Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 258: Let's Have a Chance
At this point, things were actually starting to get turbulent over in the Li family in the north, and Xia Lin's plan and guess were both in line with the situation.

His Majesty sentenced the daughter of the Li family and the son of the Chai family to divorce according to the previous plan. The two were officially no longer related, and the results of the investigation were reported to Li Yuan.

Now their whole family was in a mess. Li Shimin was ready to attack Li Yuanji with his weapon, while Li Jiancheng was caught between the two and was in a difficult position.

Li Yuan felt his head buzzing as he sat in the hall. He really didn't expect that his family's troubles would be brought to the attention of His Majesty.

Whether this matter is made public or not, the daughter with the highest reputation in the family is ruined, and the youngest son is spreading rumors about his sister, which is even more of a violation of the bottom line.

Now Li Shimin is calling for war and killing, and Sanniang has been sentenced to reflection behind closed doors. The whole Chang'an and Longcheng are in chaos. If nothing is done, there will probably be a mutiny.

As the eldest son, Li Jiancheng had an indispensable responsibility. If others said they didn't know what Li Yuanji had done and he said they didn't know, it would be a bigger problem than knowing but not reporting it.

Now there were only Li Yuan and his son Li Jiancheng in the room. The candlelight illuminated their faces clearly, but their expressions looked very gloomy.

In fact, there was nothing wrong with His Majesty's handling of the matter. He even sentenced Chai Shao and Princess Pingyang to divorce because of emotional incompatibility, and did not mention anything else. But it was useless for him not to mention it. From Chang'an to Longcheng, everyone knew why they divorced. This divorce only confirmed the rumors about Princess Pingyang.

The people below don't care whether there is any hidden secret or not, they are happy to listen to and spread these sexy gossips.

The momentum was so huge that it was impossible to find out who was the first-hand source of information, but what is certain is that Li Yuanji was involved in this matter.

Now, the Chai family is chasing us and demanding an explanation, while here there are one disturbance after another. At home, Li Shimin is shouting that he wants revenge for his sister, and the Black Armor Army is still in his hands. When the soldiers in Longcheng heard the news, they were also indignant about the fate of their commander.

Li Yuan didn't want to analyze it anymore. He had to ask himself how to deal with the matter of the eldest prince. If there was no good plan, the Li family would have to split up. Everyone knew Erfeng's temper. She was a person who would never give up until one's death.

But the problem is that he definitely cannot be allowed to kill Li Yuanji, right? Once a large family starts a civil war, it would be like the Yellow River bursting its banks, and it would be out of control.

"Father." Li Jiancheng knelt there with his eyes lowered. "Now that things have come to this, I cannot shirk my responsibility."

"It's not about making excuses. Now you have to come up with a solution." Li Yuan half-closed his eyes, and his seriousness could be seen between his brows.

Li Jiancheng remained silent because he didn't know what to do. Li Yuanji was undoubtedly the only one who could be sacrificed. But if that was the case, he would not be able to be his crown prince anymore because everyone in the world knew that Li Yuanji was his, Li Jiancheng's man. If he couldn't even protect his brother who had sided with him, what was the point of him talking about having many supporters?

But it was too difficult to deal with Li Shimin. There were a total of 180,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an, and Li Shimin was in charge of 100,000 of them and 3,000 heavy cavalry in black armor. Originally, these belonged to Li Jiancheng, but later Li Jiancheng had to assist Li Yuan in managing internal affairs, so the foreign affairs troops were assigned to Li Shimin.

If we are not careful in dealing with him, there will be a mutiny. Not only is that guy impulsive, but he is also very powerful.

Now that he was in such a dilemma, he couldn't punish Sanniang, right? Sanniang had a very high prestige in the army. If she hadn't suppressed them personally, Longcheng would have mutinied and attacked Li Yuanji. Even if he punished Sanniang, Li Shimin would definitely stand on his sister's side.

Each one of them is hot stuff and no one can take it.

It was not until a long time later that Li Jiancheng slowly lowered his head and said, "Father, please deal with your son."

Li Yuan frowned: "Why?"

"The Li family still has great things to accomplish. My son is the eldest son and should share the burden of the family. The responsibility of disciplining his younger siblings and feeling guilty towards Sanniang should all be borne by my son. Yuanji is young and the punishment is inappropriate, so let him be punished together with my son. My son is the boss and Yuanji is the second."

The eldest son is the eldest son after all. Li Yuan still prefers this eldest son in his heart. He sighed deeply: "Bishamon, why are you doing this?"

"As a prince, you should set an example. How can you be virtuous if your family is not in good order?" Li Jiancheng leaned forward to pour tea for his father. "I will talk to Erfeng tomorrow. Father...you should give the position of prince to Erfeng."

Li Yuan pursed his lips and frowned, obviously not very satisfied with Li Jiancheng's arrangement, but he didn't say anything, just waved his hand and let him leave first, while he sat there thinking all night until the next morning.

After the cock crowed three times, Li Yuan ordered people to call all his sons and daughters over, and suddenly the hall was filled with dragons and phoenixes.

