Return to the Song Dynasty

Chapter 96

"Oh, that's just a little bit short, I didn't catch up, and I couldn't find it when I reached the intersection! Ah! I'm so mad!!" Jinse who didn't catch up was so angry that she stomped her feet.At any rate, she still remembered what Lu Xi asked her to do, so she went to the teahouse to have a good chat with Miss Wang, who Lu Qing liked, and took a thorough look at Miss Wang, and then ran away after completing the task. Go to Jinxiu to complain.

"Left and right didn't catch up, maybe it's not certain, you are so angry." Jinxiu looked funny, handed her a cup of tea, and asked her to go to the fire.

"Sister, you don't know how similar you are, and your voice is also very similar, but it sounds a lot lower, so I didn't realize it at the time. I, if I just grabbed him!" Jinse clenched her hands fiercely. Fist, very regretful.

"Yo, if it's really him, how can you crush him so hard?" Jin Xiu teased her with a smile.

"Sister! You..." The two sisters were playing in the small courtyard.

The little girl lit a candle for Lu Xi again in her heart: "It's over, it's over, it seems that the eldest lady knows it, and the second lady must have someone in her heart, and the boss is completely hopeless." '

After all, Zhao Man ran to Yujie with a group of people, booked the largest private room in Baifan Building, and had a good meal.This Aitan Building is indeed worthy of being a time-honored brand in the capital, and the food is really delicious and delicious, leaving a fragrance on the lips and teeth.Zhao Man also specially ordered a few pots of Meishou wine brewed in the building, which made everyone have a good time.

A group of strong men (except Zhao Man and Chen Canjun) ate from noon to evening, and the signature dishes were served in rotation.The shopkeepers lamented that people cannot be judged by their appearance, the guests at this table know how to eat and understand our restaurant, and they even served several special dishes for this purpose.The table is full of wine and food, and the people at the table have long been drunk, and they don't know what time it will be.

"I said Xiaoman, what is there at the entrance of Mingyue Xiaolou? You turn around and run away when you are so scared." Yao Xiong stuck out his tongue, stretched his arms around Zhao Man's shoulders, and half-lyed on Zhao Man's body, asking the question he had been wanting to ask all along.

"Oh, I didn't see anything, I just felt very familiar, very...a very strange feeling. I'm afraid...I'm afraid I really recognize it, I really know it...don't hurt others..." Zhao Man spoke intermittently, his eyes blurred , a pair of good-looking phoenix eyes almost narrowed into a slit, and they were about to close, obviously drunk.

"What? What? Sigh, where does it all go?" Yao Xiong obviously didn't understand, he shook his head and looked at Chen Canjun who was eating binge-eating beside him.

"Oh~ I don't understand. I'm afraid he doesn't quite understand himself." Chen Canjun didn't understand Zhao Man's words, but he felt Zhao Man's helplessness, worry and uncertainty. He gracefully took out his handkerchief and wiped it. Touching the oily stains on the corner of his mouth, he said in a very straight-forward manner: "Let's go with the fate, don't force it."

Yao Xiong: ... At first glance, he looks like a charlatan, his hands are itchy and he wants to hit him!

At the same time, Zhao Xu, who was preparing to participate in the memorial ceremony tomorrow, was not in such a good mood.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem, what are you talking about?! Zhao seems to be still making trouble outside?!" Zhao Xu leaned on the soft bed, his eyes widened with anger, and his already pale face looked even paler.

"Yes, yes. His Royal Highness King Jian is still outside, and he refuses to leave, and the villains... can't drive him away either." The little servant was tearful and was about to cry.

His Royal Highness Jian Wang has been clamoring outside to see the official, but when the official didn't see him, he just lingered.It's hard to die for a bunch of servants, it's not good to rush, it's not good to not rush.The main reason is that King Jian kept yelling, which disturbed the peace of the officials, and maybe we servants were the ones who got scolded.Alas, this King Jian is really annoying.

"Ahem, cough, cough, you, you go and talk, just say what I said, let him go away quickly, cough cough cough, I don't want to see him. If he still hangs around, cough cough cough cough, let the guards take him away He forked it out! Cough, cough, cough." Zhao Xu was so angry that he couldn't stop coughing, and waved the little servant away.

Jian Wang Zhao Siben was Zhao Xu's mother and compatriot, both born to Concubine Zhu Chen, they had a good relationship at first, and grew up with each other in childhood.But ever since Zhao Xu was chosen to become the emperor, the two had disagreements on how to treat their biological mother Concubine Zhu Chen.Younger brother Zhao Si thinks that his elder brother has been enthroned as the emperor, so he should find a way to let his mother enjoy the honor of the queen mother. Even if the aunt is still alive, it is not easy to give the title of queen mother directly, so she must be treated like a queen mother anyway.

