"You are against me everywhere, do you really think I dare not kill you?" Emperor Zhou looked at Zhao Yan coldly and asked.

"The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die!" Zhao Yan said, "The lives of the sons and daughters are all given by the father, and the father wants to kill or chop, and the sons and daughters have no complaints!" ”

"You still know that I am your father, and you know that your life was given by me!" Emperor Zhou sneered, his attitude suddenly softened, and asked, "Do you know why I want Zhao Ling and his wife?" ”

"I don't know!" Zhao Yan said truthfully, "Erchen knows that his father has murderous intentions towards them, but Erchen really doesn't know why his father wants to kill them, and the son of the world is loyal to his father and Da Zhou!" ”

"Zhao Ling is loyal to Da Zhou now!" Emperor Zhou's eyes narrowed slightly, and continued, "It's just that his ability is too outstanding, and you naturally won't doubt him if you have a deep relationship with him now, but what about in the future?" People's hearts will change, and ambitions will also swell, and once you can't master him, he will immediately turn into a tiger, and by then it will be too late! It is precisely because I have decided to hand over the country to you, so I want to remove the thorns on the road for you, you can't bear to do it, I will do it for you! It is enough for Da Zhou to have one eldest grandson, and there is absolutely no second one! ”

"Erchen definitely doesn't have the eloquence of his father, but Erchen has absolute trust in his brother who grew up together!" Zhao Yan raised his eyes and looked at his father firmly, "Erchen would rather not be the crown prince and the future emperor, and he will definitely not be able to watch his brother being killed!" ”

"Can a brother be compared to Jiangshan Sheji? You are the prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and you want to pretend to be the world's major events in your eyes, how can you be blinded by the love of brotherhood? Emperor Zhou scolded with a calm face, "The Great Zhou Dynasty has been weak from the beginning to the present and is now looking at the Quartet, and the Zhao family has been controlled by others everywhere to now standing at the top of the imperial power, because in my eyes, the hegemony of Jiangshan Sheji and Huangtu is the right way, in order to make the Great Zhou able to dominate the Quartet, I can give up everything, including myself, this is the responsibility of an emperor!" ”

"But as an emperor, in addition to having an ambition, you should also have a broad mind!" Zhao Yan retorted, "My father is too suspicious, didn't my father make a mistake when he said that he was punishing his heart?" ”

"Are you referring to your eldest brother?" Emperor Zhou squinted his eyes and asked, "Do you still think I did something wrong?" ”

"The prestige of the eldest brother at that time was very high, and with the help of the Bai family, it was indeed a threat to the father, under the temptation of the tempting forbidden fruit of imperial power, the father did not trust the eldest emperor, and did not believe that he would not rebel, so it was reasonable!" Zhao Yan paused and said, "My father is too suspicious in my heart, and he is good at balancing the art, even though my father's move is for the long-term consideration of the Great Zhou, but the son still feels that his father's methods are too inferior!" What a chilling it would be for the eldest brother to be innocently victimized under a piece of loyalty! Today's prince is also, he has an indelible contribution to the Great Zhou, but the monarch he is loyal to is trying every means to get his life, how chilling he should be! Could it be that when you become an emperor, the friendship and justice in your heart must be abandoned, leaving only groundless suspicion and ruthlessness! ”

"Shut up!" Emperor Zhou scolded, "Who gave you the courage to dare to talk to me like this!" ”

Zhao Yan was neither humble nor arrogant, looked at Emperor Zhou's angry eyes and said: "Father, the minister has always wanted to say these words but has not had the opportunity to say them!" If as an emperor will become ruthless and unrighteous, then this emperor and his ministers are really not interested, and they are afraid that they will not be able to sleep at night! ”

"Good, good!" Emperor Zhou laughed angrily, "What a loving and righteous second prince, what a loving and righteous Zhao Yan!" ”

"Erchen has been by the side of the eldest brother since he was a child, and he admires his ideals, and later he has been on the frontier to defend the country, and there is still a heroic righteousness in his chest!" Zhao Yan smiled helplessly and said, "Later, when I returned to the capital and fought with my third brother, I was used to seeing the smoky miasma that the dynasty was intriguing about!" I didn't know myself at that time, was it still the same Zhao Yan who broke his head and spilled blood on the battlefield? Later, I met Xiaoyu and knew her wish to overturn the case for the Bai family for the eldest brother, and then the son-in-law slowly regained his original intention, the intrigue and the son-in-law did not like it, the ruthless and ruthless son-in-law did not like it, and the son-in-law did not like everything that the emperor had to bear, but the son-in-law knew that he was the prince and had no power to escape, so he worked hard all the way to the present, but the son-in-law was not the father after all, and he couldn't do the cold-blooded ruthlessness of the father, and the father who couldn't abandon everything! ”

"I'll give you one last chance!" Emperor Zhou said coldly, "As long as you kill Zhao Ling and his wife, you will not hear today's wild words, this crown prince is still yours, and the future of this Great Zhou is still yours!" ”

"Ruoerchen can't do it!"

