It was not Dou Yan's idea to divorce Li Erniang and go out; it was something he discussed with several of his cousins.
What Li Xiuning thought was absolutely correct. The Longxi Li family had indeed reached a very critical moment. Last year, the main branch of the Li family suffered a complete defeat, but it was not liquidated, so everyone in Kansai was still waiting and watching.
More than half a year has passed, and members of the Li family have been dismissed from their posts, with very few being reinstated. The situation seems to have gradually become clearer.
The new emperor was much kinder than Li Yuan. He only treated Li Yuan as a local prince and had no intention of eradicating the roots or pursuing him. Of course, it was too early to draw a conclusion at this time. After all, this was also the case when Li Yuan went south to Chang'an.
He was so tolerant, but when he finally gained a foothold, he showed a fierce face?
But having said that, the new emperor did not argue too much with the Li family, but his suppression of the Li family in Longxi was also clearly stated.
As a result, many people began to think about it. The Li family in Longxi had many friends, but they also had many enemies. When they felt that the Li family in Longxi was starting to go downhill, more and more people rushed to give Li a slap in the face.
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Especially when the Li family is attacked but is unable to fight back, the situation will be very dangerous. When a big boss like the Li family is attacked by a group, the scene will be very tragic, and the family will be destroyed, which is normal.
The Yang family in Hongnong can be used as a reference. What happened to its main branch can only be said to be the beginning of the collapse of the Yang family. For more than ten years, the descendants of the Yang family were killed one after another in various places. They were prosperous before, but they fell down.
How miserable.
Not to mention the descendants of Yang Jian, important officials of the Yang family like Yang Gongren almost starved to death in Wei County, not to mention other people. There are only two or three kittens left in Chang'an City named Yang, and the rest seem to be quietly.
In a moment of silence, all the shadows disappeared.
This is what the Yang family looks like after their horse stumbles. What does the Li family have more than the Yang family? Perhaps the only thing that is better than the Yang family is that there is no Yang Guang in the clan, and he has offended so many Kansai nobles, right?
It can be said that the Dou family wanted to divorce Li Erniang and go out, which was one of the manifestations of adding insult to injury. The timing was not bad. Rumors that the Li family in Longxi was dying were spreading among the nobles in Chang'an City.
As the head of the Dou clan, he has only taken office for two years and has not yet made any major decisions that will determine the future of the family. This time, Dou Yan feels that he has a great sense of responsibility and needs to lead the Dou clan away from the Li clan in Longxi.
, so as not to be implicated by them.
Of course, there are also Li Erniang's own reasons for this. She has always appeared as a fierce and outspoken image in the Dou clan, and as the emperor's daughter, it doesn't matter if she does anything more outrageous.
But after Li Yuan's defeat, the people of the Dou clan no longer wanted to endure it. At the same time, they also remembered her usual arrogance and bullying of her sisters-in-law and even her elders. Naturally, they had to settle their accounts.
Dou Yan had more on his mind. He wanted to force his younger brother to bow his head and divorce his wife himself, which would not only establish authority in the clan but also clear his relationship with the Li family in Longxi. What a good plan...
It's just that Dou Dan was very uncooperative. Before he could say "business", he turned around and left. Dou Yan was also furious to death. After Dou Dan left, Dou Yan was so angry that he prepared to summon the Dou family members.
Let’s talk about Dou Dan.
If he could not force his younger brother to bow his head and admit his mistake, he would ask him to be expelled from the Dou clan. Anyway, he had been dissatisfied with his two younger brothers for more than a day or two.
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What Dou Yan didn't know was that the main residence of the Dou family was still as peaceful as before these days, not because Dou Dan swallowed his anger and didn't want to argue with him anymore, but because Dou Dan fell ill that night.
He worked hard to achieve great things in Mianzhou, and participated in the Battle of Tuoshui with the army. He was still in fear when he arrived at Jinguan City, and then traveled thousands of miles back to Chang'an, holding on to see the emperor.
It can be said that when he met Dou Yan, he was already exhausted physically and mentally and at the end of his strength. When he and his eldest brother became angry, they did not stay in the house and went back to their mansion.
When he heard all about the Dou family from the servants in the house, his wife was actually driven back home by the tribe. She was probably embarrassed and didn't want to be with him anymore, so she went to her sister's place.
Knowing this, Dou Dan was so angry that his lungs were almost exploding. He thought a lot after surrendering the enemy in Shu, and before returning to Chang'an, he thought about the situation he was about to face over and over again.
But he never expected that his eldest brother, who usually got along well with him, would jump out and almost kill him. In contrast, his second brother, who had been advising him on what to do, was annoyed by him, and his brother who didn't interact with him very much.
The fourth brother seems to be doing better.
Dou Sanlang was stabbed in the back and was heartbroken. He was so angry that he wanted to go to the main house with a knife and cut off a few heads first to calm down his anger.
The servants tried their best to stop him. At that time, Dou Dan's hands and feet were already sore and weak, and he couldn't cut anymore. He originally thought of going to pick up his wife and children one day, but his health failed that night.
