In the Yuqian Palace, the lights were brightly lit. After taking a pill, Emperor Kang Cheng was writing furiously.
Wei Zili grimaced and waited aside tremblingly. The emperor took this pill so much that he had to take one every hour.
During the break, Emperor Kang Cheng took a sip of ginseng tea and asked, "What has Song Mo been doing these past two days?"
"Back to the Emperor, His Royal Highness spends most of his time reading, nothing unusual."
Emperor Kang Cheng snorted when he heard this.
He picked up the pen again and wrote the names of the second prince, third prince, fourth prince and eldest grandson respectively, and then circled the names of the fourth prince and eldest grandson.
He stared at the names in the two circles. The heir must be established, otherwise if he kicks his leg, these princes and grandsons will be confused, or directly trigger a dispute over the heir, and then cause turmoil in the court. What if a few princes directly split Dali. Then he is a sinner of the Song Dynasty, and he has no face to see his ancestors.
Before Huang Kao died, he had told him and asked him to promise that when he was about to become famous in the future, he must choose a successor to pass on the legacy of their Song family.
Huang Kao once asserted that he was not that kind of heroic leader, but just a conservative king, and he had no requirements for him. It was okay if he did not make any achievements during his reign, but he must be cautious about inheritance.
He was still unconvinced at that time. Now, it is time for him to fulfill his promise.
What if you want to have a son? What if you want to have a grandson? Who can stay: who must be taken away. This is all he has to consider. Huang Kao once said that young masters were taboo in the dynasty, and Taizong of the previous dynasty got them from orphans and widowed mothers. After thinking about it, Emperor Kangcheng crossed out the item of the emperor's grandson, leaving only the emperor's fourth son.
He began to select people to take away, especially the officials who surrounded him and sought the merits of Conglong. He would rather kill them by mistake than let them go. As long as it wouldn't cause too much turmoil, he would take them away. But for people like the Xie family who tend to be popular and have deep roots, he has to reconsider. It is unrealistic to take away the whole family. Let's take away the culprit.
But the more Emperor Kang Cheng cut it off, the more he felt something was wrong. He simply stopped writing, drank another half bowl of ginseng tea, picked up the list he had written and looked at it carefully, and then laughed angrily.
"Go and bring Song Mo to me!"
"yes!"
Wei Zili quickly asked his young apprentice to invite the Fourth Highness over. He did not dare to leave the emperor now.
As soon as Song Mo entered the palace, a tea bowl was thrown at his feet, "Song Mo, do you know your guilt?!"
Facing the furious Emperor Kang Cheng, Song Mo knelt down and said, "Father!"
Wei Zili hurriedly cleared the place, and within a short time, only Emperor Kang Cheng, Song Mo, and Wei Zili were left in the hall.
"say!"
"My son has nothing to say."
"I have nothing to say! You won't shed tears until you see the coffin, right?" Emperor Kang Cheng walked down the steps and walked around him, "Song Mo, you Song Mo, you are only fourteen this year, right? I I didn’t expect that you were so capable that you actually killed the prince, the heir apparent. Tell me, are you planning to kill your father next?”
Song Mo was startled, "I don't dare."
"You are very courageous, what dare you not do? After killing the prince, you also plotted against me! You are very proud of killing someone with a borrowed knife, right? Lend me my hand to help you get rid of Xue Huaimin and others who are holding you back. I have this hand Is the knife easy to use? Are you proud of it? Are you so sure that I don’t dare to kill you?"
He is so angry! What evil had he done to deserve this? As long as he has other choices, he must give this evil son...
But when he thought that the second and third princes were more useless than him, he had no choice but to suppress the anger in his heart.
Even if he knew that he was killing someone with a borrowed knife, he still had to kill Xue Huaimin! He will not let go of any of the ministers who came up with ideas and participated in the murder of the prince! But when it was the turn of someone like the Xie family to stick up, he hesitated.
Song Mo knelt there obediently, feeling shocked. Did his father even notice this?
When Xie Zhan told him before that everything they did might not be hidden from his father's eyes, he didn't quite believe it. He believed it now, and at the same time he felt relieved. He had taken the right step.
Sure enough, as a vested interest, he will definitely be suspected after the death of the prince. He told himself not to take chances, because his father was too smart.
