Little Dandy, He's a Little Good

In the early morning of the next day, Yu Jingdu did not return to the palace until dawn.

He didn't catch up on sleep, but directly washed and changed his clothes, preparing to enter the palace.

Because the emperor asked him to go to the morning court every day in the future.

"Your Highness." Li Feng also woke up early. He sent away the servants in the hall, and personally helped Yu Jingdu tidy up the court clothes. Then he took out a letter and presented it to him, "A letter from General Chang."

Yu Jingdu took the letter and opened it for a look, with no abnormal expression on his face.

"The people of Kuang country are still so idle, and they will come to provoke our army every now and then." Yu Jingdu handed the letter to Li Feng, Li Feng took it and looked at it naturally.

"It's Di Meng again." Li Feng said.

This Di Meng is a great general of the Kuang Kingdom, young but very brave.

It is said that he has never been defeated since he was in the army, of course that was before he met Yu Jingdu.

Ever since Yu Jingdu started leading troops, he had been defeated one after another, and later formed a big relationship with Yu Jingdu.

This person also threatened to take Yu Jingdu's head as a jug.

As a result, shortly after he finished speaking, Yu Jingdu almost shot his stomach open on the battlefield.

"This fellow wants to kill this king in his dreams, and now that this king is in the capital, he must be very anxious." Yu Jingdu sneered.

"Will they take advantage of this moment to start a war against the frontier army?" Li Feng asked.

"The one who should come will always come. If this person is not dead, the border will not be peaceful." Yu Jingdu said, "When the news of the crown prince's abolishment reaches the Kuang Kingdom, he will have to jump around."

Li Feng frowned, feeling a little worried.

Their Highness finally came back from the border, so couldn't they live a peaceful life in peace and security?

But Yu Jingdu's expression didn't change at all, as if he didn't take this matter to heart.

In the early morning of that day, someone mentioned the matter of establishing a reserve to the emperor.

The general rhetoric is that the crown prince has been abolished, and now the position of the crown prince is vacant, and the crown prince needs to be established as soon as possible to ensure the stability of the society.

The emperor agreed with this statement and asked for their opinions in a symbolic manner.

The courtiers spoke righteously one by one, and in the end they said that the banquet king was worthy of a big responsibility.

Even if there are people who are not optimistic about Yu Jingdu, they will not tear down the stage in front of him at this time.

What's more, from before the crown prince was abolished, the emperor's attitude was very clear, and he had always been quite fond of Yan Wang.

Those who are interested even saw some clues during the crowning ceremony at Jingdu last year.

In addition, the private barracks case was handled by His Royal Highness the Banquet King himself, and the emperor's attitude was already clear. Even if the courtiers disagreed, they would not be so confused as to contradict the emperor.

What's more, Yu Jingdu doesn't even have an opponent in court.

The other adult princes, no matter what they thought in their hearts, at least did not show any intention of fighting for the crown in their actions.After all, if you want to be the crown prince, besides the emperor's fancy, you have to have some achievements and connections in the court to be able to convince the public.It can't be that a prince who is peaceful and has no abilities can suddenly jump out one day and be the crown prince, right?

Take Yu Jingdu as an example, he has indeed been dormant for the past 20 years, and has never expressed his intention to fight for the reserve.Even before he returned to Beijing last year, in the hearts of all officials, he was an unfavored prince.Not to mention that he was so ill in winter that he almost lost his life. No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like a person who is qualified to compete with the prince.

But his victory lies in his military exploits, and that is all in exchange for his life.

So after the crown prince had accidents one after another, he naturally became the best candidate for the next crown prince.

As for the other princes in the court, not to mention their military merits, none were even able to handle errands beautifully in the court.It's not necessarily that they are incompetent, but that the emperor had previously identified the prince and didn't want them to have unreasonable desires, so he didn't give others a chance to gain a foothold in the court.

Only Yu Jingdu can be regarded as unintentionally inserting willows and willows into shadows...

This is probably one of the most gratifying things for the emperor.

The matter of establishing a reserve has not reached a conclusion in the end.

Yu Jingdu was no exception to this, the prince had just been abolished, so it was reasonable to postpone this matter.

But according to the emperor's style of doing things, he shouldn't have to wait too long.

