[Red Mansion] Mrs. Lin, the Buddhist family

But this is not surprising. The more sage the emperor was in the first half of his life, the more likely his temperament will change drastically in his later years due to his aging body and a clearer sense of urgency that "life is coming to an end".

Emperor Qisheng is an emperor with a strong desire for control and power, which makes him more likely to panic.But at the same time, he endured under the control of his grandmother for the first half of his life, and the rationality of finally seizing power prevented him from hiding all this well under the mask. Neither Jia Daishan who was close to him nor His Royal Highness the Crown Prince whom Emperor Qisheng loved so much were unaware of this.

But Jia Daishan is more sober than the prince.Because Jia Min once told him that in his later years, because the prince was too loud in the court, Emperor Qisheng was jealous of him, and was finally suppressed and persecuted by him. In the end, he had to walk a road of usurping the throne that could only be destroyed if he failed. .

Because of his admiration for Emperor Qisheng, the prince was unwilling to guard against Emperor Qisheng. Jia Daishan also knew that even if he told the prince that Emperor Qisheng had already begun to guard against and suspect you, before Emperor Qisheng had really dealt with the prince. The crown prince wouldn't believe it when he tried it.

But Jia Daishan knew Qisheng Emperor very well, and had already taken various precautions.

Apart from Emperor Qisheng, He Wenyi also knew the prince better. He knew that the prince was a loving and generous prince. Even in the face of Emperor Qisheng, the prince would not treat him too badly when he ascended the throne in the future.What's more, he always felt that the possibility of the crown prince ascending to the throne was far greater than other princes——

Even if Emperor Qisheng is suspicious, as long as Jia Daishan is around and his military power is there, it will be very difficult for the crown prince to lose.

But for this kind of thing, he couldn't expressly surrender to the prince. After thinking about it, he found the fourth prince.

Strictly speaking, the fourth prince is not considered a princeling——

Because he was trained by Emperor Qisheng himself, and then sent to the prince's side as the "assistant prince". If you really have to look closely, the fourth prince is actually a pure royalist.

But the fourth prince did not have the same admiration for Emperor Qisheng as the prince.

After anyone grows up to be a magistrate, he finds that he is doomed to miss the throne from birth. For another son, his father did not hesitate to cut off his emperor's path from the source, and personally trained him to be a qualified "assistant prince". It is unlikely that he has too deep feelings for Emperor Qisheng.

Because he lost his mother since childhood and was later adopted by his successors, the fourth prince is far more intelligent than other princes, and also understands the warmth and coldness of human relationships better.

In order to protect himself, the fourth prince could only follow the path arranged by Emperor Qisheng, and take the path of "assistant government" that he might not like, but he was not dissatisfied in his heart.

And this kind of dissatisfaction, when he finds that he is likely to end up in a dead end due to the arrangement of Emperor Qisheng, he will naturally choose a path that is easier to protect himself.

But the current situation is that he already knows that Emperor Qisheng is dissatisfied with the prince, and this dissatisfaction may even break the relationship between the prince and Emperor Qisheng, and finally fight to the death or—

Don't tell him about the relationship between father and son. In the royal family, there is such a thing, but compared with other more important things, the difficulty of throwing away this thing is not much different than throwing away a piece of clothing that one likes very much.

What's more, when talking about feelings in the royal family, there may only be one dead word left in the final ending.

However, from the perspective of the fourth prince, he has two choices.First, seeing the relationship between the crown prince and Emperor Qisheng break down, he just needs to stand on the sidelines, and even fan the flames from the sidelines. In the end, the crown prince loses, and he will have a chance to seize the throne; The relationship between the Holy Emperor has deteriorated, and then he helped the prince to win the heir, while he followed Qishengdi's arrangement, and after the prince ascended the throne, he became the assistant king under one person and under ten thousand people.

As a prince, it is impossible for the fourth prince not to have the idea of ​​seizing the heir.

