Chapter 380: Father and son’s grudges

In Chang'an, the Zichen Palace of Daming Palace, Li Yu walked around the imperial study with his hands behind his back. His brows were furrowed, and the anxiety and uneasiness in his eyes were revealed.

It has been half a month since Li Qing left Chang'an. According to the agreement, Changsun Quanxu should have arrived long ago, but he has no news yet and cannot contact him, which makes him both anxious and nervous.

‘Did they change their minds? Do you think my reward is not generous enough? Or were you ambushed by Li Qing halfway.

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’Li Yu came up with seven or eight possibilities in a row, but he felt that it was untenable for each possibility.

He sighed, Changsun Lanyu fell ill again. He couldn't bear to let her come forward to ask her parents' home. At this point, he could only wait. The night was already deep, but Li Yu was not sleepy at all. He just paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. Ma Yingjun at the door was already in a state of difficulty, and his legs were trembling. As long as he was weaker, he would collapse into a mud and fall asleep.

The brazier was burning very vigorously, and suddenly sparks burst out, and a crackling sound broke out. Ma Yingjun immediately found a solution. He immediately left the door and ordered the little eunuchs to change the brazier again. Taking this opportunity, he fell on the bench and slept for a while, but as soon as he fell down, he fell asleep.

Not long after Ma Yingjun fell asleep, a eunuch hurried into Zichen Hall. He was the eunuch Bian Lingcheng. Since the last time he met Li Yu, Li Yu has given him a new task and went to Fengtian to secretly train the new army. As for his position as the military appearance envoy, he was temporarily stranded.

Bian Lingcheng had a gold medal awarded by Li Yu. Although he could enter the Zichen Palace at any time, he was blocked by the Yulin Army when entering the Daming Palace, so he still had to report every time that the gold medal awarded by Li Yu was almost useless, but today it was very strange that the Yulin Army ignored Bian Lingcheng and allowed him to enter the Daming Palace.

Bian Lingcheng walked into the Daming Palace with confusion. He found that there were obviously fewer Yulin troops guarding the palace, especially in the section close to Zichen Palace, there were only five or six Yulin troops squatting in the shelter and napping lazily.

"Is it possible that Li Qing is not here, and they are all lazy?"

After entering Zichen Hall, the little eunuch told him that the emperor was still handling government affairs in the imperial study room. Ling Cheng was deeply moved by his heart. Such a diligent emperor could not match even Li Longji in the 20th year of Kaiyuan!

Ma Yingjun fell asleep, not knowing that Bian Lingcheng entered Li Yu's study, and not knowing that Li Yu had quietly held an army in his hand.

"Your Majesty, I have trained 3,200 people, all of whom are loyal to the emperor. The slaves take the initiative and temporarily named this army as the Zhongyong Army, and can serve His Majesty at any time!"

"Thank you so hard!"

Li Yu restrained the ecstasy in his heart and tried his best to show a smile of praise on his face. He slowly approached Bian Lingcheng, patted his shoulder and sighed: "The ministers in history and books all said that eunuchs should not be used, but no emperor said that eunuchs could not be used. It is because at critical moments, you servants are the ones who are the most loyal to me. They only know how to criticize them, but they don't know the pain of being an emperor."

Bian Lingcheng was so moved that his face was full of tears. He leaned on the ground and cried, "The old slave is disabled and is destined to be the emperor's slave. Only the old slave has limited abilities and can only do his best to help the emperor."

"It's enough!" Li Yu interrupted him, "I'm satisfied with the fact that there are 3,200 people. When will I go and see my first army and encourage their morale."

Li Yu took two steps behind his back, and suddenly sighed to the sky: "I just regret that I can't get out!"

Bian Lingcheng's heart moved and hurriedly said to Li Yu: "I found that the defense of the Yulin Army seemed to have been weakened a lot today. Not only did I not stop the slave from entering the palace, I no longer searched, but the number of people was greatly reduced. Perhaps the emperor would have the opportunity to go out."

This was a strange thing. Li Yu fell into deep thought, "Is there something wrong with the Yulin Army?" But no matter what, it is always a good thing to weaken his surveillance.

"Your Majesty, Shangshu Li has urgent matters to ask for a meeting!"

Ma Yingjun rubbed his sleepy eyes and rushed to report in a panic. He stepped into the room and saw Bian Lingcheng's face turned pale and froze there without moving.

Li Yu's eyes suddenly became cold. He saw deep hatred in Ma Yingjun's eyes. He seemed to understand something. The long-term life in the palace made him have some understanding of the complex relationship between palace ladies. Obviously, Ma Yingjun was jealous of Bian Lingcheng being valued by him. With jealousy, there would be means to stop him. Li Yu's pupils gradually became a crack. Could it be that he leaked something?

