Weiyang Palace, outside the Xuanshu Palace, far away.

stayed in place for a long time, Liu Sheng couldn't recover from the shock;

It is Tianzi Qi who has long since recovered from the strange excitement before.

I don't know if it's Fang Cai's abnormal emotions that made Tianzi Qi lift any taboos, and he is a 'little bastard' when he opens his mouth and closes his mouth, and he seems to have no worries anymore.

Just looked at Liu Sheng's gaze, but it also brought a different color.

Standing in front of Liu Sheng, looking up and down repeatedly for a long time, and muttering to himself for a while, seeing that Liu Sheng was still stunned, Tianziqi couldn't help but smile.

was about to open his mouth to say another 'little bastard', but he saw that Liu Sheng still had a shocked face, and sat on the recliner in a daze.

"The Prince's ······"

"Prince?"

"-me?"

"Why me?"

"—Why, not brother?"

Like a stunned madman, muttering to himself, Liu Sheng finally raised his head blankly;

When he looked at the Son of Heaven in front of him, Liu Sheng's face was also full of confusion.

"Why?"

"—why not brother?"

"Father, why don't you just set up a brother, but go to such great lengths;"

"In the end, but to set me up?"

Seeing that Liu Sheng still hadn't been able to recover from the surprise of 'about to be established as a prince', or the fright, Tianziqi couldn't help but smile and turned around.

When he came to the guardrail again, he stretched out his hand full of nostalgia and stroked the rough stone guardrail;

On his face, there was also a slight feeling of emotion.

"Of the nine of your brothers, if there is any one who is most like me?"

"Undoubtedly, it's your brother······"

"——Rong is weak, virtuous and literate, and silent;"

"-Stupid, non-reckless, withdrawn;"

"hair, but too timid······"

"But your brother, whether it is temperament, virtue, or way of dealing with the world;"

"—even the looks!"

"Of the nine of you brothers, the ········· most resembles me when I was a child."

The sigh full of embarrassment finally relieved Liu Sheng from the previous shock;

Hearing Tianziqi's sigh, he became more and more confused.

"Since that's the case, then father, why don't you choose a brother?"

"Don't they all say that fathers like their sons the most?"

After asking two more questions, I saw Liu Sheng shaking his head in confusion.

"When Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Gao thought that Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, was 'like himself', so he was very fond of him;"

"When Emperor Xiaowen of Emperor Taizong was first, the first emperor also thought that Liu Yi, the king of Liang Huai, was 'Xiao's father', and he was almost about to establish King Liang Huai."

"Since my father thinks that my brother is the most like me, why don't you make a brother?"

But when he saw that the Son of Heaven heard this, he laughed playfully, turned around, supported the guardrail with his elbows, and leaned on the guardrail sideways;

His eyes were full of banter, looking at Liu Sheng's confused and still stunned face.

"Haven't you already said the answer yourself?"

"——Emperor Taizu Gao, who thought that Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, was like himself, but in the end, he set up Emperor Xiaohui;"

"The first emperor thought that Liu Yixiao, the king of Liang Huai, was Xiao's father, but in the end, he still established me."

"And now, I think your brother is like me, but I choose to set you up."

"Is there anything incomprehensible about this?"

was full of indifferent words, but it did not make the puzzled look on Liu Sheng's face diminish by half a point;

He only lowered his head slightly, recalling the words of the Son of Heaven Qi Fangcai, and nodded thoughtfully, but his brows became tighter and tighter.

After a long time, seeing that Liu Sheng still couldn't react, Tianziqi couldn't help but smile and shook his head again.

Turning his back, his hands propped on the guardrail, full of embarrassment and let out another long sigh.

"Alas~"

"This is all because Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Xiaowen of the first Taizong can restrain their selfish desires and put the world first······"

···

"- Emperor Taizu Gao, wise and martial, half a life of fighting horses, martial arts Qi Tian!"

"But at that time, the world was empty, and the people had been poisoned by the war for many years, and they were physically and mentally exhausted;"

"What the people long for is the peace and tranquility that they have not seen for a long time."

