The ministers of Lanyuan Pavilion liked Zhao Yao very much. When they learned that today was his birthday, they all prepared birthday gifts for him. Of course, they didn't dare to give anything expensive, so they gave some delicacies from their hometown, which Zhao Yao loved to eat on weekdays.
Zhao Yao did not expect that the minister of Lanyuan Pavilion would give him a birthday gift, and it was all his favorite food, which surprised him very much.
When the ministers of Lanyuan Pavilion saw Zhao Yao accepting the birthday gifts from them with joy and solemnly thanking them, they were very moved and liked Zhao Yao even more.
Who doesn’t like cute, sweet-talking, polite and grateful children?
In the history museum, Zhao Yao saw the fourth prince and reached out to him unceremoniously: "Fourth brother, where is my birthday gift?"
Seeing Zhao Yao asking him for a birthday gift so rudely, the fourth prince reached out and pinched his cute little face.
"Have you ever asked someone for a birthday gift so directly?"
"Fourth brother, why should I be polite to you?" Zhao Yao grinned brightly at the fourth prince, "Fourth brother, I am very much looking forward to your gift, please give it to me quickly."
The fourth prince gently slapped Zhao Yao's palm, and said in a funny and doting manner: "Don't worry, your birthday gift is indispensable."
Zhao Yao suddenly had an ominous premonition. He looked at the fourth prince warily: "Fourth brother, if you give me the storybook, I will be angry." He was afraid that the fourth prince would not take his words to heart, so he said emphatically He emphasized again, "I will really be angry. Fourth brother, the consequences of my anger will be very serious."
Hearing what Zhao Yao said, the fourth prince couldn't help but want to tease him: "Why are you serious about the law?"
Zhao Yao put his hands on his hips and glared at the fourth prince fiercely: "Fourth brother, I will break off our relationship with you for one month..."
Before he could finish his words, his little face was pinched by the fourth prince again, causing him to cry out in pain: "It hurts...it hurts...fourth brother...it hurts..."
"You are so courageous that you want to break off our relationship with me." The fourth prince pinched Zhao Yao's little nose hard again.
Zhao Yao slapped the fourth prince's hand away, rubbed his nose and said: "Fourth brother, if you make me angry, I will definitely break up with you for a month...it hurts..." Before he could finish his words, his little head was The fourth prince struck hard.
"Don't say the word "break up the relationship." The fourth prince said with a straight face.
"That depends on what gift you give Fourth Brother." Zhao Yao was not afraid of the Fourth Prince's cold face.
The fourth prince laughed angrily and stretched out his hand towards Wei Mian.
Wei Mian immediately brought a brocade box and handed it into the hands of the fourth prince.
Zhao Yao saw that the brocade box in the fourth prince's hand was very small, and thought that what it contained must not be a script. He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
The fourth prince handed the brocade box in his hand to Zhao Yao, "Your birthday gift."
Zhao Yao took the brocade box with both hands and asked curiously: "Fourth brother, what kind of gift is it?"
"You'll know if you open it and take a look."
Zhao Yao opened the brocade box and found a pair of black and white Tai Chi fish jade pendants inside.
"Tai Chi Jade Pendant?"
"I made it specially, do you like it?"
"I like it, I like it very much." Zhao Yao said with joy on his face, "Thank you, fourth brother." After saying that, he separated the pair of Tai Chi fish jade pendants and handed the white fish jade pendant to the fourth prince, "Fourth brother, one for each of us."
"This pair of jade pendants is for you, why would you give me a piece?"
"Fourth brother, we are brothers, we are one and the same." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "In the future, we will use this pair of jade pendants to recognize each other. By the way, in the future, we can also use this pair of jade pendants to ask each other for help or help..."
Before he could finish his words, the Fourth Prince knocked him on the head again.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Fourth brother, this is what is written in the storybook. These pair of jade pendants are our brother's tokens." Zhao Yao said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "As it is written in the storybook, if one of us is in trouble in the future, You can take this jade pendant and ask the other party for help."
The fourth prince didn't take Zhao Yao's words to heart. He shook his head helplessly and said, "You should read less of the scripts in the future."
"Fourth brother, I think this pair of jade pendants is a good token of our brothers. Just take it."
