As the two were talking, they suddenly heard the Crown Prince crying from next door.

"No, I don't want this, give me back my Aunt Green Snake!"

Then there was a series of crackling and banging sounds.

The two of them quickly put down their wine glasses and came out to check.

The prince smashed the soda bottle, was covered in popcorn, and was crying loudly.

"Oh my, little ancestor, what happened?" Eunuch Feng hurried forward and picked up the eight-year-old prince with great difficulty.

"I was watching a New Year's film so well, why did I start crying?"

"Wow, the white snake is dead. I'm so sad." The prince cried and wiped his tears on the baby's brand new robe.

"Wow, I don't want to live anymore..."

"Bah, bah, what day is it today? Don't talk nonsense!" Feng Bao was so scared that his face turned pale. He quickly covered the prince's mouth and complained to Zhao Hao: "My lord, I'm not talking about you. Why are you playing such a sad movie on New Year's Day?"

"This..." Zhao Hao smiled bitterly, "The Queen has specifically ordered that the bad woman must die. Otherwise, I would have followed the Crown Prince's idea and let the Calabash Brothers and the two snake spirits live happily together."

"I don't care, I don't care. You killed my snake spirit mother and my green snake aunt. I hate you so much!" The prince covered his ears and started crying.

"What, what should we do?" Feng Bao asked Zhao Hao to find a solution quickly, otherwise it would disturb the empress in the west room, which would be another trouble.

"Your Highness, don't be in a hurry to cry. Have you finished watching the Easter eggs?" Zhao Hao asked with a calm smile.

"Aunt Green Snake has been pressed under the mountain. How can I still watch her?" Zhu Yijun said with a sniffle.

"Alas, Your Highness is too impatient. Fairies are not human beings. Will they die if they are crushed under the mountain?" Zhao Hao laughed and said, "A monkey was crushed for five hundred years. It was still alive and kicking when it was dug out... Oh no, if they could be crushed to death, the Calabash Brothers wouldn't have to keep turning into mountains."

"Oh?" Zhu Yijun stopped crying immediately, wiped his nose and asked, "Aunt Qingshe is really not dead?"

"Not only is the Green Snake not dead, her sister is also not dead." Zhao Hao smiled and clapped his hands, signaling the projectionist to continue.

The prince opened his eyes wide and saw that in the end credits, the two snake spirits turned into two small snakes, one blue and one white, and were able to get out of Hulu Mountain. Unfortunately, they had lost all their powers and could no longer transform into human form.

One day, the little white snake was captured by an old snake catcher and nearly killed, but was saved by a fat little shepherd boy. The little white snake secretly vowed to repay the old man in the future. After thousands of years of cultivation, it finally shed its snake body and turned into a human form. It and the green snake turned into two beautiful women and came to the West Lake in Hangzhou to look for the fat boy who saved its life in its previous life...

"Great, this is great, the Snake Mother and the Green Snake Aunt both have long legs!" The prince burst into laughter and clapped his hands vigorously. "I want to see, I want to see!"

"Your Highness, the Easter egg is just a preview. This kind of large-scale animation production will take at least a year to complete." Zhao Hao said with a smile: "But it doesn't matter. There will be other new episodes in February. I guarantee you will enjoy watching them."

"Well, okay..." Zhu Yijun nodded reluctantly, asked someone to replay the New Year's film, and then opened a bottle of soda for him.

~~

After comforting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Master Zhao said goodbye and left. He had to go to Dashamao Hutong to have lunch with his father-in-law at noon today.

Feng Bao escorted him out of the Yikun Palace, wiped his nose with a handkerchief, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Zhao is still capable. Only you can coax His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Nothing, just a kid looking for something new, my nickname is Fresh." Zhao Hao said with a smile: "But the prince has such a temper, it's really not easy for you, sir."

"Alas, you'll get used to it, you'll get used to it." Feng Bao pounded his waist and said, "It's just that I'm getting old, and the prince is getting bigger and bigger, and it's getting harder to hold him."

"Being able to be the prince's companion is an honor that my family has earned in eight lifetimes." He lowered his voice and said, "I can no longer count on the emperor, so I will count on the prince in the future."

Zhao Hao thought, you really have to count on me. I just spoiled the prince...

In fact, it was not Feng Bao's fault. In the palace, it was impossible to raise a normal child, and naturally there were few normal emperors in the future... Zhu Yijun was made the crown prince at an early age, and he had a kind father and an ignorant mother, so he was naturally more spoiled.

But the good days of the little fat boy won’t last long, and someone will take care of him next year.

When Zhao Hao thought of this, he suddenly looked up and saw himself following Feng Bao into Longfu Gate.

If Zhao Hao walked from Yikun Palace to Donghua Gate, he would have to bypass Qianqing Palace. But with Eunuch Feng leading him, he could go directly through Qianqing Palace and exit from Rijing Gate, saving a lot of time.

Looking at the majestic Qianqing Palace in front of him, Master Zhao's heart suddenly sank and he felt an inexplicable sadness.

"Give up, young master. The emperor has no time to see you." Feng Bao misunderstood and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Since you got that playboy, 'Spring nights are short and the sun rises high. From now on, the emperor will not attend court early.'"

"Hehe..." Zhao Hao felt even more depressed when he heard Huahua Nuer's name. He pretended not to dare to speak and walked through the Qianqing Palace silently.

