But it was too late, and a shocking shout suddenly broke out outside Xuanwu Gate: "Kill--"

A thousand soldiers rushed towards the palace gate that was half opened. The general on the gate was anxiously shouting: "Come gate! Close the city gate!" But if the soldiers tried their best to push the winch, the gate had been held tightly by the Yulin Army soldiers and could not move.

The Zhang brothers were stunned and their bodies were cold, "General, go!" More than a dozen confidant soldiers pushed them and ran away.

At this time, the south gate of the round wall city, two hundred steps away, also opened. Tens of thousands of Yulin soldiers waiting behind the gate shouted and killed them. The sound of horse hooves sounded loudly, and three thousand cavalry rushed out behind the soldiers. A general wearing a golden helmet waved his sword and shouted: "Those who get two heads will be rewarded with a thousand taels!"

The soldiers attacking Xuanwu Gate became even more crazy. The gate was finally completely pushed open. The soldiers of the Yulin Army rushed in and rushed towards the backs of the Zhang brothers who ran away.

Running to a long corridor, the General Pei Kuan blew his bow and shot an arrow, and shot it out, hitting Zhang Yi behind the back. Zhang Yizhi screamed and threw himself to the ground. He grabbed Zhang Changzong and shouted, "Don't leave me behind!"

Zhang Changzong kicked him over and fled to the Changsheng Palace with no life. Zhang Yizhi saw a large group of soldiers coming, and he screamed and closed his eyes. A hundred soldiers rushed up and dismembered Zhang Yizhi's chaotic blade and his head was snatched away by a lieutenant.

Taichu Palace has completely lost its territory, and the Yulin Army and the Thousand Cavalry Cavalry Cavalry are divided into two groups. Li Zhen leads two thousand cavalry soldiers to the Changsheng Palace, Yang Yuanyan, Li Zhan, and Wu Yanji leads three thousand Yulin Army soldiers to the East Palace,

Zhang Changzong was already scared and rushed to the Palace of Eternal Life as crazy as he ran to the front of the Palace of Eternal Life. Now he had only one thought. The Lord of the Lord woke up quickly and saved his life.

In the darkness, the eunuch Xia Zhong greeted him from the hall, "General, the Lord is here!"

Zhang Changzong stopped urgently and cursed: "Bastard, where is the emperor?"

Xia Zhong quickly glanced at the cavalry rolling in the distance and said anxiously: "Here!"

He took out a volume of imperial decree, "This is the will of the Lord, which can save your life!"

Zhang Changzong hurriedly stepped forward to grab the order, but opened it but saw that it was a blank piece of paper. He was stunned. At this moment, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. He saw a dagger inserted into his chest. Xia Zhong was covered with ferocious faces. Xia Zhong gritted his teeth and said, "If I don't kill you, how can I survive!"

He stabbed twice fiercely again, and the dagger penetrated into Zhang Changzong's heart. Zhang Changzong screamed and fell to the ground to die. Xia Zhong cut off Zhang Changzong's head with trembling hands, ran down the steps and shouted at the cavalry, "General, I killed Zhang Changzong! I killed Zhang Changzong!"

Dozens of cavalry rushed over in an instant, surrounding Xia Zhong. Li Zhen also rushed over. He looked at the head in Xia Zhong's hand and ordered his subordinates to say, "Tell me the order to surround the Palace of Eternal Life, no one is allowed to enter!"

He turned his horse's head and ran towards the East Palace with dozens of personal guards. At this time, the battle between Mingde Gate and Yingtian Gate had ended. Wu Yizong was chopped into meat sauce by the soldiers of the Yulin Army, and the rest of the guards surrendered.

An abnormal movement was also discovered in the Eastern Palace. Zhang Li led 4,000 inner guards to occupy the Chongguang Gate and the Guanghua Gate in the north, trapping Princess Taiping and her followers in the Eastern Palace.

Until this time, Princess Taiping didn't know what was going on. She had heard the shouts of killing from Taichu Palace. She guessed that maybe Li Zhen and the Zhang brothers had a fire. At this time, her heart was cold and she couldn't help but hold Gao Jian's hand tightly.

At this time, tens of thousands of Yulin soldiers appeared on the surrounding palace walls, which scared the Taiping Warriors retreated one after another. More than a thousand inner guard soldiers who originally supported Princess Taiping also surrendered to Zhang Li, and a total of sixteen or seven thousand surrounded the Taiping Warriors who were less than a thousand.

With a creaking sound, Mingde Gate slowly opened, hundreds of cavalry rushed out of the palace, holding torches in their hands, shining in front of Mingde Gate as daytime. The leader was General Li Zhen. Princess Taiping's mind was buzzing!, and she knew that the two were finished. Princess Taiping asked in a trembling voice: "Is the General here... to welcome me?"

At this time, a clear voice came from behind Li Zhen, "Imperial sister, I am here to welcome you."

I saw a man appearing behind Li Zhen. His appearance became more and more obvious in the fire. Princess Taiping and everyone were shocked. No one would have thought that Li Xian, the King of Luling, would appear here.

"Brother, you... haven't you escaped into Buddhism?"

Li Xian smiled faintly, "If I hadn't entered Buddhism, how could my mother let me go? How could you let me go? Emperor? You killed Chongrun, I have waited for three years this day."

Princess Taiping took a few steps back, her face pale and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, are you willing to... let me go?"

Li Xian sighed, "Emperor sister, you can decide for yourself!"

Princess Taiping's eyes turned to Li Zhen again and begged him to plead for him, but Li Zhen's gaze avoided. King Luling had been waiting for twenty years this day, how could he be able to plead for him?

Princess Taiping was desperate, she gritted her teeth and said, "Well! The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, I admit it."

She whispered loudly: "Brother, please put my makeup on."

