"Perhaps Your Highness should know that after Master Chu's birthday party, the fourth prince immediately invited me to have tea. If you are like him and want to win me over to his subordinates, you are already several days behind him.
It’s time.”
Su Chen smiled lightly and said.
"I know."
The eldest prince admitted, "So, when I come here this time, I don't want you to become my staff or counselor. I just want to make friends with you, or in other words, I hope you can treat me as a friend."
"Why would the eldest prince Tianhuang want to be friends with a commoner like me?" ??
Su Chen chuckled and said.
"I believe that in your mind, there is no idea that relatives of the royal family are nobler than people of commoner origin. In fact, I am the same."
The eldest prince said sincerely, "Of course, I enjoy the benefits brought by my background, but at the same time, I also bear the heavy pressure brought by my background. One of them is that I cannot make friends as I want."
"Then why did the eldest prince choose me to be his friend?"
Su Chen asked.
"Su Chen, I won't misjudge you. You are a piece of gold and will shine wherever you go. Moreover, I think we have similarities. You are a proud person and so am I."
The eldest prince's eyes were shining with brilliance, and his appearance at this moment showed a bit of desire that was rarely seen in ordinary times.
"First Prince, do you want to be the heir apparent?"
Su Chen asked.
"Of course I do."
The eldest prince did not deny it, "Every prince may think that, but limited by his mother's family and various factors, there are very few people who can actually put this idea into action. I am lucky to be one of them."
"Is the other one the fourth prince?"
Su Chen asked with a smile.
"Well, the fourth brother has been a careerist since he was a child. It is normal for him to want to be the crown prince. However, he and I are different. I didn't have many thoughts in this regard when I was a child. But something happened later and changed
Got me."
The eldest prince also looked a little sad when he said this.
"What's up?"
Su Chen asked curiously.
"I have a girl who has been my childhood sweetheart since I was a child. We have a very good relationship. And I have been a proud person since I was a child. There was a time when I didn't bother to compete with other princes. I felt that they were trying to compete with each other, and I just chose to do it.
Don't think that the trajectory of your life is to be an idle prince and grow old with her, that's fine."
The eldest prince said.
"What happened next? What happened?"
Su Chen asked.
"Her father was a general of the border garrison of the Yaohai Kingdom. One day, her father was reported by his subordinates to have connections with foreign countries, and there was solid evidence."
The eldest prince said, "Although I know that her father cannot be that kind of person, and there is definitely someone who is causing trouble, but in the face of conclusive evidence, as a prince with no real power, I have no way to save myself, so I can only watch helplessly."
Her father was pushed to the execution ground and executed. From that day on, I never saw her again."
"Where did she go?"
Su Chen asked.
"She left Yaohai Country and only left me a note, saying that she did not want to return to this sad place in her life."
The eldest prince smiled bitterly, "From that day on, my thoughts changed. I found that the pride I had always insisted on was worthless.
, since I am a prince, I must abide by the rules of the prince's game and participate in the fight. Otherwise, it will be like this, and even the people I care about most will leave me."
"So, are you competing for the crown prince position to make up for it?"
Su Chen smiled lightly and asked.
"It can't be said that it is completely made up for. Indeed, I used to think every day that if I were a prince with real power and could intervene in this matter to a greater extent, maybe her father would not die. However, people cannot be resurrected after death.
Even if I regret it again, I can't turn back time."
"However, I still have to do my best to fight for the position of crown prince, because as long as I ascend the throne one day, I will have the power to restart the investigation of her father's case and mobilize all manpower and material resources to find the truth. Although I cannot use
The dead person has resurrected again, but at least to restore her father's innocence, it can be regarded as fulfilling one of my obsessions."
The eldest prince said with a serious face.
"I see."
Su Chen nodded.
"Su Chen, you asked me if I wanted to be the crown prince, and I answered you. Now, is it your turn to answer my question?"
The eldest prince put away the sigh in his eyes, showed his usual smile, and joked.
