Zhang Mao walked to the left of His Majesty, looked at the two kings who were still arguing, and remembered that the second highness had just come to admonish the emperor alone, and couldn't help sighing and said, "I'm afraid that in the future, it will be too troublesome!" ”

Glancing at the King of Xianyang, who was still paying attention to the two kings of Guangchuan, Zhang Mao put away his thoughts, walked to the king of Xianyang, bent down and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty has a will." ”

King Xianyang, who was watching into a daze, turned his head and looked at Zhang Mao: "Your Majesty......" subconsciously looked at the throne, but His Majesty was not there. Hurriedly stood up and said, "What about the Supreme? ”

"The second prince is occasionally unwell, His Majesty sent the second prince to the side hall, and before leaving, he instructed the lower officials to inform His Highness, and His Royal Highness will supervise the banquet on behalf of His Majesty."

King Xianyang is not stupid, after a little thought, he realized that it was not clear whether the second prince was sick or not, and it was not good for the emperor to stay here if he left like this.

"Yes!"

Since he wants to officiate at the banquet on behalf of the emperor, he can't watch King Guangchuan and King Xihe make trouble anymore, otherwise it will be a dereliction of duty. King Xianyang walked up to the middle of the hall, clapped his hands with his hands, and the sound of "pop" and "pop" suddenly echoed in the hall. The people below looked back at His Majesty and found that the emperor was gone, and the king of Xianyang was standing on top of him. King Xihe and King Guangchuan, who didn't know how to be respected, attacked each other on the distinction between good and evil in Buddhism, and suddenly saw that the emperor behind King Xianyang was gone, and he also woke up, and he couldn't care about fighting against King Guangchuan anymore.

"King Xianyang's nephew, where is Your Majesty!"

"I was about to inform Uncle Wang that the Supreme was worried because the second prince was ill, and he could no longer feast with us. Since the little nephew was ordered by the king, he did not dare not be unreasonable, and asked Uncle Wang to take a break from his anger, so that he would not be like Brother Guangchuan. ”

The ministers below felt that the emperor was walking silently, so suddenly, and suddenly there were many discussions, some people were surprised by the sudden illness of the second prince, and some people felt uncomfortable with the emperor leaving the palace without saying a word, which is inconsistent with His Majesty's past behavior must be courteous! Although the emperor and the queen mother held banquets in the past, they were all like to make a show, just eat a few bites and leave, so as not to be afraid of eating below. But the fact that the ministers were not allowed to leave the temple without bowing their respects as today had never happened before.

Li Chong and Zheng Xi, who were not far from His Majesty, glanced at each other and nodded to each other, although they watched the farce of the two kings just now, they were also distracted to pay attention to the emperor's actions, and they also saw the emperor pulling the second prince down the steps of His Majesty, they are all smart people, they know what the reason is, of course they will not go to His Majesty to find themselves uncomfortable.

The king of Xianyang looked down and began to discuss again, and said: "Today's banquet should have gathered together and been friendly to each other. Don't argue over trivial matters. ”

Because it is the mourning period of the Queen Mother, although the banquet is held, it is still a little different from the usual banquet, the first is that the dishes are not so exquisite, they are all simple dishes, mostly meat. The second is to subtract the program of watching dance music. Although there is a lot less fun, there are so many people feasting together, and it is rare in a year, and everyone toasts and cheers each other, so the atmosphere is still very strong.

King Xianyang returned to his seat and sat down, and was about to have a full stomach, because he was going to preside over the ceremony this morning, he was afraid of going to the toilet in the middle of the way, and he didn't even dare to drink more water, and he was still thirsty and hungry, so after sitting down, he picked up the dagger on the table and forked a piece of meat from the food vessel, and prepared to pad his stomach for a long time of protest. As soon as he ate a few bites, he saw a child walking next to him, and looked up to see that it was the third prince Tuoba Ke.

King Xianyang put down the wooden chopsticks and daggers, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Why don't you eat some of the virtuous nephews, what's the matter with looking for an uncle?" ”

Tuoba Ke was a little hesitant and said, "Uncle Wang, I want to go and see the second brother, is it okay?" ”

King Xianyang looked at the third emperor's nephew, wiped the corners of his mouth with a hand towel, and said with a smile: "Although the imperial nephew is young, he is deeply respectful. Good! Go ahead! It's okay for my uncle. "As the main feaster, he should have told him that someone was leaving. That's why Tuoba Ke came back to ask him for instructions.

