Chapter Seventy-Nine

Inside the palace, above the main hall.

Chu Zheng, who was already old and a little bloated, sat on the dragon chair, invisibly exuding a domineering aura that suppressed people, and there was another person in the hall besides him, and that was Chu Ming.

Chu Ming stood in the center of the hall in the official uniform of the prince, and it was the first time that Chu Zheng looked at this unpopular son so squarely, and found that Chu Ming was actually the most upright and calm of his many sons.

Both of them have stereotypical expressions, neither smiling nor angry.

The conversation between them was stiff and weird, not at all like a conversation between a father and son, but more like a conversation between a prison officer and a prisoner. Chu Zheng's tone was slow and dull, and Chu Ming's answer was short and accurate, not a word long, you asked me and I would answer.

The conversation stopped, the two were silent, and the hall suddenly fell silent, so quiet that it seemed that he could hear the other party's breathing, and this feeling made Chu Ming feel a little depressed.

After a moment of silence, Chu Zheng spoke again and asked, "Have you ever thought about taking over the throne from me?" Even when asking such a sensitive question, Chu Zheng's tone was still so smooth and unfluctuating.

Chu Ming's heart sank, such a topic was too unexpected for him, since ancient times, the royal family affection was thin, brothers' disputes, father-son disputes, endlessly, about the throne such a problem, I am afraid that one more word would be a disaster.

Chu Ming also realized that the real conversation had just begun, and he replied indifferently: "Erchen never thought about it. ”

"Then I tell you, you can think about it now." Chu Zheng stared at Chu Ming and said, "I intend to let you be the prince of the East Palace, what do you think?" ”

The crown prince, the throne, what a desirable thing of power, the children of the royal family are eager to do this, if it is someone else, I am afraid that they will already kneel on the ground and thank you, shouting "Thank you, father!" The son will live up to his father's hopes! But Chu Ming is different, it seems that no one has ever regarded him as a real royal child, including the person on the dragon chair.

A "father" who had never cared about him actually said that he would pass on the throne to him at this time, in Chu Ming's opinion, how obvious his father's ulterior motives were. Chu Ming replied: "The retainers are afraid, the major affairs of the country, I am afraid that the retainers will not be able to shoulder this heavy responsibility." ”

Chu Ming raised his head, his eyes confronted Chu Zheng, and he did not show timidity. He wanted to know what kind of dirty thoughts were hidden under Chu Zheng's hypocritical skin.

"Hahaha!" Chu Zheng raised his head and laughed, this laughter sounded very empty to Chu Ming, and said: "There is no one in the world who does not covet the throne of me, including you, if you don't want to be the emperor, why do you have to go back and forth between Great Chu and the Western Regions all these years and accumulate wealth?" ”

Chu Ming was shocked in his heart, and at this moment he realized that the things he thought he had done were actually secretly investigated, and then clearly placed in front of Chu Zheng.

Emperor Chu Zheng said again: "I also sat on this position step by step from the prince, I know how tempting this dragon chair is, you have been bullied since you were a child, this kind of ** must be stronger than others, this is a good thing rather than a bad thing in my opinion."

The heart goes, people are normal, ambitious people can sit firmly in this chair, and desperate people can often gamble to the end.

I give you a chance today, as long as you can complete something, the prince of the East Palace, the throne, the country, and the world will all be in your pocket. ”

Sure enough, there was a conspiracy in the words.

Chu Ming secretly thought that if he denies it at this time, his father must not believe it, but it seems too false, so it is better to respond and find out what his father wants to do with his hand.

Chu Ming said: "If my father has any orders, my sons and ministers must do their best to complete them." This is a tacit agreement with Chu Zheng's statement.

"Thor came to life, the spring thunder exploded, do you know about it?" Chu Zheng asked meaningfully, although it was a question, it was more like a narrative tone.

At that moment, Chu Ming panicked, the most worrying thing still happened, once this matter involved Tang Xiaoshi, Chu Ming was like someone had grabbed the handle. Since the emperor found him and mentioned Chunlei, it means that the emperor has investigated the matter, dug out the context, and paid attention to Tang Xiaoshi.

