In the original history, Zhao Ji had a total of fourteen sons, but the strange thing is that the first few sons were all early arrows, but all the sons born later survived, according to Zhao Yan's guess, this is likely to be related to Xu Dezu, because there was no intervention in the original history, Xu Dezu may have stayed in the palace for some reason, and finally like his father, he began to assassinate those newborn princes, but it may be because of unknown reasons, such as Xu Dezu's identity was exposed or died early, This allowed Zhao Ji's remaining son to survive.

However, in the historical time and space that Zhao Yan traveled, because of his intervention, not only did Xu Dezu die early, but even Zhao Ji's palace had some changes, which also made Zhao Ji's sons reach eighteen, of which only one was early due to illness, and the rest are still very healthy at least until now, the oldest of them is ten years old this year, although it is still a child, but there are countless cases of children inheriting the throne in history, so it is normal for Zhao Ji to pass on the throne to a child.

First of all, he wanted to determine which of these children was Zhao Xu in history, but unfortunately Zhao Xu did not use this name before he ascended the throne, as for the original name Zhao Yan did not remember, and he didn't even remember his ranking, so Zhao Yan couldn't judge which prince Zhao Xu was.

Speaking of which, although Zhao Xu is a good emperor, he does not live long, so Zhao Yan is not willing to let him sit on the emperor, and there is another son of Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji, this guy is very easy to recognize, because Zhao Ji's son does have a prince named Zhao Ji, and his mother is Chen, which is also consistent with history, of course, the current Zhao Ji is only four or five years old. For the time being, I can't see what the future will look like.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that when Zhao Yan asked Zhao Yan which prince was more suitable to take over the throne, he was a little hesitant, firstly, he did not want to let the original historical Zhao Xu sit on the throne, but he did not know who Zhao Xu was, and secondly, Zhao Yan had been in Guangzhou for several years. I don't know much about Zhao Ji's sons, so it is simply too difficult for him to pick a suitable heir to the throne among several princes.

Seeing Zhao Yan frowning and thinking about being embarrassed by his own question, Zhao Yan's pale face showed a weak smile again, only to see him reluctantly stretch out his hand and pat Zhao Yan's shoulder and say, "Third brother, does this matter make you very embarrassed?" ”

"This ......" Zhao Yan also showed a wry smile on his face again, and then said helplessly and honestly: "Big brother, you have many sons, and several of them were born after I left the capital, so I don't know their temperament at all. In addition, the children's personalities are changeable, and no one knows what kind of person they will be in the future, and I can't just point out a prince for the eldest brother to refer to, so ......"

"Actually, don't say it's the third brother, I, the father, also have such concerns, my sons are too young, and no one knows what kind of people they will become in the future, so let me hand over the country of the Great Song Dynasty to them. It's really hard for me, and that's one of the main reasons why I want to pass on the throne to you, my third brother. Zhao Ji said weakly again at this time.

"But......" heard Zhao Ji turn the topic to the aspect of passing on the throne to himself. Zhao Yan instinctively wanted to say something more, but he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

Seeing the complicated expression on Zhao Yan's face, I saw that Zhao Yan also sighed helplessly at this time: "Third brother, I said just now, I know that you are not willing to take over my throne, and I don't want to force you too much." So I'm ready to leave the power of this choice to yourself! ”

"Myself? What do you mean? Zhao Yan was very surprised when he heard this, but he quickly understood what Zhao Yan meant.

At this time, Zhao Ji stretched out his arm, as if he wanted to reach something to the innermost part of the bed, but his body was too weak to reach it at all. This made him smile at Zhao Yan helplessly, which made Zhao Yan feel sad in his heart, but also understood what he meant, stood up and leaned out at the moment, reached out and touched the inside of the bed, and found a long wooden box.

