The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 186

On the morning of the third day of the spring hunt, the third and fifth princes encountered an assassin while they were hunting in the southern forest.The three of them were stabbed by the assassin, but fortunately there was no danger of their lives.

The assassins did not escape, some were killed by the Janissaries on the spot, and some were captured by the Janissaries.

The living assassins confessed after some interrogation that they were sent by Yangzhou to assassinate them in order to avenge the Wang family, the Xun family and the Yuan family.

The Wang family, the Xun family, and the Yuan family all secretly cooperated with the family in Yangzhou.The aristocratic family in Yangzhou hated Wang Jia, the Xun family and the Yuan family for not helping them.

The aristocratic family in Yangzhou thought that the Wang family knew that Emperor Wu of Zhou was going to deal with them, but they deliberately did not tell them and cooperated with them on purpose.So, they held a grudge and decided to assassinate the third and fifth princes.

These remarks sounded normal without any doubts, but Emperor Wu of Zhou didn't believe it.

Due to the assassination of the third prince and the others, this year's spring hunting ended early.However, it was half a day early.The spring hunt was supposed to end this afternoon, but because the third prince and the others were assassinated, it ended early in the morning.

The third prince and the others were seriously injured and had to return to the palace for treatment.

Zhao Yao originally thought that he could have another big meal at noon, but he didn't expect the last lunch of Spring Hunting to be gone like this.

"Hey, we have to wait half a year to wait for Autumn Hunting." Zhao Yao lay on the carriage and sighed.

Liang Zhaoyi reached out and pinched Zhao Yao's small face: "You haven't eaten enough meat for two days in a row?"

"No, how can I eat enough meat." Zhao Yao said, because he ate a lot of meat these two days, his fat little face showed regret, "It's a pity that I didn't eat the bear's paw. When you can hunt black blind man, then you can eat bear's paw."

Liang Zhaoyi said: "Bear paws are not as delicious as you imagine."

"Mother Concubine, I won't know until I eat it myself." Zhao Yao thought in his heart. Fortunately, he hunted a lot of deer this spring hunting, and he can eat it for a few days when he returns to the palace. "Why is the spring hunting only three days, and an event like this should be held for ten days and half a month?"

"I see that you wish to hold spring hunting every day, so that you don't have to go back to the palace to study."

Zhao Yao didn't feel ashamed when Liang Zhaoyi saw through his little thoughts.

"Mother Concubine, can you not mention the matter of studying?" Thinking of going to Wende Hall to study tomorrow, his good mood for the past two days disappeared instantly.

"I won't mention it, don't you need to study tomorrow?"

"Read." Zhao Yao didn't want to talk about reading any more, but talked about the assassination of the third prince. "Mynah must have done it."

Liang Zhaoyi put down the book in her hand, and asked suspiciously: "What did the eighth prince send someone to assassinate the third prince?"

"Perhaps the Wang family, the Xun family and the Yuan family behind the third brother did something to offend the starling." Zhao Yao rested his head on his arm and said while yawning, "Or maybe the Wang family and the Xun family did something to offend the starling." Something is hindering the starling."

"If this is the case, shouldn't the Eighth Prince deal with the Wang family directly? Why did he assassinate the Third Prince?" In Liang Zhaoyi's view, it is more convenient to send someone to deal with the Wang family than to assassinate the Third Prince.Furthermore, it is too risky to assassinate the Third Prince.

"To give the Wang family a warning." Zhao Yao guessed, "No matter to the Wang family or the Yuan family, the third brother and the others are very important. If the third brother and the others have an accident, won't the calculations of the Wang family and the others all these years be in vain."

"That's what I said, but the risk of sending someone to assassinate the Third Prince is too great."

"Myna must have made a perfect arrangement, and my father will not find out that he did it." Zhao Yao said, "Besides, no one will suspect that Myna did it."

Liang Zhaoyi frowned slightly and said, "It's still too risky." The emperor can't find out that the eighth prince did it for the time being, but with the emperor's cleverness and means, he will find out sooner or later. "He shouldn't be taking such a risk."

