The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

In He Lianfang's house.

Zhao Yao chatted with He Lianfang while eating sugar-roasted chestnuts.

"Wild chestnuts are still delicious when fried." Zhao Yao specially picked these chestnuts from the mountains a few days ago. They are small and particularly sweet.

While peeling the chestnuts, He Lianfang said, "It tastes really good." Apart from anything else, Zhao Yao was really proficient in eating, which He Lianfang admired very much.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I'm going to be one year older again." Zhao Yao was very happy at first that he was going to be one year older, but soon the smile on his little face disappeared, "Oh, even if I'm one year older during the Chinese New Year, I'm going to be one year older again." Still not an adult."

He Lianfang ignored Zhao Yao and concentrated on eating chestnuts.

Zhao Yao sighed angrily: "Why do you grow up so slowly?"

"Don't want to stay in the capital?" Zhao Yao has been complaining since he came back from Yangzhou.

Zhao Yao nodded repeatedly: "I don't want to, I really don't want to." Although the atmosphere in the capital did not reach the point of tension, there was still an atmosphere of danger, which he didn't like very much. "Second uncle, is there any way for me to go to Lingnan in advance?"

He Lianfang poured cold water on her unceremoniously: "It's impossible for your father to let you go to Lingnan in advance. You should give up on this idea."

Zhao Yao lowered his shoulders and said with a look of despair: "Why do you have to wait until adulthood to be crowned king? Why can't you be crowned king in advance? Aren't there many princes in the previous dynasty who were crowned king at a very young age? Why? Can’t Da Zhou have this rule?”

"Ask your father."

"I don't want to pay attention to him." After returning from Yangzhou, Zhao Yao ignored the emperor.If the emperor came to see him, he would be very respectful, which made the emperor very angry.

"Why, are you still angry that your father called you back from Yangzhou?" He Lianfang asked jokingly, "Are you still angry that he didn't care about your life or death before?"

Zhao Yao did not answer He Lianfang's two questions.

He Lianfang: "Still both?"

Zhao Yao looked at He Lianfang, and then said calmly: "A little bit of it." Rationally, he understood that his father left him in Jinling and ignored him, but emotionally he couldn't accept it. "I don't want to stay in the capital now. I don't want to stay for a moment. I can't wait to go to Lingnan." The atmosphere in the capital was too intense and he didn't want to see the fourth brother and eighth brother killing each other. "Second uncle, is there really no way for me to go to Lingnan in advance?"

"Are you running away?" He Lianfang asked sharply.

Zhao Yao was able to see through his thoughts and nodded and admitted: "Well, I don't want to see the Fourth Brother and the Eighth Brother competing against each other."

"Don't you want to see them stop fighting each other?" He Lianfang smashed the chestnut shell in her hand at Zhao Yao's head, "You should stay in the capital and take a closer look at how your royal brothers seize the throne. .”

Zhao Yao said with a puzzled face: "I don't want to seize the legitimate son, why should I watch it?"

"Just because you don't want to seize the direct descendant, that's why you have to watch it carefully."

Zhao Yao understood what He Lianfang meant, but he didn't want to see it.

"Second uncle, how are your friends preparing?" When he was in Yangzhou before, He Lianfang's friend went to see Zhao Yao and chatted with Zhao Yao for a long time.The two chatted very happily, and talked in great detail about the affairs of the Japanese country.

"The preparations are good, just waiting for departure in spring."

"Second uncle, your friend is really interesting, but it's hard to imagine that you two are friends. After all, you two don't seem to be from the same world." The second uncle's friend was bohemian and informal.But the second uncle is serious and aloof, and the two people with completely different personalities actually became friends.

"I saved him, and he went to war with me."

"I heard what he said, and he also told me a lot of things about you in the past, saying that you were like a god with soldiers and that you fought many victorious battles." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "When he talked about the things you fought in the past, his expression was very... Proud and proud.”

After hearing this, He Lianfang remembered the war they had fought back then, and a look of nostalgia appeared on her face.

"He is a general, but it's a pity that because of me..."

When Zhao Yao saw He Lianfang say this, he unconsciously grasped his knees with his hands, and a look of guilt appeared on his face.

"Second uncle, I don't think he means blaming you. Don't blame yourself either."

He Lianfang calmed down the emotions in her eyes and her expression returned to calm.He looked deeply at Zhao Yao, making Zhao Yao's scalp tingle.

"Second uncle, what do you think of me like this? Did I say something wrong?"

He Lianfang's tone was calm and gentle: "You know my identity."

Hearing He Lianfang's words, Zhao Yao was slightly startled, and then nodded gently: "Yes, I guessed it."

"When did you guess it?"

"I had a guess a long time ago, but I am not sure. I will be sure when I meet your friend." Although He Lianfang's friend did not say He Lianfang's identity, Zhao Yao could guess it through some of his words. He Lianfang's true identity.

"Why didn't you ask me?"

"You didn't tell me your identity. I think you didn't want me to know, so why should I ask?" Zhao Yao said very thoughtfully.

He Lianfang was not surprised at all that Zhao Yao guessed his identity.If Zhao Yao still doesn't know who he is, He Lianfang will doubt whether Zhao Yao is worthy of his support.

"You can ask now."

"Second uncle, I already know who you are, so why should I ask?"

He Lianfang raised her eyebrows and asked, "How much do you know?"

