Yongxingfang in Chang'an is close to the east of the imperial city and is not very famous among the various yards in Chang'an, but it has a very famous mansion, that is, the mansion of King Qi, Li Yuanji of King Qi.

The Qi Palace covers an area of ​​about 180 acres. The buildings in the palace are magnificent and magnificent, just like an imperial palace. However, the Qi King Li Yuanji did not live in his huge palace house for much time, and he spent most of his time in Shu.

That morning, hundreds of Eastern Palace guards guarding Prince Li Jiancheng's carriage slowly stopped in front of the Qi Palace. When the prince arrived, the guards at the door rushed in to report.

Li Jiancheng got off the carriage and looked at the mansion with his hands behind his back. The sudden betrayal of the fourth brother Yuan Ji was very surprised and extremely angry. Originally, the 40,000 military power in the capital was in his hands, but his father gave the 40,000 military power to Yuan Ji, disrupting his plan to use the 40,000 military power to support Kanto.

But last night, Li Jiancheng got even more terrifying news. The fourth brother Yuan Ji had the plan to force the palace to force his father to abdicate and give way to him. This made Li Jiancheng unable to bear it. Today he had to explain it clearly in person. What was Yuan Ji's intention?

Power is a terrible poison. Some people cannot have power. Once he gets this poison, he will immediately become a devil. Li Yuanji is undoubtedly such a person. He has gained 40,000 military power in Chang'an, which means that Chang'an City is already under his control. He began to fade rapidly, his human nature is destroyed, and his demon nature is rampant.

At this time, Li Yuanji had only one thought, to seize the throne and step onto the Palace of the Emperor. Even if he only became the emperor for one day, he would have to taste the taste of the Supreme Lord of Jiuwu. He only had this chance in his life. If he didn't catch it, he would die with his eyes open, and his heart had been occupied by the devil.

In the palace, Li Yuanji was discussing the details of the mutiny with several of his confidants in the inner study. In addition to Li Yuanji, there were also Wang Shubao, the chief of the Qi palace, Wu Shiyi, the servant Duan Da and Zhu Jie, and Li Yuanji's deputy chief of the guards, Li Deren, a total of five people.

Wang Shubao is about fifty years old this year. He was originally aide to Li Yuan. After Li Yuan took over Guanzhong, he was punished for taking stolen goods and demoted to a commoner. However, Li Yuan thought of his achievements and re-activated him and appointed him as the chief of the Prince of Qi's Mansion.

Wang Shubao was very dissatisfied with Li Yuan. He believed that Li Yuan was not missing his old love and treated him little, and was always resentful. Once Li Yuanji took control of the military power in the capital, he immediately encouraged Li Yuanji to mutiny, which won Li Yuanji's heart and became the mastermind of this mutiny of King Qi.

Wu Shiyi is the second brother of Wu Shi Yuan, the Minister of Works. He was granted a small family of the Qi Prince's Mansion because of Wu Shi Yuan. He was also dissatisfied with the court.

He had a very good relationship with Wang Shubao. With Wang Shubao's win over, he also joined the mutiny plan. Li Yuanji promised him to serve as the Minister of Shangshu Zuo Pushe in the future.

The other two Duan Da and Zhu Jie were originally under Wang Shichong. Duan Da was the chief conspirator of Wang Shichong usurped the throne and was sinister and vicious. Later, he became Wang Shichong's prime minister. Zhu Jie was once an ogre in Nanyang, fierce and cruel, but on the other hand, he dared to do big things and was extremely courageous.

These two people escaped from Luoyang when Wang Shichong was destroyed, so he did not dare to surrender to Yang Yuanqing. Instead, they secretly defected to King Li Yuanji of Qi and presented gold and silk. Li Yuanji knew that they were useful talents and hid in the mansion. During this King of Qi mutiny, both of them were active participants in the planning and participants.

Li Deren's original name was Wang Deren, and he was also a famous general under Wang Shichong. He was very skilled in martial arts and brave and good at fighting. After Wang Shichong's defeat, Wang Deren also followed Duan Da to join Li Yuanji. Li Yuanji liked his bravery and changed his name to Li Deren. He and Wu Shiyi were responsible for secretly recruiting brave men for Li Yuanji.

In fact, according to Li Yuanji's idea, since he controlled 40,000 troops, he simply launched a mutiny, imprisoned the prince, and forced his father to abdicate. However, Wang Shubao firmly opposed it, and the others did not agree very much.

"Although Your Highness has military power, Your Highness forgot that these two armies are fundamentally loyal to the Lord. If Your Highness directly launches a mutiny, he will not support Your Highness and may even turn against him. Huyi believes that the best way is to use our own people to launch a coup in the palace, imprison the prince, force the Lord to abdicate, and issue abdication edict, so that Your Highness can ascend the throne legitimately, and the army will naturally be loyal to Your Highness."

Wang Shubao's suggestion was supported by several other people, and Duan Da added: "Actually, the prince is not scary and easy to deal with. The key is the King of Qin. Your Highness should first find a way to recall the King of Qin and kill him. Without any worries, your Highness can ascend the throne and become emperor."

Li Yuanji frowned, "But if you transfer back to the King of Qin, you need the will of your father."

