For a while, there was a dead silence in the imperial study, and after Gu Chen finished saying that, he didn't say anything more, and honestly stood next to the emperor and acted as a qualified guard.

The emperor's eyes just stared at Song Huai who was lying on the ground for a moment, and he didn't mean to get up for half a minute, Song Huai was worried in his heart.

He couldn't figure out what the emperor was thinking, for fear that the emperor would be wary of him because of this.

Although he is now the crown prince, if he gives the emperor a feeling that he can't wait to take over the throne, then his position in the East Palace will probably not be stable.

If he is deposed, who else can enter the East Palace?

The answer is self-explanatory.

Since ancient times, he has not been a long-standing grandson, and he is not a young child, although he Song Huai is also a son-in-law, but his biological mother Empress Xian has passed away for many years, and the maternal family is not strong.

But once he is deposed, then the next person to be appointed is undoubtedly the third Song Yu, his mother is the current queen, and the mother family is strong, if it is about intelligence and intelligence, he does not seem to be inferior to him Song Huai at all.

Therefore, although Song Yu has been traveling all these years and does not seem to care about the government, he knows that if he wants to compete with him, he is afraid that it will not be bad.

Thinking of this, a touch of ruthlessness flashed in Song Huai's eyes, he had finally come to this day, and he must not let Song Yu jump out at this time and ruin everything for him.

"Father, if you doubt the loyalty of your son, then please abolish your son's position as the crown prince, and your son thinks that the third emperor's brother is more suitable for this great task than his son." Song Huai said with retreat.

The emperor's originally calm and waveless eyes suddenly set off a trace of waves, and there were some vibrations on the majestic face that could not see emotions, he looked at him fixedly, and said in a perceptive voice: "Can you say this from the bottom of your heart?" ”

Song Huai heard the emperor speak, and his tone was obviously much more relaxed than just now, he was immediately relieved, so he hurriedly replied: "Back to my father, what the sons said came from the bottom of their hearts, although the third emperor brother has not entered the court as an adult, but the sons know that the third emperor brother has always been smart, I believe that as long as the father and the emperor teach him carefully for a while, he will definitely do a hundred times better than the sons, well, he is also a son-in-law, if you talk about the name, he is not bad, and those ministers will not say anything in the future, and, His maternal family is also an indispensable help to his father. ”

The Emperor was silent again.

Gu Chen squinted his eyes and looked at Song Huai, who was kneeling on the ground with a dignified face, looking like a brother and a friend, and said in his heart, he really underestimated him, what he said just now made the emperor suspicious of Song Huai, but Song Huai took retreat as advance, and deliberately mentioned the mother family of the third prince.

The emperor has always liked to hold the power firmly in his own hands, any family is too strong, that will attract the emperor's jealousy, although he needs such a family of relatives to consolidate his rights when he first ascended to the throne, but once his rights have been consolidated, then such a powerful relative is the emperor's side thorn, a thorn in the flesh.

Song Huai secretly understood the emperor's mastery of the emperor's mind, so he specially mentioned the mother family of the three princes, but he didn't really want to give him the position of the prince, but secretly reminded the emperor that he Song Huai did not have a strong relative, even if he was ambitious, he couldn't turn over a few waves, and the emperor asked him to be in the position of the East Palace, the least

And peace of mind for decades.

But once Song Yu is established, then it is equivalent to setting up a strong threat to himself with his own hands, if he is unwilling to be the prince one day, he may unite the power of his mother family to force the palace at any time and force him to give up the throne.

No emperor likes to be forced to take the throne.

Song Huai said a word, and transferred the emperor's suspicion to the three princes, thinking that the three princes had been playing in the mountains and rivers in the past, and they didn't think about the government, but in fact, he had already had ambitions and was ready to replace Song Huai at any time.

Otherwise, why did Song Huai mention him and say that he would give way to him?

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not made any big mistakes, so why do you want to say such things for no reason! His Majesty just asked a few words, and His Royal Highness shouted to let Xian, if the prince's people want to change, I am afraid that the civil and military officials will say that Your Majesty is mean. Gu Chen said unhurriedly.

The emperor was reminded by him like this, and his attention was suddenly pulled back again.

Yes, he just wants Song Huai to explain the meaning of the words left by King Ling before he escaped, if it has nothing to do with him, he can just argue by himself, why bother to say that he wants to change someone to be the prince, and he also mentioned Song Yu, who has always ignored the government, for no reason, he is clearly a thief, and wants to cause trouble, so that he can put his guard on Song Yu.

Song Yu's maternal family is strong and good, but his maternal family has always kept to themselves, and there has been no misconduct for so many years, although there are some rights in their hands, they have always maintained a good relationship between monarchs and ministers, and have never acted recklessly because there is a queen in the palace.

Song Huai suddenly mentioned him, didn't he want to borrow a knife to kill people?

