Funing Hall

Zhao Shiqi used to be a person who cared about power and power, but he gradually became like this, he himself did not expect.He just wants to be with Zhao Cong every day.

Perhaps this idea is indeed a bit futile?

Zhao Shiqi is too lazy to care about his future.

Zhao Cong was the biggest and only gain in his rebirth.

But he still couldn't tell Zhao Cong these words, he couldn't say to Zhao Cong loudly: Don't be the emperor, let's go wandering around the world!

Zhao Shiqi thought to himself and laughed several times first.

Zhao Congde and Zhao Ting are still on the run. What we know so far is that Zhao Congde did not escape to Taiyuan Mansion.Villagers in Ruzhou found a batch of wooden planks flowing down the nearby river, which looked like cracked wooden planks of a carriage. Since everyone knew that Beijing was arresting the escaped bodyguard who had an affair with the Queen Mother, if Whoever makes a valid report will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver.

As soon as they saw such a strange thing, the villagers immediately reported it to the government.

Ruzhou is very close, so Zhao Shiqi took people to see it himself. The wooden plank was indeed smashed by the original carriage, but it was a pity that there was no emblem on it, and it was ordinary wood, so it was difficult to find the source.But at least he had a direction to check. He sent people to search up the river, and found a horse in the suburb of Kaifeng Prefecture.

The horse was not tied with a rope, and had eaten all the grass around it, so it could be seen that it had been there for a long time, but it still stayed where it was.

The guards felt that the horse had something to do, so they took it back to show Zhao Shiqi.

Zhao Shiqi couldn't understand the relationship for a while, but it was rare to see such a horse that knew the ground, which showed that it was well raised.Why did you abandon this horse when it was raised so well?It can be seen that they escaped by boat, otherwise how could they abandon such a good horse.

Although the relationship cannot be fully clarified for the time being, it is certain that Zhao Congde probably ran to the southwest.

Huang Shu has been an official on Guangnan West Road for many years, Lin Bai is also on Guangnan West Road now, and Zhao Shiqi knows Guangnan West Road very well. This news is good news for them.

Zhao Cong immediately sent a letter to Lin Bai, who is now the magistrate of Rongshui County, Rongzhou.If Zhao Shiqi wanted to cross the border to go to the Southwestern Yi, he had to pass through this place.From this point of view, Zhao Cong's sending Lin Bai to Rongshui County was a foresighted move.

Zhao Congde had some clues, but Zhao Ting didn't have any. Zhao Shiqi would send someone to ask Sun Xiaoyu's nurse every day.

On this day, he went to ask in person, but the wet nurse said that there was still no letter.Zhao Shiqi no longer felt disappointed, and felt that it was normal.He turned around and planned to go to Yuan's tea house, and the few people who dealt with the two gentlemen of the Qian family had something to report to him.He arrived too early, before anyone came to report, he heard the people in the teahouse say something new.

Originally, the affair between the empress dowager and the guard was too sensational, after all, so many people witnessed it with their own eyes that day, and the guard slipped away.Afterwards, His Majesty said that Your Majesty sincerely changed her past and entered Taoism voluntarily, and His Majesty also built a Taoist temple for Your Majesty.A series of talks are all about!The people in the city are talking about these these days, and they have a great time talking.

Unexpectedly, they chatted about other people today, and they mentioned the new celebrity Jiang Qian.

Jiang Qian was originally engaged to Mrs. Luo's Fourth Lady, and they were going to get married next month, but Luo Siniang ran away!She left a letter saying that she didn't want to marry the eldest man of the Jiang family, and that she wanted to follow the example of Princess Baoning and be a free woman. Even if she never married, she would never marry someone she didn't love.

Zhao Shiqi was drinking tea, and almost didn't spit out when he heard this.

Today's little lady is unpredictable one after another, he still has to continue to listen, those people came to answer him, he regretfully went upstairs to the box.

The one who has the best relationship with the two gentlemen of the Qian family has already been to Qian's mansion once, and he reported to Zhao Shiqi the decorations and building structures that can be seen in Qian's mansion, and handed over a set of four treasures of the study: "Little one When I went, the money merchant happened to be there, and he gave it to me."

Zhao Shiqi picked it up and took a look, but it was just an ordinary Four Treasures of the Study, nothing special about it.

