The next night, Shopkeeper Fan took Zhao Yao to see the King of Chu.

Zhao Yao followed behind Shopkeeper Fan, and when he saw that King Wei did not appear, he asked curiously, "Won't Brother Starling go with me?" ”

Shopkeeper Fan walked in front and led the way for Zhao Yao.

"The prince said that there was something, so he wouldn't go with you to see the king of Chu."

The fourth brother and the starling brother have always been at odds with each other, and they don't like each other. If it weren't for him, neither of them would have wanted to see each other, let alone say a word to each other. It's normal for the starling brother not to want to see the fourth brother.

Zhao Yao followed Shopkeeper Fan to the back door, and a carriage was parked at the door.

Shopkeeper Fan was about to help Zhao Yao into the carriage, but he saw His Royal Highness Ten jump easily and jumped into the carriage.

Zhao Yao saw that the carriage looked very ordinary, but he didn't expect that the interior was very chic and comfortable. Shopkeeper Fan bowed down and walked in, and Zhao Yao's left hand seat sat down.

"Your Royal Highness, the prince explained that His Royal Highness the King of Chu sneaked into Jinling, he is very dangerous, so don't stay with the King of Chu for a long time." Shopkeeper Fan conveyed King Wei's instructions, "The prince said, you can talk to King Chu for a while." ”

"I haven't seen the fourth brother for a long time, it's rare to see him this time, I have to talk to the fourth brother well, how can I just be a while."

"The prince told you to go to bed at the right time, and you must come back before the time, otherwise the prince will pick you up in person."

Zhao Yao smiled and said, "Then I'll wait for the starling brother to pick me up." ”

When Shopkeeper Fan heard this, his expression immediately became bitter haha: "Your Highness, it's not that you don't know the relationship between my prince and the king of Chu. ”

"I know it in my heart, don't worry."

Hearing Zhao Yao say this, Shopkeeper Fan didn't dare to say anything more.

Zhao Yao lifted the curtain and looked out, and found that their carriage was walking on the avenue, and he couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Shopkeeper Fan, is it safe for us to walk on the avenue with such a swagger?" He hadn't forgotten Li Dao, and they were still looking for him.

"Your Highness, you are not a fugitive, what are you afraid of."

"Aren't they looking for me, are they giving up looking for me?"

"Li Dao, they don't care about looking for you now." Shopkeeper Fan comforted Zhao Yao and said, "The arrival of His Royal Highness King Jing has made them anxious, they are now busy dealing with the Song family and His Royal Highness King Jing, how can they still have the heart to find you." ”

"My seventh brother's ability is really not small." Zhao Yao found that he had underestimated King Jing all along. I thought that Seventh Brother was only a little clever, and he was too conceited to do big things, but I didn't expect that Seventh Brother secretly had dealings with the Song family, the head of the Jinling Salt Gang, and the Song family actually gave up the relationship with the Jinling family and fully supported Seventh Brother.

"Yes, I didn't expect His Royal Highness King Jing to have such a good relationship with the Song family." The relationship between King Jing and the Song family surprised everyone very much, which was a completely unexpected thing.

"By the way, I forgot to ask you, how is the imperial examination going?"

"It went very smoothly, with the support of His Royal Highness King Jing and the Song family, the children of the poor family all went to sign up, but the children of the family still did not sign up."

"It's normal for the children of the family not to sign up for the imperial examination." Zhao Yao said, "The imperial examination was originally for the children of the poor family, as long as the children of the poor family can participate smoothly." By the way, what is the situation in Suzhou? ”

"The imperial examination in Suzhou is also going smoothly, in addition to the children of the poor family who signed up to participate, the concubines of the family also participated."

After hearing this, Zhao Yao sighed in his heart: Sure enough, as he thought, as long as the imperial examination in Jinling can be carried out smoothly, the imperial examination in Suzhou can also be held.