After the morning court, Yu Jingdu went to Fu'an Palace to change the court clothes.

This palace was the place where he lived temporarily after entering Beijing. Although he has returned to the palace now, the emperor has not allowed anyone to move here, which means that if Yu Jingdu is willing, he can return to live in the palace at any time.

This is the only honor among the crowned princes.

"Your Highness, Jiang Shaoqing asks to see you." The palace servant came to report.

"Let him in."

The palace people rushed to pass on the news, and Jiang Jiyan came in after a while.

He saluted Yu Jingdu first, and then cut straight to the point: "Your Majesty has just locked up the fourth prince in the East Palace, and has no intention of getting them out for the time being?"

"The empress is seriously ill, so it's not easy to drive people to guard the imperial tomb?" Yu Jingdu said.

"But the fourth prince has been imprisoned in the East Palace before, so what's the difference between being abolished and not being abolished?" Jiang Jiyan said angrily.

Yu Jingdu raised his eyebrows, "Of course there is a difference, you can only re-establish the reserve after it has been abolished."

"Your Highness." Jiang Jiyan said: "I don't know that you were not in the capital before, but His Majesty has always been quite conniving towards the prince. Now he has made a big mistake, and His Majesty is really angry, but you can put it under your nose After a long time, what if His Majesty's anger disappears?"

"Besides, there is an empress in the palace. When the mother and son join forces, will you worry about your majesty's unwillingness to soften?" Jiang Jiyan seemed to really have a problem with the emperor's arrangement.However, with his identity, it was not convenient for him to make admonishment to the emperor, after all, the other party knew that he was from Yu Jingdu.

So he had no choice but to worry.

"You and I can't do anything about this matter." Yu Jingdu said: "It's a big taboo for him to hoard private soldiers, but his soldiers did not move after all, no matter how angry His Majesty is, he will not really kill him. In the history books, he has a reputation of killing children."

"Then that's the end of the matter?" Jiang Jiyan asked.

"Unless he does something like force the palace, His Majesty will not kill him." Yu Jingdu said.

Jiang Jiyan sighed, feeling very depressed.

But he also knew in his heart that there was no other way to do this than endure.

"By the way, Jiang Jiyan." Yu Jingdu suddenly said seriously: "You are older than this king, why have you never been married?"

"I..." Jiang Jiyan glanced at Li Feng blankly, what happened to His Highness today, why would he ask this?

However, Li Feng was also at a loss and couldn't give him any explanation.

"The subordinates are used to being at ease, and there are no parents around to help Zhang Luo, so naturally it will be delayed." Jiang Jiyan said.

"Oh, isn't there some hidden disease?"

Jiang Jiyan frowned and glanced at him with a complicated expression.

"Nothing is the best." Yu Jingdu said: "Someday, someone will hold a tea tasting party or a poetry meeting or something, and invite some famous ladies from the capital. I can see you."

"Your Highness...why do you start worrying about this?" Jiang Jiyan collapsed.

His father didn't even urge him, and His Royal Highness Yan Wang didn't know which play he was singing!

"It's nothing, it's pitiful to see you alone." After Yu Jingdu finished speaking, he glanced at Li Feng, "There's still you."

Li Feng: ...

What does it matter to me?

Yu Jingdu packed up and left Fu'an Palace, leaving the two of them staring at each other.

Li Feng shrugged his shoulders towards Jiang Jiyan, which meant that he didn't know what happened to their highness, and then quickly followed Yu Jingdu away.

"Your Highness, are you going back to the palace?" Li Feng asked after following him.

"Go to the Imperial Study Room." Yu Jingdu said, "It's so lively this morning, it's not good for me to pretend that nothing happened, right?"

Li Feng thought it was the same way, it would be a bit hypocritical to deliberately avoid suspicion at such a time, it would be better to flaunt it in front of His Majesty, appearing more magnanimous.

After the two left Fu'an Palace, they saw the Eighth Prince chasing butterflies in the garden from afar.

The little guy saw Yu Jingdu at a glance, he didn't even care about the butterfly, and ran towards Yu Jingdu with his short legs.

"Third Brother!" The Eighth Prince threw himself on Yu Jingdu, hugged his leg and did not let go, and said in a childish voice, "I miss you so much."