Brother Zhao Xu is of course partial to his own mother, but he is older and smarter, so he knows more than Zhao Si.Empress Dowager Xiang's mother's family is powerful and influential in the court, and there is Empress Dowager Gao's family on top, so it is impossible for her old man to tolerate such nonsense.

Besides, the concubine mother is now a concubine, and her son is the emperor, so she can live a peaceful and clean life, who can treat her poorly?Why bother with those things?In short, Zhao Xu would not agree to mess around with Zhao Si.The relationship between the two brothers has since produced a rift.

Concubine Zhu Chen herself is not a temperament that is content with the status quo. Isn't she all for today after years of forbearance and dormancy?I didn't become a queen, but my son became an emperor!I should be the rightful empress dowager, so why would I let that woman surnamed Xiang occupy the seat that should belong to me? !

So the hot-headed Concubine Zhu Chen took action, she wanted to use someone else's hand to poison Xiangshi to death.In this way, she, the emperor's biological mother, can sit on the throne of the queen mother logically.As a result, people are not as good as God, and something went wrong in the middle. They failed to poison the Queen Mother, but killed Zhao Bi's mother, Concubine Wuxian.

She thinks that her work is flawless, and people can't catch it, but she doesn't know who is the real fool in this deep palace.The Empress Dowager wished she could kill her right away, and the Empress Dowager naturally couldn't tolerate such a vicious woman, especially since she was the emperor's biological mother, if it affected the emperor's heart, it would be a great sin.

Gradually growing up, Zhao Xu also faintly sensed that this was unusual, but he still preferred to believe his mother, wishful thinking that she was not responsible for these stupid things.With his mother and concubine around, Zhao Xu didn't pay too much attention to his younger brother.It wasn't until a few years later that the little brother's personality had been completely distorted by Concubine Zhu Chen, and Zhao Xu regretted it. However, it was too late.

Zhao Si seemed to be the evil version of Concubine Zhu Chen, relying on having the emperor's own brother, he did evil, ran amok, and didn't even cover it up.Zhao Xu tried to discipline him many times, but all ended in failure.On the contrary, every time Zhao Xi took concubine Zhu Chen's accident, Zhao Xu didn't defend his mother and said that Zhao Xu disregarded the friendship between mother, son and brother, and regarded a thief as his mother, bullying his motherless brother...

Zhao Xu was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. Seeing that Zhao Si grew up and became crooked, he completely gave up and left him alone.I named him a king, no real job, but a lot of salary, as long as he doesn't make any big troubles, let's support him like this.

Zhao Si usually doesn't show up very much, and when his brother is sick, he just greets him and it's over.Now that his elder brother is going to die, and the seat of the emperor will be vacated, this incompetent younger brother is excited and wants to cling to his elder brother and not leave.Think about it, my brother has no heirs, so if my brother leaves, my own younger brother will be able to ascend the throne and become emperor if he doesn't have enough money.

Since he was not the only heir candidate, King Jian's not-so-bright mind suddenly thought of asking his brother to write an imperial edict to make him the crown prince before he died, and make him the emperor's younger brother first.With this edict in hand, are you afraid that those old bastards won't listen to me? !snort!At that time, if someone dares not to listen to me, it will be a rebellion!rebel!To kill the Nine Clans!

"Hmph!" His Royal Highness Jian Wang, who was driven out by the servant, ruthlessly shook his wide sleeves, and walked out angrily with his hands behind his back.

"Ah~" "My mom" "Hey, hello" The servants wiped the sweat from their heads at the same time.It can be regarded as coaxing this ancestor away.I don't know where this self-confidence comes from, because he is the official's younger brother?The officials hated him to such an extent that he still wanted to let the officials appoint him as a reserve? !Pooh!It's like making his spring and autumn dream!Stupid out of the sky!

"Ahem, ahem, ahem, ahem, are you leaving?" With a pale face, Zhao Xu took the soft snack from the waiter.He basically can't eat any food these days, only these sweet snacks can barely swallow some. "Cough, cough, cough, cough" Even after eating snacks, Zhao Xu still insisted on stuffing his stomach, not for anything else but to live a few more days for himself.

