7. Eighth Prince

 Even though the emperor was in a good mood today, he was impatient to listen to the intrigues among the concubines. After having dinner for a while, he got up and left. Seeing this, Concubine Rong knew that the emperor was unhappy and stopped eating, so she hurriedly chased after him.

  When Queen Xie and Concubine De saw the emperor leaving, they were not in the mood to continue eating, so they all got up and left.

  Zhao Yao and Liang Zhaoyi did not leave in a hurry, but waited until they were done eating. After all, it would be such a waste to leave without taking a few bites of a table of good food.

  On the way back to Kunde Hall, Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren didn't say anything, worried that the walls had ears.

  "Concubine, I want to go to Xingde Palace to visit Myna." Zhao Yao raised his hand and patted his chest and said with a smile, "I brought delicious food to Myna." When they were having dinner just now, Zhao Yao I took a few delicious snacks and put them in my arms to warm them.

  The Eighth Prince suffered from a cold and has been recuperating in Xingde Palace in the past few days, so he did not appear at today's dinner.

  "Go, but don't stay too long, it will disturb your myna's rest."

  "I'll give the snacks to myna and I'll be back." After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he took Tongxi to Xingde Palace.

  Poppy looked at Zhao Yao's leaving figure, thinking of the unfavored eighth prince, and sighed slightly: "The eighth prince is also pitiful."

  Liang Zhaoyi understood what Poppy meant, but she did not agree with Poppy's words, and She said: "Let's go back."

  Poppy didn't say anything more. She took the fifth princess's hand and followed Liang Zhaoyi back to Kunde Hall.

  Pan Cairen has been waiting for them to come back. Seeing them coming back, I quickly asked them if anything had happened or if they had been bullied.

  The poppy was silent at the dinner, but became eloquent as soon as she returned to Kunde Hall. She vividly told Pan Cairen what happened at the dinner.

  At this time, Zhao Yao had arrived at Xingdeok Palace.

  The Eighth Prince had not rested yet. He was sitting on the bed reading a book. He was very surprised when he saw him coming: "Tenth brother, why are you here?"

  "I came to see you, Eighth Prince." Zhao Yao walked to the Eighth Prince's bed. , carefully studied the Eighth Prince's face. Seeing that his star brother's complexion looked much better than the previous two days, he felt relieved. "Brother Eight, are you feeling better?"

  "Much better." The Eighth Prince looked at Zhao Yao with gentle eyes, suddenly remembered something, and asked hurriedly, "Brother Ten, aren't you supposed to be at the dinner party at Qiong Linyuan now? "The dinner is over. "

  Zhao Yao said, taking out a bag of snacks from his arms and passing them to the eighth prince, "Brother, these are the snacks I got from the dinner. They are very delicious. Please try them quickly." ."

  The eighth prince's eyes were slightly sour when he saw Zhao Yao attending the dinner and not forgetting to bring him snacks. He reached out to take the snack and found that it was still hot, and his eyes were a little red.

  "Brother Eight, the snack is still hot. Eat it quickly. It won't taste good when it's cold."

  The eighth prince smiled slightly at Zhao Yao, then picked up a piece of snack and fed it to Zhao Yao's mouth: "Tenth brother, you Eat it too."

  "Brother, I've eaten. Hurry up and eat." "Okay, I'll eat." Zhao Yao hurriedly asked, "   Brother , is it delicious?"The prince nodded and said, "It's delicious. It's very delicious."

  "Myna, the dishes at the dinner are also delicious. It's a pity that you didn't go because you were sick." Next, Zhao Yao chattered to the eighth prince what dish to eat at the dinner. The food is delicious, what a good way to eat it.

 The eighth prince and the eunuch serving him listened to Zhao Yao's description. They both felt greedy and couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

  Although Zhao Yao is not very smart in reading and not very good at talking, he becomes eloquent as long as he talks about delicious food. Even if it is a very simple dish, he can make it very delicious.

  "Brother, when the second brother comes back, there will be a celebration banquet and there will be delicious food. You have to take good care of yourself before the second brother comes back."

"That's right. I'll take good care of myself as soon as possible. Let's eat delicious food together with you." The eighth prince pretended to be casual and asked Zhao Yao, "Did anything interesting happen at the dinner tonight?"

