Just when the two sides were arguing, the eunuch behind him said "The emperor has arrived" made everyone immediately stop arguing, and knelt down together, and the third prince also came down from the throne, and knelt with the second prince below, and everyone saluted the emperor.

The emperor walked to the dragon chair and sat down with the support of the eunuch, and the ministers behind had the audacity to secretly raise their heads to look at the emperor, only a few days later, the emperor was already gray-haired, and his face was emaciated.

The emperor had obviously heard the dispute here just now, his face was cold, he looked very unhappy, his gaze swept over the neatly kneeling ministers below one by one, and looked at them indifferently for a long time before he said indifferently: "Why did you quarrel just now? ”

None of the ministers dared to talk, and listening to the emperor's tone, he obviously already knew why they were arguing just now. Everyone was silent for a long time, and the second prince raised his head and said: "Father, we have some disagreements about how to deal with Toto, and the retainers think that Tokhtar should be broken into ten thousand pieces and hang his head on the city tower, so as to boost the morale of our army and prepare for the battle that may occur next." As the saying goes, be prepared for danger in times of peace, although Bei Zhai will not start a war with us for a while and a half, it is still necessary to be prepared in advance. And the third brother felt that it should not be like this. ”

After hearing this, the emperor asked the third prince again: "Third brother, why do you think it shouldn't be like this?" ”

"Because our country of Wu has always been a worship of etiquette and Taoism, although Tokhtar has committed a heinous crime, but he is also a prince of another country, we can kill him to avenge the prince, if we have to be so decisive, the ministers are afraid that the envoys of other countries in Jianye City will see it, and they will say that we have to be unforgiving and too cruel. What's more, Tokhtar still has a group of subordinates who are still in the city, and they have always had no guidelines for doing things in Bei Di, and I am afraid that what they do is too desperate to anger them, and they will attack the innocent people in the city. ”

The Emperor looked thoughtfully at his two children, who were truly distinctive, and their strengths and weaknesses could be seen in everything. This made the emperor even more worried, if they could help each other, his strengths could be complementary, which was naturally the best. But if they were in a hostile position, the consequences would be dire.

He put his eyes on the second prince again, and said coldly: "No matter who says it makes sense, since your queen mother has already told the third prince that the third prince is the prince, then you should listen to his decision, not oppose him." As he spoke, he looked at the third prince and said, "You are also at fault, when I asked what happened just now, you should be the first to stand up and answer, because your queen mother has given you the greatest power, and you need to be responsible for everything that happened in the court of Wu State." But it was your royal brother who answered me for you, this is not the work of a person in power. ”

The second prince and the third prince were all scolded, but they were also convinced, and said in unison: "The son knows his mistake." ”

The Emperor nodded when he saw that their confession was good. He said so many words, now it seems that he is a little out of breath, he gasped lightly for a while, and after calming down, he said to all the ministers who were lower: "I may be really old, and after this old age, the physical condition is really unpredictable. I was still alive and well a few days ago, and no one thought that I would suddenly get an emergency...... Hey, I don't have much nonsense, in the more than 30 years that I have been in power, you have all been good, you can defend me from other places and help me deal with government affairs, and now, I hope that you can continue to assist the next emperor and protect the Wu Kingdom together. ”

After everyone listened, they kowtowed and said, "The minister's decree." ”

The emperor nodded, rested for a while, and then said, "I don't know how long my body can last, if I die, I will be succeeded by the third child first...... I don't have time to write any edicts, so let's dictate, the queen will have the right to abolish the emperor, and if the third child does not do well, the queen can abolish the third child at any time and set up a new monarch. Do you understand? ”

The emperor is indeed a little too anxious, but now there is not so much time for them to choose well, but fortunately, the greatest power is still in the queen, if the three princes do not do well, their ministers will impeach the three princes, presumably the queen will also listen to their opinions. In the more than 30 years since the queen became the queen, she is still very trustworthy among the ministers.

However, most of them still hope that the third prince can be a good emperor, because if the third prince is not good, the second prince may not be able to be a good emperor, and there are too few people they can choose, so they can only have hope for each one.

When the second prince heard these words, he always felt like something was in his throat, and he couldn't go up or down, which was extremely uncomfortable. He knew that if the emperor said this, it would be equivalent to pronouncing his death sentence. The sentence "If the third brother does not do well, the queen can abolish the third child at any time and set up a new king" sounds like hope for him, but he knows very well that his own third brother, even if his personality is a little different from his own, he still has the ability. He would never be stupid enough to let the queen depose him.

