Funing Hall

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and because it is a festival, and you can watch the water battle in Jinming Lake, the people are very happy, and the city is full of joy.

Then came some bad news.

A few days ago, everyone was still scolding the Sun family, but now they say that the Sun family was a meritorious service to the founding of the country and did their best for the royal family, but was ordered to be executed by His Majesty, and the interrogation was not in accordance with the rules and violated the laws of the Song Dynasty.Some people said that the assassin had nothing to do with the Sun family at all, and some even said that this was deliberately done by His Majesty to kill the Sun family, and some people complained for the Sun family.

Most of the news in Tokyo is those restaurants and teahouses. When such news spreads, although the Kaifeng government can't take people for real killing, it must manage them.When the order was issued to search, it was impossible to find out who was spreading the message.The diners also found it strange that those storytellers who were talking to people happily yesterday suddenly disappeared.

Zhao Cong also heard that he didn't take this matter to heart.

These people can pass it on for a while, but they can't pass it on for a lifetime. If they can pass it on for a lifetime, he will admire it.Those who spread these words are nothing more than those people.

He didn't care about it, but Zhao Shiqi did.Zhao Shiqian could see how much Zhao Cong had paid for it, and just as his health was about the same, he planned to go out of the palace and personally send someone to investigate the matter.

Without waiting for him to leave the palace, Duke Wei and Zhao Congde came to the palace first.

Zhao Congde didn't want to enter the palace at all. When he came back from Luoyang, he saw the miserable state of the Sun family, and he fell seriously ill when he returned to the mansion, and he took ten days to recover before recovering.He is embarrassed to tell others, but the truth is, he is already a little afraid of Zhao Cong.

But the king of Wei Jun wanted to go to the palace to see Zhao Shiqi, so he insisted on going.

He pretended to be sick and lay on the bed.

King Wei Jun said to the two stewards: "Put him into the carriage!"

"Father!"

"A worthless thing!" Prince Wei pointed at him, "You were so frightened after seeing the tragic situation of the Sun family? Now you know how terrible the imperial power is? You also know how much the former emperor used to pamper the clan?"

"Not at all." Zhao Congde insisted.

"I don't know you yet? It's different now, His Majesty is getting stronger and stronger, and we clansmen must be more honest!"

Hearing the word "honest", Zhao Congde was even more afraid. He had always been dishonest, and he had done many dishonest things without telling his father.

"Nowadays there is a sky-reaching ladder in front of you. Don't you climb it? Whoever doesn't climb is a fool! That's your biological son, my grandson! He will be the emperor in the future! He's serious! He's not close to us, Even if you don't live in the mansion for a long time, something like that happened a few years ago, if you don't try to please me now, when will you please?"

It would be a shame for Zhao Congde not to care about trying to please his son at the moment, he was simply afraid of Zhao Cong and the palace.He has been daydreaming all day long, dreaming that the things he did were revealed, and Zhao Cong stabbed blood holes all over his body with a knife.

If he didn't want to, he was framed up by King Wei Jun and brought into the palace together.

They entered the palace in the name of visiting Zhao Shiqi, they were Zhao Shiqi's grandfather and father in name anyway, Zhao Cong wanted to see them.

The four of them sat in the hall and had some conversations. Seeing that Zhao Congde's complexion was pale, Zhao Cong asked with concern, "Why is the fourth brother's complexion like this?"

Zhao Congde forced a smile and said, "I got the wind and cold."

Zhao Congde has always been a generous person, this is the first time Zhao Cong saw him so honest and listless.But Zhao Congde looked like a dead man in his eyes, he was going to be sent out after the Dragon Boat Festival, and he was dealt with on the way.Zhao Cong didn't pay too much attention, and turned to talk about the scene with Wei Junwang.

There are two seats in the first seat, Zhao Cong occupies one, and Zhao Shiqi sits on the other side.Zhao Cong and Wei Junwang were talking hotly, while Zhao Shiqi stared at Zhao Congde.The maid in the Baoci Palace had Fulu's instruction, and she deliberately said the false and true words, saying that she was frightening Aunt Wang. Aunt Wang is now looking for someone to spread the word for her in the palace, but she didn't. People are willing to help her.

Just now, Zhao Congde came into the palace, and Aunt Wang was finally able to find him.

Considering that the Dragon Boat Festival is only a few days away, when he and Queen Mother Sun become famous all over the world, that scene is really good.There was a smile on the corner of Zhao Shiqi's mouth, Zhao Congde lowered his head to drink tea, and when he looked up, he saw his son smiling at him like this.His hand trembled inexplicably.

Zhao Shiqi slowly retracted his gaze.

