Emperor Showa always knew that the trick he played would one day be seen through by Zhao Ling, so he had been waiting for this day to come; Therefore, he was not much surprised when he heard Zhao Ling say this to him in a heartbroken voice.

Instead, he continued to cover his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and slowly stood up from the dragon bed while holding his knees, while coughing in a suppressed and gentle voice: "You know everything, everything, you know, right?" ”

Zhao Ling looked at the man who walked down from the dragon bed in silence and answered his question with his own indifference.

As for Emperor Showa, looking at his infiltrating son who stood motionless in place with a cold face, how could he not guess what he was thinking, he had long expected that there would be a day between their father and son, so in the face of Zhao Ling's cold face, he quickly accepted it.

After all, he clearly knew how much his son cared about the girl surnamed Chu.

Now that his goal has been achieved, Emperor Showa simply took the posture of a monarch and said to Zhao Ling without concealment: "I don't hide it from you, I agreed to your marriage to that Chu girl, on the one hand, I knew that she was a rare beauty, and on the other hand, I took a fancy to her as Chu Yi's daughter; At the beginning, you had just returned to the capital for less than two years, and although your reputation in the court was increasing day by day, it was still far from the deep-rooted Jiang family and your eldest brother; Jiang Qiang is a very cerebral conspirator, in order to become the queen mother, in order to keep the glory of their Jiang family, she has attracted many courtiers, and even the princess who married your eldest brother is the granddaughter of the prime minister's mansion; At that time, even though you had a radiant brilliance, it was still far from the light of the bright moon and the blessed Xuan'er. Since I have taken a fancy to you, I will not let Xuan'er's side be too high above you, at this time I received Chu Yi's excerpt and knew that he wanted to marry his daughter into the capital, so I pushed the boat down the river and sent the child to you. ”

"I have always valued literature over military force, and the marriage decree between you and Xuan'er was issued successively, obviously the same prince regulations, but many people think that I am partial to my eldest son, because the marriage object I gave to my eldest son is the granddaughter of the prime minister of the dynasty, and your princess is a little girl in the Jingbei Hou Mansion in Qingzhou, thousands of miles away. Su Yingxue's reputation in the capital is full, and she has such a high background, everyone will naturally elevate Su Yingxue and belittle Chu Yatou; In fact, strictly speaking, Chu Yatou is not inferior to Su Yingxue at all, if you want to blame her, she was born in Qingzhou since she was a child, Qingzhou is too far away from the capital, and she naturally lost to Su Yingxue in terms of fame. ”

"What's even more interesting is that because of the fact that I emphasize literature over military force, many people are willing to praise the Su family, and they don't look at the Jingbei Hou Mansion with its outstanding military achievements; It was the recklessness of everyone that made me extremely satisfied. ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Showa's eyes were shining, he looked at Zhao Ling, and said: "Ling'er has been to the battlefield, has seen the real white bones, and the sword is ruthless, it shouldn't be like these shallow-minded guys in the capital, he is short-sighted; In the Taiping period, the role of military generals is certainly to have a weaker sense of existence, but the people who guard the territory and defend the homeland are always soldiers with swords; As long as you have an invincible hero, wherever the sword in your hand is pointed, it will become the territory under your feet. Great Wei has passed a few years of peace, especially in the capital, where arrogance is prevalent, and everyone will only read a few crooked poems and talk about elegance with hypocrisy, and feel that they are superior; However, they forgot that literati and writers could not hold their territory if they used their mouths, and that if a country wants to gain a foothold, it will always rely on absolute military power in the end. ”

"Everyone thinks that I am biased towards the eldest son, but in fact, everyone is mistaken, I am biased, but the person I am biased is you; What about the Su family's big business? It's just that there are more Jinshi Xiucai in the family, how can these guys who have no power to tie the chicken and can only talk on paper compare with Jingbei Hou's father and son? I have been a little jealous of Chu Yi since a few years ago, I know that he will not betray me, but I am afraid of the military power in his hands, you know? I only need to think that if one day Chu Yi suddenly has a thief's heart, then my world will become his; I admit that I am suspicious, but I have to be suspicious, because the cost of this assumption, even the smallest, is too much for me to bear. ”

"Chu Yi wanted to marry his daughter to the capital, and I knew at that time that Chu Yi had sent the knife that could contain him to me; Chu Yi only has one son and one daughter, and he attaches great importance to this daughter, as long as I can control his child, I am not afraid that he will dare to play tricks with me. At that time, I was on guard against Chu Yi in my heart, but I didn't want to eradicate the Jingbei Hou Mansion at that time, because I knew that compared to the military power in Chu Yi's hands that I feared, the Jiang family's ambition was an imminent tumor. ”

