Chapter 251 Ridiculous Marriage Will

Author: Zhou Liangliang

On the day before the Longevity Festival, the fourth prince and Li Pushe led the ministers, foreign envoys, and imperial students to worship the two saints Confucius and Mencius.

During the worship process, the fourth prince showed his maturity, prudent, and decent side to the ministers, foreign envoys, and imperial students. However, he also showed his sharpness and talent to the ministers.

The eulogy to pay homage to the two saints Confucius and Mencius was written by the fourth prince himself. It was very well written and made everyone present feel excited. The ministers and Taixue students were filled with pride and pride.

The fourth prince led the worship of Confucius and Mencius, which was a great success, and the foreign envoys were deeply impressed by the culture of the Central Plains.

The emperor was very satisfied with the performance of the fourth prince in the worship. He not only praised the fourth prince in public, but also rewarded the fourth prince with many things, which made the third prince and others jealous.

Seeing the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and foreign ministers praising the fourth prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King also felt jealous in their hearts. However, they did not take the Fourth Prince seriously.

Although the fourth prince led the worship of Confucius and Mencius and was praised by scholars all over the world, the fourth prince is not yet an adult and has no military commanders to support him, so he cannot pose a threat to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King.

However, the worship of Confucius and Mencius this time allowed the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the scholars of the world to see the wise and extraordinary side of the fourth prince.

The fourth prince was originally very talented and had some status in the hearts of literati. However, after worshiping Confucius and Mencius, his reputation among the people has improved a lot.

"Your Highness, the Fourth Prince's reputation is getting higher and higher now, which is very disadvantageous for us." Yu Hai hates the Fourth Prince and naturally doesn't want to see him good. "Should we stop the Fourth Prince?"

The Eighth Prince raised his eyes and glanced at Yu Hai, then asked expressionlessly: "Why do you want to stop it?"

"Your Highness, the Fourth Prince's status in the hearts of literati students all over the world is getting higher and higher, which is very detrimental to our future great cause." Yu Hai has always believed that the Fourth Prince is a person who is always pretentious. On the surface, the Fourth Prince does not interact with any ministers.

In fact, he secretly wooed ministers and literati students from all over the world.

"You are wrong. The more Zhao Yun shows up, the more beneficial it is to us." Zhao Yun is the name of the fourth prince. "If he shows up too much, the prince and the king will take action against him without us taking action."

"That's right. The Crown Prince and the Dai Wang will not spare the Fourth Prince in the first place." Yu Hai felt reassured, "Then let the Fourth Prince jump." The higher the Fourth Prince jumps, the faster he will die.

The eighth prince chuckled and said, "Zhao Yun is not a fool, he can't jump around." If the fourth prince starts to get carried away because of this matter, then he is not worthy of being the eighth prince's opponent.

Yu Hai thought about it, nodded in agreement and said, "The fourth prince is used to pretending, otherwise he wouldn't be able to coax His Highness to get close to him." Yu Hai was very dissatisfied with Zhao Yao's closeness to the fourth prince.

"Zhao Yun is quite good at pretending, but he is really good to his tenth brother." Although the eighth prince hated the fourth prince, he never let Zhao Yao stay away from the fourth prince, mainly because the fourth prince was very good to Zhao Yao.

Yu Hai said disapprovingly: "I think the Fourth Prince is deliberately getting close to His Highness the Tenth Prince." The Fourth Prince must have bad intentions.

"Zhao Yun is sincere to his tenth brother." The eighth prince could see this.

"Your Highness, how can you speak for the fourth prince?" Yu Hai said with some dissatisfaction.

"I didn't say good things for Zhao Yun, it was the truth." Otherwise, how could he let his tenth brother get close to Zhao Yun. "How did you do what I asked you to do?"

Yu Hai knew what the Eighth Prince was talking about. He said with a respectful tone: "If I get back to Your Highness, things are going very smoothly and it will be successful tonight."

The Eighth Prince nodded lightly and said, "That's good."

"Your Highness, the eldest prince of Annan has proposed to marry your noble daughter, aren't we going to respond?" Yu Hai asked cautiously and tentatively.

"Father will not agree." The Eighth Prince said very firmly.

"Why, Annan Kingdom is a vassal state of our Great Zhou Dynasty. If we marry Annan Kingdom, can Annan Kingdom and our Great Zhou Dynasty become closer to each other?" Yu Hai asked in confusion, "Don't you want Annan Kingdom to marry us?"

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"It's very simple. You are marrying a noble girl, not a princess." The eighth prince picked up the tea cup, lowered his head and sipped a few sips of tea, and said slowly, "Father will never let the family reach out to Annan Kingdom."

"If she is a princess, will the emperor agree to the marriage?"

"This is not a marriage with relatives. After all, we, the Zhou Dynasty, did not lose." The Eighth Prince corrected Yu Hai, "It is the princess of our Zhou Dynasty who is getting married."

"Your Highness is talking about it. Your Highness, do you think that if there is a princess, she can marry the eldest prince of Annan?"

The Eighth Prince did not answer immediately, but thought for a moment before saying: "Maybe, maybe not."

Yu Hai wondered why His Highness spoke so ambiguously. However, he did not dare to ask.

"Your Highness, tomorrow is the Longevity Festival. You have to get up before dawn. You'd better not read any more tonight and go to bed early."

Hearing this, the Eighth Prince put down the book in his hand, stood up and said, "Then go to sleep."

Before going to bed, Yu Hai had already put several hot water bottles in the Eighth Prince's quilt to warm the bed.

The eighth prince is weak and afraid of cold. Every winter, he will wrap himself into a ball.

This winter, the Eighth Prince is much more comfortable and relaxed.