"It's normal for the sons in law of the family not to participate in the imperial examination, after all, they are arrogant, if they fail the examination, won't they lose the face of the eighteen generations of their ancestors."

"What His Highness said is that there are still many children of the family who do not learn and have no skills, and it is right that they do not participate in the imperial examination."

"As long as the children of the poor can take the imperial examination, it's good." The father is really insidious and cunning, it is estimated that he has long known the extraordinary relationship between the seventh brother and the Song family, so he specially sent the seventh brother to Jinling to preside over the imperial examination.

By the way, there is also the matter of Suzhou Prefecture. It seems that it is also in the calculation of the emperor.

Tut-tut, my father is really scheming.

All these things are in the calculation of the father, the prince and the prince of Zhenguo...... He will have mercy on them.

Seeing Zhao Yao, Shopkeeper Fan frowned for a while, smiled for a while, and asked with concern, "Your Highness, what are you thinking?" ”

"Nothing." Zhao Yao sorted out the affairs of Jinling City, Suzhou Mansion and Runzhou Mansion in his heart, and found that things were really the same as he thought at the beginning.

After a while, seeing that it hadn't arrived yet, Zhao Yao lifted the curtain again and looked out, and saw that the black lights were blind outside, so he asked, "Shopkeeper Fan, where are we going, and how long will it take?" ”

"Your Highness, you wait a little longer, it will be here soon."

Zhao Yao thought that the king of Chu could not "meet people" for the time being, and the place where he met must be secret.

I don't know how many detours I made, but I finally arrived after half an hour.

Zhao Yao jumped out of the carriage and found that this area was a civilian area, and ordinary people lived here. Although Jinling Castle is not divided into four cities as clearly as the capital city, Jinling Castle automatically forms a rich and poor area.

Dignitaries would never set foot in civilian areas because they felt unlucky. The common people in the civilian area also did not dare to set foot in the rich area.

Shopkeeper Fan stood beside the carriage and said to Zhao Yao respectfully: "Your Highness, the small one will not bother you and the King of Chu to catch up, and the small one will retire first, and will come to pick you up after a while." ”

"Okay, then you can go back first."

Wei Mian heard movement outside in the courtyard, and hurriedly came out to see, and saw that the person who came was Zhao Yao, his face was happy, and he hurriedly saluted Zhao Yao: "The slave maid has seen the Ten Highnesses......

Before he finished his words, he was held up by Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao grabbed Wei Mian's hands and looked him up and down from his head.

Wei Mian was inexplicably looked at by Zhao Yao, and hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, what are you doing looking at slaves and maids like this?" ”

"See if you're hurt." Zhao Yao raised his hand and patted Wei Mian's shoulder, and said with a smile, "I've lost a little weight, but I look good." ”

Seeing the concern in Zhao Yao's eyes, Wei Mian only felt a heat in his heart, and then a sour nose.

"Your Royal Highness Xie cares, the slave is fine, and the prince is also very good, you can go in quickly, the prince has been waiting for you."

"I want to die of the fourth brother." Zhao Yao said and rushed inside. If it weren't for the fact that he was outside, Zhao Yao would have to run and shout at the same time.

As soon as Zhao Yao walked into the courtyard, he saw the king of Chu. An ecstatic smile immediately appeared on his face, and he quickly ran towards the King of Chu.

When the King of Chu saw Zhao Yao, a smile appeared on his always expressionless face. He opened his hands, ready to catch Zhao Yao who was running towards him.

Zhao Yao jumped directly onto the King of Chu, hugged the King of Chu tightly with both hands and feet, and shouted happily in his mouth:

"Fourth brother! Fourth brother! Fourth Brother ......"

King Chu didn't expect Zhao Yao to jump on him. Fortunately, he has a lot of strength, otherwise Zhao Yao's jump would have made him jump and fall.

He held Zhao Yao with one hand and patted Zhao Yao's back with the other.

"Fourth brother, I miss you to death."

