The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

At noon, after school, Zhao Yao saw Lu Cong and Tong Xi standing together at the gate of Wende Hall, he couldn't help being surprised, and immediately thought of something, and his heart became clear for a while.

When Lu Cong saw Zhao Yao, he hurried forward, first saluted Zhao Yao respectfully, and then said his purpose for coming to Zhao Yao.

Hearing from Lu Cong that His Royal Highness invited him to the East Palace for lunch, Zhao Yao wanted to sigh: He knew it.

Zhao Yao took Tong Xi and followed Lu Cong to the East Palace.

When the prince saw Zhao Yao, he smiled very kindly: "The tenth brother is here."

Zhao Yao hurriedly bowed to the prince: "Brother Prince."

"Tenth brother, you don't need so much courtesy." The prince signaled Zhao Yao to sit down first, and Zhao Yao sat down beside the eighth prince.

Lu Cong brought a cup of tea to Zhao Yao: "His Royal Highness, please use tea."

Zhao Yao nodded lightly, then picked up the teacup and drank slowly.

"Tenth brother, what did you learn this morning, is there anything you didn't understand?" the prince asked with concern.

As soon as Zhao Yao heard the prince's question, his pretty face immediately wrinkled, showing a bitter smile.

"Brother Prince, after school, can you not mention such a disappointing thing, it will affect my appetite."

When the prince heard what Zhao Yao said, he was stunned for a moment, and then he chuckled lightly.Pointing at Zhao Yao, he scolded with a smile, "You... you, you are still the same as when you were a child. Whenever I mentioned studying to you, you immediately changed your face and became unhappy."

"Brother Prince, since you know, why do you still ask me such a terrible question." Zhao Yao said with a wrinkled face, "I am the only one studying in the Wende Hall now, and I can't get distracted or sleep if I want to." He said with a long sigh, "Oh, I am really miserable now."

The prince was amused by Zhao Yao's troubled look.He deliberately teased him and said: "Now, gentlemen only teach you one student, shouldn't you be happy?"

"Happy?" Zhao Yao screamed involuntarily, and then said with disbelief, "I don't need it, thank you."

"Hahahaha..." The prince laughed out loud at Zhao Yao's funny appearance, and immediately said, "Next year, Tuantuan will go to Wende Hall to study, and someone will accompany you then."

"Brother Prince, you should let Tuantuan study in the East Palace." Zhao Yao said with a serious face, "I don't need Tuantuan to study with me."

The prince did not expect Zhao Yao's reaction. He thought Zhao Yao was very happy to be able to study with him.

"You don't like Tuantuan to accompany you to study?"

"Brother Prince, Tuantuan is so smart. He will study with me, and I will be under a lot of pressure." Zhao Yao's expression suddenly became very sad, "When the time comes, I am not as good as a nephew like Tuantuan as a brother-in-law. Wouldn't I be too ashamed?"

The prince didn't expect this to be the reason, and his expression was very dumbfounding.

"Although I'm not good at reading, as an elder, I have to save some face. If Tuantuan is allowed to study with me, and I find that my uncle is very stupid in reading, and Tuantuan will come to teach me this uncle, what will happen to my dignity as an elder?" Zhao Yao looked at the prince pitifully, and his tone was full of pleading, "Brother Prince, do your best, let the gentlemen teach Tuantuan to study in the East Palace, and don't let him study in Wende Palace."

The prince couldn't help it, his eyes were full of smiles.

"I can't decide that."

"You are Tuantuan's father, why can't you be the master?"

"The rule established by the emperor's grandfather is that both the prince and the emperor's grandson must go to study in the Wende Palace." The prince smiled and said, "As the emperor's grandson, Tuantuan naturally goes to study in the Wende Palace."

"Can't Tuantuan study in the East Palace?" Zhao Yao said unwillingly, "Aren't there many gentlemen in the East Palace?"

After the prince became an adult, he did not study in the Wende Palace, but he still studied every day.So, there are some gentlemen in the East Palace.They not only have to read to the prince every day, but also explain to the prince.

"No, Tuantuan must go to Wende Hall to study, this is the rule."

"Alas..." Zhao Yao sighed resentfully, "It's over, I am a very good uncle in Tuantuan's heart now, and when Tuantuan goes to Wende Hall to study, he will find that his uncle is an idiot in studying, and Tuantuan will definitely laugh at me at that time."

"Tuantuan is a sensible child, he won't laugh at your little uncle." The prince comforted Zhao Yao.

"It's all because I'm young..." Being young really doesn't do any good at all, it's really hard for him.

"If you're afraid of laughing at you, then you should study hard on weekdays." The prince's tone naturally shifted to Mr. Meng, "You met Mr. Meng yesterday, and he must have advised you to study hard."

Hearing this, Zhao Yao marveled in his heart that the prince changed the subject so suddenly and smoothly.

"No, Mr. Meng didn't tell me to study hard."

The prince pretended to be surprised, and asked, "Meng Lao saw you and didn't let you study hard, so what did he tell you?"

Zhao Yao complained unceremoniously to the prince in his heart: Brother prince, your acting skills are too bad and too exaggerated.

