In Xingde Palace, the eighth prince was reading a book. At this time, Yu Hai walked in respectfully. He bowed to the Eighth Prince first, then took out a letter from his arms and held it in front of the Eighth Prince with both hands.
The Eighth Prince put down the book in his hand and reached out to take the letter. He opened the envelope, took out the letter and read it, then the corner of his mouth curled up into a smile. Then he took the letter to the candle and burned it.
Standing aside, Yu Hai saw that the Eighth Prince didn't look right, so he asked with concern: "Your Highness, what's wrong? Did something happen?"
The Eighth Prince picked up the book on the table just now, and immediately tapped the palm of his hand gently.
"Marquis Xuanping and King Dai are more useless than I thought."
Yu Hai said from the side: "Your Highness, how can Marquis Xuanping be the opponent of Duke Zhen Guo?"
"I didn't expect them to be so useless." The Eighth Prince's eyes were full of mockery, and he let out a disdainful sneer, "A little British concubine actually made them unable to fight back."
"Your Highness, if Duke Zhen and the Crown Prince are allowed to continue like this, I'm afraid that Marquis Xuanping and King Dai will..." Yu Hai said, with a sinister look on his face, and he stretched out his hand to wipe his neck, "Your Highness , how about simply letting Concubine Ying take Concubine Rong..."
The Eighth Prince raised his hand to stop Yu Hai and said, "Nothing can happen to Concubine Rong for the time being. Once Concubine Rong and the King completely fall out of favor, Duke Zhen will be difficult to deal with."
"Then, Your Highness, what do you mean?" Yu Hai asked, "Do you want Concubine Ying to secretly help Concubine Rong?"
"Concubine Ying and Concubine Rong are mortal enemies. How can Concubine Ying help Concubine Rong?" The eighth prince deliberately emphasized the word "enemy" very strongly.
"What should I do if Marquis Xuanping and Wang Dai still haven't taken any action?" Yu Hai despised Marquis Xuanping and Wang Dai in his heart. These two people are so useless. "What the hell are they doing?"
"Isn't the Prince Dai worried about his heirs recently?" The Eighth Prince held the book in his right hand and continued to tap the palm of his hand, "Ask them to give the birth control method to Princess Dai."
Yu Hai heard this, with a surprised expression on his face.
"Your Highness, do you really want to give it?"
"Here, didn't the King of Dai go around asking for remedies to have a child? As my younger brother, I will help him."
"But, didn't you say you'd wait a little longer?" Yu Hai added, "After Princess Dai takes that folk remedy, she won't be able to live long after giving birth. What will happen to our plan then?"
"Wang Siqi's sister is suitable to be the step-concubine of the acting king." The eighth prince said with a meaningful expression.
"Wang Siqi's sister, the Wang family?" Yu Hai said with a look of astonishment, "Your Highness, how could the Wang family agree to Wang Siqi's sister marrying to the Prince's Palace? The Wang family supports the third prince."
The eighth prince smiled meaningfully: "As long as the concubine Dai dies, the step-concubine of the concubine will definitely come from the Wang family, the Xun family, and the Yuan family."
"Your Highness, you mean that after the death of Princess Dai, the Emperor will let the King marry a girl from the Wang family, Xun family, and Yuan family to be the step princess. Why is this?" Yu Hai asked with a puzzled face, "The Wang family supports The one supported by the Xun family is the third prince, the one supported by the Xun family is the fifth prince, and the one supported by the Yuan family is the sixth prince. Why would the emperor let the acting king marry a girl from one of their families as his step-concubine?"
"Because my father has to deal with aristocratic families next." The Eighth Prince said with a smile, "I always thought that my father would choose a girl from the three families to be married to the acting king as his concubine, but my father has not made any move yet. "
"Your Highness, that's not right. Didn't the Emperor ask King Dai to marry Kong Taichang's youngest daughter as his concubine?" Yu Hai was confused by the eighth prince. "Your Majesty has never asked King Dai to marry a girl from the Wang family or the Xun family as his concubine." princess."
The Eighth Prince suddenly narrowed his eyes, and there was a hint of darkness in his eyes.
"No, it's possible that the father has decreed a marriage for the king. First, a girl from the Wang family or the Xun family can be given to the king as a concubine."
Yu Hai was confused when he heard this: "Your Highness, I don't understand."
The eighth prince's eyes suddenly shone with light, "If the acting princess is pregnant, my father will have a reason to grant the acting king a marriage."
"But, Your Highness, if this is the case, then we cannot guarantee that the Emperor will marry Wang Siqi's sister to the acting king as his concubine." Your Highness confused him.
