Is the prince abolished today?

The predecessors used their blood and tears to tell these officials of the Ministry of Rites that a conflict with the little prince at this moment is not good for them, or even for their entire department.

Wasn't their former boss Zhang Shangshu three years ago a vivid negative example?

The court discussed the affairs well in the early morning, Zhang Shangshu did not know where the sense of justice came from, and he insisted on asking Emperor Changping to severely punish the little prince who was late again, so as to rectify the discipline.As the only child in the family, Zhang Shangshu, who has a simple family population, obviously does not know the difference between disciplining other people's children and disciplining his own children.At that time, His Majesty first came to the Great Treasure, and it was the time to win people's hearts. As an uncle, how could he really severely punish the cheap nephew who had just experienced the pain of losing his father?

The little prince is just a matter of moving his fingers, and their unlucky boss Zhang Shangshu is very miserable.

Every three days, the little prince would stop him at the gate of the palace to drink tea and talk heart-to-heart. When he went to court, if he was a little disheveled or in a bad state, he would be picked on by the little prince, making all kinds of cynicism.The physically and mentally exhausted Zhang Shangshu couldn't take it anymore, so he wrote to the emperor at a young age, requesting to return to his hometown to be a small county magistrate of the seventh grade and serve the people.

I heard that until now, Zhang Shangshu, who is diligently planting sweet potatoes in his hometown, still receives kind greetings from the Prince's Mansion every now and then, not to mention how miserable it is.

"Your Majesty, do you see...?"

The witty officials of the Ministry of Rituals finally chose to ask His Majesty for help.

Emperor Changping's mood at this moment is like seeing a child who has been taking the bottom of the mock exam suddenly ranks first in the class, completely a gratified old father.

Compared with the happy event of the child taking the first place in the class, is it important where the child stands to listen to the class?

Not only is it unimportant, it can even be said to be worth mentioning.The prince next to him is the most honorable one in the whole hall except for him, the emperor.Emperor Changping was even seriously considering whether he would give him the right to choose his seat freely if his prince could come to the morning court on time in the future.

After all, he is not only the emperor, but also a parent.In the eyes of parents, what else can be more important than children's academic performance?

Looking at the young man in scarlet robe standing next to Wei Zhao full of energy, Emperor Changping came up with a word he had read in books before -- wolf pack effect.

The general meaning of this word is that throwing lambs into wolves that will eat sheep will increase the survival rate of lambs more than putting lambs in warm sheep nests. Moreover, growing up in wolves Young lambs tend to be stronger than lambs raised in normal environments.This is because the "incentive" from natural enemies is more likely to stimulate the lamb's desire to survive.

In the eyes of Emperor Changping, Wei Zhao is the wolf pack, and his prince is the lamb.Hehe, this is the first day for the two of them to go to court at the same time. Because of the existence of wolves, the lamb doesn't dare to be late.After a while, the lamb should arrive early.

Emperor Changping, who was about to let the crown prince freely choose his seat, changed his mind in an instant.

"No need. From now on, the prince will stand next to Dingbeihou in the early court."

Emperor Changping, who thought he had mastered a certain law of jungle survival and perfectly applied it to children's education, smiled mysteriously and announced proudly.

Officials:? ?

The official of the Ministry of Rites who is still looking forward to my dear Majesty to set things right and preside over the Chaogang:? ? ?

"Your Majesty's move is brilliant."

An old minister of Emperor Wu's dynasty immediately interpreted His Majesty's strategy: "It should be just a coincidence that the prince stood beside Marquis Dingbei today, but His Majesty quickly grasped this coincidence and made it inevitable. Hehe, what does this mean? This means that His Majesty is finally going to attack the little prince."

"That's right!" Another veteran echoed excitedly: "Putting the crown prince next to Dingbeihou is equivalent to putting the prince on the blade. A sharp knife may hurt people at any time. Dingbeihou has always been vigorous and resolute. Acting domineeringly, you must retaliate, and you can't tolerate sand in your eyes. If the little prince has something to fall into the hands of Dingbeihou, hehe, the consequences can be imagined. Brother Qingping, you and I newly drafted the letter of the waste storage last night, look at it. There will be a chance to hand it over soon.”

For a moment, all the veterans of Emperor Wu's court seemed to have seen the dawn of hope, and they exchanged eyes that resembled tears, and looked at His Majesty the Emperor sitting on the dragon chair with increasing admiration.

Although the thinking was not on the same line at all, Emperor Changping was very happy with the reactions of his courtiers. As soon as Emperor Changping was happy, he made another happy decision: in the future, Marquis Wei Zhao of Dingbei will be responsible for supervising the discipline of the princes in the early court. .If the princes, including the crown prince, violate discipline, they will be directly handed over to the Marquis of Dingbei to formulate punishment measures.

