Funing Hall

On that day, they finally went to Hangzhou according to the originally planned time.

It's just that before leaving, Li Zhicheng, who saw him off, was missing, and a beautiful Su Yan was added.

It is common for an emperor to go out of Beijing and bring back a few beautiful ladies. The accompanying palace servants and guards did not react at all when they saw the beautiful Su Yan.Their Majesty has been on the throne for many years, and there are only four concubines in the palace, of which only Concubine Qian Shu is favored, and even if she is favored, she is only summoned a few times a month.

Now they bring back another one, and they are still happy.

Everyone was very happy, except Zhao Cong and Zhao Shiqi.

A few hours before Zhao Cong left, he trained Li Zhicheng from head to toe in the study.There is no crime in the mean, and no one can require all officials to be smart and talented.But if you are mediocre, but still ignorant, and live in chaos, that is a great sin!

Li Zhicheng originally thought that he could be promoted this time, and it would be best if he could go to Beijing to become a Beijing official, so that he could please Zhao Shiqi more, he had a good idea in his heart.Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, His Majesty trained him to kneel on the ground and dare not move, Zhao Cong did not remove his black hat.

Li Zhicheng hasn't broken down to the root, he still has a conscience, and he can still be saved.He has to make up for the wrong things he did.

Zhao Cong gave him half a year, and if he couldn't handle it, he would go to Tokyo to meet him.His Majesty changed the rules a long time ago, civil servants can be killed now, Li Zhicheng was very scared, and he was trained by His Majesty so that he felt a lot of guilt in his heart, so he nodded in response.After the training, he was not even allowed to see him off, so he temporarily called all the officials, large and small, in the city of Chuzhou to discuss matters in the government office.

After Zhao Cong boarded the boat, he called Su Yan in to continue questioning.

Zhao Shiqi stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the water, without turning his face to sunny.

Chuzhou went to Hangzhou by boat for a day. After Zhao Cong and Su Yan finished talking, it was already night. Zhao Cong took a rest early, but he still didn't ask Zhao Shiqi to go in.

Zhao Shiqi felt unhappy.

It happened that Su Yan came out and asked Rantao in a low voice: "Sister, can you give me some light clothes for my servant?"

"Young lady's clothes look tight."

Su Yan smiled embarrassingly: "I don't know Taishan with my eyes, and I misidentified someone. Your Majesty is kind and gentle. After talking about it for a while, I let my family go home. Now, my family has nothing to do, so I will help my sister." It also makes it possible."

Rantao saw that she was dressed in silk, with five or six gold bracelets on her wrists, and many gemstones and golden hairpins on her head, but she was not greedy for these, and she liked Su Yan quite a bit in her heart, so she agreed and went in to give her Find clothes.

Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and was also happy in her heart, not knowing that she still had good luck.His Majesty said to help her recover her property, and she will go home in a few days, and invite the two old servants from the former family back, and just close the door to live.His Majesty has said that he will supervise the female household, and she will be able to open a household on her own in the future.

She was thinking about it happily, and just when she felt that her days had hope, she suddenly noticed that someone was approaching behind her.She turned around, and there was a very tall figure in front of her. Before she had time to look up, someone suddenly reached out to her.She was so frightened that she took a few steps back, until she reached the side of the boat, but the man was still standing in front of her.

His Majesty was inside, and she didn't dare to scream loudly without knowing the rules.

Zhao Shiqi stretched out his hand and wanted to push her into the water.

Rantao's surprised voice came from behind: "Xiao Langjun?"

Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

With a gloomy face, Zhao Shiqi turned around and made people put on the pedals and boarded another boat.

Su Yan was still in shock, and asked Ran Tao: "Sister, who is this gentleman?"

"This is our Majesty's nephew."

It turned out to be the person Master Li originally asked her to serve!Su Yan sighed repeatedly in her heart, fortunately she met His Majesty, she did not become this person's concubine, and her fate was greatly blessed.

"Come on, change your clothes." Rantao said again.

"Yes yes yes." She immediately followed Rantao to change clothes.

Rantao went in after finishing his work, Zhao Cong got up from the bed and was writing a letter at the desk, when he saw her coming in, he raised his head and asked, "Where's Little Eleven?" Although he was a little embarrassed, what should be concerned should still be concerned.

Rantao stepped forward to put a cloak on him, and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, Mr. Xiao Lang is going to the boat next door. Cha Xi has already prepared food for him."

