Yesterday, the seventh prince and the ninth prince were punished. Qin Su didn't let them go until they were too tired to get up from the ground. Today, they originally did not want to come to Wende Hall to study, but they were afraid of upsetting Emperor Wu of Zhou and did not dare not come. They could only drag their exhausted bodies to study.
They were punished so harshly yesterday that the two of them didn't even have the energy to speak, let alone quarrel. In the past few days, the Ninth Prince kept bragging about the great victory in Liangzhou. Today he was too tired to say a word, which made Zhao Yao and the others feel the silence they had not seen for a long time.
After school at noon, the eunuchs beside the seventh prince and the ninth prince carried them out of Wende Hall. The two of them were so tired that they not only had no strength to speak, but also no strength to walk or write.
Zhao Yao did not run away after school today, but waited for the Seventh Prince and the Ninth Prince to leave before leaving. Seeing that the Seventh Prince and the others were punished so miserably, Zhao Yao's anger at being punished to copy "The Analects" a hundred times decreased a lot.
"Hey hey hey..."
When the Eighth Prince saw Zhao Yao smiling so happily, he couldn't help but tease him: "Are you so happy?"
Zhao Yao put his hands on his hips and said with a smile: "Of course I'm happy. I feel a lot more balanced instantly."
"You..."
"Bago, don't you think it's particularly quiet today?" Zhao Yao said with an exaggerated expression, "Don't you think the air is particularly fresh today?"
The Eighth Prince raised his hand and patted the back of Zhao Yao's head gently, "Are you not hungry and in a hurry to go back for lunch?"
"Bago, please come back with me to have lunch."
"No, I have to go to the prince brother's place." The eighth prince patted Zhao Yao on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Hurry up and have lunch."
"Okay, then I'll go back and have lunch first." After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he waved to the Eighth Prince, and then left the Wende Hall with Tongxi.
The fourth prince was walking beside the eighth prince when he suddenly stopped and looked down at the eighth prince. The fourth prince is much taller than the eighth prince, who is only as tall as his shoulders.
The eighth prince didn't like the condescending look from the fourth prince. He frowned slightly with dissatisfaction, but it didn't show any of it on his face.
"Fourth brother, are you okay?"
The fourth prince took a deep look at the eighth prince, and his tone was indifferent and full of warning: "The tenth brother is simple, you should not get too close to him."
When the Eighth Prince heard this, he narrowed his eyes slightly. He pretended not to understand, "Fourth brother, what do you mean?"
The fourth prince said: "You will bring him danger." After saying that, he turned and left Wende Palace.
The eighth prince stood there, looking at the leaving fourth prince with cold eyes.
Yu Hai walked to the Eighth Prince and watched the Fourth Prince's leaving figure with him, "Your Highness, what do you mean, Your Highness?"
The Eighth Prince said solemnly: "He was warning me."
"You usually have no conflicts with the Fourth Prince, why did he warn you?" Yu Hai asked in confusion, "Furthermore, you have a good relationship with His Highness Tenth, so why did you bring danger to His Highness?"
The Eighth Prince walked and said, "Because the Prince and I are close."
"Is there anything wrong with you being close to His Highness the Crown Prince?" Yu Hai suddenly thought of something and said with a look of surprise on his face, "Does the Fourth Prince also want to compete for that position?"
The eighth prince sneered: "Except for the tenth brother, who doesn't want to compete for that position?"
"But why does the fourth prince come to warn you?" Yu Hai said angrily, "Do you think you are easy to bully?"
"He doesn't want me to involve the tenth brother." The eighth prince said in a dark voice, "Although I don't like Zhao Xi's pretentious look, he really cares about the tenth brother."
"Then do you really listen to His Highness the Fourth and stay away from His Highness the Tenth in the future?"
The Eighth Prince sneered: "Why should I listen to Zhao Xi's words?"
"That's right, your Fourth Highness is nothing."
"Go to the East Palace."
On the way to the East Palace, Yu Hai reported everything that happened in the morning to the Eighth Prince.
After hearing this, the Eighth Prince smiled with unknown meaning: "It is indeed so!"
"Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in a very bad mood. Do you really want to go to the East Palace?"
"The more this time comes, the more I want to go." The eighth prince said, "Besides, the prince will not take out his anger on me."
As soon as the Eighth Prince walked to the entrance of the East Palace, a tea cup flew towards him and almost hit him on the head. Fortunately, he dodged quickly and hit his feet.
He looked up and saw that the prince looked furious, and he understood. He stepped forward and saluted the prince respectfully: "I have met His Royal Highness."
When the prince saw that the visitor was the eighth prince, he quickly put away the angry look on his face and said, "Eighth brother, you are here."
"Brother, are you..." The Eighth Prince hesitated and said, "Is it because of my second brother?"
"This morning at court, the ministers all agreed to add beads to the acting king."
"Did Marquis Xuanping bribe the Wang family and the Yuan family?"
The prince said coldly: "Marquis Xuanping does not have such great ability."
"Then the Wang family and the Yuan family want a share of the pie, so they agree to add beads to the second brother?"
The prince nodded slightly: "The third brother will be crowned king next year. The Wang family supports adding pearls on behalf of the king because they want the third brother to also add pearls when he becomes king next year."
