he has actually led troops to regent and has supreme power.
Shan Chao turned his head to glance at the golden chair, and met the thoughtful gaze of the Queen of Heaven. At this moment, the eyes of the mother and the child met and collided in the air, Tianhou seemed to smile, although the extremely complicated and indescribable emotions were hidden in the short smile.
"—General Huaihua, Ping Wang Shanchao."
Tianhou stood up, took a step forward, and faced the vast sky and thousands of miles of land outside the Hanyuan Hall: "I have made great achievements in battle, have both ability and political integrity, and I am the country's reliance. I am now appointed as the prefect of Chang'an and Luoyang, and I honor the regent, and I admire it!"
Every sentence and every word of Tianhou passed through the smoky Daming Palace, drifted to the land of the Central Plains, and roared in the distant and vast northern border.
The felt slapped on the earthen house, the wind and sand covered the courtyard wall, and the shrill whistle passed through the window opening, and the hut gradually turned into a tiny black spot between the sky and the earth.
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On the ninety-nine floors of white jade palace steps in front of Hanyuan Hall, Shanchao climbed down one by one, and a figure with flaps of clothes was facing him with his back, his temple hair twitching back, facing the boundless sunset in the sky.
Shan Chao stopped in his tracks and said with a smile, "Excuse me..."
The figure moved and turned his face slightly.
"In Xia Danchao, I met you for the first time when I was young, and my face was as good as I had seen in my previous life."
"Meeting is fate. I wonder if you would like to honor me and hold hands with me?"
Xie Yun finally turned around and said leisurely: "Meeting is fate?"
"yes."
"Good fate, bad fate?"
Shan Chao walked down the last palace steps, took Xie Yun's hand, and stuck it in front of his throbbing heart: "As soon as I saw him for the first time, I was born with a demon, and the evil fate was endless. Now I am obsessed with it." It's hard, it's unforgettable, but please give me the rest of my life, and establish an eternal fate with Ersu..."
On the square in front of Hanyuan Hall, Shan Chao faced Xie Yun and slowly knelt down on one knee.
Xie Yun was silent for a long time before he rolled up Shan Chao's sleeves and untied the old ribbon from his strong wrist. Shan Chao's hair is no longer as short as it was when he first left the Ci'en Temple many years ago. Now it is also long and tied up, and a few strands of hair are scattered from under the purple jade crown.
Xie Yun leaned over to straighten his hair with extreme care, tied it with a hair band, and tied it under the purple jade crown, then straightened up and smiled: "Okay."
Formed as husband and wife, there is no doubt about love and affection.
Rejoice in the eve of the night, graceful and good time.
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Work hard to love Chunhua, and don't forget the happy time.
Life should come back, death should be longing.
In the first year of Sisheng, Tang Zhongzong Li Xian was abolished as the king of Luling, and exiled with the Wei family in Lingnan; Li Dan, the king of Ji, came to the throne and lived in another palace.
The next year, Tang sent troops to Andong, conquered Goryeo, and surrendered to Silla.
In the third year of Chuigong's conquest of Khitan, the regent personally took command, wiped out the bandit leaders and pushed forward the Turks, and Mobei began to be flat.
The military achievements were passed back to Chang'an, and Emperor Li Dan personally disclosed the life experience of the regent, calling him the eldest brother, and ordered him to change his surname to recognize his ancestors.
In the second year of Zaichu, Tianhou proclaimed himself emperor, changed Tang to Zhou, established the eldest son Li Chao as the heir of the emperor, and reused Di Renjie and other famous officials.
In the next year, the servants presented Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi's brothers as attendants. The Emperor Wu was extremely indulgent because of his love for his appearance, causing Shao Wang Li Chongrun and Princess Yongtai to be slandered and killed; Everyone in Li Tang's clan is in danger; in the first year of Shenlong, the regent king led troops into the palace, and the emperor beheaded the two Zhang brothers with his own hands, and Emperor Wu took the throne.
The regent ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and later generations were named Xingzong.
Shan Chao has never been conferred a queen in his life, nor has he had any descendants, but he has a close relationship with Xie Yunguo, the commander of the Beiya Forbidden Army. In middle age, he adopted Li Longji, the third son of Li Dan, and was granted the title of King Linzi, and later he was formally canonized as the heir of the emperor.
In the first year of Yanhe, Li Long, the king of Linzi, ascended the throne based on Chang'an, named Xuanzong, and was also called Tang Minghuang in later generations, which opened the beginning of the thirty-year prosperity of Kaiyuan.
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