The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

On the day before the Longevity Festival, the four princes and Li Pushe led the ministers, foreign envoys, and Taixue students to worship the two saints of Confucius and Mencius.

During the worship process, the fourth prince showed his mature, stable and decent side to the ministers, foreign envoys and Taixue students.However, he showed his sharpness and talent to the ministers more.

The eulogy in honor of the two saints of Confucius and Mencius was written by the fourth prince himself, and it was very well written, which made everyone present feel excited.The ministers and Taixue students listened with pride and pride.

The fourth prince led the worship of the two sages of Confucius and Mencius, which was very successful, and the foreign envoys were deeply impressed by the culture of the Central Plains.

The emperor was very satisfied with the fourth prince's performance in worshiping. He not only praised the fourth prince in public, but also rewarded the fourth prince with many things, which made the third prince and the others jealous.

Seeing that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and foreign ministers praised the fourth prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Dai Wang also felt jealous in their hearts.However, they didn't take the fourth prince seriously.

Although the fourth prince led the worship of the two sages of Confucius and Mencius and was praised by scholars all over the world, the fourth prince is not yet an adult, and he has no generals to support him, so he cannot pose a threat to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Dai Wang.

However, the worship of the two saints of Confucius and Mencius this time made the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the literati and students all over the world see the wisdom and extraordinary side of the fourth prince.

The fourth prince was originally very talented and had some status in the hearts of literati and students, but after this incident of worshiping the two saints of Confucius and Mencius, his reputation among the people has improved a lot.

"Your Highness, the fourth prince's reputation is getting higher and higher, which is not good for us." Yu Hai hates the fourth prince, so naturally he doesn't want to see the fourth prince being good. "Should we stop the Fourth Prince?"

The Eighth Prince raised his eyes and glanced at Yu Hai, and immediately asked expressionlessly: "Why do you want to stop it?"

"Your Highness, the Fourth Prince's status in the hearts of the literati and students in the world is getting higher and higher, which is very detrimental to our future career." Yu Hai always thought that the Fourth Prince was a person who used to put on airs.On the surface, the fourth prince does not associate with any ministers, but in fact he secretly wins over ministers and scholars from all over the world.

"You're wrong, the more Zhao Yun shows up, the more beneficial it is to us." Zhao Yun is the name of the fourth prince. "If he is too pretentious, we don't need to take action, the crown prince and acting king will take action to deal with him."

"That's right, the crown prince and Dai Wang will not spare the fourth prince first." Yu Hai felt relieved, "Then let the fourth prince jump." The higher the fourth prince jumps, the faster he will die.

The eighth prince chuckled and said: "Zhao Yun is not a fool, he won't jump around." If the fourth prince starts to get carried away because of this matter, then he is not worthy to be the opponent of the eighth prince.

After thinking about it, Yu Hai thought it was the same, nodded in agreement and said, "The Fourth Prince is used to putting on a show, otherwise he wouldn't have coaxed His Highness the Tenth Prince to get close to him." For Zhao Yao's closeness to the Fourth Prince, Yu Hai was very dissatisfied.

"Zhao Yun is quite good at putting on airs, but he is really kind to the tenth brother." Although the eighth prince hated the fourth prince, he never kept Zhao Yao away from the fourth prince, mainly because the fourth prince was very kind to Zhao Yao.

Yu Hai said disapprovingly: "My servant thinks that the Fourth Prince is deliberately getting close to His Highness the Tenth Highness." The Fourth Prince definitely has bad intentions.

"Zhao Yun is sincere to the tenth brother." The eighth prince can see this.

"Your Highness, why are you speaking for the Fourth Prince?" Yu Hai said with some dissatisfaction.

"I didn't say good things for Zhao Yun, but the truth." Otherwise, how could he let the tenth brother get close to Zhao Yun. "How are you doing with what I asked you to do?"

Yu Hai knew what the Eighth Prince was talking about.He said in a respectful tone: "If you return to Your Highness, the matter is going very smoothly, and it will be successful tonight."

The Eighth Prince nodded lightly and said, "That's good."

"Your Highness, the Eldest Prince An Nanguo proposed to marry your daughter, shall we not respond?" Yu Hai asked tentatively.

"Father will not agree." The Eighth Prince said very firmly.

