The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 66 Rewarding Beef
The drama in Chaoyang Palace is very exciting.Although Zhao Yao has been eating with his head down, his eyes are always looking around, his ears are listening to all directions, and he has not missed a scene.

Tsk tsk tsk, this move of the prince brother and Zhen Guogong is really clever, using children to deal with the second brother.First, he satirized the second elder brother for not being able to have a child, then used the child's affairs to sow discord, and finally used the child to please the father, and obtained the nine-pattern dragon jade pendant worn by the emperor from the father.This trick really kills three birds with one stone.

Tonight's celebration banquet was supposed to be the second brother's highlight moment, but now the second brother is being questioned by the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.Even a man can't accept being suspected.

He guessed that the second brother originally planned to bully the prince's elder brother at the celebration banquet tonight, but he did not expect that the prince's elder brother and Zhen Guogong turned against the general.

The second elder brother and Xuan Pinghou relied on their own achievements, and relied on their father to marry Kong Taichang's youngest daughter to the second elder brother.

Before returning to Beijing, the second brother and Xuan Pinghou had a big fall with the prince's brother and Zhen Guogong, but they didn't learn their lesson at all.Thinking that the father would marry Kong Taichang's youngest daughter to the second brother, the prince's brother would be abolished, so he became arrogant and forgot the methods of the prince's brother and Zhen Guogong.

He had already guessed that the prince's elder brother and Zhen Guogong would not let the second brother and the others stand out at tonight's celebration banquet, but he did not expect Zhen Guogong and his methods to be so...exquisite.

He believed that early in the morning, rumors that the second brother was not good would spread throughout the capital.

Yesterday afternoon, when the second brother returned to Beijing, he was in high spirits, but after the celebration banquet tonight, the second brother's face became dull.

He had thought that the second brother would have to show off for a while when he came back this time, and that the prince brother would also be bullied by the second brother for a while, but he didn't expect the reversal.Not to mention that the second brother underestimated the prince's elder brother and Zhen Guogong, even he did not expect Zhen Guogong and the others to use this trick.

From this point, it can be seen that it is not easy for Xuan Pinghou to defeat Duke Zhen.Also, Lord Zhen is really scheming.

With Zhen Guogong here, it will be very difficult for the second brother to replace the prince's brother as the crown prince.

Really, you can't underestimate Lord Zhen Guo, otherwise you don't know what you will be tricked by Lord Zhen Guo.

The beef on the table was finished, and Zhao Yao eagerly waited for the next plate of beef.After waiting for a long time, nothing came, his little face was full of disappointment.

"Mynah, is there any beef?"

The Eighth Prince poked the corner of Zhao Yao's right mouth with his hand, and said with a smile: "No more, don't wait any longer."

Zhao Yao asked unwillingly: "Brother, is there really no beef?" He hasn't eaten enough yet.He could eat another ten plates.No, he could eat the whole head of beef again.

"You have eaten several plates of beef tonight, haven't you eaten enough?" The eighth prince said, reaching out to touch Zhao Yao's belly, "Your belly is full, do you still want to eat?" If you eat any more, your little stomach will burst." The eighth prince sometimes wonders how his little stomach can hold so much stuff when the tenth brother is so small. "You also ate a lot of pork and mutton, as well as chicken, duck and goose..." At this point, the eighth prince suddenly found that Zhao Yao only cared about eating meat tonight and didn't eat a single dish.

Seeing that there were still vegetables on the table, he quickly picked up some sunflowers and fed them to Zhao Yao's mouth.

"Don't think about beef, just eat some food."

Zhao Yao frowned slightly, and looked at the sunflower in front of him with disgust.

"Brother, I don't want to eat..." Before he finished speaking, the Eighth Prince fed the sunflower into his mouth.

The Eighth Prince saw Zhao Yao's wrinkled face, looking like he was about to spit out the food in his mouth, and immediately warned: "Don't spit it out, let me eat it."

Zhao Yao pouted a little bit aggrievedly, very reluctantly, and ate it very disgustingly.

He had just finished eating when he was fed another chopstick of sunflower by the Eighth Prince.

"Eight pots, I can't nest again..."

"No, you have to eat a few more bites." The eighth prince deliberately put on a fierce look, "You didn't eat a single bite of food tonight."

"I don't like vegetables." He only wants to eat meat.

"Eating only meat and no vegetables is not good for your health." The eighth prince said, poking Zhao Yao's forehead, "It's wrong to be picky eaters."

"Brother, you don't even like meat, why do you have the nerve to call me a picky eater?"

"I don't like meat, but I can eat some more or less, and you don't want to eat a bite of vegetables."

Zhao Yao looked at the fourth prince for help: "Fourth brother, help me talk."

The fourth prince looked at Zhao Yao, but didn't look at the eighth prince, and said seriously: "It's wrong to be picky eaters, you should eat more vegetables." After speaking, he picked up some sunflowers and fed them into Zhao Yao's mouth.

Zhao Yao: "..."

At this moment, Emperor Wu of Zhou stood up and left Chaoyang Hall.

There are still a pile of memorials on the imperial table that have not been reviewed, so Emperor Wu of Zhou had to go back to the imperial study to review the memorials.

