Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

Xie Shang brought this up at this time, and he also had his own purpose. Shangshu Li was the Minister of War, and he had not made any major mistakes since he took office. The only shortcoming was that he raised an incompetent son.

If Minister Li had not suppressed his son, the entire Li family would probably have been investigated.

Xie Shang brought this up in front of Minister Li, as if he was doing him a favor. It was better for Minister Li to take care of his son himself than for the Emperor to issue an imperial decree to confiscate the Li family's property.

At this time, Minister Li couldn't help but start to look seriously at the crown prince in front of him. He was even more afraid and awed in his heart, fearing that the prince wanted to show off his skills and make some achievements.

When Minister Li heard this, his hair stood on end with fear. He said, "I will discipline him strictly." After returning, he would interrogate his son strictly to see if he had done anything wrong recently.

Minister Li had been very careful and did not dare to give his son a very high position. Unexpectedly, the prince still remembered it. It was probably caused by the old grudge between his son and Jiang Jinyan.

The Jiang family's power is also at its peak. Although Jiang Jinyan is still only an assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he is also the Marquis of Wu'an appointed by the emperor. It is said that Marquis of Wu'an has been running around for the prince recently and his ability is extraordinary. Obviously, Jiang Jinyan has become a close minister of His Royal Highness the Prince. As for how favored the Crown Princess is, just look at her family members and you will know that this is not an exaggeration.

The more Minister Li thought about it, the more he felt that he should return home quickly and ask someone to find Li Cheng and bring him home.

At this time, Li Cheng was slacking off in the military camp, and Minister Li sent his confidants to look for him but failed to find him.

The sun was blazing overhead and it was a hot summer day. Li Cheng had no mood to accompany the soldiers in training. Besides, it was not within his job scope and he did not need to train.

So he asked his men to go to the brothel to find a good-looking girl and secretly bring her into the military camp.

Just when Li Cheng and the girl were fooling around in the military camp, Minister Li arrived in person with a rattan stick.

Seeing this, the soldiers wanted to remind Li Cheng, but the old man was still wise. Shangshu Li naturally knew what his son's men were thinking. Since the prince had already spoken, Shangshu Li would not allow them to inform them.

He knew very well what kind of person his son was. He just couldn't get over women and couldn't control his lower body. But if he continued like this, his son would eventually die at the hands of a woman.

Because of the revelation that Li Cheng had bad personal ethics, the noble ladies in Shengjing City were unwilling to marry into the Li family and become young wives. Which daughter from a good family would be willing to marry her daughter to be tortured by Li Cheng?

This time the prince had personally reminded him that if he didn't do something to let the prince know, their Li family would be in great trouble.

Then, Li Cheng, who was naked, was beaten hard by his father with a cane. Li Cheng screamed like a pig being slaughtered, "Dad, I was wrong. I won't do it again."

After Li Shangshu had beaten his son to pieces, he angrily said, "From today on, you will follow the soldiers in training."

The news that Li Cheng was punished by Minister Li also spread throughout the military camp.

Soon, Minister Li closed the door again, and the two masters hid in the room to talk in secret, while outside, Li's confidants guarded the door to ensure that not even a fly could fly in and eavesdrop on their conversation.

Li Cheng's butt was already bruised and purple, and he was in so much pain that tears came out of his eyes. "Dad, I'm your own son, why did you hit me so hard? You really let your son go to train with the soldiers!"

Minister Li was also distressed. He had to beat him. He said coldly, "You will take the martial arts exam in a month. How can you go to the competition if you don't practice? Cheng'er, I'm worried that your body has been damaged by women. You are not allowed to touch women anymore."

"What martial arts exam?" Li Cheng

"Don't ask about this. Whether the Li family can survive depends on whether you can pass the test in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Even though he was beaten, Minister Li had to consider his son.

In order to prevent his son from getting into trouble, Minister Li told his son what happened and warned him, "Don't tell anyone about this, or you will lose your official position."

Hearing that his position was no longer secure, Li Cheng finally became anxious, "What happened to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? I haven't offended him. Even the sons of the Jiang family stay away from me. I have always listened to my father's instructions.

My son has not caused trouble again. Dad, believe me, the last time Su Xuan came to see me, I ignored him." Li Cheng accidentally said that Su Xuan had come to see him.

Upon hearing this, Minister Li asked cautiously, "What's going on? Tell me clearly, what does Su Xuan want you to do?"

So, Li Cheng told the story of how Su Xuan incited the students to cause trouble that day, "I'm just guessing that the people he might be targeting are Jiang Huai and Jiang Fenghua."

Minister Li slapped Li Cheng again, "Who told you to call the Crown Princess by her name?"

"There are no outsiders here, Dad, why have you become so cowardly? You are the Minister of War, a second-rank official. Even if she is the Crown Princess, she will definitely become the Queen. Who can predict what will happen in the future?" Li Cheng didn't care.

"At least she is the Crown Princess now." Minister Li became even more flustered after listening to Li Cheng's narration. Even the Crown Prince's sudden decision to hold a martial arts examination had traces.

That day, Su Xuan manipulated the students behind the scenes to frame Jiang Huai, a teacher, simply because his daughter was now the Crown Princess.

There is only one central point in all of this, which is who will be the Crown Princess.

If the Su family wants to dethrone the Jiang family, isn’t that just dethroning the Crown Princess?

The Su family's daughter was also in the prince's harem, but unfortunately she seemed to have disappeared in the East Palace.

The fighting in the harem is as bloody as a battlefield.

However, Su Xuan did not get what he wanted, and the Jiang family was not a pushover. Su Dehai was also detained in Shengjing, which showed that the Crown Princess was not a straw bag who could be bullied at will. It could be said that she was very capable, which enabled her to win the favor of the Crown Prince, and thus the Jiang family also turned things around.

The Li family now only needs to remember one thing, that is, the one who is favored in the Eastern Palace is still the Crown Princess Jiang Fenghua, and that is enough.

Minister Li naturally would not analyze these things to Li Cheng, lest he know too much and get into trouble.

Before leaving, Minister Li went to see the generals in the army and asked them to let Li Cheng be an ordinary soldier.

Minister Li could not command the affairs in the military camp, but with his title of Minister of War, he could get his son a job there to pass the time, and it would only take a word for him to make him a small soldier.

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Soon the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War posted a notice that the court was going to hold a military examination. In order to announce it to the world, not only were the notices posted on the bulletin boards at the entrances of various government offices, but soldiers were also sent to deliver the notice to all states, counties, and towns, making sure that the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty would see the news.

For a time, people were talking about it, with mixed opinions.