The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

In short, the position of the crown prince must fall on the head of the King of Qin, otherwise, there would be no point in doing all this.

All the blame will be put on Yuchi Gong.

This is the guarantee that Yuchi Gong gave to the King of Qin and the Queen of Qin.

Yuchi Gong is now rushing back to inform Li Yuan that something happened outside, and by the way, he also intends to hold him hostage.

The King of Qin has few men, so one hundred men are deployed behind the Linhu Palace, and the remaining seven hundred men have to defend the imperial guards while guarding the Xuanwu Gate.

Although Feng Li ran away on the Xuanwu Gate side, the casualties in this battle are still not small. Jing Junhong and others were all killed in the battle. Although Gao Shilian brought prisoners to support, he was always at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, and the prisoners he brought were almost all dead.

At this time, Li Yuan was on the boat in Haichi, waiting for the three brothers to come. He had already found that all the guards around him had been replaced, and he had never seen any of them.

"Today's guards? How come I haven't seen any of them?"

"Your Majesty, of course you haven't seen them. These are all guards from the Prince of Qin's Palace." At this time, Changsun Wuji came out with a sword: "Changsun Wuji, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Changsun Wuji knelt on the ground.

"Are you holding me hostage?" Li Yuan said angrily.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember what His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin told you, saying that today is a farewell party for the Prince of Qi, and the Crown Prince and the Prince of Qi want to kill the King of Qin." Changsun Wuji said: "Today, the troops of the Crown Prince and the Prince of Qi are all ready. The Crown Prince controls the army in Chang'an City, and the Prince of Qi is appointed as the general manager of the march, holding military power... Therefore, the King of Qin is afraid of rebellion today, so he specially asked me to bring people to protect Your Majesty."

"How is this possible?" Li Yuan said: "I summoned them this morning, and I also want the three brothers to talk it out and solve the problem."

Changsun Wuji shook his head helplessly: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince, the King of Qin and the King of Qi, the three brothers, are more serious than you think."

"Is there no way to solve the problem?"

Changsun Wuji did not speak again.

Zhangsun Wuji stayed beside Li Yuan, and then forged Li Yuan's order to let the guards stay put. Therefore, it was only the soldiers of the King of Qin and the Prince's soldiers fighting at Xuanwu Gate. The guards in the palace did not participate in it. It was just the leader of the guards who confronted the people in the Qin Palace.

Not long after, Yuchi Gong came to the sea pool with a spear in his hand.

Li Yuan saw Yuchi Gong dressed like this, and his body was covered in blood.

"What's going on?!" Li Yuan asked.

"Your Majesty, the prince and the King of Qi are in chaos, Feng Li led his troops to attack Xuanwu Gate, Xue Wanche led his troops to besiege the Qin Palace, and the King of Qin raised an army to kill these two people."

"What?! How could this happen!" Li Yuan was shocked.

"Where is the King of Qin?! Where is he!" Li Yuan shouted angrily.

He was not easy to fool.

"Your Highness the King of Qin is waiting for Your Majesty in Ganlu Palace." Yuchi Gong said.

"Take me to see him!" Li Yuan said.

After learning that the crown prince and the King of Qi were dead, Li Yuan seemed to have lost his vitality and became older in an instant.

With the help of Changsun Wuji, Li Yuan walked into the Ganlu Hall.

Li Shimin knelt in the hall and kept crying.

"Your Majesty! Father! Father!!"

Li Shimin knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin kneeling on the ground, his face full of grief and despair.

"Da Lang, I killed you."

"Silang! I killed you too!"

Li Yuan burst into tears.

He waved Changsun Wuji away, and only he and Li Shimin, father and son, were left in the hall.

Both of them burst into tears.

"Four sons, now you are the only one left!" Li Yuan pointed at Li Shimin with a trembling hand, trembling all over, and roared: "Is this the price of gaining the world?!!!"

Li Yuan has many children, but his favorite ones are the ones born to Empress Dou.

"Erlang, what else do you want? Ah?"

Li Yuan's voice trembled, he looked up and looked at the chair in Ganlu Hall.

"Aren't you already sitting there?"

The more Li Yuan spoke, the more grief-stricken he became.

Li Shimin stood up slowly, his eyes filled with tears.

"I want to... control the troops of the world!"

Li Shimin's tone became firm.

Li Yuan staggered two steps, and then slowly sat on the ground.

Li Shimin closed his eyes, tears rolled down, opened his eyes, looked at Li Yuan with a firm face, and repeated what he had just said.

"Control the troops of the whole country!"

Things in the palace were settled, and the people of the Qin Wang faction breathed a sigh of relief.

Now, of Empress Dou's four sons, only the Qin Wang was left, and the Qin Wang took the military power again.Although His Majesty has not officially issued an edict to appoint the crown prince, it is already a done deal.

Li Shimin does not have the title of crown prince now, but he already has the power of the crown prince.

In fact, he has more power and it is even greater.

At the time of overlapping power, Li Fu was unwilling to be involved in this vortex. Li Shimin also knew that Li Fu had a very good relationship with His Majesty. At this critical juncture, if Li Fu was in Chang'an, how should he face Li Yuan.

Therefore, he issued an order to order Li Fu to return to Jinyang to worship his ancestors.

Li Fu should have done this a long time ago, but things a few days ago forced him to leave Chang'an.

Now from the outside world's point of view, Li Fu was forced by Li Shimin to go to Jinyang to visit the grave.

Li Yuan summoned Pei Ji in the palace.

Now, he was upset and confused.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Li Yuan raised his head and looked at Pei Ji.

"Pei San, come, come forward and sit down."

After Li Shimin's actions, Pei Ji, the prime minister, also lost his real power.

Li Yuan sat slumped on the couch, still listless, with white hair and beard, looking older than before.

"Your Majesty's complexion is better."

Li Yuan shook his head.

"Pei San, do you still remember that you and I once talked about changing the crown prince in private?" Li Yuan said: "If the crown prince was changed, I might not have lost my two sons."

"Alas." Pei Ji also sighed: "Your Majesty, this, whether to establish the eldest son or the virtuous, has always been a big problem in all dynasties, so don't think about it anymore."

"To conquer the world, you rely on fathers and sons. Why, to rule the world, brothers must kill each other." Li Yuan was still immersed in grief.

"Your Majesty, the past is the past. Fortunately, Your Majesty is still Your Majesty, and the Tang Dynasty is still here.

This world is still the world of the Li family."

"Is this the will of heaven?" Li Yuan seemed to have lost all his strength.

He not only lost his two sons, but also many grandchildren of the original East Palace.

Li Chengdao, the Prince of Anlu, Li Chengde, the Prince of Hedong, and Li Chengxun, Li Chengming...

And Silang's sons, Chengye, Chengluan...

All gone! All gone!!!