The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

"There are rumors in the palace that the empress sent someone to assassinate the prince so that the seventh prince can become the prince." Tong Xi reported to Zhao Yao, "Although the empress ordered the person who spread the rumor to be severely punished, the rumor has not stopped. .”

When Zhao Yao heard this, his expression was very astonished: "What about the capital?"

"It's also spread in the capital." Speaking of this, Tong Xi paused, and then said to Zhao Yao in a very low voice, "Now the people in the capital are talking about this matter, saying that the queen's mind is vicious or something."

Zhao Yao narrowed his eyes slightly, with a thoughtful look on his face. Could it be that it was myna's handwriting, just to divert the target?
"Your Highness, do you think Concubine Rong and Dai Wang did it?"

"Very likely." It is not ruled out that Concubine Rong and Dai Wang did it.

"My maidservant heard that the empress was so angry that she ran to the imperial study to beg the emperor to clear her up." Tong Xi had just returned last night and had inquired about many things. "I didn't expect the emperor to really help the empress, and ordered to severely punish those who spread rumors. The rumors stopped, but the slaves feel that there are still many people who believe that the empress did it."

"It's not the Empress and Seventh Brother who did it, they're not so stupid." Zhao Yao didn't say anything about it, and told Tong Xi, "Go back and help me take care of them."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zhao Yao walked into the school.The Seventh Prince and the Ninth Prince quarreled so much that spit was flying everywhere. The Third Prince and the Fifth Prince had nothing to do with them. They sat on the sidelines and watched the Seventh Prince and the Ninth Prince quarreling like monkeys.

The Seventh Prince and the Ninth Prince did not stop arguing because of Zhao Yao's arrival.Maybe because they were punished for fighting before, the Seventh Prince and Ninth Prince didn't dare to fight anymore no matter how much they quarreled.

It wasn't until the husband came that the seventh and ninth princes stopped arguing.

Mister just pretended that he didn't know that the Seventh Prince and Ninth Prince were arguing, and continued with what he said last time.

Zhao Yao was thinking about Yangzhou while pretending to listen to the class seriously.

I don't know what kind of news they brought back with the money.

The Seventh Prince and Ninth Prince did not forget to stare at me and stare at you during class.

Zhao Yao thought to himself that if eyes could kill people, the Seventh and Ninth Princes would have killed each other long ago.

Without the fourth and eighth princes, Zhao Yao felt that the class became more boring, and he was drowsy in class.

Except for Mr. Xiao, the other gentlemen are really too rigid in class, they just follow the script.

The last class in the morning was taught by Mr. Xiao, and Zhao Yao became a little more energetic.

At noon, leave school on time.

Just when Zhao Yao was about to leave, Mr. Xiao stopped him and gave him two books on arithmetic.

"Sir, this is?"

"This is a book I read when I was young, you can read it." Mr. Xiao said gently, "If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me."

"Sir, do you like arithmetic too?"

"Not to mention liking."

"Then don't you think it's heresy?"

"It's miscellaneous books at most, not heretics." Mr. Xiao said, "There's nothing wrong with reading what you like, but don't get addicted."

"Thank you sir, I will be fine." Zhao Yao said again, "Don't worry, I won't be addicted."

"That's good."

"Sir, I'll go first then."

"Walk slowly."

Zhao Yao didn't rush back to the Kunde Hall to find money and them, but went to Lanyuan Pavilion to find the Fourth Prince.He gave the sketch portrait he had drawn before to the fourth prince.

The fourth prince looked at the portrait Zhao Yao gave him in shock, "Tenth brother, this..." This painting is too similar, but it is still a painting method that he has never seen before. "What kind of painting is this?"

"do not know."

"I don't know?" The fourth prince was startled, "Didn't you draw this?"

"I drew it, but I drew it casually. If you want to ask me what kind of painting method, then I really don't know." Zhao Yao thought for a while and said, "If you have to say it, it should be called real painting method. "

Fourth Prince: "..."

"It's quite appropriate to call it a real painting." The fourth prince touched the painting and found that his fingertips were stained with black ash. He said in surprise, "Tenth Brother, did you draw this with charcoal?"

"Yes, I made charcoal into a brush, and I call it a charcoal pen." Zhao Yao said in a flamboyant tone, "Fourth brother, isn't it amazing?"

The fourth prince exclaimed, "It's amazing."

"Then fourth brother, do you like this portrait?"

"I like it, I like it very much." The fourth prince showed a happy smile on his usually expressionless face, "Tenth brother, thank you!"

"Fourth brother, you're welcome." Zhao Yao waved his hand to the fourth prince, "Fourth brother, I have to go back to have lunch, so I won't accompany you."

"Aren't you having lunch at Lanyuan Pavilion?"

"I haven't been back for a few days. The mother concubine and the second concubine miss me. I have to go back and accompany them for lunch."

