Heungdeok Palace, in the courtyard of the Eighth Prince.

Zhao Yao, Tongxi, and Yu Hai built a snowman together. Holding a hot water bottle in both hands, the Eighth Prince stood under the porch and watched the three of them build snowmen.

They made the eyes of the snowman out of two stones, the nose out of a piece of wood, and the hands of the snowman out of two branches.

Zhao Yao felt that something was missing from the snowman, and hurriedly asked Yu Hai to get a rag.

Yu Hai didn't know why, but he still obediently went to get a rag.

"Your Highness, what do you want this rag for?"

"You'll find out right away." Zhao Yao took the rag and wrapped it around the snowman's neck, "That's right...... No, there is still one hat missing, Yu Hai, you take another hat. ”

"Your Highness, what kind of hat is it?"

"Do you have any straw hats?"

"Straw hat, the slave has to look for it."

The eighth prince standing under the corridor saw that Zhao Yao's little face was cold red, and his little nose was also cold red, so he hurriedly beckoned to Zhao Yao: "Tenth brother, come here." ”

Zhao Yao sniffed. He ran towards the Eighth Prince and asked, "Starling, what's wrong?" ”

The Eighth Prince picked up a hot water bottle and stuck it on Zhao Yao's face. He said with some distress: "You see your face is frozen red, isn't it cold?" ”

"It's not cold." Zhao Yao said, reaching out to hold the hands of the Eighth Prince, "Look, my hands are hot." ”

"It's still snowing, so you still don't want to play."

"Starling, I'm not cold." Zhao Yao returned the hot water bottle to the Eighth Prince, "Starling, you better go back to the house, don't freeze." ”

"Your Highness the Ten, the slave maid has found the straw hat." Yu Hai walked over with a straw hat.

Zhao Yao said: "Put it on the snowman." ”

"Okay." After Yu Hai put a straw hat on the snowman's head, he found that the snowman became very cute in an instant.

"Doesn't it become cute when you wear a hat and a scarf?" Zhao Yao reached out and patted the snowman's big belly, and said with a smile, "This is the right way to build a snowman." ”

Zhao Yao stood beside the snowman, stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around the snowman's shoulder, and said to the eighth prince standing under the porch with a smile: "Starling, you draw me and the snowman." ”

The Eighth Prince raised the corners of his mouth, and his eyebrows were full of softness: "Okay, I'll draw it." ”

Zhao Yao suddenly squatted down, rubbed a snowball, and then smashed it towards Tongxi.

Tongxi, who was suddenly smashed, was a little confused: "Your Highness? ”

"Tongxi, Yu Hai, let's have a snowball fight." Last winter, Zhao Yao was sick and kept lying in bed. Didn't go out all winter. This winter, he is alive and kicking, of course, to make up for all the things he didn't do last winter, such as building a snowman and having a snowball fight.

"Your Highness, your men have mercy."

The Eighth Prince stood under the porch and watched Zhao Yao and the three of them have a snowball fight amusefully.

Tongxi and Yu Hai didn't dare to smash Zhao Yao, and their subordinates showed mercy. However, Zhao Yao showed no mercy to their subordinates, and they were smashed by Zhao Yao with snow all over their faces.

After a while, it got snow all over my head. The eighth prince was afraid that Zhao Yao would catch a cold, so he hurriedly let Zhao Yao into the house, and asked Yu Hai to prepare hot water.

Zhao Yao took a comfortable hot bath, and then drank a bowl of ginger soup with a wrinkled face.

In the study of the Eighth Prince, Zhao Yao and the Eighth Prince sat in front of the brazier to roast the fire.

Rice cakes and chestnuts are baked on the edge of the brazier. From time to time, the sound of chestnuts bursting is heard.

Yu Hai brought milk tea and snacks.

Zhao Yao drank tea and milk tea, ate snacks and chestnuts, and let out a comfortable sigh: "This is the life of people." ”

The eighth prince was amused by Zhao Yao's exclamation, and raised his hand to gently knock Zhao Yao's little head.

"Why, the life you used to live was not a human life."

"That's right, the days when you don't study are the days you live."

With a bang, another chestnut was roasted and exploded, Zhao Yao hurriedly picked it up, peeled off the chestnut shell, and immediately handed the chestnut to the eighth prince.

"The freshly roasted chestnuts are fragrant, sweet and delicious, starling, hurry up and eat them."

The eighth prince was not polite, took the chestnut and stuffed it into his mouth.

