The fourth prince saw Zhao Yao frowning for a while, looking puzzled for a while, thoughtful for a while, suddenly enlightened for a while, and very excited for a while. His expressions changed back and forth, which was very exciting.
Zhao Yao thought of the stirrups and almost jumped up in excitement. Fortunately, the fourth prince reached out in time to hold his shoulders, preventing him from falling off the horse.
The Eighth Prince also stretched out his hand to hold Zhao Yao down, and said rather helplessly: "Tenth brother, please be honest."
Zhao Yao, who was being held down on the shoulders by his two brothers at the same time and being lectured, blinked in confusion, unable to realize what happened for the time being.
Seeing Zhao Yao's dazed look, the Eighth Prince pinched his little face and teased: "What are you thinking about? You look so dazed?"
Only a trace of pain on his face brought Zhao Yao back to his senses. He slapped the eighth prince's hand away and rubbed the painful area just pinched by the eighth prince.
"Myna, I was just thinking about something."
"Why are you so absorbed in your thoughts that you almost fall off your horse?"
"Thinking of something very important." He said that he always felt strange when riding a horse.
"What important things can you think about?" The Eighth Prince reached out and poked the right corner of Zhao Yao's mouth, "You must be thinking about what to eat at the celebration banquet tomorrow night."
Zhao Yao pretended to be surprised and covered his open mouth with both hands: "Bago, how do you know?"
The Eighth Prince and the Fourth Prince laughed at his pretending to be frightened, and they both reached out and poked the corner of his mouth.
"Fourth brother, eighth brother, what do I want to eat?" Zhao Yao planned to return to the palace later and go to Shang Fanling to find someone to make stirrups. With stirrups in the future, not only will riding a horse become more convenient, but it will also become safer, so you don't have to worry about falling off the horse. "Second brother, why haven't you arrived yet?" He was basking in the sun, which made him sleepy.
"If the second brother doesn't arrive, I will fall asleep." After saying that, he opened his mouth and yawned.
"It will take a while." The fourth prince looked at Zhao Yao's little face, which was flushed by the sun, and asked, "Tenth brother, are you thirsty?"
Zhao Yao picked up the water bag from the saddle and shook it towards the fourth prince: "Fourth brother, I brought water. Are you thirsty? Do you want to drink water?"
"I've brought it with me too." The fourth prince said, stretching out his hand towards Zhao Yao, "Tenth brother, come to me and sleep in my arms for a while." Seeing that Zhao Yao was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes, the fourth prince Worried that he would fall asleep later and fall off the horse.
"Fourth brother, is it okay if I take a nap?" After all, they were here to take the second brother back to Beijing.
"It's okay, no one is paying attention to us." The fourth prince said, "Come here."
When Zhao Yao heard what the fourth prince said, he felt relieved. He leaned towards the fourth prince and stretched out his hands to the fourth prince.
The fourth prince hugged Zhao Yao and carefully picked him up from the black jade.
Zhao Yao sat face to face with the fourth prince, and then lay unceremoniously in the fourth prince's arms.
"Fourth brother, let me sleep for a while first." He was really sleepy.
The fourth prince hugged Zhao Yao and patted his back gently.
"Go to sleep."
When the Eighth Prince saw this scene, his face looked a little ugly, but he didn't say anything.
Just like the fourth prince said, no one paid attention to them. The thoughts of everyone present were on the King Dai who was about to return.
After a while, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance. Then, a soldier came back from afar and reported to the prince: "Your Majesty, His Majesty the King will be here in ten miles."
The prince nodded lightly: "Okay." Then he asked with concern, "How is the king? Are you injured? Are the other soldiers okay?"
The soldier had not paid attention to the situation of King Dai and other soldiers just now. When the prince asked him, he couldn't help but be stunned. It took him a while to come back to his senses.
"His Royal Highness the King is very good, and the other generals are also very good." He added, "The generals originally wanted to come with their subordinates to pay homage to you, but His Highness the King said they could not leave the soldiers behind, and had to take them with them. Come to see you."
"It's good that the King and the generals are not injured." The prince smiled warmly, "Please don't worry, the King and the generals. My lords and I will wait for them."
"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince." The soldier turned back to see the King of Dai, and told His Highness the King of Dai what he had just said.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your consideration."
After the soldiers left, several generals around King Dai said, "I didn't expect His Royal Highness to be so considerate."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to pick us up in person, which is really unexpected."
