The emperor laughed in anger: "You really know how to prepare for a rainy day!"
Zhou Hansheng smiled and said he dared not
The emperor closed his eyes tiredly, not knowing what he was thinking.
The hall was silent and no one dared to move.
After a while, the emperor began to mumble in a dreamy voice, "Zhou Hansheng, tell me, could the Second Prince become the emperor?"
Everyone was shocked.
The eunuchs and maids serving them wanted to plug their ears and crawl into the cracks in the ground! What the hell is this conversation? Why are they allowed to hear it?
Zhou Hansheng was stunned. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you asking me?"
"Humph!" The emperor sneered, "Why? Are there times when you dare not speak?"
"Your Majesty!" Zhou Hansheng knelt down, crying out in grievance. "Your humble servant dares not deceive the Emperor. Your Majesty asks, and I dare not fail to answer. Your Majesty, I dare to say that the Second Prince's temperament and knowledge are not suitable."
"How dare you!" the emperor shouted angrily, "How dare you criticize the prince? Who gave you the courage to rebel against him?"
It was naturally impossible to reason with the emperor. Anyone who dared to argue with the emperor would not last long in the court. Even his father-in-law, who was so highly regarded by the emperor, was exiled in the past.
Zhou Hansheng quickly begged for mercy and apologized.
He must not be exiled, he hasn't even married yet.
If the wife he was about to get were to fly away like this, he would cry to death!
The emperor scolded him several times but was still angry. He sneered and said, "The Second Prince is not suitable. So, you say, the Crown Prince is suitable? Hmm?"
Yu Xiaofang shuddered involuntarily and couldn't help but glance at Zhou Hansheng with sympathy.
The prince is so unlucky
Zhou Hansheng also felt that he was quite unlucky. "Replying to the emperor, except for the crown prince and the second prince, the other royal family members are not his bloodline."
You only have these two sons, so you can only choose one, right?
This is so heartbreaking!
The emperor felt bitter in his heart, and curled his lips in sarcasm. After a while, he said, "Back off!"
"Yes, I will take my leave!"
"Everyone, step back!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Yu Xiaofang was eager to leave with Zhou Hansheng.
Zhou Hansheng sent Yu Xiaofang back to the Zhao family.
The news of the ambush had spread in a small circle. Zhao Xiang, Zhao Liya, Deng and others were very anxious. Finally, they saw the two men coming back, and they breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly welcomed them into the house.
Seeing that Yu Xiaofang was safe and sound, and listening to them briefly talk about what happened in the Qianqing Palace, they couldn't help but be shocked.
What on earth does the emperor mean?
Forget it, let's not think about this for now. Fortunately, Yu Xiaofang was fine today.
The Second Prince is so bold that he is even bolder than the sky. No wonder Concubine Yan dared to do such a thing in the past. They are indeed mother and son, and they are of the same bloodline.
When Zhao Xiang and Deng were talking to Yu Xiaofang and comforting her, Deng looked up and suddenly found that her daughter and future son-in-law were gone. She frowned slightly, knowing without thinking that the two had gone out to have a private conversation.
After hesitating for a moment, Mrs. Deng sighed secretly and thought, forget it, just ignore them and let them talk.
Prince Zhou would sneak into the mansion to see his daughter from time to time. Did he really think he knew nothing? He was just pretending not to know.
At this time, in the Zhao family garden, Zhou Hansheng was walking aimlessly with Zhao Liya, talking intermittently.
Zhao Liya: "It's too dangerous today. Next time you go out, bring a few more people with you."
Zhou Hansheng nodded and said "hmm", then looked up at her and smiled. "I expected that things wouldn't be peaceful around Xiao Fang, and I didn't expect the Second Prince to personally take action. I was really scared today, so Aya, could you comfort me? I'd like to stay for lunch with you, okay?"
Zhao Liya pursed her lips and smiled, "I can't decide that." Then she laughed again, "Even if you stay for lunch, you'll be with my dad, my brother, Xiao Fang, and the others!"
"That's true," Zhou Hansheng seemed to be distracted and immediately changed the subject: "Then I'll come see you again tonight?"
If I visit her again at night, I'll have to ask her to keep the window open.
Zhao Liya's face flushed, and she said to him angrily, "You can't come here again. My mother will look at me with a strange look tomorrow! If you come here two or three more times, my mother will definitely be unable to help but scold me!"
Perhaps her mother could turn a blind eye and let it go once or twice. After all, they had seen each other often before, and they were definitely different from other well-matched engaged couples in the capital.
However, if this doesn't stop, the mother will no longer be able to tolerate it.
Zhou Hansheng lamented.
Zhao Liya didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "In this situation, you're still thinking about this little thing all day long. Don't be careful. If anything goes wrong, you better be careful! If they dare to do this to Brother Xiao Fang, they might not dare to do it to you."
Zhou Hansheng smiled brightly: "Don't worry, we haven't gotten married yet, I cherish my life very much!"
Zhao Liya: “.”
You are so clear-headed. She'd better not say anything.
Zhou Hansheng laughed and pulled her to a secluded place, saying something to her.
In the end, although Zhou Hansheng stayed at the Zhao family for lunch, he was not able to be with Zhao Liya. It was a pity.
If it weren't for the Second Prince's trouble, he would have insisted on getting married earlier. Since he couldn't get married so quickly and didn't have a wife to accompany him, then fine, he had no choice but to torment the Second Prince as much as possible.
He wanted to see how long the Second Prince could endure before jumping off the cliff.
The emperor has been in a very bad mood these past two days, and the court officials all know that it is because of the second prince that he is angry.
When it comes to the second prince's audacity, everyone is stunned.
How could he be so brave? Doctor Yu was still treating the emperor, and the second prince was so impulsive that he dared to kill people in the street. He was too impulsive.
Fortunately, Prince Zhou saw it and intervened, otherwise Doctor Xiao Yu would have been dead on the street that day. Who knows how furious the Emperor would have been then!
However, the emperor really doted on the second prince. Even in such a situation, he just scolded the second prince and made him kneel for half a day.
Same person, different fate.
I don't know which unlucky person will accidentally bump into it these days and make the emperor rage.
In fact, the emperor is not only in a bad mood these days, but also extremely troubled.
Zhou Hansheng's words kept ringing in his mind, leaving him no way to avoid them.
He knew that he had to make a decision after all.
Otherwise, if this continues, something big will happen sooner or later!
He still disliked the prince. Every time he saw the prince's respectful face, he would feel disgusted and want to explode after just a few words.
However, he had to admit that the prince was his only choice for successor.
What that bastard Zhou Hansheng said was right. He only had two sons, and besides the second son, there was only one prince.
The emperor closed his eyes and finally made up his mind.
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