Shen Xiao naturally didn't know about the affairs in the mansion, and after leaving the Hou Mansion, he went straight to the palace.

In the early dynasty, he didn't need to be on it, and there was nothing he needed to mix, and the emperor was very wary of him, and if it wasn't necessary, he was rarely used.

At present, although the emperor is not old, his body can only be said to be average, and the princes have grown up, because there is no prince, so they can't help but look at each other.

For Shen Xiao, they all want to win over, but Shen Xiao doesn't want to be won over by anyone, because at the moment, he hasn't seen which prince is really suitable to be the emperor.

Shen Xiao even thought about it, one day he didn't even want a knighthood, and he was free to go around, which was actually good, it was better than being stared at every day.

There was a token given by the emperor, Shen Xiao entered the palace and went directly to the emperor's imperial study, at this hour, the emperor was still in the early dynasty, Shen Xiao was led by the eunuch, entered the imperial study, and sat on the chair.

I don't know if it's to spy on him or something else, the door of the imperial study is open, and there are several little eunuchs guarding the door, and even in the imperial study, there are little eunuchs guarding it.

Shen Xiao didn't care about such a situation, and it wasn't the first time, he had already gotten used to it.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the emperor came to the imperial study, and with him, there was also the third prince Xia Qi.

"Weichen see the emperor." Standing up and saluting the emperor, Shen Xiao's attitude was very respectful.

"Get up." With a wave of his hand, the emperor motioned for Shen Xiao to get up and gave him a seat.

"The matter of Jincheng, the three princes have told me, Shen Xiao, what do you think?" Sitting on the main seat, the emperor asked Shen Xiao.

"Emperor Qi, Weichen feels that since the Qing Clan and the Snow Clan have the intention to join forces, then cut off this possibility first while they have not joined forces."

"However, for such a long time, I am afraid that the two sides have joined forces, so we can either directly fight the two clans, or find a way to appease them, of course, we must also pay attention to the movements on the side of the Li State, if the three parties join forces, I am afraid it will be very unfavorable to us."

The emperor asked, Shen Xiao didn't hide it, and directly said his thoughts, after listening to Shen Xiao, the emperor thought about it carefully, and then looked at the third prince, "Qi'er, what do you think?" ”

"Father Qi, the sons think that Shen Houye's idea is right, if he can directly destroy the alliance, it would be great, but if he can't destroy it, he can only be afraid of them as Shen Hou Ye said, or appease them, in addition, you have to guard against Li Guo."

"For so many years, Li Guo has always been eyeing us Daxing, and if they are given a chance, they will definitely not show mercy to us."

Seeing that the emperor asked himself, the third prince saluted him, and then replied in a respectful tone.

"Well, you have a point." Nodding, the emperor glanced at the three princes approvingly, and noticed the emperor's eyes, and the three princes were very happy.

Shen Xiao sat aside, the reaction between the emperor and the three princes, he saw it in his eyes, for the emperor, although he felt very helpless, but he couldn't say anything, after all, he was the king, and he was the minister.

Speaking of which, the emperor's reaction was also expected by Shen Xiao, the emperor was wary of him, and naturally didn't want him to have any credit, in this case, no matter what he did, he would be wiped out by the emperor.

Shen Xiao suddenly understood why the emperor sent the three princes to Jincheng, it turned out that it was to erase his credit.

To be honest, he didn't care about the so-called credit at all, and he didn't want to stay here if it weren't for the fact that he tried to resign his knighthood several times without success.

"Shen Xiao, you have worked hard this time, go back and have a good rest, if there is anything, I will send someone to find you." Looking at Shen Xiao, the emperor smiled and spoke, Shen Xiao responded respectfully, and then left the imperial study.

When Shen Xiao left, Xia Qi looked at the emperor and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

"Qi'er, do you want to ask me, why are you doing this to Shen Xiao?" Is it knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, the emperor looked at Xia Qi and asked.

"Erchen doesn't dare." Although he thought so, Xia Qi didn't say it, he saluted the emperor and said in a respectful tone.

"It's okay, now it's you and me, there's nothing you can't say." Smiled and spoke, the emperor seemed to be a loving father at this time.

"Back to my father's words, this time I went to Jincheng with Shen Xiao, and my son felt that he was still good, but I don't know why my father didn't use him very much for so many years."

In fact, the third prince knows that as one of the contenders for the throne, he is actually very good at pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, especially in front of the emperor, pretending to be extremely obedient and loyal.

But only those who are familiar with the Three Princes will know that it is just his disguise, the real Three Princes are a very scheming person.