But the fourth prince has self-knowledge, he is different from other princes, because he was brought by Qisheng Emperor since he was a child, but about the emperor's strategy and the emperor's mind... Not only did Qishengdi never teach him, he even avoided it on purpose, forbidding him touch.

The fourth prince has the confidence to become an excellent auxiliary king, but he has no confidence to be a good emperor.

Moreover, because of the temper he developed in his childhood environment, he is really not suitable to be an emperor.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that he can only assist the prince...

After the fourth prince received the news from He Wenyi, he stayed alone in the study of the fourth prince's mansion for three full days without seeing anyone. When he finally came out, his originally silent and solemn face lost all other expressions. .

The fourth concubine heard that the fourth prince had finally come out of the study, and hurriedly led people there, but was stunned by such a fourth prince, speechless for a long time.

The fourth prince respected his first wife very much. After seeing her, his expression calmed down, and he nodded to her: "Prepare hot water. After I wash up, I have something to discuss with Rong Guogong."

The fourth concubine nodded quickly, and immediately ordered the servants to prepare.

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Besides Jia Shu's side, after Lin Ruhai came back that day, he told Jia Shu and Lin Mu about Emperor Qisheng summoning him.

Lin's mother didn't think of anything else for a moment, but thought that Emperor Qisheng was interested in the topic of "Cultivating Immortals", and was also curious about the Lin Family Bookstore's solicitation: "It's a good thing that the Holy Majesty wants to see you. Unhappy face."

Although Jia Shu didn't know the history in Dream of Red Mansions, he still knew the general history of each dynasty in modern times.

After hearing Lin Ruhai's words, she felt her heart jumping for the first time: "Is the emperor's body..."

Lin Ruhai and Lin's mother turned to look at her with puzzled eyes.

Jia Shu smiled a bit reluctantly: "I always feel that the emperor summoned Ruhai because he became interested in immortality." So hearing the content of the essay, she had a not-so-good association for her and the Lin family.

Jia Shu felt a little regretful. She chose the subject of cultivating immortals because she thought that this subject had nothing to do with reality, was easy to operate, and would not cause any taboos——

We must know that in the Qing Dynasty, the literary inquisition once reached the point where literati were terrified.

Dream of the Red Chamber originally talked about the events of the Qing Dynasty, even if the literary prison was not mentioned in the book, but now she controls the economic lifeline of the Lin family, and any of her arrangements may have a great impact on the Lin family.The book shop was originally related to literati, and all of its work was related to writing, so she had to be careful.

Jia Shu didn't want to touch the signs of those in power in Daxia.

But who knew that a subject like "immortals, gods, demons and ghosts" that had nothing to do with reality would actually attract the attention of Emperor Qisheng?

Jia Shu felt a little unlucky.

Mother Lin has never read history books, but she has also heard about the old affairs of the previous dynasty. She knows that there was an emperor who was addicted to alchemy and immortality in the previous dynasty, and he almost became the king of subjugation.After hearing Jia Shu's conjecture, she also became a little scared.

"Count, otherwise, change the subject of the essay for the bookstore?"

Just as Jia Shu was about to respond, Lin Ruhai's tone was cold: "Your Majesty already knows the subject matter of the solicitation, and asked me to submit the published books after the results of the solicitation come out."

Jia Shu is really sure now that Emperor Qisheng has already shown signs of pursuing immortality.

"What should I do?" Even though Mother Lin was more knowledgeable and magnanimous than the other women trapped in the backyard, she still lost her composure and panicked in the face of imperial power.

Lin Ruhai's expression was normal, but there was an incomprehensible seriousness in his eyes.

Jia Shu's heart skipped a beat: "Ru Hai, don't you want to persuade the emperor?"

Lin Ruhai opened his mouth, and was about to admit it, when Mother Lin stopped her loudly: "Ruhai, are you crazy? You are a lowly official, and you can't even speak in the court. Now the emperor is willing to give you some face, that's just the emperor For your mercy, if you disregard His Majesty's face and speak out, the Emperor will not let you off easily!"

Lin Ruhai hesitated: "But let me watch the emperor go astray like this, my son feels ashamed."

