Funing Hall

Zhao Shishi sat in the main hall of Funing Hall and had breakfast, while Cha Xi quietly served him, pouring his favorite duck meat buns into a small dish for him.

Zhao Cong took the medicine, became sleepy, and fell asleep again.

He still heard Zhao Cong's words just now: "Your name is very good. It sounds the same as my name. Although there is a name taboo, I don't need you to change your name. I specifically allow you to continue to be called this name." , tough, tough, and not easy to ignore."

Zhao Cong patted the back of his hand and said softly to him: "Zhao Shiqi, grow up quickly."

It was the first time Zhao Cong called him so solemnly.

Not Xiao Shishi, not Zhao Shishi, but Zhao Shiqi.

He also wants to grow up quickly, he wished that time would fly by, wished that he had the imperial treasure in his hand, wished that he could kill everyone he hated.

But if he grows up, Zhao Cong... will die if he really has the imperial treasure in his hand.

For the first time, he felt a little confused.

After saying that, Zhao Cong called Rantao in, and Rantao waited on him to continue sleeping.

He was sitting outside eating breakfast alone, but his body was also contaminated with the strong smell of medicine in the inner room, which lingered for a long time.

After breakfast, he walked back to the side hall through the veranda, he sniffed, and the smell of medicine dissipated a lot.

He walked to the front of the hall, and suddenly heard someone calling him from behind: "Xiao Langjun!"

It was Ji Xiang's voice, he turned around and saw Ji Xiang came with two little eunuchs, and the two little eunuchs were carrying a cage together.He looked at the cage in disbelief, and the two young eunuchs put the cage on the ground, and bowed obediently: "Young one has met Xiao Langjun, good luck, Xiao Langjun!"

Zhao Shishi secretly laughed, he was actually worthy of "Wanfu".

Cha Xi happily said, "You found it so quickly?"

The little eunuch replied: "Sister, our grand official heard that His Majesty was looking for pigeons for Xiao Langjun, and immediately picked the twenty most beautiful ones! They are all white!"

Pigeon?

Cha Xi said to Zhao Shishi: "Young Lord! Have a look at them?"

Zhao Shishi stared at the rather large cage. There were indeed pigeons walking back and forth and cooing inside.

He nodded.

Seeing him nodding, the two young eunuchs said with a smile, "Okay! You are watching, Mr. Xiaolang!"

One of them bent down to open the door of the cage, and twenty pigeons scrambled to get out of the door. In an instant, they flapped their wings and flew straight to the sky.

Zhao Shishi couldn't help raising his head, it was the end of summer, the sun was full but not glaring, he squinted at the small piece of sky above his head covered by white feathers.A group of white pigeons flew round and round in the sky, as if they had merged with the white clouds, and finally stopped on the roof, almost standing in a row.

"It's really beautiful!" Cha Xi raised her head and praised repeatedly.

The other little maids came out curiously when they heard the sound.

Zhao Shishi glanced at the roof again.

Twenty pigeons stood leisurely on the roof, but they happened to stand in a row in a semicircular circle of light under the sun.

Suddenly there is a bright meaning.

The sun at this time, looking at it for a long time, the eyes are not tired.

Autumn is really coming.

Zhao Cong's 16th birthday is really coming.

When Zhao Cong got sick this time, he was sick for half a month.

In fact, his body has already recovered, but he is unwilling to "get better", and he already knows auspicious things.

When Rantao told him, he was flipping through Xie Wenrui's newly bought lyric book. Hearing this, he frowned, but Rantao lowered his head and didn't see it.

The sudden intuition told him that Ji Xiang is not a simple person.

In Rantao's eyes, Ji Xiang is a good and calm eunuch, he has the courage to admit his scheming, and he is loyal to Zhao Cong.

Both Fulu and Rantao have scheming, and people with such scheming may cherish each other.Zhao Cong also thought that Fulu and dyed pottery were both good.

But he was surprised by Jixiang's scheming.

Even if Ji Xiang is so frank, he still finds it strange that Ji Xiang seems to be too frank.

He couldn't help but think back to the first time he saw auspicious scene, it was indeed too coincidental.But who sent Jixiang, Queen Mother Sun?Duke Wei outside the palace?Or is it another clan?And which courtier?It turns out that there are so many people who are hostile to him, when will he be able to not be afraid of these people.

After thinking about it, Zhao Cong put down the dictionary, and said softly: "Since this is the case, a new rule has been established in the palace. From now on, when the doctors of the Royal Pharmacy Bureau are dispensing and brewing medicine, except for the eunuch who is testing the medicine, other eunuchs must be by the side. accompany."

"Yes."

