After the child's mind was read, the tyrant caught the male queen with a black face

The system said without hesitation: [Yes.]

King of Hengshan: ...

King Linjiang patted King Hengshan on the backhand and whispered, "There must be other reasons. We brothers have supported each other for so many years."

King Hengshan felt a glimmer of hope again.

Yuan Ruan: [Hiss, so ruthless. He sold out the two brothers like that. Doesn't he regret it? ]

Everyone looked up curiously, put down their notebooks, and prepared to eat melon.

System: [How should I put it? King Xiping was born without any sense of emotion, and had a bit of an antisocial personality. He was very withdrawn when he was young. At that time, King Xiping's biological mother taught him to be friendly to his brothers, but he didn't understand, so he stared at King Hengshan and King Linjiang, who were of similar age, and imitated them. At that time, when these two princes played together, he followed suit. But in essence, he still didn't understand friendship, and just thought that these two brothers were easy to control and could be used by him. ]

King Linjiang and King Hengshan were stunned.

Yuan Ruan was surprised: [Ah. So the script these three people are holding is, we treat you as a brother, and you treat us as your younger brothers? This kind of thing? ]

System: [That's about right. The King of Xiping has a very high IQ. He did several things to win the hearts of these two people. For example, when the King of Hengshan went out to see the lanterns when he was young, he was accidentally kidnapped by a human trafficker. The King of Xiping came to rescue him in disgrace. But in fact, the human trafficker was brought here by the King of Xiping.]

Everyone:! ! !

The emperor couldn't help but look at King Hengshan with pity.

King Hengshan, who held out a glimmer of hope: ...

No, that's impossible! That year, the King of Xiping was only nine years old.

Yuan Ruan was stunned: [What! King Xiping is so scheming? So cruel?]

System: [Yes. That year, the King of Xiping was less than ten years old. And do you know why he did this? It was simply because he had a good relationship with the King of Linjiang first, and the King of Hengshan was somewhat wary and repulsive to him. The King of Xiping designed this in order to dispel the King of Hengshan's vigilance and become the core of the three-person circle. It just so happened that his mother's brother was a member of the military Sima. He used the matter of catching human traffickers to get his mother's younger brother promoted on the one hand, and to dispel the King of Hengshan's hostility towards him on the other hand. He directly earned favors from two people. It was one of the most cost-effective things he did. ]

Yuan Ruan's mouth twitched slightly: [This...is cost-effective, and one of them?]

System: [Yes. Because he has done this a lot. For example, with King Linjiang. King Linjiang likes to learn military tactics, especially to fight wars on water. But the only powerful general on the sea in Daxia is hostile to King Linjiang's mother's clan, so King Linjiang dare not ask for advice. King Xiping made some operations and let that person come to teach King Linjiang. King Linjiang was very grateful to King Xiping and listened to King Xiping more.]

Yuanruan touched his chin: [Hmm. That's what it looks like on the surface, but what about in reality? ]

System: [Haha, in fact, when General Hai got old, he was worried that his descendants would be troubled by King Linjiang's maternal family, so he had long wanted to reconcile with King Linjiang's maternal family. King Xiping knew his intentions. So, he told General Hai that he could help General Hai and King Linjiang's maternal family reconcile. Then he told King Linjiang that he could help him become a disciple.]

Yuanruan: [Ah. Then you get the benefits from both sides?!]

System: [Yes! Not only did he benefit from the favor, he also captured some of General Hai's ships. This is also the reason why King Xiping's first decision to open a river free trade zone after he went to his fiefdom and found that he had no money, because he had a lot of ships to carry goods, and even if he didn't make any tax money, he could still make a lot of shipping fees. But he didn't tell King Linjiang and King Hengshan about this. ]

Everyone:...

King Linjiang and King Hengshan: ...