The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 241 Brother's Token
The ministers of Lanyuan Pavilion liked Zhao Yao very much, and when they learned that today was his birthday, they all prepared birthday gifts for him.Of course, they didn't dare to send some expensive things, so they sent some delicacies from their hometown, which are Zhao Yao's favorite food on weekdays.

Zhao Yao did not expect that the ministers of Lanyuan Pavilion would give him birthday gifts, and they were all his favorite food, which surprised him very much.

The ministers of Lanyuan Pavilion saw that Zhao Yao happily accepted their birthday presents and thanked them solemnly, which moved them very much, and they also liked Zhao Yao more and more.

Who doesn't like a cute, sweet-mouthed, polite and grateful child.

In the History Museum, Zhao Yao saw the fourth prince, and reached out to him unceremoniously: "Fourth brother, where is my birthday present?"

Seeing Zhao Yao asking him for a birthday present so unceremoniously, the fourth prince reached out and squeezed his chubby and cute little face.

"Have you ever asked someone for a birthday gift directly?"

"Fourth brother, why am I being polite to you?" Zhao Yao grinned brightly at the fourth prince, "Fourth brother, I am looking forward to your gift very much, hurry up and give it to me."

The fourth prince gently slapped Zhao Yao's palm, and said in a funny and doting way: "Don't worry, your birthday gift is indispensable."

Zhao Yao suddenly had an ominous premonition, he looked at the fourth prince vigilantly: "Fourth brother, if you give me the story book, I will be angry." He was afraid that the fourth prince would not take his words to heart, so he said emphatically Emphasized it again, "I will really be angry. Fourth brother, the consequences of my anger are very serious."

Hearing what Zhao Yao said, the fourth prince couldn't help but want to tease him: "How serious is the law?"

Zhao Yao put his hands on his hips and stared fiercely at the fourth prince: "Fourth brother, I will break up with you for a month..."

Before he could finish his words, the Fourth Prince pinched his little face again, causing him to cry out in pain: "It hurts...it hurts...fourth brother...it hurts..."

"You are so courageous, you actually want to break up with me." The Fourth Prince twisted Zhao Yao's little nose vigorously again.

Zhao Yao patted the fourth prince's hand, rubbed his nose and said: "Fourth brother, if you make me angry, I will definitely break up with you for a month... It hurts..." Before he finished speaking, his little head was crushed. The fourth prince hit hard.

"Don't say the word "severance of friendship." The fourth prince said with a straight face.

"That depends on what gift you give fourth brother." Zhao Yao is not afraid of the cold face of the fourth prince.

The fourth prince laughed angrily, and stretched out his hand towards Wei Mian.

Wei Mian immediately brought a brocade box and handed it to the Fourth Prince.

Seeing that the brocade box in the fourth prince's hand was very small, Zhao Yao thought that it must not contain a storybook.He breathed a sigh of relief.

The fourth prince handed the brocade box in front of Zhao Yao, "Your birthday gift."

Zhao Yao took the brocade box with both hands, and asked curiously, "Fourth brother, what gift is it?"

"You'll know if you open it and have a look."

Zhao Yao opened the brocade box and found a pair of black and white Tai Chi fish jade pendants inside.

"Tai Chi jade pendant?"

"I specially made it for someone, do you like it?"

"I like it, I like it very much." Zhao Yao said happily, "Thank you, fourth brother." After speaking, he separated the pair of Tai Chi fish jade pendants, and handed the white fish jade pendant to the fourth prince, "Fourth brother, we have one for each of us."

"This pair of jade pendants is for you, what do you want me to do?"

"Fourth brother, we are brothers, we are one piece." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "We will use this pair of jade pendants to recognize each other in the future. By the way, we can also use this pair of jade pendants to ask each other for help or ask for help..."

Before he could finish his words, the fourth prince knocked his little head down again.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Fourth brother, it's written like this in the storybook. This pair of jade pendants is our brother's keepsake." Zhao Yao said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "As it is written in the storybook, one of us will be in trouble in the future. You can take this jade pendant and ask the other party for help."

The Fourth Prince didn't take Zhao Yao's words to heart, he shook his head helplessly and said, "You should read less scripts in the future."

"Fourth brother, I think this pair of jade pendants is very good as a keepsake for our brothers, so you can take it."