"Although there are many young women in the Wang family, Xun family and Yuan family, currently only Wang Siqi's sister has just reached the age of hairpin. None of the girls from the Xun family and the Yuan family have yet to reach the age of hairpin. So Wang Siqi's sister can only marry the king as a side concubine. ." The Eighth Prince took the book and tapped his head gently, "I didn't think of this."
"Your Highness, will the Emperor really allow the king to marry Wang Siqi's sister as his concubine?" Yu Hai felt that the eighth prince's speculation was too weird and he thought it was unlikely.
"Yes." The Eighth Prince held the book in his right hand and slapped the palm of his left hand heavily, and said with a somewhat excited expression, "Go and make arrangements now to give the concubine the concubine."
"Yes, Your Highness."
"Go see Wang Siqi tomorrow and tell him this matter." The eighth prince raised the corner of his mouth with a sly smile.
"Your Highness, aren't you afraid that Wang Siqi will betray you and turn to the acting king for his sister?" Yu Hai always felt that Wang Siqi was unreliable.
"He doesn't dare. If he dares to betray me, neither he nor his sister will end well." The Eighth Prince's eyes were cold. "If he dares to betray me, I will make their brother and sister's life worse than death."
Yu Hai was frightened by the eighth prince's cold expression. A flash of fear flashed in his eyes, and he said respectfully: "Yes, Your Highness."
The Eighth Prince hit his head again with the book, "What a waste of these few months."
"Your Highness, Wang Siqi's sister didn't even have hairpins a few months ago." Yu Hai said the key point.
"Too."
"Your Highness, if the acting princess is gone, then Wang Siqi's sister will become the step princess. Is this really good?" Rather than Your Highness, it would be better to support your own nephew to take that position. Besides, people will choose people who are related to them by blood.
"I made a mistake just now. The step-princess of the king cannot be a woman from the Wang family, the Xun family, or the Yuan family."
"Ah? Why is this?" His Highness didn't mean that the emperor would first let a woman from the Wang family or the Xun family be the concubine of the acting king, and then wait for the death of the acting princess, and then promote a woman from the Wang family or the Xun family to be the acting queen's concubine. . Why is His Highness now saying that the step-concubine of the acting king cannot be a woman from the Wang family, the Xun family, or the Yuan family.
"Because neither Xuanping Marquis nor Rong Guifei will allow the successor princess to be a member of the Wang family, Xun family, or Yuan family, and I forgot one thing, there is a young woman in Xuanping Marquis' mansion." The eighth prince said, "Dai Wang The princess also has a concubine."
Hearing this, Yu Hai seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand.
Forget it, it doesn't matter whether he, a slave, understands or not, as long as Wang Siqi doesn't betray His Highness.
Yu Hai saw that the Eighth Prince continued to read without saying anything, so he left.
After the Eighth Prince read the book for a while, he suddenly thought of something, and his face instantly turned ugly.
Did Marquis Xuanping and King Dai do this on purpose?
Marquis Xuanping is not as shrewd as Duke Zhen, and King Dai is not as smart, but they will not be so stupid. And Concubine Rong is definitely not a stupid woman. Even if she is jealous of Concubine Ying, she will not completely lose her mind because of it.
The more the Eighth Prince thought about it, the more he felt that Marquis Xuanping and King Dai had done it on purpose. What are they planning?
He couldn't think of the purpose of Marquis Xuanping and the others for the moment, but if Daiwang and the others could confront Duke Zhenguo and the others, he would be happy to see it.
The eighth prince did not think about the affairs of Marquis Xuanping and King Dai anymore and continued to read his book.
After a while, Yu Hai came in and reminded the Eighth Prince that it was getting late and it was time to rest.
"Has the tenth brother returned to the palace?"
"I'm back. I came back around Xu Shi." Yu Hai thought for a while and decided to ask, "Your Highness, did the Emperor give the Tenth Highness a license? Otherwise, how could the Tenth Highness be able to enter and leave the palace freely?"
"The tenth brother said that his father once gave him a token, and then he returned it to his father. His father said that he can freely enter and exit the palace in the future and no longer need a token."
"Then why can't you enter and leave the palace freely?" Yu Hai was complaining about the eighth prince again. However, the eighth prince can also enter and exit the palace freely because he has a token given to him by the prince.
"I don't care." The eighth prince had no expectations for the emperor and didn't care what the emperor thought of him.
Yu Hai realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly lowered his head, not daring to say anything more.
