If there is no prince, the mother and the younger brother will be the next in line.
In the East Palace, Cheng Qian read this sentence over and over again. This sentence was like a sharp dagger, constantly piercing his heart.
The prince's face became paler and paler, and his eyes became darker and darker.
For a long time, Cheng Qian stopped reading those words. He raised his head, his eyes were red, and there was a hint of ruthlessness and a hint of boldness in his eyes.
He got up,
At the gate of the East Palace, Chai Zhewei, the general of the left and right Fu Zhonglang, stopped him.
Cheng Qian stopped and looked at his cousin with a cold and unkind look on his face, "You dare to stop me?"
Chai Zhewei was wearing gorgeous Mingguang armor and a scarlet robe, holding a Qianniu sword in his hand. Although he was no longer a Qianniu guard, he had been promoted to the fourth rank of the Zhonglang general of the left collar and left house.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I am also acting according to the will of the saint."
"The saint ordered people to blockade the East Palace?"
Chai Zhewei didn't expect that the prince's cousin, who had always been good-tempered, would suddenly be so aggressive, so he quickly explained.
"Step aside."
"Your Highness, please calm down." Chai Zhewei was very embarrassed. The emperor asked him to guard the gate of the East Palace. He made it very clear that the prince would not be allowed to leave the East Palace even half a step.
Cheng Qian stared at Chai Zhewei with cold eyes,
That look looked like he wanted to kill someone. Chai Zhewei believed that if he stopped the prince from leaving the palace, the prince might really dare to kill someone.
"Your Highness, please do not embarrass me."
Chengqian had a horizontal sword tied to his waist, decorated with jade ornaments, which was very exquisite.
But no matter how exquisite the jade sword is, it can still kill people.
Cheng Qian put his hand on the handle of the ring head knife,
Chai Zhewei's complexion changed drastically and his breathing became rapid. He looked at Cheng Qian's left and right. These officials in the East Palace were all dead. If the prince was allowed to do whatever he wanted, wouldn't he be afraid of being ripped off by the saint?
"Give or die!" Cheng Qian actually let out a low roar like a wild beast.
Chai Zhewei took two steps back involuntarily.
Cheng Qian took back his hand on the scabbard and left Chai Zhewei.
Chai Zhewei hurriedly followed, but he only dared to follow and did not dare to stop him.
He called one of his subordinates and asked him to report it quickly.
"The prince is crazy," he murmured in his heart. He did not expect that the prince would dare to ignore the emperor's will and force his way out of the palace.
Cheng Qian left the East Palace and went straight to the palace, with only a few followers around him.
When he arrived at the gate of Tai Chi Palace, the eunuch Zhang Anan was already waiting here.
"The saint is waiting for the prince at Xuanwu Gate. Your Highness will come with you."
The words "Xuanwu Gate" made Cheng Qian feel dazed for a while, and he even had a look of fear on his face. But in the end he gritted his teeth and followed Zhang Ananda into the palace alone, and then went to the Xuanwu Gate in the north.
Xuanwu Gate, the bloodshed at the palace gate six years ago in the summer, made Xuanwu Gate not only the north gate of the palace, but also had more meanings, even meanings that ordinary people dare not touch.
The emperor chose this place to meet him,
It must have deep meaning.
But Cheng Qian no longer cares about this.
He followed Zhang Anan to Xuanwu Gate, where the emperor had been waiting for a long time.
Father and son meet again after a long separation.
"Cheng Qian, we haven't seen our father and son for a month, right?" Li Shimin was wearing a bright yellow robe and standing on the tower of Xuanwu Gate with his hands behind his back.
Cheng Qian looked at his father, who had a stalwart figure. Six years ago, his father killed his elder brother Jiancheng and younger brother Yuanji here, who were both from the same mother's side. Then he also kidnapped his father, and finally seized the supreme position in the world.
He was only eight years old at that time. He was besieged by palace soldiers in the Qin Palace and was frightened.
"Father, please return your satisfaction to your son." Cheng Qian said in a low voice.
Li Shimin turned around and looked at Cheng Qian, who had grown very tall.
His lips trembled when he heard those words.
"Father, I beg you to return your satisfaction to your son."
"Bastard!" Li Shimin couldn't help but yelled,
There were only the father and son on the high tower of Xuanwu Gate. The rest of the guards and ministers stayed far away, and no one dared to disturb these two people.
Cheng Qian suddenly knelt down,
Li Shimin's eyes widened, then turned red.
