After the prince came out of the Imperial Study Room, he did not go back to the East Palace, but went to the Wende Hall. In Wende Hall, Zhao Yao and the others were having class.
Seeing that the Crown Prince had arrived, the Master hurriedly saluted the Crown Prince: "I see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The prince stepped forward, helped the gentleman up, and said in a gentle tone: "Sir, please get up."
Sir: "Thank you, Your Highness."
The prince looked apologetically and said, "Sir, I'm sorry to disturb you." Mr. Xiao was once the prince's enlightenment teacher, and the prince always respected him. "I came here to tell the emperor's brothers that after lunch, follow me to the outside of the capital to welcome the king back to the capital."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the Ninth Prince's cheers: "That's great..." Before he could finish his words, he saw Mr. Xiao giving him a cold look. His heart tightened and he closed his eyes. Mouth.
Mr. Xiao frowned slightly and said, "Does His Highness the Crown Prince want to go out of the city in person to greet His Highness the King?"
The prince said: "I will take the emperor's brothers and ministers out of the city to meet the king."
When Mr. Xiao heard this, his frown deepened, and a look of disapproval appeared on his unsmiling face.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, as the Crown Prince, how can you go out of the city in person to greet His Highness the King? This is unreasonable."
When the Ninth Prince heard what Mr. Xiao said, he immediately became unhappy. He wanted to say something, but he didn't dare to speak because he was afraid of Mr. Xiao. The Ninth Prince has always been arrogant and domineering, doing whatever he wants. There are not many people in the palace who are afraid of him, but Mr. Xiao is one of the people he is afraid of. He was not afraid of Mr. Xiao once. He talked back to Mr. Xiao because of his status as a prince, and even ignored Mr. Xiao. As a result, he was severely beaten by Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty. That meal made his butt blossom, and he had to lie in bed for a whole month to recover. From then on, he never dared to contradict Mr. Xiao, let alone be rude in front of Mr. Xiao.
"Sir, I am not welcoming the king back to the capital as the crown prince of Zhou Dynasty, but I am welcoming the second brother back as the eldest brother." The prince's tone was full of respect for Mr. Xiao, "This great victory in Liangzhou, thanks to I have given birth to my second brother. In both emotional and rational terms, I should welcome my second brother back."
Although Mr. Xiao is old-fashioned, it does not mean that he does not care about the affairs of the court. On the contrary, he sees it very clearly. After hearing what the prince said, he understood what the prince meant.
"That's what His Highness said."
He added, "Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to take all His Highnesses to welcome His Highness the King, today's class ends here, and Your Highnesses can leave."
This was good news for Zhao Yao, and a look of joy appeared on his face.
The third prince took the lead and stood up to salute Mr. Xiao and say goodbye: "Sir, students are leaving."
The prince looked at the third prince and said, "Third brother, go back and prepare yourself. After lunch, you will leave the city with me."
The third prince said respectfully, "Yes." After saying that, he left.
The fourth prince and the fifth prince said goodbye to the prince one by one. When it was Zhao Yao's turn, he asked: "Brother prince, when we go out of the city to meet the second brother, should we take a carriage or go on horseback?"
Hearing Zhao Yao's question, the prince smiled slightly: "Tenth brother, do you want to go by carriage or by horseback?"
Zhao Yao said hurriedly: "Go on horseback." Sitting in the carriage, you can't see anything and it's not interesting at all.
The prince reached out and poked the dimple on the left corner of Zhao Yao's mouth, and said warmly: "Then ride on horseback."
Zhao Yao's little face immediately showed a happy smile, and he asked again: "Brother Prince, is there a dinner tonight?"
When the prince saw Zhao Yao's clear eyes looking at him sparklingly, his heart softened, and he stretched out his hand to gently pinch his chubby face.
"There's no dinner tonight."
"Ah?" The smile on Zhao Yao's face froze, and his sparkling eyes dimmed. He asked in disbelief, "When the second brother comes back, won't father hold a celebration banquet for him?" He said, touching He touched his belly and pouted slightly and said, "In order to eat a lot of delicious food at the dinner, I have eaten very little since yesterday." His beef...
