Chapter 22: Jumping back and forth?
Li Yuan gave Li Yuanji's memorial to Li Shimin, not really to let Li Shimin see how much Li Yuanji "loved" him, but to warn Li Shimin.
Li Yuan was asking Li Shimin what he thought and what his attitude was.
If Li Shimin replied that Li Yuanji was talking nonsense and he had no idea about the position of crown prince.
Li Yuan would jump up excitedly and say, "You said it. I will show your memorial to all the ministers to let them know that you have no idea about the position of crown prince. If you do anything inconsistent in the future, you will be a fickle villain."
If Li Shimin replied, well, Li Yuanji is right, the position of crown prince belongs to me.
Li Yuan would not hesitate to reprimand Li Shimin and teach him what respect for elders means.
Changsun Wuji saw through Li Yuan's intention, so he asked Li Shimin with a frown.
Li Yuan was caught between two ends, and if he didn't respond properly, it would easily leave room for criticism.
Li Shimin pondered for a moment, then told Xu Jingzong, "Get some writing brush and ink..."
Xu Jingzong responded respectfully and quickly prepared writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone for Li Shimin.
Li Shimin picked up his pen and wrote a long memorial to Li Yuan.
The general meaning of the memorial was "I, Li Shimin, Jiancheng and Yuanji are close brothers. I have no intention of harming my brothers. If my brothers want to harm me, I will tolerate it."
Li Shimin did not hide his desire for the position of crown prince. He knew what Li Yuan feared and worried about the most, so he made a promise to Li Yuan.
After reading his memorial, Li Yuan was not too happy, but not too angry either.
Li Shimin grasped the right balance in this matter firmly.
Changsun Wuji was helping Li Shimin to grind. After reading Li Shimin's memorial, he was happy.
Li Shimin handled Li Yuan's difficulties very well.
Li Shimin waited until the ink on the memorial dried, then closed the memorial and handed it to Liu Jun.
Liu Jun took the memorials from Li Shimin and Li Yuanji, bowed to Li Shimin, and left the Tiance Palace.
After Liu Jun left, Li Shimin looked at Cao Dan, who was already drunk, and sighed, "My fourth brother is really a shrew. I just took a piece of food from his mouth, and he bit me hard."
Li Shimin felt that Li Yuanji did this in revenge for him taking Cao Dan away from him.
Changsun Wuji said meaningfully, "I'm afraid that our Prince Qi not only wants to take a bite of you, but also wants to fight with you."
Li Shimin was extremely confident and merciless and said: "He is not qualified yet."
Li Shimin had previously worried that Li Yuanji would accept Li Yuan's support and become Li Yuan's pawn to balance him.
After reading Li Yuanji's memorial to Li Yuan, he was no longer worried.
Because Li Yuanji was obviously unwilling to be controlled by Li Yuan, otherwise he would not have made Li Yuan so angry that he died.
Li Yuanji offended Li Jiancheng greatly in his memorials, so there was no way he could get along with Li Jiancheng again.
Without Li Jiancheng's support behind him, he really didn't care about Li Yuanji and the people in the Prince of Qi's Mansion.
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Chongren Hall.
Li Jiancheng was busy handling government affairs when Zheng Guanyin appeared in front of him with a frown.
Smelling the familiar fragrance, Li Jiancheng put down his pen, looked up, and looked questioning.
Zheng Guanyin said in a deep voice: "Yin Ashu went to Wude Hall not long ago."
Li Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, his face darkened, and his right hand clenched into a fist involuntarily, "Not enough to accomplish anything, but more likely to cause trouble!"
Li Jiancheng could guess what Yin Ashu was doing in the Wude Hall without asking.
He must have run to Wude Hall to report the news.
"It should be because Si Lang hurt Yin Ashu in Liangyi Hall before. Not only did Yin Ashu not dare to blame Si Lang, he also developed a fear of Si Lang.
So after , instead of going to his father to stir up trouble, he went to Wude Hall to report the news, hoping to curry favor with Silang."
When Zheng Guanyin received the news, she had already done a series of analysis, and this was the conclusion she came to.
Li Jiancheng agreed with Zheng Guanyin's statement and cursed, "Bitch..."
Yin Ashu is not only a typical villain, but also a bitch.
Li Yuanji hit him, but he not only did not dare to show his teeth at Li Yuanji, but instead wagged his tail at Li Yuanji.
Li Jiancheng still hoped to use Yin Ashu to weigh Li Yuanji.
Unexpectedly, half of the fist was broken before it was even thrown out.
Li Jiancheng ordered in a cold voice, "From now on, don't have any contact with the Yin Mansion."
Li Jiancheng decided to give up Yin Ashu.
Once unfaithful, never to be trusted again.
This is Li Jiancheng's attitude towards villains and bitches.
Zheng Guanyin hesitated and said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to Concubine De..."
The reason why Li Jiancheng had dealings with Yin Ashu was to make friends with Concubine Yin De, so that he could use Concubine Yin De's identity to persuade Li Yuan and find out Li Yuan's attitude towards certain issues.
Then he did things according to Li Yuan's wishes, thus winning Li Yuan's favor and consolidating his position as crown prince.
Suddenly severing ties with the Yin family would be equivalent to severing ties with Concubine Yin De.
Would Concubine Yin De be willing?
Li Jiancheng snorted coldly and said, "An explanation? What do I need to explain to her? She should first think about how to keep her position as Consort De under the control of the three of us brothers."
