After sending Song Liang away, Cuimei immediately looked at Song Huan with admiration.
"Your Highness, you are so powerful!"
"You actually understand so many great principles. Even the third prince, the smartest among all the princes, now wants to listen to your opinion!"
The fourth prince is no longer what he used to be. He is no longer the ignorant little fool who was at the mercy of others!
Thinking of this, Cuimei couldn't help but shed tears.
Your Highness... he has finally grown up!
Seeing Cuimei's girl-obsessed look, Song Huan had a wicked smile on his face.
"Your Highness, there are many great things about me! Do you want to learn more about me?"
"Your Highness! You are evil!"
"..."
The playful girl was so coquettish that it made Song Huan's heart feel as if ants were crawling across it, and he felt a tingling sensation.
However, before Song Huan could do anything bad, he heard the eunuch Xiao Lingzi's hurried call from outside the door.
"Your Highness!"
"Long live the Lord is in the Yangxin Hall and wants you to go there immediately!"
…
What a fucking crime!
Why do you want to enjoy the tenderness in the arms of a beautiful woman? It is actually more difficult than reaching the sky!
Song Huan was very annoyed, but when the emperor father summoned him, there was no room for refusal.
It was dinner time, and when Song Huan arrived at the Yangxin Hall, Emperor Liang was sitting at the round table, preparing to have a meal.
The huge round table was filled with delicacies, but only Emperor Liang sat alone.
At this moment, Emperor Liang, who had lost his usual majestic aura, looked more approachable than in the court.
Seeing that Song Huan was coming, Emperor Liang pointed to the place beside him.
"sit!"
In his memory, Emperor Liang had always been very impatient with his silly son, and there had never been such a warm scene of sharing meals together as today.
"yes!"
As soon as Song Huan sat upright, he heard Emperor Liang on the side ask: "How did you find out about the prince?"
Song Huan was shocked.
It turns out that the emperor’s father knew everything!
Since he knows everything, there is no need for him to act stupid anymore.
Stop pretending, show your cards!
It's just that at this time, you must not reveal your informant Liu Qing.
Song Huan rolled his eyes and replied quickly: "Back to my father, before I went to the Imperial Academy that day, I had unbearable abdominal pain. On the way to the latrine, I overheard the conversation between my eldest brother and the Grand Master."
Emperor Liang glanced sideways at Song Huan: "It was precisely because you knew that the second son had an impulsive temper that you went back to the palace to get the sword, fearing that this matter would not cause a big fuss."
"Yeah?"
Emperor Liang's tone was understatement, but to Song Huan's ears, it was like a thunder on the ground!
Older gingers are more spicy.
As an emperor, Emperor Liang could naturally see through all this easily!
However, Song Huan had no intention of hiding it, and openly admitted to Emperor Liang: "That's right!"
"Because I'm a soft-spoken person, if some words come out of my mouth, no one will care at all."
"Only by making the matter bigger can we attract your attention, Father!"
Emperor Liang squinted his eyes and looked at Song Huan.
"Don't you have any intention of protecting yourself wisely?"
Song Huan said frankly: "Of course."
"My son and the prince have become enemies, and I have always been looked down upon by my second brother."
"If you want to survive on this dangerous road to seize the throne, you can only use some unsavory methods to make your father laugh!"
Seeing that Song Huan was not only so calm, but also not panicked at all, Emperor Liang couldn't help but look at him with admiration.
These days, Emperor Liang has been secretly observing his son.
Among the four princes, the prince was too close to the grand master, and at such a young age he showed too many ambitions that should not belong to him.
The second child has a reckless character, more than enough martial arts but not enough wisdom.
The third child has a deep scheming mind and a feminine personality, so it is difficult for him to become a great person.
Only the fourth child changed his dull and foolish look. This attitude of hiding one's strength and biding one's time made Emperor Liang's eyes light up!
