In Xingdeok Palace, the eighth prince was sitting on the bed reading a book.
Yu Hai walked in with a cup of hot tea, and immediately put his hands in front of the Eighth Prince: "Your Highness, please have a sip of tea and rest."
The Eighth Prince put down the book in his hand, reached out to take the tea cup, lifted the tea lid, lowered his head and blew it gently, and then started to drink tea.
"What time is it now?"
"It's almost noon." Yu Hai thought that the Eighth Prince was hungry, "Your Highness, do you want to bring lunch in?"
"I'm not hungry yet." The Eighth Prince handed the teacup in his hand to Yu Hai, "I don't know how my tenth brother is doing."
"Your Highness, it turns out you are worried about His Highness Tenth."
"He is not in good health. He recovered from an illness some time ago. Although it is April now and the weather has become much warmer, the water in the fields is very cold. I am worried that my tenth brother will get sick from the cold." The Eighth Prince remembered something. He asked Yu Haidao, "The miracle doctor they were asked to find has not been found yet?"
"It is said that the miracle doctor has never been seen before, so it is very difficult to find him." Yu Hai said respectfully, "Every time they rush to the place where the miracle doctor is, the miracle doctor leaves early."
"Let them find it as soon as possible."
"My Highness, your body is even weaker than His Highness Tenth. You should think about yourself." Seeing that the Eighth Prince had always cared about Zhao Yao's body but not his own, Yu Hai became a little anxious. "You can't get out of bed yet. You should pay more attention to your own body."
"I'm in good health."
"How is your health?" Yu Hai was annoyed by his master's appearance of not caring about his body. "You were not in good health originally. This time you walked away from the gate of hell and your vitality was damaged. You haven't had it for three years." Five years is not enough to take care of him. You need a miracle doctor more than His Highness Tenth Prince." Yu Hai also hoped to find a miracle doctor quickly so that he could take the Eighth Prince's pulse and take good care of his health.
"I'm not as weak as you said." The eighth prince was more worried about Zhao Yao's body than his own.
"Your Highness..."
The Eighth Prince interrupted Yu Hai impatiently: "Okay, I'm fine."
Yu Hai could only shut his mouth angrily, not daring to talk about it anymore.
"How is the matter handled in Yangzhou? There are no traces left, right?"
"Your Highness, don't worry. Things in Yangzhou have been handled very cleanly without leaving any clues." Yu Hai paused and hesitated before speaking, "Your Highness, Dong Jin really will not betray you." ?"
"He doesn't dare." The Eighth Prince sneered, "If he betrays me, his son will never survive."
Only then did Yu Hai remember that Dong Jin's most precious illegitimate son was in their hands, and he felt relieved.
"Your Highness, if we don't notify Dong Jin and let him be arrested, what if he finds out, hates you, and turns you in?"
"He won't live long." The Eighth Prince said in a cold tone, "If it weren't for me, he would have died long ago."
"Your Highness, I think it would be better to kill him." Yu Hai expressed his worries, "It is really too dangerous for him to be alive." Only the dead can keep secrets.
"He cannot die, he must live well."
"Why is this?" Yu Hai looked puzzled, "He has no value anymore, why should we keep him?" Yu Hai felt that keeping Dong Jin alive was a very dangerous thing.
"Who told you that he has no use value." The Eighth Prince smiled meaningfully, "He can only play his role if he continues to live."
Yu Hai looked confused and asked, "What's the purpose?"
"If he lives, he can put an end to the prince's assassination and destroy those people in Yangzhou." Thinking of those aristocratic families in Yangzhou, the eighth prince's eyes turned cold. "My father has arranged this situation for so long just to deal with those people in Yangzhou." Qun family. Now my father has sent Taishi Liu to close the net, and Dong Jin is the key to closing the net."
"Your Highness, didn't you ask Dong Jin to cooperate with the aristocratic families in Yangzhou? Why did you ask Dong Jin to betray them?" Furthermore, in the past few years, the aristocratic families in Yangzhou have given His Highness a lot of money. If the emperor is allowed to get rid of the aristocratic family in Yangzhou, then His Highness will have one less money bag.
"Damn those people in Yangzhou!" Although the people in Yangzhou gave the eighth prince a lot of money, the eighth prince hated them very much. "That group of people thought they could cover the sky with one hand, turn the clouds and rain over, and not take anyone seriously."
"But aren't they still useful to you?"
"It's no longer useful." The Eighth Prince said calmly, "Things that are useless should be discarded."
After Yu Hai heard this, his heart tightened slightly, and then he asked: "Your Highness, are you helping the emperor?"
"Father, do you still need my help?" the eighth prince said with a half-smile, "Father has been planning this situation for a long time in order to liquidate those aristocratic families in Yangzhou. Even without Dong Jin, father can get rid of them."
"Then will the emperor uproot those aristocratic families in Yangzhou this time?"
"Absolutely." The Eighth Prince said calmly, "My father did this, firstly, for the sake of the people, and secondly, to frighten all the wealthy families and make them fear the imperial power."
The wealthy families in Yangzhou did not take the imperial court seriously at all. In Yangzhou, they were the local emperors. If left unchecked, those people in Yangzhou will rebel sooner or later.
Compared with the aristocratic families in the capital, the aristocratic families in Yangzhou are easier to deal with.
Even though they are all from aristocratic families, the aristocratic families in the capital look down on the aristocratic families in other places. Although the wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River are very wealthy, the wealthy families in the north look down on them.
