On the day before the Wanshou Festival, the four princes and Li Fushu led the ministers, foreign envoys, and Taixue students to worship the two saints of Confucius and Mencius.

In the process of worship, the four princes showed his mature, steady and decent side to the ministers, foreign envoys, and Taixue students. However, more of his edge and talent were shown to the ministers.

The eulogy to worship the two saints of Confucius and Mencius was written by the four princes themselves, and it was very well written, and everyone present was thrilled. The ministers and Taixue students listened with pride and pride.

The four princes led the worship of Confucius and Mencius to the two saints very successfully, so that the foreign envoys were deeply impressed by the Central Plains culture.

The emperor was very satisfied with the performance of the four princes in worship, not only praised the four princes in public, but also rewarded the four princes with a lot of things, which made the three princes jealous.

Seeing that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the foreign ministers praised the four princes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Acting King also felt jealous in their hearts. However, they didn't take the four princes seriously.

Although the four princes led the worship of Confucius and Mencius to be praised by the students of the world, the four princes were not yet adults, and there was no military general support around them, so they could not pose a threat to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Acting King.

However, this worship of Confucius and Mencius made the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the scholars of the world see the wise and extraordinary side of the four princes.

The Four Princes were originally very talented and had some status in the hearts of literati and students, but after this worship of Confucius and Mencius, his reputation among the people has increased a lot.

"Your Highness, the reputation of the fourth prince is getting higher and higher, which is very bad for us." Yu Hai hates the four princes, so naturally he doesn't want to see the four princes good. "Shouldn't we stop the Four Princes?"

The Eighth Prince raised his eyes and glanced at Yu Hai, and then asked expressionlessly, "Why stop it?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, the status of the four princes in the hearts of the scholars in the world is getting higher and higher, which is very detrimental to our future great cause." Yu Hai has always thought that the fourth prince is a person who is used to pretending. On the surface, the four princes do not interact with any ministers, but in fact, they secretly win over ministers and scholars.

"You're wrong, the more Zhao Yun emerges, the more beneficial it is for us." Zhao Yun is the name of the four princes. "If he is too strong, he doesn't need us to take action, the crown prince and the acting king will take action against him."

"Yes, the crown prince and the acting king can't spare the four princes in the first place." Yu Hai was relieved in his heart, "Then let the four princes jump." "The higher the four princes jump, the faster they will die.

The Eighth Prince chuckled and said, "Zhao Yun is not a stupid person, he won't jump." "If the Fourth Prince starts to get carried away because of this matter, then he is not worthy to be the opponent of the Eighth Prince.

Yu Hai thought about it and thought it was the same, nodded in agreement and said: "The fourth prince is used to pretending, otherwise he will not coax the Ten Highnesses to get close to him." Regarding Zhao Yao's closeness to the four princes, Yu Hai was very dissatisfied in his heart.

"Zhao Yun is quite good at pretending, but he is really good to the tenth brother." Although the Eighth Prince hated the Four Princes, he never kept Zhao Yao away from the Four Princes, mainly because the Four Princes were very good to Zhao Yao.

Yu Hai said disapprerovingly: "The slave maid thinks that the fourth prince is deliberately close to the Tenth Highness. "The Four Princes must have bad intentions.

"Zhao Yun is sincere to the tenth brother." The Eighth Prince can see this.

"Your Highness, how can you help the fourth prince speak?" Yu Hai said with some dissatisfaction.

"I didn't say good things for Zhao Yun, but the facts." Otherwise, how could he let the tenth brother get close to Zhao Yun. "How's it going?"

Yu Hai knew what the Eighth Prince was talking about. He said in a respectful tone: "If you go back to Your Highness, things are going very well, and it will be successful tonight." ”

The Eighth Prince nodded his head and said, "That's good." ”

"Your Highness, the eldest prince of Annan proposed to marry a noble girl, won't we deal with it?" Yu Hai asked cautiously tentatively.

"Father won't agree." The Eighth Prince said very firmly.

"Why, Annan is a vassal of our Great Zhou, if we marry with Annan, we can make Annan and our Great Zhou even closer?" Yu Hai asked puzzledly, "Doesn't the emperor want Annan to kiss us?" ”

"It's very simple, it's a noblewoman, not a princess." The eighth prince picked up the teacup, bowed his head and took a few sips of tea, and said slowly, "Father will never let the family reach out to Annan. ”

"If it is a princess, will the emperor agree to marry his relatives?"

