Yue Xingwen stayed at Jiang Pingce’s quarter, fearing that he would be discovered, so he didn’t dare to light the candle. He sat anxiously in the darkness and waited.
He didn’t know how long it took, but familiar footsteps finally sounded outside, Yue Xingwen immediately got up and walked to the door, and the next moment, Jiang Pingce pushed the door in, and the two of them almost bumped into each other in the darkness.
Jiang Pingce hurriedly reached out and hugged Yue Xingwen’s waist. “Be careful.”
Unable to care about anything else, Yue Xingwen nervously said, “What is the result of your overnight discussion?”
Jiang Pingce took him to the table and sat down, and then said, “Li Shimin decided to enter the palace tomorrow and tell Your Majesty that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had an affair with the harem concubines, and when Your Majesty summons them, we will ambush them outside the palace in advance, and when Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji enter the palace and pass by Xuanwu Gate, we will shoot them.”
Yue Xingwen finally breathed a sigh of relief. “It’s the same as the progress in history.”
Jiang Pingce gently held his hand and said, “The news that you, the undercover agent, delivered was very timely. Changsun Wuji, Yuchi Gong and these people were all infuriated, and forced Li Shimin to make the first move to get rid of the Crown Prince’s party members. In my opinion, Li Shimin also had this idea for a long time, so he simply pushed the bat with the water.”
Yue Xingwen smiled. “This is also something that can’t be helped. If Li Shimin didn’t do anything, he and his men would be completely eradicated by Li Jiangcheng.” He paused and then said, “My mission has been completed, can I sneak into the Yulin Army next, and go to Xuanwu Gate with you on the 4th day of June?”
Jiang Pingce nodded. “I think so too. I always feel that things won’t go too well, and it’s good to have you there to improvise when the time comes.”
Yue Xingwen said, “Tomorrow, I’ll find another opportunity to go to the Fulai Inn to meet with my teammates and discuss the follow-up deployment, Qin Lu and Qin Miao are arranged in the East Palace, and they may also have tasks.”
Jiang Pingce did not close his eyes all night, because, early the next morning, Li Shimin was going to enter the palace, and he needed to secretly escort His Highness the Prince of Qin. Yue Xingwen was mixed in the team of the Yulin Army, followed Jiang Pingce to leave the Qin’s residence, and then at the fork in the road quickly turned on the ‘Fast as Lightning’ skill to run away.
Inside the Tianzi room of the Fulai Inn, Zhuo Feng and Lin Manluo were already waiting there, Qin Lu and Qin Miao also came. Yue Xingwen explained the current progress to everyone, and Li Shimin had entered the Emperor’s sacred palace.
Qin Miao frowned and said, “Will it be too smooth?”
Yue Xingwen said, “Pingce and I are worried that there will be problems on the day of the Xuanwu Gate Incident. Qin Miao, if you think about this plot in history, what are the points that need to be paid attention to?”
Qin Miao lowered her head and thought for a moment, and said, “The first point is that on the day of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji noticed that something was wrong when they came to the Linhu Hall and turned to run, but they were stopped by Li Shimin. The two sides had a short exchange of fire, so we have to protect Li Shimin’s safety.”
Yue Xingwen nodded and said, “Of course, Li Shimin must never have an accident. If he has an accident, the history of the Tang Dynasty will be rewritten, Pingce and I will protect him when the time comes.”
Qin Miao said, “In addition, Li Shimin was worried about the resurgence of the power of the Crown Prince’s party, and simply killed all the sons of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji to eliminate future problems. But he didn’t kill the women, so we have to ensure the ladies of the East Palace and the Qi Palace are alive as well.”
Qin Lu scratched her head and said, “Perhaps, the two of us were arranged in the East Palace, just to let us protect the Crown Princess and her five daughters from being affected by this incident?”
Qin Miao said, “It’s possible, we will stay in the East Palace at that time.”
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Let history develop along the established trajectory, including not only the ending of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji’s death, but also the survival of their wives and children. Yue Xingwen guessed that the ending of each of these characters would affect the final score.
In the afternoon of the same day, after Jiang Pingce returned to the Qin Palace, he urgently mobilized the Yulin Army as planned. Yue Xingwen also wore a black armor and mixed in the army, and the two glanced at each other from a distance, tacitly.
On the third day of June of the ninth year of Wude, at night.
The moon was as cold as water, and the 800 Yulin Army’s soldiers marched all the way, laying an ambush near the Xuanwu Gate in advance. The forbidden army in the palace had long been bought by Li Shimin’s people, and turned a blind eye to the appearance of the Yulin Army.
In the early hours of the morning, the sky was white, and the time for the court had arrived.
Li Shimin took advantage of the dawn to lead Changsun Wuji, Wei Chigong and other confidants into the court, and before long, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji also entered the Xuanwu Gate.
Li Yuanji looked up at the surrounding city walls, there was silence all around, the Forbidden guards of Xuanwu Gate were each armed with longbows, he was alert to find that something was wrong and immediately shouted at Li Jiancheng: “Imperial Brother, retreat!”
Li Jiancheng hurriedly turned his horse’s head and prepared to return to the East Palace.
At this moment, Li Shimin suddenly appeared and shouted, “Imperial brother, Yuanji.”
Li Yuanji felt guilty as a thief, and while running, he reflexively pulled out the longbow——
The sharp long arrow ‘swished’ out of the air and shot straight at Li Shimin!
Jiang Pingce, as the leader of the Yulin Army, General Zhang, had been by Li Shimin’s side. Seeing this scene, he flew up decisively, the long sword in his hand suddenly poked out and accurately swept the long arrow to the ground.
