Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

"So, you are saying that I am not the biological son of the Baxian King and Princess Di, but my biological father and mother are the late Emperor and..."

Zhao Yiyi signaled: "Is this Concubine Li?"

Fan Zhongyan said: "That's how it is."

"And the current Empress Dowager, when I was born, replaced me with a skinned civet cat, and wanted to abandon me under the Jinshui Bridge?"

Fan Zhongyan said: "Yes."

Zhao Yiyi took a deep breath and said angrily: "It's ridiculous! I was born in this world for 17 years, don't you know who my parents are?"

Mrs. Li covered her mouth: "Emperor! You are indeed my emperor! How could you... How could you..."

Zhao Yiyi said: "You don't need to say any more."

He got up and said: "I don't want to hear such disrespectful words to the queen mother. You should also be careful. If this matter reaches the ears of the queen mother, I will not be able to protect you!"

He pointed to Fan Zhongyan, and then pointed to Bao Zheng: "You two...you can do it for yourself!"

Sighing again, he flicked his sleeves and was about to leave.

Both Bai Yutang and Xia Yuqi held their breaths, wishing they could disappear into this world immediately.

This is all... what is this all about!

Zhao Yiyi took steps towards the door, counting in his heart, one step, two steps, three steps...

"Officials, please stay."

Zhao Yiyi stopped walking and said in his heart.

coming.

He turned around hesitantly: "Mother... Niang Niang?"

Princess Di also came out from behind the screen, and bowed deeply to Zhao Yiyi: "My wife has seen the official family."

Zhao Yiyi turned pale with shock: "Ma'am, why is this so?"

He rushed forward and helped Princess Di: "Mother, what are you doing? You've broken my son!"

Concubine Di held his hand, shook her head, pointed to Concubine Li and said: "Official family, the minister's wife is not the official's biological mother, Li Niangniang over there is the official's mother and concubine."

Zhao Yiyi said in disbelief: "Mother, this..."

Princess Di said: "Official family, what Fan Xiang said is true, the official family is indeed the son of the late emperor."

"I am the son of the first emperor?" Zhao Yiyi took a step back: "I... am the son of the first emperor?"

He turned his head abruptly and looked at Princess Di: "Father... do the Eight Wise Kings know?"

Concubine Di froze, lowered her head and said, "My lord, he knows. Please forgive me."

The forgiveness she mentioned refers to the sin of the eight sage kings who knew that Zhao Yiyi was the prince of the late emperor, but pretended to be the emperor's biological father, and openly opposed the emperor in the court.

Zhao Yiyi stared at her, and finally shook his head slowly: "The emperor's uncle and mother brought me up, and in my heart, they are no different from my biological father and mother. What is the crime of nurturing?"

This is to tell Princess Di that he will not pursue what the Eight Sage Kings did before.

A big stone in Princess Di's heart fell to the ground, and she blessed Zhao Yiyi again: "Thank you, the official family."

Zhao Yiyi turned to Concubine Li and carefully looked at his biological mother in this life.

He actually had a relationship with Concubine Li once.

When he had just ascended the throne, in order to test Liu E, he once ran to play near the Lenggong, and "coincidentally" bumped into Concubine Li who lived in a seclusion in the Lenggong.

Maybe it's the nature of mother and child, or maybe it's because of the plot, Concubine Li unexpectedly recognized him, and she believed in her heart that he was her biological son.

So Concubine Li also understood the truth of the year - she did not really give birth to an evildoer back then, she gave birth to a son, but was framed by someone, that's why she ended up in such a situation.

So she faked her death and escaped from the palace. Over the years, she has been inquiring about the situation in the court, and learned that Jinshang is the second son of the Eighth Prince's Mansion and was adopted into the palace by the late emperor.

Although the life in the Leng Palace was harsh, it was still inside the palace, with food and clothing, and no need to work.

Therefore, the concubine Li that Zhao Yiyi saw when he ran to the Leng Palace had a sad face, but she was not very old.

