Ji Quan's heart was lifted to his throat at that time.
There were not a few people who witnessed Li Danqing's regicide that day. In addition to the troops he brought, there were no less than a hundred people in the palace around Mingzhao Hall alone.
These people are also Jiqi's bodyguards, and their testimony is very convincing.
But the trouble is, none of these people can be put on the table.
Because these people not only witnessed Ji Qi's death, but also witnessed the scene of them leading troops into the palace.
The late emperor has passed away, so such a thing is certainly not a big deal.
But the premise is that he, Ji Quan, can firmly hold the power of the Wuyang court.
It's a pity that he doesn't have this ability yet.
Ji Fei's power should not be underestimated. The Guiyu Mansion has always had close contacts with him. Among the nine departments, the Yu Zhengsi and the Wanshusi have also been in contact with him. There are many nobles in southern Xinjiang who support him. If he finds the reason,
Defining his entry into the palace as rebellion gave Ji Fei the opportunity to exploit the situation.
Therefore, as soon as Ji Qi died, Ji Quan executed all the more than a hundred palace officials, including the guards, and reported it to the Qingyi Department and Longxiang Mansion on the grounds that they were crushed to death by His Highness Mingzhao.
on the roster.
This is something that doesn't stand up to scrutiny, but at the same time, it's something that no one would bother to scrutinize.
After all, compared to Ji Qi's death, the lives and deaths of others are insignificant.
But what Ji Quan didn't expect was that Li Danqing found the flaws that were not easy to detect in the testimony of the palace people, and used this to attack, making Ji Quan passive for a moment.
Li Danqing asked, and the venue fell into silence. At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Ji Quan.
Ji Quan's face looked a little ugly, and he turned his head to look at Xiang Luowen.
Xiang Luowen was helpless with such a pleading look.
He is the father of the current Queen Mother and Ji Quan's grandfather. Due to both emotions and reasons, he has to stand by Ji Quan's side and help him obtain the throne.
Only in this way can other parties ensure their own status and the status of their clan can be stable.
But he had to admit that his grandson was far behind Ji Fei in terms of character and tactics.
Although he sighed in his heart, he still had to step forward, look at Li Danqing and said: "Your Majesty allows the prince to enter the palace. It is their private matter, either to entrust an important task or to have a heart-to-heart talk between father and son. As a foreign minister, Prince Li
, is still the biggest suspect in the regicide case, so he is not qualified to intervene, right?"
"What kind of important task, what kind of heart-to-heart talk, requires tens of thousands of soldiers to enter the palace with swords? There seems to be no such precedent in the hundred years since Wuyang was established, right?" Li Danqing narrowed his eyes and asked.
"If the Crown Prince feels something is wrong, you can ask the Imperial Guards in charge of the defense of Shenyu Palace that night. They will naturally tell the Crown Prince whether the Crown Prince's men entered the palace under orders or forced their way into the palace." Xiang Luowen said calmly, tilting his head.
Looking towards the Mang Cave not far away.
On that day, the soldiers responsible for garrisoning the Divine Palace were the Black Tiger Guards led by Mang Ku under the command of the Divine Tiger Army.
Everyone knows that the Prince's Mansion and the Mang family are people wearing the same pants. How could he say something unfavorable to the Prince?
Of course, such words are not enough to convince the public, and they are even full of doubts.
But for the prince and his party who have reached this point, what they have to do is to choose the lesser of two evils.
At least on the surface, this matter can be justified, and no one will be accused of treason.
Ji Qi is dead. No one will fight against the powerful Ji Qi party for a dead man, even if the dead man was once an emperor.
After hearing this, Li Danqing obviously saw Xiang Luowen's bravery when he broke his arm, and Li Shizi frowned slightly.
Xiang Luowen did not intend to let Li Danqing go just like that. He stared at Li Danqing and said solemnly: "Compared to the royal family's private affairs, I think His Royal Highness is more concerned about his own situation.
Bar!"
After saying that, he nodded towards Mang Huan on the side. Mang Huan naturally understood what he meant. At this moment, a large group of soldiers walked out from under the high platform.
They bowed to Ji Quan who was sitting on the big chair, and then looked sideways at Xiang Luowen.
Xiang Luewen asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, what did you see that day!?"
"Yes!" The group of soldiers said solemnly: "On that day we were ordered to enter the palace with the prince, and we all saw clearly the scene where Prince Li killed His Majesty with swords outside the Mingzhao Hall! Li Danqing was the regicide.
There is no doubt the murderer!"
This is the way to kill a thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses.
He frankly admitted that he led troops into the palace on the night Ji Qi was assassinated, and then used the soldiers who entered the palace as witnesses to identify Li Danqing.
This was a way to draw out the firepower, and it was also the most correct choice for Xiang Luewen when he was forced into a desperate situation by Li Danqing.
By convicting Li Danqing, the enthronement ceremony can be held smoothly. Secondly, Li Danqing's character in this incident also made Xiang Luowen extremely afraid, and he turned to Ji Fei's side.
Getting rid of this person would be considered as breaking Ji Fei's arm.
As for whether the prince's action of leading troops into the palace will be criticized by the people in the world, and whether Ji Fei will use this as an excuse to instigate a mutiny in southern Xinjiang, those are matters for later.
At least Ji Quan's position as emperor gave them the time and energy to organize a confrontation.
As mentioned before, this is the best choice for the princelings today.
Thinking of this, Xiang Luowen raised his head and looked at Li Danqing. His brows were gloomy. His hatred for Li Danqing had reached its extreme at this moment. He killed those palace officials in Mingzhao Palace in order not to leave any excuse to the world.