Ma Yingjun had already come back to his senses. When he looked up, he was shocked by Li Yu's cold gaze. He couldn't help but take a step back, lowered his head and murmured: "Your Majesty, there is something urgent for Li Shangshu!"

"Let him come in!" Li Yu kept staring at Ma Yingjun's back and disappeared, then he snorted heavily, and then slowly dealt with him. He looked down at Bian Lingcheng. Somehow, he no longer wanted Li Mi to know too much at this time. Since the conflict broke out last time, the harmonious master-disciple relationship between them gradually disappeared, and replaced it with a clear relationship between the emperor and the minister. Moreover, Li Yu no longer said anything to him. For example, Bian Lingcheng's private placement of soldiers now, he did not intend to tell him.

"You go down first and stay in the palace tonight, don't let Li Shangshu meet it."

Bian Lingcheng quickly retreated. After a moment, Li Mi walked into the house worriedly. He didn't know that Li Yu had not yet rested yet, but he would call him up even after resting. He had just heard a little wind. Li Longji's stroke was fake. Court officials kept going to Xingqing Palace with the excuse of visiting. Since it was not visiting the disease, what was he doing?

The situation has become extremely serious. If we don’t find a way to deal with it in time, then Chang'an may have changed for a day before Li Qing comes back.

Li Mi stepped forward and bowed to Li Yu deeply and said, "My minister Li Mi will meet your Majesty!"

"Li Shangshu is exempt from gifts! Please sit down and talk."

"Thank you Your Majesty!" Li Mi sighed in his heart. When did the relationship between them become so polite, but the distance between them is much farther.

Li Yu glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "According to the normal journey, Changsun Quanxu should have arrived in Chang'an five days ago, but there is no news about him so far. I am really worried. What will happen to the Shangshu think?"

He had never had anyone to rely on except Li Mi, and was a real lonely man. When did he have the power of the Changsun family, his confidence began to increase. Li Mi became less important in his eyes, but when Changsun Quanxu gradually became less reliable, he had to rely on Li Mi again.

"I think they may not be able to enter Tongguan, and then detour to Longyou and enter the pass from Fengxiang. In the afternoon, I have sent people to Tongguan and Fengxiang to find out the news. When there is any news, I will notify Your Majesty immediately."

At the beginning, Li Mi did not agree to follow Changsun Quanxu's path, but times changed, and the crisis of the Supreme Emperor gradually became imminent. If Changsun Quanxu could bring troops, he could stabilize the overall situation. Li Mi changed his mindset. In any case, Li Heng entrusted his son to himself, and he was his disciple. If he didn't care about him, who else could help him?

Thinking of this, he tried his best to restrain his anxiety and said in an understatement: "Your Majesty, I just heard that the Supreme Emperor did not suffer a stroke. Someone had seen him appearing in the minister's house. I wonder if Your Majesty knows this?"

"Kill!" A group of warriors in black shouted loudly and rushed forward side by side. In front of them, there were forty rows of straw men, each row of straw men, each samurai rushed into his own straw men's alley extremely quickly. They almost stopped, and saw the swords shining with the light of the sword. When the warriors rushed out of the straw men's alley, they were already in a mess. In an instant, the blade had already split the twenty straw men into pieces.

At this time, a group of Zhuang Dings ran up and re-established forty rows of straw men. A burly man waved his hand and said coldly to nearly a hundred black-clothed men standing in line: "Next rank!"

Immediately, another team of warriors stood up. They held horizontal swords in their hands and stared at the straw man indifferently, waiting for the command of the team leader.

"Okay!" Prince Yong Li Lin, who was watching the battle, couldn't help but applaud and cheered loudly. Behind him, the Liu brothers guarded him from left and right, as if they had become his personal bodyguards. These people were the 520 Hexi scouts recruited by the Liu brothers. At this time, similar training was being carried out in many open spaces in the manor, some fighting with wooden swords, and some were throwing heavy stone locks.

Li Lin was almost happy. These more than 500 people were simply gifts of ascension to the throne given to him by God. They were all skilled in martial arts and murderous. He had conducted a cruel experiment and randomly pointed at one of the soldiers and ten slaves to fight with real swords and guns. As a result, in just a moment, the soldier killed six people and killed three people. The other was scared to faint. The soldier was stabbed three times, but he walked back to the queue as if nothing had happened.

This experiment shocked Li Lin, but was extremely excited. With these five hundred people, why worry about whether he would accomplish something big?

This is a fast horse from afar, and it is a family member in his mansion. He jumped off the horse and ran to Li Lin to report: "The news just came from Xingqing Palace, and ordered His Highness to arrive at Xingqing Palace at the Xu hour in the evening!"

