Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Two Princesses Compete for Favor

Li Duozuo came to the Xuanwu Gate first, looking at Empress Wei and others who were looking down from a high place, his only goal was to rush up and hack Shangguan Wan'er to death.Although Li Duozuo had a large number of people, because the steps of the city tower were too narrow, no amount of people would be of much use.Li Chongjun was dumbfounded. Seeing that Li Xian was also on top, he stood still and waited for an answer.The situation of the others was not optimistic either. When they were hiding on the tower of Xuanwu Gate, Yang Zaisi, Su Gui, Li Qiao, Shangshu Zong Chuke of the Ministry of War, General Ji Chuna of Zuowei and others had already surrounded more than 2,000 soldiers. In front of the Tai Chi Hall, the door was closed.

Don't expect to have reinforcements, you have to rely on these hundreds of people to save your life! The task of the 2,000 people in the Tai Chi Hall is more difficult than the one hundred guards of the Xuanwu Gate, because at this moment, Cheng Wang Li Qianli and Tianshui King Li Xi are storming the Youyanming Gate, and the targets are the lackeys Zong Chuke and Ji Chuna.Li Xian felt that he was in danger, so he leaned on the railing on the city and looked down.History will remember one eunuch, and one eunuch stood up, and he was the palace order Yang Sixuan.This person is extremely brave and has a ferocious expression. It is said that most people dare not face him. Everyone in the world is afraid of Yang Sixu, including Li Xian.There is only one person, but Yang Sixuan is afraid because his depth is unfathomable.

Yang Sixu took the initiative to invite Ying, and killed one person, single out a group of people.His opponent is Li Duozuo's son-in-law, Habayashi Zhonglang General Ye Huli.This person is not a simple person, Ye Huli swung it twice with great momentum, full of strength, but within two strokes, he was beheaded to death by Yang Sixuan under the Xuanwu sect - he couldn't compare with Yang Sixua.The opponent was so tough, Li Duozuo's troops were immediately discouraged.Seeing Yang Sixu's victory, Li Xian looked down and shouted in a tone of beckoning: "You are all my old guards, why did you conspire with Li Duozuo? If you kill the rebels, wealth will come!"

Under Li Xian's instigation, a dramatic scene happened downstairs.After hearing Li Xian's yelling, the crowd swung their spears and chopped at Li Duozuo, Li Chengkuang, Dugu Yizhi, and Sha Zha Zhongyi.After a while, these people became meatloaf. The situation on Li Qianli's side was even worse, because he was always unable to defeat the Youyanming Gate, and when Li Xian survived smoothly, and then when the Qianqi army turned against each other, things changed completely.Li Qianli was besieged and died tragically under the knife.Only Li Chongjun, because he is the crown prince and the future emperor, many people followed him and rushed all the way to Zhongnan Mountain, fleeing for their lives!

But while running, everyone asked from their hearts, is Li Chongjun still the prince? Certainly not!In a moment of confusion, everyone killed Li Chongjun, snatched his head, and ran to the palace with his head.Seeing his son's head coming, Li Xian came out of it sadly, looked up to the sky and sighed.On the second day, Li Xian ordered that Li Chongjun's head be placed in front of Wu Sansi and Wu Chongxun's spirit for three days of sacrifice, and the owl's head was placed on the court (really useless).Cheng Wang, Li Qianli, changed his surname to the Viper family, and all his colleagues were killed.Yang Sixu was worshiped as Doctor Yinqing Guanglu, Wu Sansi was posthumously presented as Taiwei and King Liang Xuan, Wu Chongxun was posthumously presented as Kaifu Yitong Sansi and Lu Zhongwang!

However, An Le cried because her husband died. However, it's okay for her husband to die, the big deal is to have another one, but she insists on making Li Xian build a mausoleum for Wu Chongxun.An Le's husband's tomb is emperor-level, and there are good reasons for that. She believes that her sister, Princess Yongtai Li Xianhui, has a tomb.That's right, Li Xianhui's beloved daughter Li Xianhui died of dystocia, and he built a mausoleum for her.Since my elder sister can use the Imperial Tomb, and I am your daughter too, why can't your daughter's husband? Li Xiangang agreed, and the censors began to post spitting posts, and the court was full of excitement.Li Xian had no choice but to accept Lu Can's advice.An Le was angry. In order to comfort his precious daughter, Li Xian demoted Lu Can to be the governor of Chenzhou (Zhoukou, Henan).

