He Miao was about 30 years old and was the personal bodyguard of Emperor Li Yuan. He served as the General of the Qianniu Guard. He was very skilled in martial arts. He was the first in the palace and was very famous. This time Li Yuan directly appointed him as the General of the Jinwu Guard, making him a key figure in defending the safety of the palace.? ?

He did have an abnormality. He had just received the news that all the imperial guards guarding the imperial city retreated to the barracks and the Xuanwu Jingwei took over the imperial city, which surprised him.

In the morning, Li Daozong also complained to him that Li Shenfu did not join him on the pretext of not being complete, which made He Miao suddenly suspicious. Since the Imperial Army's base was north of Xuanwu Gate, he naturally thought of Xuanwu Gate and immediately led his men to come, just about to meet Wang Jian and open the palace gate.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Wang Fan ordered: "Don't pay attention to him and open the door!"

Wei Daming shouted, leading dozens of people to intercept He Miao and buy time for the door to open.

The door was extremely heavy and the opening was very slow. At this time, Li Yuanji also saw He Miao in the distance. He was very anxious and ordered his left and right to help push the door, and then ordered his left and right to attack.

At this time, He Miao had already carried Wei Daming under the horse and urged the horse to come to the gate. When Wang Fan saw his brother-in-law being killed, his eyes turned red. He roared and waved his sword to kill him. He Miao sneered, "The traitor, you will die!"

As soon as his spear shook, the tip of the spear stabbed like a rainstorm. Wang Zheng was no match for him. After less than three fights, he was shot twice in his shoulders and legs. At this moment, the palace gate finally opened. The first person to rush in was Li Yuanji's number one general, Master Shang. He roared and swung the 100-pound iron spear to stab He Miao. Seeing that he was coming fiercely, He Miao had to throw Wang Fan and fight.

Wang Fan escaped and saw that his wife's brother had died tragically, he couldn't help crying. Li Yuanji apologized in his heart and patted his shoulder to express comfort. At this time, the Xuanwu Gate had opened and eight thousand Xuanwu Jingwei rushed into the palace.

Seeing that the situation was not good, He Miao swung his horse and wanted to escape, but heard a string sound, and a wolf-toothed arrow shot instantly. The arrow was fierce and fast. He Miao could not dodge and was shot through his head by an arrow. He screamed and immediately turned over and fell off the horse. Ma Yaozong put away his bow and arrow in the distance. As long as he took action, no one could escape his arrow.

When Li Yuanji saw that He Miao was dead, he was overjoyed and immediately said to Hou Mo Chenqing: "I will leave it to you in the East Palace."

"Please rest assured that your highness will not disappoint your highness."

Hou Mo Chenqing immediately led a thousand soldiers to the East Palace and left with murderous aura. Li Yuanji sent everyone to encircle and suppress the Jinwu Guards of each gate. He himself led three thousand armored soldiers to run to his father's bedroom.

Except for thousands of Jinwu Guards, there were only hundreds of Qianniu Guards in the palace. They were far from the opponent of Xuanwu Jingwei. They were dead and surrendered, and they were quickly encircled. Three thousand Xuanwu Jingweis quickly surrounded the palace of Emperor Li Yuan. Li Yuanji led a dozen confidant warriors into the bedroom. He met the imperial physician Liu Jun at the gate. He knelt down and smiled and said, "Report to Your Highness, the task is completed!"

"Can my father still wake up?"

"There is no cure. Although I will not die for a while, I can't wake up and I can last for a month at most."

"Thank you then!"

Li Yuanji drew out his sword and pierced Liu Jun's chest with one sword. Blood squirted all over him. Liu Jun pointed at Li Yuanji incredibly and fell to the ground and died. The other imperial doctors were so scared that they were ruthless that they kowtowed and begged for mercy. However, Li Yuanji showed no mercy and killed them all with one sword.

He put away his sword and walked towards the hall. The palace maids and eunuchs were so scared that they ate and hid everywhere. The concubine responsible for serving the emperor tonight was Zhang Jieyu. She was frightened and brought several palace maids to meet him, knelt down and begged, "Please don't disturb the emperor!"

"Can my father still wake up?"

Li Yuanji sneered and reached out to raise her pink chin. Zhang Jieyu was embarrassed and angry, but she was afraid that Li Yuanji would kill her, so she knelt on the ground and did not dare to move, allowing him to be careless.

At this time, Li Yuanji thought of another beauty, Concubine Yin De, who gave Li Shenfu, and he was immediately very annoyed. He grabbed Zhang Jieyu's arm and dragged her to the far side hall. Concubine Zhang was so scared that she trembled all over, but she didn't dare to shout, and was dragged into the side hall by Li Yuanji.

The personal guards had already become accustomed to it. When they stood at the gate of the side hall, they could only hear the crying of Zhang Jieyu from the darkness.

After a while, Li Yuanji packed up his clothes and walked out, and said to several palace maids: "Go and serve the empress! She has passed away."

Li Yuanji vented his desire and then came to his father's ward. At this time, Li Yuan was deeply poisoned and had to breathe slightly, which was no different from death. In the future, he could only fill rice juice to maintain his survival. Even so, as the toxicity further deepened, he would soon die.

Li Yuanji walked to his father. He did not pay attention to his father, but picked up a jade box from his father and opened it. It was filled with the tiger talismans and jade seals of the imperial edicts. Li Yuanji smiled proudly, put away the jade box, and then looked at his father.

After a while, Li Yuanji sighed and said, "Father, the Tang Dynasty has internal and external troubles, let me take responsibility for you! You can go to bed well."