"The road to seizing the rightful son is full of dangers, and if you are not careful, you will fall into a situation that is beyond redemption. No matter what method you use, it is not unreasonable."
"I want to ask you a question and hope to hear your true thoughts."
"What do you think of the current situation in Daliang?"
After hearing Emperor Liang's question clearly, Song Huan was shocked.
Tonight is not just a simple father-son dinner, but also a crucial test.
The content of the assessment is whether it is necessary for Song Huan to continue to train him as a prince!
If he passes the test, Song Huan will be taken seriously in the future and occupy a place on the track where the four sons compete for the throne.
However, if he fails the test, he will not only end up being abandoned by Emperor Liang.
No matter whether Song Yu or Song De wins in the end, they will never let themselves go!
Especially as the prince Song Yu, three months later, the person sleeping next to his pillow was the goddess he had coveted for a long time, Cheng Susu.
Is it possible for him to let himself go easily?
The most ruthless emperor's family, even as brothers, still have to do their best in this life-and-death situation and fight to the end.
Song Huan understood that the next answer was crucial to him!
It can even decide everything!
Based on some memories of the original owner, Song Huan thought for a moment and answered loudly.
"Now I, Liang, have mobilized the whole country and spent several years to finally drive away all the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty."
"On the surface, it looks like we have won an unprecedented victory, but this battle actually lasted for too long and almost exhausted all my strength!"
"This battle has already emptied the national treasury, but now most of the money is still in the hands of these two groups of people -"
"Some of them are corrupt officials in the court, and the other part are businessmen with low status but extremely rich!"
"After the war, all over the country, only the people are suffering. If this continues in the long run, there is no guarantee that riots will not occur..."
Emperor Liang raised his eyebrows and looked at Song Huan in surprise.
This kid was right.
News has just come from Liangzhou that a group of refugees who have not had enough to eat have turned into bandits and are doing evil everywhere.
And this is simply not a problem that can be solved with one or two crackdowns!
If you want to avoid future troubles forever, you can only solve the problem from the root.
And the rot at the root does not lie with others, but only with one person——
Grand Master Shangguan Yi!
As the only longevity among the three founders of the country, Shangguan Yi has so many fans that it can be said that if you look at the entire court, nearly half of them are his former disciples.
After being immersed in officialdom for several years, he gained great power and became more and more ambitious.
Shangguan Yi not only wants money and power, he also wants the king of the country to be used by him!
The ambition of the wolf is obvious.
"Then I ask you, do you think I should get rid of Shangguan Yi and vigorously support Cheng Xun?"
Song Huan's eyes narrowed.
This is a proposition!
As the saying goes, great achievements overshadow the master.
Shangguan Yi is the most typical example, so Emperor Liang couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to kill!
Although the Prime Minister's family cannot compare with the Grand Master, they still have considerable prestige.
In particular, Cheng Tianlin, the son of the prime minister, was a pioneer general with 50,000 vanguard troops.
If it received strong support, wouldn't it be even more difficult to control if it was worse than Shangguan Yi now?
Even if the Cheng Xun family is extremely loyal, there is no guarantee that their mentality will not change once they are pushed to the pinnacle of power.
not to mention……
Now that Song Huan and Cheng Susu were engaged, they could not blatantly recommend Cheng Xun to Emperor Liang.
"Father, I believe that no one of my subjects should receive strong support!"
"It is precisely because you have been focusing on the battle with Beiyuan in the past ten years that Shangguan Yi will take this opportunity to hide your strength and bide your time and increase your strength."
"But this world belongs to you, Emperor Father, and the aspirations of the civil and military officials should also belong to you, Emperor Father."
"No one of these courtiers should be given great power!"
"So, if you want to attack Shangguan Yi, you must not rush into it temporarily. You must take a long-term plan to completely wipe out his party and avoid future troubles."
"And from now on, by allowing these courtiers to check and balance each other, only then can Daliang officialdom achieve a true balance."
"Only balance is the way to survive!"
