The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Not long after arriving in Marsh Mansion last year, Zhao Yao asked his personal guards to set up a Cuju court. When they were tired from training, they could play Cuju and relax. However, the Cuju court of the Guards cannot be used for other people's competitions. If you let others compete, you will find that the number of Guardsmen is exceeded.

Having said that, Zhao Yao felt that the serious excess of his personal guards had been discovered long ago. There are so many people, you can’t hide even if you want to. If you do a little research, you can find it.

Zhao Yao suddenly thought of something and let out a sneer.

Tong Xi, who was standing by, heard Zhao Yao's sarcastic voice, and felt a sudden shock in his heart. He asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

Zhao Yao said with a half-smile: "I was thinking that even if I raise two hundred thousand private soldiers, my father would not blame me."

"Ah, 200,000 private soldiers?" Tong Xi was frightened by the number. "Your Highness, do you still have 200,000 private soldiers?! If the people in the capital know about it, they will definitely think that you are going to rebel."

"Rebellion?" Zhao Yao let out an unclear chuckle, "Tongxi, believe it or not, even if I really want to rebel, my father will not blame me, but will be very happy. I hope my rebellion succeeds. Emperor, and then he can retire as the Supreme Emperor and go out of the palace to play around with his mother and concubine in his arms." What the emperor was thinking was hit the nail on the head by Zhao Yao.

"No way." Tong Xi looked in disbelief, "Even if the emperor loves you again, he will not allow you to rebel." Is His Highness proud of his favor? He thinks that because the emperor loves him, he can do whatever he wants.

Zhao Yao narrowed his eyes slightly, with an incomprehensible smile on his face.

"Your Highness, the Emperor loves you, but the person whom the Emperor values ​​most is His Highness the King of Chu. Don't forget." Under the influence of Zhao Yao, Tong Xi never thought that his master would become the emperor one day.

"I hope my father really values ​​my fourth brother." Mentioning this matter, Zhao Yao frowned slightly, "Only my fourth brother can sit on the throne." Even if their father and others want to put him on the throne, It also depends on whether he is willing or not.

"Your Highness, who else can there be besides the King of Chu? Didn't you say before that only His Highness the King of Chu will be able to sit on the throne in the end?" Tong Xi thought of what Zhao Yao had just said and was shocked and said, "Your Highness, you don't think Do you want to seize the direct descendant?"

Zhao Yao glared at Tong Xi, who looked horrified, and said angrily: "Which of your eyes saw that I want to seize the legitimate son? Am I too free?"

Hearing Zhao Yao say this, Tong Xi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He raised his hand and patted his chest, "Your Highness, what you just said scared me to death. I really thought you were going to compete with His Royal Highness King Chu for the throne."

"If I really fight, do you think I lose to Fourth Brother and the others?" He has no interest in the throne and doesn't bother to fight for it. However, if he really wanted to fight for it, he would definitely be able to grab it with his own ability.

Tong Xi said without thinking: "Your Highness, you will definitely lose to His Highness the King of Chu." In Tong Xi's heart, the King of Chu was more powerful than his master.

Zhao Yao was amused by Tong Xi's answer. He put his hand on his forehead and laughed heartily.

Tong Xi was inexplicably laughed at by Zhao Yao, and he asked uneasily: "Your Highness, is this servant wrong?"

Zhao Yao waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, you are right, I am not as good as Fourth Brother."

Tongxi looked at Zhao Yao in confusion: "Then why are you laughing, Your Highness?"

"It's nothing." The smile on Zhao Yao's face paused, and then a heavy look appeared on his face, "Fourth brother... No matter what, in the end, I will help fourth brother and let fourth brother sit on the throne. "

"Your Highness, don't you want to interfere in the fight between His Highness the King of Chu and His Highness the King of Wei?"

"I don't interfere in the affairs between Fourth Brother and Eighth Brother, but in the end..." Even if Fourth Brother wins everyone in the end, including Eighth Brother, I'm afraid he won't be able to sit on the throne. The fourth brother’s final real enemy is not the eighth brother, but the father. At that time, he will help the fourth brother sit on the throne. "Father really plays tricks on everyone." Father, Dad, in the end, I will let you taste the feeling of being played around by others.

The more Tong Xi listened, the more confused he became, "Your Highness, what are you talking about? Why can't this slave understand a word you say?"

Zhao Yao did not answer Tongxi's question, but asked him: "Tongxi, do you want me to seize the throne?"

"Ah?" Tongxi was stunned by Zhao Yao's question. Seeing that His Highness looked very serious, he felt a chill in his heart, and immediately his expression turned serious, "Your Highness, if you want to seize the throne, I will definitely support you." You, but if you don’t want to seize the legitimate son, then I don’t want you to seize the legitimate son.”

Zhao Yao held up his face, looked at Tongxi and said: "If I seize the throne and become the emperor in the end, you will become the chief eunuch, and you will be very majestic by then."

"Your Highness, it doesn't matter whether the slave is powerful or not. What matters is whether you want it or not." Tongxi's face was more solemn than ever before, "Your Highness, if you want it, I will definitely help you."

Zhao Yao was touched by Tong Xi's words, "Tong Xi, you are the only one in this world who allows me to act according to my own wishes." His mother and concubine should also know about his father's wishful thinking, but she never reminded him. , it seems that the mother-in-law and the father-in-law have the same idea.

"Your Highness, aren't you the empress?"

"Mother and concubine..." Zhao Yao shook his head and said, "Mother and concubine will listen to my father, but not necessarily to me."

