The play in Chaoyang Palace is very exciting. Although Zhao Yao had been eating with his head down, his eyes were looking in all directions and his ears were listening to all directions, and he never missed a scene.
Tsk, tsk, tsk, this trick of the prince brother and the Duke of Zhen is really good, using children to deal with the second brother. First, he insinuated that the second brother could not have a child, then used the child's affairs to sow discord, and finally used the child to please the father, and obtained from the father the nine-marked dragon jade pendant worn by the emperor. This move really kills three birds with one stone.
Tonight's celebration banquet should have been the highlight moment for the second brother, but now the second brother is being questioned by the civil and military ministers of the court. Even a man cannot accept being doubted.
He guessed that the second brother originally planned to humiliate the prince brother at tonight's celebration banquet, but unexpectedly, the prince brother and Zhen Guo Gong turned against the general.
The second brother and Marquis Xuanping relied on their own great achievements and relied on their father to marry Kong Taichang's youngest daughter to the second brother. They became so complacent that they did not take the prince brother and the Duke of Zhen seriously.
Before returning to Beijing, the second brother and Marquis Xuanping suffered a big setback from the prince brother and the Duke of Zhen. Unexpectedly, they did not learn their lesson at all. He thought that his father would marry Kong Taichang's youngest daughter to his second brother, and that the prince's brother would be deposed, so he became arrogant and forgot about the methods of the prince's brother and the Duke of Zhen.
He had already guessed that the prince brother and Zhen Guo Gong would not let the second brother and the others steal the spotlight at tonight's celebration banquet, but he did not expect that Zhen Guo Gong's methods would be so... sophisticated.
He believed that early tomorrow morning, rumors about his second brother's failure would spread throughout the capital.
Yesterday afternoon, the second brother was in high spirits when he returned to Beijing, but after the celebration banquet tonight, the second brother's face was dull.
He had thought before that the second brother would show off his power for a while when he came back, and that the prince brother would also be bullied by the second brother for a while, but he didn't expect that it would be reversed. Not to mention that the second brother and the others underestimated the prince brother and Zhen Guo Gong, even he did not expect that Zhen Guo Gong and the others would use this trick.
From this we can see that it was not easy for Marquis Xuanping to defeat Duke Zhen. Also, Lord Zhenguo is really scheming.
With the Duke of Zhen Guo here, it will be difficult for the second brother to replace the crown prince brother as the crown prince.
You really can't underestimate the Duke of Zhen at all, otherwise you don't know how he will be tricked by the Duke of Zhen.
All the beef on the table was finished, and Zhao Yao was eagerly waiting for the next plate of beef. After waiting for a long time, he still didn't arrive. His little face was full of disappointment.
"Myna, is there any more beef?"
The Eighth Prince stretched out his hand and poked the right corner of Zhao Yao's mouth, and said funnyly: "No, don't wait any longer."
Zhao Yao asked unwillingly: "Bago, is there really no beef?" He hadn't eaten enough. He could still eat ten more plates. No, he could eat the whole beef again.
"You have eaten several plates of beef tonight, haven't you had enough?" the Eighth Prince said, reaching out to touch Zhao Yao's belly, "Your belly is full, do you still want to eat? ? If you eat any more, your little belly will burst." Sometimes the Eighth Prince was curious about how his tenth brother could hold so much in his little belly. "You also ate a lot of pork and mutton, as well as chicken, duck and goose meat..." At this point, the eighth prince suddenly realized that Zhao Yao only ate meat tonight and didn't eat any vegetables.
Seeing that there were still vegetables on the table, he quickly picked up some sunflower vegetables and fed them to Zhao Yao's mouth.
"Forget about the beef, hurry up and eat some food."
Zhao Yao frowned slightly and looked at Kuicai in front of him with disgust.
"Bago, I don't want to eat..." Before he could finish his words, the Eighth Prince fed the sunflower sprouts into his mouth.
When the Eighth Prince saw Zhao Yao's wrinkled face, as if he was about to spit out the food in his mouth, he immediately warned: "Don't spit it out, let me eat it."
Zhao Yao pouted a little aggrievedly and ate it with great reluctance and disgust.
As soon as he finished eating, the Eighth Prince fed him another chopstick of sunflower sprouts.
"Baguo, it's too late..."
"No, you have to eat a few more bites." The Eighth Prince deliberately acted fiercely, "You didn't eat a single bite tonight."
"I don't like vegetables." He just wants to eat meat.
"Eating only meat without vegetables is not good for your health." The Eighth Prince said, poking Zhao Yao's forehead, "It's wrong to be picky about food."
"Bago, you don't even like meat, why do you have the nerve to accuse me of being a picky eater?"
"I don't like meat, but I will eat some more or less, but you don't want to eat a bite of the food."
Zhao Yao looked at the fourth prince for help: "Fourth brother, please help me speak."
The fourth prince looked at Zhao Yao, but not at the eighth prince, and said seriously: "It's wrong to be picky about food. You have to eat more vegetables." After saying that, he also picked up some sunflower vegetables and fed them into Zhao Yao's mouth.
Zhao Yao: "..."
At this moment, Emperor Wu of Zhou stood up and left the Chaoyang Palace.