When Zhao Yan took out the wooden box, and then opened it under Zhao Yan's signal, the box was not locked, so Zhao Yan opened the box easily, but when he saw the things inside, Zhao Yan showed a shocked and stunned expression, because there were two holy decrees in the box, which made him feel a little absurd, because before Zhao Shu died, he also left him two holy decrees, and the current situation is almost no different from the situation when Zhao Shu handed over the holy decree to himself.

"Big brother, ...... are you" Zhao Yan smiled bitterly at this time, he had even guessed the content of the holy decree.

"Third brother, these two holy decrees are written by me, one of the holy decrees is to canonize you as the crown prince, and after I die, the third brother you are the new monarch of my Great Song Dynasty, and the other is a holy decree to canonize a certain prince, but I didn't specify which prince it is, but left a blank, just need you to fill in the name of the prince." Zhao Ji explained with a smile at this time.

"Brother Huang, what are you ......" Zhao Yan showed a wry smile when he heard this, because Zhao Yan did this to simply put all the problems that should belong to him on himself, he was unwilling to take over the throne no matter what, so he could only choose a certain prince to take over, but in order to prevent this prince from becoming a senseless monarch, Zhao Yan had to teach him all the time, which was a big trouble, unless he took over the throne himself from the beginning, but this is obviously impossible.

"Third brother, why didn't my father pass on your idea at the beginning, but with the eldest brother here, I carried the throne for you, and now I also want to deal with the throne before leaving, but if you look at the current appearance of the eldest brother, I really don't have the energy to do this, so I can only trouble the third brother." When Zhao Yan said these words, his originally pale face showed a somewhat narrow smile, and it seemed that he had made up his mind to let Zhao Yan help him make this difficult choice.

"This ......" Zhao Yan has a big head now, Zhao Yan gave him two choices, either to take over the throne himself, or to help him choose a prince to take over the throne, and Zhao Yan only has a few days left, as the so-called country cannot be without a monarch for a day, Zhao Yan must choose the prince before Zhao Yan dies.

"Third brother......" At this time, Zhao Yan suddenly stretched out his hand again, held Zhao Yan's hand tightly and wanted to say something, but before the words could be spoken, there was a violent cough, and the more he coughed, the more he coughed, and finally he couldn't even breathe, Zhao Yan hurriedly stepped forward to help him pat his back, but it had no effect, and finally Zhao Yan tilted his head and fell unconscious again.

Seeing that Zhao Yan was unconscious, Zhao Yan hurriedly asked Cao Yan and Zhilugu and others to summon them, but before they came, Zhao Yan put away the two holy decrees in the box, which really can't be known to outsiders. It's just that when he put the holy decree in his sleeve, Zhao Yan couldn't help but show a little wry smile, Zhao Yan handed over this problem to himself, and he fainted very simply, and now he can't shirk it if he wants to.

Soon Empress Dowager Gao rushed in with someone from outside, and then Cao Ji and Zhilugu also came in, and then checked the pulse of the unconscious Zhao Xu, and finally told Zhao Yan that they don't have to worry, although Zhao Ji fainted, but there is no danger to his life for the time being, but in the next few days, Zhao Ji may die at any time.

Hearing the news, Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Xiang cried a few times again, but they had already passed the most painful moment, so they quickly stopped after crying a few times, and then they all looked at Zhao Yan, obviously, they all wanted to know what Zhao Yan said to Zhao Yan just now?

Seeing this, Zhilugu and Cao Tong next to him all took the initiative to retreat, and even Huang Wude took the palace maid to avoid outside the palace, and only Zhao Yan, Empress Gao, and Empress Xiang were left in the entire hall, and Zhao Yan also knew that this matter would definitely not be able to bypass the two women opposite, so he was already thinking about how to deal with them just now. (To be continued......)

PS: My daughter's condition is finally stable, the fever has subsided, and the blood will be tested again tomorrow, and if all aspects are normal, she should be discharged. This chapter is 500 words less than usual, because the next content is very important, and the hospital is too chaotic, Lao Yu needs some time to think about the next plot, I hope you can understand.