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The main reason why the royal family in Taiyuan was preserved in the era of Queen Dugu did not suffer much loss is that they were very conscious of the current affairs. As long as they could survive, even if they pretended to be grandchildren, they would do whatever they could. Therefore, they could not only survive but also live a very comfortable life in the dangerous moment when members of the royal family were swept away by Queen Dugu.

Although they lived a little cowardly, they had to endure the Dugu Queen to death and the former empire was the master of death, but they were still alive. This was a victory. Whoever lived was the winner, and they all knew very well.

One of their advantages was reflected from the side, that is, they would take sides. Although others think they have never stood, including themselves, they actually don’t. They begged for mercy to beg for mercy to be nice to say, to endure humiliation and live without a chance. In fact, this is also a way to take sides, but the performance is not so obvious, making people feel that they are standing in the team of Queen Dugu, and no one feels that they are actually betraying the royal family. This is actually the way of smart people.

But because they were too good at taking sides, Prince Cheng and Prince Jingde made the idea of ​​betraying Li Chongjiu when they discovered that Li Chongjiu was very likely to be defeated. They not only planned to implement it, but also planned to blame others. For example, Li Mofeng, in their words, this is called losing a car to protect the coach. In order to make most of the Taiyuan royal family survive, they could only sacrifice someone who was also a royal family.

Prince Cheng and Prince Jingde are very clear about the current situation. If they still follow Li Chongjiu and follow him to the end, Yang Ze would have to kill them cleanly. He just needs to say that they died in the chaos. This is a path they would never choose.

Another way is that they surrendered to Yang Ze and handed over Li Chongjiu. But if Li Chongjiu was not dead, of course, it means that Li Chongjiu was not dead. It means that he was alive when he handed over, and Yang Ze would definitely kill Li Chongjiu. In that way, the emperor would hate their relatives to death. After all, the emperor would do whatever he wanted to do to his son, but he was betrayed and died. Then the emperor would not be able to stand it and would revenge them, and their family would still be killed and uprooted.

They still won't choose this road!

The third option is that Li Chongjiu, whom they handed over, is a dead person, and this path cannot be chosen, because Yang Ze would use the excuse that they killed the crown prince Li Chongjiu, so he wanted to avenge Li Chongjiu and killed them all, which was considered to avenge Li Chongjiu. He could also sell him a favor to the emperor of Chang'an, saying that Li Chongjiu was not killed by him, but by the Taiyuan royal family. Only fools would choose this path. They are not fools, so they would not choose.

The last way is to hand over a dead Li Chongjiu, but Li Chongjiu did not die in their hands, but in the hands of a person who hated Li Chongjiu, and then they killed this person. It was considered to avenge Li Chongjiu and then surrender to Yang Ze.

This means that they have never betrayed Li Chongjiu. The emperor who would not offend Chang'an would also be because the person who handed over it was a dead person and did not need Yang Ze to do it himself, saving him trouble. Therefore, Yang Ze could not find a reason to kill them. Instead, he wanted to use them as witnesses to prove that Li Chongjiu was indeed not dead at his hands, so that he could give Chang'an emperor an explanation, so that no one could find their mistakes.

Their family can continue to live a prosperous and prosperous life, which is still very safe, so they have to choose this path.

This choice is perfect, at least they think so. In this way, the important figure in the plan appears, that is, Li Mofeng, who made Li Chongjiu want to kill him? Until now, no one has implemented this order. So as long as Li Mofeng "escape", there will be sufficient reason to seek revenge on Li Chongjiu, and then, they will avenge Li Chongjiu again!

What a perfect plan, only those who are sophisticated and concise like Prince Xiangcheng and Prince Jingde will come up with it. Both old princes themselves must admire themselves!

Prince Cheng and Prince Jingde deliberately fell to the end of the crowd. They did not go in until everyone entered the left-behind mansion. But when they walked into the yard, they were unwilling to leave. They watched Li Chongjiu and Wu Youren enter the lobby.

But they were the heads of the Taiyuan royal family, and other lords and grand lords followed their leaders. Seeing that they refused to enter the lobby, they stopped. Some lords had a better relationship with them, so they came over and asked in a low voice what to do next?

