Crown Princess Zheng Guanyin
The Eastern Palace was the residence of the Crown Prince, and there was an endless stream of ministers and celebrities.
But now, the vast Eastern Palace was deserted.
After Li Shiming took control of the Imperial City, he massacred the Eastern Palace.
Apart from Crown Princess Zheng Guanyin and her daughters, the rest of the people, be it the Crown Prince, palace maids, or eunuchs, were all executed.
The position of the Crown Prince was currently up in the air.
On the contrary, Li Chengdao had obtained the position of Crown Prince.
As a result, Li Shi Min did not enter the Eastern Palace for the time being. Instead, he used this place as a cage to imprison the Crown Princess.
In a pavilion in the Eastern Palace.
Dressed in a palace dress, the crown princess, Zheng Guanyin, was leaning against the railing with a young girl in her arms. Her eyes were listless as she looked out of the palace.
She was born in the Zheng family of Xingyang.
His grandfather, Zheng Chen, was the chief historian of the Northern Wei Dynasty's Situ Mansion, a doctor of advice, the prefect of Yingchuan, and the duke of Wushan County.
His father, Zheng Jibo, was once the Grand Chief of Yuzhou in the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Duke of Wushan Prefecture, the Third Secretary of the Sui Dynasty, the Golden Purple Guanglu Doctor, the governor of Kuozhou, and the governor of Tanzhou.
Her husband, Li Jiancheng, was the prince of the Tang Dynasty. She was in her youth, extremely noble, and was close to the position of the queen.
It could be said that both her family and her husband's family were extremely noble.
However, Li Shimin suddenly launched the Xuanwu Gate rebellion and killed Li Jiancheng and his sons.
In one night, Zheng Guanyin experienced a huge change.
When a man dies, his son dies, and his family is almost destroyed.
She had gone from the high and mighty Crown Princess to a prisoner.
"Mother, will second brother come and pick us up?”
Zheng Guanyin's second daughter, four-year-old Li Wanshun, hugged her mother's neck and asked in a childish voice.
Zheng Guanyin gently stroked her daughter's head and said gently,"
"Yes, Chengdao will."
Li Jiancheng was dead, and his sons were all killed.
Now, Li Chengdao had become his only hope to survive.
However, even she did not expect Li Chengdao, who usually did not show off and only studied in his room.
Not only did he kill his way out of Xuanwu Sect, but he also slaughtered the Heavenly Policy Prefecture, forcing Li Shimin to compromise and leave Chang 'an safely.
"Crown Princess, Lord Wei requests an audience.”
Suddenly, a palace maid sent by Li Shimin came to the pavilion to report.
Even though she was monitoring Zheng Guanyin, even though Zheng Guanyin's current title as the Crown Princess was not worthy of her name.
However, these palace maids still spoke respectfully and did not dare to be careless.
After all, no matter how down and out the Crown Princess was, she was not someone a mere palace maid could afford to offend.
"Please invite Lord Wei over."
Zheng Guanyin's voice was very gentle and pleasant to the ear.
Not long after, a middle-aged man came to the pavilion.
"Wei Zheng greets the crown princess consort.”" Your Majesty," Wei Zheng said after the greeting," I have written a letter to the Zheng family of Xingyang as per Your Majesty's instructions.
The content of the letter was intercepted by the King of Qin.”
Zheng Guanyin nodded lightly." If it wasn't for the rules and face, Li Shimin wouldn't even let Lord Wei, a subordinate of the Eastern Palace, see me."
Since he knew the contents of the letter, it didn't matter.”
Wei Zheng heaved a long sigh." It's my incompetence. If I had been able to convince Your Highness to listen to my advice, I wouldn't have ended up like this."”
Long before Li Shiming planned the Black Tortoise Sect mutiny, Wei Zheng saw that the conflict of interest between Li Jiancheng and Li Shiming was irreconcilable.
He had repeatedly advised Li Jiancheng to strike first.
However, Li Jiancheng did not accept his suggestion.
Seeing Zheng Guanyin's expression turn gloomy, Wei Zheng quickly said,""But His Highness is brave and resourceful. After leaving Chang 'an, he went all the way south to Xingyang.
With the help of your mother, the Zheng family of Xingyang, His Highness will return to Chang 'an sooner or later.”
Hearing this, Zheng Guanyin's expression became slightly better.
She squeezed out a smile and said," Now that the traitor is powerful, we will need Lord Wei's help to inherit the Dao in the future."”
Wei Zheng cupped his hands solemnly." There's no need for Your Majesty to remind me. Wei Zheng should be like this.”
The two of them discussed for a long time in the pavilion. A palace maid not far away recorded their conversation without missing a word.
The reason why Li Shimin allowed Wei Zheng and some of the Eastern Palace aides to meet Zheng Guanyin was not only because his current identity was not suitable to stop them, but also because he wanted to eavesdrop on the Eastern Palace aides 'plans.
Every move of the other party was under his surveillance. He could counter every move and deal with them calmly.
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Xingyang Kaifeng, Zheng's mansion.
"Send His Highness to Youzhou to guard against the Turks?!”
After Zheng Yuanzhou finished reading the imperial edict in his hand, his expression instantly turned extremely ugly. He said angrily,"
"Li Shi Min is too much!
Father, this is not His Majesty's decree, this is clearly a fake imperial decree from Li Shiming!
Obviously, he did not want His Highness to stay in Xingyang. He was worried that His Highness would continue to expand his power in Xingyang!”
Youzhou was remote and cold, and Wang Junlang was a direct descendant of Li Shimin.
His Highness only has 7,000 soldiers. If he goes to Youzhou, wouldn't he be at Li Shi Min's mercy?
No matter what, His Majesty must not go to Youzhou Province.”
Zheng Jibo sighed and said faintly,""How could I not know Li Shi Min's plan?
It didn't matter if this imperial edict was His Majesty's will or Li Shiming's.
But an imperial edict was an imperial edict.
As long as it was released, it would be His Majesty's decree.
If Your Highness doesn't go to Youzhou, then it's disrespectful.
Li Shi Min was even happier to see this result.
He was now in control of the Imperial Court and directly used the name of His Highness defying the imperial edict to strip His Highness of his status as the Great Grandson.
Then, he would spread the word to the world that His Highness was afraid of death and did not dare to go to the border to resist the foreign enemies.
With this, not only did His Highness lose his title as the Crown Prince, but his personal reputation was also tarnished.
In the future, how could he compete with Li Shimin for the 95th position?
This plan was indeed brilliant and sinister.
It was probably the plan of Zhangsun Sheng's son, Zhangsun Wuji.”
Zheng Yuanzhou gritted his teeth." It's not right for Your Highness to go to Youzhou, and it's even worse if you don't go to Youzhou. How should we deal with this?"”
"This is an open plot," Zheng Jibo said. Let's invite His Highness over first and hear His Highness's opinion.”
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