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The prince showed a tacit expression, and patted him on the shoulder: "It's good that you can think so."

Immediately approached and lowered his voice: "Actually, when your good news came a while ago, I suggested to His Majesty that there were many doubts about your biological mother back then, but now that you have made a lot of contributions, instead of rewarding you with gold and silver , why not give your biological mother a title, but Your Majesty..."

The crown prince hesitated to speak, but He Rong continued his words: "Your Majesty will definitely say that this matter was decided by the late emperor. As a son of man, he cannot easily overthrow the late emperor's decision, not to mention that after so many years, my biological mother has not cleared up the matter." If there is evidence of suspicion, pardoning my mother for such a reason will only make the world talk about your majesty's injustice."

Without even thinking about it, he could give Emperor Jiayou a series of reasons without blinking his eyes.

The prince smiled wryly, and pointed at him: "You, you!"

He Rong raised his eyebrows: "Why, didn't His Majesty say so?"

Prince: "That's what he said, but you... hey! I know you've been thinking about this matter in your heart. In the final analysis, it's still useless for me to be the big brother..."

He Rong interrupted him: "Brother, I am very grateful that you are willing to express your feelings to His Majesty for this matter. Since His Majesty is not willing to let go, you don't have to say it in the future, so as not to disturb his old man."

The prince said: "Ah Xin has been thinking about you, come with me to see him, you can go home."

He Rong nodded.

The prince took his shoulders, and the two walked forward.

The summer wind is blowing slowly, blowing on the face, but it can't blow the hotness in the bottom of my heart.

"I think you were the most useful among our brothers back then, and you often gave advice to His Majesty. To be honest, I always felt that if you hadn't asked His Majesty to write letters to the late Emperor frequently, we wouldn't have been able to return to Beijing so soon. , but Your Majesty...has some misunderstandings about you, and is always brooding over the death of Prince Gongmin. As for you, you are soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and you have a stubborn temper. , admit your mistake with a hippie smile in front of His Majesty, and act coquettishly, His Majesty may soften his heart, but you don't."

The prince shook his head and sighed. He still remembered that when they were in Zhushan County, their family was in a difficult situation. A plate of meat had to be divided into several meals. Once a plate of sauced meat disappeared in the kitchen. Afterwards, his father smelled the sauce from He Rong's clothes. He also found that the sauce meat was stained with stains on his clothes, so he asked He Rong, but he refused to admit it, his father only thought he was lying, and seeing that he refused to give in, he just picked up the cane and beat him. The one who helped to intercede, and the concubine Yuan's persuasion by the side, gave up.

He told the story and asked He Rong, "Do you still remember?"

He Rong shook his head: "I don't really remember."

Prince: "You were only eight or nine years old at the time. A few days later, my father found that his clothes had been bitten by a mouse, and he found a mouse hole in the corner. He dug it out along the mouse hole, but the mouse had not had time to eat it. Only then did I realize that the food was not hidden properly, and was taken away by mice in the middle of the night, and the mice ran around, causing you to be wronged. That's why I said, you have been more stubborn than a donkey since you were a child, and you obviously made a mistake at the time If you are soft, you will not be beaten, but you still refuse to bow your head, and you will suffer from flesh and blood as a result."

He Rong said lightly: "It wasn't something I did, why should I admit my mistake?"

The prince laughed angrily: "Look, your temperament has been the same for decades and has never changed! If you want me to say, Your Majesty is not what it used to be. He used to be our father, but now he is the Ninth Five-Year Lord. You If you don't bow your head, do you still have to wait for His Majesty to bow to you first?"

He Rong: "Brother, I have never had such a disrespectful thought of asking His Majesty to bow to me. As a minister and son of man, I can only do my duty. As for Your Majesty's understanding, I can't control it." It's gone."

Prince: "Okay, okay, you have worked hard all the way, let's not talk about these spoilers! Today, apart from letting you meet Ah Xin, I, as a brother, have something else, and I want to ask you to help me out! You I don’t know, my life in the capital is not much better than yours outside, and I’m almost bored to death with a lawsuit in my head!”

After he finished speaking, he saw that He Rong looked down at his shadow on the ground and didn't answer, so he had to remind: "Sanlang?"

"Huh?" He Rong seemed to come back to his senses, and looked up at him blankly. "What do you want to say, brother?"

The prince felt that he couldn't see through his younger brother more and more. If he was said to be deep-minded, he refused to bow his head in front of the king. If he was said to be upright, he was not ambiguous when he should pretend to be confused.

"I said, what were you talking about with Duke Heng just now?"

He Rong: "It's nothing. There have been a lot of happy events in Duke Heng's mansion recently, so I just want to congratulate him. Brother, do you have food in the East Palace? I've been hungry since morning. I'll see you there. Let’s go to visit another day. Look at Sang Lin, his cheeks are sunken from hunger.”

Sang Lin followed him all the time, except for saluting when His Majesty saw him, and answering a few questions from Emperor Jiayou, he never spoke again. It wasn't that he didn't dare to speak, but he remembered his father's instructions before he left. Nobles everywhere, it is better to say a word less than to talk nonsense, so as not to cause trouble to His Royal Highness Wang An.

It is said that the crown prince and the two brothers An Wang were talking in front, and he silently followed behind, with his left ear coming in and his right ear coming out, occasionally secretly admiring the beautiful scenery in the palace.

Hearing his name suddenly, Sang Lin subconsciously said, "I'm not hungry!"

After finishing speaking, he realized that he had dismantled His Royal Highness King An's stage. Seeing King An rolled his eyes, Sang Lin could only scratch his head and laugh dryly, pretending to be stupid.

