It's night.

In the inn dozens of miles away from the capital, the King Dai took the letter he had just read and burned it on a candlelight.

The warm candlelight did not drive away the chill on the face of King Dai. Fuzhong spoke carefully: "Your Highness, what happened in the capital?"

The King of Dai had a cold face and said in a singular tone: "There is a change in my addition of Zhu." He was about to arrive in Beijing tomorrow, but the addition of Zhu to him was delayed. He originally thought that he could add Zhu before he returned to Beijing.

"Does the emperor disagree?" During this period, Fu Zhong knew that the matter was about to be lost after the emperor added a pearl to His Highness. Therefore, he had not dared to mention this matter in the past few days, for fear of angering His Highness.

The Dai Wang had gloomy eyes and his face looked very ugly: "Except for the prince's party, the ministers in the court all supported me. During this period, my uncle and others have been putting pressure on my father, but my father did not let go. What was the father thinking?"

Fuzhong was frightened when he saw that King Dai was in a rage and shrank his neck. He gritted his teeth and comforted him: "Your Highness, maybe the emperor wants to give you a surprise. When you come to the palace to report your duties tomorrow, the emperor will add pearls to you."

When King Dai heard Fuzhong's words, his ugly face calmed down a little.

"My father wants to give me a surprise?"

"Your Highness, this kind of thing has happened. You forgot three years ago when you came back from Qingzhou to quell the rebellion, the emperor gave you a big surprise and rewarded you with the sword he wore when he was young. Didn't you always keep it with you?"

When King Dai heard this, his eyes turned to the sword placed on the shelf aside, and his face instantly became much better.

"You are right, my father likes to surprise me."

Seeing that King Dai's face returned to normal, Fu Zhong felt relieved. He continued: "Your Highness, you have made such a great contribution this time. The emperor cannot give you a great reward. The emperor has not yet agreed to add pearls to you. He must have wanted to surprise you."

Dai Wang felt that Fuzhong was right. He showed an expectant smile on his face: "It must be like this." In fact, Dai Wang hoped that in his heart, he was as Fuzhong said.

"The emperor likes to have fun with you the most, and this time it must be too." Fu Zhong said the more he felt that he was right. "The emperor pretended not to agree to add pearls to you, which would make you disappointed and sad. When you enter the palace, the emperor suddenly added pearls to you, and you will definitely be very surprised at that time."

"The father can really do such a thing." The father likes to joke the most, and he was deceived by the father more than once.

"Your Highness, you still pretend not to know anything. When you enter the palace tomorrow and the emperor adds beads to you, you should pretend to be a dot."

"This is natural." The bad mood of King Dai these days was wiped out by Fu Zhong's words.

"Your Highness, after you win this time, the emperor should not send you to other places to quell the chaos. You can take this opportunity to rest." Fu Zhong said, "You have not had a good rest in order to pacify the chaos in Liangzhou in the past few months. You have lost two laps. When you return to Beijing, the imperial concubine will feel very distressed when she sees it."

"I plan to go to Yangzhou."

"Go to Yangzhou?" Fu Zhong said in shock, "What are you doing in Yangzhou?"

"Suppress the rebellion."

Fuzhong then remembered that the rebellion in Yangzhou had not yet been quelled. He also remembered that the person who went to Yangzhou to quell the rebellion was the prince's uncle. He instantly understood the intention of the King of Dai.

"Your Highness, you want to..."

"This is a very good opportunity to humiliate the Xie family and embarrass the prince. How can I miss it?" King Dai smiled maliciously, "Xie Shi went to pacify the rebellion in Yangzhou. After several months of failure, his father was already very dissatisfied. When I return to Beijing, I volunteered to pacify the rebellion in Yangzhou. With my ability, I can quell the rebellion in Yangzhou in less than a month. At that time, I can slap the prince and the Xie family in the face and make me famous again."

