The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 308 Unconditional Trust

In the past few days, Zhao Yao felt a little worried.It will be the eighth prince's birthday soon, if it's just an ordinary birthday, Zhao Yao doesn't have to be so troubled about giving him any presents.But this year's birthday is the coming-of-age ceremony of the eighth prince, it would not be good to give ordinary birthday gifts like before.Back then, when the Fourth Prince came of age, Zhao Yao made Quyuanli and gave it to him.

Zhao Yao originally planned to make something similar to Qu Yuanli for the Eighth Prince, but the Eighth Prince did not have a fief, so it would be useless to make such a thing for the Eighth Prince.Also, if he really made something similar to Quyuanli and gave it to the starling, it is estimated that the starling would immediately offer it to the prince, and then help the prince earn a wave of fame.

In fact, Zhao Yao had planned a gift for the Eighth Prince as early as a year ago.At that time, he thought that the eighth prince would be "assigned" to a desolate place by the emperor when he became a queen when he became an adult.He has already thought of several places for the eighth prince, such as the northern border, or remote places such as southern border.

If the eighth prince's fief is in these places, then he will make a water truck for the eighth prince, so that the problem of watering the eighth prince's fief can be solved.However, the Eighth Prince has no fief right now, so he doesn't need to go to the places he envisioned.Then the water truck he had planned before would not be able to be delivered.

Zhao Yao has been thinking about what the Eighth Prince needs, but after much deliberation, he feels that the Eighth Prince does not lack anything.

"Tongxi, what do you think the starling lacks?"

"What does His Highness lack?" Tong Xi was taken aback by Zhao Yao's question, and he asked blankly, "Your Highness, why are you asking this?"

"It's my starling's birthday soon, and I'm thinking about what gift to give to my starling." Zhao Yao frowned tightly, with a very tangled expression, "help me think about what better gift to give."

"Yes, it will be His Highness the Eighth Prince's birthday soon." Tong Xi pinched his chin and seriously helped Zhao Yao think about what gift to give.

"What do you think starlings need most?"

"Your Highness, do you need to think about it? His Highness must need it the most..." Tong Xi raised his index finger and pointed to the sky.

Seeing Tong Xi's action, Zhao Yao instantly understood what he meant, and then the expression on his face froze.

"This gift... I can't give it."

"Your Highness, the Eighth Highness seems to need this most. Other things, the Eighth Highness should have it." Tong Xi thought for a while, and suggested to Zhao Yao, "Your Highness, why don't you just send something to the Eighth Highness?" .As long as it is something you send, His Highness the Eighth Prince will definitely like it."

Zhao Yao glared at Tong Xi fiercely, and said, "This year's birthday is my starling's coming-of-age ceremony, can I give anything casually? Besides, when fourth brother's coming-of-age ceremony, I made Quyuanli for fourth brother Now it's myna's turn, I can't favor one or another, or myna will be angry and jealous." In his heart, the fourth brother is as important as the myna, there is no superior or inferior.If the birthday gift he gave myna was not as good as that of my fourth brother, then I would be too sorry for myna.

"That's right, the Quyuanli you made is a great gift." Tongxi said, "Then you can make something similar to Quyuanli and give it to His Highness the Eighth Prince, wouldn't it be enough?"

"It's easy to say." Zhao Yao said angrily, "Mynah doesn't have a fief, so it's useless if I give him something like Qu Yuanli. Mynah might give it to the prince."

Tong Xi felt that what Zhao Yao said was very correct.He racked his brains for a while, but he couldn't come up with anything good.

"Your Highness, this servant can't think of it, you should think about it yourself."

After hearing this, Zhao Yao gave Tong Xi a very disgusted look, and immediately waved to Tong Xi like chasing flies.

"Go away, don't disturb my thinking."

Tongxi rolled away.

Zhao Yao propped his face, wrinkled his nose, and thought hard.

Things that are too practical, such as waterwheels, cannot be given to starlings for the time being.When the mynah has a fief in the future, I will make it and give it to mynah.When the starlings have a fief, then maybe the starlings will sit on the throne, and the whole world will belong to the starlings. It's just right for him to make the waterwheel and give it to the starlings.Or maybe mynah won't have a fief in his life.

If practical things are not good, then you can only send less practical things.

There are too many things that are not very practical, so I can't give my starling something fancy.

Zhao Yao scratched his head sadly.In the past few days, he was so worried that he almost scratched his head bald.

How about making a fun thing for mynah to make mynah happy?
Uh... Compared with Quyuanli, the fourth brother, this is far behind.

You can't favor one over another.

He has to think about it.