When he woke up in a daze, everyone with fever was confused. The servants were so frightened that they called a doctor for treatment.
The body is weak, coupled with the anger attacking the mind, leading to the invasion of external evils... Well, it basically means that I am too tired, my resistance is already weak, and I am too emotionally excited, and my body collapses immediately.
This kind of illness looks dangerous, but in fact it comes quickly and goes away not too slowly. It just needs to be rested for some time, otherwise it can easily develop into a serious illness, which probably means leaving some sequelae and so on.
After drinking a few decoctions, Dou Dan finally regained his consciousness and regained consciousness. However, it was already two days later, which meant that he was still in good health, otherwise he would have to take care of himself.
The sick Dou Sanlang narrowly escaped death, but he completely hated his eldest brother, and even the relatives in the ancestral home were also affected... It only takes an instant for brothers to turn against each other. This is a clan...
The servant told him fearfully that his nephew Dou Xiaojian had come and wanted to invite him back to discuss some matters. When he saw that he was ill, he cried in front of his bed and never came again.
Dou Dan now has no good impressions of the people over there. He sneered in his heart. He is not dead yet. Why cry...
There was nothing wrong with his body, he couldn't exert any strength, he was feeling sleepy, and just wanted to sleep. Dou Dan supported his body and ordered his servants to go to Princess Pingyang's house to see his wife, telling her that Dou Sanlang was dying and wanted to see his wife.
He asked her to come back quickly with the children when she saw her for the last time.
He and Li Erniang had been married for ten years, and the two families were family friends, so it was not only a political marriage, but also a mutual love. It seemed to be a very good marriage at the time.
But now it is really a mess, Li Yuan and Dou Kang are both dead, and the younger generations are so frightened that they want to cut off the relationship between the two families.
The people in the Dou family's mansion were so short-sighted, and Dou Dan also had many absurd feelings. The Dou family became famous in Kansai through marriage. On the one hand, the Dou family has handsome children, and on the other hand, the Dou family has always followed the trend.
, does not make things difficult for others.
Just like when Yang stood up to replace Yuwen, Dou Yi and others would not share Yuwen's adversity, but turned around and married Yang's daughter. However, they would not deliberately make things difficult for their in-laws, let alone add insult to injury.
The daughter of the Yuwen family was kicked out of the house, otherwise what kind of face would she have in front of everyone?
Who else is willing to marry the Dou family? Not only can't wait for your help when I'm down, but I also have to be careful about the cold arrows you shoot at me. Is there anyone who has a marriage like yours?
Now Dou Yan and others are going to do this, and I don’t know what they think... There are so many descendants of the Li family in Longxi, so much friendship, watching you humiliate others like this, even if it doesn’t happen now, it will definitely happen in the future.
Will wait for an opportunity to retaliate.
Even if a wealthy family like the Li family in Longxi cannot touch the foundation of the Dou family in Fufeng, wouldn't it be easy to repair the branches and leaves of the Dou family?
Therefore, Dou Dan never had any intention of divorcing his wife and marrying another woman. This was not only because of the close relationship between the couple, but also because of the real consideration for the family.
But what he never expected was that someone could be so stupid... He didn't know what considerations made the people in the main house make this decision.
Looking from a distance, he felt that the air above the main house was filled with an ominous atmosphere... He would never step foot there again in the future.
He thought of his uncle Dou Jing again. They had conquered Xue Rengao together. Dou Jing later went to Shu and served as the governor of Yizhou. Later, he was impeached and dismissed by Emperor Pu Wuyi and returned to Beijing.
The year before last, he was reinstated as secretary-supervisor and granted the title of Deng Guogong... I don't know what he is doing now. Why doesn't the clan leader try to persuade him to do anything?
What he didn't know was that Dou Jing's old enemy Huang Pu Wuyi had been promoted to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which made Dou Jing restless. So when Feng Deyi was sorting out the secretary's prison records, he was thinking of a way to join him.
He is still striving for the responsibility of supervising the construction of Chang'an Academy, so how can he care about anything else?
Having been away from the capital for too long, Dou Dan didn't know much about the recent changes in the capital. Now he had a falling out with Dou Yan, which was very disadvantageous for him.
Thinking about things in a mess, Dou Dan fell asleep again before he knew it.
He didn't know how long he slept, but he woke up in pain. It was still bright, and Li Xiuying, who was sitting next to the bed, was staring at him, as if she wanted to bite off a piece of his flesh. Her hands were not idle either.
He twisted hard.
This mother-in-law has not changed much, she does not show much worry or sadness at this time of year, and yet she wants to murder her husband. She is worthy of being the daughter of the Li family in Longxi.
When he saw his wife, even though he was full of curses, Dou Dan was still a little cheered up. What he was afraid of was that his wife was hiding in the princess's house and didn't want to see him. Two days later, the main residence sent a divorce letter, and Dou Guangda couldn't argue with it.
If you don't do it, you might become the target of public criticism.
It’s okay to take the blame for others, but the thought of taking the blame for his eldest brother Dou Yan makes Dou Dan sick...