Jia Shu quickly grabbed Lin Ruhai's hand: "Don't be foolish. The emperor just has an idea now, but he has never said clearly that it is slander for you to persuade the emperor at this time. If the emperor is unhappy, he will kill you directly." , we have nothing to say."

Lin Ruhai was stunned, and then realized that Emperor Qisheng never said what he thought about Changsheng from the beginning to the end.

He couldn't help showing a wry smile: "This is really..."

Jia Shu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to look at Mother Lin, and found that the panic on her face had been replaced by worry.

Lin Ruhai is her son, and Mother Lin knows him very well.She always felt that if the emperor really made it clear that he wanted to live forever, her son might really run to become a courtier.

But at present, Lin Ruhai has at least let go of this idea.

Mother Lin looked at Jia Shu with gratitude.

She doesn't know what loyalty is. She just wants her son to be safe, happy and healthy for the rest of his life. Those things that are famous in history should be left to other people.

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Because the theme of "Cultivation of Immortals" attracted the attention of Emperor Qisheng, when selecting the top ten, Jia Shu specially asked people to write those very realistically. If there is a lot of room for manipulation, all the original stories are left and directly eliminated. Candidates.

When a box of manuscripts was carried into Lin's mansion, both Lin's mother and Lin Ruhai gathered in the study.

"These stories seem to be true, and those that are easy to mislead people that Xiuxian really exists have been eliminated." Jia Shu felt tired, "Most of the remaining ones are mainly love stories, even if they involve Immortal cultivation also seems very unreliable."

Now their job is to pick out even more unreliable stories from these seemingly unreliable stories.

The three looked at each other and carefully selected.

But the three adults were all in the study, and only the nanny and the nanny were left beside Pippi and Zhuzhu.This is impossible to happen in the past, and the two children are also used to having at least one elder watching them when they are playing by themselves.

There was no one today, so the two children couldn't help but quarrel.

Zhuzhu was quiet and didn't speak, just looked straight at the nanny and the nanny, making people feel that if she couldn't meet her request, she would be sorry for her; Go to Zhuzhu and cry loudly.

Everyone knows that a two- or three-year-old child cannot cry for a long time, otherwise it will be bad for the throat.

The nannies and mothers were almost dying of anxiety, and they stopped looking at Zhuzhu, and they all gathered around Pippi, trying to calm him down.

Who knew Zhuzhu saw this, she seemed to feel that crying would scare these nannies and mothers more easily, curled her lips, and burst into tears as well.

You know, Zhuzhu has cried very few times since she was born.Now the sudden burst of crying was far more shocking than Pippi's wailing. They all panicked and ignored Jia Shu's order to take their children to read and play in the toy room, so they simply hugged them up. , and walked in the direction of the study.

Zhuzhu has been carried away, can Pipi be left alone in the toy room?

Soon, the two crying children were carried to the door of the study.

Jia Shu had sharp ears and eyes, and could hear the cries of the children from a distance. She even recognized that there was more than one crying child.

She got up suddenly and walked to the door of the study.

Mother Lin was surprised: "Shu'er, do you have something to go out?"

Jia Shu frowned: "My daughter-in-law seems to have heard the cries of Pipi and Zhuzhu."

Mother Lin cared about the two children the most, and she couldn't sit still after hearing Jia Shu's words, so she got up and walked to the door of the study, and opened the door.

Just in time, two nannies appeared from around the corner with their babies in their arms.

The cries of the two children became louder.

Mother Lin went up to meet her distressedly, and hugged Zhuzhu directly in her arms: "My darling, what's the matter? Why are you crying so sadly?"

Jia Shu followed behind and took Pippi over.

As soon as the two children entered the arms of their relatives, they stopped crying.

Lin Ruhai also came out of the study at this time, and couldn't help asking, "Why did you bring the child here?"

After deciding to make a toy room for the two children, Jia Shu specially bought a lot of transparent glass from the coastal areas at a high price, and then put them all in the toy room.

Therefore, the brightness of the toy room is much higher than other rooms.