Li Lin looked at the sky. It was already afternoon. The sun shone in the west and he had to go back. He clapped his hands, stood up and said to Liu Silang: "Tell me my order, every brother will reward five stagnant of money!"

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Li Longji's deployment was still proceeding in an orderly manner. According to his plan, first there were royal relatives, then old ministers, and then some new officials with great power. In his opinion, all over the world, could it be the king's ministers? With his forty years of prestige, no one dared to refuse him, six ministries, nine ministers, five temples, and censors, and he recovered them one by one. Even Li Qing's confidant, the left prime minister, Di Wuqi, had an ambiguous attitude and did not dare to say "no".

But Li Longji was always worried about military power. He sent people to Longyou and Hexi, trying to take over the army of generals Tian Zhen and Bai Xiaode himself. However, on the grounds of preventing Tubo from attacking the border, the two verbally expressed their willingness to support him, but they refused to send troops to help him. This left him helpless. Fortunately, the veteran Chen Xuanli took over thousands of former Yulin troops, which barely gave him some available troops.

At this moment, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was staying alone in the quiet room, planning his next plan.

"Your Majesty! Your Highness Yong is looking for a meeting outside."

The eunuch Luo Fengxian carefully reported at the door that he was the successor of Gao Lishi. Since the Mawei Slope Incident, Gao Lishi's body suddenly collapsed, and his back could not be straightened at all, as if someone had broken his lumbar spine. Li Longji had long been unable to stand his old shrimp, so he ordered him to go home to recuperate and did not allow him to come to Xingqing Palace again. This eunuch who had been powerful for a while disappeared silently on the political stage of the Middle Tang Dynasty.

"Let him come in!" Li Longji put down his pen and put away a thick book of loyalty. At the beginning of his planning, he didn't know how likely it was to succeed. For the sake of protecting himself, he pushed King Yong ahead. As more and more ministers were willing to support him in his reinstatement, his initial ideas gradually changed, and he no longer needed King Yong.

"Father, are you looking for me?" Li Lin walked into the quiet room lightly, fearing that he would disturb Li Longji's tranquility.

"Sit!" Li Longji pointed to the empty seat beside him and ordered him to sit down. These days he was majestic and gradually regained his former demeanor. All the ministers who came to see him bowed three times and bowed nine times, saying that he was called his Majesty, and he accepted it happily.

Li Lin sat down in fear and did not dare to show his vigor. Li Longji glanced at him and asked, "I heard that you often go to the manor for a while, why is this?"

Li Lin hurriedly stood up and replied, "My son has recruited hundreds of strong men and is practicing day and night, so he often goes to the manor."

Li Longji's eyelids drooped and said coldly: "It's good to recruit strong men, but it's useless for you hundreds of strong men. Don't ask about this matter again in the future. I've arranged everything. If you intervene, you may ruin my big deal."

It was like a basin of cold water pouring from head to toe. Li Lin's body suddenly stiffened. He understood what his father meant. He had vowed to help him ascend to the throne. Didn't he count anymore?

Li Lin became anxious, which was related to his vital interests. He no longer cared about the etiquette of father and son, and the difference between the king and the subject. He stood up suddenly and shouted loudly: "Didn't my father say that I will replace Li Yu?"

"Random!" Li Longji shouted angrily and shouted loudly: "You dare to say this to your father. I have not obtained the position yet, otherwise you would have killed me!"

"My son dare not! My son dare not!" Li Lin was so scared that he 'stop!' knelt on the ground and kowtowed continuously. Li Longji looked at him coldly, and after a while, he said coldly: "Go! Without my order, you must not step into Xingqing Palace again!"

"Father! My son knows that he is wrong, so spare me!" Li Lin was extremely regretful. He said one wrong thing. Now, not only did he not have the throne, but he may have lost the position of crown prince. He knelt on his knees and crawled forward a few steps, saying, "The child has always been loyal to his father and never dared to have any inappropriate thoughts. He was just confused for a moment. Please forgive me once!"

"I was confused for a moment?" Li Longji shook his head gently and sneered: "The road is a long way to know the horsepower, and it will be seen from time to time! I have only seen through you today. That position is much heavier to you than a father-son relationship. I didn't say anything before. From now on, I don't want to see you again!"

After saying that, Li Longji pulled his legs and left. Li Lin hurriedly grabbed the collar of his father's back, and tears surged out. He cried loudly and said, "Father! Please spare me once! My son knows that he is wrong..."

With a sound of cracking silk, Li Longji's clothes were torn apart. He suddenly stopped and slowly looked back at Li Lin. He saw that his face was pale, his body was trembling with half of his clothes in his hand, and his eyes were full of horror.
Chapter completed!