The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 548: King Han's Rebellion

At the hour of Yin, Zhao Yao was awakened by Sun Kui.

Today at the hour of Mao, Zhao Yao had to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth on behalf of the emperor, so he had to get up at the hour of Yin.

When Zhao Yao was awakened, he found that he was held in the emperor's arms. He was slightly startled, and then he gently took away the emperor's hands and feet.

The emperor was in a deep sleep and was not awakened.

Zhao Yao got out of bed, walked out of the emperor's bedroom, and went to the next room to wash and change clothes.

Sun Kui and Sun Doudou dressed him personally. Fortunately, the prince's court dress was not complicated, unlike the cumbersome court dress worn by the emperor during sacrifices. It didn't take long for him to change his clothes.

After washing up, Zhao Yao woke up and followed Sun Kui and others to the dining hall for breakfast.

Sun Kui stood by and waited on Zhao Yao for breakfast. "Your Highness the King of Han, did you sleep well last night?"

"Very good." Zhao Yao didn't recognize beds or people, and he could fall asleep no matter where he slept, even on the floor.

"I could see that the emperor was very happy yesterday." The emperor rarely smiled as relaxed as he did last night. "It seems that this is the first time you have slept with the emperor."

Zhao Yao felt that what Sun Kui said was a bit strange and could easily be misunderstood.

"Your Highness, the Emperor actually hopes that you can get close to him." The Emperor was stubborn and hypocritical. He clearly wanted to get close to His Highness the Prince of Han, but he refused to admit it. As someone close to the Emperor, he had no choice but to speak for the Emperor. "You are close to General He, and the Emperor is jealous of you."

"Is this true?" Zhao Yao was surprised. "He is jealous of my closeness to my second uncle?"

Sun Kui nodded and said, "Really? The emperor always says that he is your biological father, but you are not close to your biological father, but to an outsider. General He sometimes deliberately uses this matter to provoke the emperor, and every time he gets very angry."

After hearing this, Zhao Yao just found it funny: "Didn't he arrange for me to get close to my second uncle? Why is he jealous of me getting close to my second uncle?"

When Sun Kui heard what Zhao Yao said, he was shocked and then sighed: His Royal Highness the King of Han really knows everything.

"The Emperor just wants you to be close to him."

Zhao Yao imagined the scene of him being close to the emperor, and then he was shocked and shuddered all over.

"It's too corny. It's better like this now."

Sun Kui could see that Zhao Yao was also a proud person. He suppressed his laughter and said, "Your Highness, the sacrifice will be very tiring. You should eat more so that you can have strength."

"You have to eat more." After taking a few bites, Zhao Yao looked at Sun Kui and asked, "Father is poisoned, what does the imperial physician say?" His medical skills were average, and he could only take the pulse. "Has your vitality been damaged?"

"You also know that the emperor has an old injury. This poisoning caused the emperor's old injury to relapse, and it hurt his vitality." Sun Kui continued, "Since last year, the emperor has had headaches from time to time. In the past few months, he has had frequent headaches."

"Headache?" Zhao Yao frowned slightly and asked, "Why do you have a headache?"

"The imperial physician said that the emperor has too many things on his mind and doesn't get enough rest, so he has a headache."

Zhao Yao remembered that Empress Xie also had a headache, so he asked, "Is it the same as the Empress's headache?"

Sun Kui didn't expect Zhao Yao to ask this question. She was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't know."

"It would be best to ask the imperial physician if Father's headache is the same as the Queen's." Zhao Yao said seriously, "I remember that the Queen had headaches for many years. Sometimes she couldn't even get out of bed because of the pain."

"Your Highness is right. I will go and ask for clarification later."

"Although headache is not a serious disease that can take one's life, the pain is quite torturous. I should let the imperial physician think of a solution." Zhao Yao thought to himself that when he returned to Swamp Prefecture, he would ask Lingnan if there were any witch doctors or Miao doctors who were good at treating headaches.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. Every time the Emperor has a headache, the Imperial Physician will use acupuncture to relieve the pain."

"That's good." It seems that the father's headache is caused by overusing his brain. "By the way, next time the father reviews memorials for an hour, you should persuade him to go out for a walk to relax his mind and body, so that his head won't hurt so often." Overusing the brain, coupled with frequent headaches, may cause Alzheimer's disease when he gets old. Just in case, it is better to let the father relax his mind more often on weekdays.

"Your Highness, I have remembered what you said." Sun Kui was happy to see that Zhao Yao cared so much about the emperor.

Zhao Yao didn't say anything else and continued to eat his breakfast. After a while, he asked, "How is the queen?" When he returned to the capital, he went to Zhaoyang Palace to pay a visit to the queen, but was refused by the queen. "Are you still having headaches?"

"Your Highness, the Queen has not had a headache for a long time, but she has started having headaches again in the past month."

After hearing this, Zhao Yao nodded slightly and said nothing more.

Empress Xie had a headache because the magic pill was gone. The fake magic pill that Seventh Brother gave Empress Xie could not stop her headache at all. After a while, Empress Xie's life will be difficult.

After breakfast, Zhao Yao went to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth.

After a while, all the civil and military officials in the court arrived.

Zhao Yao, on behalf of the emperor, solemnly and sacredly worshipped heaven and earth.

During the sacrifice, no accidents occurred and no strange phenomena appeared.

Before, Zhao Yao was worried that when he offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, something strange would happen, such as auspicious signs from heaven. If that happened, he would have to become an emperor even if he didn't want to. Fortunately, nothing happened.

