On the way back to Kunde Palace, Tongxi told Zhao Yao about the marriage of Emperor Wu of Zhou. After Zhao Yao heard this, his expression was very incredible: "Really fake? ”

"The marriage given by the emperor himself." Tongxi said, "How dare the slave and maid talk nonsense." ”

Zhao Yao was stunned and said: "That's Kong Taichang, it's not someone else!" "Shouldn't my father really want to abolish the prince's brother and make the king the crown prince instead?

"Now the whole palace is talking about it!" Tongxi said, looked around vigilantly, and said in a low voice, "Everyone is saying that the emperor finally can't help but abolish His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"Your Royal Highness, is the emperor really going to abolish His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

After Zhao Yao was surprised, his expression became calm: "Do you think that the crown prince can be abolished if his father wants to?" ”

"However, didn't the emperor give Kong Taichang's youngest daughter to His Royal Highness the Acting King?" Don't look at Tongxi's usual stupid appearance, in fact, he is very clever. "With the support of the Kong family, the acting king is like a tiger with wings, where can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still compete with the acting king!" That is the Confucian family respected by scholars all over the world, and the marriage between His Royal Highness the King and the Confucian family is equivalent to having the support of most of the scholars in the world.

"Even with the support of the Kong family, the father can't immediately abolish the eldest son and the eldest brother of the prince, and set up the second brother who is the concubine as the prince." Zhao Yao crossed his hands and hugged the back of his head, walking lazily, "Standing up, but the rules set by the Kong family themselves." If Kong Taichang supports his second brother to become the crown prince, he is violating the ancestral teachings. ”

Tongxi felt that Zhao Yao's words were very reasonable, "So, Kong Taichang will not support the acting king?" ”

"Once his youngest daughter marries the second brother, it is not up to him to support it." Zhao Yao said, "At this time, the most painful person is not the prince's brother, but Kong Taichang. It is estimated that he is now thinking about how to refuse this marriage. ”

Tongxi was surprised: "How can you refuse the marriage given by the emperor, isn't this a protest?" ”

Zhao Yao: "Wait and see, this matter won't go so smoothly." "This marriage may also set off a bloody storm. My father knew the impact of this marriage, so why did he give him a marriage?

Is my father afraid that the world will not be chaotic?

The emperor's heart is a needle.

"It doesn't matter to us whether it goes well or not, don't worry, Your Highness."

"What am I worried about?" Zhao Yao said with a smile, "I'm thinking about eating more delicious food at tomorrow night's celebration banquet now." ”

"Your Highness, you really don't plan to eat more at noon?" Tongxi said with some concern, "You have to go out of the city with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to greet His Royal Highness the Acting King in the afternoon, and I don't know when I will be able to return to the palace, and when you are hungry, what should I do?" ”

"I'm not stupid, how can I go hungry to meet it." As he spoke, Zhao Yao's stomach became hungry, and he hurriedly quickened his pace, "Go back quickly." ”

"Your Highness, slow down and be careful of falling." Tongxi hurriedly chased after him.

After a while, they arrived at the Kunde Palace, and they squatted at the door to greet Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao first hugged them, and then kissed them.

"Tenth brother, why did you come back early?" At this time, it was not yet noon, and Zhao Yao did not get out of school until noon in the past. The fifth princess suddenly thought of something, pointed at Zhao Yao and exclaimed, "You won't sneak back, will you?" ”

Zhao Yao gave the fifth princess a roll of the eyes. He said angrily: "Fifth sister, when did I sneak back in advance?" He wanted to leave early, but unfortunately he didn't have the guts.

"Then you must be pretending to be sick or pretending to be in pain, and came back early." The fifth princess said this very definitely.

Zhao Yao pretended to be hurt and sad, "Fifth sister, how can you think of me like this?" I'm a good student. Although he doesn't like to read and is often distracted during class, he obediently goes to study every day. I have never been late or left early, and I have never missed class.

The fifth princess was deceived by Zhao Yao's acting skills, and hurriedly apologized: "Tenth brother, I'm joking with you." ”

Zhao Yao snorted angrily, he was too lazy to take care of the five princesses, and walked forward with the money.

The fifth princess thought that Zhao Yao was really angry, so she hurriedly chased after her to make compensation, and promised to make Zhao Yao his favorite snack. Zhao Yao forgave her and didn't regain her anger.

