Knowing that Meng Changce was going to come to the capital to give a lecture, the emperor handed over the matter of entertaining Mr. Meng to Li Fushu and asked him to invite Mr. Meng to give a lecture in Taixue.

Li Fushu naturally couldn't ask for it, and promised the emperor that he would definitely entertain Mr. Meng and let Mr. Meng's lecture go smoothly.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Acting King naturally recommended themselves to entertain Mr. Meng. The ministers who supported them also supported them. However, it was rejected by the emperor.

The emperor gave the crown prince and the acting king face, and did not blame them in the early dynasty, after all, part of the reason why Mr. Meng went out to give lectures was annoyed by them. However, it was also because they always disturbed Mr. Meng that Mr. Meng was annoyed to go out to give lectures. They also did a good thing by mistake.

It is difficult for Mr. Meng to come out of the mountains to give lectures in Beijing, and perhaps this lecture will be the last and only lecture in his life. The emperor did not want to provoke Mr. Meng Lao because of the crown prince and the acting king.

The crown prince felt that it was right for the emperor not to let the acting king entertain Mr. Meng, but it would be wrong not to let him entertain Mr. Meng, after all, he was the prince, and only by entertaining Mr. Meng could he personally show the court's respect for Mr. Meng. It's a pity that the emperor didn't let him entertain Mr. Meng.

Because of this, the prince also made a lot of fire in the East Palace.

The Duke of Zhenguo and the Eighth Prince understood the purpose of the emperor's arrangement. Mr. Meng hated mundane things, and he hated things that fought for power and profit. He didn't want to get involved in any intrigue, let alone get involved in the struggle between the prince and the acting king.

Mr. Meng's lecture is a major event that benefits the country and the people, and it is also a major event for the Great Zhou court. A great Confucian like Mr. Meng went out to give lectures in order to leave a name in history, which also had a good reputation for the imperial court where he lived.

Although the emperor doesn't care about his reputation, Mr. Meng is going to come to the capital to give a lecture, and he can't be the emperor at all. If nothing else, at least we must do something that attaches importance to this lecture. Besides, Mr. Meng is a genuine Confucian. Although the students of the world respectfully called him a "saint", he refused.

Li Fu shot into the palace and asked the emperor if he wanted to arrange for Mr. Meng to enter the palace to face the saint. The emperor thought for a while and said, don't force Mr. Meng. If Mr. Meng is willing to let him visit his old man's home, he will personally visit his old man's home. If his old man doesn't want to see him, then he won't bother him.

Hearing the emperor say this, Li Fushu was very surprised in his heart.

"Your Majesty, your ......" In Li Fushu's opinion, a great Confucian like Mr. Meng must let him face the saint, and it is best to let him praise the emperor a few words, so that the emperor's reputation will become very good, and it will also make the scholars of the world respect the court more.

The emperor understood what Li Fu said, and raised a light smile: "Don't disturb Mr. Meng casually, when you entertain his old man, everything is based on his old man's wishes." ”

Li Fuchu was shocked in his heart, and immediately said with admiration: "The emperor is righteous. ”

He said again: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the old minister will definitely entertain Mr. Meng." ”

"Mr. Meng should be quiet and don't like to be disturbed." The emperor instructed, "No matter who you are, you are not allowed to visit the old man without the consent of Mr. Meng, you know?" ”

When Li Fushu heard this order, there was a hint of hesitation on his face. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty, what if it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, or His Royal Highness the Acting King, or other His Highnesses and Lords?" ”

The emperor's eyes lit up and he said, "Anyone, do you understand? ”

After hearing this, Li Fu finally understood what the emperor meant, and immediately responded obediently: "Yes, the emperor." ”

"If there are literati students who want to discuss knowledge with Mr. Meng, and Mr. Meng agrees, then don't obstruct it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The emperor gave some more orders, and then let Li Fu shoot back.

Sun Kui saw that the emperor finished speaking, and hurriedly brought a cup of hot tea: "Your Majesty, you take a sip of tea." ”

The emperor picked up the teacup and drank it in a big gulp, without the slightest elegance.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Meng is lecturing, are you going to listen?"

"Naturally, I want to listen, I have never heard a lecture from a great Confucian." The emperor smiled, "Besides, if I don't go to listen to the emperor, wouldn't it be unreasonable." ”

Sun Kui asked again: "Then the emperor, do you want to go to school?" ”

"Honestly?"

