On the third day after the Baoningfang incident, the incident began to ferment among the people, and the city of Chang'an was full of controversy. Various versions and rumors were flying everywhere. The even more absurd rumors said that Baoningfang was actually the entrance to the underworld. The King of Hell arrested the Regent's Crown Prince, and the guards rushed to rescue the enemy. A war broke out between the Yin soldiers and the guards.

The news was already everywhere, leaving only the last blocked area of ​​the inner palace of the Regent Li Chengqi.

At the third update, Li Chengqi was awakened by a nightmare. He was sweating profusely, his chest was so tight that he couldn't stop him, and his heart was filled with pain.

"What's wrong with the prince?" The two young eunuchs hurriedly stepped forward and said.

"Help me... get up!"

Two young eunuchs struggled to help Li Chengqi up. Li Chengqi felt a black look in front of him and his chest was cramped. He knew that the angina pectoris he was most afraid of began to attack again.

"Your Majesty, go and ask the imperial physician!"

Li Chengqi nodded, and a little eunuch ran away.

"Help me go!"

The little eunuch held Li Chengqi and walked slowly along the palace. Walking around could relieve his angina.

In fact, it is no wonder that Li Chengqi is only about 1.7 meters tall, but his weight is nearly 300 kilograms and over fifty years old. In addition, he has good food and good women, which has caused him to suffer from severe hypertension, hyperlipidemia and heart disease. Since the beginning of this year, his blood pressure has increased sharply, causing heart disease and cerebral thrombosis. Now he has suffered a fracture again. If he were an ordinary person, he would have died long ago. He now relies on the imperial doctor to support him with various precious medicinal materials.

When I walked to the east, I faintly heard someone talking behind the curtain.

"Maybe the only prince in the entire capital is unknown..."

The little eunuch who supported Li Chengqi was shocked and was about to cough and remind him, but Li Chengqi glared at him so much that he didn't dare to say anything.

Li Chengqi took two steps closer and pricked up his ears to listen.

The two little palace maids on duty were talking. They hid behind the curtain and rested, but did not dare to fall asleep, so they chatted one by one.

"You tell me how the prince died? I heard today that it was the King of Hell who captured him."

"Nonsense! He was obviously killed, what does it have to do with the King of Hell?"

Li Chengqi's whole body began to tremble, and the little eunuch could no longer help it and shouted, "Shut up!"

Two little palace maids came out of the curtain and saw that the prince was standing in front of them, so they were so scared that they knelt down quickly.

"What's going on? What's going on?"

Li Chengqi grabbed the palace maid's hair and roared angrily: "Tell me quickly! What's wrong with the prince?"

The palace maid was so scared that she trembled all over and didn't dare to say a word. Li Chengqi was so fierce that he pulled out a dagger and killed the palace maid with one knife. He grabbed another palace maid's hair and pressed the bloody dagger on her neck.

"I'll ask you another question, will you say it?"

"I said!"

The palace maid was so scared that she cried bitterly: "It is rumored that the prince died, and His Highness Cui was also killed, and he was killed!"

Li Chengqi couldn't breathe, and his chest began to feel severely cramped. He endured the severe pain and stared at the little eunuch next to him and asked, "Is it...really?"

The little eunuch was also frightened by Li Chengqi's twisted face and nodded in panic.

His heir is dead!

Li Chengqi could no longer bear the colic in his heart. He screamed, spurted blood out, and fell on his back.

"Prince! Prince!" the little eunuch and palace maid shouted in horror.

At this time, the imperial doctor also came. He pinched Li Chengqi's pulse. There was no pulse or pulse.

He was so scared that he was trembling and reached out to Li Chengqi's nose with his hands trembling. His nostrils were no longer breathless.

"ah--"

The imperial doctor was stunned for a moment.

............

At the fourth update, there were crying in Xingqing Palace.

Several eunuchs rode out from the Xingqing Palace, ran along the city walls, and rushed towards the Daming Palace...

Li Longji was awakened by his new favorite concubine Liu Zhaoyi in his sleep, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

"What's wrong?" Li Longji asked in a daze.

"Eunuch Gao said there was an urgent matter to report!"

"Let him come and report!"

After a moment, Gao Lishi quickly walked to the tent and lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, is there an emergency incident in Xingqing Palace?"

