At four o'clock in the Yin hour, Zhao Yao, who was sleeping soundly, was shaken awake by the fourth prince. He opened his eyes and looked at the fourth prince drowsily: "Fourth brother, what's wrong?"
Zhao Yao, who had just woken up, was very cute, and the fourth prince felt his heart soften when he saw him.
"Tenth brother, it's time to get up."
"Fourth brother, let me sleep a little longer." Zhao Yao turned over with his back to the fourth prince and continued to sleep.
The fourth prince reached out and pinched Zhao Yao's little nose. Zhao Yao was suffocated and woke up because he couldn't breathe.
Zhao Yao opened his eyes, glared at the fourth prince fiercely, and accused: "Fourth brother, you bully me!"
"Tenth brother, father will be here soon, you have to get up." After the fourth prince said that, he directly lifted Zhao Yao's quilt. Then, he picked up Zhao Yao who was still lying on the bed.
"Fourth brother, my father hasn't come yet, please let me sleep for a while." It's only Yinshi now.
"No, my father is already on his way to Hulong Temple." The fourth prince picked up Zhao Yao and then dressed him himself.
Zhao Yao was really sleepy, so he was led by the fourth prince to the next room to wash up. He didn't wake up until he finished washing up.
Wei Mian and Tong Xi had brought breakfast from the kitchen of Hulong Temple.
Zhao Yao yawned with his mouth wide open while eating his breakfast.
"Tenth brother, when you pray for blessings later, you can't keep yawning like now."
"Fourth brother, I'm sleepy." Zhao Yao said and yawned again, "I have never gotten up so early since I was a child." Before Zhao Yao was enlightened, he did not come to Hulong Temple to pray for him because of his young age. The late queen prayed. This year is the first time he has come to Hulong Temple to pray for the late empress.
The fourth prince was amused by Zhao Yao's words "from childhood to adulthood": "How talented are you?"
"I am six years old. I have grown up compared to last year. Why can't I say that I have grown from childhood to adulthood?"
The fourth prince said sternly: "When we pray for blessings later, if you are still sleepy, pinch yourself." If the tenth brother is sleepy and yawns during the memorial ceremony of the late queen, and is seen by others, he will definitely be said to be disrespectful to the late queen. , unfilial to the late queen.
"This is the only thing we can do." Zhao Yao muttered, "Fourth brother, why do you need to pray so early?"
"Mao hour is an auspicious time, so naturally you should pray at an auspicious time." The fourth prince said warmly, "Besides, the earlier you pray, the better."
Zhao Yao suddenly thought that Emperor Zhou Wu had woken up earlier than him. He instantly felt mentally balanced and stopped complaining. He continued to eat breakfast obediently.
Fortunately, the vegetarian meals and vegetables at Hulong Temple were delicious, which made up for the pain of Zhao Yaotian not getting up yet.
"Tenth brother, eat more so that you won't be hungry before noon." Today is a day to pray for the late Queen. At noon, the fourth prince and the others would take turns to have lunch. After finishing lunch, we continued to pray for the late empress in the Main Hall, which lasted until Xu in the evening.
"Ah, can't we take a break to eat until noon?"
The fourth prince nodded lightly: "You are not allowed to eat during the prayer period."
Zhao Yao was frightened by these words, and his expression instantly became very serious: "Then I have to eat more." After saying that, regardless of being sleepy, he lowered his head and started eating hard.
The fourth prince also ate a lot. He drank two bowls of porridge, ate two steamed buns, and two pieces of sesame seed cakes, which made his stomach feel a little full. Zhao Yao only ate three bowls of porridge, four steamed buns and three sesame cakes.
Although he had long known that Zhao Yao could eat, the fourth prince was still shocked by Zhao Yao's appetite.
After breakfast, Zhao Yao went next door to visit the eighth prince. The eighth prince did not wake up.
After Zhao Yao told Yu Hai to take good care of the eighth prince, he went to the Main Hall with the fourth prince.
The eminent monks have arrived. They are wearing cassocks and holding Buddhist beads. They sit cross-legged in front of the Buddha with a solemn and sacred expression.
Zhao Yao counted, there were ninety-nine and eighty-one eminent monks in total. I heard that they are all highly respected monks.
The ministers also arrived, but they did not enter the main hall, but stood at the door of the main hall.
Not long after Zhao Yao and the others arrived, King Dai and the Third Prince arrived.
When the princes sat cross-legged, they heard the sound of saluting Emperor Zhou Wu coming from outside.
The prince stood up with all the princes and saluted Emperor Wu of Zhou.
Emperor Wu of Zhou raised his hand to signal the princes to sit down. Then he sat cross-legged in front of the Buddha statue. Behind him on both sides are ninety-nine and eighty-one eminent monks.
Queen Xie took her concubines to the Guanyin Hall and prayed for the Queen in front of her in the Guanyin shop.
After a while, the bell of Hulong Temple rang, a full forty-nine times. This was a bell to pray for the late empress.
When the first bell rang, the eminent monks in the Main Hall began to chant sutras and pray for the late queen.
Emperor Wu of Zhou closed his eyes and recited sutras and prayed for the late empress with a very pious expression.
Zhao Yao quietly observed his royal brothers while chanting sutras and praying. I saw that his royal brothers were all very pious, as if they were really sincerely praying for blessings.
I have to say that his royal brothers' acting skills are very good.
When the prince's brother was assassinated, the second brother was the easiest to be suspected. I'm afraid many people thought he was the one who did it. The prince's brother probably also thought that the second brother sent someone to assassinate him.
Being suspected by everyone, the second brother was calm and not panicked at all. But, having said that, the assassin was not sent by the second brother, so of course he was calm.
