At dusk, Liu Sheng came to Tianziqi's dormitory as promised, but found that Tianziqi had entered a busy state of work at this time.

The body is still wearing the yellowed white underwear, and the hair is still perfunctory, but on the imperial case in front of Tianzi Qi, there is a half-person-high 'Bamboo Jane Mountain'.

- Even if he came on vacation, Tianzi Qi still didn't forget his work······

"Come and sit;"

Leng Buding said hello, and finally let Liu Sheng slowly step forward and kneel down in front of Tianziqi's case.

But seeing that the Son of Heaven didn't raise his head, he leaned over to check a note, and did not forget to greet him again: "Say it; ”

"What happened during the day?"

Tianzi Qi's overly casual attitude was undoubtedly a little unexpected by Liu Sheng;

Ben also planned to elaborate carefully, and even prepared a written report, and when he saw Tianzi Qi's posture, he also completely relaxed.

Quietly hid the bamboo slip in his hand back into his arms, and then bowed his hand to the Son of Heaven.

"Erchen heard Zhi Du say the words of the emperor's eldest son, Li Ji, Li Ben, and the prince prince's subordinate officials;"

"Although I haven't been able to figure out what happened in Chang'an recently, from these words, Erchen roughly speculated: It should be about the canonization of the prince."

"--In addition, the eldest brother has been crowned the king and the vassal, and the father is determined to make a son."

"So Erchen deduced: I'm afraid this matter is inseparable from Erchen······"

The brief summary report still failed to make Tianziqi raise his head from the front of the case, and only let out a muffled 'um'.

"Go on."

Seeing that Tianziqi was still focused on his work, Liu Sheng couldn't help lowering his voice a little;

The tone is also becoming more and more peaceful.

"Although the eldest brother has not been canonized as the crown prince, the queen has been childless for many years, and in the past, both inside and outside the government and the opposition believed that it must be the eldest brother who finally had to be established as the prince."

"Since this is the case, there will definitely be many people who will get close to the eldest brother in advance in order to plan for the future."

"——Right now, my father has made the eldest brother king, making it clear that he will not appoint the eldest brother as the prince, which will disappoint those who have been active in advance;"

"He may even be labeled as the 'emperor's eldest son' because of his closeness to the eldest brother in the past."

"Therefore, if these people are unwilling, there is a high probability that they will make the final struggle by slandering and slandering their sons."

"And among these people, there will be people who fish in troubled waters, trying to make the matter of the crown prince appear in their favor······"

"-Kurihime's brother, Kuriben, is powerless and must do this;"

"But except for Li Ben, as well as the subordinate officials of the Taigong Palace, I am afraid that the others have other purposes······"

Listening to Liu Sheng's previous words, the Son of Heaven Qiben was still noncommittal, only nodding his head from time to time, and occasionally making a 'hmm' sound.

But when he heard Liu Sheng's last sentence, the tip of the pen of Tianziqi's review and folding quietly stagnated;

Frozen in mid-air, after five breaths, I saw Tianzi Qi raise his head with a smile and glanced at Liu Sheng.

Seeing Liu Sheng kneeling in front of him as usual, Tianziqi laughed again;

Put the pen back in his hand, lean his upper body forward, propped his elbows on the desk, and looked at Liu Sheng meaningfully.

"You mean, someone doesn't want you to be the crown prince?"

Liu Sheng nodded without thinking.

"So, who could it be?"

"Who would not want you to be the crown prince?"

Hearing this, Liu Sheng took a deep breath, and then slowly shook his head.

"It stands to reason that unless you are sure that you can't get through a relationship with me, the first thing that most people think of when they learn that my father intends to make me the prince must be how to get close to me."

"Just like Li Ben, and those subordinate officials of the Imperial Palace-people who know that they are already big brothers, it is impossible for them to gain my trust, so they will break the kettle and make a final attempt."

"But apart from such people, Erchen really doesn't understand: who else would not want Erchen to become the crown prince."

