"In the past, I stole my brother's name and identity, but now, I want to steal the whole scene. Although it wasn't what I wanted. Ye Tianhuai smiled bitterly, "When I looked up to receive the order, I saw everyone in front of me smiling at me, but I felt that the glorious future that might have belonged to me closed the door to me in an instant. God, it will never light again. ”

"After I received the order, my father-in-law told me that the eldest brother of the emperor, the crown prince and the fifth brother, had been ambushed, and I was the only prince left in the entire palace, so that I could be enthroned with peace of mind. Then the queen mother suddenly rushed over and snatched the decree from my hand, and she stared at it for a long time with a face as dead as ashes, and then suddenly fainted. ”

Since then, the queen mother's health has never been better. Even when she was named queen and promoted to the queen mother, I never saw her smile again. Every time I went to see her in Yilan Palace, no matter what she was talking about, she always cried as she spoke. I was most afraid of seeing people crying, and I didn't know how to persuade her, so I simply didn't see her much later. ”

"Before she left, the queen mother told me that she regretted it and regretted that I had taken my place as an older brother. But if she had to do it again, in that situation, she would still make the same choice. The Queen Mother also told me that although the royal princess would live until he was five years old before he could be named by the Inner Court, my identity died at birth and therefore did not have a name. But she once secretly gave me a name, called Ye Chengcheng. Ye Qianhuai paused, seemed to be a little choked, and said, "Finally, she took my hand and asked me: 'Xiaocheng, do you hate me?' But before I could answer her, she choked. ”

There was silence in the room. Qin Baozhu asked, "Then Your Majesty hates ...... Empress Dowager Jingmin? ”

Ye Tianhuai shook her head, and thinking that Qin Baozhu couldn't see it, she said, "Don't hate." What is there to hate? Providence makes people, and if you want to hate, you can only hate Providence. ”

"What is Your Majesty going to do in the future? When you are an emperor, you can't be without an heir, right? Qin Baozhu asked.

"There are emperors who have no heirs. But I am ready to find someone to trust and give up this throne. ”

Qin Baozhu exclaimed: "Zen Rang? To whom? ”

"I haven't found it yet."

"Doesn't Your Majesty want to be emperor himself?"

"I don't want to."

"Why? When the emperor eats well, lives well, has what he wants, why doesn't His Majesty want to be the emperor? ”

Ye Tianhuai smiled bitterly and said: "You also saw it today, a six-grade lieutenant dares to threaten me, this is my current situation in the court." Do you think I can have whatever I want? ”

Qin Baozhu was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, is there a traitor in the court?" ”

Ye Tianhuai smiled at her question, and said, "Disloyalty is treachery." Although Gu Shihai is not loyal to me, he is loyal to his father. As far as the country is concerned, it is difficult for me to say whether it is loyalty or treachery. But he ...... Indeed, he is a powerful minister. In the world of the Great Jing Dynasty, he can cover half of it. ”

"Is the minister good or bad?"

“…… From the emperor's point of view, mostly bad. But there are also good ones. Emperor Yongle of the Sheng Dynasty had no intention of political affairs, he did not go to court for 30 years, and the government was all controlled by Prime Minister Li Qiaoling, who created the Yongle prosperous era during his reign, and the Dingtian system implemented has been used to this day, which is a good minister. As for Gu Shihai......" Ye Tianhuai sighed and said, "He should be looking forward to me being like Emperor Yongle." ”

"Doesn't he want His Majesty to be in charge?"

Ye Tianhuai's voice sank, and said: "A few days ago, in the front hall of Jingshou Palace, he bluntly asked me why I wanted to meddle in the affairs of the DPRK and China, but it was because it was not fun in the harem. ”

As soon as her voice fell, Qin Baozhu sat up abruptly and said angrily, "He talks like that? He's too arrogant! ”

When a figure moved like this in the dark, even the wind in the air had a murderous aura, and Ye Tianhuai was startled and stood up. A piece of moonlight shone in through the gap in the window lintel, and fell on the ground between Ye Tianhuai and Qin Baozhu, faintly reflecting Qin Baozhu's shining eyes.

"Didn't Your Majesty clean him up?"

Hearing the word "clean up", Ye Tianhuai smiled again and asked, "How do you think I should clean him up?" ”

Qin Baozhu was stunned and said, "Kill him?" or remove him from office. ”

Ye Tianhuai shook his head and said, "I can't do this." I can't take care of him, and I can't take care of him. ”

"Why?" Qin Baozhu was puzzled.

"First of all, if I want to remove him, I must have a name to take him down. With Gu Shihai's prestige in the court, if he raised this matter, he was afraid that a large group of people would speak for him. Especially those officials, quoting scriptures and scriptures, using ancient irony and modern irony, can say that I feel that I have made a big mistake and wronged my loyal ministers. Even if he is taken down, the conviction of the second assistant of the dynasty needs to be tried by the three divisions. All three of these divisions are his men, and they are all at his disposal. Even if he is guilty, he will become innocent when he goes to court. Therefore, I will not move him. ”

"As for what you said about killing him, when the Son of Heaven assassinated the second assistant......" Ye Tianhuai paused, chuckled and said, "Such a bizarre thing, I don't know how the history books of later generations will judge." I am far from being able to do such a desperate thing with him. ”

But he was like that...... Insulting Your Majesty like that! Qin Baozhu still couldn't hide his anger.

"As long as this matter is not spread, it will not affect the majesty of the heavenly family, and it doesn't matter."

"I didn't mean that." Qin Baozhu was a little angry, but she didn't know what to say, and finally she asked, "I mean, he said that about you, aren't you angry?" ”

Ye Tianhuai was stunned for a moment and said, "Angry." I even broke a cup for it. "But I can't touch him now, not only because I can't control him, but more importantly, I can't touch him now." The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of War are all under his jurisdiction. Especially the military department. He was in charge of most of the forbidden army, the yamen of the three law divisions, and the nine guards of Gyeonggi, and at least three of the eight people of the state government were his cronies. Internal worries will attract external troubles. Three years ago, Yunzhou suffered a defeat, and was taken away by Beidi to the north of the three counties of Baishan, if there is another change in the court, Beidi will wait for the opportunity to go south, when the time comes, I am afraid that the entire Yunzhou will be in danger. ”

As she spoke, she became worried again, and she couldn't help frowning, and muttered to herself, "I am indeed angry with Gu Ge Lao, but I have to rely on him. To be honest, even if I really knocked him down and replaced him with another person, whether this person could do a better job than Gu Ge Lao, I don't have a score in my heart. ”

Qin Baozhu was a little foggy when he heard it. But she thought about it for a while, and said to Ye Tianhuai: "Your Majesty has said so much, and has thought about it so much, every sentence is about the imperial court, and none of it is about herself." Your Majesty is obviously concerned about the imperial court, why do you still say that Zen will give up the throne? Can Your Majesty really have the heart to entrust the world to others? ”