On weekdays, if Lin Ruhai has unfinished official documents, he would prefer to deal with them in the toy room after bringing them home. This also increases Lin Ruhai's familiarity with the children. The relationship between the father and son is not unfamiliar. It has to be said that there is also a reason for this.

However, the cost of glass is expensive. After Jia Shu proposed to press the windows of the study with glass, he was rejected by him.

Finally, the remaining two sides of glass after installing the toy room, one of which was installed in Lin's mother's bedroom.Therefore, the study room actually only has one side of glass, although it is brighter than before, it is still a little dark.

At the same time, it is also very humid.

Such an environment is naturally not suitable for children to stay for a long time, so Jia Shu left the two children in the toy room when he was choosing the storybook.

After the two children's nanny and nanny looked at each other, they hurriedly said, "Go back to the master, after the young lady and the young master played in the toy room for a while, they found that the masters were not there, so they started crying and insisted on looking for them. "

Zhuzhu's nanny was distressed: "Miss doesn't usually cry, but this time she cried so sadly that this servant brought her here on her own initiative." She knelt down on the ground with a thud, "Please punish me!"

The other wet nurses and nuns also knelt down.

Although they brought the child to the study because they felt distressed, they violated Jia Shu's order. As servants, they could only kneel down and apologize.

Lin Ruhai waved his hand and called the person up: "It's not your fault."

He walked up to Mother Lin, looked at the teardrops still hanging on the eyelashes, and felt distressed, "But I haven't seen anyone for a while, why are you crying like this?"

Pippi next to him may cry often and recover quickly, but at this time he has already started to fuss in Jia Shu's arms.

"Mom, let's play!" He was held in Jia Shu's arms, but twisted and pointed to the toy room.

Jia Shu was helpless: "You child... didn't you just come over from there just now?"

After hesitating for a while, she turned to look at Lin Ruhai: "Otherwise, shall we take the story book to the toy room?"

Originally, it was because they were worried that Pippi would make a fuss and mess around when they were picking out the scripts, so they chose the scripts in the study.But when Pippi saw people, he became even more noisy, so they might as well choose directly in the toy room.

Before Lin Ruhai could speak, Mother Lin said distressedly: "I think it's okay, let someone carry all the scriptures to the toy room." After she finished speaking, she carried Zhuzhu and walked to the toy room.

Jia Shu turned to look at Lin Ruhai with a helpless expression.

Lin Ruhai shook his head at her with a smile, walked directly to Jia Shu, took Pippi, then hugged Pippi in one hand, took Jia Shu's hand in the other, and followed Mother Lin.

Pippi's eyeballs rolled around, and he suddenly reached out to Jia Shu: "Let's lead..."

Jia Shu was stunned for a moment: "What?"

Pippi stretched out half of her body and pointed at Jia Shu and Lin Ruhai's holding hands, "Hand in hand!"

Jia Shu: "..."

She turned her head to look at Lin Ruhai, and was not surprised to find that the tips of his ears were turning red.

Jia Shu couldn't help but let go of the hand held by Lin Ruhai and walked to the other side, and put his index finger into his fleshy paw: "Here, hold."

Pippi grinned suddenly.

-

Three days later, Jia Shu and the others finally picked out the top ten essays on the theme of "Cultivation of Immortals", and then directly asked the printing workshop to draw them out.Before it was released, Lin Ruhai brought this month's "Story Collection" into the palace and presented it directly to Emperor Qisheng.

Emperor Qisheng took over the "Story Collection", and after carefully reading and studying each story, he couldn't help being disappointed.

But in front of Lin Ruhai, he didn't show his emotions, but said with a smile: "The stories in this "Story Collection" are novel, completely different from the stereotyped gifted scholars and beautiful ladies I knew before."

Lin Ruhai bowed his head: "This is because the writers who contributed to the Lin family bookstore have outstanding writing skills."

Emperor Qisheng nodded, and asked again: "Your Lin family bookstore is not running a call for essays. What about the stories that are not selected? Just throw them away?"

