bookrandom Chapter 387 Princess's Skirt 33
Chapter 387 Princess's Skirt 33
Emperor Wuchang was ill, and this time the illness came very suddenly.
The many princes of Emperor Wuchang were roughly divided into three factions.
The Crown Prince Li Yue, born to the Queen, the Grandson of the Emperor Li Shao, and the twelfth prince Li Luan were in one faction; the eldest son Li Rong, born to Concubine Mei, and the seventh prince Li Jun were in one faction; the sixth prince Li Qi and the eleventh prince Li Yu were in their own faction.
In fact, there is another person who has been ignored by the princes who are fighting each other, and that is the Eighth Prince Li Wei.
The news that Li Qi had secretly stored the iron ore was passed to the emperor by Li Wei after he had secretly transferred it to the emperor many times. Then Li Wei, the weakest leader, had the confidence to compete with his many brothers, and gradually surfaced and appeared in everyone's sight.
The coma of Emperor Wuchang was like a signal flare for a war, which marked the beginning of the battle among the seven princes.
When Emperor Wuchang woke up after two days of coma, he was told that Li Qi had committed suicide in the palace out of guilt.
The elderly Emperor Wuchang's eyes were red and he spat out a mouthful of blood as soon as he opened his mouth.
Gu Li had no choice but to enter the palace to take care of the patient and stay by her side all day.
Emperor Wuchang lost weight visibly.
"Father, is this medicine too bitter that you don't want to drink it? Can I ask the imperial physician to add some more candied dates to your medicine?" It took a long time for Emperor Wuchang to swallow a spoonful of medicine.
Gu Li wiped off the medicine stains from the corners of the emperor's mouth and held the emperor's hand that hung limply on the quilt, just wanting to hold on to the emperor's gradually fading life.
"Father, spring has come especially quickly this year. The winter jasmine flowers in Chaoyang Palace are in full bloom. When you get better, Thirteen will take you there to see them!"
Emperor Wuchang pushed away the medicine bowl, looked at his little daughter who had grown up in his palm, and said regretfully: "Father has not seen Little Thirteen get married yet, she will definitely get better."
"Yes, good. As long as Father takes the medicine obediently, he will get better soon. Then whoever Father chooses to be Thirteen's consort will be Thirteen's consort."
"it is good."
Emperor Wuchang's health seemed to have improved, and he could sit up every day to deal with memorials and meet with his ministers. However, Emperor Wuchang turned a blind eye to the open and secret struggles among his sons.
He looks like he is concentrating on recuperating.
Princess Chenxiang, who had been taking care of Emperor Wuchang for more than half a month, fell ill after his condition improved.
The emperor sent the imperial physician to the princess's mansion every day to check her pulse, and specially asked the chief steward Lin to go to the princess's mansion and tell Princess Chenxiang to recover from her illness before entering the palace. With the queen accompanying her in the palace, she did not need to worry.
Gu Li kept in mind what the emperor had told her, and from then on she stayed indoors, recuperating in her mansion.
Perhaps the little princess did not recover from the cold she had caught, and this time she has been sick on and off for a long time and has not gotten better.
Half a month later, Emperor Wuchang, who was slowly recovering, suddenly fell into a coma again.
Li Rong returned to the capital from his fiefdom under the pretext of attending to a sick patient.
The capital was in complete chaos.
This time, Gu Li did not go to the palace to visit her father. But she asked Mo Yun to secretly go to the East Palace to give Li Shao a message.
Close the door, preserve strength, pay attention to the prince who is still in the imperial mausoleum, and remind him not to act rashly.
Li Shao listened to it, but the prince trapped in the imperial mausoleum did not calm down. Under Li Shao's instructions, his secret agents in the capital went dormant and stopped secretly delivering information to the prince in the imperial mausoleum, which made the prince, who was cut off from information, very uneasy.
He was worried that the chess pieces he left in the court would be removed by other brothers. He was also worried that his eldest son was too young to withstand the calculations of his uncles.
The prince was also worried about his mother in the palace, and even more worried that his eldest son would abandon him.
People tend to be overly afraid of the unknown.
In the end, Crown Prince Li Yue left the imperial mausoleum without any imperial order and rushed back to the capital.
When Li Shao received the news, the prince was almost at the city gate.
Li Shao grew up with his aunt, and he always believed in his aunt's words unconditionally.
Li Shao was worried that his father would do something bad, so he personally led people to the city gate to quietly stop the prince from entering the city.
But it was too late.
The ambush at the city gate prevented the prince from setting foot into the city. If Li Shao had not arrived in time, the prince might have died on the spot.
The prince was seriously injured and was carried back to the East Palace.
Li Shao was also injured, with a knife in the leg from the assassin.
When Gu Li heard the news, she was silent for a moment and then turned back to the inner room.
She was really disappointed with the prince brother. He had messed up a good hand and even implicated Ah Shao.
Gu Li did not go to the East Palace, nor did she enter the palace to visit the emperor. She stayed in her own princess mansion, still recuperating from her illness without leaving the house and seeing no one.
Emperor Wuchang has not regained consciousness. Faced with attacks from both the former court and the harem, the empress is unable to control the situation in the palace.
Her most promising crown prince was seriously injured and in a coma, the crown prince also injured his leg, and her other son was still at the border thousands of miles away.
All forces are racing against time.
At this moment, what no one expected was that the untitled Eighth Prince Li Wei suddenly led the 150,000 troops he had accumulated over many years and marched towards the capital at lightning speed through the Longxi Road that had been neglected and rebuilt after the disaster.
He went back to the capital under the pretext of attending to his illness.
Everyone knows the heart of Sima Zhao.
An unpopular prince who looks down on everyone and doesn't even have a title can have such a large army in a remote border.
Thinking hard.
Behind several princes who were fighting each other to the death in the capital, a wolf in sheep's clothing suddenly appeared.
Everyone was at a loss.
But before they could react accordingly, the twelfth prince Li Luan led half of the Northern Frontier Army and chased after the eighth prince and also headed for the capital.
Li Luan's attack was even more ruthless, "Clear the emperor's side and eliminate the traitors!" He tore Li Wei's cover to pieces.
What a big scene: the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it.
This was the biggest drama Gu Li had ever witnessed in her life.
Li Luan's 100,000 troops dared to pursue Li Wei's 150,000 troops, which shows his personal courage.
However, Li Luan's 100,000 Northern Frontier troops had all fought on the battlefield with the enemy, while Li Wei's inland soldiers were not necessarily so brave. A large part of them were victims recruited from the drought in the west in the previous two years.
Seeing that Li Wei and Li Luan's troops were getting closer and closer to the capital, several princes in the capital were also mobilizing troops from all directions.
Gu Li called Mo Yun over and handed something wrapped in a silk handkerchief to Mo Yun.
"Make sure to hand this over to Prince Jing!"
"Yes!" Mo Yun turned over and disappeared into the darkness.
This battle must be resolved quickly, as the Daye Dynasty cannot afford such internal friction. The 100,000 northern frontier troops that Li Luan took away must also be sent back as soon as possible. The frontier cannot be relaxed.
However, Gu Li was also willing to deliver the things to Li Luan.
Only after doing all this did Gu Li finally relax.