The simplest way to ruin this marriage would have been to make Crown Prince Ning Ge drop dead. But such crude and brutal methods were not Song Qingshu's style. More importantly, he had to consider the chain of consequences that would follow the Crown Prince's death.
After thinking it over, the most stable approach was still to make the people of Western Xia create their own problems. According to the intelligence, Ning Ge had been Crown Prince for many years, while Li Yuanhao only seemed to be growing healthier, with no sign of dying anytime soon. Throughout history, such situations had easily caused trouble between fathers and sons. Then there were Imperial Uncle Li Qianshun and Prince Yi Li Liangzuo eyeing the throne from the side. Ning Ge's position as Crown Prince was far from secure.
He only needed to give things a gentle push, and the other factions would take care of the rest for him.
To strip the Crown Prince of his position, merely molesting the County Princess of Liao Country was nowhere near enough. After much consideration, Song Qingshu turned his attention to the Crown Prince's maternal family.
Zhao Min had previously explained in detail that Western Xia's military operated under a coalition system of tribal chiefs. Half the army was controlled by the various tribal leaders, and the Yeli Family was the largest of them. At the same time, the Yeli Family was also the Crown Prince's maternal clan. If something happened to them, the Crown Prince would certainly be unable to keep his position.
Moreover, this opportunity would not only remove the Crown Prince and sabotage the marriage alliance, but also bring down Western Xia's foremost military figure. Western Xia as a whole would be severely weakened and naturally unable to wage war abroad. At