Crossing the East Palace

"...Why don't Ruogu deal with him first before leaving!"

As soon as Tang Luojin's words came out, everyone was shocked.

disposal?How to deal with it?

Also, the fourth prince wants to kill his father and brother, how is this possible?You know, the fourth prince always seems to have the best temper, and his life experience is rough, such a fourth prince, even if Emperor Tianyuan and the crown prince are dead, he can't be the emperor due to his limited status.

Unless... Emperor Tianyuan has only one son left.

Everyone shuddered immediately, and a large group of people followed Tang Luojin to the place where the fourth prince was imprisoned.

Tang Luojin walked into the courtyard and said to everyone in a low voice: "Go in alone, just wait outside and listen."

Everyone agreed not to mention it.

Tang Luojin carried the sword and went to the fourth prince's room.

With a "bang", Tang Luojin kicked them away.

The people outside could hear the voices in the room clearly because the door was open.

Although the fourth prince was imprisoned by Tang Luojin for a long time, he was provided with delicious food and drink every day. As long as his request was reasonable, the servants around him would satisfy his request.After a long time, the fourth prince also decided in his heart that Tang Luojin didn't dare to do anything to him.

After all, Tang Luojin is going to be the prince of the Youti brothers, isn't he?

If you want brother Youti, even if he put the knife on Tang Luojin's neck, as long as he didn't kill Tang Luojin, then Tang Luojin should forgive him, right?At most, he was ordained as a monk just like the big emperor brother.

As for the second brother...he did his own crimes and raised private soldiers, so he was tolerated by his father.The fourth prince thinks he is not as ignorant as the second prince, so naturally he is only willing to compare himself with the first prince.

But when he saw Tang Luojin rushing in with a sword in hand, looking at him with murderous intent, the fourth prince's heart skipped a few beats.

"Seventh Emperor Brother..." The fourth prince had a guilty conscience. Killing his father and younger brother, killing his brother, the fourth prince actually has nothing to be guilty of. Feeling guilty and guilty, seeing Tang Luojin like this, the feeling of guilt was immediately magnified, "Seventh Emperor Brother, is this so? Could it be that Seventh Emperor Brother finally found out that his brother was involved in the plague of Liancheng? There is no fault at all, come to pick up the brother who left?"

Tang Luojin looked at him slowly: "At the Turkic border, I, a soldier of Datang, suffered a sudden plague. Brother Sihuang, I want to know about this matter earlier than Gu knew about it."

The fourth prince had already lived his life, knowing that this matter must have happened as planned.Then, the plague is all over, and seeing Tang Luojin become so angry, the supplies that Tang Luojin sent to the border again were also robbed by their people.

Since this is the case, is Tang Luojin about to leave Chang'an City?

And his chance, isn't it, is coming?

The heart of the fourth prince jumped with a "bang bang" immediately, suppressing the excitement in his heart, he said: "The seventh emperor is wrong, how can a brother know such things? What's more, how unjust is the crime of killing one's father and brother? Waiting for crimes, but as a brother, I dare not even recite them. If the seventh brother imposes these crimes on me again, even if you are a prince, I am just an ordinary prince. After the father returns, I will definitely not be able to forgive you! "

Tang Luojin threw a seal on the fourth prince directly, and said, "Brother Fourth, do you really not know? Then, what should we say about this seal? This is the seal of the guilty minister Ping Wangfu, whoever gets this seal, You can command the subordinates left behind in Prince Ping's Mansion. And this seal was searched from your servant alone!"

The fourth prince's expression changed.

Holding the sword, Tang Luojin walked towards the fourth prince step by step: "Brother Si Huang thinks that Gu really will come to trouble Brother Si Huang without evidence? If he hadn't grasped the exact reason why Brother Si Huang tried to kill his father and brother Evidence, Gu will only continue to lock you up with good food and drink! But now, since Gu has the evidence, how can you allow the fourth brother to live so leisurely?"

