Quick travel: I rely on the childbirth system to pamper my harem

Xie Changyan was a man of deep scheming, so how could he not hear the hidden meaning behind Xie Zhang's words?

"I think those are just groundless talk. Your Highness, don't worry about it."

"Really?" Xie Zhang laughed. "I actually think so, but the war in the South is a fact, and my father has handed the entire matter to me. I am hesitating about who to let suppress the rebellion."

The reason why Xie Zhang asked Xie Changyan to come over was actually because he wanted him to go over.

It would be best if Xie Changyan could be killed on the battlefield, so that he wouldn't have to come back to Beijing to disgust him.

Otherwise, Xie Changyan's existence always made him uncomfortable.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, haven't you chosen a candidate yet? Our dynasty is full of talented military generals, and there must be someone who can take the position." Xie Changyan rejected Xie Zhang's suggestion.

Xie Zhang narrowed his eyes and said, "Oh, I wonder if my ninth brother has someone he likes?"

Xie Changyan said: "I don't have the vision of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and I don't have anyone to choose from, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can appoint anyone at will, and I think he can suppress the rebellious officials and traitors in the South."

Seeing that Xie Changyan didn't respond, Xie Zhang was actually very angry.

But on the surface he was smiling.

It was a scene of brotherly love and respect.

Xie Zhang got straight to the point and said, "Ninth brother, don't you want to make achievements? As long as you go, I can give you military power. Then you will be second to none and everyone will have to give way to you."

Now Xie Changyan is just extremely powerful in the capital.

He has no military power.

Still don't be so afraid.

Xie Changyan's eyes were cold, knowing that Xie Zhang had already set up an ambush on the way to the South or on the battlefield. If he went there, not only would he lose his military power, he would probably lose his life as well.

"Your Highness, you are joking. I am doing well now. As for military power, there is no need to fight with those generals. I am not interested in it."

Xie Zhang glanced at Xie Changyan, looking at him seriously.

After a moment, he said thoughtfully: "In this case, I can't force you, so I can only let others go to the South. Oh, my father said he wants to see you, remember to go and pay your respects to him."

Xie Changyan bowed and took his leave.

From beginning to end, he behaved neither arrogantly nor servilely.

But after he went out, Xie Zhang smashed the teacup to pieces.

With a cold look in his eyes, he said to his trusted eunuch: "Did you see how unruly he was just now? He refused to do anything I asked him to do. How can he be called loyal?"

"Father is really a fool. He promoted him to this position. I don't even know how to deal with him!"

The eunuch said cautiously, "Your Highness, calm down. I just saw that the Ninth Prince's attitude is actually quite good. He doesn't care about military power. This man is actually useless without military power."

Xie Zhang glared at the eunuch and said, "What do you know? You don't have military power but your word is law in the capital. He can always refute whatever I say in the future. Then what's the point of me being the crown prince, or even the emperor?"

The eunuch lowered his eyelids and said, "But..."

The emperor is not dead yet, and Xie Changyan was promoted by him. Even if Xie Zhang wants to move against Xie Changyan, he has to consider the emperor.

Otherwise, it is still unclear whether he can become the emperor!

"But what?" Xie Zhang said noncommittally, "Did I say something wrong?"

The eunuch hurriedly asked, "How could His Royal Highness be wrong?"

After hearing this, Xie Zhang was extremely satisfied and said, "Of course I am not wrong, but I don't know why my father trusts Xie Changyan so much. You can ask someone to find out, there must be something fishy."

"Yes."

Bedroom.

The emperor was lying on the bed. The whole room was filled with the smell of medicine. It was dead silent and there was no sign of life at all.

Xie Changyan bowed.

"I see you, Your Majesty."

Hearing that he was coming, the emperor opened his dim eyes and said weakly, "Even now you still don't want to call me father. Do you hate me so much?"

"Your Majesty, your words are too serious. I did not mean that."

"No?" The emperor laughed at himself. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Xie Changyan, trying to see through his son.

Unfortunately, Xie Changyan remained calm and cunning.

Even the emperor couldn't see through what he was thinking: "Chang Yan, I know you hate me for being ruthless, so you don't want to call me father, but I can't do anything about it. Who can help it? It's fate."

"If I hadn't let you go as a hostage, my country would have been destroyed. If it hadn't been for Feng..."

Thinking of the dead man, the emperor suddenly paused and looked at Xie Changyan steadily: "In the future, you should assist Xie Zhang well. He will be a good emperor. As long as you don't mess around, he will definitely not touch you."

Xie Changyan's face was very cold, and he said indifferently: "Your Majesty, do you know what the Crown Prince asked me to discuss just now?"

The emperor had a bad feeling in his heart: "What's the matter?"

"There is war in the South, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants me to lead the troops, but I refuse. I have never been on the battlefield, and I am afraid I am not qualified for this."

Hearing him say this, the emperor's dim eyes flickered even more.

He gritted his teeth and said, "He knows that you have never been on the battlefield, and he knows what the South means to you. Why do you still act this way? There are so many generals in the court, aren't they enough for him to use?"

Although the emperor was seriously ill, he still saw many things clearly.

The emperor guessed what Xie Zhang meant without Xie Changyan's detailed explanation.

This will make Xie Chang disgusted to death.

But why?

Could it be that he had misjudged the person? Xie Zhang was not a filial person at all.

The emperor felt that Xie Changyan was trying to sow discord, and asked coldly, "Are you dissatisfied with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"Yes, after all, the Crown Prince almost suspended me from my post right after I came to power. Although I still have the title of serving the Emperor, I am almost sidelined by the Crown Prince."

This is an exaggeration.

It’s just that Xie Changyan didn’t want to bother with Xie Zhang about such trivial matters, so he took advantage of this free time to take a rest.

But in the emperor's ears, it meant something different.

The emperor just felt that Xie Zhang was trying to undermine him.

He had only been the crown prince for a few days, but he already had such thoughts. Was Xie Zhang targeting Xie Changyan, or was he targeting this half-dead emperor?

Xie Changyan did not elaborate and let the emperor imagine it himself.

Then he bowed and said, "Your Majesty, if you have nothing else to do, I will take my leave."

The emperor suddenly said: "I still have something to say to you."

Xie Changyan stood where he was, looking directly at the emperor, waiting calmly for his next words.

After a moment, the emperor's lost voice was heard.

"Before I die, I want to see you get married." The emperor stared at Xie Changyan, "I heard that you have a girl you like. Bring her to see me and I will arrange a marriage for you."

Since the emperor heard about this, he must have checked Feng Qingning's identity.

Xie Changyan said: "This matter is not urgent. She and I have not reached that stage yet. I don't want to scare her."

"In the royal family, the last thing you want is loyalty. You..."

Xie Changyan said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "I do not want to be the emperor, so what if I am devoted to you? Or does the emperor have feelings for me?"

Such straightforwardness left the emperor speechless.

"You know you're not fit, and your body..."

"But who caused this physical condition of mine?" Xie Changyan asked back coldly.