Ministers Begging Me to Ascend the Throne-Chapter 187 - 157: All of His Imperial Brothers are Monsters! Only He is Normal!

Chapter 187: Chapter 157: All of His Imperial Brothers are Monsters! Only He is Normal!

Back at Kunde Hall, Zhao Yao’s stomach finally felt at ease.

Seeing that it was getting late, Liang Zhaoyi urged him to quickly bathe and rest.

After finishing his bath, Zhao Yao went to Liang Zhaoyi to ask for the jade token.

"Mother, I won’t be studying tomorrow, I want to leave the palace."

Today, during the spring plowing at the South Suburb, the merciful father gave them a break, allowing them a day off tomorrow.

Liang Zhaoyi had anticipated that Zhao Yao would leave the palace the next day and handed him the jade token he had left with her before.

"Are you going to see that uncle tomorrow when you leave the palace?"

"Yes, and I also want to see my friends." Originally, he thought he would only be able to leave the palace next month, not expecting he could go out tomorrow.

"In that case, hurry off to bed."

Zhao Yao reached out for the jade token, "Mother, it seems Fourth Brother has always known about what Eighth Brother is doing."

Liang Zhaoyi was slightly surprised, "How do you know?"

"Fourth Brother said something both normal yet strange to me today..." Zhao Yao recounted the words that Fourth Prince had spoken to him during the day to Liang Zhaoyi. "I didn’t realize what it meant at the time, now I understand."

Liang Zhaoyi pondered, "If that’s what happened, Fourth Prince must know what Eighth Prince is doing and was warning you to keep your distance from Eighth Prince."

"I know Fourth Brother means well for me, but Eighth Brother would never harm me." Even though what Eighth Brother does might not look good in others’ eyes, it’s not surprising he does those things to secure that position. "I will not distance myself from Eighth Brother. After all, I am his only younger brother." In Eighth Brother’s heart, he has only one sibling and one family member.

"If you believe Eighth Prince will not hurt you, then there’s no need to stay away." Liang Zhaoyi gently stroked Zhao Yao’s small head, her tone soft, "As it was before, so it will be in the future."

"Yes, I understand."

"As for the matters between Fourth Prince and Eighth Prince, you should act as if you know nothing."

"Mother, are all princes this clever?" He originally thought Fourth Brother wasn’t as sharp in court affairs as Eighth Brother, but surprisingly Fourth Brother is as smart as Eighth Brother.

All the things Eighth Brother did were so secretive, yet Fourth Brother knew everything clearly. Before, he had said Eighth Brother’s intelligence was nearly monstrous, and now it seems Fourth Brother is the same.

His royal brothers are all prodigies! Only he is a normal person!

"Not all princes are this intelligent, just Fourth Prince and Eighth Prince are particularly bright." Liang Zhaoyi gently pinched Zhao Yao’s little face, "You’re smart too."

Zhao Yao quickly shook his head and said, "I’m definitely not as smart as Fourth Brother and Eighth Brother." Indeed, his choice not to participate in the struggle for the throne was the right one. With his brain, he couldn’t possibly compete with Fourth Brother and Eighth Brother.

"There’s nothing wrong with not being as smart as Fourth Prince and them." Liang Zhaoyi said this, but in her heart, she didn’t quite believe it.

"Mother, I’m going to sleep now. You should rest too."

Liang Zhaoyi reminded, "Sleep well, don’t kick off the quilt."

"Got it, Mother." Zhao Yao tossed the jade token into the air and caught it steadily.

Lian Zhaoyi’s eyelids twitched fiercely when she saw this, afraid Zhao Yao might miss and break the jade token.

"Madam, you should rest early too." Gui Xing had already made the bed and walked over to Liang Zhaoyi’s side.

Liang Zhaoyi nodded slightly and then got into bed, leaning against the headboard to read.

Gui Xing adjusted the lamp, making the light brighter.

"Madam, is it really okay for His Highness to be caught between Fourth Prince and Eighth Prince?"

"What could be the problem?"

"This servant worries that someday Fourth Prince and Eighth Prince..." Gui Xing trailed off, "Our His Highness is really okay being caught between them?"

Liang Zhaoyi understood Gui Xing’s concern and gently comforted her, "By that time, Yao Yao will already have been enfeoffed and left for his fief, he won’t be caught up with them."

Hearing this, Gui Xing’s heart was instantly soothed.

"Yes, by then His Highness will have gone to his fief, away from these matters."

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"Madam, you should rest early too." Gui Xing respectfully withdrew.

The book Liang Zhaoyi held was a regional Chinese history of the Xiongnu, written in the Xiongnu language. It was written by the Xiongnu themselves, not by Han people.

Ever since hearing that the Xiongnu were stirring, Liang Zhaoyi started reading books from the Western Regions.

Liang Zhaoyi not only knew the Xiongnu language but also the Wusun language. Besides these two, she also knew the languages of other Western Region countries. She taught herself all of these.

Before entering the palace, she had been interested in the matters of the Western Regions. At that time, some monks had come from the Western Regions, and she often went to the temples to chat with them and gradually learned their languages.

After entering the palace, with plenty of idle time, she decided to learn a few more languages from the Western Regions to pass the time.