Prince Cheng and Prince Jingde would not tell their true thoughts. If someone is unreliable and has too loose mouths, wouldn’t it be a big deal? Besides, they are also planning a long-term solution for all the relatives in Taiyuan so that everyone can borrow money, so there is no need to tell them why.

Prince Cheng said: "That Li Mofeng has not been cut off yet. You have to pay attention to him. This man hates His Highness the Crown Prince now. If he is asked to escape, it will be a bad thing. This man is extreme, who knows what he will do!"

His words revealed a little bit of attitude. If he was a person with a heart, he would definitely hear this attitude. If he was a heartless person... he wouldn't hear it. Who would care what they thought!

Several lords around him were stunned when they heard this, saying, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince?" Why didn't you call the emperor at this time? You actually called Your Highness, it seemed that these two old princes had ideas, and this idea must be unfavorable to Li Chongjiu.

The situation outside the city is so dangerous that there are not many lords who want to support Li Chongjiu again. They even regret that why should they support him? If they remain neutral and did not help each other, wouldn’t the current crisis have nothing to do with them? Everyone is still living a comfortable life, why bother to be as anxious as they are now!

Those who didn't understand Prince Cheng's attitude were still so stupid, but those who understood this attitude were silent. At this time, they did not object, which was actually equivalent to acquiesce. Some things were enough to understand, and there was no need to say them out.

At this time, Li Bozhi came back. He walked to Prince Jingde and whispered a few words. Prince Jingde nodded, and then whispered a few words to Li Bozhi. Li Bozhi was about to turn around and leave. Prince Kecheng called him at this time and gave a few more words to him. Li Bozhi left, not knowing what he was doing.

They whispered. None of the other lords heard it, but they could estimate how they would deal with Li Chongjiu. None of the lords said anything. They didn't ask anything, but they gathered beside the two old princes, dozens of people, but there was no sound at all, and they just stood silently in the darkness.

At this time, Li Chongjiu, who entered the lobby, sat heavily on the chair and said to Wu Youren: "Wu Aiqing, it seems that the situation is not very beneficial to us. So, you can infer that the brocade book that Li Mofeng got last time was the brocade book that said that the father wanted to abolish me. Is it true or false?"

His consciousness has returned to normal now, and he can finally think about the problem objectively. After thinking about it, he realized that if the brocade letter was really a false edict, what would Yang Ze do?

Wu Youren sighed and said, "In my foolish opinion, the so-called edict must be fake. It was a trick that Yang Ze wanted to deal with the emperor. Unfortunately, we were really fooled!"

When Li Chongjiu heard that the edict was fake, he sighed relieved and said, "It's good that the fake ones are fake. The fake ones prove that the father and mother did not want to abolish me, nor did they want to establish Caicai as the princess. That's all right!"

Wu Youren frowned and said, "But, you have ascended the throne, and have issued an edict. Now all the officials, army, and people in Taiyuan know this. This is a rebellion. Is the emperor confident that the emperor and the empress dowager will not pursue it?"

Li Chongjiu lowered his head and thought about things. After a moment of silence, he raised his head and said, "I am very sure that my father and mother will not pursue it. They have lost the throne in Zhenxi for so long. Although they have now ascended the great treasure again, I found that they were completely uninterested in going to court to govern the government some time ago. For them, living their old age is the most important thing, so even if they know that I ascended the throne and regard them as the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager, at most they will be angry, but they will not take my life."

Wu Youren listened and nodded slightly. Emperor Li Yan was not the kind of tough lord who was the only son, and although the queen was tough, even if she was angry about her only son ascending the throne, she would not kill her son. She was not Queen Dugu. As long as she could continue to live her good life, she would probably not make any trouble.

Wu Youren said: "Emperor, do you think that the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager will lose their temper after hearing that you ascended the throne at first, but after calming down, they might be afraid of more trouble, so they have to accept this matter, really abdicate, and become the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager! Your Majesty, do you think there is such a possibility?"

