After sending Chen Zhi away, the smile on the face of the third prince gradually disappeared, and he looked at Xiao Zhu, who was playing chess with the two, and for a while, he raised his feet and walked to the study. At this time, the study room had to be lively, the prime minister of Qi State, the six Shangshu, and several important generals were all sitting in the study.

Seeing that the third prince had come in, everyone hurriedly got up and saluted.

"You are not more polite, I invite you to come this time, but I want to hear your opinions on the selection of the crown prince." The third prince had a smile on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes.

He has not been without action in the past few days, but he has done it very secretively, and he has already started to move before the princes start to act, and even before the second prince goes to the border.

"The minister thinks that the candidate for the crown prince is none other than the three princes, and the saint should have issued an edict earlier." The prime minister took the lead in supporting the three princes. Several other officials nodded their heads in agreement.

Indeed, the eldest prince is greedy for wine, the fourth prince is too suspicious, the fifth prince has been sent to be a proton since he was a child, he has no power in the court, the sixth prince has no skills, in the hearts of the ministers, only the third prince can inherit the unification at present.

The third prince actually knew the thoughts of the ministers for a long time, and he just wanted to finalize it, because he had a plan to implement.

"Thank you for your love, but at this time, the hearts of the people in the DPRK and China are turbulent, the father and emperor are not safe, and the border has not been calmed, but the position of the prince has not been determined for a long time, which is really a disaster for our Qi country." The expression on the face of the third prince looked very worried, and his words were also mixed with worry.

"What do you mean?"

The third prince looked around at the ministers in the room, a smile appeared on his lips, and he said in a deep voice: "I should let my father pass on the throne earlier." ”

The ministers looked at each other, and they all saw the look of horror in each other's faces.

"The third prince wants to force the palace?" The prime minister looked at the third prince hesitantly, obviously not approving.

The third prince nodded, and said with a very firm look in his eyes: "Yes, right now, the hearts of my Qi country are unstable, and a new monarch should be established as soon as possible to strengthen people's hearts, are you willing to work with me?" ”

"We swear to follow the three princes to the death!" The ministers gritted their teeth and finally complied with the request of the third prince.

The third prince's eyes lit up loudly, and he said loudly: "Okay! That day is set in three days, and I will remember your loyalty today. There was a bit of longing in his eyes, he had waited too long for that position, and he would not allow himself to miss such a good opportunity now.

And this is also something he can't say to Chen Zhi, he doesn't want his simple fifth brother to be involved in such a whirlpool of power, he can bear these dark and shady things alone, such a carefree person shouldn't see this.

Three days later, Emperor Qi sat on the dragon chair with a grim face, obviously terminally ill and couldn't last long.

The prime minister looked at the three princes quietly, and the three princes nodded slightly.

"Qi Qi Sheng, now that the second prince has died on the battlefield, the people in the court are unstable, and the ministers think that the prince should be established as soon as possible to calm the hearts of the people." The prime minister knelt on the ground, quite a bit of the momentum of Emperor Qi not allowing him to get up.

The eldest prince's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he also stood up and said, "The son seconded the proposal!" He showed a little smug on his face, thinking that he had been running to the Prime Minister's Mansion for the past few days, but he didn't know how ridiculous his happy appearance was in the eyes of the third prince. The third prince was silent, and there was a hint of mockery in his eyes.

Seeing this, several other princes were naturally unwilling, and they also stood up and asked Emperor Qi to establish the prince, as if they would definitely be able to become the prince.

Emperor Qi frowned, although his face was not good and his body was weak, but the majesty of the superior for many years was not weak at all, he looked at Chen Zhi in the corner, and said in a deep voice: "Chen Zhi, what do you think?" ”

As soon as Emperor Qi said this, the atmosphere in the court suddenly condensed, and the eyes of several princes looking at Chen Zhi were full of hostility, why did Emperor Qi ask him for his suggestion alone?

Chen Zhi raised his eyebrows when he was named, as if he was a little surprised, but he kept smiling on his lips.

"Father, just feel free." Chen Zhi said very casually, as if he was answering a question like "Do you have a meal?" As soon as he said this, a gasping sound suddenly sounded in the middle of the court.

Isn't the fifth prince crazy? How can such a big event as Lichu be a child's play? The ministers looked at Chen Zhi with strange eyes, and they didn't know what Chen Zhi was thinking.

Emperor Qi was stunned for a moment, he looked at Chen Zhi fixedly, and the look on his face made people unable to see joy and anger. The third prince frowned, and just as he was about to plead with Emperor Qi for Chen Zhi, Emperor Qi spoke.

"Then you will be the prince." Emperor Qi stretched out his hand and pointed at Chen Zhi, Chen Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then knelt down to thank him.

The ministers of the court widened their eyes, as if they couldn't believe what they had heard and seen, what did the emperor say just now? Let the five princes be the princes? What did the Five Princes say at that time? Feel free? That's too casual, isn't it?

Several princes showed jealousy and unwillingness on their faces, and their eyes were full of malice when they looked at Chen Zhi, as if they wanted to poke a hole in him. The third prince frowned, he looked at the prime minister on the side, and shook his head slightly at him.

Today's incident is really unexpected, he originally planned to force the palace directly, but he didn't expect Emperor Qi to set up Chen Zhi as the prince, if he insisted on doing it, it would not be to force the palace, but to rebel, he didn't want to bear such a charge at all, and more importantly, he didn't want to hurt Chen Zhi, although that position was very tempting, but he didn't want to step on Chen Zhi's corpse and sit on it.

After leaving the court, Chen Zhi slowly shook out, and unsurprisingly saw the third prince with a not very good face in front of the main hall.

"Brother Huang?" Chen Zhi quickened his pace and showed a warm smile to the third prince.

The third prince looked at Chen Zhi with complicated eyes, he couldn't understand why Emperor Qi would pass on the throne to Chen Zhi, in his eyes, Chen Zhi had neither skills nor scheming, and it was completely unreasonable to push such a simple person to that position.

"Congratulations to the fifth brother." The third prince pulled out a smile, and his smile was a little stiff.

Chen Zhi chuckled and said, "Brother Huang has tormented me, this position is not suitable for me." ”

The third prince sighed when he heard this, of course he knew that this position was not suitable for Chen Zhi, but now that the wood was in the boat, there was obviously no other way to change it.

"Take care." The third prince took a deep look at Chen Zhi and turned to leave. Chen Zhi squinted his eyes and looked at the back of the third prince, looked at the backs of the ministers in the distance, and couldn't help sighing, it seems that this quiet day is over.