In the Changle Palace, the four princes entered in order of eldest and youngest.

The seventh prince was the youngest, and he was at the end of the queue at will, so he stood at the gate of the palace with his hands down, waiting quietly.

When the two princes in front of them walked out, their faces were calm.

When the fourth prince walked out of the Changle Palace, His Royal Highness King Wei looked up at his fourth brother.

This Qi King smiled underneath.

The Seventh Prince took a deep breath, tried to calm his mind, and walked in.

In the inner hall of Changle Palace, there is a strong smell of medicine.

His Royal Highness King Wei frowned slightly, then walked in with his hands down, kneeling down respectfully.

"The sons and daughters ask their father, the emperor, to be saint."

No one responded to him.

He didn't dare to look up, just knelt quietly.

After a long time, he heard a somewhat hoarse voice: "You just kneel and obey." ”

The Seventh Prince's heart tightened.

Just listening to the voice, my father has completely lost the spirit he once had.

Although he has the intention of seizing the throne, he has absolutely no idea of killing his father, and the son of Chengde treats people generously, not only ministers, but also several sons respect their father very much.

Now that he suddenly heard this somewhat old voice, the Seventh Prince couldn't help but feel a little concerned.

"The retainers obeyed."

The Son of Heaven glanced at the Seventh Prince who was kneeling respectfully on the ground, frowned slightly, and then changed his mind.

"Forget it, you get up, Chen Ju, go and move a stool for him."

The big eunuch bowed his head respectfully and brought a stool over.

The Seventh Prince bowed his head respectfully: "Thank you, Father." ”

He sat down cautiously, and then took advantage of the action of sitting down to secretly look up at his father.

Today's Chengde Tianzi, although the bun is still meticulously combed, but the spirit of the whole person is completely different, as if he has aged one or twenty years old all of a sudden, and the white hair on his head has also increased a lot, although his face is bloody, but the whole person looks wilted and has no spirit.

Seeing this situation, His Royal Highness King Wei also felt a little uncomfortable.

"Father, my body is better"

Chengde Tianzi coughed and smiled indifferently: "Do you want my body to be better, or better?"

The Seventh Prince knelt on the ground again, kowtowed, and said, "Erchen hopes that my father will live forever."

His Royal Highness King Wei said this sincerely.

Although he wants to win the heir, he is also really filial, which is not contradictory.

Chengde Tianzi narrowed his eyes: "There are no outsiders here, it's not interesting to say these vain, you and my father and son say a few words of truth, how?"

The seventh prince kowtowed and said: "In front of his father, the sons and daughters have always known everything and said everything."

"That's good."

His Majesty the Emperor looked straight at his son and said in a deep voice: "Do you want to be this emperor?"

The Seventh Prince did not hesitate, and directly bowed his head and said, "Erchen thinks." ”

There is nothing to hide this, and when it comes to this, if you hide your self-motivation again, it will be a clear deception.

The Son of Chengde smiled: "Then you just said that you hope that I will live forever, since you want to be the emperor, you should hope that I will die early." ”

His Royal Highness King Wei touched the ground with his head and said respectfully: "I only hope that one day in the future I will be able to inherit the will of my father, so that I will be able to make the Jin country and the people safe, my father will be in one day, and my son will be the prince of one day, and I will never dare to have the slightest delusion." ”

Chengde Tianzi squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, then waved his hand: "Okay, you get up and talk, you don't need to kneel." ”

The Seventh Prince stood up and stood with his hands down.

"Kneeling to the king and kneeling to the father, it is all a matter of course."

Chengde Tianzi coughed a few more times, which became more and more serious, Chen Ju hurriedly handed over a piece of brocade, and after Emperor Chengde wiped his mouth, his face turned a little pale.

The Seventh Prince hurriedly took two steps forward, but he didn't dare to get close to his father, so he could only say urgently: "Father, you're okay."

"I'm fine."

Chengde Tianzi waved his hand.

"You sit back on the stool."

The Seventh Prince obediently sat back.

After the Son of Heaven rested for a while, he finally eased up a little, and he said slowly: "I asked several of your imperial brothers the same question, and their answers were similar to yours, but in comparison, your answers were more comfortable than theirs. ”

"The retainers are terrified."

The Emperor of Chengde barely bred up his spirits and looked at the Seventh Prince.

"I'm going to ask you a few questions now, and you answer them truthfully."

"Father, please ask."

The Son of Heaven closed his eyes and said slowly: "If you are now me, how should you deal with this situation?"

Now it's time for the real big score.

The Seventh Prince sweated on his forehead.

Before this, Li Xin had told him that it was likely that there would be such a strategy, but at that time, Li Xin only told him what he should do when he became an emperor in the future, but did not tell him what he would do to become an emperor now.

Chengde's question is out of line

I can only rely on myself.

The Seventh Prince also closed his eyes and said slowly: "Erchen has the courage to trespass, if Erchen is the father, the assassination case has come to an end at this time, he should meet with the minister as soon as possible to stabilize the court situation, as for the perpetrators behind the scenes, they should wait until the court situation is stable and the people's hearts are stable before acting." ”

The Son of Chengde glanced at the Seventh Prince with a smile.

"Who is the murderer behind the scenes?"

His Royal Highness King Wei opened his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Although Erchen did not participate in the investigation of the case like the third brother, Erchen also guessed some of them, and most of this assassination was committed by the Li family of Pingnan Hou."

"Why do they stab me?"

"Because"

The Seventh Prince glanced up at his father, and finally lowered his head and said: "Because my father is about to make a move against Southern Xinjiang, Li Ji's imprisonment is a sign, and they can't hold it back at all, so they are crazy and send someone to assassinate their father."

Tianzi's face turned cold.

"Now that you know who stabbed me, why don't you take revenge on your father?"

The Seventh Prince lowered his head, gritted his teeth and said: "Father, the father's revenge will naturally be avenged, but the personal feud can't withstand the state affairs after all, for the sake of the Great Jin, this personal feud can only be put aside for the time being."

The Son of Chengde looked the Seventh Prince up and down, and clapped his hands with some admiration.

"You are very good, among the four princes, you have seen the court situation so thoroughly."

Speaking of this, Chengde Tianzi shook his head slightly: "If your eldest brother also has this vision, I don't have to worry about who to set up." ”

Originally, it was the rule from ancient times to the present, and the Great Jin Dynasty should also be the ruler of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the eldest prince Ji Yu has an innate advantage in this aspect.

This can be seen from his name.

Emperor Yu, but an ancient virtuous monarch.

But this eldest prince is really not successful, and the prince of Chengde has never been able to make up his mind to make him the crown prince.

The Seventh Prince bowed his head and said, "Father is too famous. ”

The Son of Heaven glanced at the Seventh Prince silently, and finally lowered his eyebrows and said, "I heard that you have also gathered a group of people under your command to listen to the news. ”

Cold sweat suddenly trickled down the forehead of the Seventh Prince.

The intelligence organization under his command has just been set up for less than a month, and it is not yet large-scale, even so, the Chengde Tianzi actually knows about it.

Seeing his son's panicked look, the Son of Heaven smiled.

"Don't be so nervous, you are also the prince of Dajin, and it is normal for some people under your hands to do things."

"When I first dived into the mansion, there were many people who listened to it."

The Saint Son glanced at the Seventh Prince lightly and continued.

"What I mean is that since someone is listening to the news for you, then you should already know the news of Li Shen's return to Beijing."

The Son of Heaven's voice was calm.

"If you are me, how will you treat Li Shen?"