After thinking for a long time, he still didn't come up with a good idea, so Zhao Yao decided to give up thinking tonight.Wait until tomorrow when I go out of the palace to find my second uncle and see if there is anything good there.If the second uncle doesn't have any good treasures, he will make them himself.

Zhao Yao called Tong Xi in and waited for him to take a bath.

Tong Xi asked him if he had thought of anything to give, and he gave Tong Xi a big roll of his eyes.

Early the next morning, Zhao Yao left the palace and went to find Liang Run.

Liang Run immediately thought of a good thing after listening to Zhao Yao's words.

"It's true, it was collected from Southern Xinjiang."

When Zhao Yao heard this, his eyes lit up instantly, and a look of anticipation appeared on his delicate little face.

"what?"

"Wait." Liang Run went to the warehouse, and when he came back, he held a brocade box in his hand, a small brocade box.

Zhao Yao stared straight at the brocade box in Liang Run's hand, and asked expectantly, "Second Uncle, what good thing is it?"

Liang Run opened the brocade box, and what was inside was not a jade pendant, nor a jade bead, nor a rare treasure, but a pill.

A black pill the size of a thumb!
Zhao Yao's eyes widened, and he looked at Liang Run in disbelief.He pointed to the pills in the brocade box, and asked in disbelief: "Second Uncle, is this the good thing you said?"

Liang Run smiled mysteriously: "Yaoyao, don't underestimate it, it is really a good thing, and it is a good thing refined by Miao Jiang."

"Miao Jiang?" When Zhao Yao heard the word "Miao Jiang", all kinds of strange and dangerous things appeared in his mind. "Second uncle, this can't be a Gu pill, can it?"

Seeing that Zhao Yao's thinking was wrong, Liang Run smiled helplessly: "No, there are no Gu pills in this world."

"Miao Jiang has them, they are best at growing Gu." Zhao Yao has never been to Miao Jiang, but he has read many stories about "Gu" in story books and local chronicles.

"I remember you said your starling was weak, didn't you?"

Zhao Yao nodded and said, "Yes, Mynah has been in poor health since he was a child."

"This is a tonic. It is made from the unique medicinal materials in Miaojiang. It is said to be more nourishing than ginseng and ganoderma." Liang Run carefully picked up the pill and handed it to Zhao Yao's nose. It has a refreshing fragrance."

Zhao Yao smelled it, and it was true.This fragrance has the fragrance of medicine and the fragrance of flowers.

"Second Uncle, where did you get this medicine? Is it reliable?"

"I got it from a doctor in Miaojiang. Don't worry, it's absolutely reliable." Liang Run knew what Zhao Yao was worried about, and said to him with a smile, "This medicine is really a tonic. It won't kill you if you take it." .”

"Second uncle, you just said that it is more nourishing than ginseng and ganoderma?"

"Yes."

"It's useless for the mynah to eat it. He doesn't feel nourished, otherwise he would have eaten ginseng and ganoderma lucidum to nourish his body." Mynah's stomach is really very fragile.You can't eat too good things, and you can't eat bad things.

"Don't worry, if you take this medicine, you won't be empty." Next, Liang Run explained to Zhao Yao in detail what medicinal materials are in this pill.The medicinal materials he mentioned are all unique to Miaojiang, but not in the Central Plains.Every time he talks about a medicinal material, he will explain what the medicinal material does.

Zhao Yao didn't know much about medicinal materials. After listening to it, he only felt that the pills in this lesson were powerful.

"Is it that great?"

"It's so powerful. This is the medicine made by the ancestral prescription of that Miao doctor's family. You can safely and boldly give it to the eighth prince."

"Okay, I'll give it to myna." Maybe this medicine can really make myna better.

"By the way, this medicine has another effect." Liang Run hurriedly added, "This medicine can also detoxify."

"Detoxification?" Zhao Yao was stunned, "Can any poison be detoxified?"

"It's not that all poisons can be detoxified, but that it can alleviate the toxicity." Liang Run explained, "Of course, the less toxic poisons can be detoxified, like the more toxic poisons, they can only be alleviated, allowing the toxicity to erupt slowly."

"That is to say, if I am hit by Hedinghong, I won't die right away, it will take a while before I die from the poison, right?"

Seeing that Zhao Yao used himself as an example, Liang Run frowned, and quickly spit out a few mouthfuls: "Bah, bah, bah! Childish words!" He quickly said to Zhao Yao, "Yaoyao, spit out a few more quickly."

Although Zhao Yao thought it was unnecessary, he obediently followed suit.

"Bah, bah, bah, childish words."

"Don't say such unlucky words in the future."

"Second Uncle, I'm just giving you an example. Do you think what I just said is correct?"

"Yes, and if the poison is chronic poison, it can also slow down the time of delayed poison outbreak." Liang Run closed the brocade box, and then pushed the brocade box in front of Zhao Yao, "You are right to give this medicine to the Eighth Prince. .”