"Let's go, let's go, His Royal Highness Jian Wang has already left. You should have a sip of tea first. Why don't you get a bowl of almond tea for you?" The clever little servant served tea again, and It's for Zhao Xu to keep busy back and forth. "Well, let's go." Zhao Xushun calmed down and agreed casually.

The little servant hurriedly resigned, and hurriedly went to get almond tea for the official's house. Seeing that the official's family couldn't eat any more, it was not necessary to go on like this... The little servant quickly shook his head, not daring to think, not daring to think. There's no way, I'd better hurry up and get some gooey things for the officials, the ones that are easy to swallow are serious.

"Ah~" Zhao Xu leaned on the soft bed, looking like a panting skeleton, he let out a long sigh, powerless, helpless and helpless.The large bright red robe was worn on him, which looked empty, and the thin fingertips protruded from the sleeve robe, trying to pick up the memorial on the low table, but the hand was already weak after halfway up.

Zhao Xu's forlorn Ren Weili's arm was hanging down by his side, he stared at that arm for a long time, then slowly and laboriously raised his head, looked out of the window motionlessly, in a daze. 'Tomorrow is the ceremony of the festival, this may be my last ceremony. 'Zhao Xu thought disappointedly.

The vernal equinox festival is a very important festival in the Song Dynasty. In the special case of Wuji, the emperor had to go to sacrifice in person.With Zhao Xu's current physical condition, it is obvious that he can't last the whole ceremony. In fact, he can hardly even stand up.The Ministry of Rites naturally had to take this situation into consideration, so the Minister of the Ministry of Rites specially asked Zhao Xu to designate a substitute candidate in advance.When the time comes, all the sacrificial ceremonies will be completed by the altar, and Zhao Xu only needs to be supported by his servant and stand by and watch.

At this juncture, the candidate for the sacrifice is very mysterious. Zhao Xu has no heirs and is seriously ill. Is the one chosen at this time the official's favorite heir?

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that there are five younger brothers in the official family, except for the youngest, Zhao Si, all of them are adults.It is estimated that the next emperor will be born among these four younger brothers.Oh, and the whereabouts of Shen Wang Zhao Bi, who is still unknown and probably died for the country, has to be removed.Then there are three left, Duan Wang Zhao Ji, Shen Wang Zhao Yu and Jian Wang Zhao Si.

Jian Wang Zhao seems to be a compatriot from the same mother of the official family. He originally hoped the best, but this person is narrow-minded, domineering, ignorant, simple-minded, and his limbs are not well-developed... In short, this person has no advantages in his whole body.No one can stand him! ! (A group of loyal and loyal ministers said that if they want to establish King Jian, they will immediately grab the land with their heads and kill themselves directly in the palace. They just can’t let King Jian take the throne!)

There is nothing wrong with King Xin Zhao Yu, but there is nothing good for him either? !To describe it in two words, that is-mediocre!Very mediocre.If you can't do it, you can't do it, and you stumble when you see people talking. Since you left the palace to build the mansion, you can't wait to stay in the palace all day.Zhao Xu really put his heart into cultivating this honest younger brother, so he specially greeted him, and asked him to go to Zhongshu Province to practice and learn a lot... But in the end, he still couldn't hit a fart with a stick, and the mud couldn't support the wall. (Zhao Xu: Oh, I'm so tired.)

Pulling and pulling, only Duan Wang Zhao Ji is left.This one doesn't have the obvious flaws of the first two.He even has outstanding literary talents and has been repeatedly praised by famous artists, and his original thin gold body is even more sought after by everyone.This life is even more suave, handsome, tall and long-legged, with a jade tree facing the wind, full of artistic atmosphere and cultural heritage.But...it just doesn't matter.This person is good at everything, even if he has no interest in politics, he has no interest in running the country and expanding the territory.Let him go to the court to listen to politics, but he doesn't know anything, and he is drowsy...

In desperation, Zhao Xu had no choice but to pull out the big guy from the box and pick Duan Wang Zhao Ji as the altar.Sigh~ Zhao Xu couldn't help but sigh when mentioning these restless younger brothers.How come one or two are so useless!

My father, grandfather, and even the ancestors of all generations above did not fight like black-eyed chickens for the throne.It's good that it's my turn, I can't fight at all!Except for that idiot Zhao Si who was jumping up and down and making a fuss, the rest of them were eager to hide from the throne, for fear of being on the sidelines.

'Alas, what else can I do besides sighing? !The inheritance of the ancestors, the great rivers and mountains, who is it passed on to? ! 'Zhao Xu, who seemed to be in a daze, was roaring furiously in his heart!