Funing Hall

Sun Xiaoyu found the panic-stricken Aunt Wang, and was about to tell her about leaving. Seeing that she was so desperate, she asked in surprise, "What's wrong with Auntie?"

Aunt Wang forced a smile: "Last night, I caught a cold."

Sun Xiaoyu didn't doubt it. She was worrying about her own affairs at this time, so she said directly: "Auntie, I have to go. When I go back to Songzhou, I am afraid that I will never go back to Kaifeng again, and it will be difficult to see each other again. Auntie blames me, we So I won’t say goodbye to her, please take good care of my aunt. From now on, only you will be left with my aunt.”

Aunt Wang finally came back to her senses, but her eyes were complicated. She looked at Sun Xiaoyu and said, "My lady is getting married."

There was neither happiness nor sadness on Sun Xiaoyu's face, but she still pulled out a smile: "Yes, the marriage was bestowed by His Majesty, and the princess added makeup for me."

"My maidservant, I wish the eldest lady and Mr. Shilang grow old together and spend this life peacefully together."

"According to my aunt's auspicious words." After finishing speaking, Sun Xiaoyu nodded and turned to leave.

Aunt Wang watched her leave with squinted eyes, and after a long time, she let out a soft sigh.

Aunt Wang hesitated for a moment, then went to the inner room to see the unconscious Empress Dowager Sun.

For this person, she has truly loved and cared for him for more than ten years, she has gone through fire and water for him, and she really gave her all.It was only at the end that she discovered that she was no better than a beast with the queen mother and her family.Zhao Congde naturally has no good intentions, but Zhao Congde saved her daughter, told her the truth, and let her daughter live a good life, why is she not used by Zhao Congde?

Later, in order to make her daughter live a better life, she had to listen to Zhao Congde even more.

Although Zhao Congde is indeed a waste, he has only bad intentions and no ability.After all, it is the royal family, higher than their self-righteous Sun family.As long as she can defeat the Sun family and the Queen Mother, she is willing!

Looking at the face in front of her, she wished she could strangle him to death immediately.

She took a deep breath, she has endured for many years, and she is not in a hurry at this moment.Sun Boxun and his son are about to die, and the Empress Dowager Sun is only at the end of her battle.The most urgent task is to contact Shizi quickly and come up with a solution as soon as possible.

During the days when Aunt Wang was busy contacting Zhao Congde, Zhao Shiqi took medicine very cooperatively and took care of his body. He only hoped that he could move freely before the Dragon Boat Festival.

Zhao Cong is also very busy these days, there is a grand court meeting on the first day of May.It's just that this year's Dragon Boat Festival has to watch the water battle at Jinming Lake, and the grand court meeting has not been held. What's more, the grand court meeting in May is not as important as the other two days, especially since neither Xixia nor Liao Kingdom sent envoys to come.They all sent letters respectively, saying that they would come to visit the Emperor of Song when they had time in June.

Zhao Cong happened to want to see them too, and this time he wanted to settle the matter with Xixia.He also personally wrote back to Liao, asking when Yeluqin would come to Song Dynasty.He had something to say to Yeluqin, Yeluqin also had Gu Ci who was very capable, and he wanted to see him too.

Not only was he busy with these things, but Xie Wenrui, who had been in Dengzhou for several months, also wrote back that the matter of the navy had made progress, and he had already established a relationship with the Jurchen leader.The Liao Kingdom did not want to grant them vassal status, and they were willing to submit to the Song Dynasty, but they still needed to negotiate conditions.

The Jurchens are naturally not stupid, knowing that Da Song favored him so much for something, so they simply exchanged one for another.

Zhao Cong is very satisfied, he likes to do business, and he is straightforward and comfortable when he comes and goes.

After Du Yu arrived in Taiyuan Mansion, he got used to it very quickly. He sent letters to him every ten days, only saying that Jiang Weichang was in Taiyuan Mansion, he didn't go out of the city easily, and he didn't act suspiciously. .

How can it be easy to see if something is wrong?Zhao Cong ordered him to continue to watch carefully, and he didn't have to be polite with Jiang Wei when dealing with the affairs of the government.Jiang Wei is a military general, and a rare military general from an aristocratic family. He has a bad temper and can't stand being provoked.

It was also at this time that Huang Shu, Fan Shiwu and others arrived in Kaifeng Mansion. Zhao Cong was never stingy with real talents, not to mention the recent changes in the government and the people's hearts are not very stable. Get rid of this gloom.

Zhao Cong raised his glass to start the banquet. He presented food to Huang Shu, encouraged him, and said with emotion: "Mr. Huang's journey back to Kaifeng is really very difficult and dangerous."

Someone asked why.

"Huang Qing, come and tell people."

Huang Shu is a smart man, when he heard what happened to the Sun family on the way, he guessed that the Sun family was just being used as a knife.His temperament was already smelly and hard, and it was something that endangered his life, so he was naturally not happy.He "hummed", and generously said that he was murdered by the Sun family twice on the way home.

The rest of the officials were in an uproar.

As long as His Majesty is there, they can't be too much, but they are all shocked.Zhao Cong looked carefully at the crowd with a smile on his face, he didn't look at their faces or listen to their words, he only looked at their hands.If the person involved in this matter is here, in front of him, hearing these words, no matter how calm people are, they will leak something.Most of these people claim to be extremely calm, and their facial expressions and language can often cover up to the best.

