Li Mu, Li Shimin’s legitimate eldest son, was framed at the age of five and became mentally ill.
To avoid affecting the struggle for the throne, Li Shimin cruelly sent Li Mu away to be dealt with, then announced that he had died young. Li Mu was never entered into the history books.
Unable to bear it, Emperor Li Yuan had his trusted minister Pei Ji find Li Mu and place him with an old soldier surnamed Qin, in the outskirts of Ping’an County near Chang’an.
From then on, he went by Qin Mu.
Until one day, Li Yuan, now the Retired Emperor, came to find Qin Mu.
From then on, things spiraled out of control...
After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Yuan swore to the heavens: “I, the Retired Emperor, will never reveal the truth!”
Until Qin Mu said, “Old Li, how about we rebel...”