"I know everything about your previous wars." Zhao Yao said, giving He Lianfang a thumbs up and saying with admiration, "He Lianfang, God of War of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

Hearing the word "God of War", He Lianfang looked a little dazed, and then raised a self-deprecating smile at the corner of her mouth, "I am a useless person now." "Second uncle, although your legs are inconvenient now, this cannot cover up your past. Great achievements on the battlefield."

He Lianfang snorted coldly, "In the past... I just forgot about it."

Zhao Yao knew that the loss of both legs was a knot in He Lianfang's heart, and he could not untie it.

He Lianfang put away her self-disgusting emotions and stared at Zhao Yao with a half-smile: "Don't you want to know why I am here?"

"Father locked you here." There is no need to investigate, just think about it and you will know who locked the former God of War here.Besides, only the emperor in this world has the ability to put the former God of War under house arrest here.

He Lianfang was not surprised that Zhao Yao knew about it.He asked again: "Do you know why I am locked up here?"

"I'm afraid you might rebel."

Zhao Yao's answer surprised He Lianfang.

"Second uncle, I guess it's not strange, okay?" Zhao Yao was amused by He Lianfang's surprised expression, "You were a famous God of War back then. Logically speaking, with the military exploits you have made, you should not be reduced to this The fate of being under house arrest in this house, so you must have done something to make my father afraid. Seeing that you have made great contributions to the Great Zhou Dynasty, my father is reluctant to kill you and can only lock you up. .”

"Since you know that I want to rebel, why are you still approaching me?"

"Second uncle, although I don't know what happened between you and my father, I know that you will not rebel." Zhao Yao's tone was very determined, "If you had rebelled, you would not have fought tooth and nail for Dazhou back then. fight."

He Lianfang sneered: "That's not necessarily the case."

Zhao Yao said meaningfully: "Second uncle, for the sake of my uncle, you will not rebel."

When He Lianfang heard this, her heart was shocked, and she had a look of astonishment on her face.

"How do you know that Zhao Zheng told you?"

Zhao Yao shook his head slightly: "No, my father never told me about the things between you and him. However, my father once told me about my uncle." He said, pointing to the corner of his mouth. A dimple, "My dimples are exactly the same as my uncle's. That's why you, second uncle, were so surprised when you first saw me."

He Lianfang said nothing because Zhao Yao guessed correctly.

"You used to be a general under my uncle. After my uncle's accident, you hated my father." Zhao Yao said, "If I guessed correctly, you thought it was my father who killed my uncle."

He Lianfang didn't expect that Zhao Yao could guess so many things.

"Second uncle, I am not speaking for my father. There is no way that my father would kill my uncle." Zhao Yao added, "My father hopes that my uncle can live well so that he does not have to be the emperor." As for my father, He has an eccentric temperament, and he can become emperor only out of necessity.

He Lianfang said coldly: "You are really his good son."

"I didn't explain it to my father." Zhao Yao glanced at He Lianfang, who had a cold face, and said tentatively, "Actually, uncle, you have always known it in your heart."

As soon as he finished speaking, he received a sharp, knife-like look from He Lianfang.

Zhao Yao smiled flatteringly at He Lianfang, then quickly changed the subject and said, "Second uncle, the third uncle you introduced to me is probably Taiwei Zheng."

"Did he confess to you?" He Lianfang's first reaction was that Zheng Xilin confessed his identity to Zhao Yao.

"No, the third uncle never told me his identity from the beginning to the end." Zhao Yao curled his lips and said, "If you don't tell me, I won't know." No matter how slow he is, he should have guessed it after so many years.

"I really underestimated you." He Lianfang was not surprised at all that Zhao Yao guessed his identity.However, Zhao Yao was able to guess Zheng Xilin's identity, which surprised him. "How do you feel when you learn our identities?"

"Second uncle, what are you and third uncle teaching me to do?" Zhao Yao had actually wanted to ask this question for a long time, but it was difficult for him to ask because he didn't identify himself before.Today, He Lianfang revealed her identity, and Zhao Yao asked. "You, a former war god and a former captain, wouldn't teach me for no reason. What is your purpose?"

He Lianfang glanced at Zhao Yao and asked lightly, "What do you think?"

"Do you have any agreement with my father?" Zhao Yao didn't think he was charming enough to let a god of war and a lieutenant tutor him carefully.

"What kind of agreement do you think we can have with your father?" He Lianfang asked with a cold face, "What kind of agreement do you think we can have with your father?"

After Zhao Yao heard this, he looked at He Lianfang with suspicion.

"Did you really not reach any agreement with my father?"

"I'm helping you for your uncle's sake." He Lianfang lied without changing his expression. "When you grow up and become a queen, you have to go to a fiefdom and manage a place. How can you do it without learning some policies about governing the country? This is what Zheng Xilin said in the letter. The reason for teaching you.”

Zhao Yao raised his eyebrows with a look of disbelief: "Is it that simple?"

He Lianfang said amusedly: "Why, you don't think that we help you because we want you to seize the heir, right?"

Zhao Yao really thought so, "Isn't it?"

"Did Zheng Xilin and I ask you to seize the legitimate son?"

Zhao Yao thought about it carefully, then shook his head and said, "No."

He Lianfang laughed at Zhao Yao unceremoniously: "We have no time to help you win the throne."

Zhao Yao: Did he think too much?

Zhao Yao: Am I just being sentimental?

He Lianfang: Haha!