Zhao Cong wanted to keep King Wei Jun to eat in the palace, King Wei Jun only wanted to repair the relationship with Zhao Shiqi, so he agreed with all his heart, but Zhao Congde really didn't want to stay any longer, but he couldn't speak up.Zhao Cong smiled at him, and he thought of what Zhao Cong said about bringing the assassin back to stab him for fun, and his complexion became even paler.

Zhao Shiqi wanted to dismiss him, so he "kindly" asked: "Why is your son so ugly?"

Zhao Cong looked back at Zhao Congde, and said with concern: "Fourth brother, is your health bad?"

King Wei hurriedly said: "It's hot these days, and the night is cold and cold. He is so old that he is sick."

Zhao Shiqi nodded: "Since that's the case, the son should go back to rest earlier."

Zhao Cong only thought that Zhao Shiqi hated Zhao Congde, and hated him so much that he didn't want to sit with him, so he echoed him aloud.Zhao Congde couldn't get what he wanted, and he didn't care that Zhao Shiqi didn't call him "father", so he saluted Zhao Cong, turned around and slipped away.

On the palace road, Zhao Congde was naturally stopped by Aunt Wang.

Zhao Congde used to go to Baoci Hall often, and everyone in the palace knew about it, so he didn't find it strange. Aunt Wang pretended to meet her by chance, and invited the son to have a cup of tea in Baoci Hall.

Can Zhao Congde be willing?Aunt Wang stared at her with a smile on her face, her eyes were full of coldness, and she said: "Your Majesty has not entered the palace for many days, so why not go to Baoci Hall for a cup of tea?"

Zhao Congde has been walking a lot by the river, and he has had a lot of nightmares these days. Everyone is a little scared, but he immediately became dissatisfied when he saw Aunt Wang's threatening appearance.He has always been the one who threatens others, what kind of person is Aunt Wang!The Sun family is all over, and the Empress Dowager Sun will just spend her lonely life in the palace, so why should he be afraid? !

He went to the Hall of Baoci with arrogance, and the eunuch who followed him was speechless again, and said that he should go back sooner because he was not in good health, but now it is good, he did not eat the banquet invited by His Majesty, but ran to the Hall of Baoci to drink tea!But he didn't say much, he just stood guard at the gate of Baoci Hall.

Aunt Wang took him into an empty room, closed the door, turned around and knelt on the ground with a "plop", panicked: "My son! Something is wrong!!"

Zhao Congde was really frightened by her, he couldn't hear this!

Aunt Wang has already mourned: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty already knows about you and the Queen Mother, and will deal with you at the Dragon Boat Festival!"

This was really a thunderbolt, which frightened Zhao Congde even more, and immediately thought of the blood hole in the dream, his voice trembled: "You, tell me clearly!"

Aunt Wang hurriedly said what she said that day, but she was also afraid in her heart. In order to win Zhao Congde's trust, she exaggerated that she was eavesdropping on Concubine Shu's own words.When Zhao Congde heard this, is it okay? !He also thought about the smiling appearance of Zhao Cong and him just now, you know, in the past, Zhao Cong was always too lazy to talk to him.

He believed it!

Abnormal is a demon!Zhao Cong is going to kill him!

He got up, frowned and walked back and forth in the room for a few times, then suddenly turned around, walked up to Aunt Wang, and said coldly and lowly: "Since that's the case, it's better to follow the plan!"

"Sir?"

"On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, when you were watching the water battle, you directly poisoned the Empress Dowager Sun to death, and then pushed her into the water! Others saw that she committed suicide in front of everyone because of her father and brother's pain. Then take the opportunity to pour dirty water on Zhao Cong!"

"Shi, son, directly poison the empress dowager's body, and when the body of the empress dowager is inspected, it will always be exposed!"

"Trash! If you had killed Zhao Cong back then, what would happen now?!"

Aunt Wang also complained: "If your son doesn't go to save him, how can these things happen?"

Zhao Congde raised his voice: "What are you, how dare you blame this son?!"

Aunt Wang bowed her head: "My maid doesn't dare, but my son, don't just paint cakes for your maid, but don't have anything real to give."

Zhao Congde said irritably: "What I promised you will always be done. I will give Shiro money and a house when I go back. Marriage is always a big deal. It's just this time, if you don't join hands with me, I will tell Zhao Cong right away! Can you end well? The hallucinogenic poisonous fungus was sent from the Southwest before, and I still have it there."

Aunt Wang took a deep breath and gritted her teeth: "My servant obeys!"

After discussing this matter, Zhao Congde shrank his head and hurried back to the house.

When he returned to the mansion, he wanted to rest for a while, but the second steward came to him excitedly: "Your Majesty! Uncle has sent a letter!"