Zhao Ling took Emperor Showa's words and said: "So, you first let go of the Jingbei Hou Mansion for the time being, and even wanted to use the Jingbei Hou Mansion to increase the weight for me, and then after eradicating the Jiang family, you immediately attacked the Jingbei Hou Mansion; Isn't it? ”

Emperor Showa did not deny what he had done, and said: "I want to put a stable world into your hands properly, instead of letting you live in trembling day and night like me; Ling'er, you are the crown prince now, and you will be the son of heaven in the future, you should be the first person in the world, and you should make everyone in the world fear you; Instead of being like me, who was a father, I was afraid of the power in the hands of my courtiers and couldn't sleep at night. ”

"Father, you are wrong, the sons have always been suspicious, do not suspect people, if the sons think that the Marquis of Jingbei is loyal, they will trust him wholeheartedly, if they feel that he has a heart of disobedience, they will naturally recall him to Beijing in a dignified manner, and then deprive him of the military power in his hands; not to coerce him by despicable means, let alone to seize power, to put a false stigma on him; Father, do you know the difference between your actions and the villain who unloads the mill and kills the donkey?! ”

Emperor Showa knew that his move was very despicable, but if the method was used properly, the result could achieve his own goal, what if the means were despicable? As long as it works, doesn't it?

Emperor Showa looked at his innocent son, shook his head lightly and smiled, and at the end of the laugh, even tears burst into tears: "I really can't believe that such a childish statement would come out of your mouth, Ling'er, I have taught you to harden your heart since I was a child, and even let you see the cruelty of war at a young age, I thought that as long as you watched too much blood, you would no longer be too emotional; But I didn't expect that you are becoming more and more kind to women now; What to use people without suspicion and suspicion, this kind of ridiculous idea is only a fool will easily believe, in this world, no one can make you believe at all, the only person you really want to believe is yourself; Did this stupid idea teach you and influence you by the girl surnamed Chu? It seems that I was not wrong at all to get you away, she almost delayed you, do you know? ”

Looking at the stubborn Emperor Showa, Zhao Ling really felt that he could no longer communicate with him.

Thinking that even his marriage was being used by his biological father, Zhao Ling's heart was as cold as water.

However, thinking of Emperor Zhaohe's attitude towards the Jingbei Marquis Mansion, Zhao Ling held back the anger that was about to explode in his heart, and asked in a cold voice: "My father cleaned up the Jiang family, and by the way, even the Su family was also cleaned up, and now there are no courtiers in the court who dare to blatantly form a party for personal gain, and the father's methods are really admired by the sons; It's just that Erchen is curious, how is his father going to deal with Qingzhou? Over the years, Jingbei Marquis Chu Yi has no fault in Qingzhou, and even because of his garrison, the iron cavalry of Beimeng did not dare to cross Beibi Mountain, such a faultless and meritorious minister, will the father and emperor also overturn the Jingbei Marquis Mansion overnight like he did with the Jiang family? ”

Emperor Showa knew that he was talking to his son as an emperor at this time, so every decision he made was carefully considered.

"I can't hand over the 400,000 troops of Qingzhou to him alone, I want to disperse all the strength of this army, so that if these people dare to rebel in the future, they will not be able to assemble as quickly as possible for a while; Chu Yi has also worked hard in Qingzhou over the years, and I will not treat the Jingbei Hou Mansion like the Jiang family; Isn't there a house in the capital of the Marquis of Jingbei? I am ready to summon their father and son back so that they may enjoy their well-being; As long as they are obedient and do not get in the way of my eyes, I can guarantee that they will live a prosperous life for the rest of their lives. ”

Zhao Ling sneered: "Father, this is to remove the armor of the soldiers and release the horses to Nanshan; But father, don't forget, all these years Beimeng has been eyeing my Great Wei, although the new emperor of Beimeng is drunk with pills and drunk dreams of death, but there are still many wolf ambitions around the new emperor, vainly trying to get involved in the territory of my Great Wei; You called the father and son of the Chu family back from Qingzhou and took care of them under your nose, which is undoubtedly giving the Northern Mongolian people the best opportunity to take advantage of the situation; Father, you keep saying that you are doing it for the sake of the Great Wei Dynasty, but are you really only doing this for the sake of the Great Wei? My Great Wei has just ushered in some peaceful days over the years, do you want to let the people of Great Wei experience the suffering of war because of your own selfishness? ”

One of the most disliked words of Emperor Showa in his life was that Qingzhou could not be without him and the father and son of the Chu family, but he didn't expect that this sentence that disgusted him the most came out of his favorite son today.

Suddenly, Emperor Showa ignored his manners, raised his eyebrows and glared at Zhao Ling angrily, and drank coldly: "This world is my world, this country is my country, and without his Chu family father and son, I can still govern these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains." ”