Chapter 254 He really doesn’t deserve it

Author: Yan Qianyan

Chapter 254 He really doesn’t deserve it

There were all smart people present, and as soon as the imperial concubine said these words, everyone basically guessed the hidden meaning of her words.

His Majesty has been on the throne for many years, but not only is the post vacant, but the candidate for the heir apparent has not yet been decided.

When the second prince was alive, the court officials still thought that his majesty might be hesitant and wanted to make a choice between the second prince and Prince Su.

But the second prince has been dead for twenty years, and His Majesty has not mentioned the matter of establishing a heir in these twenty years. It is strange that the imperial concubine is not in a hurry.

Su Shixia remembered that Young Master Mo had mentioned to her before that the Holy Father now had three sons and one daughter.

Needless to say about Princess Lejia, there is no precedent for a princess to inherit the throne in Dongling Kingdom.

Although the third prince, Prince An, is also qualified to inherit the throne, he is the daughter of a virtuous concubine. The virtuous concubine is not favored by the saints, and the natal family of the virtuous concubine is just a civil servant in the court, and cannot provide much help to the third prince.

Comparatively speaking, the eldest prince, King Su, has the character "long" and is considered the best candidate for the crown prince in terms of etiquette and law.

But he also has a fatal flaw - his mother-in-law is a noble concubine.

As we all know, the imperial concubine is the princess of the West Qi Kingdom. But now, after Qin Yi's victory over the West Qi Kingdom, the relationship between the West Qi Kingdom and the Dongling Kingdom has become on the same level.

Being of the blood of an enemy country, this alone basically completely ruined the possibility of King Su inheriting the throne of Dongling Kingdom.

Of course, this is just what Su Shixia thinks.

Since the imperial concubine dared to openly raise the matter of the crown prince at the birthday banquet of the Holy Emperor today, it must be thought that in the imperial concubine’s opinion, her son is the most suitable to be the crown prince of Dongling Kingdom, or the emperor of Dongling Kingdom.

She had endured and waited for twenty years before, but now, she obviously no longer wanted to wait any longer.

"Your Majesty, I know that the second prince is your favorite son. If the second prince is still alive and you make him the prince, I will never say no. But after all, he has already

No more."

Sure enough, the imperial concubine did not even want to go around the bush this time and went straight to the point.

"The position of the crown prince has not been determined for twenty years, and all the ministers in the court have complained a lot about it..."

"Is it the courtiers who have the most complaints, or is it your concubine who has the most complaints about me not establishing a crown prince?"

It was clear that he looked tipsy before he came to the Holy Land.

But when he said these words, his voice did not sound at all drunk. When his sharp eyes fell on the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine was shocked and could not help but freeze.

The whole hall suddenly became audible.

The words Emperor Dongling spoke followed were like thunder in everyone's ears.

"Your concubine is reminding me that it's time to make your son Prince Su the crown prince?"

Being exposed so directly in public, the muscles in the imperial concubine's cheeks trembled. She tried hard to twitch the corners of her lips, as if she was trying to force out a smile.

But being stared at by the Holy Master's cold and sharp eyes, as if he were looking at a sinner, she still couldn't laugh out loud.

"Look at what your majesty said, why is he the concubine's son King Su? Isn't King Su your majesty's son?"

The imperial concubine was still leaning forward to toast Emperor Dongling, but now she sat upright and looked directly at Emperor Dongling with awe.

"Now that the throne is vacant, since there is no queen and no prince born to the queen, Prince Su is your eldest son. What's wrong with him inheriting the throne? Why not?"

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. I know that if I take the initiative to raise the issue of establishing a crown prince today, I will definitely make His Majesty unhappy, but I just refuse to accept it!"

Perhaps it was because she had been suppressed too hard these years. Once she had an outlet to vent her emotions, the imperial concubine could no longer suppress her emotions, so she unconsciously increased her tone and raised her voice.

"King Su is talented in literature and martial arts. He has never slacked off in his studies since he was a child. After entering the court, he has done everything you asked him to do impeccably. What are you dissatisfied with King Su? In your opinion, with this

With Prince Su’s qualifications, isn’t he worthy of inheriting the position of Crown Prince?!”

"Yes, he doesn't deserve it."

A few simple words were like a slap on the face of the imperial concubine, causing her face to turn pale in an instant.

No one in the room dared to make a sound at this moment. They all lowered their heads, not daring to look at the faces of the Holy Emperor and the noble concubine. They just wished they could plug their own ears and stay out of it completely.

The Holy One doesn't care at all how the imperial concubine reacts.

After saying that, he picked up the wine glass on the table and drank the wine in one gulp, then said indifferently: "Feng Muyao, you should know that everything has a cause and a result."

"Ever since you designed to kill Concubine Shu and Ye'er twenty years ago, you should have known that even if I had no other heirs in my life, I would never let the Dongling Kingdom suffer if I abdicated the throne to a collateral clan member.

The throne falls into the hands of your son!"

"Just because he has the blood of the royal family of the West Qi Kingdom, he is not worthy of taking the throne of the Dongling Kingdom again in this life!"

"You should also be lucky that you are the princess of Xiqi Kingdom, and that King Su crawled out of your belly. Otherwise, I should have killed you mother and son twenty years ago! How could I have spared your lives?

Until now!"

The wine glass hit the table hard, making a dull crashing sound, breaking the silence in the room.

After listening to the Holy One's words, the imperial concubine was silent for a moment, and then suddenly burst into laughter.

"I have been waiting for twenty years. I thought that twenty years of love between husband and wife would be enough to make you forget Qin Xinyi and your favorite son Mo Yeling. I thought that as long as I was sincere to you, as long as Zhaoer behaved

If you are good enough, one day you will be able to treat us, mother and son, fairly."

"It seems... I was overthinking it after all."

The imperial concubine lowered her head. Under the dim candlelight in the hall, half of her face was hidden in the darkness, making it difficult to distinguish the emotions on her face.

She just heard her murmuring: "Zhao'er is right, I'm naive. I shouldn't have had any illusions about you in the first place."

"His Majesty."

The imperial concubine stood up slowly, looked down at Emperor Dongling who was still sitting in his seat drinking, and didn't even bother to raise his head to look at her, and spoke coldly.

"You said you haven't touched our mother and son in the past twenty years because I am the princess of Xiqi Kingdom, and you don't want to completely offend the royal family of Xiqi Kingdom because of me and Zhao'er."

"But now, the Dongling Kingdom and the Xiqi Kingdom have long been at odds with each other. Sooner or later, the two countries will have a life-and-death battle. Whether you kill me or King Su, this hatred has already been forged."

"Prince Su is not in the capital today. Even if you want to kill him, you can't."

"I would like to ask you one last question today."

The imperial concubine's eyes were fixed on Emperor Dongling, and her eyes were so cold that people couldn't help but feel chilled in their hearts.

"As long as you agree to make King Su the prince, King Su will still be your son, and all the territories that King Su conquers will still be called Dongling Kingdom - will you make this prince or not?"
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