Because since ancient times, most of the famous families were born in the north. The most important, famous families in the north hold a lot of power, and many of them even once controlled the fate of the imperial court. The most important thing is that many royal families also come from famous families in the north. However, the aristocratic families in Jiangnan rarely produced emperors, and they rarely produced powerful ministers who could make all the difference in the court.
The famous families in Jiangnan are only influential in Jiangnan, and they are not very influential outside Jiangnan. Therefore, the wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River are easier to deal with than the famous families in the capital.
The most important thing is that the wealthy families in the capital are under the nose of Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty. Emperor Wu of Zhou could detect any movements they made. Yangzhou was too far away from the capital, and Emperor Wu of Zhou could not know their movements at all times.
"In a few days, Taishi Liu should arrive in Yangzhou." Just a few days ago, Taishi Liu suddenly fell ill and needed to rest at home for a while. The ministers had no doubts about this, because Grand Master Liu was not in good health and needed to rest at home from time to time. The ministers were used to it.
"From the fact that my father secretly sent Taishi Liu to Yangzhou, you can see my father's attitude towards Yangzhou." The Eighth Prince smiled, "In terms of conspiracy and tricks, the people in Yangzhou are no match for Taishi Liu. "
Yu Hai couldn't help feeling frightened when he thought of Taishi Liu's usual cold demeanor.
"My servant also heard that Master Liu was very cruel." He suddenly thought of that incident and asked curiously, "Your Highness, is that incident true?"
The Eighth Prince asked: "Which matter?"
"What happened in Tongcheng? I heard that when the emperor attacked Tongcheng and couldn't capture it for a long time, Taishi Liu gave the emperor an idea, and then all the people in Tongcheng died." Yu Hai asked, "Is this true? "
"Also, every time Taishi Liu makes a plan, he will kill many people on the other side."
"What happened in Tongcheng may be true." This was also the eighth prince's guess.
Yu Hai said with a look of horror: "I heard that hundreds of thousands of people died in Tongcheng at that time. This... Taishi Liu must have been cruel." He added, "Taishi Liu is so ruthless, why does the emperor still keep him around? ?”
"Things in Tongcheng should be more complicated than we imagined. If it were a normal situation, my father would not agree to Taishi Liu's plan of poisoning and poisoning the people of Tongcheng." Although the eighth prince could not get the approval of Emperor Wu of Zhou Loved him, but like other princes, he also admired Emperor Zhou Wu, his father. "Father is not the kind of person who would sacrifice a whole city of people just to win."
"That's true." Yu Hai sighed, "But Taishi Liu is a very scary person. When he takes one look at you, you always feel that he can see through your inner thoughts."
"That's because you are afraid of him, that's why you feel this way." The Eighth Prince said amusedly, "Although Taishi Liu is good at using tricks and tricks, he is not as good as you said."
"There should be no one who is not afraid of Taishi Liu." After Yu Hai said this, he thought of another thing and asked hurriedly, "Your Highness, the Miss Kong family has returned to Bodhi Temple. In the past two days, someone has been secretly watching the Miss Kong family. .”
"Whose person?"
"Not sure."
"Just staring, no other actions?"
"There will be no other actions at the moment."
The Eighth Prince frowned slightly and said, "Send someone to keep an eye on them."
"Your Highness, if those people want to take action against Miss Kong, should we care or not?"
"Don't worry about it." Whether Miss Kong is dead or alive has nothing to do with him. "However, we still have to figure out what their real purpose is. If there is value, then make good use of it."
"Yes, Your Highness."
The Eighth Prince said no more, lowered his head and continued to read the book in his hand.
Yu Hai did not dare to disturb the Eighth Prince's reading anymore and quietly retreated.
At this time, Zhao Yao, who was far away in the southern suburbs of the capital, was sitting on the field ridge, eating whole grain noodles to make cakes and steamed buns with the fourth prince.
The biscuits and steamed buns were very hard and not very tasty. It would cut your throat a little bit if you swallowed them.
This was a lunch specially arranged by Emperor Wu of Zhou.
Now, there are still many people in Dazhou eating such food.
When Zhao Yao ate such pancakes and steamed buns, he did not show any disgust, nor did he say they were not delicious. He ate very seriously, eating slowly and slowly.
The fourth prince originally thought that Zhao Yao would be unwilling to eat it, or would ask them why they wanted to eat such food, but Zhao Yao didn't say a word and ate obediently.
"Fourth brother, do many people also eat what we eat now?"
"Well, a lot." The fourth prince said with a somewhat solemn expression, "There are still many people who can't even eat this kind of food." Now, people in many places in Da Zhou still don't have enough to eat.
"Then they are so pitiful." We must find the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the dream as soon as possible, so that everyone can be full in the future.
"So we must cherish food." The fourth prince said to Zhao Yao warmly.
"Fourth brother, I have never wasted food." Every time he ate, he ate everything without leaving a grain of rice or a scrap of vegetables. "I eat clean every time."
"Well, you did a good job at that."
"My mother often told me not to waste food." Liang Zhaoyi experienced famine as a child and knows what it feels like to have no food.
While talking to the fourth prince, Zhao Yao gulped down the hard steamed bun in his hand.
The fourth prince quickly handed him the water bag.
Zhao Yao took the water bag, took a gulp of water, and washed away the glutinous rice balls that were stuck in his throat.
Although this steamed bun is not delicious, it is very filling.
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