The children of other people's families are all useless, but the children of Li Yuan's family are all outstanding. Wherever they go, they can be said to be rich and prosperous.

Li Shimin gritted his teeth in hatred when he saw Li Yuanji, but at least he was respectful in front of his father. Sanniang, on the other hand, became visibly haggard. "If there is no peace in the family, nothing will go well."

There was a hint of helplessness in Li Yuan's opening remarks. He thought about it all night and finally understood that, given the current situation, it would be unlikely to make peace. What Li Yuanji had done had broken Sanniang's heart. She didn't say anything but now she had truly become an abandoned woman.

Of course, she herself had a lot of problems. How could she not sleep with a man for ten years after getting married? Li Yuan himself found it ridiculous, and when he looked at his own daughter, he felt both angry and amused.

As for the eldest son and the second son, they are brothers from the same mother after all. Although they are angry, they do not have a deep hatred. However, they may have a rift in their hearts after this incident.

Although one should not be a father-in-law if he is not deaf or blind, if he pretends not to see anything when encountering such an outrageous thing, his descendants will be in trouble. Either Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji will kill Erfeng and Sanniang, or Erfeng and Sanniang will kill the two brothers.

The palm and the back of your hand are all pieces of flesh.

To be honest, Li Yuan is a soft-hearted person and he always hopes to treat everyone equally.

"I am to blame for the quarrel between brothers and sisters." Li Yuan sighed, "Yesterday I had a long talk with Bishamon, and I have some thoughts in my mind. Erfeng."

"Father."

"You return to Chang'an and take over the position of the Crown Prince temporarily. Bishamon and Sanniang will switch places and guard Longcheng. Sanhu will take their troops to guard Yangguan and are not allowed to return without orders."

After saying that, he stood up and walked to Sanniang, gently helping her to let down her tied-up hair: "Sanniang, take a good rest. The women's army is still yours. If you are willing, you can still stay in your Niangzi Pass. If you don't want to, go out and play around, and come back and talk about it later."

He walked to the door and turned around to sit on the threshold: "Blood relatives, stop shouting and killing, disperse, and go back to reflect on yourselves."

This arrangement does seem to be a very good measure, but in fact Li Yuan also knows that the seeds of disaster have been planted here. The most terrifying thing about the system of illegitimate primogeniture is that it will lead to one result - the fight for the throne.

But that's all in the future. If Li Shimin's resentment is not appeased now, there's no telling what he might do. But the problem is that Sanniang is still alive, and he can't deal with Li Shimin.

After today, even if Li Jiancheng didn't say it, he must be uncomfortable in his heart, but the only benefit is that the Black Armor Army can be legitimately separated from Li Shimin. However, Li Yuan was not that stupid. He did not directly hand over the Black Armor Heavy Cavalry to Li Jiancheng but took it back into his own hands.

No matter what, at least the anger was suppressed, and if Li Shimin did not do a good job, he would only be the temporary crown prince.

As for Li Yuanji, his punishment was naturally the heaviest. Yangguan was a truly bitter and cold place, but he deserved it and he didn't get angry.

This time, all the talents of these people have been separated and disrupted, and the entire layout and planning have to be started again.

As for Sanniang, although Li Yuan still asked her to guard Niangzi Pass, the meaning between the lines was to let her take a break for a while and walk around to relax.

Sanniang could also understand. After all, things had developed to this point now. Although it was not entirely her responsibility, it was ultimately her own fault that caused Chai Shao to file a complaint.

"Father, what does His Majesty mean?"

"Your Majesty has no intention. He gave face to the Chai family and also to our family. Now that Chai Shao has returned to his side as a Golden Bull Guard, he will also appoint a princess to help Chai Shao calm down the matter." Li Yuan raised his head and sighed, "Alas... Your Majesty is Your Majesty after all. You always ask me when I will start the rebellion. I want to ask you, Your Majesty is still here, how can we let him down?"

Afterwards, the Li family exposed their own family scandal. It was not Sanniang who did anything stupid outside, but Li Yuanji who interfered. Li Yuanji was almost exiled, and the matter was settled.

Just after this incident, Li Jiancheng's reputation took a sharp turn for the worse, and the formerly closely-knit Li family was almost in a state of disintegration.

There are not so many reconciliations in the world. Some things will naturally leave a gap once they happen. Even if there is a gap in your heart and you want to reconcile again, it is like a broken mirror with a crack still there when you put it back together.

After the major personnel change, except for the women's army which remains the same, all personnel under the Li family have to be changed. As the saying goes, a new emperor appoints new ministers, and the new leader will never use the old leader's people again. This change will surely take at most three to five years, or at least one or two years, to be completely sorted out.

In other words, the risk of the Li family in the north was directly downgraded from red high risk to blue vulnerable. The only variable here is Sanniang. If Princess Pingyang suddenly died now, with Li Shimin's full of resentment, he would have to kill his way through this side and then directly integrate the troops to start a rebellion.

(End of this chapter)