Early the next morning, when the sky was bright, Lu Zhaoci got up and went to the palace to make peace. He still wanted to see Li Yuan in Bu Zan to settle the case.

Li Yuan entered the Chengxiang Hall, and he was still accompanied by Concubine Yin Defi and Zhang Jieshu. After learning that Li Shimin had set up an ambush outside the Xuanwu Gate to get rid of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, he turned against everything Li Shimin said in the memorial.

I don’t believe it, so much so that Concubine Yin De escaped the disaster.

When Lu Zhaoci walked into the Chengxiang Hall, he found Li Yuan wearing a dragon robe and sitting behind several cases with a majestic look on his face. However, Lu Zhaoci could still see a trace of fatigue in his eyes.

The two people beside him, Concubine Yin De and Zhang Jieshu, were also dressed in costumes, but there was a trace of panic and fear in their eyes, obviously feeling hesitant and worried about what was about to happen.

"My son paid homage to his father, Emperor Lu Zhaoci, and made a great salute to Li Yuan.

"Humph, how can Lian be a great general?" Li Yuan's voice was shrill and harsh. Overnight, all three of his sons died outside the Xuanwu Gate, and they were still killing each other. This is the one in front of him.

The young man completely lost his last hope. If Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji died, he might be very angry, but he would not despair, because he still has Li Shimin. Even if he is the murderer, he can still keep his eyes open.

Jiangshan. Jiangshan is the greatest. In front of Jiangshan, everything else is fake. So he can accept Li Shimin getting rid of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. But he cannot accept Lu Zhaoci taking this opportunity to get rid of Li Shimin anyway.

"Your Majesty is the emperor, so he can naturally surpass Lu Zhaoci. He stood up without waiting for Li Yuan's permission. Since he has already broken his skin, Lu Zhaoci will not be polite.

He would not be polite, but when Li Yuan saw this, his eyes widened and he was furious. He felt that his authority had been challenged, which he would not allow. The entire empire should be in his hands, and Lu Zhaoci only

Can crawl under one's own feet and survive by relying on one's own favor.

"Are you here to ask Lian to write the edict of abdication?" Li Yuan finally suppressed the anger in his heart. He snorted coldly: "Lu Zhaoci, you are just a fool. Can a fool also become the emperor? Even if Lian is dead, there is no chance.

You will succeed. Just give up on this idea! Lian believes that your ending will be the same as that of Na Yu Wenhua. Lu Zhaoci shook his head and said: "Being an emperor is not very attractive to Gu. If

I thought that when the emperor conquered Guanzhong and my father-in-law was still in Hedong, I could have established myself as the emperor with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. Why wait until today? Hum, what will happen if my father-in-law becomes the emperor? Even his own son

They are all jealous and wish they could kill each other together. They have to guard against the prince, the King of Qin and the orphan all day long. Father-in-law, do you think such a life is good? Look, in the end, there is nothing. "

"Duo, you are really hypocritical." Li Yuan sneered, "Tell me, what on earth do you want to do?"

"The East Palace cannot be vacant. My father-in-law should find a prince!" Lu Zhaoci said calmly: "Then I will order the prince to supervise the country. My father-in-law is getting old. It is time for him to have a good rest."

"Do you want to be the prince?" Li Yuan showed a hint of ridicule on his face and said with a smile: "Lian still has heirs. If you want to establish a prince, it won't be your turn."

"Gu said that I don't want to be an emperor, let alone a prince." Lu Zhaoci shook his head and said, "My father-in-law may not believe it. I am able to get to where I am today only because of my father-in-law and the prince.

King Qin, King Qi forced me. The Guanlong family under the crown prince will not allow me to be isolated from the court. King Qi and I have a life-and-death feud. He pretends to be in a superior position. I am afraid that all the members of the Lu clan will be killed by him.

Hou Junji under the command of King Qin even had a grudge against Gu for killing his brother. He was also loved and respected by King Qin. King Qin ascended the throne, which was still detrimental to Gu and the Lu family. As for his father-in-law, he wanted to get rid of Gu and then quickly. At the beginning, he conquered Xue

Ren Zui, I'm afraid that before Gu has won the victory, his father wants to take over Gu's military power. When it comes time to conquer Liu Wuzhou, my father-in-law is even more eager to kill Gu by Liu Wuzhou. My father-in-law, if it were you, would you still be willing to do it?

Is the other party effective?"

"Lian Zhen regrets that I didn't kill you before." Li Yuan gritted his teeth and stared at Lu Zhaoci as he said. If eyes and ears could kill, I'm afraid Lu Zhaoci would have been cut into pieces by random blades.

"Your Majesty, it's useless to say all this now." Lu Zhaoci looked at Li Yuan with regretful eyes. He had been planning a war for several years before he got where he is today. How could he let him go just because of Li Yuan's threat?

