"Let's wait until he ascends the throne." Zhong Mingwei looked indifferent.
"I feel like you've never been optimistic about Prince Rong ascending the throne," Mei Ya tilted her head and looked Zhong Mingwei up and down, "Why? Do you think His Majesty won't make Prince Rong the crown prince in the end?"
"I just think that if I were His Majesty, I would consider making the Fourth Prince the Crown Prince." Zhong Mingwei took a sip of tea and said.
"But the Fourth Prince has no foundation in the court, and he is still so young, not even an adult yet!" Mei Ya's eyes widened immediately, "How can the Fourth Prince compare to the powerful Prince Rong?"
"But if His Majesty was interested in Prince Rong, why did he wait so long and still hesitate to issue an edict to appoint the crown prince? Instead, he and Prince Hui were fighting like black chicken eyes, and the forces behind the two princes were fighting each other. The Imperial Noble Consort and the Consort Shu lost their lives one after another, and the Cui and Zou families also fell. The Zhao family is still the leader in the court, but I feel that the Zhao family is like a grasshopper in autumn and will not be able to jump for much longer," Zhong Mingwei said slowly, looking at Mei Ya, "If the emperor really wanted Prince Rong to be the crown prince, would he do this? Would he wipe out Prince Rong's forces bit by bit like cutting meat with a blunt knife?"
"So what you mean is... Your Majesty is paving the way for the Fourth Prince?" Mei Ya was speechless as soon as she said this. It took her a long time to come back to her senses and continue, "Your Majesty is worried that the Fourth Prince is too young to have a foundation in the court, so he allows Prince Hui and Prince Rong to fight and consume each other. In the end, the power of both of them will be exhausted and they will no longer pose a threat to the Fourth Prince. Then Your Majesty can rest assured to help the Fourth Prince ascend to the throne!"
Zhong Mingwei smiled as he looked at the little girl who looked like she had seen a ghost. He poked her cheek and said with a smile, "It seems that my little girl has been eating a lot of walnuts recently. This little brain of hers is really smart!"
"But...but how can His Majesty be so cruel? In order to help the Fourth Prince ascend to the throne, he didn't care about the lives of Prince Hui and Prince Rong?" Mei Ya was still in disbelief. She shook Zhong Mingwei's shoulders and frowned, "Zhong Mingwei, how could he be like this? It is said that even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Does he really not care about Prince Hui and Prince Rong at all?"
"Girl, it's true that even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. But this saying has never been applied to the royal family, especially since each prince has the support of various forces behind him. This has always been a threat to the emperor. If he wants to sit firmly on the throne, he can't allow himself to be kidnapped by any force, even if it's the relationship between father and son." Zhong Mingwei said in a deep voice.
"But... I still can't accept it," Mei Ya whispered after a while. She put her arms around Zhong Mingwei's neck and whispered in his ear, "Zhong Mingwei, this is too scary. It's scarier than killing someone with real weapons."
Yes, it was really horrible. There were no real guns or real swords, and no bloodshed. Just with those casual words, a prince fell. And how many people's lives were ruined silently.
"Don't be afraid, this kind of thing will never happen to us," Zhong Mingwei stroked Mei Ya's back and said softly, "Girl, I promise you."
"Then you have to promise me one thing." Suddenly, Mei Ya sat up straight and looked at Zhong Mingwei with her big black eyes.
"What's wrong?" Zhong Mingwei was a little confused. "What else do you want me to promise?"
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