Not many people cared about the birthday of the Eighth Prince, and few people remembered it.

Empress Xie learned that Emperor Wu of Zhou had sent a gift to the Eighth Prince, and she also asked someone to choose a gift at random and send it to Xingde Palace.

Jiang Chuan picked out two brushes, and then asked a small eunuch from Zhaoyang Palace to send them over.

As for his concubines, only Concubine Li sent someone to send a gift to the Eighth Prince.

Every year on the birthday of the Eighth Prince, Concubine Li will also give a gift. Whether it is the birthday of the eighth prince or other princes, Concubine Li will give a gift.

Concubine Li's birthday gift to the Eighth Prince every year is a book. The Four Princes too. The mother and son gave gifts, and basically they gave books.

The mother and son don't have many other things, but they have a lot of books.

As a scholarly family, the Li family has the most books. The Li family's collection of books is no less than that of the Kong family. The Li family will also publish new books every year.

Among the princes, only the crown prince and Zhao Yao, and the four princes gave birthday gifts to the eighth prince. The three princes did not send it.

The crown prince's birthday gift was personally sent by him after he went down to court. He gave the Eighth Emperor a Zhuangzi, which was given to him by Emperor Wu of Zhou when he was an adult.

This Zhuangzi is in the western suburbs of the capital and is a hot spring mountain villa. It is a royal mountain villa left over from the previous dynasty, which was renovated during the previous dynasty and is very elegantly decorated.

Sometimes the prince is in a bad mood, so he will go to this Zhuangzi to soak in the hot springs.

This time, the Eighth Prince was seriously injured and almost died in order to save him. The crown prince decided to give this Zhuangzi to the Eighth Prince, and let him go to the Zhuangzi to soak in the hot springs from time to time, so that it would be good for him.

The Eighth Prince had no interest in soaking in hot springs, but the crown prince gave it to him, so he naturally wanted to accept it. Besides, he can take Zhao Yao to the hot springs in the future.

At noon, after school, Zhao Yao did not go to Lanyuan Pavilion, but went back to Kunde Hall first.

On the way back to the Kunde Palace, Tongxi told Zhao Yao that Kong Taichang's youngest daughter had committed suicide.

"Hang yourself, didn't he kill him?" Zhao Yao's first reaction when he heard about this incident was that Kong Taichang's youngest daughter did not hang herself, but he killed her.

"Shaoqing of Dali Temple took the autopsy with his work, and it was confirmed that he hanged himself, not him." Tongxi said, "There is no poisoning. ”

"Really?" Zhao Yao didn't believe it.

"Really, it is impossible to make a mistake in Dali Temple." Tongxi said again, "It is impossible for Dali Temple to do it, and I don't dare to cheat." ”

Zhao Yao intuitively felt: "This matter is not so simple. ”

"But that's the case, Miss Kong hanged herself." Tongxi added, "Miss Kong also left a suicide note, which she wrote by herself. ”

"What is written in the suicide note?"

"I don't know the specifics, I heard that I wrote sorry for my father and mother, and said that I should have died a long time ago."

After half a day, the story of Kong Taichang's youngest daughter hanging herself has been spreading in the capital. The palace is also talking about this matter.

"Your Highness, do you think that Miss Kong did not hang herself, but was killed by someone else?"

"It should have been disguised as hanging."

"It's impossible, it's been tested, and it's sure to be hanged." Tongxi said, "It's not strange that Miss Kong hanged herself, after all, her reputation is bad. ”

"If only it were that simple." Zhao Yao felt that it was very strange that Kong Taichang's youngest daughter hanged herself at this time.

"Then who do you think killed Miss Kong?"

"How do I know?" Zhao Yao said this, but he suspected in his heart that it was the crown prince or someone acting for the king. Wait, it's also possible that Starling sent someone to do it.

"Your Highness, do you think it's ......" Tongxi didn't say the word "acting king", but he stretched out two fingers.

"It's not impossible, but it's not very likely." Miss Kong gave the second brother such a big embarrassment, and it was normal for the second brother to hold a grudge against her. It is normal for the second brother to want to take revenge on Miss Kong, but the second brother will not be stupid enough to attack Miss Kong at this time.

Whether it is Miss Kong or Kong Taichang, if something happens, the first object of suspicion will be the second brother, even if the second brother interceded for them before.

"Forget it, it's not our business."

When Zhao Yao returned to the Kunde Palace, he sent the meal prepared by Liang Zhaoyi and them to the Eighth Prince.

Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren made ten dishes and one soup, but they were all home-cooked dishes, and they were also the favorite foods of the Eighth Emperor on weekdays.

"Starling, I'm here to have lunch with you."

Yu Hai hurriedly took a food box from Tongxi's hand, and immediately set up a meal with Tongxi.

The meals were still hot.

Zhao Yao personally served a bowl of soup to the Eighth Prince and brought it to him.

"Starling, this is the tonic soup that the mother concubine specially boiled for you, which can replenish your body, and you have to drink it all."

