Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

Looking at the two people who were confronting each other in the hall, Gu Yanshu also became interested.

In fact, not to mention the eldest prince, even Gu Yanshu didn't understand the fourth prince's thoughts.

It is somewhat unreasonable to say that righteousness kills relatives.

After all, when the First Prince was reported by the Fourth Prince, the First Prince had just shown signs of wanting to usurp the throne.

Even the emperor gave the eldest prince more than one chance during the period.

However, the fourth prince clearly knew what the emperor was thinking, but he didn't give the eldest prince any reminder during this period.

Rather than saying that the fourth prince's actions were to kill relatives righteously, Gu Yanshu was even more willing to believe that the fourth prince wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of the eldest prince.

But what Gu Yanshu couldn't figure out was the intention of the Fourth Prince's move.

If it is said that the fourth prince has his own ambitions and is unwilling to let others down, that's why he made such a decision, that doesn't make much sense.

After all, the head of the first prince, ten princes bundled together, is not enough for the fourth prince to play with.

There is absolutely no need for the fourth prince to choose such a decisive way.

after all……

The eldest prince and the fourth prince are of the same mother, and now that the eldest prince has failed to force the palace, the fourth prince will be implicated to some extent.

Among other things, at least on the throne, the fourth prince also has no hope at all.

Thinking of this, Gu Yanshu couldn't help raising his eyes to look at the fourth prince.

When he raised his eyes, he could see the expression of the fourth prince.

For a moment, Gu Yanshu didn't even know how to describe the fourth prince's eyes at this moment.

There is a hint of sarcasm in the sadness.

Gu Yanshu couldn't even tell whether the fourth prince's sarcasm was aimed at the eldest prince or was he laughing at himself.

Just at this time, the fourth prince chuckled and said slowly:

"Brother Emperor, I don't know why the palace is doing this, what about the queen mother? Do you know why you are doing this?"

At this time, the imperial concubine was in a state of embarrassment, and she didn't know whether it was because she was hit too hard, or because she was unwilling to face the reality, her expression was a little dull.

Even when she heard the inquiry from the fourth prince by name, the imperial concubine did not give too much reaction.

He just raised his eyes and glanced at the fourth prince in a daze, without saying a word.

Even so, Gu Yanshu could still read a trace of doubt from the eyes of the noble concubine.

Obviously, the imperial concubine also didn't know the reason why the fourth prince suddenly turned against him.

What Gu Yanshu could see, the fourth prince could also see. Immediately, the fourth prince sneered, with even more sarcasm in his tone:

"So the queen mother doesn't know?"

The fourth prince's tone at the moment was too harsh, the eldest prince couldn't help but frowned, and stood up to retort:

"The queen mother is not a roundworm in your stomach, how could she know what is going on in your mind?"

I don't know where the first prince's words touched the pain point in the fourth prince's heart. I saw that the expression of the fourth prince, who was still calm just now, distorted for a moment:

"Brother Dahuang didn't say anything, but my younger brother forgot. The queen mother always only cares about what brother Big Emperor is thinking, so why did she ever give my younger brother a look?"

Afterwards, the fourth prince didn't even need to say anything more, the fourth prince just went on talking on his own.

And Gu Yanshu also found out the reason why the fourth prince suddenly stabbed the eldest prince behind his back from the fourth prince's next words:

Speaking of it, it was still because of the concubine's partiality.

The eldest prince is not only the first son of the imperial concubine, but also the first prince born after the emperor ascended the throne.

The noble concubine who was not considered favored in the harem originally had received preferential treatment from the emperor for a long time because of the eldest prince.

It was also because of this that the imperial concubine always felt that the eldest prince was her lucky star, and she doted on him on weekdays.

Even the birth of the fourth prince did not shake the eldest prince's position in the heart of the imperial concubine at all.

Even because of the six-year age difference between the Fourth Prince and the First Prince, before the Fourth Prince was born, Duke Ninguo's government bet all their efforts on the First Prince.

In order to avoid the occurrence of brothers fighting against each other, the imperial concubine instilled in the fourth prince the idea that the eldest prince should be the most important thing.

Ever since the Fourth Prince became governor, he could not conflict with the First Prince.

Once the two brothers had a dispute, the imperial concubine would never ask the cause of the matter, nor would she judge who was right and who was wrong, and the person who was forced to apologize in the end would only be the fourth prince.

Originally, the fourth prince only thought that he was younger and made the imperial concubine worry about it, so the imperial concubine would treat him like this.

However, later, when the fourth prince got older, he realized that the concubine's partiality has nothing to do with age.

What impressed the fourth prince the most was the year when he was enlightened at the age of six.

In Tianqi, the prince has to go to elementary school when he is six years old, and he will study together with his husband.

And before the age of six, they are all enlightened by their biological mother or adoptive mother.

The imperial concubine was always afraid that the fourth prince would threaten the position of the eldest prince, so naturally she didn't bother about the fourth prince in this regard.

So much so that when he first went to Mongolian school, the fourth prince was punished a lot because he couldn't keep up with his husband's progress.

Regarding this, the imperial concubine not only did not comfort the fourth prince at all, but even said that the fourth prince was too stupid, and at the same time told the fourth prince not to bother studying.

But the fourth prince was born unwilling to admit defeat.

The more others say he can't do it, the more he has to prove that he can.

For this reason, the fourth prince was very strong for some time.

