On the way back to Kunde Hall, Tongxi told Zhao Yao about the marriage granted by Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty. After Zhao Yao heard this, his expression was very incredible: "Real or false?"
"The emperor personally granted me the marriage." Tongxi said, "How dare I say such nonsense?"
Zhao Yao said in shock: "That's Kong Taichang, not someone else!" Does the father really want to depose the prince's brother and establish the acting king as the prince?
"The whole palace is talking about this now!" Tong Xi said, looking around warily, and lowering his voice, "Everyone is saying that the emperor finally couldn't help but want to depose His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Your Highness, does the Emperor really want to depose His Highness the Crown Prince?"
After Zhao Yao was surprised, his expression became calm: "Do you think the prince can be deposed by his father if he wants to?"
"But didn't the emperor grant Kong Taichang's youngest daughter a marriage to His Highness the King?" Despite Tongxi's usual dull look, he was actually very smart. "With the support of the Kong family, King Dai is even more powerful. How can His Highness the Crown Prince compete with King Dai!" That is the Kong family that is highly respected by scholars all over the world. Being married to the Kong family is equivalent to having the support of most of the scholars in the world.
"Even with the support of the Kong family, my father cannot immediately depose his elder brother, who is the eldest son, the crown prince, and establish his second brother, who is the concubine, as the crown prince." Zhao Yao crossed his hands on the back of his head and walked lazily, "Establish him as the legitimate eldest son. Long, but this is the rule set by the Kong family themselves. If Kong Taichang supports his second brother to become the prince, he would be violating the ancestral precepts."
Tong Xi felt that what Zhao Yao said was very reasonable, "So, Kong Taichang will not support the acting king?"
"Once his youngest daughter marries his second brother, it is not him who has the final say whether he supports it or not." Zhao Yao said, "The one who hurts the most at this time is not the prince brother, but Kong Taichang. He is probably thinking about how to refuse this marriage now. .”
Tongxi was surprised and said: "How can you refuse the marriage granted by the emperor? Isn't this rebellion?"
Zhao Yao: "Just wait and see, this matter won't go so smoothly." This marriage might even cause a bloody storm. The father knew the impact of this marriage, so why did he still grant the marriage?
Is your father afraid that the world will not be in chaos?
The emperor's heart is aching.
"It has nothing to do with us whether it goes well or not. Don't worry, Your Highness."
"What am I worried about?" Zhao Yao said with a smile, "I am just thinking about eating more delicious food at the celebration banquet tomorrow night."
"Your Highness, you really don't plan to eat more at noon?" Tongxi said with some worry, "You will follow His Highness the Crown Prince out of the city in the afternoon to meet His Highness the King. I don't know when you will be able to return to the palace. Are you hungry by then?" What should I do?"
"I'm not a fool. How could I go there hungry?" As he said that, Zhao Yao became hungry. He hurriedly quickened his pace, "Hurry up and go back."
"Your Highness, please slow down and be careful of falling." Tong Xi hurriedly chased after him.
In a short while, they arrived at Kunde Hall, where they squatted at the door to greet Zhao Yao.
Zhao Yao first hugged Lai Cai and them, and then kissed them.
"Tenth brother, why are you back so early?" It was not yet noon. In the past, Zhao Yao would not leave school until noon. The fifth princess suddenly thought of something, pointed her finger at Zhao Yao and exclaimed, "You won't sneak back, will you?"
Zhao Yao gave the fifth princess a look. He said angrily: "Fifth sister, when did I sneak back early?" He wanted to leave early, but unfortunately he didn't have the courage.
"Then you must be pretending to be sick or in pain and come back early." The fifth princess said this with certainty.
Zhao Yao pretended to be hurt and sad, "Fifth sister, how can you miss me so much? I am a good student." Although he doesn't like reading and is often distracted during class, he goes to study every day. I have never been late or left early, and I have never been absent from class.
The fifth princess was deceived by Zhao Yao's acting skills and apologized quickly: "Tenth brother, I was joking with you."
Zhao Yao snorted angrily and was too lazy to pay attention to the five princesses, so they walked forward with the money.
The fifth princess thought that Zhao Yao was really angry, so she hurriedly chased him to apologize, and promised to make Zhao Yao his favorite snack. Only then did Zhao Yao forgive her and was no longer angry with her.