"Fourth brother misses you too." The king of Chu walked into the house with Zhao Yao in his arms, and Zhao Yao was reluctant to jump down.

Wei Mian didn't follow in very intimately, and stayed at the door.

Zhao Yao relied on the King of Chu for a while before coming down, and then carefully looked the King of Chu up and down.

The King of Chu let Zhao Yao look at him.

Zhao Yao's brows suddenly furrowed, and his expression became a little serious.

"Fourth brother, you have lost weight, your face is haggard, and you have aged a lot."

King Chu stretched out his hand and pinched Zhao Yao's little face, and chuckled: "Your complexion is good, you have gained a lot of weight, your whole face is round, it seems that you have eaten well during this time." ”

"Hey, hey, fourth brother, there are a lot of delicious foods in Jinling City, so I don't want to eat more." Zhao Yao patted his fleshy little face and said with a smile, "The meat on my face is all my own hard work and fat." ”

The King of Chu was amused by Zhao Yao's last words: "Then you are really amazing." ”

"Fourth brother, you haven't eaten well, you see that you have lost a lot of weight." Zhao Yao was still a little uneasy in his heart, and asked with concern, "Fourth brother, you're not injured, are you?" ”

"Nope."

"Really, not?" Zhao Yao was a little disbelieving, walked to the side of the King of Chu, and directly reached out to lift the King of Chu's clothes to check if there were any scars on his body.

The King of Chu was taken aback by Zhao Yao's action: "Tenth brother, what are you doing?" ”

"Fourth brother, don't move, let me check it." Zhao Yao carefully examined it and saw that there were no new scars on King Chu's body, so he was relieved. "Fourth brother, you didn't lie to me."

The king of Chu has many scars on his body, which are basically left by the war in Shu back then.

"What did I lie to you." King Chu raised his hand and knocked Zhao Yao's head, and said helplessly, "Pick up my clothes as soon as you meet, you really have a long ability." ”

"I'm not afraid that you will lie to me, you have been injured before and lied to me that it is okay." Zhao Yao still remembered that the king of Chu was seriously injured in the battle in Shu before, and hid it from him.

King Chu didn't expect Zhao Yao to remember, so he quickly changed the topic: "Tell me, how can you be arrested?" ”

Zhao Yao's face instantly stiffened, and he smiled wryly: "Well, this is a long story. ”

"Let's make a long story short."

"Fourth brother, didn't the starling tell you?"

"I want to hear from you."

Seeing that the King of Chu looked serious, Zhao Yao knew that he couldn't say it, so he could only reluctantly tell the King of Chu about the process of his arrest and imprisonment.

After hearing this, the King of Chu raised his hand and knocked Zhao Yao's head again.

"I remember that my father told you to leave Jinling after Mr. Meng's funeral, why didn't you obey?"

"That ......" Zhao Yao's eyes dodged, his expression was empty, "I am ......"

King Chu looked at Zhao Yao with sharp eyes, and asked with a cold face: "Do you think you have a long ability, and you want to stay in Jinling to do great things?" ”

For the first time, Zhao Yao saw that the King of Chu was so serious to him, so he hurriedly put on a well-behaved posture, lowered his head and whispered, "I'm just curious......"

King Chu asked coldly, "Curious about what?" ”

"Curious about what big things will happen in Jinling City......" Before Zhao Yao's words were finished, his forehead was flicked hard by the King of Chu's fingers, and he cried out in pain. Ouch! Hurt! ”

The King of Chu ignored Zhao Yao's pitiful appearance and said with a straight face: "Go on." ”

Zhao Yao rubbed his forehead and said pitifully: "It's all over, what else to say." ”

"Don't you have the ability to stay in Jinling to investigate the situation, tell me what you found, and then provoke those people, you have to be arrested?"

