When he returned to the palace, it was already the beginning of Xu Shi, and Zhao Yao was so hungry that his chest pressed against his back. As soon as he returned to Kunde Hall, he shouted for dinner.
Liang Zhaoyi felt distressed and amused when she saw her son looking like he was reborn as a starving ghost: "Eat slowly, be careful not to choke."
Zhao Yao's mouth was full of food and he had no words to answer Liang Zhaoyi's questions for the time being.
Liang Zhaoyi was afraid that Zhao Yao would choke, so she quickly served him a bowl of soup.
Zhao Yao swallowed the food in his mouth, and he choked as expected. He quickly picked up the soup Liang Zhaoyi served and drank it in big gulps.
Liang Zhaoyi quickly patted Zhao Yao on the back: "I told you to eat slowly. Why are you eating in such a hurry?"
"I'm hungry." Zhao Yao pouted slightly and said, "I'm starving to death." After saying that, he lowered his head and started eating.
"Eat slowly, be careful not to choke again."
Zhao Yao finished another bowl of rice and felt that he was not so hungry anymore. The speed of his eating gradually slowed down, and he no longer devoured it as ravenously as before.
"You didn't eat anything for lunch?"
"Eat, I ate both the cake and the steamed buns." Zhao Yao stretched out three fingers and said, "I was afraid that I would be hungry in the afternoon, so I deliberately ate an extra cake and steamed buns."
"You still eat more?!" Liang Zhaoyi's son was shocked by what he said, "Don't the cakes and steamed buns taste good?"
"It doesn't taste good, it's hard, and it cuts your throat when you swallow it." This is the first time in Zhao Yao's life that he has eaten something so unpleasant. "If you don't drink water and eat at the same time, you won't be able to eat at all."
"I thought you would be so disgusted that you couldn't take another bite." Yaoyao has been a pampered child since he was born. He has no worries about food and clothing, and everything he eats is excellent. She was worried that the child wouldn't be able to eat the steamed buns for lunch, but she didn't expect that he would eat more.
"If you don't eat, you will be hungry. Besides, everyone eats, why can't I eat?" He likes to eat delicious food, but that doesn't mean that he only eats delicious food and doesn't eat other things. "Fourth brother said that there are still many people who are eating hard cakes and steamed buns, and many people can't even eat these two things."
Hearing Zhao Yao say this, Liang Zhaoyi felt very happy.
"Your fourth brother is right. There are still many people who can't even eat hard cakes and steamed buns."
"If you find the potatoes and sweet potatoes in your dreams, then the people will be able to have enough to eat." Today he went to spring plowing. Although he didn't go to the fields to plant rice much, he could feel that the people were satisfied by eating hard cakes and steamed buns. It's not easy. "Potatoes and sweet potatoes are cooked soft and delicious, and they are more filling than pancakes and steamed buns."
"I hope your uncle can ask someone to find him."
"When I ate these pancakes and steamed buns, I felt quite full, but I got hungry soon after." Zhao Yao said with disgust, "I really don't care if I'm full."
"It can only satisfy temporary hunger." Liang Zhaoyi asked again, "Have you learned how to plant rice?"
"I learned it. My fourth brother praised me for my good penetration. It's a pity that my fourth brother only let me fuck for a while, and then he didn't let me go to the fields."
"The water in the fields is cold, and your fourth brother is afraid that you will freeze." Liang Zhaoyi touched her son's little face and said softly, "You should take good care of yourself this year, so that when the spring plowing next year, you can go to the fields to plant rice seedlings."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yao's expression became wary: "Concubine, you don't want me to drink tonic, do you?"
"If I don't let you take tonics, I'm going to let you take medicated diets." Liang Zhaoyi was looking at the cookbook recently, which included medicated diet recipes.
"Medicated food, is it bitter?"
"It's not bitter." Liang Zhaoyi said with a smile, "The medicinal food is also very delicious."
Zhao Yao was dubious: "If the medicinal diet is bitter, I won't eat it."