Drifting in the rivers and lakes for the past few years, ravaged by wind and frost, Concubine Li has aged rapidly, with only a hint of the appearance of the imperial harem in her brows.

Zhao Yiyi suddenly said in surprise: "I have seen you."

He turned to Liu En and said, "Isn't that right? When we were playing ball in the palace, we once met Li Niangniang who was in the cold palace."

Liu En also said: "The officials said so, it seems that there is such a thing."

He narrowed his eyes and looked at Concubine Li: "Madam Li, it's been a long time."

Concubine Li let out a long sigh, and stretched out her hand to hug Zhao Yiyi into her arms: "My poor son! It's really hard for you to accept a thief as your mother all these years!"

Zhao Yiyi was hugged by her for a while, and said emotionally: "I am really a son of man. All these years, I don't know my own life experience. I made my mother feel wronged."

Concubine Li said: "Now that our mother and son are reunited, the grievances my mother has suffered all these years are nothing."

She let go of Zhao Yiyi and looked at him.

In front of him was the young emperor, with a long face, clear eyebrows, and long black and smooth hair tied in a light golden crown.Slender, tall and straight, with a majestic style all over the body.

She said with satisfaction: "He is really a good son of this palace."

Wiping the corners of his eyes again, he said with a little sentimentality: "You look like your father back then."

Zhao Yiyi secretly thought, but he dare not be like the first emperor.

It's really like that wimp, wouldn't that be the end of the calf?

Sins, sins, death is the greatest.

He smiled and said, "Your Majesty lived in Nanqing Palace these days?"

Concubine Li nodded: "That's right."

Zhao Yiyi said: "Since the empress and I have recognized each other, there is no need to bother empress Di. How about..."

He turned his head and said to Liu En: "We took a free car when we left the palace. We two thick-skinned and thick-skinned don't pay attention to this, but we can't wrong the empress. You call someone to inform the palace and send a car to come , take the empress back to the palace."

Liu Enying was here, and asked again: "After entering the palace, which palace will the empress be placed in?"

The cold palace has been burnt to a piece of scorched earth, and besides, he has recognized the emperor's mother and son, so there is no reason to send him to live in the cold palace.

The Yuchen Palace where Concubine Li lived before giving birth, because the palace is small and easy to guard, has now been occupied by Zhao Yiyi.

Zhao Yiyi thought for a while, and said helplessly: "There are some empty houses in the palace, but no one lives in them. Now we have to clean them up, and we won't be able to clean them up in a while. The only houses that can be lived in are my bedroom. The queen's place is still there. There is the Fengchen Palace of the Empress Dowager..."

Fengchen Palace is Liu E's current residence.

Concubine Li was shocked and gritted her teeth.

Liu E!

She said: "Emperor, let mother live in Fengchen Palace. Mother and that Liu E still have a bill to settle!"

Zhao Yiyi nodded: "Since the empress has no objection, then live in Fengchen Palace."

It just so happened that Concubine Li could help him contain Liu E for a while, so as not to make her get up and make trouble again.

only……

He glanced at Concubine Li suspiciously.

Why do I feel that you are not too strong against Liu E?

Thinking about it again, forget it, anyway, it doesn't matter who wins or loses between these two people.

He said to Princess Di: "After returning to the Nanqing Palace today, the empress also told the Eighth Emperor Uncle that I brought Empress Li back to the palace, and told the emperor not to worry."

Inform the Eighth Sage King, and say that I have recognized my mother, and his uncle can return to his proper position.

Don't try to persuade him to dismiss Di Qing in the court, it's a waste of time, as an emperor, he really doesn't have the time to argue with the emperor's uncle every day.

Concubine Di blessed herself and said: "My wife obeys the order."

Zhao Yiyi said: "Okay, the two ladies will wait here for a while, and the palace will install a car to pick them up later."

He nodded to Yan Shu, Fan Zhongyan and Bao Zheng: "You three, come with me."