"A disobedient prince has no need to exist!" Emperor Zhou's face instantly regained calm, and the disappointment in his eyes disappeared, and he said lightly, "I am not only your son!" ”

"The son is at the disposal of his father!" Zhao Yan kowtowed and said with a wry smile.

"Come on, take down the second prince and put him in prison!" Emperor Zhou shouted coldly.

"Yes!"

When the Imperial Forest Army outside entered, Zhao Yan got up calmly and said, "I'll go by myself!" ”

Emperor Zhou picked up the pen and continued to paint, his expression was calm, as if he had not been affected by half of the point, he had painted more than half, and when he was about to finish, he had lost interest and said to the eunuch who was waiting: "Burn it!" ”

"Yes!"

Naturally, the harem was still peaceful, and no one knew about the storm that only happened in the imperial study. Concubine De and Concubine Qi are not people competing for favor, Concubine Yun seems to have lost her favor since she had a miscarriage, she stayed quietly in her palace, acting in a low-key manner, and the Queen Mother was seriously ill and ignored everything, so now is the calmest time in this harem.

Concubine De is watching the fifth prince write, she herself has not much knowledge, and she has not slackened in the slightest for this son's studies, not that she hopes that her son will be able to achieve great things in the future, but that she hopes that her son can read more and know more etiquette, and will not be used in the future, and can finish this life peacefully.

There have always been rumors that His Majesty wants to make her the queen, she has no interest in this queen at all, and she doesn't want the young five princes to be involved in the disputes of the previous dynasty.

"How's it going?" Concubine De asked.

"It's written!" Zhao Li said with a smile, "Yesterday, my father and the emperor praised the son's article for making great progress!" ”

"That's it!" Concubine De gently fanned the wind with a fan, "I heard that some ministers are looking for you recently, how should you deal with this matter?" ”

"Erchen is still studying, and he has not yet been exposed to government affairs, except for the gentleman arranged by his father, Erchen doesn't pay attention to anyone!" Zhao Li said, "Erchen is not ignorant, knowing what you are worried about, Concubine, Erchen will not let himself be involved in the court, a few brothers are in front, and Erchen doesn't want to follow in the footsteps!" ”

"It's best that you can understand it in your own heart!" Concubine De said, "The mother concubine also made it clear to you today, the second prince and the concubine Niangniang, the king of Chu and the princess of the world are kind to us, although the mother concubine has not studied much, but the mother concubine knows that there are some things we can't do!" Besides, you are brothers with Haoran and Quan'er, and you can't share your brotherhood! This prince's position is a hot sweet spot, our mother and son don't think about it, and live our lives peacefully! ”

Zhao Li's face sank for a moment, he got up and clasped his fists and said: "Of course the ministers know what the mother concubine said, but some things are also unavoidable, as if the second brother and the third brother were forced by their father to go to that road, if the father forces the son in the future, the son has no heart and liver, it is really a last resort!" ”

"Let's talk about the future later!" Concubine De sighed, pressed her temples, and sighed helplessly, "I've been with your father for all these years, but I still haven't figured out what he's thinking in his heart!" ”

When the mother and son were talking, the people from the palace outside entered and said: "Qi Yu Niangniang, the news from the imperial study just now, the second prince has been pressed into the prison by His Majesty!" ”

"What!" Concubine De got up and her face changed, "What the hell is going on!" The prince was released from the prison a few days ago, why did the second prince go in again! Do you know why? ”

"It is said that it is because the second prince faked the holy decree!" Miyato said.

"False proclamation? This is Your Majesty's rebellious scales, this is a capital crime, how could this kid do such a foolish thing! Concubine De said anxiously, "Ping'er, you stay here, I'll go to Guifei Niangniang to have a look!" ”

"Yes!"

Concubine De hurriedly went to Concubine Qi's bedroom, but she didn't have time to salute, so she stepped forward and asked, "Sister, have you heard about the second prince?" ”

Qi Guifei sat by the window and took care of the potted plants, glanced at Concubine De, and nodded calmly.

Concubine De hurriedly stepped forward and snatched the scissors from Concubine Qi's hand, and asked worriedly, "I know why you are still so calm?" ”

"What if you can't hold your breath? Can you still go to Your Majesty to cry, make trouble, and hang yourself? Qi Guifei said, "If Your Majesty is really angry, is it useful for people from other districts to persuade you?" If we just want to teach the second child a lesson, why do we need to intercede? ”

"That's what I said!" Concubine De frowned worriedly, "The last time the prince was locked up, it was useless for the queen mother to come forward!" ”

She thought for a while and asked, "Could it be that this time, Your Majesty also taught the second prince a lesson from the last time, and released the second prince for a few days?" ”

"I hope so!" Qi Guifei picked up the scissors, but she accidentally reduced the potted plant at hand by a gap, and put the scissors down helplessly, with a faint worry in her eyes, and a calmness to see through everything.