The emperor's gaze at Song Huai became full of scrutiny again.

Song Huai really hated Gu Chen, if he hadn't realized his intentions the first time he spoke, then if he couldn't hear what his intentions were when he opened his mouth the second time, then his years of operation would be in vain.

At that moment, Song Huai hurriedly said: "Father, the son has no such intention, the son is just ......."

It's just that this time the emperor didn't have the patience to listen to him anymore, he waved his hand, raised his voice and said, "Okay, you go out, let me be quiet." ”

Song Huai opened his mouth, and his heart sank all the way.

When did the emperor not even want to listen to what he said?

This is not a good phenomenon, now Song Yu is still in the capital, and the emperor can see it from time to time, the queen will blow the pillow wind from time to time, and if he gradually loses the emperor's favor, then he is not far from destruction.

"What are you doing on your knees? Is there gold on the ground? Seeing that he had not moved for a long time, the emperor couldn't help but urge again.

"Yes, the retainers are retired." Song Huai knew that if he stayed here any longer, he was afraid that he would make the emperor even more unhappy, so the only way to do this was to leave first, and then find a way to eliminate the emperor's suspicion of him in the future.

Before leaving the imperial study, he deliberately glanced at Gu Chen.

At that glance, it was really complicated.

He once invited Gu Chen to join the court as an official, and wanted to recruit him for his own use, but he repeatedly refused.

But now he didn't invite him, but he took the initiative to enter the palace as an official, and he was an official so close to the emperor.

Gu Chen is a rare talent, if he stands on the opposite side of him, it will be a very big one

Trouble, now in this confrontation, Gu Chen is obviously on the opposite side of him.

For Song Huai, a person who can't only use himself must not let him assist others, otherwise, even if he is now the crown prince of the East Palace, I am afraid that he will not be able to sit still.

Out of the door of the imperial study, Song Huai looked up at the white clouds in the sky, and the corners of his mouth twitched, it seems that there are some people who are in the eyes, and they must be removed.

After King Ling's escape, the emperor's trust in Song Huai was obviously discounted, although the court still asked him about his intentions, but it was not as close as before.

On this day, a young general galloped in from outside the city on horseback, shouting all the way to the border pass.

The hearts of the people in the city fluctuated for a while.

When the young general entered the palace, he was taken all the way to the palace by the forbidden army.

"Report to Your Majesty, there is an emergency military situation in the northwest border pass, because the military funds are not in place, those soldiers have not led the army for half a year, half a month ago, the Jeju general army launched a mutiny, robbed the materials of the three surrounding cities, until Zhanshan is the king, the overseer ordered the end of the Pegasus to return to Beijing to report, hope for His Majesty's ruling." The young general said, kneeling there, and his head slammed down.

When the emperor heard this, he immediately became furious: "What did you say? Hulunda's bastard mutinied? ”

Hu Lunda is the name of the Jeju General Soldier, speaking of which, he was once the emperor's classmate and companion, so he won the emperor's trust and has always been entrusted with important tasks.

It's hard to imagine that such a person can betray the court and rob those innocent people, but what about the others?

"Your Majesty, the most important thing at present is to find a way to solve this matter, once there is a mutiny in the northwest, the neighboring Miaojiang and Xishu will take advantage of the chaos to attack, and the east will be in danger at that time~" The young general said sonorously, "The overseer has been in the chaos for half a month now, and I hope that Your Majesty will send troops to rescue you as soon as possible." ”

The emperor was silent, he stared at the young general who was kneeling on the ground, full of embarrassment, he could almost imagine how difficult it was for him to rush all the way from the northwest to the capital, if he hadn't come to report on the horse, I am afraid that when the northwest has fallen, no one in the capital will know.

Thinking of Hu Dalun, the emperor's face was ugly for a while, the green tendons on his forehead jumped suddenly, and the hand holding the desk was even more eager to cut out a hole in the table.

"You go down and rest first, I will send someone to the northwest to deal with the affairs over there." Holding back his anger, the Emperor waved his hand and motioned for the young general to retreat first.

The imperial study was quiet again, and the emperor sat back on the dragon chair, his face gloomy.

At this time, Gu Chen, who had never spoken, suddenly mentioned: "Your Majesty, the minister remembers that the transportation of materials in the northwest has always been the responsibility of the military department, and the young general just now also said that the soldiers at the border pass have not received a full amount of troops for half a year." ”

In one sentence, the angry emperor's reason was instantly pulled back.

Gu Chen was right, if it wasn't for the last resort, how could Hu Lunda launch a mutiny?

The emperor trusted him so much, how could he do such a thing if he had to do it?

"Then according to Gu Qing's meaning, how should this matter be handled?" The emperor asked.

Gu Chen thought for a while and said, "The minister thinks that it is better to send someone over there to understand the situation first, and try to pacify as much as possible, and it is not appropriate to raise a large military scene." ”