It's useless to look at these, he specifically looks at the hands of those people.

There were three people with weird gestures, one of them was just a fourth-rank official, and he was here because of his important use.This man is notoriously timid, no wonder.The other two had stiff fingers, one was an elderly servant from the Ministry of Officials, and the other was Zheng Qiao.

Zhao Cong squinted at Zheng Qiao for a moment, then lowered his head and drank half a glass of wine.

Du Yu's nephew, Du Cheng, was indeed assassinated after leaving Kaifeng.It's just that Zhao Cong also sent people to follow, and they tied up the person who intended to assassinate, but they couldn't ask any questions.They could only attack Du Cheng, but His Majesty had already said to expel him from the Kaifeng mansion, so they didn't dare to catch him back, so they had to follow him all the way.

Du Cheng traveled all the way south without a specific direction.

Zhao Cong happened to be in Luoyang during those days, so he couldn't take care of it.After he came back, there were a lot of things going on, and he didn't have time to listen to someone's report until yesterday. At this moment, he was secretly thinking about Zheng Qiao's name, and thought of Du Cheng.

It seems that he still has to be arrested and questioned.

If he guessed right, the person who harmed Du Yu might be Zheng Qiao.

But where did Zheng Qiao get the money to get through those officials?The bribes received by those officials, the salt capital alone is not enough, it is really a drop in the bucket.

It's true that Huang Shu has a bad temper, but he speaks very funny, and the notes he wrote sell very well in the market, which is enough to show that he is a very talented person.All the officials at the lower end loved to listen to him, and they were all fascinated by it.

Zhao Cong sat alone in the first seat and thought about the affairs of the court, internal and external are all things, looking ahead and looking after the future, it is not easy to be an emperor.

He couldn't help being sad again, so he drank a few more glasses of wine.The wine he drank was not strong, but the wine made from fruit, which was different from what the officials below drank.Even if it is not strong, he still drinks more unconsciously when he drinks less.

His eyes were a little hazy.

Fu Lu persuaded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, shall we go back?"

Zhao Cong responded subconsciously, but there was no response in reality. Fu Lu stepped forward to help him, and he stood up wobbly.

The officials stopped talking and stood up, facing him.

Fu Lu said for him: "Your Majesty still has to deal with political affairs when he goes back, so please enjoy yourself, my lords."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Cong helped Fu Lu go out, and went out through the back door of the closest hall.Zhao Cong's feet were a little weak, Fu Lu asked the little eunuch to support him, bent down and said, "Your Majesty, I will carry you back."

As soon as Fu Lu finished speaking, he felt a gust of wind in front of him, and he looked up in surprise.

Someone strode forward, bringing a gust of wind, and stretched out his hand to help His Majesty.

"Little—" Fu Lu didn't finish.

Mr. Xiao Lang hugged His Majesty up!

"Xiao Lang-jun..."

Zhao Shiqi turned around and stared at him: "I don't even look at it, how can I drink like this."

"The little one is guilty." Fu Lu felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong, so he honestly admitted his mistake.

Zhao Shiqi stepped down the steps, and Fu Lu immediately said: "Young Lord, is your back injury more serious?"

Zhao Shiqi frowned and ignored him.

Ran Tao finally arrived in a hurry, and she reached out to touch Fu Lu's forehead: "You idiot! Let someone clear the way!"

"Yes yes yes!" Fu Lu led the people forward and waved away all the maids and eunuchs on the palace road.

After more than ten days of feeding, Zhao Shiqi was able to straighten his back, and he looked the same as before.It's just that he was greedy for the days when Zhao Cong coaxed him, so he deliberately pretended.Today Zhao Cong was entertaining officials in the front hall. He thought Zhao Cong was just passing by, but he didn't return for a long time, so he sent someone to ask.

The little eunuch came back and said, Your Majesty drank too much.

Without saying a word, he strode out.

At this time, the night wind was blowing gently, and there were only the two of them on the palace road.

Zhao Shiqi hugged Zhao Cong and walked on the path of the quiet palace, and suddenly remembered the first time he hugged Zhao Cong.He was only 11 years old at the time, and he was as tall as Zhao Cong.But when he hugged Zhao Cong tightly in his arms, he was surprised, Zhao Cong was so light, so light that he could float away at any time.

Now five years have passed, Zhao Cong in his arms is still so light, but he has grown tall enough and strong enough, he can leave this breeze with his hands.

He couldn't help hugging Zhao Cong even tighter, Zhao Cong's head rested on his chest, and murmured: "Xixia, Liao Kingdom, Jiang Wei, Zhao Congde, Jurchen, Zheng Qiao..."

Zhao Shiqi's footsteps faltered.

Zhao Cong was confused again: "Xixia, Liao Kingdom, Jiang Wei, Zhao Congde, Jurchen, Zheng Qiao..."

He kept repeating these words, Zhao Shiqi felt very uncomfortable.

Zhao Cong really put in all his thoughts for the Song Dynasty and the people, but the affairs of this world can never be dealt with clearly.Without Zheng Qiao, there will still be Li Qiao and Chen Qiao. As long as they are in this position, they will always have to face these.

Zhao Shiqi was very distressed.

But he also knew that these were Zhao Cong's ambitions.

He continued to stride forward, he no longer pretended to be sick, he would do his best to help Zhao Cong.

Walking into Funing Hall, he originally wanted to send Zhao Cong to the main hall, but after thinking about it, he should take him to the side hall.