Hearing Cao Ying mention the matter of Lichu when she opened her mouth, Zhao Yan was also taken aback, and she couldn't understand how she knew about it. But soon he came to his senses, turned his head to Cao Ying in surprise, and said, "Grandfather, his old man has been here, right?" ”

It is impossible for Cao Ying to guess the matter of Lichu without evidence, but don't forget, Cao Tong was also in the palace yesterday, although Cao Tong usually ignores mundane affairs, but the matter of Lichu is related to the future fate of Zhao Yan and Cao Ying, and it is also related to the fate of the Cao family and the people in the world, so Cao Tong can ignore other things, but this matter cannot be ignored.

"I know that I can't hide it from my husband, during the time when you were asleep, my grandfather did come to visit, originally wanting to find you, but when I heard that you were sleeping, I told me what happened in the palace." Cao Ying said with a light smile.

"Oh? What do you think about this, lady? Zhao Yan sat up straight at this time and asked, Or an ordinary woman, when she learns that her husband may inherit the throne, she is afraid that she will be ecstatic, and even keep persuading her husband to accept the throne, but Cao Ying is not an ordinary woman, so Zhao Yan wants to hear his opinion.

Sure enough, Cao Ying did not disappoint Zhao Yan, only to see her smile at this time: "When my husband came back yesterday, I was full of worries, and I looked sullen, and my grandfather said that His Majesty woke up yesterday and left his husband alone to talk, so it seems that His Majesty must have proposed to pass the throne to his husband, and his husband is unwilling to accept it!" ”

"What else?" Zhao Yan nodded when he heard this, and then asked, Cao Ying's guess was only half right, and he wanted to see if Cao Ying could guess the other half.

"And?" But this time Zhao Yan is going to be disappointed, no matter how smart Cao Ying is, he is just a mortal. Naturally, it is impossible to be able to pinch and calculate like a fairy, and it is even more impossible to know that Zhao Ji gave him two choices.

Seeing Cao Ying's surprised appearance, Zhao Yan couldn't help but feel funny, and immediately reached out and took out the two holy decrees that he had been carrying on his body and said, "This is given to me by the eldest brother, just look at it." ”

If Zhao Yan came up with a holy decree, Cao Ying would definitely think that it was the holy decree that Zhao Yan passed on to Zhao Yan. But now Zhao Yan took out two at once, which made Cao Ying feel very strange, and immediately reached out to open one of the holy decrees, and found that this holy decree was indeed the holy decree passed on by Zhao Yan to Zhao Yan, and it was also written by Zhao Yan himself, but it may be because of Zhao Xu's weakness in his arm, the words on the holy decree are a little crooked, but this also proves the authenticity of this holy decree.

After reading the first holy decree passed on to Zhao Yan, Cao Ying couldn't help but be even more curious about the rest of the holy decrees. I wonder what is written in this decree? stretched out and opened it at the moment to take a look, and what shocked her was that this holy decree turned out to be Zhao Ji's holy decree, and there was only a simple sentence, that is, "The prince is located in () The prince", there was a blank in front of the prince, and the key information was not filled in, with Cao Ying's intelligence. Seeing that this missing sentence in the holy decree is also a little confused, what does it mean?

"Husband, there is obviously a holy decree to pass on the throne to you. Why is there another decree passed on to a certain prince, is it deliberate? Cao Ying thought about it for a long time, but she couldn't figure it out, and finally raised her head and asked Zhao Yan, in fact, it was normal for her to not guess, after all, no one would have thought that Zhao Yan would be a scoundrel and leave all such a big matter as Lichu to Zhao Yan to decide.