"This is not a marriage with relatives, after all, we didn't lose in Da Zhou." The Eighth Prince corrected Yu Hai's words and said, "It is our princess of the Great Zhou who is married." ”

"What Your Highness said is, then Your Highness, do you think that if there is a princess, you can marry the prince of Annan?"

The Eighth Prince didn't answer immediately, but thought for a moment before saying, "Maybe, maybe not." ”

Yu Hai wondered why His Highness was so ambiguous. However, he did not dare to ask.

"Your Highness, tomorrow is Halloween, you have to get up before dawn, you still don't read any more books tonight, go to bed early."

When the eighth prince heard this, he put down the book in his hand, stood up and said, "Then go to sleep." ”

Before going to bed, Yu Hai had already put a few hot water bottles in the quilt of the Eighth Prince to warm up the bed.

The eighth prince is weak and afraid of the cold. Every year in winter, he wraps himself in a ball.

This winter, the Eighth Prince is much more comfortable and relaxed.

The cloak he wears on weekdays is given by Zhao Yao, the padded jacket he wears is also sent by Zhao Yao, and the hot water bottle that warms his hands and bed is also sent by Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao asked people to use pig bubbles to make hot water bottles, which had a very good hand warming effect, but it was quite troublesome to do.

Ever since he had a hot water bottle made by Zhao Yao, the Eighth Prince couldn't put it down and took it with him wherever he went. It is with it that the Eight Emperors are no longer as afraid of the cold as they used to be in this winter.

Yu Hai saw that the hot water bottle in the bed was not warm, so he hurriedly went to change the hot water.

"Your Highness, cover your hands."

The Eighth Prince sat on the bed, holding a hot water bottle in both hands. Yu Hai put another hot water bottle at his feet.

"Your Highness, Your Highness the Tenth really has the heart to make a hot water bottle for you." Yu Hai said with a smile, "The hot water bottle that His Highness Ten made is much warmer than that of Tang Pozi." ”

"Yes, thanks to the hot water bottle that the tenth brother made. In the winter, I am no longer afraid of the cold. The eighth prince held the hot water bottle in both hands, and the heat of the hot water bottle spread to his heart through his hands. After winter, the eighth prince not only warmed his hands and feet, but also his heart was very hot. "It's hard for him to come up with a hot water bottle out of pig bubbles."

"Your Highness, Your Highness Ten is not very smart in reading, but she is very smart in doing these strange things, just say that this cotton, everyone thinks it is a flower, but His Royal Highness Ten uses it to make quilts, cotton clothes, and cotton shoes." Yu Hai was full of admiration for Zhao Yao, "These cotton clothes and shoes are so warm to wear." "Thanks to the blessings of His Highness the Tenth, these palace people also wore cotton clothes made of cotton after the winter this year.

"The tenth brother is very smart and clever." The Eighth Prince chuckled, "However, making clothes and quilts from cotton is something that ordinary people can't think of. ”

"After all, His Highness Ten also made hot water bottles and cotton clothes for you." In this world, apart from him, only the Ten Highnesses put His Highness in their hearts and always cared about His Highness. His Highness has been unfortunate since he was a child, but fortunately, His Highness has ten Highnesses. "Your Highness, Your Highness Ten is also heartbroken for the sake of your body."

The Eighth Prince didn't speak, but there was a smile on his face.

Yu Hai brought a bowl of hot goat milk: "Your Highness, please use it." ”

The Eighth Prince showed a touch of disgust on his face, but he still reached out to take the goat's milk and drank it in a big gulp.

It was Zhao Yao's order to let the eighth prince drink a bowl of goat's milk in the morning and evening. He saw that the Eighth Emperor was weak and that drinking tonic medicine had no effect, so he thought of Zhao Yao's habit of drinking milk since he was a child. However, the eighth prince's spleen and stomach are not very good, and he has diarrhea as soon as he drinks cow's milk, so Zhao Yao thought of goat milk.

