In June of the seventh year of Wude, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan took a group of concubines and his two sons, King Qin and King Qi to the recently completed palace - Renzhi Palace for summer and hunting.

The crown prince Li Jiancheng was ordered to stay in Kyoto to supervise the country, and at this time, neither Gaozu Li Yuan nor Qin King Li Shimin knew that a mutiny against them had been secretly planned in the harem and the front hall.

Since the death of Princess Pingyang last year and the official break between the crown prince and the king of Qin, the crown prince Li Jiancheng has been thinking about weakening the power of the king of Qin, but with little effect, and the prince and his advisers Wei Zheng, Wang Qi and others are very anxious when they see this.

If they still expected Li Shimin to be a virtuous king before, now that the relationship between him and the crown prince has officially broken down, this probability has been negligible.

Li Jiancheng and Li Wuji were above the court, and they couldn't think of any good way to deal with King Qin, so they turned their attention to Gaozu's harem.

King Qin regarded himself as high, and looked down on the young concubines in Gaozu's harem who were of average origin, had no great knowledge, and behaved recklessly once they were favored.

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji grasped this point and curried favor with them.

These concubines didn't have much knowledge, but seeing such a noble status of the crown prince, they respected them very much, and compared to King Qin, who didn't take them seriously at all.

Needless to say, except for one Wan Guifei, the other young concubines were almost one-sided on the side of the crown prince and Yuan Ji.

Especially Concubine Yin De and Zhang Jieyu, who were most favored by Gaozu, unknowingly formed allies with the crown prince and Yuan Ji.

With the Inner Palace's strategy and blinding, it was much easier for Li Jiancheng to do something.

Gaozu decided to go to Yuhua Mountain to escape the summer and leave the prince in charge of the country, and Li Jiancheng thought that this was a God-given opportunity to seize power and force the palace.

Before Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, left Beijing with Gaozu, the crown prince discussed with him, and when they arrived at Yuhua Mountain, they would send a group of warriors they had secretly raised to the palace to lurk.

At the same time, he sent someone to Gyeongju to deliver a letter to Yang Wenxin, the governor of the capital, who was a close confidant of the prince and had been instructed by the prince before that.

As soon as the edict of the crown prince's soldiers arrived, he would immediately raise troops in Gyeongju and respond to Chang'an, just waiting to eliminate the king of Qin, and then force Gaozu to abdicate.

If the planning of the completion goes well, this time the palace may really be completed, after all, the soldiers and horses brought by Gaozu to Yuhua Mountain are only 3,000 people.

But things in this world are often not as expected, and changes happen all the time.

Li Jiancheng never expected that he would choose Er Zhuhuan and Qiao Gongshan, who were selected to send a letter to Yang Wenxin.

When the two of them walked on the way, they thought of the courage and means of King Qin, for fear that the mutiny would not succeed, and in the end the matter would be revealed, which would involve their own family, and after thinking about it, they decided to change their route to Yuhua Mountain and go to Renzhi Palace to tell Li Yuan.

Poor Li Jiancheng was sold by his trusted subordinates in this way.

When Gaozu received the secret report, he was shocked and angry, and immediately sent Si Nongqing Yu Wenying to summon Yang Wengan, because Gao Zu did not believe that the prince was going to mutiny at this time, and it was a secret transmission when Yu Wenying was summoned.

Li Shimin didn't know about it yet, but he was surrounded by capable people, and when Er Zhuhuan and Qiao Gongshan came to see Li Yuan, they were seen by Zhang Gongjin.

Zhang Gongjin is a cautious person, although he didn't know what Er Zhuhuan and Qiao Gongshan were doing in Yuhua Mountain, he still told Li Shimin about it.

Li Shimin also felt strange when he heard it, Er Zhuhuan and Qiao Gongshan, one is the prince's side of the general, and the other is the school captain, with their identities, there is really no reason to run to Yuhua Mountain at this time.

Because he felt strange, Li Shimin unconsciously paid attention to Gaozu's side, and when he found out that Yu Wenying seemed to have received some order and left Yuhua Mountain overnight, his expression unconsciously became solemn, afraid that something had happened in the capital.

"Guanyin, today's Lang General Er Zhuhuan next to the prince, and Qiao Gongshan, the school captain, suddenly came to Yuhua Mountain to see his father secretly, and then his father sent Yu Wenying out, I'm afraid that something will happen in Beijing, you and your children don't go out these two days." That night, Li Shimin explained to his wife with a solemn face.

"Wouldn't it??" The eldest grandson, the princess, was taken aback.

"Be prepared, it's always a good mistake to be careful, so I'll send someone to sneak back to Beijing quietly to take a look." Li Shimin said.

"I know, I won't go out for the next two days, by the way, that Yu Wenying seems to have a good relationship with the fourth brother." The eldest grandson princess is not an ordinary person in the end, and soon understood the seriousness of the matter, and nodded while nodding and couldn't help but say another word.

"What? Yu Wenying has a relationship with the fourth brother? Well, no matter what he is, since I have noticed this, even if something really happens, I will not let them succeed. Li Shimin's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and then he sneered again.

The eldest grandson did not speak again, he believed in his husband's ability.

Three days later, Yang Wengan raised troops in Gyeongju and soon captured Ningzhou, and after Li Yuan heard the news, he immediately planned to send someone to Kyoto to summon the prince.

When Li Jiancheng saw the edict, he knew that it must have been exposed, and the whole person couldn't help but collapse on the chair in fright, at a loss.

At this critical juncture, Xu Shimo, the crown prince's housekeeper, strongly advocated that he raise troops based on the city.

Wei Zheng, who had just learned the news, and Zhao Hongzhi, the chief secretary of the Prince's Mansion, strongly persuaded the prince to go to Renzhi Palace to meet Li Yuan and ask for forgiveness.

"Your Highness, since the matter has been revealed in advance, with the means of King Qin and His Majesty, it is impossible for us to fight them alone, Your Highness will go and ask for guilt, but don't admit your guilt, and decide whether Yang Wen did it or not."

"In this regard, Your Highness, you bear the responsibility of not knowing anyone at most, as for the informant, it is either Er Zhuhuan or Qiao Gongshan, if Your Majesty lets them come out to testify, Your Highness can shirk that they are framed, if you really plot rebellion with Yang Wengan, it is impossible to send such two people who have no weight and can't bear things as messengers......" Wei Zheng's mind was running rapidly, and he said with a calm face.

"What if my father doesn't believe my defense?" Li Jiancheng said.

"Even if you don't believe it, Your Majesty won't deal with you immediately, just give Your Highness time, and the connections you've been operating over the years will naturally come in handy......," Wei Zheng twisted his eyebrows and said.

Under the repeated persuasion of Wei Zheng and Zhao Hongzhi, Li Jiancheng finally decided to listen to their advice and went to Renzhi Palace alone to meet Tang Gaozu.

He really didn't have the certainty of dealing with Gao Zu and Li Shi at the same time.

As soon as the prince arrived at Renzhi Palace, Gao Zu kicked him to the ground, stretched out his finger, pointed at his face and scolded: "Rebel, I treat you well on weekdays, right?" You dare to come out to me to escape the summer, collude with Yang Wengan, and rebel, you ......"

"Father, the son was wronged, after the son was edicted, he immediately rushed to see the driver, I don't know what happened, the father suddenly put the charge of mutiny on the son, and the son can't bear it." Li Jiancheng knocked his head on the ground and cried loudly.