Yu Jingdu leaned over and picked him up, "If you want third brother, send someone to Fu'an Palace to send a message, and third brother will come to you."

"Really?" the Eighth Prince asked.

"Third brother doesn't lie."

The eighth prince was very happy when he heard the words, "Where are you going, third brother?"

"Go to pay respects to Emperor Father." Yu Jingdu said, "Would you like to go together?"

"Okay!" The Eighth Prince nodded repeatedly.

Hearing this, Yu Jingdu hugged him and walked towards the imperial study.

"Third Brother." The Eighth Prince put his arms around his neck and asked with a smile, "Are you going to get married?"

Yu Jingdu was startled when he heard the words, a coldness flashed in his eyes, and then he signaled Li Feng to send away all the people who took care of the Eighth Prince.

"Cen'er, tell Third Brother, who did you listen to?" Yu Jingdu asked him.

"Cuizhu said." The eighth prince said: "Third brother wants to be the prince... If you become a prince, you will get married and marry a beautiful sister-in-law...Third brother, are you going to be the prince? What about the elder brother of the prince?"

The eighth prince was too young to know anything about the affairs of the court, so he listened to what others said.

And based on Yu Jingdu's understanding of Concubine Cheng, she shouldn't be so careless to say these things to the Eighth Prince.Who said this, and for what purpose, is worth pondering.

"Li Feng, go and pass a message to Madam Cheng, and tell her exactly what Cen'er said today." Yu Jingdu said.

As a prince, it is not easy for him to intervene in the affairs of the harem. Since he is a person in the concubine's palace, it is safer for the concubine to handle it.

"Your Highness is not afraid of..."

"It won't be her." Yu Jingdu said, "You just do as I say."

After Li Feng heard the words, he took the order and went.

The reason why Yu Jingdu didn't suspect Concubine Cheng was because the other party had a relationship with his mother and concubine, so he didn't think the other party would be so stupid.

Instigating the eighth prince to say such things, if it reaches the emperor's ears, it will not do any good to the eighth prince, and it will also offend Jingdu.More importantly, the Eighth Prince is too young now, even if Cheng Concubine has ambitions, it is impossible for her to show signs of it at this time.

So Yu Jingdu was almost sure that this matter had nothing to do with Cheng Concubine.

"Third Brother..." Although the Eighth Prince is young, his mind is very keen, and he immediately noticed Yu Jingdu's emotional changes, "Did I say something wrong?"

"Cen'er." Yu Jingdu said to him seriously: "You can't talk nonsense about this matter, otherwise people will hear it, and it will bring trouble to the third brother. Father will also dislike the third brother because of this, understand? ?”

The Eighth Prince's small face suddenly turned pale, as if he had made a huge mistake.

He didn't really understand the reasoning here, but when his third brother said that, he knew he must be wrong.

"Don't be afraid, third brother is not angry." Yu Jingdu coaxed patiently: "Third brother knows that you are very good, if the people in this palace say to you in the future, you must remember to ask your mother, don't trust others to know ?"

"Yes, Cen'er remembered." The Eighth Prince nodded obediently.

Yu Jingdu carried him to the imperial study.

The emperor was a little surprised to see the two brothers coming together, but a smile soon appeared in his eyes.

"Why did you come together?" the emperor asked with a smile.

Yu Jingdu put the eighth prince down and bowed to the emperor.

The Eighth Prince followed suit and saluted, his posture looked like a little adult, very cute.

"Return to father... My son was chasing butterflies and met third brother..." The eighth prince replied, "Here we come."

The emperor beckoned to him, and the eighth prince hurried to his side, and was picked up by the emperor and put on his lap.

"This bunch of papers are all about the establishment of the reserve." The emperor looked at Yu Jingdu, "You have done a good job recently, and the courtiers are very convinced of you."

"It's just a matter of scene." Yu Jingdu said.

The emperor looked at him, suddenly remembered something, and asked with a smile: "I heard that you went to admire the flowers in your uncle's garden?"

"Yes." Yu Jingdu said: "The emperor sent a message to his ministers, but the ministers couldn't bear to refute his face, so they went away with nothing to do."

"There are many noble ladies from famous families at the flower viewing feast?" the emperor asked, "Is there anyone you fancy?"