"Oh……"

Rantao casually said again: "Just now, the servant girl went out and saw Mr. Xiaolang talking to Mrs. Su."

Zhao Cong's hand holding the pen paused, Zhao Shiqi really liked that kind of peach blossom-like beauty?

No wonder you want to buy peach blossoms for him!

Seeing the peach petals floating on his face, he wanted to touch it!

The two misunderstood each other like this, and finally on the second day, the boat gradually sailed into Hangzhou.

Hangzhou is more prosperous than Chuzhou, and the market on the shore is also extraordinarily lively. Zhao Shiqi wanted to make Zhao Cong happy, so he specially ordered to choose the largest pier to stop the boat.When Zhao Cong got off the boat, he was really relieved to see the people passing by.

Zhao Shiqi had already arranged for his family to pick him up, but it was hard for Mu Fu to show up, so it was Mr. Yu who brought someone to pick him up.

When they hid in Hangzhou, because they had no official positions, there were restrictions on the regulation of various utensils.Now even if Zhao Cong came, he came quietly, and Mr. Yu only brought two carriages.Seeing His Majesty, Mr. Yu immediately knelt down and saluted: "Caomin has seen Mr. Lang."

Zhao Cong had a good impression of this person, so he immediately called out and asked, "Who are you?"

"My lord, Cao Min is taking care of the house for Mr. Xiao Lang, and his surname is Yu."

Zhao Cong thought to himself, looking at his behavior and speech, he knew that he was not an ordinary butler, but he didn't ask too much, and it was the pier again, and there were many people, so he helped Ran Tao's hand to get into the carriage.It was only after entering that the carriage looked like it had only two drivers. It looked like an ordinary green curtain on the outside, but it was spacious and soft on the inside, and it was not deliberately gorgeous, but the things used were all good.

Rantao looked at it once, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xiao Lang must have ordered someone to prepare it. They are all concubine-colored and soft, and they are all His Majesty's favorite."

Zhao Cong twitched the corners of his mouth, closed his eyes and meditated, and took the opportunity not to speak, so Ran Tao also kept silent.

A group of them went to Xiao's Mansion in Fifteenth Lane, and Zhao Shiqi was riding outside to talk to Mr. Yu.

Mr. Yu said first: "Sanlang, when Yang Yuan went from Suzhou to Chuzhou, the boat he took happened to be a salt boat."

"A civilian ship, or an official ship?"

"It's an official ship, but it's a pro-democracy ship. It transported salt from Mingzhou to Beijing, passed through Suzhou, and he boarded the ship."

"Where's the person who killed him?" Since Mr. Yu said that, there was a clue.

"Yang Yuan keeps an outdoor room in Suzhou, and the house that Zhou Li bought before happened to be used by him as an outdoor room."

Zhao Shiqi was funny: "The deed of that house is in the name of Uncle Yang Yuan. Yang Yuan lived in the outhouse, and Uncle didn't ask, let alone tell his sister?"

"His uncle, he's just a mess! How dare he offend Yang Yuan if he relies on Yang Yuan to give him money and do some illegal things for Yang Yuan? Sanlang, the person who killed Yang Yuan is this The boy in the outer house."

"Could it be that this outer room was also sent by someone else?"

Mr. Yu smiled: "Mr. Lang's guess is correct. I don't know who has put in so much effort, one after another, even a salt tax bureau. What exactly do you want to do?"

Zhao Shiqi didn't bother to ask the details, what to do?These officials, what they do is nothing more than the position of powerful ministers.This time, it was obvious that he wanted to drag Du Yu into the water, and it was nothing more than those people who had a grudge against Du Yu.Feeling overwhelmed and becoming a powerful minister, what is the next step?Provoking imperial power?

He sneered secretly, with him staring at him to see who would dare.

He asked again: "Is that fellow dead?"

"It's really complicated. After what was supposed to happen, the outside room killed the boy. However, the guy had an affair with the outside room. He killed someone and took the money. The two of them ran away together!"

Zhao Shiqi sneered again, it was really a bunch of worthless things, shameless.

"However, the Skynet is not leaked, and it was still captured by our leaders! How do you want to deal with it? I asked someone to ask me once, and these two people don't know who the mastermind is, they only know who gave them money. Tell them when to kill people. We also went to investigate the people they confessed, but they are just young people, and they probably won't live for a few days."

"Push them out, as long as they admit that Yang Yuan was killed by them and has nothing to do with Lin Bai."

As for how to make those two people willing, that's not his business.

