The towering palaces covered countless darkness. The vast wheels of history crushed the blood-stained bluestone street over and over again. Before dawn, a group of soldiers wearing helmets and armored looked grim, holding spears in their hands and rushed towards the palace. The people on the street were infected by the solemn atmosphere and instantly closed the store door. After a while, there was no one on the street.

Qin Wang Mansion.

"Your Highness, it's this time, why are you still hesitating!" The man with a stubble face and dark skin slapped the table: "Li Jiancheng was too bullying. It was him before. He complained in front of His Majesty. Old House and Old Du were driven out of the Tiance Mansion. Old Du even broke his fingers. Now, their swords are all put on our necks, and you are still hesitating."

"Jingde, sit down, don't be excited." A scholar pulled Yuchi Gong's sleeve and signaled that he was quiet.

"Brother Mingde!" Yuchi Gong sighed fiercely and calmed down.

"Mingde, you also feel lonely..." Li Shimin looked at Xuan Mingde.

"Your Highness, since ancient times, the success and the kings have been defeated. Whether the world is in chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, whether the Wagang Village declined, thirty-six ways of rebelling against the kings, and seventy-two dusts, Your Highness is willing to give the world he has defeated and give way to the prince Jiancheng, who slaughtered his brothers?" Xuan Mingde hit the nail on the head.

After hearing Xuan Mingde's words, Li Shimin held his forehead and said in pain: "Of course I don't want me. I also have lofty ambitions. I also want the Tang Dynasty to prosper and spread martial arts to the world, but..."

"But Prince Jiancheng will not let His Highness realize his ideal, because his existence is the greatest threat to him. His Highness's civil and military skills are far superior to Prince Jiancheng. In the world, those with virtue live in it." Changsun Wuji said lightly: "Mingde is right. Prince Jiancheng is narrow-minded in treating His Highness. This time, the arrangement of Chang'an City is all aimed at Your Highness one by one. I am afraid that the morning court will be necessary to attack Your Highness."

"Brother, he..." Li Shimin's expression was complicated.

"Your Highness was poisoned at the prince's house before. What is your highness still counting on?" Xuan Mingde said lightly.

"Mingde...you guys..." Li Shimin looked up at everyone present.

"We are willing to follow Your Highness to the death." Everyone stood up and clasped their fists to express their opinions.

The morning sun shines away the darkness of dawn as always. Li Shimin takes Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin and Xuan Mingde on horseback towards Xuanwu Gate. Today's morning court is destined to be no longer ordinary.

Walking on Xuanwu Street, Cheng Yaojin turned his head to look at Xuan Mingde: "Brother Mingde, I heard that my sister-in-law is pregnant, congratulations."

When Xuan Mingde heard Cheng Yaojin's words, he smiled slightly: "Yes, this matter is here, so I took off my armor and returned to the field, guarding my wife and Erxianzhuang. This is also a great blessing in life."

"Brother Mingde is still thinking about Brother Dan's second brother." Qin Qiong beat the horse and came to Xuan Mingde and whispered.

"You and I can be said to be both from Green Forest Road. If there were no Brother Shan, I might have exposed the corpse in the wilderness. Brother Shan would rather join Wang Shichong than join Your Highness with us. I understand that after all, the revenge of killing my brother cannot be relieved so easily, but I still have the ability to take care of the Erxian Village he left behind." Xuan Mingde said.

"Mingde is high and righteous, Qin Qiong admires it." Qin Qiong insisted on Xuan Mingde's words, and couldn't help but sigh that he had received the favor of Shan Xiongxin back then. As Xuan Mingde said, if it were not for Shan Xiongxin, if he had gone from Shandong to Shanxi, his mother would have died of illness long ago.

"Here." Li Shimin took away the reins of the horse and stopped in front of Xuanwu Gate.

"The lower official Wang Shoucheng has met His Highness the King of Qin." The city gate official came to Li Shimin's horse with a horizontal knife on his back: "Your Highness can only enter the palace after unloading his weapons."

"In my hand, I am the Shangfang sword given to my father, and I can bring it into the palace." Li Shimin picked up the sword and shook it around in front of Wang Shoucheng's eyes.

"The weapons of His Highness the King of Qin are also required to be handed over to the officials for safekeeping." Wang Shoucheng settled for the second best.

Li Shimin nodded and signaled Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin to put down their weapons.

"Mr. Wang, in the next civil servant, can the folding fan in his hand be considered a weapon?" Xuan Mingde asked.

"Of course it doesn't count." Wang Shoucheng was too embarrassed for everyone.

After handing over the weapons, Wang Shoucheng then ordered his men to open the city gate and let Li Shimin and the other four go in.