The fourth prince didn't understand why the prince, who had always been polite to his brothers, suddenly turned his face. Hearing Tang Luojin's explanation at this moment, he suddenly understood—yes, according to Tang Luojin's hypocrisy, it must be a matter of mastery. Only after all the evidence had been obtained did he dare to threaten him with a sword, otherwise, Tang Luojin would rather lock him up than do such things under the censure of the courtiers.

However, although the fourth prince knew it in his heart, he still couldn't help but insisted: "Evidence? The boy who is a brother, although he has been with him for many years, there is no guarantee that he will not be bought by others. Besides, the brother has already I haven't seen them for a few days, if they are bought by others...for example, the crown prince, it is hard to guarantee that they will not be betrayed as brothers." The fourth prince stared at Tang Luojin without blinking, as if he wanted to get a smile from Tang Luojin's face. , I saw some traces of deceiving him, "Besides, you only have this boy's confession, is that so, Qi, emperor, brother? Tai, son, master?"

Tang Luojin looked back without hesitation, without evading her gaze, and said, "The Twelve Emperors."

The fourth prince was startled.

"The twelfth brother was confused and gave medicine to make the fourth brother infertile. In a rage, the fourth brother ran to find the twelfth brother and almost strangled the twelfth brother to death. In order to save his life, the twelve had to agree to four Brother Huang, transfer the manpower of the traitor King Ping to Brother Four, and promise to keep the fact that Brother Four is going to kill his father and brother, right?" Tang Luojin continued to walk towards the Fourth Prince, every time he approached The fourth prince took a step, and the fourth prince took a step back subconsciously, "The fourth prince only thinks that the twelfth prince is young and dare not make trouble. But he forgot that although the twelfth prince is naughty, he is still the son of the father and is lonely. His younger brother. When the people that the fourth brother sent to his side relax a bit, the twelfth brother figured it out, and felt remorseful, so he asked someone to pass the news to Gu."

The fourth prince's face was full of disbelief: "Impossible! No, it's not impossible, it's Tang Luomin who is lying! He is framing the blame!"

Tang Luojin played with the sword in the other hand, and sighed: "In my lonely hand, there are not only the confessions of the fourth emperor's cronies and the twelve emperor's brothers, but also other evidence. Only when I told the fourth brother one by one, did the fourth brother agree to admit it? Taking a step back, the fourth brother kept saying that the twelfth brother planted the blame, but the twelfth brother was only eight years old, wasn't he? Little Tong, how can you frame Brother Four as an adult?"

The fourth prince was still shaking his head: "Impossible, impossible..."

Tang Luojin's sword was already on the fourth prince's neck: "Gu will ask you again, do you really have the desire to kill your father? If you admit it readily, Gu will give you a happy ending, otherwise... Brother, even Ling Chi is not an exaggeration!"

The fourth prince stared at Tang Luojin with red eyes, and suddenly burst out laughing "haha".

"So what about killing my father and younger brother? I dare to admit it since I have done it!" The fourth prince slowly stood up straight, with blood in his eyes, and said, "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Today, you have found If the evidence comes, and if you really want to kill me, then kill me! In this way, the world can see how a prince who kept saying that he was a brother of friendship and filial piety to his father killed his own brother secretly!"

Tang Luojin raised her eyebrows slightly: "Sneaky? Who said that?" Then she shouted behind her, "Come in!"

Then the fourth prince saw the crowd rushing in.

Fourth Prince: "..."

Tang Luojin turned to look at the fourth prince, the sharp sword slashed across the fourth prince's throat, and said, "If you covet the throne, die!"

Blood spurted out and splashed onto Tang Luojin and the nearby princes.

Until the fourth prince's death, he never thought that Tang Luojin would kill him himself.

