Not many people care about the eighth prince's birthday, and few people remember it.
Queen Xie learned that Emperor Wu of Zhou sent someone to send gifts to the eighth prince, and she also asked someone to randomly select a gift and send it to Xingde Palace.
Jiang Chuan selected two writing brushes and asked a young eunuch from Zhaoyang Palace to send them over.
As for his concubines, only Concubine Li sent someone to send a gift to the eighth prince.
Every year on the eighth prince's birthday, Li Bin would also give him a gift. No matter it is the birthday of the eighth prince or other princes, Li Bin will give a gift.
Li Bin’s birthday gift to the eighth prince every year is a book. So does the fourth prince. The mother and son gave gifts, mostly books.
The mother and son didn't have many other things, but they had a lot of books.
As a scholarly family, the Li family has the most books. The Li family's collection of books is no less than that of the Kong family. The Li family also publishes new books every year.
Among the princes, only the prince and Zhao Yao, as well as the fourth prince, gave birthday gifts to the eighth prince. They didn't send it to the third prince.
The prince's birthday gift was delivered to him personally after he went to court. He gave the eighth prince a village, which was given to him by Emperor Wu of Zhou when he came of age.
This village is a hot spring resort in the western suburbs of Beijing. It is a royal villa left over from the previous dynasty. It was renovated during the previous dynasty and was decorated very elegantly.
Sometimes when the prince is in a bad mood, he will go to this Zhuangzi hot spring bath.
This time the Eighth Prince was seriously injured and almost died trying to save him. The prince decided to give this Zhuangzi to the Eighth Prince and ask him to go to Zhuangzi to soak in the hot springs from time to time. This would be good for his health.
The eighth prince had no interest in bathing in hot springs, but the prince gave it to him, so he would naturally accept it. Besides, he can take Zhao Yao to the hot springs in the future.
At noon, after school, Zhao Yao did not go to Lanyuan Pavilion, but returned to Kunde Hall first.
On the way back to Kunde Hall, Tongxi told Zhao Yao that Kong Taichang's youngest daughter committed suicide.
"Hanged himself, wasn't it a homicide?" Zhao Yao's first reaction when he heard about this incident was that Kong Taichang's youngest daughter did not hang herself, but committed suicide.
"The young minister of Dali Temple took Wu Zuo for an autopsy, and it was confirmed that it was suicide, not homicide." Tongxi said, "There was no poisoning either."
"Really?" Zhao Yao didn't quite believe it.
"Really, it's impossible to verify the authenticity of Dali Temple's masterpieces." Tongxi added, "It's also impossible for Dali Temple's masterpieces to be false, and I don't dare to falsify them."
Zhao Yao intuitively felt: "This matter is not that simple."
"But this is the fact. Miss Kong hanged herself." Tongxi added, "Miss Kong also left a suicide note, which was written by her herself."
"What was written in the suicide note?"
"I don't know the specifics. I heard that he wrote something like sorry for his parents, and said that he should have died a long time ago."
After half a day, the news of Kong Taichang's youngest daughter hanging herself has spread in the capital. The matter was also discussed in the palace.
"Your Highness, do you think Miss Kong did not hang herself but was killed by someone else?"
"It must have been disguised as suicide."
"It's impossible. After the examination, it was confirmed that she hanged herself." Tongxi said, "It's not surprising that Miss Kong hanged herself. After all, her reputation has been ruined."
"If only it were that simple." Zhao Yao thought it was strange that Kong Taichang's youngest daughter hanged herself at this time.
"Then who do you think killed Miss Kong?"
"How do I know?" Zhao Yao said this, but in his heart he suspected that the prince or someone acting on behalf of the king did it. Wait, it’s also possible that Myna sent someone to do it.
"Your Highness, don't you think it's..." Tongxi didn't say the word "Dai Wang", but he stretched out two fingers.
"It's not impossible, but the possibility is not very high." The Miss Kong family has caused so much embarrassment to the second brother. It is normal for the second brother to hold a grudge against her. It's normal for the second brother to want to take revenge on the Miss Kong family, given his temperament, but the second brother would not be stupid enough to take action against the Miss Kong family at this time.
Whether it was Miss Kong or Kong Taichang, if something happened, the first person to be suspected would be the second brother, even if the second brother had begged for them before.
"Forget it, this is not our business."
When Zhao Yao returned to Kunde Hall, he sent the meals prepared by Liang Zhaoyi and others to the eighth prince.
Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren made ten dishes and one soup, but they were all home-cooked dishes, which the Eighth Prince liked to eat on weekdays.
"Myna, I'm here to have lunch with you."
Yu Hai hurriedly took a food box from Tong Xi's hand, and immediately laid out the meal with Tong Xi.
The food is still hot.
Zhao Yao personally filled a bowl of soup for the eighth prince and brought it to him.
"Myna, this is the tonic soup that my mother and concubines specially prepared for you. It can replenish your body, so you have to drink it all."