He is usually very happy to receive Jiang Wei's letter, and Jiang Wei always praises him when he receives a letter, or wants to join hands with him on something.But now he is really scared!But no matter how afraid he was, he still had to read the letter. He couldn't see it. The grievances between His Majesty and Sun's family that have been raging in Beijing recently, Jiang Wei thought it was the news from him, so he specially wrote a letter to praise him!

In a panic, he immediately grabbed the second butler and asked, "The things about His Majesty in Beijing are not the news you released, right?"

The second steward said inexplicably, "No, the little one didn't do anything!"

Zhao Congde breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good." He didn't even want to write a letter, pointing to the table and said, "You use my handwriting to write to uncle, just write, I have nothing to do with writing about Beijing! "

The second steward wrote the letter obediently, Zhao Congde said one sentence, and he wrote one sentence.

Zhao Congde said again: "You tell him, let's stop that matter!"

"Your Majesty?" The second housekeeper looked at him puzzled.

Zhao Congde was cowardly and ran away, but he was afraid that people would look down on him, so he slapped the table more and more: "My son will be the emperor in the future, and I will be the emperor! Why do I have to work so hard?"

The second steward thought it was true, but he wondered: "My son, uncle has been working hard for us for several years for this matter, and he has done his best. Now that he has said this in retrospect, is it..."

Zhao Congde thought to himself, his life is almost gone, who cares about that!Zhao Cong knew about his affairs with Empress Dowager Sun, and he was already planning to deal with them, his most urgent task was to think about how to get out.No matter what, it is the right thing to kill the Queen Mother first. Once the Queen Mother dies, there is no evidence to prove that he is related to the Queen Mother.Anyway, Queen Mother Sun and Sun Boxun, who knew about it, were about to die, so Aunt Wang dared not say anything.

He said to the second housekeeper: "You just said that Beijing and China are not peaceful recently, and you will look for opportunities in the future."

"Yes." The second butler didn't say a word, but just wrote it down.

Zhao Congde also ordered some boxes of jewels to be sent to the imperial concubine to reassure himself.

The concubine Jiang always looked down on him. She put away the things he sent without even looking at them, and turned to her son Zhao Shiyuan and said: "Shiqi is lucky, others will not be envious of you, please do your best." In the future, he will be the king, and you will be just like your grandfather, just be a good minister. Our family was originally the county king, without that kind of luck, if you can be a good county king, your life will not be in vain. "

"Yes, mother."

Jiang's temperament is indifferent, but it doesn't mean that she doesn't understand anything. She always has something to say to her son. She frowned slightly: "I used to write to your uncle, but he never listened to my advice. He and you My father always hides things from me. I obey my father at home, my elder brother, and my husband when I get married. No one will listen to what I say. Shiyuan, you have to listen to His Majesty and build a good relationship with Shiqi."

"Your Majesty sent Du Yu to Taiyuan to serve as the magistrate. On the surface, it was derogatory, but in reality——"

"That's what I'm worried about. Over the past hundred years, other guards have already returned the military power to His Majesty. Father and brother, but what's the use of what I say? Even though I'm in the back house, I often see Your Majesty when I go to the palace for banquets. He There is light in his eyes, but he is not a kind person. I only hope that when Du Yu goes back to Taiyuan this time, he can really squeeze out big brother and come back voluntarily."

"Mother, don't worry. Your Majesty has a rift in his heart. He sent Du Yu to Taiyuan. His confidant Xie Wenrui is in Dengzhou. Huang Shucai came back from Guangnan. Even if uncle has ideas, it is useless."

Mrs. Jiang held Zhao Shiyuan's hand and said with emotion: "Fortunately, I have you. These things are related to my mother's family. Who can I tell? Let alone your grandfather. Your brother reads all day long, and he has penetrated into the depths of his life." In the book, I don’t understand anything.”

"Mother, don't worry, our family is related to the Xie family and the Cai family, and we have eleven younger brothers, so we will be safe."

Jiang sighed: "I hope so. In the royal family, there are always times when you can't help yourself."

It was already late at night to send Wei Junwang away.Zhao Shiqi's leaving the palace could only be postponed until the next day, Zhao Cong was still worried about his health, and originally refused to allow him to leave the palace alone, but seeing his insistence, he finally agreed, only to leave the palace with him.

The two went out of the palace together, Zhao Shiqi couldn't do any more serious business, but he was also very happy, his house was given by Zhao Cong, but Zhao Cong hadn't been there once since it was built.

It happened that the next day was Muxiu again, the two had breakfast and went out of the palace together when the sun was shining.

Zhao Cong was dressed in ordinary clothes, and others could not see that he was the emperor.The royal street outside the palace is bustling as usual, and just as the festival is approaching, it is busier than usual.Zhao Cong inevitably had to take a few more glances, Rantao accompanied him to the shop, and Zhao Shiqi followed leisurely behind.