There was still a pile of memorials on the imperial desk that had not been reviewed, so Emperor Wu of Zhou had to go back to the imperial study to review the memorials.
Even if tonight is the celebration party for his favorite second son, he cannot be allowed to stay for a while. To him, no one or anything is as important as national affairs.
Emperor Wu of Zhou clasped his hands behind his back and hummed a raunchy tune.
Sun Kui walked behind Emperor Wu of Zhou. Seeing how happy he was, he boldly said, "Your Majesty, I haven't seen you so happy for a long time."
Emperor Zhou Wu raised a smile with unknown meaning on his lips: "The show tonight was good, I am happy to see it."
play?
Sun Kui was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Emperor Zhou Wu meant.
"Your Majesty, are you talking about Marquis Xuanping and Duke Zhenguo?"
"The Duke of Zhen can surprise me every time." When Emperor Zhou Wu said this, a deep look flashed in his eyes.
Sun Kui thought to himself, right? What Duke Zhen said just now was really...unexpected. The most important thing is that it caused great embarrassment to King Dai and wiped out the limelight of King Dai after returning from a victorious battle.
"Gong Zhenguo has trained the prince very well." Emperor Wu of Zhou still had a careless smile on his face, but his eyes were indeed cold.
Sun Kui sensed Emperor Zhou Wu's displeasure and knew what Emperor Zhou Wu had just said. He did not dare to accept these words, lowered his head, bowed his waist, and followed meekly.
Emperor Zhou Wu suddenly thought of something, showed a doting smile on his face, and ordered Sun Kui: "Ask the imperial kitchen to send the remaining beef to Xiao Shi."
Sun Kui was slightly startled by this endless order, and asked in surprise: "Send beef to His Highness the Tenth Prince?" What kind of reward is this?
"That boy likes to eat beef. He has been eating beef at the banquet just now." Thinking of his youngest son's behavior of secretly hiding beef at the banquet, Emperor Zhou Wu unconsciously showed a helpless, funny and doting smile on his face.
Sun Kui didn't notice this, "I only saw General Shen eating beef all the time." Sun Kui almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he thought of General Shen devouring meat. Because General Shen ate rudely, he was often disliked and ignored by civil servants. "Don't you, Your Highness, like to eat snacks?"
"I like to eat beef the most." Emperor Wu of Zhou chuckled and said, "See if there is any beef left in the imperial kitchen. If there is, send it all to him." Stealing meat at the celebration banquet, Xiao Shi The brat is really...
Sun Kui was surprised. He didn't expect the emperor to be so attentive to His Royal Highness.
"If His Highness the Tenth Prince knows, he will definitely be very happy."
"By the way, when you go to deliver the beef, ask him if he has copied the Analects of Confucius?"
If Zhao Yao were in front of Emperor Zhou Wu at this time, he would definitely curse Emperor Zhou Wu as a devil in his heart.
"Your Majesty, do you still remember this?" Sun Kui said with a smile, "I'm afraid His Highness is going to cry."
Thinking of his youngest son's aggrieved and angry expression, but not daring to refute, Emperor Zhou Wu's eyes were filled with smiles.
"It's good for children's eyes to cry more."
Sun Kui thought to himself what nonsense this was. With a father like the Emperor, His Highness is really pitiful.
Returning to the imperial study room in Chengguang Hall, Emperor Wu of Zhou pounced on the memorial.
Sun Kui went to the imperial dining room himself instead of sending his apprentice.
When the eunuch in the imperial dining room saw General Manager Sun coming to the imperial dining room in person, he was surprised, happy and frightened. He quickly asked if tonight's royal meal was not to the emperor's taste.
“Is there any beef left tonight?”
"Beef?" The eunuch in the imperial dining room was stunned for a moment, then said hurriedly, "There is only a little left. Do you want to make a late-night snack and send it to Chengguang Palace?"
"Send all the remaining beef to Kunde Hall for His Highness Tenth Highness." Sun Kui added, "His Highness Tenth likes to eat it."
"This beef is all fresh. If left for one night, it will become stale. I will cook the remaining beef now so that the taste of the beef will not deteriorate." The eunuch in the imperial kitchen was clever and listened to Sun Kui understood that these words were specially ordered by the emperor, and he was shocked. After all, His Highness the Tenth Prince was not very favored.
"His Royal Highness is probably still in Chaoyang Palace. I'll come back to pick up the beef tomorrow morning."
"Eunuch Sun, why don't you burn the remaining beef if you don't know how to do it, and then send it to Kunde Hall at noon?"
"Kunde Hall has its own small kitchen, let them cook it themselves." Sun Kui explained, "I will come over tomorrow after the court is over." After saying that, he left the imperial kitchen and returned to the imperial study to meet Emperor Wu of Zhou. He said that the remaining beef was going to be cooked in the imperial dining room.
Emperor Wu of Zhou nodded.
"Your Majesty, will you only send beef and not some other things?" It's a bit strange to just send beef. "His Royal Highness Tenth loves snacks, would you like to send some more snacks?"
"Then I'll give you some more snacks." After Emperor Wu of Zhou finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that Liang Zhaoyi loved reading, "Choose two books that the emperor made in the past two days and give them to Liang Zhaoyi."
