Son, he doesn't want to divorce

Emperor Renxiao knew for a long time that Gu Hanzhang would not directly say who should be the emperor, but he still hoped that Gu Hanzhang would give him an opinion.

Nowadays, almost all the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty have taken sides, and there are very few courtiers who have not taken sides. Even for those who have not, Emperor Renxiao would not believe it.

In his heart, the person he trusted the most was Gu Hanzhang. Only Gu Hanzhang could make him say what was in his heart.

"Hanzhang, you are my relative. I know that you will not harm me, and you treat Daqi sincerely. Now that I have reached this point, please tell me your thoughts on who is suitable to be the crown prince. Don't worry. , don’t feel any pressure, I just want to hear your opinion, but I may not necessarily adopt it." Emperor Renxiao said.

Since Emperor Renxiao's words were all for this purpose, Gu Hanzhang naturally had no reason to refuse.

"Wei Chen thinks that His Royal Highness King Li is too ruthless and not suitable to be a prince. If he really takes charge of the country, he may become a tyrant. As for His Highness King Rui, he is too calculating and is not good for the country. In fact, these two Your Majesty, Wei Chen has always thought so. He didn’t say anything before because he was worried that the Emperor would misunderstand him. Now that the Emperor has asked about Wei Chen, Wei Chen naturally has to speak out. Even if the Emperor pursues him, he still has to say it. Wei Chen feels that he is still Considered a loyal minister." Gu Hanzhang replied.

After hearing Gu Hanzhang's words, Emperor Renxiao nodded, agreeing with his words.

"Hanzhang, there is one thing you don't know very well. After all, you are in Xilin. In the past, I took care of King Li's biological mother, who was my prince's Liangdi. She stayed with me for a long time and was also my first lover. But, now King Li is becoming more and more disappointing to me, and I also feel that he is indeed not suitable to be a prince. As for King Rui, as you said, he is indeed too calculating and is also not suitable to be a prince. What about King Yu? King Yu, why don't you tell me, is there something wrong?" Emperor Renxiao asked.

Gu Hanzhang's expression remained the same, "His Royal Highness King Yu is quite good, but Prime Minister Wen needs to pay attention, as his power is not small."

Hearing what Gu Hanzhang said, Emperor Renxiao sighed, as if he had suddenly aged several years.

After all, he didn't seem to know who to leave his empire to. These three popular princes were the last people to be established as princes.

When he thought of this, Emperor Renxiao felt that he had failed miserably as an emperor.

"Oh, there is another thing you don't know. This bastard King Li is actually involved with Shen Fang, which makes me very disappointed. I have thoroughly investigated Shen Fang's identity. Speaking of which, I have to thank Han. Zhang you. Therefore, he wants to marry his daughter to Lu Xiuyuan, and I will not agree to it. Why, Prince Li came to plead for mercy? He is as stupid as a pig!"

Also, Lu Xiuyuan was last year's top pick in a new subject no matter what, so of course he couldn't take advantage of people from southern Xinjiang.

Gu Hanzhang nodded, "How does the emperor plan to deal with Shen Fang? Now a lot of the power in his hands has been taken back by the emperor, but some of it is still there. If you want to deal with him legitimately, unless you expose his identity as a person from southern Xinjiang, just He hid this very deeply, making it difficult to verify.”

It is actually impossible to defeat a military minister simply by relying on some assassins from southern Xinjiang and some confessions.

"I haven't figured out how to deal with Shen Fang's side, but this will be my test for the crown prince." Emperor Renxiao sighed, "So, I'm not anxious about this matter at all. I'll see about it later." Look, let’s decide on the candidate for the crown prince.”

"Your Majesty, in fact, the candidates for the crown prince are not limited to these three princes. Your Majesty might as well look in another direction. I won't say much about the rest. The Emperor can make up his own mind." Gu Hanzhang said casually.

As everyone knows, these words made Emperor Renxiao suddenly enlightened.

Yes, why didn't he think of having other sons? It's not like these three sons are the only ones qualified to inherit the throne.

Anyone who is a prince is qualified, let alone his biological son.

"Hanzhang, you are really my lucky star. I didn't expect this at all. Okay, you go back and rest first. Come to the morning court tomorrow, and I will think about the rest slowly." Emperor Renxiao waved his hand happily.Gu Hanzhang responded, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will leave."

As everyone knows, the moment Gu Hanzhang turned around, a smile and a trace of determination flashed in his eyes.

Emperor Renxiao believed in him so much, but he didn't know that he was the first one to take sides, and now he was following his ideas to see who was suitable to be the crown prince.

It has to be said that Emperor Renxiao is old and is not clear-headed now. He has no idea what he is doing. Years ago, he would have had doubts.

Well, in this way, the matter can be resolved more quickly in the future, that is, King Li and King Rui may have to take action.

When she goes back, she must remind Chaoli not to go out casually, lest King Li or King Rui take action against her.

Of course, they cannot use their identities to deal with Chaoli or other people in Zhenbei Houfu, but they may deliberately frame others. Therefore, what Gu Hanzhang is worried about is that one of the princes will frame the other prince.

But he didn't expect that this was what Gu Hanzhang planned to do. He just returned to his house and heard Chaoli's words. He could only silently swallow the words that came to his lips.

Half an hour later, Gu Hanzhang returned to the Hou Mansion.

As soon as he walked into Tingyu Pavilion, Zhaocai came up to him and told Gu Hanzhang what happened today, including who came to see Chaoli.

After hearing about Chaozhen, Gu Hanzhang's expression darkened slightly. He didn't want Chaoli to be unhappy or in a bad mood because of those people before Chaoli.

"Okay, you go down, I understand." Gu Hanzhang calmly ordered Zhaocai to go down.

Zhaocai nodded immediately, "Yes, I will go down immediately."

Gu Hanzhang walked towards the yard, but did not return to the study immediately. He was a little worried that because of Chaozhen, Chaoli would be in a bad mood, which would be detrimental to his health.

As soon as he walked into the house, he saw Chaoli doing embroidery, as if he was doing something for an unborn child. It looked very small.

"Madam." Gu Hanzhang called softly.

Hearing Gu Hanzhang's voice, Chaoli raised his eyes, put down the things in his hands, and then showed a gentle smile.

"The prince is back. The emperor summoned you to the palace today. He must have said a lot. Do you want to go back for the morning court?" Chaoli asked with a smile.

"I really can't hide anything from Madam. This is indeed the case today. The Emperor asked me to attend the morning court tomorrow." Gu Hanzhang said and sat next to Chaoli, reaching out and gently touching her belly, this time the bulge There was no movement. It seemed that the child did not welcome his father back. "How about Chao Zhen coming to see you today?"