Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

However, before this competition, a storm was set off in the court.

Because Li Zhi and Li Chuang are so different, the civil servants and military commanders disagreed with each other about the content of the competition.

Originally, in this kind of matter, civil servants had an overwhelming advantage.

The reason is simple, that is, most of the powerful generals are scattered in various places, while civil officials are concentrated in the court.

But this time Li Chengqian was facing Li Chuang.

As Li You's younger brother, Li Chuang did not lack supporters even among the court officials.

For example, Wei Xiaoyu's father Wei Ting, Li You's old friend Kong Yingda and others firmly stood by Li Chuang's side, thinking that there should be a martial arts competition.

Apart from those who firmly support martial arts competitions, there is another group of people. Although they do not approve of only martial arts competitions, they also do not agree with purely literary tests.

These people are the neutral faction headed by Wei Zheng. Although they also have biases in their hearts, they still follow Li Shimin's opinion in the general direction, hoping to give them a fair environment.

What surprised Li Chengqian the most was Changsun Wuji's attitude.

Uncle Zhangsun Wuji, who originally supported him in everything, stood in the neutral camp.

Moreover, Li Chengqian never imagined that Changsun Wuji was still persuading him in private, hoping that Li Chengqian could make Li Zhi voluntarily give up Wu Yuanhua in order to befriend Li You.

At this moment, Li Chengqian suddenly remembered that Changsun Wuji was not only his uncle, but also Li You's father-in-law. In terms of closeness, Li You seemed to be closer than himself.

All kinds of signs gave Li Chengqian a great sense of crisis.

Not only is Li Zhi's happiness at stake, but Li Chengqian feels that his position as prince is a bit shaky.

This time, he was still fighting against Li Chuang, but if he were to directly fight against Li You, it is very likely that the current neutral faction would all fall to Li You's side.

Such a situation made Li Chengqian very depressed.

But for his younger brother, Li Chengqian couldn't feel angry, because even Li Chengqian owed Li You a huge favor.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that Li Zhi couldn't bear to see Li Zhi depressed every day, maybe Li Chengqian himself would be the first to stand up and persuade Li Zhi to give up.

But now, all the pressure is on Li Chengqian's side. Facing his benefactor's younger brother and his own younger brother, Li Chengqian is also suffering in his heart.

Li Shimin was also in a dilemma. He never expected that this matter would be so complicated. Not only did it affect the ministers in the court, but there was also a lot of commotion in the harem.

But unlike the two factions above the court who were arguing endlessly, the voices in the harem were indeed in favor of Li Chuang.

The first one to speak out was the Supreme Emperor. Li Yuan's retirement life in recent years can be described as rich and colorful because of Li You's existence, especially Li You also opened a university for the elderly in Xinxue, so that Li Yuan not only was not eliminated by the times, but became a model of the times Tide.

Li Yuan's handwriting can be seen in several of Tang Jun's latest studies.

So this time, Li Yuan became Li Chuang's staunch supporter.

The second supporter of Li Chuang is Concubine Yang, who is only below the empress, who is Li Ke's mother.

This time Li Chuang saved Li Ke's life, even if Concubine Yang reciprocated, she would become Li Chuang's staunch supporter.

Besides Concubine Yang, Concubine Wei Gui and Wei Zhaorong also stood behind Li Chuang.

This pair of sisters from Jingzhao Wei's naturally stood behind Li Chuang just like their patriarch Wei Ting.

What surprised Li Shimin even more was that the remaining one of the four concubines, Concubine Yan, also stood by Li Chuang's side.

You must know that the four concubines are the most noble under the empress, and these four are Concubine Yang, Concubine Yin, Concubine Wei and Concubine Yan.

Now the position of Concubine Yin has not been filled, but even if Concubine Yin is there, how could she not support her son.

But what surprised Li Shimin the most was that there are people in this world who do not support his son.

This person is Empress Changsun.

Li Shimin asked her why, and Empress Changsun just said helplessly: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten the agreement between my concubine and You'er?"

"Since You'er has not stood up to speak for Zao'er now, then I can only abide by the promise I made back then and not help each other."

Li Shimin couldn't help feeling deeply moved by the queen's sageness, but at the same time he also felt the difficulty of this matter.

Now all eyes inside and outside the palace are focused on this matter, but Li Shimin couldn't come up with an effective solution except for a temporary delay.

At this moment, Li Shimin couldn't help thinking of Li Youlai again.

If Li You was in Chang'an, he would have waved his hand and handed over this matter to Li Chengqian and Li You to handle it themselves.

He believed that Li You would not let him down.

This time, Li Shimin did not think wrongly.

Although Li You did not show up in Chang'an, a letter from him did calm down the turmoil.

Li You wrote in a letter: "Wu Yuanhua is a very talented woman. I recommend her as the head of the Liang Palace. I hope Li Shimin can agree. At the same time, this woman has no intention of marrying. Out of respect for her, the king has agreed to let her Choose after ten years."

"I hope His Majesty will agree to his request."

At the same time, Li You also explained why he entered the Liang Palace instead of Li Zhi's Jin Palace.

"This is also Wu Yuanhua's own choice. This king hopes that His Majesty and everyone will respect her thoughts."

Immediately Li Shimin agreed.

Although Li You was still suspected of favoring Li Chuang by doing this, after all, the choice would be postponed for ten years, but after all, the three of them were all young, so these ten years could be regarded as a test for the three of them.

Taking time as the test question really reflects another kind of fairness.

In fact, as early as the beginning of this turmoil, the samurai Xun wrote a letter to tell Li You the opinion from his family, hoping that Li You could come forward and say that the marriage had already been settled, so as to resolve the dispute.

However, Li You always remembered the agreement made by his eldest grandson empress back then, to give the two of them a fair chance.

Of course, in Li You's view, to give the two a fair chance is to hand over the choice to Wu Yuanhua.

So Li You went to meet Wu Yuanhua once, and in the end he also chose to respect Wu Yuanhua's choice, allowing her to enter Prince Liang's mansion, but at the same time postponed the choice for ten years.

Li You knew that the future Empress would do great things. Although the love of children was important to her, it was definitely not everything.

Now that Datang is thriving, letting her serve the country is definitely the best result.

A letter from Li You instantly resolved a turmoil in the court. Although Li Chengqian was very grateful for this result, he also understood the gap between him and Li You.

In the end, his running and planning was no match for Li You's frivolous letter.

Ever since, Li Chengqian had a more radical idea in his mind.