The prince returned to the Chunhe Palace, and it was already the time to hold the lamp.

Chang Shi greeted him, took the prince's cloak, and asked as gently as he could, "Your Highness hasn't eaten yet, has he?" ”

Jiangmen Tiger Girl's physique is good, and she has just come out of confinement, and she has already recovered as before. And the whole person is much calmer and more considerate than before. It's just culture, and it's not something that can be made up if you want to.

"Nope." The corners of the prince's mouth twitched slightly, shook his head quietly, took the warm cotton towel given by the palace maid, and put it on his face for a while.

"Prepare food for the prince." As soon as Chang commanded, the palace maid brought the steaming meal, obviously pinching the bits.

"I'm really going to be impressed with you." The prince sat down with a smile and took the silver spoon from Chang.

In the past, the Chang family would not have to worry about this, this was all the matter that the Lu family was responsible for. Now that the Lu family has taken a long-term sick leave, the Chang family has also begun to worry about the prince's daily life and diet.

"In the past, I was too ignorant to be a concubine." Chang smiled, served the prince a bowl of soup first, and said: "Drinking soup before meals is better than good medicine, this is what the fifth uncle taught me." ”

"Hmm." The prince nodded happily, took the soup bowl, gently blew the hot air, and drank the soup elegantly.

Before he could eat a few bites, Eunuch Cui came in and reported: "Prince, Mr. Song asks to see you." ”

"Can't you wait for the prince to finish this meal?" Chang said unhappily.

"Hey, he's doing the right thing. Mr. Song is no one else, so he can't be neglected. The prince swallowed the food in his mouth and commanded:

"Hurry up, please."

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Soon, Eunuch Cui led the white-haired Song Lian in.

"Hahaha, what kind of wind blew the teacher here? I don't say hello in advance. The prince greeted him warmly at the door.

"Alas, Your Highness. The incident happened suddenly, and the old man entered Beijing day and night. Song Lian saluted and said with a wry smile: "I'm about to toss and break up my old bones." ”

"Come on, please come inside." The prince stretched out his hand to help Song Lian cross the threshold, and asked with concern: "The teacher hasn't eaten dinner yet, and the palace has just sat down, so let's take two bites together." ”

"Okay, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Song Lian was not polite to him, the prince was raised by him. In the past, when he was not a prince, he often sat on his lap and read and could read.

Besides, today is not the time to be polite.

The palace maid presented a new tableware, and the prince ordered someone to give Mr. Song his favorite 'seven heads and one brain'.

The so-called 'seven heads and one brain' are maran heads, shepherd's heads, toon heads, wolfberry heads, pea heads, alfalfa heads, small garlic heads and chrysanthemum brains.

In early spring, it is warm and cold, it is the season when Jinling wild vegetables are on the market, and Song Lian is good at this.

"Haha, the old man is thinking about the wild vegetable of Jinling." Song Lian happily pinched a chopsticks and dried Ma Lantou, and sent it to his mouth to enjoy chewing:

"At the beginning, I was jokingly said by Liu Bowen, 'Song Qianxi, I don't know how to do it, a mouthful of rice and a mouthful of grass'. As a result, he went straight to vegetarianism. ”

"It can be seen that this man has to keep his mouth shut." The prince smiled: "Mr. Berwyn is indeed not a meat at all. ”

"yes." Song Lian nodded, while tasting the fried chrysanthemum brain, he sighed and said: "It's a pity that the old man can't eat it today, and he wasted some of His Highness's thoughts." ”

"What, what's on the teacher's mind?" The prince looked at Song Lian's chopsticks one after another, and he really couldn't connect it with 'unpleasant food'.

"Your Highness knows me." Song Lian put down his chopsticks, picked up a cloth to wipe the corners of his mouth, and said, "The two saints of Confucius and Mencius are not yet safe." There are so many Confucian children kneeling in the palace and outside the palace, and the old man is really not in the mood to taste the food. ”

"Understood." The prince nodded understandingly: "This palace is also for their business, and they are busy until this time to eat." ”

"Your Highness, what is your attitude?" Song Lian knew that the prince didn't like to beat around the bush, so he asked straight to the point.

"Naturally, this palace can't fully agree with my father's decision," the crown prince also said: "This is neither fair nor appropriate for the two saints and for the disciples of Confucius and Mencius." ”

"Your Highness can look at it like this, and the old man will be relieved." Song Lian breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the prince with anticipation: "When the country was first established, more important than formulating various rules and regulations was 'establishing morality and educating people's hearts', which is the foundation of eternity." ”

"Yes." The prince nodded.

"This work can only be done by Confucianism, and now is the time when the emperor uses my Confucianism, how can he go against the grain and hurt the hearts of Confucianism in the world?" Song Lian said bitterly: "In the long run, the country will not be a country, Your Highness." ”

"My father also knew that he still needed to borrow Confucianism, and some things were also provoked step by step, which was not his original intention." The prince said slowly: "For example, when Mencius's tablet was removed from the Confucian Temple, it was the civil officials who carried his tablet to the court and forced his father to admit his mistake, which no emperor could bear." ”

"They have no other way, and the emperor will all stay in the middle of the normal recital. wanted to show it in the court, but the emperor didn't give him a chance to speak. Song Lian sighed and said: "Of course, they shouldn't press too the emperor, and they shouldn't easily move the tablet of the first saint, isn't this self-inflicted?" ”

"The teacher is really pertinent." The prince smiled and nodded.

"But Prince, those fools have good intentions. They also proved with their own sacrifices that they were not for their own selfish interests, but out of public intentions and for the protection of the Holy Religion! Song Lian said that he got up with his hands on the round table, and slowly kowtowed to the prince and said:

"Prince, you want to speak up for the Holy Sect."

"Teacher, hurry up." The prince hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, got up and helped Song Lian up. "This palace also grew up reading sage books, so it is natural to speak for the first saint, I have been grinding for a day on my father's side, and I will continue to persuade him to change his mind tomorrow."

Saying that, he sighed and said: "But my father's temper is better than anyone else, and there are too many demands from civil officials, and it is absolutely impossible for him to agree to them all." ”

"Yes, the old man knows, that's too difficult for a strong man." Song Lian nodded in agreement. The prince can still bargain with Boss Zhu. changed others, said a few words that I didn't like to hear, and my life was gone. And bargain?

"It's also great to let the emperor agree to part of it first and calm down the anger of the people."

"Okay, Hongu will try it tomorrow." The crown prince bowed his head and said, "What if...... I mean, if my father can really agree to some of them, what does the teacher think, what should we choose, and what should we give up? ”

The "Alas......" problem was thrown back to Song Lian, Song Taishi was entangled for a long time, and Fang Chang sighed: "Of course, I have to help the two saints first." ”

"That is to say, Guozi University wants to set up a Confucian Temple, and Mencius tablet wants to go back to Taimiao?" The prince asked:

"The rest can be put back for now?"

"This ......" Song Lian held back as if constipated for a while before nodding helplessly: "So to speak." ”

(End of chapter)