"Why, An Nanguo is a vassal state of our Great Zhou. If we marry An Nanguo, can Annanguo and our Dazhou become closer?" Yu Hai asked puzzledly, "Does the emperor not want Annanguo to marry us?" Do you want to kiss more?"

"It's very simple. Marry a noble girl, not a princess." The Eighth Prince picked up the teacup, lowered his head and sipped a few sips of tea, and said slowly, "Father will never let the aristocratic family reach out to An Nanguo."

"If it's a princess, will the emperor agree to marry you?"

"This is not a marriage with relatives. After all, our Da Zhou did not lose." The Eighth Prince corrected Yu Hai, "It was our Da Zhou's princess who got married."

"What Your Highness said is, then, Your Highness, do you think that if there is a princess, she can marry the eldest prince of Annan Kingdom?"

The Eighth Prince didn't answer right away, but after thinking for a while, he said, "Maybe, maybe not."

Yu Hai wondered why His Highness said so ambiguously.However, he dared not ask.

"Your Highness, tomorrow is Longevity Day, and you have to get up before dawn. You should stop reading tonight and go to bed early."

Hearing this, the Eighth Prince put down the book in his hand, stood up and said, "Then go to sleep."

Before going to sleep, Yu Hai had put a few hot water bottles in the Eighth Prince's quilt to warm the bed.

The Eighth Prince is weak and afraid of the cold.Every winter, he would wrap himself into a ball.

This winter, the Eighth Prince is much more comfortable and relaxed.

The cloak he usually wears was given by Zhao Yao, the padded jacket he wears was also given by Zhao Yao, and the hot water bottle for warming his hands and bed was also given by Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao asked people to use pig bubbles to make hot water bottles. The effect of warming hands is very good, but it is quite troublesome to make.

Ever since Zhao Yao found someone to make a hot water bottle, the Eighth Prince couldn't put it down and took it with him wherever he went.Thanks to it, the Eighth Prince is no longer afraid of the cold this winter.

Seeing that the hot water bottle on the bed warmer was no longer warm, Yu Hai hurriedly changed the hot water.

"Your Highness, you cover your hands."

The Eighth Prince sat on the bed, covering his hands with a hot water bottle.Yu Hai put another hot water bottle at his feet.

"Your Highness, His Highness the Tenth Highness really has a heart, and made a hot water bottle for you." Yu Hai said with a smile, "The hot water bottle that His Highness the Tenth Highness made is much warmer than Mrs. Tang."

"Yeah, thanks to the hot water bottle made by the tenth brother. After winter, I will no longer be afraid of the cold." The eighth prince held the hot water bottle with both hands, and the heat of the hot water bottle spread to his heart through his hands.After winter, the eighth prince not only warmed his hands and feet, but also felt very hot in his heart. "It's hard for him to come up with the idea of ​​making a hot water bottle with pig bubbles."

"Your Highness, the Tenth Highness is not very smart in reading, but he is very smart in making these weird things. For example, this cotton, everyone thinks it is a flower, but the Tenth Highness uses it to make quilts, cotton-padded clothes, cotton-padded clothes, etc. Shoes." Yu Hai was full of admiration for Zhao Yao, "The clothes and shoes made of cotton are really warm on the body." Thanks to the blessing of His Royal Highness, these palace officials also put on cotton padded clothes after the winter this year .

"The tenth brother is very clever." The Eighth Prince smiled lightly, "However, using cotton to make clothes and quilts is beyond the imagination of ordinary people."

"After all, His Highness the Tenth Highness made the hot water bottle and cotton padded clothes for you." In this world, apart from him, only His Highness the Tenth Highness takes His Highness in his heart and always cares about His Highness.Your Highness has been unfortunate since he was a child, but fortunately, there are ten His Highnesses. "Your Highness, His Highness the Tenth Highness has also broken his heart for your body."

The eighth prince didn't speak, but there was a smile on his face.

Yu Hai brought a bowl of hot goat milk: "Your Highness, please use."

The eighth prince had a look of disgust on his face, but he still reached out to take the goat milk and drank it in a big gulp.

It was Zhao Yao's order to let the Eighth Prince drink a bowl of goat milk sooner or later.Seeing that the Eighth Prince was weak and the tonic didn't work, he thought of Zhao Yao's habit of drinking milk since he was a child in his dream.However, the eighth prince's spleen and stomach are not very good, and he would have diarrhea when he drank cow's milk, so Zhao Yao thought of goat's milk.

