The strength of the Anxi Army not only made Li Heng uneasy, but also everyone around Gu Qing seemed to be aware of it.

Everyone is asking Gu Qing and speculating on what Gu Qing wants to do next. Today, the Anxi Army entered Chang'an City and took control of the defense of Chang'an City. In everyone's eyes, Gu Qing is only one step away from the throne of Xingqing Palace.

, as long as Gu Qing is willing, he can easily take this step.

Open the palace door, walk into the palace, find the chair that everyone has dreamed of for thousands of years, finally sit on it, and announce to the public that Li Heng's position is unfair, and then find a reason why the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is ignorant and unethical, causing turmoil in the world, etc.

, and finally replaced Li Tang.

This step is not far away. As long as Gu Qing reveals such an idea, countless Anxi Army soldiers will risk their lives to help him do it.

"Everyone is asking me if I want to be the emperor. Do you have such distrust in me?" Gu Qing said with a bitter smile: "Has no one discovered that I am actually a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty? I put down the rebellion, welcomed the emperor and returned the capital.

I did it, isn’t that loyal enough?”

Li Twelve Niang rolled her eyes at him and said, "What you did was done by Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao. Does anyone say that they are loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty?"

Gu Qing pondered for a moment and said: "I don't want to be the emperor, but if the person who becomes the emperor is too stupid and does something that is unworthy of the people, I will help him correct it."

"What if he doesn't want to be corrected by you?"

Gu Qing smiled: "He will be willing. Put the knife on his neck. I guarantee that he will be a sage emperor who will leave his name in history."

Li Twelve Niang sighed and said: "I understand what you are going to do. The rebellion is almost put down, but the road you are taking is getting more and more dangerous. Gu Qing, you must be careful."

Gu Qing blinked and said with a smile: "If there is no way out in the future, my nephew will run away. If he can't beat me, why can't he run away? Then I will have to rely on Aunt Li to help me escape."

Li Twelve Niang burst into laughter: "I don't know who I followed with my glib look. Your parents are both serious people. Why don't you look like them at all?"

Dragging Gu Qing into the house, there were many servants and maids in the house. The yard had been cleaned cleanly. The servants stood in the yard and saluted Gu Qing and Li Twelve Niang respectfully.

Gu Qing took a deep breath, feeling the familiar smell of home.

Li Twelve Niang pointed to the servants and said to him: "I bought some servants and maids in the West Market yesterday. I don't know if they are to your liking. If you think these servants are rough, I will buy you some Kunlun slaves tomorrow."

And Silla maids, the rebellion has not been over, the north is still under the control of the An thieves, they have cut off the road to the north, the price of Kunlun slaves and Silla maids in Chang'an has increased a lot, if you are not in a hurry, you can wait."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "No need, I still like local servants. Exotic hozens have a strong smell and can't speak human language. They look annoying."

Li Twelve Niang rolled her eyes at him and said: "When foreigners come to the Tang Dynasty, most of them can still speak some human language."

"They can speak human language, but they still do the same things as hozens. They are ungrateful no matter how many bananas they feed them. Instead, they feel that they are persecuting them. Animals are suitable for being captured and mined for iron. There is no need to serve people. They are not worthy."

Li Twelve Niang was a little confused when she heard this. Gu Qing looked around at the servants and said with a smile: "It is better for us Tang Dynasty people to know the good and the bad and be grateful. If you treat them well, they will treat you twice as well. This is normal human thinking.

…Let me ask, are there no exotic hozens among you?”

A brave servant bowed and smiled and said: "My lord, you are too worried. Our family is all from the Tang Dynasty. We, the servants, also hate the exotic hozen. The Kunlun slaves and Xinluo maids bought by rich families also do hard work.

It's not their turn to serve the noble, for fear of dirtying the noble's body."

"That's good, let's all disperse. Do whatever you need to do." Gu Qing waved his hand and said.

Li Twelve Niang accompanied Gu Qing into the front hall and sat down, and asked: "I heard that Li Guangbi has become a general under your command?"

"Yes, when the rebels first occupied Chang'an, Uncle Li was ordered to fight, but his soldiers were too weak. After suffering heavy casualties, he had to hide in the Qinling Mountains. Later, he led 8,000 remaining soldiers to join me. I sent him to guard Tongguan before the attack.

