"Imperial brother, you may not know, but my father actually wants to pass the throne to you."

Hearing this, King Jin was startled and quickly shook his head and said, "It's impossible."

"How old was I then? There were so many royal brothers up there, not to mention King Zhao and King Shu, there were also King Qi and King Han. They were all very capable."

"And I, Prince Ning, who is now the emperor, also have the ability to govern Dongzhou well."

He really didn't believe that he would be the late emperor's first choice, but he was not impressive at all. He was the youngest among many princes and had the lowest sense of presence.

"Prince Ning? Ha."

The eldest princess suddenly sneered, no longer as gentle as before when she mentioned Prince Ning.

"Among all the princes, he is the one least likely to sit in that position."

"How do you think I know his life experience?"

As soon as these words came out, King Jin's eyes widened, and a possibility came to his mind, and he asked in surprise: "Is it the father?"

Yes, the father is a man, but he raised a son for someone else. Isn't this a great irony?

If Emperor Hongwen only used King Jin to deal with the Duke of Zhen, and if something happened later, this secret edict would become a sharp weapon.

"Yes, my father told me that he has known for a long time that Prince Ning is not his son."

"Why not deal with it?"

"That's true. My father knew the Marquis of Zhenbei very well at that time. He also knew that he was not a peaceful master, and he also knew about Prince Ning's life experience."

In addition, he is still a wise and powerful king. If this matter comes out, won't he become a fool?

"Of course it's not just for this, but also because Prince Ning is honest enough and very self-aware. He hid when he knew he couldn't compete."

"Then why did the last position fall to Prince Ning?"

"Father is also worried."

"What do you mean, you pointed all the blame at the Duke of Zhen for the sudden death of my father, and you were worried that things would get out of control in the end, so you used it to contain the Duke of Zhen?"

"This is a very capable person. Now that he has an opportunity, he will do everything he can to seize it."

You must know that in his impression, his father was a very decisive person who could not tolerate any sand in his eyes.

"It's just that he was discovered by the Duke of Zhen unexpectedly, which caused Dongzhou to fall into a stage of being controlled for a long time."

"You just thought about my father's decisiveness and did not tolerate sand, but you ignored that he is a man and a king."

Later, in order to cover up the incident, the eldest princess sent Chunhua, whom she trusted most, out of the palace.

"I still have the secret edict left by my father, do I need to give it to you?"

Since the father knew the identity of Prince Ning, why did he give the position to him?

King Jin was silent.

"Of course, it's also possible that my father made a special trip to leave you with a trump card."

"As I said just now, the person chosen by my father was you, but you were still young at the time. Faced with the glare of the kings, I was worried that you would be in danger."

The two siblings chatted for a long time.

King Jin was a little confused. Since his father knew about it, why didn't he deal with it?

After explaining all this, the late emperor left an edict for Prince Ning's succession, and then drank the poison sent by the eldest princess directly, and died suddenly.

King Jin finally understood what happened back then.

"Well, that's fine. Keep it in my hands for extra insurance."

"If Prince Ning's identity is exposed, what kind of impact will he receive? How will the people of the world speak of him?"

"But why, Father?"

This is what the eldest princess said. Although she did not do it, the late emperor's matter had a lot to do with her. After all, she was the one who sent the poison.

As a monarch, his greater responsibility is to protect the inheritance left by his ancestors.

"It's a pity that although my father arranged a lot, he neglected one thing, that is, he failed to erase all traces of Prince Ning's life experience."

"My father doesn't care about other people, but you are different. You are his chosen one, so naturally he has to consider your safety more."

"My father prepared some backup plans and left me a secret edict."

"The power of Duke Zhen Guo is getting bigger and bigger. After Prince Ning came to the throne, he also showed his extreme obsession with this position. Naturally, I don't dare to expose you at all. I can only protect you as much as possible and wait for the opportunity."

"So you chose Prince Ning, first of all, let him attract firepower and let him fight with the brothers?"

"And the facts have proven that it is indeed the case."

"No, let's leave it in the hands of the imperial sister."

The eldest princess nodded and continued, "At worst, he can still play a role in consumption. After all, he has the former Zhenbei Marquis and the current Zhenguo Gong behind him."

Since he knew that Prince Ning was not his son, how could he hold back his temper and not deal with it?

Then he left his back-up staff and secret edicts behind, waiting for the opportunity to deal with Duke Zhen, overthrow Emperor Hongwen, and let the person he really selected become King Jin.

But she didn't expect that Chunhua still betrayed her trust and actually hid the emperor's jade pendant secretly, which led to the involvement of Zheng Youcai.

King Jin nodded. Duke Zhen Guo was indeed very capable of seizing opportunities and was very decisive and ruthless. When King Ning came to power, he did not hesitate to use thunderous means to deal with King Zhao first, followed by King Han of Qi.

Finally, there is the King of Shu who respects himself as a mercenary.

"The King of Zhao and the King of Shu are definitely not good enough. The King of Qi and the King of Han are not good birds either. Whenever one of them rises to power, they will definitely wield the butcher's knife against their other brothers."

Indeed, there are so many people in the royal family, so it doesn't matter if you have one more person who doesn't cause trouble and is honest and self-aware.

The kings of Zhao and Shu are going to kill their fathers. Naturally, the late emperor will no longer care about blood and family ties. The imperial family is so cruel.

"For such a person who poses no threat and does not cause trouble, why should he bother to expose it and embarrass himself?"

It was also because of this that the late emperor handed over his most hidden and most powerful Shadow Guards and an elite army of 100,000 to King Jin.

I’m shocked, and I’m also very sad, and even more I can’t think of.

"Yes."

She still had reservations about Emperor Hongwen's abdication. This secret edict was indeed an insurance policy.

The purpose is to give him the ability to protect himself, and at the same time, if the time comes, it will increase the chance of regaining the throne.

It was almost the late emperor's plan. The first thing was to let Prince Ning take the position to attract firepower, and Duke Zhen Guo assisted in clearing out those threats.

"I've told you everything, but you should pay more attention to that Zheng Youcai."

"There are some things that cannot be exposed yet, so I suggest you just silence them."

Hearing this, King Jin pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Let's forget it. He doesn't know what it is, and Yao Yao also promised the person in charge of the Luo family to protect Zheng Youcai's life."

"Well, now that you have made a decision, just do what you said."
Chapter completed!