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"Father." Liu Qianran saluted respectfully to Prime Minister Liu who came out.

Liu Changhan stared at Liu Qianran, "Do you like Chu Huanyan?"

The latter frowned slightly but did not speak.

Seeing this situation, Liu Changhan did not ask any more questions, but just looked away and said: "That's all, I believe you have a sense of proportion in your heart."

He has always been satisfied and relieved with this son.

"Father." Liu Qianran raised his head and looked at his father, "Why didn't you see Zhaoran when she came here just now?"

Before Zhaoran came in, his father was discussing with him how to support the third prince in the future. After learning that Zhaoran had come over in a hurry, he entered the darkroom.

"There's nothing to say." Liu Changhan's tone was perfunctory.

"Could it be that even Zhaoran cannot know about my father's current support for the third prince?" Liu Qianran couldn't help but speak.

"Your sister is just a girl, there is no need to let her get involved in these things, not to mention..." Liu Changhan's eyes were deep, "Now she is in love with that boy from the Pei family. Although the Pei family has not stated their position, the father looks at Pei Zhaoqing. , obviously more supportive of the prince."

There are some things that if someone knows about it and leaks something intentionally or unintentionally, that would not be a good thing.

The crease between Liu Qianran's eyebrows deepened a bit. He was silent for a moment, and then said again: "Father, my son has never figured out why you still support the third prince now."

Over the years, my father has shown no support from either side and has always remained neutral. Even the last time, during the Shi family's marriage, he gave up his engagement with Miss Shi in order to avoid suspicion.

But not long ago, when he was sure that the third prince was really not a suitable candidate for the throne and was about to give up, his father stopped him and even asked him to increase his efforts to support the third prince.

It was only then that he discovered that the person his father preferred was actually the third prince, but he had not wanted to reveal it in the past.

"Qian'er, you have to understand that everything my father does is for the benefit of our Liu family."

"Father, my son has never doubted his father's position of being devoted to the Liu family. I just want to ask why he is the third prince." Liu Qianran's tone was serious, and even showed a rare stubbornness about the reason.

In the past, except for his disobedience to his father's orders, he almost never questioned anything else, even his own marriage. But now, with the situation in the court so clear, he really didn't understand his father's thoughts.

Liu Changhan stared at his son. He had been in official circles for a long time, and his face, which was usually difficult to change moods and anger, rarely took off the cover.

"Although the Holy Heart is as deep as the abyss, some things are not difficult to guess. The Emperor will not allow His Highness the Crown Prince to ascend the throne."

"But now in the court, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince supports Risheng, and now he has succeeded in arresting the bandits..."

"That's not the case." Liu Changhan interrupted Liu Qianran's words, met his son's gaze, and sighed softly, "My father feels that the prince may not be of the emperor's blood."

"What?" Liu Qianran was stunned. After he recovered, he lowered his voice and said, "Father, do you know what you are talking about? You can't talk nonsense like this."

"Probably not long after the emperor ascended the throne, for a period of time, the emperor secretly mobilized many people to test the courtiers overtly and covertly, including my father. At that time, my father did not understand what the emperor was testing, but out of caution, he still I used some connections to inquire about things in the palace..."

After all, the Liu family has been officials for generations, and they have their own methods when it comes to gathering information.

Although most of the people arranged in the palace were insignificant little people, they happened to be small people, but they discovered a big secret - the Queen Mother gave birth to a dead baby in all probability!

"Dead baby?" Liu Qianran looked at Liu Changhan in surprise, "Father, are you serious about this?"

"The little eunuch just stumbled upon some clues, which is not enough to be sure. But in recent years, judging from the attitude of the emperor and the queen towards the prince, I am afraid that it is probably true. And the news came to more than one person A few months later, the little eunuch died unexpectedly."

Although on the surface, the prince's position is stable, but if you think about it carefully, the emperor's attitude towards the prince is really thought-provoking, not to mention the empress.

And if the prince is not of the emperor's blood, then how could the emperor really allow him to ascend the throne?

"Why has my father never mentioned these words before?" Liu Qianran felt complicated.

This news is really shocking. If the prince is not the blood of the emperor and the queen, then what kind of secrets were hidden back then...

"After all, it's just a guess. There is no basis for it. How can I mention it? What's more, if the speculation about my father is true, once the Liu family's snooping is leaked, you should know what it means to the Liu family." Liu Changhan The tone was heavy.

Liu Qianran nodded, "My son understands."

Planting spies to find out the secrets of the royal family, a little bit of light is enough to destroy the Liu family.

"So in the past, my father could only maintain neutrality in the court and not reveal anything. If my father's guess was wrong and the prince successfully ascended the throne, there would be no harm to the Liu family. But at the same time, my father acquiesces that you go Support the third prince, so that if the third prince ascends the throne, you may become a new noble in the court."

"What about now? Is it because the father asked his son to help the third prince to attack Miss Chu and offended the prince so much because he confirmed his guess?"

"No. But the gangsters who surrendered are enough to explain the emperor's attitude." Liu Changhan breathed a long sigh of relief, "The emperor may not fully like the third prince, but he never wants the prince to ascend the throne."

But at this time, Qian'er wanted to withdraw and no longer support the third prince. Naturally, he didn't want to.

In the court, it is important to be careful in what you say and do, but it is also important to seize the opportunity. Without His Highness the Crown Prince as a competitor, the third prince has a great chance of winning. Although there are risks, the opportunity to bet on the new emperor is also very attractive.

"My son understands that his father's plans are all for the Liu family. But father, my son has one last question."

After a pause, Liu Qianran looked at Liu Changhan seriously.

"Does father really think that the third prince will be a wise king?"

Putting aside everything else, just the Liangshui Lane incident was enough to clearly understand the temperament of the third prince.

Liu Changhan glanced at his son and said, "Even if you know that he is not a wise man, you still do what you want as a father."

Liu Qianran was stunned, as if he had swallowed a handful of dry soil wrapped in sand and gravel. His throat was so dry and painful that he could not speak.

"Qian'er, the most satisfying thing about you as a father is that, like my father, you always put the Liu family first, know what is most important, and are not bothered by the love between children and the minutiae." Liu Changhan stretched out his hand. It fell on Liu Qianran's shoulders, neither light nor heavy, "How can there be so many wise kings in this world? The most important thing for a person is to know what he wants. You must not be greedy and seek perfection everywhere. When it's time to cut it off, cut it off." , when you give up, give up, otherwise you will end up with nothing.”

Liu Qianran listened quietly, feeling that the hand on his shoulder seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, making him unable to breathe.

Although he gritted his teeth and nodded, he couldn't help but ask himself in his heart: Can he really do what his father does?