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Prime Minister's House.

Prime Minister Lin, his father and his son were discussing a serious matter in the study with serious expressions.

Prime Minister Lin took a sip from his teacup, and said in a deep voice, "Tell me, what do you two think?".

Lin Zhaonuo glanced at Lin Zhaosheng, apparently waiting for him to speak first.

Lin Zhaosheng said: "Your Majesty... I am afraid that he will establish King Cheng."

The news that Ling Wencheng left the palace to marry has already spread, and everyone's address for him has changed from Second Prince to King Cheng.

Lin Zhaonuo somewhat disagreed: "No matter how much His Majesty favors Concubine Shu and Prince Cheng, King Jia is the eldest son after all, and with the relationship between the Empress and the Prime Minister's Mansion, His Highness King Jia's chances of winning are better, right? "

Lin Zhaosheng shook his head at him: "It is precisely because the empress is my father's younger sister that His Majesty is even more reluctant to establish King Jia. The identity of the eldest son is not important to His Majesty, otherwise he would not have waited until now to establish a crown prince."

Ever since Concubine Shu entered the palace, the relationship between the Empress and Emperor Yong has been at a freezing point, and there is still no relaxation in these years.Although King Jia was the eldest son of Emperor Yong, he lost most of his favor after the birth of Concubine Shu's son, King Cheng.This is well known to everyone, and in addition to Emperor Yong's delay in establishing a crown prince, the officials in the court have been divided into three factions in these years, one faction supports King Jia, the other supports King Cheng, and the other is Prime Minister Lin who never Declare.But because of his relationship with King Jia's nephew, many people thought he was on King Jia's side.

Lin Zhaonuo looked at Prime Minister Lin, waiting for him to speak.

Prime Minister Lin looked at Lin Zhaosheng and asked him, "What do you think of King Jia?"

Lin Zhaosheng seemed to be in a difficult situation, he thought about it, and then said: "Although Boyer is King Jia's attendant, Boyer thinks that King Jia is not suitable for that position."

Prime Minister Lin nodded, motioning for him to continue.

"King Jia is too arrogant, and he cares too much about his status. In addition, the Empress has a deep resentment for what His Majesty has done these years. If King Jia wins power... First, the matter of killing brothers and sisters may be It will happen again, and secondly, people with low status in the world may have a more difficult life, with endless hidden dangers."

Prime Minister Lin sighed: "The former emperor conquered the world and pacified countless waves. What was handed over to His Majesty was a piece of peace. I didn't expect that His Majesty would be so narrow-minded in sweeping away the threats within the royal family... Back then, His Majesty cleared away the blood of other royal families to serve as a father. He just took over the position of prime minister, so he didn't say much for his own sake. General Liang has been guarding the frontier for many years and has not returned. He also has the intention of not returning to the pilgrimage, but he has to leave the old general and his sons and daughters in the capital. What Shenger said Yes, His Majesty may choose King Cheng."

Lin Zhaonuo asked: "So, father and brother will support His Highness Prince Cheng?"

Prime Minister Lin didn't answer, but still looked at Lin Zhaosheng: "Go on, what do you think of King Cheng?"

Lin Zhaosheng still replied truthfully: "His Royal Highness Cheng Wang was taught by Concubine Shu, indulged in pleasure and fighting with King Jia, and has no talent for rationalizing the country. Moreover, with the conflict between Concubine Shu and the Queen, the royal blood is also dangerous."

Lin Zhaonuo said nervously, "Then what should we do?"

Prime Minister Lin looked at Lin Zhaonuo and said, "Aren't there still three princes and five princes?"

"But...the two of them have no chance at all..." Although Lin Zhaonuo has changed his view of Ling Wenze today, Lin Zhaonuo doesn't think he has any hope of competing for the throne at all, and the fifth prince Ling Wenjin is the same.

Prime Minister Lin held the teacup, looked at the tea leaves in the cup and said, "Nothing is impossible, just wait and see."

Lin Zhaosheng and Lin Zhaonuo looked at each other, and they both answered, and didn't ask any more questions.

Prime Minister Lin suddenly said to Lin Zhaonuo: "Nuoer, as the attendant of His Highness the Third Prince, must do her best in the future."

Seeing Lin Zhaonuo nodded, Prime Minister Lin asked Lin Zhaosheng again: "Is Rou'er all right?"

Mentioning his wife, Lin Zhaosheng showed tenderness on his face: "Everything is fine, thank you for my father's concern."

Prime Minister Lin nodded and said: "I heard that she and Ding Shangshu's daughter Ding Zhimei are good friends in her boudoir. Now that His Royal Highness Cheng Wang is about to marry Ding Zhimei, it's better not to have too much contact."

Since the Prime Minister's Mansion did not intend to support either King Jia or King Cheng, they naturally had to try their best to avoid suspicion at this critical moment.

Lin Zhaosheng responded, "My child understands."

After chatting a few words about family matters, Prime Minister Lin asked the two sons to leave and called the butler to come.

"Where is madame?"

The old housekeeper bowed and replied, "Madam is in Aunt Li's yard."

Prime Minister Lin frowned and said, "Is she going to stay there again?"

"Yes, Madam said that the master is going to have a candlelit night talk with the two young masters tonight, so she won't bother."

Prime Minister Lin held a breath in his chest, feeling depressed but unable to express it, so he waved his hand to let the butler back down, and went back to his room to rest.

