The day when the king returned to Beijing was getting closer and closer, the atmosphere in Beijing was becoming more and more delicate, and an undercurrent was surging in the court. However, none of this has anything to do with Zhao Yao.

Today, he was in a very good mood, on the way to Wende Palace, he kept a happy smile on his little face, and kept humming a cheerful tune in his little mouth: "Two tigers, two tigers." Running fast, running fast, one without ears, one without a tail......"

"Your Highness, why are you so happy today?" Tong Xi was very surprised to see Zhao Yao's happy appearance. "Don't you hate going to the Wende Hall the most on weekdays?"

"Tongxi, you forgot what day tomorrow is."

"Tomorrow?" Tongxi thought about it carefully, and then showed a sudden look on his face, "Tomorrow is the day for His Highness to rest." "No wonder Your Highness is so happy.

"Yes, tomorrow is my day of rest." Zhao Yao walked with his hands crossed and hugged the back of his head, "Looking forward to the stars and the moon, I am finally looking forward to the day of rest." ”

Tongxi leaned into Zhao Yao's ear and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, will we leave the palace tomorrow?" ”

"I won't leave the palace tomorrow."

"Ah, don't leave the palace?" Tongxi had an expression of disbelief, "Haven't you been looking forward to a break and then a good way out of the palace?" ”

"We'll leave the palace tonight." Zhao Yao said, with a greedy expression on his little face, "Let's go to the second uncle's house tonight to eat something delicious." ”

Tongxi's eyes lit up: "Your Highness, what delicious food are we eating tonight?" ”

"I have written to tell my second uncle to let my second uncle make hot pot, and my second uncle will make hot pot with a unique taste." Zhao Yao just thought about it, and his mouth was full of saliva.

Tongxi swallowed saliva with the same greed: "The dishes made by the second master are the most delicious." "Blessed tonight.

"What are you thinking about deliciously, and your gluttonous saliva is dripping out?" The Eighth Prince suddenly appeared and said.

Zhao Yao reached out and touched his mouth, but he didn't feel saliva, so he glared at the Eighth Prince.

"Starling, I'm not drooling."

The Eighth Prince reached out and gently pulled Zhao Yao's small mouth, and quipped: "My mouth is full of saliva." ”

"Nothing." Zhao Yao didn't admit it.

"What do you think of?"

"Spicy, hot pot." Originally, there was no hot pot in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but Zhao Yao in the dream liked to eat hot pot very much, and he often ate it. He got out the hot pot that Zhao Yao ate.

"Hot pot, it's indeed a delicious thing, I'll eat hot pot tonight." The Eighth Prince invited, "Do you want to eat with me?" ”

"Starling, I won't eat hot pot with you tonight." Zhao Yao said with a mysterious expression, "I have something to do tonight." ”

The Eighth Prince asked with interest, "What's the matter with you?" ”

"After school tonight, I want to get a good night's sleep and make up for the sleep I missed during this time of studying." Zhao Yao shook his finger lightly and said, "I have to sleep well tomorrow." ”

Only then did the eighth prince remember that Zhao Yao was going to rest tomorrow, "Are you planning to sleep for a day or two nights?" ”

Zhao Yao nodded vigorously: "Yes, I haven't slept in the morning every day during this time, and I have to make up for the lazy sleep I owe." And the most important thing is that children should sleep more so that they can grow taller. "Starling, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you, but I can't let you know about my sneaking out of the palace, so I can only lie and lie to you.

"Sleep more to grow taller, where did you hear this crooked?"

"This is not a fallacy, this is the truth." Zhao Yao pouted and said, "Anyway, I want to sleep more and grow taller." Starling, don't come to me tomorrow, don't disturb my sleep, don't hinder me from growing taller. ”

The eighth prince said with a smile: "Tomorrow, I will not rest and will not hinder your great cause of growing taller." ”

"That's right, starling, you don't stop bathing."

Zhao Yao and the Eighth Prince's rest were not on the same day. The princes of them took turns to rest. He was the last of all the princes to enter the school, because he was the last to enroll. Before he took a break, the Eight Princes and a few of them had already rested.

Looking at Zhao Yao's villainous appearance, the eighth prince pinched his little face: "What are you happy about, I have already taken a break." ”

"It's also oh, but when I think of tomorrow when I take a break and you are studying in the Wende Palace, I am happy, hehe......"

"When I was resting, you were also reading."

"No matter, anyway, I'll rest tomorrow, and you study."

The eighth prince said helplessly and dotingly: "You......"

