Chapter 354 The Countryside Princess Who Criticizes the Crown Prince 52

"His Majesty."

"Father."

Everyone walked to the emperor worriedly.

The emperor waved his hand and looked at Ye Xiaohan: "Prince, please announce that several princes and courtiers have come to the palace to pay their respects."

"Yes, Father." Ye Xiaohan's deep eyes were like a pool of cold water, making it impossible to see or guess clearly.

Half an hour later, the eldest prince, second prince, third prince, seventh prince, eighth prince, tenth prince and several important officials came to the imperial study.

The emperor looked at the princes with a sad expression on his face.

Except for the prince, they are all good-looking but useless.

The eldest prince, second prince, and third prince are ambitious and may have limited abilities. If the throne is passed to them, they may not be able to hold on to it.

As for the seventh and eighth princes, let alone them, they saw the prince like a mouse seeing a cat.

He has always kept to himself and has never shown any ambitions, even in a state of being unconcerned about matters that have nothing to do with him.

Go to court when it's time to go to court, and have fun when it's time to have fun.

As for the tenth prince, the Shen family has fallen. Apart from his two relatives, the prince and the deposed queen, he is alone.

Moreover, although he and the prince were from the same mother and father, their relationship was like that of strangers.

Looking at them, the emperor felt depressed and sent them away with a wave of his hand.

"Go and wait outside the palace."

"Yes, Father."

Although the princes wanted to hear the conversation between the emperor and the courtiers, the emperor told them to go out and wait, and they had to obey.

After the seventh prince walked out, he lowered his voice and said, "Brother Second Emperor, do you think my father will pass the throne to the prince?"

The two of them are from the same mother, and were born from Concubine Shu.

The second prince looked at the princes, then shook his head.

How dare he make a conclusion?

The prince has not been deposed yet, who knows what his father's plans are.

Although the throne is very attractive, the prince's ability is so great that if he wants to compete, then they will not be able to compete with him at all.

Even if you win it, you may not be able to hold it.

In the past few years, they had been suppressed by the prince and were unable to resist.

If it weren't for the fact that he had no heir, they would have stepped on his head.

The third prince stood quietly, thinking secretly alone.

The seventh prince and the eighth prince also remained silent, as if they were outsiders.

They are self-aware and aware of current affairs.

If you don't want to lose your life just because of the throne, why not just keep to yourself, live well, and be an idle prince.

Anyway, no matter who takes the throne, they will be crowned king in the end. Even if they are assigned to a place where birds can't poop, as long as they manage well, they will not starve to death.

The tenth prince looked at the prince with a complicated expression: "Brother, do you think your father will pass the throne to you?"

Ye Xiaohan heard him ask this and glanced at him sternly.

The emperor looked weakly at the prime minister, Taifu, and several other important ministers, and said listlessly:

"I have been poisoned by a red streak on the snow, and I am unable to recover. Please tell me which prince should succeed me as the leader of the Lingyao Kingdom?"

The Taifu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, in terms of ability, no one can match the Crown Prince, but he has no heir, and the position of king of a country cannot be left in his hands."

The prime minister frowned and disagreed with his statement, so he said: "Your Majesty, I think that although the prince has no heirs, this is not an obstacle. There are so many princes. In the future, we can just select outstanding children from their heirs to adopt to the prince." ”

The prime minister originally did not side with the prince, but who made Ling Hui, the commander of the Imperial Guard, his son?

Ling Hui's mother, Ling Rong, was the prime minister's first wife. On his way back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, he encountered bandits. For the sake of his pregnant wife, he lured the bandits away, and the two were separated from each other.

This separation lasted twenty-five years.

Two years ago, because of the Crown Princess, the blood in Ling Rong's brain dispersed, and she remembered everything in the past.

She didn't want Ling Hui to become a rootless duckweed, so she came to see the Prime Minister.

He told him everything that happened before and after.

The prime minister lost his wife and spent his time in chagrin and regret.

When he saw Ling Rong, he burst into tears.

I thought I would end up alone in this life, but unexpectedly, my wife who had been separated for twenty-five years came back with her son.

Because she worked as a concubine for a wealthy businessman, Ling Rong didn't want to return to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but the Prime Minister begged her.

Looking at the crying prime minister, Ling Rong was heartbroken. Although he had not lost his virginity to a wealthy businessman, he was afraid that the prime minister would be jealous.

The Prime Minister knew her past, so he didn't mind, and was even glad that she was saved by a wealthy businessman.

Without the wealthy businessman, he would have died alone.

Since Ling Rong's disappearance, he has neither married nor taken a concubine, and has been living alone.

Now that his wife and son have finally come back, how could he still miss them?

Thinking of the suffering of his wife and son, he felt guilty.

What made him feel most guilty was that his son had been crawling around under his nose for many years, and he didn't even recognize him, let alone lend a helping hand to him.

The bachelor stood up and echoed: "I think the prime minister is right, having no heirs is not a problem at all.

The biggest problem is to select an outstanding, capable and responsible person to inherit the throne.

If a loser is chosen to take the throne, the Lingyao Kingdom will be destroyed sooner or later. "

The Taifu argued: "You are wrong to say that. Even if the heir is re-elected, the prince is still a member of the royal family. Could it be that he will watch his country perish?"

The Taiwei's eyes were calm and he said calmly: "He can watch the nine Shen family members being confiscated and exterminated, which made him angry, but he can still watch the Lingyao Kingdom perish.

In his eyes, things that don't belong to him will be destroyed if they are destroyed, and it has nothing to do with him.

Anyway, he can protect himself everywhere. "

The censor of Youdu saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen thinks they are both reasonable, but Wei Chen has a better plan here.

It can not only solve the problem of the prince having no heirs, but also solve the problem of selecting an heir. "

"Speak." The emperor ordered in a cold and stern voice.

"Your Majesty, since the prince has no heir, we can make him the regent! Let him assist the new emperor. In this way, if something happens to Lingyao Kingdom, he will not be able to stand by and watch."

"Ai Qing's proposal is very good." The emperor also had this idea.

"Taifu, Censor of Youdu, who do you think is more suitable for me to choose among so many princes?"

"Your Majesty, the ministers think that these adult princes are all good. Although their abilities are slightly inferior, as long as they have the help of the prince, they can choose anyone."

Since the emperor asked this, he must have already had a candidate in mind, so why should they interrupt.

Only by being a knowledgeable person can you live a long life.

The prime minister said: "Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate."

A flash of displeasure flashed in the emperor's eyes: "What's wrong?"

The bachelor was afraid that the prime minister would not be able to withstand his anger alone, so he said: "Your Majesty, you know the prince's ability. There is no difference between choosing a prince with limited abilities to ascend the throne and choosing a puppet."

"Yes! Doing this will only bring Lingyao Kingdom into a deadlock and make the country uneasy."

The Taiwei expressed his opinion. He agreed with the Prime Minister and the Grand Scholar.

Wouldn't it be better to just let the prince ascend the throne? I have to do these unnecessary things.