Su Chen thought for a while, picked up a cup of tea on the table, and said, "Then I will replace wine with tea today and make your highness a friend."
"Okay, okay." The eldest prince also showed a surprised smile, and quickly picked up the tea cup in front of him and said, "Su Chen, I may have been more than ten years older than you, so I call you my dear brother, let's have a drink.
Tea, we will be friends from now on."
"Your Highness, why are you so polite?" Su Chen drank a drink with the eldest prince.
In fact, Su Chen really had no interest in participating in the game of power and profit among these princes at the beginning. This can be seen from the fact that Su Chen did not hesitate to reject the four princes' attempts to win over him, and did not even care about offending the fourth princes.
However, there were two reasons that prompted Su Chen to change his mind.
Firstly, the attitude of the eldest prince was not as utilitarian and direct as that of the fourth prince, but he just wanted to make friends with Su Chen.
Secondly, the story told by the eldest prince really touched Su Chen's heart. Moreover, Su Chen could naturally see that the story of the eldest prince was not made up.
The eldest prince drank the tea, his eyes sparkling, and said: "Brother, actually, in addition to wanting to make friends with you, I came today because I have another thing that I can't decide on, and I want to ask your opinion.
"
"What's the matter?" Su Chen asked.
"It's like this. I heard from the gossip that after this year's martial arts conference, my father's side plans to reward my fourth brother and I with a fiefdom, and it will be a county."
The eldest prince said.
"Well, I have to congratulate you in advance for getting a county. This is a good thing."
Su Chen smiled and said that it was a good thing to get a fiefdom. Only after having a fiefdom can the prince seriously start to cultivate his own power. Otherwise, he would just be a prince with an empty title.
Moreover, if the Yaohai Emperor only granted land to the eldest prince and the fourth prince, it would undoubtedly send a signal that the prince would only choose between the eldest prince and the fourth prince.
In this way, it is equivalent to losing many potential competitors, leaving only one competitor.
"A good thing is certainly a good thing, but at the same time, it is also a difficult problem."
The eldest prince said solemnly. "Perhaps your highness should know that after Master Chu's birthday party, the fourth prince immediately invited me to drink tea. If you are like him and want to win me over, you have already
It’s a few days later than him.”
Su Chen smiled lightly and said.
"I know."
The eldest prince admitted, "So, when I come here this time, I don't want you to become my staff or counselor. I just want to make friends with you, or in other words, I hope you can treat me as a friend."
"Why would the eldest prince Tianhuang want to be friends with a commoner like me?"
Su Chen chuckled and said.
"I believe that in your mind, there is no idea that relatives of the royal family are nobler than people of commoner origin. In fact, I am the same."
The eldest prince said sincerely, "Of course, I enjoy the benefits brought by my background, but at the same time, I also bear the heavy pressure brought by my background. One of them is that I cannot make friends as I want."
"Then why did the eldest prince choose me to be his friend?"
Su Chen asked.
"Su Chen, I won't misjudge you. You are a piece of gold and will shine wherever you go. Moreover, I think we have similarities. You are a proud person and so am I."
The eldest prince's eyes were shining with brilliance, and his appearance at this moment showed a bit of desire that was rarely seen in ordinary times.
"First Prince, do you want to be the heir apparent?"
Su Chen asked.
"Of course I do."
The eldest prince did not deny it, "Every prince may think that, but limited by his mother's family and various factors, there are very few people who can actually put this idea into action. I am lucky to be one of them."
"Is the other one the fourth prince?"
Su Chen asked with a smile.
"Well, the fourth brother has been a careerist since he was a child. It is normal for him to want to be the crown prince. However, he and I are different. I didn't have many thoughts in this regard when I was a child. But something happened later and changed
Got me."
The eldest prince also looked a little sad when he said this.
"What's up?"
Su Chen asked curiously.
"I have a girl who has been my childhood sweetheart since I was a child. We have a very good relationship. And I have been a proud person since I was a child. There was a time when I didn't bother to compete with other princes. I felt that they were trying to compete with each other, and I just chose to do it.