"You go to Baoci Hall and tell the Empress Dowager about this matter. After all, she is in charge of the palace, and you have to trouble the empress to show it in person. After all, this is a good thing, and the empress will certainly agree."

"The maid knows."

"Besides Ji Xiang, the eunuch guarding the night beside Mr. Xiao Lang has been renamed Ji Li."

"Your Majesty?" Rantao was puzzled.

Zhao Cong laughed: "It sounds nice when you call it that way."

"Yes." Rantao also laughed, but he believed it.

After all, no one doubted Zhao Cong's thoughts.

The little eunuch's name change is a trivial matter, the matter of the Imperial Medicine Bureau is a major matter, Rantao hurriedly went to the Baoci Hall.

Empress Dowager Sun didn't make things difficult for her, and let her go back after asking.

As soon as Rantao left, Empress Dowager Sun was furious: "Does he suspect that I want to kill him?! If I wanted to kill him, why would I wait until now?"

Qing Ming said: "I'm afraid it's the maids and eunuchs around His Majesty who are trying to persuade His Majesty."

"How to say?"

"That day when the little eunuch went to the Imperial Pharmacy with Royal Physician Lu, His Majesty was still asleep on the bed, how could he tell me?"

Aunt Wang closed her eyes, stretched out her hand to squeeze the Empress Dowager Sun's shoulders, and the Empress Dowager Sun came back to her senses: "Go and call Zhou Laichun from the palace."

Qing Ming also closed her eyes, and said "yes", but when she turned around, her expression was not good-looking. After all, the empress didn't believe her, after all, she couldn't compare to Aunt Wang, who was born as a nanny!Aunt Wang always provoked the empress to fight against His Majesty, she could see very clearly that the empress was not a cruel person after all, a person like the first emperor who had a bodhisattva character killed his own brother when he ascended the throne.The empress can't stop being so cruel, how can she really be that empress?

If you don't hand over the imperial treasure, you can get peace for the rest of your life instead!What's wrong with being this honorable and leisurely queen mother?There is no owner in the middle palace, isn't the empress still taking care of the harem?Why bother to be obsessed with the political affairs of the previous dynasty.

Aunt Wang is going to kill their mother!

As soon as Qingming left, only Queen Mother Sun and Aunt Wang were left in the room.

"What are you going to say?" Empress Dowager Sun looked sideways at Aunt Wang.

"Your Majesty, why don't you take this opportunity to send Your Majesty—" Aunt Wang said, looking carefully at Empress Dowager Sun.

Empress Dowager Sun was shocked, her mouth opened slightly, and after a long time, she suppressed her voice: "Auntie, are you crazy?!"

Aunt Wang knelt down in front of her: "Your Majesty, whoever made the big event not have blood on his hands? Your Majesty has been dragging on for so many years, not only has there been no signs of death, but the more you take care of your body, the better, how can your Majesty wait? If Your Majesty dies, Madam You can immediately choose a new husband from the clan. If you don’t choose, the empress has the imperial treasure in her hand, and there are also civil servants and forbidden soldiers. There has also been an answer from the five surnames. Who in the Zhao family’s clan can fight the empress? What is the empress afraid of?"

"Auntie, Zhao Cong is my nephew!"

"Your Majesty, Doctor Bai also said earlier that your Majesty's body is only weak, but he can hold on for a long time. Even if Your Majesty is not allowed to be in charge for the rest of his life, your Majesty will only be able to listen to the government in front of the court, and the civil and military officials of the court will kneel down to your Majesty. If the words don’t go well, how can this be fun?! The empress has admired Wu Zhao since she was a child, how can Wu Zhao become the empress? What about the empress?”

Every word of Aunt Wang spoke to Queen Mother Sun's heart.

Empress Dowager Sun's heart is very hot, yes, she has admired women like Wu Zhao since she was a child.She wished she could no longer be restrained, and she also wanted to be a righteous emperor.Now she is also working hard, but it is indeed as Aunt Wang said, unless Zhao Cong dies, and unless there is no one in the Zhao family, she will not be able to rectify her name for the rest of her life.

"Your Majesty, you don't want to be bowed down and shouted 'Long Live'?!" Aunt Wang said again.

Empress Dowager Sun reached out and grabbed the handle of the high chair, and she felt a little difficult to breathe.

She thought, she was going crazy.

She also had murderous intentions. On the day Zhao Cong ascended the throne, after fainting, she lay on the bed, and there were only the two of them in the inner room.

As long as she makes a little move, Zhao Cong will be gone.

She had already stretched out her hand, but she couldn't calm down.

She has also read poetry and books since she was a child, and was taught by the late emperor in the palace. Like the members of the royal family, she believes in the law of the ancestors very much.The rules set by her ancestors had a profound influence on her.She was envious of Wu Zhao's methods, but secretly unwilling to take that step.

