Chapter 561 Preparations before dawn

In Tai Chi Hall, the lights are brightly lit.

Li Chengqian sat upright behind the desk in the middle of the hall, and Li Shiji, Du Zhenglun and others sat on both sides.

Li Chengqian looked at the ministers in the hall and felt soaked all over. He thought that the soldiers who were still outside were still unbearable.

Then he turned around and said to Liu Kui: "Transfer the mission, cook some mutton soup, add more ginger in the soup, and drink it for the soldiers to drive away the rain and don't get sick.

"I obey the order." Liu Kui responded softly and hurriedly went down to pass the order.

Li Chengqian turned his head and looked at the ministers and said calmly: "If I'm not wrong, your Majesty now has the urn city behind Xuanwu Gate, we must completely control the court tonight."

At this time, there is nothing to hide. Let everyone be mentally prepared.

The ministers sitting on both sides were very calm when they heard this. Obviously, people here also guessed Li Shimin's purpose.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but think that Changsun Wuji was really blinded. He thought that if Li Shimin wanted to depose Li Chengqian, he would definitely choose Li Zhi as the crown prince. He didn't see what Li Zhi's virtues were. Li Shimin was not blind.

Li Shiji said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, I think the Secretariat of the Three Provinces is the most important. I am willing to go to the Ministry of War tonight."

Li Chengqian nodded and agreed. Just as he was about to speak, an eunuch hurried in and saluted: "Report to the Crown Prince, the Queen Liangdi and the Third Emperor are here."

When Li Chengqian heard this, he felt anxious and stood up quickly and was about to go out, but he saw Wang Liangdi, who was dressed up, calmly walked into the hall.

Seeing that she was carrying a food box in her hand, Li Chengqian knew that she was here to deliver food to her, so he quickly walked forward a few steps. Because he was anxious to get the crutch, he limped to Wang Liangdi and almost rushed into Wang Liangdi.

Wang Liangdi was shocked when she saw this, and she threw away the food box and held Li Chengqian.

"Bang" The food box fell to the ground, the tableware and dishes rolled all over the floor, and the soup was sprinkled everywhere. After a white porcelain wine pot was broken, the fragments collapsed on Li Chengqian's feet. The eunuch next to him hurriedly cleaned up.

Li Chengqian was unaware of this and just looked straight at Wang Liangdi. Seeing that although Wang Liangdi carefully painted her makeup, she still couldn't hide her fatigue between her eyebrows and eyes.

I couldn't help but feel ache and said lovingly: "I've made you wronged."

Wang Liangdi had already blushed and said hurriedly, "Your Highness, this is Tai Chi Hall."

"Cough-Cough!"

Li Chengqian heard a cough sound from behind him, so he quickly turned around and saw that all the ministers behind him had already stood up and scattered from the corner of the hall, facing them with their backs to look at the scenery on the wall.

Li Chengqian sighed helplessly and said to Wang Liangdi: "It's so late, why are you going to the palace for?"

Wang Liangdi quickly let go of her body, revealing the little Li Bai who was being held by the nanny behind her, and sang: "It's the emperor's grandson who heard that His Highness is back and is trying to find his father."

"Oh?" Li Chengqian couldn't help but look at Li Bai, and saw the fat little Li Bai looking at him timidly. The three-year-old child has not seen him for more than half a year and has regarded him as a somewhat familiar stranger.

"Little Li Bai, call him Father!" Wang Liangdi, who was beside him, hurriedly taught Xiao Li Bai to recognize others.

When Li Chengqian saw this, he smiled slightly and took Li Bai from the nanny and teased him with a smile: "Little Li Bai doesn't know his father anymore?"

Seeing that Li Chengqian was kind to him, Li Bai gradually became less afraid and shouted in a silence: "Father."

Seeing this, Li Chengqian laughed, lowered his head and kissed him.

"I know that the Crown Prince and the Qing family did not use dinner, so I ordered people to cook mutton soup." Wang Liangdi said as she took a food box from the eunuch and was about to put it on Li Chengqian's desk.

Li Chengqian turned around and saw it and said, "This is the main hall, it is not suitable for this place, so go to the side hall."

Then he said loudly: "You guys follow me to the side hall to get some mutton soup to drive away the cold."

After saying that, he hugged Li Bai and walked to the side hall first.

The ministers who had admired the scenery on the wall for a long time also turned around and followed.

Seeing that Li Chengqian was busy with work, Wang Liangdi didn't dare to disturb her anymore, so she put up the food box and took Li Bai back to the East Palace.

Li Chengqian and his ministers ate mutton soup. When they returned to the main hall from the side hall and passed the corridor, they saw that the heavy rain that had been brewing for a long time finally poured down from the sky.