Xue Huaimin's plan included forcing the palace to kill his father.
At first, he and Xue Huaimin thought they could hide it from his father's eyes. In fact, all of this was under his father's cold eyes, right?
so close. Fortunately, Xie Zhan persuaded him in time. With his analysis and persuasion, he directly abandoned Xue Huaimin's previous plan to force the palace, and then activated Xie Zhan's plan to throw Xue Huaimin out to vent his anger on his father.
Although doing so would pull out the carrot and bring out the mud, both he and Xie Zhan felt that this was his crisis and his opportunity.
From the fact that his father did not kill him immediately, they made the right bet. After his father's anger passed, he would definitely regain his senses and he would not cause turmoil in Dali.
"Father, I can't help it. All I have done is to bring the Dali Dynasty to the throne. Father, can you say it fairly and fairly, is the prince more responsible than me?"
"Because you think the prince is useless and inferior to you, so you want to kill him, right? Do you know that he is the prince, the heir apparent, and also your eldest brother!"
"I didn't want the prince's life, I just wanted him to be unable to become the crown prince." He said with a sneer on his face, which meant that this was the plan, but now he just got away with it.
This is of course a lie.
"Father, believe me, if the country of Dali is in my hands, I will be able to manage it well, no worse than the prince!" Song Mo expressed his determination.
Emperor Kang Cheng looked at him coldly, "You are indeed smarter than your brothers. Back off, I don't want to see you!"
Song Mo breathed a sigh of relief quietly, knowing that he had passed this test. According to what they had discussed, his father wanted to consider Dali, and as long as he behaved well when he got angry, nothing would happen to him.
Xie Zhan really figured out the emperor’s heart.
Emperor Kang Cheng watched him walk out coldly and made several decisions in his mind.
Didn’t you say you can? Don’t you want to be hampered by others? Then I will arrange for you to have several ministers who take care of your destiny to share the power and check and balance each other. Only when you can defeat them will you become a qualified emperor.
Don't you want to seize the throne but also cherish your reputation? Don't you want the Qin family to take the blame for you? Then I will keep the Qin family! The Qin family is a good dog that guards the home and the courtyard, and is docile and loyal. I definitely can't kill them all because of your selfishness.
Also, who is giving him advice behind the fourth child? He was so cunning and cunning, but he didn't even find out who the fourth child was. He had just searched through it, and there was no one particularly suitable.
Emperor Kang Cheng would help him. After all, he was his son and the next heir to the throne. However, as an emperor, Emperor Kangcheng was holding his breath. As me, I must teach him a lesson. So that he can know that your dad is still your dad.
At night, two lanterns with white cranes spreading their wings were hung on both sides of the door of a certain flower house.
Xie Zhan soon knew that it was done. He won the bet!
He warmed a pot of wine and stood by the window, quietly admiring the beautiful moonlight.
Tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the full moon in the sky symbolizes the beauty and perfection of everything.
When Xie Zhan was in the mood, he even poured a cup and raised it to the sky. Lu Songli, I won this round. And I will keep winning, you have no chance.
The success of the plan put him in a good mood. His move was risky. Otherwise, how could he come from behind?
He made this gamble completely after careful consideration. Their Xie family is just taking sides, what's wrong with that? As the saying goes, the law does not punish everyone, and he did not secretly kill the prince.
In terms of understanding Emperor Kang Cheng, no one can match him. If Emperor Kang Cheng had not already had Lu Desheng by his side, he would already be his favorite. Fortunately, Lu Desheng was older than him, having started his career a few years earlier. If not, he believed that he would definitely be able to keep Jane in the emperor's heart.
Xie Zhan drank all the wine in the glass. Now Xue Huaimin has nothing to worry about. If everything goes well, the new emperor will ascend the throne soon, and he will be the first person in the new emperor's team.
Lu Songli was not too surprised when she found out that His Highness the Fourth Prince's new think tank was Xie Zhan.
In this matter, her and Xie Zhan's reactions were very different.
Lu Songli is a dog, and Xie Zhan is a knife-edge licking honey. From this point of view, Xie Zhan is a little braver than her, willing to gamble and fight, and more aggressive.
But he had no choice. He did nothing and had no advantage. If he wanted to come from behind, he had to fight. He was also so powerful that he asked Xue Huaimin to make him a wedding dress.
