My wife is number one in the world

"Hahaha, my good daughter, it's good that you understand what your father means."

"Now that my dear daughter understands, I won't waste any more words on you."

After Liu Mingzhi gave a soft, chuckled reply to the little cutie, a hint of undisguised melancholy flashed in his eyes.

"Yue'er."

Upon hearing this, the little cutie immediately opened her mouth slightly and replied in a sweet voice, "Yes, dear Daddy, you speak, Yue'er is listening!"

"Moon, my dear daughter, to be honest, I have high hopes for your eldest brother, second brother, and third brother regarding the selection of a successor."

Especially your second brother, among the three brothers, I, as his father, have the highest expectations for him.

My dear daughter, you know that among all your brothers and sisters, your second brother is the most suitable to inherit that chair.

The main choices for appointing a crown prince are, in order of seniority: the eldest son of the empress, the eldest son of the father, and the most virtuous and capable.

Among the three brothers Chengfeng, Chengzhi, and Chengqian, your second brother Chengzhi is not my eldest son, but he is the eldest legitimate son born to your mother Yunniang.

In terms of status and position, your second brother holds both the status of the eldest son and the legitimate heir. In terms of character and virtue, your second brother is also both virtuous and talented, possessing the virtue of being a wise man.

Therefore, regarding the matter of establishing a crown prince, whether for me as his father or for the civil and military officials in the court, your second brother Chengzhi is the most suitable person to succeed him.

As your father, I know very well that, given the current situation, at least seven or eight out of ten officials in the court hope that I can appoint your second brother as the crown prince as soon as possible.

As for what the remaining one or two out of ten civil and military officials were thinking, I, as their father, do not know for the time being.

After all, you can't see into someone's heart!

No matter how capable I am as a father, it's impossible for me to directly see all the thoughts deep in everyone's heart.

"My dear daughter, do you know why seven or eight out of ten officials all hope that I can appoint your second brother as the Crown Prince of our Great Dragon as soon as possible?"

When the little cutie heard her father ask her this question, she glanced at him with her beautiful eyes, pondered for a moment, and then looked up at Young Master Liu and nodded her head a few times.

"Yes, yes, yes, Father, I think I've already guessed it."

"Oh? You've probably already guessed?"

"Yes, Father, that's exactly right."

"Hehehe, my good daughter, tell me."

The little cutie looked at the smiling young master Liu, her cherry lips slightly parted, and silently let out a breath.

"Xu~"

“Good father, it’s very simple. To put it bluntly, the reason they have such thoughts is simply because they are waiting to choose sides!”
Especially those old foxes who are getting on in years and may retire and return to their hometowns at any time.

Most of those old foxes were thinking of leaving more blessings for their children and grandchildren before they retired to their hometowns and left the court.

If you, dear father, can appoint my second brother as the crown prince as soon as possible, it will be a great relief to those old foxes in the court.

After all, it is not only very important to appoint a crown prince, but also very important to depose a crown prince and appoint a new one.

Under normal circumstances, unless the current crown prince has committed some heinous crime, it is unlikely that the current crown prince will be deposed and a new crown prince will be appointed.

Which of those old foxes in the imperial court isn't sharp-eyed and shrewd? And which one isn't a deep and calculating individual?
They all knew very well that, given their second brother's character, conduct, and abilities...

Barring any major unforeseen event, my second brother will most likely be the next emperor of our Great Dragon Dynasty.

With this reassurance, those old foxes could now confidently begin to gradually invest their political resources into their second brother.

However, given the cautious nature of those old foxes, I reckon that even if my second brother has already been appointed as the Crown Prince by you, Father, they won't put all their resources on him alone.

As the saying goes, "The weather is unpredictable, and life is full of unexpected events."

Life is unpredictable, and no one can guarantee that Yue'er's second brother will eventually become the next emperor of our Great Dragon Dynasty.

For those old foxes, their status dictates that they will inevitably make multiple bets on the succession.

As for how exactly they plan to place their bets, I have no idea.

In response, Yue'er would like to borrow a phrase from your good father: after all, you can't see into someone's heart!

Even you, dear father, can't see through all the thoughts in those old foxes' hearts, let alone me, Yue'er.

"Good daddy, how was it? Was my guess right? Good daddy, are you satisfied?"

After listening to his beloved daughter's eloquent and well-reasoned explanation, as well as her question at the end, which was full of smiles, Liu Mingzhi nodded gently to his little darling with a look of satisfaction.

"Hahaha, haha~ ahahaha."

"Satisfied, satisfied, extremely satisfied."

My dear daughter, to be honest, I never imagined that you would understand the thoughts of those old foxes in the imperial court so well.

To this, I must admit, I underestimated you, my brat, before.

Hearing her stinky old man's cheerful praise, the little cutie's beautiful face immediately filled with pride as she gently raised her fair and slender neck.

"Hmph! Well, you've seen it."

You old rascal, don't forget that.

Back in the day, I was already well-versed in military strategy when I was four or five years old, and I started helping my mother, the princess of the Jin Kingdom, oversee the country when I was six or seven!

In recent years, I have been on duty at the Ten Kings Palace under your orders, dear father, and am responsible for handling all kinds of government affairs.

I've seen all kinds of people since I was a child.
"You old fool, you don't think I've wasted these past ten years in the imperial court, do you?"

Seeing his beloved daughter's haughty expression, Liu Mingzhi immediately waved his hand gently with a smile. "No, no, I absolutely did not have such thoughts."

