Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 41
While the princes and grandchildren were having lunch in the small dining hall, Qi Tai strolled leisurely to the Wenhua Palace.

If we use a saying from later generations, Qi Tai's personnel relations are on the side of Wenhua Palace, and he has to come here to eat out of emotion and reason.

The so-called Wenhua Palace is the place where His Royal Highness works, studies, and holds banquets.

There are some officials of the prince's mansion here, such as Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru, who are famous in later generations, are also here.

The three of them had a good relationship, and they gathered together at a small table to eat and chat, among them Huang Zicheng whispered in the ear of the two of them mysteriously.

"Have you two heard that today His Majesty is holding the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunxi, and swaggering past all the officials!"

"Oh?"

"Oh!"

Qi Tai was very surprised, Fang Xiaoru only responded lightly when he heard the words, without any expression on his face.

This made Huang Zicheng very hurt, and decided to ignore Fang Xiaoru, a corrupt scholar, and concentrate on gossiping with Qi Tai.

"Brother Qi, do you think His Majesty intends to appoint the emperor's grandson as the heir?"

"If that's the case, then it's against the law of etiquette. How can you let the emperor's eldest grandson fail to be established, and instead establish a younger emperor's second-grandson?"

"Furthermore, the dull nature of the emperor's grandson can't afford such a heavy responsibility!"

"By the way, brother Qi, you are in charge of enlightening the princes and grandchildren. Have the grandsons of the emperor finished their 'three hundred thousand' studies?"

Qi Tai shook his head upon hearing this.

"No!"

"I just taught him the Thousand Character Classic today!"

Huang Zicheng slapped the table angrily when he heard the words, and said indignantly.

"Xiao Fang, did you hear that?"

"I started to learn Thousand Characters when I was in my teens. Even if I become an heir with such qualifications, why don't I become a foolish emperor who eats minced meat in the future!"

When Fang Xiaoru heard this, he just stopped patting his chopsticks for a while, and then continued to bury his head in cooking.

Seeing Fang Xiaoru acting like this, Huang Zicheng couldn't help muttering.

"Look, it scares you, there are only a few people in the Prince's Mansion, who else can go to inform you!"

"Okay, let's talk about ourselves, don't talk to this nerd!"

Fang Xiaoru was immediately unhappy when Huang Zicheng called him a nerd.

"You're the nerd, your whole family are nerds!"

"The reason why I don't get involved in this matter is mainly because I think it's against the way of a gentleman!"

"Your Majesty attaches the most importance to etiquette. How can you do such a thing as abolishing the elders and erecting the younger? What you are talking about is purely unfounded!"

Huang Zicheng was not annoyed when he heard this, but stared at Fang Xiaoru with great interest.

"Brother Qi, did you hear that Fang Shengren just said three sentences, a total of 64 characters!"

"If it wasn't for being anxious, he wouldn't have said so much if he was killed!"

After Huang Zicheng squeezed Fang Xiaoru, he looked at Fang Xiaoru playfully.

"Brother Fang, don't you think Zhu Yunxi too?"

Fang Xiaoru rolled Huang Zicheng's eyes, and then continued to cook.

Although he didn't say anything, but they were all stirring the same pot, so why explain everything clearly?
Huang Zicheng had already heard from Fang Xiaoru's words that the reason why the old man didn't say anything was because he didn't want to cause trouble.But in his heart, he also recognized Zhu Yunqi more.

Just when Huang Zicheng thought that the three had reached an agreement to support the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunqi, he suddenly heard Qi Tai speak.

"I have a slightly different view on the matter of the two emperors and grandchildren!"

Huang Zicheng stared at Qi Tai in a daze when he heard the words, his face full of disbelief.

In his opinion, Qi Tai is the person who is the least likely to betray the water, where is the different opinion?
"Brother Qi, what do you mean by that?"

"Don't be nervous, I didn't question your meaning, I just think His Royal Highness is not bad."

"good?"

Huang Zicheng touched Qi Tai's forehead exaggeratedly.

