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Li Yuan, oh Li Yuan, although you were the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, your life was still quite tragic..."
Chen Yan clicked his tongue in praise twice.
Then he looked at Li Yuan with great pity.
Upon hearing this, Li Yuan was completely stunned.
His two beloved sons and his two most favored concubines, while he was away, they... they got together?
His own son slept with his own woman?!
Did he put two huge green hats on his head?
Li Yuan was completely dumbfounded.
The image that involuntarily came to mind was of Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji, Consort Yin, and Consort Zhao stripping naked and having a good time together...
This scene is too shocking.
Just a slight thought caused him to cry out in grief, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and his whole body swayed as if about to collapse.
[Ding! The host caused Li Yuan to break down, resulting in a double critical hit and gaining 3,000 breakdown points!]
[Ding! The host caused Li Yuan to break down, resulting in a double critical hit and gaining 3,000 breakdown points!]
[Ding! The host caused Li Yuan to break down, resulting in a double critical hit and gaining 3,000 breakdown points!]
With just this one exposure, Chen Yan earned nine thousand "collapse points," and he was secretly delighted.
I can't help but sigh.
Li Yuan truly lived up to his reputation as the reigning emperor; even his collapse was more valuable than others.
Seeing Li Yuan cough up blood and about to fall,
Upon seeing this, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji all changed their expressions and rushed forward to help him.
"You two beasts, worse than pigs and dogs, get out of my way!!"
Li Yuan, who was already furious, saw Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji and, in a fit of rage, kicked them twice, knocking them to the ground in a very disheveled state.
"Father, your health is of utmost importance, please don't harm your body..."
Li Shimin's tone was heavy with concern.
Li Yuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and with Li Shimin's comfort, his mood finally improved a little.
After glaring at Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, he gritted his teeth and said, "Master Chen, what happened later?"
You previously mentioned that in the struggle for the throne, I would lose two sons. Which two specifically would they be?
"Can you still stand it?"
Chen Yan smiled and asked in return.
Li Yuan let out a tragic laugh, then said bitterly, "Please, Immortal Master Chen, do not underestimate me. I am, after all, the founding emperor, and I have experienced quite a few storms..."
Although the words were spoken with great boldness.
But even a fool could hear the barely concealed fury and grief in his tone.
Chen Yan smiled: "Alright, since you've asked, I'll tell you everything that happened afterward..."
What followed was the infamous Xuanwu Gate Incident.
Xuanwu Gate Incident?
Li Yuan and the others were slightly taken aback, filled with surprise and doubt.
Chapter 195 Jiancheng and Yuanji were shocked and furious: Li Er stole our wives?!
Upon hearing Chen Yan recount the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Yuan and the others' expressions changed slightly.
I had a vague, very bad feeling about this.
Considering what Chen Yan had said before—that two of the three princes, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji, would die in this struggle for the Tang Dynasty's successor—the sense of foreboding intensified.
"Master Chen, please tell me, the deaths of my two sons, were they...were they..."
Li Yuan asked, trembling.
Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji all had deep expressions of worry in their eyes.
Even Fan Qinghui and her disciple Shi Feixuan stared intently at Chen Yan, waiting for his explanation.
Chen Yan smiled and nodded: "Yes, Li Yuan, your two sons died in this famous incident!"
Upon receiving a positive reply, Li Yuan was greatly shocked.
Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuanji were all breathing rapidly, their eyes flashing with a complex yet horrified look.
"Did the three of us brothers ultimately end up fighting each other and killing each other, even if we were family?"
Looking back, before the Tang Dynasty was established, when my father was still a Duke, the relationship between the three of us brothers was just like that between ordinary brothers, quite harmonious.
It is said that there is no kinship in the royal family since ancient times.
Sure enough, that high-ranking chair, a symbol of power and status, possessed a bewitching power, capable of turning even brothers into mortal enemies.
Li Shimin sighed with melancholy, his eyes filled with heartache, regret, and other emotions.
He couldn't help but look at Li Jiancheng.
Li Jiancheng was also looking at him at this moment, his gaze equally complex.
The two brothers' eyes met briefly, and they were both startled, not daring to look directly at each other, and quickly turned their heads to the side.
"Master Chen, Immortal Master Chen!"
In the Xuanwu Gate Incident, who was the last one to die?!
Li Yuanji felt a surge of excitement and exhilaration.
Come when he wants to.
There is a very high probability that the eldest brother Li Jiancheng and the second brother Li Shimin perished together, allowing him, the fourth brother, to reap the benefits.
Looking at the light in his eyes, Li Yuan felt both pain and anger.
Chen Yan smiled slightly, completely ignoring Li Yuanji, this useless and greedy playboy.
He simply looked at Li Yuan and said, "In the original course of events, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had an affair with your concubine, which caused Li Shimin a lot of trouble."
But there are no impervious walls in the world.
Li Shimin eventually found out about their illicit affair.
Upon learning of this, Li Shimin went to the palace and reported it to Li Yuan...
Li Yuan, you are both furious and suspicious.
Because you simply cannot believe that your two own sons would have affairs with your two beloved concubines.
Therefore, it was decided that Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji, and Li Shimin, who had reported the matter, would be summoned to the palace the next day for a confrontation to get to the bottom of the matter...
Your plan has come to the attention of Consort Yin.
She was terrified!
She knew that if her affair with the emperor's son were exposed, not only would she die, but her entire family would likely be exterminated!
In a state of extreme fear, he relayed the secret to Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.
Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji panicked at that time.
In the end, I decided to take the risk!
They've amassed a large force and laid an ambush at Xuanwu Gate, then joined forces with their trusted general, Chang He, the gate's garrison commander, to launch a pincer attack. Tomorrow, they'll first kill their brother Li Shimin, then force their father, Emperor Li Yuan, to abdicate, and seize the throne in one fell swoop…!
Hearing Chen Yan's story reach this point.
Li Yuan was shocked.
Anger surged from his feet to his head, causing his entire body to tremble violently as if he had been electrocuted.
He looked at Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji with a look of shock and anger, his anger reaching its peak!
"Completed! Good luck!"
it is good!
Very good!
You two are truly good sons of the Emperor!
Not only did he secretly sleep with my woman, but he also wanted to kill my brother and then force my father to abdicate!
hey-hey……!
What virtue or ability do I, Li Yuan, possess to have given birth to two beasts like you, who are worse than pigs and dogs!
"After you two killed Shimin, did you also plan to kill Father Emperor as well?!"
Li Yuan was both furious and saddened, and once again provided 5,000 collapse points!
Terrified, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji immediately knelt down, kowtowing repeatedly and saying they dared not...
Li Shimin, standing to the side, broke out in a cold sweat. He never expected that his future elder brother and fourth brother would actually try to kill him. They really had no regard for brotherhood at all...