This time the courtiers understood in seconds.Now there are only four princes who are eligible to go to court, the crown prince, the eldest prince Mu Jue, the second prince Mu Xiao, and the third prince Mu Han.Needless to say, the first prince is notoriously strict with himself. Although the second prince is a bit reckless, but because he has a strong desire to show off, he can show his presence in front of his dear father in the morning court. They are more active and enthusiastic than the eldest prince, and they speak the most times.And the taciturn third prince is completely a standard background board existence, you want to find out what is shining or outstanding about him, sorry, there is none.But if you want to find anything wrong with him, sorry, it's impossible.

So to sum up, among the princes, the only one who often violated the discipline of the early court was actually the little prince.On the surface, His Majesty asked Marquis Dingbei to supervise the discipline of the princes, but in fact it was to supervise the discipline of the little prince. The reason why he pulled the other three princes out to accompany him was just to save the little prince some face.

More importantly, His Majesty Gao Ming also handed over the power of punishment to Dingbeihou.I heard that the Marquis of Dingbei is notoriously iron-blooded and ruthless in his military training. Hehe, it can be said that training the little prince is very exciting.

"My son obeys."

"My son obeys."

"My son obeys."

The First Prince, Second Prince, and Third Prince responded in turn.Only the young man in scarlet robe standing at the front lowered his eyelids expressionlessly and showed no reaction.

Emperor Changping didn't mind this, just imagine, which lamb would be willing to be thrown into the pack of wolves by his parents, it would be good if he didn't cry or make trouble, and you expect him to come over happily to thank you?It's normal to have a little temper.

But Emperor Changping was afraid that Wei Zhao would mind, so he opened his mouth to smooth things over: "My princes have different personalities, some like to talk, and some don't like to talk. From now on, I will trouble Aiqing to discipline me."

"Your Majesty trusts me so much. It is my honor. I dare not say that I am tired. I believe that all princes and princes are dragons and phoenixes among people. Even if there is no minister to supervise, they still know the etiquette and observe the etiquette, and they have a certain amount of advance and retreat."

Wei Zhao smiled, his voice was always low and magnetic, making it difficult to see whether he was displeased or dissatisfied with the prince's disrespectful behavior.

It stands to reason that there are courtiers who praise their children in front of civil and military officials. Emperor Changping should be proud. The naughty prince who kept the etiquette was around, so Emperor Changping felt guilty.

Also, why did his crown prince suddenly cast an angry little look at him just now?

Did he finally realize belatedly that he was thrown into the pack of wolves by his father?Can't sleep in anymore?

Without stress there is no motivation.

This time, the emperor must not soften his heart.

Emperor Changping told himself firmly in his heart, and returned the prince with a warning look.In the future, if you dare to arrive late and leave early, even the emperor will not be able to help you.

Mu Yun: "..."

snort!

He wasn't afraid of being thrown into the pack of wolves at all, he just wanted to be the only sheep to be thrown into it!

Has the brain circuit of his cheap father been eaten by dogs!

Why would you want to tie him up with his group of cheap brothers in such a mindless way!

hum hum hum hum!

"Your Highness, your wat board is upside down."

When His Royal Highness was about to explode in anger, a cool voice suddenly rang in his ears.

Mu Yun glanced at the wat board in his hand, and immediately:! ! ! !

Emperor Changping saw this scene on the dragon chair, and said very gratified: "With the strict teaching of Marquis Wei, I believe that the princes will be more familiar with the etiquette of the early court."

"His Majesty!"

Seeing that the development of things is getting more and more deviated from the original expectation, the old Chang Ning Wang, the head of the clan, couldn't help but speak out: "The old minister implores His Majesty to take back the order and hand over the supervision and discipline of His Highness to the ministers and other clans. relative."

The old Changning King didn't really want to care about the little prince's late arrival and early departure, but felt that the emperor had no good intentions in handing the little prince over to Wei Zhao to discipline him. He even suspected conspiracy theory that the emperor deliberately used this to deter them.

Look, I already hold Emperor Wu's bloodline in my hand, what do you supporters of Emperor Wu's bloodline have to compete with me.At that time, Wei Zhao will find any reason to get rid of the little prince, and the emperor will be able to abolish the reserve in a fair manner.

The emperor might not have tried to find an idea before, but the little prince had a perverse temper, and no one in the court dared to take care of him.It's different now, now that Wei Zhao is back, no matter how fierce the wolf cub is, he has to submit obediently in front of this cold-faced killer.Did Su Yulin, who was sent to northern Xinjiang by the Su family two years ago, almost have his legs broken by Wei Zhao not long ago?

"Marquis Dingbei can supervise the other princes, but the crown prince, it's better to leave it to the ministers." King Changning's tone was very strong: "This is clearly written in the imperial edict by Emperor Wu, and the ministers dare not disobey."

Emperor Changping's good mood in the morning was completely ruined by the old Changning King's gourd face.

Discipline?

Does his prince need others to discipline him?Is it just a show to be the emperor?

One or two came to join in the fun, what if the prince was so scared that he didn't dare to come to the court in the future?