"Therefore, Emperor Taizu Gao finally chose the benevolent Emperor Xiaohui as his heir;"

"Instead of being like himself, heroic and heroic, before he was ten years old, he had already shown his 'heroic' temperament Liu Ruyi······"

···

"——Emperor Xiaowen of the first Taizong, standing with a weak crown, the side branch is the heir, the virtue is born, Ze and birds and beasts!"

"But at that time, the hardships faced by my Han family were the danger that the clan relatives and princes could not lose their tails, supported the army and respected themselves, and had ill intentions in the Kanto region, and could raise troops to cause chaos at any time;"

"What Zongmiao and Sheji need is a tyrant who can be ruthless to his relatives, his clan relatives Zhu Liu, and even to death!"

"Therefore, Emperor Xiaowen of the first Taizong chose my ······"

"——I chose me, this villain who once stoned the crown prince of Wu to death with his own hands, and was evaluated by the market as a 'mean and unkind' and 'cold-hearted', became the monarch of the world."

"Instead of being like the first emperor, who is broad-minded, benevolent and righteous, and can get along well with most of the clan princes, King Liang Huai······"

···

"And now, it's my turn to make the same choice······"

···

Xiao Se, and full of sentimental words, made Liu Sheng's face full of confusion and confusion, and gradually came to a little clearer;

Seeing that Tianzi Qi was silent for a long time, he turned around with a smile.

With his back against the guardrail, his elbows propped up on the guardrail, and he raised his head slightly to Liu Sheng.

"Do you know your brother, where is the most like me?"

"—Ruthless!"

"Your brother is as ruthless and vicious as me!"

was full of firm words, which only made Liu Sheng's face anxious;

was about to open his mouth to refute, but he saw Tianzi Qihe smiling and shaking his head.

"I'm just a real villain;"

"And not a hypocrite."

"——Although I have never admitted it, I know in my heart that I have done a lot of wrong things in my life."

"Even, let alone a lifetime;"

"In the past few years since I succeeded to the throne, I have done countless wrong things."

"But there's one thing I can never go wrong;"

"-I, I never look at the wrong person!"

"Never ······"

···

"Don't believe me?"

"Huh······"

"-I, let's make a bet with you~"

"Next year, I will make your brother the king of Zhao."

"Every subsequent year, there will be a Zhao Guoxiang who will be carried out of Handan horizontally."

"But I can't get any of your brother's hands on it."

"Every Zhao Guoxiang who dies in office will inevitably be 'guilty of what he deserves' and 'self-inflicted'."

"How?"

"-Do you dare to bet?"

The Son of Heaven Qi was determined, but Liu Sheng fell into a long thought.

Liu Pengzu is a ruthless and vicious person?

To be honest, Liu Sheng didn't believe it.

I don't want to believe it.

But at this moment, Liu Sheng lost the confidence to refute.

Because this is not the first time Liu Sheng has heard someone comment on his brother like this······

"When the teacher was still there, he also said: After my brother becomes a prince, he may treat his subordinates harshly······"

The stunned murmur also caused the Son of Heaven to raise his eyebrows slightly;

After a moment, he nodded slowly with emotion.

"Alas~"

"Old Prime Minister, ······"

"It's really ········· me"

There was another sigh and sigh, and the father and son fell into a long silence.

After a long time, it was Tianzi Qi who slowly moved his steps and walked to the side of the chaise longe;

pulled over the recliner, went to Liu Sheng's face, and sat down facing Liu Sheng.

Then, the gaze of the Son of Heaven towards Liu Sheng finally became more and more dignified and preachy.

"Emperor Taizu Gao is the founding monarch of my Han family."

"—The mission of the founding monarch is to win the world;"

"Emperor Taizong Xiaowen is the holy monarch who makes my Han family win the hearts of the people in the world."

"—The mission of the Holy Monarch is to nourish the world;"

"And I am a tyrant who prunes the stumps of my Han family and eradicates the threat!"

"—The mission of the tyrant is to calm the world."

···

"But my Han family, I don't need a second tyrant;"

"There is no need for a second mistake, or a second rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu."

"After me, my Han family needs a male lord who is lenient to his clan relatives and kind to the world, barbaric to the outside world, and jealous and hateful."

"I don't dare to say that you will definitely become such a hero."