It was snowing outside and the wind was blowing. There was a fire in the house, and it was warm.

Zhao Yao picked up the freshly baked rice cake and ate it. He had just taken two bites when he cried out.

The Eighth Prince was startled when he saw Zhao Yao's mouth suddenly bleeding, and asked nervously, "Tenth brother, what's wrong with you?" Then, he hurriedly said to Yu Hai, "Call the Imperial Doctor." ”

Zhao Yao grabbed the Eighth Prince and shook his head at him: "You don't need to call the Imperial Doctor. With that, he spit out the rice cake in his mouth along with his teeth. He cried and said, "Starling, my tooth is out. ”

The eighth prince was frightened by Zhao Yao's bloody appearance, but he didn't expect to lose his teeth. The heart that was scared to the throat just now can fall back to the same place with confidence.

"It's okay, I lost my teeth when you were your age."

Yu Hai brought water at this time and asked Zhao Yao to rinse his mouth.

After gargling for most of the day, the blood in my mouth was finally gone.

The Eighth Prince washed the tooth that Zhao Yao had put on it, then put it in a small box and immediately put it under his bed.

"The upper teeth should be placed under the bed, and the lower teeth should be thrown on the roof."

Tongxi was holding the mirror, Zhao Yao was looking at the mirror and saw that there was a missing tooth next to his front teeth, wrinkled his little nose, and said with an unhappy face: "It's so ugly." ”

"It's okay, if you lose your teeth, they will grow in a moment." The eighth prince comforted Zhao Yao warmly.

"How long will it take to grow?" Zhao Yao said, with a frightened look on his face, "Starling, do I still have to lose my teeth?" ”

"That's right, a lot more to drop." Seeing the look of fear on Zhao Yao's little face, the Eighth Prince reached out and patted him lightly on the shoulder, reassuring him and saying, "Everyone loses their teeth when they are young. ”

"Your Highness Ten, don't be afraid, your new teeth will grow soon."

The Eighth Prince told Zhao Yao: "Don't stick out your tongue to lick the place where the tooth has been lost, otherwise the new tooth will be crooked." ”

When Zhao Yao heard this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly covered his mouth.

"Tenth brother, you don't want to grow crooked teeth, do you?" The Eighth Prince deliberately scared Zhao Yao and said, "It's going to be ugly." ”

Zhao Yao shook his head when he heard this: "I don't want to, I will never lick it." ”

The eighth prince picked up the freshly baked rice cake and asked Zhao Yao deliberately in a bad way: "Do you still want to eat rice cakes?" ”

Zhao Yao hurriedly shook his head: "Don't eat it, never eat it again." He had just eaten a tooth after eating rice cakes, and he didn't want to see rice cakes again for a while.

The Eighth Prince asked with concern, "Does it hurt?" ”

Zhao Yao shook his head and said, "It hurt a little when I fell just now, but now it doesn't hurt." ”

"Eat less snacks from now on." The Eighth Prince said, "Eating too much sugar is not good for your teeth." ”

"Ah, can't you have a snack?" Zhao Yao instantly felt that he had nothing to love, and his little face showed an aggrieved expression.

"You can eat it, but you can't eat too much." The Eighth Prince said, "You're going to lose your teeth all the time from now on, you have to pay attention." ”

"Starling, why did you lose your teeth?"

"Because you have to get new teeth, everyone is like this, not you alone, so don't be afraid." The eighth prince was also frightened when he lost his teeth for the first time when he was a child, and at that time he thought he was going to die. He hid alone, secretly cried, and then met Liang Zhaoyi.

At that time, Liang Zhaoyi saw that the eighth prince was crying very sadly, and was busy asking him what happened. The eighth prince sobbed and said that he had vomited blood and was going to die.

Liang Zhaoyi was frightened by the words of the Eighth Prince, and was busy calling the imperial doctor for him. At this time, she found that the eighth prince was missing a few teeth, and hurriedly asked him if he had lost his teeth.

The eighth prince cried and said that he had lost several teeth, and asked Liang Zhaoyi if he was crying to death.

Liang Zhaoyi was pregnant at that time, squatting in front of the Eighth Prince with a big belly, patting his arm gently, and gently comforting him and saying that children will lose their teeth at this age, and they will lose a lot, so let him not be afraid, because it will grow again.

[Throw the upper teeth under the bed, and the lower teeth on the roof.] This sentence was told by Liang Zhaoyi to the Eighth Prince.

