Chapter 264: Poison

After a court meeting, the crown prince Li Jiancheng suddenly sent an invitation to Li Shimin, inviting him and a group of royal clans to hold a banquet in the prince's mansion, Li Shimin was very surprised, because since Li Yuan became emperor, due to Li Shimin's military exploits gradually posed a threat to the status of the prince, the relationship between the two brothers gradually became estranged, at this time it was almost strange, Li Shimin would never have thought that the eldest brother at this time would suddenly change his attitude towards himself and invite himself to the banquet.

However, in the end, he still decided to go, because after all, they are brothers, and they are the closest people in addition to their father Li Yuan and their respective wives and children, and because of Li Daoxuan's death in the war, Li Shimin suddenly repented, and his past self was once fanatical in the pursuit of ideals and honor, but he neglected his relatives too much, so I have to say that the reason why he was estranged from his eldest brother's feelings at this time, he Li Shimin himself also needs to be responsible.

Therefore, when the banquet began, Li Shimin attended on time, and several other guests present were also members of the royal family of the Tang Dynasty, including Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and Li Shentong, the king of Huainan. There is no doubt that this is a small gathering of the Tang royal family.

The crown prince Li Jiancheng greeted the Qin King Li Shimin affectionately, this his younger brother, in fact, they have not had a good heart-to-heart conversation together for too long, and this time the King of Qin was invited to attend the banquet, the prince also had this thought, after all, Li Shimin is his own brother, if it is not a last resort, he does not want the relationship between himself and his younger brother to continue to deteriorate, and finally like the emperor's family in the previous dynasty, for the throne of the emperor and meet each other.

Before, Li Jiancheng didn't think too much about this issue, however, when the little cousin Li Daoxuan died. After adding some things, Li Jiancheng finally found that this problem had reached the point where he had to start dealing with it. Wei Zheng and his subordinates were advised to him that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would either immediately do his best to resolve the contradictions with the King of Qin, or. It is to prepare to kill the King of Qin immediately. There is no doubt that Li Jiancheng certainly did not want to kill this younger brother, so, before that, he wanted to make an effort to restore the friendship between the two brothers.

Therefore, this gathering, since both Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng came with the idea of reconciling with their brothers, it is also because of this. Under the deliberate closeness of both parties, soon, the estrangement between them seemed to have been completely eliminated, and they talked and laughed like a pair of brothers who had never had a conflict.

They said a lot of things, from Luoyang, the former eastern capital, to Hedong, the hometown of the Li family, to Jinyang, to Guanzhong, Hebei...... During the conversation, Li Shimin's heart was a little emotional, you must know that it is in Li Shimin's mind. This eldest brother has actually always given him a fatherly figure, after all. Li Jiancheng was nearly ten years older than Li Shimin, and Li Yuan was often busy with his career at that time, so whenever Li Shimin took his younger brother Li Xuanba to get into trouble when he was a teenager, the person who often came forward to protect the two brothers was this eldest brother. The eldest brother is like a father. Li Shimin did have a desire for the position of emperor in the vanity of invincibility, however, he never thought that he would hurt his eldest brother for this, so when he knew that if he wanted to become emperor, he had to become an enemy with his brother. He gave up the unrealistic illusion that if he could reconcile with his brother, the throne didn't matter!

Seeing the prince and the king of Qin talking affectionately together, the royal family members present except for Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, were all happy, the king of Qin made great achievements, and the prince has always been benevolent, but the two brothers have contradictions because of the struggle for the throne, but if at this time, their contradictions can be eliminated, then the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is just around the corner.

Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, was sitting in his seat at this time, his face was cloudy, the reconciliation between the prince and the king of Qin was extremely bad news for him, because in this case, it meant that his plan to replace the king of Qin with the power of the prince was declared bankrupt, and many follow-up plans after that were naturally like waste paper, but the prince had always been benevolent, and he was much better to his younger brother than other younger brothers, so even if that plan was declared bankrupt, it would not cause any danger to his actual position at this time. The only problem is that in the face of the imminent change, he must once again make accurate judgments in order to get the best out of himself.

Li Yuanji was thinking about his future plans in his heart, but at this moment, something happened suddenly, and he saw that Li Shimin, who was talking to the prince, suddenly turned extremely pale, and then saw him suddenly cover his stomach and vomit loudly, and the vomit spit out from his mouth was mixed with a large amount of blood, which made all the guests present shocked, and Li Yuanji's face changed greatly, "What's the matter?" He thought to himself.

I can't help Li Yuanji's face changed, the prince has always been an extremely benevolent brother in his eyes, so this time the prince invited King Qin to come to the party, Li Yuanji never doubted the prince's sincerity, but at this time, King Qin suddenly got food poisoning, and Li Yuanji, who was not suspicious, began to think quickly in his heart, is this brother hiding too deeply, even hiding himself?

However, then the prince's actions had already broken his thoughts, and he saw that Li Jiancheng was also shocked, and hurriedly called someone to find the doctor in the house, and then he seemed to think of something, and immediately went to the kitchen to check, and at this time, Li Shentong, the king of Huainan, had already left the table and got up, came to Li Shimin's seat, and wanted to help Li Shimin up.

"Uncle, hurry up and take me out of here, the Prince's Mansion is not safe!" Li Shimin suddenly whispered to this uncle, Li Shentong suddenly woke up, indeed, even if poisoning is not the prince's original intention, but someone actually dares to poison the king of Qin in the prince's banquet, then the safety of the king of Qin cannot be guaranteed, the safest way is to take the best policy, however, Li Shentong's heart is still worried: "It's late at night, what will you do after leaving the prince's mansion!" Seeing Li Shimin endure the pain in his abdomen and said with difficulty: "Take me back to the Qin Palace, back there, I will naturally get the best treatment......"

So, even if Li Shentong wanted to leave with Li Shimin, but the prince did not stop him except for the worried look on his face, it seems that even the prince understands that in his own mansion, he really can't guarantee the safety of this younger brother, so in this way, Li Shentong, the king of Huainan, left the prince's mansion with Li Shimin, and hurried back to the Qin Wangfu. (To be continued......)