"Brother's mind is difficult to guess." Zhao Yao became more and more sleepy, and he yawned again and said, "Mother Concubine, Qin Xiulian was taken back to the palace by the empress to take care of her, and the palace will be lively next time, you and the second concubine and the others It's better to stay away from that Qin Xiulian."

Liang Zhaoyi nodded slightly and said, "Yes." Even if Zhao Yao didn't say anything, Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren planned to keep a distance from Qin Xiulian. "Hey, this palace is going to be uneasy again."

"Mother and concubine, when will this palace be peaceful?" After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he couldn't bear the drowsiness anymore, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Seeing that her son was asleep, Liang Zhaoyi reached out and pulled the blanket covering him.

In Xingde Palace, the Eighth Prince stood by the window looking at the sky in the distance.

At this time, Yu Hai walked in, saluted him and said, "Your Highness, the Emperor and the others are already on their way back to the palace."

The Eighth Prince didn't look back, and asked indifferently, "How is things going?"

"It went very smoothly according to the plan." Yu Hai said, with a worried look on his face, "Your Highness, is it really all right?"

"what?"

"My servant still thinks it's too risky to assassinate the third prince." Yu Hai felt a little uneasy in his heart, "Our people confessed that the aristocratic family in Yangzhou ordered them, but will the emperor believe it?"

The Eighth Prince smiled lightly and said, "Father certainly won't believe it."

Hearing this, Yu Hai was shocked and said: "Then you still send people to assassinate the third prince and the others? Are you not afraid that the emperor will find out that you did it?" What is His Highness thinking, knowing that the Emperor will not believe the mastermind behind the scenes? It was made by the aristocratic family in Yangzhou.

"Father can't find me." The Eighth Prince said very firmly, "And my purpose is not to blame those fools in Yangzhou."

"Then what is your purpose?"

The eighth prince raised the corners of his mouth and smiled inscrutablely: "You will know in the future."

Seeing that the eighth prince didn't say anything, Yu Hai didn't dare to continue asking no matter how curious he was.However, he was still worried.

"Your Highness, is it true that the Emperor will not find you?"

"No." The Eighth Prince turned around and smiled soothingly at Yu Hai, "Don't worry, I will never put myself in danger."

"You said before that you sent people to assassinate the third prince and the others just for fun." Yu Hai has served the eighth prince by his side since he was a child. I can't figure out what the Eighth Prince is thinking.

"It's fun." The Eighth Prince said with a smile, "It will become more and more fun in the future, just wait and see."

Looking at the smile on the corner of the Eighth Prince's mouth, Yu Hai's scalp suddenly went numb, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

"Your Highness, are you planning something?"

The Eighth Prince turned around, continued to look out of the window, and said with a half-smile, "I just filled a handful of firewood to make the fire burn more vigorously."

"Fire?" Yu Hai was confused, "What fire?"

The eighth prince did not answer Yu Hai's question, but said with a smile: "The tenth brother will be back soon, let the kitchen prepare some snacks."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Before noon, Zhao Yao and the others returned to the palace.

Fortunately, Liang Zhaoyi and the others made some dumplings in the morning, and ate dumplings when they returned to Kunde Palace at noon.

After lunch, Zhao Yao went to look for the Eighth Prince with fox and rabbit skins, as well as venison and rabbit meat.

"Brother, I'm back."

Before Zhao Yaoren arrived, the voice came in first.

Hearing Zhao Yao's cheerful voice, the Eighth Prince's mood immediately improved.

"Your Highness, you really hit the spot. The Tenth Highness will come to you as soon as he comes back."

"Go and bring the prepared snacks."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Brother, I brought you something good." Zhao Yao ran in bouncing.

"What good stuff?"

Tong Xi stepped forward, saluted the Eighth Prince first, and then brought several fox furs, rabbit skins and wolf skins in front of the Eighth Prince.

Zhao Yao ostentatiously introduced to the Eighth Prince: "Mynah, I hunted these fox furs and rabbit furs. I gave them to make clothes for you."