Tongxi, who witnessed everything, silently sympathized with the fifth princess in his heart: His Royal Highness was obviously lying to the fifth princess just now, in order to make the fifth princess willingly make him a snack, but he didn't expect the fifth princess to see it and stupidly fell for His Royal Highness.

The fifth princess relied on herself as her sister and thought she was smarter than Her Royal Highness, but in fact, every time the fifth princess was deceived by Her Royal Highness.

Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren were very surprised when they saw Zhao Yao come back three minutes earlier than usual, and then they were worried about whether he was unwell.

Zhao Yao told Liang Zhaoyi and them the reason for leaving school early today, "Mother, let's have lunch later." After a while, I will go to the prince's brother and go out of the palace with him to pick up the second brother. ”

Liang Zhaoyi nodded, and asked Gui Xing to talk to the small kitchen to make them move faster.

Kunde Hall has its own small kitchen, and Zhao Yao and their three meals a day are made in the kitchen. It stands to reason that with Liang Zhaoyi's position, she can't have her own small kitchen. Only concubines above the concubine are eligible to have their own small kitchen. Due to the remote and remote location of the Kunde Palace, it is not very convenient to go to the imperial dining room to get food. The most important thing is that the meals you get back will be cold. Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren have nothing to do with them, but if they are given to Zhao Yao, they will easily eat bad stomachs. When Zhao Yao was very young, he often had a bad stomach. After Emperor Wu of Zhou learned the reason for his bad stomach, he made an exception for Liang Zhaoyi to have his own small kitchen.

"It's really beautiful for the acting king to return to Beijing this time. Not only did the prince take the ministers to greet him, but the emperor also gave him such a good marriage. The poppy sighed, "What a beautiful scenery." ”

Pan Caidao: "It must be very lively when the king comes back in the afternoon." ”

Liang Zhaoyi did not answer the words of the poppy beauties, but repeatedly told Zhao Yao: "When you go outside the capital, you must honestly follow the Eighth Prince or the Fourth Prince, you can't go anywhere, let alone run around casually, you know?" ”

"Don't worry, mother, I will follow the fourth brother and starling closely, and I won't go anywhere." Zhao Yao said again, "I will do whatever the fourth brother and the starling do." I don't talk much. "This time I went outside the capital to pick up my second brother back, and I didn't go out to play, how could he get carried away and run around.

Hearing Zhao Yao say this, Liang Zhaoyi was relieved and didn't say anything more.

After a while, Gui Xing walked in, told that lunch was ready, and asked if she would set the meal now.

Liang Zhaoyi said: Let's set the meal now.

Zhao Yao hurriedly finished his lunch, then changed into a brocade dress and went to the East Palace. When he arrived, the third prince and the fourth prince had already arrived. However, the Seven Princes and the Nine Princes have not yet arrived.

After a while, the Seven Princes and the Nine Princes arrived. The two met on the way, and naturally there was a lot of arguing. Looking at the smug appearance of the Nine Princes, he knew that he had just won the Seventh Prince.

When the prince saw that his brothers had arrived, he took them out of the palace.

When I arrived at the gate of the palace, I found that there were many Praetorian Guards guarding it. Several of them were also leading horses.

The crown prince took the lead and got on the horse, and then the three princes and they got on the horse one after another.

The Fourth and Eighth Princes let Zhao Yao be among them. If something happens, the two of them can protect him.

The crown prince took the lead and rode in front. The Nine Emperors relied on themselves as the younger brother of the acting king, followed behind the crown prince and rode in front of the three princes.

Riding a horse to the main road in the capital, Zhao Yao was surprised to see many people crowded on both sides of the road.

"Why are there so many people?" Are these ordinary people here to welcome the king back to Beijing?

The eighth prince looked at the people on both sides of the road, and sneered in his heart: Xuanping Hou is really good, and he actually let the people spontaneously welcome the triumph of the acting king.

The fourth prince said expressionlessly: "Don't worry about them. ”

When the people saw the prince, they knelt on the ground and saluted, shouting loudly, "His Royal Highness the Prince, Chitose Chitose, Chitose." ”

With a kind and gentle smile on his face as usual, the prince waved to the people on both sides of the road from time to time.

Although it was just a wave, it made the people very excited.

On weekdays, the people can hardly see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and other princes, let alone face the prince at such close range as now. For the imperial power, the people revered and worshiped from the bottom of their hearts.