In my heart, my dear daughter, you are the most outstanding child among all your brothers and sisters.

Upon hearing what her father said, the little cutie nodded her head twice with a satisfied expression.

"Hmm, that's more like it."

"Good father, I love to hear you say that."

Upon hearing this, Liu Mingzhi raised an eyebrow and smiled calmly. Just as he was about to reply to his beloved daughter, Zheng Yunfei's solemn voice suddenly rang out from not far away.

"Reporting to the commander, General Zheng personally conveyed the message using a command flag: the three armies in the main camp in the west of the city have now completed their integration."

Upon hearing Zheng Yunfei's sudden report, Liu Mingzhi quickly swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth. He then immediately turned his head and looked towards the military camp two miles away below the small hill.

The little cutie had also heard Zheng Yunfei's words. When Young Master Liu turned his head to look at the military camp in the distance, she also quickly turned her fair and slender neck to look at the military camp two miles away.

At this very moment, banners fluttered in the wind in every corner of the military camp in the west of the city.

Whether inside the main camp, on the open ground outside the gate, or on the open ground on both sides of the main camp, all were filled with the Great Dragon soldiers who were ready for battle.

The more than 10,000 soldiers of the Great Dragon Army, from infantry to cavalry to artillery, all cooperated with each other based on their own strengths to form a formation that was both offensive and defensive.

Liu Mingzhi quickly averted his gaze, glanced down at the pipe in his hand that was still emitting wisps of smoke, and nodded slightly with a smile in his eyes.

Immediately, he first took a small puff of tobacco from his pipe, then raised his binoculars to his eyes and carefully observed the army camp and all the soldiers around it.

After Liu Mingzhi clearly saw the formation of more than 10,000 Dalong soldiers working together through the telescope, the smile in his tiger-like eyes grew even wider.

He couldn't find the slightest flaw in the military formation arranged by the various units of the western army camp in coordination.

Even if he personally commanded more than 10,000 dragon soldiers to arrange their troops, the final formation would probably look like this.

A moment later, Young Master Liu moved the telescope away from his eyes and turned to look at the little cutie with a smile on his face.

"Hehehe, my good daughter, how is it? Can you feel that murderous aura you mentioned earlier from the soldiers of the Dragon Guard and the Vanguard Army now?"

Hearing her father's cheerful inquiry, the little cutie immediately looked away from the binoculars in front of her beautiful eyes.

Immediately, she turned her head and rolled her eyes at Young Master Liu, feigning annoyance.

"You old geezer, aren't you just asking a question you already know the answer to?"

"If I hadn't sensed the intense killing intent emanating from those ten thousand soldiers, how could I have let my dear father pinch me so gently just now?"

After the little cutie softly and coquettishly refuted Young Master Liu's words, the tone of her words suddenly changed.

"but!"

"Hmm? My dear daughter, but what is it?" When Young Master Liu saw that his beloved daughter had suddenly changed her tune, he immediately chuckled and asked in a low voice.

The little cutie gently pursed her luscious cherry lips twice, then turned her head slightly to look back at the more than ten thousand dragon soldiers in the distance.

"Good father, to tell you the truth, I still feel like I'm dreaming."

Speaking of which, are the Great Dragon Warriors I'm seeing now the same people as the Great Dragon Warriors I saw before?
The difference in their imposing presence, one in front and one behind, is simply too great, isn't it?

Liu Mingzhi took a small puff of his pipe, then smiled and bent down slightly to knock out the remaining tobacco from the bowl.

Then, while forcefully crushing the tobacco he had just knocked onto the ground with his foot, he slowly got up and looked at the little cutie.

"Yue'er."

"Hey, Yue'er is here, good father, please speak."

Liu Mingzhi raised his hand and gently pinched his nose twice, then looked at the little cutie with a smile on his face and said loudly, "My dear daughter, there's an old saying that goes, 'You can't judge a book by its cover, and you can't measure the sea with a bucket.'"

Sometimes, what you see in front of you may not be the truth.

While there's a saying that "seeing is believing," what I want to tell you as your father is that even if you see something with your own eyes, it may not necessarily be true.

As Liu Mingzhi chuckled and spoke loudly about this point, he suddenly took a deep breath of cool air.

Immediately afterwards, his expression turned serious.

“My dear daughter, to be honest, what I just said to you wasn’t just for you alone; it was also for myself.”

Before I saw this scene with my own eyes, I couldn't help but have some doubts. I wondered if the soldiers of our Great Dragon Dynasty's Western Expeditionary Army had been farming for too long and had forgotten how to fight.

Otherwise, why would I, your father, have personally brought you, my dear daughter, to the small hill outside the military camp in the west of the city to secretly observe the situation of the more than 10,000 soldiers here?
so!

To be honest, in some things, I don't think I'm any better than you, my dear daughter.

Liu Mingzhi's earnest words contained both heartfelt advice for his beloved daughter, Xiao Ke'ai, and self-criticism.

Young Master Liu had a very clear understanding of how to educate his children.

For children, parents are one of the best teachers.

In front of his children, Young Master Liu did not want to become a father who knew he had made a mistake but dared not admit it for the sake of his own face.

Similarly, he doesn't want his children to become people who know they're wrong but don't correct it because of this.

The reason why Liu Mingzhi had such thoughts can be summed up in two words.

The world! (End of Chapter)