Shi Luosheng returned to his residence, Wang Lun rushed to hear the news, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked directly: "General, what do you think of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince compared to His Majesty?" ”

Shi Luosheng was slightly stunned, and replied suspiciously: "Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is only fifteen years old, he is smart and clever, and he will be the dragon and phoenix among people in time, but there is still a significant gap compared with His Majesty. ”

Wang Lun smiled and said: "That's right, I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not as far away as His Majesty, now His Majesty is old, except for Tian Taiwei, who is older than His Majesty, and the prime minister is the same age as His Majesty, the other three family heads are still in their prime, especially the general is only in his early forties, if His Majesty dies, these people continue to stay with the prince, how can Your Majesty rest assured." ”

Shi Luosheng didn't understand the intention of Wang Lun's words, and asked again: "Sir, do you mean that Your Majesty intends to solve all the five great families while he is still in power?" ”

Wang Lun replied: "This is neither right nor right, there are not many people available around Your Majesty now, and you and General Liu are both ready-made candidates." This trip to Xu County, you have hit the Tian family more than expected, which has ignited Your Majesty's confidence and determination to hit the family, and it is not impossible to solve the problem of the family of the Great Song Dynasty with the ability of a general and the strong support of Your Majesty. But General, have you thought about it, if Your Majesty really cleaned up the five great families with the help of the two of you, would he be worried about the emergence of new two great families? ”

Shi Luosheng understood this time: "What does Mr. mean is that as long as the five great families are solved, Your Majesty will kill me and Zixuan in the end?" ”

Wang Lun said: "This is completely possible, the general himself said just now, you are far inferior to Your Majesty, and of course Your Majesty knows it in his heart." With His Majesty's style, how could he leave a person who the new emperor could not control to assist the government? ”

Shi Luosheng said: "I understand what Mr. means, the relationship between me and the five great families is actually a symbiotic relationship, if I help Your Majesty solve the family, in fact, I will let myself go to a dead end." ”

Wang Lun nodded and said: "That's the reason, I see that His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have been trying their best to woo you and General Liu recently, I am worried that the two of you don't know what to do, and you completely fell to Your Majesty's side without understanding this, so I came here to point out the relationship." ”

Shi Luosheng suddenly realized: "Thank you Mr. for mentioning it, Luosheng really didn't consider the stakes, I will go to the General's Mansion tonight and report to my father-in-law about the experience of Xu County." ”

Wang Lun saw that Shi Luosheng reacted, and said: "General, I still have something to report to you, according to the news from Mr. Shi Yu's side, Guo Xu and Xun Yuqing should already know about the existence of Changxing Island." Guo Xu had already guessed that he just didn't confirm it, Xun Yuqing was in charge of the Jeju military and found out about the personnel movement, and then he found out along this line, but neither of them seemed to report the matter of Changxing Island to the general, which can be regarded as a signal of goodwill sent by the two to the general. ”

Shi Luosheng said: "I didn't plan to hide from these two people when I rebuilt Changxing Island, but they didn't tell my father-in-law, I have to take this situation, and tell Mr. Shi and Teacher Ling for me, I have the opportunity to walk around with these two people more, the four of them have all served under the account of the general before, and Mr. Shi will handle the relationship well." ”

That night, Shi Luosheng dragged Liu Zixuan to the General's Mansion, Deng Yuanjue was not surprised by the arrival of the two, Shi Luosheng reported to Deng Yuanjue about the trip to Xu County, and confessed that it was his own idea to let Deng Yuanjue take the blame for the prince.

Deng Yuanjue originally had a grudge against this matter, although the information he got was Yuan Chengce's proposal to let him take the blame, but with his own understanding of Shi Luosheng and Yuan Chengce, how could he not see that this strategy was actually Shi Luosheng's idea. Now that Shi Luosheng took the initiative to apologize, Deng Yuanjue was relieved in his heart, and laughed, this matter was revealed.