Yue Xingwen looked at this scene with fear and trepidation, if not for their early defense, Li Shimin would have been shot and killed. The angle of the arrow just now was very accurate, it must have been the library to interfere with it.
Jiang Pingce had just blocked the first arrow, and before he could come back to his senses, another sharp arrow shot from Li Yuanji’s hand! Jiang Pingce hurriedly turned around to block it, but unfortunately, his skills were disabled now, and it was difficult to accurately block the sharp arrow with the naked eye alone.
Li Shimin didn’t take the initiative to dodge, seeing that the sharp arrow was only less than half a meter away from his nose, at this critical moment, Yue Xingwen suddenly raised his right hand and directly threw the dictionary over——
Li Shimin only felt that there was a sudden flicker in front of him, and a ‘brick’ flew by, smashing the sharp arrow. He seemed to finally come back to his senses, and said angrily, “Li Yuanji, you dare to shoot arrows at me!”
The next moment, he decisively pulled up his longbow, turned his direction, and shot directly at the Crown Prince Li Jiancheng.
Li Jiangcheng: “???”
Before the Crown Prince could react, he was killed by Li Shimin, who was standing on a high place!
Obviously, Li Shimin had long been prepared, and killing the Crown Prince first was the most important thing.
Li Yuanji saw the Crown Prince who fell in the pool of blood, he was horrified and fled in haste. Li Shimin glanced at Yuchi Gong beside him, and Yuchi Gong immediately led his troops to chase after him.
There was chaos around, and most of the people brought by Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were shot on the spot by the Yulin Army, which had been ambushed a long time ago. Li Yuanji hurriedly fled to the Wude Hall where His Majesty was located, and everyone pursued all the way. Yue Xingwen secretly used the acceleration skill of ‘Fast as Lightning’ to Jiang Pingce. Jiang Pingce caught up with Li Yuanji in a blink of an eye, and before he escaped, he killed the other party with an arrow.
Blood flowed on the ground, Jiang Pingce put away his longbow and looked back at Yue Xingwen.
The two exchanged a look across the crowd, and their moods were quite complicated.
The Xuanwu Gate Incident ended with Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji being shot and Li Shimin winning a great victory.
Li Shimin turned around to meet the Emperor, and as for the explanation, he had already thought about it—— Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji led the troops to rebel, and he accidentally shot his brother in order to quell the rebellion.
The general situation had been decided, and it was impossible for the Emperor to punish this only son again.
Jiang Pingce stayed to clean up the scene, Xuanwu Gate seemed to have been washed with blood, Li Jiancheng fell in a pool of blood, dead. Li Yuanji’s face was full of flesh and blood, and his death was extremely embarrassing…
The historical tragedy of brothers destroying each other was actually witnessed by them and they even contributed to it themselves.
That night, Li Shimin led his troops to continue to clear the remnants, and the five sons of the Crown Prince Li Jiancheng were all killed by him, and he also did not leave a single survivor to Li Yuanji’s sons. He even erased the names of these people from the genealogy of the Li Family.
For the women, Li Shimin was not scrupulous and therefore left them alive. Qin Miao and Qin Lu had been closely protected and in the end, Li Jiancheng’s wife Zheng Guanyin and several daughters were secretly hidden and escaped death.
Three days later, the Emperor officially appointed Li Shimin as the Crown Prince and handed over all major state affairs to Li Shimin to deal with. Everyone knew that it wouldn’t be long before Li Yuan abdicated, and after Li Shimin officially ascended the throne, he changed the name of the year to ‘Zhenguan’, and also opened the well-known ‘rule of Zhenguan’.
And this journey of their ‘Dreaming Back to the Great Tang Dynasty’ also ended when Li Shimin was made the Crown Prince.
Several lines of prompts popped up in the hover box in a row——
[Dreaming Back to the Great Tang Dynasty’s ‘Xuanwu Gate Incident’ was successfully completed]
[Scoring Settlement]
[Li Shimin survived and was made the Crown Prince +50 points; Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were shot on the spot +10 points; No innocent casualties +30 points]
[Score of this task: 90 points]
[The next round has been opened, please wait for the rest of your teammates to meet]
Jiang Pingce and Yue Xingwen stood on the tower of Xuanwu Gate together, looking at the prosperous palace in front of them, and didn’t know what to say for a while.
When they saw these events in the history books, they didn’t have too deep feelings, but when they experienced it themselves, they found that the truth was far more cruel than what was described in the history books.
On the fourth day of June in the ninth year of Wude, blood flowed from Xuanwu Gate.
As close as one’s hands and feet like brothers were killed with an arrow, it also meant the beginning of the glorious era of the Tang Dynasty.
The merits and demerits of historical figures were left for future generations to evaluate. Li Shimin, despite brutally killing his own brothers and nephews, became one of the most beloved emperors and ushered in the Great Tang Dynasty.
Yue Xingwen stood on the tower of Xuanwu Gate, put away his complicated thoughts, and said softly, “I don’t know what the next task is, will it send us to another point in time to experience the key historical events of the Tang Dynasty?”
This 4-credit course, from the perspective of the solution to the Xuanwu Gate Incident, was indeed not difficult, probably to allow them to integrate into historical events and personally feel the joys and sorrows of those characters?
Who will be next?
Just thinking about it, a prompt swiped out again in the hover box——
[Task Unlocked]
[Time: First month of the first year of Changzhou]
[Character transfer, countdown 10, 9…]
Yue Xingwen was stunned for a moment, and then looked back at Jiang Pingce. “The first year of Changzhou, it was the Wu Zetian period.”
At this time, Wu Zetian had already ascended the throne.
What was the point of teleporting them to this point in time?
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