Seeing that even Cao Ying couldn't understand the meaning of these two holy decrees given to him by Zhao Yan, Zhao Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly. Then he repeated the words that Zhao Ji talked to himself, and finally he said helplessly: "This is how things happened, lady, you also know my temperament, I will definitely not accept the throne, so I told the queen mother and the queen afterwards." The crown prince must be one of the many princes, but now my headache is, which prince should be chosen as the crown prince? ”

Cao Ying never expected that these two holy decrees would have such deep intentions, and it took a long time to react at the moment, and when she heard Zhao Yan refuse the throne, she did not show a look of surprise on her face, after all, after so many years of husband and wife, except for Ning Er and a few of them, there is no one in this world who knows Zhao Yan better than herself. It's just that Cao Ying didn't expect that Zhao Ji trusted her husband so much, and even handed over such a big matter as the establishment of the crown prince to Zhao Yan to make decisions on his behalf without reservation, if this kind of thing was not seen with her own eyes, I am afraid she would not believe it for a while.

After a long while, I saw Cao Ying breathe a sigh of relief, and then lightly opened her lips and said to Zhao Yan: "Husband, Your Majesty really trusts you completely, but this also throws a big problem to your husband, no matter which prince your husband appoints as the prince in the future, I am afraid that he will offend other princes and the forces behind them." ”

Hearing Cao Ying's words, Zhao Yan nodded first, then shook his head and said: "With my current status and fame, I don't need to worry about the forces behind those princes, which is also one of the main reasons why the eldest brother handed this over to me, but I want to choose an excellent heir to the throne from a group of children under the age of ten, but this is an even more difficult thing, who knows what kind of people these princes will grow into in the future?" ”

Zhao Yan couldn't help but show a distressed expression when he said at the end, as an educator who traveled through later generations, he knew better than everyone in this era that a person grows from a child to an adult, and his character will slowly take shape, but the formation of character is affected by genetics, environment, diseases, etc., no one can fully grasp the formation of a person's character, and character determines fate, so if you want to be a good emperor, you need to at least have the corresponding character, But asking him to pick out from a group of children who are fit to be emperors is not much different from gambling.

"Husband, we haven't been in the capital in the past few years, and we are not very familiar with those little princes, but Your Majesty still leaves this matter to you, I guess Your Majesty's move is not to let you choose a suitable person from these princes, but to let you personally train the prince you selected yourself to become a qualified emperor!" At this time, I saw Cao Ying pursing her lips and reminding with a smile.

"Huh? Hearing ......Cao Ying's analysis, Zhao Yan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then finally understood, it turned out that Zhao Yan's intention was not to let himself elect a qualified emperor, but to let himself teach a qualified emperor, but he then smiled bitterly, he had already thought before, a person's growth process is very complicated, even if he personally teaches, it does not necessarily guarantee that he can teach an excellent emperor.

"Is the husband afraid of trouble or is he not confident in himself?" Cao Ying asked with a smile again at this time.

"It's both." Zhao Yan smiled helplessly and said, if he really appoints a prince to become the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, then he will also be responsible for the choices he makes in the future, at least to teach the other party to be a good emperor, not a reckless person, otherwise if the Great Song Dynasty is ruined at the hands of the emperor he personally selected, then he is not only sorry for Zhao Ji, but also sorry for the people of the world.

"Actually, the husband doesn't have to worry too much, life is not as good as nine times out of ten, since the husband is in the current position, some things are unavoidable, and you yourself are unwilling to provoke the heavy responsibility of the Great Song Dynasty, so you can only help Your Majesty teach a qualified successor." Cao Ying spoke again at this time and comforted.

Zhao Yan also showed a contemplative expression when he heard Cao Ying's words, and after a long time, he sighed heavily and said: "Lady, what you said is right, the eldest brother's body is no longer good, and only I can pick up the burden on his body for him!" ”

Seeing that Zhao Yan had figured it out, Cao Ying also showed a somewhat satisfied smile on her face, and then she thought of those young princes, and immediately spoke again: "Husband, with your character, you must have done some understanding of those princes before, but do you know which prince you think is the most suitable to become the prince of the Great Song Dynasty?" (To be continued......)

PS: I haven't written enough 3,000 words.,I'm so tired these days.,I almost didn't sleep well in the hospital.,As a result, I just coded a chapter after I came back today.,I crawled in front of the computer and fell asleep.,The second chapter is also very hard to write.,Update a lot late.,I hope you understand it.。