Chapter 1 Three Lives as a Human Being

"Ah..."

A scream! Li Chengqian woke up from his sleep and sat up abruptly. His back was already wet and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

Li Chengqian was panting in shock, his eyes full of fear.

Fear spread in his heart and could not be shaken off!

The eunuchs and palace maids who heard the screams ran in quickly.

Looking at the panicked Li Chengqian, they said: "My dear (the name for the prince by the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty)! What's wrong with you? Did you have a nightmare again?"

"Water, water..." Li Chengqian's mouth was dry and he was so thirsty that his throat felt like it was burning.

"Quick! Go and get some water!" The leading eunuch hurriedly ordered others to pour water.

The maid hurriedly poured a glass of water for Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian drank it in one breath and felt his throat better.

"Wang Quan, what time is it now?" Li Chengqian handed the cup to the maid and turned around to ask the eunuch who had gained some weight.

Wang Quan was his, Li Chengqian's trusted eunuch, and also the chief eunuch of the East Palace.

In his previous life, before he was hacked to death by random knives, it was this Wang Quan who stepped forward and blocked him.

"My dear, it's just past the third watch now, and it's already the fourth watch." Wang Quan said.

According to the time in later generations, the fourth watch is exactly from one o'clock to three o'clock, which is the time when people sleep the deepest.

"What year and month is

it tonight?" Li Chengqian said. Wang Quan was stunned! My dear, what's wrong with you? How come you forgot the year and month when you woke up?

Although he was puzzled, he did not think much about it and said, "My dear, it is now March of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan."

Wang Quan's words confirmed Li Chengqian's guess. He was reborn and returned to the time when he just crossed over in the previous life.

"Got it! You all go down!" Li Chengqian waved his hand and said.

"Yes!" Wang Quan and others did not dare to say more, and hurriedly bowed and retreated.

After Wang Quan and others left, Li Chengqian was overjoyed! He

did not expect that he would live again.

In the future more than a thousand years later, he lived a mediocre life for twenty-eight years. This was his first life.

In this first life, he was a dead fat otaku who never went out of the door.

For him, the farthest distance was not poetry and the distance, but the canteen downstairs.

He traveled back to the early Tang Dynasty a thousand years ago and became Li Chengqian, the prince of the famous emperor of all ages, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, the Heavenly Khan. This was his second life.

He was resurrected from the dead, and this was his third life.

God treated him well and gave him a third life.

As the old saying goes: There is no such thing as a third time. This rebirth will be his last chance to turn the tables.

Success or failure depends on this one move!

Li Chengqian believed that no matter how much God favored him, he would not give him a fourth life and let him squander it at will.

Being able to live three lives as a human being was already the greatest favor that God could give to Li Chengqian.

Looking at the familiar bedroom in front of him, Li Chengqian closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again, he clenched his hands.

In this life, I will become the master of this powerful empire. I will lead this empire to glory and become the prosperous Tang Dynasty praised by all in the future.

In his previous life, he just traveled back to the March of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan.

As a person who traveled back a thousand years later, he naturally knew what major events had happened in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan. He

also clearly understood what his final outcome would be.

Qi Wang Li You rebelled until he was captured and executed, but in the end, his personal guard Hegan Chengji was implicated, which indirectly led to the exposure of Li Chengqian's rebellion.

In order to avoid being implicated by Qi Wang and causing his rebellion to be exposed, Li Chengqian decided to launch a coup in advance.

Therefore, Li Chengqian teamed up with Chen Guogong Hou Junji, Fu Ma Duwei Du He and others to take action in advance.

Li Chengqian followed the method of Fu Ma Duwei Du He and sent people to report to the emperor father that he, Li Chengqian, was critically ill.

He tricked Taizong into the East Palace, and the six Donggongs who had been ambushed long ago rushed out and captured Taizong in one fell swoop.

Then, he forced his emperor father to abdicate to him.

Hou Junji led his Flying Tiger Army to stop the imperial guards who rushed to the news, and waited for Li Chengqian to capture Tang Taizong.

When Tang Taizong, who loved his son dearly, learned that the prince was critically ill, he did not think much, and hurried to the East Palace to visit his prince Li Chengqian.

Everything went smoothly. Li Chengqian teamed up with Du He, Li Anyan and others to capture his emperor father and force Taizong to abdicate.

Li Chengqian did not expect that his father, the emperor, would rather die than abdicate and become the emperor.

After a fierce fight, Taizong fell in the East Palace.

Li Chengqian thought that as long as he could succeed in the coup, all crises would be solved once he ascended the throne.

But he never expected that everything had been completely out of his control from the moment he decided to take action.

Not only did he not get rid of the crisis, but he also became a despised sinner for all ages.

Although Li Chengqian succeeded in usurping the throne, he was also accused of regicide and usurpation of the throne. Various princes raised the banner of rebellion and came to attack him.

Even his uncle Changsun Wuji and a group of old ministers were unwilling to support him.

Finally, various rebel armies broke into Chang'an, and Li Chengqian was hacked to death in the East Palace.

From the moment he decided to start his army, it seemed that everything had already doomed his end.

In his previous life, he not only lived a miserable life, but also ended up being hacked to death by random swords.

In this life, he is no longer willing to repeat the past.

In this life, he became the emperor who dominated the fate of the world.

Everything should be in his own hands, so that he can feel at ease.

Li Chengqian recalled the past life and sighed.

Li Chengqian stood up and limped to the outside of the bedroom.

Now, he has lived for three lives, and the top priority now is! What should be done to get rid of the upcoming crisis.

He did nothing but quietly waited for the involvement of Li You, the Prince of Qi, and finally his conspiracy was exposed.

He was deposed as the crown prince, demoted to a commoner, and exiled to Qianzhou, where he died in depression.

He didn't want to, nor was he willing to, end his life like this.

Otherwise, in his previous life, knowing the outcome, he would not have hastily raised an army to force the emperor to abdicate without being fully prepared.

Or, just like in his previous life, he would have raised an army to force the emperor to abdicate before his father, the emperor of Taiji Palace, noticed it, and successfully ascended the throne.

In that case, the final result would not have changed at all.

All the things in his previous life were still vivid in his mind. Aren't the painful lessons of his previous life unforgettable enough?

Therefore, in this third life, he must not repeat the past life, he must take a new path.

He believes that this will be a bright road.

Li Chengqian kept saying to himself: "In this life... I want to be the real master of the Tang Dynasty."

Thinking of the tragic end of his previous life, he became more determined to become the master of the Tang Dynasty.

Only by becoming the emperor of the Tang Dynasty legitimately can he get rid of his tragic fate.

He, Li Chengqian, does not want to be a piece of meat on the chopping board, to be slaughtered by others.

He wants to be the emperor who controls his own destiny and even dominates everything.