Sun Kui nodded.

The emperor did not rush to answer Sun Kui's question, but first put his feet on the imperial table, pillowed his hands crossed behind his head, and said in a casual tone: "To be honest, I don't want to go, I am not a scholar, and the things he said are of no use to me. "The emperor can probably guess what Meng Changce is going to talk about in his lectures, it is nothing more than Confucianism, he is tired of listening to it, no matter how Mr. Meng talks, it is a change of soup and not a change of medicine. He wanted practical statecraft, not the big truths in the book.

"However, as an emperor, I have to listen to what I do, otherwise those scholars will say that I don't respect Mr. Meng." The emperor said, a self-deprecating laugh came out of his mouth, "As an emperor, it is really hypocritical to do something face-saving." ”

"Your Majesty, this is not hypocrisy, you are respecting Mr. Meng." Sun Kui helped the emperor explain.

He asked curiously: "Your Majesty, why are they going?" ”

"They definitely have to go, if they don't go, they won't respect Mr. Meng." The emperor didn't know what he had in mind, and his face was full of mocking smiles, "The ministers will go, and no one dares not go." ”

Sun Kui thought to himself that this was really the case.

The Emperor sighed, "Reputation, ......" After speaking, he sat up straight and continued to review his recital.

Sun Kui glanced at the sky outside the window and reminded the emperor: "Your Majesty, it's almost noon, are you going to go to the Kunde Hall for lunch later?" "Today is the day when the emperor is going to the Kunde Palace.

"Naturally, I'll go, I'll go later."

"I'll remind you later."

After school at noon, Zhao Yao went to the Kunde Hall for lunch.

Tongxi saw that Zhao Yao still looked unhappy, and hurriedly comforted him: "Your Highness, you can't go to His Royal Highness the King of Chu this year, and you will go again next year." Next year, you will be twelve years old, and you will be half an adult, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu will definitely agree at that time. ”

Before, Zhao Yao wrote to the king of Chu, saying that he didn't think about the tea and rice that the king of Chu wanted. cried all kinds of ways about how he missed his fourth brother, and then wanted to go to Liangzhou to visit his fourth brother who he missed the most.

He asked the king of Chu to write a letter to the emperor, asking the emperor to agree to him to visit the king of Chu in Liangzhou. He originally thought that the King of Chu would agree, after all, he wrote many times in the letter, "I want to die of you, fourth brother". Moreover, he also felt that the King of Chu also missed him, but he didn't expect the King of Chu to disagree with him going to Liangzhou.

"I'm eleven years old, and I'm already half an adult, not small." The more Zhao Yao thought about it, the more angry he became, and his face became angry, "The fourth brother just didn't want me to go, so he deliberately said that I was small." ”

"Your Highness, how could His Royal Highness the King of Chu not want you to go?"

"He just doesn't want me to go, it's only been a few years apart, and the fourth brother doesn't love my younger brother anymore......" The more Zhao Yao thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, "The fourth brother just doesn't want me to go!" ”

Tong Xi saw Zhao Yao's aggrieved expression of being about to cry, and he comforted him a little helplessly: "Your Highness, you are the favorite brother of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, how could His Royal Highness the King of Chu not let you go......"

"Don't say it, the fourth brother just doesn't want me to go." Zhao Yao said aggrievedly, "The fourth brother has a son, so it's not uncommon for me to be a younger brother." ”

When Tongxi heard this, there was a helpless look on his face.

"Your Highness, are you jealous of your nephew?"

"I'm not jealous, I'm telling the truth." Zhao Yao said, his expression became resentful, and his tone was full of grievances, "The fourth brother and I haven't seen each other for several years, and their feelings for me must have faded." Alas, sure enough, time can wear out all feelings. ”

Tongxi felt that Zhao Yao's words were very right, but it was a little strange.

"Your Highness, the slave maid thinks that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is worried about your safety and body, so she doesn't agree with you to go to Liangzhou."

"No, the fourth brother just doesn't love me anymore." Zhao Yao sighed with a bitter face, "I am no longer the little baby in the fourth brother's heart." ”

"Your Royal Highness, if you don't write to His Royal Highness the King of Chu anymore, and ask His Royal Highness the King of Chu again, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has always been soft-hearted to you, if you ask a few more times, His Royal Highness the King of Chu will definitely agree."

