Funing Hall

It was extremely quiet in the inner room.

Even though Fu Lu knew that His Majesty might have something to do, after a long time without any movement, he went in again and asked through the beaded curtain, "Your Majesty, can you sleep?"

Zhao Cong took out the paper on the bottom and suddenly regained his energy. He got up and stuffed the letter paper back into the envelope, took two letters and went to the study.As he walked past the bead curtain, he smiled and said, "It's getting cold, the bead curtain is getting cold, let's change it to a cloth one."

These are trivial things, they were meant to be changed, Fu Lu nodded, seeing that His Majesty got up, he asked anxiously: "Your Majesty, don't you want to sleep and rest?"

Zhao Cong smiled: "I suddenly remembered something."

"What's the matter..." Fu Lu followed him and asked anxiously, "Your Majesty, let's rest."

"Suddenly I have an appetite, go and get me a bowl of noodles to eat."

Fu Lu was taken aback, but seeing that His Majesty offered to eat, which was a great thing, he ran out quickly and asked Lu Yuan to come in to accompany him.

As soon as Lu Yuan came in, he saw that His Majesty was staring at an ornament on the table in a daze.

He didn't dare to go any further, so he stood by the study door and waited.

Zhao Cong was looking at the stone that Zhao Shiqi had sent him back from Chuzhou. It was blue with a white border.As at that time, this stone has been wrapped with a white jade pendant, and it is placed in a dark compartment on the bookshelf behind him.

He was looking for the peach blossom paper made by Zhao Zongning Chunri himself, and found these two items.

At that time, he found that piece of jade specially, carved "Little Eleven" himself, and planned to give it to Zhao Shiqi.It's just that at that time, when the two of them hadn't penetrated, he forgot.He never thought about what happened after that.Now, when he looked at these two things carefully again, he felt some other feelings in his heart.

Before seeing Xiao Shiyi's handwritten letter, he was really desperate, and even thought, if Xiao Shiyi really lied to him and betrayed him, what should he do?He knew his own responsibilities, but for a few moments, he had indeed gone all out and was ready to burn everything.

Now, after reading the letter, my knot has been resolved.

Seeing these two things that happened to appear again, he couldn't help but smile again.Just like what he said to Rantao at that time, whether he is Zhao Cong or Zhao Shiqi, they will definitely be together well.

Jade and stone can be together.

He stretched out his hand, and slowly stroked the stone that Zhao Shiqi picked up from the sea with his own hands, and the surface of the stone gradually became warmer.

He laughed again, and he didn't know who he was telling—you see, the stone can definitely be warmed.

Zhao Cong seemed to have a thousand words to say, but the reply to Zhao Shiqi was only five words: I will wait for your return.

The peach blossom paper was made by Zhao Zongning himself. It was finely made, and there were only a few sheets in total. The paper was mixed with peach blossom juice, which was lightly scented, and there were peach blossoms sprinkled on the paper.

Satisfied, Zhao Cong stuffed the letter paper into the envelope, and the words "Yu Shi Shu" were written on the envelope.Instead, he handed the letter to Lu Yuan: "Tell them to pass it to your lord as soon as possible."

Lu Yuan responded, took a peek at the hand, and thought to himself, no wonder His Majesty became happy instantly!

He happily went to find someone to deliver the letter, Zhao Cong was in high spirits, and ate the noodles slowly, and drank another half bowl of soup before going to bed and continuing to sleep.

Before going to bed, he thought about Yi Yu.In fact, he could guess what Yi Yu said to Zhao Shiqi. In that case, the only thing Yi Yu, who was at the end of his life, could talk about was his relationship with Xiao Shiyi.According to Xiao Shi's temper - he knew that Xiao Shi was very good in front of him.

But he still remembered the coldness and coldness of Xiao Shiyi when he first came back, and he could even be said to be hostile.

In fact, Xiao Shiyi has never been a good person to get along with, and he also knows that Xiao Shiyi has endured a lot for him.

If Yi Yu said that, there was only Xiao Shiyi who was more irritable than him, and it was indeed easy to kill by mistake.

But people like Yi Yu can be regarded as their own fault.

He should really be able to live a glorious life once, accumulate strength, wait for the opportunity, and be a prime minister in the future, but he can't wait.

After Zhao Cong thought about it, he quickly put this person aside in his mind and fell asleep.

