Chapter 708: Entering the Palace on a Rainy Night(2/2)
The lobby of the royal palace was full of enthusiasm, and more than 300 royal families were angrily denounced the absurdity of Li Qing'an's ascension to the throne. Most of these royal families were in their thirties to forties, and enjoyed all their wealth from childhood to adulthood. However, in recent years, they were repeatedly hit, their land was deprived, and their family wealth was confiscated. Especially many royal families who ran to Chengdu came back. When they found that their palace and royal palace had been confiscated. He had to live in other houses he had purchased before, relying on a little savings to live in the mountains. The living standards deteriorated sharply. The blame from his family and the complaints of his children and grandchildren made their anger accumulate in their hearts. The news that Li Qing'an was about to ascend the throne finally ignited their anger.
"I don't believe it! I will never believe it!"
The person who jumped out and shouted loudly was a royal family in his thirties. He was Li Yan, the eldest son of the former crown prince Li Ying, and Li Qiu's elder brother. Li Qiu committed suicide after the city was broken. Li Yan, who was appointed Guangluqing in Chengdu, slipped back to Chang'an. He was originally the Prince of Xinping, and his house was also confiscated. The 200,000 yuan worth of gold and silver buried in the cellar was also confiscated, which made him extremely sad and angry.
Everyone in the lobby calmed down. Looking at him, Li Yan whispered loudly: "Everyone, I have been thinking about it for a long time. I suspect that Li Qingan is not a royal family at all, he is pretending."
His conclusion caused an uproar among more than 300 royal families in the lobby, and King Sheng Li Qi could not hold back. He quickly interrupted Li Yan, "Prince, do you have any evidence?"
"There is no direct evidence, but there are many suspicious places, such as where is Li Qing'an's parents? Where is his brothers and sisters? How could he be the only one? How could his parents die? This is simply unreasonable."
A fierce light shot out in Li Yan's eyes, "I suspect that he has silenced all the family of his true building. Anyway, he is the sky over there, no! Maybe there is no saying that he has built the descendants, it was made up by him."
Li Yan's suspicion resonated in the lobby. Li Qing'an was built and his descendants had already made them unacceptable. If he was still a fake royal family, it would be horrifying. The entire lobby was filled with boiling, shouting, and shouting, as if a pot of boiling water was boiled.
"Quiet! Everyone is quiet!"
King Sheng Li Qi tried his best to calm everyone down. When the lobby was quiet, he said generously: "No matter whether it is true or false, no matter what, before Li Qing'an's life experience is clear, we must prevent him from ascending the throne and never let him ruin the orthodox Tang Dynasty!"
"But...what else can we do now?" someone said worriedly.
"have!"
King Sheng Li Qi simply stood on the table and said to everyone condescendingly: "We should tell the world, expose the face of Li Qing'an's fake royal family, let the people in the world despise him and prevent him from ascending the throne. Time is tight, so we will start tomorrow..."
Before Li Qi finished speaking, his eyes suddenly widened. An arrow shot into the lobby like lightning, and a sharp arrow rushed towards him. Before he could react, the arrow shot through his throat with one arrow. Li Qi covered his throat, his eyes protruded, and he fell straight off the table.
The lobby was silent at first, and then there was a chaos. Everyone was so scared that they were out of their minds. They covered their faces with their sleeves and ran around. Li Yan, the prince of Xinping, who had just swore to doubt Li Qing'an's identity, was even more frightened to get under the table.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, all the windows around were knocked open, and more than two thousand fully armed soldiers rushed into the lobby. They all carried horizontal knives on their waists and bows and crossbows on their hands, aiming at the messy royal family.
"No one is allowed to move! Whoever dares to move will kill anyone!"
The rushing in and shouting from the brigade of soldiers made the royal family present dare not move. Everyone lay on the ground, trembling with fear.
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps, Ji Sheng walked in with more than a hundred soldiers. He glanced at the lobby with a serious look and said sternly: "Someone reported that a crowd was gathering here to rebel, and according to the Tang Dynasty's rule, he should be killed!"
When everyone heard that they were going to be beheaded, they were so scared that they collapsed. Li Yan was the first to shout: "General, please spare your life! We are all members of the Tang Dynasty, and we are discussing and supporting His Highness Zhao ascending the throne!"
Everyone secretly despised Li Yan, but at this time, they didn't care about anything else. It was important to save their lives. Everyone shouted: "Yes! We are all discussing supporting King Zhao ascending the throne, and we will never rebel!"
Ji Sheng sneered, Hu Peiyun was right. These royal families were all cordyceps, and if they were scared, they would be shocked.
He ignored it. These royal families must be closed for a few months before they can write a letter of repentance one by one.
He waved his hand, "Take them all away and put them in the Inner Guard Prison for severe interrogation. Someone must have wanted to rebel!"
The soldiers rushed forward, no matter if these royal families were crying and chaotic, they refused to get up, grabbed their feet and necks, and carried them out of the Sheng Mansion, threw them into dozens of iron carriages that had been prepared, closed the door, and the carriage quickly drove towards the imperial city.
Chapter completed!