"I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince took the initiative to welcome His Highness. Your Highness, Your Highness the Crown Prince will see you later, will he not embarrass you?"
"I always feel that His Highness the Crown Prince has no good intentions. Your Highness, please be careful later."
These generals are all the confidants of King Dai. In the past few years, they have been with Dai Wang. They are very convinced of His Highness Dai Wang's combat capabilities, and they are also loyal to His Highness Dai Wang.
King Dai's face was full of pride, but his words were full of ridicule.
"Give him ten courages, and he won't dare to embarrass me." Ever since he found out about the marriage, Dai Wang was very proud. Like everyone else, he believed that this marriage was Emperor Wu of Zhou's way of paving the way for him to become the prince in the future.
"Hahahahaha, that's true. Your Highness, you are a great hero now. In a few months, you will marry Kong Taichang's youngest daughter, and then you will..."
Before he finished speaking, the general received a warning look from the King of Dai, which frightened him into shutting up quickly. Just now, he almost said the wrong thing.
"When you return to the capital, keep your mouth shut." King Dai warned the generals around him, "The prince's party is waiting to catch us for our mistakes. Don't take the initiative to give them excuses."
Several generals hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Highness."
Dai Wang then said: "When you return to Beijing, you should take care of the people under you. Don't be arrogant and complacent, let alone cause trouble."
He emphasized again, "The prince's people are keeping a close eye on you. If you accidentally say the wrong thing or do something wrong, the prince's people will never let you go."
These words were spoken by King Dai to several generals before. The reason why I say it again is because the general just now almost said something he shouldn't have said. Although it is true, it is not stated openly at present.
Several generals also knew that when they returned to the capital, they would become a thorn in the side of the prince's party.
"I will bear in mind His Highness's words."
"When you return to the capital later, you should go home and have a good rest." King Dai said, looking at the generals up and down. Seeing that they were all unshaven, with haggard faces and covered in dust, he said with some disgust, "You go back. Finally, give me a good bath and cleanse you. And shave the beards on your faces for me."
"Ah, shave your beard?" Several generals were most satisfied with their beards. They feel that there is no beard on the mouth and it is not secure. "Your Highness, do you have to shave?"
"Tomorrow morning, Emperor Father will definitely summon you. Do you want to go to see Emperor Father with a beard on your face, and be disrespectful in front of Emperor Father?" Dai Wang reminded several generals, "It is disrespectful to be disheveled in front of Emperor Father. , do you want to be punished?" King Dai felt very disgusted and helpless that his beloved generals did not like to shave or bathe.
When several generals heard this, they were so frightened that they shook their heads quickly: "I don't want to."
"Then I will clean up everything for you."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Ten miles is not very far, but an army of 100,000 people will walk very slowly.
At the end of the day, Dai Wang and the others arrived at the gate of the capital.
The prince led the ministers and emperors to wait for more than an hour, and finally waited for the acting king.
The moment King Dai appeared, the prince's face showed a joyful smile, and then he hurriedly dismounted.
When the ministers saw the prince's action, they all showed surprised expressions.
When the third prince and the others saw the prince dismounting to greet the king, they naturally dismounted as well.
Zhao Yao woke up two moments ago. He dismounted, followed the fourth and eighth princes forward, walked to and stood behind the prince. He saw the king sitting on the horse and the prince standing in front of the king. King Dai was already tall. He sat on a tall horse and looked at the prince standing in front of him, making him appear to be superior.
In this scene...the prince's elder brother was really clever, quietly digging a hole for his second brother.
When King Dai saw the prince, he did not get off his horse and salute. Instead, he sat on the horse and looked at the prince condescendingly for a while.
The prince stood in front of the king, with a happy smile on his face as he reunited after a long absence.
"Second brother, you are finally back."
King Dai dismounted his horse at this time and then saluted the prince. Just as he was about to bow his hands in salute, he was helped up by the prince.
"I came to pick you up today as the eldest brother, not as the prince, so you don't need to salute me." The prince helped the queen up, looked at him carefully, and then said with distressed eyes, "Thin I lost a lot of weight and got a tan. By the way, are you injured?"
Faced with the prince's concern, the king naturally showed kindness.
"Thank you for your concern, brother, I'm fine."
"This battle is not going to be easy, you have worked hard." The prince raised his hand and patted the king on the shoulder, with an expression of pride, "Second brother, you are now a great hero of our Zhou Dynasty and a common man. A big hero in my heart. Everyone is waiting for you to come back."
