Dongping County Prince's Mansion.

Li Chengqian was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, and the prince's concubine Hou Haitang went to find his father Hou Junji. Hou Junji was not sure about it for a moment, so he came to Li Daozong to discuss it.

"Prince Li, the situation of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the others is very dangerous. Do you have any ideas?"

Li Daozong said: "Didn't you receive a notice from His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Northwest King?"

Hou Junji said: "Their methods are useless. Stop the court, strike, strike, etc. are all flashy things made by literati and they don't have much effect. Even if His Majesty ignores them, they will not be able to hold on until long."

Li Daozong couldn't help feeling nervous when he heard Hou Junji say this. He had received a message from Li You, asking him to dissuade Hou Junji from the intention of using weapons.

He asked, "General Hou, what do you think?"

Hou Junji said: "This afternoon, Your Majesty summoned the two guys (General of Right Guard) Li Zhixian and (General of Left Guard) Huang Zheng. What are you doing?"

Li Daozong said: "His Highness of the Northwest King specially reminded me to tell you not to worry, he has his own way to solve the problem. Let you not act without authorization."

Hou Junji was worried. He was also a veteran who participated in the Xuanwu Gate Incident and knew Li Shimin's ruthlessness. He had no son, only Hou Haitang, the daughter. If Li Chengqian finished, he would lose everything. He would never watch something happen to them.

He was the same as Fang Xuanling's thoughts. He said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince and Your Highness the Northwest King are too young. I don't know how powerful they are. They are now being detained. What can I do?"

Li Daozong also said with some concern: "Yes, I'm worried too, but His Highness, the Northwest King, specially told me not to act rashly, and asked me to remind you not to act rashly, so as not to act rashly."

Hou Junji said: "His Highness of the Northwest King is His Majesty's son. His perspective on the problem is different from ours. His Majesty used to be kind to us, so we should be loyal to him. But now that His Majesty is old, he is no longer the one who can be touched by him. Think about it, how did His Majesty treat you?"

During the Songtsen Gampo incident, Li Shimin's actions made Li Daozong very sad, and Li Xueyan's life was almost ruined. He said: "Yes, Your Majesty is really a bit unkind now."

Hou Junji said: "It's not just unkindness, it's simply too much. His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Northwest King have been considering His Majesty everywhere over the years. Especially His Highness the Northwest King, he has never made any rewards to the court. But His Majesty just said he was detained for Li Tai."

Li Daozong asked, "Old Hou, what do you think you should do?"

Hou Junji said: "Hurry up and contact our old subordinates and make secretly. Once an army is found entering the city, the horse launches a mutiny to attack the palace and rescue His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Northwest King."

Li Daozong asked, "What should I do after I rescue them?"

Hou Junji said decisively: "Just like the Xuanwu Gate Incident, support His Royal Highness to ascend the throne."

Li Daozong also made up his mind and said, "Okay, let's do it like this."

At this moment, Zhang Liang also came over. When he saw Hou Junji and Li Daozong, he said, "The big thing is wrong. General Li Zhixian, the Right Guard, and General Huang Zheng, the Left Guard, took His Majesty's imperial edict and received the military talisman for the dispatch of troops from the Ministry of War."

Li Daozong asked: "What is the reason for the dispatch of troops?"

Zhang Liang said: "They refused to say that they were acting under His Majesty's secret order."

Hou Junji sneered and said, "What else do you want to ask? It's obviously targeting the prince and his highness."

After saying that, he slapped the table and shouted, "We must not sit still and wait for death, and let it go."

Then the three of them went to work as a trusted general and agreed to meet here at 8 o'clock in the evening.

Liangyi Hall.

Yuchi Gong walked out of Li Shimin's study and broke out in cold sweat. He really didn't expect, or was unwilling to think about it, that Li Shimin really wanted to attack Li Chengqian and Li You.

Just now, he received Li Shimin's decree and restored the curfew from 8 o'clock tonight, and asked him to mobilize troops to monitor the operation of the Flying Tiger Army, and cooperate with Qianniu Guards and other military operations holding imperial edicts.

Yuchi Gong was worried, so he returned to the General's Mansion of Jinwu Guard and summoned the generals to hold a meeting.

Shortly after Yuchi Gong left, General Cheng Su of the Gatekeeper was summoned by Li Shimin and ordered him to open the Golden Gate and Jingyao Gate at the third update, and let the troops of General Li Zhixian, General Huang Zheng of the Right Guard, enter the city. In addition, all the city gates were closed and the vigilance was strengthened, especially the vigilance of the palace.

Immediately, Li Shimin summoned General Ma Lin and others of Qianniu Guard.

Of course, Li Shimin did not forget the Flying Tiger Army.

He took an imperial edict and said to General Malin, Qianniu Guard,: "You will take people to take over the command of the Flying Tiger Army tonight. The action should be sudden and not careless."

General Malin of Qianniu Guard said, "Your Majesty, what should I do when I encounter resistance?"

Li Shimin said: "There is no mercy to kill."

After Li Shimin finished all this, he felt at ease. He planned to talk to Li You tonight and give them the last chance to turn back.

Outside Chang'an City.

"I, Cen Wenben has met Your Highness." Cen Wenben said with a tribute.

"Master, please give up the gift." Li Ke said hurriedly.

