Shen Ziyu sighed softly, "Brother Emperor, please allow me to think carefully about this. There may be room for maneuver."

The emperor stopped trying to persuade him, as he knew Shen Ziyu was a smart man.

"Zi Yu, think carefully about this. I have already drafted the decree of succession. Once you have thought it through, I will affix my seal."

Qin Yanning did not have dinner in the palace after all. After chatting with the emperor, Shen Ziyu took her out of the palace.

In the carriage, Shen Ziyu kept holding Qin Yanning's hand. Although it was spring, Qin Yanning felt his hand was cold.

Shen Ziyu looked at Qin Yanning with a bitter smile on his face.

He said, "Ning'er, it's not that I'm stupid. I still believe that there is true love in the royal family, but I didn't expect that my royal brother would also plot against me."

As soon as Shen Ziyu said this, Qin Yanning understood that the emperor wanted to keep her to talk today.

He was forcing Shen Ziyu to fight for the position of emperor.

Ever since Shen Ziyu got engaged to her, everyone in and outside the capital knew how much he loved Qin Yanning.

The emperor was simply trying to wake up Shen Ziyu. If he gave up the fight for imperial power, when the Kong family became the most powerful, he might not even be able to protect Qin Yanning and the Yan family.

The emperor would rather give the throne to Shen Ziyu than force him to deal with the Kong family. This move of cutting off the source of the problem is enough to show his hatred for the Kong family.

I just don't know whether the emperor really wants to abdicate the throne to Shen Ziyu, or wants to wait until Shen Ziyu and the Kong family are both defeated, and then pass the throne to one of his sons and reap the benefits.

Or maybe, he thought that since Shen Ziyu couldn't have children anyway, he could pick a capable grandchild from among his grandchildren to adopt as Shen Ziyu.

The more Qin Yanning thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was correct.

She could only sigh that Shen Ziyu's generation had all been emperors, big and small.

Even if the emperor was ill all the time, he was still a sick fox. It was a pity that he didn't share all his thoughts and ideas with his son.

Fortunately, the emperor did not directly express his intention to abdicate to Shen Ziyu, otherwise, whether Shen Ziyu was willing or not, he would have to confront the Kong family directly.

The Kong family has been planning for many years and naturally does not want the throne to fall into the hands of others.

Qin Yanning shook Shen Ziyu's hand and said, "Your Majesty may have been forced into a corner. The situation is pressing now, and Your Majesty should make plans early."

Shen Ziyu's eyes lit up and he looked at Qin Yanning, "What do you think, Ning'er?"

Shen Ziyu was not worried that Qin Yanning would do something bad to him. Husband and wife have always been of one mind, not to mention that he could hear Qin Yanning's thoughts.

She had indeed admired him for a long time.

Qin Yanning whispered, "Zi Yu knows Ning'er's time at the Qin family. Madam and father are like that. I can only play mad and stupid to buy some breathing space."

"If I could choose, I would rather His Majesty be the one being worshipped by outsiders than the one kneeling to others."

"Ning'er is willing to take her own destiny into her own hands with the prince, and she also wants to see the prince purge this corrupt court."

Daxia looks prosperous now because a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

There are still many corrupt officials hidden under the Qingming regime. Even Qin Hongan, a small fourth-rank official, accepted bribes in private.

Judging from this, the officialdom of Daxia is definitely full of corruption.

Shen Ziyu is just one person. Even though he controls half of the country, he still cannot stop the corruption of the other half.

Only by sitting in that position can he dig out the rotten flesh of Daxia.

Qin Yanning knew that Shen Ziyu was still worried about his offspring.

No one is a saint. If possible, when he rules the world, he will certainly not be willing to give up his kingdom to the descendants of others.

Even if that person is the emperor, it won’t work.

Qin Yanning continued, "My mother took me to the White Horse Temple some time ago, and the monks there once said that Ning'er was destined to have many children."

"Ning'er is just a little girl. The prince is now powerful and influential. The current emperor is tolerant, but the new emperor may not be so."

"By then, I'm afraid even if the prince is willing to give up everything he has, it may not be..."

Power is a good thing, but it can also be a sharp weapon. Qin Yanning didn't need to explain her words clearly, Shen Ziyu also understood what she meant.

Child?

Shen Ziyu's heart suddenly softened.

He lived his life with integrity and always followed the gentlemanly principles taught to him by his father when he was a child.

Both Xu Guanlan and the witch doctor said that he had been poisoned for too long and he probably would not be able to have a child of his own in this lifetime.

But what if God has mercy on Ning'er and she is destined to have many children and be blessed with many blessings? What if God can't bear to treat her harshly and gives her a child too?

Shen Ziyu had already made his own decision in his heart.

What his little princess said was right. The situation was pressing now. For the sake of Da Xia and himself, he should fight for that position.

The Shen family's empire cannot fall into the hands of the Kong family's bunch of pedantic literati.

The Kong family talks about self-cultivation, governing the country and pacifying the world every day, but they are actually thieves and prostitutes to hide their true colors.

If they were allowed to control the court, how could the people live and work in peace?

Qin Yanning saw that Shen Ziyu's eyes gradually became firm, and knew that he had an idea in his mind.

He was not an inflexible person, otherwise he would not have dethroned Shen Yuanan after he succeeded to the throne in his previous life and became emperor himself.

Shen Ziyu is a capable and handsome fox. All she has to do is to strengthen his belief in his fight for the throne.

Bonds and lovers will be the fuel that keeps him going.

Shen Ziyu looked at Qin Yanning and smiled, "Come to think of it, I haven't asked Ning'er when you fell in love with me."

Qin Yanning blushed, but fortunately she had already prepared the answer to this question.

"A few years ago, the lantern tower collapsed during the Lantern Festival. It was the prince who saved Ning'er. Since then, Ning'er has been deeply in love with the prince."

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