I have already established my power and prestige, so how did Li Shimin come back to life?

It was not until now that Cui Jingming woke up as if from a dream and realized that he had made a big mistake.

Moreover, this mistake is not ordinary, it is extremely fatal.

At the beginning, he should have taken advantage of the time when his power was stable and acted decisively to wipe out all these old family officials who lived in their own world.

Instead of naively choosing to wait, hoping that they will die naturally from old age due to the erosion of time.

Then find a way to revive the Cui family.

This idea was originally a good one, and he would also become an outstanding leader among the heads of the Cui family.

But things in the world are unpredictable, and plans can never accurately predict changes.

He had never expected that such a resolute emperor would actually appear.

Even though the emperor knew that the Tang Dynasty would face a huge risk of collapse, he was still determined to eradicate the power of the aristocratic families at all costs and did not care about the chair under his butt at all.

At this moment, Cui Jingming knew that he had no time to make up for his mistake.

Now that things have come to this, we must not be soft-hearted anymore. Even if the means are ruthless, we must preserve the last hope of the aristocratic family.

His eyes flashed, and he shouted loudly: "Someone come!"

In an instant, a group of well-trained Cui family guards rushed in.

These are all personal guards trained by Cui Jingming himself, a total of 3,000 people, and they only obey his orders.

And they were all born in ordinary families.

These guards stood tall and straight, waiting for Cui Jingming's instructions with determined eyes.

Cui Jingming's face was gloomy as he gave a cold order: "Guard these elders well. No one is allowed to leave the Cui Mansion without my permission. Anyone who dares to disobey will be severely punished!"

"Yes, master!"

The guards responded in unison.

The others looked at Cui Jingming's resolute expression, their faces filled with disbelief.

Cui Huaide was so angry that his face turned ashen. His eyes were wide open and he shouted at Cui Jingming: "Jingming, what on earth do you want to do?"

"Are you trying to imprison us elders?"

"How are your actions different from those of a tyrannical dictator?"

At this time, many people were secretly regretting in their hearts that they should not have been so blinded by greed and helped such an ungrateful and ungrateful person to the high position of head of the family.

Cui Jingming pretended not to hear and just glanced at Cui Huaide coldly, with a bone-chilling coldness in his eyes.

Then, he walked out of the room slowly, step by step, leaving only a group of elders standing there, looking at each other.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, at a loss as to what to do because of this sudden change.

……

The heads of various families were now gathered in the spacious and magnificent main hall of the Cui Mansion.

They all sat upright, but could not hide the anxiety and uneasiness on their faces, and were anxiously waiting for Cui Jingming's arrival.

I hope he can give everyone a reasonable explanation and a good plan to resolve this catastrophic disaster.

Cui Jingming walked slowly along the long corridor from outside the main hall with slightly heavy steps.

Lu Jingchuan was the first to spot Cui Jingming. He jumped up from his seat and asked anxiously, "Have you found out? Cui Jingming?"

Cui Jingming nodded slightly and said solemnly, "Everything stated in Li Chengqian's imperial edict is absolutely true. The court must have irrefutable evidence that Cui Shouren of our Cui family is collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country."

After hearing what Cui Jingming said, the hearts of the other family heads instantly fell into an icy cave.

The great reputation accumulated by the Five Surnames and Seven Noble Clans over hundreds of years, and passed down to their generation, is it going to be destroyed in an instant, and turn them into despised traitors?

"Cui... Cui Jingming! You've caused us so much trouble!"

Li Chongshan was already old and weak, and when he heard the bad news, he was so angry that his chest heaved violently.