He stretched out his trembling hand and pointed at Cheng Qian,
"You kneel down for a bitch?"
"Your Majesty, what crime does he have?"
"He deserves death. I wish I could cut him into pieces." Li Shimin shouted suppressedly.
"He is innocent."
Li Shimin felt his blood surge and almost fainted. He felt that Cheng Qian had become very strange.
"I thought that a month would help you calm down and make you understand, but I didn't expect that you would still be such a bastard."
If Cheng Xin was a beauty, Li Shimin might not feel so uncomfortable, but she was just a happy boy who looked like a beauty.
"Cheng Qian, Cheng Xin is just a music boy and a man. Are you obsessed with this? You are the prince and the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. How can you be so ignorant?"
"Father, I only want your satisfaction back. As long as my father returns my satisfaction to you, I can do anything you want."
"It's hopeless," Li Shimin shook his head, extremely disappointed.
for a long time.
Li Shimin helped Cheng Qian up, patted his shoulder, and then waved to Zhang Ananda in the distance, "Bring Rong Xin."
The father and son were just silent.
Li Shimin stood on the tower, his eyes complicated, and his heart was very painful.
The matter involving the East Palace is by no means a trivial matter.
In fact, Li Shimin is not an impulsive person. He conducted a detailed investigation into the matter, and it was a secret investigation by multiple parties.
This is not just a matter of satisfaction for Cheng Qian and Le Tong.
Many people have been implicated.
"I have captured the Taoist priests Qin Ying, Wei Lingfu, and the secular Taoist Zhu Gengxin," Li Shimin said to Cheng Qian.
Cheng Qian's face turned pale, "Why would my father involve others?"
Qin Ying was originally a Taoist priest who worshiped Longxing Temple in Chongjiaofang. Last year, the prince was ill and Taoist priest Qin Ying prayed. After the prince recovered from his illness, he established Xihua Temple with Qin Ying as its master.
Qin Ying prayed for the prince when the prince was ill last year, went in and out of the East Palace, and then became familiar with the prince. Chengxin was originally a music boy of Taichang Temple, and it was Qin Ying who brought him to the East Palace to take care of the sick prince.
Qin Ying and Wei Lingfu were both monastic Taoist priests, while Zhu Qingcheng was a Taoist priest who returned to secular life.
Qin Ying lent Prince Shengji an opportunity to pray and made friends with the East Palace. Then he did a lot of things in the past year, such as moving Cheng Qian to ask the emperor to invite 3,000 people to become monks and become Taoists, and got 3,000 ultimatums.
In addition, these real and fake Taoist priests also used the name of Donggong to cheat and do many illegal things, including greedy money, etc. But if it were just these, Li Shimin would not be so angry.
Qin Ying and others were so greedy that they actually wanted to control Cheng Qian with heretical techniques. They even brought Le Tong Cheng Xin to the East Palace, and let Cheng Xin charm the prince, and they ate and slept together from then on.
Even Qin Ying and others have greater ambitions,
Witchcraft, prophecies, alchemy and other things are the most taboo in the palace.
What Li Shimin is most angry about now is that he suspects that Qin Ying and others are just people on the surface, and there are hidden hands behind the scenes.
Now that they have led the prince into corruption, they may also want to cause chaos.
"I have found out through interrogation that Qin Ying, Wei Lingfu and others deceived the East Palace and wanted to cause chaos in the wrong way. Are you still defending them? Then Xingxin is the accomplice of Qin Ying who deceived the East Palace."
Cheng Qian shook his head, "No, no."
Li Shimin stopped talking.
After a while, Chengxin was brought over. This extremely handsome boy was a little out of shape. Li Shimin looked at him with disgust.
Cheng Qian was so excited that he wanted to step forward and hug him.
Li Shimin grabbed Cheng Qian and kicked Cheng Xin to the ground. He watched him rolling on the ground with extreme disgust.
"Satisfactory," Cheng Qian exclaimed, trying to get away from Li Shimin.
Li Shimin felt as if his chest was going to explode. The furious emperor pushed Cheng Qian away and shouted angrily, "Drag him out and kill him!"
Two guards came forward, dragged him outside Xuanwu Gate, and chopped off his head with a knife.
"Satisfactory!"
On the tower of Xuanwu Gate, Cheng Qian witnessed with his own eyes the guard cutting off Cheng Xin's head and letting out a heartbreaking scream. Li Shimin stood beside him with his teeth clenched and his expression extremely cold.
