Zhao Ji can still give birth to more than the original history, he actually has eighteen sons at once, except for one who died early due to illness, the remaining seventeen are very healthy, and among the seventeen princes, there are twelve under the age of six, these twelve little guys are too young, and their personality and temperament can't be seen, Zhao Yan doesn't plan to consider it for the time being, the remaining five princes are between seven and ten years old, and they have already gone to elementary school in the later generations, and the ancient children are all precocious, so Zhao Yan decided to choose among the five princes.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that Zhao Ji, the famous faint monarch in later history, is now less than six years old, but even if he is of the right age, Zhao Yan will directly eliminate him, he doesn't want to cultivate a dead monarch with his own hands.

It is worth mentioning that Zhao Yan suspects that Zhao Xu of Song Zhezong in history is also among the five princes, but unfortunately Zhao Xu changed his name after ascending the throne, and the original name Zhao Yan did not know, only knew that after the death of Zhao Xuan in history, the oldest prince alive was Zhao Xu, who was made the emperor, so it can be inferred that Zhao Xu's ranking among the princes should be relatively high.

Zhao Yan had already asked Huang Wude before, and he had also made some understanding of the situation of Zhao Tong and other princes, and even before Zhao Yan left the capital to go to Guangzhou, he had seen these children, but these children were too young at the time, and some were still in infancy, so they couldn't see anything at all, and now Cao Ying asked him which prince he thought was suitable, Zhao Yan didn't know how to answer for a while, and finally replied helplessly: "I think it's best for the crown prince to be older, don't think about it if you're under six years old, As a result, there are only five older princes left, and if nothing else, the crown prince will be chosen from among them. ”

I heard that Zhao Yan planned to set up an older prince. Cao Ying covered her mouth and smiled: "Husband, I'm really afraid of trouble, an older prince can also become an adult early, so that my husband can get out of government affairs earlier." ”

"How can a husband be as lazy as you think, older children are more sensible. I can also teach him to deal with the government earlier, after all, as the emperor, I can't always let me help him deal with the government, only after the emperor is in power, the world can be more stable! Zhao Ji said righteously at this time, but looking at his appearance, he was a little weak-hearted.

Cao Ying can make some good suggestions to Zhao Yan on other matters, but she can't help Li Chu in this matter. After all, she has also gone to the south with Zhao Yan in the past few years, and she has never even seen those princes, and it is impossible to determine the temperament of a prince based on Zhao Yan's relays and some rumors, so Zhao Yan decided to find a time to meet his nephews.

It is precisely because of this that after talking with Cao Ying, Zhao Yan hurriedly entered the palace again, after all, he can't hurry up, Zhao Yan may die at any time in these seven days. And he had to pick a qualified successor for Zhao before he died.

After Zhao Yan entered the palace, he went to the Vertical Arch Hall for the first time. As a result, I only saw Empress Xiang who was guarding Zhao Ji's bedside, and as for Empress Dowager Gao, because she was old, she went back to rest, and then Zhao Yan stepped forward and saluted to the queen: "See the imperial sister-in-law, I don't know if the imperial brother has woken up?" ”

Empress Xiang's eyes were red at this time, and her face was also very haggard. It seemed that he had cried just now, and when he saw Zhao Yan coming in, he hurriedly wiped his eyes and said, "Third brother doesn't need to be polite, Your Majesty has not woken up since he was in a coma for the second time yesterday, but the imperial doctor said that Your Majesty's condition has not deteriorated." It's just that I've been in a coma all the time and hasn't eaten or drunk, even if I'm not sick, I'm afraid it's ......."

When it came to the end, Queen Xiang couldn't help but whimper again, originally with her identity, she couldn't see Zhao Yan, let alone lose her temper in front of Zhao Yan, but because Zhao Yan suddenly fell ill, these previous rules couldn't be taken care of.

Seeing that Queen Xiang wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry, she could only wipe her tears in a low voice, Zhao Yan also felt some sympathy for this imperial sister-in-law, speaking of which, Zhao Yan didn't like her, but only because of her soft temperament made her the queen, but after marriage, Zhao Ji slowly fell in love with this Queen Xiang, even if Queen Xiang has not been able to get pregnant, Zhao Ji's love for her is still undiminished, but she didn't expect Zhao Ji to be seriously ill and dying in her prime, which will be an extremely huge blow to Queen Xiang.

"The imperial sister-in-law mourns, the imperial brother is now unconscious, and the younger brother will naturally handle the affairs in the court, but the harem still needs the support of the imperial sister-in-law, so the imperial sister-in-law, you must not be overly sad!" Zhao Yan immediately opened his mouth to persuade, speaking of which, if the queen can give birth to a prince, then the matter will be simple, because the concubine born to the queen must be the future crown prince, and there is no need for Zhao Yan to waste energy to choose.

