Chapter 579: Chapter 238: My Son is a Treacherous Minister (Part 14)_3
That’s good!
Guo Erlang, satisfied, let his hanging heart settle.
He just feared his only sister would side with the Saint.
She wouldn’t help the Saint plot against the Guo family.
But her bias alone was a hurt to the Guo family.
"Father is still considering, but he should actively surrender military power and then keep Dalang in the Northwest!"
Guo Erlang lowered his voice, almost whispering into An Kang’s ear.
An Kang blinked, taking a while to understand what Erlang meant—the Prince Consort Guo could do without military power, but the Guo Family Army must remain in the hands of the Guo family.
Of course, Prince Consort Guo and Guo Dalang were not of the same importance.
Prince Consort Guo had extremely high prestige in the military, while Guo Dalang was just a "Young Commander," young, without any military achievements, and it would be hard for him to command respect.
Letting Prince Consort Guo return to the capital for "honorary retirement" and handing the Guo Family Army to Guo Dalang was definitely a concession by the Guo family.
Neither the Saint nor those civil servants in the court would be too satisfied, but they could more readily accept it.
Moreover, keeping Prince Consort Guo detained in the capital, even if Guo Dalang eventually controlled the Guo Family Army, he wouldn’t dare act recklessly.
Wives and children could be forsaken, but one’s own father cannot be neglected, right or not?!
This should be the best compromise the Guo family could think of at the moment—preserving the Guo Family Army while also minimizing the Emperor’s suspicion toward the Guo family as much as possible!
Having understood all this, An Kang finally broke into a smile, "Good, this is better!"
A perfect solution, harming neither party!
Caught in the middle, she too wouldn’t need to make a hard choice and sacrifice.
An Kang wiped away tears with her handkerchief, happy, yet failed to see the fleeting coldness in Guo Erlang’s eyes.
With the real big problem seemingly solved, Guo Erlang thought of a minor character, "And what about He Xi? What do you plan to do?"
Heartless, unkind, and cold-blooded, such a petty person was not worthy of his dear sister at all.
"...He is just an arrogant, ambitious person, as long as I see through his true colors and am not deceived by his sweet words, he won’t be able to stir up any trouble!"
Upon hearing He Xi’s name, the smile froze on Commandery Princess An Kang’s face.
After a long silence, she finally spoke slowly.
When she realized He Xi intended to plot against the Guo family, Commandery Princess An Kang was both shocked and enraged, wishing she could immediately break ties with that despicable man.
But, after calming down her anger and thinking about the entire matter rationally, An Kang felt "it wasn’t worth it."
It wasn’t that she couldn’t part with such a scumbag; it was... it was the concern for her two children.
She could divorce He Xi, and with the favored backing of the Saint, take custody of both children.
However, children forced to betray their clan due to their parents’ falling out was not a favorable experience.
Her children, the son and daughter of An Kang, should grow up noble and happy, not to be pitied or mocked.
An Kang had been motherless since childhood, and people around her, whether out of goodwill or malice, looked at her differently.
As if lacking a mother and with a father not by her side, she was a pathetic creature in perpetual sorrow.
Those people thought they concealed their pity well, yet they underestimated a child’s sensitivity and perceptiveness.
An Kang had enough of that "pity"; she didn’t want her children to suffer the same.
"That’ll do, anyway, you and he have a pair of children." Guo Erlang didn’t intend to do much to He Xi.
He was just a minor character, a pawn pushed to the front by the Saint.
If the Guo family wasn’t prepared and An Kang still trusted him, perhaps he could indeed cause some trouble.
But now, everything was uncovered in advance by the Guo family, and An Kang wouldn’t treat him as family, so He Xi was just a minor character.
"Mm, think of it as a trinket to amuse yourself with, play with it if you like, or just toss it aside if you don’t."
Guo Erlang said casually, with these simple words, he decided He Xi’s fate.
"Erlang, I understand!"
An Kang replied with a smile. Though she said this, she understood the implications.
Mm, there really was no need to focus on He Xi anymore, but also no need to tread on him too harshly.
An Kang didn’t care about He Xi, yet she had to consider the dignity of her two children.
"It’s over! Tiantian, your cheap son won’t become a powerful minister now!"
Student Xiao D, having leveled up and unlocked the God’s Eye View, secretly monitored the conversation between the Guo siblings and then hurriedly ran to find He Tiantian.
It detailed the conversation between Guo Erlang and An Kang to He Tiantian, emphasizing how the siblings intended to deal with He Xi.
"That’s great, at least he won’t betray the country and harm the people!"
He Tiantian’s eyes lit up, suddenly finding the Guo family quite remarkable.
But soon, He Tiantian seemed to think of something and slowly shook her head, "No, the Saint won’t give up on He Xi that easily!"
As long as He Xi remains An Kang’s husband, he’s a weak point for outsiders to exploit to breach the Guo family fortress.
Even if Prince Consort Guo returns to the capital, as long as the Guo Family Army exists, the Saint will never completely let his guard down and will continue to scheme against the Guo family!
And He Xi would still be valuable for use.