As the saying goes, faces are born from the heart, and with his acrimonious appearance like Uncle Wang, Emperor Changping didn't think at all that he would use any gentle means to discipline his prince.

But as a well-cultivated emperor, Emperor Changping couldn't confront his Wang Shugang directly. He just frowned slightly to express his dissatisfaction: "You are not joking, Uncle Wang suddenly brought up this matter now, is it to make me go back on what I said?"

Before King Changning could respond, Emperor Changping said firmly, "I would never do such a thing in front of civil and military officials. I also want to save face."

"What's more, I have now handed over the responsibility of supervising the prince to Dingbeihou. If Uncle Wang wants to intervene, it doesn't work to tell me. Why don't we discuss it with Dingbeihou?"

King Changning: "..."

King Changning: "..."

King Changning: "..."

Although he was very dissatisfied with the emperor's behavior of throwing the pot away, compared with confronting Wei Zhao head-on, there are some things that he is more willing to figure out slowly.

The left and right little princes are isolated and helpless in the court, no matter how ignorant they are, they cannot do without their old clansmen.When the little prince is severely punished by Wei Zhao, why don't he obediently come and beg for their protection?Heh, let him suffer a little bit now, that's fine.

……

After the court was over, Wei Zhao stayed alone to report to Emperor Changping about the Zixia Temple.

Hearing that Li Tianshi had set up a secret prison in the alchemy room, Emperor Changping was also shocked and furious: "A royal Taoist temple conferred by the former emperor is so filthy. If the people know it, how can the royal majesty survive! Look at it, Who is it that was imprisoned and abused by Master Li in the stone prison, is it really the boy with the totem of Listening Truth on his back?"

"Li Tianshi, why did you abuse a child for no reason?"

"Is that child still alive?"

"If that child has..."

The two monarchs and ministers tacitly exchanged a worried look. If the mysterious boy had been tortured to death by Li Tianshi, then the clues about Di Ting that had been traced so hard would be broken.

Wei Zhaodao: "I judge that the young man should still be alive."

"Because there are no traces of bones found in the stone prison and alchemy room. And according to the Taoist priest in the temple, Tianshi Li will bring the boy back to the temple only around the fifteenth day of every month."

"Three years ago when the rebel army attacked the city, Li Tianshi was summoned into the palace by Emperor Wu at the beginning of the month. He never returned to the temple until he was shot dead by the rebel army on the tower. After that, the Taoist priests in the temple never saw the boy again. So I speculate that after Li Tianshi's death, the young man lost contact with him."

"By the way, I found this thing in that stone prison."

Wei Zhao handed a piece of clothing stained with dark red blood to the imperial case.Emperor Changping only glanced at it, then turned pale with shock: "Is this... a thing in the palace?"

"Yes, this is a kind of tribute satin that can only be found in the palace. Li Tianshi, a Taoist priest, would definitely not use this kind of precious cloth to sew robes."

"Then it can only be that boy." Emperor Changping couldn't help but gasped.

The assassins who listened to Di Ting back then were all trained secretly in the palace since childhood, so it was not surprising that they wore satin robes.This discovery almost confirmed the identity of the young man who listened to the killer.

Wei Zhao: "I have sent more people to track down Chunyu Puppet's whereabouts. I am afraid that only this person can unlock the secret of the year."

Emperor Changping nodded: "You have worked hard during this period. I will also order the Zonglu Court to secretly search for the flow of all the satin and manjusri in the palace back then, and maybe I can get a clue or two."

……

In the second prince's mansion, Mu Xiao was not only sour but also shocked when he heard the news reported by his subordinates.

"The eldest prince visited Mrs. Wei at the Dingbeihou Mansion yesterday afternoon, and received warm hospitality from Mrs. Wei..."

"I heard that Mrs. Wei intends to choose a housemate for the Marquis of Dingbei among the aristocratic youths in central Beijing recently. The two wives from Yong'anbo Mansion and Anping County Prince's Mansion brought their concubine sons to see Mrs. Wei... ..."

"But Mrs. Wei didn't seem to like it, she said that the two young masters were not beautiful enough..."

"After the First Prince came out of the Dingbeihou Mansion, he went to one of the most famous clothing stores in the city and bought a set of expensive emerald gauze clothes."

"The First Prince's carriage broke down for some reason this morning, and the carriage of Dingbeihou's Mansion happened to pass by, so the First Prince volunteered to take the carriage of Dingbeihou's Mansion to go with Dingbeihou..."

After piecing together these pieces of information according to the timeline, Mu Xiao quickly made up the following fact: Mrs. Wei was recently showing Mrs. Wei Zhaoxiang a room. After losing his elder brother, the sea was too difficult for water, and he no longer looked down on other people.

His eldest brother, who was certified by Mrs. Wei, quickly bought a set of bright clothes, painted red and powdered, and successfully boarded the carriage of the Dingbei Houfu under the pretext that the carriage was broken.

A tryst with...with his idol God of War?

So, what the hell is his elder brother having an affair with his idol God of War? !