"Little brother, have you made a mistake, which eye of yours can see that the child is not bad?"

Qi Tai couldn't help but smiled.

"I got in touch with Zhu Yunxi this morning, and found that this child is like a different person. Not only has he become more courageous, but his brain has become much smarter."

"I only read the first 100 characters of the Thousand Characters once, and he memorized them all."

"It's just that when I disassembled it, I wanted to teach him a lesson, but unexpectedly he taught me a lesson, hahaha!"

When Qi Tai talked about his embarrassing things, he seemed very free and easy, with a sense of pride instead of shame.

"Can he teach you lessons?"

"How did you get on?"

Fang Xiaoru, who had been immersed in cooking, heard this and couldn't help pricking up his ears to listen.

Seeing that the two of them were acting like this, Qi Tai had no choice but to tell the whole story of what he had learned from Zhu Yunxi in the morning, and by the way, he also told how he threatened the prince and how he stood up for his younger brother Zhu Yunxi.

The two were shocked and speechless for a long time after hearing this.

Among them, Fang Xiaoru didn't like to talk at all, while Huang Zicheng just didn't know what to say.

If the person who said this wasn't Qi Tai, he wouldn't have believed him even if he was killed.

How is this possible, Zhu Yunxie has the guts to beat the prince, and even dare to threaten his uncle and grandpa?
And that's true for Zhu Yunxuan too, how could he just ignore his younger brother being bullied and let that grandson steal the limelight.

Another point is also very strange, where did Zhu Yunxi learn that knowledge?
Whether it's an artificial rainbow or catching the sun with ice, that's not common knowledge!

Hey, no, where did he get the ice?

"Brother Qi, where did Zhu Yunxi get the ice in such a hot day?"

"The ice was made by Zhu Yunxi, and it has nothing to do with Zhu Yunxi."

"Then where did Zhu Yunxi get it?"

Qi Tai pouted in the direction of the Prince's Mansion.

"Do you even need to think about it? Of course the son stole the father's ice."

Huang Zicheng was taken aback immediately when he heard the words, and muttered to himself.

"Isn't the son stealing the father's soldiers an allusion of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and his prince Liu Shi? What does it have to do with Zhu Yunxi..."

"Oh!"

"I see. What you mean is that the grandson went to the mourning hall..."

Qi Tai hurriedly hissed when he heard the words.

"Shh!"

"This matter can only be understood but cannot be explained in words!"

Huang Zicheng wanted to understand this, and immediately let out a burst of laughter.

"You... you really have you, and you can use allusions like this, hahaha..."

Fang Xiaoru, who had been eavesdropping with his ears pricked up, couldn't hold back when he heard this.

"This traitor..."

"The son steals the father's ice...ha..."

They chatted and laughed for a while, and then buried themselves in eating, but when they were eating happily, a little eunuch suddenly handed over a note.

"Mr. Qi, this is His Majesty's written order, please read it alone at your convenience!"

Qi Tai was already ready to salute when he heard the "manual order", but when he heard that he was asked to watch it alone, he immediately knew that it was a secret decree, and the emperor didn't want more people to know about it.

Therefore, he took the note respectfully, deliberately avoiding Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng to glance at the note, after reading it, he returned the note as it was, and bowed in salute.

"Please trouble the servant to go back and report to His Majesty on my behalf, and say that the minister understands, and His Majesty must be satisfied!"

The little eunuch said hard work, then took the note and went back to report.

After the little eunuch left, Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru stared straight at Qi Tai, and Qi Tai knew what they wanted to ask when he saw their eyes, he shook his head vigorously and said.

"Don't look at me like that, you two, I really can't say His Majesty's handbook!"

When the two heard this, disappointment flashed across their faces, and then they continued to bury their heads in cooking.

Seeing the two of them like this, Qi Tai deliberately pretended to be stupid and said in a daze.

"By the way, where did we just talk about?"

The troublemaker Huang Zicheng raised his head and replied weakly.

"The son steals the father's ice?"

Qi Tai said with a soft "hmm" when he heard the words.

"It happened!"

(End of this chapter)