"Brother's token?" The fourth prince murmured, and immediately accepted the white fish jade pendant, "Okay, this pair of jade pendants is our brother's token."

Zhao Yao held the black fish jade pendant and said to the fourth prince: "Fourth brother, I will take good care of this jade pendant."

The fourth prince smiled and said: "I will also keep it safe." The fourth prince did not expect that he would be saved by this white fish jade pendant in the future.

"My brother thanked the fourth brother for the gift." Zhao Yao played a big gift to the fourth prince, "fourth brother, you still have something to do, brother, I will go first."

"Let's go back."

"Fourth brother, then I'll go back." After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he bounced away.

As soon as he walked out of the History Museum, he met Zheng Rang.

Zheng Rang hurriedly saluted Zhao Yao, and immediately wished Zhao Yao a happy birthday.

Seeing that Zheng Rang was holding a food box in his hand, Zhao Yao said with a bright face: "Zheng Zhengshi, what delicious food did you make for me?"

"It's dim sum. I hope His Highness doesn't dislike it." After returning to the mansion after get off work last night, Zheng Rang specially cooked for Zhao Yao his usual favorite dim sum.

"I don't dislike it, I don't dislike it at all." Zhao Yao said happily, "Zheng Zhengshi, your dim sum is the best, thank you for your dim sum."

"It's my honor that Your Highness likes it." Zheng Rang said to Zhao Yao, "Your Highness, there is also a letter from my younger brother and a birthday present for you in the food box."

Zheng Qian didn't say anything about the lord's birthday.

"I see. Thank you little brother for me, saying that he has a heart."

"Your Highness, I will go to work first."

"Go."

Zhao Yao left Lanyuan Pavilion with Tong Xi.

"Your Highness, why did you say that to His Highness the Fourth?" Tong Xi hesitated and said, "It feels a little unlucky, but today is your birthday." Fortunately, the Fourth Prince didn't take His Highness's words to heart .

"What's unlucky." Zhao Yao took out the black fish jade pendant from his bosom, his expression suddenly became very serious, "Do you think I'm joking, I'm not joking, I'm serious."

"seriously?"

"However, I hope that fourth brother won't need that white fish jade pendant in the future."

"Your Highness, didn't you say it was a token?"

"It's a token." Zhao Yao said, "If the fourth brother comes to me with that white fish jade pendant in the future, it means that the fourth brother is in trouble, so I don't hope that the fourth brother will use this jade pendant in the future."

Hearing this, Tong Xi finally understood Zhao Yao's words.He opened his mouth in surprise and said, "Your Highness, this is..."

"I'm going to Lingnan in the future. Not only will I stay away from the capital, but I will also stay away from the fourth brother and the others." Zhao Yao also thought of using them as tokens when he saw the fourth prince gave him a pair of Tai Chi fish jade pendants, "That At that time, the fourth brother and the others will definitely compete fiercely. I am afraid that the fourth brother will not be the opponent of the mynah in the end." The fourth brother and the mynah may be comparable in resourcefulness, but in terms of viciousness, the fourth brother is definitely not the opponent of mynah.Furthermore, the fourth brother has weaknesses, but the starlings do not.The Li family is the help of the fourth brother, but also the weakness of the fourth brother.

Tong Xi didn't expect Zhao Yao to think so far, exclaimed: "Your Highness, you did it on purpose just now."

"It also came to me suddenly."

"Your Highness, I see that the fourth prince doesn't take your words seriously."

"Fourth brother will definitely not take what I said seriously now, and fourth brother will understand in the future." Zhao Yao said, sighing softly, "I hope that fourth brother will never use this jade pendant."

Tong Xi said with admiration, "Your Highness, you are really thoughtful."

Zhao Yao shook his head and didn't say anything more about it.

"Let's go back."

"Your Highness, maybe the Emperor sent someone to give you a gift."

"I don't expect much from my father's birthday gift, maybe it's another pile of books." With his father's bad temper, he would never give him a "normal" gift.Maybe his father took advantage of his birthday to play tricks on him again.

"Your Highness, today is your birthday, and the emperor will most likely give you another Zhuangzi." Tong Xi felt that the royal villa that the emperor rewarded Zhao Yao before was very good.

