Zhao Yao looked at the empty seat on the side, his eyes full of envy.

The owner of the vacant seat is the eighth prince, he did not come to Wende Hall to study today, but followed the prince to the Dragon Protector Temple. He will accompany the prince to pray for blessings in the Dragon Temple for 7749 days.

Zhao Yao also wanted to go to the Dragon Protection Temple to pray for blessings, so that he would not have to study for forty-nine days. It's a pity that the starling said that he was too young to go to the Dragon Protection Temple to pray for blessings.

Starling also said that he couldn't eat meat in the temple, he could only eat vegetarian, and he was worried that Zhao Yao wouldn't be able to endure this hardship. For Zhao Yao, the bitterness of not being able to eat meat is not as bitter as studying. He would rather go to the temple and eat vegetarian every day than come to Wende Hall every day to study.

Alas...... I envy starlings......

The fourth prince heard that Zhao Yao had been sighing, turned his head to look at him, and asked with concern, "Tenth brother, what's wrong with you, why have you been sighing?" ”

Zhao Yao leaned forward, let himself get closer to the fourth prince, and then lowered his voice and said, "Fourth brother, I'm fine, I just envy the starling." ”

The fourth prince frowned slightly and asked, "What do you envy him?" ”

"I envy him that he can go to the Dragon Protector Temple to pray for the blessing of the first queen." Zhao Yao's little face was full of "I'm so envious" expression, "I also want to go to the Dragon Temple to pray for the first queen." ”

When the fourth prince heard this, he immediately knew what Zhao Yao was thinking. He reached out and gently pinched Zhao Yao's little face, and said with a smile: "You want to go to the Dragon Protection Temple because you don't want to study." ”

was pierced by the four princes in his heart, Zhao Yao did not feel embarrassed at all, on the contrary, he was very calm: "Yes, as long as I can not study, even if I am allowed to become a monk, I am willing to ......"

Before he finished his words, his little nose was pinched by the fourth prince. The fourth prince deliberately said with a straight face: "Don't talk nonsense." "In order not to study, I can even say such things as becoming a monk, and the tenth brother is really ......

Zhao Yao begged for mercy and smiled at the four princes: "I won't say anything." After saying that, he sat down obediently, picked up his pen and copied what he had just learned.

He only started at the beginning of this year and learned to write, and his writing was very ugly. Thanks to this blessing, he didn't have to pray for the first queen to copy Buddhist scriptures.

Zhao Yao's writing with a quill pen is still very good, but it is not good to write with a brush.

Mr. Xiao walked down and checked whether the princes had copied the book carefully. When I walked to Zhao Yao's side, I saw that his handwriting was crooked. He walked behind Zhao Yao, immediately bent down, held Zhao Yao's hand, and taught him to write.

Zhao Yao looked up in surprise at Mr. Xiao, who suddenly held his left hand, "Mr. ......"

Mr. Xiao glanced down and said expressionlessly, "Write well." ”

Zhao Yao instantly became well-behaved and wrote seriously.

Mr. Xiao taught Zhao Yao to write hand-in-hand while correcting his writing posture.

Zhao Yao was the only one of the princes who wrote with his left hand. When he first came to learn to write, the gentlemen corrected him to change his handwriting, but Mr. Xiao never let him change to his right hand.

It should have been Mr. Xiao who said something to other gentlemen, and after that, no gentleman persuaded him to change his right hand to write.

Although Mr. Xiao is very old-fashioned and serious, he is very responsible for his students. He taught Zhao Yao to write very patiently, and after teaching for a while, Zhao Yao's handwriting was much better.

"Your Highness writes very well." Mr. Xiao praised.

was praised, Zhao Yao was naturally very happy. He raised his little head and smiled sweetly at Mr. Xiao: "It was Mr. who taught him well." ”

Looking at Zhao Yao's clear and clean eyes, he was full of happiness, and a smile appeared in Mr. Xiao's eyes.

"Your Highness, don't be in a hurry when you write, write slowly, stroke by stroke."

"Got it, sir." Zhao Yao's temperament is a little anxious, and he is also a little anxious when he writes, so the words he writes are very floating.

Mr. Xiao didn't hold back, reached out and touched Zhao Yao's little head, and then asked softly: "Did Your Highness understand the content of Fang Cai?" ”

When Zhao Yao heard this, his writing hand paused. He didn't look up, lowered his head and whispered, "No, no......"

"It's okay if you don't understand." Mr. Xiao said, and sat down on the seat of the Eighth Prince, "The minister will tell His Highness again." ”

Zhao Yao was embarrassed to say that there was no need to trouble Mr. He nodded obediently: "Mr. Trouble." ”

"Your Highness is serious, this is what a minister should do." Mr. Xiao took Zhao Yao's book and began to explain it to Zhao Yao word by word.

Zhao Yao listened to it once, but he still didn't understand too much. He explained it again.

After explaining back and forth more than ten times, Mr. Xiao was not impatient or disgusted at all, until the eleventh time, Zhao Yao finally understood.

When Zhao Yao understood, Mr. Xiao also praised "not bad".

Before leaving school, Mr. Xiao told Zhao Yao that if he forgot what he learned today, he could come to him, and he would continue to explain it to him.

Zhao Yao thanked Mr. Xiao, and immediately followed the four princes out of the Wende Palace.

"Fourth brother, where is Mr. Xiao from, does he have a family?"