"You hunted it?" The Eighth Prince was a little surprised, "You also hunted a wolf?" After finishing speaking, he showed a nervous and worried expression, "Are you injured?"

"Brother, I'm not injured." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "I didn't hunt this wolf, but Father and the others. Let me tell you that Father met a group of wolves in the paddock yesterday..."

Zhao Yao chattered to the Eighth Prince about what happened in the paddock yesterday, including of course what happened to Qin Xiulian.

"By the way, the Empress took that Qin Xiulian back to Zhaoyang Palace to take care of her."

"Such a thing happened?" The eighth prince pretended to be shocked.

"That Qin Xiulian is very beautiful, as beautiful as Concubine Rong Gui." Zhao Yao said again, "By the way, third brother and fifth brother were assassinated while hunting in the morning."

After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he specially observed the expression of the next eight princes.The Eighth Prince frowned, with a serious look on his face: "Brother Three Emperors, how could they be assassinated?"

Starling's acting skills are really good.

"I don't know, third brother and the others were seriously injured, that's why we came back early." Zhao Yao said, "Third brother and the others haven't woken up yet."

"It's good that you're fine." The eighth prince didn't care about the third prince's injuries.

"Brother, I brought you venison." Zhao Yao said proudly, "Mynah, I shot this deer this morning, and it's still very fresh." After two days of spring hunting, Zhao Yao only shot the deer.

The Eighth Prince praised without hesitation: "The first time I participated in the spring hunting, I shot a deer, really amazing!"

Zhao Yao smiled brightly: "Yes, I also think I am very powerful."

Seeing Zhao Yao's triumphant appearance, the Eighth Prince couldn't help but smile.

"Brother, I have someone cut it up, and let the imperial chef marinate it. You can eat it directly at night." Zhao Yao opened the two big food boxes that Tong Xi carried, which contained neatly cut deer. Meat, "Mynah, venison is the most nourishing, you should eat more. By the way, there are also antlers."

Zhao Yao said, and took out a plate of cut antlers from the food box, "Mynah, you can use the antlers to make soup, it will help your body recover."

"Didn't you keep it for yourself?"

"I kept it, I kept half of it."

"In this case, I will accept it bluntly."

"It was originally given to you myna." Zhao Yao saw that the eighth prince's face turned rosy, and asked with concern, "Myna, is your body much better, can you get out of bed and walk around for a long time now?"

"Tomorrow, I can go to study."

"Really?" Zhao Yao asked with surprise, "Brother, can you really go to school tomorrow?"

"Well, the wound has healed, so there is no problem in going to study." The Eighth Prince laughed.

"Brother, don't you really need to rest for a while?"

"No, staying in the house every day is very boring." The eighth prince said seriously, "If I don't go to study again, I will forget all the content I learned before."

"Brother, don't lie, you can't forget what you learned before." Zhao Yao pointed to the book in front of the Eighth Prince and said, "Didn't you read every day during your recuperation period?"

"Why, don't you like it if I can accompany you when I go to study?"

"I am willing, I am very happy, but starling, I still hope that you will rest for a while, and go to school after you fully recover."

"No, I can walk now, which means that there is nothing serious about my body."

"Since myna, you are going to study tomorrow, come to Kunde Palace tomorrow morning to eat dumplings stuffed with wild vegetables with me." Zhao Yao said, "My mother and the concubine and I picked a lot of wild vegetables in the paddock, and made dumplings with wild vegetables It's so delicious, you must eat it."

"Okay, I'll go to Kunde Hall tomorrow to eat dumplings stuffed with wild vegetables."

Zhao Yao told the eighth prince what happened in the paddock again, which made the eighth prince laugh non-stop.

"Who are you talking about, Little Fatty?" The Eighth Prince asked intentionally.

"Oh, I forgot to tell Myna that I met four friends when Xiu Mu left the palace..." Zhao Yao told the Eighth Prince in detail how he got to know Chu Huan and the four of them.

After hearing Zhao Yao's words, Yu Hai said dumbfoundedly in his heart: His Highness really hit the mark, His Highness Ten really forgot!

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(End of this chapter)