The Eighth Prince stretched out his hand to take the soup and said with a smile: "Since I returned to the palace, Mother Liang and her concubines have been making soup for me. ”

"Today's soup is different, my mother began to study medicinal diet, this soup is accurate medicinal soup."

"Medicinal soup?"

"Yes, the mother concubine said that both of us are not in good health, and it is not good to rely only on tonics, after all, it is necessary to make up for three poisons, so she decided to give us food supplements." Zhao Yao pointed to a table of dishes on the table, "It's all medicinal food, but starling, don't worry, it's not bitter at all, and it's very delicious." He was worried that the medicinal food would be unpalatable, but he didn't expect it to be better than he imagined.

"It's so troublesome for Concubine Liang." The Eighth Prince didn't expect Liang Zhaoyi to deliberately study medicinal food for the sake of his body.

"Starling, you're just in passing, don't care." Zhao Yao said this deliberately.

Of course, the Eighth Prince would not believe Zhao Yao's words. He picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful of soup and drank it.

"Delicious!"

"yes, I didn't expect the medicinal soup to be so delicious." Zhao Yao took a bowl of soup that Tongxi gave him and drank it with the Eighth Prince.

"Mother Liang's cooking skills are really getting better and better."

"It's no worse than the chef in Zhen Yulou." With his mother's cooking skills, going out to open a restaurant, the business is definitely better than that of Zhenyulou.

"You went out of the palace to play, and went to Zhenyulou to eat again?"

"That's right, every time I go out of the palace to play, I will go to Zhenyulou to eat." Zhao Yao said, "Every once in a while, Zhen Yulou will introduce new dishes and dim sum, of course I want to try them." ”

"You're just a little glutton."

Zhao Yao finished drinking the soup and sandwiched some of his favorite dishes for the Eighth Prince.

"Starling, today's dishes are all your favorite foods on weekdays, you need to eat a little more."

"I can't eat all by myself, and I need your help."

"No problem, I'll eat these dishes for you."

"By the way, the prince's brother gave me his hot spring Zhuangzi, if you want to go to the hot spring, go straight over."

"What, the prince's brother gave you his hot spring Zhuangzi?" Zhao Yao exclaimed.

The Eighth Prince guessed that Zhao Yao would react in this way, "Well, do you want to go to the hot springs?" ”

"Of course, very much!" Zhao Yao said with envy, "Brother Prince is so generous. ”

"You can go whenever you want." The Eighth Prince handed Zhao Yao a token, "This is the token to enter the Zhuangzi." ”

Zhao Yao accepted the token unceremoniously. The token is gilded, with the character "Zhuang" engraved on the front, and a landscape pattern carved around the character "Zhuang".

"Starling, then I'll take it."

"Take it." The Eighth Prince said, "I can't leave the palace for the time being, you go to the hot springs alone first." ”

"When I'm resting, I'll go to the hot springs." Zhao Yao said with a grin, "I haven't soaked in a hot spring yet." ”

"You can stay there for a few more days then."

"It's a pity that the mother concubine can't leave the palace, otherwise she will take the mother concubine with her." Zhao Yao said again, "Starling, in fact, you should go to the Hot Spring Villa to recuperate, and the prince's brother should have sent you directly to Zhuangzi at that time." ”

"Brother Crown originally planned to send me to Zhuangzi to recuperate, but I didn't want to go."

"Ah, why don't you want to go, starling, isn't it better to go to Zhuangzi to recuperate than to recuperate in the palace?" If it were him, he would definitely go to Zhuangzi to recuperate.

"You are not in Zhuangzi, it is too lonely for me to go to Zhuangzi alone to recuperate." The Eighth Prince did not go to Zhuangzi to recuperate, naturally not for this reason.

"It's also oh, it's too lonely for you to go to Zhuangzi alone to recuperate." Zhao Yao said, "Starling, when you are healed, we will go to Zhuangzi to play together." ”

"Okay."

After accompanying the eighth prince to lunch, Zhao Yao left.

"I didn't expect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be so generous, and he actually gave the Zhuangzi that the emperor rewarded him to His Eighth Highness."

Zhao Yao threw the token in his hand high, and reached out to catch it steadily.

"Starling was seriously injured in order to save the prince's brother, and he almost died. This is a life-saving grace, and the prince's brother naturally has to be generous. ”

"Yes." Tongxi smiled, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave Zhuangzi to His Eighth Highness, but it is cheaper for Your Highness." ”

"But isn't it, I've always wanted to go to the hot spring Zhuangzi, but I'm embarrassed to talk to the prince's brother, and now the starling brother has given me a token, and I can go to the hot spring whenever I want." Zhao Yao smiled and said, "It's still the starling brother who loves me." "No matter what the starling does, but it has nothing to do with him, the starling is still his good starling.

Zhao Yao: The prince's brother is really generous, and I also want the hot spring villa.

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