The prince laughed and said: "It's true that one thing is one thing, only a person like Sang Lin can cure you! There is food, you can have whatever you want, I have already ordered them to prepare snacks, keep them for you to eat Have fun!"

The East Palace is located to the east of the Imperial Palace. Its full name is Xianqing Palace. In addition to the main hall, there are three side halls and side halls, which are mainly used for the living and reading of the prince and the residence of the prince's family.After He Mu became the crown prince, he never abandoned his wretched wife, and he never took concubines. In fact, the owner of the big East Palace was only the husband and wife, as well as some low-ranking officials of the East Palace.

When the crown prince brought congratulations into the room, several officials of the East Palace were talking, and upon seeing this, they all stood up and saluted.

"Come on, Sanlang, let me introduce you. This is Liu Zhong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who is now serving as the guest of the crown prince. There is also this one, Yu Xian, Shaoqing of Sinong, who also serves as the guest of the crown prince. Here are Jiang Yue, Li Yun , Gongsun Liang, the current prince Zhongsheren."

He Rong knew Liu Zhong and Yu Xian, and he also knew that they came from humble backgrounds and had no background. They all entered the imperial court through the imperial examination and were promoted step by step. Then the other three should be similar. The same is true.

He Rong returned the gift to them: "I have heard that there are many talents around my elder brother, but I didn't expect that there is already a Jixia Academy."

The prince obviously found this kind of metaphor very useful. Hearing the words, he smiled modestly and said: "How can I compare with Duke Huan of Qi? There are dozens of well-educated scholars in the Jixia Academy, but there are only a few here. But having said that, I have little talent and little learning, and thanks to the help of these good teachers and helpful friends here, I will not be so easy to laugh at."

Everyone naturally said that His Royal Highness is too modest.

The food and wine were served one after another, He Rong did not exaggerate, he was indeed hungry, and he didn't bother to pretend to be elegant, so he just buried his head in the meal in silence, plus a mulberry forest, those who didn't know thought the two were hungry in the deep mountains and old forests It was only released after a year and a half.

The prince couldn't help laughing when he saw this, and signaled the maid to pour wine for King An quickly: "I heard that although Lingnan is regarded as a wild place by ignorant women and children, in fact, the towns and cities are also lively, so it won't starve you two like this?"

He Rong didn't even raise his head: "Brother said lightly, Your Majesty has a summons, we dare not delay on the way, if there is no inn along the way, we can only eat dry food, for several days, now seeing this delicious wine and delicacies, delicacies from mountains and seas, naturally Very kind."

The prince sighed: "No wonder you lost a lot of weight, it's really hard for you!"

While speaking, the Crown Princess Song brought the eldest grandson He Xin over.

He Rong couldn't hold on to the bamboo chopsticks any longer, so he hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Song's appearance didn't change much, and she didn't have too many accessories on her body, but He Xin had grown a lot taller after not seeing her for a while.

Uncles, uncles and nephews exchanged some greetings, the crown prince then said: "I reunited with Sanlang after a long absence, and I have a lot to say, you guys go down first, it won't be too late to go and play with your third uncle when Ah Xin leaves the palace some other day."

In fact, He Rong also knew that it was just an excuse that the prince specially invited him to visit him, saying that He Xin missed him.

What should come will always come, he looked at the plate of cherry porridge that was almost untouched in front of him, and felt a little regretful.

Sure enough, the prince said: "Two days ago, Prime Minister Zhou passed away."

He Rong raised his head: "The elders of the three dynasties have worked hard and made great achievements. The first seven days have not passed yet. I will take time to pay a memorial service in the mansion in the next few days."

The crown prince nodded: "It should be, I have also been ordered by His Majesty to go to express my condolences. But when Prime Minister Zhou left, the phase became vacant. In your opinion, who should take over?"

He Rong raised his eyebrows: "Brother, you shouldn't ask me that. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. You don't need anyone's consent if you want to worship someone. What's more, based on your Majesty's perception of me, I'm afraid that the more I support someone, the more your Majesty will be." won't listen."

The prince smiled wryly: "Stop being angry. Although His Majesty treats you coldly sometimes, as long as it is your opinion, which time will the old man not be kind in the end?"

He Rong: "Then last time I suggested that Your Majesty should make Concubine Yin the empress, why didn't Your Majesty obey?"

The prince had a headache: "Sanlang, why did you go to Lingnan and come back like a hedgehog with fried hair, and you can't get along with me for a word?"

He Rong said calmly, "Maybe I ate too many fried bugs."

Sang Lin almost snorted, and quickly covered her mouth.

Liu Zhong and others present here did not expect Wang An to speak with the prince in such an attitude, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

The prince has long been used to it, he knows that his third younger brother has a little arrogance in his bones, and he might not show it on weekdays, but just now he and He Xiu were in the Xuanzheng Palace, and they also made meritorious deeds and returned, but in the end they were treated favorably by Emperor Jiayou, so there was inevitably resentment in his heart .

If you think about it this way, it makes sense.

The prince comforted him and said: "I just said this to show that your majesty still listens to your advice. After all, the posthumous title of queen cannot be compared with that of prime minister. I know you are not happy today, but every point counts for one point." , must not be confused."

He Rong took a sip of his wine and said slowly, "I haven't been in the capital for more than half a year, and I don't know much about the situation in the court. In my opinion, who is Your Majesty's current preference?"

The prince looked directly at him and didn't want to play Tai Chi with him anymore.

"You should have expected that His Majesty favors Duke Heng."