Li Yuan's condition was already serious and his body was very weak. Although everyone concealed the condition from him and told him that he would recover after half a year of recuperation, the continuous hematuria made Li Yuan know that his body was deteriorating day by day.

Although Li Yuan's body deteriorated, his mind was still clear. Most of the time, he asked someone to carry him to the garden of the harem to experience the vigorous vitality and warm sunshine in the mid-spring. However, he took the increasingly critical situation very indifferently and even ignored it. Even if the Tang Dynasty was destroyed, it was God's will.

The April sun is warm and pleasant. Li Yuan sat under an apricot tree, squinted his eyes and enjoyed the warm and harmonious sunshine. He lay on a spring couch made of soft vines, with a thick soft mattress under his body, which was very comfortable.

Concubine Yin De sat aside, stretched out her delicate jade finger and picked up the hollow white jade pot and poured a cup of tea for Li Yuan, and said softly: "Your Majesty, this is the new Mengding tea this year. I personally fry it on low heat. Your Majesty will taste it."

Li Yuan picked up the tea bowl, sucked it carefully, nodded, "Good tea!"

"Your Majesty seems to be in good spirits today."

Li Yuan did not say anything. He was staring at a green apricot at the end of the tree with all his attention. He saw so trance, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. No one dared to say anything, for fear of disturbing the emperor's interest.

At this moment, an ignorant eunuch hurried forward and knelt down to report: "Your Majesty delete..."

The eunuchs and guards on both sides were furious, and an eunuch general came forward and slapped hard, "You bastard!"

The little eunuch was shocked and covered his face and didn't know what kind of disaster he had caused. At this time, Li Yuan came to his senses and glanced at the little eunuch indifferently, "What's the matter?"

The little eunuch said in a crying voice: "His Highness of the King of Qi is asking for a visit outside and said that there is something important to report to the emperor."

Li Yuan nodded and ordered the guards on both sides, "Take him to see me."

The guards hurried away, and soon after, they brought Li Wuji, the King of Qi, and Li Wuji knelt down and kowtowed, "I wish you goodbye to my father!"

Although Li Wuji was not liked by Li Yuan when he was a child and caused trouble again and again when he grew up, he was his own son after all. As Li Yuan's health deteriorated day by day, he also felt more affection for his son. This is also the fundamental reason why Li Wuji was not pursued by Li Yuan in Hanzhong.

"Is there anything wrong with the emperor?" Li Yuan asked with a smile.

"My son has something great to report to his father."

Li Wuji looked at the eunuchs and palace maids on both sides and said, "Only the sons and fathers know about this matter."

Li Yuan nodded and ordered the people on both sides, "Go down!"

He smiled at Concubine Yin De again, "The beloved concubine also avoided it."

Everyone retreated, leaving only an old eunuch who served Li Yuan, named Jin Gui, who was in charge of Li Yuan's decoction and medicine. He was the person he trusted the most. Li Yuan was sick and could not have no one around him, so Jin Gui stayed.

"Tell me! What's the matter?"

Li Wuji kowtowed again, and made up his mind, and told Li Jiancheng that the King of Qin had bribed the pharmacist. He also told Li Yuan that a key witness was imprisoned in the Prince Juwen Pavilion. Finally, he said tremblingly: "My son shouldn't have said these words to harass my father's care, but the King of Qin proposed to ask the army in the capital. Mr. Chen felt that the problem was serious, so he dared to report to his father's son."

Li Yuan grabbed the armrests on both sides of Chunchai with both hands, and clanged and his knuckles turned white. He had anger ejaculated in his eyes. It turned out that this was the case with his illness, and he hated him so much that he almost fainted.

"What you said...is true?"

"Everything that my son said is true, and that woman is still locked in the basement of Juwen Pavilion."

Li Yuan took out a small silver bell from the side and shook it. As the crisp ring sounded, a gray image appeared beside Li Yuan like a ghost, which really scared Li Wuji.

Li Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "Go to Juwen Pavilion in the East Palace to see if there is a woman in the basement?"

The gray shadow disappeared again, Li Yuan closed his eyes and said no more. Li Wuji also stood aside, not daring to say more. I don’t know how long it took, the gray man appeared again, "Your Majesty, there is indeed a crazy woman in the basement of Juwen Pavilion in the East Palace. Bei Zhi heard her shouting that the King of Qin killed her whole family..."

Li Yuan waved his hand and the man in gray disappeared. Only then did Li Yuan open his eyes, sighed a long time, and said to Li Wuji: "You are a filial son, so you won't be a fool for your father."

Li Wuji kowtowed, "As long as the son is aware of the matter, he will never dare to hide it from his father."

Li Yuan sighed and asked again: "You just said that the King of Qin wants to transfer the army from the capital?"

“That’s right!”

Li Wuji hurriedly said, "He sent Yuwen and sent him to deliver the letter. He wanted to transfer 30,000 troops from the capital on the pretext of insufficient troops, and then use the newly recruited recruits to defend the capital. The emperor's brother was confused and actually agreed."

"Hmph! He agreed not, I'm not dead yet."

Li Yuan immediately ordered the old eunuch Jin Gui around him, "Let Changsun Shunde and Duan Decao come to see me!"

"Old slave obeys the order!"

Jin Gui hurried out to the garden. As soon as he walked out of the garden, Concubine Yin De who was waiting here stopped him and asked coldly: "Eunuch Jin, what did King Qi say?"

Jin Gui lowered his head and did not dare to speak. Yin Defei sneered, "Since you refuse to say it, I can't hide that for you."

