Chang'an, Tai Chi Palace.
It was getting late, and the light was dim. The eunuch held a short candle in his hand, lit the candle on the gilt lamp tree one by one, and moved to the imperial desk, where the censer of the scorpion beast spit out bursts of light green tulips.
Li De bowed his head to review the memorial, and was seeing the descending table presented by Meng Shi of Xishu, the bead curtain swayed lightly, and the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the screen.
"His Majesty!"
The eunuch's face was pale and sweating, and he ran to the inner room, his knees softened, and he slid to the front of the imperial case.
"His Royal Highness is back!"
Li De was startled, frowned slightly, and put down the watch: "Why did he come back earlier?"
The eunuch trembled all over, and said incoherently: "Your Majesty... The right guard of Jinwuwei said that you should evade to the back hall for a while, His Royal Highness Prince... Your Highness..."
Li De's face sank: "What happened to the prince?"
The eunuch's face was bloodless, he knelt down on the ground, carefully considered his words, and his voice trembled: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness entered the palace without an edict, Jin Wuwei did not dare to let him into the palace, His Royal Highness forced his way in!"
Li De froze, stood up with a sullen face, the eunuch rushed forward to help him to the back hall, and was thrown away by him.
The eunuch fell to the ground, not daring to make a sound, but got up again, staggering to catch up with Li De.
The candlelight flickered, and there was a lot of noise in front of the hall. Jin Wuwei held a long sword and stood guard in front of the steps. He was yelling at someone, and the footsteps were chaotic.
Li De walked out of the inner room, and Jin Wuwei, who was standing in front of the door, was terrified and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please take refuge..."
Before he finished speaking, Li De had already walked past him.
Jin Wuwei was terrified, his head was covered in cold sweat, he glanced at each other, and reluctantly followed.
Li Deli stood in front of the porch with his hands behind his back.
Under the steps, a tall figure stepped onto the platform step by step against the flow of people, dressed in black clothes, as cold as a knife, with a sword in his hand.
With just one glance, Li De can recognize the outline of his son.
Li Xuanzhen came alone. Although it was an offense, it was not a crime to die for. Jin Wuwei knew that Li De valued him and did not dare to hurt him. He could only surround people to prevent him from violently hurting people .
Jin Wuwei persuaded Li De: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness seems to be insane, please take your time away!"
Li De's eyes were gloomy.
"Take him and don't hurt anyone."
Jin Wuwei got the order, his confidence was a little stronger, he clasped his fists, abandoned the sword, switched to the long | spear, flew forward, and first tried to open the long sword in Li Xuanzhen's hand.
Li Xuanzhen had a calm expression on her face, her phoenix eyes looked at Li De who was behind the crowd, she slashed her long spear with her sword, and continued to walk forward.
The sword light was flying, he didn't hurt anyone, but his defense was like an iron wall, impervious to wind and rain, and he approached the corridor step by step.
Jin Wuwei was helpless and made a gesture. The guards in the front and rear of the hall received orders, rushed forward, and rushed towards Li Xuanzhen like a tide. In the silver sword light, a dozen pairs of big palm-like hands grabbed his arms at the same time. and legs.
Li Xuanzhen couldn't move, and with a bang, the long sword fell to the ground.
Jin Wuwei was overjoyed, kicked away the long sword quickly, and twisted his arm.
Li Xuanzhen still had a light expression on her face, standing at the foot of the steps, staring at Li De in the corridor.
"Your Majesty..." Zhonglang Jiang asked cautiously, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is indiscriminate, what should I do?"
Li De's face was covered with clouds, he turned and entered the hall: "Bring him in!"
Everyone looked at each other in dismay, not daring to speak.
Li Xuanzhen's expression was very different from usual, his eyes were full of ferocity, and Jin Wuwei was uneasy, afraid of what would happen, so he tied his hands behind his back, and carefully checked that there were no other weapons hidden on him, and then sent the person inside. temple.
Li De stood in front of the imperial case, his face full of sullenness, and waved to the others to quit.
Zhong Lang complained in his heart, clasped his fists and stepped back.
When the footsteps were gone, Li De walked up to Li Xuanzhen, slapped him, and slapped his son heavily.
