The majestic palace covered up countless gloom, the vast wheels of history ran over and over again the blood-stained bluestone streets, before dawn, a team of soldiers in armor, with a grim expression, holding a spear in their hands, rushed to the palace, and the people on the street were infected by this solemn atmosphere, and in an instant they closed the stalls, closed the door of the shop, and after a while, the street was empty again.

Qin Wangfu.

"Your Highness, it's all this time, what are you still hesitating about!" The big man with stubble on his face and dark skin slapped the case: "Li Jiancheng deceived people too much, he was the one before, he sued in front of His Majesty, Lao Fang Lao Du was kicked out of Tiance Mansion, Lao Du even broke his fingers, and now, their knives are on our necks, you are still hesitating." ”

"Jingde, sit down, don't get excited." A scribe tugged at the sleeve of Wei Chigong's coat and signaled him to be quiet.

"Brother Mingde!" Wei Chigong sighed fiercely and quieted down.

"Mingde, you also think that ...... lonely" Li Shimin looked at Xuan Mingde.

"Your Royal Highness, since ancient times, the king has been defeated, the world was in turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, or the decline of Wagangzhai back then, the thirty-six roads against the king, and the seventy-two puffs of smoke and dust, His Royal Highness is willing to take down the world with his own hands, and give it to the prince who slaughtered his siblings?" Xuan Mingde in one sentence.

Li Shimin listened to Xuan Mingde's words, held his forehead and said bitterly: "Of course Lone doesn't want to, Lone also has lofty ambitions, Lone also wants to make the Tang Dynasty prosperous and prosperous, but it's ......"

"But the establishment of the prince will not make His Highness's ideal come true, because the existence of His Royal Highness is the biggest threat to him, and His Royal Highness's cultural and martial arts are far beyond the establishment of the prince, the world, and the virtuous live in it." The eldest grandson Wuji said lightly: "Mingde is right, Prince Jiancheng is narrow-minded in treating His Royal Highness, and the layout of Chang'an City this time is all aimed at His Highness, and today in the early dynasty, I am afraid that he will do something to His Highness." ”

"Big brother, he ......" Li Shimin's expression was complicated.

"His Royal Highness was poisoned at the Prince's Mansion before, what is His Highness still counting on." Xuan Mingde said lightly.

"Mingde...... Everyone......" Li Shimin looked up at everyone present.

"We are willing to follow Your Highness to the death." Everyone stood up and clenched their fists.

The morning sun drove away the darkness of dawn as always, Li Shimin took Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong, Cheng Yanjin and Xuan Mingde to ride towards Xuanwu Gate, today's morning dynasty is destined to be no longer ordinary.

Walking on Xuanwu Street, Cheng Yanjin looked sideways at Xuan Mingde: "Brother Mingde, I heard that my sister-in-law is pregnant, congratulations." ”

Xuan Mingde heard Cheng Yanjin's words, and smiled slightly: "Yes, this is the case, I will unload my armor and return to the field, guard my wife and Erxian Village, and live the rest of my life, which is also a great blessing in life." ”

"Brother Mingde, but I still think about Second Brother Shan." Qin Qiong hit his horse and came to Xuan Mingde's side and said in a low voice.

"You and I can be said to be from the Green Forest Road, if there was no second brother Shan, I might have been exposed to the wilderness, second brother Shan would rather defect to Wang Shichong than to join us to His Royal Highness, I understand, after all, the revenge of killing my brother cannot be let go so easily, but I still have the ability to take care of the Erxian Village he left." Xuan Mingde said.

"Mingde Gaoyi, Qin Qiong admires." Qin Qiong Tingxuan Mingde said this, and couldn't help but sigh that back then, he was also favored by Shan Xiongxin, as Xuan Mingde said, if there was no Shan Xiongxin, he would have gone all the way from Shandong to Shanxi, and his mother would have died of illness on the way.

"Here we are." Li Shimin took the reins of the horse and stopped in front of the Xuanwu Gate.

"Xiaguan Wang Shoucheng has seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin." The city gate official carried a horizontal knife and came to Li Shimin's horse: "Your Highness unloads your weapons before you can enter the palace." ”

"In the hands of this king is the sword given by his father, which can be brought into the palace." Li Shimin picked up the sword and shook it in front of Wang Shoucheng's eyes.

