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Prince Shen also introduced himself.

Prince Xin also nodded politely to the two of them.

Prince Lu came up and said with a smile: "Prince Xin has come at the right time. This thatched cottage has a good location. Come on, come on, you can be my neighbor."

He led Prince Xin to the empty thatched hut next to him, and couldn't help but wipe the remaining oil on his hands on the wall.

When Prince Xin saw it, he couldn't help but get goose bumps all over his body.

"Uh...well, I think that room over there is pretty good. I'll stay there."

He said as he quickly ran to the other side of the three-person hut.

In this way, he and Prince Lu sandwiched Prince Zhao and Prince Shen in the middle.

Prince Xin looked carefully inside and outside the thatched house and couldn't help frowning. How the hell is it possible to live in this house? The floor is so hard...

Just then, a Jinyiwei brought him breakfast.

"Your Highness has come from afar, so I guess you haven't had breakfast yet. This is specially arranged by His Majesty. Please enjoy your breakfast."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Prince Xin was extremely hungry after the long journey. He didn't care about his image at all and sat down at the small wooden table, starting to eat with a grunt.

Coincidentally, this small wooden table faces the direction of Prince Shen and Prince Zhao.

The rich aroma of meat wafted over, once again exciting their taste buds.

The two princes could not help but come over and stand on tiptoe to take a look. Their old faces suddenly stretched into long expressions.

Warnima!

It’s roujiamo and meatball soup again!

There is even fatty meat!

It's just shit!

Chapter 413 How could the hammer of Master Qiaosheng be rotten and rusted?

Prince Lu was also curious, so he ran to Prince Xin's desk to take a look and couldn't help but praise.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Prince Xin's food is pretty good!"

Prince Xin was a little surprised when he heard this: "Don't we all eat the same thing?"

"Uh...same as before, hehe. I won't bother you any more, Prince Xin, enjoy your meal."

After Prince Lu finished speaking, he ran back to the hut and lay down.

He also wants to save face, and he can't say that he eats worse than others.

However, he felt a sense of crisis in his heart.

Your Majesty actually treats Prince Xin more favorably than me. It seems I have to think of a way to make Your Majesty more favorable to me.

He just lay at the door of his house, facing the sky, his eyes rolling around.

On the other side, Prince Zhao and Prince Shen, who shared the same suffering, sat together and complained to each other.

King Zhao: "Why does Prince Xin eat better than Prince Lu? Could it be that he gave more of his belongings than Prince Lu?"

Prince Shen: "Prince Zhao, what you said is not right. Didn't you hear him say that he didn't have any fiefdom yet?"

"How old is he now? How much property can he accumulate?"

"I think that your majesty is just pretending to let Prince Xin participate in the election to show fairness."

"Although your majesty does not want Prince Xin to succeed to the throne, he is your majesty's brother after all. You can't let him suffer for nothing, right?"

"So I think it's understandable that you should be nicer to Prince Xin."

King Zhao nodded upon hearing this: "King Shen, this makes sense!"

Thinking of this, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

But when it came to lunch and dinner, the two of them broke down again.

Being attacked from both sides by Prince Xin and Prince Lu, the delicious meat smell coming from both sides made them cry with greed.

He couldn't wait until dark, so he went straight to his trusted confidant in the mansion and sent a fast horse back to urge them to speed up the transportation of the things to Taiyuan. He really didn't want to wait even a moment.

During lunch, Prince Xin was served an additional dish of fragrant fish fillets.

Only then did he realize that his meal was not at the same level as those of the neighboring King Shen and King Zhao.

I'm still very happy in my heart. After all, he is my brother, so I still feel sorry for him!

One person, four dishes in total.

I can’t finish it! I can’t finish it at all!

After he had dinner, he was worrying about how to sleep in the hard thatched hut when a Jinyiwei came with a bundle of things.

"Your Highness Prince Xin, these are the two quilts that His Majesty has given you. I will spread them out for you."

Prince Xin was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling: "Thank you, Your Majesty, it's a great effort, hehehe."

King Zhao and King Shen were already numb after seeing this scene. They wished they could grow wings so they could immediately fly back to their fiefdoms to bring back the things.

When Prince Lu saw this, his brows frowned even deeper. This couldn't go on any longer. New measures had to be taken.

......

Three more days passed like this, and other princes arrived one after another.

The newly arrived princes were very dissatisfied when they first saw the accommodation conditions.

But when they heard that this was a test for the successor, they all pretended to enjoy it.

