Even Tong Xian didn't dare to speak up, and said with wrinkles on his face: Your Majesty, the matter of the crown prince is very important, Your Majesty can discuss with the queen and the courtiers, how can the old slave and the disabled person talk about the affairs of the heavenly family. Zhao Yuanxi frowned when he heard this, glanced at Tong Xian and said impatiently: I told you to say that you are not guilty. Tong Xian couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Although the Emperor of Great Wei pardoned him and said that he was not guilty, it was still inconvenient for him to set up this kind of topic, and after thinking about it, after all, Tong Xian said with a smile: The old slave thinks that since His Majesty has raised the eldest son of the emperor as the crown prince, he must have belonged to His Royal Highness the prince. He said this very wisely, purely using the prince as a beacon, saying a well-known fact, and he would not offend anyone because of it.
However, the emperor of Great Wei was not satisfied, but he did not embarrass Tong Xian anymore, after all, he also knew that the more old people Tong Xian was, the more secretive he became about the crown prince, after all, it was taboo to talk about the crown prince candidate.
Tong Xian, passing on the oral message, summons all the emperors to the Wende Hall tomorrow morning, and I want to personally test the knowledge of several emperors to see what their results are during this time. The bachelors who served as lecturers in the palace school were accompanied. "Obey Your Majesty's dictation. The next day, the sky was still dark, and the nine princes under Zhao Yuanxi's knees were ordered to gather in the Wende Palace, but a careful count found that there were only eight people present, and one less person.
However, Zhao Yuanxi didn't seem to notice it, and was preparing to issue the exam questions. Seeing this, Tong Xian hurriedly bowed down and reminded the Son of Heaven in his ear: Your Majesty, wait, there is still a Royal Highness who has not yet attended. Zhao Yuanxi was stunned when he heard this, squinted his eyes and carefully counted the number of people in the hall, and sure enough, he found that only eight princes were present. But he couldn't say which prince was missing for a while, only that the five princes who were concerned by him were all present.
These five sons are the eldest son of the emperor, Prince Hongli, the second son Yongwang Hongyu, the third son Xiangwang Hongjing, the fourth son Yanwang Hongjiang, and the fifth son of the emperor, Qingwang Hongxin. The eldest of these five princes is 25 years old, and the youngest is 21 years old.