Tongxi, who witnessed everything, silently sympathized with the fifth princess: His Highness had clearly lied to the fifth princess just now in order to make the fifth princess willingly make snacks for him. Unexpectedly, the fifth princess did not notice it and foolishly went to His Highness's house. when.
The fifth princess relied on being her elder sister and thought she was smarter than His Highness. In fact, the fifth princess was deceived by His Highness every time.
Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren were very surprised to see Zhao Yao come back three moments earlier than usual, and then they were worried that he was not feeling well.
Zhao Yao told Liang Zhaoyi and the others the reason for leaving school early today, "Mother, concubine, we will have lunch later. We will go to the prince brother later and go out with him to pick up the second brother."
Liang Zhaoyi nodded and asked Guixing to tell the kitchenette to move faster.
Kunde Palace has its own small kitchen, and Zhao Yao and the others cook three meals a day in the kitchen. Logically speaking, given Liang Zhaoyi's position, she cannot have her own small kitchen. Only concubines above the concubine level are eligible to have their own small kitchen. Since Kunde Hall is located in a remote and far place, it is not very convenient to go to the imperial kitchen to get food. The most important thing is that the food you get back will be cold. It's okay for Liang Zhaoyi and Poppy to eat, but it's easy for Zhao Yao to have a bad stomach. When Zhao Yao was very young, he often had a bad stomach from eating. After Emperor Wu of Zhou learned about the reason for his bad stomach, he made an exception and allowed Liang Zhaoyi to have his own small kitchen.
"The King's return to the capital this time is so beautiful. Not only did the prince bring his ministers to greet him, but the emperor also gave him such a good marriage." Beauty Yu sighed, "It's really beautiful."
Pan Cairen said: "It will be very lively when the king comes back in the afternoon."
Liang Zhaoyi did not answer what Poppy and the others said, but repeatedly warned Zhao Yao: "When you go outside the capital, you must faithfully follow the eighth prince or the fourth prince. You cannot go anywhere, let alone run around casually. Do you understand?"
"Don't worry, mother and concubine, I will stay close to Fourth Brother and Eighth Brother and won't go anywhere." Zhao Yao added, "I will do whatever Fourth Brother and Eighth Brother do. I will never talk too much." This time He went outside the capital to pick up his second brother, not to go out for fun. How could he get carried away and run around.
Hearing what Zhao Yao said, Liang Zhaoyi felt relieved and didn't say anything more.
After a while, Guixing walked in, announced that lunch was ready, and asked if the meal would be served now.
Liang Zhaoyi said: Let’s prepare the meal now.
Zhao Yao hurriedly finished his lunch, then changed into a brocade suit and went to the East Palace. When he arrived, the third prince and fourth prince had already arrived. However, the seventh prince and the ninth prince have not arrived yet.
After a while, the seventh prince and the ninth prince arrived. The two met on the way, and naturally they had a heated exchange of words. Looking at the proud look on the Ninth Prince's face, one knew that he had just won the argument against the Seventh Prince.
When the prince saw that his brothers had all arrived, he took them out of the palace.
When we arrived at the gate of the palace, we found that there were many guards guarding the palace. Some of them were holding horses.
The prince took the lead and got on the horse, followed by the third prince and others.
The fourth prince and the eighth prince asked Zhao Yao to be among them. If something unexpected happens, the two of them can protect him.
The prince took the lead and rode in front. Relying on the fact that he was the younger brother of the acting king, the Ninth Prince followed the Crown Prince and rode in front of the Third Prince and the others.
Riding his horse to the main road in the capital, Zhao Yao was surprised to see many people crowded on both sides of the road.
"Why are there so many people?" Are these common people here to welcome King Dai back to the capital?
The Eighth Prince looked at the people on both sides of the road and sneered in his heart: Marquis Xuanping was really good at letting the people spontaneously welcome the King's triumphant return.
The fourth prince said expressionlessly: "Don't worry about them."
When the people saw the prince, they knelt on the ground and saluted, shouting loudly, "His Royal Highness the prince may live a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years."
The prince wore a kind and warm smile as usual, waving to the people on both sides of the road from time to time.
Although it was just a wave, it made the people very excited.
On weekdays, the common people could hardly see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the other princes, let alone face the Crown Prince at such a close distance like now. The people respected and worshiped the imperial power from the bottom of their hearts.
