"The Great Sacrifice?"

Feng Qiao was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "I don't know, didn't the affairs of the Great Sacrifice in the DPRK and China in previous years be handed over to the Ministry of Rites, how could it be handed over to the Nine Emperor Princes this year?"

Xiao Minyuan kept watching Feng Qiao's reaction after asking, and saw that she seemed to be really unaware, and her eyes were stained with clouds.

"I heard that my father originally wanted to hand over the matter of this sacrifice to the eldest prince, but that day it happened that Liu Huiru's matter, and the eldest prince angered his father because of his private resignation and hurried back to the house, and his father was angry and handed over the matter to Xiao Jiu. ”

And not only that, but the father also specially let Pang Huining, the secretary of the ministry, enter the palace because of Xiao Jiu's matter, and even issued an order to reprimand Gong Shilang for embarrassing Xiao Jiu. Xiao Jiu has only been in the court for half a year, and he has been valued by his father, do you think his father wants to support Xiao Jiu?"

Hearing this, Feng Qiao looked up at Xiao Minyuan quietly: "Do you want to say that Your Majesty intends to choose the Nine Emperor Princes as the prince?"

"Isn't it?"

Xiao Minyuan looked at her: "My father has ordered Guo Chongzhen to teach him the strategy of the Jing Lun Dynasty, and even allowed him to learn martial arts in the army, and during this time, his relationship with some people in the court has become increasingly close, I don't believe you will not be able to see that the father treats him differently." ”

Feng Qiao looked at him with his chin a little strangely, and suddenly laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Xiao Minyuan said in a deep voice:

Feng Qiao shook his head: "It's really strange that I'm laughing at you. ”

"What does it have to do with me who Your Majesty intends to choose as the prince? Even if he really values the Nine Emperor Princes and wants to make him the crown prince, if you are not convinced, you can do something to him, and those staff and courtiers around you can give you ideas, what is the use of you taking such a risk to come here and tell me this, is it possible that you still want me to block Your Majesty's will for you and kill the Nine Emperor Princes." ”

"I remember that I never said that I wanted to work for the prince, nor was I a subordinate to the prince, what is the use of you telling me this?"

Xiao Minyuan's face turned blue instantly when he heard this, and his eyes darkened when he looked at Feng Qiao.

Feng Qiao was not afraid at all, leaned back on the rocking chair and said coldly: "The prince should not think that if we cooperate once, I will recognize you as the master and do my best to assist you to fight for that position, right?"

"Don't forget, we used to have a grudge, you came to my house so unscrupulously, and you used the tea in my house, so you are not afraid that I will be poisoned in it? ”

"You!"

Xiao Minyuan's already blue face turned black directly, he threw away the teacup in his hand with a "bang", turned around and slapped his palm between his chest and abdomen, opened his mouth and spit out the tea he had just swallowed, and then his stomach was uncomfortable like a fire, painful and disgusting.

He looked up at Feng Qiao and wanted to speak angrily, but he didn't want to meet Feng Qiao's eyes full of ridicule.

There was a smile in his eyes, and when he looked closely, there was a faint mockery.

Xiao Minyuan choked on what he wanted to say, and the next moment he stood up violently, glared at the grinning woman opposite and gritted his teeth: "Feng Qiao, you are fooling me?!"

Feng Qiao shrugged: "I didn't fool you. ”

Seeing Xiao Minyuan glaring at her angrily, Feng Qiao said in a calm voice: "Look, I just told you a joke, and you just took it seriously, if it were someone else, would you be so uncontrollable and attack yourself without hesitation?"

"The prince should know very well in his heart that there is no trust between you and me, even if I really tell you something, you may not believe it, maybe you will suspect that I will set you up, and even prepare some traps for you to jump. ”

"In that case, why do you bother to come to me for answers and ask for trouble?"

Xiao Minyuan was stunned when he heard this, and his mouth was slightly open, speechless for a while.

He really couldn't trust Feng Qiao in his heart, but in some ways he urgently needed her help, he didn't know this contradiction in his heart, but after Feng Qiao said it so clearly, it was rare that he didn't know what words to use to refute.

After a long while, Xiao Minyuan looked at Feng Qiao tightly and said, "What if I want your answer?"

Feng Qiao glanced at him, picked up the teacup that he had just thrown on the table, and said, "If you want it, it's not something that can't be said." ”

"What you are taboo about is nothing more than the sudden rise of the Nine Emperor Sons, not only entered the six departments, but also won the attention of your father, and even your father even intended to support him to gain a foothold in the court. ”

"You are afraid that His Majesty values him, and you are even more afraid that he will become a roadblock for you, but the prince has not forgotten that before the Nine Emperor Princes, you also experienced the same thing. ”

"After the second prince was executed for rebellion, there was only the eldest prince and the fourth prince in the court to fight for power, Your Majesty was afraid that the two of them would become stronger and stronger, so they supported you and formed a three-legged situation with them. ”

"You have no maternal help, so Your Majesty has given you the throne, making you the only prince among the princes, and you have no courtiers to assist you, so Your Majesty will connive at your dealings with Zhao Hongchen of the household department, and even Ruimin, the second assistant of the cabinet. ”

"The prince should know very well that what you did at the beginning may not be really secret, but why did Your Majesty never say anything about it, let alone order someone to stop it, do you think he really doesn't know anything?

Xiao Minyuan's expression was shocked, and he looked up at Feng Qiao.

Feng Qiao said lightly: "What Your Majesty wants, it has never been a father-son relationship, he wants the imperial power to stabilize the balance between the court and the middle, and wants you to contain each other instead of being alone, when the second prince was gone, he helped you up to compete with the eldest prince and the fourth prince, and now he suddenly favors the Nine Emperors, and even pushes him to the front of others, do you think he really values the Nine Emperors? Your Majesty just wants to use him to replace someone and continue to maintain the balance between the court and the middle." ”

"You are now stable and naturally worry-free, and the four princes are not at fault, and it is impossible for them to be easily offended, so why does the prince think His Majesty suddenly pushed the Nine Princes out?"

Xiao Minyuan's pupils dilated violently, and he couldn't help but lose his voice: "You mean, the father wants to use Xiao Jiu to replace the position of the eldest prince?"

Feng Qiao chuckled and said: "Your Majesty has always been a master of playing with power, every step he takes must have some purpose, if he really intends to set up the Nine Emperor Princes as the prince and let him inherit the unification in the future, do you think he will push the Nine Emperor Princes to the forefront at this time and make him a target in everyone's eyes?"