"Shen Yan, you don't have to feel embarrassed or embarrassed, you don't have any fault in handling this case, and you haven't violated any legal principles, I feel that I have to say thank you for being impartial and not afraid of power, it is because of a courtier like you that my country will be more stable, and there will be no riots or public grievances." Seeing Shen Yan's expression, a refreshing smile appeared on the corner of Xia Qi's mouth, and with a hint of encouragement, he laughed loudly.

"Wechen just did what Wechen should do, and he can't afford this praise and thanks from the emperor." Hearing Xia Qi's words, the corners of Shen Yan's mouth showed a sincere smile, he said this today, and he did a lot, and it was not in vain, not only won more favor from the emperor, but also got greater recognition from the emperor's heart, which is of great help to his future career.

"Okay, I know what kind of person you are, so put away your look." Seeing Shen Yan's expression, a hearty smile appeared on the corner of Xia Qi's mouth, which was very useful in his heart, but his face showed a look that I could completely see through, looked at Shen Yan lightly, and said slowly.

"Who's after the ten?" Xia Qi pondered for a moment, Shen Yan said that by now he had already said that the six princes were ranked in the ranking of winning the heirs, although he had more heirs, but the ones who could really rank the top few were these six, and the rest were either soy sauce players, or vassals of one of these people, and the chance of owning the heirs alone was not great, so Xia Qi did not have much enthusiasm for the remaining princes.

In fact, although Xia Qi wanted to choose the best son among these adult princes to inherit the country of Great Xia, some of the princes behind him were either born late and did not have much strength around them, or they did not pass their own tests when they were adults, so they lost some important opportunities in front of themselves, or they lost their direction and became confused like the old eighteen, if they didn't meet Shen Yan, the old eighteen is estimated to be a big deal in Jinling. A notorious gentleman.

Xia Qi once felt that he had twenty sons who had grown up, and he was proud of it, and having more children meant that his life was very happy and harmonious, and at the same time, having more children could also help him to take care of many aspects of his affairs and share his worries, but as these sons gradually grew up and became adults, especially after some princes were explicitly or secretly interested in the position under their buttocks, Xia Qi realized that having more children is not necessarily a very happy thing sometimes. In order to win the chance of the final victory, these ambitious princes have already begun to intrigue and even secretly fight each other, if it were not for themselves and the Zongren Mansion side repeatedly emphasized, the matter of the brotherly wall would inevitably happen.

It is precisely with these bad signs that Xia Qi has become more strict with his sons born later, and for those princes who have not passed their own tests, they have not given the relevant departments of the court a chance to experience, which can be regarded as both a warning and a kind of protection. It's a pity that some princes didn't take Xia Qi's mind to heart, but developed and strengthened their strength through their own mother family, and became one of the popular candidates for succession, this typical representative is the old twelve.

Xia Qi also thought about grounding or suppressing these princes, but then he thought about it, these princes did not develop through the power they gave, but thought of developing and strengthening their own power through the power of the mother clan or other aspects, which is a manifestation of talent in itself, and some of them may re-enter their eyes and get a chance.

It is precisely with this hesitation that Xia Qi missed the best opportunity to suppress these princes, so it caused the current situation in the court, the princes perform their duties, compete with each other, and those who are smarter or weaker also know how to unite to protect themselves first, and fight their opponents under this premise.

Xia Qi later turned a blind eye to this situation in order to draw out the strength of the family, which made these princes feel that Xia Qi was conniving at them, so they intensified it, and it was at this time that the tenth prince took the housekeeper's son to bully Zhou Futong's wife and daughter on the street of Jinling.

Of course, there is a basic factor in the arrogance and domineering behavior of the Ten Princes, but it is more true that the Ten Princes are testing the bottom limit of Xia Qi, if Xia Qi feels very disgusted by what the Ten Princes have done and orders to be grounded or imprisoned, the Ten Princes will immediately retract, and then use another form or method to enter the sequence of seizing the heir.

But as a result, Xia Qi did not take any effective accusations against the Ten Princes, which was equivalent to giving the Ten Princes and even other princes a signal, making these princes more fearless. Therefore, the fundamental reason for the situation of the sons seizing the heirs is still in Xia Qi's body, if Xia Qi had effectively organized and defended such a thing from the beginning, there would not be this situation today.

Xia Qi only had a hazy awareness of this before, or Xia Qi didn't want to think about it at all, but gave himself a strong enough reason, all in order to draw out the power of the family, so that he had a chance to uproot. However, after listening to Shen Yan's analysis and remarks today, Xia Qi suddenly realized that he was the culprit of this matter, although he was unwilling to think deeply or face it, but the facts are the facts and cannot be changed.

Of course, even if Xia Qi has this understanding and cognition in his heart, he will not make any changes in the matter of the prince's succession, one is that the prince's succession has become a situation, which is not something that can be changed by one or two sentences, and second, even if he has the heart to change, but in some cases, he does not have enough strength to change.

No, maybe letting the old eighteen also participate in the game of winning the heir will change the whole situation, and this is not only an opportunity for the old eighteen, but also extremely unfair to the old eighteen, after all, the old eighteen now almost no one has a lot of strength and foundation, just let the old eighteen enter the game, it may not be able to achieve the purpose of Xia Qi's tone, and even make the old eighteen the target of hatred of the sons, if this is really the result, it will destroy his idea and plan to protect the old eighteen in the first place.

The eighteenth is not without any strength and foundation, as long as the eighteenth knows how to handle the relationship with Shen Yan, Shen Yan is the biggest backer and strength of the eighteenth.

Although Shen Yan can't compete with those veteran officials and strength for a long time now, Shen Yan has already revealed edges and edges, and the strength and power in his hands should not be underestimated.

Thinking of this, Xia Qi flashed a decadent look in his eyes, and glanced at Shen Yan lightly, as if he was looking forward to Shen Yan's analysis of the next prince, and seemed to feel that Shen Yan had nothing to say, and the prince who could enter his eyes or had this strength had already been brushed by Shen Yan.