So, the lot was drawn again.

The wooden box with the organ inside was also abandoned, and the great eunuch Tong Xian instructed a companion of the little eunuch to go and get a wooden box specially used to catch lots, so as not to be hit again.

After half a pillar of incense, the little eunuch took a wooden box over, and Tong Xianzai carefully checked it to confirm that it was just an ordinary box, so he put it on the dragon case and put the nine pieces of paper written by the Emperor of Great Wei back into it.

"How's that, do you still want to smoke?"

Glancing at the unhappy Zhao Hongrun, the Great Wei Tianzi was so happy that he showed a little smile and teased: "You try to draw another piece of paper with your name written on it?" ”

Zhao Hongrun frowned and glanced at his father, and said indignantly: "Smoke it!" ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and reached into the wooden box.

Don't look at his indignation as if he was provoked, but in fact, he was secretly happy in his heart.

Yes, the wooden box with the mechanism was just a trick.

Because not only he knew it, but even the Great Wei Tianzi knew that he would definitely try his best to make a ghost idea when he drew lots, so in order not to make the Son of Heaven suspicious, Zhao Hongrun deliberately showed his feet.

Thinking about it, with Zhao Hongrun's intelligence, he would naively think that the Son of Heaven really couldn't see through his tricks?

Only after one defeat did he push the boat down the river to create an atmosphere like "fighting against the water", and then he had a chance to deceive this Great Wei Emperor.

As for how to deceive this time, it is actually very simple, it is nothing more than that Zhao Hongrun has already hidden a piece of paper with his name written in his sleeve, as long as he touches one casually, while his hand is still in the wooden box, he can quickly drop it from the paper in his sleeve.

Don't look at the simplicity of this trick, but often the simpler the trick, the more it will achieve the goal.

"What's wrong? Pumping? Seeing that Zhao Hongrun's hand was stretched out in the box for a while without moving, the Son of Heaven urged impatiently.

"What is my father anxious about? I hesitate, can't I? While complaining, Zhao Hongrun quickly dropped the paper he touched and the paper hidden in his sleeve, and then still pretended to be sullen, and then pulled out the paper.

I have to say that Zhao Hongrun pretended to be very similar, he knew that the paper in his hand was his name, but he deliberately pretended to be hesitant, as if he was worried that the name on the paper was not him.

After a long time, he sighed, turned around and handed the paper to Tong Xian: "Father-in-law Tong, please read it for me." ”

Tong Xian did not doubt him, took the paper, and carefully spread it out: "It's His Royal Highness the Eight." ”

As he spoke, he spread the piece of paper to everyone, and sure enough, the word "Hongrun" was written on it.

"Really?"

Zhao Hongrun pretended to have a surprised expression and patted his chest again and again.

Seeing his expression, although the princes felt a little puzzled, they didn't think about it, after all, it was because there was a mechanism hidden in the wooden box just now, and this time, Tong Xian had already checked the wooden box back and forth, and there was no mechanism, so Zhao Hongrun could still pull out the piece of paper that represented him, which could only be said to be protected by God.

It's a pity, only Da Wei Tianzi doesn't see it much.

"Hehe, one is false and one is real, and it's really a bit of a doorway. It's a pity ......"

Smiling, Da Wei Tianzi grabbed the hand that Zhao Hongrun used to grab lots, and reached out and groped in the sleeve of that hand for a while.

Sure enough, he found the real drawing paper from Zhao Hongrun's sleeve.

Holding the piece of paper between his two fingers, the Son of Heaven deliberately taunted Zhao Hongrun: "Hongrun, guess what this is?" ”

『……』

Although Zhao Hongrun's face remained unchanged, he was already secretly complaining in his heart.

He had long known that ordinary tricks could not deceive this wise father, so he thought of a false and real way, deliberately exposing the trick of the wooden box, and at the same time pretending to be helpless, in order to let this father reduce his guard.

Unexpectedly, he was finally seen through by this father.

"Is my father really going to kill them all?" Zhao Hongrun said in a low voice.

"Hehehe." Da Wei Tianzi was amused when he heard it, and said lightly: "It's your rude tricks, who is to blame?" …… Go down, I've already given you a chance. ”

"It seems that my father is deliberately trying to prevent me from participating in the jury of the examination......

Zhao Hongrun glanced at the Son of Heaven angrily, and finally walked back to his original position.

Even this was seen through by the Son of Heaven, and he didn't have any tricks, so now he had to gamble on luck to see if he could draw him from those nine cards.

Looking at Zhao Hongrun's sullen appearance, all the princes were a little amused in their hearts, and even a few princes muttered to themselves: Why did this son think that he could deceive their father?

"Eighth brother, why do you want to participate in the scientific examination and supervision?"

Seeing Zhao Hongrun walking back to his side, Zhao Hongzhao, the sixth prince who had a good relationship with him, asked curiously.

From the side, Hongxuan, the ninth son of the emperor, also looked at his brother in wonder, and couldn't figure out why his brother did not hesitate to play tricks to win the place of the prince's companion.

"It's hard to put into words." Zhao Hongrun sighed slightly, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that Tong Xian was checking the papers, preparing to draw lots again for the third time, and he was not in the mood to explain.

