"Shen Yan, which of these princes do you think is the right person for the prince?" Xia Qi's eyes flashed with a touch of contemplation, although Xia Qi didn't dare to say that he knew everything about his sons, but the general situation was still very familiar, and it was familiar, so Xia Qi felt very disappointed in these sons, especially in the selection of the prince, Xia Qi has always been in a state of vacillation.

Xia Qi didn't want to ask Shen Yan about this issue, after all, Shen Yan had been in the court for a short time, and he didn't know much about the princes, to be precise, Shen Yan had no intersection in other aspects since he entered the court, except for offending some princes, except for Xia Yuanxu, an exception.

Then, Xia Qi thought about it later, maybe Shen Yan didn't know much about these princes, but could analyze this issue from an objective and fair perspective, so Xia Qi thought about trying to ask Shen Yan.

"Your Majesty, isn't this question embarrassing for Weichen, Weichen is not very familiar with the princes, and some princes have been embarrassed by Weichen before, if you let Weichen say, Weichen can't do an objective and fair mentality to analyze." As if feeling Xia Qi's inner thoughts, a helpless smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, and he met Xia Qi's slightly expectant gaze and said loudly.

"I know that this makes you very embarrassed, but I feel that you don't know much about these sons of mine, so I want to hear you analyze their strengths and weaknesses from the perspective of a bystander, so as to give me an objective analysis and let me think about it." Xia Qi did not feel a trace of annoyance because of Shen Yan's refusal, but showed an indifferent smile at the corner of his mouth, feeling a little satisfied with Shen Yan's attitude, Xia Qi actually still had some worries in his heart, worried that Shen Yan would analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each prince with some emotional extremity, but Shen Yan's performance made Xia Qi feel satisfied, so with a hint of encouragement in his eyes, he said slowly, as if he was comforting, and as if he was enlightening.

"No matter what kind of answer you say, I will only use it as evidence for the audit, and will not be used as an important basis for choosing the prince candidate." Seeing a swaying look flashing in Shen Yan's eyes, the corners of Xia Qi's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a bright smile, although Shen Yan had some precautions in his heart, but when facing me, this defense was not firm.

"Since the emperor said so, then Weichen said it casually, if it is not right, I hope that the emperor will not look in his heart." A touch of contemplation flashed in Shen Yan's eyes, and then a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, meeting Xia Qi's gaze, and then said slowly.

"Wechen has never done any investigation on the princes, because the prince's status is noble, not only represents the royal face, but also represents the emperor's dignity, so how about the princes, Wechen is only hearsay from the Jinyi School or some other ways, however, Wechen really occasionally heard someone say that the princes won the ranking, then Wechen will relayed the ranking and reasons for this ranking today, and told the emperor, and the emperor should be a harmless digression." Shen Yan pondered for a moment, although he had never been able to investigate any prince, but he had mastered the privileged department of the Jinyi School, so he could still grasp first-hand information in some information, and even collect special information, and this ranking of the princes to win the heirs, Shen Yan heard it more than once, some of it came from the mouth of some official eunuchs, some from the mouth of some families, and some from the mouth of some scribes at the bottom.

Shen Yan smiled noncommittally every time he heard it, the ranking only reflects the reputation and strength of the prince, and cannot be used as the real basis for winning the heir, although Shen Yan has no experience in this area, but there is a lot of information about this in his mind, many times, the most hopeless prince has the last laugh and becomes the biggest winner, so this ranking is just a topic for Shen Yan to talk about after dinner.

Of course, Shen Yan does not deny that this ranking reflects the strength of the princes to a certain extent, if the emperor does not have enough skills to restrain these princes, this ranking can still reflect the strength of the princes to a certain extent, and even seek that position through some specific means.

"Oh, there is still a talk about the prince's succession ranking outside, why don't I know, or do I know that Xu Sanyuan, a slave, didn't tell me." Hearing Shen Yan's words, a hint of surprise flashed in Xia Qi's eyes, and with a hint of surprise, he said loudly.

"Maybe Father-in-law Xu thinks that this is just a ranking list without any basis, or maybe it's because this ranking is just a talking point and is not accurate, so Father-in-law Xu didn't tell the emperor." Hearing Xia Qi's words, a touch of embarrassment flashed in Shen Yan's eyes, he didn't know that Xu Sanyuan didn't tell the emperor about this, and he almost sold Xu Sanyuan, but fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and quickly found a satisfactory explanation.

"Okay, don't help Xu Sanyuan's minion explain, I didn't keep such a thing in mind." Seeing Shen Yan's expression, the corners of Xia Qi's mouth raised slightly, revealing a trace of impatience, and said slowly.

"The situation of the princes to win the succession ranking is like this: the eldest prince is worthy of the name of the first choice to win the heir, the eldest prince occupies the identity of the eldest son, and at the same time controls the household department, and the mother family has sufficient connections in Hannan Mansion, so the eldest prince is rich and powerful." Hearing the emperor's impatient words, Shen Yan pouted and smiled, with a hint of indifferent smile, and slowly recounted what he knew about the situation of the princes winning the throne.

"As for the second choice is the second prince, the ministry has always been under the control of the second prince before the replacement of Shangshu, so the second prince has cultivated and attracted a large number of people for his use with the help of the platform of the ministry, even now, the strength of the second prince should not be underestimated. The third candidate is the third prince, with the strength of the military and the assistance of the family, and the strength on the surface is higher than that of the eldest prince and the second prince, but unfortunately he made a stupid move in the matter of Huaibei County, but it did not hurt his muscles and bones. When Shen Yan said this, a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth to meet Xia Qi's gaze, as if to say that these were just what he heard, not what he meant.