"Your Majesty, it seems that His Majesty will not die."

Empress Dowager Sun lowered her eyes. At the beginning, she was indeed like most people. She thought that Zhao Cong would die early, so she used it as a comfort, but she didn't do anything.Unexpectedly, Zhao Cong has survived to this day.

"Niang Niang, if you are not cruel to others, in the future, others will be cruel to you!"

Empress Dowager Sun stretched out her hand to caress her heart, and remained silent.

Rantao came back from Baoci Hall, and went to the side hall again, but he didn't see the joy of tea and auspiciousness, so he found out after asking, and they all went to the back garden with Mr. Xiaolang.

She went directly to the little eunuch who was watching the night and asked, "What was your original name?"

"The younger one is called Shunzi."

"Did the family name it, or did it change the name after entering the palace?"

"The young one is an orphan, and the name was chosen for the young one by the high officials in the palace."

"You are lucky. Your Majesty thinks that auspiciousness is called auspiciousness, but you call it by another name. After all, it doesn't sound good, so I gave you a name."

Shunzi was a little dazed, raised his head, and let out an "ah".

Rantao smiled: "Silly boy, His Majesty gave you the name 'Auspicious'."

Ji Li blushed, not knowing what to do.

Auspiciousness is too smart, this auspiciousness is too stupid!

Rantao pointed out: "Your Majesty gave you the name after all, go to the main hall entrance and kowtow."

"You know." Ji Li honestly wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Rantao, but the two little maids behind Rantao laughed together, and Jili's face turned even redder.

"Get up quickly and follow me." Rantao also smiled, and went to the main hall with Ji Li.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty wanted to see this auspicious sight after hearing Rantao's biography.Rantao felt that this silly boy was interesting, and probably could make His Majesty happy, so he called him in.

His Majesty spoke to him alone.

Rantao withdrew from the inner room, thought for a while, and said to the two young maids: "The three of us know about this."

The little palace maid had followed Rantao for many years, and said obediently: "My servant knows."

Zhao Cong leaned on the bed, looking at Ji Li who was kneeling on the ground, Ji Li's body was still shaking.

"You look up, I'll take a look."

Ji Li trembled violently, but she was obedient and raised her head bravely.

"How is the palace?" Zhao Cong asked him.

Ji Li has a strong body, tall and fat, with some brute strength.That's why she was picked by Chaxi to watch the night, and she could bear the heat, even if she stayed a little longer, it wouldn't hurt.Such a tall and chubby him, blushing, is really funny.Although he was afraid, he still remembered to say tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the palace is good."

"Why?"

"There is something to eat."

Zhao Cong laughed out loud, he had already seen that this little fat eunuch did not eat less after entering the palace.He didn't ask any more, just said: "I have something to do for you."

"Little one takes orders!" Ji Li immediately threw himself on the ground and kowtowed violently.

Zhao Cong smiled again: "Don't panic, stand up and listen carefully to what I have to say."

"Yes..." Ji Li stood up and stood bent over.

"The auspiciousness of serving Xiao Langjun's rest together with you, you will watch for me in the future."

"Ah?" Ji Li looked up blankly.

"Will you see people?"

"Small ones won't." Ji Li deserves to be honest.

"What's your favorite food?" Zhao Cong simply asked.

Ji Li lowered his head and said, "My little one likes to eat steamed cakes filled with meat..."

Zhao Cong laughed "haha", he was really an honest man, he laughed auspiciously and became more nervous, lowering his head even lower.

"What would you do if one day you ate steamed cakes with vegetarian fillings?"

"Your Majesty, I don't eat steamed cakes with vegetarian fillings. Mr. Fu treats us well. I know that I like to eat steamed cakes with meat fillings. I will eat steamed cakes with meat fillings."

Zhao Cong covered his face with his hands, smiled for a while, and said, "Is it strange that a person who likes to eat steamed cakes with meat filling suddenly eats steamed cakes with vegetarian fillings several times?"

"strangeness!"

"That's the reason, so, do you know how to look at auspiciousness?"

"..." Ji Li straightened his eyes and thought for a long time, then suddenly nodded, "Got it!"

"Go ahead and watch him."

"Yes!"

"Only you and I know about this matter. After you finish your errands, I will give you meat stuffing and other delicious food."

"Yes!"

"Go."

Ji Li politely kowtowed to Zhao Cong again, still saying the words "meat stuffing" and "vegetarian stuffing" in his mouth, and exited the inner room.

Zhao Cong weighed the book in his hand, his illness should be cured, after all, in a few days, his concubines will officially move into the harem.