Lin Ruhai tensed up, and answered after deliberation: "My lord, those stories that were not selected will be returned one by one by the staff of the book shop according to the address left by the person who wrote the book. It is also okay if they are sent to other book shops. "

Emperor Qisheng didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't speak for a long time.

In the upper study room, there was a palpitating silence.

Just when Lin Ruhai couldn't hold back and wanted to speak, he raised his head and met the eyes of He Wenyi standing behind Shangqi Shengdi. He frowned and kept shaking his head at Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai opened his mouth, but finally dropped it.

His mother is old, and he has a lovely wife and children, so he dare not gamble with his family's life.

Emperor Qisheng seemed to be immersed in his own thoughts, and did not notice the eyebrow-eye lawsuit between Lin Ruhai and He Wenyi.

After a while, Emperor Qisheng came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "Aiqing's book shop is doing well, and I remember to solicit essays frequently in the future. Like this kind of unconstrained, mysterious fairy tales, we can also encourage literati to contribute more. .”

Lin Ruhai's throat seemed to be clogged with phlegm, unable to swallow or spit it out, it was really uncomfortable.

But he is not a boy who has just entered the officialdom, so he quickly suppressed his emotions and did not let these emotions affect him: "My minister obeys."

Emperor Qisheng laughed: "I have other matters, Aiqing will go down. Wenyi, send Lin Aiqing away!"

Only then did He Wenyi stand up from behind Qisheng Emperor, and led Lin Ruhai out of the study room.

Almost at the gate of the palace, Lin Ruhai couldn't hold back: "Eunuch He, during this period of time, your majesty, is your body..."

He suddenly realized that he was already peeping at the dragon's body. If he was not careful, he would be beheaded. He could only swallow it halfway through.

He Wenyi lowered his head and didn't look at Lin Ruhai, just said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is in good health, but at the end of the day, some minor problems will inevitably appear."

Lin Ruhai clenched his fists violently, thanked He Wenyi, and handed him a purse.

He Wenyi didn't answer this time, and whispered: "Lord Lin has been keeping a low profile recently, try not to attract the attention of the Holy One."

After speaking, he turned and left.

If the fourth prince hadn't said that this Lin Ruhai is a talent that can be made, he might be of great use in the future, he wouldn't have risked being discovered and reminded him repeatedly.

I only hope that Lord Lin will know the kindness of the fourth prince in the future and can help the prince a little.

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Since the Fourth Prince got He Wenyi's favor, he and Jia Daishan have gotten closer during this period.

The fourth prince didn't think much of Jia Daishan at first, without him, but he followed the trend to borrow a few hundred thousand taels of silver from the treasury, which was enough to make him unhappy with Jia Daishan.

The fourth prince even thought that if in the end the prince would inevitably end up being deposed with the help of himself and Jia Daishan, he would have to fight for that position by himself—

The adopted son, the prince's right-hand man, is highly valued by Emperor Qisheng.

Except for the prince, the other princes are inferior to him in status and ability, so they can't take him under his command at all. Naturally, no one will tolerate him.

Just thinking about it, the fourth prince knew how embarrassing and dangerous his situation would be if the prince didn't take that position.

But the fourth prince felt that if he really sat in that position, he might be the first one to take the knife on these nobles who eat vegetarian meals in the corpses.

Because of these thoughts, the fourth prince was really not enthusiastic about Jia Daishan.

Fortunately, the fourth prince has always had no expression on his face, and he doesn't treat them well with important officials in the court, and he behaves like a lone and loyal minister.

Jia Daishan has long been used to it.

What's more, he can also extract the information he wants from Jia Min's past life -

Although this fourth prince has outstanding abilities, he really cares about the common people. He has no ability to deal with heirs like them, but wastes the court's food.

The two are well aware of each other's perception, if not for the prince, they would just avoid each other.

On this day, Jia Daishan met with the fourth prince again in a small remote teahouse.

"Why is Duke Rong looking for this prince?" The fourth prince asked directly after sitting down.