"A token of our brothers?" the fourth prince murmured, and immediately accepted the white fish jade pendant, "Okay, these pair of jade pendants are our brothers' tokens."
Zhao Yao held up the black fish jade pendant and said to the fourth prince: "Fourth brother, I will take good care of this jade pendant."
The fourth prince smiled and said: "I will also take good care of it." The fourth prince did not expect that he would be saved by this white fish jade pendant in the future.
"Brother thanks Fourth Brother for the gift." Zhao Yao gave a grand salute to the fourth prince in a showy way, "Fourth Brother, you have something to do, brother, I will leave first."
"Let's go back."
"Fourth brother, I'm going back then." After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he skipped away.
As soon as he walked out of the History Museum, he met Zheng Rang.
Zheng Rang hurriedly saluted Zhao Yao and then wished Zhao Yao a happy birthday.
Seeing Zheng Rang holding a food box in his hand, Zhao Yao said with a bright face: "Zheng Zhengshi, what delicious food did you make for me?"
"It's a snack. I hope His Highness won't find it objectionable." After Zheng Rang returned to the house from get off work last night, he personally cooked Zhao Yao's favorite snacks.
"I don't dislike it, not at all." Zhao Yao said happily, "Zheng Zhengshi, the snacks you make are the most delicious. Thank you for the snacks."
"It's my honor to be liked by Your Highness." Zheng Rang said to Zhao Yao, "Your Highness, there is also a letter written by my younger brother and a birthday gift for you in the food box."
Why didn't Zheng Qian show any sign of his lord's birthday?
"I understand. Thank your little brother for me, saying that he is interested."
"Your Highness, I'm going to get busy first."
"Go ahead."
Zhao Yao left Lanyuan Pavilion with Tongxi.
"Your Highness, why did you say those words to His Highness the Fourth Prince just now?" Tongxi hesitated and said, "It feels a bit unlucky. Today is your birthday." Fortunately, the Fourth Prince did not take His Highness's words to heart. .
"Is there anything unlucky?" Zhao Yao took out the black fish jade pendant from his arms, his expression suddenly became very serious, "Do you think I'm joking? I'm not joking, I'm serious."
"seriously?"
"However, I hope that fourth brother will not need that piece of white fish jade pendant in the future."
"Your Highness, didn't you say it was a token?"
"It's a token." Zhao Yao said, "If the fourth brother comes to me with that piece of white fish jade pendant in the future, it means that the fourth brother is in trouble, so I don't want the fourth brother to use this jade pendant in the future."
After hearing this, Tong Xi finally understood what Zhao Yao said. He opened his mouth in surprise and said: "Your Highness, what are you..."
"I will go to Lingnan in the future. Not only will I be far away from the capital, but I will also be far away from Fourth Brother and the others." Zhao Yao also saw the fourth prince giving him a pair of Taichi fish jade pendants, and then he thought of using them as tokens, "That When the time comes, Fourth Brother and the others will definitely compete fiercely. I'm afraid that Fourth Brother will not be the match for Eighth Brother in the end." Fourth Brother and Eighth Brother may be equal in resourcefulness, but in terms of ruthlessness, Fourth Brother is definitely no match for Eighth Brother. Furthermore, the fourth brother has a weakness, but the eighth brother does not. The Li family is fourth brother's support, but also his weakness.
Tong Xi didn't expect Zhao Yao to think so far ahead and exclaimed: "Your Highness, you did it on purpose."
"I also thought of it suddenly."
"Your Highness, I saw that the fourth prince did not take your words seriously."
"Fourth brother will definitely not take what I say now seriously. Fourth brother will understand in the future." Zhao Yao said, sighing softly, "I hope that fourth brother will never use this jade pendant."
Tongxi said with admiration: "Your Highness, you have thought so carefully."
Zhao Yao shook his head and said nothing more about it.
"Let's go back."
"Your Highness, maybe the Emperor has sent someone to give you a gift."
"I have no expectations for the birthday gift from my father. It might just be another pile of books." With his bad temper, my father would never give him a "normal" gift. Maybe his father would take advantage of his birthday to tease him again.
"Your Highness, today is your birthday, and the emperor will most likely give you another villa." Tongxi felt that the royal villa that the emperor had rewarded Zhao Yao before was very good.