Yu Jingdu showed a slightly awkward expression at the right time, and said falteringly: "I only care about admiring the flowers."

"Still so stuck in front of me?" The emperor smiled and said, "If you don't like something, then I will make the decision for you."

Yu Jingdu quickly showed a flustered expression when he heard the words, and said a little anxiously: "Father!"

"I'm in a hurry, it seems that you are really interested?" the emperor asked him.

"Father, can I ask you something?" Yu Jingdu knelt on one knee.

The emperor hugged the well-behaved eighth prince in his arms, and said: "Look at your third brother, he knelt down after speaking well."

The eighth prince didn't answer, just nestled in his arms obediently, looking at his third brother curiously.

"Let's talk about something," said the emperor.

"Father, can I let my son decide on his own marriage?" Yu Jingdu asked.

"Then tell me first, is there someone you fancy?" the emperor asked.

Only then did Yu Jingdu reluctantly nodded his head, "I saw him in the Emperor's residence yesterday, and felt that he was quite different from other people."

"Why is it different?" asked the emperor.

"He... is good-looking." Yu Jingdu said awkwardly, "He looks better than others."

He said this very carefully, because he wanted to make the emperor mistakenly think that they met each other, so he only focused on the fact that the other party was beautiful.In this way, the emperor would subconsciously think that the person mentioned in Yu Jingdukou had just met at the flower viewing banquet yesterday.

And the description of good-looking will also make the emperor acquiesce that the other party is a woman.

In this way, Rong Zhuo was completely taken out...

"Which family is the girl from?" the emperor said, "You tell me, as long as her family background is acceptable, I can propose marriage for you."

Yu Jingdu showed a bit of embarrassment at the right time, "I haven't made up my mind yet."

"Haha." The emperor laughed, "You still have times to be embarrassed."

"I want to wait a little longer, and I beg my father to be sympathetic." Yu Jingdu said.

The emperor nodded, "Okay, there is really no rush for the marriage, but I can remind you that this matter should not be delayed for too long. At most, after the establishment of the reserve, your marriage should be put on the agenda."

"Yes." Yu Jingdu said hurriedly.

The emperor confirmed the previous guess, and seemed to be in a good mood.

He played with the eighth prince in his arms for a while, then suddenly remembered something, and said to Yu Jingdu: "In two days, a shop will open in Duanfu, and they will also contribute to the matter of Xidaying. Then you can go and walk around."

"It's just a shop, I just need someone to give you a congratulatory gift." Yu Jingdu said.

"Don't underestimate a shop." The emperor said: "Many people in the capital now know that the Duan family is close to you, and I don't know how many people want to get close. When you go there, it will make people feel You have no airs, and you can take the opportunity to get acquainted with the nobles in the capital."

If the crown prince were changed, he probably wouldn't be willing to go to such an occasion if he was killed.

In his opinion, it would be demeaning to be close to a businessman.

But the emperor didn't think so.

In his opinion, anyone who can be used is worth making friends with.

In particular, Yu Jingdu's foundation in the capital is not deep, and he used to have a rather vicious reputation. Walking around more this time will also help to change his ruthless image among the people.

"Father, what is opening?" the Eighth Prince asked.

"Opening is a shop opening to receive customers." The emperor said.

The Eighth Prince frowned and thought for a while, "What is a shop?"

The emperor was startled, and then realized that his youngest son had never been out of the palace since he grew up.

He smiled, and said to the Eighth Prince: "Let your third brother take you out of the palace to learn more about what a shop is and what an opening is."

The eighth prince's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he subconsciously looked at Yu Jingdu with a question.

"Yes." Yu Jingdu replied.

The eighth prince was very happy when he heard his promise.

The emperor is also in a good mood, he is very happy to see that Yu Jingdu and the other brothers can get closer, the brotherhood is deep, and the possibility of brothers fighting against each other will be much smaller in the future.

So, on the day when Duan's shop opened, Yu Jingdu really brought the Eighth Prince to the door to congratulate him.

There are so many people who came to the shop today to congratulate, more than one person was arranged at the door of the shop just to record the gift list.

Firstly, the Duan family already had some prestige in the capital, and secondly, they got married to Yan Wang, who was also the future heir, so the Duan family's status rose accordingly.