A dreamless night.

Zhao Yao woke up naturally. After breakfast and leaving the palace, it was already the hour of si.

He walked to the palace gate, where the guard captain stopped Zhao Yao.

"The minister greets Tenth Highness."

"Please rise." Zhao Yao took out the jade token from his pocket to show the guard captain, "May I go out?"

Seeing Zhao Yao take out the same jade token as last time, the guard captain’s pupils dilated sharply, yet he kept an expressionless face.

"Please, Tenth Highness."

Zhao Yao put the jade token back into his pocket.

"Then I’m off."

"Tenth Highness, please stay safe."

"Chief, is it okay for Tenth Highness to leave the palace with just a eunuch?" another guard asked, "Why didn’t the Emperor dispatch guards to protect Tenth Highness, isn’t the Emperor worried about his safety?"

Not waiting for the chief’s reply, he added, "It seems the Emperor really doesn’t care for Tenth Highness."

Upon hearing this, the guard captain glanced at his subordinate and said, "How do you know the Emperor hasn’t assigned anyone to protect Tenth Highness?"

"There’s just a eunuch beside Tenth Highness, I didn’t see anyone else around."

"Just because you didn’t see them doesn’t mean they’re not there." The guard captain kicked the subordinate’s butt, "Stand properly, Tenth Highness’s affairs are not for us to worry about." The idea that the Emperor didn’t care for the Tenth Highness was the funniest thing he’d ever heard.

"Chief, you’re right." He quickly straightened up, no longer joking around.

Liang Run was waiting at the palace gate.

Last night, Zhao Yao asked them to help send a message to Liang Run.

This time, Ding Yuan and Tong An didn’t come along. They were studying with the teacher; Ding Shan was learning martial arts from the teacher.

Sitting in the carriage, Liang Run recounted to Zhao Yao everything that had happened during this period in detail.

The cooperation with Anren was thoroughly discussed, and once the people from Yangzhou arrived in the capital, Liang Run would take them to Wusun with Anren.

The teacher they found for Ding Shan used to be an escort master, skilled in martial arts, and had traveled to many places in his youth, including the Western Regions. He was fond of Ding Shan as his apprentice and wanted to teach him everything he knew throughout his life.

After learning Ding Shan found a good master, Zhao Yao felt relieved.

Liang Run also told Zhao Yao that the construction at Dahua Village had already started. During this period, Liang Run would go to check on it every few days.

"Yesterday, during spring plowing, did you catch a cold?" Liang Run, seeing Zhao Yao’s rosy complexion and spirited look, felt a bit uneasy despite not appearing to be cold or sick.

"Father and Fourth Brother didn’t let me enter the fields, so I didn’t catch a cold."

"The fields are cold, so it’s right they didn’t let you in, otherwise you would have caught a cold."

"My body is not that fragile." Zhao Yao felt like those around him treated him like a porcelain doll. He believed his body wasn’t as weak as his mother or others thought.

"Did you find out the identity of the owner of that residence?" Liang Run curiously asked, "What’s their identity, was he really a soldier?"

"I couldn’t find out, I asked Mr. Qin to investigate but there was no trace of that uncle on the lists."

"So mysterious?"

"Since I don’t know his surname or which camp he was in before, it’s hard to investigate." Zhao Yao had given up on probing that uncle’s identity, "Never mind, maybe one day that uncle will tell me voluntarily."

"What does your mother say?"

"Mother said she had heard of that residence before entering the palace, but she doesn’t know who the owner is."

"Does she approve of your interaction with the owner of that residence?"

"Yes, she does."

Hearing this, Liang Run didn’t say much more.

"Are you going to that residence now?"

"No, I’m going to find my little brothers now, I need to tell them my true identity."

"Telling them your identity?" Liang Run was surprised, "Didn’t you say you wanted to keep it a secret from them before?"

"Mother said that as friends, it’s better to be honest, besides it’s impossible to hide it forever." Zhao Yao said, "To the stables to find them."

"Alright."

Song Jicai and the other three liked to spend their free time at the stables.

Upon arriving at the stables, Zhao Yao let Liang Run go back to his tasks first.

Shen Sen and the others, seeing Zhao Yao arrive, quickly came up to ask why he left so suddenly that day, whether something happened at home, and why it took so long for him to appear.

Zhao Yao had been suddenly called back to the palace by Sun Doudou that day, without saying goodbye to Song Jicai and the others. He had his second uncle pass on a message for him.

"I have something to tell you all."

"What is it?"

Zhao Yao said, "That day, I went to Hulong Temple."

"To burn incense at Hulong Temple?" Shen Sen and the others, upon hearing "Hulong Temple," didn’t think much of it, as their families often went to Hulong Temple for incense offerings too.

"Not to burn incense, but to visit the Crown Prince and Eighth Brother."

"Oh, to visit the Crown Prince..." Suddenly, Shen Sen and the others’ eyes widened, mouths agape, "The the the... Crown Prince..."

Seeing Chu Huan and the others stunned, Zhao Yao couldn’t help but laugh, "I forgot to tell you before, my real name is Zhao Yao, the Tenth Prince."

"The Tenth Prince?!" Chu Huan and the others exclaimed.

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