"Mr. Xiao has no family." Mr. Xiao has some connections with the Four Princes. When Mr. Xiao was young, he studied at the Li family.

He was a bookworm when he was younger, reading books day and night. He read all the books in the Li family. He was obsessed with reading and never cared about anything other than reading, so he was very accomplished in reading.

The grandfather of the fourth prince once wanted to recommend Mr. Xiao to become an official in the court, but Mr. Xiao was not here and refused this recommendation. Later, the grandfather of the fourth prince recommended him to teach in Taixue, and he agreed.

Although he was rigid and serious, and his temper was a little eccentric, he taught very well. When Emperor Wu of Zhou learned of him, he ordered him to enter the palace to teach the princes to read.

The grandfather of the fourth prince originally thought that Mr. Xiao would refuse, after all, he was not interested in power and did not want to enter the court as an official, but he did not expect him to agree.

He told the grandfather of the fourth prince that it was a great responsibility to teach the prince. The prince's teaching is a good thing for the country and the people. If the prince does not teach well, he will not only harm the court, but also endanger the society of the country. Therefore, he was willing to teach the prince.

"Don't you have a family?" Zhao Yao was stunned and asked, "Didn't he have a biological child?" ”

"Mr. Xiao is an orphan and has no family." The fourth prince knew about Mr. Xiao's situation, "He is not married. ”

"Is Mr. Xiao so pitiful?" I didn't expect Mr. Xiao to be alone.

"Mr. Xiao doesn't feel sorry for him, as long as he has a book to read, it is a very happy thing."

When Zhao Yao heard this, a frightened expression appeared on his little face.

"It's really scary to think that reading is a very happy thing!"

"You are the complete opposite of Mr. Xiao." The fourth prince said, "Actually, Mr. Xiao likes children very much, and he would be very happy if he often asked him about reading." ”

When Zhao Yao heard this, he wrinkled a small face, and his expression looked very embarrassed.

"Fourth brother, this ...... I was a little embarrassed...... "Although he likes Mr. Xiao very much, he doesn't like to ask about reading.

The fourth prince was amused by Zhao Yao's entangled and embarrassed little appearance, "You don't have to ask about reading when you look for him, you can talk to him." ”

"Ah, what did you say?"

"Say what you like to eat."

"Does Mr. Xiao like to hear me say this?"

"I like it."

"Okay, then I'll talk to Mr. Xiao when I have time in the future." Oh, he can have a good relationship with Mr. Xiao now. When he grows up and goes to the fief, he can ask Mr. Xiao to teach in his fief.

"Mr. Xiao will be pleased."

"Fourth brother, I'll go back first, see you in the afternoon." Zhao Yao waved his hand at the four princes and walked away in a hurry.

"Your Highness, the Ten Highnesses are like a little rabbit." It's so cute. "Your Highness, why did you let His Highness Ten go down to talk to Mr. Xiao?"

"One is to let the tenth brother accompany Mr. Xiao, and the other is to hope that the tenth brother can be taught by Mr. Xiao." The fourth prince chuckled, "Maybe the tenth brother will like to read after staying by Mr. Xiao's side for a long time." ”

Wei Mian didn't believe it: "Is this possible?" "His Royal Highness Ten is still young, and it's normal that he doesn't like to read. After a few years, when His Highness Ten is older, he will unconsciously like to read.

"How do you know if you don't try." In fact, the purpose of the fourth prince to let Zhao Yao get close to Mr. Xiao was not what he said.

"Your Highness the Tenth, if you knew that you asked him to talk to Mr. Xiao in order to make him like to read, he would definitely blame you." Wei Mian said, "Your Highness, in fact, when His Highness Ten grows up, he will be willing to study." ”

"But, I wasn't there at that time." In two years, the fourth prince will leave the palace to be crowned king, and then he will go to his fiefdom.

When Wei Mian heard the four princes say this, he instantly understood the hard work of the four princes.

"Your Highness, you let His Highness Ten approach Mr. Xiao in order to ......"

"Two years later, I am not in the palace, and I don't worry about the tenth brother." The fourth prince didn't think that the eighth prince could protect Zhao Yao. "Mr. Xiao is deeply respected by his father, and the ninth brother does not dare to be presumptuous in front of him."

"But, Your Highness, didn't you plan to take Mr. Xiao to your fiefdom before?" Wei Mian was stunned, "Didn't you plan to build a academy on your fiefdom and ask Mr. Xiao to come over and teach?" ”

"When the tenth brother grows up and becomes the king, it's too late to invite Mr. Xiao to go." Although the fourth prince still has two years to become king, he has already thought about what he should do to go to the fief.

"Your Highness, Your Royal Highness is the Protector of the Tenth."

"When I leave the palace, I am afraid that the competition between the prince and the acting king will become more intense, and the tenth brother will be involved in the palace." The Four Princes have always thought too much. He didn't go to the fief to the fief, and he had already thought about what the situation would be like in the capital after he went to the fief two years later. "Liang Zhaoyi is not favored, and the Liang family does not have any power, so I am afraid that it will ...... then" Speaking of this, the four princes did not say any more.

"Your Highness, you are still thoughtful."

"The tenth brother is different from us, I hope he can be well."

"With you protecting the Ten Highnesses, the Ten Highnesses will definitely be fine."

Zhao Yao, who had already returned to the Kunde Palace, didn't know that the four princes had broken their hearts for him.

The fourth prince is a good brother.

(End of chapter)