He is a warrior, and this slap in the face didn't hold back at all. Li Xuanzhen was beaten to the point of being knocked over on the golden brick floor, blood dripping from his lips.
"Who are you not good at? Learn from Li Zhongqian?"
Li De's voice was cold, "I am the emperor, and the palace is strictly guarded. You want to break in and kill me alone? If I don't go out and stop Jin Wuwei, they can kill you! As the crown prince of a country, How to convince the public in the future! How to intimidate the minister! I can enlist you or abolish you!"
"Where is your usual strategy of forbearance?"
Li De knew that Li Xuanzhen wanted to kill him, but he didn't expect his son to be so reckless and impulsive! The wings are not yet full, and they are trying to enter the palace alone!
He said coldly: "Zhangnu, if you really want to kill me, you should endure dormancy, convene people and buy people's hearts, even if you can't do it seamlessly, at least you should let me have no power to fight back, and let the ministers in the DPRK not dare to talk too much. Let the other princes not be able to grasp your handle!"
"How stupid you are today!"
Li Xuanzhen raised her face, the blood on her lips was scarlet, and she looked mad: "I am really stupid. If I had learned from Li Zhongqian earlier, how could it be like this?"
Li De looked at his red and swollen face, pressed his anger, and his voice was softer: "Zhangnu, you are Aye's most beloved son. Li Zhongqian provoked you and my father and son, so you fell for it?"
Li Xuanzhen was unmoved, looking at Li De with only disgust.
"Why do you and my father and son need to be provoked by others?"
"Li De, I should have killed you long ago... I should have done it long ago when A-Niang died."
Li De is the general of Wei County, and he is the commander of the army surrounded by tiger generals all day long. The endgame will only make more people displaced, so he continued to be filial to Li De's father and son. He led the Wei army to charge into the battle, calmed the chaos, and assisted Li De in establishing the Great Wei.
Until the day when the world is unified, it will be when he kills Li De.
He always remembered Tang's dying instructions, that he would live for revenge in this life, and he could wait.
But now he can't wait any longer.
He was tired and wanted a relief.
"A-niang asked me to kill you, and let me kill the Xie family. I'll listen to whatever A-niang says... I'm sorry A-niang... "
Tears flashed in Li Xuanzhen's eyes.
Li De looked at his son, sighed, and waved his hand wearily.
"I will take care of today's affairs, you go back and think about it calmly."
Li Xuanzhen sneered: "What is the Holy Master going to do?"
Li De rubbed his eyebrows, "I will cover it up for you."
Li Zhongqian was rebellious and his reputation was ruined long ago. He lost his sister and assassinated him in public. The ministers in the court were not surprised, and there were not a few people who interceded for him.
Li Xuanzhen is different, he is the heir of a country, and today's events must not be spread out!
A few eunuchs in the corner were shivering, and the chill rose from the soles of their feet and covered their bodies.
The prince broke into the palace in public and tore his face with the sage. One of the people present today is one, and they can't escape!
The chief eunuch closed his eyes in desperation, accompany the king like a tiger.
In the repressed silence, there were a few sarcastic laughter, and the corners of Li Xuanzhen's lips twitched: "The Holy One doesn't have to worry about me, and there is no need to involve other people in the matter between you and me."
He can call troops and horses to attack the Taiji Palace, but the time is not ripe, he has not yet the strength to compete with Li De, and rushing the palace will only bring more innocent people.
He didn't want to wait.
Li Demei's heart skipped a beat: "What did you do?"
Li Xuanzhen sneered: "I did what I should have done a long time ago."
As soon as the words fell, the eunuch screamed in horror and trembling from outside the curtain: "Your Majesty! Prince Han is here!"
Li De was stunned, and saw that the bead curtain shook violently, and a figure staggered into the hall, fell to the ground, trembling all over, and burst into tears.
A strong bloody smell came to me.
Li De bowed his head, the prince of the prince of Han was his nephew, and the prince's father followed him to fight in the north and south, and he was canonized as the king of Han due to his merits.
Prince Han knelt down at his feet, his hair was disheveled, he was shaking like a sieve, he cried with snot and tears, his clothes were messy, emitting a stench, and blood was dripping down the hem of his robe sleeves. , a long bloodstain on the brick floor.
Li De looked at Li Xuanzhen: "What did you do?"
