The first emperor of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 193 The truth is in sight
"What are you talking about? You said that Concubine Yin is also poisoned by the death of both mother and child?" Li Shimin asked Li Chengqian in surprise.

"Father, you are right. Concubine Yin is indeed poisoned by the death of both mother and child." Li Chengqian nodded and said.

"Then can you find out who the poisoner is, or is there any suspect?" Li Shimin asked Li Chengqian with a gloomy face.

"Although I'm not sure who the poisoner is now, there are already people who doubt it. This person is Concubine Yin." Li Chengqian said.

"Nonsense, if Concubine Yin poisoned your mother, why would she be poisoned by herself?" Li Shimin asked Li Chengqian in disbelief.

"At first, I didn't want to understand this truth, so I once suspected that I had overlooked some details. It is even possible that the person who poisoned me was not the imperial concubine."

"This is something that I encountered after I returned to Yiqiu Palace. It made me suspect that Concubine Yin is the one who poisoned you." Then Li Chengqian told Li Shimin about Di Renjie and Wu Meiniang .

After hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help frowning, thinking that this matter is indeed very possible.

Seeing Li Shimin's somewhat convinced expression, Li Chengqian said to Li Shimin, "Father, there is one thing that I don't quite understand."

"If there's anything you don't understand, just say it." Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian.

After Li Chengqian nodded, he asked Li Shimin: "If I remember correctly, I remember that during the Xuanwumen incident, Yin Hongzhi was the king of Qin washing his horses. I don't know why he knew about the Kunming Lake incident?"

"Actually, Yin Hongzhi was one of Li Jiancheng's spies at my place at that time. If it wasn't for his temporary betrayal, I'm afraid I would have died in Kunming Lake." Li Shimin said after sighing.

(It is purely fabricated by Dragon Soul, so don't take it for granted.)
"Father, do you know why Yin Hongzhi suddenly betrayed the water and reported the hidden prince Li Chengqian to Father?" Li Chengqian asked again.

"How can you talk so stupidly? He is Concubine Yin's younger brother. How could he help Li Jiancheng to frame me?" Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian after shaking his head helplessly.

"Father, do you still remember how the father of the two of them, Yin Shishi, died. Who copied the three clans of their family?" Li Chengqian asked Li Shimin.

After Li Shimin heard this, his face became gloomy.After a long time, he opened his mouth and said to Li Chengqian: "You mean, their siblings are planning to avenge their father?"

"Father, the entire plan of the hidden prince Li Jiancheng was to gradually weaken the father's power. The purpose was to let the father hand over the military power, as well as several generals of the Qin family."

"Father has already borrowed the generals of Tiance Mansion from Li Jiancheng. So at that time, father was just an empty prince, so why would there be any grand banquet? Don't father think that this matter is very strange?"

"And how did the father know that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were planning to conspire to force the palace?" Li Chengqian asked Li Shimin.

Nothing can stand scrutiny, and after scrutiny, many loopholes are easy to appear.Now that Li Shimin looked back, it was really as Li Chengqian said.

So he opened his mouth and said to Li Chengqian: "You mean that Yin Hongzhi instigated all of this, which led to the incompatibility between me and Li Jiancheng?"

"I'm afraid Yin Hongzhi doesn't have that ability yet. He just borrowed the discord between his father and the hidden prince Li Jiancheng, and then instigated and operated it."

"Let the father, the emperor, and the brother fight each other. This will achieve his goal of revenge." Li Chengqian said to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "I don't know if you have evidence to prove that Concubine Yin is the one who poisoned your mother?"

"Father, don't worry, as long as you and the queen cooperate with the son, the son will have a way to make the Yin Concubine admit it." Li Chengqian said to Li Shimin confidently.

"In that case, just tell me how you need me to cooperate with you." Li Shimin nodded and said.

"Father, I feel that this matter is not easy to publicize. After all, this is a scandal of the royal family. If it is really the work of Concubine Yin and her younger brother Yin Hongzhi, our old Li family has been played around by others." Li Chengqian said Li Shimin said.

"You are really thoughtful about this matter, then let us father and son plus your mother deal with it later." Li Shimin nodded and said.

Li Chengqian nodded, and then he and Li Shimin left Ganlu Hall and came to Lizheng Hall.

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"Uncle Guo, this is a letter from Concubine Yin to you." A young eunuch disguised as a letter handed it to Yin Hongzhi.

Yin Hongzhi opened the letter and read it, and couldn't help but turn pale with shock.Because Concubine Yin already felt that the matter of poisoning Empress Changsun had been revealed.It won't be long before Li Chengqian finds out about her.

So Yin Hongzhi immediately sent people to invite Yan Hongxin and Yan Hongliang.Yan Hongxin and Yan Hongliang are Yin Hongzhi's uncles.The two brothers are insidious, cunning and highly skilled in martial arts.

Yin Hongzhi has always been relying on, and Yan Hongxin secretly trained two thousand dead servants in Chang'an City.The purpose is to help Li You win the crown prince.

But their real intention was not to assist Li You.Instead, they feel that Li You is weak and incompetent, and they can dominate Chao Gang.The ultimate goal is to kill all the Li royal family.

Soon the two brothers came to Yin Hongzhi's residence.After Yin Hongzhi let them read Concubine Yin's letter, they couldn't help being shocked.

If it is found out that Concubine Yin poisoned Empress Changsun, none of them will end well.So they had to make preparations in advance.

"Brother-in-law, why don't we secretly send someone into the palace to force him into an incident, then control Li Shimin and let him pass the throne to Li You." Yan Hongliang said to Yin Hongzhi.

"Nonsense, just relying on the two thousand dead servants we raised, they also want to enter the palace and force the palace. I think you really have a long life." Yan Hongxin said after glaring at his younger brother.

"Then what should we do, can't we just stand here and wait for someone to bring troops to kill us?" Yan Hongliang said.

"Brother is right, relying on our 2000 people to force the palace, it is undoubtedly going to die. But we can't stay in Chang'an City and wait to die."

"You should prepare overnight and escort our family members out of the city early tomorrow morning. I will find a way to bring Li You with me, and then go to the border of the Tang Dynasty to establish myself as king." Yin Hongzhi said.

"This is a good way. Let's split up and prepare immediately. In case everything is revealed, I'm afraid we may not be able to leave if we want to." Yan Hongxin nodded and said.

After finishing speaking, the three began to split up, and the two brothers went to arrange two thousand dead servants to protect their family members from Chang'an City.

But Yin Hongzhi headed towards Li You's Prince Yan's mansion.He was going to find a way to lure Yan Wang Li You out of Chang'an City.

(End of this chapter)