The day when Dai Wang returns to the capital is getting closer and closer, the atmosphere in the capital is getting more and more subtle, and an undercurrent is surging in the court. However, these have nothing to do with Zhao Yao.
Today, he was in a very good mood. On the way to Wende Hall, he kept a happy smile on his face and hummed a cheerful tune: "Two tigers, two tigers. Run fast, run." So fast, one has no ears, the other has no tail..."
"Your Highness, why are you so happy today?" Tong Xi was surprised to see Zhao Yao's happy look. "Don't you usually hate going to Wende Hall?"
"Tongxi, you forgot what day tomorrow is."
"Tomorrow?" Tongxi thought about it carefully, then a look of surprise appeared on his face, "Tomorrow is the day for Your Highness to take a bath." No wonder His Highness is so happy.
"Yes, tomorrow is the day for me to take a rest." Zhao Yao walked with his hands crossed and holding the back of his head, "Looking forward to the stars and the moon, I finally look forward to the day to take a rest."
Tong Xi leaned close to Zhao Yao's ear and asked softly: "Your Highness, shall we leave the palace tomorrow?"
"I won't leave the palace tomorrow."
"Ah, you won't leave the palace?" Tong Xi looked in disbelief, "Aren't you always looking forward to taking a rest and leaving the palace?"
"We will leave the palace tonight." Zhao Yao said, with a greedy expression on his face, "We will go to my second uncle's house to eat delicious food tonight."
Tong Xi's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Your Highness, what should we eat tonight?"
"I have already written to my second uncle and asked him to make hot pot. The hot pot tastes amazing." Zhao Yao just thought about it for a moment, and his mouth was filled with saliva.
Tongxi swallowed his saliva with the same greed: "The food cooked by the second master is the most delicious." I'm going to have a good meal tonight.
"What delicious food are you thinking about, and your mouth is watering?" The Eighth Prince suddenly appeared and said.
Zhao Yao reached out and touched his mouth, but found no saliva, so he glared at the eighth prince.
"Myna, I'm not drooling."
The Eighth Prince stretched out his hand and gently pinched Zhao Yao's small mouth, and joked: "I'm so greedy that my mouth is full of saliva."
"No way." Zhao Yao refused to admit it.
"What delicious food can you think of?"
"Spicy, hot hot pot." There was no hot pot in the Zhou Dynasty, but Zhao Yao in the dream liked hot pot very much and ate it often. He took out the hot pot that Zhao Yao was eating.
"Hot pot, it is indeed delicious. Let me have hot pot tonight too." The Eighth Prince invited, "Do you want to eat with me?"
"Bago, I won't eat hot pot with you tonight." Zhao Yao said with a mysterious face, "I have something to do tonight."
The Eighth Prince asked with great interest: "What do you want?"
"After school tonight, I will have a good sleep to make up for the sleep I missed from studying during this period." Zhao Yao said, wagging his finger lightly, "I will also have a good sleep tomorrow."
The Eighth Prince then remembered that Zhao Yao was going to take a nap tomorrow, "Are you planning to sleep for a day or two?"
Zhao Yao nodded vigorously: "Yes, during this period, I got up early every day to study, and I never slept in. I want to make up for the lazy sleep I owe. The most important thing is that children should sleep more. Only in this way can you grow taller. "Bago, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you, but I can't let you know that I slipped out of the palace, so I can only lie to you.
"Sleep more and you will grow taller. Where did you get this fallacy?"
"This is not a fallacy, this is the truth." Zhao Yao pouted and said, "Anyway, I want to sleep more and grow taller. Myna, please don't come to me tomorrow, don't disturb my sleep, and don't hinder my growth. .”
The Eighth Prince said with a smile: "I won't stop bathing tomorrow, so I won't hinder your great cause of growing taller."
"That's right, Bago, you guys don't stop bathing."
Zhao Yao and the Eighth Prince did not have their summer vacations on the same day. The princes took turns taking a bath. He was the last to retire among all the princes, because he was the last to enter school. Before he took a bath, the Eighth Prince and others had already taken a bath.
Seeing Zhao Yao's triumphant look, the Eighth Prince pinched his little face and said, "Why are you so happy? I've already taken a rest."
"That's true, but I feel happy when I think that tomorrow I will take a rest while you guys are studying in Wende Hall, hehe..."
"While I was taking a bath, you were also studying."
"No matter what, I will take a bath tomorrow and you can study."
The eighth prince said helplessly and dotingly: "You..."