And until the moment he closed his eyes, he was suddenly wiser - yes, he thought of it.The prince has never been too lazy to talk, if the prince really has evidence and witnesses, he must show the evidence and witnesses in front of him as he did with the second prince before, and directly force him to confess his guilt.

But this time, the prince tried his best to tell him so many convoluted words.

This can only show that... Prince, in fact, there is no solid evidence at all.

However, even so, he was set out by the prince to say something he shouldn't have said.died.

It is said that when the emperor was angry, he lay down millions of corpses and bleed for thousands of miles.

Now that the prince was angry and killed the prince with a sword, the crowd didn't even have the thought of accusing them, so they knelt down subconsciously and shouted together——

"Your Highness, calm down."

Many people came to their senses when they knelt down and yelled this sentence. It should be the emperor's Longwei, no matter what they do, they will make everyone kneel on the ground willingly.Now, it appeared on the prince.

The hearts of the third prince, sixth prince, eighth prince, ninth prince, and tenth prince were beating the fastest.

No way.

They have no way to compare with the prince.They have no way to win the prince.

Even if the prince goes far away to the border, they still cannot covet the prince or even the position of emperor, otherwise, as long as the prince does not die, then they will never have good results.

Ning Shan and Ning Junyu knelt on the ground with everyone with complicated expressions.

This prince is really unusual.

While he was able to make an example of others, all the princes he threatened did not even dare to say a word, and at the same time, he did not forget to involve the matter of the twelfth prince and the fourth prince—even if the prince did not directly place the crime of patricide on the twelve princes. On him, the Twelfth Prince was given the crime of knowing but failing to report it in time. In this way, he may not have to die, but the throne...is absolutely impossible.

The two sighed.

The prince's thoughts were too deep, even at this moment, he did not forget to plot against the twelve princes, so that the twelve princes had no chance at all.And the other princes were frightened like this... Probably no one has the guts.Even if it is driven to the shelves, it will not be a success.It won't be too difficult for the prince to recover in the future.

It's just... this prince seems to have missed a prince.

Changxin Palace, the sixteenth prince born in the twelfth lunar month.

Although the sixteenth prince has just been born, under the temptation of the throne, it is inevitable that someone will take advantage of the Shen family.

Just when Ning Shan thought of this, he suddenly laughed at himself - the Shen family would not be so stupid to give up the grown-up prince and choose a sixteenth prince who was still in his infancy.

Unless the news of the prince's death came, the Shen family would never do such a thing.

Tang Luojin killed the fourth prince with a sword, and there was not even a single person in the court who dared to criticize the prince.

Seeing this, Tang Luojin knew that although it was dangerous for him to go to the border at this time, it was not impossible for him to give it a try.

"Collect the corpse." Tang Luojin put away the sword and said expressionlessly, "Send it to Master Wujiu, recite the scriptures for seven to seven days, and then bury it nearby. Those who want to kill their father and brother will not hesitate to use it." People who infected tens of thousands of my soldiers in Datang with the method of the plague are not worthy of entering the imperial mausoleum!"

Everyone said they didn't mention it.

The group quickly returned to the Eastern Palace's meeting room. As long as the prince proposed the following matters, none of them would fail.

Everyone understood that Emperor Tianyuan was far away at the border and had the plague, and considering the age of Emperor Tianyuan... I am afraid that this time, there will be no return.And the prince is young, not only young, but also has the imperial majesty early on.After the prince beat off the Turkic people and came back smoothly, I am afraid that this day will change completely.

"The matter of grain, grass and medicinal materials should be handled immediately by Prime Minister Qin and the Ministry of Household Affairs. They will set off in the next day. During these two days, Prime Minister Qin must prepare the amount of grain, grass and medicinal materials that will be sent to the border for Gu. If there is not enough food and grass, The amount in the palace will be halved starting today; half of the medicinal materials will be removed from the imperial hospital, and four imperial physicians will be transferred from the imperial hospital, and they will follow the orphan to the border the day after tomorrow. The second batch will be sent after ten days. Every half a month, a batch of supplies must be sent to the border."

