"It's actually very simple." Li Ke looked around, and then said in a slightly lower voice: "What the elder brother means is that if you want to be the emperor, he will give it to you."
Li Tai: "?!!!"
Li Tai was confused by the news for a moment. He was shocked, but despite the shock, Li Tai was not happy.
Li Tai is only one year younger than Li Ke and the others. He is also surrounded by many ministers and staff. In addition, Li Tai's thoughts are of a gloomy character. Whether he is pretending to be a city official or not, but he It’s true that I think a lot in my head and don’t really like communicating with others.
It is said that when things go wrong, there must be a monster. When he heard the news for the first time, he was not happy, but he wondered if there was a fraud involved, and whether the third brother and the eldest brother were jointly trying to deceive him.
"Third brother, why do you say this? I have never thought about the throne." Li Tai expressed his position directly.
"Okay, why are you talking to Third Brother about this? Third Brother is talking to you, what's the point of being secretive? Who in the whole Chang'an City doesn't know that rumors are flying all over the sky, saying that Aye has the idea of changing the prince. This kind of favor will give you various official positions and positions." Li Ke waved his hand directly, then quietly made the topic clear, and first set a threshold for the topic between him and Li Tai.
Li Tai really wanted to cover it up, at least the handle could not fall into the hands of others, but when Li Ke said this, Li Tai felt a little embarrassed, mainly because his third brother... had made it clear what he said, and he seemed to be covering up. Some of them are too fake.
"Well, I don't think this rumor is accurate. Aye has given me various positions and titles. You have more than the third brother. You are the King of Qin now! The same position as Aye." Li Tai was still very careful not to directly speak out.
"Tch, don't tell me this. Dad dares to give me such a title directly. Why? Don't say that you don't know. My mother is a princess of the previous dynasty. It is impossible for me to be a prince with my background. Don't say that you give me such a title. King Qin, if you give me the title of General Tiance, no one will think that I can be the prince." Li Ke curled his lips disdainfully.
Being singled out by Li Ke, Li Tai was a little embarrassed. Indeed, the third brother's background made it impossible to be the emperor, so although he was a little jealous of King Qin's title, he was a little happy afterwards, because the third brother was definitely impossible to be the emperor. The prince can be called any king, even if he is called Prince Tang.
"Oh, just tell me whether you want to or not." Li Ke interrupted him and asked impatiently.
"Well, then I'll tell the truth." Li Tai hesitated.
"Tell me, I asked you to tell the truth. What are you hiding from me?" Li Ke was speechless.
"Well, I must have thought about that. I think I have the ability to be an emperor." Li Tai also said it simply.
"Hahaha, isn't this great? We hit it off right away. The eldest brother doesn't want to be the one, but it just so happens that the eldest brother also wants to give it to you, so you can be the one." Li Ke laughed twice.
"Wait a minute. Third brother, you are not telling the truth, are you? Are you really going to give me the eldest brother?" Li Tai was a little stunned. He just thought Li Ke was joking, but he said what he meant, and Li Ke said this, Is this... is it true?
While dumbfounded, Li Tai had a big doubt in his heart, why? ! No, this is the throne! Are you crazy? My father and uncle also went through the Xuanwu Sect revolution for the sake of the throne, so my eldest brother doesn’t want it?
Li Ke naturally took Li Tai's expression in mind, and he smiled slightly. This is the result of the halo effect in cognitive bias. The halo effect, also called the halo effect, is the effect on the other person in interpersonal communication. A particularly prominent point will often obscure other points.
And this effect can spread from interpersonal interactions to cognition of affairs. What is the halo effect of the throne? Ninth Five Supremes, everyone will fight to the death for that supreme right, and no one will give up the throne.
And all of a sudden you tell me that someone doesn't want the throne? Li Tai couldn't handle this... cognitive bias that occurred in an instant.
"Why did I lie to you? Do you think the rumor lord in the city knows?" Li Ke looked at Li Tai and asked.
"This... you should know." Li Tai's mind was very confused at the moment. The impact of this cognitive bias was so great that Li Tai's thinking was not so thorough at all, so if Li Ke asked anything, he would directly answer What was in his heart was spoken, and his attention was focused on the news that Li Chengqian did not want the throne and wanted to give way to him.
What was thinking in his head for a while was that I was going to be the emperor? What I was thinking about for a while was why the eldest brother was not the emperor? What I was thinking about for a while was, what is the reason for this?
His head is now a mess. In order to urgently relieve his inner doubts, Li Tai will naturally not notice anything wrong with Li Ke's question, and naturally he will say something. Of course, the reason for this situation Naturally, it is also caused by cognitive biases.
In Li Tai's view, even giving up the throne to the emperor was not such a big deal and the other party didn't care and said it directly, and the rest were just trivial matters.
"So, although eldest brother is not good at expressing, he values our brotherhood. In eldest brother's opinion, it doesn't matter who takes the throne. If you want to take the throne, let it be given to you. Otherwise, think about it. Under the instigation of the staff in your house, over time, will you have a gap between your elder brother and us?" Li Ke said with a smile. As he spoke, Li Ke smiled and patted his shoulder.
The human brain will secrete different hormones under different emotions, such as excitement and emotion. Dopamine will be secreted, and dopamine will also make people feel excited and happy. When the brain is happy, it will automatically associate something with certain characteristics. Equally emotional things.
"Just because of... this?" Li Tai asked in disbelief with a somewhat difficult tone.
"Yes, just because of this, because we are brothers." Li Ke nodded matter-of-factly.
Li Tai was a little confused, and at the same time he was a little moved. It turns out... am I so important to the eldest brother, third brother, and the others? Li Tai couldn't help but think about the things he had done in the past. When he recalled it since he was a child, it seemed that...his elder brother was really kind to him in the beginning.
Later, I don’t know when or who he listened to, and he gradually felt that he could be the emperor. After he had that idea, for some reason, his eldest brother had forgotten all the good things he had done to him. At this time, all the good things in the past were recalled.
The more he thought about it, the more moved Li Tai was. Under this moved background, Li Tai began to analyze himself, or in other words, his perspective and thinking began to think about some of his previous actions from the perspective of another third party.
For example, he was thinking about why he was obsessed with the throne before, and even did many despicable behaviors for that throne. Thinking about it now, he felt that compared with Li Chengqian's generosity and love, he felt that it was very despicable behavior.
Once this kind of thinking starts, it can't be stopped, especially when Li Tai thinks of many people who encouraged him to attack the throne.
Li Ke could completely guess what Li Tai was thinking. To be honest, except for Li Ke and the younger ones, almost all of these princes would have someone leaning on them. There were not too many speculative literati in ancient times. Some of these people were self-conscious. There is no hope of rising, and some of those who have their ascending channels blocked are concubines and other people from various noble families.
All in all, they are more like a gamble. If the bet is right, the family tree will be C, but if the bet is wrong, in fact, as long as the people who follow them do not go to extremes, there is not much danger.
