Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

The emperor also reminded him, "I heard that your mother was planning to marry a few concubines into the palace for you, but you refused."

"I have a lot to learn now, so I don't have the time to care about a concubine. Besides, there are several women in my house, and there are too many to deal with." Xie Shang said.

"Are you unwilling to deal with it, or do you only want to deal with the Crown Princess? Acting on emotions is a taboo in the royal family." The emperor said directly.

"Since she is the daughter-in-law of the royal family, she should understand the royal rules and should take the initiative to choose concubines for you and give birth to royal heirs. I believe that the Crown Princess is a smart woman and she will do so without being reminded."

Xie Shang said, "The Crown Princess is still pregnant. I already feel very sorry for marrying Ye Susu into the palace. Now I have to let her down again. I can't do that with another woman..."

"When you wanted to marry Su's daughter as your princess, it was quite a big deal. What did you say at that time? You would not marry anyone else but her and you would only love her in this life. Did you do it? Now you feel sorry for Jiang Fenghua." The emperor wanted to trample on his feelings and face, let him know clearly who he was, and let him know that if he wanted to be the master of the world, he could not have any feelings.

Xie Shang blushed with shame. No matter what the reason was, he really didn't do it.

"You should live your life the same way you lived with other women as you did with Ye Susu. You are the crown prince, and one of his responsibilities is to expand the royal family and produce heirs." The emperor said directly, "Your mother is right about this."

"Is it okay to have no feelings?" He and Ye Susu were together because he was drugged. He couldn't control himself, so he could only deceive himself like this. He was also thinking that he and his father were actually the same kind of people.

The emperor said in a resounding voice, "If you want to be the next emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, you should understand that an emperor cannot have feelings, whether it is towards Su Tingwan, Jiang Fenghua, or even Ye Susu, or the woman who will enter the palace later."

Xie Shang was stunned. "Should an emperor be a heartless and loveless person? Then did father really like mother?

During the time I have been in the palace, I have occasionally heard that the Emperor would stay overnight at the Empress's palace. Doesn't this mean that Father also likes Mother?"

The emperor could not answer this question, because he liked the queen, but as an emperor, he could not have love, so this relationship was very contradictory.

He had long been accustomed to moving among the women in the harem, and was even able to do so with ease, because he could treat them without being too serious.

When facing the queen, he didn't dare to face her.

"It turns out that I am just an heir to the throne born from my father and mother. My second brother, third brother, fourth brother, sixth brother, and seventh brother are all heirs to the throne born from my father and their mother. Does it mean that my father has no feelings for them? I will also become such a person."

Xie Shang couldn't accept himself becoming such a cold-blooded, heartless and loveless person. If he wanted to be the crown prince, he could only become a tool for women to reproduce royal heirs.

"Father, I will take my leave now."

"Stop." The emperor said coldly.

"Who said that the Su family should be punished? With your current state, who can you punish?" The emperor continued, "Why can the royal family punish a minister only by punishing him, but not eradicating him? Because the Su family has military power. You may find it ridiculous, but isn't this military power handed over to him by the royal family? Why are you still afraid of him?

Although we are royals and look high and mighty, we still have to behave ourselves and win over ministers from all sides to achieve peace. What do we rely on? It's not just about deploying troops on the battlefield, but also in the harem. This is also the use of being a royal man. Do you think it's ridiculous?"

"If you only cling to your love affairs, you are not worthy of being a king." The emperor's eyes were almost devoid of warmth and emotion. "In the future, you will understand that, compared to love, what is more important is that you can sit on the dragon throne in the Golden Palace and plan and overlook the world. The court and the harem are both a chess game, and the player can only be the emperor. If you can't be the player, you don't deserve to be the emperor."

Xie Shang's heart trembled slightly, his eyes flashed with cold light, power took root in his heart, he had long warned himself to hold on to it tightly, he wanted to be the chess player, not a controlled chess piece.

He wants to play chess for the whole world.

"When your royal grandfather handed the Great Zhou to me, he only said four words - peace under heaven. Therefore, I have never dared to slack off, and I dare not say that I have achieved peace under heaven."

Xie Shang looked solemn and lost in thought, "I will surely make the Great Zhou Dynasty peaceful and prosperous until all nations come to congratulate us."

After saying this, Xie Shang left the imperial study.

After Xie Shang left, the emperor looked exhausted, as if all his strength was drained away in an instant. He sat on the soft chair, his fingers seemed unable to even hold a pen, and his head began to ache again.

Eunuch Cao brought over a bowl of black medicine and said, "Your Majesty has a headache again. Take the medicine and you will be fine."

"Put it down! I'll drink it later."

"Drink it while it's hot. Imperial Physician Mei said this medicine is very effective for your Majesty's headaches. Drink three doses and you'll be fine." Chief Steward Cao added, "The Crown Prince has just moved into Taihua Palace to study. He will understand your Majesty's good intentions."

The emperor took the medicine bowl and drank it all in one gulp. "Why is it so bitter? Doctor Mei's medicine is getting harder and harder to drink."

"Your Majesty always endures and finishes the drink without even frowning. I have to admire you. If I were asked to drink this medicine, I would probably cry and refuse to drink it. Your Majesty always..." Steward Cao's eyes were red. The more he wanted to say something to comfort the emperor, the more he didn't know how to say it.

"The Emperor has a headache, and we should tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." General Cao said.

"No need to tell him, it's not a serious illness. Isn't Doctor Mei treating me all the time?" The emperor sighed, "I should have let him come to the palace to assist in government affairs earlier. The memorials he reviewed are more logical than mine."

General Cao said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always been a man of great appearance and elegance."

The Emperor only asked the Crown Prince to give up all love, but he has never done so.

Although Concubine Su was so favored, she never gave birth to an heir to the throne in her entire life.