Li Yuanji turned around and left the bedroom and ordered: "Without my consent, no one is allowed to approach the bedroom. Violators will kill them no matter how much!"

At this time, Hou Mo Chenqing, covered in blood, walked forward quickly and knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Highness, the Eastern Palace has been resolved!"

Li Yuanjizhi was so proud that he looked at the stars in the sky and laughed to the sky.

In the summer of the sixth year of Wude, King Li Yuanji of Chu launched a palace coup, killed his brother Li Jiancheng's family, imprisoned his father, and forced all the civil and military officials of the court to enter the palace to discuss matters. Li Yuanji made himself the regent on the grounds that his father fell ill and was unable to manage government.

At the same time, he forged an edict to appoint himself as the crown prince of the Eastern Palace and the prime minister. All officials were forced to helplessly and had to sign and seal the regent letter one by one, recognizing Li Yuanji's status as regent. Li Yuanji immediately issued the first regent edict: to recruit 100,000 soldiers in Guanzhong.

After learning about the tragedy of Donggong Sheng, Prime Minister Chen Shuda couldn't help crying to the sky until he fainted from crying. Several officials sent him back to the mansion. Chen Shuda lay on the bed and couldn't get up.

At dusk, Chai Shao came to Chen Shuda's mansion in a carriage. His grandson Chen Zhongfang greeted him at the door. He quickly stepped forward and saluted, "See the prince consort!"

"How is your grandfather?" Chai Shao asked with concern.

"My grandfather has woken up and the rice has not been poured yet. I beg my son-in-law to persuade my grandfather."

"I understand, let me see him first!"

"Please please!"

Chai Shao followed Chen Zhongfang to the inner house and waited for a while in front of the ward. He heard Chen Shuda crying inside, "Is Sichang here?"

Chai Shao was startled and didn't care about waiting. He hurried into the ward. He saw Chen Shuda scattered and covered with bedding. His grandson Chen Zhongfang and a concubine helped him up. Chen Shuda grabbed Chai Shao's hand and cried bitterly.

"I was the one who harmed the prince, I was the one who harmed the prince's family!" Chen Shuda cried in tears.

Chai Shao patted his hand gently and persuaded him kindly, "This is not the fault of the prime minister. The power struggle is so cruel. There is no way to do anything about it. I came here to tell the prime minister that Princess Pingyang met the emperor today."

Chen Shuda's crying stopped abruptly, his head raised his red eyes and asked in a hoarse voice: "How is the emperor?"

Chai Shao's wife, Princess Pingyang, is Li Yuanji's sister and is very strong. She rushed into the emperor's bedroom with a sword today. Chai Shao shook his head and said, "The emperor is still alive, but he can't wake up again. All the imperial doctors who treat the emperor were killed by Li Yuanji. No one knows what happened."

Hearing that the emperor was still alive, Chen Shuda felt a little better. He gritted his teeth and said, "I never dreamed that Li Yuanji was so crazy, killing his brother and imprisoning his father. Does he think that if he did not ascend the throne for the time being, he could alleviate his sins?"

"And there is also Mother!"

"What!" Uncle Chen was stunned.

Chai Shao shook his head and said, "The princess is just hearing that there is no definite evidence. It is said that Concubine Yin De was sent to Li Shenfu's mansion last night, and Concubine Zhang was forcibly occupied by the King of Chu."

"brute!"

Chen Shuda was so angry that he cursed, "He is not even as good as a beast. His father is still alive, so he will occupy his concubine's mother, he."

Chen Shuda was so angry that he coughed violently. Chai Shao quickly massaged his back, "Prime Minister, don't be angry anymore. It's not worth it for such a person to get angry."

Chen Shuda nodded, "The prince-consort is right. I want to keep my body and take a good look at what he will end up in the end. Now Zhang Xuan has found an excuse to attack Tang."

Chai Shao pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that Wen Yanbo left Chang'an City at dusk yesterday. Don't the Prime Minister find it strange?"

Chen Shuda was stunned, "What do you mean is that Wen Yanbo got the news in advance?"

Chai Shao sneered, "It's not just about getting the news in advance. I suspect that Zhang Xuan had known that Li Yuanji was going to take a palace coup, otherwise how could it be so coincidental that he captured Dasan Pass at this critical moment and transferred Li Shentong's army to Fufeng County. Li Yuanji had the opportunity to have a palace coup!"

Chen Shuda pondered for a long time and nodded and said, "You are right. This is the fundamental reason why Zhang Xuan clearly has an absolute advantage but has to truce for a year. He is waiting for the Tang Dynasty to ruin its foundation and then take action. It's okay, let the Great Zhou Empire unify the world! This dirty coup will be burned by the fire of war!"

Speaking of this, Chen Shuda held Chai Shao's hand again, "Sichang, go! You are the prince consort, and Zhang Xuan will not let you go."

Chai Shao nodded, "I'm here to say goodbye to the prime minister. The princess and I have decided to leave Chang'an with our children tonight."

"Where is Sichang going?"

Chai Shao smiled and said, "Prepare to go south. I think the world is so big that there will always be a place for our family to live in!"

"Okay! I wish Sichang a safe journey."

"The prime minister takes care of his health. As long as he adheres to principles, does not compromise with the treacherous and protects the interests of the people, Zhang Xuan will definitely use the prime minister again. If the prime minister becomes the prefect of a county in the future, I will take my wife and children to join him."

"Well said, I must take care of myself, and I hope we will see each other again."
Chapter completed!