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and many shops are selling some hand-knitted baisos, which are obviously very common knitting fabrics, but they can really be woven into flowers.Rantao laughed straight, and whispered to Zhao Cong: "Your Majesty, it is better than the little maid in our palace."

The masters are always among the folks, Zhao Cong smiled and asked Rantao to pick out the good ones, and go back to play for the little palace ladies.

"Your Majesty really dotes on them." Rantao smiled and went to pick them.

Zhao Shiqi only heard the second half of the sentence, leaned forward and hurriedly asked: "Who do you favor?"

Rantao laughed even harder, Zhao Cong shook his head amusedly, and went to another shop to look.Zhao Shiqi followed immediately, and asked, "Who does Lord Qilang favor?"

Zhao Cong reached out to pick up a few Baisuo from the shop in front of him, looked at him sideways, his eyes were full of smiles, Zhao Cong waved the Baisuo in front of his eyes, and said with a light smile, "I love you."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Cong turned around and continued to look at folk art.

Zhao Shiqi smirked behind him.

Rantao picked out the good things, and when he turned around to see his description, he laughed again.As a female officer, she shouldn't be like this, but these two people really make people laugh.It's not a mockery, but I was easily moved by the flow of affection between His Majesty and Lang Jun, so I couldn't help laughing.

She was laughing when she suddenly saw a little lady with a maid walking beside her, and she was heading towards Mr. Xiao Lang.

She frowned slightly, and the little lady had already walked to Zhao Shiqi's side, and said softly: "I have seen Mr. Eleven."

Zhao Shiqi turned around in surprise and saw that it was someone he didn't recognize.

Zhao Cong turned his head when he heard the girl's voice.The little lady had never seen Zhao Cong, but seeing His Majesty now, she became nervous and couldn't speak.

Her maid did not recognize His Majesty, she only knew that she had been guarding here with their third lady for several days, and when she finally came to guard this gentleman, she was heartbroken for their third lady, and immediately offered the little box in her hand and said: : "Mr. Eleven, this is made by our third lady. There are rice dumplings and Baisuo among them. Our third lady—"

The female envoy couldn't finish her sentence, because the third lady felt ashamed while being looked at by His Majesty and Zhao Shiqi, and she was embarrassed to let the female envoy continue, so she pulled her hand to stop her.But San Niangzi managed to stay with Zhao Shiqi, and she didn't want to leave like this, so she had to look at Zhao Shiqi affectionately with those eyes that were still talking.

Although Zhao Cong met this person once, he had long forgotten about it.

He thought it was Zhao Shiqi's luck, and raised the corners of his mouth in a funny way. Although he was not very angry, he was still not very happy in his heart. Who would like his own person to be coveted by others?

He smiled and put down the Baisuo in his hand, turned around and walked forward.

Zhao Shiqi panicked, and immediately stepped forward and said, "I don't know her."

"Mr. Eleven doesn't recognize her, but he recognizes you."

"I……"

"I'm afraid that Mr. Eleven travels too much outside and is missed by others."

"I will go out of the palace less often in the future."

Zhao Cong glanced at him: "I dare not imprison Lord Eleven."

"I am willing."

Zhao Cong felt it was funny, he usually spoke sharply, but now he couldn't say a word.He intentionally continued to tease Zhao Shiqi. At this time, Zhao Shiqi gave him the illusion that he was really young, and he could still tease him.They traveled all the way to the Zhao Mansion, but Zhao Cong still didn't talk much to Zhao Shiqi.

As soon as he entered Zhao's mansion, Zhao Shiqi couldn't bear it anymore, he took Zhao Cong's hand and walked to the garden behind the house.

There is a lot of water in the garden, there are many pavilions and pavilions, and there is a bamboo forest.The bamboo grove was recently, Zhao Shiqi pulled Zhao Cong into the bamboo grove, pressed Zhao Cong to a piece of bamboo, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, I really don't know her!"

Seeing that he was in a hurry, Zhao Cong felt even more cute in his heart, so he continued to ask teasingly, "You really don't want to marry a wife?"

"With you, what wife should I marry?!"

"He is so masculine, who doesn't marry a wife?"

"I won't marry! Your Majesty is not allowed to choose another concubine!" Zhao Shiqi became more and more anxious as he spoke.

Seeing that he was in such a hurry, Zhao Cong also knew that everything must be done in moderation, and that he should be rewarded occasionally.He simply stretched out his hands to hold Zhao Shiqi's arms, and said softly: "After visiting the garden, let's go look elsewhere."

"Where are you going?"

"Go to your workshop that specializes in making vinegar."

Zhao Shiqi looked at him in surprise.

Zhao Cong pinched his chin, kissed the corner of his mouth, and said on his lips: "Occasionally, I will be jealous."