"I don't ask for it!" Zhao Yao snorted arrogantly, "I'm not going, since the fourth brother doesn't want me to go, why should I go!" ”

"Huh? Why don't you go? Tongxibei Zhao Yao said confusedly, "Aren't you still blaming His Royal Highness the King of Chu, why don't you go?" ”

"I'm angry." Zhao Yao crossed his waist and said angrily, "Unless the fourth brother begs me." ”

When Tongxi heard this, he understood Zhao Yao's thoughts, and immediately almost laughed.

"Your Highness, are you being tsundere?" The word tsundere, of course, was learned from Zhao Yao.

"No, I'm angry." Zhao Yao put on a look of "I'm angry", "I'm angry with the fourth brother!" ”

"Yes, it's His Royal Highness the King of Chu who is wrong, how can His Royal Highness the King of Chu be like this." Tongxi couldn't help but laugh and echoed Zhao Yao's words, "You said in your letter that you miss His Royal Highness the King of Chu, how can His Royal Highness the King of Chu refuse you." ”

"That's it, the fourth brother really hurts my heart too much."

On the way back to the Kunde Palace, Zhao Yao kept complaining about the King of Chu. Joy is the same as him.

When he arrived at the Kunde Hall and saw that the emperor was there, Zhao Yao's face showed a surprised expression, and he blurted out, "Father, why are you here?" ”

When the emperor saw his youngest son, he had an expression like seeing a ghost, so he angrily pulled him into his arms, reached out and rubbed his youngest son's little face vigorously.

"Why, I can't come?"

Zhao Yao then remembered that today was the day when the emperor came to Kunde Palace, "You have a lot of opportunities, and suddenly come to Kunde Palace, of course I was surprised." ”

The Emperor felt that his youngest son was mocking him. He pinched Zhao Yao's small mouth: "Listen to your tone, I am not welcome to come." ”

"How dare I." Zhao Yao twisted his body vigorously and saved his little face from the emperor's hands.

The emperor said angrily: "What don't you dare to do, kid. ”

Zhao Yao didn't like the emperor, and shouted to Gui Xing that he wanted to eat stewed pears with rock sugar.

The emperor keenly noticed that his youngest son was a little unhappy, and asked with concern: "What's the matter, was you scolded by Mr., or was you slapped by Mr.?" ”

"I didn't, how could my husband scold me and beat me."

"Then why do you have such a puffed up expression?" The Emperor asked, "Who has made our Ten Highnesses angry?" ”

"Fourth brother!"

"Fourth?" The emperor was a little surprised, "Why did the fourth child make you angry?" ”

"The fourth brother doesn't like my younger brother anymore."

"The fourth doesn't like you anymore?" This is the most unlikely thing that the emperor heard, the fourth child hurt Xiao Shi like an eyeball, how could he not like Xiao Shi. "What did the fourth child do to make you feel like this?"

"The fourth brother won't let me go to Liangzhou to see him......" Zhao Yao didn't hold back and complained to the emperor about the "evil deeds" of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

After hearing this, the emperor couldn't laugh or cry. He also thought that the fourth child had done something to make Xiao Shi, the little ancestor, unhappy, but it turned out to be because of this.

"The fourth didn't tell me about this, he told me, and I won't agree to let you go to Liangzhou fourth."

"Why?" Zhao Yao glared at the emperor angrily, "Why don't you agree with me to see the fourth brother, Liangzhou is not far from the capital?" ”

"How old are you?"

"I'm eleven, not small." Zhao Yao said fiercely, "Father, you went to the battlefield to kill the enemy at the age of eleven, why can't I go to Liangzhou to find the fourth brother at the age of eleven?" ”

"Can you compare with Lao Tzu?" The emperor raised his hand and knocked Zhao Yao's little head, "Don't think that Lao Tzu doesn't know that you went to Liangzhou to avoid studying." ”

"No, don't wronged me." Zhao Yao glared at the emperor angrily, "I just want to see the fourth brother, I want to see the fourth brother, and I want to see my little nephew." ”

"You just want to hang out." The emperor reached out and poked Zhao Yao's forehead, "Don't think that Lao Tzu can't see it." ”

"I'm going!"