Woolen cloth.

"Who do you want to make the crown prince?" Li Yuan looked at Lu Zhaoci with contempt and sneered: "Lu Zhaoci, you won't make a child the crown prince like before! This couplet has already been used.

If so, stop your delusions. If so, even if we die, we won't let you succeed."

"Li Zhiyun!" Lu Zhaoci said lightly: "He is the fifth eldest son. Although he is not your legitimate son, he is the eldest son now. He can still be the eldest son."

"You want to make Wulang the crown prince?" Li Yuan looked at Lu Zhaoci in surprise. Li Zhiyun is now sixteen years old. Logically speaking, he can be crowned an adult. In the future, even if Li Yuan abdicates, he can also directly come to the court to rule.

Well, what's the point of Lu Zhaoci making this man the prince? Does he really not want to be the emperor? Is he really loyal to the Li family? Is he forced to do all this? Isn't he afraid of the Li family?

Will people settle accounts with him in the future? Li Yuan was confused for a moment. But he soon discovered that Lu Zhaoci was not as stupid as he thought.

"I would also like to invite my father and his son to be the King of Han, the minister of law, and take charge of all major affairs of the government. I will concentrate on destroying the princes in various places." Lu Zhaoci said another sentence lightly.

"King of Han? Shangshu Ling?" Li Yuan laughed loudly and said: "What a man who holds the emperor hostage to order the princes, Lu Zhaoci, Lu Zhaoci, you are really ambitious. What, do you want to be Cao Cao? Do you think Lian is willing to accept you?"

The kidnapping?"

"Actually, it's still the same whether you want it or not. Even if you die, Gu will still support Wu Lang as emperor. With him, Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong and the people who are loyal to you in the Tang Dynasty will not rebel. Only Gu will have time to slowly

Lu Zhaoci pointed at Concubine Yin De and Zhang Jieshu beside Li Yuan and said: "Can my father bear to let such a beautiful woman be enjoyed by others? Doesn't my father want to see what the peaceful and prosperous age will look like in his lifetime?"

What does it look like? Father, don’t you want to see what kind of outcome Gu, a traitor in troubled times, will have in the future?

"Lian really wants to see it." Li Yuan laughed angrily when he heard this. But Lu Zhaoci still saw a trace of panic in his twinkling eyes. Generally, people with greater power are afraid of death.

The emperor, in particular, was even more afraid of death. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be many emperors praying for immortality. Even people like Emperor Qin and Han Wu were no exception. This was especially true for Li Yuan. After a life-and-death struggle, he finally succeeded.

Ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor makes one even more afraid of death.

"Eunuch Cheng, come out!" Lu Zhaoci saw this and shouted softly behind him.

"I have seen Your Highness." I saw Eunuch Cheng walking in with a flattering smile on his face. He was holding pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but he asked Li Yuan to write the imperial edict in his own hand.

"So it's you, old dog." Li Yuan thought for a moment and immediately understood the cause of the incident. Without Cheng Gonggong's notification, how could Lu Zhaoci accurately judge the time of Li Shimin's attack?

"Although Your Majesty has ascended to the throne, he is of non-Han origin. How can he rule the world? Not only the servants have this view, but also many aristocratic families in Kanto. So many of them would rather choose Wang Shichong and Shi Shi

Jiande, it’s because he doesn’t want to enter the Pass to serve His Majesty!” Eunuch Cheng said with a smile.

"Are you from the Guandong family?" Li Yuan asked in surprise.

The slave girl is just a descendant of the Zheng family." Eunuch Cheng still had a smile on his face and said: "Because I offended the Yang family, I was sent to the palace. Not long ago, the Zheng family found the slave girl and asked for it.

Let the slave family return to the Zheng family."

"I didn't expect you to be from the Zheng clan?" Lu Zhaoci narrowed his eyes, with a look of thought on his face.

"It turns out you are from the Zheng clan, and Zheng Shanguo sent you here!" Li Yuan said with a cold snort.

"Okay, father-in-law, let's start writing the edict! It's getting late. Father, hurry up and get ready so that you can go to court!" Ping Zhaoci looked solemn and glanced at Eunuch Cheng gently.

"well.

"Li Yuan glanced at Lu Zhaoci, with a smile of abandonment on his face. He took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the tray. The ink pen moved gently and wrote two imperial edicts in an instant. One was the edict to confer Li Zhiyun as the prince.

One was an edict to reward Lu Zhaoci, and he copied it again. In this way, an imperial edict was formed, one was awarded to the other party, and the other was hidden in the palace as a proof of the manuscript.

Lu Zhaoci took it and looked at it carefully. Fang handed it to Eunuch Cheng on the side and said, "Excuse me, Eunuch Cheng."