Luoyang City."

Li Twelve Niang sneered: "That guy brags about how powerful he is all day long, saying that he is superb at leading troops in battles, but in the end he is still hiding in the Qinling Mountains in despair. When I see him next time, I will be satisfied with how humiliated he is."

"Uncle Li is now guarding Luoyang, with nearly 20,000 soldiers under his command. After the rebels fled from Chang'an, they must cross the Yellow River and head north. Luoyang is the place they must pass through. With Uncle Li's ability, the rebels may stumble again in Luoyang. Aunt Li

If you want to humiliate him, I'm afraid it won't work this time. I can foresee that he will return to Chang'an with his military exploits."

Li Twelve Niang curled her lips: "Then don't humiliate him. After all, this rebellion has harmed too many people. Most of my old friends in Chang'an have gone into hiding. I don't know when we will meet again."

"After the world is at peace, old friends will eventually meet again. Aunt Li, on the day when old friends gather together, my nephew still wants to see Aunt Li's sword dance."

"One day, I would like to dance with my sword to celebrate peace."

…………

Gyeongju Castle.

A memorial was quickly delivered to Li Heng.

Li Heng had not only memorials but also Feng Changqing in front of him.

Feng Changqing knelt in front of Li Heng and bowed his head in silence. He had maintained the posture of apologizing for a long time, but Li Heng didn't seem to see him. After opening the memorial, Li Heng glanced at it a few times, then suddenly changed his color, and wrote the memorial harshly.

He threw it to the ground and shouted angrily: "Gu Qing bullies people too much! Bullies people too much!"

Li Mi, who was next to him, hurriedly picked up the memorandum, opened it and took a look, and his face became a little unhappy.

Li Heng pointed at him and said angrily: "Do you see clearly what is written on it? It is enough to welcome me back, but he also wants to welcome the Supreme Emperor back to Chang'an. What does he want to do? It is clearly threatening me. Such a minister is worse than Anlu

Shan Geng deserves to be killed!"

Then Li Heng pointed at Feng Changqing and said angrily: "Welcome me back to Chang'an, but don't let Shuofang's army enter the city. The two armies almost fought outside Chang'an City. Gu Qing's Anxi Army has completely taken over the guards and palace of Chang'an City."

The Imperial Guards are all his people inside and outside the city of Chang'an. If I return to Chang'an, wouldn't I be under his control? Is the Emperor still the Emperor? I am just the second Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty!"

Li Bi frowned and pondered, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the wording of Gu Qing's memorial is very respectful. Even if a Hanlin scholar reads it, he can't find any disrespect at all. How should you respond to your Majesty's intention?"

Li Heng said angrily: "Of course I won't go back to Chang'an! Will I go back and be Gu Qing's puppet? Oh, when did the Tang Dynasty royal family become so miserable?"

Li Mi smiled bitterly and said: "So, your Majesty means not to return to Chang'an?"

"yes!"

"Your Majesty, Chang'an has been recaptured by the Anxi Army. Now all the subjects in the world are looking at your Majesty. If your Majesty does not return to the capital, how will the subjects look at you?"

Li Heng opened his eyes wide, pointed at the memorial in his hand, and said: "Do you mean to ask me to go back and be a puppet? If I go back to Chang'an, I will become a decoration from now on, and all the military and political power in the court will be controlled by Gu Qing

With one person’s hand, who am I?”

Li Bi whispered: "Your Majesty, Gu Qing's memorial also said that he will send people from Shu to welcome the Supreme Emperor back..."

Li Heng was stunned for a long time and understood what he meant.

If you don't go back to Chang'an, will the Supreme Emperor come back? If he proclaims himself emperor in Lingzhou without even saying hello to you, don't you know how much resentment the Supreme Emperor has for you? If the Supreme Emperor returns to Chang'an, there will be another Anxi Army.

With the support of the emperor, if he decrees to depose you as the emperor and re-assume him as the emperor, do you think this is possible?

Seeing Li Heng's expression gradually dawning on him, Li Bi sighed: "Your Majesty, this is a conspiracy by Gu Qing. His intentions and ambitions are clearly laid out in front of you. If you don't follow his wishes,

He doesn't mind supporting another emperor. I'd like to put it bluntly. In terms of popular prestige, the Supreme Emperor is much higher than your Majesty. If the Supreme Emperor ascends the throne again, no one in the world will object."

