Placid Chang'an

A Zhuque Avenue in Chang'an City divides Chang'an City into two, and a central axis connects Mingde Gate and Taiji Palace.

Now Li Shi is camping under Mingde's gate, and Li Sheng is sitting in the Taiji Palace.In Li Shi's hand, he held heavy soldiers that could go straight to the imperial city, but in Li Sheng's hand, he held the lives of half-court officials and the little emperor.The two sides confronted each other, but at the same time constrained each other, a delicate balance was reached for a while.

Su Cen accompanied Li Shi to stand on the tower of Mingde Gate, overlooking the thousands of people in Chang'an City, and suddenly remembered the Shangyuan Festival two years ago.

The scene at that time was still like yesterday, with lantern sellers, jugglers, fiery trees and silver flowers, it was very lively.He also won a fox lantern at an anagram stand, but it was snatched away by the guy next to him.

However, in just two years, Chang'an City, with its eight streets and nine streets, has been turned into nothingness.

"What are you thinking about?"

Su Cen came back to his senses, turned his head to look at Li Shi who was also looking at him, and smiled, "I wonder if Li Sheng patched up the hole I blew up in Xingqing Palace, don't go in and some little thieves put you The wine in the wine cellar was stolen. I don’t know if the orchids of Song Jiancheng are still alive, and I don’t know how tall the grass is in my house in Changlefang.”

Li Shi held him in his arms and smiled, "I'm homesick."

"Yeah," Su Cen nodded after thinking about it, but he was homesick. Looking at the thousands of lights in the city, there was a hope under each light, and there should have been one of his lights in it.

Su Cen looked up at Li Shi, looked at the dark halo flowing in those deep eyes, and asked, "What about you? What are you thinking?"

"Miss you."

Su Cen was taken aback, "Miss me?"

Li Shi put his hands on Su Cen's shoulder and patted lightly, "You did the right thing that day. Li Sheng is a crazy person. This day will come sooner or later. If you hadn't held me back, I would have faced all these things today." It's just them themselves."

"Are you afraid that I will get hurt and blame yourself for today's scene?" Su Cen raised his face and looked at Li Shi with a little smile, and his eyes were full of beauty, "Don't worry, I will not worry about this matter. I don't regret it, come again ten times, a hundred times, I still want to take you away."

As night fell, a tranquility shrouded the city of Chang'an, but the seemingly delicate balance was broken by one person.

Qi Lin went up to the tower, looked at the two people who depended on each other and didn't dare to disturb him for a while, until Li Shi tilted his head and asked him: "What's wrong?"

Qi Lin replied: "There are people from Tai Chi Palace, and I want to see you by name."

Su Cen straightened up slowly, "Who?"

"A eunuch," Qi Lin said, "the first eunuch in the Empress Dowager's palace——Chen You."

Li Shi took Su Cen back to the main tent. The captains and Tuduo three guards from all Zhechong mansions had already arrived. As soon as he opened the tent door, he saw Chen You standing in the middle of the tent, raising his head slightly. Chin, the face of a villain.

After seeing Li Shi, he calmed down a little, laughed twice, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty has an order."

Li Shi ignored Chen You and went back to the main seat and sat down. Chen You looked a little embarrassed, so he could only bow his body and take two steps forward: "My lord, Your Majesty has an order."

"Oh?" Li Shi finally raised his eyebrows, "Then the majesty you are talking about, which majesty is it?"

Chen You straightened up slightly, with a smug expression on his face, "That is naturally the one who is sitting in the Hanyuan Palace now—His Majesty Emperor Tiancheng."

Standing aside, Su Cen couldn't help laughing, "When did my Great Zhou have such an emperor?"

"You're presumptuous," Chen You howled in a sharp voice, and then carefully looked at Li Shi. He saw that the man was sitting upright and didn't say anything. Even Li Shi would not dare to do anything to the lives of the emperor and half-court officials.

Then he straightened his waist and said loudly: "Tomorrow is the big day for His Majesty Tian Cheng's enthronement, I am here today to convey the new emperor's will, everyone here must not forget to attend the enthronement ceremony tomorrow.

The people in the tent looked at each other for a while, not knowing whether to ridicule Li Sheng for being overconfident or self-indulgent, and finally all looked at Li Shi, waiting for Prince Ning to give him an attitude.