Jin Gui's face turned pale, and everyone had their own handle, and Jin Gui was no exception. His handle was that his only nephew was on duty in the palace. He had an affair with a palace maid, which led to the palace maid being pregnant. Concubine Yin De knew about this, and the evidence was in hand, so she used this matter to exchange for Jin Gui to do her job for her.

Jin Gui was helpless and had to come forward and whisper the content of Li Wuji's informing. After saying that, he lowered his head and hurriedly left, just pretending that nothing had happened. Yin Defei's eyes were shocked and suspicious. Without thinking about it, she found her confidant eunuch, told her words again, and instructed the eunuch, "Tell me this matter quickly."

Of course, Concubine Yin De could also tell the prince about this matter directly, but the risk of doing so was too great. First, she was afraid that the prince would have a priest around her, so she secretly told the prince that she had an affair with the prince. Secondly, through her father, his father could also gain benefits from it. Now the situation is chaotic, Li Yuan's life is not long, and only money is the most reliable.

...

There are 40,000 defensive troops in Chang'an, divided into two branches, one is the Yulin Army with 20,000 people, led by General Changsun Shunde, responsible for guarding the palace city and the imperial city, and the other army is the newly established Jinwu Guard, which is also 20,000 troops. It is led by Duan Decao, the general of the Jinwu Guard and the governor of the Jiumen, and is responsible for defending the Jiumen and maintaining the order of the outer city.

When Li Yuan handed over the military power to meet Li Shimin, the four military talismans he took away were the seal talismans that mobilized the 40,000 troops. At this time, the four military talismans had been handed over to the prince Jiancheng, but the military talismans were dead, but the humans were alive. No matter how useful the military talismans were, they were not as good as Li Yuan's words.

Soon, Changsun Shunde and Duan Decao arrived in a hurry, and they knelt on one knee in front of Li Yuan, "See Your Majesty!"

Li Yuan glanced at them and said slowly: "From now on, the four military talismans will be invalidated, and the King of Qi will be in charge of your army. You will only serve the King of Qi."

Li Wuji was ecstatic and kowtowed, "My son is willing to go through fire and water for his father."

Changsun Shunde and Duan Decao looked at each other, not knowing how it turned out like this, which means... they no longer serve the Eastern Palace. The Eastern Palace cannot command them, but they dare not ask more and bow to Li Wuji together, "I wish to listen to the orders of King Qi!"

Li Yuan nodded and said to the two of them again: "You guys retreat! I have something to say to the King of Qi."

The two of them slowly retreated. Li Yuan looked at the green apricot on the branch for a while before he slowly said to Li Wuji: "Your elder brother Jiancheng is too tolerant and does not understand the cruelty of power struggle. You are better than your elder brother. Help your elder brother well and help him to the throne. When he finishes his throne, you will take your elder brother's throne."

...

Yin Defei's father Yin Guiping was originally named Yin Ah Shu. Because he thought the name "Ah Shu" was too vulgar, Li Yuan gave him Ming Guiping. Since Yin Guiping and Prince Zun established a relationship, they have gained a lot of benefits from him. There are thousands of hectares of land alone, as well as countless gold, jewelry, silk, silk and satin, which made Yin Guiping rich.

In the afternoon, he received news from the palace and felt that the matter was serious. He did not dare to delay it. He hurried to Yanpingfang in a carriage and found Yang Jun's mansion. Generally speaking, he sent someone to meet Yang Jun in a certain tavern. The two of them had a few glasses of wine and chatted, and then passed the information.

Today, because the matter was serious and very urgent, Yin Guiping came to pick up Yang Jun in person.

Like most officials in the court, Yang Jun has not been to court these days. He sent his wife and son to the manor in Chencang County. The money from his family was also secretly transferred to the manor, leaving only Yang Jun to the manor in Chang'an.

Although he was unwilling to be Yang Yuanqing's official due to dignity, he knew in his heart that Yang Yuanqing would not kill him, and perhaps his two sons would have some hope of career in the future, but Yang Jun did not dare to escape. He was afraid that Li Shimin would attack his two sons, so he had to bite the bullet and stay in Chang'an.

He was sitting, and at this time, the servant came to report, "Yin is here again, I have something to ask to see the master."

This made Yang Jun slightly stunned. Why did Yin Guiping come to him directly? Did something big happen?

He quickly ordered: "Please come in!"

After a moment, Yin Guiping hurried into the study and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Yang Zun, something big happened."

"Please sit down and say it!"

Yang Jun asked him to sit down and ordered someone to serve him tea. Yin Guiping took a sip of tea and then said anxiously: "Today, King Li Wuji of Qi went to see the emperor secretly and told him something huge."

He then told the news in detail, which also surprised Yang Jun and was extremely suspicious. He pondered for a moment and said, "Thank you, Mr. Yin, I'll go to the East Palace now."

Yin Guiping laughed dryly: "Eunuch Yang, I risk my life, look..."

Yang Jun understood what he meant and smiled and said, "Then I will tell you about the land in Yong County."

Yin Guiping shook his head. He had become more energetic. Things like land may not necessarily belong to him in the future. Only gold and jewelry are the most reliable.

"The land will be spared, I want five thousand taels of gold."

"Okay! I'll tell your Highness."

Yin Guiping did not delay him and stood up and said goodbye. Yang Jun was the only one left in the room. After thinking for a long time, he wrote a letter with a letter, carefully sealed it, and called one of his confidant family members.

Yang Jun handed him the letter and repeatedly instructed: "Go to the Tang Army camp in Xinping County immediately and hand the letter to the King of Qin in person."

"Master, don't worry, I will do this...

The family left in a hurry, and Yang Jun then got up and walked out of the room and said, "Prepare a carriage for me, I'm going to the East Palace. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!