The eighth prince did not blame Yu Hai and said in a calm tone: "Wake me up early tomorrow. I will go to Kunde Hall to eat longevity noodles with my tenth brother."
At this time, Liang Zhaoyi in the Kunde Hall couldn't calm down for a long time after hearing Zhao Yao say that he was going to Lingnan. She knew in her heart that going to Lingnan was the best decision and the safest for Zhao Yao when he grew up, but she couldn't bear it.
She felt very uncomfortable when she thought about her son going to Lingnan in the future and being thousands of miles away from her.
"well……"
Guixing heard Liang Zhaoyi's sigh and asked with concern: "Empress, what's wrong with you?"
"Yao Yao wants to go to Lingnan in the future, but I can't bear to do it..." Lingnan is thousands of miles away from the capital, and Lingnan has been a place of exile since ancient times. There are criminals there, and there is miasma there, which is very dangerous.
"Empress, if you don't want to let Your Highness go to Lingnan," Guixing said soothingly, "If you don't let Your Highness go, Your Highness will definitely not go."
"However, Lingnan is indeed a very safe place." Liang Zhaoyi was tangled in her heart. "Yao Yao can do what he wants to do when he goes to Lingnan. The most important thing is that he can stay away from the right and wrong of the capital."
"Empress, Your Highness wants to go to Lingnan, but the Emperor may not agree, so don't worry about it." Guixing comforted Liang Zhaoyi and said, "Besides, there are still ten years until His Highness becomes a king. Is it too much for you to worry about now?" It’s a little early.”
"You're right." Liang Zhaoyi hoped that the emperor would agree to Zhao Yao's future visit to Lingnan, but she did not want the emperor to agree to this matter.
"Empress, you have to get up early tomorrow to give His Highness longevity noodles, so go to bed early."
"Okay." Liang Zhaoyi lay down, but still couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
The next day, Liang Zhaoyi woke up at dawn. After washing herself, she went to the kitchen to knead the dough herself.
At the beginning of Mao Shi, Zhao Yao was awakened by Tongxi.
Actually, Zhao Yao doesn't have to get up so early today. After all, today is his birthday. He doesn't have to go to Wende Hall to study, but the Eighth Prince has to study today.
In order to eat longevity noodles with the eighth prince, Zhao Yao had to get up early as usual.
When the eighth prince celebrated his birthday, Zhao Yao accompanied him to eat longevity noodles. When he celebrates his birthday, the Eighth Prince will naturally eat longevity noodles with him. This has been the case for several years.
On the way to the dining hall, Zhao Yao happened to meet the eighth prince who had just arrived at Kunde Hall. He hurriedly walked forward and greeted the Eighth Prince with a smile.
"Bago, you are here."
When the eighth prince saw Zhao Yao, a smile appeared on his face.
"Happy birthday, tenth brother." After saying that, he took a brocade box from Yu Hai's hand and immediately handed it to Zhao Yao, "This is a birthday gift for you."
"What gift is it?" Zhao Yao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he took the brocade box from the eighth prince's hand with great expectation. When he first took the brocade box, his hands fell involuntarily, and the brocade box in his hand almost fell to the ground. Only then did he realize that the brocade box was a bit heavy. "Myna, what is this? Why is it so heavy?"
"You'll know if you open it and take a look."
Zhao Yao couldn't wait to open the brocade box and found a golden Ruyi inside. His eyes widened in shock, his mouth opened wide, and he looked at the Eighth Prince in disbelief: "Bago, this...this...is this Jin Ruyi?"
Tong Xi, who was standing next to Zhao Yao, gasped in shock when he saw Jin Ruyi.
His Highness the Eighth Prince is so generous!
"Yes, Jin Ruyi, but it's a little small." The Eighth Prince said apologetically, "I wanted to give you a big one, but..."
Zhao Yao quickly interrupted the eighth prince: "Bago, this Jin Ruyi is not small." The golden Ruyi that the eighth prince gave to Zhao Yao was ten inches long. Although it was smaller than the ordinary Ruyi, it was not too small for Zhao Yao. Not small. "No, Brother Bage, where did you get Jin Ruyi? This Jin Ruyi is worth a lot of money."
"The eldest brother gave it to me." This Jin Ruyi was really given to the eighth prince by the prince. "I saved my eldest brother at Hulong Temple that time. Didn't my eldest brother give me a lot of things? This Jin Ruyi is one of them." In fact, the Eighth Prince didn't like this Jin Ruyi, he thought it was too small. He wanted to give Zhao Yao a "normal" size Jin Ruyi, but he couldn't because he was the unpopular eighth prince after all. It would be too weird to take out a normal-sized Jin Ruyi.