Li Xian looked at her expressionlessly, without saying a word, Princess Taiping smiled miserably and said to Gao Jian again, "Is Gao Lang willing to accompany me?"

Gao Jian looked at Li Zhen deeply, Li Zhen nodded silently, Gao Jian smiled at the sky and said, "Life has become a prime minister, and there is no regret!"

He looked at Princess Taiping affectionately, "Princess, I will accompany you on the way."

The two of them held hands and turned toward the palace. There was silence in the Eastern Palace. No one spoke, and they were waiting blankly. About a quarter of an hour later, an eunuch ran out and said sadly: "Your Highness, the princess is gone!"

Li Xian breathed a sigh of relief and turned around and said coldly to General Li Zhan, Yulin: "Give Wu Youji to commit suicide, and they will not keep any of their children!"

After saying that, Li Xian turned to Taichu Palace. Li Zhen could hear it clearly, and his eyes gradually became deeper.

As time gradually came to the third update, Li Xian walked out of the Palace of Eternal Life. He looked at Li Zhen with complicated eyes and whispered to him: "The Lord will let you in."

Li Zhen quickly walked up the steps and walked into the ward. Shangguan Wan'er sat in front of Wu Zetian's sickbed, holding Wu Zetian's hand. When she saw Li Zhen coming in, she immediately stood up and whispered: "Wan'er goes outside and waits."

She walked out quickly, leaving only Li Zhen and Wu Zetian on the sickbed in the room.

"Come here!" Wu Zetian said in a low voice.

Li Zhen walked up and knelt on one knee, "I'm going to see Your Majesty."

"I am no longer Your Majesty, but King Luling is."

Li Zhen lowered his head and said nothing, Wu Zetian sighed softly, "It's a grievance! I have been deceived by him for twenty years, and I thought he really saw through the world."

She glanced at Li Zhen and smiled and said, "Actually, I know that you have joined the Xingtang Association and have already known your true identity. It was the late emperor who told me that Luo Binwang fled to Dunhuang, and I knew that he was going to find you."

Li Zhen was shocked and his heart was in chaos. In fact, she had known for a long time, but she would not kill herself.

"Do you know why I didn't kill you?"

"I don't know!"

"Because I know that there will be today, either Dan'er or Xian'er. If the world is in chaos, as long as you are here, you will be the mainstay of the Tang Dynasty. You will not let the Tang Dynasty go into chaos. This is the meaning of your existence."

"I have disappointed Your Majesty."

Wu Zetian smiled again, "The prince of Bahan should come to ask for help, go! Let me rest."

Li Zhen kowtowed and slowly retreated. He glanced at Shangguan Wan'er and stretched out his hand to her. Shangguan Wan'er shook her head and turned around and walked into the ward.

Li Zhen looked at the heavy night sky in the distance, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At this time, the melodious Tai Chi bell on the top of the Mingtang rang, and the bell sounded throughout the city. This was the bell that informed all officials to go to court urgently.

At the fifth hour, thousands of court officials gathered in the main hall of Mingtang, talking a lot, everyone's eyes were filled with uncontrollable excitement. Zhang Jianzhi was particularly proud, and he finally became the first minister to support him. Of course, he knew that he was better than Li Zhen, but this did not affect his reaching the peak of his life.

At this time, Zhang Jianzhi unexpectedly discovered that Li Zhen was not in the hall.

"His Majesty the Emperor is here!"

With the shouts of the guards outside the palace, three thousand armored Yulin soldiers guarded the Tang Dynasty emperor Li Xian and walked towards the Mingtang Hall. He wore a sky-surge crown and a Nine Dragon Emperor's robe, a face as jade as a crown and a majestic weapon. He quickly walked up to the hall and sat high on the dragon throne.

"I will meet with His Majesty the Emperor, long live my emperor!"

Li Xian waved his hand and smiled: "All my beloveds are calm!"

At this moment, Li Xian suddenly felt a sense of dominating the world, and the Tang Dynasty would go on the right track from now on.

?...

That night, Luling King Li Xian ascended the throne to the emperor, changed the country's name to Shenlong, and immigrated the world, rewarded and awarded meritorious ministers.

Li Dan was named Prime Minister of Anguo, appointed as the Grand Marshal, served as the Prime Minister, and was appointed as the Chief Secretary, and was named the Grand Brother, and he was made the heir to the throne. At this time, Li Dan had already mobilized troops in Taiyuan. When he heard that his brother ascended the throne, he immediately disbanded the army and went to Beijing to thank him.

Li Xian also named Li Zhen the General of the Cavalry, the Prince of Dunhuang, with a fief of ten thousand households, and was appointed as the Prince of Prince Taibao, and was granted the title of Zhongshu Ling. Li Zhen thanked him for his kindness, but refused to accept the position of Hanyang County Prince. He submitted a letter to resign three times, but Li Xian just refused to allow him to do so.

Zhang Jianzhi was named Prince of Hanyang, a minister of the subordinates, and added the state of Zhu, with a fief of 3,000 households.

The other meritorious ministers were rewarded one by one, while the treacherous and slandered them severely, burning the Zhang brothers' bodies and expelling them ashes, and their families were executed. Wu Sansi, Wu Yizong, Wu Youyi and others all deprived them of their titles and buried them as commoners.

As for Princess Taiping, Li Xian was buried with the princess's ceremony and gave Gao Jian's body back to his family, and his son was kind to show the emperor's grace.

Ten days later, the empress Wu Zetian died in the Hall of Changsheng at the age of 82. She was honored as the "Emperor Zetian Great Sage". Later, Li Xianzong changed the name to "Emperor Zetian Great Sage" by his mother's order. He was buried in Qianling as the queen and buried with the former emperor Gaozong.
Chapter completed!