He put it down and confessed: "Don't rush to ask, don't show your flaws."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the younger one knows. Qian Shang has a good impression of the younger one. He said that he will teach the two gentlemen at the end of the month, and invited the younger one to go with him."

"Just go, it doesn't matter what he says. Take a good look at his handwriting and the books on his case."

"Yes."

Zhao Shiqi arranged everything and was ready to return to the palace.

But he thought about Jiang Qian's matter again, and was a little worried about Zhao Zongning, so he turned his horse around and went to the princess mansion first.

Zhao Zongning was fine, it was hot in summer, she tied her hair into a bun and wore a long gown like a man, playing chess with Sun Zhuyun.

Sun Zhuyun turned to see him, saluted, turned around and retreated.

Zhao Shiqi thought that because of Sun Zhuyun, he would almost be misunderstood by Zhao Cong, so he couldn't help looking at Sun Zhuyun a few more times, Zhao Zongning directly picked up a cherry and hit him in the face.He caught the cherry and turned around.

"What are you doing here?" Zhao Zongning asked bluntly.

"Luo Siniang ran away, did you know?"

Zhao Zongning hummed and said, "You deserve it!"

"Before Luo Siniang ran away, she left a letter saying that she wanted to imitate Princess Baoning." Zhao Shiqi laughed.

"Don't laugh at me! Luo Siniang had a grudge against me back then, but she was lucky enough to frame me before she ran away! Later, there will be pedantic people coming to my brother to criticize me! How angry, Jiang Yanhuan is not a good person, he sees The little lady on the board is not doing well either!"

"Jiang Yanhuan's bride has run away, go and ask His Majesty to grant you a marriage."

"What a bad idea!" Zhao Zongning slammed the table and drove him away.Zhao Shiqi came here just to see if Zhao Zongning was doing well, after all last time Zhao Zongning was so angry that he cried.Seeing that she could still scold him at this time, he knew that it would not be affected, so he could go back and tell Zhao Cong.

That being the case, there is no need to rush, he got up and left.

Before leaving, Zhao Zongning asked Che Xia to bring a brocade box and handed it to Zhao Shiqi: "Bring it to Concubine Shu for me."

"give her?"

"She made me a fan cover. It is said that it was made in a hurry overnight. Return the gift."

Zhao Shiqi's heart moved, and he suddenly thought of the night when he bumped into Qian Yuemo crying silently, so he said intentionally, "You get along well with her."

It's a pity that Zhao Zongning didn't realize it, he let out a casual "hmm" and continued to drive him away.

Zhao Shiqi returned to the palace and gave the brocade box to Qian Yuemo. He observed Qian Yuemo's expression.

Qian Yuemo tried her best to restrain herself, but the corners of her mouth still couldn't help but she opened the brocade box in front of him, and inside was a golden hairpin.The inlaid red and emerald stones just look like cherries, just like cherries drenched in water, which makes people want to eat a bite.

"There is also a basket of cherries outside, which was also given by the princess."

"Thank you Eleventh Lord." Qian Yuemo immediately saluted, but was reluctant to put down the golden hairpin in his hand.

Zhao Shiqi glanced at the fur on the table again: "It's a hot day, what are you doing with these?"

Qian Yuemo immediately said: "I'll sew a cloak for His Majesty to wear. I'm slow. I'll do it now, and I'll catch up with it when it's cold."

Zhao Shiqi now finds her pleasing to the eye a lot, and he can barely accept her reward for making clothes for Zhao Cong.He reached out and touched the fur: "The material is good."

Qian Yuemo was in a good mood at this time, so she smiled and said, "It's all from Xixia."

Zhao Shiqi paused his hand: "Where in Xixia often give these to the lady?"

Qian Yuemo smiled cleverly: "Yes, Your Majesty also knows." She had also passed on a message to the Xixia envoy back then, and it was only through this matter that she gained His Majesty's trust.Over the years, whenever Xixia sent things to the palace, the other concubines did not have any, but hers here are indispensable, and she has already informed His Majesty.

Qian Yuemo looked at the golden hairpin happily alone, while Zhao Shiqi looked down at the fur material and was still silent.

Xixia is too much, seems to be too attentive to Qian Yuemo?Either Qian Yuemo had done something for Xixia, or they asked Qian Yuemo for something.