"Bago, I can't take it." Although Zhao Yao loves money, he is not a man who is greedy for cheap. "Bago, this is what my eldest brother gave you, and you paid for it with your life. I can't take it..."
The Eighth Prince interrupted Zhao Yao's words and said with a serious face: "This is my birthday gift to you, you can't refuse it."
"But, myna..."
"I don't like Jin Ruyi, so if you like it, I'll give it to you." The Eighth Prince said with a smile, "Besides, this Jin Ruyi is of no use to me, so I might as well give it to you."
Zhao Yao wanted to say something more, but was interrupted again by the Eighth Prince.
"If you don't accept it, I will be angry."
"Take it, take it, take it!" Zhao Yao said hurriedly, "Of course I will take it from Brother Bagh."
Hearing what Zhao Yao said, the eighth prince smiled with satisfaction: "That's right." In fact, the eighth prince had a pair of jade Ruyi, but it was difficult to give it to Zhao Yao.
Zhao Yao put Jin Ruyi back into the brocade box and handed it to Tongxi.
He gave a grand gift to the Eighth Prince in a pretentious manner: "Brother, thank you, Brother Eight, for the gift!"
The eighth prince was amused by Zhao Yao's appearance: "Okay, little birthday boy, go eat longevity noodles quickly."
Liang Zhaoyi had just ordered longevity noodles and brought them to the dining room in person.
The eighth prince hurriedly saluted Liang Zhaoyi, and Liang Zhaoyi asked him to get up quickly.
Liang Zhaoyi also made some stuffed cakes herself.
After the Eighth Prince finished eating longevity noodles with Zhao Yao, he left to study in Wende Palace.
Zhao Yao sent the eighth prince to the door and invited him to come to Kunde Hall for lunch at noon.
The eighth prince knew that the emperor would come to Kunde Hall for dinner at noon, so he refused Zhao Yao's invitation. He knew that the emperor didn't like him, and his appearance would only make the emperor angry. Besides, even if he came to Kunde Hall for lunch at noon, he would be kicked out by the emperor.
"Your Highness, His Highness the Eighth is so nice, why does the Emperor dislike His Highness so much?" The Emperor really hates His Highness, so much so that he doesn't even want to look at His Highness. "Just because the Eighth Prince's mother-in-law..."
"Ba Ge's mother-in-law is a taboo. If you don't want to die, don't mention it." Zhao Yao warned Tong Xi.
Tongxi was so frightened that he quickly shut his mouth, his eyes filled with fear.
"Slave, I won't say anything anymore."
"Your Highness Tenth." Wei Mian came over and saluted Zhao Yao hurriedly, "Your Highness Tenth, my Highness invites you to visit Lanyuan Pavilion later."
"Okay, I'll go find Fourth Brother later." I don't know what Fourth Brother will give him as a birthday gift. I hope it's a unique copy.
At this time, the fourth prince was attending the morning court. Zhao Yao planned to go to Lanyuan Pavilion to find the fourth prince after the court was over.
Zhao Yao returned to Kunde Hall and saw Liang Zhaoyi looking at the Jin Ruyi given to him by the eighth prince.
"How could you accept such a valuable thing?" Liang Zhaoyi disapproved of Zhao Yao accepting this piece of gold Ruyi, "At noon, you will return this gold Ruyi to the eighth prince."
"I just refused, but Bago insists on giving it to me. If I don't accept it, Bago will be angry." Zhao Yao said, "This Jin Ruyi was given to Bago by His Highness the Crown Prince before."
Liang Zhaoyi stretched out her hand and poked Zhao Yao's forehead, "You often say that you like valuable things, so the Eighth Prince has given you the golden Ruyi that the Crown Prince gave him."
"Mother, don't worry, this golden Ruyi is nothing to Bage." Zhao Yao thought of the eighth prince's expression when he gave him this golden Ruyi before, "Bago seems to dislike this golden Ruyi. "
"what happened?"
Some veterans said before that the title "Emperor Zhou Wu" was a posthumous title, but it was not. Zhou is the name of the country and Wu is the name of the year, so I wrote "Emperor Wu of Zhou". However, this title is quite easy for people to misunderstand, so I will change it and change Emperor Wu of Zhou to Emperor, so that veterans will not find it strange when reading the article.
Eighth Prince: I can obviously give a better jade Ruyi to my tenth brother, but I can’t. I can only wait until later to give it away, and then I can make good compensation to my tenth brother.
Zhao Yao: Bage, this Jin Ruyi is very good.
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