In the Wende Hall, Zhao Yao looked up at the third prince from time to time.
The eighth prince noticed that Zhao Yao had been secretly staring at the third prince, and asked in a low voice: "Tenth brother, why are you staring at the third brother?" He suddenly thought of a possibility, and immediately asked anxiously and concernedly, " Is Third Brother bullying you?"
"No, third brother didn't bully me." After Zhao Yao finished speaking, seeing the disbelief of the eighth prince, he added, "Really, third brother didn't bully me. Besides, third brother doesn't even bother to bully me."
Among all the imperial brothers, only the Nine Emperors bullied him, and the other imperial brothers never bullied him. The Third Emperor Brother and the others did not bully him, not because they had good intentions, but because they did not take him as the emperor's younger brother seriously at all. To the Third Emperor Brother and others, bullying him was tantamount to degrading one's status. In other words, he, the emperor's younger brother, was not qualified to be bullied by them.
The eighth prince also knew what kind of temper the third prince was, and he felt relieved when Zhao Yao said this.
"Then why are you staring at Third Brother?"
"Ba Ge, what kind of person do you think Third Brother is?"
The eighth prince was slightly stunned by this question, and then he asked in confusion: "Why do you ask this?"
"Just ask."
The eighth prince did not believe what Zhao Yao said. He frowned slightly and asked, "Did you hear something?"
Zhao Yao had an expression like "Bago, how do you know?"
The Eighth Prince lowered his voice and asked, "What did you hear?"
Zhao Yao looked at the eighth prince, and then quietly looked at the others. Seeing that no one was paying attention to the two of them, he lowered his voice and said to the eighth prince: "Bago, I heard that third brother likes..."
"what do you like?"
"I heard that Third Brother likes to eat stinky tofu." Zhao Yao said seriously.
The Eighth Prince: "!!!!!"
He thought Zhao Yao would say something serious, but he didn't expect that he would talk about eating.
Zhao Yao continued to gossip with the eighth prince: "Third brother always smells good, even better than my mother and concubine. I said why third brother smells so good, it turns out to be to cover up the smell of stinky tofu." As he said, He also smacked his lips, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, I didn't expect Third Brother to like to eat stinky tofu."
After hearing Zhao Yao's words, the eighth prince felt dumbfounded.
"Where did you hear this?"
"I heard it from the eunuchs." Zhao Yao looked at the third prince again, "The third brother usually dresses up like a god. I thought he was arrogant, but I didn't expect that he likes to eat stinky tofu. , It’s true that people cannot be judged by their appearance.”
The Eighth Prince sneered: "He always likes to show off."
"If someone who loves food as much as me can't eat stinky tofu, how can the third brother be able to eat it?" He heard that stinky tofu is delicious, and the smellier it is, the better it tastes. However, he really couldn't stand the smell. When I smell that stench, I feel like vomiting. "The stench of stinky tofu is as stinky as shit. How can Third Brother keep eating it..." After saying that, he didn't know what he thought of and covered his mouth and snickered.
When the Eighth Prince saw his malicious smile, he knew what he was thinking. He reached out and poked the right corner of his mouth without dimples, and said angrily: "You little rascal."
"Bago, what's wrong with me? I didn't say anything." Zhao Yao opened his eyes innocently, "Don't accuse me wrongly."
"You..."
"Bago, please don't tell anyone else about this." Zhao Yao said with a frightened expression on his face, shrank his neck and said, "If Third Brother knows that we know that he likes to eat stinky tofu, Third brother will definitely not let us go."
"I didn't hear anything just now." Seeing Zhao Yao staring at the third prince again, the eighth prince pinched his little face and warned him, "If you keep staring at the third prince, he will find out. "
These words frightened Zhao Yao to quickly lower his head, not daring to look at the third prince again.
The fourth prince sitting in the front row of Zhao Yao and the others almost couldn't help laughing when he heard the conversation between Zhao Yao and the eighth prince.
"Bago, do you think the second brother will invite us to his palace for dinner?"
As soon as he heard this, the Eighth Prince knew what Zhao Yao was planning: "Do you still want to go to Prince Dai's Mansion to eat beef?"
After his thoughts were exposed, Zhao Yao smiled sheepishly: "I also want to take the opportunity to go out of the palace to play. Speaking of which, I haven't been to Prince Dai's Mansion yet, and neither have you, Bage."
"What's there to do?" the eighth prince said, throwing cold water at Zhao Yao, "even if the second emperor invites us to dinner, there won't be beef at the banquet."
Hearing what the eighth prince said, Zhao Yao then remembered that except for beef in the palace, beef was not allowed anywhere else.
"Yes, there is no beef in the second brother's house." After saying that, he lay on the table and said with disappointment, "Oh, we have to wait until the Dragon Boat Festival to eat beef."
