Li Jiancheng gave Li Shimin poisonous wine, didn t he drink it, why didn t he die?

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan led an uprising to overthrow the rule of the Sui Dynasty and establish the Tang Dynasty。After Li Yuan became the emperor, he made his eldest son Li Jiancheng the crown prince, and Li Shimin and Li Yuanji became the princes. Although Li Jiancheng is relatively capable, he is very jealous of his younger brother Li Shimin, because Li Shimin has made great contributions in the war to overthrow the Sui Dynasty, so Li Shimin has seriously threatened his position.

Li Jiancheng became more and more worried, so he found his third brother Li Yuanji, who was closer to him, to plot this matter, and finally they decided to hold a banquet in the East Palace Prince's Mansion to entertain Li Shimin, and at the same time wanted to warn Li Shimin and let Li Shimin keep to himself。After Li Shimin received the invitation, he knew that this might be a Hongmen banquet, so he didn't want to go to the banquet, but Li Shimin's adviser told him that the current situation was very tense, and if Li Shimin didn't go, it would cause criticism, saying that Li Shimin's merits were too high and he didn't take the prince seriously, and once this matter reached the emperor's ears, then a catastrophe would definitely come.

Li Shimin thought about it again and again and went to the banquet, and during the banquet, as Li Shimin expected, the prince was hinting at Li Shimin in and out of his words, asking him to keep to himself, Li Shimin endured it, and after a while, he found that he was very unwell, and his stomach hurt sharply, so he hurriedly ordered someone to send him back to the house

After Li Shimin returned to the house, he found that he had been poisoned, and he gradually recovered after being treated by the imperial doctor, so he summoned his subordinates to start planning the change of Xuanwumen. In other words, why was Li Shimin not poisoned to death after drinking poisoned wine? This has to start with the crown prince Li Jiancheng here, Li Jiancheng belongs to the East Palace, and he holds a banquet in the East Palace, as the host, once Li Shimin is poisoned and dies in the East Palace, then the emperor will naturally investigate to the end, and his position as the prince will not be guaranteed, and the final beneficiary is his younger brother Li Yuanji.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng controlled the dose of poisoning, so that Li Shimin would not be poisoned to death, and it could still serve as a warning, but the prince did not expect that this incident would kill him, and let Li Shimin directly ascend the throne.

Li Shimin drank the poisonous wine given to him by Li Jiancheng, he drank a little bit and didn't swallow it all, he felt something strange, so he immediately found an excuse and ran home, and then the imperial doctor treated him and induced vomiting, and he was able to live.

Because Li Jiancheng was not poisoned at all, he was a forward-looking person, he wanted Li Shimin to really die in his palace, if Li Yuan knew, his position as crown prince would not be kept.

According to historical records, Li Shimin drank the wine given to him by Li Jiancheng, and felt that the wine was strange, so he secretly spit the wine in his sleeve and pretended to be drunk and went home. Then he immediately asked the imperial doctor to induce vomiting, and in the end he did not die.