The Eighth Prince has diarrhea from drinking milk, but it's fine to drink goat's milk.Zhao Yao told Yu Hai to cook a bowl of goat milk for the Eighth Prince every morning and evening, and must drink it while staring at the Eighth Prince.

Zhao Yao also told the Eighth Prince to eat more mutton in winter, which would be good for his health.

After Yu Hai waited on the eighth prince to sleep, he didn't leave, but stayed by the eighth prince's bed.

At this time, in a certain house in the capital, the third prince was going to Wushan with the princess of An Nanguo.However, if you look closely, there is something wrong with Princess An Nanguo's expression.

The next day, before dawn, Zhao Yao in Kunde Hall was woken up by Tong Xi.

After washing up and having a quick breakfast, Zhao Yao went to Chonghua Palace.Halfway through, I met the Eighth Prince.

Zhao Yao hurriedly asked the eighth prince if he was cold or not.

Because the ancestors will be worshiped later, the eighth prince cannot carry a hot water bottle or Tang Pozi.

The eighth prince said that it was not cold in the padded jacket, but Zhao Yao touched his hands and found that his hands were cold.

It was only then that Zhao Yao remembered that he forgot to make the gloves, and after the Longevity Festival was over, he would ask someone to make the gloves again.

The eighth prince saw that Zhao Yao held his hands together and lowered his head to blow hot air on his hands, which made his eyes slightly moist.

Zhao Yao rubbed the eighth prince's hands again with his own small hands, and he didn't stop until the eighth prince's hands were warmed up.

He also told the Eighth Prince to rub his hands together if it was cold during the worship later.

Zhao Yao followed the eighth prince to Chonghua Palace, the other princes had already arrived, but the third prince hadn't arrived yet.After a while, when the sacrifice was about to begin, the third prince arrived late.

The third prince's expression was a little haggard, and his face was also a little ugly.He said that he didn't sleep well last night because he was too excited, but the ministers didn't believe a word.

The experienced ministers couldn't see what the third prince did last night.

At Mao, the sacrifice officially began.

The emperor first took his sons to worship the first emperor, the first queen mother, and the ancestors.Then, he led all the civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty to sacrifice to heaven and earth.

When the sacrifice is over, it is already Chen Shi.

The emperor turned around and went to the main hall of Chengguang Hall to receive congratulations from his sons and civil and military officials.

First, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led the princes to congratulate the emperor on his birthday.

The birthday gift presented by His Royal Highness is a stone with the word "Shou".His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that this stone is a naturally formed [Shou] character, and he did not ask someone to carve it.

The birthday present given by the king was a piece of heavenly stone, which suddenly fell from the sky when he was fighting the chaos in Liangzhou.

The birthday present given by the third prince was a birthday picture by a famous calligrapher and painter in the previous dynasty.

The birthday gift from the fourth prince was a birthday picture drawn by himself.

The birthday gift from the Fifth Prince was a longevity peach carved from jade.

The birthday gift from the sixth prince was a bow and arrow.

The birthday gift from the Seventh Prince was a Buddhist scripture he copied himself.

The birthday gift from the Eighth Prince was also a Buddhist scripture he had copied.Every year on the emperor's birthday, the eighth prince would personally copy Buddhist scriptures.

The birthday gift from the Ninth Prince was an inkstone, which of course was prepared for him by Dai Wang.

On the surface, Zhao Yao, the tenth prince, sent a statue of the emperor carved by him.

After the princes finished delivering the gifts, it was the ministers' turn to give the gifts.

Because the emperor didn't like luxury, the birthday gifts given by the ministers were very "simple".However, the birthday gifts given by foreign envoys are very luxurious, and all the gifts are rare treasures from their own countries.

The Longevity Festival lasted for three full days before it ended.The previous Wanshou Festival was only celebrated for one day, because the emperor felt that there was no need to celebrate it for three days just because of his birthday.The reason why this year's Longevity Festival is celebrated for three days is because of the congratulations from foreign envoys.

For these three days, there was no curfew in the capital, and it was bustling and bustling.

After the three-day celebration, it was time for the foreign envoys to return home.Before they returned home, the emperor also rewarded them with many things.However, the eldest prince An Nanguo's wish to marry the noble daughter of Dazhou failed, and the emperor rejected his marriage proposal.