Zhao Yao didn't expect that the eighth prince knew that the loss of teeth was told to him by his mother.

In addition to telling the Eighth Prince about the loss of teeth, Liang Zhaoyi also told him many other things.

These things were originally told to the eighth prince by the mother, but the eighth prince lost his mother when he was three or four years old.

Zhao Yao didn't stay here for a long time, sat with the Eighth Prince for a while, and then returned to the Kunde Palace.

As soon as he returned to the Kunde Palace, Zhao Yao cried to Liang Zhaoyi that his tooth had fallen out.

After hearing this, Liang Zhaoyi was happy for her son. She told Zhao Yao that losing his teeth meant that he was going to grow up, which was a good thing.

Hearing Liang Zhaoyi say this, Zhao Yao is not averse to losing his teeth.

Zhao Yao lost his teeth, and soon the emperor knew. The emperor also specially called Zhao Yao to the imperial study to see how many teeth he had lost.

The emperor saw that Zhao Yao was missing a tooth from his front teeth, laughed very loudly, and said in disgust that he was ugly. The angry Zhao Yao opened his mouth and bit his face, but he bit out a tooth. made his own mouth full of blood, and also made the emperor's face bloody.

This time it was the front teeth that were bitten off, and this time it was even uglier.

The emperor laughed very loudly, and the angry Zhao Yao wanted to bite him to death, but he gritted his teeth just now, and he didn't dare to bite the emperor again.

The day after biting the emperor, Zhao Yao lost another front tooth.

Without front teeth, it's really ugly.

The good mood that was originally because I didn't have to read suddenly disappeared.

Zhao Yao decided that he would talk less until the new teeth did not erupt. However, the Fourth and Eighth Princes, as well as the Emperor, they became especially fond of teasing him and making him laugh.

The Fifth Prince and the Ninth Emperor saw that Zhao Yao was missing two front teeth, and they also laughed at him unkindly.

Even He Lianfang laughed at him.

Zhao Yao was numb by laughter, so he simply broke the jar and broke it, no matter what.

In Zhao Yao's depression, Chinese New Year's Eve arrived.

There are many rules for the New Year in the palace. Last year, because Zhao Yao was ill, he did not participate in the New Year's activities in the palace.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the sky was slightly bright, and Zhao Yao was called up by Tongxi. After freshening up, Zhao Yao followed Liang Zhaoyi to Chonghua Palace to worship.

On weekdays, except for the queen who can go to Chonghua Palace to worship, other concubines are not allowed to go, and only on the day of the New Year, other concubines can be fortunate to come to Chonghua Palace to worship.

The emperor led his sons and concubines to worship the first emperor and the first empress dowager, as well as the ancestors and ancestors.

After the sacrifice, the emperor took his sons to the main hall of the Chengguang Hall. The ministers are already waiting in the main hall.

Every year at the luncheon on Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor would dine with his sons and ministers. The dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve is the family banquet of the emperor's family.

Although there is no need to go to court this morning, the ministers still have to report to the emperor what happened in the past year, such as the harvest of the whole year of last year, the changes in the population of the whole year of last year, and the changes in the land of the whole year of last year.

Zhao Yao is not the first time to come to the main hall of Chengguang Palace, but this is the first time he has "gone to court". It's not in the upper court now, but it feels like it's in the upper court.

The first time I "went to court" I felt very majestic, obviously it was the same place, but the feeling was different.

He felt as if something had been pressed on his shoulders while standing in this team, and he couldn't help but feel nervous.

The people who usually stand here in the early dynasty have the heavy responsibility of the people on their shoulders. Every sentence they say here is related to the lives of the people, and it can even be said that it is related to the life and death of the people.

Zhao Yao glanced at the ministers on the side, and thought in his heart: There are so many ministers, and a few of them really care about the life and death of the people. Most of the ministers stand here for their own glory.

Not every minister reported to the emperor about the whole of last year, but some of the most important ministers.

Zhao Yao listened to the ministers' reports and observed them curiously.

Zheng Rang noticed Zhao Yao's gaze and smiled at him slightly. Zhao Yao immediately gave him a smile back.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair, listening to the reports of the ministers while staring down. Seeing that the youngest son flattered the ministers, he smiled and scolded in his heart, this stinky boy is not honest at all in the main hall of the Chengguang Palace.

The ministers reported that the morning was over, and they did not go to Qionglin Garden for lunch until noon.