Jia Daishan sighed in his heart, and felt a little troubled by his attitude towards the fourth prince: "Your Highness, I really have something important to discuss with you when I am looking for you."

The fourth prince turned to look at him: "But it's about the prince?"

If it has nothing to do with the prince, no matter whether he is important or not, the fourth prince doesn't intend to talk to Duke Rong.

Rong Guogong cupped his hands: "It is related to the prince."

The fourth prince sat upright: "Speak!"

Jia Daishan took out a list and handed it to the fourth prince: "His Royal Highness, the people on the list are ministers who have already joined other princes."

The fourth prince frowned: "How did you find out?"

"The Twelve Princes..."

"Twelve younger brothers?" The fourth prince narrowed his eyes, "What does this have to do with the twelve younger brothers?"

"Not long after the Twelfth Prince was grounded, he handed this thing over to His Highness the Crown Prince for his protection." Jia Daishan glanced at the Fourth Prince, "But this thing is not good for the Crown Prince."

Jia Daishan sighed. Personally, he didn't believe that the twelve princes would really join the prince without any grudges after being generalized by the prince.

But at the same time, he believed that everything on the list was true.

"Checked?" The fourth prince looked at the list, the light in his eyes flickering.

Jia Daishan sighed: "I have asked people to check the ministers on the list, and they basically match the contents on the list."

The fourth prince stroked the contents of the list, and smiled: "The twelfth brother's ability to calculate people's hearts is really not bad." Even his original idea of ​​helping the prince began to waver because of the actions of the twelfth brother .

Jia Daishan didn't hear clearly, so he couldn't help looking at the fourth prince.

The fourth prince didn't say anything more, but said to Jia Daishan: "Why do you say that this list is not a good thing for the prince?"

Jia Daishan was attracted by this topic, and he didn't care about what the fourth prince said before: "It would be a good thing for His Royal Highness to get this list before. But recently, there are some problems in the relationship between the prince and the emperor, and the prince seems to be aware of it. Get a little aggressive."

"After the prince got this list, regardless of my dissuasion, he wanted to use these people as a game to directly cut off the possibility of other princes seizing the throne!"

But the prince never thought that if the plan was implemented smoothly according to his ideas, it would be impossible for him to ascend the throne.

The emperor is in good health, and he doesn't know how many years he will live. If he follows the prince's idea, in less than ten years, the other princes will be suppressed to such an extent that they cannot be seen by the emperor at all.

But at that time, in the whole Great Xia, only the crown prince and the crown prince were left standing in front of Qisheng Emperor as a target.

Now the prince has more advantages than the other princes, and has a better reputation among civil and military officials. The aging Qisheng Emperor can't help being suspicious. Can you still accommodate the prince?

Jia Daishan was very suspicious of the purpose of the twelve princes handing over this list to the prince.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the fourth prince.

If the prince really implements the plan, only the fourth prince will be the one who will profit in the end——

He has been firmly standing behind the prince, but he is also a royalist, so he is trusted by Emperor Qisheng.If the prince is rejected by the emperor, the only choice left by Emperor Qisheng is the fourth prince.

Jia Daishan suddenly doubted whether he was right or wrong in coming to discuss this matter with the Fourth Prince today.

But he really didn't know who to talk to about this matter.

The fourth prince lowered his eyelids, making it hard to see the expression in his eyes: "My brothers have never had any brotherly feelings for the prince. Since childhood, the prince has been the imaginary enemy of all our brothers, except me, without exception."

Even he just had no chance to regard the prince as an enemy.

"The twelfth younger brother handed over the list to His Highness the Crown Prince. It is true that he is more hostile, but it is not without good intentions." The fourth prince sullenly said, "Duke Rong only needs to persuade His Highness the Crown Prince not to drive everyone out. The existence of this list, It is a good thing for the prince."

Can Jia Daishan not know this truth?But he can't do it!

"His Royal Highness Fourth Prince..."

