Today was supposed to be a monthly period for the prince's homework examination, except for the prince who had errands, the rest of the princes had to accept the Hongwei Emperor's homework examination.

The return of Beiwuwei to the camp was in an uproar, and the court was surging, and Emperor Hongwei never took care of the princes.

Seeing that the examination period has passed, several princes did not dare to send someone to invite the emperor, after sunset, the younger ones were picked up by the mother concubine, and went to bed in strict accordance with the work and rest system, leaving only the crown prince Zhao Xin, the fourth prince Yu Wang Zhao Heng and the seventh prince Liao Wang Zhao Yang stayed in the East Palace to continue to wait.

The three brothers had a simple dinner, and now that the three princes have grown up, they have their own errands on weekdays, and they rarely get together for a light meal.

But even though the meal was so precious, the atmosphere was not good.

The crown prince Zhao Xin has a cowardly personality, has never been favored by Emperor Hongwei, and is even often scolded by the emperor in public, so that his prestige is discredited, which makes some brothers think that they should not have, and the seventh-ranked King Liao is one of them.

Liao King Zhao Yang is a young and intelligent young man, born to Emperor Hongwei's favorite concubine, and his grandfather is the head of the cabinet Huang Tingzhi, the head of the hundred officials, and he is fully equipped with the hardware and software conditions to compete for the treasure, and has clashed with the prince many times in the past year or two.

During the meal, the prince and the king of Liao fought again, and almost quarreled over trivial things such as picking vegetables and adding rice, but fortunately, the always open-minded King Yu mediated from it, and the two did not really make a move.

Finally finished dinner, the meal had just been removed, and Emperor Hongwei finally came to the East Palace in a hurry.

"The son of the emperor to meet his father!"

As soon as Emperor Hongwei sat down on the main seat, the three princes hurriedly paid homage.

Emperor Hongwei took a cup of tea handed by Wang Shun, took a sip lightly, and asked straight to the point: "How's the schoolwork?" ”

As soon as the emperor's voice fell, Zhao Yang, the seventh prince, immediately picked up a book and said: "This is a summary of the disaster relief in the four provinces of Shandong drafted by the sons and daughters according to the household department, please read it to the emperor!" ”

Emperor Hongwei showed a rare smile: "Apply what you have learned, don't stick to books, and no matter how you write, it's good to have this heart." ”

Seeing that the Seventh Prince had to be praised again, the crown prince Zhao Xin could still sit still, and also held up a book and said: "Enlighten my father, my son's ministers have recently read through the four books, and have made a few annotations for the "University", please ask my father to take a look. ”

Emperor Hongwei frowned, and said lightly: "Do you know that the "University" is a Confucian classic? ”

The prince nodded again and again: "Erchen has followed several masters to learn from the hundreds of schools since he was a child, so he naturally knows. ”

Emperor Hongwei snorted coldly: "Since you know that the "University" is a Confucian classic, you should know how many Confucian celebrities have been extremely poor and have not really penetrated it in their lives.

Go and ask your masters who are rich and rich, do they dare to make notes on "University" casually? You've only been studying for a few years, and you dare to learn how to write annotations? With such lofty ambitions, how do you reassure me? ”

was scolded mercilessly, and the prince's face suddenly turned pale, and he lowered his head and did not dare to speak.

The fourth prince, Zhao Heng, hurriedly persuaded: "Father, the eldest brother just read through the "University" and felt it, so he wrote some of his own opinions, which cannot be called a special commentary, so it is also to please you, and please calm my father's anger." ”

Emperor Hongwei glanced at King Yu, then looked at the snickering King Liao and the trembling prince, and suppressed the fire.

"I won't talk about schoolwork today, I will show you a Jinyi Wei secret report, and talk about my opinions after reading it."

As he spoke, Emperor Hongwei nodded at Wang Shun, and Wang Shun immediately distributed the three-point secret report that had already been copied to the three princes, and the three princes did not dare to slack off, and looked carefully through the dim light of the candlestick.

"Who's going to talk about it first?"

About a cup of tea, seeing that the three of them had finished reading, Emperor Hongwei asked.

The prince had just eaten the batch, and he was afraid that he would fall behind the seventh again, so he stood up first.

"Enlighten my father, the secret report is simply nonsense, what is the transfer of Yin soldiers, the construction of immortal bridges, and the introduction of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, all of which are nonsense rumors.

My father often said that between heaven and earth, only the spirit of Haoran lasts forever, and there are no gods, gods and ghosts, and his sons and ministers think so.

If Xu Rui is really so powerful, if he hadn't defeated the Wuling King earlier, how could he flee like a lost dog?

According to Erchen's opinion, either Jin Yiwei deliberately made up such absurd words in order to escape the crime of being unfavorable in battle, or it was Xu Rui's cunning and cunning to deceive the world......"

"Smack"!

Before the crown prince could finish his words, the teacup in Emperor Hongwei's hand flew out and smashed the beams and pillars made of golden silk nanmu, shattering to pieces.

The crown prince suddenly trembled, and he didn't dare to say any more, and the fourth prince Zhao Heng and the seventh prince Zhao Yang were also startled.

Emperor Hongwei took a silk scarf from Wang Shun's hand, wiped the tea stains on his hand, and looked at Zhao Yang expressionlessly: "Old Seven, you can talk about it." ”

Zhao Yang frowned, he knew his father's temper very well, and he had always scoffed at those gods and ghosts, putting aside the wording, his views were similar to those of the prince, but his father was obviously not satisfied with the prince's answer, what was wrong?

