"This is the doorman you have recruited?" asked the queen mother, looking up at the prince.

The prince nodded.

"This son is too sensitive to the environment, and he panics at the slightest situation, and even a little resourcefulness is not useful. "Otherwise, you will be killed by him." ”

"Queen Mother......" The prince wanted to defend a few words, but when he saw the queen mother raise her hand and signal him to shut up, he had to swallow the next words.

"If you want to become an emperor, knowing people is the most basic ability. The queen continued, "Whether a person is available or not, do not listen to rumors from the outside world or his own words, but observe and understand with your own heart. ”

"Yes, the boy understands!" said the prince, bowing.

"Okay, then tell me, how do you see if a person is available?" asked the queen mother.

The prince thought for a while and said, "Let's see if he has real talent and learning, and whether he is really willing to help me do things." ”

"It seems that you still haven't understood!" the queen shook her head and said, "The first thing to look at is not whether he is willing to learn or whether he is willing to use it for you, but whether he has changed his attitude towards things." Court struggles are sometimes turbulent and sometimes stormy, and a person who panics when in danger is harmful to you. ”

The prince nodded and said, "What the queen mother said is very true!

"Then look at the pattern of the person. The queen said, "Look at how ambitious this person is, how bold he is in doing things." A person without ambition will not have a long-term vision, and a person without courage will not be able to achieve great things if he is tied up. --In the end, it is up to the person's talent to learn. ”

"Don't you need to see if this man is willing to do things for me?" asked the prince in surprise.

"Do you think Zhuang Hao would willingly help his employer assassinate Ziyan?" the queen mother did not directly answer the prince's question, but asked rhetorically.

"No, Zhuang Hao should have been coerced and lured. The prince replied.

"So, the other party's wrist is better than yours. "If you want someone to do something for you, you don't have to ask him if he wants to, but you have to make him have to do it." ”

After listening to the words of the queen mother, the prince suddenly opened his mouth, bowed down and saluted with sincerity: "Thank you for the teachings of the queen mother!"

"I can't teach you much, although you are a prince, you still have a long way to go before you become the emperor. Moreover, the road must not be smooth. The queen said, "In the matter of Zhuang Hao, you have already lost a game." ”

"Does my father really think that I sent someone to assassinate the sixth brother?" the prince asked anxiously.

"You're completely wrong about this!" the queen mother said with a little hatred, "Do you think that the person hiding in the shadows is doing this just to set a blame for you?"

"Isn't it? He wants to set up a blame for me, so that my father can depose the crown prince, and he will have a chance to inherit the throne!" said the prince.

The queen mother sneered and said: "The emperor is discerning, and this trick can be seen through in his eyes. But the ordinary people of the people can't see the truth. Therefore, in the matter of Zhuang Hao's assassination of Ziyan, the other party has two purposes: one is to damage your reputation among the people, and the other is to use this incident to indirectly tell the emperor that he is more emperorly than your prince Zirui!"

The crown prince took two steps back in surprise and muttered, "It turns out that it doesn't matter whether I sent someone to assassinate Ziyan or not, the important thing is that my father sees someone who has more imperial skills than me." No wonder, no wonder my father would give Ziyan a marriage, is my father already thinking about giving up my crown prince?"

"You're wrong again, your father is protecting you!" said the queen.

"Protect me?" said the Son of Heaven in surprise.

"The emperor knows very well that Ziyan is the only prince who has no threat to your crown prince. It's not because Ziyan doesn't have this ability, but because he's obsessed with Fengyue's affairs and doesn't have this idea. The queen said, "Parade on behalf of the Son of Heaven and give marriage, this seems to be pushing Ziyan to a high position, but it is actually diverting the attention of your opponent." ”

The prince somewhat understood what the queen mother meant, and he realized that he didn't understand the context of the matter at all, and almost made a big mistake. And the strategist Yuan Tang, in front of the queen, looked so superficial.

"Okay, I've been in the East Palace for too long, and I'm going back to the Kun Palace. The queen got up and said, "You should be careful to walk the road ahead, learn to judge for yourself, and don't blindly listen to the words of the strategists." The emperor can protect you once, but he won't protect you a second time!"

There are rules in the palace, except for the emperor's Qiangong and the queen's Kun Palace, in the palaces to which other concubines and princes belong, outsiders are not allowed to stay for more than an hour, and they can only stay once a month, even mother and son are no exception. Although the queen mother is the head of the harem, she must also abide by this rule. Of course, if you have something important to discuss and it will take a long time, you can go to the council chamber.

After Zhuang Hao's assassination of the six princes, the queen mother was a little uneasy. It happened that the emperor issued another decree to marry today, and the queen was afraid that the prince would misjudge this matter and do something wrong, so she came to warn him.

"Yes!" the prince bowed and saluted.

The queen mother walked to the door and said, "If you don't want to lose the crown prince, get closer to Ziyan! Although he has no intention of taking the throne, he has outstanding intelligence among the princes and can be of great use!"

After saying that, the queen mother opened the door. The two maids hurriedly stepped forward, one left and one right, and helped the queen mother to step out of the threshold.

Imperial City, Qiangong.

The emperor lay on the couch on his side, threw a piece of the fold aside, looked at the father-in-law beside him and said, "The Supervision Yuan reported that it was the warrior of the Yuguo who assassinated Ziyan in the Xincheng City Lord's Mansion. ”

"The kingdom of Yu is in the south of Huaguo, how could he go to Xincheng in the north to assassinate the six princes?" said the father-in-law a little puzzled, and went up to pick up the song.

"That's what's interesting about this. The emperor smiled and said, "I want to see what kind of play this group of children can perform? By the way, what is the movement on the prince's side?"

"The queen went to the East Palace today. Gonggong Shi replied, "I stayed in the East Palace for half an hour." ”

"It's time for the queen to go and knock the prince. The emperor sat up from the couch as he spoke.

The father-in-law wanted to come forward to help, but the emperor waved his hand to stop him. The emperor will be in good spirits and not sick at all.

"Shi Hai, I asked Ziyan to tour Huaguo, and now I am married, how do you say he will accept it?" the emperor asked as he looked at his father-in-law.

"The six princes should feel the emperor's grace and do their best to share the emperor's worries!" replied Gonggong Shi.

"It's useless to don't tell me about this!" said the emperor slightly angrily.

Gonggong Shi hurriedly bowed down and said, "The old slave doesn't dare to speculate on the thoughts of the six princes!"

"Well, let's wait to see the play!" said the emperor.