"But I know: if I choose your brother, it will be my Han family, and after me, we will usher in a second tyrant one after another······"

"Moreover, your talent is much stronger than Rong's;"

"If I can't do it, then my son can't do it······"

The solemn tone, the serious look, and the deep eyes that stared at Liu Sheng and stared deeply into the depths of Liu Sheng's gaze finally made Liu Sheng barely recover from his previous confusion.

- Liu Sheng still doesn't believe that his brother Liu Pengzu, who grew up with him since childhood, will be a 'tyrant'.

But Liu Sheng already understood why the Son of Heaven in front of him chose himself.

"Father, don't you want the Han family to have another king like yourself?"

asked softly, only to make Tianzi Qi stunned for a moment;

In the end, he also nodded heavily.

After another period of silence, Tianzi Qi finally issued his first question to Liu Sheng today.

"You don't want to be the crown prince?"

At first glance, it seems to be a rather indifferent tone, but it can't help but bring a little apprehension and uneasiness;

Liu Sheng, on the other hand, shook his head with a wry smile after a long period of distraction.

"Erchen doesn't know ······"

"Erchen never thought that one day, he would become the crown prince;"

"I never thought that one day, my father, would talk about these things with my sons······"

"-It's just that in the past few years, Erchen has told his eldest brother many times: Erchen, there is absolutely no idea of competing for the position of prince;"

"And now, my father wants to give up his eldest brother and let his son be the prince and prince of my Han family."

"This makes the sons ······"

"Let the retainers ······"

Seeing Liu Sheng talking and talking, he lowered his head with a wry smile, and Tianziqi couldn't help but sigh anymore and lay down leisurely;

Leaned on the recliner, full of sighs, and looked at Liu Sheng with more and more relief, and there was a rare trace of warmth in his tone.

"I know;"

"I know it all."

"—I know Rong, I once asked you: Do you want to be the prince;"

"You answer: As long as the eldest brother is the prince, I will not cause trouble for the eldest brother······"

"Now, your eldest brother, you can't be the prince anymore."

"I also know that you have never wanted to be a prince, and even now, you don't want to be a prince."

"But what I want to tell you is: this crown prince is not something you can sit on if you want to;"

"—It's not that you can't sit if you don't want to······"

The increasingly muffled voice only made Liu Sheng smile bitterly;

I don't know if I feel lost about the future, or if I feel at a loss for this sudden change.

Tianzi Qi, on the other hand, was already lying flat on the recliner and closed his eyes again.

"After Rong, there are only two choices left for me, in fact;"

"—one is you;"

"—One, it's your tenth brother."

"You two, one is thirteen years old, and the other is just four years old······"

···

"If I choose you, I will live for at least another seven years, at least, until you are crowned an adult;"

"—I have faith in you."

"I am also confident that I can hold out for another seven years."

···

"If I choose your tenth brother, I will live for at least another sixteen years until I reach adulthood."

"-I don't have confidence in Biao'er for the time being, and I don't know what kind of person he will grow into in the future."

"I don't have the confidence to hold on for another 16 years, and I will be crowned an adult ······until I am four years old."

···

"So, I chose you."

"I can only choose you."

"-I, I can't give my Han family, leaving a child emperor who is a teenager, or even eight or nine years old;"

"I can't let my Han family produce a third 'Young Emperor'······"

In the end, Tianzi Qi was already lying quietly on the chaise longue, as if he had fallen asleep;

And in front of the Son of Heaven, Liu Sheng finally nodded slowly.

"Erchen, I understand······"

"-Well, it's good to understand······"

There was another moment of silence.

After a long time, he finally persuaded himself to accept the reality and accept that he was about to become the prince of Liu Sheng, so he tentatively asked another question.

"Big Brother ······"

"Father, what are you going to do with Li Ji?"

Swish!

Almost the moment he heard the word 'Li Ji', Tianzi Qi, who was doing a 'sleeping' shape on the recliner, opened his eyes with a bang!

It's like a robot that suddenly receives instructions to start, boot, etc.!

After another moment, Tianzi Qi slowly closed his eyes again as if he had received an order to shut down.

