Chapter 197 A Life-and-Death Battle
The sky darkened and then brightened.
The imperial guards changed shifts at the hour of Mao, and those guarding outside the Xuanhui Palace were all Chen Yu's men.
Emperor Tongxu was worried that inviting Prince Qi into the palace alone would make him alert, so he summoned all the princes into the palace to take care of him.
Emperor Tongxu met all the princes one by one, leaving Li Yanchang to the last.
"Yanchang." Emperor Tongxu asked, "Do you know why I kept you here?"
Li Yanchang said respectfully: "Your son knows."
"You know?" Emperor Tongxu narrowed his eyes.
"Yes." Li Yanchang bowed slightly, "Father wants to give me a chance."
Emperor Tongxu had a blank expression on his face. "I... never thought that the person behind this would be you."
Li Yanchang smiled slightly, "I never thought it would come to this."
He said slowly: "Father, we are father and son, and I wanted to pray for a happy ending so that you can rest in peace."
Emperor Tongxu's chest rose and fell several times, "Rebellious son!"
"Hahaha..." Li Yanchang laughed loudly, "My father has many rebellious sons, so he doesn't need a son like me. Now that Li Jincheng is dead, if you could pass the throne to me smoothly, we wouldn't have to fall into such an awkward confrontation between father and son."
Emperor Tongxu stared at Li Yanchang, "Marquis Xuanping has always been your man."
"Of course." Li Yanchang said with a smile: "If it weren't for him, how could Ge Liangji be used by me? You don't have much time left. As a son, I will let you be a wise man for once, thanks to your father's education."
Li Yanchang paced in the hall. "Where should I start? Tsk, Marquis Xuanping is the uncle of my good brother. He should be a princeling. People like Ge Liangji and Liang Jianfang work for him, so they think they have become princelings too. They deserve to go to hell. If they were not greedy, how could they fall into the trap?"
Li Yanchang lowered his eyes and looked at Emperor Tongxu, his eyes flashing with a hint of madness, "You haven't died yet, and they have begun to support the prince. Do you know how many people in this court hope that you will die soon?"
Emperor Tongxu panted like a cow, "Including you!"
"Father has wronged me." Li Yanchang pretended to be innocent and said, "Actually, I was afraid that
You can't wake up. If you don't wake up, I will have to take this position myself. You are a traitor, how unpleasant it is to be called a traitor."
Li Yanchang threw a bright yellow blank edict in Emperor Tongxu's face, "Now it's ready, write it, my beloved father."
"You...ho...ho..." Emperor Tongxu held the imperial edict tightly, "Don't even think about it!"
Li Yanchang asked: "Are you stalling for time? Are you still waiting for the army from the Southern Camp to come to Beijing to defend the emperor?"
Li Yanchang threw down a token and said, "You sent the commander of the Jinyiwei out of the capital to mobilize troops to defend the king, but he was killed by the imperial guards at Chengtian Gate before he could even leave the palace. Don't dream on."
"Chen Yu, take him down!" Emperor Tongxu shouted.
As the sound of wind passed by his ears, the knife was already on Li Yanchang's neck.
After a successful attack, Shen Yu frowned slightly.
Li Yanchang didn't try to resist at all, which was not normal. Could it be that he had already made preparations?
Before she could think about it, Li Yanchang spoke up, "Good Kung Fu, Shi, oh no, Master Shen, are you alone?"
There were rustling sounds, and several people hiding in the dark came out one after another in the hall.
Li Yanchang looked around and said, "This hall is too big, but it can hide so many people."
Shen Yu moved the knife forward threateningly.
Li Yanchang tilted his head back and said, "I really don't know whether to say you are stupid or I am stupid. It is stupid for me to dare to come in alone, but it is even more stupid for you to think that I only have this one trick. We are equally stupid."
"Stop talking nonsense." Chen Yu said, "I know Jiang An is yours."
Li Yanchang said conceitedly: "Since you know that Jiang An obeys my orders, you know that the entire Forbidden Palace is now under my control."
"If I kill you, Jiang An will become a masterless person. Can he still take that position himself?" Chen Yu said.
Li Yanchang's face changed, but he calmed down in a moment, "Then you might as well take a look outside."
The heavy door of the hall opened with a bang. Shen Yu escorted Li Yanchang to the door and looked at it, and his expression suddenly changed.
"You're crazy Li Yanchang!" Shen Yu shouted angrily.
There were several rows of people kneeling at the steps outside the hall, each of them
There is a knife on each of their necks.
In that vast sea of people, besides the princes and concubines, there was also Li Zhaonian's Crown Princess and his infant baby.
Li Zhaonian closed his eyes tightly, "You can't threaten me."
"Then kill one first." Li Yanchang said loudly: "Then go from left to right."
The head fell to the ground with a swish, and blood splattered a foot high.
Screams and cries suddenly filled the air, as did pleas for mercy.
Shen Yu's hand holding the knife was shaking, and she cut a tiny bloody wound on Li Yanchang's neck.
"Be careful, Lord Shen." Li Yanchang reminded: "When my head falls to the ground, the heads of dozens of people below will also fall to the ground with me. My death is not a pity. What I can't get, no one else can get."
Shen Yu was shaking with anger.
Madman. She shouted in her heart: Li Yanchang is really a madman.
The scariest thing about a madman is that you can't guess what he will do next or what he cares about.
He regards human life as worthless, even his own life as worthless. He is not afraid of death at all, and death cannot threaten him.
This is what Shen Yu is thinking at the moment.
They all calculated wrong. Li Yanchang didn't care about his life. He just wanted to win. Even if he couldn't sit in this position, he would disrupt the world and not let anyone sit in it.
Li Yanchang ignored the blade on his neck and looked down the stairs. "Who's next? Let me think about it. Or maybe we can start from the youngest to the oldest."
The Crown Princess immediately hugged the child in her arms and cried, "Your Highness, Your Highness! Save Rui'er, save him, he is still so young."
Li Zhaonian closed his eyes tightly. That was his flesh and blood...
“Your Highness!”
The Crown Princess fell to the ground crying, the child in her arms had been taken away and held high above her head.
"Have you thought about it?" Li Yanchang laughed crazily, looking at Chen Yu sideways, "The knife is in your hand, if you have the guts, why don't you try it?"
An eagle cry came from the wind, striking Shen Yu's heart, and Shen Yu suddenly looked up.
It’s Bai Yu!
What about Xie Tingzhou? Why didn't he leave?
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