"He's doing just fine!"
Li Xiu Ning shot Li Shimin a glare. "We're talking about you right now!"
"Me? What about me?"
Li Shimin smiled.
The sight of that smile only made Li Xiu Ning's anger flare. "Do you know what they're saying all over Chang'an City now? They say you deliberately sent Big Brother to his death. They even say you colluded with the Turks and intentionally got Big Brother killed. Do you not care about any of this?"
After Li Xiu Ning finished speaking, Li Shimin fell silent.
Only after a long while did he let out a heavy sigh.
"How could I possibly not care?"
"But what can caring change? Their mouths are their own. If I were to forcibly order them not to discuss this matter, those gossipmongers would only come up with who knows what else to say."
"Rather than argue with them, it would be better to let them be. Justice dwells in people's hearts."
Li Shimin spoke as though he had already let it all go.
Hearing this, Li Xiu Ning fell silent. After a while, she turned to look at Changsun Wugou and Li Chengqian, mother and son.
"Even if you won't think for yourself, you should think of your younger brother's wife and Chengqian."
"Their lives and fortunes rest on you."
"I know."
Li Shimin nodded.
He did not truly care about nothing. Under his orders, the people of the Celestial Strategy Mansion had kept a firm grip on Chang'an and its surrounding regions. Even if something unexpected happened, he would still be able to seize the most advantageous position.
Of course, such arrangements could not be spoken of openly.
After all, Li Yuan possessed an almost pathological obsession with power.
Seeing Li Shimin's grave expression, as though he truly had