The emperor was really very determined. The wedding banquet at Prince Ning's mansion ended halfway. He took the prince's cat to the bedroom, and the father and son had a midnight snack.

After eating and drinking, wiping his mouth, the emperor remembered something and asked Yun Zhan: "Where is my brother-in-law? It seemed that he had killed the assassin in the Ning Palace... I have never seen him again?"

The emperor had a small appetite, and the situation was like this today, so he actually didn't take a few bites in total.

Yun Zhan was still pinching a chicken leg in his hand and chewing it, probably talking about Qi Huan.

The emperor naturally knew about Gu Zhan and Qi Huan's affairs, but he sighed when he heard this: "That boy is also a bit too honest. Since he was in love with each other, he would have done the marriage early so that his sister would not have to worry about him."

"The mother will not ask you to nag you, just pretend you don't know." Yun Zhan didn't care, and paused and said, "It's not that my uncle is not in a hurry. It seems that the prince's wife of the Changning Marquis' Mansion is a bit taboo and doesn't want to stuff her daughter into the general's house. However, that lady is famous for spoiling her daughter. My uncle's matter should be accurate. Just wait for the wedding."

The emperor leaned on the couch with a teacup, looking at his mouth full of oil, and sighed earnestly: "Yes, I am not willing to stuff my daughter into the house of the military general, let alone others. But then again... Duke Ping is old and the Gu family is now in decline. If it weren't for you, I should have sent them all back to the capital and live a peaceful life."

Yun Zhan took his busy schedule and raised his eyes to look at him.

The smile in the emperor's eyes was loving and hidden in some deeper worries.

He said: "Before you ascend to the throne and the government is stable, the military power must be in the hands of the Gu family. As for what will happen later... After a hundred years, you can judge the situation yourself and look at the arrangements. I can't take care of that long term."

In fact, he is just a selfish father.

To decide on the starting point of anything, you must first plan from a direction that is beneficial to your son.

He loved his queen, so he should also love the house and the Ukrainians to treat her close relatives.

But in order to pave the way for his own son, the Gu family was in his hands...

First of all, it can only be a minister and a chess piece, not a relative!

Yun Zhan smacked the oil on his fingertips, "If you are not moral, you are not moral. Father, you have to say what you do?"

Still not full.

He rolled up his sleeves and snatched the hoofs on the table: "What do you think of great-grandfather and uncle? They only do this for their mother and son, and even for the sake of more people. It depends on your least face, so don't gild your face."

The emperor was good at calculating and was in the throne of Duke Ping for many years, so the Gu family was not stupid and loyal fools.

In the early years, the old Duke was already disheartened and was about to retreat...

But Gu Wanwan entered the palace!

Yun Zhan didn't say it, but he actually knew it in his heart.

As his father, he is still soft-hearted. If he can truly be a bad emperor who does not recognize his relatives, he will not feel any guilt towards his grandfather's family.

Originally, a storm in the Ning Palace was the most important, but after his father and son returned to the palace, they actually understood each other tacitly and did not mention that matter again.

The emperor looked at his son's extremely indecent eating habits and smiled, not saying anything.

Yun Zhan almost finished gnawing a whole thigh, and then he touched his belly with satisfaction.

"Are you full?" The emperor looked at him, still smiling.

"Yeah." Yun Zhan leaned on the back of the chair, then sank for a while, then sat upright and called the palace servants waiting for service outside the hall to come in.

When the door of the hall was pushed open, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still the cautious and regular son in front of His Emperor. Even when he sat at the dining table, he was straight and serious.

The palace servant packed up the residue and continued to cook coldly, and then took water to serve him to clean his hands.

Finally, I will serve a cup of hot tea soup.

The emperor gave a wink and sent them out again.

As soon as the palace gate was closed, the prince collapsed like a boneless person and sucked and drank tea without any progress.

His Majesty the Emperor stared at him for a moment, and finally sighed with disgust: "You... If you can free up your hands, go and discuss with your mother to see which lady is suitable, and marry a concubine and have a few children."

Yun Zhan was not embarrassed, but instead looked up suspiciously and glanced at him: "Aren't you busy making up for that girl Yun Cheng recently?"

His Majesty the Emperor suddenly felt a little heavier in his sigh.

He threw the teacup in his hand on the table with a loud voice, looking very angry: "It's better not to mention it, my Dali Temple Shaoqing, you see that he is easy to handle cases. He looks like a smart and not stupid, right? But he is just a lump of wood in this regard."

When talking about this, His Majesty the Emperor also opened his mouth and was very dissatisfied: "I specially arranged for Li Baohong to take the people from the Ministry of Works to repair their houses, and it was explicitly implied... As a result, he was fine, and he never went to the house again after that day. What can you do? You can't ask my princess to rush to find him to speak on his own initiative, right?"

More importantly,

His princess knew that he had made such an idea behind his back and would never be able to cooperate.

His Highness the Crown Prince was silent and did not respond.

This was originally because his father was so angry that he was worried about his own actions, and he couldn't handle both parties...