"Eldest brother, it's not a bad thing for the third brother and the fifth brother to be kings and princes." The eighth prince analyzed for the prince, "The Wang family, the Yuan family, and the Xun family are slightly inferior to the Xie family, a century-old family, and have more foundation than the Xuanping Houfu. Third brother They are also a threat to my second brother by making him a king."
"The Wang family, the Yuan family and the Xun family are more powerful than the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, but even if the third brother and the others add more treasures in the future, they will not be able to match the king of Dai." The prince said, "The third brother and the others together can't match the king of Dai." king."
"That's true."
"We must not allow the Jiazhu matter to pass, otherwise there will be endless troubles." As the prince spoke, he let out a heavy sigh, "Father, he..."
"Brother, I have an idea, but I don't know if it's feasible?"
When the prince heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he asked hurriedly: "What's your idea?"
The eighth prince walked up to the prince and whispered a few words in his ear.
After hearing this, the prince looked a little complicated.
"Brother, do you think you can use it?" the Eighth Prince asked carefully.
"It should be of some use." The prince chuckled, "When the time comes I really have no other choice, so I will use your method."
"Brother, I have always felt that my father loves you, but you are the eldest son and the prince, so my father has very strict requirements on you." The eighth prince comforted the prince, "Besides, my father and your mother have a deep relationship. . If nothing else, for the sake of the late queen, my father will not let your second brother replace you."
This sentence touched the heart of the prince, and it was something he liked to hear.
"It would be great if it was just like what you said." The prince's face became much better and he said gently, "You are hungry, let's go have a meal."
The Eighth Prince smiled sheepishly, and then asked curiously: "What's delicious today?"
"Today I have a message about the bad goosefoot duck that you like to eat." The Eighth Prince often dines in the East Palace, and the Prince remembers what dishes the Eighth Prince likes to eat and what dishes he doesn't like to eat.
"That's great." The eighth prince suddenly asked, "Brother, do you have too much of this dish? I want to bring some for my tenth brother to eat."
The prince was a little surprised: "For tenth brother to eat?"
"Well, the tenth brother loves this dish. Last time at the dinner party, he secretly ate a lot of it alone."
"It's hard for you to remember." The prince was very pleased to see the eighth prince caring so much for his younger brother, "Then you can bring some for the tenth brother to eat later."
"Then let me thank you on behalf of the tenth brother."
"Thank you for what." The prince asked with concern, thinking of what happened after he left the martial arts arena yesterday, "My father punished my tenth brother to copy the Analects of Confucius a hundred times. I'm afraid my tenth brother will burst into tears."
"Brother, you were right." The eighth prince vividly told the prince Zhao Yao's reaction when he learned that he was punished to write "The Analects" a hundred times, and the prince laughed non-stop.
"This tenth brother..." The prince shook his head and smiled helplessly, "Aside from not being smart in reading, he is very clever in other things."
"Especially when it comes to eating."
The brothers walked to the dining room chatting and joking.
Being interrupted by the eighth prince, the prince's mood improved a lot, and his appetite naturally improved a lot.
In the Kunde Hall, Zhao Yao, who was having lunch, sneezed unexpectedly, which scared Poppy and the others, thinking that he had caught a cold.
A few months ago, Zhao Yao suffered from cold and fever and lay in bed for a month or two, which frightened Liang Zhaoyi and the others, so they were so nervous when Zhao Yao sneezed.
Liang Zhaoyi knew how to feel her son's pulse and felt relieved when she saw that her son's pulse was normal.
Zhao Yao rubbed his itchy nose and said someone was speaking ill of him behind his back. He guessed it must be Brother Ninth. Among so many royal brothers, only Ninth Brother likes to speak ill of him the most.
After lunch, Zhao Yao took Tong Xi to the secret base.
As soon as he arrived, Lai Lu and Lai Wang rushed towards him.
[Yao Yao, it’s bad, something happened in Pei’s house. 】
Zhao Yao's heart tightened, and he frowned and asked, "What happened to Pei's house?"
Lai Wang said: [Someone was wandering around Pei Mansion last night. 】
Zhao Yao asked: "How many people have entered Pei's house?"
[Several people, but they didn’t enter Pei’s house. ] Lai Wang said, [You should be scared by our brothers. 】
"Pei's Mansion has long been turned into an abandoned house, and all of Pei's family members have died long ago. Why would anyone still want to go to Pei's Mansion?"
Pei Mansion was the natal family of Concubine Pei of the former Xia Ling Emperor. It was once a famous noble family in the previous dynasty. Back then, when Concubine Pei favored the Sixth Palace, the Pei family was also very prosperous. Later, Concubine Pei was thrown into the cold palace, and then everyone in the Pei family was executed, leaving no one alive.
Zhao Yao's secret base was actually the cold palace where Concubine Pei was.
When they were exploring the Cold Palace, Zhao Yao and the others discovered that there was a secret passage in the Cold Palace, and at the end of this secret passage was the Pei Mansion.
Because of the existence of this secret passage, Zhao Yao could leave the palace. Otherwise, with his status, it would be impossible for him to leave the palace at will.