Tang Luojin glanced at the third prince, then at the 11-year-old tenth prince, and said, "The matter of grain, grass and medicinal materials is extremely important, so please ask the third and tenth princes to supervise this matter. In any case, this batch of grain, grass and medicinal materials , the third brother and the tenth brother must make random checks more than twelve times before they can load things into the car."

The third prince and the tenth prince were all taken aback.

Everyone was also slightly shocked.

On weekdays, although the third prince is old, but because he does not want to participate in the seizure of the heir, he has always been muddle-headed, unwilling to befriend any prince, and unwilling to participate in political affairs; He was young and never got close to the prince.

But now, after the prince killed the fourth prince, he wanted to use them again.How can the two not be surprised?

Tang Luojin held the hands of the two of them, and said word by word: "In this world, there is no shortage of idle kings, what is lacking is virtuous kings. Father and I, the future food, grass, and medicinal materials will be handed over to the emperor." Brother and brother."

The third prince's eyes slowly lit up, and he said loudly: "I will fulfill my mission!"

The same is true for the ten princes.

Then, Tang Luojin said again: "For the matter of defense, Brother Liuhuang, I only trust you. If Gu leaves, the safety of Chang'an City, Gu, will be left to you."

The sixth prince solemnly said: "I respect the order of the prince."

"and also……"

Tang Luojin continued to order many things one after another, and waited for an hour before saying: "Leaving Chang'an at the time of the lonely queen, everyone, I have worked hard for you in the past two days."

After all, stand up and bow to the end.

Everyone knelt down and said, "I dare not!"

Tang Luojin maintained the posture of bowing for a long time before standing up and saying, "Datang is now in a difficult time. However, I believe that as long as you are of the same heart as the father and the lonely, I, Datang, will definitely be even stronger. Prosperity! I only hope that everyone, no matter how many grievances you have in your heart in the past, at least, during the period when Father and Gu are not in Chang'an, please be sure to guard Chang'an and Datang for Father and Gu!"

The officials shouted: "The crown prince is a thousand years old! Datang will be prosperous forever!"

After the discussion, all the people hurriedly went out to work.

Tang Luojin left Ning Shan and Ning Junyu behind.

Although he still called Ning Shan "Grandpa" and Ning Junyu "Fourth Uncle", how much of it was out of sincerity and how much was just out of courtesy, only Tang Luojin knew.

When Ning Shan and the two stayed, they knew that although Tang Luojin had entrusted the safety of Chang'an City to the Sixth Prince, he was still worried.

After all, the sixth prince is young and has never led a soldier. Although the prince trusts the sixth prince, this is the only thing about the sixth prince. This is the saving grace in this matter.

Ning Shan thought of his ambition to revenge in the past, and then thought of what he and his youngest son had to return to Chang'an because of the Queen's incident.

However, after the tragedy, Ning Shan knelt down with a "bang".

"My lord, this time, the crown prince will bring my seven grandsons to the border together!" Ning Shan said, "As for the subject, I am willing to work with my youngest son, Jun Yu, to protect Chang'an City for the crown prince!"

Ning Junyu knelt down silently and said nothing.

Over the years, he also wanted to understand how naive he was back then.

Good generals are hard to find, and even more difficult to find is a wise king.Emperor Tianyuan and Tang Luojin are both wise kings, but he himself was confused, and the queen was confused, so he played a good game of chess and came to where he is today.

No matter what, no matter what, it is the destiny of the Ning family to guard the people.Regardless of whether the father and son of the Tian family want to trust them or not, they must work hard to make the Tian family trust them and reuse them, so as to protect the people of Datang.

Tang Luojin was already hesitant, but when she heard Ning Shan's words, she sighed slightly and helped Ning Shan up herself.