Even those courtiers who used to look down on merchants had many entrusted people to send congratulatory gifts.

But no matter how many guests and congratulatory gifts there were, it couldn't be as shocking as Yu Jingdu's visit in person.

Many guests present were surprised when they learned that His Royal Highness the Banquet King had come.

"I said that our family is familiar with Yan Wang, but you still don't believe me." Duan Zheng showed off proudly, "Should you believe me this time? Not only His Highness Yan Wang, but also His Eighth Highness has come! Our family The store opened, and the two princes came to support it, don't you think it's annoying?"

"Don't just brag, if you have the ability to introduce us to His Royal Highness Yan Wang." Someone said.

"Beautiful thinking!" Duan Zheng said: "Is it possible that His Royal Highness Yanwang can be climbed by anyone casually?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Rong Zhuo, who was sitting on the sidelines and distracted, "Look at our little Zhuo, he is just like my own brother, just because he is not familiar with His Royal Highness Yanwang, let alone you."

Rong Zhuo, who was "unfamiliar" with His Royal Highness, smiled awkwardly, got up and left the flower hall.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he came out, he saw Yu Jingdu holding the eighth prince in his arms under the corridor.

This is the second time Rong Zhuo saw him holding the Eighth Prince.

Yu Jingdu has a cold demeanor, he doesn't look like someone who can take care of children, and because of this, when he holds a pink and tender dumpling, it looks quite interesting.

At that moment, Rong Zhuo was even taken aback.

Because the eighth prince and Yu Jingdu are brothers, their facial features are somewhat similar, at first glance it is easy to give people the illusion that they are father and son.

When this thought flashed by, Rong Zhuo couldn't tell what it was like.

Because he was with Yu Jingdu, it meant that they had no chance to be fathers.

In fact, he doesn't have any obsession with this kind of thing. Even when he didn't know that he liked men, he never dreamed of being a father, because the responsibility was too great, and he didn't think he could bear it.

But even so, he still had a little regret in his heart.

Especially after seeing the lovely Eighth Prince.

"Beautiful brother!" The eighth prince's eyes lit up when he saw Rong Zhuo, and he said to Yu Jingdu: "Third brother, he is a beautiful brother, look quickly."

Rong Zhuo realized that the little guy was calling him, and he didn't know how to react for a moment.

"His Royal Highness Banquet King, His Highness Eighth Highness." Rong Zhuo saluted the two of them.

There are many people in this place, and Yu Jingdu didn't show too much emotion, he just responded lightly.

"I didn't expect His Highness to personally take the time to congratulate you." Rong Zhuo said.

"This king didn't really want to come, this is His Majesty's intention."

"Oh." Rong Zhuo replied, but didn't know what to say.

There were too many things he wanted to say to Yu Jingdu, but none of them could be said on this occasion.

"Young Master Rong, don't come here unharmed." Yu Jingdu said again.

Rong Zhuo inexplicably heard something else from his words, and immediately felt guilty.

The young man was not as calm as he was. He was afraid that he would miss out if he did not perform well, so he simply found an excuse and slipped away.

"Third brother, why did the beautiful brother leave?" The eighth prince looked at Rong Zhuo's back and asked in confusion.

Yu Jingdu stretched out his hand and pinched his nose, "Your mouth is very sweet, you can praise someone beautiful just by opening and closing your mouth."

"The third brother also likes the pretty brother, right?" the Eighth Prince asked.

Yu Jingdu was startled when he heard the words, and couldn't help but sink in his heart, wondering why someone said this to this little guy?

He can deal with other things calmly, but when this matter involves Rong Zhuo, he can't calm down.

What happened last time, he asked Li Feng to send a message to Concubine Cheng, and the other party took the opportunity to clean up all the people in his palace, presumably no one would continue to gossip in front of the Eighth Prince.

Why did the other party even guess the matter between him and Rong Zhuo today?

The more Yu Jingdu thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

"Cen'er, who told you that the third brother likes the pretty brother?" Yu Jingdu asked in a low voice.

The Eighth Prince smiled at him, leaned into his ear and said: "During the Chinese New Year... I saw you staring at your pretty brother all the time, hehe.

Yu Jingdu: ...

This kid has a great memory too!