Although the emperor told He Xiang and Liu Taishi before that he would complete the whole family, it was just a joke.What He Xiang and Grand Master Liu said was also a joke.

Xuan Ping Hou and the ministers who supported the acting king proposed to the emperor that His Highness the acting king marry the princess of Annan Kingdom as the side princess.

However, Marquis Anyang came out to object at this time, saying that Princess An Nanguo should marry the third prince as the side concubine, because Princess An Nanguo fell in love with the third prince.

Soon, the emperor learned that the third prince had married Princess An Nan, so he had no choice but to marry the princess of An Nan to the third prince as his side princess.When the third prince becomes an adult next year, Princess An Nanguo will be able to marry the third prince as the side princess.

Dai Wang and Xuan Pinghou did not expect that the third prince would be killed halfway and snatch Princess An Nanguo.

The wishful thinking of the prince and Zhen Guogong also came to nothing.

Although the third prince married the princess of Annan Kingdom as he wished, he angered the emperor.After the foreign envoys left, the emperor scolded the third prince severely and punished him to go to Zongzheng Temple to face the wall and think about his mistakes.It is said that he faced the wall and thought about his mistakes, but in fact he was imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple and was not released until the eve of the Chinese New Year.

The Dai Wang failed to marry Princess Annan as the side princess, but the emperor gave the king's concubine, Wang Siqi's younger sister, a marriage to the Dai Wang as the side princess.

The emperor's decree of bestowing marriage was like a bolt from the blue, which stunned all civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

The ministers never expected that the emperor would make such a decree for bestowing a marriage. The Wang family is Concubine Shu's natal family and the mother family of the third prince, but the emperor actually bestowed a marriage on the daughter of the Wang family to the acting king as a side princess.This...is unbelievable.In fact, the ministers felt that the emperor's marriage decree was too absurd.

The emperor's decree of bestowing marriage was expected by the Eighth Prince.The eighth prince guessed that this seemingly absurd decree of marriage will be staged in the future, and now it is just the beginning.

Duke Zhen is smart, and he quickly figured out the real purpose behind the emperor's decree to bestow marriage, which made him vigilant.

The prince was very happy when he learned that the purpose of the emperor's decree for bestowing marriage was to make the Xuanpinghou Mansion and the Anyang Hou Mansion "cannibalize each other".

"Uncle, the imperial father's decree for bestowing marriage is really wonderful. It seems that the imperial father is not completely at ease with the acting king." The prince thought to himself that although the father loves the acting king, he is also worried that the acting king will be a great success. The Dai Wang married the daughter of the Wang family as the concubine, and used the Wang family to check and balance Hou Xuanping.

"The important purpose of the emperor is to restrain the royal family." Duke Zhen sighed in his heart, the emperor finally couldn't help but want to do something to the family in the capital.

"It's good to restrict the Wang family. This saves us from taking action." Although the third prince has not posed a threat to His Royal Highness, the Wang family has always been an obstacle.Now that he doesn't need to do anything, it's great that the father personally solved the obstacle of the Wang family.

Duke Zhen said in his heart: After the emperor removes the Wang family, Xun family, and Yuan family, it will be Xie's turn next.

Just when Duke Zhen was worried about the fate of Xie's family in the future, the emperor suddenly issued an imperial decree, appointing Xie Shi as the general of Zhenxi, and he will go to the northwest to guard it from now on.

This decree was a huge surprise to the government of Zhen Guo, because General Zhen Xi was in charge of [-] soldiers in the northwest military camp.

However, for Dai Wang, this decree is tantamount to bad news.Of course, it is not good news for the third prince and the others.

The eighth prince was surprised by the emperor's will, but he understood the emperor's intention in an instant.

Zhao Yao was not surprised by this decree at all, because he and He Lianfang had already guessed that the emperor would do this.

The shrewd Lord Zhen Guo naturally understood the real intention behind this decree, but he was not afraid, on the contrary he was very excited, because what he lacked most was military power.Now that the emperor has handed over the military power to him, he will make good use of it.

With these [-] soldiers, Lord Zhen believed that he could stop the emperor's purpose.

What Zhen Guogong didn't know was that the emperor made him think so on purpose.

Duke Zhen: Hahahahaha, great, my Xie family finally has military power.With military power, I am not afraid of anything.Your Majesty, thank you very much.

Emperor: You're welcome.Just as you like.

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