At this time, he was ready for the worst, even if he couldn't get the place of the prince's companion this time, he had to find a way to get mixed up in the scientific examination.

This time, the lot was drawn by the Emperor of Great Wei himself.

Under the close attention of the princes, the Son of Heaven slowly opened the folded paper.

Not to mention, even Zhao Hongrun is inevitably a little nervous at this time.

Suddenly, Zhao Hongrun noticed that the Son of Heaven frowned.

"Do you mean ......?"

Zhao Hongrun's heart beat slightly faster.

Because he found that his father not only frowned, but also glanced at it slightly.

"Is it really ......?"

Zhao Hongrun's face showed a look of gain and loss, and at this moment, he was really worried that his father was deliberately playing tricks on him.

But it turned out that the Great Wei Tianzi didn't seem to mean to joke with him, and after taking a look, he reluctantly called out his name.

"The candidates for the jury for this examination...... Hongrun. ”

"Yay!"

Seeing the reluctance of the Great Wei Tianzi, Zhao Hongrun clenched his fists excitedly.

"Wouldn't it?"

"Really?"

Several princes who had left the cabinet looked at each other, and they secretly said to themselves, can cheating still attract heavenly help?

"It's a pity ......"

Yongwang Hongyu said a pity and shook his head.

And beside him, Xiangwang Hongjing also sighed regretfully.

However, after glancing at each other, they smiled tacitly.

Because in their eyes, or rather, in the eyes of the four princes who have left the cabinet except for the prince of the East Palace, as long as the quota of the prisoner of the scientific examination does not fall into the hands of the prince of the East Palace, they can accept it no matter who it is given to.

What's more, the one who got this quota was still the eighth of their brothers, a brother who had no intention of competing for the throne at all.

Only the prince of the East Palace, Hongli's face was very unhappy, and he frowned when he looked at the smug Zhao Hongrun, but he didn't say anything.

"Hahaha, sure enough, God is still on the emperor's side...... Knowing this, how could the emperor have to spend so much effort. ”

The so-called cheap and obedient is probably referring to the current Zhao Hongrun.

Seeing that his father had debunked his tricks twice in a row, but in the end, the candidate for the prisoner turned out to be himself, Zhao Hongrun's heart was open, especially when he saw his father's frowning and helpless expression.

"Good boy!" The Son of Heaven seemed to be annoyed by his son's cheap and obedient behavior, snorted heavily, casually threw the paper in his hand back to the wooden box, and bluffed with a straight face: "Since it is the will of heaven that belongs to you, I will obey the mandate of heaven." …… But I have said it first, you are just going to accompany the prison for the examination this time, if you make a mess of this year's examination, hum, see how I clean you up! ”

"Threat? Hey!'

"Father, rest assured, the emperor will definitely fulfill his obligation to stand up as a prisoner."

Zhao Hongrun didn't take his Lao Tzu's intimidation to heart at all, after all, he was just planning to catch Luo Wenzhong's handle this time, so as to take revenge for being framed by the previous design, and he didn't really plan to make trouble in the scientific test.

"Father, the emperor will take his leave and prepare first."

Arching his hand towards the Son of Heaven, Zhao Hongrun almost hummed a little song and left the Wende Hall happily.

Seeing the elated appearance of the eighth prince Zhao Hongrun when he left, and then looking at the unswerving look on the face of the son of heaven, the great eunuch Tong Xian lowered his head.

He didn't have the courage to tell the truth.

Yes, since he was standing beside the Son of Heaven of Great Wei at that time, he clearly saw that the word "Hongzhao" was clearly written on the piece of paper that the Son of Heaven had extracted.

Yes, it was the Sixth Prince Hongzhao who was really drawn, not the Eighth Prince Hongrun!

However, the emperor of Great Wei said nonsense with his eyes open out of a certain thought, and called out Zhao Hongrun's name in a daze.

To be more precise, no matter which prince the Great Wei Tianzi won this time, he would call out Zhao Hongrun's name.

"Father, then I'll take my leave first."

"Father, the emperor and others will retire first."

It may be that seeing the unswerving look on the face of the Son of Heaven, the princes have said goodbye, although they all hope that the chosen person is themselves, but the matter has come to this, and they are not good at doing anything more, after all, they still have the throne in their hearts, so they will definitely not be as free and easy as Zhao Hongrun in front of the Son of Great Wei.

The princes said goodbye to the Son of Heaven one after another, including Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, who was also unhappy.

Seeing that there was no one in the hall at this moment, Tong Xian took care of the aftermath for the Son of Heaven very well: set those pieces of paper on the candlestick and burned them to destroy the evidence.

"You see?" The Son of Heaven asked faintly.

Tong Xian's hand shook slightly when he heard this, and he said in a low voice: "Yes." ”

"Rotten in the heart." The Son of Heaven said lightly, but his tone was like an unquestionable command.

"Yes." Tong Xian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Only those who are always with the king will understand what it means to be with the king like a tiger.

can sit in the current position, Tong Xian naturally knows that some things are bound to rot in his heart, and no one can reveal them, not to mention that the Son of Heaven has a word first.

"Let's go, swing the arch hall." The Great Wei Tianzi said.

"Yes." Tong Xian bowed.