Ma Zhen walked out of the hall proudly. He came to Cheng Yuanzhen who was kneeling in front of the steps. He glanced at the other party with contempt, and stared at Cheng Yuanzhen with goose bumps, and his heart became more and more terrified.

A moment later, the guard came to him and said expressionlessly: "Lord, please come in."

Cheng Yuanzhen was uneasy. The two of them were both straight and did not surrender just now. One was killed, and the other was released. As a surrendered minister who made meritorious deeds, he should be rewarded, but Li Siye is a man of treacherous and changeable. Who knows what he is thinking about now? Should he take off the grind and kill the donkey or continue to use him?

He dragged his heavy legs into the hall, and did not even dare to raise his head. He knelt on the ground with a plop: "I will meet the King of Xiliang, no, I will meet the saint."

Li Siye raised his hand and asked him to stand up. There was no expression on his face. He just said with a relaxed and pleasant look: "General Cheng was really a contribution to the country and made me feel good about you. Don't misunderstand the tongue in the future. You and I are both ministers of the Tang Dynasty. How can you do that kind of usurpation?"

After hearing this, Cheng Yuanzhen burst into cold sweats all over his body. Is this guy just said that he was the real thoughts in his heart or was he testing him? He must not take such a risk, otherwise his death will be ahead.

"You have great martial arts and should be the lord of the world. The current emperor Li Hengde has suffered a loss. The Tang Ting has long been exhausted. It is the time when you ascend the throne."

Li Siye shook his head: "Don't learn to persuade others like you, but even if I can't be justified, I can still give you an official reward. But before that, we have to find a qualified emperor for the Tang Dynasty."

Only after hearing this could Cheng Yuanzhen be sure that Li Siye really didn't plan to be the emperor, so he would definitely find a puppet for himself to control it.

He asked respectfully and devoutly: "I don't know who the King of Xiliang wants to elect as the emperor?"

"You have already asked the question. The 24th son of the Supreme Emperor, King Heng, Li Ying, has always been kind and stable, gentle and gentle, and is what a king of the country should look like. I will leave this matter to you. As long as you support King Heng, Li Ying, as the emperor, you will have the merit of supporting him. After he ascends the throne, I will let him make you the Duke of the Kingdom."

Cheng Yuanzhen hurriedly bowed to the ground: "Thank you lord! Thank you lord, I will be tragic and take good care of the emperor for you."

Li Siye nodded and smiled with satisfaction. It was simple to talk to such a smart person. As long as he gave a little tip, he could understand it. If this eunuch can always understand his position, he might not have died in the future.

"Okay, I will make the new emperor ascend the throne within one month and announce it to the world, so you must speed up your efforts to convince King Heng Li Wang."

"So fast?" Cheng Yuanzhen was shocked. He didn't want Li Siye to be so anxious to stabilize the situation. Will he have to have a backup plan in the future?

"Of course, this kind of thing must be done quickly and urgently. If the throne ceremony can be simplified, it will be simplified directly. I only have one requirement. I cannot let the new emperor make any trouble for me. As long as you successfully persuade Li Ying to sit on that chair, it will be a great achievement. And I will personally select the Imperial Guard for the Emperor to ensure the safety of His Majesty."

"Here, I will leave." Cheng Yuanzhen burst into cold sweat all over his body, pressing down on some hidden thoughts in his heart, and slowly retreating out of the hall with his hands crossed.

During Li Siye's entry into Chang'an, he reorganized the surrendered local vassal army, surrendered Yan army and surrendered Longwu army, and all of them were disrupted, preventing them from uniting the party and forming unstable factors in the army.

In addition, he also selected officers from the three armies of Hexi, Beiting and Anxi, forming a central imperial guard with Longyou officers as branches and the rest of the troops as green leaves. This army was on the surface the emperor's imperial guards, but in fact he used it to control the capital and control the armed forces above and below the court.

After careful consideration, Li Siye finally appointed the person he felt most at ease. He appointed Yan Xiaosi as the General of the Left Imperial Corps and his youngest son Li Xu as the General of the Right Imperial Corps. In this way, even if he leads his army out to fight, he can ensure that Chang'an will not have a fire in the backyard.

For this reason, he wrote a special letter and sent someone to recall Yan Xiaosi from Tongguan to Chang'an.

...

After receiving the instructions of Li Siye, Cheng Yuanzhen returned to his mansion to prepare a gift to visit King Heng's Mansion, but King Heng was no longer in the mansion, but hid in a corner of Chang'an.

When the world was in chaos, the most pitiful thing was that their descendants would inevitably be treated as thorns in their eyes by later generations and usurpers, and even completely cut off their lineage. After An Lushan attacked Chang'an, his adopted descendant Xiaozhe once slaughtered the descendants of the royal family left in Chang'an. In order to prevent Li Siye from doing this, they had to hide and ensure their safety first.

Li Siye chose to let Cheng Yuanzhen do this because of two considerations. First, Cheng Yuanzhen was a figure who was mixed up in the deep palace of Chang'an. He knew all aspects of Chang'an. He really didn't have anyone like him around him. Second, although Cheng Yuanzhen led the crowd to surrender, this person was suspected of being a speculator. As long as someone encouraged him, he might turn to Li Heng. Let him do this to cut off his retreat or even attract Li Heng's firepower. As long as Cheng Yuanzhen did this with him, he would completely cut off the possibility of returning to the court, which had far exceeded the bottom line of Li Heng's tolerance.

Although King Li Ying of Heng was missing, there were still traces to follow. Cheng Yuanzhen interrogated Li Ying's whereabouts through the servants of the former King Heng's mansion. He immediately ordered people to prepare many gifts and solemnly went to the hiding place of King Li Ying of Heng and tactfully expressed his purpose.

Li Ying did not nod and refused, which made Cheng Yuanzhen see hope. Who else in this world doesn’t like to be an emperor? Even a puppet emperor is out of reach for countless people.

He immediately prepared to move Li Ying into Tai Chi Palace when he went back. At that time, it would be too late for him to regret it. However, Cheng Yuanzhen never expected that he had just left Li Ying's temporary shelter, and the other party committed suicide after he left, and gave him almost no chance to save him.

Cheng Yuanzhen hurried to see Li Siye and asked him what he should do now. Li Siye was also very shocked and scolded Cheng Yuanzhen in anger.

"I asked you to persuade him to be the emperor, but I didn't want you to force him to death. I couldn't even do this. You used to be a job under Li Heng!"

Cheng Yuanzhen kowtowed repeatedly and said, "I know my guilt, but I am also careless. He originally agreed to it well, but who would have thought that he was so uneasy? Now that he is dead, he still asks the king to find a way to remedy it."

"Remedy, how to remedy, how to save the person is gone?" He said a few words and suddenly his eyes lit up. He turned his head and asked Cheng Yuanzhen: "Does this King Heng Li Ying have a son?"

"Yes, yes, yes, have two sons, one is named Li Jixuan and the other is named Li Zhuixuan. However, Li Ying once practiced Taoism and was not close to women for a long time, so his two sons are quite young, one is only fourteen years old and the other is only twelve years old."

He said, no prince of the Li family is a group of children and a lot of wives and concubines. Li Ying, a person who is already a problem, is not prosperous.

Li Siye nodded affirmatively: "It's good to be younger, the less complicated the child's head is.

"But," Cheng Yuanzhen hesitated: "They are not only young and have not yet been given titles. Even if they are hereditary titles, they will be given titles every generation. Their two sons can only inherit the titles as princes. According to the ritual system of the Six Classics, princes cannot inherit the throne. The emperor must first be granted the title of prince to ascend to the throne."
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