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The first thousand two hundred and seventeen chapters

When the palace had just stabilized and the cavalry of various imperial guards came out to arrest all the Taiping people, about 500 imperial guards led by Li Chengyi were the first team to set off, and his target was Princess Taiping himself.

Li Longji asked his second brother to go to Princess Taiping's Mansion to fully consider it. With Princess Taiping's power and the emperor's favor for her, no civil servant or general dared to raise a butcher knife to Princess Taiping. Even the royal brothers, including Li Long, could not bear this heart, except Li Chengyi.

Li Chengqi also knew Saburo's painstaking efforts. In the life-and-death power struggle, he could not tolerate the kindness of a woman and ridiculous fantasies. Today's kindness is the root of the destruction of family and clans in the future. He also knew that Saburo had more things to bear and had more things to worry about, so he was willing to be this evil person.

The saying "Brothers in War" was fully interpreted by Li Longji's five brothers. Princess Taiping wanted to dismiss Li Longji's position as emperor and support a prince with a weak temperament as a puppet. When the time is right, she forced him to abdicate and give way to the country. However, she did not know that these five brothers would be divided by her in the same heart and virtue.

Today, in order to protect Li Longji's throne, the four brothers all went into battle, and Li Longji handed over the military power to them without any suspicion. Li Chengyi led his troops to Princess Taiping's Mansion. Seeing several princesses who fled inward to report the news at the door of the mansion, they said murderously: "Kill in! In addition to Xue Chongjian's family, Taiping's lineage, including Taiping himself, will be killed without mercy!"

The five hundred imperial guards received the clear order from the prince. With a shout, they rushed into Princess Taiping's Mansion, with swords and swords, and the sound of killing was shocked.

Xue Chongjian had a close relationship with Li Sanlang. Not only did he make great contributions to protect Li Longji when he killed Empress Wei, but he also became close friends with Li Long before that. Although Li Longji also understood the principle of eliminating the roots, he could not use heroic means. Before Li Chengyi sent troops, he specifically instructed him to protect Xue Chongjian's family.

The news that the imperial guards rushed to various parts of the capital to arrest Taiping people quickly reached Yang Fan's ears. At this time, Yang Fan was stepping on lotus roots in Longqing Lake with several sons. He was naked, wearing a pair of calf pants, and led Yang Nianzu, the two older sons, Yang Ji, in the shallow water area that was deep.

The naked feet can easily feel the fat lotus root nodes in the mud. If you hold your breath and sink into the water, you can dig the mud and pull out the long round lotus root nodes. The mud has a great suction force, and it is not easy to pull out the lotus root segments completely from the water. They will only break the section they touch, rather than dig out the complete one.

The younger two sons shouted and packed up the fat lotus root dug by their father and brother on the shore, and took it to the sisters excitedly. The young ladies squatted by the lake and carefully washed away the mud wrapped around the lotus root with the lake water. At this time, the news came, and Yang Fan was shocked and rushed to the ashore immediately, snatched the horse that reported the news, and galloped away.

Yang Fan was wearing a wet calves, stepped on the stirrup barefoot, and waved his whip like rain.

He never expected that Princess Taiping and Li Longji would be at the point of open breaking and fighting each other so quickly. According to common sense, the political struggle between the two sides should have been a long struggle process, so how could they be so hasty and decisive?

When Ma Chi arrived at Princess Taiping's Mansion, Yang Fan's pants were dry, and the mud on his bare feet had become blocks of soil. When he flew to the ground, pieces of mud broke on the stone steps of Princess Taiping's Mansion.

"Stop, who?"

More than a dozen soldiers guarding the door of Princess Taiping's mansion forced their sharp spears to Yang Fan and asked sternly. Before the search and massacre in Princess Taiping's mansion were over, Yang Fan saw the bodies of several domestic slaves lying in a pool of blood in the yard. He couldn't help but feel nervous and shouted sternly: "I am Yang Fan, the general of the country, please get out of here!"

Most of these more than ten imperial guards had never seen Yang Fan. Although several of the veterans had seen Yang Fan, they also saw him from afar in the army at that time. They could not see General Yang's specific appearance. In addition, Yang Fan's hair was curled up in strands, bare upper body, barefoots, and only had a pair of trousers. His image and temperament were very different from General Yang in their minds. It was really difficult to identify, and the soldiers couldn't help but hesitate.

Yang Fan couldn't wait to ask them to call the officer to identify him. He was anxious. When he saw the soldiers hesitate, he still did not give way. His still body suddenly bumped out from the side and hit the gap between the two spears. The two soldiers flew out more than ten feet away.

Two spears were in hand, Yang Fan swayed his arms, and the soldiers felt that the tiger's mouth was numb and could no longer hold on to the spear in his hand. Seven or eight spears flew into the air. Yang Fan rushed in with two spears. Several other spear-holding soldiers were shocked and chased after him, shouting: "Stop him, someone will break through..."

Yang Fan could not but not bear to kill people, and rushed in and just knocked their weapons away or swept them out. After hearing the news, more and more soldiers rushed to surround him. Yang Fan was unable to break out of the encirclement and was trapped at the entrance of the second courtyard. At this moment, a brigade coach who came to reinforce recognized Yang Fan and said in surprise: "General, why are you?"

Yang Fan held two spears in his hand, his eyes narrowed, and said, "Do you recognize me?"