  "Nothing interesting happened." , Zhao Yao suddenly sighed, "Brother Ninth and Brother Seven quarreled again."

 "What were they arguing about?"

"Brother Ninth said he wanted to fight and be a hero like Brother Two, and then Brother Seven said he was a bear..." Zhao Yao told the eighth prince about the dispute between the seventh prince and the ninth prince at the dinner party.

  "Tenth brother, did the ninth brother bully you?"

  "No." When mentioning the ninth prince, Zhao Yao couldn't help complaining to the eighth prince, "Eighth brother, you don't know how annoying the ninth brother is. He has been showing off the second brother all morning. He will continue to show off about winning the battle tomorrow. "Not only tomorrow, but also for a long time to come, the Nine Emperor Brothers will continue to show off about the victory of the Second Emperor Brother.

  "What he said is his, you don't have to pay attention to it." The eighth prince said as he finished the few snacks Zhao Yao sent.

  "Brother, I won't disturb your rest. I'll come see you tomorrow."

  Although the eighth prince wanted to talk to Zhao Yao for a while, it was getting late and it got a lot colder at night. He was worried that Zhao Yao would freeze if he went back late. With.

  "Be careful on the road."

  "Brother, you have to sleep well and stop reading, so that you can recover quickly." Zhao Yao coaxed the eighth prince in the tone of a three-year-old child, "Brother, if you are obedient, I will take care of the five princes tomorrow." My sister made snacks for you."

  "I'll go to bed right away."

  The eighth prince asked his eunuch Yu Hai to take Zhao Yao back to Kunde Hall, but Zhao Yao refused. He had no choice but to ask Yu Hai to take him to the entrance of Xingdeok Palace.

  Seeing Yu Hai coming back so quickly, the Eighth Prince said with some dissatisfaction: "Didn't I ask you to send the tenth brother to the door?"   

  "This slave was driven back by His Highness The Tenth Highness. His Highness asked the slave to come back as soon as possible to take care of you, and also asked the slave to monitor whether you slept well." Yu Hai said with a smile, "Your Highness, His Highness the Tenth Highness really cares about you."

  "Yes, Fortunately, there are ten brothers and Concubine Liang. "In the palace, no one cares about his life and death except Concubine Liang and Concubine Liang who really care about him.

  "Empress Zhaoyi and His Highness the Tenth Prince are rare good people in the palace." Everyone in the palace looked down on the Eighth Prince, and everyone bullied the Eighth Prince. Only Liang Zhaoyi and His Highness the Tenth Prince never bullied the Eighth Prince. In the past few years, thanks to Liang Zhaoyi's care and help, otherwise His Highness would have had a very difficult time in the palace.

  "Concubine Liang and her tenth brother are different from the rest of the palace." Everyone in the palace is hypocritical, vicious, disgusting, and dirty, but Concubine Liang and the others are clean. "What's going on with the Crown Prince?"

  "To return to Your Highness..."

  After listening to Yu Hai's report, the Eighth Prince raised a playful smile on his lips: "Concubine Rong Gui is really good at asking the King to go to Yangzhou to help quell the chaos. "

  Your Highness, will the Emperor really let the King go to Yangzhou?"

  "I hope that the Emperor will really send the King to Yangzhou, but unfortunately..." The Eighth Prince shook his head and said, "The Emperor will not do that."

  "Why is it that if the king is sent, the rebellion in Yangzhou will be pacified soon?"

  "Although my father is dissatisfied with the Xie family, it is not the time to attack the Xie family yet." The eighth prince said meaningfully, "Besides, , King Dai is coming back. The prince and the Xie family can't sit still."

  Yu Hai heard it half-understood, but he didn't ask again.

  "Your Highness, His Highness Tenth told you to go to bed quickly and stop reading."

  The Eighth Prince handed the book in his hand to Yu Hai and scolded with a smile: "You actually know how to use chicken feathers as arrows."

  Yu Hai smiled flatteringly at the Eighth Prince. He smiled and said, "I am doing this for your own good."

  On the other side, Zhao Yao had a little accident on his way back to Kunde Hall ...

  (End of chapter)