Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 354; Opportunity

The battles between princes have been very cruel since ancient times, even though the prince has greatly disappointed her in recent years.

He even followed Emperor Zhaowu in wanting to depose the prince.

But after all, he was her biological son. She could depose the prince, but she would not be willing to see his life in danger anyway.

This is why, when she first knew that Emperor Zhaowu intended to put Wen Ruo on the throne, she did not hesitate to express her support for deposing the prince.

If Emperor Zhaowu hadn't shown his interest in Wenruo at that time, she would definitely not have agreed.

After all, Emperor Zhaowu only had a few sons, and neither King Qi nor King Chu was a good person. If they were allowed to ascend to power, either the prince would be in danger, or even Wen Ruo would not end well.

As for Wen Ruo, her youngest son, Empress Shen was indescribably satisfied. This child had a good personality and was very kind.

What's more, Wen Ruo and the prince are brothers from the same mother.

In this way, even if Wen Wen ascends the throne in the future, the prince will not be in any great danger.

As for the prince, she has now figured it out. His character is really not suitable for fighting in the court anymore. It is better to completely cut off his thoughts in the future and let him live a wealthy and idle life.

"There is no need for a lesson."

Emperor Zhaowu suddenly spoke, with an unexplainable meaning flashing in his eyes.

Queen Shen beside her turned her head blankly and looked over. The two had been married for many years. When she saw him like this, Queen Shen knew that he might have some other thoughts in his heart.

Before Emperor Zhaowu could speak, he dismissed everyone in the room.

After everyone left, he said, "Queen, I have been worried about something recently."

Queen Shen nodded, already guessing what was causing Emperor Zhaowu's headache and trouble.

Seeing her like this, Emperor Zhaowu knew that he understood what he was thinking, so he didn't make it clear.

"I think this is an opportunity."

As soon as he said these words, Queen Shen immediately guessed Emperor Zhaowu's plan, and her expression immediately changed.

"Your Majesty, not allowed."

"They are all your sons. Although the King of Qi and the King of Chu are not my concubine, they have called me my mother for so many years. I really can't bear to see the three of them come to the point of fighting each other. "

Queen Shen naturally knew the opportunity that Emperor Zhaowu mentioned.

Deposing the prince is not a simple matter, nor can it be decided with a single word.

There are many old die-hards in the court. If Emperor Zhaowu dares to depose the prince for no reason, he will definitely be opposed by these old die-hards.

Especially Meng Xuancheng, this guy is hard, tough, and a big troll.

Emperor Zhaowu was extremely jealous of him, fearing that he would catch him. If he dared to depose the prince without any reason, he would be sprayed all over his body by this old guy.

Besides, Emperor Zhaowu not only wanted to depose the prince, but also wanted to take this opportunity to knock and cut off the wings of King Qi and King Chu.

After all, Wen Ruo is only eleven or twelve years old. Even if the prince is deposed and he is given the throne, if the King of Qi and the King of Chu do not deal with it well, Wen Ruo will have a very difficult life even as the prince.

After all, the King of Qi and the King of Chu didn't even pay attention to the eldest son of the prince, let alone the second son?
He even felt that if King Qi and King Chu were not dealt with well, then even if the deposing of the crown prince went smoothly, there would be no problem in supporting Wen Ruo to ascend to power.

Wen Ruo is afraid that he will follow in the footsteps of the prince.

The prince, in fact, was not as miserable as he is now. After all, Emperor Zhaowu and Queen Shen also put a lot of effort into it. Why does this happen? It wasn't because the King of Qi and the King of Chu were pressing too hard, and the prince was too unsure of himself, he honestly felt that his position as prince would be taken away.

That's why we constantly want to increase our own power, rather than our own strength.

He may have thought that as long as he could win over enough courtiers, he could compete with King Qi and King Chu, but he didn't know that the more he did this, the more dangerous he would be.

Because there are more people to win over, there are more thoughts.

Many times, even if he doesn't come forward, someone will come forward. Those under them want to gain a future, and if they sense any threat, they will target their opponents.

This is also the fundamental reason why the fights among the princes become more and more obvious as they enter the court.

In fact, many things are not their intention, but more due to the influence of the people under their command.

Others are willing to follow them because they think there are benefits. So where do these benefits come from? It can only be snatched from others.

"Queen, I understand your thoughts. Naturally, I don't want to see them like this, but I have to do this."

Although as a father, he has very dirty thoughts for scheming against his son like this.

But he is also the emperor of a country. For the future of the Yu Dynasty, he must do some things. Not only for the people of the world, but also for his own good reputation, he must do it.

If the chosen heir is too slim, what does it matter no matter how good he is?
How will future generations evaluate him?

Mixed success and failure, or just confusion?
He was an ambitious and ambitious emperor, so naturally he would not allow his reputation to be tarnished in the future.

"Don't worry, it's just three of them with hairless hair who still want to make waves in front of me?"

The fight between three good boys was too low-level in his opinion.

If he didn't want to train them, with their methods, he could suppress them with just a flip of his hand.

But after so many years of observation, he also discovered that these three great boys are really not good enough.

The qualifications are there, no matter how hard they are honed, they will never be what he wants.

Let’s not talk about the distant ones, let’s talk about these two recent things.

What happened in Qingshi Lane was what disappointed him the most.

He had already made up his mind to kill people and steal money, but he could still leave such a big clue at the scene.

Yesterday, he asked Gao Fu to conduct an in-depth investigation into the Qingshi Lane incident. He still felt that the incident was too coincidental.

However, Gao Fu's investigation results showed that there were no abnormal findings, and he completely gave up his suspicion.

Therefore, he was even more disappointed with the methods of the Crown Prince and King Chu, which were too low-level.

Speaking of the fire, he also asked Gao Fu to investigate. Although the process was somewhat twists and turns, in the end it was locked on King Qi.

Putting aside for the moment whether King Qi was a little too ruthless in this matter, judging from King Qi's planning alone, his methods were a bit more clever than those of the Crown Prince and King of Chu.

Of course only a little bit.

Although Emperor Zhaowu was somewhat satisfied with King Qi's methods, he did not like King Qi's actions, and could even be said to be a little angry.

King Qi's idea was good, but his method was a little too ruthless. The fire affected many innocent people, and there were many casualties.

This was just after the curfew, and many people had not yet gone to bed. If the time was later and people had gone to bed, would the fire be put out in time?
If it cannot be extinguished in time, how many people will be affected?