The brigade coach knelt down on one knee with a knife and said respectfully: "I am a veteran of Qianqi!"

Yang Fan suddenly realized and asked anxiously: "How is the princess now?" He was afraid that he would hear the news that Taiping had been killed, but he had to ask. Because he was worried, the voice trembled slightly after asking.

The coach of the leung replied: "Princess Taiping is not in the mansion, we are also looking for it..."

Yang Fan couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard this. At this time, Li Chengyi walked out of the back house surrounded by a group of soldiers, following Xue Chongjian next to him. Xue Chongjian's face was pale and his eyes were dull. Although his relationship with his brothers was extremely indifferent, seeing that they were slaughtered one by one, it still had a strong impact on him.

"General Yang?"

Li Chengyi was stunned when he saw Yang Fan. Yang Fan deliberately concealed the role he played in the process of killing Empress Wei. Few people knew about this, but Li Chengyi was very clear. Therefore, Li Chengyi regarded Yang Fan as his own. Now, seeing Yang Fan dressed like this, holding two spears in a hostile state with his soldiers, he was shocked.

When Yang Fan learned that Taiping was not there, his anxiety in his heart was gone and he regained some reason. He hurriedly raised the reason, abandoned the spear, and bowed to Li Chengyi, "Prince, Yang..."

As soon as he said this, a horseman rushed over. The horseman was wearing eunuch's robe. He broke in from the mansion and never dismounted. He held a yellow silk high in his hand and shouted loudly: "People under the knife! People under the knife! The emperor has his life and cannot hurt Princess Taiping!"

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There is a small-scale Zen temple in Zhongnan Mountain but an extremely elegant environment. This Zen temple was built by Princess Taiping. It is considered a family temple. The temple worships the spiritual seat of her husband Xue Shao.

In order to ascend the throne, the Empress Wu Zetian used the heads of countless people as her stepping stones and ascends to the emperor step by step. Xue Shao's head was also one of the stepping stones. Taiping felt deeply guilty about Xue Shao's tragic death and his power to rescue him, so he built this meditation temple to pray for his salvation.

At this time, Princess Taiping was in this meditation temple. The mountain temple was not popular with outsiders, so it was quiet and quiet, and it was even more quiet at this time. The garden was clear and green wood, and the rugged rocks were like a paradise. Princess Taiping sat on a stone, with only a few confidants standing beside her, including inside and outside managers.

Princess Taiping's face was pale, and her eyes were filled with tears. The foreign manager Li Yi had just sent the news that the city had been slaughtered. She heard that the mansion was slaughtered, except for Xue Chongjian's son, his wife, son, and others, such as Xue Chongxun, all of them were killed. Even if she was as strong as her, she still cried sadly.

After planning today's action, she avoided this place. One was to draw a clear understanding of her relationship with the mutiny, and the prime ministers would welcome her back to the city to preside over the overall situation after the matter was completed. On the other hand, she also considered that once the planner failed, as long as she was not here, she believed that with the relationship between Princess Taiping's Mansion and the royal family, she would not implicate her family. Unfortunately, she was wrong.

"Sanlang, I underestimated you, underestimated you..."

Princess Taiping smiled bitterly, and two lines of tears rolled down. She underestimated Li Longji's determination. Li Longji's always weakness and tolerance towards her was not because she was afraid of her, but because she was only concerned about his own father. Princess Taiping was smart for a lifetime and just misjudged this matter.

Now that the big thing has not been accomplished, it has killed the whole family, and Princess Taiping is in great pain.

Li Yi said in panic: "Princess, the emperor has sent troops here, you might as well leave quickly. The world is so big, there must be a place to hide."

Princess Taiping shook slightly and asked, "Why did the emperor know where I am going so quickly?"

Li Yi lowered his head and said nothing. Princess Taiping slowly turned around and stared at him. Li Yi suddenly felt his knees weak, and he knelt in front of her, and said tremblingly: "I don't know."

Princess Taiping smiled faintly and said, "Are you afraid that it will make me sad when I say it, right?"

She closed her eyes and slowly opened them, her eyes cold and there was no trace of emotion: "Is Chongjian betrayed his mother, right?"

Li Yi kowtowed and knocked his forehead so blood was pouring on his forehead, but he just didn't answer Princess Taiping's words.

Princess Taiping said quietly: "Although the emperor will find me sooner or later, I really don't want my biological son to betray me..."

Li Yi cried: "Princess..."

Princess Taiping glanced at him and said softly: "I am married to my husband at the age of sixteen. You are here by my side and have followed me for many years. You... are very good!"

She glanced at Zhou Min, the inner manager with tears on her face and said, "And you, you are also very good. Now, you can run away from your own lives. As long as I die, the emperor will be disdainful to you."

Zhou Min knelt down on the ground with a "bang" and cried loudly: "Life and death, I will follow the princess and wait for the princess."

Princess Taiping was furious and said sternly: "Bastard! Get out of here immediately, don't let me see you again, get out!"

Li Yi and Zhou Min cried loudly and refused to get up. Seeing the princess getting angry, she hurriedly got up and left the garden, but she still stood there from a distance. Princess Taiping sighed softly and turned to face a pool of green water. In addition to her, there was a figure in the water, lonely and steep.

Princess Taiping stared at the figure in the water and said slowly: "Taiping trusts so much, why did he deliberately harm me?"
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