“What emergency?”

"It seems that the Regent has passed away."

"ah!"

Li Longji was completely sleepy and sat up all of a sudden, "Is the news accurate?"

"It was the two eunuchs who were placed in Xingqing Palace whom His Majesty came to report."

Li Longji was simply ecstatic. This was a great thing that he could never dream of!

He put on his clothes and asked, "When is it now?"

"The fourth update has passed, and the fifth update has not arrived yet!"

Li Longji walked out of the outer hall and a palace maid served a cup of hot tea. He drank a sip of tea and suppressed the excitement in his heart.

"What the hell is going? Why did the Regent go there suddenly?"

"Your Majesty, it's God's will. The weather has become colder these days, and the regent's condition has worsened. He happened to know about Li Wen. He was so angry that he died suddenly on the spot. It was very sudden and very fast. The imperial doctor didn't even have the chance to rescue him."

Li Longji nodded and asked, "Is there a vote on appointing Pei Yaoqing as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel?"

"It has been drafted and voted tomorrow morning. Your Majesty, should you talk to Li Xun again?"

"No, vote!"

After pausing, Li Longji said again: "The investigation report of the Baoningfang incident will be taken out tomorrow morning, and I will issue an order tomorrow morning!"

Gao Lishi understood that the emperor had to make a gesture. The more he wanted to seize the power of the regent, the better the attitude he had to do, and the appearance should not be too ugly.

"Your Majesty, do you want to have three days off?"

"If the regent will not be able to practice the court tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow will be closed for three days. In addition, if the regent's death is confirmed, the Jingyang bell must be ringed in time!"

Jingyang Bell is the news of the death of the emperor or the emperor. Sometimes, in order to conceal the emperor's death, he delays notify the world and rings the Jingyang Bell, and the news of the regent's death cannot be hidden.

"I obey the order!"

Gao Lishi retreated, and Li Longji was really excited. He paced back and forth in the room, quickly thinking about how to completely seize the power of the Regent and even abolish the Regent.

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At the fifth o'clock in the morning, the Jingyang bell above Hanyuan Hall rang, and the low and long bell sounded over Chang'an.

Five years ago, when the Supreme Emperor passed away, the Jingyang Bell also rang, and now it sounded again, covering the entire Chang'an with a sense of uneasiness.

Li Xiu also woke up in a deep sleep. Last night was the night of his and Xiaomei’s bridal chamber. The two of them were in lingering and did not go to bed until the third hour.

"Husband, what's wrong?" Xiaomei was also awakened by Li Xiu.

"Listen, what kind of bell is it?"

Xiaomei listened carefully, and for a moment, she said in shock: "It's Jingyang Bell!"

"What is Jingyang Bell?"

"My husband doesn't even know Jingyang Zhong? This is the death of the emperor or the regent."

"ah!"

Li Xiu immediately realized that something must have happened to the Regent.

"It's not dawn yet, you can continue to sleep, I'll go and have a look."

"Hey! Where can I sleep?"

Xiaomei sat up, Li Xiu was in a state of pride. Seeing that she was so beautiful, she couldn't bear it, so she dragged her into the quilt.

"Bad guy! Come and bully me again..."

The two of them had a good time again, and Xiaomei jumped out of bed, put on a dress, served Li Xiu, put on a shirt, trousers, and combed his hair. This was actually what she had been doing, but now she has changed her identity and has been promoted from a personal maid to a concubine.

Logically, after her identity has changed, Xiaomei should have her own maid, and other maids will serve Li Xiu's daily life. Xiaomei should also enjoy the treatment of her little wife, but she is not used to it, and she still serves Li Xiu's daily life as before.

While combing Li Xiu's hair, Xiaomei said, "Husband, I may have to enter the palace today. The Empress asked me to enter the palace on the first day of my wedding."

"Did you say anything?"

"Not said!"

Li Xiu smiled and said, "If you want me to accompany you, just treat it as going back to the door!"

Of course, Xiaomei hoped that Li Xiu would accompany her to the palace, but she knew that her husband had something big to do today and she had to distinguish the priorities.

"No need, Yu Pei also wants to enter the palace with me. I guess I am confirming the inner official."
To be continued...