As a prince, Sun Bi is actually a very special one. This is not because he has not been in the capital for many years, nor because his personality and style of conduct are less noble than other princes, but because of his different status and status.

After the other princes became adults, whether they had made merits or not, or had talent or not, they could be quickly awarded the title of king, such as the third prince's son Sun Qi, the sixth prince's son Sun Lin, and the crown prince. Even the princes who were younger than him were now all awarded the title of king, but Sun Bi, who is over thirty this year, still has no title, and still has no mansion, so they can only live in the palaces of the princes, as if they were forgotten by everyone.

The emperor treated him like this, and the ministers seemed to have forgotten that there was such a prince, and no one had ever submitted a complaint for him to claim a title. This made Sun Bi feel very inferior and didn't even know what to do on weekdays, so he had some contact with Xiao Chengzhi. It was not until Li Ling returned that he had a new place to go.

But now, Li Ling's words raised the problem he didn't want to face the most. The few people who didn't know the inside were even more surprised, and then they lowered their heads and sighed. Can they really achieve that distant and arduous ideal just by just these people?

"Why, everyone is embarrassed?" Li Ling looked at the changes in everyone's expressions and asked with a smile. This time, no one spoke. After a while, he saw Sun Bi sneering and said, "Not only them, but also myself, have no confidence in this. Do you think it is that simple to make me king?

"This matter must either be proposed by the father and then followed by the Ministry of Rites and other relevant yamen; or it must be submitted by the Ministry of Rites and other relevant yamen, and can only be implemented one by one after the father's approval. But these two paths are almost impossible for me. My father has prejudice against me, and as for the Ministry of Rites... they are even more unlikely to contribute to me. After all, the Ministry of Rites is the territory of the prince, who will contribute to an outsider or a competitor?"

The others also smiled bitterly. Just now, everyone was full of confidence and thought the future was bright and they wanted to work hard. As a result, the first problem almost became an unsurpassable mountain.

"Who said this matter cannot be solved perfectly?" Li Ling suddenly spoke, which made everyone stunned. Xu Cang, who knew him the most, immediately asked, "Why, you already have a solution?"

"Not only is there a way, but I've already started doing it. Otherwise, how could I suddenly come up with this bold idea?"

"Just you?" Even Sun Bi expressed his incredible belief in Haikou when he boasted about this, because the fact of the patriarchy has nothing to do with Li Ling, a financial and tax official.

Li Ling looked back at him: "Of course I don't have such skills, and I am not qualified to submit a letter to guarantee you to get a royal title, but others have it. You also said that in addition to Your Majesty, there are also relevant officials of the Ministry of Rites who can submit memorials."

"But they... aren't the prince's people?"

"They are good people from the prince, so I took my mind to the prince!" Li Ling finally stopped keeping her indifferently and said seriously, "Because not long ago, the prince asked me for help, so I asked him three conditions!"

"You mean that someone in the northern border wanted to harm you before, and they were acting under the order of the prince?" Xu Cang asked hurriedly. There were already many rumors in the court, and before Li Ling returned to the capital, the court had already dealt with it, punishing all the military generals who had taken their own initiative, some were killed, some were deprived of their posts and dismissed, which caused a lot of sensation.

However, while these people were dealt with, the punishment for the prince was not too great. It seemed that some people said that they were doing all this without hiding it from the prince, but a few officials from the East Palace stood up and took the blame.

In this regard, even Xu Cang felt that such statements were not credible, let alone those old men in the officialdom. But it was related to the crown prince, and no one dared to investigate it in depth, so it would be left alone.

Originally, Xu Cang thought Li Ling was forced to make a concession because he did not dare to turn against the prince completely, but now it seems that there is something else. If he thinks about it carefully, he wants to bring out the seventh prince to fight with the prince, so how could he be really afraid of the power of the prince?

When they stared at them with doubt, Li Ling also laughed: "Yes, there is something else in this matter. Even though I knew that this little mistake could not hurt the prince, I chose to get the benefits first, so I asked the prince's confidant for three conditions. First, they paid for the deathly soldiers and generals and the people. Now I have proposed 500,000 taels of silver and will be delivered to the families of the dead one by one according to the list.

"The second is that they handed over a list of military generals with close ties with the prince in the northern border, and they did as well. The ones who were publicly punished by the court before were these abandoned sons who were sacrificed.

"As for the third condition, I would like to ask the prince to ask His Majesty to make you the title of the Seventh Prince. They also agreed with this and they will definitely do it soon."