Zhao Yao glanced sideways at Tongxi and said angrily: "You think Zhuangzi is just a cabbage, there are plenty of them."
"Aren't there many?" Tongxi asked, "Aren't there many Zhuangzi in the suburbs?"
"Most of those villages have given out rewards, and there are not many left." Since he decided to go to Lingnan, Zhao Yao has no interest in the Royal Mountain Villa on the outskirts of the capital, because he can't take it with him, and he can't sell it for money. Wait, he can sell it to Third Brother and the others. Maybe Third Brother and the others will buy it. After all, Third Brother and the others don’t have Zhuangzi yet.
Tongxi saw Zhao Yao squinting his eyes and showing a sly smile, and his heart trembled.
"Your Highness, who are you plotting against?" Every time His Highness shows this expression, it means that His Highness is making bad plans.
"Third brother and the others."
"Third Prince?" Tongxi was so surprised that he almost screamed. Then he quickly lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, are you going to deal with the Third Prince and the others?"
Zhao Yao looked at Tong Xi inexplicably: "When did I say that I would deal with Third Brother and the others?"
"That's what you just said."
"What I just said was that before I grow up and go to Lingnan, I will sell the Zhuangzi that my father gave me to my third brother and the others."
"Ah?" Tong Xi was surprised, "Your Highness, can Zhuangzi be sold as a reward from the Emperor?"
"It's definitely not okay to sell it to others, but there will definitely be no problem selling it to Third Brother." Zhao Yao said, laughing maliciously, "Third Brother and the others are Zhuangzi who have not received rewards. I sold Zhuangzi Give it to them, they will definitely want it." When the time comes, he will blackmail Third Brother and the others for a sum of money.
"Your Highness, the Emperor will definitely be angry if he knows that you sold the village that he gave you as a reward."
"I can just sell it to Third Brother and them secretly."
Tongxi said silently in his heart: Your Highness, do you think you can hide this from the Emperor?
Zhao Yao returned to Kunde Hall and received birthday gifts from Poppy and the others.
Both Poppy and Pan Cairen made new clothes for Zhao Yao. The fifth princess made a sachet for Zhao Yao.
Queen Xie sent a young eunuch to deliver a birthday gift, which was two writing brushes.
As a queen, she would send gifts to the princes every year on their birthdays.
Li Bin also sent someone a gift, which were two collections of poems.
The other concubines did not send gifts, after all, Liang Zhaoyi was not familiar with them.
As for the emperor, he has not yet sent anyone to deliver gifts.
At this time, the emperor was discussing matters with He Xiang and others in the imperial study.
This morning, King Dai finally came to court and did not continue to pretend to be ill. He took the initiative to mention to the emperor that he wanted to assist His Royal Highness in entertaining envoys from Annan, Johor and other countries. The emperor agreed.
"Lao He and Lao Liu, what do you think about me selecting a woman from the Wang family, Xun family, and Yuan family to be the acting king's concubine?"
As expected, the Eighth Prince guessed it right.
When He Xiang and Taishi Liu heard the emperor's words, there was no look of surprise on their faces.
"Your Majesty, are you finally going to start?" He Xiang and Taishi Liu seemed to have known for a long time that the emperor was going to do this.
The emperor held his face with his right hand and said with a half-smile: "Don't you think the recent Duke of Zhenguo is too proud?"
"When has Duke Zhen Guo been proud?" Taishi Liu said sharply.
The emperor said with a smile: "Then I will help him and make him prouder."
He Xiang asked hurriedly: "Your Majesty, what are you planning to do?"
"What do the Duke of Zhen and the Crown Prince want most?" The emperor did not directly answer the question of Prime Minister He, but asked them.
Taishi Liu said without hesitation: "Military power."
Hearing this, Prime Minister He asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, are you going to give the Zhenguo military power?"
Taishi Liu immediately understood the emperor's intention and agreed: "Give the Duke of Zhen Guo military power, he will be more proud, and then he will be more likely to make mistakes." People who are usually extremely cautious will only make mistakes when they are proud. If you want to make Duke Zhen Guo If something goes wrong, give him what he wants most.
I was busy in the morning, so I didn’t have time to code and update.
There is another update in the evening, so it will be later.
Eighth Prince: Father, I know you best!
(End of chapter)