The prince was amused by Zhao Yao's words and chuckled softly: "There is no dinner tonight, but there will be one tomorrow night."
Zhao Yao's eyes, which had just become gloomy, suddenly became bright and clear. An expectant smile appeared on his little face again: "Then I will continue to eat less today, so that I can eat more delicious food tomorrow night."
The prince was so cute by Zhao Yao's appearance that he couldn't help but reached out and poked his cute dimples: "I like banquets so much."
Zhao Yao nodded repeatedly, his eyes smiling like crescent moons: "Because there is delicious food."
The eighth prince on the side made fun of Zhao Yao: "You are so delicious."
"If you don't talk, you will be punished by heaven and earth."
When the prince heard this for the first time, he said dumbfounded: "Who taught you this?"
Zhao Yao puffed up his little chest and said with pride: "I created it myself, doesn't it make sense?"
The prince said in a funny and helpless manner: "Gui Ji clever." After saying that, he rubbed Zhao Yao's little head, "Let's go back and have lunch."
Zhao Yao cupped his hands and said, "Brother Prince, Brother Baz, I'm leaving first. I'll see you after lunch." After saying that, he skipped out of Wende Hall.
The prince saluted Mr. Xiao and took the eighth prince back to the East Palace.
"People who don't talk will be punished by heaven and earth. It's a shame that my tenth brother can think of it."
The Eighth Prince said: "In the heart of the tenth brother, nothing is as important as delicious food. He often says that when he grows up, he will travel around the world and eat all the delicious food in the world."
The prince smiled and said: "The tenth brother is really innocent and cute." In this palace, not to mention the prince, even the eunuchs and maids are very thoughtful. Only the tenth brother is careless. All he thinks about every day is eating delicious food. This simplicity is very rare, but it is also very dangerous.
"Brother, did something happen in the morning?" The Eighth Prince was always sensitive, and he sensed that the Prince was not in a good mood.
"My father has given Kong Taichang's youngest daughter in marriage to the king as his concubine." In front of the eighth prince, the prince did not hide his emotions. His tone was full of resentment and jealousy.
When the Eighth Prince heard this, his face was full of disbelief: "Father actually gave Kong Taichang's youngest daughter a marriage to the acting king. Father, this is what he wants..." He did not say anything else. "Where will my father leave my eldest brother?" This marriage decree was something the eighth prince never expected.
He was horrified, could his father really want to depose his eldest brother and make him the crown prince instead? !
The corner of the prince's mouth raised a wry smile: "After all, I am not as good as the king." Although the prince's mood calmed down a lot with the comfort of Duke Zhen and Taifu, he still felt uncomfortable in his heart. In the morning, when he heard the marriage decree from Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty, the prince felt that the sky was about to fall.
"Brother, we must never let King Dai marry Kong Taichang's youngest daughter!"
The prince's eyes became dark and cold, and he said in a sinister tone: "This is natural."
"Brother, is there any way you can stop this marriage?"
The prince then told the eighth prince what he had discussed with Duke Zhen. After hearing this, the Eighth Prince said with admiration: "Ginger is still hotter when he is older!"
"Fortunately, I still have an uncle." In the past few years, if his uncle hadn't helped him deal with things, I'm afraid he would have been deposed long ago.
"Brother, as long as the Duke is here, nothing will happen to you." My father has not yet agreed to give King Dai a new crown. It turned out that he wanted King Dai to marry Kong Taichang's youngest daughter. My father really took great pains to pave the way for King Dai. . "Brother, do you still remember what I said to you before? Now that the acting king is back, I think you can use it."
The prince naturally remembered it. He hesitated: "Would this be too obvious?"
"Brother, next month is the death anniversary of the late Queen. It is the best time for you to use that method."
Thinking of the deceased mother, a touch of sadness appeared in the prince's eyes, and a look of grievance appeared on his face unconsciously.
"When my mother was alive, my father was still very good to me."
"If the late empress were still here, I would never allow my eldest brother to suffer such a great injustice." The eighth prince had never met the late empress, who died of illness before he was born. However, he had heard a lot about the late Queen. When the late empress was alive, her father respected her very much. That year, the late empress died of illness. Emperor Wu of Zhou was so sad that he suspended his court for three days.