Mr. Yu and the others had their own way, he listened, nodded with a smile, and replied: "Yes."

Zhao Shiqi asked again: "Have you packed up the place where His Majesty lives?"

"Don't worry, my lord, it is your yard that the lady personally brought someone to clean up."

"Okay." Zhao Shiqi nodded and said nothing.

Rantao was inside to accompany Zhao Cong, and the rest of the maids were following the carriage outside, including Su Yan.Unknowingly, he stared at Su Yan again, but thought in his heart, what if Zhao Cong really brought this person back to the palace?

The two of them avoided it intentionally, but because they really couldn't get an opening, they never spoke alone again.

After arriving at Xiao's Mansion in Fifteenth Lane, Mrs. Shan's status was not good enough to come to greet His Majesty, so Zhao Shiqi accompanied him in.

But Mrs. Shan always came to salute His Majesty, Zhao Cong saw Zhao Shiqi's mother for the first time.

It's strange that Zhao Congde wanted to snatch him back back then.

Lady Shan is indeed too beautiful. Although she is a little cold, she has a noble temperament.Zhao Cong was secretly puzzled when he saw it, it seems that such a girl can be born by a bakery seller?

But he is the emperor, so how can he ask about this kind of thing, he glanced at Mrs. Shan, then at Zhao Shiqi, and said with a smile: "My lady, please get up."

Lady Shan got up with a smile, and stood down with her head bowed.

"Please sit down, lady, I'm here to bother you."

"Your Majesty, how can you say that?" Mrs. Shan replied immediately.

Zhao Cong smiled, although he knew he had to restrain himself, he couldn't help but said: "Xiao Shiyi really looks like a lady." Indeed, he was very similar. In the past, he thought that Zhao Shiqi looked like someone from the Wei County Prince's Mansion because of the County King's Mansion All good-looking people are good-looking, and Zhao Shiqi is also good-looking. Good-looking people already look similar.

When he saw Mrs. Shan at this time, he realized that Zhao Shiqi didn't actually look like the Zhao family, but was eighty percent similar to his mother.It's just that he is colder than his mother, but Zhao Cong thought that Xiao Shiyi was cold to others, but never to him.

But you can't think about this kind of thing carefully. Whenever you think about it, you have to think about the scene on the boat.

He came back to his senses and told Mrs. Shan to sit down again.The two talked for a long time, because of the common topic of Xiaoshi, the two talked for a long time, especially talking about Xiaoshi's childhood.After speaking, no one wanted to stop talking.

It was still Zhao Shiqi who said: "Mother, Your Majesty is going to rest, he has been on a boat all day."

Lady Shan immediately came back to her senses, and saluted again: "I have committed a crime, Your Majesty, please go and rest!"

Zhao Cong also felt a little embarrassed, and couldn't stop talking about Little Eleven, not to mention that Little Eleven was sitting beside him!He was here, and Mrs. Shan was also restrained, so he simply got up and said: "My lady, stay here, I'm going to rest."

Mrs. Shan ordered Zhao Shiqi to accompany Zhao Cong.

Zhao Shiqi sent Zhao Cong to the gate of his yard, and the two stopped together, but neither of them spoke.

Zhao Cong waited for a while, then said: "It's rare for you to come back here, go talk to your mother, I'll go in and rest."

"Yes." Zhao Shiqi said, turned and left.

"..." Zhao Cong didn't expect him to be so happy!Then he got angry again.

Lady Shan was still waiting where she was, but as soon as Zhao Shiqi came in, she got up immediately, tears were about to fall again.

Zhao Shiqi sighed: "Mother, why are you crying? I'm not doing well."

Mrs. Shan took his hand and cried for a while, and then she sighed: "Your Majesty has such a good temper. With my status, he doesn't blame me, and talks to me like that. It's strange that you can do that. Choosing such a good emperor is also a blessing for the people of the world."

Even if it was his mother's praise, Zhao Shiqi raised the corners of his mouth and nodded: "He is very good."

Mrs. Shan sighed: "Actually, what's wrong with being like this now? The last life you mentioned was full of swords, lights, swords and shadows, and human blood and bones. Even if you ascend to a high position, so what? What my mother is looking forward to is nothing more than your safety and stability." That's all for one lifetime."

That's right, Lady Shan was the only one who knew about Zhao Shiqi's rebirth.

As soon as Zhao Shifu was reborn, he told her about it.He was still young at the time, if he wanted to bury the thread for the future, he had to ask his mother to help him, so he could only tell the truth to his mother.Naturally, such shocking words could not be accepted by his mother at first.His mother thought he had suffered something dirty and lost his mind.