Tuoba Ke was overjoyed, and was about to thank Uncle Wang, when he heard a voice from the side: "The second prince is sick, how can the eldest prince not go?" His Royal Highness the King of Xianyang, let's let the eldest prince go with you. ”

King Xianyang knew who it was when he heard the voice, and he didn't want to be rude to this person, so he stood up and turned around and said, "Hmm! What Uncle Wang said is reasonable, the three imperial nephews are close relatives and should love each other. Looking at Tuoba who was standing on the side, he said, "The eldest emperor's nephew and the third emperor's nephew will go together!" ”

Tuoba and Tuoba Ke saluted and thanked each other, and one after the other bypassed the temple pillars and curtain tents, and disappeared in front of the eyes of the King of Xianyang and the King of Nanping.

King Xianyang looked back at Feng Dan, the king of Nanping, who was the same age as the emperor but was a generation older than their brothers, and said with a smile: "Uncle Wang, has the health of the prince improved?" ”

"People are old people, and their health is sometimes good and sometimes bad. In the past few days, I have improved a little and can already walk a few steps. ”

"That's good, now in the middle of winter, the old uncle is getting better day by day, it can be seen that there is still time to care, and Uncle Wang is a little relieved. After a few days, Xi should go to talk to Uncle Wang. ”

"His Royal Highness's love is presented to his father." Feng Dan said politely, paused, and said: "The second prince suddenly fell ill some time ago, and it has only been more than ten days now, why is it so bad?" Does Your Highness know what the illness is? ”

King Xianyang shook his head and said, "Xi doesn't know. If Uncle Wang has a heart, he can ask himself. ”

Feng Dan heard that King Xianyang didn't want to discuss this issue with him more, so he had to stop mentioning it. After a few more words, he turned and walked towards his seat with some doubts and worries.

King Xianyang looked at Feng Dan who was leaving, and sighed in his heart, he knew why Feng Dan appeared here just now, and he also pulled the eldest prince here, this is because he is worried that His Majesty may be too close to the second prince, alienating the eldest son of the emperor who was raised by the queen mother, and in the end, there will be a matter of abolishing the elder and standing young. It's just that King Xianyang knows very well to his emperor brother that although the current emperor will be emotional about his family's affairs, it will not be the case in the selection of the country's heir, and the Feng family should teach the eldest emperor's nephew more than worry about the second emperor's nephew coming behind.

Putting down these things that don't have to worry about for the time being, King Xianyang picked up the knife and prepared to continue eating, but when he looked down, he saw Li Chong smiling at him not far away. King Xianyang put down his sword and responded with a smile.

Li Chong and Zheng Xi have been paying attention to the movements of high-ranking officials and princes such as Feng Dan, Feng Yigong, Luozhou Thorn Shiqiu Mu Lingtai, Sikong Qiu Mu Lingliang and other high-ranking officials and princes since the king of Xianyang said that the emperor left the palace, and planned that if they were going to see His Majesty, then the two of them would go together. But when he saw Feng Dan go to find the eldest prince, he immediately understood what Feng Dan wanted to do, until in the end, Feng Dan left a little gloomy, obviously eating the soft nails of King Xianyang, and understood that King Xianyang did not help Feng Dan at least temporarily, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although they are now trapped in the situation that the prince is young and cannot leave the palace, they cannot find out whether the second prince has the intention of fighting, and they cannot make a decision to support the second prince, but being able to pay attention to some situations and see some court dynamics as early as possible is also a necessary factor for them to stand in the court.

Feng Dan walked slowly to the position and sat down, holding a knife and chopsticks in his hand, moving mechanically, but thinking about the fact that the second prince and the emperor went to the side hall silently just now. He followed the emperor for a long time, knowing that this was inconsistent with the emperor's usual courtesy, and secretly blamed himself for not paying attention to the emperor's worries, causing the eldest prince to lose an opportunity to win the emperor's favor, and worried that the emperor would be close to the second prince.

Although it can't be said that the two princes can catch up with this reason, but there is a difference between the eldest and the youngest, and the eldest son and the youngest son get the same attention, which is a failure and danger for the eldest son, and he can't help but care more about the eldest son of the emperor, so he immediately went to find Tuoba Sui and asked him to visit the second prince in the side hall, of course, a lot of things can't be said, and this is not the place to say those words, just to tell him some truth about caring for the younger brother.

Originally, he also planned to find out whether the second prince's illness was true or false, if it was true, then it was okay, the second prince had frequent illnesses, and the emperor could not help but take this into account even if he had the heart. If it's fake, it's good to observe the movement further. However, the King of Xianyang did not answer his question, he didn't know what the King of Xianyang was thinking about, and he was suffering from the fact that although he was a high lord and was usually respected, but because of the Feng family's nepotism and wealth and wealth, there were many people inside and outside the court who did not accept him. The king of Xianyang did not answer him, although he could not say that he was hostile to them, at least he did not mean to be close to them.

The crux of the matter is what the emperor thinks, and he will discuss this matter with the adults after returning home!