"Stop thinking about eating beef and copy the book quickly, otherwise the teacher will punish you."
Zhao Yao quickly sat up straight and picked up a pen to copy what Mr. Cai had just taught.
Just when Zhao Yao was looking forward to the early arrival of the Dragon Boat Festival, Sun Kui came to Kunde Hall with beef cooked in the imperial kitchen, cloth, and imperial books.
Sun Kui's arrival surprised Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren.
"Empress Zhaoyi, this box is beef, specially gifted to His Highness the Tenth Highness by the Emperor."
"Beef?" Liang Zhaoyi looked surprised, and then asked in confusion, "Why would the emperor reward the tenth prince with beef?"
"The emperor saw that His Highness liked to eat beef, so he rewarded His Highness with all the beef left over from yesterday."
Liang Zhaoyi: "..." I didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Eunuch Sun, did Yaoyao ask the emperor for beef at yesterday's banquet?" His son could really do such a thing. This kid will do anything to eat.
"That's not true, but at yesterday's banquet, His Highness Tenth had been eating beef. The Emperor saw it, so he rewarded His Highness Tenth with the remaining beef from yesterday." Sun Kui added another sentence, "Your Majesty, the Emperor also loves Tenth Highness. Your Highness."
Liang Zhaoyi saluted in the direction of Chengguang Hall: "I would like to express my gratitude to the Emperor on behalf of the Tenth Prince."
"Your Majesty, these fabrics and books were specially ordered by the Emperor. The Emperor said they are all what you like."
Liang Zhaoyi was flattered and said: "Your Majesty... I thank you, Your Majesty."
Sun Kui didn't say anything, "Mother, please leave."
"Eunuch Sun, let's have a cup of tea before leaving."
"Your Majesty, I have to go back to the royal study to serve you, so I won't drink your cup of tea." Sun Kui saluted Liang Zhaoyi and said, "I'm sorry to leave."
"Thank you for your work, Eunuch Sun. Eunuch Sun, go slowly."
Liang Zhaoyi glanced at Guixing. Guixing understood and escorted Sun Kui out of Kunde Hall in person. She also gave Sun Kui a purse with some money in it, saying that he wanted to invite Sun Kui to tea.
Sun Kui did not refuse and accepted it generously.
In the Kunde Hall, Poppy, the fifth princess, and Pan Cairen stared at the beef in the food box.
"I really didn't expect that the emperor would reward Yaoyao with beef."
Pan Cairen said: "This is the first time I have seen the emperor reward beef."
The fifth princess complained sharply: "Only the tenth brother has the ability to ask my father to reward him with beef."
Liang Zhaoyi thought this was a bit funny, but also a bit fun.
"For Yaoyao, there is nothing better than beef. The emperor's gift of beef is the best for him."
Poppy smiled and said, "That's true."
Pan Cairen said with a smile: "Although the reward of beef is a bit...but it shows that the emperor loves Yaoyao, otherwise how would the emperor know that Yaoyao likes to eat beef."
Liang Zhaoyi ordered Guixing: "Take the beef to the small kitchen and let it be cooked at noon."
"Yes, concubine."
Liang Zhaoyi looked at the pieces of fabric on the table and said to Poppy and the others: "You take some fabrics and go back to make new clothes."
"Sister, this is a gift from the emperor to you, how can we take it?"
"Sister, you'd better keep it for yourself."
"I can't use so much fabric by myself, so just take some back." Liang Zhaoyi personally selected the fabrics for Poppy and the others, "Don't be polite to me."
Poppy and the others were no longer polite and accepted the cloth.
After Poppy and the others left, Guixing asked: "Empress, why did the emperor suddenly reward you with something?" It had not yet come to the day when the emperor came to Kunde Hall, and the empress did not see the emperor during this period. The emperor is so kind, why would he reward the empress with something?
"I did it by the way." Liang Zhaoyi said, "The emperor probably thought it was not appropriate to only reward Yaoyao with beef, so he gave me something by the way. I asked Yaoyao for it."
"But the Emperor remembers that you like plain fabrics and that you like to read local chronicles." Guixing said with a smile, "My Lady, the Emperor has you in mind."
Liang Zhaoyi just smiled at this.
"Mother, are you going to put these fabrics away or make them into new clothes for you?"
"Make new clothes."
"Yes, empress." Guixing held the cloth and stepped back.
Liang Zhaoyi picked up the imperial gazetteer, reached out and gently touched the cover, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised a sweet arc.
As soon as Sun Kui walked to the door of the imperial study, he saw King Dai and Kong Taichang walking out of the imperial study together. Both Dai Wang and Kong Taichang looked unhappy.
Sun Kui wondered: What happened to King Dai and Kong Taichang? Why do they look so bad? What happened?
The fourth update is here.
(End of chapter)