The next day, the dreamy Zhao Cong woke up, very excited, presided over the court meeting, and watched the forbidden soldiers in the palace set off with their own eyes, before going to the Chongzheng Palace to deal with political affairs.

The Jiang family's matter has been resolved, but there is also the matter of Xixia and Jurchen, and things are always flowing.

He owed Wan Yanliang a favor for no reason, and he didn't know when Wan Yanliang would come to take it.He also sent people to Xixia to inquire about the news, but he didn't know what the current situation of Xixia was.Li Mingchun did not take the initiative to ask him for help, and he himself could not send troops to help.

Now the matters in Xixia territory are the private affairs of their Li family.

To put it bluntly, the more trouble these neighboring countries make, the more it will benefit Song Dynasty.

As the emperor of the Song Dynasty, even though he felt that Li Mingchun was a good person, with a modest and benevolent personality, he was worthy of deep friendship.He also can't really have a deep friendship with him, if he really wants to help the eldest prince because of his character.Anyway, whether it is the First Prince or Li Liangcheng, he has a plan in mind.

In addition to these things, Shao Yi disappeared.

Shao Yi is absolutely loyal, Zhao Cong sent someone to look for him, but there is no news yet.But Zhao Cong could guess the situation at that time in his heart. When Shao Yi left Taiyuan Mansion, he might be able to see Jiang Wei's conspiracy, and he would definitely come back to save him.It's just that during the rescue process, something might have happened.

He can only send some more people to look for it.

He was in high spirits this day, met many people, did many things, even made a special inquiry about Zhao Zongning's marriage.I was very happy to know that everything was ready.

Being so happy, he thought of his concubines in the harem.

He didn't go to the harem much, and he was rarely in high spirits, so he went to see them.

When His Majesty arrived, he frightened the four ladies in the harem.

Even Qian Yuemo thought she had heard it wrong, she didn't know it was true until Fu Lu had entered the Xueliu Pavilion, she immediately got up in a panic to greet her, and greeted her at the door.

Zhao Cong cried out with a smile, and said: "Call the other three ladies, let's have dinner together today."

Qian Yuemo responded and asked someone to make arrangements, while she accompanied His Majesty in to talk.

After a while, Mrs. Qi and another beautiful lady hurried over. Mrs. Qi was so happy that her face was flushed.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, Zhao Cong already knows the slight connection between Lady Qi and Yi Yu, and also knows what Lady Qi said behind her back.But when he saw this happy little girl, he couldn't bear to punish her.To put it bluntly, this Mrs. Qi is really brainless and just being used by others, she really treats him sincerely.

He was ashamed of these little girls in the first place, and since Yi Yu was dead, he secretly thought that it would be fine to change Mrs. Qi for another maid.

Therefore, he also smiled at Mrs. Qi. With such a smile, Mrs. Qi didn't dare to look up anymore, and even her ears turned red.

Zhao Cong coughed, not daring to laugh anymore, so he quickly put away his smile.

He waited for a while, and seeing that there was still one more to go, he asked, "Where is Lady Tian?"

When Madam Qi heard that His Majesty remembered Tian Meiren's surname Tian, ​​she felt very angry, and angrily lowered her head and stirred the handkerchief in her hand.

Qian Yuemo said calmly: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Tian has been in poor health these days, she is recuperating in the house."

The reason why Zhao Cong remembered this person was because she was in poor health and couldn't find an imperial doctor, so she asked Rantao to come to him, and Rantao said a few more words, so he remembered this person.Hearing what Qian Yuemo said, he responded casually: "I remember that the person who showed him his body was Doctor Lu. Last time, she went to the Palace of Funing to thank him. I saw that his body was already in good condition, so I left her to say it." If it’s been a while, why are you sick again?”

"Maybe it's cool in autumn."

"Tell her to take good care of her." Zhao Cong didn't care, and turned to talk about other things.Zhao Cong has always been a gentleman in his two lifetimes, and he can make these concubines happy by saying anything casually.He also specially rewarded them with a lot of jewelry and clothing materials, and the four people got the same amount.

After enjoying the dinner happily, he returned to Funing Hall with a smile on his face.

In the next few days, Zhao Cong maintained such a good mental momentum.

After about five days, he started to feel a little sad, why Xiaoshi hasn't replied yet.Logically speaking, Xiao Shiyi has now arrived in the Huainan area, so he should have received his letter and replied to him, why not.