"I didn't find anything." Zhao Yao's expression was extremely innocent, "I didn't know why they arrested me at first, but then the starling told me that they arrested me because I was the prince, and then they wanted to threaten my father." As a result, my father didn't care about my little son at all, they thought I was useless, and then wanted to kill me, but fortunately I was smart and pretended to be poisoned, and deceived that Li Dao, otherwise I would have been thrown into the river by them to feed the fish. ”

Seeing that Zhao Yao still had a smug expression, the King of Chu angrily knocked on his head a few more times.

"You're pretty proud."

"Fourth brother, don't you think I'm witty?"

"If you're really witty, how can you get caught, what do you have to be proud of......"

Next, the king of Chu taught Zhao Yao a hard lesson and trained him for an hour.

Zhao Yao sighed in his heart: The fourth brother can still speak the same as before. If this will be in the Chu Palace, it is estimated that the fourth brother will be able to say another hour.

After the King of Chu finished speaking, Zhao Yao intimately poured him a cup of tea and smiled at him flatteringly: "Fourth brother, drink tea." ”

King Chu didn't take the teacup, and his expression was still stern: "Do you know it's wrong?" ”

Zhao Yao nodded hurriedly: "Fourth brother, I know it's wrong, I really know it's wrong." He was afraid that the King of Chu would not believe it, so he hurriedly raised his hand and swore, "I promise never again." ”

The king of Chu then took the teacup and drank tea.

"Fourth brother, you have encountered a lot of dangers along the way, right?"

"It's fine."

"Fourth brother, you lied to me, you went to Pengcheng to do business, can the prince and the acting king let you go?" Zhao Yao had an expression of "don't want to hide it from me", "They must have sent someone to assassinate you." ”

When the King of Chu heard this, his face sank again: "What did King Wei tell you?" ”

"Starling didn't tell me anything, I guess." Zhao Yao saw that King Chu looked incredulous, pouted and said, "Fourth brother, I'm not stupid, I don't understand anything. ”

"You know what?"

"Fourth brother, you and the crown prince are fighting for the throne."

The king of Chu was not surprised that Zhao Yao knew that he was going to take the heir, after all, everyone could see this.

"What else?"

"My father values you very much, and everyone says that you will definitely replace the eldest brother as the crown prince in the future, so the eldest brother and the second brother regard you as a thorn in the flesh and want to get rid of you as soon as possible." Zhao Yao said, "You went to Pengcheng to do business, such a good opportunity to kill you, how could the crown prince and the acting king miss it." ”

"What else do you know?"

"I don't know the rest, it's all my own guess."

"Guess what?"

"Fourth brother, I didn't dare to ask the starling, does the starling do things for the prince on the surface, but in fact, the starling is the same as you?"

This sentence shocked the King of Chu: "How do you know? ”

"Guess, starling is so capable, how can he be the prince's little brother willingly." Zhao Yao deliberately exaggerated, "If I didn't come to Jinling, I didn't know that Starling was so capable." ”

"I didn't expect your little head to be quite bright." King Chu really didn't expect it, because Zhao Yao was innocent on weekdays, and the thing he thought about the most every day was to eat delicious.

"Fourth brother, I'm not very smart in reading, but I'm not stupid. Besides, everyone knows about you, and I don't think it's hard to know. Of course, it is estimated that few people know about starlings. ”

"Whether it's my business or your starling's business, it's not for you to worry about, understand?" King Chu would rather Zhao Yao not know these things, he hoped that Zhao Yao would always be able to smile heartlessly like this, and only care about what is delicious every day, and not care about other things.

Zhao Yao shrugged his shoulders and said, "Fourth brother, I don't have the ability to worry about you." ”

"You know about your starling, don't tell him." The king of Chu was worried that the king of Wei would be detrimental to Zhao Yao if he knew that Zhao Yao knew about him. "You don't know what to do."

Zhao Yao looked puzzled: "Ah, don't you know?" He originally planned to talk to the starling brother, but he didn't expect the fourth brother to oppose him.

