Impeachment will make me stronger, and I will be invincible on the road to death.

Chapter 374 Killing the chicken to scare the monkey

In the face of everyone's accusations, Yang Yanzhang turned a deaf ear and still insisted on his opinion. He convened the ministers to discuss the overthrow of Li Shimin, and at the same time brought them together to kill the chickens and scare the monkeys.

Of course, the most important reason is to eradicate dissidents and weaken the power of the DPRK.

Yang Yanzhang originally wanted to seize the throne. As the saying goes, you must first settle the internal affairs in order to fight against external forces. Only by removing all obstacles can you successfully ascend the throne. Therefore, he urgently wanted to destroy Han Rui and Li Zhe.

At this time, Yang Yanzhang's mother-in-law also found Yang Yanzhang and told him that Han Rui was already planning a rebellion and asked him to be careful.

"Haha, he dared to rebel!" Yang Yanzhang sneered: "I thought he was the True Dragon Emperor, the true lord of benevolence, but I didn't expect him to be anything more than mediocre!"

"Your Majesty, be careful what you say!" Yang Yanzhang's mother-in-law whispered: "You have forgotten the lessons of the past few days!"

Yang Yanzhang frowned, pondered for a moment, and sighed: "I know!"

Yang Yanzhang's mother advised: "Your Majesty, since this is the case, I still ask your Majesty to marry the daughter of the Li family into the Han family and use the strength of the Han family to resist the rebellion."

Yang Yanzhang hesitated for a moment and said, "Where is Han Rui now?"

His mother said: "He has already entered Beijing. It is said that he has followed His Majesty's imperial edict and entered the city to marry Han Yushu, the granddaughter of Han Mo, the widow of the Supreme Emperor."

"Oh? He still has this kind of filial piety?" Yang Yanzhang narrowed his eyes, a cold arc appeared at the corner of his mouth, and said lightly: "Since he is so filial, how can I live up to his kindness?"

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"I want to consecrate Han Rui as my consort and let him assist me in ascending the throne. If he is willing to help me, he will be my benefactor!"

Yang Yanzhang said coldly: "If he refuses, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Your Majesty, you must not do this!" Yang Yanzhang's mother said hurriedly: "Who is Han Rui? He holds five thousand cavalry in his hands, and who of the generals under his command is a simple thing?"

"Do you think Han Rui needs to rely on our Li family for protection?" Yang Yanzhang said sarcastically.

She naturally knew that the strength of Han Rui's army was very terrifying. If there were enough soldiers, even if Yang Yanzhang ascended the throne, Han Rui might not obey his orders.

"Don't worry, leave this matter to me!" Yang Yanzhang patted Yang Yanzhang's mother on the shoulder and said softly: "Just enjoy your old age in peace, I won't treat you badly!"

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!" Yang Yanzhang's mother burst into tears with gratitude.

Yang Yanzhang shook his head slightly, turned around and left. Just as he was about to take the car back to the palace, he suddenly thought of something, stopped and ordered: "Go and find out which courtyard Han Rui lives in. I want to visit today!"

"According to the order!" The eunuch took the order and left.

In the evening, Han Rui's mansion.

At this time, Han Rui was sitting in the living room, looking quietly at the eunuch kneeling on the ground in front of him, with a strange expression on his face, and asked: "Eunuch, I don't know why Emperor Yang Yanzhang came to my place late at night? "

"When Your Majesty comes to your humble abode, I should greet you respectfully!" The eunuch said with a smile, "It's just that today is His Majesty's birthday. Your Majesty said that we will host a banquet for Prime Minister Han tomorrow!"

"Birthday?" Han Rui frowned slightly and asked doubtfully: "Yang Yanzhang is only twenty years old today. Isn't his birthday on the 14th of September? Why is it so early?"

"Your Majesty said that he misses his wife, so he postponed his birthday." The eunuch explained with a smile: "Master Han, I won't disturb our family anymore, let's take our leave first!" Han Rui bowed his hand, and the eunuch led a group of people. The person left, while Han Rui frowned and fell into deep thought.

Han Rui couldn't figure out why Yang Yanzhang moved up his birthday date. Could it be because he was going to rebel? He was worried that Han Rui would succeed, so he wanted to end his birthday early to avoid affecting the Li family if Han Rui usurped the throne.

After thinking for a long time, Han Rui had no clue and simply stopped thinking about these messy things.

The next day, Han Rui got up early, had breakfast, put on a brand new set of Confucian shirts, then took his sword and walked slowly towards the imperial city.

The Imperial City was not far from Han Rui's home, about half a stick of incense. Finally, they arrived at the Imperial City. Standing under the high city wall, Han Rui looked up.

The Imperial City, the residential area of ​​ancient emperors, is majestic, majestic, magnificent, and as majestic as the Imperial City. It exudes a solemn atmosphere, which is mind-blowing, solemn and majestic, and cannot be violated.

Han Rui stood under the Imperial City, looked up and took a look, then walked forward, walked into the Imperial City, walked through the long streets, went straight to the East Market, and arrived in front of the Imperial Palace.

At this time, the East Market was crowded with people, bustling and noisy. Han Rui walked straight to the palace, but was intercepted and asked about his origin. Han Rui said that he was the envoy sent by Yang Yanzhang.

"Who are you?" the guard shouted.

"Yang Yanzhang's envoy." Han Rui said calmly: "Please tell me, please, that I came to see you on his orders!"

The guard hesitated, obviously not believing it, and suspected that Han Rui was an enemy spy, or that there was fraud involved.

In any case, Yang Yanzhang ordered him to come in. Even if he was really the envoy, he should be responsible for the investigation. The guard was not ambiguous. He immediately waved his hand and asked someone to come into the palace to report, and then stared at Han Rui warily, fearing that he would take the opportunity to escape. Go in.

Not long after, there was a sound of footsteps, and several guards walked out surrounded by one person. It was Yang Yanzhang's eunuch chief Wei Zhongxian whom he had met last night.

"Are you really the envoy sent by Yang Yanzhang?" Wei Zhongxian asked carefully: "Prove it to me, what evidence do you have?"

"The certificate is on my robe." Han Rui pointed to the Confucian shirt on his body and said frankly: "Although my official position is Minister of the Ministry of Industry, in the imperial court, I am just an idle official with no rank or rank. That’s all.”

After a pause, Han Rui continued: "I came to the capital specifically to give gifts. As for the voucher, I don't need it at all!"

"You're lying." Wei Zhongxian said with a straight face, "Don't think I don't know about the personal grudge between you and Yang Yanzhang, and now you are working together to plot evil."

Han Rui was stunned, then smiled bitterly and said: "Manager, have you made a mistake?"

"We are old men who have followed His Majesty on the battlefield for several years. How could we not even have this bit of vision? Although the clothes you are wearing may seem ordinary, they are actually made of valuable Shu brocade." Wei Zhongxian said grimly: "You dare not admit it?"

Han Rui was even more helpless. He spread his hands and said, "I am indeed sent by Yang Yanzhang to give gifts, but I have no enmity with him. How could he harm me?"

"You are Han Rui, right." Wei Zhongxian said suddenly.

Well, Han Rui was stunned and said in shock: "I have a grudge against Yang Yanzhang, how did you know."

"It's very simple, Yang Yanzhang told me!" Wei Zhongxian snorted: "He said that you are one of the people he hates the most, and he wants to get rid of you to avoid future troubles!"

(End of this chapter)