Looking at the empty bedroom, Prime Minister Lin became even more depressed.Speaking of which, he is now over half a hundred years old, but he has never been in love with any woman.He and his main wife were just a political marriage, and the concubine was just married to bear a son for him.

As the prime minister of a country, Lin Yaoyou thinks that he has kept himself clean all these years. Whether he is in the court or at home, although he has not made much contribution, he has never been picked on by others, but he has gained nothing in love alone.The older I get, the clearer this becomes, but who can I blame?Maybe he is destined to have no love in this life, and women are always too much trouble for him.

Fortunately, both sons are doing well.Prime Minister Lin thought gratifiedly: Lin Zhaosheng is calm and wise, Lin Zhaonuo is a little irritable, but he is also growing.It's just that some things still can't let them know now.

As for Lin Zhaoxiang, the first daughter, Prime Minister Lin didn't care: she was just a daughter, the water thrown by a married daughter.He also heard about Lin Zhaoxiang being beaten by King Jia, but his daughter didn't come to cry and complain, so he didn't have to do anything.However, in recent years, Prime Minister Lin felt more and more that there seemed to be something strange between his wife and concubine, and he couldn't say what was so strange.

Prime Minister Lin, who is alone in the vacant room, will not understand what kind of situation he has always had caused by his patriarchal thinking and his disdain for wives and concubines.

Filled with helplessness and melancholy, Lin Yaoyou looked back on his life and only felt that he had been depressed all these years as the prime minister.He admitted that he was neither the smartest person nor the most capable person, but he was lucky to be the prime minister when Emperor Yong came to the throne, and he was mediocre and trembling all these years.

Suddenly, Prime Minister Lin began to miss the pastoral days in his hometown when he was young. The days of self-sufficiency and carefree seemed to be the only happiness for him.With a sigh in the dark night, Prime Minister Lin made up his mind that after everything was settled, he would resign and return to his hometown, no longer caring about the disputes in the court.

It was difficult for Prime Minister Lin to fall asleep that night, and it was the same for Lin Zhaonuo.

Lying on the bed, Lin Zhaonuo's mind revolved around the scene of getting along with Ling Wenze today, thinking of Ling Wenze's anger towards him, and the sarcasm towards Chen Ziye, and then those words kept echoing in his ears.

"First of all, I'm just an unfavored prince. I don't know how many people want me to be notorious and have no heirs. Secondly, it seems that the relationship between my highness and you has never been very good? Why haven't you been dictating my affairs before? ?”

Shocked by Ling Wenze's expression and tone at the time, Lin Zhaonuo didn't think about rebutting at all, but just felt wronged.Thinking about it now, I feel even more wronged.

For Lin Zhaonuo, the former third prince was indeed not worthy of his "pointing fingers", so a cowardly and withdrawn prince who has no mother and is not favored, why let him be Lin Zhaonuo's attendant?It wasn't because he was too useless to treat him like that before.It's good now, the third prince has suddenly changed, and it's him who is to blame.

Lin Zhaonuo, who had never experienced any setbacks, felt wronged for the first time. Thinking about his father's advice tonight, Lin Zhaonuo stuffed his head into the cup, half wronged and half annoyed, thinking: Okay, big deal, Just treat him well in the future.

The next morning, when Lin Zhaonuo came to the third prince's palace again, he was obviously much more well-behaved, and his attitude towards Zhi Yuan was no longer contemptuous.Ling Wenze only thought that his own reprimand the day before made him learn to behave. He didn't know about the conversation between Prime Minister Lin and his son and Lin Zhaonuo's own grievances and anger. Anyway, he didn't plan to have too much contact with Prime Minister Lin for the time being.

In the early dynasty, Hong Sheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, reported that the Youjiang clan was harassing the border increasingly frequently. Emperor Yong seemed to be dissatisfied with General Liang because of this, and ordered Hong Sheng to go to the border as well.

It was only then that Ling Wenze noticed this Hong Shangshu. His baby face made him think that this person was only 20 years old. Later, after listening to Lin Zhaonuo, he realized that he was already 28 this year.

Since General Liang and his adoptive father, Old General Liang defeated You Jiang ruthlessly more than twenty years ago, the frontier has been peaceful and peaceful, and Emperor Yong has been lax about the frontier war year after year.Hong Sheng has only been Minister of the Ministry of War for two years. In terms of weapon research and development, his craftsmen all said that the quality of the ore they sent was not good.So Hong Sheng always felt that he was aggrieved as Minister of the Ministry of War.

Now You Jiang's resurgence made Hong Sheng a little excited.On the one hand, he can finally go to the frontier to learn more from General Liang, on the other hand, if he makes some achievements, it will also open the eyes of those who think he is childish and useless because of his face.

The edict issued by Emperor Yong today was exactly what Hong Sheng wanted, so he was very happy when he went to court, but he didn't expect to be blocked by Dongfang Wo on the way.

Being dragged to the side of the road by Dongfang Wo, Hong Sheng asked him with a sullen face: "Don't talk about it, just say what you have to say!"

Dongfang Wo's face was full of grievances: "Are you going to leave me and run to the border area?"

The corner of Hong Sheng's mouth twitched: "Abandon you? Master Dongfang, does this officer have anything to do with you?"

Dongfang Wo was unhappy: "It doesn't matter why, the two of us drank together on the third night of last month, who is it... woo!"

Before Dongfang Wo could finish his words, Hong Sheng raised his hand to cover his mouth. He felt happy. Dongfang Wo stretched out his tongue and licked his palm. After a few times, he stared at Dongfang Wo with a dark face: "Don't mention what happened that night again!"