Luoyang, Changning Palace.

In the imperial study room, Xiao Ji was sitting in front of the imperial table and flipping through the memorial in his hand, but he shook his head and left it aside after just a few glances. He sighed slightly, his expression seemed a little playful.

"I don't even know how many memorials this is for me to make King Qi the crown prince."

Xiao Ji shook his head and seemed to be talking to himself, but his eyes were on Lian Yi, the internal servant, who was on the side intentionally or unintentionally.

Lian Yi lowered his eyebrows and pleasing to the eye, and said with a sneer: "His Royal Highness Qi is talented and intelligent, he is deeply favored by His Majesty, and has made great contributions to the court many times. Naturally, these courtiers will think that His Majesty prefers His Highness King Qi."

Xiao Ji turned his head to look at Lian Yi, with a smile that was not a smile: "You also think that I should make King Qi the crown prince?"

Lian Yi seemed to be frightened, he knelt down hastily, and couldn't stop trying to explain: "I don't dare, this is a matter of the heavenly family. Whoever makes his own judgment for His Majesty the Crown Prince, how dare this old slave speak nonsense."

"Old man, it scares you. There are only you and my master and servant here. There is nothing we can't say." Seeing Lian Yi's frightened appearance, Xiao Ji also shook his head and cursed with a smile.

Xiao Ji said so, but in fact he was a little happy in his heart.

As the emperor, he doesn't like courtiers to figure out his own thoughts, and he doesn't like courtiers to control his thoughts.

Although Xiao Jie is his own son, and he had already thought of making him a reserve, he didn't want his subordinates to write letters in groups, which would make him feel threatened.

But now Lian Yi's utterance, "Your Majesty has his own sanctification, how dare an old slave dare to speak nonsense" is quite useful to him, just as Lian Yi said, who is appointed as the crown prince is a matter of the heavenly family, and it is up to him to judge, where It's the foreign minister's turn to talk.

Lian Yi couldn't stop shaking his head and said: "This old servant entered the palace since he was a child, and has been serving the emperor all the time. He only knows how to take care of the emperor's food and daily life. I dare not talk too much about government affairs."

"Yes, we are all old in a blink of an eye."

Xiao Ji couldn't help feeling a little emotional when he heard the words, because the queen mother was born as a court lady, and their mother and son were not treated very well in the palace. As the prince, the only person who served him was a young eunuch Lian Yi, and the master and servant had a very close relationship. To be honest, after he came to the throne, Lian Yi also rose to the position of internal servant. In a blink of an eye, both of them have reached their forties, and it is time to think about their children and grandchildren.

"I'm asking you now, tell me honestly, what do you think of King Qi? Can he inherit the throne?" Xiao Ji's eyes were fixed on Lian Yi, but his tone was unusually calm.

Xiao Ji asked again and again, Lian Yi knew that he could no longer be ambiguous, hesitated for a moment, and said: "The old slave thinks that His Royal Highness King Qi is talented and intelligent, literary and martial arts, decisive in killing and attacking, full of heaven and earth, quite like His Majesty in the past. "

Xiao Ji laughed: "Even you think King Qi is most like when I was young?"

Lian Yi nodded: "This old slave is just my humble opinion, and I hope His Majesty will judge."

Xiao Ji seemed to be quite satisfied with Lian Yi's answer. He used to think that his third son, Xiao Huang, was the most like himself. After all, he was born of a court lady, so he would inevitably feel a little bit of sympathy and sympathy for him.

It's just that as Xiao Huang married the daughter of the Wang family and became the son-in-law of the Wang family, Xiao Ji's feeling became less and less. He hasn't done anything out of the ordinary all the time, but Xiao Ji still has some grudges in his heart.

On the contrary, although the seventh son Xiao Jie is the grandson of the Wang family, he firmly remembers that he is a descendant of the Xiao family. In order to maintain the Daning country, he did not hesitate to break with his grandfather and spare no effort to help him deal with the royal party.

From Xiao Ji's point of view, if one wants to become the heir of the Daning Dynasty, one must care about the country of Daning, and everything must be done with the responsibility of safeguarding the foundation of the ancestors. In this regard, Xiao Jie is undoubtedly the best. There is no prince. Comparable to him.

Although Xiao Jie is the grandson of the Wang family, with his ingenuity and deep understanding of righteousness, it is not impossible for me to hand over Daning Jiangshan to him in a hundred years.

In fact, even if no minister wrote a letter to persuade Xiao Jie to be established, Xiao Ji himself had the idea of ​​making Xiao Jie the crown prince, otherwise he would not have rewarded him with the nine chapters of the crown for the crown prince for no reason. This is already a kind of naked hint .

It's just that Xiao Jie is only seventeen this year, too young, Xiao Ji thought to let him practice for a few more years, and then officially canonize him as the prince when he reaches the age of weak crown.

But during this period of time, Xiao Jie completely impressed him. Not only did he eliminate the locust plague and suppress the rebellion, but he also proposed the amazing three strategies of flattening the cochin, which made Xiao Ji realize that although his son was still young, he was very He is old and has great wisdom that does not belong to his age.

Now he is even more supported by the officials, and they have written to him to request him to be named the crown prince. He pushed the boat along the way and appointed Yu'er as the crown prince. He can familiarize himself with the government in advance and share some government affairs for him, so that he can take over the Daning country smoothly in the future.

Although he has made up his mind, Xiao Ji still wants to hear someone's opinion.

"Lian Yi, drive to the Longevity Palace, I'm going to pay my respects to my mother."

……

"So, the emperor has already decided to make Yu'er the crown prince?"

In the Longevity Palace, after listening to Xiao Ji's narration, the Empress Dowager's expression was still calm, and she asked without haste.

Xiao Ji nodded, with a firm expression on his face, and said: "I have considered it. Although I have twelve sons under my knees, no one can match Yu'er. If Daning Jiangshan is handed over to Yu'er, I will be able to create another one." Prosperity."

The Empress Dowager chuckled: "The Ai family is a harem woman and Taoist family. They shouldn't interfere in the government affairs, but since the emperor asked, the Ai family just said a few words casually. It's up to the emperor whether to listen or not."

Xiao Ji nodded slightly: "Mother, please speak, and my son listens."

The Empress Dowager pondered for a moment, then slowly opened her mouth and said: "Although the Ai family has lived in the deep palace for a long time, they have heard a little about Jie'er, and know that he has helped the emperor a lot in many things. The Xiao family can have such children and grandchildren. The Ai family is also happy from the bottom of their hearts."

"And the Ai family also knows that although he is the grandson of the Wang family, he has been helping the emperor deal with the Wang family in order to safeguard our Daning world. From this point of view, this child still has his heart for our Xiao family, and the emperor wants to make him the heir. , Aijia also has no objection."

"It's just that the emperor needs to know that now that Wang Chong is in charge of the government, Wang Cheng supports himself, and the Wang family is still my confidant in Daning. After all, the son of the Wang family is still the son of the Wang family. After all, the Wang family is Wang Chong's daughter. The Ai family is always worried Er'er is still young, maybe with the Wang family interceding in the middle, Yu'er will inevitably be soft-hearted, maybe she will be lenient for the Wang family for a while, and I am afraid there will be endless troubles in the future."

Xiao Ji understood what the Empress Dowager meant, nodded silently, and sighed slightly: "I understand."

The Empress Dowager saw that Xiao Ji was a little melancholy, smiled slightly, and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, don't think too much, the Ai family supports the emperor to make Yu'er the crown prince, but the Ai family thinks that if the Wang family is not cut off for a day, Yu'er is not suitable for the crown prince. "

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