"This medicine is so miraculous." Zhao Yao picked up the brocade box and stuffed it into his arms, looking at Liang Run and asked, "Second Uncle, is there any more medicine?"

"I only have this one." Liang Run guessed Zhao Yao's careful thinking, and laughed, "It's useless for people in good health to take this medicine."

"Okay." Zhao Yao thought that this medicine was so miraculous, so he and his concubine would also take one.

"This medicine is useful for those who are in poor health." Liang Run said, "You often tell me that your starling is not in good health, so I asked Dr. Miao for this medicine."

"It turned out to be because of this." Zhao Yao said gratefully, "Second Uncle, thank you." He gave this medicine to the starling's birthday.

"Why are you being polite to me?" Liang Run just finished speaking, suddenly thought of something, his face became a little weird, "You give the Eighth Prince this medicine, will the Eighth Prince take it, after all, the origin of this medicine is unknown to him?"

"I'll watch mynah eat it." With mynah's temperament, maybe he really won't take this medicine of unknown origin, but if he stares at mynah to take it, mynah will have to eat it if he doesn't eat it.

"This medicine is really a tonic. I hope the Eighth Prince will not misunderstand your intentions." Liang Run was afraid that Zhao Yao's good intentions would be questioned by the Eighth Prince, which would hurt Zhao Yao's heart.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if the mynah cares about me or not." Zhao Yao didn't care about this, "As long as mynah gets better. Besides, I have a clear conscience."

Hearing what Zhao Yao said, Liang Run couldn't help being stunned, and then smiled dotingly: "Yes, you have a clear conscience." Yaoyao, as long as you treat him well, he will treat you twice as well. And I will treat you unconditionally.I hope the Eighth Prince won't hurt Zhao Yao's heart. "By the way, you have to deliver this medicine in advance, not on your birthday."

Zhao Yao asked doubtfully, "Why?"

"It's unlucky to deliver medicine on your birthday, so you have to deliver it in advance."

"Ah, is there still such a thing?" Zhao Yao heard such words for the first time.

"Delivering medicine on the birthday is equivalent to sending sickness, understand?" Liang Run suggested to Zhao Yao, "You'd better give the medicine to the Eighth Prince within these two days."

Although Zhao Yao didn't really believe this, but the second uncle said so, for myna's benefit, he should send it in advance.

"I'll give it to the starling today." The starling will recover sooner if he eats one day earlier.

Liang Run didn't talk about it anymore, and talked to Zhao Yao about Lingnan.

Zhao Yao listened very carefully.After listening, I made some suggestions to Liang Run.

After having lunch with Liang Run, Zhao Yao went to find He Lianfang.

Seeing that he had arrived, He Lianfang handed him the military report from Shu.

After reading the military newspaper, Zhao Yao was full of joy and pride: "The fourth brother is really good, and he won again." After the fourth brother went to Sichuan, he has been winning battles, and every battle he won is very beautiful.Not only that, he personally led every battle without asking Zhang Gong for help.

Since King Chu won the first battle, Zhang Gong fought separately from him.Zhang Gong has also been winning battles.

"According to the current situation, Fourth Brother and the others will be able to regain Shu soon." At present, Fourth Brother and General Zhang have recovered half of Shu.According to their current speed, it will not take half a year to completely recover Shu.

"No accident, your fourth brother will return to the court at the end of the year." He Lianfang said with a deep expression on his face, "After your fourth brother returns to the capital from Shu, it will be very difficult for him to return to Liangzhou."

"I guessed it too." After the fourth brother regained Shu, it was impossible not to return to Beijing to report to his father.As long as the fourth brother returns to Beijing this time, it will be very difficult for him to leave. "It is estimated that the father will not let the fourth brother return to Liangzhou." When the fourth brother returns from Shu, a three-legged situation will be completely formed in the court.In order for the fourth brother to succeed to the throne smoothly, the father must train the fourth brother.Leave the fourth brother in the capital and let him fight with the crown prince and Dai Wang.If the fourth brother can't compete with the crown prince and acting king, then he is not qualified to inherit the great rule.

"When the fourth brother comes back, the capital will really be unsettled." Now it is already undercurrent, but it has not been revealed on the surface.When the fourth brother comes back, this illusion of calm and calm will be completely broken, and then there will be turbulent waves. "However, I really didn't expect there to be so many Southern Wei people in Shu."

People in the Southern Wei Dynasty were really able to hide. They actually hid in Shu for decades.Moreover, the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty had a lot of power in Shu.Many of them are rich merchants from Shu, and some are officials and soldiers from Shu.Although they have not reached the level of controlling the sky with one hand in Shu, they can definitely affect the situation in Shu.

