The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 974

But even now, Li Mao still refuses to admit it.

He glared at Xu Tian fiercely, "Xu Tian, ​​what exactly do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?"

Li Mao looked at Xu Tian and scoffed.

"Why did you arrest these people? Do you think they can frame me by saying a few words after being arrested? Let me tell you, I have the Emperor's decree. No matter who it is, they must give way to me."

"Even if it's Xu Tian, ​​you'd better get the hell out of here."

After saying this, Li Mao took out the imperial edict he had forged in advance, "Xu Tian, ​​take a look for yourself, this is the Emperor's edict."

Yang Chao took the imperial edict and saw that it was actually an edict of succession, and that the person to be succeeded was Li Mao.

Xu Tian immediately said, "This is completely fake. How could His Majesty possibly issue such an imperial edict?"

He even believed that Li Er would never pass the throne to Li Mao.

Furthermore, at such a crucial moment, he absolutely refused to believe that Li Mao's imperial edict was genuine.

Li Mao had already begun plotting a rebellion, so how could the imperial edict in his hands be genuine?

Li Mao directly rebuked Xu Tian.

"How dare you, Xu Tian! Do you really think you're someone special? You even dare to doubt the authenticity of an imperial edict."

"I am telling you, this imperial edict is real. If you do not wish to believe it, we can confront Father right now."

He clearly knew that Shangshang was bedridden and even delirious, so his suggestion to confront the emperor at this time was undoubtedly an attempt to get Xu Tian to admit that his imperial edict was genuine.

He knew Xu Tian's influence among all the civil and military officials.

If Xu Tianzhen were to stand up and say that the imperial edict was fake, then...

Then the ministers will surely refute him.

This was naturally something Li Mao didn't want to see, and he absolutely couldn't let such a thing happen.

He has now reached the final step; if he takes just one more step forward, he can achieve a resounding victory.

Looking at the lights in the inner hall, he knew he absolutely could not lose this round. Even if it meant throwing everyone else out, he absolutely could not allow himself to fall into danger.

Xu Tian refused to believe that his imperial edict was real.

Then he forced him to believe it.

"Su Meng, what are you still standing here for? Quickly take them all down."

Su Meng did not react at all to Li Mao's words.

Li Mao was instantly enraged.

"Xu Tian, ​​if you treat the future monarch like this, I will definitely not let you have a good life in the future."

Upon hearing Li Mao's words, Xu Tian merely gave a cold snort.

"The future monarch? Your Highness, are you still sleeping right now?"

He believed that Li Mao was dreaming; even on the verge of death, he was still thinking about becoming the future monarch.

"What? Xu Tianneng still doesn't believe it? This is an imperial edict, an imperial edict written by Father Emperor himself."

How could Xu Tian possibly admit that the imperial edict was genuine?

But Li Mao remained adamant, "Xu Tian, ​​this imperial edict is real. Why don't you hurry up and evacuate everyone? I, the prince, might spare your life."

Xu Tian gave a cold snort.

"It's still unclear who's going to hold whom accountable."

Li Mao didn't understand what Xu Tian meant at all.

However, he knew that Xu Tian did not believe that his imperial edict was genuine.

If his imperial edict were to appear within the palace, then...

Li Mao kept threatening Xu Tian with the imperial edict, trying to force him to withdraw his troops.

However, Xu Tian was prepared and there was no way he would retreat.