"Slay two birds with one stone!" Fuzhong said with admiration, "Your Highness is wise!"

Dai Wang smiled and said, "This is the opportunity for the Xie family and the prince to give me the opportunity to humiliate them. If I miss it, God will not be able to bear it."

"Your great victory this time has allowed the ministers and the people to see your abilities. If you pacify the Yangzhou rebellion that the Xie family has never been able to quell, the ministers and the people will feel that you are more powerful, support you more, and think that the prince is not as good as you."

"This is the effect I want."

"Then you have worked so hard." Fu Zhong said with a heartache, "You have just returned from Liangzhou and have not had a good rest. You have been working hard to quell the rebellion in Yangzhou."

"What's this hard work?" said King Dai, with a meaningful smile on his lips, "The ministers and the people will see the hard work of my king."

"Your Highness is still wise."

"I want to go to Yangzhou to quell the rebellion, and there is another purpose."

"What purpose?"

"Yangzhou has been a prosperous place since ancient times. Even after experiencing a lot of wars, it is still the richest place among the Jiuzhou." In fact, compared to Liangzhou, the King of Dai wanted to go to Yangzhou to quell the rebellion. "The most important thing is that there are many famous literati in Yangzhou."

The King of Dai thought that he was no worse than the prince, and even better than the prince. In recent years, he has won the support of most military generals by making contributions, but there are very few literati students.

These literati students emphasize the establishment of legitimate sons. Because Zhao Xuan was the eldest son, he was enthroned as the crown prince since childhood. Because he was the concubine and the second son, even if he made great achievements in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the literati students were unwilling to support him as the crown prince.

In the past, he never took these literati students seriously, thinking that they were just a group of villains who were powerless and could only speak the great truth. However, in the past two years, the father has been using these literati students more and more, making him understand that if he wanted to replace the prince, he would still have to obtain the support of these literati students.

I heard that there are many great scholars in Yangzhou who escaped the world. These great scholars are highly praised by literati students, respected by famous families, and even emperors respected them very much. The father once told him that world-famous great scholars have more status than emperors and have more influence.

If he can obtain the support of literati students in Yangzhou or the support of a great scholar, he will be able to replace Zhao Xuan with justification and become the crown prince in the future.

"Your Highness, don't you look down on those literati the most?"

"I do look down on them, but if I want to become the crown prince with justification, I need their support." The Dai King understood very clearly, "I also need a good reputation. What these literati students are best at is making reputation. Furthermore, Zhao Xuan can become the crown prince and has not been deposed yet. Isn't it because of these literati students?"

"Your Highness is saying." Fu Zhong said, "Your Highness, are you going to Yangzhou to win over these literati students?"

"When it is time to win over, you still have to win over." King Dai smiled with a deep smile, "I want to be a polite and polite person, let the literati and students of Yangzhou join me, and help me give advice."

"Your Highness, your move is really great, I admire you."

"Zhao Xuan can treat the virtuous and the inferior, so I can."

"Your Highness, you have always been better than the prince." Fu Zhong has always been relenting and unwilling to replace the king. "If the emperor had not married the Xie family back then, the imperial concubine would be the queen, and you would be the prince."

This incident has always been a thorn in the hearts of Concubine Rong and King Dai. Whenever I think of it, my heart is filled with a deep sense of reluctance.

"Soon, I will let everything return to the right position." The mother took back the position of queen who originally belonged to her, and he also took back the position of prince who originally belonged to him.

At this time, the prince in the East Palace was abnormal and was looking forward to the return of the Dai Wang to Beijing tomorrow.

Before, the words of Duke Zhenguo made the prince completely relieved. He no longer worried that King Dai would be given a bead when he returned to Beijing. He hoped that King Dai would be more powerful this time, and it would be better to trample him, the prince, under his feet.

Tomorrow morning, he would propose to his father that he would go out of the city to welcome the Kaixuan of Dai Wang.
Chapter completed!