"-After all, in the past, although Erchen has done a lot of ridiculous things, he has never made any enemies;"

"Coupled with the teacher's face, even people who don't know me will always look at the teacher's sake and get a little closer to me······"

Looking at Liu Sheng's increasingly puzzled face, and his brows gradually furrowed, Tianziqi's face was only filled with a touch of playfulness.

"Didn't expect that?"

"-Still don't want to think of it?"

"Or, maybe you thought about it, but you didn't dare to tell me?"

The question full of deep meaning only caused Liu Sheng to shake his head sadly.

"There is no evidence, son, don't dare to speculate."

"It makes sense, but there is no conclusive evidence······"

"-Jun~"

"—no evidence is needed."

Before Liu Sheng's words fell, he saw the Son of Heaven suddenly lean his upper body back, and his tone was also raised sharply.

"The king's suspicions of his subordinates do not need evidence."

"As long as there is a suspicion, you can look it up;"

"As long as the evidence found is not enough to clear the suspicion, Jun, you can punish the minister."

"—Suspicion of guilt, from there;"

"When you have suspicion, the only function of evidence is to dispel suspicions;"

"Instead of ~"

"Sitting on the ······ charge"

Listening to the inexplicable melancholy of Tianzi Qi, and with a slightly smug tone, Liu Sheng only subconsciously frowned;

Suspicion of guilt, from there?

What kind of truth is this?

When this thought appeared in Liu Sheng's mind, Tianzi Qi finally got up from his seat.

looked at Liu Sheng condescendingly, and smiled inexplicably.

"The 'criminals' encountered by the monarch will not be trivial matters such as roosters and dogs, thieves, murder and overseating;"

"These small things that can be 'never suspected' don't need to be dealt with by the monarch himself - Tingwei, that's what he does."

"And the monarch's suspicion of certain people is often: Is this person going to cause trouble?"

"This person, is he going to subvert the temple?"

"——Such suspicion must and can only be 'suspicion from guilt.'"

"It's better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go, that's what I'm talking about."

"Because of such a thing, even if the monarch suspects that he is wrong, he will only kill one person in vain;"

"But if the monarch is right in his suspicions, but fails to eradicate the threat in advance because there is no evidence, it will eventually lead to the death of thousands of people—thousands of innocent people······"

As he spoke, the Son of Heaven shook his head and smiled again, and then saw his body turn sideways;

walked to the wooden frame not far away, grabbed a roll of bamboo slips, looked at it, and said casually: "Of course; ”

"It's just a suspicion, and it doesn't have to be a dead person."

"To be suspicious of everyone at all times is the ability that a qualified emperor must have."

"So ······"

"—since you think of it, let's say it."

"No matter how vicious I am, I will never send you bastard to Tingwei, and then punish you for 'slander'······"

The slightly playful words only caused Liu Sheng to take a deep breath with some uneasiness;

After thinking about it again, I finally gritted my teeth secretly.

"Erchen thinks that in the current situation, the only people who oppose me becoming the prince are the people who want to become the prince and prince."

"And such a person is only a handful in the palace······"

As soon as Liu Sheng's words fell, a brilliant flower bloomed on the face of Tianzi Qi;

Although he turned his back to Liu Sheng, there was obviously some appreciation in his tone.

"Cheng Ji?"

"Or Wang Meiren?"

Seeing Liu Sheng hear this, he got up from his seat without thinking about it, and stepped forward to Tianzi Qi's side.

"According to what my father just said, keep everyone suspicious, then Cheng Ji and Wang Meiren are possible."

"But Erchen concluded: It won't be Cheng Ji."

"——Previously, when the son asked his father why he wanted to set up a son, the father said: The eldest brother, the second brother and the third brother cannot become the prince because of Li Ji;

"And the fourth brother, the fifth brother, the sixth brother, and the starling brother are because of their own defects."

"These defects are known to my father, to my sons, and to the government and the opposition."

