The matter of hiding the edict in the box caused an uproar among the ministers, but after Li Chongjiu's saint made a decision, no one in the court dared to object to his opinion. Therefore, those ministers with concern could only find other channels to inquire about the news. Their method was to guess who was the candidate of the crown prince in Li Chongjiu's mind.

Several ministers in the court were speculating. When it comes to guessing the saint's will, it is the basic skill of every official as an official.

All the officials were thinking about who is the most likely person at present. Logically speaking, Li Chongjiu and the three princes are all possible, but they all have shortcomings.

First of all, the eldest son of the emperor, Li Ying. For the Hedong gentry who focused on bloodlines and self-retained the orthodox Han family, they strongly opposed Li Ying, who had the bloodline of the Hu people, inherited the throne. Ji Chuan, who was born in Guanlong, often satirized these Hedong gentry. He was able to worship Gao Huan, a Han Chinese who was transformed into Xianbei, but now he is self-righteous. However, what the Hedong gentry has rested at ease is that Li Chongjiu doesn't seem to like the eldest son of the emperor. The other two princes have been granted princes, and this prince is still just a prince. So theoretically, the theory is the smallest.

As for King Ying and Li Zhiwan's son, Li Chongjiu's favor in the harem was almost the same as Yang Ehuang, and now he gave birth to a prince. Other concubines can be said to be the mother's honor, but only Li Zhiwan can be said to be the son's honor. Since ancient times, there have been many kings who love the house and the Wu, because they prefer the favored concubine, and then consider replacing the crown prince with the son of the favored concubine, and even deposed the queen and changed the favored concubine to the queen. However, the officials also knew that Li Chongjiu and the queen had always had a good relationship, so this worry did not exist at all.

The last King of Chu was also the son of Concubine Su, no, the son of Concubine Su. Because after Concubine Su gave birth to the prince, Li Chongjiu had already added her as a concubine, and her status was second only to Concubine Shi Deyun and Li Zhiwan.

Now for officials, the King of Chu is very hopeful to inherit the throne. First, his bloodline is pure, and his mother is noble. He is also a first-class gentry from the Wugong Su family. His grandfather Su Wei is also the prime minister of the previous dynasty. Third, it is the attitude of Empress Xiao. There are rumors that because the queen has no legitimate son, Empress Xiao intends to let Concubine Su give her son to Yang Ehuang to raise. Concubine Su had no intention of objecting.

If this move is successful and the support of the Yang family and Xiao family, then the theory of the King of Chu becoming the crown prince is the greatest. But all this is just a guess, because Li Chongjiu's secret establishment of a crown prince is impossible to guess Li Chongjiu's final plan.

In the harem.

The fact that Li Chongjiu became the crown prince has reached the ears of the concubines.

Shi Deyun watched Li Ying shooting arrows, and was worried, so how could she not care about her when she was appointed as a crown prince? Ying Hefu and Ertuo wrote to ask about this matter many times, and the current patriarch Shi Defeng also wrote to inquire about it.

Shi Defeng is a relative of Shi Deyun, and is a new generation of Shi Dexi people. In addition to appearance, Shi Defeng's words and deeds are just like Han people. He is also a student who graduated from the Imperial College and is a talented person of the Imperial College Priest Zhou Xu. Although Shi Dexi's tribe is large, the power of the clan leader is actually very small. Now Shi Dexi's tribe is divided into three major protectors, east, west, and Baidao.

The 100,000-strong Xi cavalry of each of them were led by the generals of the Xi tribe and the Han generals. The current Xi tribe has actually become the first tribe on the grassland and replaced the Turks. Now the Xi tribe has such powerful force, so it requires the improvement of its political status in Zhao State. Therefore, if Li Ying can be made the crown prince, then it will be the best result for the Xi tribe.

"Prince, raise your hands a little more!" Prince Fan Ke Mulun shouted loudly.

After hearing Ke Mulun's words, Li Ying certainly raised his arm high. Ke Mulun taught Li Ying over time, and the two had a deep relationship. Ke Mulun taught Li Ying to be more attentive than his son. But when he heard the sound of drums, Li Ying raised his arms and shot seven arrows at the target fifty steps away. In this breath, the arrows were all on the middle pile.

Li Ying clenched his fists excitedly, and Ke Mulun nodded with relief, showing a look of praise.

"Mother, I've shot it!" Li Ying ran to Shi Deyun excitedly, but saw Shi Deyun's face full of worry.

"Mother, I shot it. Did you see it?" Li Ying asked.

Shi Deyun was slightly stunned, raised her head and said, "Ying'er, sorry, my mother didn't see it just now."

"Mother, Mother, are you unhappy?"

"No."

"Mother, you lie. Every time you are unhappy about your father's affairs, you are like this."

When Shi Deyun heard Li Ying say this, he smiled and touched his head. Ke Mulun walked to Shi Deyun and bowed: "Empress Concubine, I have taught all my archery skills to the prince. Now it's time for me to say goodbye."

Shi Deyun stood up after hearing this, while Li Ying hugged Ke Mulun's legs and said, "Master, master, don't leave, don't leave Ying'er."

"Yes, why are you leaving? Ying'er can't live without a master now."

Ke Mulun hugged Li Ying and smiled and said, "I have been with the prince for several years, but I am also a warrior of the Xi tribe. This time the court wants to conquer Li Tang, and the entire army is mobilized. Your Majesty personally ordered me to be transferred to the front line to serve. I am also eager to go into battle, so I can no longer accompany the prince."

"No, no, master, I want to accompany you to kill the enemy!" Li Ying said hurriedly.

Shi Deyun heard the tears and she left her tears. She said disappointedly: "Even you are leaving? Why does Your Majesty refuse to let you stay by my side? No, I want to find him."

As he said that, Shi Deyun hurriedly left, leaving Ke Mulun and Li Ying with a look of surprise. More than a dozen maids hurriedly followed and shouted: "Empress! Empress!"

Inside the main hall of Linshuo Palace.

Li Chongjiuzheng discussed matters with several ministers including Ji Chuan.

Li Chongjiu said: "Youjing's military rations can be transferred secretly to..."

At this time, the outside reported: "Your Majesty, I have the imperial concubine in my room and ask for a meeting!"

Li Chongjiu frowned and said, "Tell him that I am discussing important matters and meet her later."

Li Chongjiu turned his head and said, "You guys, do you have any objections to my arrangement?"

Zhang Xuansu said on the side: "Your Majesty, the three armies have not moved, and food and grass will come first. Should we confuse the Tang army and launch a feint attack elsewhere?"

"Your Majesty, the concubine in the Shi Deyu still insists on asking for a visit!"

Li Chongjiu blinked his sleeves unhappy when he heard this. The eunuch beside him saw Li Chongjiu's unhappy expression and immediately said: "Is it true that I am..."

Li Chongjiu interrupted, "No need, I know the nature of the imperial concubine. If there is nothing wrong, I wouldn't be so anxious to see me."

"Several dear friends, let's talk about it again. Li Shimin is good at attacking people's food routes. This time the defeat in the Battle of Xiangyang was the matter of Li Jing's sneak attack on our army's food routes, so we must be cautious."

Ji Chuan and others all called it yes.
Chapter completed!