Before the luncheon began, the emperor first made a speech, which was also a summary of the whole year of last year, then praised the ministers for their performance in the previous year, and then criticized the ministers for not doing a good job last year.

After the emperor finished speaking, the luncheon officially began.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was the first to stand up and toast the Emperor. When toasting, first congratulate the emperor on good health, and then wish the Great Zhou better and better.

When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince finished toasting, it was the turn of the other princes to toast.

After the princes finished toasting, it was the turn of the ministers to toast.

Zhao Yao listened to the toasts of the ministers, and exclaimed in his heart: It is still these ministers who can pat the sycophants, and blow their fathers and emperors into the sky one by one. The father is really thick-skinned, and when he hears the explicit praise of these ministers, he is not shy at all.

After the ministers finished toasting the emperor, they began to toast the princes.

When the ministers who supported the crown prince toasted to His Royal Highness the Prince, they were about to blow the prince to the sky, and the prince was the most benevolent prince in the world, and even the famous Prince Wenhui of the previous dynasty was not as good as His Royal Highness the Prince.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's face is obviously not as thick as the emperor's, and after listening to the ministers' praise, his face turned red.

When the ministers who supported the acting king toasted to His Royal Highness the acting king, they could blow it better than the ministers who supported His Royal Highness the crown prince, and blew His Royal Highness the acting king as the first god of war in the Great Zhou, and said that His Royal Highness the acting king was the reincarnation of the heavenly god of war.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and you can only say good or auspicious words, not bad things, so the ministers will say good things vigorously.

Zhao Yao couldn't listen to it anymore, and sighed in his heart: This is the New Year, this is a braggart conference.

The fourth prince picked up a piece of beef and found that there were bones in it. He thoughtfully picked out the bones with chopsticks, and then put the beef into Zhao Yao's bowl.

"Thank you, Fourth Brother." Zhao Yao grinned at the Four Princes, revealing his teeth with several holes. During this time, he lost his upper and lower front teeth.

The fourth prince couldn't help but laugh, and gently told Zhao Yao: "Be careful, eat slowly." ”

"Fourth brother, it's okay, I already have experience now." During this time, Zhao Yao was used to eating, and suddenly lost his teeth.

There was a smile in the eyes of the fourth prince: "I'm worried that you ate your teeth, didn't you almost swallow your teeth last time?" "Last time, Zhao Yao was eating with the four princes, and accidentally ate a tooth, and he almost choked his tooth without paying attention.

Zhao Yao raised his head from the bowl and looked at the fourth prince dissatisfied: "Fourth brother, can you not mention such a disappointing thing, it affects your appetite very much?" ”

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, you eat."

Zhao Yao finished eating the beef in the bowl, and there were more shredded meat in the bowl. The eighth prince tore a piece of beef into pieces with chopsticks, so that Zhao Yao could eat it effortlessly.

"Thank you, starling." Zhao Yao gave the eighth prince a smile that was brighter than today's sunshine.

The fourth prince and the eighth prince not only didn't pay attention to each other, but they didn't even give each other a look, but the two of them had a very tacit understanding that they kept serving Zhao Yao vegetables, and for each dish, they would carefully remove the bones, or make the meat pieces into a small piece or a strip.

At the luncheon on Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhao Yao ate very satisfying under the care of his two brothers. Thanks to the careful care of his two older brothers, he didn't lose his teeth during lunch.

If you want to eat and eat a mouthful of blood for the New Year, it is not good, and it will be said to be unlucky.

After lunch, the emperor took his sons and ministers to watch the drama and acrobatics for a while.

When watching theater and acrobatic performances, there is a break in between. The emperor and the princes, as well as the ministers, would throw some money to the people on the stage.

The emperor would also give some money to his ministers at this time. Not every minister can pick up the money scattered by the emperor, only officials above the fifth rank can pick it up.

These coins are actually copper coins used on weekdays, but the material has become gold. Gold and copper coins could not be used by the people, and these coins were given by the emperor to the ministers.

The ministers who picked up the money smiled from ear to ear. For them, it is their honor and blessing to be able to pick up the money rewarded by the emperor on the day of the Chinese New Year.

When the ministers finished collecting the money, the theatrical and acrobatic performances on stage continued.

At the beginning of the Shen period, the drama and acrobatic performances were over, and the ministers went home.

On the second day, the family feast on Chinese New Year's Eve begins.

Tonight's family banquet, all concubines and princes can participate.

The emperor and empress sat on it and received toasts from the princes and concubines.