"Grandpa doesn't need to be like this." Tang Luojin said seriously, "Royal father believes in the Ning family, and I believe in the Ning family as well. It's just..."

Ning Junyu suddenly said: "The Ning family's private soldiers, I would like to hand over all of them to the prince. Apart from them, there are also some retired soldiers who have been taken care of by the Ning family because of their disabilities. Those who can still fight will be handed over to the prince. As for how to lead the army , my father and ministers, the family has too many burdens, and they can't share the worries for the crown prince."

Ning Shan was a little stunned, and then he realized that, after taking a look at Tang Luojin, he saw that the young prince's brows were slightly stretched, and he knew that he was wrong—his daughter took advantage of the manpower he left for her to do something. There are so many wrong things, even if the prince can consider many factors and not kill her, but because of her, he will no longer really trust the Ning family.

"So, thank you grandpa and fourth uncle." Tang Luojin said, "Actually, there is one more thing. If you leave alone, the sixteenth prince..." He paused slightly, "The sixteenth prince is still young, but the lonely one doesn't know what to do. Who to entrust to."

The Sixteenth Prince was born only a few months ago, but because he is too young, the status of Concubine Xin is sufficient, and the Shen family is noble enough, it would not be surprising if someone wanted to take advantage of the Sixteenth Prince and take the opportunity to rise to power.

Needless to say, the third princes were either originally on the prince's side, or were too frightened by the prince to move, even if they were forced to do something, they would not go too far.

But the sixteenth prince is too young.

If someone wants to use the name of assisting the Sixteenth Prince to seize the power of Datang, it is not impossible.Moreover, for Tang Luojin, the sixteenth prince is his younger brother, and he can't let anything happen to him.

Ning Shan hesitated slightly: "Back then, the queen changed sons, so she harmed the crown prince. Today, why don't we change sons again."

Tang Luojin didn't think of this idea, and was about to refuse, when Ning Junyu also spoke.

"What my father said is true. The youngest son of the minister is not too different from the sixteenth prince. If the prince is willing, he can temporarily change his son. Even if something happens...it will be a child of the Ning family."

Tang Luojin said: "This matter is of course not possible." Then he revealed his plan, planning to send the sixteenth prince to the Shen family publicly, and privately to the temple.It was just to confuse the public and let the Ning family pretend to have an extra baby.

However, Ning Junyu insisted: "The prince's strategy of the three cunning rabbit holes is of course a good one. But if someone is too intentional, let alone the cunning rabbit three holes, no matter how concealed they are, they will be caught out. It is better to change the child first. , and then follow the prince's method of the cunning rabbit and three caves. This is the real surefire strategy."

Tang Luojin frowned slightly.

Ning Shan sighed: "At the beginning, the minister taught the daughter Wufang and harmed the crown prince. Please also ask the crown prince to give my Ning family a chance to forgive their sins."

The two knelt down again.

Tang Luojin thought for a long time before slowly saying: "Since that's the case, if Gu can come back alive this time, and this child can also come back alive, then if he wants to go to the battlefield in the future, Gu, I won't refuse." It's just about the Queen and the Twelfth Prince, and he won't let go.

Ning Shan and Ning Junyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.To be honest, that's all they expected.The queen and the twelve princes are able to live on now, they are already satisfied, what else can they expect?

As for the innocent child at home...

Let it go, life or death depends on the child's life.If they lived, they would have a bright future, but if they died, then it would be their father and son's sins.

Tang Luojin arranged these things, and then went to the Queen Mother.

When the queen mother heard about this, she originally refused to let Tang Luojin leave.When Tang Luojin said that if he didn't go and the medicinal materials were not delivered, the queen mother could only dejectedly say: "Forget it, the Ai family doesn't understand these things. Your father told the Ai family these things When talking, Aijia only thought that what your father said was reasonable; now you said something different from your father to Aijia, Aijia felt that your words made sense again. Aijia didn’t know who to believe alright."