"Don't go!"

"I'm going! I'm going! I'm going to ......."

The emperor thought Zhao Yao was very noisy, and directly reached out and closed one of his small mouths.

"it, if you dare to go to Liangzhou to find your fourth brother, Lao Tzu will break your legs."

Zhao Yao was stunned instantly.

He can't be blamed for being so cowardly, but the emperor said that breaking his leg would really break his leg. Even if you don't break his legs, you'll break his ass.

Seeing that Zhao Yao was afraid, the emperor let go of his mouth, but he didn't let go of his face.

"You gave Lao Tzu a break to go to Liangzhou."

Zhao Yao slapped the emperor's hand pinching his face hard, and said angrily: "If you don't go, you won't go, what's the big deal." "The more he is not allowed to go, the more he wants to go. If he can't go openly, then he will go secretly. When it was time for him to rest, he sneaked away.

Wait, as if it is unlikely to sneak away. The stinky father arranged for the secret guard to follow him, and if he secretly ran out of the capital, the secret guard would definitely tell the stinky father.

If he wants to sneak out of the capital, he must first get rid of the secret guards. He can't rely on himself, he has to let his second uncle help him. The second uncle must have a way to help him get rid of the secret guard.

It's so decided, and after a while, he will sneak out of the capital.

When the emperor saw his youngest son's eyes rolling around, he knew that Zhao Yao had a ghost idea in his heart. He reached out and grabbed his youngest son's ear and asked, "Stinky boy, what are you thinking?" ”

"I didn't think about anything." Zhao Yao was very hurt by the emperor's ears, and he stood on tiptoe while shouting at the top of his voice, "Mother help, my father bullied me." ”

The Emperor heard him cry and hurriedly let go of his ears.

"The stinky boy dares to sue." As he spoke, he raised his foot and gently kicked Zhao Yao's ass.

At this time, Liang Zhaoyi walked in with the dishes and glared at the emperor gently.

"You don't always bully Yaoyao."

Zhao Yao took the opportunity to complain: "Mother, my father just twisted my ears, kicked my ass, and said that he was going to break my legs. ”

"This stinky boy wants to go to Liangzhou to find the fourth child, do you think I should break his leg."

"You want to go to Liangzhou?"

"Mother, I miss the fourth brother." Zhao Yao hurriedly smiled at Concubine Liang, "Liangzhou is not far from the capital, so you agree with me to find the fourth brother, concubine." ”

"No, you're too young to go."

The emperor smiled on the side: "Stinky boy, see it, your mother doesn't agree with you going to Liangzhou." ”

Concubine Liang warned Zhao Yao: "Don't even think about it. ”

Zhao Yao: "......" Hmph, I just thought. I don't just want to, I have to act. You wait, I'll sneak to Liangzhou right away.

Concubine Liang saw Zhao Yao pouting with a "I'm not happy" expression written on her face.

"Mother, don't be upset when you make your favorite dishes."

Zhao Yao chirped in his heart: Can I buy it with vegetables? I'm telling you, I'm angry right now, I can't buy me with one dish, at least two dishes.

During the meal, the emperor deliberately angered Zhao Yao and robbed him of his favorite dishes, and the angry Zhao Yao wanted to bite him to death.

The emperor also deliberately fed Zhao Yao vegetarian dishes. He fed the vegetables directly into Zhao Yao's mouth, and Zhao Yao was not allowed to spit it out.

When Zhao Yao finished eating the food in his mouth, he angrily grabbed the emperor's hand and took a few bites.

A lunch was used up in the fights and scolding between the father and son.

"Stinky boy, when Mr. Meng comes to the capital, you go and listen to the school."

When Zhao Yao heard this, his little face suddenly wrinkled, and he said reluctantly: "Can I not go?" ”

"No, you have to go to me, and you have to listen to me."

Zhao Yao guessed that he was definitely going to listen to the school, but now that he heard the emperor say this, he looked helpless.

Five days later, Meng Changce successfully arrived in the capital.

Zhao Yao: The fourth brother doesn't love me anymore, and I'm no longer the younger brother of the fourth brother's baby┭┮_┭┮

King Chu: When did I say that?

It's the last two or three days of the month, and the old irons are merciful to reward me with a monthly pass.

(End of chapter)