When Wei Xiyu of Xiangyi (Fangcheng, Henan) heard about this, he sighed and said, "Who is the only one who ridicules the Wang family!" Explanation: The Wang family refers to Wang Feng, a powerful minister in the late Western Han Dynasty, who belonged to his relatives and was domineering; Therefore, the imperial court accused Mei Fu, saying: "On the one hand, a small official in the frontier, dare to talk about the government!" So a play was made to kill Mei Fu.After hearing the news, Mei Fu quit without waiting for the court to take any action. Therefore, Xiyu, the captain of Xiaoxiao County in Xiangyi, sighed, "Mei Fu can write to the court to accuse Wang Feng of his evil deeds. Why can he alone, but not me?"

He ran to the imperial court and wrote a letter to ask for the establishment of a crown prince, but if An Le was not established—he was desperate.This matter has become a major event discussed in the streets and alleys. Moreover, this event also led to a prominent figure in Wu Zhou—Princess Taiping. The relationship between Princess Taiping and Princess Anle is very delicate. They are both princesses and both have been favored. It is inevitable that there will be a situation-competition for favor.That is inevitable, and dissatisfaction is also inevitable. The two have begun to compete, but the way to compete is to build a mansion, which is more luxurious.Tai Ping is very seasoned. On the one hand, he competes with An Le, but on the other hand, he accepts heroes.When she learned of Xi Yu's letter, she ran to Xi Yu herself and said that she must recommend him as an admonisher for the court.

She added: From now on, you will be working in the capital, and I will cover you. Xi Yu thanked Taiping, bid farewell and left without showing his face again.Refusing to let Taiping lose face. If Taiping is planning for his own future, Anle is preparing to make Taiping, a sinister opponent, disappear from this world.When an arrogant cat clamors to kill a tiger, the cat's death is not far away.However, there has always been flattery, and Prime Minister Zong Chuke also came, and to flatter An Le, naturally also flattered Empress Wei. Zong Chuke, who was supposed to die tragically under the sword, escaped, and led all the officials to the court, asking Empress Jiawei to be titled "Queen of Shuntian Yisheng", and by the way, give Li Xian the title of "Yingtian Shenlong" emperor".At the same time, in order to get rid of evil spirits, the Xuanwu Gate, which often went wrong, was no longer called Xuanwu Gate, but was changed to "Shenwu Gate".

The Shenwumen incident was planned by Li Chongjun, but Princess Anle and Zong Chuke and other people who wanted to kill people didn't think so.They pointed out that, in fact, the culprit has been hiding in the deep courtyard all the time. He is sinister and vicious. He has never shown up, but he can completely control all the situations.Li Xian said with a paralyzed face, "Impossible, my mother is already dead." An Le chuckled, and she said that her grandmother was naturally dead, so it was impossible for her to participate in the coup, but Fourth Uncle's recent behavior was strange, and an in-depth investigation was needed.