The fourth prince looked up at Jia Daishan, his eyes were cold: "Mr. Rong should know that although the prince values ​​me, he is far inferior to Duke Rong when it comes to trust. If the prince tries to persuade the prince, the prince should doubt his intentions." gone."

Jia Daishan's expression froze, and he understood what the fourth prince meant.

As far as Daxia's current situation is concerned, even Jia Daishan himself can't fully trust that the fourth prince really has no intention of seizing the heir apparent, let alone the prince, who is regarded by all the princes as the person who pursues the goal?

If the fourth prince really tried to dissuade him, the prince might feel that the fourth prince had bad intentions, and then did the opposite, directly attacking the people on the list without leaving any room.

Jia Daishan smiled bitterly: "How can this be good?"

The idea of ​​watching coldly and helping the prince tore again in the fourth prince's mind. His right hand under the table was tightened and loosened, loosened and tightened again and again, and he finally made up his mind: "Mr. Rong, don't worry about it. If you really want the crown prince to give up his original plan, all you need to do is to provoke the royal father and make the prince realize that the royal father is not only a father to him, but also a king, that's enough."

After all, the prince is the heir taught by his father. If there is no emotional bondage, it is impossible for him not to realize whether his original plan brought him benefits or disadvantages.

For the crown prince, Qishengdi is his father first, and then his king.

But for the rest of the princes, Qisheng Emperor is the king first, and then the father.

Therefore, when facing Emperor Qisheng, the other princes could calmly calculate the gains and losses, and then find the most beneficial path for themselves; but the prince was easily deceived by emotions, and finally made the choice he thought was the best, but in fact , that would push him into the abyss.

The way the fourth prince told Jia Daishan is naturally feasible, and it is the only feasible method, because if the prince wants to understand his situation, the first thing is to make him realize that the relationship between him and Emperor Qisheng is no longer what it used to be.

But the best executor of this method is actually the Fourth Prince.

Before seeing the list given by the twelve princes to the prince, the fourth prince really planned to fight in person to wake up the prince who had lived in Fuwo since he was a child, so that he had never had a clear understanding of his situation.

But after reading the list, the Fourth Prince hesitated.

Jia Daishan didn't notice the difference in the fourth prince's attitude, because of the fourth prince's suggestion, he even felt that the fourth prince had begun to fall for the prince between Qishengdi and the prince.

After all, in the past, the fourth prince would never give the prince such bad ideas for Emperor Qisheng.

The fourth prince took the list: "Can this prince take this thing away?"

Jia Daishan waved his hand: "Just take the fourth prince away."

With the memory of these princes, Jia Daishan believed that the fourth prince had already memorized the contents of the list, and it made no difference to the fourth prince whether he took it or not.

Back at the fourth prince's mansion, the fourth prince went straight into the study.

When the fourth prince heard the news and rushed to the study, the fourth prince hadn't come out yet.

She hesitated, wondering if she should disturb the fourth prince.

"Who's outside?"

The fourth concubine hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I am a concubine."

"Come in." After a while, the fourth prince said.

The fourth concubine pushed the door open and entered, seeing the fourth prince sitting in front of the desk, she was a little curious: "What kind of trouble did your highness encounter? I don't understand important matters in court, but your highness can talk to me about other things. As a concubine, I promise that I can help His Highness share some worries."

The fourth prince was silent for a while, and then suddenly said: "If the father has a treasure, the ownership of the treasure has been determined, but all of us brothers want it, and we have found ways to fight for it. But I have no chance to go to it from the beginning. Fighting and grabbing, I can only watch from the sidelines. Now that I have the opportunity, do you think I should fight, should I grab it?"

"Of course we should go!" The fourth concubine almost blurted out this sentence.

The fourth prince and concubine heard the true meaning of the fourth prince's words.As a royal wife, just like those princes, it is impossible that no one wants to be an emperor. If it is said that she does not want to be a queen, how is it possible?

The fourth concubine knew the fourth prince very well. She knew that the fourth prince had been hiding a sense of depression and unwillingness in his heart before. Although he was suppressed by the prince, she believed that as long as the fourth prince seized the opportunity, he would definitely fight for the throne.

