As the saying goes, people are more popular than people, and people should not be compared with each other, because when everything is compared, its advantages and disadvantages will be revealed.

Shangguan Qiuyu's words were no less than that, and slapped Xuanyuan Jing in the face fiercely, as if to mean that he Xuanyuan Jing was not as good as his third brother.

Although he admits that his third brother is better than him in all aspects, what can he do?

Could it be that just because his third emperor brother is better than himself, he has to back down and give up his position as the crown prince?

On the road to the throne of the emperor, he Xuanyuan Jing can only move forward, and there is never a way back.

His other brothers all have a way out, but only he Xuanyuan Jing, the eldest brother of the princes, has been the crown prince since his birth.

He had no way out, he could only walk on thin ice, carefully dodging the hidden arrows from all directions.

He could only move forward all his life until he sat on the throne that the world coveted, and before he reached this goal.

If he retreats a little, he will face an abyss, and if he falls, he will die without a place to bury.

Seeing Shangguan Qiuyu's painting style suddenly change, how could he not understand what Shangguan Qiuyu meant, which made him a little angry at his aggressiveness.

It's good that he is the dignified prince, but now, Shangguan Qiuyu is blatantly threatening himself, which makes him not angry.

However, he has always been thoughtful, but he has not shown it, and over the years, he has already achieved the point where everything has changed without surprise, and his joy and anger are invisible.

Although Shangguan Qiuyu didn't see anything from Xuanyuan Jing's face, he knew very well that he had just mentioned the Third Prince, which would definitely cause Xuanyuan Jing's unhappiness.

However, what he wanted was to make Xuanyuan Jing, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, unhappy.

People are often irrational before they change their original ideas, and he Xuanyuan Jing, as the prince of Dayu, will naturally be biased towards the royal family.

Subconsciously, I don't want a big family like the Shangguan family to be too powerful, which will be detrimental to the rule of the imperial court.

Therefore, he still insisted on his ideas when he knew that it was most beneficial for him to befriend Shangguan Qiuyu and the Shangguan family.

And what Shangguan Qiuyu wants to do is to break his kind of thinking, people will only think about other things when their vital interests are concerned.

"Your Highness has ever heard a saying that there are no eternal friends in the world, only eternal interests. ”

"There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests?" Xuanyuan Jing muttered to himself, and then looked at Shangguan Qiuyu.

"Yes, no matter how strong the relationship is, no matter how good it is, it will seem vulnerable.

However, if both parties have the same interests, then even people with deep hatreds will be united. ”

With such a simple truth, Xuanyuan Jing naturally understood, but what he didn't understand was what Shangguan Qiuyu wanted to show.

Could it be that his Shangguan family wanted to meddle in the battle between the princes?

"Elder Ying, seniors, Qiu Yu I have some things that I need to talk about separately with His Highness, I hope you will forgive me. ”

Xuanyuan Jing didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Shangguan Qiuyu's gourd, but he still nodded to the two beside him and asked him to go down with Ying Lao and the others.

After everyone retreated, Shangguan Qiuyu continued:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should know in his heart that my Shangguan family was originally rooted in Northern Xinjiang for thousands of years, and its power cannot be shaken by anyone, which can be described as entrenched.

However, because of a decree from His Majesty, my grandfather moved his family to the south, where there was no foundation.

I know that this is all because my grandfather did not find my grandson before, and the royal family and the court made this decision in order to protect the overall situation.

From the beginning to the end, the Shangguan family did not question the resolutions of the royal family and the imperial court, let alone have any doubts about the resolutions of the imperial family and the imperial court.

To put it mildly, let me ask, if His Majesty the Emperor decrees that His Royal Highness demote you to the prince, what does Your Highness feel in your heart, and will there be complaints in your heart?

Qiu Yu once asked his grandfather if he had any complaints in his heart, but unfortunately, his grandfather did not tell me that Qiu Yu and I were soft-spoken and did not have any judgment on this matter. ”

Facing Xuanyuan Jing's direct gaze, Shangguan Qiuyu smiled bitterly:

"Southern Xinjiang is different from Northern Xinjiang, Northern Xinjiang and Northern Territory are strong, local forces and sect forces are not worth mentioning, and the Shangguan family can deal with it.

However, southern Xinjiang is different from northern Xinjiang, although southern Xinjiang is also intruded by southern barbarians and other ethnic groups, but its strength and threat are much smaller than that of northern Xinjiang.

Therefore, although the local forces and sect forces here cannot be compared with the Central Plains, they are not weak, and they are far stronger than the sects and local forces in northern Xinjiang.

Shangguan's family was in the military, shorter than the rivers and lakes, and now he is in the south, and he inevitably needs to deal with the forces of the rivers and lakes.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't let my Shangguan family take a group of soldiers to deal with others, sometimes some things, using the army, its taste will change. ”

"So, does Qiu Yu want to grow up in the military and get involved in the rivers and lakes?" Xuanyuan Jing said.

Shangguan Qiuyu frowned, pretending to be worried:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince believes that the Shangguan family in southern Xinjiang now, how long can its troops be maintained, we are just taking precautions.

It's just that I wonder if His Royal Highness can understand the painstaking efforts of my Shangguan Qiuyu, and can the royal family understand the painstaking efforts of my Shangguan family?"

At this time, Xuanyuan Jing finally understood why Shangguan Qiuyu insisted on fighting for the right of the Southern Xinjiang Arrest Division from him.

It seems that with the appearance of Shangguan Qiuyu, the Shangguan family, which originally had a trace of defeat, will still not be depressed because they have left their hometown in Northern Xinjiang.

It will still be like the Shangguan family's power in the north of Xinjiang in the past, rampaging in the land of southern Xinjiang, or even worse.

Now, the Shangguan family is militarily restricted, so they want to devote all their energy to the rivers and lakes, which is understandable.

After all, no family would watch their own family decay at their own hands.

But if the Shangguan family devotes all their energy to the rivers and lakes, it must be known that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and then there will be nothing that can restrict the Shangguan family.

Militarily, the imperial court has a system, and the Shangguan family will be limited to the framework, no matter how powerful it is, it is limited.

But if the Shangguan family leans its own power towards the rivers and lakes, and has an official identity, its potential is unimaginable.

This is also what worries Xuanyuan Jing, but he can't refuse, and the court and even the royal family will not make any decisions that are unfavorable to the Shangguan family.

As the saying goes, 'robbing people's money is like killing their parents', if the royal family does something to cut off the future of the Shangguan family, then it will definitely make the Shangguan family alienate from the court and the royal family.

This was also not what Xuanyuan Jing wanted to see, and at this time, he suddenly thought of what Shangguan Qiuyu had said to him before.

There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. ’

Thinking of the Shangguan family, as one of the eight major families of Dayu, the hereditary title of the Duke of Zhenguo, it is consistent with the interests of the royal family and the imperial court.

Thinking of this, Xuanyuan Jing's face couldn't help but soften, and his eyes were a little less vigilant when he looked at Shangguan Qiuyu.

............