Mu Zong was chatting with a group of ministers after discussing the matter, when Tianxiao suddenly broke in from outside the door, looked at the ministers for a while and came to Zhang Juzheng's side. At that time, the ministers were discussing an idle question, which was, "If the seven champions are all talented, but there can only be one gold list title, how to choose?" "Emperor, my father has a jade belt and wants to give it to one of the ministers, but I don't know which one to give it. Emperor, do you have a way to relieve your father's worries? After blinking his astute eyes, he didn't think much about it, so he asked solemnly: "Father, how many courtiers are here?" Mu Zong didn't know what Tianxiao meant by this question, so he looked down and said, "Emperor, there are twenty-four in total." Tianxiao said: "Father, the son thinks that twenty-four chairs can be placed, and the father will put the jade belt under a certain chair, and then let the courtiers choose a chair to sit on." At that time, whoever has a jade belt under the chair, and the father will give the jade belt to whom, then the other courtiers have nothing to complain about, I don't know if the emperor's method is feasible?"

The little boy actually had such an idea, it was really a prodigy, and the ministers were all stunned when they heard it, only to hear Mu Zong laugh, and the dragon face was happy, and said proudly: "In ancient times, Cao Chong called the elephant, and now there is my son's method, and it is wonderful! Say quickly, the emperor, what do you want your father to reward you?" Unexpectedly, the sky roared and knelt on the ground, and said: "Father, the son does not want any reward, as long as the father's longevity is better than Nanshan, the longevity is boundless, the Ming Dynasty is safe, the people live happily, and the Zhu family will be thousands of generations." After hearing this, the ministers praised Tianxiao for being extremely intelligent, filial piety to Qi Tian, this is the holy Hongfu, Daming Hongfu, and Wanmin Hongfu Yunyun, so he almost said that he abolished Yijun and established Tianxiao as the prince, and Mu Zong naturally praised Tianxiao greatly.

Who would have expected that the matter of the upward movement would reach Li Guifei's ears that day, and this woman was shocked for most of the day, and then she squeezed out of her teeth, "Leaving this person is a big trouble for my son." "Eleven words.

Cheng Hong recalled this incident, Zhao Hu and Wang Bao gasped when they heard this, and felt that it was inconvenient for the young master to stay in the palace for a long time, so they had to leave the capital and go back to Pukou City, otherwise they would be killed by Li Guifei.

Tianxiao is sensitive and virtuous, and never dislikes humility with respect, so there are many playmates in the palace, concubines and ministers, masters of the interior, eunuchs and maidservants, everyone likes this little highness. As long as he bumps into him, he will always have fun and have a good time with him. Here, he also has two little playmates, one is Zhu Yijun, the crown prince's brother who is the same age as him, and the other is Zhu Danying, the county lord who is one year younger than him.

Yijun is the third son of Mu Zong, his two elder brothers died early, he was canonized as the crown prince in March of the second year of Longqing, and Zhang Juzheng was the teacher to teach him to read and write. Dan Ying is Yijun's cousin, the current emperor's younger brother, the youngest daughter of the late Jingwang Zhu Zaizhen, is also a delicate girl, there are more ghost ideas in her little head than her cousin, and she always changes her ways to tease those maids and little eunuchs who follow behind, and sometimes she will join forces with Tianxiao to bully Yijun. Every time poor Yijun was bullied and had nothing to do, he always ended up crying and crying, and when he went back, he told his mother. But Concubine Li had no other way but to tell her son not to play with Danying and Tianxiao anymore. Since there was suddenly such a smart royal brother of Bing Xue, Yijun still couldn't give up such a playmate, so he took Tianxiao and Dan Ying's hands and ran around the palace when he had nothing to do. The result is that the prince, the prince, the county lord, who can control him, only worry about a group of little eunuchs and maidservants living in fear all day long, just afraid that the three of them will have something to lose in the play, then their own lives will not be guaranteed, and they will also affect their families, and if they don't get it right, they may destroy the nine clans, so they can only mention the spirit of twelve points to wait carefully.