He had no chance of becoming the emperor of Wu at all...... So do you want to accept your fate?

The emperor lowered his eyes, he noticed the change in the mood of the second prince, but he didn't say anything. The choice of the three princes was also through his thoughtful path, and now that the Wu Kingdom is in turmoil, they need a thoughtful person like the third prince. He got up and said, "Now that I'm done with what I'm going to say, it's up to you to decide what to do next." ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" After the ministers sent the emperor away in unison, the three princes got up and said to everyone: "Everyone loves Qing. ”

All the ministers stood up at this time, but the second prince didn't seem to react yet, and he kept kneeling on the ground.

How could the third prince not understand his feelings? But he also wants to have this supreme right, so he can't give it up for the sake of brotherhood.

He hesitated, stretched out his hand and shouted softly: "Second brother, get up." ”

The second prince's eyes were red, and he seemed to be called back to his senses by his "second brother", he looked up at the third prince, and he didn't know how to face him now.

He hesitated, didn't hold the third prince's hand, stood up by himself, and said, "Third brother, I'm a little unwell, so I'll retire first." ”

The third prince was silently relieved in his heart, he didn't know how to face him now, so he nodded and let him leave.

The second prince left in front of the ministers, and many ministers who felt pity saw him leave the hall, and his steps became faster and faster, very resolute and hard.

The Emperor returned to his chamber and continued to lie down, and he no longer had any strength left to walk on the ground.

The queen sat beside him, feeding him some tonic medicine one by one, hanging on to his life, which he could lose at any moment. The emperor opened his mouth to drink, but he was thinking about other things in his heart, he was thinking about the words that made him angry last night, Qingdi was a strong woman, she would never give in to them easily, she was a kind woman, knowing that she said something like that, he would never let her go after waking up, but she did not cut the grass to the roots, drove him to the end, and called him the imperial doctor. In last night's situation, she could have killed him if she wanted to.

So, he didn't know what to do with this girl now.

"What are you thinking?" The empress noticed that the emperor was absent-minded, so she put down the medicine bowl and asked.

The emperor came back to his senses, looked at the empress, sighed and said, "Remember when I told you that that fake Yaocen girl is really good, so you want to marry her to one of my sons and let her assist them?" ”

The queen nodded and said, "Of course I remember, what's wrong?" ”

"She doesn't seem to be interested in my two children, but as far as I can see, she's more interested in Xiaohu." The Emperor said and laughed softly.

The queen didn't react for a while, he was joking, and said in surprise: "This girl is not a certain girl, something is abnormal?" ”

The emperor laughed twice and said, "Naturally not, it is estimated that she is good to Xiaohu, but she just thinks Xiaohu is cute." My two sons don't have the charm to attract her, so forget it, I don't want to worry about their affairs. This girl is kind, presumably for the sake of Xiaohu, she will sincerely plan for our Wu country. I said before that I couldn't let others get her, but now that I think about it, keeping her is also a good helper. ”

The queen nodded, was silent for a moment, and said, "Speaking of Xiaohu, tell me, should we find him a mother-in-law?" ”

The emperor nodded: "Yes, my daughter is older, but she is quite half-hearted, didn't she still like Yaocen before?" Later, I don't know why I gave up.,Lately, it seems like pestering the little guard that the girl brought.。 ”

"What do you think of that kid?" The queen asked him.

"That kid looks good, he has been in our palace for so long, he is honest, he never makes any trouble, and he is strong in martial arts, otherwise that girl would not have brought him to Wu Country alone. It's just that I'm worried about Xiaohu, and like she started to like Yaocen, she will get tired of it in a few days......" The emperor said, sighed again, and said: "Xiaohu, I don't know who she learned from this temperament, do you remember that when she was twelve years old, she liked a play that came to the palace to sing, and she had to let us stay, but after we stayed, she got tired of it after two days, and asked us to send people out of the palace...... This kid doesn't know how to love yet. ”

The queen also said helplessly: "Yes, it's really worrying." ”

"Forget it, we don't care. Let her go. The emperor waved his hand, changed his position, and said, "I don't want to care about anything now, just like living a few days of peace and happiness in a good place." By the way, you go and find me a few books, just find the most popular kind of wild history biography of Jianye now, and I'll take a look. ”

The queen chuckled lightly and said, "Okay, I'll order someone to find it for you." ”

The queen said this, and went out to tell the others to look for the book. As soon as she went out, someone came in and informed the emperor: "Your Majesty, Chu Yaocen asks to see you." ”