Without waiting for Li Xuanzhen to speak, Prince Han first wowed and cried even louder, touching his head to the ground, his forehead banging bang bang bang bang.
"Your Majesty! The prince is crazy! The prince killed me, Aye! Killed my third uncle, killed my fourth uncle... Six people, six big living people! All died under the prince's sword! All the guests in the mansion saw it with their own eyes! The prince must be crazy! He killed his relatives and even his own uncle!"
"Your Majesty! I, Aye, go to war with His Majesty. I am loyal and devoted to the society. I have reached the age of rejuvenation, and I don't want to die under the sword of the Crown Prince. What a shame!"
"The prince is mad and tyrannical, cruel and vicious, killing his uncle, how can such a murderer be a prince?! As a son of a human, he must not sit back and watch his father's innocent death and swallow his anger. If your majesty does not give his nephew and other Li clan members Explain that even if my nephew is desperate for his life, he will seek justice for his father!"
There was silence in the hall, no one made a sound, only the cry of Prince Han's son echoed in every corner of the inner hall.
In his intermittent narration, everyone understood the whole story.
Today, there is a big banquet in Prince Han's house. All the people present are the relatives of Li's clan. When the wine is hot, Li Xuanzhen suddenly shows up. Everyone is surprised and happy. Just as they are about to ask him about the frontline battle, he suddenly draws his sword and kills Han with one sword. king.
Suddenly chickens and dogs jumped, and people turned around.
The palace guards immediately drew their swords to meet them, but they were not Li Xuanzhen's opponents. He killed six people from the Li clan with his own sword, from the hall to the inner courtyard. He was covered in blood and his eyes were red, as if he had climbed out of the ground. the devil.
Now the palace was full of cries, and the prince's mother cried three times.
Li De's old face twitched a few times, looking at Li Xuanzhen, trembling all over, silent for a long time, suddenly groaned and leaned back.
"His Majesty!"
"saint!"
The eunuchs swarmed up and supported Li De.
Li De pushed the eunuch away, vomited a mouthful of blood, and pointed his finger at Li Xuanzhen: "Nie Zha! Nie Zhan!"
He killed his relatives in public, and the matter must have spread throughout Chang'an. How will it end
Li Xuanzhen's long and narrow phoenix eyes were slightly raised, and she glanced at the weeping Prince Han, and a fierce anger flashed through her eyes.
The Crown Prince of Han witnessed the killing of six relatives, and was scared by Li Xuanzhen long ago. Seeing that he was so vicious in front of Li De, he felt horrified, turned around and crawled out: "The prince is going to kill and silence!"
Li Xuanzhen ignored him, taking advantage of everyone's attention on Prince Han's body, his body suddenly burst into flames, jumped to the imperial case, and with a clang, drew out the sword on the side of the imperial case, and pointed the tip of the sword directly at Li De.
Everyone was shocked and rushed forward to stop them.
Li Xuanzhen swiped away the eunuch who rushed up with one palm, and the tip of the sword pierced Li De's right shoulder inch by inch.
Li De did not dodge.
Everyone's legs trembled: they could shoot Li Zhongqian without hesitation, but now the person who is assassinating is the prince, and Li De doesn't speak. Who would dare to kill Li Xuanzhen
Li Xuanzhen clasped Li De's shoulder and continued to use force in his hand: "Father, do you know why I want to kill the Li clan?"
Li De was furious, and struck out with a palm.
Li Xuanzhen let go of the sword, and continued to lunge forward as if he didn't want to die.
Li De was shocked, afraid of hurting his son, he gritted his teeth and retracted his palms, flipped his wrists, and slapped Li Xuanzhen with the back of his hands instead. Li Xuanzhen fell in front of the imperial case.
The eunuch shivered and stepped forward to treat Li De's wound. Li De pushed the eunuch away and pulled out the sword on his shoulder.
The bead curtain shook, and Jin Wuwei rushed over.
Li De sternly said, "Everyone step back!"
Jin Wuwei glanced at each other and retreated outside the screen with a wry smile.
Li De threw the sword, "Why did you kill your uncle?"
Li Xuanzhen looked at him and sneered: "That year the rebel army invaded Wei County... Everyone else escaped, but my mother and I were trapped in the city. Do you think this is a coincidence?"