While playing on this day, Dan Ying suddenly asked Yijun. "Brother Prince, if you become the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty one day, will you still play with the two of us?" Yijun smiled innocently, nodded and said, "At that time, I will sit with the imperial brother and marry you to him." ”

This was originally just a child's saying, but it made the mouthy little eunuch spread this word to Li Guifei's ears, and the cautious concubine was very shocked when she heard it, and hurriedly let people pass Zhang Juzheng and let the prince protect her son. Yijun was afraid when he saw Zhang Juzheng, but he was afraid of being reprimanded, so he promised his mother to study hard and not play with Danying Tianxiao.

Without the prince to play, Danying and Tianxiao stuck together all day long, playing everything, and it was also fun to say.

In the blink of an eye, at the beginning of January, Mu Zong felt that his health was not good, and Concubine Mo had just given birth to a princess who was recuperating, and neither of them could take care of Tianxiao. At this time, Dan Ying couldn't be managed by the nurse, Tianxiao was very lonely without a playmate, so she went to her mother, saying that the palace was not fun and wanted to go back to Jiangnan.

"My Xiao'er. Mo Guifei was lying on the bed, and when she heard that Tianxiao wanted to leave, she took his little hand, and tears welled up before she could speak. Mu Zong happened to come to visit Concubine Ai and his daughter, and saw that Tianxiao was wiping his mother's tears with his little hands. After asking the reason, I found out that Tianxiao wanted to leave, and the concubine was reluctant to give up, so he cried, so he sighed lightly and said: "Concubine Ai, the widow originally planned to leave Xiao'er in the palace for the New Year, and then allow him to leave after the Lantern Festival." Alas, but every time Li Guifei met a widow, she just nagged coldly. Saying that, he sighed, and promised Concubine Mo to stay in Tianxiao for three more days, and gave him the dragon and phoenix ship, and left him to stay in the Qianqing Palace for one night. Concubine Mo gave up after hearing this, and said to Tianxiao: "Xiao'er, my mother promised you that in March and May, my mother and your father will go to Jiangnan to see you." Mu Zong also said this when he heard this, and Tianxiao smiled.

After eating, Mu Zong hugged his daughter, Tianxiao went to bed next to Mo Guifei, and the three of them said something. Seeing that her mother wanted to sleep, Tianxiao was very well-behaved, so she got out of bed and said, "Mother, the child is gone, and I will come back tomorrow to say hello to my mother." He also reached out and touched his sister's little face a few times, and said, "Father, the minister has gone there." ”

Seeing Tianxiao jumping away, Concubine Mo was both relieved and uneasy, so she sighed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine is not a person who plays with right and wrong, presumably the emperor has heard some rumors in the palace recently." If Xiao'er really lets the traitor harm one day, the concubine doesn't want to live. After saying that, tears welled up again, and Mu Zong was busy comforting him. "Don't worry about the concubine, the widow has his own judgment. Although Xiao'er is not born to you and me, but the widow loves it very much, if the concubine is still worried about Xiao'er, the widow will make a holy decree tomorrow, and pull another thousand soldiers and horses from Tan Aiqing to follow Xiao'er back to Jiangnan. There are soldiers and horses to protect it, and the sky is Xiao'an, Mo Guifei smiled when she heard this, and said: "The emperor treats Xiao'er so kindly, and the concubine Fang An." If you can reward Feng Xiao'er again, the concubine will be carefree in this life. Mu Zong smiled, and the next day, he issued a holy decree and sent someone to Tan Lun in a hurry.

