The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1184

He thought that Emperor Gaozong (Li Zhi) had already passed away.

But unexpectedly, she just fainted.

He had already been instructed by the Prince of Yinglan that as soon as Li Zhi died suddenly, he should immediately spread the news.

King Yinglan also made full preparations immediately.

But unexpectedly, Li Zhi only fainted.

They were even thinking that they could pin all the blame on Xu Tian.

This way, we can kill two birds with one stone and kill Xu Tian as well.

Xu Tian immediately ordered his guards to arrest the chief eunuch.

He pressed forward relentlessly, and the chief eunuch could only retreat.

But because his hands were restrained by the guards, he had nowhere to retreat.

"Your Highness, you cannot beat Luchai. You have no right to beat a servant. Do you know who is in charge in this palace now?"

The chief eunuch then directly revealed all his innermost thoughts.

Xu Tian sneered.

"Is that so? In this palace, who do you think is in charge? Even I am not qualified, so who do you think is?"

"In your eyes and hearts, is there anyone more qualified than His Majesty?"

“You are nothing but a slave, a slave that I can kill at any time.”

"You think I'm not even qualified to hit you? Who are you? How dare you have such power? Tell me, who is qualified?"

The head eunuch was instantly enlightened by Xu Tian's words.

He finally realized that he had just said something he shouldn't have.

Xu Tian was incredibly clever; he simply wanted to provoke him into speaking his mind.

The head eunuch immediately shut up and changed the subject.

"Your Highness, please spare this servant. This servant knows nothing. I just thought something had really happened to His Majesty, which is why I came in."

"This servant will never do it again. Please, Your Highness, spare this servant."

The chief eunuch knelt on the ground, begging for mercy repeatedly.

Xu Tian wanted to pry the real culprits behind the scenes out of him.

He knew that the chief eunuch must know about this.

Moreover, this person was one of the most important informants in the palace.

That person must have learned everything that happened in the palace from him.

This chief eunuch was not in this position before.

Xu Tian suspected that this chief eunuch was also transferred here later.

Everyone around Li Zhi was replaced.

Moreover, I just heard that there are collusion among civil and military officials.

Xu Tian narrowed his eyes.

He decided to start with the chief eunuch in front of him.

He held the imperial sword in his hand, and could execute not only a high-ranking eunuch, but also all the civil and military officials without prior approval.

Now, the most important thing for him is to find out the truth from these people.

And those who know the truth are precisely these ordinary people.

He was the only one who had entered the palace.

The others simply couldn't get in.

They had no idea what was happening inside the palace.

Xu Tian walked directly up to the chief eunuch, about to punish him, but was stopped by Zhang Hetang, a civil official who had rushed over upon hearing the news.

"Your Highness, this is unacceptable!"

The man crawled and rolled his way into the palace.

He also received the news that Xu Tian had entered.

That's why we rushed over immediately.

Looking at the person in front of him, Xu Tian thought of what Li Zhi had said to him before.

It seems these people are quite adept at spreading information.