Tang Dynasty: Father, if you don't rebel, I will!

Above the sea pool.

"Shimin, why has it come to this? You are brothers, why has it come to this!"

Li Yuan, his face filled with grief, let out a series of mournful cries, tears streaming down his face.

Beside him stood Prime Minister Pei Ji, who had been a close friend of Li Yuan since the beginning of his rebellion. He looked on with a bewildered expression as he watched the situation completely under Li Shimin's control.

Li Shimin's expression was icy.

"Father, the Crown Prince and Prince Qi have rebelled and have been executed, but there is no guarantee that there are still their accomplices in the palace. In order to prevent them from resorting to desperate measures and threatening you, I beg you to grant me the authority to deploy the palace guards!"

"You really killed them?!"

Li Yuan's eyes widened.

He looked at Li Shimin, who was now standing in front of him in full armor, with an expression of disbelief.

Yuchi Jingde, who was standing to the side, snorted coldly. He was about to say something, but in the end, he opened his mouth but didn't say anything.

That made even someone as straightforward as him choose to keep quiet.

There's only one thing.

It's no big deal that Crown Prince Li Jiancheng died at the hands of the Prince of Qin; the conflict between the two brothers had a long history, which was common knowledge.

However... Qi Wang Li Yuanji, who was the fourth uncle of the Prince of Qin, died at the hands of his nephew Li Chengqian. This situation had an even greater impact on Li Chengqian's reputation.

Li Shimin took a deep breath, his heart filled with pain and regret.

They all insist on saying those polite, formal things.

If he had simply ordered the two men to be shot dead with arrows, there would have been no need for his son, Chengqian, to intervene.

Thinking of this, and considering his son Chengqian, who was still struggling to hold off two thousand soldiers from the Eastern Palace and the Qi Prince's Mansion at Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin lost the desire to continue with the polite formalities.

Take a step forward.

His gaze instantly sharpened.

"Father, please hand over the imperial guard's tally to me so that I may purge the spies within the palace!"

"you!"

Li Yuan was furious.

"What? Are you going to kill me too?! Shimin! What's wrong with you?!"

Before Li Shimin could speak, a series of footsteps suddenly approached.

Everyone turned their heads and saw a soldier covered in blood suddenly walk over quickly. Without anyone noticing, he had boarded the cruise ship at some point.

"boom!"

Li Chengqian casually tossed two round, ball-like objects in his hand in front of Li Yuan.

As the sack was opened, two bloody human heads rolled out from it.

"Ahhh!"

When Li Yuan saw the appearance of the two heads clearly, he instantly let out a series of devastating cries.

"My son! My son! You, Li Shimin, have you really gone mad? They are your own brothers!"

Li Yuan's seemingly deranged appearance made Li Shimin hesitant to meet his gaze.

however.

A cold, long spear, unexpectedly, landed on Li Yuan's shoulder.

The murderous intent in Li Chengqian's voice instantly silenced the wailing Li Yuan.

This caused Pei Ji, who was standing to the side, to widen his eyes in surprise.

"Grandfather, wasn't this all your choice? You have repeatedly tolerated the Crown Prince's targeting and suppression of my father, exhausting our patience time and time again, until this disaster has occurred."

"Why would Grandfather say something so ridiculous about only caring about oneself?"

Li Yuan's eyes widened. The blood on his neck, along with the coldness of the spear, made him stiffly turn his head to look at the young face in front of him, still stained with blood.

This face overlapped with the image of the imperial grandson Li Chengqian in his mind.

He couldn't believe it.

"You, you are Chengqian?!"

Li Chengqian sneered: "What? Does Grandfather only have eyes for his eldest uncle and fourth uncle, and have he even forgotten what his grandson looks like?"

"you you......"

Li Yuan pointed at him, then looked at the heads of his two sons that he had thrown on the ground. Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he turned to look at Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong standing to the side.

Pei Ji, who was also being controlled by soldiers and was standing to the side, had already lost his balance.

He collapsed to the ground.

He stared wide-eyed at Li Chengqian, who was clearly the result of a fierce battle, as if he had seen a ghost.

Li Chengqian smiled coldly, making no attempt to hide his true intentions.

"Grandfather, my eldest uncle and fourth uncle were committing adultery in the palace and attempted a coup to avoid punishment. My Prince Qin's Mansion learned of this beforehand and captured them at Xuanwu Gate. My eldest uncle refused to surrender and was shot dead by my father. My fourth uncle resisted stubbornly and died at the hands of his grandson! I beg you, Grandfather..."

"Chengqian!"

Li Shimin couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted him.

Taking a deep breath, he pulled Li Chengqian, whose emotions were clearly extreme after the fight, behind him.

He stared intently at his father, Emperor Li Yuan, who seemed to have lost all hope, and repeated the sentence once more.

"Father, please don't put your son in a difficult position."

Li Yuan trembled: "I'm making things difficult for you? You say I'm making things difficult for you?!"

"You killed your own brother! Do you really think you can sit on this throne? Who in the world can tolerate such a monarch!"

"So yesterday's so-called licentious behavior in the harem was nothing but a false accusation you set up to ambush us today! Do you really think the court officials will accept this explanation?"

"Did Jiancheng and Yuanji really commit adultery in the harem?!"

Li Shimin gritted his teeth, but was speechless in the face of such accusations.

however.

Li Chengqian snorted coldly, looking disdainfully at the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty who had orchestrated the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

"I heard that when my grandfather was serving as the governor of Taiyuan in the previous dynasty, he was preparing to start a rebellion. At that time, he was discovered by Tiger General Wang Wei and Tiger Fang General Gao Yajun. So he struck first and falsely accused the two of colluding with the Turks and plotting a rebellion!"

Li Chengqian stepped out from behind his father again, his eyes filled with no emotion other than murderous intent.

"Grandfather, I would like to ask, did Wang Wei and Gao Yajun really collude with the Turks?"

Suddenly, it was Li Yuan and Pei Ji who fell silent.

"You have secured this empire, and half of the Tang Dynasty was conquered by my father. Why can't my father sit on it?!"

As he spoke, the spear that Li Shimin had previously deflected landed on Li Yuan's shoulder once more.

"Since my grandfather shows no affection for my father and me and only thinks about my eldest uncle and fourth uncle, and Chengqian's reputation is already ruined, there is no need to be stingy with anything."

"Since you refuse, then your grandson can only ask that Your Majesty pass away!"