No matter how resourceful a woman is, how can she confront a court? Chu Ming didn't want her to be hurt in the slightest.

"What spring thunder? Erchen didn't understand. Chu Ming lied.

Who would have thought that Chu Zheng would say: "You don't understand? Maybe you can go back and ask your princess, she will understand. This statement reflects Chu Zheng's conspiracy more thoroughly.

At the end, Chu Zheng said again: "Beauty and Jiangshan, you must make a choice today."

If you get the secret recipe of 'Spring Thunder' for me, you and I, father and son, will fight in all directions, who can be the enemy? Besides, I am old, and the whole world you have won is yours.

When you become the overlord of the world, why don't you have to capture her heart?

On the contrary, if you insist on going your own way, no one will be able to escape my Yulinwei, and at this point, you can make a choice. ”

As soon as these words came out, how could Chu Ming still have a choice?

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I heard that the emperor had summoned Chu Ming for some reason, and the concubine, who had always been a bow and a snake, hurried over.

Before her son Chu Shengshun became the crown prince of the East Palace, she had to guard against all the other princes, even if it was the prince of a palace girl. What's more, the emperor has never summoned King Jing alone, how can he think of him today? The more Concubine De thought about it, the more hairy her heart became.

Concubine De, who was dressed in a costume, showed her delicate appearance, and wanted to break into the hall under the guise of carrying a box of snacks, but was stopped by Gonggong Zou.

Facing the old eunuch who had followed the emperor for decades, Concubine De also had to smile and said: "What does Gonggong Zou mean, I just went in to send a snack to the emperor, and I will come out as soon as I go in." ”

Zou Gonggong said: "It's not that the Sprinkle family is sincere in making things difficult for the concubine, it's just that the emperor is discussing important matters with Prince Jing, and the order is not allowed to disturb, and the Sprinkle family is also acting on orders, and I hope that the Niangniang will forgive me." ”

Hearing that it was King Jing inside, Concubine De asked anxiously: "Why did the emperor think of summoning Prince Jing for no reason, and he also gave advice to Gonggong Lao." ”

"Those of us who are in the present, as long as the emperor is comfortable, it is our blessing, how can we dare to speculate on the emperor's thoughts? If you talk nonsense, you will be killed. Gonggong Zou said in a somewhat cold tone, "Just give this snack to the Sprinkle family, and the concubine should please go back." ”

Concubine De showed embarrassment, if it weren't for the sake of her son's overall situation, how could she, a concubine, be angry with a eunuch? Gonggong Zou is the person next to the emperor, and he is closer than anyone else, so Concubine De also has to force a smile.

Turning around and walking a few steps, Concubine De turned back and took off a blue and bewitching hairpin from her head, which was extraordinary at a glance, and even she was willing to wear it when she saw the emperor.

Concubine De handed the hairpin to Gonggong Zou and said with a smile: "Look at my brain, I almost forgot, my little green gold hairpin has faded in some places, and I bothered my father-in-law to send it to the Internal Affairs Office for me to repair it." ”

Gonggong Zou glanced at the hairpin, his eyes lit up, he understood that sending it to the Internal Affairs Office for repair was just a pretense, in fact, Concubine De wanted to use this valuable hairpin to buy him.

Father-in-law Zou finally showed a professional smile, stiff and false, and said: "Then the Sprinkle family will send it over for Niangniang to see." ”

After putting the hairpin in his sleeve, Zou Gonggong said again: "There was an interesting story yesterday, Niangniang might as well listen to it."

Yesterday, a little eunuch found a litter of kittens in the dark room of the study, and the emperor wanted to name the three kittens like a child, saying that the cats in the palace must have the spirit of a king, so they were named Big Tiger, Two Tigers and Little Tigers.

The Sprinkle family said, this is a kitten, how can it be compared with the king of the mountain?

Guess what the emperor said, the emperor said that the world is his, and he said that these three kittens are tigers and tigers. ”

After listening to Grandpa Zou's words, Concubine De's heart was half cold.

Doesn't the words in these words mean that this world belongs to the emperor, and the emperor wants to determine who is the prince of the East Palace and who is the prince of the East Palace?