According to the rules, at the end of each year, all foreign states would come to Beijing to pay tribute. Although Altan did not come in person, he sent his offerings - in addition to cattle and sheep, there were also ten beautiful women from the Western Regions.

It just so happened that Emperor Longqing had been indulging in women in recent years. Although he constantly added to his harem, it was really boring to always pick Han women who were obedient and not very open-minded.

The newly appointed eunuch Meng Chong was naturally well aware of the emperor's psychology. When he saw from the memorial that there were exotic beauties being sent, he immediately felt that this was an opportunity to gain face. He immediately ordered everyone to take all the items and send them to the palace for the emperor to enjoy.

Just like when a person is tired of eating refined grains, eating some coarse grains like millet and red rice occasionally will whet his appetite. The emperor was indeed delighted and lined up to welcome them.

The most outstanding one among them is naturally the Persian beauty Nur Huahua.

This girl had brown hair, blue eyes, and skin as white as cream. From her figure to her face, there was nothing that was not lovable and charming. She was like a flower when she stood up and like a piece of snow when she lay down. When Weng Weng saw her, her whole body softened and she stood at attention to salute.

But this Persian woman had not yet been poisoned by the orthodox teachings. She was frivolous and unrestrained. She flirted with others, smiled, and got angry as she pleased. This made Emperor Longqing feel unprecedentedly fresh and bewildered. He was so bewitched by her that he spent day and night with her.

It is said that during the New Year's Day court meeting today, the emperor's eyes were wide open and he yawned continuously, obviously overworked. At this moment, he must be catching up on sleep...

Master Zhao couldn't help but sigh inwardly, the world line was indeed convergent, and that Huahua Nuer finally ended up in the arms of Emperor Longqing as expected.

Normally, she would die in the Shuyu Well a year later. Then Emperor Longqing was heartbroken and fell ill, passing away in the summer of the sixth year of Longqing. There were still eighteen months left...

Thinking of this, Zhao Hao's nose felt a little sour. After all, although Hum Hum was lustful, cowardly, lazy and slow, he was a rare kind-hearted emperor.

In fact, with the current system of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's diligence would only cause chaos, and the Holy Son of Heaven ruling with ease would actually be more conducive to the operation of the country's political machinery. If we use this standard, he is undoubtedly the most suitable emperor for the current Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, Emperor Longqing treated me very well, although at first he loved me and loved my family, but later he gave me too much...

In short, it is always a sad thing to foresee the death of such a good man, a 'good' emperor.

But Master Zhao was helpless because he didn't know how Buzz died.

This is not surprising, because all emperors died gracefully according to official accounts. Even Emperor Taichang in the Red Pill Case died of illness according to official accounts.

As for the legends in various unofficial histories, there are so many different opinions that it is difficult to agree on one. Who knows which one is closest to the truth?

So before that moment comes, Zhao Hao can only wait and see.

~~

After leaving the Forbidden City from Donghua Gate, Zhao Hao took a car to Dashamao Hutong.

The distance is very close and it will be there in a blink of an eye.

By the time he got off the car, Zhao Hao had adjusted his mood. He happily congratulated You Qi who was waiting at the door, and then handed him a heavy red envelope.

"I'm sorry to have spent money on you again, son-in-law. Thank you very much." You Qi kowtowed to Zhao Hao happily. If Master Zhao made a move, there must be a lot of money to be made.

Because the emperor has granted the marriage, I can openly call him "son-in-law", although he is still only a prospective son-in-law...

Although Gao Huzi was a jerk, he was resolute and decisive. He did what he said. He really asked the emperor to grant Zhao Hao a marriage, asking him to marry the daughter of Lanling County Lady and Zhang Xueshi...

As they were all in the same boat, Weng Weng naturally understood Zhao Hao very well. Besides, Zhao Hao was not going to be an official, so what did the rumors have to do with him? So after asking his niece if she had any objections, the emperor agreed to wait for Princess Ning'an to return to Beijing and choose an auspicious day to grant the marriage.

The person who loves his sister is the most timid. He is afraid that his sister may have other ideas, so of course he has to follow his sister's wishes...

Zhao Hao took the opportunity to give bonuses to the emperor and shamelessly begged him to grant him another imperial edict and two more decrees.

For this purpose, he was willing to sponsor Longqing another 200,000 taels of silver as private money.

How could Weng Weng refuse to accept the offer of 1.2 million taels of silver? He even asked Zhao Hao directly if it was enough, and if not, he could give him a few more. Even if he didn't need them now, he could prepare them for later use.

Zhao Hao was very touched, but thinking of that damn Lianli Company, he finally declined the emperor's kindness... Besides, there was no way such a thing could be prepared.

Emperor Longqing even sighed and said that he really wanted to marry his daughter to him, so that he could eat his son-in-law with peace of mind in the future.

Unfortunately, his eldest daughter, Princess Shouyang, was only six years old.

But Longqing was still not giving up, and told Zhao Hao to get married quickly so that his eldest son would be the prince consort in the future... and it would be the same if he could eat his son-in-law.

He would rather give Zhao Haosheng a lifetime of hard work so that he could get a share of this rich family's wealth.

From this point of view, it would be unjust if Wanli didn't become obsessed with money in the future. No matter if he inherited it from his father or mother, this is a characteristic that the little fat boy can't escape!