"So Your Majesty's delay in appointing the crown prince must have other reasons."

"It's not just because I'm in good health that I don't want to make a prince too early." After saying this, Master Li closed his mouth.

Hearing Lord Li say this, several staff members began to discuss.

Ling Chengsi returned to his desk and sat down, his eyes swept around the crowd, and then looked at Lord Li, "Lord Li must have the answer in his heart. ”

Master Li shook his head and said, "My subordinates don't dare to speculate. ”

He paused, "However, these six princes have been making frequent moves, and it seems that they must have some support." Please also ask the master not to be careless, be careful. ”

Finding that Master Li had changed his words, the corners of Ling Chengsi's mouth were slightly loose, and he glanced at him lightly.

"The six princes are already quite ambitious, and they have been competing with their masters." The young staff member surnamed Yu was a little unconvinced, and snorted and said, "I don't need Lord Li to remind me. ”

Master Li didn't care, his slightly yellow face still had a serious expression, he looked at Ling Chengji and said, "If we go back to the topic we discussed before, the master should be able to find that things are not as simple as they were said before. ”

"Although the master is the eldest son of the royal family, if the Meng family stands on the side of the six princes, the situation is indeed unfavorable for us."

"If two of the three major families of Dongyun support the six princes, I am afraid that the orthodox heir of the master will not be so stable." Master Li said very directly, and said in a slight tone, "After all, the position of the crown prince is still vacant." ”

"Lord Li is too worried," the staff member with a thin face and beard said disapprovingly, "This Jinling Meng family still has a lady surnamed Meng in the palace, although there is only one princess under his knees, he is still expected to have another prince." ”

"Even if the Meng family puts aside the palace maiden and wants to assist the other princes again, it is unlikely that they will choose the six princes."

Ling Chengsi didn't say anything, his expression was still faint, and he just asked out loud, "What did Master Pan say about this?" ”

"The relationship between the six princes and the Qinghe Cui clan is even better than that between the master and the Ruan family. If he—" The thin-faced and bearded staff member said here and hesitated for a moment, then continued, "... got what he wanted, and he couldn't give the Meng family much benefit. So this kind of thankless thing is impossible for the Meng family to do. ”

Ling Chengsi was thoughtful.

The other staff members nodded slightly, and there were a few humans, "Master Pan's words are reasonable. ”

"Then why did the six princes elect someone from the Meng family to be the commander of the forbidden army?" There are still staff members who rub their beards and ponder in that question.

As soon as this question came out, many staff members couldn't help but discuss it one after another, and they were all happy to argue there.

Ling Chengsi frowned, tapped his fingers on the table again, and said in a deep voice, "You have already discussed this before, so you don't need to say too much at this time. ”

He looked at Master Li who was silent, with a glimmer of light in his eyes, and asked him, "What does Master Li think?" ”

Seeing that Ling Chengsi asked the opinion of the new staff member surnamed Li again, Master Pan's face was a little displeased, and he touched his long beard and did not speak.

"Master Pan's analysis is indeed very reasonable," said Master Li, "but Master Pan missed one point. ”

"Oh?" Master Pan couldn't help but ask, "Which point?" ”

"Although the Meng family did not support the six princes, it is possible that they have secretly stood behind other princes." Master Li's eyes lit up.

"For example, the Seventh Prince?" Master Li looked at Ling Chenghe.

Ling Chengsi's face moved slightly at this time, and the fists in his sleeves couldn't help but clench.

"This..." The staff members were a little in an uproar, and the young staff member surnamed Yu, who was standing a little later, changed his face, looked up at Ling Chenghe, and lowered his head again.

"Is what Master Li said true?" Master Pan asked.

Lord Li nodded and said, "The Seventh Prince has been moving around with the Meng family more frequently recently, especially with Meng Zhilin, the eldest prince of the Meng family. ”

"But this doesn't mean that the Meng family has secretly supported the Seventh Prince...", one of the staff members said puzzled.

Master Li glanced at the man lightly, did not speak, but with contempt in his heart, he sighed that there were still people of this level among the staff of the three princes.

Ling Chengsi frowned slightly, and secretly wrote down this staff member.

Master Pan, as the head of Ling Chenghe's staff, is also a shrewd person, and immediately reacted, "Lord Li refers to the Seventh Prince and the Sixth Prince uniting?" ”

As he spoke, he stroked his beard and muttered, "This Meng family is secretly standing behind the Seventh Prince, it seems that the Seventh Princes are not as mediocre as we think. ”

"What these seven princes like on weekdays is to go to the teahouse restaurant to listen to books and drink, love beauties, and seem to have no ambitions, but I didn't expect it to be pretended." One of the staff members sighed.

"But the Seventh Prince's background is not high, so he is not a threat to us." The young staff member surnamed Yu before spoke.

"Don't underestimate any prince." Master Li's words were quite meaningful, and he glanced at the staff surnamed Yu lightly.

"The Seventh Prince and the Sixth Prince are still different." The staff surnamed Yu didn't notice it, took a few steps forward, and looked at Ling Chengji with some excitement.

"Since the Sixth Prince can win over the Seventh Prince, so can we." The staff surnamed Yu proposed, "The master is the orthodox heir, presumably for the Seventh Prince, the master is more worthy of him to take refuge and serve." ”

Ling Chengsi didn't say anything, but he remembered the conversation with the King of Fenyang in the palace a few months ago.

“… It's just that in the end, I want to remind the third prince that although the mother family of the sixth prince is the Qinghe Cui clan, it seems to be a great threat to you, but this king feels that the seventh prince Ling Chengyu is more worthy of your attention. ”

King Fenyang seemed to have said these words casually after the conversation, but these words were deeply remembered by Ling Chenghe.

King Fenyang put Ling Chengxi and Ling Chengyu in the same position in his words, indicating that he may perceive, or think that Ling Chengyu is also a person with great ambitions, and it is very likely that he covets that high position.

Thinking that the Meng family seemed to have stood behind Ling Chengyu, Ling Chenghe's heart sank a little, and he couldn't help but pay more attention to Ling Chengyu.

Seeing that several staff members were looking at him, he said to the staff surnamed Yu, "This matter will be discussed later." ”

He looked at all the staff members and said coldly, "No matter what kind of background this Meng Guang has, he can't be made the commander of the forbidden army. ”

Master Pan nodded and said, "What the master said is very true, if Meng Guang is allowed to become the new commander of the forbidden army, then our previous efforts to remove Chen Wu as the commander of the forbidden army will become useless. ”

"Please also go back and think of more ways, if you have something, you can come directly to the prince's mansion to find me." Ling Chengsi didn't want to say more, nodded to the staff, and then turned to Pan and Li and said, "Lord Pan and Master Li, please stay." ”

Pan and Li glanced at each other and stood silently in place, while the rest of the staff left the study one after another.