Eunuch Cheng didn't dare to neglect, he took the emperor's talisman and used the jade watch, so the imperial edict was completed. Eunuch Cheng checked it carefully, then nodded, and was about to put the talisman into the seal box.

, but saw a hand stretched out from the side. The smile that came to him was none other than Lu Zhaoci. Eunuch Cheng's face froze, and he glanced at Li Yuan secretly, but saw that Li Yuan's face was as dark as water, and he could not show any emotion or anger at all.

, there was a hint of uneasiness in my heart..

"I still have a few appointments to announce. It's very troublesome to ask for this talisman. It's better to stay with me!" Lu Zhaoci looked indifferent, as if what he was asking for was only one penny or two penny.

"It's just a few nice-looking stones. Since the King of Han wants it, just keep it with him." Li Yuan laughed loudly after hearing this and said, "It will be very troublesome to ask for it back and forth."

Lu Zhaoci didn't care about Li Yuan's angry look, took the talisman, put it in his sleeve, and said lightly: "Your Majesty, please change your clothes, it's time to go to court." After saying that, he walked out and turned to Eunuch Cheng.

However, they cautiously followed behind them and left the Chengxiang Palace together. Behind them, there was a crackling sound, but it was unknown how many things Li Yuan had dropped. "Your Highness, why don't you kill this old Li Yuan and keep him?"

It’s useless, otherwise something else will happen.” Outside Chengxiang Hall, Eunuch Cheng said cautiously.

"He is Gu's father-in-law, how to kill him?" Lu Zhaoci sighed and said: "Eunuch Cheng will be appointed as the general manager in the future! Take care of Gu's father-in-law personally. Then send an apprentice to do what you did before! After a while,

Let him serve the new emperor. Alas, I am still worried about this palace!"

"Old slave, I obey." A smile appeared on Eunuch Cheng's face. Although he was looking after Li Yuan, he was still the general manager, which was not what Eunuch Cheng's previous position could do. But the moment he lowered his head,

But he didn't notice the murderous intent flashing in Lu Zhaoci's eyes.

Half an hour later, I heard the sound of bells and drums in the Tai Chi Palace, and the sound of jade pans, which was the signal that Li Yuan had summoned the ministers. The morning court was about to begin. All the officials and generals lined up according to their respective grades and titles, and went to Tai Chi.

Come to the palace.

"Let's go!" Lu Zhaoci slightly changed his clothes and came towards Tai Chi Hall.

At this moment, there was a choir singing on the steps in front of the Tai Chi Hall. The choir sang slowly in order of official position from high to low. Just like being called upon, anyone who was not called upon would be punished by the imperial censor.

Taiwan’s impeachment.

"Prince Linfen, General Lu Zhaoci has arrived." When the choir member saw Lu Zhaoci coming, his eyes lit up and he started singing loudly.

Hearing this, everyone on the stairs looked at Lu Zhaoci one after another. Everything that happened yesterday had long been spread in Chang'an City. Everyone knew that the prince, the king of Qin, and the king of Qi were competing for the throne, but in the end it was this general who won the throne.

Victory. However, since no one was allowed in or out of the palace, these people did not know what the final result would be. At this time, when they saw Lu Zhaoci rushing over, everyone looked at the young man who was slowly walking over with strange eyes.

Either envy, jealousy, resentment, or fawning, etc., all eyes fell on Lu Zhaoci.

At the top of the list of ministers were Li Zhiyun, Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda and others, who were either wearing princely attire or wearing royal robes. But when they saw Lu Zhaoci coming, they all looked at each other. Then they looked deeply at each other.

He sighed, as if he had stepped back a step. People under the eaves had to lower their heads. At this time, Lu Zhao made strong remarks, and these people were helpless.

Seeing everyone stepping back a step, Lu Zhaoci did not show any signs of anything strange, but walked straight to the front. When the old man Pei Ji saw this, his face turned red for a while. He was just showing his humility. He originally thought that Lu Zhaoci

Ci wanted to control the court. Pei Ji had to respect him. He didn't expect Lu Zhaoci to be so rude and stand at the head of the ministers without any scruples. This made him not angry, but when he thought of Lu Zhaoci's subordinates

The soldiers and horses, even the prince dared to kill, Geng Yi Xun Shu said in detail, Shan Shan had a different body and roared at him. For a while, the old man dared to be angry but dared not speak...

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu has a noble status, how can he stand on the second level?" Lu Zhaoci glanced at Lu Zhaoci, but saw a trace of confusion in his eyes. He said lightly.

"Brother, did you really kill the eldest brother and the second brother of the prince?" Li Zhiyun cautiously said

road.

"They wanted to kill me, and I had no choice. I could only resist. Lu Zhaoci patted his shoulder and said: "From now on, you should not be an idle prince.

"Why is this?" There was a trace of doubt on Li Zhiyun's face.
To be continued...