Royal Palace, Kun'an Palace.
As the queen's bedroom, Kun'an Palace is directly behind the Qiantian Palace, separated only by the Jiaotai Palace.
The empress of Emperor Yongping, whose surname was He, gave birth to only one son, the young 14th prince Li Xiang.
Emperor Yongping died unexpectedly, and without a heir apparent during his lifetime, which prince would inherit the throne became a big problem at the moment.
The second prince Li Qi and Emperor Yongping died together, so naturally there was no chance of seizing the throne.
But the remaining princes were all eyeing him.
In the palace, the mothers and concubines of the princes were also ready to make a move.
After all, no matter which prince becomes the emperor, his biological mother will be promoted to the queen mother according to the regulations. Of course, the queen will also be promoted to queen mother, but she has no blood relationship with the prince who succeeds, so after all, the difference is 10%.
Queen He's natal family was the noble Duke He Ji.
The Tang Dynasty has always been very guarded against the harem and relatives.
Originally, when Emperor Yongping's father was in power, Li Guogong He Ji was also an important minister in the court and a leader in the army. The reason why Emperor Yongping married Queen He was actually to seize the military power from He Ji in disguise.
Over the years, Li Guogong He Ji has become an idle nobleman. The children of the He family naturally keep a low profile in order not to bring trouble to the family.
The result is that when Queen He needs help from her mother's family, the He family is blinded.
The Whirlwind Cavalry guards the palace and prohibits palace residents from going out, thereby cutting off the connection between the inside and outside of the palace.
Emperor Yongping's princes and their mothers and concubines were all trapped in the palace.
After all, when Emperor Yongping passed away, his sons had to watch over him and fulfill their filial piety.
Under such circumstances, the Tornado Rider settled in the palace and brought all unstable factors under control.
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After leaving the Duke's mansion, He Ji gathered all his children and grandchildren together and looked at them one by one, with tears in their eyes.
He didn't know what the outcome of this visit to the palace would be.
But he knew clearly that if the fourteenth prince Li Pei could not succeed to the throne, then as the eldest son of the queen, his little grandson would have no chance of growing up. Even if they leave the government, they may be implicated.
"Dad, would you like your son to contact our old department?"
"it's useless!"
Duke Li sighed, "After I leave, you will send the children out of the capital separately. If the fourteenth prince cannot ascend the throne, this will be the end of Duke Li's palace!"
"I will stay here. If Duke Li's Mansion is destined to come to an end, dad will have to defend it no matter what!"
"Dad, why are you doing this?"
He Jin, the eldest son of Duke Li, frowned when he heard his father's words.
"You do not understand!"
"Needless to say anything else, we still don't know what the final result will be!"
Duke Li didn't talk nonsense anymore, but simply took the people out and headed towards the palace.
When He Ji rushed to the palace, the dignitaries in the capital were all making the same arrangements, and then led people to rush to the palace.
Everyone knows that this trip to the palace is unpredictable.
But few people know that the fight has already started from the moment they step out of their own courtyard!
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Shiqian Street is the only way from the Duke's Mansion to the Imperial Palace.
When Duke Li took the palace guards to Shiqian Street, an ambush broke out against him!
The killer is obviously not an ordinary straggler.
They jumped out from the shops on both sides. At the same time, there were people lying in ambush on the roof of the shop, attacking with repeating crossbows.
The guards of Duke Li's Mansion were caught off guard, and most of them were destroyed in an instant.
The remaining people quickly became entangled with the killer who jumped out of the store.
"My lord, mount your horse and let's go!"
The leader of the guard cut off the rope of the carriage and called Duke Li to ride away.
Since leaving the country and taking over the military power, he has never ridden a horse and turned into a leisurely and idle nobleman. In order to avoid the suspicion of the royal family, Duke Li, who was once famous on the battlefield, has long since lost the skills he once had.
But at this moment, between life and death, Li Guogong still broke out!
He jumped out of the carriage, mounted his horse, and with the support of his guards, he rushed out of the assassins' siege and rushed straight to the palace.
However, since the other party chose to ambush him at this time, how could they not lay down layers of blockades
Duke Li did not rush out in the end. His horse was hit by an oncoming arrow and fell to the ground.
Duke Li, who was on horseback, naturally flew out from the horseback.
Although Duke Li quickly rolled on the ground and avoided being thrown down, the moment he stood up, someone appeared next to him and wiped Duke Li's neck with a knife.
The person who killed Duke Li wore a mask of the Wheel-turning King.
The killer comes from the underworld!
With the death of Duke Li, the killer quickly retreated.
But this is not the end!
At the same time, ambushes were happening one after another on the streets of the capital.
Yama, the ten palaces of the underworld, were all dispatched.
The underworld, which was once almost destroyed by King Yan, actually grew stronger in this short period of time, and even the Ten Palaces of Yama also had heirs again.
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Imperial Palace, Qiantian Hall.
When the eldest princess received the news that Duke Li and other dignitaries and royal relatives were ambushed and killed by the underworld, her expression changed involuntarily.
Not long ago, she proudly announced to Xu Yuanzu that she controlled the country of the Tang Dynasty. But now, she was slapped in the face, and the slap was very loud.
The Imperial City Department has always been under the control of the eldest princess, but now, the underworld killer is in the capital. During this special period of the death of Emperor Yongping, they ambushed the honorable nobles and the royal relatives, and the ten palaces of hell came out. This is You are provoking the imperial court!
"Publish the decree of this palace and close the city gate. Send the flag guards, sharp sword guards, brave guards, and heroic cavalry guards to the capital, seal the city gates, and go from house to house. Even if they dig three feet into the ground, they will dig out the rats from the underworld for me. come out!"
"Obey Yi's decree!"
Immediately, a female guard was dispatched to convey the eldest princess's order.
There was silence in Qiantian Hall.
No one could imagine that in less than an hour, more than a dozen nobles and royal relatives died under the butcher's knife of the underworld killer.
When did this capital become so unsafe
After the eldest princess gave the order, she suddenly stepped forward and walked step by step towards the emperor's exclusive dragon chair.
In an instant, everyone's breathing in Qiantian Hall was somewhat stagnant.
Just when these people thought that the eldest princess was about to sit in that position, the eldest princess stopped and turned around.
"Everyone!"
The current position of the eldest princess is three steps higher than everyone in the Qiantian Palace. She is condescending and looks down on everyone.
"The Holy One was framed by thieves and controlled Long Bintian."
"Right now, another underworld is raging in the capital."
"The country cannot be without a master for a day. For the sake of the country and the country of the Tang Dynasty, we must establish a new king as soon as possible!" (End of Chapter)