He directly revealed the true identities of their mother and son. After his mother was shocked, it took some time to finally accept this incredible thing.The true identity of their mother and son was never known to Zhao Shiqi in his previous life, even if his mother died, he never said it out loud.Because he was too young and cowardly at that time, his mother didn't dare to say it.

It wasn't until he ascended the throne that Mu Fu, who was wandering outside, came back and told him the truth, which he didn't know until ten days before his death.

Zhao Shiqi sat beside her, looked at her and said, "Mother, I also think it's very good now."

"Your Majesty loves you, so you should do things for him well. Mother never asks you to have great achievements."

Zhao Shiqi nodded: "I know."

"When your Majesty mentions you, his eyes are soft. Mother can tell that he really loves you. It's also because he loves you. Even if I am a hidden concubine in Weijun Wangfu, he doesn't blame me. It can be seen How much does he love you?" Shan Niang said, looking at him tenderly and joyfully.

Zhao Shiqi's heart warmed when she saw her, he knew that there were only two people in the world who would look at him like this.His mother, and Zhao Cong.Zhao Cong was so kind to him, he shouldn't be like Zhao Cong for a woman, he will have to pay for it later.

He held his mother's hand back, and asked: "Is it true that mother won't go to Tokyo with me? I have a house, you live at home, Zhao Congde won't know."

Mrs. Shan smiled: "I'm used to living in Hangzhou, and the south is very nourishing and supportive. Mrs. Yu usually stays with me, and the two of us talk. These days are very peaceful, and I am very content."

"only……"

Mrs. Shan laughed again: "Don't be so, as you said, in your last life, I died early. It is precisely because of this lesson from the past that I understand that the most important thing in life is to be happy. It turns out that you were young , I didn’t know that you were born again, I resented me very much. I resented my family, I resented the world, I resented myself, I resented Zhao Congde and Weijun’s palace. In my previous life, even if Concubine Xu didn’t do anything to harm me, I’m afraid I would resent death sooner. .”

"mother--"

"You don't need to persuade me. In this life, my mother can still do something for you. It's a blessing for me not to drag you down. Now, Your Majesty loves you, and you can do what you like. My mother is really very satisfied."

When Zhao Shiqi heard his mother's words, he knew that what his mother said was from his heart, but he still had doubts: "Mother, don't you want to go back to your hometown and have a look?"

Shan Niangzi smiled: "Hometown?"

"Yes, hometown."

"What is a hometown? Only when there is a family and a home can it be called a hometown. Today, my hometown is in Tokyo and also in Hangzhou. Where there is you, it is my hometown, and where there is a home, it is even more my hometown. "

When Zhao Shiqi heard this, he knew that his mother had completely let go of the past.

Mrs. Shan gently smoothed his sleeves, and said: "Go, the boat is exhausting, and you are also tired, go and rest."

Zhao Shiqi left the small hall, lowered his head slightly and walked towards the front yard.

He felt a little ashamed of his mother, if it wasn't for him, even in her previous life, his mother would have had a way to leave the county palace long ago.It's just that women were not allowed to set up their own accounts at that time, and with him, he would have no status after all.His mother was afraid that he would not be able to grow up properly, so for him, his mother stayed in Weijun Palace.

Although his mother rejected his birth at first, she still protected him for more than ten years.

It's just that his mother in the previous life, even though she worked hard to be strong in her heart, was hit by life and killed by others, so she died early.In this life, because of his rebirth, his mother and he became strong early on.

At this time, he thought of Zhao Cong's plan to allow the woman to establish a household, and he sighed for a while, if his mother met such an emperor back then, why would his mother endure it?With his mother's status, he shouldn't face those nasty things.

His mother actually missed him very much, but for his sake, she never demanded anything from him, and she didn't need him to stay in Hangzhou.

He couldn't help thinking, what about him?

The real hometown is no longer the hometown, where is the hometown now?

As he was thinking, someone in front of him called him softly: "Mr. Sanlang."

He looked up, and there was a person hidden behind the moon gate, one of the three concubines he bought back at that time.He frowned slightly, he had long forgotten about these three people, now that Zhao Cong is still there, if he saw them, he would definitely be unhappy.He wanted to make her go back when he opened his mouth.