"Then the blades of His Royal Highness King Qin's subordinates, please hand them over to the subordinate officials for safekeeping." Wang Shoucheng retreated to the next best.

Li Shimin nodded, and motioned for Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin to put down their blades.

"Lord Wang, in the next civil official, can the folding fan in his hand be regarded as a weapon?" Hyun Mingde asked.

"Naturally, it doesn't count." Wang Shoucheng is not good, and it is too difficult for everyone.

After handing over the weapons, Wang Shoucheng ordered his subordinates to open the city gate and let Li Shimin and the four of them in.

Entering the Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin looked around and found that there were no soldiers guarding the city around, and it was quiet, and there were footsteps all around, and the city walls were also full of archers.

Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, and Xuan Mingde surrounded Li Shimin in the center.

"Your Highness, rest assured, Jingde is coming, and Lao Fang Lao Du will also come with the right guards." Xuan Mingde's expression was grim: "I knew that the prince would do it today, but I didn't expect that it would be in this Xuanwu Gate, so openly intercepting His Royal Highness in the palace, Your Highness rest assured, the three of us are working hard today, and we must protect Your Highness." ”

Li Shimin nodded, holding the sword in one hand and pulling the reins of the horse in the other, and looked around.

The city gate opened again, and Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji rode horses, covered in armor, and smiled.

The soldiers surrounding Li Shimin's four people gave way to a passage, and Li Jiancheng stepped forward: "Second brother, I didn't expect it." ”

"Yes." Li Shimin looked at Li Jiancheng coldly: "I didn't want to fight today, my eldest brother would use such a big battle to deal with me." ”

"Li Shimin, don't say this kind of thing to me if you don't pretend to me." Li Jiancheng's face was gloomy: "My father made me the crown prince, but my prince can do a stable job one day, the political affairs are controlled by the strategists of your Tiance Mansion, and the military power is all your Li Shimin's, I am just holding the name of the prince!" The world only knows that there is the King of Qin, but they know that there is my prince! ”

"I have never coveted the throne, but big brother, what you did was too disappointing, you couldn't give me a chance to show it, so I had to take it myself." At this moment, Li Shimin looked at Li Jiancheng with a firm gaze.

"Do you think you'll be able to get out today?" Li Yuanji came up and looked at the four of them with contempt.

Xuan Mingde looked at Li Yuanji with a smile: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi is so confident that he will kill us here today?" ”

"So many people against the four of you, what do you think?" Li Yuanji said.

"Third brother, don't talk nonsense with him, he's stalling for time." Li Jiancheng pulled out his sword and pointed at Li Shimin from afar.

"It is worthy of His Royal Highness the Prince, otherwise how could he be the Prince, not the King of Qi? That's right, His Royal Highness King Qi. Xuan Mingde said: "The crown prince ambushed and killed His Royal Highness the King of Qin in Xuanwu Gate, after His Majesty knows about it, the matter will definitely not be revealed like this, the name of a slaughtering brother is covered on the head of His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince...... Will you be able to inherit the throne in the future? Once His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is deposed, isn't the rest His Royal Highness the King of Qi? His Royal Highness King Qi, good strategy, good forbearance. ”

Li Jiancheng listened to Xuan Mingde's words, thought about it for a while, glanced at Li Yuanji, and Li Yuanji hurriedly explained: "Brother Huang, don't be involved in his plan to divide the world, you and I are involved in today's affairs, if you stop at this time, there will be no return!" ”

Li Jiancheng came back to his senses and sneered: "I have long heard that Xuan Mingde of Tiance Mansion has the talent of a national scholar, and now, this palace will give you a chance, if you turn against me and help me, this palace will definitely protect you for a lifetime of glory, and there will be no shortage of high-ranking officials." ”

Xuan Mingde persistently folded the fan and arched his hand to Li Jiancheng: "Thanks to His Royal Highness the Prince's love, he is reckless in the lower districts, and the high-ranking officials are generous, I don't dare to think about it, I'm afraid, I will blow away the kindness of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Hmph, I don't know how to lift." Li Jiancheng snorted coldly: "Since that's the case, there's nothing more to say, give it to me!" Li Jiancheng waved his hand, and all the soldiers behind him rushed towards Li Shimin.

Although Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong said that they had the courage of ten thousand people, they suffered from lack of weapons, and surrounded Li Shimin and struggled to resist wave after wave of attacks.