Deng Yuanjue asked, "How do you two feel about being on an errand in the Imperial City now?" ”

Liu Zixuan hurriedly said: "How can this lieutenant be comfortable in the General's Mansion, at that time, you don't have to worry about anything when you are by the master's side, just practice martial arts by yourself every day." Now there are a bunch of trivial things every day, which makes me very upset. ”

Deng Yuanjue laughed: "It's really child's words, what an important position the lieutenant is, the safety of the imperial city is in your hands, and how many people want to do this position can't do it." Luosheng, how are you over there, is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince easy to get along with? ”

Shi Luosheng replied: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still getting along, but the child is just a little worried. ”

Deng Yuanjue was a little surprised and said, "Worried? You are now the crown prince, what is there to worry about, is it not possible for His Royal Highness the prince to disobey your discipline? ”

Shi Luosheng arched his hand and said: "That's not it, father-in-law, the child doesn't dare to hide it, the father-in-law also knows what His Majesty wants to do most now, and the child is worried that one day His Majesty will have a conflict with his father-in-law." ”

Deng Yuanjue didn't expect Shi Luosheng to say so directly, and asked rhetorically: "If there is really such a day, what are you two going to do with it?" ”

Shi Luosheng said: "The child doesn't know, the child doesn't want to be unfaithful to His Majesty, let alone be an enemy of his father-in-law, if there is such a day, the child can only resign and return to his hometown." ”

Deng Yuanjue looked at Liu Zixuan again, and Liu Zixuan also replied: "The apprentice is the same as Luosheng, and he will return to Xiaocang City together at that time." ”

Deng Yuanjue sneered and said, "At that time, do you think you can stay out of the matter?" The external troubles of the Great Song Dynasty have been lifted, and now Your Majesty is determined to solve the problem of the family before he passes on the throne to the crown prince, it is impossible for you to stay out of the matter, even if I think of the relationship between father and son and master and apprentice, what about Your Majesty? Will he let you go? ”

Shi Luosheng bowed his head and was silent, without answering.

Deng Yuanjue said again: "Luosheng, in fact, you don't need your father-in-law to mention it, you also know, even if you help Your Majesty solve the problems of the family, Your Majesty will still worry about whether you will become a new family, if you choose Your Majesty, in the end, whether you win or lose, your outcome will be the same." But if you choose a family, it goes without saying if you lose, if you win, you will be a great minister, become a new family, and you can save your life no matter how bad it is. ”

Shi Luosheng smiled bitterly: "Father-in-law, do you think the family can win?" It is impossible for the five great families to unite for their own interests, and in the end they will only be broken by His Majesty one by one. ”

Deng Yuanjue was silent for a while and said: "If Your Majesty only has one son, of course the family can't win, but now he has four sons, the prince is just a young son, and his biological mother, Concubine Bin, has already passed away." Although His Majesty is over sixty years old, but ascended to the throne only for more than ten years, when His Majesty was still a prince, Concubine Bin Niangniang was already a well-known talented woman in the Great Song Dynasty, and then the two came together, Concubine Bin Niangniang in order to help His Majesty ascend the throne, it can be said that it was painstaking and painstaking, and finally His Majesty was named the prince, but Concubine Bin Niangniang also died after giving birth to Xiao Yan due to overwork. Later, His Majesty ascended the throne, and in order to commemorate Concubine Bin, Xiao Yan was named the crown prince. In this regard, the eldest son Xiao Yin, the second prince Xiao Yu and the third prince Xiao Che were all dissatisfied in their hearts, and these three princes also had ideas about the throne, but His Majesty supported the crown prince, and they could only rely on the family to support them. ”

Although Shi Luosheng has been in the palace for a while, because Xiao Yin, Xiao Yu and Xiao Che have already been crowned kings, they all have their own palaces, and they rarely enter the palace, so they don't have much contact with the three of them.

Shi Luosheng said: "I have also heard about several princes, the prime minister and the father-in-law both support the eldest son Xiao Yin, and the second prince Xiao Yu is married to the granddaughter of Lord Taiwei Tian, Natian Taiwei and Li Situ naturally support the second prince, as for the third prince Xiao Che also has the support of Lord Sikong Cui behind him, these three princes have a family figure behind them, no wonder His Majesty does not like these three." ”

Deng Yuanjue said: "Since ancient times, the eldest son of the emperor Xiao Yin's biological mother is now also the queen's mother, he is the eldest son and the son-in-law, so he should naturally be the prince, and the prime minister's thoughts are the same as mine." ”

Shi Luosheng wanted to say something more, but at this time, the doorman came to report that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had an urgent matter to ask Shi Taifu and Lieutenant Liu to return to the palace.