But she immediately bowed her head and said: "Mr. Sir, I have been waiting for many days, and finally I have waited for Mr. Lang to come back. I came here this time because I want to ask Mr. Mr. to do something." After finishing speaking, she knelt down on the ground.

Zhao Shiqi ordered her to speak quickly, and she told the ins and outs, and she burst into tears afterward.

In fact, it is very common. This concubine is also a poor person. After all, in today's world, there are many poor women.She was sold by her stepmother, and now her cousin who has a marriage contract came back from the border, found out about her, and found Hangzhou all the way, trying to redeem her to go home and marry her.

Zhao Shiqi's heart was cold, and he didn't feel moved after listening to it.

He was just curious, why could her cousin still remember her after being separated from him for five years?He asked the exit.

Although the concubine did not understand why he asked such a question, he said honestly: "Mr. Lang, my cousin and my concubine grew up together when they were young, and they have been in love for a long time."

Young love?

How much is young love worth?

Zhao Shiqi sneered: "It cost 300 taels of silver to buy you back then, did he have it?"

The concubine cried more and more.

Zhao Shiqi still didn't feel any distress, his heart was like his name.

Just a rock.

The concubine kowtowed and begged: "Mr. Lang, you bought the three of us back, but you never touched us. I dare to say something today."

"Say."

"My concubine has seen you look at a knife many times. You only look at it, but you are never willing to use it. I don't know if there is someone in your heart? If you have one, you know how happy you are. Concubine and cousin We grew up together from the age of five to 11, and we separated because he wanted to go out to learn skills. Although we have separated, my cousin often wrote to me. It was not until I was sold here by my stepmother that we broke up Contact. Originally thought that this life was nothing more than this, but my cousin came back to look for my concubine. Sir, can you understand this? You also have someone you like, and I beg you for this. Let me go. .”

Zhao Shiqi was stunned, he asked back: "What is the relationship between looking at the knife and Xinyue?"

"Lang Jun, if you don't like him, why do you look at his things every day? Just because you look at his things, you can think of him. Just because you don't want to forget him, you have to look at his things every day. And because You can't forget him at all, so you can remember to look at his things every day. Sir, this is the same for me! With him, I can feel at ease! Please help me!"

She cried until she couldn't make a sound, but Zhao Shiqi was suddenly chilled by the gentle spring breeze.

He could no longer hear the woman's cry.

He heard Xiao Tang's words: If you like one person, you will never see other people again in this life.If you like someone, even if you can look at her from a distance.If you like her, as long as she is happy, everything will be fine.If it wasn't for her, it wouldn't matter if she didn't marry for the rest of her life.

And the words of that concubine just now: Only when he is there can the concubine feel at ease!

These words rang in his ears in turn.

It was not until a long time later that he came back to his senses.

He bowed his head, the concubine was still crying.

He looked at it for a while and said, "Let's go, be quiet when you go, go through the back door, don't let anyone see you, you don't need your redemption money, someone will cancel the government's deed. Come to the mansion in ten days, I will Let my mother add makeup to you."

"No, you don't have to worry about it!" The concubine looked up in surprise and immediately refused.

"If you don't accept it, don't leave again."

"..." The concubine was a little confused.

Zhao Shiqi turned around to leave.

The concubine hurriedly said again: "I wish you and your lord an early connection with the one you like, and may you grow old together." After she finished speaking, she kowtowed politely.

Zhao Shiqi smiled lightly and bleakly, and walked away.

What made this concubine even more confused was that ten days later, she came to pick up makeup.She originally thought it was just a few golden hairpins at most, but Mrs. Shan prepared 36 dowry for her! !You know, in their Hangzhou, many wealthy families marry their daughters for no more than twelve liters, at most twenty liters.It only cost 48 to marry a daughter from Zhizhou adults!

What's more, the 36 lifts are all real, and the hands can't really get in.If you want to release it more loosely, you can really put it in 48 lifts!

She was too terrified to ask for it.

Mrs. Shan patted her hand with a smile, and said: "San Lang said before leaving that your words are worth it."

She became more and more confused, and in the end Mrs. Shan ordered the servants in the family to carry her things back to her home, and Zhao Shiqi also gave her a three-entry house.This has also become a doubt that she can't solve in her whole life. At the moment before she died, when she returned to the light, she still remembered to say good things about Saburo to her children and grandchildren, and even more remembered to ask them to wish Saburo a good life and hope that Saburo can be with her heart. Happy people grow old together.

She didn't know how worthwhile her words were.

The question that has troubled Zhao Shiqi for many years finally has an answer because of her words.