The fourth prince's aptitude was already good, and after recognizing it for real, he caught up with the study progress of the princes of the same age in a short time, and later on, he was even on par with the eldest prince who was six years older than himself.

Originally, the fourth prince was still complacent about this, and even thought about giving the imperial concubine a surprise with his grades when it came time for the teaching examination.

As a result, who knows, the fourth prince's plan did not become a reality.

Because before the unified teaching examination, Mr. impulsively called several princes and princesses together to conduct a small spot check.

And in that spot check, the eldest prince did not perform well, and even made a few extremely obvious and shallow mistakes.

On the contrary, it was the fourth prince who became famous among them and won several compliments from his master.

Originally, the fourth prince thought that his performance in elementary school could win him the praise of his mother and concubine.

Unexpectedly, when she returned to the mother's concubine's palace after school, what she got was scolded head and face.

The imperial concubine blamed him for being so successful and showing off.

Said that he has no brotherhood, and his elder brother was scolded by his master. He didn't want to comfort him, but only cared about his own self-satisfaction.

In the next few months, the imperial concubine declared that he was not feeling well, and he was not allowed to go to Mengxue to study with his master.

Although the fourth prince is intelligent, he is still a child after all, so he is naturally dissatisfied with the treatment of the imperial concubine.

For this reason, he even did not hesitate to argue with the imperial concubine.

However, the final result was not satisfactory.

Not only did the imperial concubine not reflect on the difference in her attitude towards the eldest prince and the fourth prince, she even increased the punishment for the fourth prince.

In the words of the imperial concubine at the time, the fourth prince's biggest mistake was trying to seek justice in the palace.

The eldest prince was born different from him, so where is there any fairness?

At first, the fourth prince was quite unconvinced by this.

He and the eldest prince have the same mother, they are both the sons of the emperor and the noble concubine, why is it different?

However, as time passed, the Fourth Prince knew that he was indeed different from the First Prince.

At least no matter what the eldest prince does, he can get the unconditional support of the imperial concubine.

And no matter what he does, as long as it is not beneficial to the First Prince, it is useless.

If the eldest prince had a conflict with other people, the fourth prince must stand on the side of the eldest prince unconditionally.

In terms of academics, the fourth prince can't do better than the first prince.

If not, the noble concubine would definitely scold her.

Later, the fourth prince did learn to obey the imperial concubine's thoughts, and wholeheartedly became the most competent right-hand man beside the eldest prince.

But even so, the fourth prince did not get an appreciative look from the imperial concubine, even if it was only for a moment.

Having said that, the fourth prince paused, and looked up at the eldest prince standing in front of him:

"Didn't Brother Dahuang want to know why my younger brother did this?"

Before the eldest prince could speak, the fourth prince had already given the answer:

"Of course it's because I want my concubine to see, what kind of idiot is the brother of the emperor, whom she has always placed high hopes on!"

"This hall also wants to see if the concubine mother will pamper you in every possible way after the matter of the emperor's brother is exposed!"

The eldest prince never thought that he would hear such an answer.

Not only the eldest prince, but even the noble concubine at the side looked at the fourth prince with disbelief.

However, the fourth prince seemed to have completely ignored the shocked gaze of the eldest prince at this time, and continued to say to himself:

"Before today, Brother Huang didn't even have the slightest suspicion of his younger brother?"

The First Prince didn't speak, but from his eyes, he could easily get the answer:

In the eyes of the eldest prince, he may have some conflicts with the fourth prince, but in the end he is a brother of the same mother.

Brother, how can there be any overnight hatred?

For no reason, how could the eldest prince doubt his own brother?

However, the first prince's reaction only got him a sneer from the fourth prince:

"I used to think that Brother Da Huang was extremely stupid, but now it seems that Brother Da Huang is even more stupid than I imagined."

"Brother Huang has become more and more irritable in recent years, and he can't control his emotions at every turn. Brother Huang has never had any doubts?"

"The Household Department and Ding Yibai worked together to print money. Brother Da Huang obviously didn't touch it himself, but in the end the Ministry of Criminal Justice easily found the evidence. Brother Da Huang didn't think about the reason?"

"Oh, and, this line in the army, Ningguo Duke's Mansion is clearly buried extremely deep, why is it so easily controlled by the emperor's brother?"

……

Let alone the First Prince, even Gu Yanshu was deeply shocked:

According to the fourth prince, his handwriting is indispensable in all these matters?

Leaving aside the matter of the eldest prince being irritable, let's talk about Ding Yibai printing money.

At the beginning, the Ministry of Justice was able to pull out the carrot and bring out the mud in just three days, and even touched the second prince's body, and the speed was incredible.

Gu Yanshu also mentioned the strangeness in his correspondence with Qin Lu, but later Gu Yanshu was completely absorbed by Qin Lu's infection of smallpox, so he had no chance to think about it.

It sounds now that the fourth prince seems to have stabbed the eldest prince in the back since that time?

Of course, what surprised Gu Yanshu even more was the sentence after the fourth prince:

The power of Duke Ning's government in the army!

In addition, the fourth prince also said that he leaned into the ear of the eldest prince and whispered something that was barely audible. If Gu Yanshu hadn't practiced with Qin Lu for more than half a year, he might not be able to hear clearly at all.

And the content of that sentence is——

"Brother Emperor, do you really think that those are all old ministries of Duke Ning's Mansion?"