It's just that Tianzi Qi, who was lying flat on the recliner, suddenly burst out with a gloomy and cold temperament.

"Zhou Yafu and Dou Ying are about to return to the court;"

"Guanzhong, it's about to be harvested."

"I don't have time to deal with these things."

"——The canonization edicts of the King of Linjiang, the King of Hejian, and the King of Changshan have been sent to Shanglin Yuan."

"I received the edict today, Rong, De, and Si will set off tomorrow morning and go to the feudal country."

"Next spring, the court will send an obituary to the three of them: Mrs. Li is seriously ill and dies in the Phoenix Palace."

It can't be said to be ruthless, but it always has a cold tone, which also makes Liu Sheng subconsciously lower his head.

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally got up from the recliner, stepped forward, and came to Tianziqi's side.

"Yesterday's Autumn Hunt;"

"The fifth brother asks the eldest brother to take care of our mother who stayed in the palace for us after we were crowned kings."

"Big brother, I promised······"

The deep voice also provoked Tianziqi to open his eyes again;

After glancing at Liu Sheng, he closed his eyes indifferently, and did not forget to turn his body slightly to the direction of Liu Sheng.

"I know what you're trying to say."

"But I won't agree."

The undoubted firm tone also made Liu Sheng lower his head again.

After a while, in the same firm tone, he said to the Son of Heaven: "When we wanted to be crowned king, the eldest brother promised us to take care of our mother for us. ”

"Now, if I am the eldest brother and want to be the king, I will be the younger brother, but I will stay in Chang'an and become the prince of the prince."

"——Repeatedly promised the eldest brother that he would not snatch the position of the prince of the prince, but in the end he still became the prince, the son, and he had no face to see the eldest brother;"

"If even the eldest brother's mother can't save her life, then the minister won't be able to raise his head in front of the eldest brother in this life······"

Saying that, Liu Sheng really seemed to 'can't raise his head', and bowed his head deeply beside Tianzi Qi.

And at this moment, the Son of Heaven Qizong was unbearable, and he could only open his eyes again;

Lie flat on the recliner and turn your head slightly;

Looking at Liu Sheng's gaze, it was only indifferent and cold.

"This is the first lesson I have taught you, the crown prince."

"—remember the day;"

"Remember today, you Liu Sheng, it was because of your weakness that you failed to keep your eldest brother's mother."

"Always remember that today, because of your weakness, you can only sit back and watch the situation go in the direction you least want and arrive at the results you least want to see, and cause you the pain."

"——Being the prince of the prince does not mean that you, Liu Sheng, have the power of life and death, and power and fortune from now on."

"Power is won by oneself, snatched up, and even robbed by oneself!"

"It is not given or given by others."

"I'll teach you;"

"But it won't help you."

"——The road from Gongzi Sheng, to Prince Sheng, I have paved it for you;"

"But on the road from the victory of the prince to the victory of the son of heaven, you can only go on your own······"

In a strong tone that was cold to the bone, but it made people unable to resist the thought, he said these words, and Tianzi Qi closed his eyes again;

turned his head sideways to Liu Sheng again, and waved his hand lazily at Liu Sheng.

"Go for it······"

"I'm tired of ······"

"-Remember to go to Changle Palace;"

"In a few days, accompany me to Ganquan Palace and stay for a while······"

The increasingly faint command made Liu Sheng, who was full of thoughts, only subconsciously nodded.

With a slight arch of his hand to Tianzi Qi, he turned sideways and was about to walk away, but he reacted again and turned around with doubt.

"Father, what are you doing in Ganquan Palace?"

"-Sick~"

"——Soak in the hot springs, nourish your body······"

The relaxed tone made Liu Sheng frown again, and looked at Tianzi Qi in front of him with distrust and closed his eyes on the recliner and pretended to sleep.

"Father, are you really sick?"

But when he saw that the Son of Heaven heard this, he was silent for a moment, and then suddenly laughed;

His body did not move, only raised his head slightly, and looked at Liu Sheng with a smile.

"Guess what?"

I've been so tired lately, I didn't hear the alarm clock, and I got up late~

Saorui Saorui~~~

Three hours later in the next chapter~

(End of chapter)