The eighth prince drank cow's milk and diarrhea, but it was okay to drink goat's milk. Zhao Yao told Yu Hai to cook a bowl of goat's milk for the Eighth Prince every morning and evening, and be sure to stare at the Eighth Prince and drink it.

Zhao Yao also told the eighth prince to eat more mutton in winter, so that it would be good for his health.

After Yu Hai waited for the Eighth Prince to sleep, he did not leave, but stayed by the Eighth Prince's bedside.

At this time, in a house somewhere in the capital, the third prince was going to Wushan with the princess of Annan. However, if you look closely, there is something wrong with Princess Annanguo's expression.

The next day, before dawn, Zhao Yao in the Kunde Hall was woken up by Tongxi.

After washing up and having breakfast in a hurry, Zhao Yao went to Chonghua Palace. Halfway through, I met the Eighth Prince.

Zhao Yao hurriedly asked the Eighth Prince with concern if he was cold.

Because of the ancestral worship later, the Eight Emperors are not allowed to carry hot water bottles or soup pots.

The Eighth Prince said that it was not cold in a cotton jacket, but Zhao Yao touched his hands and found that his hands were cold.

Zhao Yao then remembered that he forgot to make the gloves, and when the Wanshou Festival was over, he asked someone to make the gloves.

Seeing Zhao Yao holding his hands, the Eighth Prince lowered his head and blew hot air on his hands, which made his eyes slightly wet.

Zhao Yao rubbed the Eighth Prince's hands with his own small hands, and he didn't stop until he rubbed the Eighth Prince's hands warm.

He also told the eighth prince to rub his hands if it was cold at the meeting.

Zhao Yao followed the eighth prince to Chonghua Palace, the other princes had already arrived, but the third prince had not yet arrived. After a while, when the sacrifice was about to begin, the third prince was late.

The third prince's expression was a little haggard, and his face was a little unsightly. He said he hadn't slept well last night because he was too excited, but the ministers didn't believe a word.

Experienced ministers couldn't see what the third prince did last night.

At the end of the day, the sacrifice officially begins.

The emperor first took his sons to worship the first emperor and the first empress dowager, as well as the ancestors. Then, he led the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to worship heaven and earth.

When the sacrifice was over, it was already the hour.

The emperor turned around and went to the main hall of the Chengguang Hall to receive the congratulations of his sons and civil and military officials.

First of all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led the princes to congratulate the emperor on his birthday.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's birthday gift is a stone with the word "longevity". His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that this stone was a natural form of the word "longevity", and he did not find someone to carve it.

The birthday gift given by the king on behalf of the king was a heavenly stone, which suddenly fell from the sky when he was in Liangzhou to quell the rebellion.

The birthday gift given by the three princes is a birthday picture of a famous calligrapher and painter in the previous dynasty.

The birthday gift given by the fourth prince is a birthday picture drawn by himself.

The birthday gift given by the five princes is a longevity peach carved from jade.

The birthday gift given by the six princes is a bow and arrow.

The birthday gift given by the Seven Princes is a Buddhist scripture that he personally copied.

The birthday gift given by the eighth prince is also a Buddhist scripture copied by him. Every year on the emperor's birthday, the eighth prince would personally copy the Buddhist scriptures.

The birthday gift given by the Nine Emperor Princes was an inkstone, which of course was prepared for him by the acting king.

The tenth prince, Zhao Yao, ostensibly gave him a statue of the emperor.

When the princes finished giving gifts, it was the turn of the ministers to give gifts.

Because the emperor didn't like luxury, the birthday gifts given by the ministers were very "simple". However, the birthday gifts given by the foreign envoys were very luxurious, and they gave them all the treasures of their own country.

The festival lasted three days before it ended. Previously, the festival was celebrated for only one day, because the emperor did not feel the need to celebrate three days because of his birthday. This year's Halloween is celebrated for three days because of the pilgrimage of foreign envoys.

In the past three days, there is no curfew in the capital, and it is bustling and lively.

After the three-day celebration, it was time for the foreign envoys to return home. Before they returned home, the emperor also rewarded them with a lot of things. However, the prince of Annan did not want to marry the noble daughter of the Great Zhou, and the emperor rejected his proposal.