Tong Xi was filled with doubts when he heard this: "Your Highness, don't I love you the most? Your Majesty will definitely support whatever you want to do."

Zhao Yao suddenly asked: "What do you think of my second uncle?"

"Your Highness, why do you suddenly ask this? Is there anything wrong with the second master?" Tongxi still didn't know He Lianfang's true identity.

"It's nothing." Since Zhao Yao knew He Lianfang's identity, he knew that his encounter with He Lianfang was not accidental. Even if it was a coincidence that he met his second uncle for the first time, everything that happened after that was no accident. If he hadn't broken into that house that time, he would have been arranged to meet his second uncle in the future. "My uncle, whom I have never met before, is really awesome."

"An uncle I have never met before?" Tongxi asked in shock, "Your Highness, where did you get this uncle from?"

"Why not? The righteous prince who passed away long ago was my uncle."

After hearing what Zhao Yao said, Tong Xi wanted to rebel against Prince Yong's existence.

"Yes, you have an uncle, but okay, what do you do with Prince Yiyong?"

"I just feel that this uncle I have never met is really amazing." Prince Yiyong has not been alive for so many years, but his second uncle has always remembered him. "Well, the feeling of being used as a substitute is really complicated." "Being used as a substitute?" Tong Xi became more and more confused when he heard that, "Your Highness, who is who's substitute?"

"No one, what I just said will rot in your stomach after you hear it. You are not allowed to let the third person know, do you understand?"

Tongxi's heart tightened, and then he nodded obediently: "I understand."

"I'm thirsty. Go get me a bowl of sugar water."

"Slave, go now."

After Tong Xi left, Zhao Yao leaned back, resting his head on the back of the chair, staring blankly at the ceiling. After a long while, he let out a long sigh: "Oh, I am so virtuous and capable." His second uncle valued him because of the righteous and brave prince, and he could understand. But, what about the father? Is it just because he is the son of the woman he loves most?

His dream since childhood was to travel around the world and eat delicious food all over the world. Although what he is doing in Marsh Mansion seems to have nothing to do with his dream, it actually has a lot to do with it. He allows foreign countries to come to Marsh Mansion to do business, which will attract more foreigners to Marsh Mansion. At that time, some of them will choose to live in Marsh Mansion. At that time, they will bring their country's food, culture, and customs. In this way, the people of Marsh Prefecture or people from other places can eat foreign delicacies at their doorstep without having to go to foreign countries.

After he completes the construction of Marsh Mansion and other places in Lingnan, he will realize his dream, travel around and eat delicious food from all over the world. However, it now seems that it will be difficult for him to implement this dream.

With his father's cunningness, I'm afraid there will be a big hole waiting for him. For safety reasons, he had to prepare a second path for himself.

After a while, Tongxi walked in with a bowl of sugar water.

"Your Highness, don't put a lot of sugar in it, it won't be too sweet."

"That's good." Zhao Yao put away his thoughts, lowered his head and ate slowly.

Tong Xi looked at Zhao Yao and hesitated in his heart before asking: "Your Highness, did something happen?"

Zhao Yao knew that his words just now made Tong Xi worried, so he smiled reassuringly at him: "Nothing happened."

"Your Highness, I am stupid and can't help you much, but if something really happens, don't bear it alone." Tong Xi knew that Zhao Yao would not say those words for no reason. Something must have happened. . "If you don't want to tell the second master, you can tell Master Chu and others, or tell Master Zheng. They are smart and will find a way to help you."

"Tongxi, do you think Chu Huan and the others are as smart as me?"

"No." Tongxi said, "But there is strength in numbers. Maybe they can come up with good ideas for you."

"Okay, if something does happen, I'll tell them."

After Tongxi heard this, he felt a lot more relieved.

"Your Highness, tomorrow is the Cuju competition. You should think about how to cheat those people's money, and don't think about other things." Making money is more suitable for Your Highness.

Zhao Yao glanced sideways and said happily, "You are really my personal eunuch."

"I just think that doing business and making things is more suitable for you."

"You're right." The persistence in his heart will not change, and he will not let anyone change his dream. "When you are free next year, I will take you out to sea to visit countries such as Annan and Siam."

Tong Xi's face lit up when he heard this: "Is it true, Your Highness?"

"When did I lie to you?"

"Great." Tongxi had just finished speaking when he realized something and asked hurriedly, "Your Highness, can you go to these foreign countries?"

Zhao Yao raised his eyebrows: "Why can't I go? Didn't you hear it before? They invited me to be a guest. When I am free next year, I will definitely be a guest."

"Your Highness, are you really free next year?" Since Your Highness came to Marsh Mansion, you have been very busy. Next year is probably the same. How can you have time to go to foreign countries?

“It’s okay to take a few days off.”

"The slave is looking forward to it." He had never thought about going to a foreign country in his life.

After eating the sugar water, Zhao Yao waved his hand to Tong Xi to retreat. He had important matters to deal with.

At this time, the emperor who was far away in the capital sneezed several times in succession, which frightened Sun Kui and hurriedly went to the imperial doctor to check his pulse.

"It must be that brat Xiao Shi who is scolding me."

Sun Kui said dumbfounded: "Your Majesty, why can't His Highness the King of Han miss you?"

"How could that brat miss me?" When the emperor thought about his youngest son being close to He Lianfang instead of him, he felt sour in his heart, "You brat with no conscience."

Sun Kui said silently in his heart: The emperor definitely misses His Highness the King of Han, but the emperor is too embarrassed to say it.

Zhao Yao: You really think I don’t know anything.

On the second day of this month, I am so cute, please vote!