Of course, at the time of dinner, the emperor would give dishes and blessings to the ministers. The emperor would also give food to his sons and concubines.

During dinner, the concubines and princes could not only toast, but also perform a show to the emperor.

The princes enthusiastically showed their talents to the emperor, striving for a smile from the emperor and receiving the emperor's reward.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wrote an article and read it to the Emperor in public.

Although the emperor often dislikes His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this is not good, that is not good, but he has never disliked the prince's bad reading, on the contrary, the prince reads too well, and his brain is bad.

The prince was familiar with the subset of scriptures and history, although he did not reach the point of being knowledgeable, but he was full of poetry and books. He is the best among the princes, and his writing is the best. Of course, in order to hide his strength, the fourth prince deliberately behaved worse than the prince.

His Royal Highness performed a spear. The Three Princes performed a sword dance. The fourth prince wrote a poem.

Zhao Yao didn't prepare for the performance, so he said a lot of auspicious words to the emperor very perfunctorily.

The emperor was very generous and rewarded each prince.

At this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the emperor favored Concubine Ying the most, and from time to time he gave the dishes in front of him to Concubine Ying. In the past, it was Rong Guifei.

After the dinner, the emperor led the concubines and princes to the city wall to watch the fireworks.

When watching the fireworks, the emperor kept holding Concubine Ying's hand. And Empress Xie and Concubine Rong stood aside.

After the fireworks ended, the emperor took Concubine Ying and left.

When Empress Xie and Concubine Rong saw this scene, their faces were very ugly.

According to the rules, the emperor should keep vigil with Empress Xie tonight, and this is the case every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, but the emperor seems to have forgotten about this matter tonight.

Zhao Yao pulled the Eighth Prince and followed Liang Zhaoyi back to the Kunde Palace. On Chinese New Year's Eve in recent years, the eighth prince has followed Zhao Yao and them to keep vigil together.

Like the eighth prince, the princes who have grown up cannot spend the night in the harem on weekdays, but the exception is Chinese New Year's Eve, where the princes can keep vigil with their mothers.

Zhao Yao pulled the eighth prince and fought with Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren.

Pan Cairen sat next to Zhao Yao and acted as his military advisor.

The fifth princess sat next to the eighth prince and blindly instructed him to play his cards.

When he reached Hai, Zhao Yao was sleepy, and Liang Zhaoyi asked the Eighth Prince and Zhao Yao to go back to the house to rest, and they continued to keep vigil.

Zhao Yao's small body was like a stove, hugging the Eighth Prince tightly.

Thanks to Zhao Yao's small stove, the eighth prince slept very warmly.

The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it was still just dawn when I was called.

Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren got up early and ordered a pot of dumplings for Zhao Yao and them.

From the first day of the Lunar New Year to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, you have to eat dumplings every morning.

After eating the dumplings, Zhao Yao and the Eighth Prince followed Liang Zhaoyi and them to pay New Year's greetings. The two brothers had to go to the Chengguang Hall to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor first, and then go to Zhaoyang Palace to pay New Year's greetings to Empress Xie.

Last year, Zhao Yao was sick, and he hid once and didn't go to pay New Year's greetings. I can't hide this year, I can only worship one after another.

In addition to paying New Year's greetings to the emperor and Empress Xie, they also have to pay New Year's greetings to other concubines, after all, they are also their elders.

The first day of the Lunar New Year is spent in New Year's greetings.

On the morning of the second day of the new year, Zhao Yao left the palace and went to pay New Year's greetings to Liang Run and He Lianfang. As for Song Jicai and their families, Zhao Yao was embarrassed to go to pay New Year's greetings.

He went to pay New Year's greetings to Mr. Xiao again, and then took Mr. Xiao to Dahuacun Villa and played with the children there for a few days.

After the Midyear Festival, Zhao Yao and the others went to Wende Hall to study, but this year there was one less person to study, and that was the three princes. After the New Year, the third prince will be an adult, although it has not yet reached his birthday.

When he was a year older, Zhao Yao found that he had read more books, and his second uncle had taught him more.

He suddenly felt that growing up was not a good thing.

This chapter is a transitional chapter.,The next chapter of the male protagonist will grow up.。

Zhao Yao: There are no front teeth, and the mouth is leaking, ┭┮_┭┮

Emperor: Come here, show me your teeth, hahahahaha, it's so ugly and funny.

Zhao Yao: Why am I such a bad father?

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