On April 12 of the ninth year of Wude, the East Palace was lit up.

"Your Highness, there is a banquet in the Prince's Mansion and you are invited to the banquet." Chen Feng walked into Li Shimin's study leisurely and handed the invitation card he got from the little servant to Li Shimin with both hands.

Since the class teacher returned to the court, he was left in the palace by Li Shimin and became a staff member of the Qin Wangfu, and he can be regarded as a member of the confidants of the Qin King.

"Banquet?" Li Shimin took the invitation suspiciously, it was indeed Li Jiancheng who invited Li Shimin to the East Palace for a small gathering, as for what happened, there was no explanation in the invitation, but thinking about it, Li Jiancheng was thoughtful, even if there was something, he would not show it in the invitation, as for the invitation, he said a few words about brotherhood, and almost pointed out that if Li Shimin did not go, he would ignore brotherhood.

"I'm afraid it's a Hongmen banquet." Li Shimin sighed, his words were sad, even though he knew that there was no good banquet, he had to go alone, otherwise, the root cause of the brother's discord was him King Qin, the emperor taboo this, he couldn't commit the taboo.

Before going out, Chen Feng deliberately came over to find Li Shimin, and handed a pill to Li Shimin with his own hands, "King Qin took it before entering the East Palace, or it could be safe for a while." The voice was slightly low, if it weren't for the regulations of the prince's mansion to hold banquets, he would have taken the risk of going with Li Shimin.

If Li Shimin does not die well, he, the staff of the Qin Palace, will not die well, and even as long as Li Shimin fails to win the throne, his fate will not be much better.

The prince and the king of Qin, in the final analysis, are still brothers, breaking the bones and connecting the tendons, if one day the prince ascends to the throne, if one day, the prince and the king of Qin will release their suspicions, if one day, the king of Qin blurted out a sentence that once he Chen someone pouted that he and the prince turned against each other, at that time, he would

It is truly called the heavens, not the earth, and the earth. In order to prepare for that day, Li Jiancheng must die, and the king of Qin must ascend to the throne.

As soon as I entered the East Palace, I was greeted by the gorgeous buildings, brightly lit, and seemed to be extremely festive.

Before Li Shimin entered the banquet hall, he had already heard the noise in the banquet hall, in fact, compared to this kind of banquet, a group of people said words of compliment to each other, and they hated to put them to death, Li Shimin was more inclined to a group of men in the army to drink and eat meat without scruples, and they had no choice but to be trapped here, so they had to do so.

"His Royal Highness King Qin has arrived!" The shrieked voice of the little eunuch outside the door entered the banquet hall, and there was a moment of silence in the banquet room, and then an even more enthusiastic uproar broke out.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin." When Li Shimin entered the banquet hall, there was a greeting in his ears, and he waved his hand to signal the important ministers to be exempted, and then bowed to the prince on the throne, "Brother Chang'an." ”

As early as the moment Li Shimin entered the East Palace, someone had already come to tell him, so Li Shimin's appearance was not abrupt, and even in Li Jiancheng's opinion, the timing was just right.

"You and my brother don't need to be polite, sit down quickly, just wait for you." Li Jiancheng waved his hand magnificently and motioned for Li Shimin to sit on his right hand.

There, a seat was reserved for Li Shimin.

After Li Shimin entered the table, Li Jiancheng announced the start of the banquet, and the dancing girl danced, and everyone was staggered, and there was no trace of it

The-for-tat situation above the court, the two brothers did not see the momentum of saber rattling, so that the two frequently toasted each other, so that people could not see the clues, who could have expected that the two had long been incompatible, and they had a-for-tat confrontation because of that chair a month ago.

The two brothers seemed to be in good spirits, and before they knew it, they were already in a mess, and the banquet in the East Palace ended in this lively atmosphere.

The end of the feast does not mean that everything is over, on the contrary, the accident officially happens at this time.

Li Shimin got up and said goodbye to the prince and the ministers, and when he was about to return home, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart and mouth, his throat was sweet, a mouthful of blood spurted out, his eyes were dark, and the whole person was unconscious.

Seeing that King Qin was poisoned during the banquet in the prince's mansion, but no one dared to say it, in the end, Yu Chigong ran out, picked up the king of Qin who had fainted to the ground, and left the East Palace with slightly messy steps, constantly urging the coachman along the way, before Li Shimin was sent back to the Qin palace safely.

In King Qin's mansion, the doctor was already waiting, and when he saw Li Shimin returning to the house, he immediately stepped forward to check the pulse, and finally came to a conclusion, "King Qin is poisoned." ”

The news of King Qin's poisoning spread among the people, causing great panic, and many people speculated that King Qin's poisoning was the poison of the crown prince Li Jiancheng, in order to get rid of Li Shimin, a strong opponent who competed for the throne.

After the morning of the second day, Li Yuan personally drove to the Qin Palace, Li Shimin, who had just woken up.

"At this time, the people are all saying that the prince poisoned you for the throne!" Seeing that Li Shimin woke up, the imperial doctor was no longer in serious trouble, and only said that King Qin had injured his vitality and needed to cultivate for several months before Li Yuan spoke.

Hearing this, Li Shimin sneered in his heart, and the people spread it as a fact, "It's just that the sons are not strong enough to drink, so that the people of the world misunderstand the eldest brother, and it is the fault of the sons and daughters." Li Shimin's voice was very weak, and he was already out of breath when he said this.

Seeing Li Shimin's weak appearance, he could still understand the deep meaning of his words, and after all, it still aroused the emperor's love for his second son.

"How about sending you to Luoyang for your father to recuperate?" Because the two sons were incompatible with each other because of the throne, Li Yuan was inclined to the crown prince, but if Li Shimin had the ability to take away the crown prince, he would not interfere too much, but at this time, the second son was already sick in bed, so he lost more than a goal, in order to prevent this son from dying in the hands of the prince one day, Li Yuan finally made a decision.

Li Shimin no longer had the extra strength to deal with Li Yuan, so he could only look at Li Yuan with unwillingness written in his eyes.

"For my father to know that I have wronged you, it is your credit to Jinyang Shouyi and the leveling of the sea, I intended to make you the heir, but you sternly refused and even said that you would rather die than to be killed, now the prince is old and there is no big mistake, for his father I can't bear to take away his position, and I know that I am ashamed of you, so I plan to send you to Kanto and sit in Luoyang, what do you think?"

What do I think? Isn't that right! Now, Li Yuan's meaning is clear, I wanted to make you the prince at the beginning, but you sternly refused, and now you are fighting for it, so it's not a backtrack!

"No, the son doesn't want to leave his father, and he hopes that his father will take back his life."

Li Shimin's weak voice was unusually firm.