Zhao Yang hesitated slightly, but still didn't dare to take the risk, and found a compromise and said: "Father Qi, the content of the secret report is indeed incredible, but it is not impossible, and the son thinks that he should send someone to verify it before making a decision." ”

Emperor Hongwei was noncommittal, and said, "Fourth, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Heng said: "The child thinks that this matter is mostly true, but the secret report is a little exaggerated. ”

"Oh?"

Emperor Hongwei seemed to be interested, nodded and said, "Tell me your reasons." ”

Zhao Heng arched his hand and said: "Father Qi, my son read the report of the Ministry of War about the battle of Jingyang yesterday, and the 300,000 elites of my Sixth Route Army were divided and surrounded by the King of Wuling, and they were all broken, so that they returned with a heavy defeat.

Among the Sixth Route Army, only the Northern Wuwei Division, a partial division, fought for thousands of miles, broke out of the encirclement, and completely annihilated the black flag and rhino horn that came after at the foot of Liuqing Mountain.

The secret report said that Xu Rui gave advice to Xu Rui in the first battle of the Northern Wuwei, presumably this person must have something extraordinary, but the secret report alone is not enough to cover the coffin, so Erchen also agreed with Lao Qi's statement, and he should send someone to verify before making a decision. ”

After finishing speaking, the three princes all looked at the emperor with blank eyes, waiting for his evaluation, but the emperor just sat on the top and pondered, without saying a word, as if he was in a fixed position, the three princes looked at each other, not knowing whether to remind each other.

"That's all for today."

Emperor Hongwei suddenly waved his hand, stood up and strode away, Wang Shun and a group of eunuchs hurriedly followed, and the lively East Palace instantly became deserted.

The crown prince Zhao Xin breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the ground, his back was wet, and the fourth prince Zhao Heng and the seventh prince Zhao Yang frowned deeply, thinking carefully about something.

Emperor Hongwei walked to the imperial garden in one breath, standing under the moon and looking at the snowy scenery in the garden, Wang Shun waved away the eunuchs beside him, held a mink fur and came to the emperor alone.

"Your Majesty, it's cold, please take care of the dragon's body."

Wang Shun bowed down and spoke, and at the same time draped the big coat on the emperor.

Emperor Hongwei came back to his senses and asked lightly, "Wang Shun, do you think I am too harsh on the crown prince?" ”

Wang Shun shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the slave is old, her energy is low, and she doesn't have so much thought, and now she is only thinking about how to serve your dragon body well, so that the prosperity of our Great Wei Kingdom can last for a few more years." ”

"Old slippery head!"

Emperor Hongwei scolded with a smile, and then asked: "There must be many things you don't understand about today's events, right?" ”

Wang Shun was stunned for a moment and nodded: "The slave is old, and there are always many things that I can't understand and think through." ”

Emperor Hongwei smiled: "It's right if you don't understand, today's matter is a test of that kid, if he can pass the test, he will be worthy of me to look at him differently!" ”

When Wang Shun heard this, his pupils shrank imperceptibly.

His Majesty's use of the court bureau as the subject of the examination is equivalent to taking the world as the subject of the examination, even if he has never been so concerned about the prince of the East Palace, is this not enough to look at it differently?

Or is it that His Majesty is extremely smart, and he has already sought defeat alone in the northern country, and suddenly a Xu Rui who has the possibility of meeting an opponent in chess will suddenly appear so that he wants to compete with him?

No matter what the case is, this Xu Rui's position in His Majesty's heart is even more special than he expected, and it seems that Cao An's dangerous move was not wrong after all.

Wang Shun lowered his eyebrows and pleasing his eyes, with a dead face, but his heart turned a thousand times, and countless thoughts flashed in an instant.

In the East Palace, Zhao Yang, the king of Liao, left thoughtfully, but Zhao Heng, the king of Yu, chased the prince all the way to the palace.

"Big brother, big brother!"

King Yu finally stopped the prince before he entered the harem.

The crown prince stopped, sighed, and bowed deeply to King Yu.

"Thank you for the maintenance of the fourth brother, today the eldest brother let the brothers see the joke again."

King Yu said: "Where is the big brother?" They are all brothers, why do they have to see each other like this? ”

The prince sighed, shook his head helplessly, and did not speak.

King Yu said: "Big brother, my father has never been untargeted, let us see the secret report today, it is clearly for us to make friends with Xu Rui, you have to prepare early." ”

The crown prince smiled self-deprecatingly, and said disheartenedly: "Even if you know the intentions of your father? It's wrong to do anything, but fortunately, it's better not to do it, then Xu Rui will let Lao Qi make friends, Gu honestly hides in the East Palace, and less blame is to burn high incense! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the prince turned his head and walked into the harem.

"Big brother, big brother!"

King Yu wanted to say more, but no matter how he called the prince, he never looked back.

"Hey!"

King Yu sighed, shook his head, and had to walk towards the outside of the East Palace.

On this day, the name Xu Rui seemed to be a silent spring rain, which spread throughout the officialdom of the Northern Dynasties in one day.

As long as you are willing to inquire in the officialdom, there are almost no secrets, and as more and more news comes out from Beiwuwei, Xu Rui's deeds gradually spread.

Hearing such rumors, there are those who sneer and say nothing, those who scoff at it, and those who are half-convinced, but no matter who it is, they are full of curiosity about this legendary teenager.

And just when the whole world was waiting to see Xu Rui, he stood outside the door of the Jingwu Marquis Mansion with a red face and shivering, and the closed gate was like an impassable mountain, blocking him from the cold wind.