But Qian Yuemo is no more than a concubine, so what is there for Xixia to ask for.

Furthermore, whose power does the Xixia people who often send things to Qian Yuemo belong to?

He looked away, seeing Qian Yuemo so happy, he wanted to give her another big gift.

He said: "Does my lady know that Jiang family Dalang was resigned by Luo family?"

"what?"

"Luo Siniang didn't want to marry Jiang Qian, so she ran away."

"..."

After Zhao Shiqi finished what he wanted to say, he went out and left.As soon as he walked outside the door, he heard Qian Yuemo slapping the table and saying "serve it".

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Shiqi's mouth. If he guessed correctly, Qian Yuemo loves Zhao Zongning, right?

He can love men, why can't Qian Yuemo love women?

This is very interesting.

However, he is well-educated and would not tell others about this matter. Anyway, Qian Yuemo sincerely gave Zhao Cong soup to drink, especially if Qian Yuemo really liked Zhao Zongning, he should be even more happy.

It shows that Qian Yuemo does not have any extravagant hopes for their Majesty.

Going out of the palace and walking around, there are regrets, but there are also gains.He looked at the sun, it was almost time for Zhao Cong to return to Funing Hall, so he simply went to Chongzheng Hall to wait for others.

The eunuch guarding the door knew him very well, and when he saw him coming, he smiled and saluted. Now he often carries silver with him, and he gave it to the little eunuch after unpacking his purse.Before he entered the main hall, suddenly several people rushed in behind him. He turned around and saw that they were the guards who had been sent out to follow Du Cheng.

The guard also saw Zhao Shiqi, and immediately saluted and said excitedly: "Mr. Lang! I have something important to report!"

"Come in quickly." Zhao Shiqi led him in without any delay.

Zhao Cong was reading the memorial and the letter alone, and saw Zhao Shiqi's eyes lit up, and he was about to speak when he saw a familiar guard, he immediately asked: "Your Master Zhong sent you back to report to me?"

The guard knelt down, raised his head and said happily: "Your Majesty! We have followed Du Cheng for so many days, followed him to Qingzhou, and then to Haizhou. These officials wrote in letters to report to His Majesty. Your Majesty also knows that a few days ago , Du Cheng went back in the direction of Yingtian Mansion. Lord Zhong received His Majesty's letter and planned to arrest him. But we didn't expect that he would come back to Kaifeng by himself after staying in Yingtian Mansion for half a day! My lord is still leading people to follow secretly, and send the officials back to report to His Majesty first!"

"Where is he in Kaifeng Mansion?"

"On the outskirts of the city." The guard said a place.

Zhao Cong raised his eyebrows, and Zhao Shiqi said, "Isn't this the place where His Majesty plowed in spring?"

"Exactly!" The guard cupped his hands.

Zhao Cong waved his hand to tell the guards to go down first, and looked back at Zhao Shiqi: "What do you think this Du Cheng is thinking? After killing his own uncle, he went back to Kaifeng mansion and went to such a place again."

Zhao Shiqi thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid he felt remorse and intended to make amends? When His Majesty drove him out of Tokyo, he didn't dare to come back in a grand manner, so he hid in this place and waited for you to go again next spring?"

make up?

If so, that's great.Zhao Cong had long wanted to remove Zheng Qiao, but no matter how emperor he was, he couldn't remove a good deputy prime minister without any mistakes.Now that Du Cheng has returned, Zhao Cong no longer delays, no matter what the reason is, he has to go this trip to pry Du Cheng's mouth open.

Zhao Cong smiled and asked, "Do you want to leave the palace tomorrow?"

Zhao Shiqi's eyes lit up immediately: "Your Majesty wants to go out to play with me?"

"I just want to play all day long, and I'm going to visit your vinegar shop!" Zhao Cong said intentionally.

"Ah?" Zhao Shiqi looked puzzled.

"Little idiot!"

Only then did Zhao Shiqi put away his intentional confusion, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty is going to see Du Cheng."

"As far as you know."

Zhao Shiqi took Zhao Cong's hand, and suddenly smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, I am the person who knows you best. Where is Your Majesty?"

Zhao Cong held his hand back, didn't speak, just smiled at him.

But that smile said everything.