Li Chongjiu closed his eyes, thought for a long time, then opened his eyes and said, "It is very likely. Wu Aiqing, if the father and mother do not admit this, they will definitely punish me, but in this way they will be afraid that Yang Ze will take advantage of this opportunity to seize power. If something happens, it will be worse. So in order to be more stable and not let the imperial power fall, they will really be likely to accept this matter. According to my opinion, this is almost 90% sure!"

He has never been so clear about the analysis of things, but he is still a little puzzled when analyzing his parents. Even Wu Youren thinks that his analysis makes sense.

Wu Youren said: "I think so too. I guess Yang Ze outside the city will think of this, so if he enters the city, then you will be in danger, and he will definitely do the evil thing of regicide!"

Of course, Li Chongjiu understood this. He didn't understand other things, but he understood it more about his own life.

Li Chongjiu said: "You have to tell Prince Cheng and the others about this matter, and ask them to help me defend the city. I guess the messenger from Chang'an will arrive as long as you keep it for a few days. Even if Yang Ze wants to harm me in the chaos, he will not dare to do anything unless he really wants to rebel, so..."

He suddenly exclaimed. He was just urging to analyze his parents with Wu Youren, but forgot about Prince Cheng's group. Now he remembered them, but found that there was no relative in the lobby!

Wu Youren also reacted at this time. He jumped up and exclaimed: "Oh no, they have a strange intention. Why don't these fencemen have any brains!"

This was also his negligence. However, when he was in a state of great difficulty, he was still thinking about everything carefully. He really didn't have the ability. After all, his ability can only be regarded as a central servant, not a prime minister who can control the overall situation. If you want to be the number one minister in the world, that's just his good wish!

If Wu Youren did not neglect and asked Prince Cheng and others to come in together after entering the lobby with Li Chongjiu, then the analysis would naturally be possible for Prince Cheng and others to hear it, so that there would be no misunderstandings. But now it is too late. Even if he analyzes it again intact, Prince Cheng and the others would not believe it. They would think that Li Chongjiu was deliberately analyzing it so that he was lying in order to survive!

Li Chongjiu also stood up. He had not realized the seriousness of the problem at this time and said, "You said they wanted to surrender to Yang Ze? These bastards! Let them come in, I want to scold them!"

At this time, the back door of the lobby was suddenly kicked open with a slam. A man in black clothes broke in, covered his face with a black cloth, and a long sword in his hand rushed towards Li Chongjiu!

When Li Chongjiu heard the voice, he turned around suddenly and saw the man in black rushing over. He immediately shouted: "There is an assassin, come quickly, Du's big chin, come quickly!"

At this time, he finally thought of Du Da chin, but he forgot one thing, that is, Prince Cheng and the others did not enter the lobby, and Du Da chin also did not enter. What does this mean?

Wu Youren stood beside Li Chongjiu. At this time, he was also panicked. He picked up a chair and blocked Li Chongjiu. He also shouted loudly: "There are assassins, there are assassins!"

But this person with a sword in hand is quite good, and of course he is not considered a martial arts master, but he is more than enough to deal with Li Chongjiu and Wu Youren!

The man in black said nothing, raised his legs and kicked the chair in Wu Youren's hand away. He took a step forward and raised his sword and stabbed it. With a sound, the long sword pierced into Wu Youren's chest. The man in black twisted it and stirred Wu Youren's chest so hard that it was then pulled out the long sword!

Wu Youren screamed loudly, fell to the ground, kicked his legs twice, and died immediately. He died so frankly that he didn't even suffer for a while!

Li Chongjiu was so scared that his whole body was numb. His huge fear made him unable to move. In an instant, his whole body became stiff. He could only watch the man in black swing his sword and slashing at him!

Just as he felt his neck chill, Li Chongjiu felt his head fly into the air. He saw his body, and his last consciousness was: Is this done?

The sound of footsteps came from the yard, and Du Da’s chin came late. He clearly saw that Li Chongjiu’s head was cut off. He thought to himself: “Li Chongjiu, he is dead!”

Prince Cheng and Prince Jingde also saw what happened in the lobby. They both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and thought to themselves: "I can finally give the King of Yan outside the city a reasonable explanation!" (To be continued)

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Chapter completed!