As soon as the two of them entered the Wende Palace, they heard the Nine Emperor Princes talking loudly, saying that the acting king would arrive in Beijing in two days.

It seems that he is not only happy today, but also Brother Jiu.

"Starling, is the second brother really coming back?"

The Eighth Prince nodded his head: "Well, I'll be back in two days." ”

"Then it's going to be lively." Zhao Yao suddenly thought of something, and there was an expectant look on his face, "The second brother is back, and the father will definitely hold a celebration banquet for the second brother, so that they can eat delicious food." ”

When the king returned to Beijing, everyone paid attention to what reward he would get, and what actions he would make next, only Zhao Yao was concerned about eating delicious.

The eighth prince smiled and said, "When the second brother comes back, my father will definitely hold a celebration banquet for him." ”

"At the celebration feast, we can eat beef." Zhao Yao licked his lips and said, "I haven't eaten beef for a long time, and I've almost forgotten what beef tastes like." "The Great Zhou Dynasty stipulated that cattle could not be killed at will, let alone beef could be eaten at will. Even in the palace, you can't eat beef casually on weekdays, and you can only eat beef at important banquets.

The rule that you can't eat beef at will is not specially stipulated by the Great Zhou Dynasty, but has this rule in the former dynasties and even in the former dynasties.

Since the beginning of the previous dynasties, each generation of kings attached great importance to agriculture, and cattle were an important "tool" for cultivating land, so naturally people were not allowed to kill them at will.

The tyranny and debauchery of the kings of the previous dynasty led to chaos in the world and the destruction of life. In order to escape for their lives, the common people could not farm properly, and many fields became barren land. Also, in order to fill their stomachs, the people killed a lot of ploughing cattle, which led to a sharp decline in ploughing cattle.

When the Great Zhou Dynasty was first founded, the first emperor asked officials to count the ploughing cattle in various places, and found that the number was pitifully small. The first emperor decreed that cattle could not be killed, let alone eaten at will. Although the number of cattle in various places has increased a lot in recent years, it still does not reach the point where every household has cattle, so it is still not possible to eat beef casually.

Only cattle that die of an accident, or die of illness, can eat it. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, you still can't eat it.

Zhao Yao likes to eat beef very much, but he can't eat it on weekdays, and can only eat it at important banquets, so he is especially looking forward to banquets and likes festivals.

"Is beef that good?" The Eighth Prince is not picky about eating. For him, as long as he can eat enough, it doesn't matter if it's good or not. In his opinion, the meat is all the same.

"It's delicious, it's very tasty, especially when you put the beef in a hot pot." Zhao Yao saw that the Eighth Prince looked incomprehensible, looked at him strangely and said, "Starling, I have always wondered if there is something wrong with your tongue, why can't you eat delicious and unpalatable?" ”

"I'm not picky about what I eat." The reason why the eighth prince is not picky about eating is because he often did not have enough to eat when he was a child, so for him, it is more important to have a full stomach than to eat good food. "You're just a gluttonous cat."

"People don't die for the sake of their mouths." Zhao Yao said triumphantly, "My dream in this life is to eat delicious food all over the world." ”

"You're really promising."

"Starling, don't underestimate my dream, let me tell you that food is very important......" Next, Zhao Yao gushed about the importance of food to the eighth prince.

The Eighth Prince was stunned when he heard this. After listening, he looked at Zhao Yao in surprise, and then smiled helplessly: "Tenth brother, if you put your mind into reading, you will not be punished by your father for writing the Analects." ”

"Starling, how can reading be compared to food." Zhao Yao said very seriously, "I was born to eat all my life. When I grew up and left the palace, I traveled around and ate delicious food. ”

"You're still too early to grow up." The Eighth Prince patted Zhao Yao on the shoulder and said, "Wait slowly." ”

"Alas, if only I were the third brother, I would be able to leave the palace next year." Zhao Yao said with envy on his face.

The Eighth Prince pinched Zhao Yao's face again, "Instead of growing up, you should study hard first." ”

As soon as Zhao Yao listened to the reading, his little face was pulled down, and he said in a heavy tone: "Starling, my good mood is lost by you." ”

The eighth prince shook his head and said with a smile: "You, ......"

The two walked into the school, and the Nine Emperor Princes ran in front of them and said excitedly, "My brother will be back the day after tomorrow." ”

"Second brother is finally coming back, that's great." Zhao Yao sincerely hopes that the king will come back, because when the king comes back, it means that he can eat beef.

If the acting king knew that he was beef in Zhao Yao's eyes, he didn't know how to feel.