Zhao Yao felt that he was overthinking. He was not the protagonist in the novel in the world of Zhao Yao in his dream. How could a strange phenomenon happen when he was offering sacrifices to heaven and earth?

After offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, the burden on Zhao Yao's shoulders was completely lifted, and he immediately felt much more relaxed. After that, there was nothing else for him to do.

He followed the King of Dai and the King of Chu to pay New Year's greetings to the Emperor and the Empress.

After Zhao Yao finished his breakfast, the emperor woke up. The poison was cured, and the old injuries on his body no longer hurt. He slept very well last night. When he woke up in the morning, he felt refreshed. However, he had to continue pretending to be sick.

When the princes came to pay New Year's greetings, they saw that the emperor looked unhappy and expressed their concern. The emperor gave the princes some money to ward off evil spirits and then let them leave.

Zhao Yao and his companions went to Zhaoyang Palace to pay New Year's greetings to Queen Xie. Queen Xie wore very heavy makeup, and it was hard to tell that she looked unhappy. She did not have a good tone for the New Year's greetings from the other princes, and she taught them a lesson one by one, starting with the Prince of Dai. When it was Zhao Yao's turn, his tone was very sarcastic.

After Empress Xie gave the princes a lecture, she gave them money to ward off evil spirits and then let them leave.

After leaving Zhaoyang Palace, Prince Dai unceremoniously threw the New Year's money given by Empress Xie to the eunuchs around him, and also mocked Empress Xie for being stingy.

Afterwards, the princes went to pay New Year's greetings to Concubine Rong.

Concubine Rong was very kind and praised all the princes, and then gave them generous New Year's money. Compared with Empress Xie who was mean and stingy, Concubine Rong was very gentle and generous.

Next was Concubine Ying, who was very polite and generous to the princes.

Finally, I wish Princess Li a happy new year.

As for Concubine Liang, she was not qualified to have the princes wish her a happy new year.

After wishing a happy new year to Concubine Li, Zhao Yao then wished a happy new year to Concubine Liang.

"Did you sleep at your father's place last night?"

"I'm lucky enough to sleep on the dragon bed." Zhao Yao said with disdain, "The dragon bed is just so-so, nothing special. It's not as comfortable as the bed in my Han Palace."

Liang Bin was amused by her son's words: "Dragon bed, dragon bed, do you really think it is a bed made of dragons?"

"What I mean is that the dragon bed is not that great." Zhao Yao said with a double meaning.

Liangpin understood what her son meant and said with a smile, "You are the only one who thinks the dragon bed is uncomfortable to sleep on."

"I am the only one who dares to tell the truth."

Liangpin stopped joking with her son and asked, "How is the King of Han doing?"

"News from the northern border doesn't reach the capital that quickly. It will take a few days to get the news." Zhao Yao lazily leaned back on the couch. "Maybe the King of Han and the Xiongnu took action last night."

"Alas..." Liangpin felt sorry for the people and soldiers at the border, "Why did it come to this?"

"He's stupid, what can we do about it." Zhao Yao said nonchalantly, "It's better for such a stupid person to die early, so that he won't cause trouble again in the future."

"Can't we let the people and soldiers on the border spend the New Year in peace and tranquility?"

"The Huns don't celebrate the New Year."

"I don't know if it will affect your marriage."

"It only takes three months to put down the rebellion, so it shouldn't affect my marriage." After he got married, he immediately set off to return to Swamp House. He couldn't stay in the capital, otherwise he might not be able to go back.

"hope everything is fine."

Zhao Yao did not talk to Concubine Liang about King Han's rebellion anymore, but changed the subject to talk about the customs and habits of celebrating the New Year in Lingnan.

After talking for a while, Zhao Yao felt sleepy. He had to attend a lunch banquet in the palace at noon. He was too lazy to go back to the Prince of Han's Mansion, so he went to sleep in the Kunde Hall.

Zhao Yao slept until noon, and was woken up by Concubine Liang to attend the lunch banquet.

In the following days, although Zhao Yao no longer had to worship, he still had to go out to pay New Year's greetings or attend banquets every day, leaving early and returning late.

On the sixth day, news of King Han's rebellion reached the capital, causing a huge uproar.

The King of Han colluded with the Huns and marched forward with great momentum, capturing several prefectures and cities. Now they are about to reach Yanmen Pass, and the capital is in danger.

That night, in the Prince of Han's mansion, Zhao Yao was eating hot pot with the Prince of Wei.

King Wei saw that Zhao Yao wanted to ask something several times but hesitated to ask, so he couldn't help laughing and said, "Just ask whatever you want to ask."

"Myna..." Zhao Yao almost blurted out, but in the end he didn't ask, "Forget it."

King Wei could guess what Zhao Yao wanted to ask. He smiled and said, "Tenth brother, it is better not to know some things."

After hearing what King Wei said, Zhao Yao felt relieved. He nodded and said, "Myna is right."

"I'll tell you when everything is settled."

Zhao Yao heard this and looked at King Wei in astonishment: "Myna, you..."

"Your marriage will not be affected." King Wei suddenly changed the subject to Zhao Yao's marriage. "On the day of your wedding, I will give you a great gift."

When Zhao Yao heard the word "great gift", his eyes immediately lit up and an expression of anticipation appeared on his little face.

"Then I'll wait."

Seeing Zhao Yao's greedy expression, the King of Wei joked, "Your Highness the King of Han has so many good things, yet you are thinking about my gift."

"That's different. I believe that Starling will be very generous and give me an unexpected gift."

"Don't worry, I won't let you down." When King Wei said this, a hint of depth flashed across his eyes.