Xuan Mingde threw away the folding fan, a puff of white smoke and dust came out, and the surrounding soldiers fell down in an instant, but it also protected Li Shimin for a moment of peace, put away the folding fan, rushed into the crowd, and a folding fan danced without leaking, knocking the soldiers around Li Shimin to the ground.

Li Jiancheng, who was sitting on horseback, looked at Xuan Mingde and said to Li Yuanji: "I didn't expect this Xuan Mingde to be able to do martial arts, this is a miscalculation, alas, why are so many talented people gathered in Tiance Mansion, what do you say is good about him Li Shimin." ”

"No matter how good it is, I don't have to fold it here today, the soldiers I arranged here today are all the elite of the prince's six rates, what I want is to hit with one blow, as long as Li Shimin dies, you will no longer have to worry about it."

Xuan Mingde was still fighting with the soldiers around Li Shimin, and the poison hidden in the folding fan had been used up, and he was a little anxious: Why didn't Wei Chigong come yet.

The previous conversation with Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji was to delay time, firstly, in the hope that this matter could reach the emperor's ears, and secondly, to buy time for Wei Chigong, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others to transfer troops to relieve the siege.

At this time, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin also suffered a lot of injuries on their bodies, and Xuan Mingde gritted his teeth, and now he can only hold on.

With this dazzling effort, a spear stabbed Xuan Mingde in the shoulder, and the huge impact made Xuan Mingde take several steps back in succession, reached out to grab the spear, and forcefully shook the soldier away.

Li Shimin saw that Xuan Mingde was seriously injured, and immediately killed him: "Mingde! ”

"Your Highness, be careful!" Xuan Mingde saw that Li Jiancheng in the distance was bending his bow and arrows, and the arrow was pointed directly at Li Shimin, and he turned over and protected Li Shimin, and Li Jiancheng's arrow was nailed to Xuan Mingde's back.

Holding back the pain, he pulled out the arrow: "Your Highness, don't be distracted by me, there is no Xuan Mingde in the world, and there can be no Li Shimin." ”

Just when the four of them were about to lose their hold, the Xuanwu Gate was knocked open, and Yu Chi Gong took the lead, waving a copper whip: "Yu Chi Jingde is here, who dares to hurt His Royal Highness the King of Qin!" ”

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also led the soldiers of the right military guard to come to the rescue, and at this time, the eldest grandson Wuji was meeting Li Yuan in Taiji Palace.

The soldiers led by Wei Chigong soon surrounded and exterminated Li Jiancheng's prince Liurate, and Li Jiancheng was shot in the back by Cheng Yanjin's arrow and fell to his death.

After a fight, Li Yuanji was surrounded by everyone.

"Second brother! Don't kill me. Li Yuanji hugged Li Shimin's leg and begged bitterly.

Li Shimin looked at Li Yuanji, and his heart was extremely struggling.

"Your Highness, if you don't be ruthless, there will be endless troubles." Du Ruhui looked at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin closed his eyes and turned around: "Kill!" ”

In the Taiji Palace, Li Yuan heard the report of the eldest grandson Wuji, sat down on the dragon chair, and muttered, "How can this be ......?"

Li Shimin was covered in blood, and Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, Xuan Mingde, and Qin Qiong walked into the Taiji Palace, Li Shimin saw Li Yuan sitting on the dragon chair, his eyes were blank, and he couldn't help but feel sad, his tears could no longer be stopped, and he burst the embankment and flowed out, strode forward and threw himself into Li Yuan's arms, crying bitterly: "Father." ”

Xuan Mingde took the lead and knelt on the ground with Yu Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, and Qin Qiong.

Li Yuan stroked Li Shimin's hair, and muttered vaguely: "Dugu, have you seen it?" Our son...... After all, they did not escape the end of cannibalism! How so! A line of turbid tears slowly fell.

Pushing away Li Shimin in his arms at once, Li Yuan's fingers trembled and pointed at Li Shimin: "Rebel!" Unfilial son! Even if you kill Jiancheng, I won't give you the crown prince's position! Absolutely not! Hahahaha...... "Seeing that Li Yuan fell into madness, Cheng Biting Jin stepped forward with a horizontal knife.

"Your Majesty is old, you have lost your beloved son, and you can no longer be in charge of political affairs, please Zen Your Majesty!"

"Cheng bites gold! What are you going to do? Li Yuan glared angrily.