"Then you go back."

"Goodbye, fourth brother." When Zhao Yao left, he greeted Lin Xueyi and his group of ministers.

When Zhao Yao left, Lin Xueyi and the others looked at the painting in the fourth prince's hand in amazement.

When Zhao Yao left Lanyuan Pavilion, he didn't forget to take a pot of orchids with him.This scene happened to be seen by He Xiang.He Xiang, who was stroking his beard, accidentally pulled out one of his beards in anger.

Zhao Yao also saw He Xiang, stuck out his tongue at him, and ran away with the orchid in his arms.

He Xiang was angry, laughed, and helpless, and there was a pampering that he himself hadn't realized.

Tong Xi asked, "Your Highness, why did you take away another pot of orchids?"

"I haven't eaten orchids for several days, and I'm a bit greedy." Zhao Yao looked at the orchids in Tong Xi's arms and said, "I want to eat buns stuffed with orchids."

Tong Xi smiled and said, "Scramble it with eggs, it must be delicious."

"That's right." After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he couldn't help laughing when he thought of He Xiang's angry appearance just now, "Why isn't He Xiang used to me stealing orchids?"

Tong Xi said dumbfoundedly: "Your Highness, no one will get used to this kind of thing." If He Xiangzhen was angry with His Highness for taking his orchids, then He Xiang could take all the orchids away, or deliberately put out the broken flowers and willows. Orchid, but He Xiang didn't do that.Every day in the orchid garden are all well-growing orchids, although they are all ordinary orchids.

"Okay, if you are angry with He Xiang every day, it's good for He Xiang." Zhao Yao said shamelessly, "I also think about He Xiang's body."

The corner of Tongxi's mouth twitched slightly and said, "Your Highness, what is your mood every day, and if you don't think about why, you won't be afraid of making He Xiangqi sick." At this time, Tongxi sympathized with He Xiang very much in his heart.

"There is a saying that a prime minister can pull a boat in his belly, but He Xiang's air is not so small." Zhao Yao said convincingly, "A breath of air can make the blood flow in He Xiang's whole body, which is good for his body."

Tong Xi had long been used to Zhao Yao's "nonsense" and did not argue with him.

Zhao Yao bouncing back to Kunde Hall, Laicai and Laiqian all ran out to meet him.

"Come on Qian, Laixi, how is your rest?"

[Have a good rest. 】Laixi said, 【Yaoyao, you guessed right, there is indeed something strange in Yangzhou. 】

When Zhao Yao heard this, his heart trembled, and he hurriedly asked, "What's strange?"

Lai Qian hurriedly said: [There is a man named Dong Jin in Yangzhou, he is the leader of the rebel army. 】

"Dong Jin?" Zhao Yao exclaimed.He knew that Dong Jin was a general in the previous dynasty and now the leader of the rebel army.It is said that he has a tyrannical temperament and cruel methods, and he has a group of loyal soldiers under his command.Most of these soldiers are brave and good at fighting. Among them, his adopted son is very fierce and strong, and can easily lift a big tripod.

[He is a man with a thick face and a burly figure. 】When Dong Jin was mentioned, Laixi's tone was full of disgust and fear.

"Why is Dong Jin in Yangzhou, Xie Shi and the others don't know?" Dong Jin is one of the generals of the rebel army and one of the important wanted criminals.

Laixi was smarter than Laiqian, it said: 【Xie Shi didn't know that Dong Jin and the others were in Yangzhou.On the surface, the leader of the rebel army in Yangzhou is a man named Chen Qinglan, who is Dong Jin's subordinate. 】

"Chen Qinglan?" Zhao Yao had never heard of this name.

【He deliberately launched a rebellion, playing a game of cat and mouse with that Xie Shi. 】Laixi is indeed the smartest magpie.

"What is the purpose of Dong Jin and the others in Yangzhou, to annex the whole of Yangzhou?"

[Yes, they want to occupy the entire Yangzhou. 】Laixi continued, 【My friend said that Yangzhou is rich in food and gold and silver treasures, and that Dong Jin wanted to occupy Yangzhou because of these. 】

Lai Qian hastily added: [What weapons are there. 】

"Weapons?" Zhao Yao thought of something, and asked in surprise, "Someone in Yangzhou made weapons privately?"

Laixi said: [No, it seems that there is some iron ore that can make weapons. 】

"Is there an iron mine in Yangzhou?"

Laixi said again: [By the way, they are going to move the iron ore to Shu and give it to a man named Han Zhong. 】

"What?" Zhao Yao almost screamed, but fortunately he lowered his voice in time, "Dong Jin and Han Zhong have collusion!" He thought for a while, Dong Jin and Han Zhong were both rebels from the previous dynasty, and they colluded It's normal, he made a fuss.

Zhao Yao: There is too much information, I want to be quiet.

Laixi: Yaoyao, who is Jingjing?