The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 164 Hot Spring Villa
Few people cared about the Eighth Prince's birthday, and few people remembered it.

Empress Xie learned that Emperor Wu of Zhou sent someone to give gifts to the eighth prince, and she also asked someone to choose a gift at random and send it to Xingde Palace.

Jiang Chuan picked two brushes and asked a young eunuch from Zhaoyang Palace to send them over.

As for his concubines, only Concubine Li sent a gift to the Eighth Prince.

Every year on the eighth prince's birthday, Concubine Li would also send a gift.Whether it is the birthday of the eighth prince or other princes, Concubine Li will give a gift.

Concubine Li's birthday gift to the Eighth Prince is a book every year.So is the fourth prince.The mother and son gave gifts, mostly books.

The mother and son don't have many other things, but they have a lot of books.

As a scholarly family, the Li family has the most books.Li's collection of books is no less than that of Kong's.The Li family will publish new books every year.

Among the princes, only the prince and Zhao Yao, and the fourth prince gave birthday gifts to the eighth prince.The third prince and the others didn't send it off.

The crown prince's birthday gift was delivered by him himself after he came down from court.He gave the eighth prince a Zhuangzi, which was given to him by Emperor Wu of Zhou when he was an adult.

This Zhuangzi is a hot spring villa in the western suburbs of the capital.It is the Royal Villa left over from the previous dynasties. It was refurbished in the previous dynasties, and the decoration is very elegant.

Sometimes the prince is in a bad mood, so he will go to this Zhuangzi hot spring.

This time the eighth prince was seriously injured in order to save him, and almost died.The prince decided to give this Zhuangzi to the eighth prince, and let him go to Zhuangzi to soak in the hot springs from time to time, which would be good for his health.

The eighth prince has no interest in soaking in hot springs, but the prince gave it to him, so he will naturally accept it.Besides, he can take Zhao Yao to a hot spring in the future.

At noon, after school, Zhao Yao didn't go to Lanyuan Pavilion, but went back to Kunde Hall first.

On the way back to Kunde Hall, Tong Xi told Zhao Yao that Kong Taichang's youngest daughter committed suicide.

"Hanging yourself, didn't he kill herself?" Zhao Yao's first reaction when he heard about this incident was that Kong Taichang's youngest daughter did not hang herself, but committed suicide.

"The Shaoqing of Dali Temple took Wu Zuo to the autopsy, and it was confirmed that he hanged himself, not homicide." Tong Xi said, "There was no poisoning either."

"Really?" Zhao Yao didn't quite believe it.

"Really, it is impossible to make mistakes in the Dali Temple's work." Tong Xi said again, "It is also impossible for the Dali Temple's work, and I dare not fake it."

Zhao Yao intuitively felt: "This matter is not so simple."

"But that's the truth. Ms. Kong's family hanged herself." Tong Xi added, "Ms. Kong's family also left a suicide note, which was written by herself."

"What was written in the suicide note?"

"I don't know the specifics. I heard that I was sorry for my parents and said that I should have died a long time ago."

After half a day, the incident of Kong Taichang's youngest daughter hanging herself was already spreading in the capital.The palace is also discussing this matter.

"Your Highness, do you think Miss Kong's family didn't hang herself, but was killed by others?"

"It should have been disguised as hanging himself."

"That's impossible. I've tested it, and I'm sure she hanged herself to death." Tong Xi said, "It's not surprising that Miss Kong's family hanged herself, after all, her reputation has been ruined."

"If only it were that simple." Zhao Yao felt that it was strange that Kong Taichang's youngest daughter hanged herself at this time.

"Then who do you think killed Miss Kong's family?"

"How do I know." Zhao Yao said so, but he suspected in his heart that it was done by the prince or someone acting on behalf of the king.Wait, it's also possible that mynah sent someone to do it.

"Your Highness, don't you think it's..." Tong Xi didn't say the word "Dai Wang", but he stretched out two fingers.

"It's not impossible, but the possibility is not very great." Miss Kong's family gave the second brother such a big embarrassment, it is normal for the second brother to hold a grudge against her.It's normal for the second brother to want to take revenge on Miss Kong's family, but the second brother will not be so stupid as to take action against Miss Kong's family at this time.

Whether it's Miss Kong's family, or Kong Taichang and the others, if something happens, the first person to be suspected is the second brother, even if the second brother pleaded for them before.

"Forget it, this is not something we should manage."

Zhao Yao returned to the Kunde Palace, and sent the meals prepared by Liang Zhaoyi and the others to the Eighth Prince.

Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren made ten dishes and one soup, but they were all home-cooked dishes, and they were also the eighth prince's favorite food on weekdays.

"Brother, I'm here to accompany you for lunch."

Yu Hai hurriedly took a food box from Tong Xi, and immediately set the meal together with Tong Xi.

The food was still hot.

Zhao Yao personally filled a bowl of soup for the Eighth Prince and brought it in front of him.

"Brother, this is the nourishing soup that the concubine mother and the others specially made for you. It can nourish your body, so you have to finish it."