He waited for another two days, but there was still nothing, and he felt a little panicked.

In such a panic, one day, Zhao Cong was still dealing with matters in the Chongzheng Palace, when the Minister of the Ministry of War suddenly strode in, he raised his head, and the Minister of the Ministry of War was serious: "Your Majesty, Zhao Congde, the son of the Prince of Wei, is talking about it in Yizhou. The flag rebelled."

"..."

Zhao Cong was stunned.

Zhao Congde actually had the guts.

Zhao Cong originally thought that Zhao Congde was so cowardly that he would not dare to do such a thing. Even if he wanted to fight, he would borrow the name of Southwest, but he would raise the flag himself.In this way, Little Eleven is really going to fight, and Little Eleven hates Zhao Congde extremely, and only hates him even more when he sees him.Zhao Cong's heart beat so fast that he couldn't stop no matter what.

Thinking that he had never received Xiaoshi's letter, he hurriedly asked, "Who sent you the letter?"

"It was the letter from the prefect of Yizhou. Zhao Congde had pulled up the flag eight days ago. The letter I received said that Zhao Congde was in a stalemate with him in Yizhou. At this time eight days later, I don't know what the situation is. "The Minister of the Ministry of War finished speaking and handed him the letter.

Zhao Cong read the letter.

The handwriting was a little messy, and it was obviously written in a hurry.

That is to say, before he returned from Taiyuan, Zhao Shiqi had not yet set off, and Zhao Congde had already rebelled.

The news came so late only if Yizhou was already in his hands.

Zhao Cong was still able to hold his own, so he immediately ordered: "Deploy another [-] forbidden soldiers, and rush to Yizhou immediately, and use the fastest speed to transfer [-] troops each when passing through Jingxi and Jinghu. Come quickly!"

Shang Shu didn't say much, he clasped his hands, turned around and walked away with big strides.

Zhao Cong sat on the couch, stunned for a moment, and immediately came back to his senses, and asked Fu Lu to call in all the officials above the third rank to discuss important matters, and asked Zhang Juan to lead people to surround the entire Wei County Palace, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

And the news of Zhao Congde's rebellion in Yizhou immediately spread throughout the city of Tokyo. Now everyone is quiet, and the excitement is not good to watch.

If this prince really succeeds and breaks into Tokyo City to seize the seat, no one will have a good life.

For a while, the city of Tokyo also became tense.

After that, Zhao Cong never received any letter from Zhao Shiqi again.

Zhao Cong comforted himself repeatedly, that Zhao Congde was nothing to be afraid of, and the five surnames were just so capable, not everyone listened to them, and these five families were only temporarily cooperating for the sake of profit, so they were not worth being afraid of.But he couldn't comfort himself at all, and the longer he lost contact with Zhao Shiqi, the harder it was for him to calm down.Even Zhao Zongning saw what was wrong with him and went to the palace to accompany him.

After another five days, the battle report finally came.

One good news, one bad news.

The good news is that Lin Bai, the magistrate of Rongshui County, resisted to the death and trapped Zhao Congde in Yizhou.After the forbidden soldiers led by Zhao Shiqi arrived, they joined forces with the local Changhua Army and other troops. Because they cared about the people in the city, although they had not taken back Yizhou, they had already confronted Zhao Congde and the tribes in the southwest behind him. Presumably, they will be beaten back to the southwest territory soon.

The bad news is—

Zhao Shiqi disappeared. It seems that he fell from the mountain road while chasing Zhao Congde, and he has not been found so far.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Shiqi is Zhao Cong's lifeblood.

Zhao Cong was always worried about it every day. When he heard the news, he was about to lift his foot up the steps.His body, which had been weakening for the past few days, couldn't bear it at once, and he was stunned. He stepped on the ground and rolled directly to the bottom of the steps.

Fu Lu and the others rushed forward, wanting to back it up, but it was already too late.

Zhao Zongning was so frightened that he quickly turned pale, and wanted to go up to help him immediately, but he didn't dare to help him, so he had to shout "Doctor Bai" loudly and panickedly.

It was Fu Lu and Lu Yuan, the eunuchs, who carefully carried His Majesty, who was too painful to move, into the palace first.

As soon as it was carried in, Doctor Bai hadn't come yet, but a little palace maid came first, she didn't know anything, she said happily as soon as she came in: "Your Majesty, Lady Tian is pregnant!"