After discussion with the ministers, Li Chengqian arranged for Cheng Mingzhen and Hao Chujun to take charge of Menxia Province. Menxia Province is the place to review edicts and must send upright people.

Liu Shi and Xu Jingzong went to take charge of the Secretariat. The Secretariat was the place where the Secretariat issued an order. If Li Shimin wanted to issue an edict, he must go through the Secretariat and must be a person who was absolutely loyal to him.

Li Shiji, Du Zhenglun, Chu Suiliang, Liu Xiangdao, Ren Yaxiang, and Li Yifu went to take charge of the Shangshu Province. The Shangshu Province in the early Tang Dynasty was equivalent to the current State Council, and many specific affairs were carried out by the Six Ministry of the Shangshu Province.

The Secretariat was very complicated, and before that, Changsun Wuji had always taken over the position of Secretariat Pushe, taking over the power of the court. Maybe he had left some tricks, and he had to send important officials to take over them completely.

After the discussion, Li Chengqian personally sent him out of the Tai Chi Hall.

Standing under the corridor, I saw that the sky and the earth were pitch black outside, and there was a sudden sound of rain, and the rain was flowing to the ground like a waterfall.

The ministers bowed to Li Chengqian again, and Li Chengqian was a little worried, and looked at Li Shiji and others and said, "The Office of the Duke of the British Secretariat is in the Imperial City, you can take the bus later!"

The Secretariat and Menxia Province are both in the Tai Chi Palace, and the Secretariat is built in the imperial city because it is too large.

"Your Highness, Prince, please be careful." Li Shiji and six others said that they would salute again and turned around and walked into the heavy rain.

Li Chengqian saw that they all walked down the steps in front of the Tai Chi Hall safely before turning back to the Tai Chi Hall.

"It seems that we will prepare to rescue disasters in Chang'an City tomorrow." Li Chengqian said to himself as he walked the border.

"Your Highness, are we going back to the East Palace?" Cheng Wuting looked at the tall and empty Tai Chi Hall and said uneasy.

Li Chengqian turned his head and looked at him calmly.

Cheng Wuting hurriedly said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, the inner palace is still under the left and right guards, saying that no one will allow him to enter without His Majesty's will."

The sixteen guards in the early Tang Dynasty, among which the left and right Jinwu were mainly responsible for the public security of the imperial city and the front half of the palace, as well as the guards of the palace during the dynasty. The left and right guards were the guards of the palace, and the left and right Qianniu guards were the emperor's personal bodyguards. These military guards were similar in scale to the Six-Rank of the East Palace, with only a few thousand people in total. The real powerful one was the left and right guards behind Xuanwu Gate.

Although Li Chengqian entered the Tai Chi Palace, he could only move in the previous dynasty at present. Without a strong reason, he could not attack the inner palace openly.

However, the situation in the inner palace was unclear, which made Cheng Wutong, the bodyguard very worried.

Seeing that Cheng Wu was worried, Li Chengqian said relaxedly: "Don't worry, tomorrow the Lone King sent someone to escort His Majesty to Furong Garden to recuperate. You and Fang Yi will be the generals of the left and right guards."

"I will follow the order." Seeing that Li Chengqian was confident, Cheng Wu was much more at ease.

That night, Li Chengqian did not sleep all night and sat in the Tai Chi Hall to handle affairs in Chang'an City. Until dawn, Du He, Zhao Jie and Xue Yuanchao entered the palace and reported that the soldiers of the Eastern Palace had arrested Chang'an Wuji and his gang.

After hearing this, Li Chengqian was relieved and asked someone to prepare a bath and water. He wanted to take a shower and change his clothes, change his crown clothes, and prepare to go to court to meet the ministers of Chang'an City after a while.

He also advised Li Shimin to abdicate.

A night of heavy rain passed, and by dawn, the weather had turned clear. With the fresh air, all kinds of birds living in the Tai Chi Palace began to sing early.

Li Shimin stood in the harem and looked up at the bright stars in the clear sky, and said lightly: "A night of wind and rain will make you rise tomorrow. I should be able to meet that traitor."

Li Ke, who was standing next to him, was very excited when he heard this. He finally wanted to get what he wanted and become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Ke looked at the stars in the sky and said in his heart: Brother, although you are a natural person, you have unique features in governing the country and leading troops. But I, Li Ke, will not be worse than you. I can still control the Tang Dynasty into a prosperous era.

Thinking of this, Li Ke showed a self-deprecating smile on his face and said to him: These words were just to tell him in person when he was sending his elder brother away.

"Cough cough cough cough cough..."

Li Shimin interrupted Li Ke's imagination with a cough, and hurriedly reached out to support Li Shimin and said, "Father, you must be careful."

Li Shimin nodded weakly and said, "Help me go and take a break. I will ride a horse to Taiji Temple to take down the rebellious son later."

(End of this chapter)
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