Everyone was stunned, and Sun Bi was even more moved. He looked at Li Ling with a complicated expression, both surprised and excited, but more moved. He never expected that after Li Ling was threatened, the first thing he thought about after his life was not to seek benefits for himself, but to help him get a chance to be awarded a title!

This relationship was so heavy that Sun Bi felt unbearable. After staring at Li Ling for a while, he stuttered and said, "You... Wen Zhong, I am so grateful..."

"Your Highness doesn't have to do this. I'm still out of selfishness. After all, if the prince succeeds to the throne and become the emperor, my family and I will be dead. So helping you is to help me..."

"That's not what you said. All you did is for me. I..." Sun Bi opened his mouth and didn't know how to express it for a while. After a while, he took a deep breath, "My Sun Bi swears to the world, and you will have you and me in the future. No matter what in the end, you will be my Sun Bi's brother. No matter what I have, you will have half of yours! If you violate this oath, I Sun Bi will be fed with thousands of swords and will die without a place to bury!"

He was really deeply moved by Li Ling, but he couldn't take care of anything when he was excited. But Li Ling still had to take care of it. When he heard this oath, he was a little panicked: "Your Highness doesn't have to do this, I can understand your mood. But you will be the Lord of the World in the future, so you can't make such oaths randomly!"

The most unreliable thing about swearing is, and the key is that if Sun Bi really remembers this, then when he really takes up the throne, these vows will become a gap between them and the root of the conflict between the two. This is something that Li Ling would never want to see, so he hurried forward to dissuade them.

However, Sun Bi didn't think too much at this time, just smiled and said, "Don't worry, I, Sun Bi, are definitely not the ones who can only share weal and woe but not wealth. You and I are brothers today, and we will always be in the future!"

He said this, and Li Ling naturally couldn't object anymore, so he could only focus on Zheng. Then, as the two of them reached out at the same time, their hands were firmly held in one place. Seeing this, the few people around him followed one after another, two, three... Everyone's hands were held in one place.

Now the biggest problem has been solved, which has made them more confident. After a moment, the few people looked at each other a few more times, and then laughed in unison.

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Eastern Palace.

The atmosphere was harmonious and warm, and the prince's side was completely opposite. At this time, the expressions of him and several officials seemed quite serious.

"Your Highness really wants to do this?" asked an official from the Ministry of Rites again.

"I'm not kidding."

"But, the seventh prince has never been pleased by His Majesty. Now he rashly puts forward the letter to him to ask for a title and will his Majesty be dissatisfied?"

"Yes, Your Highness, the seventh prince has always been Meng Lang. He was seriously injured by King Jing when he was young, and later he even left for several years. After returning two years, he angered His Majesty and was placed under house arrest in the imperial tomb. Last year, he did something like that. Is such a person really worth our risk of seeking a title for him?"

"And your Highness, he has never had any relationship with you, so it will be of no benefit to us if he is the king. Why bother to spend this effort?"

These people were persuading each other, obviously they didn't want to ask the emperor for title for Sun Bi. Although according to the etiquette system, this is what their Ministry of Rites should do. After all, there is no adult prince who does not have a title.

The prince narrowed his eyes slightly unhappily, glanced over the ministers, then changed his tone and said tactfully: "I am now ordering you to submit a letter to Sun Bi to ask for a title, not discussing with you whether you should do it! Just do it!"

The sudden appearance of the momentum made several ministers stunned. Then they reacted, stood up to sue the crime, and then bowed to respond to the matter. After all, the prince was the king, and they were the ministers. He gave the order and they should obey it.

It was not until they responded to this that the prince smiled and said, "Then it depends on everyone. In fact, you never thought that doing so would be of great benefit to the prince?"

Seeing everyone stunned, he followed Mr. Mo's words: "No matter how many mistakes Sun Bi is, it is my brother. Now he is thirty and has not been awarded a title yet. Naturally, I have a responsibility as my brother. So as my brother, I care about my younger brother and ask for a title for him. When the people of the world know about it, they will only say that I am wise, and the father will feel relieved, thinking that I am a show of my kindness and respect... Do you understand?"

Everyone reacted, from the resistance just now to the surprise, nodding, saying: "Your Highness is very worried, but I am too embarrassed. Indeed, the Seventh Prince should have been awarded the title long ago, Your Majesty cannot be so biased. Let's go back and write the memorial form. In the past few days, I will report to Your Majesty and ask him to award the title the Seventh Prince as soon as possible!"
Chapter completed!