Even if the second brother didn't do it, the second brother wouldn't be afraid that someone would frame him.
My father asked Duke Zhen Guo and General Shen to investigate the assassin together. It was impossible for Duke Zhen Guo to do nothing. With Zhenguo Gong's methods, even if the second brother did not do it, he would make the second brother suspect.
Even if the second brother did not do it, once the second brother is really suspected, the second brother cannot be cleared even if he jumps into the Yellow River.
As for Third Brother and the others... forget it.
On the other hand, Starling... what exactly does he want to do? Also, where did he come from?
In the past few years, Ba Ge has been secretly doing so many things by relying on his brother the prince. Also, how much power does Bage plan for himself in private?
Ba Ge is only ten years old, but he has planned so many things for himself, and he also hides them very well. He is really... so evil.
He always felt that among all the royal brothers, the fourth brother was the smartest, but now he found that the eighth brother was the smartest. The fourth brother is indeed outstanding in reading, but he is not as good as the eighth brother in government affairs.
Although he didn't know what Bago had done in the past few years, judging from this assassination, Bago had done a lot, and it was very likely that he had set up a dragnet that captured many people or forces.
To be honest, even he couldn't do this.
Myna is the legendary wise man who is close to a demon.
With Starling's intelligence and skills, no one is his opponent. Regardless of the fierce fight between the prince brother and the second brother, the winner in the end is definitely not them, nor the third brother and the others.
As for the fourth brother, it is possible to give the eighth brother a try. However, he felt that the fourth brother was not as vicious as the eighth brother, and he might not be the match for the eighth brother in the end. There is also another possibility that the eighth brother was too cruel and finally trapped himself in a cocoon and lost to the fourth brother.
Both fourth brother and eighth brother were very kind to him. Although he doesn't want Fourth Brother and Eighth Brother to be enemies of each other, they will definitely become enemies in the future unless one of them gives up fighting for that position.
Neither Eighth Brother nor Fourth Brother showed any obvious desire to compete for that seat, but he knew that they both wanted that seat.
As a prince, I feel that I have a noble status and ability, so why can't I fight for that position?
A prince who doesn't want to compete for that position is not a good prince.
There is no prince who doesn't want to sit in that seat.
Except for him, of course. He is not as ambitious as the imperial brothers. He really felt that there was no benefit to sitting in that seat, and it was exhausting.
In the future, whether the fourth brother or the eighth brother sits in that seat, his life will be easier.
As for the fourth brother and eighth brother competing for that position in the future, it would be better for him not to interfere. Besides, it's not something he can control. In the end, if one of them loses, he will intercede for him.
Zhao Yao just thought about these things for a while and felt a headache. He calmed down and stopped thinking about these things. He is just a simple child who knows nothing and understands nothing.
After closing his eyes and reciting the sutra for a while, Zhao Yao felt sleepy. He quickly pinched his thigh, and accidentally pinched his thigh hard, which made him almost cry out in pain.
The fourth prince noticed Zhao Yao's actions and almost couldn't help laughing.
This pinch temporarily eliminated the drowsiness, and Zhao Yao continued to pretend to be pious, chanting sutras and praying.
In the prince's courtyard, the eighth prince woke up.
Yu Hai happened to receive the letter and showed it to him.
After the Eighth Prince read the letter, his brows immediately frowned, and his pale face instantly became serious.
Seeing his expression, Yu Hai asked with concern: "Your Highness, has something happened?"
The Eighth Prince handed the letter in his hand to Yu Hai and asked him to burn it by candlelight.
Yu Hai didn't read the content of the letter, so he took it and burned it.
"I didn't expect that my father would have known about the rebellion in Yangzhou for a long time." The Eighth Prince said with a smile, "My father is my father."
Yu Hai was shocked by the eighth prince's words: "Your Highness, the emperor already knew about Yangzhou?"
"I'm afraid that sending Xie Shi to Yangzhou to quell the rebellion is just a pretense." The eighth prince said weakly, "Father is really scheming."
Yu Hai panicked unconsciously: "Your Highness, the Emperor knows about what happened in Yangzhou, wouldn't what we did be exposed?" Your Highness, why are you so calm?
"Father only noticed that there was something wrong with the rebellion in Yangzhou, and did not discover anything else." The eighth prince said calmly, "We did not discover anything about it."
When Yu Hai heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good." As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something and his face became nervous again, "Your Highness, will the people over there in Yangzhou betray you? ?”
"No." The Eighth Prince said very firmly, "That person doesn't know who I am."
"Yes, I am too worried." Yu Hai asked again, "Your Highness, since the Emperor has noticed something strange about Yangzhou, what should we do next?"
"Let them stop and then kill those people." The Eighth Prince said these words calmly.
"Yes, Your Highness." Yu Hai thought about General Ning Yuan and asked again, "Your Highness, what should we do about General Ning Yuan?"
"According to the original plan." The eighth prince thought about Kong Taichang's youngest daughter secretly becoming a monk, and ordered Yu Hai, "Tomorrow let the king know about Kong Yao's secret monkhood in Bodhi Temple."
"Yes, Your Highness."
After talking for such a short time, the Eighth Prince couldn't bear it anymore, so he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Yu Hai walked to the bed and carefully tucked the eighth prince into bed.
Looking at the eighth prince's bloodless face, Yu Hai's eyes were full of heartache.
His Highness's health was not good to begin with. After suffering such a serious injury this time, he was afraid that his foundation would be damaged. He might not be able to recover well within three to five years.
Alas, His Highness is really too cruel to himself.
Zhao Yao: Myna, people who are too smart don’t live long.
Guys, I’m five tickets away from the last person on the list, keep asking for monthly tickets! Let me climb up the monthly vote list!
(End of chapter)