Cen Wenben didn’t have time to greet Li Ke, and he said, “Your Highness, something big is about to happen in Chang'an City now. This is a good opportunity. This is the situation in Chang'an City…”

He introduced the situation in Chang'an City in detail.

Li Ke said gratefully: "Master, thank you for your loyalty."

After saying that, Li Ke knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Cen Wenben.

Cen Wenben hurriedly knelt on the ground and asked in confusion: "Your Highness, what are you doing?"

Li Ke called out, "Father Ya, please bow to the child." He continued to kowtow to Cen Wenben.

"Your Highness, Empress! Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo

Concubine Yang said not long ago that she wanted Li Ke to be the father of Cen Wenben, but today she was indeed fulfilled.

Not long after, Cen Wenben, who had calmed down, said: "Your Highness, Your Majesty is ready for military affairs. Your Highness the Crown Prince and Your Highness the Northwest King are also smart people. They will definitely not sit still and wait for death.

Although this conflict is inevitable, I am still worried about the evil-like His Highness of the Northwest King, and I am worried that he will resolve the crisis before the conflict occurs. Therefore, we must fuel the fire and make the situation out of control."

Li Ke said: "Father Ya, what's your idea?"

Cen Wenben said: "You arrange your trusted subordinates to sneak into Chang'an City secretly, attack the palace at midnight, shouted out the slogan of rescuing His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Northwest King, and forced His Majesty to attack them."

Li Ke smiled and said, "Father Ya, the so-called heroes have similar views, so we think of going together."

As he said that, he clapped his hands and said, "Get you out."

Soon, two military generals came in through the side door, one was the son-in-law of Li Yuan, the Emperor Gaozu of Tang, who was slapped in the face by intercepting Zhang Baogui and his friends, and Chai Zhewei, the son of Duke Xiang of Qiao State Chai Shao, and the other was Duke of Fan State Zuo Xiaowei General Duke of Fan State Duke Duke Zhixuan Duan Zan.

Duan Zan and Chai Zhewei are currently the leading generals of the guard and the Central Army General.

The two of them saluted Cen Wenben and said, "I have met Mr. Cen."

Cen Wenben was overjoyed and said, "Okay, okay, with you here, why worry about the big thing going to happen?"

Afterwards, several people discussed and summoned the confidants from the leading guards to avoid being discovered by others. The number of people is expected to be around 1,200. They entered Chang'an City before 8 pm and hid secretly near the palace, waiting for Cen Wenben to issue a command to take action.

General's Mansion.

An ordinary carriage came to the gate of the General's Mansion. The gatekeeper saw the waist sign handed over by the coachman, opened the door and let the carriage drive directly in.

"I've seen the general." The visitor said respectfully.

"Maogong, you are here." Li Jing said with a smile.

The visitor was Li Ji, the new general who replaced Li Jing. He said worriedly: "General, something big will happen tonight. How to deal with this matter?"

Li Jing said lightly: "Maogong, are His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Northwest King still locked up in the heavenly prison?"

Li Ji said depressedly: "Yes, the horse is about to have a disaster. I wonder why they are still so calm. Didn't they expect His Majesty to take ruthless action?"

Li Jing asked: "Maogong, what character do you admire the most for the younger generation today?"

Li Ji said: "That's more important than that, of course, it's His Highness, the prince of the Northwest. To be honest, I can only describe this prince with the word "admiration."

Li Jing also said with emotion: "Yes, the intelligence of His Highness, the younger generation is unmatched by His Highness, and even the old guy, I admire him!

Now His Highness, the King of Northwest, is already full of strength, and his strength is spread across the government and even overseas. Since he is so calm, he must have made complete preparations. What else can we worry about?"

Li Ji smiled and said, "The General is right, His Highness, the King of Northwest, once saved my life, and I was worried about him, so I became a little anxious for a moment.

I have also analyzed that there are about 100,000 troops garrisoned around Chang'an City, most of whom are His Majesty's confidants, but Chang'an City is strong in defense, and as long as the city gate is closed, they will not be able to enter for the moment.

The garrisons in the city include 15,000 people from the Jinwu Guard. Yuchi Gong will not target His Highness the Northwest King, and will remain neutral at most.

There are 13,000 Flying Tiger Army in the city, and they are the direct descendants of His Highness, the Northwest King.

His Majesty has 10,000 guards in his hands and 10,000 guards in Qianniu Guards. Their combat effectiveness is not strong and they are definitely not opponents of the Flying Tiger Army.

His Highness’s Eastern Palace Sixth Commander still has 3,000 troops. As long as the army outside the city cannot enter for a while, His Highness and His Highness the Northwest King will surely win."

Li Jing said: "I'm afraid I'm missing a part. If I expected it was good, there must be His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Northwest King among the gatekeepers and Qianniu Guards. Otherwise, how dare they stay in the heavenly prison?

Also, if something happens to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Hou Junji will ignore it? And Li Daozong, he is not satisfied with His Majesty. With the two of them here, half of the troops outside the city will choose to support His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Li Ji said: "I feel relieved after you say this. However, I still have something unknown. His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Northwest King know that they are in danger, so why do they still stay in the prison?"

Li Jing sighed, "This is what my Highness, the Northwest King, admires."

Li Ji came and was a little confused. He asked, "General, why is this?"
Chapter completed!