After entering Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin looked around and found that there were no soldiers guarding the city around him. It was quiet. After a while, footsteps sounded around him, and the city walls were covered with archers.

Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and Xuan Mingde surrounded Li Shimin in the center.

"Don't worry, Jingde will arrive in a moment, and the old house and Lao Du will also come with the soldiers of the Right Martial Guard." Xuan Mingde looked grim: "I knew the prince would take action today, but I didn't expect that it would be at this Xuanwu Gate to intercept His Highness so openly in the palace. Don't worry, the three of us fought hard today and wanted to protect His Highness from all over the place."

Li Shimin nodded, holding a sword in one hand and pulling the reins in the other, looking around.

The city gate opened again, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji rode a horse, covered in armor, and looked smiling.

The soldiers surrounding Li Shimin and the other four gave up a path, and Li Jiancheng rushed forward: "Second brother, I didn't expect it."

"Yes." Li Shimin looked at Li Jiancheng coldly: "I didn't expect to fight today. My brother would use such a big battle to deal with me."

"Li Shimin, don't say such words to me in a hypocritical manner." Li Jiancheng looked angry: "The father has appointed me as the crown prince, but one day I will do a stable job. The political affairs are controlled by your Tiance Mansion, and the military power is all your Li Shimin. I am just holding the title of the crown prince! People in the world only know that there is the King of Qin, but I know that there is the crown prince!"

"I have never coveted the throne before, but brother, what you did is too disappointing. You can't give me a chance to perform, so I can only take it myself." At this moment, Li Shimin looked at Li Jiancheng with firm eyes.

"Do you think you can still get out today?" Li Yuanji approached and looked at the four of them with a contempt.

Xuan Mingde looked at Li Yuanji with a smile: "Your Highness King Qi is so confident that he will kill us here today?"

"What do you think so many people deal with you four?" Li Yuanji said.

"Third brother, don't talk nonsense to him, he is delaying time." Li Jiancheng drew his sword and pointed at Li Shimin from afar.

"It is worthy of being His Royal Highness, otherwise how could it be His Royal Highness, not His Royal Highness? Right, His Royal Highness." Xuan Mingde said: "The prince ambushed His Royal Highness the King of Qin at Xuanwu Gate. After His Majesty knows, the matter will not be revealed like this. A title of slaughtering brothers is over the head of His Royal Highness. Can the Prince... be able to inherit the throne in the future? Once His Royal Highness is deposed, isn't the rest the remaining one? His Royal Highness, you are good at making plans and endurance."

After hearing Xuan Mingde's words, Li Jiancheng thought for a moment and glanced at Li Yuanji. Li Yuanji quickly explained: "Brother, don't fall into his plan to alienate him. You and I are involved in today's affairs. If you stop at this time, you will be doomed!"

Li Jiancheng came back to his senses and sneered: "I have heard that the Tiance Mansion has a great virtue and talented national talents. Now, I will give you a chance. If you turn against me, I will definitely protect you forever. High officials and generous salaries will not be missing."

Xuan Mingde held the folding fan and bowed to Li Jiancheng: "I thank the prince's love, and I am a gangster in the rivers and lakes, and I am very proud of my high-ranking officials. I am afraid I will be punished by the prince's kindness."

"Hmph, I don't know how to lift up." Li Jiancheng snorted coldly: "Since that's the case, there's nothing to say, come on for me!" Li Jiancheng waved his hand, and all the soldiers behind him went towards Li Shimin.

Although Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong were brave enough to be unworthy of thousands of men, they had no weapons and surrounded Li Shimin and struggled to resist waves of attacks.

Xuan Mingde shook off the folding fan, and a stream of white smoke and dust radiated out. The soldiers around him fell down instantly, protecting Li Shimin for a moment. He put away the folding fan and rushed into the crowd. He danced with a folding fan and knocked down all the soldiers around Li Shimin to the ground.

Li Jiancheng, who was sitting on the horse's back, looked at Xuan Mingde and said to Li Yuanji: "I didn't expect that Xuan Mingde could still be good at martial arts. This is a miscalculation. Alas, why are many capable people gathered in Tiance Mansion? What's the point of being good about him? "

"No matter how good it is, I will still be here today. The soldiers I have arranged here today are all elites of the Prince Sixth Rank. All I want is to hit a single blow. As long as Li Shimin dies, you will never have any worries anymore."

Xuan Mingde was still protecting Li Shimin and fighting with soldiers. The poison hidden in the folding fan had been used up, and he was a little anxious: Why didn't Yuchi Gong come yet?

The previous conversation with Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji was to delay time. One was to hope that this matter could reach the emperor's ears, and the other was to buy time for Yuchi Gong, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui and others to mobilize troops to rescue the siege.

At this time, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin were also injured, both of them, and Xuan Mingde gritted his teeth and could only hold on to the matter now.

