"It's you! What the hell is going on!? How dare you disturb my interest in playing with my beautiful concubines! The Seventh Prince raised his legs and sat in the pavilion on the side, and then stared at the spy with an unruly expression and asked.

When the two beautiful concubines heard this, they also came over to beat his back and beat his legs.

"Your Royal Highness, there is news from the palace, it is said that the emperor is happy today, because he heard that the third prince said that it was the crown prince's credit, so he can wipe out those mountain bandits smoothly." The spies reported truthfully.

The Seventh Prince's pupils shrank, as if he had thought of something, and a fierce color appeared on his face, and he immediately raised his hand to stop the actions of the two beautiful concubines, and then ordered them to leave the garden first, and he wanted to ask carefully.

The two beautiful concubines naturally didn't dare to stay long when they saw his face change, and left one after another.

Seeing them walking out of the garden, the Seventh Prince asked sharply, "How can this matter have anything to do with the crown prince!?" The prince has been in Beijing with me, and he hasn't done anything, don't you know that!? ”

The expression of the Seventh Prince showed that he was a little angry now.

The spy immediately lowered his head, and then said: "You don't know, Tuoba Heng personally said it to the emperor, and his subordinates are very happy to hear that the emperor is very happy, even if he wants to reward His Royal Highness the crown prince with 1,000 taels of silver!" ”

"What did he say about the prince? How could the emperor be so happy!? The Seventh Prince asked puzzled.

"When the subordinates heard that it seemed that the prince had secretly educated Tuoba Heng and asked him to go to suppress the bandits and make meritorious contributions, Tuoba Heng deduced that it was the prince's merit that was greater, and said that if he was not the prince, he would not necessarily go to suppress the bandits, and the emperor knew that it was the prince's great merit."

The guard still lowered his head as he spoke, and the Seventh Prince was slightly angry after hearing this, and it seemed that he didn't know that the prince was such a person behind his back.

"Hmph, this Royal Highness the Crown Prince is hiding so deeply! Walking around in front of the palace all day long, it turns out that he is the real person who is good friends with Tuoba Heng behind his back! The Seventh Prince was so angry that he gritted his teeth and said.

In the prince's mansion, the prince suddenly received a holy decree, saying that the emperor rewarded him for his meritorious service in helping Tuoba Heng suppress bandits, and brought a thousand taels of silver with him.

"Prince, congratulations! In front of the emperor, I have rewarded you again. The emperor's chief eunuch, Grandpa Su, looked at the prince with a smug smile and congratulated.

Even Gonggong Su, who was closest to the emperor, was so optimistic about him, and the prince was suddenly very happy in his heart.

"Thank you Father-in-law Su for your kind words, Father-in-law Su please come into the house for tea." The prince said, but Father-in-law Su's hand holding the long whisk of dust waved.

"The prince doesn't need to, I have to go back to the palace immediately! I still want to congratulate Prince Xi, the emperor is really paying more and more attention to you. Father-in-law Su continued.

The prince's face was slightly red, then he smiled, and immediately ordered his subordinates to give a reward to Father-in-law Su, who put away the few pieces of silver received in his sleeve, and then smiled even more happily, he said goodbye to the prince and then quickly left the prince's mansion.

The prince's subordinates immediately came over to congratulate the prince on winning the emperor's award, and the prince smiled indifferently, and then ordered them to drink well today without having to do things as a celebration.

The prince returned to the room alone, he had been thinking hard all day about how to get more appreciation in front of the emperor, but now he hadn't done anything big, but this reward ran into his mansion like a long leg, which couldn't help but make the prince's heart extremely happy.

"It seems that this Tuoba Heng is really an interesting person, and he knows that it is not beneficial to fight with us at all, so he simply doesn't ask for credit alone, even if he still has a little conscience." The prince sat peacefully in his wooden chair with a relaxed expression.

The emperor rewarded the crown prince, and then felt that it was too bad for Tuoba Heng, although the prince of the bandits had merit, but the root of chasing it should be Tuoba Heng's merit was greater, so the emperor asked Tuoba Heng: "Okay, since the prince has been rewarded, then now, do you have anything you want to ask for from your father!?" ”

Tuoba Heng looked at the emperor very humbly, then shook his head before saying, "No, Your Majesty, the minister is not very luxurious." As long as you reward the crown prince, Tuoba Heng will be very happy in his heart, and it can be regarded as helping the emperor fulfill a wish to repay the prince. ”

The emperor nodded happily when he heard this, the crown prince is the son of the empress and the emperor, and he is also the candidate for the next emperor whom they have appointed and booked, and now the third prince Tuoba Heng can express his support for the prince, which shows that he is very loyal to this court.

