After leaving Ningxi Hall, the two brothers, who had not seen each other for at least more than a year, walked side by side on the green avenue of Ningxiang flowers.
In fact, there are not many brothers left in this generation. After the Zhan family came to power, the entire Beimu Kingdom was in chaos, with internal and external troubles.
In order to quell the war at home and abroad, several princes fought abroad for many years and sacrificed too many people.
The stability of the Zhan royal family was indispensable to the sacrifices of the princes.
Even the youngest Eighth Prince and Ninth Prince immediately joined the battlefield after they reached adulthood. Over the years, they have lived a military life.
Over the years, there have not been many opportunities for the brothers to be together, and the days when they are walking side by side like now, with a leisurely journey ahead and no official duties, are even rarer.
"Ajiu, my mother's health is deteriorating. She is really looking forward to your getting married. No matter what, don't let her down when choosing a concubine this time."
Zhan Lingtian sighed lightly, and there seemed to be a lot of complicated emotions hidden in his sigh.
"I will choose a girl I like." This was Zhan Qingcheng's only response about choosing a concubine.
Zhan Lingtian knew that it was probably impossible to talk to him about women.
He looked at the sky above his head, and then looked ahead. The highest place was the main hall, where all the officials from the court met with the Holy Emperor.
After thinking for a while, he suddenly said: "Did the Holy One say anything about the Queen following you?"
"As you can see." Choosing a concubine was the way given to him by the Holy One.
Zhan Lingtian smiled lightly and suddenly said: "I'm afraid that Your Majesty is a little uneasy in his heart. After all, the Nanmen clan still controls a lot of military power."
"So the Holy One wants you to come to the palace this time to gain a relationship with you and get you to take sides?"
Zhan Qingcheng's words made Zhan Lingtian stunned for a moment, then he smiled casually.
"Ah Jiu, Ah Jiu, you are still the same Ah Jiu, you know everything well!"
Normally, people seem to be so quiet that they are far away from the world, but his heart is as clear as a mirror and he has everything in his hands.
If there is anything that Ah Jiu doesn't understand in this life, it must be emotional matters. Apart from that, nothing else can trouble him.
"Then, if Ah Jiu were me, how should I decline the Holy Master's invitation?"
"Brother Huang, have you decided to refuse?" Zhan Qingcheng looked at him sideways, without any surprise on his face.
"Now that the world is at peace, I naturally don't want the war to spread in Beimu Country. Ah Jiu should also know in her heart, how many people did our brothers sacrifice for this short period of peace?"
"Although Your Majesty has several princes now, besides His Royal Highness, who else is capable of leading an army?"
Although this statement sounds a bit arrogant and disrespectful to the royal family, it is true.
"If it weren't for the Nanmen clan, how would the Zhan royal family be where it is now?" Zhan Qingcheng pursed her beautiful thin lips lightly. Whenever the Nanmen clan was mentioned, she couldn't hide her disgust.
It seems that Ah Jiu's disgust for Nan Menrong has reached the point where she doesn't want to hide it.
Of course Zhan Lingtian knew what Nanmen Rong had done. After the prince was born, there were three concubines in the harem, and not long after, the second prince, the third prince, and the fourth prince were born.
However, God did not show mercy, and all three princes died young.
The news from the royal side is that the three princes either died accidentally or were young and sick and died of illness before they reached adulthood.
But, who doesn’t know that behind this, there is a great relationship with Nanmen Rong?
Afterwards, the three noble concubines either got mad and fell into a dry well and died, or they died in depression. In short, the three favored noble concubines were all gone soon.
For several years after that, only princesses were born to the royal family, and no princes were born.
Fast forward a few years, and finally there were fifth and sixth princes, and later, there were also seventh princes.
But these princes seem to have been born with diseases. They have been weak and sick since childhood. Let alone leading troops to fight, they will get sick even when they travel far away.
Now, the only son of the Holy Emperor who can do anything is Prince Zhan Yuheng.
The others are just small greenhouse flowers raised in captivity.
"The Holy One is uneasy right now. He is probably also afraid of you and..." Zhan Lingtian did not say the word queen.
After all, if you say such words in front of Ah Jiu, Ah Jiu will definitely be unhappy.
However, it is actually normal for the Holy One to have His anxiety.
After all, the Queen is in charge of the Nanmen clan and has a lot of military power in her hands, and the Nine Princes have a lot of military power in their battle against Qingcheng.
Once the Queen and the Ninth Prince join forces, he will definitely not be able to sit on the throne of the Emperor.
The two of them join forces and the world is in chaos. Chao Gang can easily be overthrown. How can they do this?
"If you are unwilling to obey the Holy Spirit, I'm afraid he will ask you to hand over your military power."
There was a saying in the past that the Northern Mu Kingdom was divided into three parts of the world, one part for the Holy Emperor, one part for the Nanmen Clan, and one part for the Regent and the Nine Princes.
But in fact, that is already a very old saying. Now, the military power in the hands of the Crown Prince and the Eighth Prince is growing day by day, and they are no longer the pure tripartite forces in the past.
"The Holy One may persuade me to hand over my military power, but I'm afraid I don't dare to take a tough stance. After all, he can't do anything alone."
Therefore, the Eighth Prince is not afraid that the Holy Emperor will give him hard work. There are too many opponents and too many unknown factors. If hard work comes, Emperor Qiwen will certainly be worried, and he will be angry and choose to seek refuge with others.
The two brothers didn't have any scruples in speaking. The main reason was that the Holy Emperor really couldn't do anything to them for the time being, so scruples had never appeared in their hearts.
In fact, it is not easy to be the king of a country. He has too little military power, so even if he becomes the emperor, it will be in vain.
"Okay, Ah Jiu, I have some things to deal with as brother. It's not convenient to talk in the palace. Let's meet at the house another day."
Walking out of Ningxi Hall, Zhan Lingtian smiled at him and was about to say goodbye.
Zhan Qingcheng just nodded and watched him leave.
Because Empress Dowager Ning liked peace and quiet, the people who picked up the Ninth Prince did not enter the Ningxi Palace, so Zhan Qingcheng walked back by himself.
Walking to the palace, looking at the huge buildings around, facing the symbol of supreme power, Zhan Qingcheng's eyes showed no trace of greed except for a bit of darkness that was invisible to others.
Everyone says that as long as the Ninth Prince wants it, the world will definitely be his, but does he really want it?
Maybe there are some things that it’s not his turn to think about or not think about. After more than 20 years in his life, what are some things that he really wants to do?
After half a lifetime of ups and downs, I looked at the distant hall again, and suddenly I felt the indescribable irony of this place.
So what if you become an emperor? If you become an emperor, you have to worry about your throne day and night. What's the point of being such an emperor?