Even if tonight is the celebration banquet for his favorite second son, he can't be allowed to stay longer.For him, nobody and nothing mattered less than state affairs.

Emperor Wu of Zhou had his hands behind his back, humming an unpopular tune.

Sun Kui walked behind Emperor Wu of Zhou, seeing that he was so happy, he boldly said: "Your Majesty, I haven't seen you so happy for a long time."

The corner of Zhou Wudi's mouth raised a smile of unknown meaning: "Tonight's scene is not bad, I am happy to see it."

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Sun Kui was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood what Emperor Wu of Zhou meant.

"Your Majesty, are you talking about Xuan Pinghou and Zhen Guogong?"

"Duke Zhen can surprise me every time." When Emperor Wu of Zhou said these words, a deep look flashed across his eyes.

Sun Kui thought to himself, isn't it.What Duke Zhen said just now was really...unexpected.The most important thing is to embarrass Dai Wang a lot, sweeping away the limelight of Dai Wang returning from the victory.

"Duke Zhen has trained the prince very well." Emperor Wu of Zhou still had a casual smile on his face, but his eyes were indeed cold.

Sun Kui felt the displeasure of Emperor Wu of Zhou, and also knew what Emperor Wu of Zhou meant.He didn't dare to answer the words, lowered his head, bowed his waist, and followed behind obediently.

Emperor Wu of Zhou suddenly thought of something, and with a doting smile on his face, he told Sun Kui, "Let the imperial dining room deliver the remaining beef to Xiao Shi."

This endless order made Sun Kui startled slightly, and asked in surprise: "Give beef to His Highness the Tenth Highness?" What kind of reward is this?
"That kid likes to eat beef, and he has been eating beef at the banquet just now." Thinking of his younger son's behavior of secretly hiding beef at the banquet, Emperor Zhou Wu unconsciously showed a helpless, amusing and doting smile on his face.

Sun Kui didn't notice this, "I only saw General Shen eating beef all the time." Thinking of General Shen wolfing down meat, Sun Kui almost couldn't hold back his laughter.Because of General Shen's rude eating, he was often dismissed by civil servants and participated in the performance. "Doesn't His Royal Highness like to eat dim sum?"

"I like beef the most." Emperor Wu of Zhou chuckled and said, "See if there is any beef left in the imperial dining room. If there is any, send it to him." To steal meat at the celebration banquet, Xiao Shi Brat is really...

Sun Kui was surprised, he didn't expect the emperor to be so careful with His Royal Highness.

"If His Royal Highness finds out, he will be very happy."

"By the way, when you were delivering the beef, ask him if he has finished copying the Analects?"

If Zhao Yao was in front of Emperor Wu of Zhou at this time, he would definitely call Emperor Wu of Zhou a devil in his heart.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember this?" Sun Kui said with a smile, "Your Majesty Tenth may cry."

Thinking of his youngest son's little expression of grievance and anger, but he didn't dare to refute, Emperor Zhou Wu's eyes were full of smiles.

"It's good for the eyes when children cry a lot."

Sun Kui thought to himself what fallacy this is.His Majesty the Tenth Highness is really pitiful for a father like the emperor.

Back in the Imperial Study Room of Chengguang Hall, Emperor Wu of Zhou threw himself on the memorial.

Sun Kui went to the imperial dining room in person and did not send his disciples.

The eunuch in the imperial dining room was surprised, happy and frightened when he saw Chief Sun came to the imperial dining room in person, and hurriedly asked if the imperial dining room tonight was not to the emperor's liking.

"Is there any beef left tonight?"

"Beef?" The eunuch in the imperial dining room was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly said, "There is only a little left. Do you want to make supper and send it to Chengguang Hall?"

"Send all the remaining beef to the Kunde Hall for His Highness the Tenth." Sun Kui said again, "His Tenth likes to eat it."

"This beef is all fresh. If it is left overnight, it will become stale. This servant will cook the rest of the beef now so that the taste of the beef will not go bad." The eunuch in the imperial dining room was clever. Kui's words clearly came from the emperor's special order, and he was greatly shocked, after all, His Royal Highness is not very favored.

"The Tenth Highness is probably still in the Chaoyang Palace. I'll come back tomorrow morning to pick up the beef."

"Eunuch Sun, why don't you burn the leftover beef tomorrow and send it to Kunde Hall at noon?"

"The Kunde Palace has its own small kitchen, let them cook it themselves." Sun Kui confessed, "I'll come over tomorrow when the court falls." After finishing speaking, he left the imperial dining room and returned to the imperial study room to talk to Emperor Wu of Zhou. It was said that the imperial dining room had to cook the remaining beef.

Emperor Wu of Zhou nodded.

"Your Majesty, don't you only send beef and other things?" It's just a little strange to send beef. "His Highness Ten likes to eat dim sum, would you like to send some more?"

"Then send some snacks." After Zhou Wudi finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that Liang Zhaoyi loved to read books, "Give Liang Zhaoyi two selected books prepared by the emperor two days ago."

　I ate steak at noon today. I bought the marinated steak online. I didn't expect it to taste good, the meat was very tender, and most importantly, it was not expensive.

　　
　
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