The eighth prince reached out to take the soup, and said with a smile: "Ever since I returned to the palace, Concubine Liang and the others have been making tonic soup for me."

"Today's soup is different. My mother and concubine started to study medicated diet, and this soup is medicated diet soup to be precise."

"Medicine soup?"

"Yes, the concubine mother said that both of us are not in good health. If we only rely on tonic to make up for it, it will be three-point poisonous, so she decided to give us food tonic." Zhao Yao pointed to a piece of food on the table. Table dishes, "This is all medicinal food, but don't worry myna, it's not bitter at all, and it's very delicious." He was worried that the medicinal food would be unpalatable, but he didn't expect it to be more delicious than he imagined.

"It's really troublesome for Concubine Liang's mother." The eighth prince did not expect Liang Zhaoyi to study medicinal diet for his health.

"Brother, you just incidentally, don't worry about it." Zhao Yao said that on purpose.

Of course the eighth prince would not believe Zhao Yao's words.He picked up the spoon, scooped up a spoonful of soup and drank it.

"Delicious!"

"That's right, I didn't expect the herbal soup to be so delicious." Zhao Yao took a bowl of soup that Tong Xi gave him, and drank it with the Eighth Prince.

"Concubine Liang's cooking skills are really getting better and better."

"It's no worse than the chef of Zhenxiu Restaurant." With the cooking skills of his mother and concubine, if he went out to open a restaurant, the business would definitely be better than that of Zhenxiu Restaurant.

"You Xiumu went out of the palace to play, and went to the Zhenxiu Restaurant for dinner?"

"That's right, every time I go out to play in the palace, I will go to the Zhenxiu Restaurant for dinner." Zhao Yao said, "The Zhenxiu Restaurant will introduce new dishes and snacks every once in a while, of course I have to try it."

"You're a little glutton."

After Zhao Yao finished his soup, he gave the Eighth Prince some of his favorite dishes.

"Brother, today's dishes are all your favorite food, you should eat more."

"I can't finish it by myself, I need your help."

"No problem, I will eat these dishes for you."

"By the way, brother Prince gave me his hot spring Zhuangzi. If you want to go to the hot spring, you can go directly there."

"What, Brother Prince gave you his hot spring village?" Zhao Yao exclaimed.

The Eighth Prince guessed that Zhao Yao would respond in this way, "Well, do you want to go to the hot spring?"

"Of course I want to, I really want to!" Zhao Yao said enviously, "Brother Prince is really generous."

"You can go there anytime you want." The Eighth Prince handed Zhao Yao a token, "This is the token to enter Zhuangzi."

Zhao Yao accepted the token unceremoniously.This token is plated with gold, with a character "Zhuang" engraved on the front, and landscape patterns are carved around the character "Zhuang".

"Brother, then I'll accept it."

"Accept it." The eighth prince said, "I can't leave the palace for the time being, you go to the hot spring alone first."

"When I take a rest, I will definitely go to the hot spring." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "I haven't been to the hot spring yet."

"You can stay there for a few more days then."

"It's a pity that the mother and concubine can't go out of the palace, otherwise I will take the mother and concubine with me." Zhao Yao said again, "Brother, in fact, you should go to the hot spring villa to recover from your injuries. At that time, the elder brother of the prince should send you to Zhuangzi directly."

"Brother Prince originally planned to send me to Zhuangzi to recuperate, but I didn't want to go."

"Ah, myna, why don't you want to go? Isn't going to Zhuangzi to recuperate your wounds better than recuperating in the palace?" If it were him, he would definitely go to Zhuangzi to recuperate.

"You're not in Zhuangzi, it's too deserted for me to go to Zhuangzi to recuperate by myself." Naturally, it wasn't for this reason that the eighth prince didn't go to Zhuangzi to recuperate.

"That's right, it's too lonely for you to go to Zhuangzi to heal your injuries alone." Zhao Yao said, "Brother, when you recover from your injury, we will go to Zhuangzi to play together."

"it is good."

After finishing lunch with the Eighth Prince, Zhao Yao left.

"I didn't expect His Highness the Crown Prince to be so generous, to give the Zhuangzi that the Emperor rewarded him to His Highness the Eighth Highness."

Zhao Yao threw up the token in his hand, and reached out to catch it firmly.

"The starling was seriously injured to save the prince's brother, and almost died. This is a life-saving grace, so the prince's brother must be generous."

"That's right." Tong Xi said with a smile, "His Royal Highness gave Zhuangzi to His Highness Eighth Highness, and it's a good thing for you, Your Highness."

"Isn't that right? I've always wanted to go to Hot Spring Zhuangzi, but I'm too embarrassed to talk to Prince Edward. Now Myna has given me a token. I can go to the hot spring whenever I want." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "It's still Myna Pain me." No matter what the mynah did, it had nothing to do with him, mynah was still his good mynah.

　Zhao Yao: Brother Prince is so generous, I also want a hot spring villa.

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