But now, the fourth prince is hesitating.

The fourth concubine couldn't figure it out: "But what's wrong with that treasure? Or maybe His Highness suddenly lost interest in that treasure and felt that it wasn't worth fighting for?"

The fourth prince raised his head and laughed: "How could that be?"

"That……"

"I just suddenly discovered that even if I snatch the treasure in my hands, I can't protect it well, and I may even exhaust my energy to prevent the treasure from being snatched away by others."

Seeing that the throne is right in front of him, he doesn't even need to do anything, he just needs to watch the crown prince coldly, and the throne may fall into his own hands in the future...

The fourth prince suddenly felt unreal.

The fourth concubine hesitated and said, "Your Highness, I don't know what a treasure is to His Highness, but I feel that the reason why a treasure is a treasure is because it can bring joy to its owner and make its owner feel happy." Happy, if the treasure can't make His Highness happy, it's better not to fight or grab it..."

The fourth concubine naturally wanted to be a queen, but she was also worried that after the fourth prince really became the emperor, the harem would grow bigger and bigger. Even if she had the name of queen, there might not be a place for her in the palace.

Furthermore, compared to the name of the queen, she cares more about this husband who will be with her for the rest of her life.

The fourth prince was stunned, his eyes fell on the fourth prince's concubine, his lips twitched, but he was speechless for a while.

When the fourth prince and concubine married the fourth prince, she was too young, not more than ten years old.At that time, the fourth prince concubine was just a child to the fourth prince, and there was no way to treat her as his wife.

Later, in order to compensate the fourth prince, Emperor Qisheng and his successor arranged for him two side concubines.Although the status of the two side concubines is not as good as that of the fourth prince, they are both older than the fourth prince, and they are all charming and soft-tempered.Compared with the yellow-haired concubine, the fourth prince, the fourth prince naturally loves the two side concubines more.

Waiting for the fourth prince's concubine to reach Ji, but the fourth prince's impression of her is deeply ingrained, and there is no way to treat her as a wife and dote on her.What's more, in the previous few years of living in the palace, in order to gain a firm foothold, the fourth prince's concubine has gradually changed her temperament, becoming calm and dignified, and has become a qualified royal wife, but when facing the fourth prince, she has lost the tenderness of a woman .

The fourth prince can hand over the backyard to the fourth prince's concubine to take care of, but it is difficult to regard her as his lover who will spend his whole life together.

This is the first time that the fourth prince has noticed this concubine who he has neglected for a long time. He looked at the concubine, his eyes gradually warmed up, and smiled: "Then listen to Madam."

When the Fourth Prince concubine heard the title "Madam", her eyes widened in a gaffe, and her eyes gradually turned red.

The fourth prince stopped the fourth prince concubine in his arms, and gently patted her on the back: "In the past, I was the one who failed you!"

The fourth prince concubine was already used to the fourth prince's neglect and cold treatment, and she also thought that she had long since ignored the fourth prince's neglect and cold treatment, but as soon as the fourth prince said this, her tears fell straight down: "No, no, Your Highness treats me very well."

Compared with other princes who dote on their concubines and kill their wives, although the fourth prince dotes on his concubines, he has given the fourth concubine enough face, and the affairs of the backyard are fully entrusted to her. Even if the two side concubines and other concubines are dissatisfied with her decision, Afterwards, he gave the fourth prince a pillow blow, and he never made it difficult to doubt the fourth prince's concubine, he would only scold those concubines for neglecting them, and even did not enter the courtyard of that concubine's room for a long time afterwards.

For women like them who married into the royal family, this is already an excellent result.

The fourth prince looked at the fourth prince and concubine who was crying with tears in his eyes, his heart was sour, and he felt more and more sorry for his neglect in the past: "I will never neglect my wife in the future."

The fourth concubine turned to look at him, her eyes were red: "Your Highness, there is no need to..."

"Really not necessary?" The fourth prince said seriously.

The fourth princess suddenly panicked