Something is a mess!

His Majesty the Emperor scolded his Dali Temple Shaoqing with a grudge. He knew he had no choice but to turn back to the topic just now: "Or you should hold on, maybe I can still hold the emperor's grandson."

Yun Zhan said: "The second brother and the fourth brother are both staring at me like a thief. My son is only in his age. He is in a hurry to get married and have children, but he is afraid that he will become a thorn in their side."

The father and son were tacitly aware of the matter in the Ning Prince's Mansion.

The assassin made a feint at the beginning, as if he was aiming at the emperor, but his finger turned around in the middle and went towards Yun Zhan.

Even if you don't check it-

Everyone knows it well that there must be one of the two brothers Yun Zheng and Yun Heng.

The emperor did not make any noise for a moment.

Some things are helpless.

As an emperor of a country, his harem is closely related to the court. He cannot leave the harem empty. Then he listened to the court officials' clamoring advice all day long. Besides, he has many children, many grandchildren and many blessings. His body has never been strong. When he first ascended the throne, he was indeed anxious to have a son.

There are endless disputes between other brothers in their family, but no one family is so bloody and blatant that their imperial family fights for.

After a while of silence, the emperor still said earnestly: "Long-term plan, you should have a successor as soon as possible, so that you can block the mouths of some restless people. However, from the past, try not to give birth to the concubine's son before the legitimate son, marry the official concubine early, and have a few more legitimate sons first."

At this age, he is really tired of thinking about this matter at present.

He blurted out and said, "They won't fight for all the sons who are born? When the brothers turn against each other, it will be useless for the brothers to turn against each other."

The emperor's expression fainted for a moment.

He seemed to think of something and was lost for a moment.

Just when Yun Zhan thought he would not give birth again, he smiled and said, "Although people's hearts are separated from their belly, the legitimate brothers born by a mother will always be more reliable than those next to them."

Yun Zhan paused with the teacup.

He knew what the emperor remembered and what he meant.

Only that past event—

He was more taboo than the emperor and didn't want to mention it, so he just pretended that he had not understood the meaning and buried himself in the tea.

Waiting for the father and son to finish drinking tea, Eunuch Li, who had not seen each other for a long time, rushed back in a hurry.

The emperor looked at him and asked, "What's wrong with Xiaomiao?"

Xiao Miaozi was injured. In order to treat him, Eunuch Li took the emperor one step ahead and rushed back to the palace.

Eunuch Li's expression was not relaxed: "Your Majesty's blessing is also considered to be the monkey's life. That knife did not hurt the heart meridians, so his life was saved. But he was indeed not seriously injured. The imperial physician told him to rest in bed and wait for the wound to heal completely before he could fall into the ground, so there should be a while later that he could not come to serve His Majesty."

"It's good that you didn't hurt your life." The emperor nodded slightly, "Xiao Miaozi was punished for me. You can order someone to take good care of him. You don't have to rush back to work as a job. The Imperial Hospital also needs to treat him with all his might and don't be stingy with medicinal supplements."

He did not mention the promotion and reward, and neither Eunuch Li nor Yun Zhan said anything.

The emperor asked Eunuch Li again about the follow-up news from the Ning Prince's Mansion, and confirmed that there was no trouble in the future, so he felt relieved.

He raised his chin to Yun Zhan again: "It's still early, you go to the side palace for a while."

"Okay, my son will leave."

Yun Zhan patted his robe, got up neatly and retreated.

However, the emperor still leaned on the couch outside his bedroom, holding his temples with his hands, motionless.

Eunuch Li leaned over and said, "Don't Your Majesty enter the inner hall to sleep?"

However, the emperor changed his energetic appearance just now, and even his eyes showed a clear sense of decay.

His body slowly supported himself with the help of Eunuch Li, sat cross-legged, and started to laugh at himself with bitterness: "This man is all selfish, and I, a father, cannot do anything. Do you think this is my fault or their fault?"

What he called "them" was nothing more than his uneasy sons.

If it were someone else, I wouldn't dare to take this sentence.

But Eunuch Li said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is Your Majesty's legitimate son. He should inherit the throne with justification. It is appropriate for Your Majesty to protect him more. What's more... You are good at treating the other Your Highnesses, so... Everyone should do their destiny."

The emperor is indeed not a cruel person. At least, except for openly favoring the prince, he never took the initiative to plot against his other sons.

But his sons all had great ambitions and wanted to climb to the only supreme position in the world.

so--

In terms of bias, he admits it!

The father and son are at peace, and all of this is his son, but if others threaten the future or even life of his only legitimate son, he will not hesitate at all when choosing between the two.

The emperor closed his eyes and did not move to the inner hall to sleep. He just sat on the couch in the outer hall and meditated for a while, waiting for the morning court.

On the other side, the Ning Prince's Mansion.

Because the number of assassins who were infiltrated in was limited and the emperor was protected tightly, the assassin did not show any ability. After the liquidation, some people were killed or injured, but their identity was not too tight.
To be continued...