On the night of the Little New Year's Eve, the family of four of the three generations of the Duke of Zhao's mansion were having a great time. Even though the head of the family and the heir were not home, the atmosphere was still lively. Zhang Shou's family was also having a great time. Two tables were set up in the hall, and the master and servants enjoyed themselves together, making noise until nightfall. However, there were many families who did not have a good Little New Year's Eve, and one of the representatives was the imperial palace.
On the day of Xiaonian Eve, the emperor, as the head of the palace, personally offered sacrifices to the Kitchen God. Of course, this could be done by someone else, but the emperor, who often sighed behind the scenes during the grand court meetings, had no complaints about offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God. It was said that Emperor Taizu won his first great victory on the day of offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God with the blessing of the Kitchen God.
Therefore, although the second prince's status as a palace official had been withdrawn before, the emperor still summoned him to the palace to participate in the sacrifice ceremony in the evening of that day. However, when the second prince arrived at the Qianqing Gate, the queen also came with the eldest prince. When the mother, son and brother met, they were not as harmonious as before, but were actually hostile to each other.
When the emperor sent Liu Feng to ask what happened to the empress because of her uninvited visit, he learned that the empress had asked the concubine Hu to reprimand the second prince, but the second prince refused to see her! Even though concubine Hu brought up the title of the empress, the second prince still refused to listen and even claimed that his mother favored the eldest son, shouting so loudly that the neighbors and passers-by could hear it.
If it wasn't a great festival, the emperor would have been furious. But at this moment, after summoning the three men, he suppressed his anger and said coldly, "If you two brothers continue to make trouble, let Sanlang and Silang accompany me in the Kitchen God sacrifice today. You can go back and wake up your heads!"
Although they had just glared at each other like enemies, the first and second princes suddenly changed color when the emperor said this. Not only did they immediately fall silent, but the first prince also quickly walked to the queen and whispered a few words to her, finally persuading the resentful queen to go back. After this, the eldest prince came back with a gloomy face.
Without even looking at the Second Prince, he walked straight up to the Emperor, bowed deeply and said, "Father, I have previously written a letter requesting that the promotion of the new textile machine be entrusted to me, but Your Majesty has never approved it." It was completely inappropriate to discuss such matters today on New Year's Eve, but he had no other choice but to burn his boats and give it his all.
The second prince was about to retort, but when he saw the emperor's cold eyes, he immediately shut his mouth. Sure enough, the next moment, he only heard the emperor say indifferently: "I did not approve the memorials from you and the others, because if I did approve it, it would only be four words, and it would be too late."
Although the emperor had used these four words to scold him before, the second prince felt extremely happy at this moment. The eldest prince now wanted to take charge of this matter himself, so as to maintain his relationship with those local tyrants in Jiangnan? Why didn't he do it earlier! If he had made up his mind earlier and told his father everything, it would have been too late for him to make a fuss!
Of course, if only he had listened to Zhang Shou earlier...
The eldest prince wanted to argue again, but the emperor was too lazy to talk about it. He waved to the third and fourth princes to come over, and then took one by the hand and went straight to the sacrificial hall. Since the reign of Emperor Taizu, only the emperor and unmarried princes participated in the worship of the Kitchen God in the palace. As for the royal family members... Haha, who doesn't have a separate palace and his own Kitchen God to worship