The Eighth Prince reached out to take the soup and said with a smile: "Since I returned to the palace, Concubine Liang and the others have been making tonic soup for me."
"Today's soup is different. My mother-in-law started researching medicated food. To be precise, this soup is medicated food soup."
"Medicinal soup?"
"Yes, the mother-in-law said that both of us are not in good health. It would not be good if we only rely on tonics. After all, it requires three parts of the poison, so she decided to give us food tonics." Zhao Yao pointed to a piece of food on the table. On the table, "These are all medicated meals, but don't worry, Bago, it's not bitter at all, and it's very delicious." He was worried that the medicated meals would be unpalatable, but he didn't expect them to taste better than he imagined.
"It's really troublesome for Concubine Liang." The eighth prince did not expect that Liang Zhaoyi would go out of his way to study medicinal foods for his health.
"Bago, you are just passing by, don't worry about it." Zhao Yao said this deliberately.
Of course the Eighth Prince would not believe what Zhao Yao said. He picked up the spoon, took a spoonful of soup and drank it.
“Delicious!”
"Yeah, I didn't expect the medicinal soup to be so delicious." Zhao Yao took the bowl of soup Tongxi brought him and drank it with the eighth prince.
"Mother Liang's cooking skills are really getting better and better."
"No worse than the chefs at Zhen Gourmet House." With his mother-in-law's cooking skills, if he goes out to open a restaurant, the business will definitely be better than that at Zhen Gourmet House.
"You went out to play in the palace, and then went to Zhenxi Restaurant for dinner?"
"Yes, every time I go out to play in the palace, I will go to Zhenxilou to eat." Zhao Yao said, "Zhenxilou will launch new dishes and snacks every once in a while, so of course I have to try them."
"You're just a little glutton."
Zhao Yao finished the soup and gave the Eighth Prince some of his favorite dishes.
"Myna, today's dishes are all your usual favorites. You should eat more."
"I can't finish it by myself, I need your help."
"No problem, I will help you eat these dishes."
"By the way, Brother Prince gave me his hot spring village. If you want to take a bath in the hot spring, just go there."
"What, the prince brother gave you his hot spring village?" Zhao Yao exclaimed.
The Eighth Prince guessed that Zhao Yao would react like this, "Well, do you want to go to the hot springs?"
"Of course I do, I really do!" Zhao Yao said with an envious look, "Brother Prince is so generous."
"You can go there anytime if you want." The Eighth Prince handed Zhao Yao a token, "This is the token to enter Zhuangzi."
Zhao Yao accepted the token without any courtesy. This token is gold-plated, with the word "zhuang" engraved on the front, and landscape patterns engraved around the word "zhuang".
"Bago, then I'll accept it."
"Take it," the Eighth Prince said, "I can't leave the palace for the time being. You go and soak in the hot springs alone first."
"When I take a break from bathing, I will definitely go to a hot spring." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "I haven't been to a hot spring yet."
"You can stay there for a few more days then."
"It's a pity that the mother and concubine can't leave the palace, otherwise I would take the mother and concubine with me." Zhao Yao said again, "Brother Bage, in fact, you should go to the Hot Spring Villa to recuperate. At that time, the prince brother should have sent you directly to Zhuangzi."
"Brother Prince originally planned to send me to Zhuangzi to recuperate, but I don't want to go."
"Ah, why don't you want to go, Bage? Isn't it better to go to Zhuangzi to recuperate than to recuperate in the palace?" If it were him, he would definitely go to Zhuangzi to recuperate.
"You are not in Zhuangzi. It would be too deserted for me to go to Zhuangzi alone to recuperate." Naturally, it was not for this reason that the Eighth Prince did not go to Zhuangzi to recuperate.
"That's right. It would be too lonely for you to go to Zhuangzi alone to recuperate." Zhao Yao said, "Bago, when you recover from your injury, we will go to Zhuangzi to play together."
"good."
After finishing lunch with the eighth prince, Zhao Yao left.
"I didn't expect that His Highness the Crown Prince would be so generous as to give the Zhuangzi that the Emperor had given him to His Highness the Eighth Prince."
Zhao Yao threw the token in his hand high and reached out to catch it steadily.
"Ba Ge was seriously injured and almost died trying to save the prince brother. This is a life-saving grace, so the prince brother must be generous."
"That's true." Tongxi smiled and said, "His Royal Highness gave Zhuangzi to His Highness the Eighth Highness, which is an advantage for you, Your Highness."
"Isn't that right? I've always wanted to go to the hot spring village, but I was embarrassed to talk to the prince brother. Now that Bago has given me the token, I can go to the hot spring whenever I want." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "It's still Bago. Love me." No matter what Myna did, it had nothing to do with him, Myna was still his good Myna.
Zhao Yao: Brother Prince is so generous. I also want a hot spring villa.
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