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This is the truth. Although Li Longji did a lot of foolish things in his later years, his prestige among the people is still very high. After all, he was the emperor who personally created the prosperous Kaiyuan era. He was also a talented man who worked hard to govern when he was young, and he still remains today.

There are countless subjects who remember Li Longji's kindness.

Compared with his father, Li Heng is really weak.

After finally breaking away from his father, he wanted to lead Shuofang's army to do some great work, but Shuofang's army was obviously not as popular as Anxi's army. Guanzhong and Henan were recovered. It can be said that most of the credit was due to Anxi's army. No one remembers Shuofang.

What did the army do? People all over the world are talking about the great achievements of the Anxi army.

The lack of outstanding performance by Shuofang's army is equivalent to the lack of outstanding performance by Li Heng. Apart from hastily holding the enthronement ceremony in Lingzhou, what else has he done worth mentioning?

His prestige is not as good as his father's. If his father is welcomed back to Chang'an and an edict is issued to declare that he, the emperor, is not in a rightful position, what can Li Heng do? He doesn't even have the strength to resist, and the Shuofang army he can control is vulnerable to the Anxi army.

After attacking, the officers and soldiers of the Anxi Army taught him how to behave in minutes.

"Can't my father see Gu Qing's ambition? Is he willing to return to Chang'an and be Gu Qing's puppet?" Li Heng asked through gritted teeth.

Li Mi smiled bitterly and said: "Of course the Supreme Emperor is not willing, but it is the lesser of two evils. With all due respect, based on my understanding of the Supreme Emperor, he cares more about the throne. He lost the throne inexplicably when he was on a tour in Shu. I think the Supreme Emperor must have

I still feel quite jealous in my heart, but now that I have Gu Qing’s support, it is a good opportunity for the Supreme Emperor to regain the throne.”

"He doesn't mind even if he is the puppet of a powerful minister?"

"Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor has experienced countless storms in his life. For him, as long as he holds the throne, everything has a chance. Gu Qing's pride is only the Supreme Emperor's skills for now. If he returns to Chang'an and ascends the throne again, he will definitely have a way to check Gu Qing.

, slowly chip away at Gu Qing's power. In the eyes of the Supreme Emperor, Gu Qing is just one of the big storms he has experienced in his life. The storms will eventually pass."

Li Heng's face gradually turned red, his teeth chattered, and he said with a gloomy expression: "I... must not lose my position as emperor, otherwise I will die without a burial place."

Li Mi sighed, pointed to the memorial in his hand and said, "Then, I would like to ask you again, how should Your Majesty respond to Gu Qing's memorial?"

Li Heng stared into his eyes and said, "You mean, let me go back to Chang'an?"

Li Mi whispered: "Your Majesty, we have no choice."

"I... don't need to go to Chang'an. I will go to Luoyang to handle the affairs of the court."

Li Mi sighed: "Your Majesty, Luoyang City... is also in Gu Qing's hands."

Li Heng was shocked, then slapped the case and said angrily: "Do I have to be a puppet? I will fight with him!"

"Your Majesty, we can't fight..." Li Bi said dejectedly.

Li Heng struggled and said: "If I write a letter to my father and join forces with him, father and son will be unanimous in dealing with the outside world. If neither I nor my father go to Chang'an, what can Gu Qing do to me?"

Li Mi said in a deep voice: "Gu Qing will randomly choose one of the many princes of the Supreme Emperor, welcome him back to Chang'an, and finally support that prince to ascend the throne, and fight for you who are not right in the throne on behalf of the new emperor. The result may be better than your return.

Chang'an is even more miserable..."

Li Mi said helplessly: "Gu Qing's memorial has really blocked our way completely. Moreover, His Majesty has no reason to announce Gu Qing's crimes to the people in the world. We all know that Gu Qing is ambitious, but the people in the world only know that Gu Qing has recovered

When he arrived in Guanzhong and Henan, he looked like an upright and loyal minister, respectfully welcoming the emperor and returning to the capital, making it impossible for anyone to find fault."
To be continued...