"Shen Xiao is indeed not bad, but he is not easy to control, you look at his appearance, it seems that he is very respectful to me, but what he thinks in his heart, no one must know except himself."

"At this point, he has completely inherited his father's character, when I and your Seventh Emperor Uncle competed for the throne, they all used to woo his father, but he has always remained neutral, unpredictable, and later, I heard that his father had contacted the Seventh Emperor in private."

When he thought of what happened back then, the emperor's heart was very unhappy.

"However, his things are hidden, and I can't find out at all, although I inherited the throne later, but for this matter, I always feel that there is a pimple in my heart, and I have always been stuck in my heart."

"Although now that his father is dead, the heir of the Hou Mansion has become him, but looking at their similar faces and similar personalities, I always feel that he will betray me."

"I heard that the emperor left an edict back then, and I have always been suspicious of his father's hands, but after so many years, there has been no movement at all, which really makes me very strange."

Telling the story of the past, the emperor's brows furrowed, until now, he has not given up the idea of looking for the edict, he feels that it is a nail buried under his feet, maybe when, when he stepped on it, it will be deeply rooted in the heart of his feet.

"Edict? Father, after so many years, the uncle of the Seventh Emperor has also passed away, even if there is an edict, what can be done? "When Emperor Xia ascended the throne, he directly imprisoned his seventh emperor brother.

Not only that, but he also used medicine to make his Seventh Emperor Brother infertile, so he ended up with only one daughter, and other than that, there were no more children.

This daughter was also an accident to say, his princess was pregnant at that time, and he was aware of what he had done, so he hid the princess, which allowed him to have a daughter.

That is, because it was a daughter, so he didn't do anything to that child, if it was a son, he would have found a way to let the child die.

Speaking of which, that child is now married, and the child is not young, and he seems to be about the same age as Shen Xiao.

Of course, no one else knows about such a thing except himself, outsiders only think that he imprisons people and offers good food and drink, but they don't know that his Seventh Emperor Brother will have no queen in this life.

"It's better to be cautious, the edict can be found out, after all, it can get rid of a big trouble, are you willing to wait until the time to inherit the throne, and suddenly an edict will pull you off the throne?"

Hearing the question of the third prince, the emperor looked at him and asked lightly.

His words were an understatement, but in the ears of the third prince Xia Qi, there was an extra layer of meaning.

"Father?" He was very excited in his heart, Xia Qi felt that Emperor Xia would say such a thing, and he must have liked him in his heart.

"Okay, you've worked hard this time, go back and rest." didn't go to see Xia Qi, Emperor Xia spoke again, hearing Emperor Xia say this, Xia Qi didn't want to ask any more, he saluted Emperor Xia, and then withdrew from the imperial study.

Waiting for Xia Qi to leave, Emperor Xia turned his head and glanced in the direction of the door, a bright light flashed in his eyes, but no one knew except him.

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The conversation between Emperor Xia and Xia Qi, Shen Xiao was not clear, and he was not interested in knowing.

Leaving the palace, he went directly to Nalan's home.

"Coming?" Nalan is a medical idiot, his medical skills are excellent, but his personality is a little weird, it can be said that his friend is only Shen Xiao.

"Hmm." In response, Shen Xiao sat on the chair, at this time Nalan was studying something, Shen Xiao knew his temperament, so he didn't bother.

After Nalan finished studying what he had at hand, he looked at Shen Xiao, "Are you going to enter the palace?" ”

"Well, just came out." Nodding, Shen Xiao opened his mouth to answer, it was strange to say, every time he entered the palace, Nalan could know, for this, Shen Xiao was very curious.

I also asked Nalan, but Nalan said that every time Shen Xiao came out of the palace, he had a smell of the palace.

As for what it tasted like, Shen Xiao didn't know.

"Then the old emperor didn't embarrass you, did he? If you want me to say, why do you have to do this or something, hurry up and quit and travel the world with me! ”

Leaning back on the chair, Nalan said with a dissatisfied face, like this, basically every time he saw Shen Xiao coming out of the palace, he would say it, but every time, Shen Xiao just smiled.

Sure enough, after Nalan finished speaking, Shen Xiao just smiled, but didn't say anything.

Seeing Shen Xiao like this, Nalan had no choice but to change the topic, "By the way, that woman yesterday is really your new wife?" You don't seem to reject her, don't you ......?"

In the middle of speaking, Nalan suddenly came to Shen Xiao's side and reached out to touch him, but before he could touch him, Shen Xiao subconsciously avoided it.

"It's not good, is it? So how did you get the guy yesterday? No, the last time she was also carried by you, is there anything special about it? ”