Li Xian asked: "Really?" Zong Chuke said: "Think about it, Your Majesty, who besieged you on the Shenwu Gate?" "Chongjun..." "Your Majesty is wise, the former prince was benevolent and weak, he rebelled, and he has a big man to back him up!" "You mean..." An Le said calmly: "Yes!" Li Xian was so fooled that he couldn't calm down, so he asked Xiao Zhizhong, the servant of the Ministry of officials and Zhongcheng Yushi, to investigate. Xiao Zhizhong, a very complicated person, flatters Wu Sansi, but enjoys the reputation of being upright and honest. Song Jing once asked him: "Brother Zhizhong is so good, but don't you feel ashamed to do things for Wugou?" Xiao Zhizhong blushed and bowed to Song Jing, and rode away shyly.The emperor wanted to interrogate his younger brother and not offend the "five dogs". At the same time, Xiao Zhizhong, who was upright by nature, accepted the order but did not leave. Frame them! In the past, King Xiang was the heir of the emperor, but he insisted on asking Emperor Zetian to give up the world to His Majesty, but Emperor Zetian refused. King Xiang went on a hunger strike for several days. If you have doubts about the Prime Minister, who will His Majesty not chill?" Li Xian suddenly showed a sad expression and waved his hand.After sending Xiao Zhizhong away, he hid alone and felt sad for a long time.It can be seen that Li Xian is a person worthy of association and a kind-hearted person.But to be an emperor, kindness is the most important thing, and a person with too good a heart is not suitable to be an emperor. The conspiracy of An Le, Zong Chuke, and Empress Wei to persecute Li Dan and Taiping did not end because of Li Xian's silence, but caused a thousand waves with one stone.Someone wrote a letter to impeach them, which did not anger Anle, but angered Zong Chuke, who was the most worthless.Teacher Zong cast his angry eyes on Wei Yuanzhong, who had written to impeach their party.He was furious, "Wei Yuanzhong, didn't you abandon the light and turn to the dark? Are you an undercover agent?!" The answer lies in Li Chongjun. Li Chongjun raised his troops and led them to Yong'an Gate. He happened to meet Wei Sheng (the son of Wei Yuanzhong), a servant and young minister. Wei Sheng was coerced and went to Xuanwu Gate.Like the others who stood under the Xuanwu Gate to challenge Empress Wei and Shangguan Wan'er, Wei Sheng was chopped into meat.As the father of the deceased, Wei Yuanzhong was very resentful, but he was not angry because of his son's death.Wei Yuanzhong has always been thinking that his son should die well and deserve something in return.However, not all culprits have been eradicated.The culprit was half dead, and the prince was also dead, which gave An Le and Empress Wei room to play. So, afterward, he threatened, "The culprit is dead, so what's the matter if he is smashed to pieces! It's a pity that the crown prince is dead!" Zong Chuke couldn't wait more, after hearing this, he immediately joined a group of people from Taifu to run to Li Xian to sue Wei Yuanzhong. Li Xian made a fair verdict: Considering Wei Sheng's death, Wei Yuanzhong's grief and indignation are hard to extinguish, and he is a meritorious minister, so he will not question the crime.Zong Chuke suddenly felt upset, and urged countless people to write a letter collectively, but Li Xian didn't even press it.Wei Yuanzhong, who has been in the officialdom for so many years, is also an old Jianghu, and he asked to be relieved of the official title and become an official. Li Xian agreed. Teacher Zong was very dissatisfied with this result. He seemed to have formed a deep hatred with Wei Yuanzhong, and he would not let it go until he was killed.Someone made a complaint to become a censor Zhongcheng, sued Wei Yuanzhong for colluding with villains, and cited the example of Hou Junji in Taizong's era.Although Li Xian didn't work very hard, he still knew about the Zhenguan period. After being instigated by others, he sent Wei Yuanzhong into Dali Temple and demoted him to Quzhou Sima! The rebuttal memorial quickly flew in, and it was reported to Ran Zuyong (a member of Zong Chuke): Wei Yuanzhong committed a crime of treason and injustice, and he was only demoted to Quzhou. How can he comfort the people of the world? Yang Zaisi expressed strong support. Ran Zuyong stood aside, Li Xian didn't look at him, but glanced at Yang Zaisi.Li Xian was controlling his anger, controlling, controlling, and controlling again, and said slowly: "Yuan Zhong has been out for so long, you still miss him. I made a lot of determination before making such a judgment, and my fate is over." Next, you have repeatedly asked me to change it, what do you want to do?" Li Xian's words made Zong Chuke analyze a truth: the emperor is not angry because he thinks Wei Yuanzhong is innocent, but someone always asks him to change his life, which makes him very unhappy.Do you understand, it's not that there's anything wrong with this matter, but that you keep making me change my life, so where will I put my face! Zong Chuke suddenly became very happy. A few days later, Yuan Shouyi, the supervisory censor, made full use of Li Xian's fatal weakness. He and Zong Chuke expressed some views on the government and impeached Wei Yuanzhong again. : "Li Chongjun is the son of His Majesty, and he was still executed according to law; Wei Yuanzhong is neither a honor nor a relative, so why can he pass the severe punishment alone?" It means that His Majesty cares about tolerance and good words, but he doesn't think about it. His son has been dealt with according to the law. Wouldn't it be dishonoring the court's law to keep a Wei Yuanzhong who was neither relative nor old?Li Xian finally understood what these people were arguing about. It turned out that he was confused, his own son was beheaded according to law, why did he spare Wei Yuanzhong? Yes, Li Xian thought, I must have done something wrong, and if I know my mistakes, I can correct them. A few days later, Wei Yuanzhong was demoted to county lieutenant in Wuchuan (Gelao and Miao Autonomous County in Wuchuan, Northeast Guizhou) in a circular.