"Old Meng asked me how I made printing and quyuanli, and told me that what I made was very useful to the common people." Zhao Yao said innocently, "He even thanked me specially."

The prince frowned slightly after hearing this.He asked again: "Old Meng, what else did I tell you?"

Zhao Yao shook his head and said, "Not anymore."

"No more?" The prince couldn't believe it, "Didn't you and the emperor stay at Mr. Meng's place all morning?"

"Yes, father and queen are playing chess with Mr. Meng."

The prince didn't bother to ask in circles, and asked Zhao Yao directly: "Did you talk when the father and Mr. Meng were playing chess?"

"Of course I did."

The prince hurriedly asked, "What did you say?"

Zhao Yao pretended to be thinking, and said after a while: "I didn't listen carefully, they seemed to be talking about food and farming, and they talked a lot."

The crown prince hurriedly asked again: "Did the father and Mr. Meng talk about me, or the acting king, or the ministers in the court?"

"I do not know."

"I don't know?" The prince was dissatisfied with Zhao Yao's answer, "Aren't you with the father, why don't you know what the father and Mr. Meng are talking about."

Zhao Yao smiled embarrassedly: "I listened to my father and the others, and I felt bored, and then fell asleep. I don't know what they said after that."

The prince's expression suddenly became very strange.

"Brother Prince, what's the matter with you?" Seeing the prince's strange expression, Zhao Yao asked with concern, "Brother Prince, do you have a stomachache?"

The prince came back to his senses, and smiled gently at Zhao Yao: "I'm fine. Did you and Father have lunch with Mr. Meng?"

Zhao Yao nodded and said, "Well, Mr. Meng can eat as much as I do. He ate a lot." He raised four fingers and said with admiration, "He ate a whole four bowls of rice."

The Eighth Prince, who was sitting by the side, almost couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.

The prince was slightly startled, and then smiled and said: "It seems that Mr. Meng has a good appetite."

"Very good. Mr. Meng said that he doesn't eat vegetables, and he can eat four bowls with only meals." Zhao Yao was full of admiration, "He is really amazing."

"Did the father say anything when he had lunch with Mr. Meng?" The crown prince was not very interested in the fact that Mr. Meng could eat, he only cared about whether Mr. Meng mentioned him.

"My father asked Mr. Meng what he likes to do on weekdays. Mr. Meng said he likes to grow land and vegetables, and then he kept telling his father how he farmed the land and how he grew vegetables." If Mr. Meng saw the concubine, they should be able to chat, because the concubine also likes to grow land and vegetables.

"Didn't you talk about the court?"

"No." Zhao Yao added, "I didn't say you and the second brother, the prince."

The prince still did not give up and asked: "Did you not mention me once?"

"Anyway, during lunch, I didn't mention you, brother prince." Zhao Yao said again, "Father and Mr. Meng have been talking about farming, and the two of them chatted happily."

The prince couldn't accept it.Why didn't Meng Lao mention him?

He suddenly thought of one thing, and asked again: "Did Mr. Meng read the articles and poems I wrote?"

"No." After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he looked at the prince strangely, "Brother prince, who would read while eating?"

Before the Eighth Prince could laugh out loud, he quickly covered his mouth with the back of his hand.

The prince was choked by what Zhao Yao said, and smiled unnaturally.He asked again: "Did Elder Meng and Emperor Father say anything else?"

"No, after lunch, Elder Meng and Emperor Father were still talking about farming." Zhao Yao pouted and said, "Emperor Father has never planted land before, so I don't know how he got to know about farming, and the conversation with Mr. Meng is very active. Emperor Father also said that his previous wish was to buy more than ten acres of land, and grow food and vegetables well."

The prince didn't want to hear these words.What he wanted to hear was Meng Lao's praise of him.

The Eighth Prince saw that the Prince's face was a bit ugly, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Brother, it's time for lunch, let's go eat."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yao's eyes lit up, and a look of anticipation appeared on his small face.

"Brother Prince, starling, what should we eat for lunch today?"

The eighth prince led Zhao Yao to the dining hall, he shook his head slightly at Zhao Yao, then raised his chin and gave the crown prince a nod.

Zhao Yao instantly understood what the Eighth Prince meant and became quiet.

During the meal, the prince didn't have much appetite, and kept silent with a sullen face.

Although it was a good table, Zhao Yao's appetite was affected by the crown prince, so he didn't eat much.After lunch, Zhao Yao hurriedly left under the signal of the Eighth Prince.

Back at Xingde Palace, Zhao Yao hurriedly asked the small kitchen to cook him some food.He just didn't have enough to eat in the East Palace.

"Your Highness, this is the first time this servant has seen you eat so politely."

"Do you think so? It's not like you haven't seen the prince's brother's face. It's like I owe him hundreds of taels of gold and haven't paid him back." Last night, the eighth prince reminded Zhao Yao that the prince or the acting king would look for him today and ask him what Mr. Meng said.

"Your Highness, you didn't lie to His Highness the Crown Prince, what is His Highness the Crown Prince unhappy about?" Tong Xi was so distressed when he saw that Zhao Yao was so frightened that he dared not eat more. "It's not your fault that Mr. Meng didn't mention him. Why should he blame you?"