Zhen Beiwang's reports to Changchun Palace also became more frequent.

"Your Majesty, Prince Lu wants to apply to bring his guqin to the thatched cottage area."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youxiao remembered that Prince Lu seemed to be a real literary young man with extraordinary artistic attainments. He was proficient in playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was especially good at music and liked to make guqin.

I heard that he personally supervised the production of more than 400 guqins, each of which was numbered and had the same appearance. They were all named "Zhonghe" and were very famous.

Dozens of Lu Wang's zithers are also collected in museums of later generations.

Not only that, he also wrote works such as "Lu Fan Collection of Ancient Sounds", "Ten Volumes of Examination of the Noble Deeds of Ancient and Modern Princes", "Lu Fan's New Collection of Ancient Calligraphy", "Wanhui Xianji Chess Manual" and so on that have been circulated in the world.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is a great talent.

I didn't expect that in such an environment, he still has the mood to play the piano. It's really rare.

"I agree."

......

Once again, the needle looked north to report.

"Your Majesty, the King of Lu has arrived. He wants to present a hammer to Your Majesty..."

Zhen Beiwang said this with great reluctance.

As soon as these words came out, Liu Yue and You Tong looked surprised. Is it popular to give this thing as a gift to others now?

Wei Zhongxian cursed in his heart, what kind of brain-dead prince is this? Why not give His Majesty something else? Why not give him a hammer...

Zhu Youxiao was also stunned: "What does he mean?"

"Your Majesty, the King of Lu said that this hammer was the hammer that the ingenious immortal master Gongshu Pan used to chisel wood. Your Majesty will definitely like it."

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he really became interested.

Isn’t Gongshu Pan Lu Ban?

What a great guy!

If it weren't for him, we wouldn't know what to name our infrastructure fanatic award.

We have to take a look at the things used by great people.

"Oh, I see. Bring it here and let me see it."

Zhen Beiwang took the order and left, then quickly came back with a hammer and presented it with both hands.

"This is the hammer. Your Majesty, please take a look."

Zhu Youxiao looked up.

The hammer has round ends, is slightly larger than a fist, and the handle is as long as an arm.

The hammer handle was made of some unknown wood and was a bit rotten. The hammer head was already scratchy and rusty.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but frown: "Could this be the hammer used by Master Qiaosheng?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"How could the hammer of Master Qiaosheng be corroded and rusted?"

"Prince Lu must have been deceived!"

"He is so ignorant and stupid. I will not let him lie to the emperor. He must be punished. Take away the steamed buns and give him porridge and pickles instead."

......

Next time, Zhen Beiwang will report again.

"Your Majesty, the King of Shu has arrived and will present to Your Majesty twenty of Shu's most beautiful women."

When Liu Yue heard the report, her face turned a little gloomy, but she didn't say anything.

This King of Shu is a bastard!

What's the situation His Majesty is in now? Why are you still sending grapes here...

Zhu Youxiao didn't think about this.

He remembered that the King of Shu in history was a typical miser.

When Zhang Xianzhong attacked the city, the officials defending the city asked the King of Shu to provide financial support, but Zhang Xianzhong cried poor and said that his family had no money and that they could only get money by selling their house.

The enemy army has come to his door, so anyone buying his house is just making up an excuse.

Finally, when the city was broken, he was killed by Zhang Xianzhong and thrown into the river to feed the fish.

How could Zhu Youxiao make such a vassal king feel comfortable?

"The whole country is in great trouble... the people are in great hardship... the King of Shu has no intention of providing relief to the victims... he is obsessed with women... he should be punished! Let him have the same meal of porridge and pickles as the King of Lu."

"According to the order!"

......

"Your Majesty, the Prince of Qin from Xi'an has arrived and presented ten carts of gold, silver and jewels to the court for disaster relief and the people's livelihood."

Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed when he heard this.

After listening to so many of them, I finally found a prince who is reliable and willing to consider the interests of the imperial court.

In his opinion, the King of Qin's move was definitely the best performance among all the vassal kings so far.

Although Prince Lu seemed to have sent more things, that guy was fleeing with his belongings and had no intention of making any offerings.

The King of Qin is different.

They sent it to me on their own initiative.

This shows that they really care about the imperial court!

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"Wait, were you talking about the King of Qin?"

"Your Majesty, it is the King of Qin."

Hearing Zhen Beiwang's confirmation again, Zhu Youxiao suddenly came back to his senses.

In history, the Qin Palace was very stingy.