As soon as the two entered the Wende Hall, they heard the Ninth Prince talking loudly, saying that the acting king would arrive in Beijing in two days.
It seems that not only he is happy today, but Brother Ninth is also happy.
"Bag, is the second brother really coming back?"
The Eighth Prince nodded lightly: "Well, I'll be back in two days."
"Then it will be lively." Zhao Yao suddenly thought of something, with a look of anticipation on his face, "Second brother is back, and my father will definitely hold a celebration banquet for him, so that they can eat delicious food. .”
When Dai Wang returned to the capital, everyone focused on what rewards he would get and what actions he would take next. Only Zhao Yao focused on eating delicious food.
The eighth prince laughed and said, "When my second brother comes back, my father will definitely hold a celebration banquet for him."
"We can eat beef at the celebration banquet." Zhao Yao licked his lips and said, "I haven't eaten beef for a long time. I almost forgot what beef tastes like." The Zhou Dynasty stipulated that cattle could not be killed at will. , let alone eat beef at will. Even in the palace, beef cannot be eaten casually on weekdays. Beef can only be eaten at important banquets.
The rule that you cannot eat beef at will was not specifically stipulated by the Zhou Dynasty. This rule existed from the previous dynasties and even the previous dynasties.
Starting from the previous dynasties, every generation of kings attached great importance to agriculture, and cattle were an important "tool" for farming. Naturally, people were not allowed to kill cattle at will.
The kings of the previous dynasty were violent and dissolute, which led to great chaos and devastation in the world. In order to escape for their lives, the people could not farm properly, and many fields became barren land. Also, in order to fill their stomachs, the people killed many cattle, resulting in a sharp decrease in the number of cattle.
When the Zhou Dynasty was first founded, the late emperor asked officials to count the number of cattle in various places and found that the number was pitifully small. The late emperor decreed that cattle could not be killed, let alone eat beef at will. Although the number of cattle in various places has increased a lot in recent years, it is still not to the point where every household has cattle, so we still cannot eat beef casually.
Only if the cow dies due to accident or illness can it be eaten. Otherwise, you still can’t eat it under normal circumstances.
Zhao Yao likes to eat beef very much, but he can't eat it on weekdays and can only eat it at important banquets, so he looks forward to banquets and festivals.
"Is beef that delicious?" The eighth prince was not picky about his food. For him, as long as he can eat enough, it doesn't matter whether it tastes good or not. To him, the meat is all the same.
"It's delicious, very delicious, especially when you put the beef in the hot pot." Seeing the eighth prince's incomprehensible look, Zhao Yao looked at him strangely and said, "Brother, I've always wondered if there's something wrong with your tongue." Question, why can’t you tell whether something tastes good or not?”
"I'm not picky about eating." The reason why the Eighth Prince is not picky about eating is because he often didn't have enough to eat when he was a child, so for him, having a full stomach is more important than eating delicious food. "You are just a greedy little cat."
"If you don't talk, you will be punished by heaven and earth." Zhao Yao said proudly, "My dream in this life is to eat delicious food all over the world."
"You are really promising."
"Brother Bage, don't underestimate this dream of mine. I tell you that food is very important..." Next, Zhao Yao kept telling the Eighth Prince about the importance of food.
The Eighth Prince was stunned for a moment after hearing this. After listening, he looked at Zhao Yao in surprise, and then smiled helplessly: "Tenth brother, if you focus on studying, you won't be punished by your father to write the Analects of Confucius."
"Bago, how can studying be compared with delicious food." Zhao Yao said very seriously, "I was born to eat in this life. When I grow up and leave the palace, I will travel around and eat delicious food."
"It's still early for you to grow up." The Eighth Prince patted Zhao Yao on the shoulder and said, "Just wait."
"Oh, if only I were the third brother, I would be able to leave the palace next year." Zhao Yao said with envy on his face.
The Eighth Prince pinched Zhao Yao's face again and said, "Instead of growing up, you should study hard first."
As soon as Zhao Yao heard the reading, his little face suddenly dropped, and he said in a serious tone: "Bago, my good mood has been ruined by you."
The Eighth Prince shook his head and said with a mixture of laughter and tears: "You..."
The two walked into the school, and the Ninth Prince ran up to them and said excitedly: "My brother will be back the day after tomorrow."
"Second brother is finally coming back. That's great." Zhao Yao sincerely hopes that Dai Wang will come back, because Dai Wang's return means that he can eat beef.
If King Dai knew that he was beef in Zhao Yao's eyes, I don't know how he would feel.