"Yeah, what does it have to do with me, it's inexplicable."

Tong Xi lowered his voice and said to Zhao Yao: "Your Highness, I really didn't expect His Royal Highness to be so narrow-minded."

Zhao Yao nodded, and said deeply, "I really didn't expect that the prince would hate me."

Hearing what Zhao Yao said, Tong Xi immediately turned pale with fright, and then his face was full of worry and uneasiness: "Your Highness, Your Highness the Crown Prince will not harm you, right?"

"That's not the case." Zhao Yao said, narrowing his eyes slightly, with a somewhat inexplicable expression.

Seeing that Zhao Yao's expression became a little strange, Tong Xi asked worriedly, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, I just feel that the prince's brother is getting more and more..." Zhao Yao couldn't say it for a while, "You haven't noticed that the prince's brother has become..." Zhao Yao couldn't find the words to describe it, and struggled for a long time and said, "Become less gentle and kind than before, and become a bit mean?"

"Ah?" Tong Xi was startled for a moment, then quickly nodded in agreement with Zhao Yao's words, "It can be seen from what happened just now."

"Do you think that the prince's elder brother is very concerned about Mr. Meng's opinion of him, and has been asking me if Mr. Meng mentioned him?" Zhao Yao knew why the prince cared so much about Mr. Meng's opinion of him, but he did not expect the prince to be so eager.Also, it seemed that it was very wrong for Mr. Meng not to mention him.

"That's it." Tong Xi said, "I feel that His Highness the Crown Prince is in a hurry."

"Forget it, it has nothing to do with me." Anyway, Mr. Meng won't see him again later, and it's useless for the crown prince to be jealous.

"Your Highness, is it really okay? Will His Highness the Crown Prince wear shoes for you?"

"If he really makes things difficult for me, then he's finished." Zhao Yao was hungry, so he asked Tong Xi to go to the small kitchen to see if the noodles were ready.

Tong Xi came back with the freshly ordered noodles: "Your Highness, please eat a bowl of noodles to fill your stomach first, and the small kitchen is still making other things for you."

While eating noodles, Zhao Yao said in his heart: He will not go to the East Palace if he is killed in the future.

As soon as he finished eating the noodles, he saw Dai Wang coming.

As soon as he saw Dai Wang, Zhao Yao knew what the purpose of his coming to him was, and he sighed deeply helplessly in his heart: As for this.

The acting king is not like the prince who goes around in circles and says something.He first gave Zhao Yao a bag of golden beans, and then asked Zhao Yao straight to the point, what did Mr. Meng say to the emperor, did he mention him, and did he mention the prince.

Compared with the crown prince's approach, Zhao Yao prefers the acting king's approach.He told the king again exactly what he said to the prince before.

The acting king is not like the prince who repeatedly confirms whether Mr. Meng has mentioned him.He was relieved when he learned that Mr. Meng didn't mention him or the prince.Without asking Zhao Yao any more, he left Xingde Palace.

After Dai Wang left, Tong Xi said: "Your Highness, this servant suddenly feels that His Highness Dai Wang is very good."

Zhao Yao tossed the money bag in his hand, and said with a smile on his face: "You are right, the second brother is very good." At least the second brother is generous, not as narrow-minded as the prince's brother.

When the Eighth Prince learned that Dai Wang came to find Zhao Yao, he was worried, so he hurried back and asked Zhao Yao if Dai Wang had made things difficult for him.

Zhao Yao said that Dai Wang not only did not embarrass him, but also gave him a bag of golden beans.

He told the Eighth Prince exactly what he said to the Dai Wang.

The Eighth Prince felt relieved after hearing this.

"Brother, is the prince angry with me?" Zhao Yao asked cautiously, "Did the prince blame me for going to see Mr. Meng?"

"Don't worry about him." The eighth prince looked down on the prince even more now.

"However, during the meal just now, the prince brother seemed very unhappy."

Seeing Zhao Yao's frightened and uneasy appearance, the Eighth Prince stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said in a gentle tone, "The prince wants Mr. Meng to see him, and it has nothing to do with you." He added, "There is mynah here, don't be afraid, the prince will not do anything to you."

Zhao Yao smiled immediately: "Then I won't be afraid."

"I didn't eat enough in the East Palace just now, did you eat when you came back?"

"Eat." Zhao Yao patted his stomach and said, "I'm full now."

"That's good." The Eighth Prince comforted Zhao Yao again before leaving.

On the way to the East Palace, the Eighth Prince ordered Yu Haidao with a gloomy face: "Let Wei Yan tell King Dai about that."

Yu Hai was astonished and said: "Your Highness, didn't you tell Master Wei about this matter before, didn't you tell the king when the time is right, and let the king deal with the crown prince, why did you say it now?"

The eighth prince sneered and said, "The prince is too busy, I have to find some trouble for him."

Yu Hai: Your Highness, you just want to vent your anger on His Highness the Tenth.

Prince: Mr. Meng didn't mention me, it's unscientific.

Meng Lao: Who are you?

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