As a courtier, Tan Lun naturally knew the emperor's thoughts and painstaking efforts, but thinking that Yijun was the crown prince, he was afraid that he would offend Concubine Li Guifei in the future, so he asked his soldiers to summon a few confidants and generals to express his worries. "As soon as I came to the Holy Decree, the emperor asked me to pull out a thousand soldiers and horses to escort the little prince back to Jiangnan. It is obviously an escort, but the deep meaning is only for me to think about it, so I invite a few people to come to discuss," a general said: "Boss, there has always been a dispute in the palace, and now although Mo Guifei is favored, but the prince is Yijun, then Li Guifei will be the queen mother in the future, and none of us can afford to provoke it." Tan Lun nodded with a sigh and said, "That's it, that's why I have a headache." Li Guifei can't be offended, and Mo Guifei can't be offended, but the soldiers still have to be sent, the key is how to do it? Feng Li, you have a good brain, you see how to do this. "Feng Li is a middle-aged man, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his eyes are bright, and he is a member of Tan Lun's account. "Boss, in the eyes of the last general, in order not to offend Concubine Li Guifei, he asked someone to send a message to Feng Bao, saying that the border defense is tight, and he can only send seven hundred old and weak soldiers to the little prince. This Feng Bao is Li Guifei's person, and Zhun Bao told Li Guifei the news, and Li Guifei will be happy when she hears it. Tan Lun hurriedly waved his hand and said, "This is absolutely impossible." Give the little prince seven hundred old and weak soldiers, Mo Guifei will definitely hold a grudge, and the emperor doesn't want my head. Feng Li laughed and said: "Boss, the last general has even deceived you, so Feng Bao and Li Guifei will be more convinced." Tan Lun was stunned and said, "What do you say?" Feng Li said: "Father-in-law Cheng is Mo Guifei's person. Then let someone bring a message to Cheng's father-in-law, and said that in order to block Li Guifei's mouth, he said that he would send 700 old and weak soldiers to the little prince. In fact, it was 1,500 elite soldiers. That Mo Guifei must be happy when she hears it, and she also remembers the good of the boss, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds. Tan Lun listened and said "good" again and again, and everyone also praised this method as very good.

Although Yijun is the crown prince, the person who is currently favored by the emperor is Mo Guifei, Tan Lun simply made Mo Guifei very happy, and also let her say her good in front of the emperor. In this way, he gave Feng Li three guerrilla generals, two partial generals, five hundred horse troops, two hundred archers, and 1,400 infantry troops to rush to the capital to find Wang Bao to listen to, and then return to Jiangnan with the little prince, and from then on he was the defender of Pukou City. He transferred 1,500 from the new barracks to fill the vacancies, so as not to make people see the flaws. Then Li Wangzu and Li Wangcai filled the vacancy after Feng Li left, and guarded Datong Mansion.

The two Li brothers also inadvertently borrowed the light of their son, the little prince, and thus became the generals of the town and guarded one side, commanding 8,000 soldiers and horses.

Thinking that he would leave Beijing and return to Pukou to govern the two rivers in the near future, with the permission of his father, Tianxiao invited a group of internal guards to drink in the Taihe Palace, one to express his gratitude, and the other to resign. Since the little prince entered the palace, although the emperor has not issued any holy decrees, but the fame of the crazy old road and the ice monster in the rivers and lakes is here, and the little prince is very close, never use the emperor to oppress people, and always take some delicacies and wine to gather in his spare time. "Come, come, as long as you don't get drunk, drink as you please. "He has become a little adult, and he can drink two large bowls of wine, and his tone of speech has a bit of a Jianghu flavor. "Whoever goes to Jiangnan to do the emperor's errand in the future, he will come to Pukou to find me, eat and live in Tianbo Mansion, and no one is allowed to be polite. Hearing this, everyone was very happy, but he then said: "I know the rules of the palace, if anyone has something in the future, bring me a letter, and I will have someone from my Tianbo Mansion to take care of it, and those who lack gold and silver are easy to say." Everyone feels that this little prince's achievements when he grows up must be greater than the prince, and many people now have the idea of taking refuge in him, and some people also said with the intention of drinking: "Your Royal Highness, if you think that I can still do my kung fu, I am willing to serve you, and I am willing to give you my life." Another Mongol named Azaguri also said: "Your Highness, if I am wrong, you should have listened to a drunken word." The emperor is here, I am loyal to the emperor, otherwise I will be loyal to you. Tianxiao smiled, but didn't speak, just said, "Drink and drink." ”