When the news spread that Li Yin, the king of Jin, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, went to the East Palace for a banquet, but they were both seriously ill, the Chang'an government and the opposition were in an uproar.

When this kind of thing happens, everyone knows that there must be something strange in it, and many people speculate that this is the crown prince who poisoned the king of Jin and the king of Qin.

However, Li Jiancheng flatly denied it, only saying that Li Yin and Li Shimin fell ill because of the perennial battle, and suddenly broke out last night.

Some people believe Li Jiancheng's explanation, but some people don't believe it, but Li Jiancheng doesn't care about whether others believe it or not, what he cares about now is whether Li Yin and Li Shimin are dead or not!

As long as Li Yin and Li Shimin are dead, the opinions of the hundred officials and courtiers will no longer matter, and he will definitely be able to continue to be his prince of the East Palace in peace.

However, a whole day later, whether it was Li Yin's Chengde Hall or Li Shimin's Chengqian Palace, the news that came out was still "seriously ill", not "died of illness".

Seeing this, Li Jiancheng immediately became angry at Li Yuanji and said, "Didn't you say that after the poison man drank it, it would be poisoned in a few hours?" ”

Li Yuanji muttered: "How do I know this, it must be the person who sold me the medicine who deceived me, or there is someone with excellent medical skills in their house, or ...... Or maybe they didn't drink at all and lied to us at the time. ”

After Li Jiancheng heard this, he fell into silence and did not come back to his senses for a long time.

Three days later, the news of Li Yin, the king of Jin, was improving in Chengde Palace.

That night, Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng came to visit Li Yin in the Chengde Palace, and then ordered Li Jiancheng: "King Jin is not good at drinking, from now on, you can't drink with him at night." ”

Li Jiancheng hurriedly replied that he wouldn't dare in the future.

Li Yuan's words were directly attributed to Li Yin's illness as "not good at drinking at night".

Although the Li brothers are already incompatible, Li Yuan hopes that they can at least maintain a royal face.

After that, Li Yuan first asked Li Jiancheng to step back, and then retreated left and right, leaving Li Yin alone.

Li Yuan said to Li Yin: "I see that your brothers seem to be incompatible, you live together in the capital, there will definitely be disputes, I plan to send you back to Xingtai, let you stay in Jinyang, preside over Taiyuan Dao affairs, and guard against the Turks." ”

Li Yin wept and excused himself on the grounds that he was unwilling to stay away from Li Yuan's knees.

Li Yuan saw that Li Yin's expression didn't seem to be fake, so he nodded slightly, "The world is one family, Chang'an and Jinyang, the distance is very close, as long as I miss you, the emperor, you can move here, don't worry about sadness." ”

After Li Yin heard this, he did not continue to excuse himself.

However, when Li Yin was about to set off for Jinyang in front, Li Yuanji persuaded Li Jiancheng: "Li Yin has a very high prestige in Hedong, if he arrives in Jinyang and has a territory and army, he will no longer be able to control it." It's better to keep him in Chang'an, so that he is just a single husband, and it will be easy to capture him. ”

So, Li Jiancheng secretly asked several people to play Li Yuan in a sealed cantata, claiming: "The people around King Jin were all overjoyed when they learned the news that King Jin went to Jinyang. Looking at King Jin's intentions, I'm afraid he won't come back. ”

Li Jiancheng also instructed Li Yuan's favored officials to persuade Li Yuan on the pros and cons of Li Yin's stay, so Li Yuan changed his mind, and Li Yin's trip to Jinyang was put on hold halfway.

Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and the concubines of the harem kept framing Li Yin to Li Yuan day and night.

Chen Shuda admonished: "The King of Jin has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and he cannot be deposed. Besides, he has a strong temperament, and if he is humiliated and belittled, I am afraid that he will not be able to withstand the sorrow and anger in his heart, and once he is infected with an unpredictable disease, will His Majesty have time to regret it! ”

Li Yuan was persuaded by Chen Shuda's words and did not punish Li Yin.

However, at this time, the officials belonging to the Jin Palace's mansion were all worried, frightened, and at a loss.

Xingtai Gonglang Zhongfang Xuanling compared the eldest Sun Wuji of the Ministry Lang and said: "Now that the grudge has been caused, once the disaster is secret, it will not only be out of control of the Jin Palace, but in fact, the survival of the country will be a problem." It is better to persuade the King of Jin to take the action of Zhou Pingping to set Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai in order to stabilize the royal family and the country. The cardinals of survival, the critical situation is today! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "I have had this idea for a long time, but I don't dare to say it. What you are saying now is exactly what I want. Please let me tell the king of Jin for you. ”

So, the eldest grandson Wuji visited Chengde Hall at night and told Li Yin everything in his heart.

Li Yin summoned Fang Xuanling and Song Zhengben to discuss this matter, and Fang Xuanling said: "The merit of the king is enough to cover the heavens and the earth, and he should inherit the great deeds of the saints." Now the king is worried and fearful, and it is Heaven that is helping the king. I hope the king won't be confused. ”

Subsequently, Fang Xuanling, the eldest grandson Wuji and Song Zhengben jointly persuaded Li Yin to kill Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

Li Yin's expression was indifferent, and after a long time, he nodded slowly, and Fang Xuanling, Eldest Sun Wuji and Song Zhengben all showed surprise on their faces when they saw this......

Since the Jin Dynasty had many brave generals, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji planned to lure them to their own use.

Li Jiancheng first secretly presented a cart of gold and silver artifacts to Wei Chi Jingde, and wrote a letter to induce him: "I hope to be favored by the public, so as to deepen the friendship between us." ”

Wei Chi Jingde excused himself and said: "I am a small person who weaves tents for households and breaks urns for windows, and when I encounter the situation of endless wars and exiles in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, I have long been in the situation of resisting the imperial court. The king of Jin gave me the grace of regeneration, and now I am registered as an official in the palace of the king of Jin, and I should only repay the king of Jin with death.

I have not made a contribution to His Highness, and I dare not accept such a rich reward from His Highness out of thin air. If I have a private relationship with His Royal Highness, I have two hearts for the King of Jin, that is, I forget my loyalty because I am greedy for money, what is the use of Your Highness wanting such a person! ”

After Li Jiancheng saw Wei Chi Jingde's reply, he was immediately furious and cut off contact with him.

Wei Chi Jingde told Li Yin about this, and Li Yin said: "This king knows that your heart is as solid and firm as a mountain, and what the prince will give you in the future, just accept it." ”

When Wei Chi Jingde saw that Li Yin trusted him so much, he was immediately moved and vowed to smear Li Yin's liver and brain.

Soon after, Li Yuanji instructed the warriors to assassinate Wei Chi Jingde at night.

When Wei Chi Jingde learned of this, he opened the doors and lay down unmoving, and the assassins repeatedly came to his courtyard, but did not dare to enter the house after all.

As a result, Li Yuanji framed Wei Chi Jingde to Li Yuan, and Wei Chi Jingde was imprisoned in a special prison ordered by the edict for interrogation and punishment, preparing to kill him, but because of Li Yin's repeated requests to save his life, he was able to live forever.