Tang Luojin said seriously: "Grandmother, grandson and father are all right. It's just that if there is no plague in our army at this moment or at that moment, then even if Datang loses this time, the loss will not be too much." It was too serious, so the emperor's grandmother should listen to his father. However, the fourth brother was confused and caused the same plague on the border as in Liancheng. The medicinal materials and doctors were all blocked and robbed. If the grandson didn't Go, the soldiers who caught the plague on the frontier could not get timely treatment, and the rumors spread thousands of times, and Datang's efforts to recharge his energy all these years were really in vain."

The queen mother finally sighed: "Come on, let it go, just as the prince said." Then she was afraid that she would not wait for the prince to come back, so she quietly told Tang Luojin the place where the imperial decree and jade seal were hidden that Emperor Tianyuan told her.

Tang Luojin was startled.

The queen mother sighed quietly, and said in a low voice: "Before your father left, he said that he was not in good health. He was afraid that he would not be able to come back alive after this battle. Xiaoqi, you... When you get there, if you Your father's illness can't be cured, so don't blame yourself. Your father knows it all. He loves you the most, and he cares about Datang even more. Your father wrote three imperial edicts, and you go and get them Take one, and the Ai family will also write a decree for you, if, if you go to the border and your father leaves early, you will be enthroned immediately at the border. Your father, he will not blame you."

Tang Luojin was completely stunned.

"Good boy, don't be afraid." The queen mother patted Tang Luojin on the shoulder and said, "Everyone is mortal. Your father knows it, and the Ai family knows it too. As for the fourth prince, he is confused. It is right to kill him. Aijia doesn't blame you, and your father won't blame you either....Good boy, go, do what you should do! The Queen's side... Aijia will watch Hers. If something really happens to someone, the Ai family will kill her first!"

Because the queen, no matter what, she would not want the crown prince to succeed her.Therefore, it is not impossible to temporarily recognize a son as a son-in-law or something, with the empress's stupidity.

Tang Luojin was originally worried about her, but after hearing what the queen mother said, he was relieved.

After coming out of the Empress Dowager's palace, Tang Luojin was stunned for a while, and then Tang Luojin sent someone to tell Concubine Xin about the son-changing.

——What's wrong with a childish child?However, this method is indeed perfect.For the Ning family, this is also the only chance for the third generation of the Ning family to make a comeback.This child was not chosen by Tang Luojin, but was used by the Ning family to exchange for opportunities.Although innocent, Tang Luojin would not use it, and would only ask people to take good care of the child as much as possible.

As for Concubine Xin...

Tang Luojin took the clothes and purse sent by Concubine Xin, but still decided not to see her.

So what?

In order to ensure the throne, he even protected Concubine Xin's newborn child and guarded against calculations. Although it was reasonable, he was also ruthless.

Might as well not see.

The next day, on the fourth day of February, Prince Tang Luojin led more than 5000 private soldiers from the East Palace and [-] ordinary soldiers recruited temporarily, and headed for the Turkic border with medicinal materials, doctors, and food.

On February [-]th, the Prince's vanguard found the mark left by Shi Yuan, found the fifty doctors who came out of the shantang guarded by Shi Yuan, and found the hiding place of the Turkic people who robbed the previous night. Less, conquer in one fell swoop.

All the Turks caught this time were beheaded, leaving no one behind.

On February 24, the prince led the vanguard and reached the border first.

The border is under martial law, and everyone's faces are solemn.

But when they saw the young man sitting high on the horse with a spot of Guanyin mole on his forehead, their hearts immediately became alive.

It's the prince!

"The prince is here!"

"The prince is here! The prince is here with the doctor and medicinal materials!"

All the soldiers shouted in unison.

When Ning Junchi came out to meet him, everyone was already kneeling on the ground.

Ning Junchi also bent one knee.

Tang Luojin, who had just dismounted, supported him.

"How is the father?"