Zhao Yao cast a sideways glance at Tongxi, and said angrily, "You think Zhuangzi is Chinese cabbage, there are so many of them."

"Aren't there many?" Tong Xi said, "Aren't there many Zhuangzi in the suburbs?"

"Most of those Zhuangzi have been rewarded, and there are not many left." Since he decided to go to Lingnan, Zhao Yao has no interest in the Royal Villa on the outskirts of the capital, because he can't take it away, and he can't sell it for money.Wait, he can sell it to the third brother and the others, maybe the third brother and the others will buy it, after all, the third brother and the others don't have Zhuangzi yet.

Seeing Zhao Yao squinting with a treacherous smile on his face, Tong Xi trembled in his heart.

"Your Highness, who are you plotting against?" Every time His Highness showed this expression, it meant that His Highness was making bad plans.

"Third brother and them."

"Third prince?" Tong Xi almost cried out in surprise, and immediately lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, are you going to deal with the third prince?"

Zhao Yao looked at Tong Xi inexplicably: "When did I say I would deal with the third brother and the others?"

"You just said that."

"What I just said is that before I grow up and go to Lingnan, I will sell the Zhuangzi that my father rewarded me to my third brother and the others."

"Ah?" Tong Xi was surprised, "Your Highness, can you sell the Zhuangzi bestowed by the emperor?"

"Selling to others is definitely not good, but selling to third brother and they will definitely not be a problem." Zhao Yao said, laughing maliciously, "Third brother and the others are Zhuangzi who have not been rewarded. I sold Zhuangzi. Give it to them, they will definitely want it." At that time, they will severely blackmail the third brother and the others for a sum of money.

"Your Highness, if the Emperor knows that you have sold the Zhuangzi that the old man bestowed on you, he will definitely be angry."

"It's fine if I secretly sell it to the third brother and the others."

Tong Xi said silently in his heart: Your Highness, do you think you can hide it from the emperor?

Zhao Yao returned to Kunde Hall and received a birthday present from Poppy and the others.

Both Yu Meiren and Pan Cairen made new clothes for Zhao Yao.The fifth princess made a sachet for Zhao Yao.

Empress Xie sent a little eunuch to bring a birthday present, which was two writing brushes.

As a queen, she would send gifts to the princes every year on their birthdays.

Concubine Li also sent someone to deliver a gift, which was two collections of poetry.

The other concubines did not send gifts, after all Liang Zhaoyi was not familiar with them.

As for the emperor, he has not yet sent anyone to give gifts.

At this time, the emperor was discussing matters with He Xiang and the others in the imperial study.

This morning, the Dai Wang finally came to the court, and did not continue to pretend to be sick.He took the initiative to mention to the emperor that he wanted to assist His Highness the Crown Prince in entertaining the envoys from countries such as Annan and Johor.The emperor agreed.

"Old He, Old Liu, what do you think about choosing a woman from the Wang family, the Xun family, and the Yuan family to be the side concubine?"

Sure enough, the Eighth Prince guessed it right.

When He Xiang and Liu Taishi heard what the emperor said, they didn't show any surprise on their faces.

"Your majesty, are you finally going to start?" He Xiang and Grand Master Liu seemed to have known the emperor would do this for a long time.

The emperor propped his face with his right hand, and said with a half-smile, "Don't you think that the recent Lord Zhen is too proud?"

"Duke Zhen has never been complacent." Grand Master Liu said sharply.

The emperor said with a smile: "Then I will fulfill him and let him be more proud."

He Xiang hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, what are you going to do?"

"What do Duke Zhen and the crown prince want most?" the emperor asked them instead of directly answering He Xiang's question.

Grand Master Liu said without hesitation: "Military power."

Hearing this, He Xiang asked in amazement: "Your Majesty, don't you want to give Zhen Guogong military power?"

Taishi Liu understood the emperor's intention in an instant, and agreed: "Give Zhen Guogong military power, he will be more proud, and then it will be easy to do wrong things." People who are extremely cautious on weekdays only make mistakes when they are proud of the spring breeze. If he makes a mistake, give him what he wants most.

　Something happened in the morning, so I didn't have time to update the codeword.

　　There is another update tonight, it will be later.

　　Eighth Prince: Father, I know you best!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)