Although the emperor had told He Xiang and Liu Taishi that they had become a complete family, it was a joke. What He Xiang and Taishi Liu said was also a joke.

The Marquis of Xuanping and the ministers who supported the acting king proposed to the emperor that His Royal Highness the acting king marry the princess of the Annan Kingdom as the side princess.

The Marquis of Anyang came out to oppose it at this time, saying that the princess of Annan should marry the third prince as the side princess, because the princess of Annan loved the third prince.

Soon, the emperor learned that the third prince had already married the princess of Annan, and had no choice but to marry the princess of Annan to the third prince as the side princess. Wait for the third prince to become an adult next year, and the princess of Annan can marry the third prince as the side princess.

The acting king and the marquis of Xuanping did not expect to kill the three princes halfway and snatch the princess of Annan.

The wishful thinking of the prince and the prince of Zhenguo also failed.

Although the third prince married the princess of Annan as he wished, he angered the emperor. After the foreign envoys left, the emperor severely reprimanded the three princes and punished him to go to Zongzheng Temple to face the wall and think about it. said that he had thought about it on the wall, but in fact, he was imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple and was not released until the eve of the New Year.

The acting king failed to marry the princess of Annan as the side princess, but the emperor gave the concubine of the Wang family, that is, Wang Siqi's sister, to the acting king as the side princess.

The emperor's marriage decree was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were stunned.

The ministers didn't expect the emperor to make such a marriage will, the Wang family is the maiden family of the concubine, and it is the mother family of the three princes, and the emperor actually gave the daughter of the Wang family to the king as the side princess. This...... It's incredible. In fact, the ministers felt that the emperor's marriage decree was too ridiculous.

The emperor's marriage decree was expected by the eighth prince. The Eighth Prince guessed that this seemingly absurd marriage will be staged in the future, but now it is just the beginning.

Zhen Guogong was smart, and he quickly revealed the true purpose behind the emperor's marriage will, which made him vigilant in his heart.

The crown prince was very happy when he learned that the purpose of the emperor's marriage decree was to make the Xuanping Marquis Mansion and the Anyang Marquis Mansion "kill each other".

"Uncle, my father's will to give marriage is really wonderful, it seems that my father is not completely at ease with the acting king." The prince thought to himself, although his father favored the acting king, he was also worried that the acting king's merits would be high, so he asked the acting king to marry the daughter of the Wang family as the side princess, and use the Wang family to balance the Xuanping Hou.

"The important purpose of the emperor is to restrain the royal family." Zhen Guogong sighed in his heart, the emperor finally couldn't help but make a move on the family in the capital.

"It's good to restrain the Wang family, so that we don't have to take action." Although the three princes have not posed a threat to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at present, the Wang family has always been an obstacle. Now that he doesn't need to do it, it's great that his father personally solves the obstacle of the Wang family.

Zhen Guogong said in his heart: After the emperor gets rid of the Wang family, the Xun family, and the Yuan family, it will be the turn of the Xie family.

Just when the Duke of Zhenguo was worried about the fate of the Xie family in the future, the emperor suddenly issued a holy decree and appointed Xie Shi as the general of Zhenxi, and went to the northwest to guard the town from now on.

This decree was a huge surprise to the Zhenguo Mansion, because General Zhenxi was in charge of 100,000 soldiers in the northwest military camp.

However, for the acting king, this will is tantamount to bad news. Of course, it is not good news for the three princes.

The Eighth Prince was surprised by the Emperor's will, but he instantly understood the Emperor's intentions.

Zhao Yao was not surprised by this will at all, because he and He Lianfang had already guessed that the emperor would do this.

The shrewd Zhenguo Gong naturally understood the true intention behind this will, but he was not afraid, on the contrary, he was very excited, because what he lacked most was military power. Now that the emperor has put the military power into his hands, he will make good use of it.

With these 100,000 soldiers, Zhen Guogong believed that he could stop the emperor's purpose.

What Zhen Guogong didn't know was that the emperor deliberately made him think so.

Zhen Guogong: Hahahahaha, great, my Xie family finally has military power. With military power, I am not afraid of anything. Your Majesty, thank you so much.

Emperor: You're welcome. If you like it, it's fine.

It's the end of the month, ask for a monthly pass in the hands of the old iron!