He Lianfang frowned slightly and said, "I also underestimated the abilities of people from the Southern Wei Dynasty."

Zhao Yao sighed: "It's no wonder that the previous dynasty wanted to destroy the entire Southern Wei family." He now suspects that even if the loss of the Chuanguo Yuxi hadn't happened, the previous dynasty would have found an excuse to destroy the Southern Wei Dynasty.

"Based on the means of the Southern Wei Dynasty, maybe there are people from the aristocratic family in the capital, and they are deeply hidden."

Uncle, you guessed it right.There are indeed their people in the capital, and that is mynah.Starlings are really hidden.

"If you don't get rid of the Southern Wei Dynasty, your Zhao family's country might be taken away by them."

Hearing He Lianfang's sarcastic remarks, Zhao Yao couldn't help but feel worried when he thought about the relationship between the Eighth Prince and the Southern Wei Dynasty.If Mynah is in charge in the end, maybe their old Zhao family's Jiangshan really has to change their name and surname.

"Father will not let the Southern Wei people mess around." Father should know the existence of Southern Wei people.However, he probably didn't know about the relationship between the starling and the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty, after all, the second uncle didn't know about the starling either.

He Lianfang glanced at Zhao Yao inexplicably, and suddenly asked: "If you are the one who takes the position in the end, how do you deal with people from the Southern Wei Dynasty?"

"How could I be in power?"

He Lianfang gave Zhao Yao a blank look and said, "I mean if."

"If ah, this is really a problem." Although it is a hypothesis, Zhao Yao still thought about it seriously, "If they obediently work for Da Zhou and have no other thoughts, then I will reuse them and let them use their intelligence Wisdom. If they have other thoughts, then..." At this point, he suddenly stopped and did not continue.

He Lianfang asked: "Then what?"

Zhao Yao said calmly: "Then kill them, just like the previous dynasty."

His answer surprised He Lianfang.He Lianfang thought that Zhao Yao couldn't bear to destroy the entire Southern Wei clan.

"Are you really going to destroy the entire Southern Wei clan?"

Zhao Yao nodded and said: "Yes! Although it is too cruel to the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty, it is not cruel to the people of the entire Great Zhou. The people of the Great Zhou finally lived a stable and good life. I don't think it is allowed. Anyone who destroys the stability of Da Zhou will cause the common people to lose their families and their wives and children will be separated."

He added: "It's worth sacrificing a few people in the Southern Wei Dynasty in exchange for the stability of thousands of people in the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

He Lianfang was slightly taken aback, and then smiled with satisfaction and relief: "Very well said!" This child is really a good material to be an emperor.

Zhao Yao was a little embarrassed by the compliment: "I'm just talking casually."

He Lianfang told Zhao Yao about the situation of the Southern Wei people in Shu, and Zhao Yao became more and more startled.

Zhao Yao did not stay to have dinner with He Lianfang, but went to the eighth prince's mansion to have dinner with the eighth prince.

After dinner, Zhao Yao gave the medicine Liang Run gave him to the Eighth Prince.He introduced the composition and function of this pill to the Eighth Prince in detail.

He also repeatedly assured the Eighth Prince that the medicine was really useful, not a deceitful medicine.

After the eighth prince finished listening, he asked Yu Hai to pour him a glass of warm water.

Seeing that the eighth prince wanted to take the medicine Zhao Yao sent, Yu Hai felt a little anxious, and hurriedly reminded the eighth prince, "Your Highness..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he received the cold look from the eighth prince, which made him shut up immediately.He didn't dare to say anything more, and hurriedly poured a glass of warm water.

The Eighth Prince took the warm water brought by Yu Hai, and drank the pills Zhao Yao sent without hesitation.

Zhao Yao was shocked.He originally thought that the eighth prince would question it and would not take the medicine right away, but he did not expect the eighth prince to take it without any hesitation.

"Brother, you are not afraid that what I sent is poison?"

The eighth prince smiled and said, "You won't." Everyone in this world would harm him, but the tenth brother wouldn't.

Seeing that the Eighth Prince trusted him so much, Zhao Yao felt his heart burning.Although he told his second uncle before that he had a clear conscience, if the starling really suspected that the medicine he sent was not good, he would feel bad.However, he would not blame mynah.

"Brother, I assure you, this medicine is really useful for you. After a while, you will feel that your body is getting better."

The eighth prince smiled gently: "I believe in you." The only person in this world who the eighth prince can trust unconditionally is Zhao Yao.

　Zhao Yao: Starling┭┮﹏┭┮

　　Eighth Prince: The tenth brother will not harm me!

　　Finally, ask for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)