, so that Ji Quan's prestige was enough to convince the public, making his ascension to the throne seem reasonable and reasonable, but he didn't want to have the fig leaf removed by Li Danqing.
And Li Danqing must pay the price for this!
He probably didn't expect Xiang Luewen to make such a decisive decision. Li Danqing frowned at that time, and the people around him also whispered.
The prince led troops into the palace, and Ji Qi was assassinated that night. Then all the palace guards died in the palace. Those who could truly identify Li Danqing were all people under the prince Ji Qi. These things added to the
Being together is a good soil for brewing all kinds of rumors.
The prince was eager to seize his heir, led troops to kill the king, and then framed Li Danqing as the blame.
Such speculation inevitably appears in everyone's mind.
However, just like no one would go to find out the truth about the dead Ji Qi, when Xiang Luowen completely broke his face and showed that he would be criticized and wanted to kill Li Danqing, the people around him did not dare to do so.
For this reason, he went to anger Ji Quan and his entourage who were about to ascend to the throne.
As for Ji Fei.
Their goal has been achieved. Ji Quan's prestige has been damaged. Although he can't stop his accession to the throne, it becomes justifiable for him to coerce the southern Xinjiang soldiers to rise up. If the trouble continues at this time, we will be outnumbered.
, his chances of winning are also slim. Thinking about how to escape from Wuyang City and go to southern Xinjiang to raise troops is what he needs to think about most now.
Such is the struggle for imperial power.
Even if the two sides were allies with the same hatred at one moment, the next moment, when one party has made the best use of his resources, the other party will naturally not waste any more energy on him.
He retreated silently and looked at Lu Chenji, who silently nodded towards him.
Obviously they understand each other's thoughts.
After the enthronement ceremony, Ji Quan will take action against them, and will no longer care about his face, nor will he care about the criticism of the world.
They also had to make a plan and prepare to escape from Wuyang City.
Everything seemed to be a foregone conclusion at this time.
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"These soldiers are all elites in the army. They are well-trained and have extraordinary eyesight. They can see even from twenty feet away, let alone ten feet away.
Real!"
"The evidence is irrefutable, the prince has nothing to argue with, right?" Xiang Luowen looked at Li Danqing and said.
He also felt the thoughts of Ji Fei and others, but these things had to be the next step of planning, and at this moment, he just wanted to enjoy the scene of watching Li Danqing being slaughtered.
In this world, intelligence is certainly a very useful thing.
In many cases, he can help people turn things around.
But in the face of absolute power, the so-called strategies and the so-called clever tongue are just icing on the cake, but they can never become a life-saving straw in times of crisis.
"Master Xiang has no shame. He must be wronged and hold this regicide shit basin on my head. What else can I do?" Li Danqing shrugged his shoulders at this time, feeling helpless.
Words.
At this moment, Xiang Luowen was also upset. He did not refute Li Danqing's words. He just sneered and said: "Since the prince has admitted it, let's obey him."
As he spoke, he stretched out one hand, and the royal ancestral sword Zhencanghai, which was held by Ji Fei at the side, suddenly fell out of his hand and fell into Xiang Luowen's hand.
He stepped forward, his eyebrows were cold, and he said in a low voice: "Today I will kill the bandit with my own hands and avenge the late emperor!"
As he said this, Zhencanghai's sword was on sale, its snow-white sword light was bright, and in a blink of an eye, it was in front of Li Danqing.
Gulu.
Li Shizi looked at the sword edge that was getting closer and closer. At this moment, his four legs were trapped by the dragon rope, unable to mobilize any power, let alone resist the incoming sword.
Prince Li swallowed his saliva and looked nervous.
He seemed a little panicked and stretched out his hand and said: "Wait!"
"Your Majesty, do you still want to say some final confession?" Xiang Luowen asked with narrowed eyes.
Li Danqing just turned his head and looked at Ji Fei who was standing aside, casting a look for help.
But Ji Fei and his party kept their noses and noses in mind and ignored Li Danqing's request for help.
Li Danqing was a little helpless, and looked at Xiang Lue Wenyan with a smile: "Actually... has Palace Master Xiang considered the possibility that the thief that day was someone who disguised himself as me and deliberately framed me?
?”
Xiang Luowen was stunned. He probably didn't expect that at this time, Li Danqing could still make such nonsense.
He sneered and said without giving the other party any chance to speak: "Your Majesty, you should save some time to speak and explain to Your Majesty at the Quan Palace!"
After saying these words, the royal ancestral sword was completely unsheathed, and the snow-white sword light lit up, coming straight towards Li Danqing's neck.
Seemingly sensing that Xiang Luowen was determined to kill, Li Danqing did not make any more useless remarks.
But at that time, he suppressed the apologetic smile on his face and looked straight at the other party. Facing the cold and murderous sword, he blinked his eyes, but the corners of his mouth suddenly raised: "It's a pity, Palace Master Xiang
You can't kill me today no matter what."
Li Danqing's voice was very soft, as if he was talking to himself.
But the sound still reached Xiang Luowen's ears.
The head of the Baiyi Mansion was frightened. At this moment, the sword in his hand was less than three inches away from Li Danqing, and Ji Fei had given up on this tool of "making the best use of everything". He really didn't expect that this
Wherever time goes, what else can I rely on?
After thinking about it, he could only blame it on Li Danqing's stubborn words before his death.
He felt angry at his momentary panic, and the sword edge became more murderous, heading straight for Li Danqing's face.
clang!
But at this moment, a cold light suddenly struck from the side.
There was only a muffled sound, and the sword in Xiang Luowen's hand was knocked away by the attacker.