Zheng Guanyin was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood the key.
Before going to the Wude Hall to report the news, Yin Ashu had already offended Li Shimin and Li Yuanji, and now he offended Li Jiancheng again.
Yin Ashu offended all of Li Yuan's three legitimate sons. How could Yin Ashu get away with it?
Not to mention Yin Ashu, even Concubine Yin De would probably be in a state of panic after knowing about this.
Don't think that Concubine Yin De is favored in the palace, and don't think that she has a prince by her side.
But a concubine is a concubine, and a commoner is a commoner.
You must always bow your head in front of the queen and the heir.
"I understand..."
Zheng Guanyin bowed and agreed.
Li Jiancheng was unwilling to give in and cursed again, "Waste!"
Yin Ashu is really a waste. Not only is he useless, he also has no brains.
It would be fine if he didn't find a stable team to stand on when he was mixing among the three brothers, but he even dared to jump back and forth.
"Do you want to send someone else to weigh Shiro?"
Zheng Guanyin questioned.
If Li Yuanji developed ambitions and coveted that position, he would be her husband's rival.
It is better to weigh it in advance than to wait until Li Yuanji becomes more powerful.
It would be a good thing if we could break Li Yuanji's ambition in advance and turn this potential opponent into a helper.
Li Jiancheng frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head slightly, "Since that idiot has already gone to inform Yuanji, we can no longer take action.
Given Yuanji's personality , he would definitely find a way to fight back after knowing this.
If we take action at this time, it will be easy to have a head-on conflict with Yuanji.
This is something my father doesn't want to see.
This is also what the people of the world are happy to see.”
Zheng Guanyin nodded after thinking carefully and prepared to leave.
The guards guarding the Chongren Hall suddenly entered the hall and bowed to report, "Your Highness, Young Supervisor Liu requests to see you."
Li Jiancheng and Zheng Guanyin were both stunned.
Li Jiancheng thought about it and roughly guessed the purpose of Liu Jun's trip.
"please!"
“Yes!”
The guard agreed and left Chongren Hall. A few breaths later, the guard appeared in the hall with Liu Jun.
When Liu Jun saw Li Jiancheng, he bowed and said, "Your Highness, I am Liu Jun. I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Li Jiancheng put on a smiling face and said, "No need to be polite. What can I do for you, Junior Supervisor Liu?"
Liu Jun hurried over and bent down a little more, saying with a smile: "Your Highness, you are joking. How dare I teach you? I am following your orders and passing the Fourth Prince's memorial to you for your review."
Li Jiancheng pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh? Yuanji actually wrote a letter to father. This is really strange."
Li Jiancheng waved his hands enthusiastically at Liu Jun, "Bring it here for me to see. I really want to know what happened that was worth Yuanji's efforts."
Liu Jun held Li Yuanji's memorial in both hands and respectfully presented it to Li Jiancheng.
When Li Jiancheng opened the memorial, his face turned interesting.
There was shock, anger, and some helplessness.
Finally, a smile reappeared on his face, "Yuanji is really a master of writing, praising Shimin to the highest level. In comparison, I, as the eldest brother, seem a little overshadowed."
Liu Jun bent over and said nothing, as if he didn't hear what Li Jiancheng said.
Li Jiancheng put down Li Yuanji's memorial, picked up his pen, and said with a smile, "Have you read it, Shimin?"
Liu Jun hurriedly said: "The Second Prince has already seen it."
Li Jiancheng nodded and jokingly asked, "Why did you give the memorial to Shimin first instead of me? Do you think I am inferior to Shimin?"
Liu Jun looked terrified, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, saying, "I dare not! The reason why I showed the memorial to the Second Prince first is because the Second Prince is in the Tiance Palace. The Liangyi Palace is closer to the Tiance Palace.
If Your Highness feels that I have neglected Your Highness, I beg Your Highness to forgive me."
Li Jiancheng waved his hands and said with a smile: "I just said it casually as a joke, why should you take it seriously, Liu Shaojian, please stand up quickly. Guanyin, please reward Liu Shaojian with a piece of beautiful jade, which will be my apology to Liu Shaojian."
Zheng Guanyin readily followed the advice and immediately ordered someone to get a piece of fine jade.
Liu Jun did not dare to refuse. He took the jade respectfully, put it in his arms, and then slowly stood up.
Just as he stood up straight, he heard Li Jiancheng ask with a smile, "Liu Shaojian, I heard that my father made things difficult for Shimin in Liangyi Hall a few days ago, and it was thanks to you and Yuanji that you showed up in time to help Shimin out. Is this true?"
Liu Jun had just breathed a sigh of relief, but when he heard Li Jiancheng's words, his heart began to rise again.
Liu Jun bowed quickly and said, "This matter was entrusted by everyone."
Li Jiancheng was obviously stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, he immediately understood Li Yuan's thoughts.
Li Yuan was afraid that when he threatened Li Shimin, Li Shimin would not give in, which would make him lose face, so he asked Liu Jun to bring Li Yuanji into the palace at the critical moment to give him a way out.
In this way, he doesn't have to worry about becoming too awkward with Li Shimin and affecting the relationship between father and son.
Li Yuan was quite contradictory. On the one hand, he wanted to punish his son, but on the other hand, he was afraid that if he punished him too harshly, it would affect the relationship between father and son.