"Well, there is the third brother Lao on the outside, I don't know what is important for the third brother to enter the palace today?" At this time, Queen Xiang also stopped her grief, raised her eyes to look at Zhao Yan and asked, Zhao Yan has been refusing to leave after asking about Zhao Yan's condition, that must be something to do, so she took the initiative to ask.

"Sister-in-law Qi, the younger brother does have important things to do when he came here today, and it is related to the position of the crown prince, but this matter requires the consent of the imperial sister-in-law!" Zhao Yan saluted again at this time.

Hearing that it was about the establishment of the reserve, Queen Xiang couldn't help but be stunned, and couldn't help but sit up straight and said: "Third brother, please speak, the matter of the establishment of the reserve is very important, as long as I can do something, I will definitely fully cooperate with the third brother!" ”

"Actually, this matter is not a big deal, it's just that the younger brother wants to ask the imperial sister-in-law to bring several princes over the age of six, and then hand them over to the younger brother to take out of the palace, and the imperial sister-in-law doesn't need to bother with other things!" Zhao Yan saluted again, if he wanted to pick a suitable candidate for the prince among several princes, Zhao Yan must have some understanding of these princes, but Zhao Yan's time is running out, and it is impossible for him to live in the palace, so he must take these princes with him, and even use some methods to assess them, although the results obtained by this are not necessarily accurate, but this is already the best way that Zhao Yan can think of at present.

"What? Take the prince over the age of six out of the palace? Queen Xiang couldn't help but stand up in shock when she heard Zhao Yan's words, according to the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, whether the prince is a princess or not, he is generally raised in the palace since he was a child, and he will not move out of the palace until he gets married, which is also for the safety of the princes and princesses, so the princes and princesses who are not adults are not allowed to leave the palace, of course, unless they are specially allowed by the emperor or queen, such as Zhao Yan's younger brother Zhao Yan, who went out of the palace to follow Zhao Yan when he was ten years old, and later followed Cao Tong to study medicine, and now he has not yet become a teacher.

"Third brother, you ...... Why did you take a prince over the age of six out of the palace? Empress Xiang reacted after a while, and asked with a serious face, Zhao Yan's life is dying, he may die at any time, yesterday Zhao Yan also said that there will definitely be a prince to inherit the throne, but now Zhao Yan wants to take the older princes out of the palace, even if Queen Xiang doesn't have a city government, I'm afraid she will doubt Zhao Yan's intentions.

"This ......" Zhao Yan hesitated for a moment and decided to tell the truth, because Empress Xiang was not as suspicious as Empress Dowager Gao, if Empress Dowager Gao was here, I am afraid that even if Zhao Yan told the truth, the other party would not believe it, and it might even have the opposite effect.

Thinking of this, I saw Zhao Yan step forward again and said: "Imperial sister-in-law, this matter is related to the inheritance of the throne of my Great Song Dynasty, and the imperial brother only let me do it alone, but this matter requires the cooperation of the imperial sister-in-law, so I think I should tell you, I just hope that the imperial sister-in-law you must keep it secret, and never tell the third person, even the queen mother!" ”

Seeing Zhao Yan's serious expression, Empress Xiang couldn't help but be a little nervous, and after thinking about it for a moment, she finally nodded and said, "Third brother, please speak, if this matter is really related to the inheritance of the throne, this palace will definitely not tell anyone." ”

After getting the assurance to the queen, Zhao Yan took out the holy decree in his arms at the moment, of course, this holy decree was the holy decree of a certain prince, and as for the holy decree of that transmission was located in him, he was hidden at home, and it is estimated that he will never see the light of day again.

When Empress Xiang saw Zhao Yan take out the holy decree again, she was also stunned at the moment, but Zhao Yan handed it to her this time, and then motioned for her to open it, but when she opened the holy decree to the queen, she was as surprised as Cao Ying yesterday, and at the same time, she didn't understand why the key words were missing from the holy decree?

It was only at this time that Zhao Yan told him about Zhao Ji's entrustment to him yesterday, and when Empress Xiang heard that Zhao Ji actually handed over such an important matter as selecting the prince to Zhao Yan to deal with, she couldn't believe it at the moment, but she thought about it carefully, and felt that it was reasonable, after all, Zhao Ji had been lingering on the sickbed during this time, not only could he not handle the government affairs, but I am afraid that he had not even thought about the inheritance of the throne, and if Zhao Yan personally selected a prince, then Zhao Yan would definitely assist him wholeheartedly in the future.

Thinking of the above, Empress Xiang finally no longer doubted the truth of this matter, after all, the holy decree must be true, and it was written by Zhao Ji himself, she was absolutely sure of this, so she saw that Empress Xiang hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and said: "Okay, the mourning family believes in the third brother, so send someone to call the prince over six years old!" ”

Hearing that Empress Xiang finally agreed, Zhao Yan was also overjoyed, and just wanted to thank him, but saw Empress Xiang speak again: "But the mourning family wants to know, third brother, how do you plan to choose the crown prince among these princes, and how many more days will it take to choose the right person?" (To be continued......)