Don't think that the trajectory of your life is to be an idle prince and grow old with her, that's fine."
The eldest prince said.
"What happened next? What happened?"
Su Chen asked.
"Her father was a general of the border garrison of the Yaohai Kingdom. One day, her father was reported by his subordinates to have connections with foreign countries, and there was solid evidence."
The eldest prince said, "Although I know that her father cannot be that kind of person, and there is definitely someone who is causing trouble, but in the face of conclusive evidence, as a prince with no real power, I have no way to save myself, so I can only watch helplessly."
Her father was pushed to the execution ground and executed. From that day on, I never saw her again."
"Where did she go?"
Su Chen asked.
"She left Yaohai Country and only left me a note, saying that she did not want to return to this sad place in her life."
The eldest prince smiled bitterly, "From that day on, my thoughts changed. I found that the pride I had always insisted on was worthless.
, since I am a prince, I must abide by the rules of the prince's game and participate in the fight. Otherwise, it will be like this, and even the people I care about most will leave me."
"So, are you competing for the crown prince position to make up for it?"
Su Chen smiled lightly and asked.
"It can't be said that it is completely made up for. Indeed, I used to think every day that if I were a prince with real power and could intervene in this matter to a greater extent, maybe her father would not die. However, people cannot be resurrected after death.
Even if I regret it again, I can't turn back time."
"However, I still have to do my best to fight for the position of crown prince, because as long as I ascend the throne one day, I will have the power to restart the investigation of her father's case and mobilize all manpower and material resources to find the truth. Although I cannot use
The dead person has resurrected again, but at least to restore her father's innocence, it can be regarded as fulfilling one of my obsessions."
The eldest prince said with a serious face.
"I see."
Su Chen nodded.
"Su Chen, you asked me if I wanted to be the crown prince, and I answered you. Now, is it your turn to answer my question?"
The eldest prince put away the sigh in his eyes, showed his usual smile, and joked.
Su Chen thought for a while, picked up a cup of tea on the table, and said, "Then I will replace wine with tea today and make your highness a friend."
"Okay, okay." The eldest prince also showed a surprised smile, and quickly picked up the tea cup in front of him and said, "Su Chen, I may have been more than ten years older than you, so I call you my dear brother, let's have a drink.
Tea, we will be friends from now on."
"Your Highness, why are you so polite?" Su Chen drank a drink with the eldest prince.
In fact, Su Chen really had no interest in participating in the game of power and profit among these princes at the beginning. This can be seen from the fact that Su Chen did not hesitate to reject the four princes' attempts to win over him, and did not even care about offending the fourth princes.
However, there were two reasons that prompted Su Chen to change his mind.
Firstly, the attitude of the eldest prince was not as utilitarian and direct as that of the fourth prince, but he just wanted to make friends with Su Chen.
Secondly, the story told by the eldest prince really touched Su Chen's heart. Moreover, Su Chen could naturally see that the story of the eldest prince was not made up.
The eldest prince drank the tea, his eyes sparkling, and said: "Brother, actually, in addition to wanting to make friends with you, I came today because I have another thing that I can't decide on, and I want to ask your opinion.
"
"What's the matter?" Su Chen asked.
"It's like this. I heard from the gossip that after this year's martial arts conference, my father's side plans to reward my fourth brother and I with a fiefdom, and it will be a county."
The eldest prince said.
"Well, I have to congratulate you in advance for getting a county. This is a good thing."
Su Chen smiled and said that it was a good thing to get a fiefdom. Only after having a fiefdom can the prince seriously start to cultivate his own power. Otherwise, he would just be a prince with an empty title.
Moreover, if the Yaohai Emperor only granted land to the eldest prince and the fourth prince, it would undoubtedly send a signal that the prince would only choose between the eldest prince and the fourth prince.
In this way, it is equivalent to losing many potential competitors, leaving only one competitor.
"A good thing is certainly a good thing, but at the same time, it is also a difficult problem."
Chapter completed!