"Cheng Ji, it's impossible not to understand this matter······"

Hearing this, the Son of Heaven Qicai finally turned sideways and unabashedly put a smile on his face in front of Liu Sheng.

But on his lips, Tianzi Qi still didn't forget to ask: "What else?" ”

"In addition to Cheng Ji and Wang Meiren, who else are you missing?"

"Who else may want to be the prince because they want to be the prince, and hope that you can't be the prince of the prince;"

"Who else might have such thoughts and motives, but probably wouldn't be suspicious of you······

Hearing this, Liu Sheng was silent.

Liu Sheng can understand that what Tianzi Qi wants to say is Liu Sheng's brother Liu Pengzu.

Liu Sheng also wanted to tell Tianzi Qi: Brother, I won't do this!

But whenever Liu Sheng mustered up the courage to raise his head, and wanted to tell Tianziqi this, Tianziqi's previous words always appeared in Liu Sheng's mind inexplicably.

- Jun, no evidence is needed;

- Jun, just be suspicious.

——Before the suspicion of 'Jun', the only function of evidence is to clear suspicion;

— instead of being convicted······

"Erchen ······"

"Son's ·········"

"——King Liang, who is also the brother of my mother~"

"-But in front of the storage position, what kind of face is King Liang?"

Seeing Liu Sheng hesitantly lowering his head, Tianzi Qi still had a smile on his face, but in his tone, he was also a little stern.

"You and your brother are the same mother, and we have grown up together;"

"Isn't it me and King Liang?"

"In the early years, the hardships and sins that I and King Liang endured together in Daidi were not more able to accumulate a deep brotherhood than your two brothers?"

"And so what?"

"In front of the throne, King Liang, didn't he completely forget the brotherhood and the difference between monarchs and ministers?"

"Don't you do everything, you want to live the addiction of 'Liu Han Tianzi'?"

It was like a machine gun that asked several questions one after another, which made Liu Sheng more and more stammered, but he saw that Tianziqi's eyebrows were already faintly cold.

"I told you before: If you have a child's affection, everyone in the world will lose the opportunity to have a child's affection."

"This sentence is what the first emperor said when he admonished me."

"The original words of the first emperor were: What the king gains, the world will lose."

"For every extra piece of meat that the king eats, all the people of the world must eat one less grain of rice;"

"For every hour of the king's sleep, all the people of the world must work for an hour more;"

"For every new garment that the king wears, all the people of the world shall wear the old garment for another year;"

"—The king favors one woman, and all the people of the world will be separated from their wives;"

"——If the king trusts a brother, then all the people in the world will turn against each other, and the family will be ruined······"

In the end, the tone of Tianzi Qi was already inexplicably solemn;

Squatted down and looked up at Liu Sheng's gaze, but there was also a faint hint of love and expectation.

"Can you understand these words?"

"Do you understand what you're carrying on your shoulders?"

"Do you know how many people in this world are counting on you to give them an extra meal and a new dress?"

"Are you ready······

The more earnest words also made Liu Sheng more and more hesitant;

And the gaze of the Son of Heaven when he looked at Liu Sheng was more and more full of expectations and expectations.

The Son of Heaven is afraid;

I'm afraid that Liu Sheng will not believe it when he says that he is ready.

The Son of Heaven is worried;

I was worried that Liu Sheng said that he was not ready, and he would be disappointed.

But even so, the gaze of the Son of Heaven when he looked at Liu Sheng was more and more expected.

Because Tianzi Qi knows: he will never look at the wrong person······

"Erchen, I don't know ······"

"Erchen, I don't know if I'm ready······

Call~~~

The Son of Heaven breathed a sigh of relief.

Tianziqi didn't know why he was like this.

It's just that when Liu Sheng said the three words 'I don't know', Tianzi Qi only felt inexplicably: this may be the answer he wants to hear the most······

"Hey;"

"Stinky Boy ······"

"—at least honest?"