"Okay, if it's bitter, you won't eat it." Liang Zhaoyi asked again, "What else happened today?"
"The second brother had a rice-planting competition with the prince's brother, and then lost. The father kicked the second brother..." Zhao Yao vividly told Liang Zhaoyi about the competition between the king and the prince.
After hearing this, Liang Zhaoyi frowned dissatisfied: "It's really child's play to compete with rice transplanting. The emperor actually agreed."
"My father probably wanted to teach my second brother a lesson." Zhao Yao thought of the prince's skillful movements when planting rice seedlings and exclaimed, "The prince brother looks like a weak man, but I didn't expect him to be so good at transplanting rice seedlings."
"The prince often goes to the fields with the emperor to do farm work. Planting rice is not difficult for him."
Zhao Yao bit his chopsticks and said, "Actually, the prince brother is quite good. I think he is better than the second brother."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is gentle and conscientious, which is indeed good, but sometimes being too nice is not a good thing, especially as a prince." Liang Zhaoyi said with a deep meaning, "As a prince, you can't be too gentle. Sometimes you have to be ruthless. .”
"My father is most dissatisfied with the prince brother because he relies too much on the government." The prince brother is a good person, but as the mother-in-law said, as a prince, you cannot be too gentle.
Seeing that her son could see this, Liang Zhaoyi was not surprised at all.
"Since ancient times, relatives who are too powerful will harm the court and the people."
"So the prince brother and the second brother both..." Zhao Yao did not say the word "no chance".
Liang Zhaoyi knew what Zhao Yao didn't say. She changed the subject and talked about other things: "After dinner, I will take you out for a walk to eat, otherwise you will have a stomachache at night."
"Concubine, I'll go check on Brother Myna later, so that I can digest my food after a visit."
"Okay." Liang Zhaoyi suddenly remembered something, "By the way, your second mother-in-law and I made some clothes, shoes and socks for the eighth prince. You can bring them to him."
"Isn't this a birthday gift for Bago? Why give it now?" In a few days, it will be Bago's birthday, so the mother and the concubines specially made some clothes for him.
"The sooner I give it, the sooner your brother will be able to wear it." Liang Zhaoyi said with a smile.
"Myna will definitely like it." The mother concubine and the second mother concubine often make some clothes for myna. Myna likes them very much and sometimes is reluctant to wear them.
After Zhao Yao finished his dinner, his stomach felt a little full, so he took Tong Xi to Xingdeok Palace.
When the Eighth Prince saw Zhao Yao coming to see him so late, he thought something was wrong with him.
"Bago, I'm fine. I just ate too much. I went out for a walk to relieve my appetite. I came to see you by the way." Zhao Yao took a package from Tong Xi's hand, "I also helped my mother and concubine deliver things by the way. This is my mother's concubine." The clothes they made for you, Bage, are your birthday present in a few days."
"Thank you, Empress Zhaoyi, for your hard work." The Eighth Prince opened the package, which contained three sets of clothes. A dark green outer robe, two inner clothes and two pairs of shoes and socks. "When I get better, go and thank him personally." Every year for his birthday, Liang Zhaoyi and the others would make him several outfits. Although he did not have a mother-in-law, he felt family affection from Liang Zhaoyi and the others.
In fact, my mother-in-law never made clothes for him when she was alive. His clothes were made by his wet nurse.
Liang Zhaoyi and the others are not related to him, but they have always cared about him.
"Bago, what gift do you want for your birthday?" Zhao Yao said, "I can't afford anything too expensive."
"Tenth brother, you say this every year, and as a result, you give me some food every year. You will probably give me some delicious food this year."
"It's Bago. You can give me whatever you want."
"I heard that you painted a portrait for Brother Four Emperors, so please give me a portrait this year." Because of this, the Eighth Prince felt very jealous.
Zhao Yao raised his hand and patted his forehead, and said with an annoyed look: "How could I forget this? I originally planned to give you a portrait."
"Then give it to me as a birthday gift."
