Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

Xiao Zuoming didn't care about Yueying's reaction, but Xiao Zuochen saw it all.

Normally, if Yue Ying was an ordinary Miao person, she shouldn't be so concerned about the news of the previous emperor. Moreover, in the eyes of outsiders, Emperor Mingren was already dead. Xiao Zuoming just mentioned that Emperor Mingren disappeared. If she didn't know the mystery, she probably wouldn't understand what he meant. But her reaction just now was obviously surprised by the disappearance of Emperor Mingren. Did she know something? Then she must have some relationship with Emperor Mingren! Maybe she thought Xiao Zuoming was Emperor Mingren, so she went into the city to save him despite the danger. But who among the Miao people would want to save Emperor Mingren?

Xiao Zuochen tapped the table twice, thinking about the connection. Yu returned to Miaojiang, but this couldn't be Yu's people. She told Xiao Zuoming the method of exorcising souls, so she couldn't be surprised by this. Who could it be?

"Brother Imperial~"

Xiao Zuochen really couldn't figure it out, so he suddenly spoke to Xiao Zuoming. This address really made his heart tremble, and he felt that it was not a good thing.

"I heard that you wanted to marry my sister as your concubine?"

Xiao Zuoming was stunned, not understanding why Xiao Zuochen suddenly brought this up. He had wanted to marry Wei Yang before, but she was a widow, and the old ministers did not allow it, so in the end, Xiao Zuochen had to take advantage of it.

However, these words also made Yue Ying on the side look at Wei Yang warily, with hostility in her eyes.

Xiao Zuoming also felt a little embarrassed. Xiao Zuoqing beside him was still eating melon seeds, as if he was watching a play. Xiao Zuoming quickly spoke, but his voice became smaller and smaller.

"That was just a joke, didn't I end up not getting married~ Just a joke, just a joke..."

"I know that it was Emperor Mingren who was behind this. Otherwise, I wouldn't have married my elder sister and would not have hidden in Wangyan City to have such a scene with you, my brother. But now that my brother is the one making the decision, why don't you withdraw your troops and have a good talk between us brothers? There's no need to make such a big fuss."

"Yes, Third Brother, there is no need. If this war breaks out, it will be the people who will suffer~"

Xiao Zuoqing chimed in from the side, and naturally he wanted to appear neutral and have a stronger presence.

Xiao Zuoming's eyes rolled around and he looked at Xiao Zuochen with a tentative expression.

"Of course we don't have to fight this war, but how do we tell the outside world? Should we say I won... or you won?"

Xiao Zuochen didn't expect that he cared about this. He curled the corners of his mouth and shrugged indifferently.

"Of course you can say you won."

When Xiao Zuoming heard him say this, he breathed a sigh of relief and an inexplicable look of pride appeared on his face.

"but..."

Xiao Zuochen spoke again.

"The prerequisite is that you must abdicate!"

"What!?"

Xiao Zuoming was puzzled and his eyes widened.

"You don't want to be the emperor, so why do you care who the emperor is? Besides, I'm ahead of you in terms of the eldest son and the eldest daughter, so what's wrong with me being the emperor? Why do you always want me to abdicate?"

Just after he finished speaking, Xiao Zuoming put his hands on his waist, his face was puffed up, but he looked a little cute. In his anger, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Xiao Zuoqing, he suddenly turned his head to look at Xiao Zuoqing, then suddenly realized, pointed at Xiao Zuoqing, with a somewhat arrogant expression on his face.

"Oh! You want him to be emperor!"

Xiao Zuochen felt somewhat helpless. He reached out and pressed down the hand that was pointing at Xiao Zuoqing, and consoled him.

"It's not that I want him to be the emperor, but your simple mind is really not suitable. He won't even know that he has been deceived by a traitor one day."

"I am simple-minded? Are you saying I am stupid? Then I am not qualified to be a simple-minded person, and someone as scheming as him is naturally not qualified to be a simple-minded person either!"

"I...!"

Xiao Zuoming's words made Xiao Zuoqing somewhat dissatisfied, but because Xiao Zuochen was there, he wanted to appear more magnanimous in front of Xiao Zuochen.

"Then who else can be the emperor besides you? If you really want to be the emperor, I, I will accept it! As for the others!"

Xiao Zuoming glanced at Xiao Zuoqing and continued.

"It certainly won't work if it's worse than me!"

After hearing what Xiao Zuoming said, Xiao Zuochen smiled lightly. In fact, he had another candidate in mind, and this person was not Xiao Zuoqing. Originally, he liked his elder brother, but Xiao Zuoqing's later actions really chilled his heart, so he had a new candidate, but he couldn't say who it was yet.

"I will take care of this matter. There will definitely be a suitable person."

From beginning to end, Xiao Zuoqing did not interrupt to ask questions. After all, there were only three heirs to the Xiao royal family. If Xiao Zuoming abdicated and Xiao Zuochen did not become emperor, then he would be the most qualified to succeed him. It was impossible for the seventh son to succeed him.

"Who is it? It can't be Old Seven, right?"

Xiao Zuoming still asked directly, he couldn't help himself at all.

"Seventh Brother..."

Xiao Zuochen put his finger on his chin, looking like he was really thinking about it.

"It's not that I don't..."

"No way, what are you thinking!? He is..."

"Shh!"

Xiao Zuochen put a finger to his lips, pretending to keep quiet.

"Listen to me, it was all a misunderstanding. I have investigated and found that the Seventh Child is our father's child. Moreover, the Seventh Child is still young and can be taught. If he can become a wise and brave man in the future..."

Xiao Zuochen did not continue to speak, but just gave them a look that showed his own understanding. But...

"Misunderstand?"

...Xiao Zuoming and Xiao Zuoqing were both dumbfounded. They both knew about the identity of the Seventh Prince in the first place, one because he heard it from the Queen with his own ears, and the other because Emperor Mingren said it himself. How come Xiao Zuochen now said that the Seventh Prince was his father's child?

Xiao Zuochen seemed to look at Yueying beside him and spoke unintentionally.

"So, I decided to give the throne to the seventh brother in the end."

The two people on the side were stunned and didn't speak. They really didn't know what to say, and subconsciously didn't dare to refute Xiao Zuochen's words, because Xiao Zuochen said he had investigated, so there was no way he was wrong. He couldn't possibly want to hand over the Xiao family's kingdom to someone else, right?

"But..."

Xiao Zuoqing wanted to argue for himself, but when he looked at Xiao Zuochen, he found that his eyes were looking at Yueying intentionally or unintentionally. Xiao Zuoqing stopped talking. Although he couldn't guess what Xiao Zuochen was thinking, he was not as stupid as Xiao Zuoming. He didn't want to affect Xiao Zuochen's behavior. After all, he wanted to improve Xiao Zuochen's favor. Then he changed his words.

"Then listen to Sixth Brother!"

Now Xiao Zuoming was even more confused. He wanted to question, but when he met Xiao Zuochen's eyes, he swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

Xiao Zuochen raised his glass and held it in the middle. The other two also raised their glasses. Xiao Zuochen spoke again.

"There is no rush to abdicate, Third Brother, go back and think about it carefully. After all, peace is the most important thing. Let's stop here today. After this cup, we will only talk about love and romance, not state affairs!"

The two did not expect Xiao Zuochen to change the subject so quickly, and in the end they drank the same glass in a daze...