Hey smiled and straightened up, put his hands behind his back, and walked back to his seat and sat down;

After a while, Liu Sheng also knelt down in front of the desk again.

Looking at the eyes of Tianzi Qi, he couldn't help but be full of bitterness.

"The sons can understand what the words of the first emperor to admonish his father mean."

"Erchen also knows: As an emperor, you must treat the people of the world well, and you must become a qualified king, so that all the people of the world will have enough food and warm clothes."

But he didn't know what to do to achieve such a goal······"

"No one has ever taught the sons: how to make the world have enough to eat;"

"What can I do to make the people of the world wear a new clothes."

"In the past, Erchen was just a prince who thought that he would definitely become a prince of the clan in the future;"

"Whether it is the gentleman in the palace or the teacher who has died, they only taught me: to cultivate one's self and cultivate one's nature, to be loyal to the king; Don't be extravagant, don't build on a large scale. ”

"As for how to govern the people, all the ministers heard was: Give all the power to the king, and see and learn more by the king's side······"

sorrowful, self-deprecating, and full of helpless words, which also provoked Tianzi Qi to laugh bitterly;

saw Liu Sheng take a deep breath, and bowed to the Son of Heaven calmly.

"Son, I want to be a qualified king."

"But sons, I don't want to be a king like my father, who can be ruthless and calculating to his brothers, siblings, and biological mothers;"

"Erchen also knows that he can't become a saint like the first emperor and loved by the people of the world."

But now, the retainers really don't know: what to do to become the king he wants to be;

"I don't even know anything except my father's plan to appoint his son as the prince, and the son of the minister······"

The extremely calm words also provoked the Son of Heaven to shake his head with a smile;

With a long sigh full of feelings, he straightened his face a little and smiled at Liu Sheng.

"Back then, the first emperor also asked me so."

"Huh······"

"-I, I don't have any interest as you bastard~"

"I told the first emperor: son, get ready······"

"Do you know what the first emperor said?"

asked with a wry smile, and when Liu Sheng shook his head in confusion, the Son of Heaven straightened up, stretched out his hand, and pulled Liu Sheng in front of him from his neck;

The father and son were separated by a wooden case, forehead to forehead, one confused, and the other with a self-deprecating smile.

"Emperor Xian, just grab my neck and look straight into my eyes;"

"—Tell me: Remember what you said today!"

"From now on, no matter who asks, even if you ask yourself, you must remember!"

"Tell everyone who doubts you, including yourself: I'm ready to ······"

"I've been ready for ········· for a long time"

The low and powerful words only provoked Liu Shengjian to raise his head with a smile and withdraw his forehead from the face of Tianzi Qi;

When Tianzi Qi also sat back in his position, Liu Shengcai shrugged helplessly.

"Erchen, have you disappointed your father?"

"—heh······"

But seeing that Tianzi Qihe lowered his head with a smile, thought for a moment, grabbed the pen casually, and without warning, entered the working state again.

It's just that the next words of Tianzi Qi have become a precious wealth that Liu Sheng never dares to forget half a word in his life.

"Honesty is a good quality~"

"But for a king, it is the ability to tell lies, and to see through them, is even more indispensable."

"I said it~"

"I am not a gifted emperor;"

"I never wanted you to become a king like me, or the first emperor."

"—you, you will be like your own king."

"It's not like the first emperor, it's not like me, and it's not like the descendants."

"You're going to be a unique monarch."

"But there's a lot to learn······

"There's a lot more to teach you, ·········"

···

"Go ahead;"

"During this time in Ganquan Palace, take the time to watch Jia Yi's "Public Security Policy"."

"After returning to Chang'an, come to me again."

"At that time, I will tell you again: why can't a qualified king have emotional ······?"

said this last word indifferently, the Son of Heaven revealed, and finally raised his head from the front of the case;

Stared deeply into the depths of Liu Sheng's gaze, and smiled coldly.

"You'll understand."

"—will understand faster and more thoroughly than I do;"

"You will become a better king than I am······

(End of chapter)