The cloak he usually wears is a gift from Zhao Yao, the cotton-padded jacket he wears is also a gift from Zhao Yao, and the hot water bottle used to warm his hands and bed is also a gift from Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao asked someone to make a hot water bottle out of pig water. The hand-warming effect was very good, but it was quite troublesome to make.

Ever since he got the hot water bottle that Zhao Yao asked someone to make, the Eighth Prince couldn't put it down and took it with him wherever he went. Thanks to it, the Eighth Prince was no longer as afraid of the cold this winter as before.

Yu Hai saw that the hot water bottle in the bed heater was no longer warm, so he hurriedly went to replace it with hot water.

"Your Highness, please cover your hands."

The Eighth Prince sat back on the bed, covering his hands with a hot water bottle. Yu Hai placed another hot water bottle at his feet.

"Your Highness, His Royal Highness is really thoughtful and made a hot water bottle for you." Yu Hai said with a smile, "The hot water bottle that His Highness made is much warmer than Mrs. Tang."

"Yes, thanks to the hot water bottle made by my tenth brother. After winter, I am no longer afraid of the cold." The eighth prince held the hot water bottle in his hands, and the heat from the hot water bottle spread to his heart through his hands. After winter, the eighth prince not only

His hands and feet were warm, and his heart was also very hot. "It was also difficult for him to come up with the idea of ​​using pig water to make a hot water bottle."

"Your Highness, His Highness Tenth is not very smart in studying, but he is very smart in making these weird things. As for this cotton, everyone thinks it is just a flower, but His Highness Tenth uses it to make quilts, cotton clothes, cotton

Shoes." Yu Hai was full of admiration for Zhao Yao, "These cotton clothes and shoes are so warm to wear." Thanks to the blessing of His Highness, the palace servants also wore cotton clothes after the winter this year.

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"The tenth brother is very smart." The eighth prince chuckled, "However, using cotton to make clothes and quilts is something that most people would never think of."

"After all, His Highness made the hot water bottles and cotton-padded clothes just for you." In this world, apart from him, only His Highness has His Highness in his heart and always cares about Him. His Highness has been unlucky since he was a child, but fortunately, His Highness has His Highness.

"Your Highness, Your Highness is worried about your health."

The eighth prince said nothing, but there was a smile on his face.

Yu Hai brought a bowl of hot goat milk: "Your Highness, please use it."

There was a hint of disgust on the Eighth Prince's face, but he still reached out to take the goat's milk and drank it in a big gulp.

It was Zhao Yao's order to let the eighth prince drink a bowl of goat's milk morning and evening. When he saw that the eighth prince was weak and that taking tonics had no effect, he thought of Zhao Yao's habit of drinking milk since he was a child in his dream. However, the eighth prince's spleen and stomach

It was not good. He had diarrhea when he drank milk, so Zhao Yao thought of goat milk.

The Eighth Prince had diarrhea after drinking cow's milk, but was fine with goat's milk. Zhao Yao told Yu Hai to cook a bowl of goat's milk for the Eighth Prince every morning and evening, and he must watch the Eighth Prince drink it.

Zhao Yao also told the eighth prince to eat more mutton in winter, which would be good for his health.

After Yu Hai helped the Eighth Prince to sleep, he did not leave, but stayed by the Eighth Prince's bed.

At this time, in a house somewhere in the capital, the third prince was heading to Wushan with Princess Annan. However, if you look carefully, there was something wrong with Princess Anang's expression.

The next day, before dawn, Zhao Yao in Kunde Hall was woken up by Tongxi.

After washing up and having a quick breakfast, Zhao Yao went to Chonghua Palace. Halfway there, he met the Eighth Prince.

Zhao Yao hurriedly asked the eighth prince if he was cold or not.

Because he would be worshiping his ancestors later, the Eighth Prince could not bring a hot water bottle or soup pot.

The Eighth Prince said it was not cold wearing a cotton-padded jacket, but Zhao Yao touched his hands and found that they were cold.

Only then did Zhao Yao remember that he had forgotten to make the gloves. After the Longevity Festival was over, he would ask someone to make the gloves.

The eighth prince saw Zhao Yao holding his hands and lowering his head to blow hot air on his hands, which made his eyes slightly moist.

Zhao Yao rubbed the eighth prince's hands with his small hands again, and did not stop until the eighth prince's hands were heated.

He also told the Eighth Prince to rub his hands together if it feels cold during the ceremony.

Zhao Yao followed the eighth prince to Chonghua Palace. The other princes had already arrived, but the third prince had not arrived yet. After a while, when the sacrifice was about to begin, the third prince arrived belatedly.

The third prince looked a little haggard and his face was a little ugly. He said that he had not slept well last night because he was too excited, but the ministers did not believe a word of it.

Experienced ministers could not tell what the third prince did last night.

At Mao hour, the sacrifice officially begins.

The emperor first took his sons to worship the late emperor, the late queen mother, and his ancestors. Then he led all the civil and military officials of the dynasty to worship heaven and earth.

By the time the sacrifices were finished, it was already Chen hour.

The emperor turned around and went to the main hall of Chengguang Hall to accept the congratulations from his sons and civil and military officials.

First, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led the princes to congratulate the Emperor on his birthday.

The birthday gift presented by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was a stone with the character [Shou] in it. His Highness the Crown Prince said that this stone was naturally formed with the character [Shou] in it, and he did not find someone to carve it.

The birthday gift given to the king was a sky stone, which suddenly fell from the sky when he was fighting chaos in Liangzhou.

The birthday gift given by the third prince was a birthday painting by a famous calligrapher and painter from the previous dynasty.

The fourth prince's birthday gift was a birthday picture he drew himself.

The fifth prince's birthday gift was a birthday peach carved from jade.

The sixth prince's birthday gift was a bow and arrow.
To be continued...