After Emperor Zhou Wu finished talking to He Xiang and others about the business, he took them to Lanyuan Pavilion to see how the fourth prince and the others were doing in their history studies.
Although the fourth prince is the youngest among the history compilers, he is extremely serious in his work and is not inferior to the ministers who are much older than him. Not only that, his knowledge is no worse than the ministers who compiled history, and is even better than some ministers.
Through the history compilation, the ministers found that although the fourth prince was young, he was very knowledgeable and mature and steady in his work. The most important thing is that the fourth prince is not arrogant at all and is very humble and polite.
During this period, Emperor Wu of Zhou heard many ministers praise the fourth prince. Even He Xiang and Taishi Liu couldn't stop praising the fourth prince.
Emperor Wu of Zhou took a look and felt relieved when he saw that the history compilation was progressing quite well.
By the way, because the fourth prince participated in compiling history, Emperor Wu of Zhou gave him an official position, Taishi Cheng. Although he is only a seventh-grade official, this is also the first time for the fourth prince to serve as an official.
Emperor Wu of Zhou had a bunch of memorials to approve and did not stay in Lanyuan Pavilion for long. After watching for a while, he left. The fourth prince sent him out of Lanyuan Pavilion.
"Studying history can help you understand history better, and it can also help you understand many things. You must study hard." Emperor Wu of Zhou told the fourth prince.
When the fourth prince heard what Emperor Zhou Wu said, although his face was very calm, he was still a little excited and excited in his heart.
"My son knows."
"Tell me about your feelings after studying history every month from now on." Emperor Zhou Wu valued the fourth prince very highly.
"Yes, Father." The fourth prince hesitated and asked, "Father, when will the tenth brother come back?" The tenth brother, Xiu Mu, has been out of the palace for several days, but has not come back. The fourth prince felt a little worried. .
"Come back this afternoon." Emperor Zhou Wu patted the fourth prince's shoulder, then turned and left.
"Father, let's go slowly." After Emperor Zhou Wu's back was out of sight, the fourth prince returned to Lanyuan Pavilion and continued to compile history.
Zhao Yao, who was missed by the fourth prince, was playing backgammon with the prince in Hulong Temple.
Zhao Yao is no match for the prince in Go. However, this is not necessarily the case when playing backgammon.
The prince played backgammon for the first time. Although it was simple, it was very interesting.
"Hey, Brother Prince, I won again." Zhao Yao smiled proudly, and immediately extended his right hand to His Highness the Prince.
The prince smiled slightly, then took out another golden bean and put it in Zhao Yao's hand.
"You are almost going to win all the golden beans I brought."
"Brother Prince, if you don't have golden beans, you can give them on credit. Just wait until you return to the palace and replenish them for me."
The prince was amused by Zhao Yao's words: "You are trying to win all my golden beans."
"I wish I had this ability." Zhao Yao still knows his chess skills very well, "Brother Prince, you will beat me next time."
While they were talking, Lu Cong came in and reminded the Crown Prince that it was time for lunch.
Upon hearing that lunch was about to be served, Zhao Yao's eyes instantly lit up.
“What’s delicious during today’s fasting meal?”
The Eighth Prince smiled and said, "They must be what you like to eat."
Lu Cong, Yu Hai and the others prepared the meal in the eighth prince's room.
The eighth prince is still unable to get out of bed and walk around, so he can only eat in his room.
As long as the prince is not praying, he will stay in the eighth prince's room and have meals with him.
"Brother Prince, can I eat it?" Smelling the aroma of the vegetarian food, Zhao Yao's mouth watered.
Seeing Zhao Yao looking like a greedy little cat, the prince smiled and said, "Eat it."
Zhao Yao immediately picked up the vegetables and started eating. Seeing that he ate very deliciously, the prince's appetite improved a lot.
The prince, like the eighth prince, does not have a very big appetite. He usually eats a bowl of rice for every meal. Today, under the influence of Zhao Yao, I felt like I had an extra bowl of rice.
If the eighth prince hadn't stopped him, Zhao Yao would have eaten four bowls of rice.
"The vegetarian food in Hulong Temple is really delicious." Zhao Yao suddenly thought of a good idea, "Can you bring the cook who prepares vegetarian food back to the palace, so that you can eat such delicious vegetarian food every day."
The prince chuckled and said: "I am a monk, so don't force me to enter the palace. If you like to eat, you can often come to Hulong Temple to eat."
"I would like to come, but I only have one day of rest every month." Zhao Yao rolled his eyes and smiled flatteringly at the prince, "Brother prince, tell your father to let me stay in the nursing home too." Please pray at the Dragon Temple.”