"Listen to the fourth brother, don't know what to do, and don't ask you starling brother anything." The king of Chu said again, "You don't want to get involved in the matter between our adults, understand?" ”

Zhao Yao pretended to understand and nodded: "Understood." ”

"Your starling and I only hope that you can grow up safely, and we don't want your arrest and distress to happen again."

Zhao Yao nodded obediently: "Fourth brother, I know, I won't let you worry anymore." ”

"I'm going back to the capital in a while, so it's inconvenient to take you back." The way back to Beijing for the king of Chu was more dangerous than the way to Pengcheng. If the king of Chu takes Zhao Yao back to Beijing together, Zhao Yao will be assassinated at that time. "When I return to the capital, I will send someone to pick you up."

"Fourth brother, I haven't gone to Yangzhou to visit my grandfather yet." Before Zhao Yao went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he had already made a decision not to return to the capital before he became an adult. "My mother has always been thinking about my grandfather and them, if I don't see my grandfather and they go back, how can I explain to my mother."

"Then let your starling send you to Yangzhou as soon as possible, Jinling is not safe, you can't stay any longer." The king of Chu felt uneasy at the thought of the emperor's indifference to Zhao Yao's arrest.

"Isn't the starling busy, when the starling is busy, I'll ask the starling to send me to Yangzhou."

"Jinling is in danger, you can't stay any longer, you have to leave quickly."

"But the fourth brother ......"

King Chu's eyes sharpened: "Do you listen to the words of the fourth brother?" ”

Zhao Yao was so frightened that he hurriedly said, "Listen, I'll listen." ”

The king of Chu didn't say anything serious, and asked Zhao Yao what was delicious, what good-looking scripts he saw, and whether he had bought anything fun.

When it came to delicious and fun, Zhao Yao immediately became eyebrows and danced, and talked to the king of Chu with great interest.

Wei Mian stood at the door and heard the laughter of Zhao Yao and the King of Chu, and couldn't help laughing.

With the presence of the Ten Highnesses, the mood of the prince will improve.

The prince came to Jinling regardless of the danger, just to see His Royal Highness the Tenth, but the prince still did not admit it.

Also, the prince doesn't talk much on weekdays, even if he doesn't have a few words with the princess, but he has endless words with His Royal Highness the Ten. Thinking that the prince reprimanded His Royal Highness Ten for an hour, Wei Mian felt funny. If others knew that the prince also had such a talkative side. It is estimated that it will ...... In the words of His Highness the Ten, his jaw dropped.

The brothers hadn't seen each other for months, and they had endless things to say, and they forgot the hours while talking.

King Wei had already guessed that Zhao Yao would not go back before the end of the day, so he could only come to pick him up in person.

"Starling, I knew you were going to pick me up."

"If I don't pick you up, you won't go back, will you?"

"Yes, if you don't pick me up, I won't go back."

King Wei scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy! ”

The King of Chu looked at the King of Wei and said, "Jinling is not safe, you send the tenth brother to Yangzhou as soon as possible." ”

King Wei ignored King Chu, glanced at him coldly, and immediately took Zhao Yao's hand and walked out.

Zhao Yao turned around and waved his hand to King Chu: "Fourth brother, I'll go first, you have to be careful." ”

King Chu didn't say anything and nodded to Zhao Yao.

On the carriage back, the king of Wei did not ask Zhao Yao what the king of Chu had told him. King Wei knew in his heart that King Chu would not tell Zhao Yao about the affairs of the imperial court, but would only tell him about private matters. He was not interested in the private affairs of the King of Chu.

King Wei didn't ask, and Zhao Yao didn't say.

"I'm going out tomorrow, and when I come back, I'll send you to Yangzhou."

"Starling, you are busy with your affairs first, and when you are busy, it is not too late to send me to Yangzhou."

"I'll send you there myself."

If he didn't send Zhao Yao to Yangzhou in person, King Wei was not at ease, but he didn't expect that as soon as he went to Pengcheng, Zhao Yao had an accident.