Cheng Yanjin held the horizontal knife and took another step forward: "Please Your Majesty Zen position!" ”

"You're trying to force the palace! Great rebellion! Li Yuan reprimanded angrily.

"Your Majesty, please take a meditation position!" Cheng Yanjin took another step forward, and the horizontal knife was less than three feet away from Li Yuan.

"Li Shimin! This is your courtier! How do you say it! Li Yuan pointed to Li Shimin, who was crying bitterly, and shouted.

"General Cheng is right, Your Majesty, you are not suitable to be in charge of the Tang Dynasty." Xuan Mingde stood up and spoke slowly: "You only know how to accuse His Royal Highness King Qin, but if it weren't for your connivance with Prince Jiancheng, how could there be today's palace change." ”

"How dare you say it's my fault?" Li Yuan looked at Xuan Mingde in disbelief.

Xuan Mingde did not answer.

"Your Majesty, please take a meditation position!" Yu Chigong and Qin Qiong spoke at the same time.

"Good! Good! What a Tiance Mansion, what a Li Shimin! Li Yuan burst into tears, sat down on the dragon chair and pointed at Li Shimin and said, "You want this son!" I'll give it to you! I curse you, your son, that he will kill each other for this position, as he is today! Li Yuan closed his eyes and looked like he was resigned to fate.

Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Xuan Mingde could no longer support it and fell.

"Matilda!"

"Brother Mingde!"

"Quick! Pass on the Imperial Doctor! Li Shimin wiped away his tears, ran to Xuan Mingde's side, and worked with Qin Qiong to carry Xuan Mingde into the dormitory of Taiji Palace.

The Imperial Doctor touched Xuan Mingde's pulse and sighed.

"How?" Qin Qiong walked up to the Imperial Doctor and asked.

The imperial doctor shook his head: "The lower officials are incompetent, Your Highness, generals, mourn ......"

For a while, the whole room was silent.

In the ninth year of Tang Wude, the Tang Emperor Li Yuan edicted Li Shimin, the king of Qin, as the crown prince, no matter how big or small the military affairs were, he listened to the crown prince's disposal, in the same year, Li Yuan took the throne, honored the title of the emperor, moved out of the Taiji Palace, Li Shimin ascended the throne, and changed the year name to "Zhenguan".

In Erxianzhuang, Wang is walking in the back garden with the maid, stroking his slightly bulging lower abdomen, his face full of happiness.

"Madame~~Madame~~ Oh no." A small group of people rushed into the back garden and came to Wang.

"What's the matter, panic." With the support of the maid, Wang walked to the stone table and sat down.

"Madame...... There is news from Chang'an, ...... him."

"What's wrong with the master?" Wang stood up suddenly.

"Sir...... Killed in battle......" After the family finished speaking, he couldn't stop crying.

"Master......" When Wang heard the bad news at first glance, he only felt that his heart was blocked, his eyes rolled and he fainted, and the maid next to him hurriedly supported him, and together with the little girl, helped Wang back to the room.

In the room, the doctor finished diagnosing the pulse, stood up, and said to Wang's personal maid: "Madame is overly worried, can only take care of it, just now the old man checked the pulse, found that the fetal position of the lady is unstable, the old man prescribes some fetal medicine, give the lady to take it." ”

"There's Dr. Law." The maid accepted the doctor's prescription and sent the doctor out of the mansion.

Lying on the bed, Wang woke up slowly, and muttered: "How can it be good, it will die in battle, isn't the world already peaceful?" Where did the war come from! ”

At this time, the chief butler Zhong Zishuo walked in.

"Madam, I have inquired clearly, someone from Chang'an, the lord was injured by an arrow shot by Prince Li Jiancheng in Xuanwu Gate, but the arrow was coated with poison."

The tears on Wang's face couldn't stop flowing, and the maid on the side hurriedly wiped them with a handkerchief.

"The people sent from Chang'an also said, let our family move to Chang'an, the emperor gave the lord a rich reward in Chang'an, someone has to pick it up, madam, even if you don't plan for yourself, you have to plan for the child in your womb, this is the only blood of the master, you can't stay in Erxianzhuang for the rest of your life, although this Erxianzhuang has a good reputation among the people, but after all, it is on the green forest road."

"Okay, stay for a few days, I'll take care of my body, let's leave and go to Chang'an!" Wang held back his grief, his hand caressed his abdomen, and his eyes were a little glazed.