The prince reached out and poked Zhao Yao's forehead, "I think you don't want to go back to the palace to study."
"Of course there are reasons for this. The main reason is that I want to accompany you and Ba Ge, the prince brother."
The prince said amusedly: "I can't help you with this matter."
"Why?" Zhao Yao said with a puffed face, "Brother Prince, tell your father, maybe he will agree."
"My father values our study the most. If you don't study hard, your father will be angry." The prince deliberately threatened Zhao Yao, "Be careful, my father will punish you again."
Zhao Yao fell back and lay on the ground, sighing with a look of despair: "Alas..."
When the crown prince and the eighth prince saw Zhao Yao's appearance, they couldn't help laughing.
At this time, Lu Cong walked in and said respectfully: "Your Royal Highness, Little Eunuch Sun is here to take His Royal Highness back to the palace."
"What?" Zhao Yao sat up suddenly in shock, "Take me back to the palace?"
"Let him in."
After a moment, Sun Doudou walked in, first saluted Zhao Yao and others, and then informed him of his purpose. In addition to taking Zhao Yao back to the palace, he also brought some things to the prince and some tonics to the eighth prince.
"You really want to take me back to the palace?" He wanted to see that uncle tomorrow and have a good chat with him. Why did his stinking father want to take him back to the palace today?
"Your Highness, the Emperor has personally ordered your slaves to take you back to the palace." Seeing Zhao Yao's sad face, Sun Doudou suppressed a smile and said, "The Emperor said it's time for you to return to the palace to study."
Zhao Yao: "..." I can't live this day.
Sure enough, I saw the expression on His Highness’s face as if it was a bolt from the blue.
"I have only been out of the palace for two days..."
The prince patted Zhao Yao on the shoulder and said warmly: "Tenth brother, my father has urged you to go back to the palace with little Eunuch Sun."
The Eighth Prince comforted Zhao Yao and said, "I will go back after a while."
Zhao Yao muttered softly: "I want to play for a few more days..." His things have not been done yet.
"Go back obediently."
"Tongxi, hurry up and get some snacks. I will bring them back to my mother and concubines."
"Slave, go now."
Zhao Yao bought ten boxes of snacks, but the carriage Sun Doudou brought could not hold them, so he had to ask Hulong Temple to prepare a carriage to hold the snacks.
Although Sun Doudou came to take Zhao Yao back to the palace, Zhao Yao was not in a hurry to go back. He went to Liang Run first and explained some things again. He also told Tongan and the others to study hard and Dingshan to learn martial arts.
"Yao Yao, I almost forgot." Liang Run returned to the room, took out a big box and handed it to Tong Xi, "This is the silkworm your mother wanted. Fortunately, I went to get it back this morning."
Zhao Yao opened the box and looked at it curiously. The silkworm babies inside were all plump and very cute.
Every spring, Liang Zhaoyi and the others raise silkworms. In fact, there were silkworms in the palace, but Liang Zhaoyi thought they were not strong enough, so she asked Liang Run to buy some silkworms from a famous shop in the capital.
"The silkworms from Beijing are not as good as those from Yangzhou. It's a pity that silkworms from Yangzhou can't come to Beijing." Silkworms are also acclimated to the soil and water. Those suitable for growing in water towns in the south of the Yangtze River cannot stand the dry climate of Beijing. "Yao Yao, if something happens, you'd better ask your bird friend to send me a message."
"Okay, second uncle, I'm leaving." Zhao Yao reluctantly left Liang Run's house.
Before returning to the palace, Zhao Yao took Tong Xi and two boxes of vegetarian snacks from Hulong Temple to the house to find the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man was a little surprised when he saw Zhao Yao coming to see him.
"Didn't you say you have something to do today?"
"The matter is done, so I came to see you, uncle." Zhao Yao pointed to the two boxes of snacks he asked Tong Xi to bring in, and said to the middle-aged man, "Uncle, I bought these specially from Hulong Temple. The vegetarian snacks are very, very, very delicious, you must try them.”
The middle-aged man did not ask Zhao Yao what he was doing at Hulong Temple. He didn't expect that Zhao Yao would specially bring him snacks from Hulong Temple.
"Uncle, my father sent someone to take me back. I can't come to see you tomorrow." Zhao Yao wrinkled his face and said, "I can only come to see you again next month when I take a bath."
Only then did the middle-aged man realize that Zhao Yao had come to see him before returning to the palace.
"Um."
"But don't worry, uncle, I will write to you often."
"good."
Zhao Yao said some more words before leaving.
Before he left, the middle-aged man once again told him to read "Spring and Autumn" carefully. He will ask questions when we meet next month.
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(End of chapter)