In this swaying skill, a spear stabbed Xuan Mingde on the shoulder. The huge impact force made Xuan Mingde take several steps in a row, reach out to grab the spear, and throw the soldier away with force.

Seeing that Xuan Mingde was seriously injured, Li Shimin immediately rushed to him: "Mingde!"

"Your Highness, be careful!" Xuan Mingde saw Li Jiancheng bent his bow and arrow in the distance, and pointed the arrow straight at Li Shimin. He turned over and protected Li Shimin. Li Jiancheng's arrow was nailed to Xuan Mingde's back.

Holding the pain, pulling out the arrow: "Your Highness, don't be distracted by me. There is no mysterious virtue in the world, and it is not without Li Shimin."

Just when the four of them were about to hold on, Xuanwu Gate was knocked open. Yuchi Gong took the lead and waved the copper whip: "Yuchi Jingde is here, who dares to hurt His Highness the King of Qin!"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also led the soldiers of the Right Martial Guard to rescue, and Changsun Wuji was meeting Li Yuan in Tai Chi Palace.

The soldiers led by Yuchi Gong quickly encircled and suppressed Li Jiancheng's prince Liu. Li Jiancheng was shot in the back center by Cheng Yaojin with an arrow and fell off his horse and died.

After a fight, Li Yuanji was surrounded by everyone.

"Second brother! Don't kill me." Li Yuanji hugged Li Shimin's legs and begged hard.

Li Shimin looked at Li Yuanji and struggled extremely.

"Your Highness, if you don't make up your mind, there will be endless troubles." Du Ruhui looked at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin closed his eyes and turned around: "Kill!"

In Tai Chi Palace, Li Yuan heard Changsun Wuji's report and sat on the dragon throne and murmured: "How could this happen...

Li Shimin was covered in blood and walked into the Tai Chi Hall with Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin, Xuan Mingde, and Qin Qiong. Li Shimin saw Li Yuan sitting on the dragon throne with his eyes blank, and his sadness came from it. He could not stop his tears and flowed out like a broken dam. He strode forward and pounced on Li Yuan's arms, crying bitterly: "Father."

Xuan Mingde took the lead and knelt on the ground with Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong.

Li Yuan stroked Li Shimin's hair and muttered vaguely: "Dou, did you see it? Our son... has never escaped the end of killing each other! How could this happen!" A line of turbid tears slowly fell.

He pushed Li Shimin away in his arms all of a sudden, and Li Yuan pointed at Li Shimin with a trembling finger: "Disappy son! Brutal son! Even if you kill Jiancheng, I will not give you the position of the prince! Absolutely not! Hahahaha..." Seeing Li Yuan going crazy, Cheng Yaojin took a horizontal knife and stepped forward.

"Your Majesty is old and has lost his beloved son. He can no longer take charge of political affairs. Please abdicate!"

"Cheng Yaojin! What are you going to do!" Li Yuan glared.

Cheng Yaojin held the horizontal knife and took another step forward: "Please abdicate your Majesty!"

"You are trying to force the palace! You are so ruthless!" Li Yuan scolded angrily.

"Please abdicate!" Cheng Yaojin took another step forward, and the horizontal knife was less than three feet away from Li Yuan.

"Li Shimin! This is your subject! What do you say!" Li Yuan pointed at Li Shimin who was crying and shouted.

"General Cheng is right. Your Majesty, you are not suitable to be in charge of the Tang Dynasty." Xuan Mingde stood up and spoke slowly: "You only know how to blame His Highness the King of Qin, but if it weren't for your indulgence on Prince Jiancheng, how could this palace change come today?"

"How dare you say that this is my fault?" Li Yuan looked at Xuan Mingde in disbelief.

Xuan Mingde did not respond.

"Please abdicate!" Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong spoke at the same time.

"Okay! OK! What a Tiance Mansion, what a Li Shimin!" Li Yuan cried and slumped on the dragon throne and pointed at Li Shimin and said, "You want this position! I will give it to you! I curse you, your son will kill each other like today for this position!" Li Yuan closed his eyes, looking like he was leaving fate.

Seeing that the overall situation was settled, Xuan Mingde could no longer hold on and fell down.

"Mingde!"

"Brother Mingde!"

"Hurry! Pass on the imperial doctor!" Li Shimin wiped away his tears, ran to Xuan Mingde, and worked with Qin Qiong to carry Xuan Mingde into the Tai Chi Palace.

The imperial physician touched Xuan Mingde's pulse and sighed.

"How is it?" Qin Qiong walked to the imperial physician and asked.

The imperial physician shook his head: "The emperor is incompetent, Your Highness, generals, I am sorry."

For a moment, the whole room was silent.
To be continued...