Li Shi raised his head, "Finished?"

"Oh, and," Chen Youdao, "Your Majesty summons Su Cen to the palace immediately."

Su Cen was taken aback for a moment, "Me?"

Li Shi asked again, "Have you finished?"

Chen You already sensed Li Shi's impatience, he nodded hurriedly and said, "It's over, it's over."

Li Shi waved his hand, "Pull it out and cut it."

Chen You: "..."

Not only Chen You was stunned, but everyone in the main tent was also stunned. Although Chen You was indeed hateful, he was sent by Li Sheng after all. Sheng still holds the little emperor's life in his hands, and if he is angered, no one dares to think about the consequences.

Tuduo Sanwei was the first to come back to his senses, Wu Chiha stepped forward to pull Chen You's collar like a chicken under Qi Lin's signal, and was about to drag him out.

Chen You finally came back to his senses, and he groaned, "You guys are bold! I am His Majesty's man, who dares to touch me!"

It wasn't until he was about to be dragged out of the tent that he finally realized what was going on, and immediately burst into tears, "My lord... Please forgive me, I don't dare, I won't dare again... Bastard Li Sheng, what is he? Dare to call yourself the emperor... Lord, please forgive me, please forgive me!"

Li Shi raised his hand, Wu Chiha just stopped, Chen You's legs went limp and he collapsed on the ground, just as the thought of remaining alive after the catastrophe popped up, Li Shi's deep voice fell down.

"Execute on the spot."

Wu Chiha raised the knife and dropped it, Chen You's triangular eyes had just half-opened, but they couldn't open them anymore.

A human skull rolled to the ground and finally stopped at Su Cen's feet.

Before the battle, the most fearful thing is that the morale of the army will not be stable. Su Cen knew that Li Shi was trying to show his prestige and momentum to the people present.Moreover, this Chen Youzeng was the eunuch next to the Empress Dowager Chu, and the death of the Empress Dowager Chu was probably related to him.

He understood the reasoning, but looking at that human head and those eyes that were dying, he still felt palpitations.

Li Shi frowned slightly, "Pull it out to feed the dog."

Wu Chiha took the order, stepped forward and dragged the round head, and went out.

It took a while for Su Cen's stiff body to recover slowly.

Presumably everyone present is the same. The main tent fell into a deathly silence for a while, not daring to speak and not knowing what to say. Will this battle be fought or not?how to spell?What should they do if Li Sheng pushes the little emperor to stand in front of them?

Although Li Shi looked resolute, could he really leave the little emperor alone?If that's the case, then what's the difference between Li Shi and Li Sheng?

After a while, Su Cen suddenly said, "I want to enter the palace."

Qu Ling'er looked over in disbelief, "Brother Su...what do you want?"

"I want to enter the palace," Su Cen said in a more resolute manner, "Didn't the eunuch just say that Li Sheng called me into the palace, just so I want to go in and have a look."

Li Shi frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.

"People in the palace can't come out now, and no one knows what's going on inside. If I can go in, at least I can see the little emperor, and I can protect him at critical times."

When is this critical time, everyone understands in their hearts.

"But what if you don't see the little emperor?" Qu Ling'er was about to cry, "And we just killed that eunuch, what if Li Sheng gets angry with you?"

"Since I can go in, I will naturally have a way to meet the little emperor, and Li Sheng will not kill me." Su Cen said firmly, "Li Sheng is extremely conceited, he prefers to play with people and shares rather than kill people." In the palm of his hand, it is the same reason that he did not kill Mr. Chen in Lujiazhuang back then. He needs someone to be his witness. This person should be his opponent and enemy. The one he wants to see most now should be the prince. He He has been imitating the prince and trying to defeat the prince for many years. Now he thinks that the matter has been won, and he needs someone to witness it for him. It's just that he knows that the prince will not go, and he dare not ask the prince to go, so this person will be I am the one who is most familiar with the prince."

Su Cen smiled at Li Shi after speaking, the meaning behind it was obvious, let me help you.

Qu Ling'er wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Li Shi.

"Watch out for yourself."

Su Cen smiled and nodded, "Is there anything else you need me to convey to the little emperor?"

The corners of Li Shi's eyebrows drooped slightly, showing some warmth, "Tell him, don't be afraid."