"Heng'er, I am very pleased with your performance, and I hope that you will be able to treat others as leniently as you are today in the future. Since you don't want a reward, I'll keep it for you, and it's not too late to come back to me when you think of something later. The emperor said, with a warm smile on his face.

"Thank you, Father. Father, son-in-law still have something to do, so I don't spend much time with my father. Tuoba Heng said, giving up.

"Well, there you go!" The emperor nodded in agreement, and Tuoba Heng immediately left the emperor's inner palace.

The next day, when he went to the court, the emperor was happy that his most important son-in-law had made meritorious contributions in the suppression of bandits, and specially praised and praised the virtue of the prince in the early dynasty.

The prince immediately went to the center of the hall to bow down to the emperor and said: "Erchen has thanked his father for his appreciation, Erchen is really ashamed, and the credit for suppressing bandits is more than that of the third brother." ”

The prince deliberately said this, so that he seemed closer to people.

"Alright, alright, you stand down. Heng'er told me everything about you, and it was your teaching that made him so successful. The emperor stroked his beard and said with a smile to the prince kneeling at the bottom of the steps.

When the Seven Princes heard this, they were furious in their hearts, and most of the people who saw the emperor looking at the crown prince were smiling, but the Seven Princes were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

He immediately gave a few glances to the ministers behind him who were among his henchmen, and those ministers immediately stepped forward to report to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the crown prince's merit is really in vain!" A few days ago, the prince has been in the court, why did he have anything to do with that bandit!? Are you too partial to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so you deliberately reward him like this? ”

The henchmen of the eldest prince are also thinking of ways to slander the prince at the moment, saying that the prince is an ominous person like the queen, and it seems that it is time to come out and add fuel to the fire.

So the old ministers of the eldest prince's faction also immediately came out with the jade plate, and said to the emperor respectfully: "Your Majesty, the prince's merit is really imaginary, why is this credit not the third highness but the prince's, if this matter is spread, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public." ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a lot of discussion in the court for a while, the prince was still pampered and proud just now, and at this moment he was slandered by the old ministers of the two factions of the seventh prince and the eldest prince, and he was really unhappy in his heart, but now in front of the emperor, he was not good at saying anything ugly to those courtiers immediately.

"That's right! Your Majesty, you can't be partial, the reward should be the one who deserves it, not an idle job can also be rewarded, so the atmosphere in the court will be unhealthy again. Another minister, who I don't know what faction, also came out to talk.

Immediately, the palace was talking about the prince, and the emperor looked at these old ministers who did not suggest that he reward the prince, and he was very unhappy in his heart, he was just a small praise, there were so many people who opposed it in the court, and I don't know what the prince did on weekdays, why these old ministers would not like him so much.

The prince was angry, and immediately looked at his most powerful ministers, and the old ministers saw that the prince was slandered by the old ministers of the Seven Princes, and complained in his heart, so he immediately came out and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, people are terrible, you can't believe these words that slander the prince, the three highnesses involved in this matter have all said that it is the credit of our prince, why can't you accept the reward!?" ”

"That's right, the crown prince is the foundation of the court, and the prince's reward is the honor of the heavenly family, do you dare to slander the heavenly family!?" Another minister came out and said.

"Isn't the Seventh Prince and the Third Prince the honor of the Heavenly Family!? Minister, what you said is too simple! Another voice came out of nowhere.

Immediately, the court began to quarrel, and the emperor was a little angry, so he scolded loudly: "You have enough for me one by one!" Do not allow you to continue to slander my sons! ”

Suddenly, all the courtiers in the hall who saw the emperor's anger shut up and didn't dare to say anything more.

The prince was gossiped by the ministers, his heart was unhappy, his eyes stared viciously at the figure of the seventh prince and the eldest prince over there, the old minister of the seventh prince sarcastically mocked the eldest prince, and the seventh prince was happy in his heart at this moment, so he looked at the angry prince over there with an imperceptible chuckle on his lips, and he didn't know how happy he was.

The eldest prince was also angry that the prince was rewarded for no reason, a few days ago he also saw the prince and a group of fox friends and dog friends disguised themselves to play in those Fengyue places, and today he accepted the reward in this royal hall, and scolded his shameless momentum in his heart.

"Is there anything else to start, if there is nothing to do, let's retreat! I don't want to hear you arguing in front of me! The emperor shook his head slightly, and then said to these people in front of him.

Some of them are indeed thinking about the country, but some of them, he can't understand it, but thinking that these old ministers are all people who solve problems for him, he can't really send anyone down, but for some reason to say those words that make him upset when he listens, maybe this is the difficulty of governing the government, and it is always necessary to pinch out the most appropriate part of many different opinions.