"Prince Jin, it's windy!"
In the Imperial City, the guard frowned when he saw the howling cold wind.
"What should we do? I have made an appointment with my father to leave the Imperial Palace at four o 'clock in the morning. If there are no accidents, we can arrive at the Ninety Percent Palace tonight. "Li Zhi frowned.
The distance from Chang 'an to the Ninety Percent Palace was about three hundred miles. All of it was paved with straight brick roads and covered with post stations. As long as they quickly changed horses, even if Li Zhi lived like a prince, it was easy to travel three hundred miles in a day. If they were fast, Li Zhi might be able to have dinner with his father and mother tonight.
"Your Highness, please reconsider! Your body has just recovered and you are still very weak. The windy weather is not suitable for you to travel. If your illness recurs, we can't afford it! "The guard hurriedly dissuaded.
"No, I have made an appointment with my father. I will arrive at the Ninety Percent Palace tonight. If I miss the appointment and let my father wait for me, I will be very unfilial." Li Zhi's young face showed a trace of firmness.
The reason why Li Zhi was able to obtain Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun's favor, in addition to having a weak personality and being well-behaved and cute, it was also because he was very filial. Which parent in the world could refuse a filial young son? In addition, Li Tai often ran away without a trace, so Li Zhi naturally obtained the favor.
"Your Highness, your body, hair, and skin are from your parents. Taking care of your body is the greatest filial piety to your parents. If Your Highness, Prince Jin, insists on traveling in the windy weather and catches a cold, it will make His Majesty worried." One of Prince Jin's attendants advised. Judging from his tone, he must be a Confucian.
"This attendant is right. If Your Highness, Prince Jin, catches a cold and infects the Empress, wouldn't it be even more inappropriate?" The accompanying imperial physician also suggested. Since the rise of the medical school, the theory about the contagion of colds had been confirmed. The Empress was in poor health, which was known to the whole world. She could not bear any risk to avoid triggering another Qi disease. This time, Li Zhi did not follow the crowd to the Ninety Percent Palace because he was worried that Li Zhi would infect Empress Zhangsun.
Hearing the suggestions of Confucianism and the School of Medicine, Li Zhi no longer insisted. He sighed and said, "Then I can only bear the name of breaking the promise. I can't let Imperial Father worry and let Imperial Mother take the risk of getting sick."
"His Highness Prince Jin is filial." The attendants of Prince Jin's Mansion praised.
Li Zhi said resolutely, "But we can't let Imperial Father wait for too long. Once the wind stops, we will set off immediately. Even if we have to travel through the night, we must reach Ninety Percent Palace in the shortest time possible."
"Yes! Your Highness Prince Jin! "Everyone accepted the order and waited for the wind to stop before setting off.
However, until dawn, the wind was still howling in the sky. Only at noon did the wind stop. Li Zhi didn't hesitate and immediately ordered the troops to set off.
Along the way, Prince Jin's convoy was speeding up. Time passed bit by bit. Looking at the setting sun, Li Zhi couldn't help but sigh. The wind had delayed them for half a day. Traveling at night was very slow. It would be good if they could reach Ninety Percent Palace by tomorrow morning.
Sure enough, as Li Zhi had expected, although Prince Jin's convoy was rushing at full speed, they were only halfway there by the time they were supposed to reach Ninety Percent Palace.
… … …
"Replying to General, there is no sign of His Highness Prince Jin's convoy." Mo Yun hurriedly came to report.
Looking at the night, the leader of the Ashina Society was burning with anxiety. It was clearly past the appointed time, but there was no sign of Prince Jin's convoy.
The leader of the Ashina Society was anxious, but his expression didn't change as he said, "Don't panic. It must be the wind that delayed the journey. Everyone should be on standby."
The group of Turks suppressed the anxiety in their hearts and continued to wait patiently. However, they waited until late at night, but there was still no news.
Everyone realized that there was something wrong with Prince Jin's convoy. They didn't know if it was because they didn't set off from Chang 'an City on time or they didn't set off at all. This made the group of Turks restless.
"Could it be that Heluohe betrayed us and deliberately sent fake news from Chang 'an City?" Mo Yun guessed in a low voice.
The leader of the Ashina Society shook his head and said, "Impossible. If Heluohe betrayed us, we wouldn't be able to stand there safely."
"Then it must be because of the wind that Prince Jin was delayed. Why don't we postpone the operation and wait until Prince Jin arrives?" Mo Yun said with a frown.
If they didn't have Li Zhi as a cover, their chances of success would be greatly reduced. There was no need to take such a risk.
The leader of the Ashina Society shook his head. He believed that Heluohe wouldn't betray them. After all, the position of Khan attracted him. However, his subordinates might not do the same. In order to increase their chances of success, he recruited a lot of Turks and revealed the entire plan. Everyone already knew about the rebellion plan. If Prince Jin came early, then it would be fine. If he continued to delay for a few more days, then there was no guarantee that someone would leak the information. Once the assassination plan was exposed, then they would all die.
"Although Prince Jin didn't arrive on time, but we can't give up on this operation." The leader of the Ashina Society said firmly. If they delayed, then there would be changes. They didn't dare to delay.
"General, you mean to attack by force?" Mo Yun said with a frown. In his opinion, the leader of the Ashina Society was planning to attack by force. However, they didn't have any siege weapons. If they attacked by force, they would only have a slim chance of survival. Moreover, they would alarm Li Shimin, so the chances of success were very low.
The group of Turks immediately became chaotic. They were tempted by the reward offered by the leader of the Ashina Society. If they succeeded in the assassination, they would return to the prairie to enjoy the glory and wealth, not to throw away their lives.
The leader of the Ashina Society said with a strange smile, "How can this general be a fool? I have another plan for you to attack the gate."
The group of Turks couldn't help but look at the leader of the Ashina Society in astonishment. Now that they had failed to open the gate, and there was no hope of attacking by force, how were they going to successfully enter the palace and complete the assassination mission?
"Enter by climbing over the wall!" The leader of the Ashina Society said proudly.
The leader of the Ashina Society turned around and looked at the tall gate. He focused his gaze on the wall of the palace. 90% of the palace was built on a mountain. Apart from the gate, which was a flat road, the rest of the palace was filled with dense forests. It was enough to cover their tracks.
The eyes of the group of Turks immediately lit up. If they avoided the gate of the palace and climbed over the wall from the side, it would be more concealed and their chances of success would increase greatly.
Immediately, the group of Turks started to secretly build a ladder. Very quickly, they had built a ladder that was large enough to climb over the wall.
The leader of the Ashina Society looked at the hundreds of Turks behind him and said with a heroic spirit, "Everyone, today is the day of the Turks' revival. We will be the heroes of the Turks' revival. We will fight to the death."
"Fight to the death!" The group of Turks immediately showed a trace of fanaticism on their faces as they shouted in a low voice.
The leader of the Ashina Society took a deep breath and took the lead to climb up the ladder and climb over the wall. One by one, the Turks easily climbed over the wall and entered the palace.
90% of the palace was broken!
:. : m.x
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