Li De's pupils snapped.
Li Xuanzhen got up and continued: "The rebels were deliberately put into the city by them, just because they wanted to kill me and A-Niang. At that time, did you already start discussing marriage with other noble families?"
Li De's face was condensed.
Li Xuanzhen looked at her father coldly: "You are a general, everyone says that you will become a hegemon in the future, A-niang is not worthy of you, they want a mistress who can help the Li family, At that time, King Han led troops to guard Wei County, and he knew that my mother and I were trapped, so he decided not to save him, so he delayed and did not send rescue troops..."
He closed his eyes.
"The door was locked from the outside that night, and they set a fire to burn our mother and son to death. My mother and I escaped, and there were soldiers everywhere. I was so scared that I cried a lot. My mother comforted me and said, Ye is a great hero, as long as we find Aye, no one dares to bully us."
He opened his eyes, and the phoenix eyes were desolate.
"Li De, there is chaos everywhere. My mother is just a helpless woman with a child. Do you know what happened to her?"
Li De's eyes widened suddenly, his hands trembling.
Li Xuanzhen was expressionless.
Li De took a step forward and tightly grasped Li Xuanzhen's collar, his old face twisted grimly, and he no longer had the usual composure.
"You're crazy to slander your mother so much!"
Li Xuanzhen looked back at him: "You will never know how much my mother and I suffered."
Li De's face was pale, almost like a ghost, his teeth rattled, he let go and staggered back.
Li Xuanzhen looked at him straightly: "A-Niang has been through so much, she thought it would be fine as long as she finds you, and later, we found you... You are marrying the daughter of the Xie family, you greet Xie in front of my A-Niang. The family daughter said that they will never give up."
It was the oath he personally made on the night Li De and Tang Ying got married.
Li De did not stabilize his body, fell down in front of the imperial case with a bang, overturned the censer, and his face was distorted: "Why didn't she tell me? Why?!"
"Tell you?" Li Xuanzhen's eyes were cold, "I told you when you married a woman, and then was abandoned by you?"
Tang Ying didn't trust Li De anymore, she stayed by his side just because she recognized the reality.
Therefore, when she quarreled with the Li clan and the maid of the Xie family, and heard the Li clan insinuate that she was not worthy of being a wife, she was shocked and angry, suspecting that the Xie family knew what happened to her during her escape.
Li Xuanzhen said word by word: "Auntie is just an ordinary woman with little knowledge. She was so scared that she had a miscarriage with fetal gas, and the child lost her breath as soon as she was born."
Li De's face was pale, his lips trembled, and he couldn't say a word.
Yingniang has a miscarriage
"At that time, A-Niang had already made a plan to let people bury the child. Later, the nurse told me that if everyone knew that A-Niang had a miscarriage, they would only think that she was sad and depressed before committing suicide. In that case, how could you live forever? Can't forget her? That's why she asked the nurse to hide it for her, and set fire to the yard on the day you returned home. Only in this way can you be unforgettable and feel guilty for the rest of your life."
She died, preserving her reputation and winning the throne for Li Xuanzhen.
Li De will never forget her.
Li Xuanzhen picked up the sword on the ground: "A-Niang got what she wanted... But A-Niang never asked me, do I want to be a prince?"
In the turbulent world, he had nothing else to ask for, but just wanted to live well with his mother. He advised Tang Ying not to fight with the Xie family. day.
He was ecstatic when he found out that his mother was pregnant again.
He is the elder brother, he will take good care of his younger siblings, support them, and let them grow up carefree.
My sister died when she was born, and she didn't have time to grow up.
A-Niang also died. When she died, she was crazy and wanted him to avenge her.
Li Xuanzhen knelt in front of her mother and made an oath with tears in her eyes.
He hates Li De, hates this troubled world, hates everyone, and he wants everyone to be buried with his mother.
Guilt towards his mother drives him irrational and makes him capricious.
Knowing that Li Yaoying was innocent, he softened his heart again and again, and hardened his heart again and again because he thought of his mother.
"I have already checked it out. The person who ordered the servant to lock the hospital door that night has already died under my sword. When you married the daughter of the Xie family, it was not the Xie family who prevented me and A-Niang from attending the ceremony, but the Li clan. ."
"I killed everyone."