Duan Da smiled sinisterly, "This requires Your Highness to enter the palace to be more diligent, serve the emperor, and make suggestions to the emperor while he is in a mess. I think since the emperor is willing to give the military power of the capital to His Highness, he will definitely listen to His Highness's advice and issue an order to transfer the King of Qin back, coax the King of Qin into the palace, and launch a palace coup, which can help the great things."

Li Yuanji walked a few steps behind his back and nodded. It was not appropriate to be done later. He asked Li Deren and Samurai Yi again: "How is it like recruiting brave men?"

The two looked at each other, and the warrior bowed and said, "Report to your highness, we are recruiting brave men in the army. The progress is very smooth. More than 2,000 people have been recruited, all of whom are highly skilled in martial arts. There are currently 500 people in the manor outside the city, and 1,500 people are hidden in the manor outside the city, all under secret training."

"good!"

Li Yuanji praised: "To speed up training, you must be absolutely loyal to me."

"Abide by the order!"

At this time, a guard outside the door reported, "Report to Your Highness, the prince is here and you will see Your Highness."

Li Yuanji was startled. The emperor's brother is here, what should I do? He looked at everyone with a request for help. Wang Shubao laughed and said, "This is very simple. The prince must have doubts. Your Highness must not admit it. He just said that he was doing things according to the will of the emperor, and he had no choice."

A thought suddenly arose in Li Yuanji's mind and gritted his teeth and said, "I just imprisoned the prince today. What do you think?"

"No!"

Wang Shubao quickly opposed, "The prince is in charge of the government affairs. If His Highness imprisons him, it will inevitably cause chaos in the government affairs, which will alarm the enemy. Your Highness will do it according to the advice of his humble position and firmly deny it."

Duan Da next to him also sneered: "The Chief Secretary said it well. In fact, the prince is a useless person and has no strength at all. You can deal with him in the end. Your Highness doesn't have to worry about him. Stabilizing him first is the best way."

Li Yuanji accepted everyone's plan, calmed down, and walked out quickly.

...........

Li Jiancheng had been invited to the King of Qi's study room. Although several of Li Jiancheng's aides advised Li Jiancheng not to go to the King of Qi's mansion, Li Jiancheng still decided to go. He believed that his fourth brother would not dare to do anything to him.

In the study outside, Li Jiancheng paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. At this moment, his heart was filled with sadness and anger. He didn't understand that at such a critical moment, his fourth brother actually made trouble and stole 40,000 military power without caring about the overall situation. What exactly did he want to do and snatch the throne?

At this time, a sound of footsteps sounded outside the house, and then Li Yuanji's smile came, "Which gust of fragrant wind blows the emperor's brother?"

Li Yuanji strode in, bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "This is the first time that my brother has come to my shabby house!"

Since he took control of military power, his waist has become obviously hard, and his tone of speaking is different from the past. He began to have a momentum and became more confident. In other words, he did not take the emperor's brother Li Jiancheng seriously. In front of Li Jiancheng, he no longer had the respectful attitude of his former brother.

Li Jiancheng felt the change in Li Yuanji's tone and attitude, and asked lightly: "Are you talking to me?"

Li Yuanji was stunned and bowed quickly and said, "Why do you say this? I have always respected the emperor's brother very much, and the emperor's words made me panic."

Li Jiancheng snorted, "If you have any intention of respecting me, you shouldn't have seized my military power. Fourth brother, you respect me in your mouth, but in your heart, you never take me to heart."

Li Yuanji hurriedly cried out, "The emperor's brother killed me wrongly! I absolutely have no intention of seizing the emperor's brother's military power. It was because the emperor insisted on giving it to me, and I had to obey. I just told my father about the poisoning of the Qin King. I felt that I should not hide it from his father. As a result, the emperor was furious and gave me the military power. I have no disrespect for you at all."

"Enough!"

Li Jiancheng finally couldn't help but feel angry and scolded him angrily: "The situation is critical now, so we can only let the army in the capital support the Eastern Front. It is precisely because of your selfishness that the overall plan failed. If the Eastern Front is lost, you will be the culprit!"

Li Yuanji was also angry and angry. He said with a dark face: "The emperor wants to speak with his conscience. Is it my responsibility to cause this situation today? It is your incompetent command and your brothers fighting for power, which led to the Tang army's defeat and defeat. Now I want to put the blame on me, but I can't do it!"

Li Yuanji stomped his feet hard and turned away. Li Jiancheng stayed for a while. He also knew that the fourth brother could not return the military power to him, and he could not admit his ambition to usurp the throne. It was a waste of time to ask for this. The only thing he had to do was tell his father and let him stop the coup.

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng quickly left the Qi Palace and headed towards the palace.

......

In the Hall of Peaceful Heart, Li Jiancheng knelt on the ground. He had already told his father about his worries one by one. He hoped that his father could take back the military power of his fourth brother and take measures to prevent the tragedy of brothers from killing each other.

Li Jiancheng was pulling a thin curtain in front of him, and Li Yuan sat behind the curtain. After a while, Li Yuan said coldly: "You should not doubt your brother. First of all, you cannot have such suspicion. You must believe in Yuanji, just like I believe in him. I don't want to hear you say about this for the second time."

Li Jiancheng felt a bit cold all over his body, and his heart seemed to fall into darkness. The bottomless and endless abyss made him a little desperate.
Chapter completed!