"Okay." The portrait was originally meant to be given to Myna. It couldn't be given to Myna as a birthday gift. He had to give it a new gift. Of course, we can't let Myna know now, otherwise there will be no surprise.
The Eighth Prince asked about what happened today. Zhao Yao chirped and told him everything that happened today.
After saying that, seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Yao left with Tongxi.
The Eighth Prince sat back on the bed, holding the clothes Liang Zhaoyi and the others had made for him.
"Your Highness, in this palace, only His Highness the Tenth Prince and Liang Zhaoyi always remember your birthday." Fortunately, there are still people in this palace who remember His Highness's birthday, and some people specially made birthday gifts for His Highness.
"It's enough to have them." The Eighth Prince handed the new clothes in his hand to Yu Hai, "Put them away first, and then wear them when I feel better."
"Yes, Your Highness." Although Liang Zhaoyi and the others were not His Highness's concubines, they cared about him just like His Highness's concubines.
After leaving the eighth prince's house, Zhao Yao was not in a hurry to go back, but instead went to the fourth prince's yard.
The fourth prince was reading a book and was a little surprised to see Zhao Yao coming to see him so late.
"Tenth brother, why did you come to me at this time?"
"Fourth brother, I ate too much at night. I went out for a walk to relieve my appetite...burp..." Before he could finish his words, Zhao Yao burped.
"How much have you eaten?" The fourth prince glanced at Wei Mian, who immediately understood.
"I ate three bowls of rice, drank a few bowls of soup, and ate a stuffed pancake... burp..." Zhao Yao burped again.
"Why do you eat so much?" The fourth prince frowned slightly and said, "Don't you feel sick to your stomach?"
"I'm hungry. I'm almost starving to death when we get to the palace." Zhao Yao rubbed his belly and said, "It's not uncomfortable."
At this time, Wei Mian came over with a small medicine bottle and handed it to the fourth prince with both hands.
The fourth prince took the medicine bottle, opened it, took out a pill and handed it to Zhao Yao.
"It's a medicine for digestion. If you take it, you won't have stomach upset when you sleep at night."
"Fourth brother, I have taken a digestive medicine." As soon as he finished his lunch, his mother-in-law fed him a digestive medicine.
"You're still hiccupping, take another one."
"Okay." Zhao Yao took the pill, discarded it high and low, then opened his mouth to catch it, and then swallowed it directly.
Seeing this, the fourth prince smiled helplessly and immediately picked up a cup of tea placed on the table.
"Drink some tea."
Zhao Yao took the tea cup, lowered his head and took two sips of tea.
"Don't eat so much at night in the future." The fourth prince warned, "Eating too much at night will easily accumulate food and cause stomach upset."
"Fourth brother, isn't it because I'm hungry?" Zhao Yao wrinkled his little nose and said, "That cake and steamed buns are not enough."
"They are made with coarse flour and whole grains, so naturally they don't care about filling."
"So this is ah."
The fourth prince briefly introduced the grains to Zhao Yao, which grains were sufficient and which ones were not. These control or do not care about the price of food.
The fourth prince has always been paying attention to the price of food.
As long as the price of food fluctuates slightly, he will have people carefully investigate the reasons.
After talking to the fourth prince for a while, Zhao Yao stood up and left.
On the way back to Kunde Hall, Tongxi sighed with emotion: "I didn't expect His Highness the Fourth Prince to know so much about food."
"Fourth brother knows so much, he should always pay attention to these things." Zhao Yao crossed his hands and held the back of his head, walking slowly, "Fourth brother never does things in a public way. If he doesn't talk about the price of food, how do we know that he knows so much about food? Case."
"Your Majesty, the Fourth Highness, does things without showing off."
Something suddenly flashed through Zhao Yao's mind. He thought of what the fourth brother said to him in the field during the day, not to judge books by their appearance, and he exclaimed in his heart: Does the fourth brother know what the eighth brother did?
Zhao Yao: How did Fourth Brother know about Eighth Brother?
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