"I can't fulfill all of my mother's last wishes. I'm sorry for my mother. When I am under Jiuquan, I will apologize to my mother."
Li Xuanzhen turned around, walked towards the imperial case, and slashed with a sword.
"Prince stop!"
A sound of breaking through the air roared, and the feather arrow pierced the air and pinned it to Li Xuanzhen's shoulder.
Li Xuanzhen didn't even shake it, and slashed at Li De with the long sword in his hand.
Jin Wuwei's eyes were about to split, he flew forward, blocked the powerful blow, and rolled a few times with Li De in his arms.
Others continued to shoot arrows.
With a numb expression on Li Xuanzhen's face, she raised her sword again.
He has nightmares every night, people are not like people, and ghosts are not like ghosts. Only in those days in Chibi, he has a short period of peace, and he is no longer haunted by nightmares.
A Yue, who brought him a moment of peace, was sent to a dead end by his own hands.
He took it upon himself.
A faint smile appeared on Li Xuanzhen's face.
The arrows were like cobwebs, covering him.
With a smile on his lips, he fell down.
"Do not!"
Li De pushed Jin Wuwei away, got up, and said, "Stop everything for me!"
Jin Wuwei quickly put away the bow and arrow.
Li De stepped over the scattered arrows, rushed to Li Xuanzhen, and helped him up.
Li Xuanzhen was covered in blood, struggling to pick up an arrow and stab Li De.
Li De pushed his hand away: "Zhangnu, you are crazy!"
Does he have to force himself to order Jin Wuwei to kill him? He is the prince, the emperor in the future, the whole world is left to him by himself, why does he disdain it
Li Xuanzhen grinned, her teeth were stained red with blood: "Li De, either you die or I die..."
Only in this way can he be freed.
He wanted to be A-Niang's immortal slave, and he didn't want to use A-Niang's life for the throne!
Li De's eyes were splitting.
…
Half an hour later, there was news from the Taiji Palace that the Crown Prince Li Xuanzhen went mad after drinking and killed King Han and others by mistake. Li De was furious and ordered him to be imprisoned in the dungeon.
The world was shocked.
Li's clansmen were very dissatisfied. Several princesses dressed in linen and filial piety, knelt in front of the palace gate and wept bitterly. A few days later, the Dali Temple found out that the King of Han was implicated in dozens of crimes, such as taking human life, plundering good people, accepting bribes, and occupying good fields.
Li De beheaded a group of noble relatives, and he did not accept it when he saw it. Instead, he continued to investigate the clan thoroughly. Everyone was in danger for a while. He took the opportunity to exile several princes, and he was cruel and merciless. .
During this period, Li De kept sending people to persuade Li Xuanzhen, but Li Xuanzhen never said a word.
Two days later, the Crown Princess Zheng Biyu entered the palace and met her husband in the dungeon.
"Dalang..." She handed out a wax-sealed parchment, "It was sent back from Illinois."
Li Xuanzhen did not move.
Zheng Biyu said softly, "Princess Wenzhao is still alive."
Li Xuanzhen froze and opened his eyes suddenly.
"What did you say?"
he hissed.
Zheng Biyu said, "You sent someone to send Zhu Luyun to Yizhou, and those people inadvertently heard the news that Princess Wenzhao was still alive, and she was kidnapped by Haidu Aling."
Zhu Luyun disappeared for no reason, Li Xuanzhen ignored him, and Zheng Biyu was at a loss for answers until Du Sinan sent this sheepskin scroll.
It turned out that the person was sent away by Li Xuanzhen, and Zhu Luyun wanted to reunite with her aunt, so he fulfilled her, and by the way sent his own soldiers to lurk beside her to find out what Beirong had placed in the eyes and ears of Wei. Before, he pretended not to know where Zhu Luyun was, just to confuse the Beirong people.
This man arranged everyone.
He was ready to die.
Zheng Biyu looked into Li Xuanzhen's eyes and said in a whispered voice, "Dalang, you can't kill Sheng Shang now... You still have concerns in your heart, Princess Wen Zhao is your knot, she is still alive, you can go find her, You sent her away in the first place, and now it's up to you to bring her back."
"This is what you owe her."
Li Xuanzhen lowered her head, tightly gripped the parchment roll, and the veins on the back of her hands burst out.