Then he said to Xia Yuqi and Bai Yutang: "You two also wait a moment, I have something to ask you later."

Yan Shu and the other three followed Zhao Yiyi to the corridor, and Zhao Yiyi looked at them with folded arms: "Who discovered this first?"

Yan Shu looked at Fan Zhongyan, Fan Zhongyan said: "It was Bao Yushi who brought Li Niangniang back from the folk."

Zhao Yiyi looked at Bao Zheng: "How did you find this lady, explain it clearly from the beginning to the end."

Bao Zheng then took him back to his hometown to get married, and when he was returning to the capital, he was stopped by Concubine Li to redress his grievances.

Zhao Yiyi twitched the corner of his mouth: "Stop the car to seek justice. No wonder you don't suspect that she is lying."

Since ancient times, there have only been those who stopped sedan chairs to seek justice, but rarely those who stopped cars to seek justice.

The sedan chair was carried by someone, so if you saw someone blocking the road, there was no reason to run into it with all your strength.

Even if he hit it with all his strength, he couldn't run fast—how fast can he carry such a big sedan chair on his shoulders?

Even if the officials in the sedan chair are not willing to listen to the people's sentiments, the person blocking the sedan chair runs away without being hit by the sedan chair.

The car is different, the car is horse-drawn, and the horse does not understand human nature, it can run however it likes.When it sees someone in the middle of the road, it can slam into it with its hooves.The horses were still running fast, and there was no place to hide for those who shouted for injustice.

Therefore, there may be a possibility of lying when blocking the sedan chair and calling for injustice, and there must be a lot of grievances for blocking the carriage and calling for injustice.

Considering that Concubine Li was blind at the time - it can be seen that she was eager to avenge herself.

"During this journey, how many people know the true identity of Concubine Li?"

Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu looked at each other and understood in their hearts.

The emperor does not intend to reveal the true identity of Concubine Li to the world.

If you intend to welcome Concubine Li back to the court as a queen mother, why should you care how many people know her identity before?

Anyway, after a while, the whole world will know.

Bao Zheng said: "I know this is a serious matter, so I dare not speak out. From the beginning to the end, only the minister and Zhuo Jing, the knight Zhan Zhao, Mr. Fan and Mrs. Fan, Miss Fan, and the eighth princess and Niang Niang know about it."

He glanced at Yan Shu, and said, "Plus Principal Yan, Senior Xia and Young Master Bai."

Zhao Yiyi went through these people from beginning to end, and found that none of them were frivolous people who didn't know their seriousness, and they should still be able to keep secrets.

He nodded: "That's very good. After you go back, please restrain the people around you, and don't let this matter out. If there are any rumors in the city in two days, I will not forgive you lightly."

All three said: "Obey."

Bao Zheng asked him: "How do the officials plan to deal with Empress Liu? How will they treat Concubine Li?"

Zhao Yiyi said in his heart, I plan to do nothing and let nature take its course.

Anyway, Liu E saw that nothing was going to happen, so sending Concubine Li to her side should be able to anger her, as a repayment for her instigating the Eight Sage Kings to oppose him.

As for Concubine Li... 17 years ago, she couldn't beat Liu E. Now that Liu E has practiced for a long time, her rank has risen to a higher level, and Concubine Li is no longer her opponent.It's fine for the two of them to hurt each other in Fengchen Palace, it doesn't interfere with other things.

Zhao Yiyi said: "The state affairs are busy now, and the situation in the northern states and counties is still uncertain. It is not a good time to welcome the Queen Mother back to the court. When the situation in the north is settled, and there will be a good harvest or two, then I will be free to talk about these things."

He sighed, then turned around and said: "You should do your own business when you go back, I will go talk to Senior Xia about something."

The three saluted and resigned, and Zhao Yiyi led Liu En to find Xia Yuqi.

Xia Yuqi was squatting outside the principal's room with Bai Yutang, leaving the room to the two empresses.

Zhao Yiyi walked over and greeted them both with a smile: "Let's go! Let's go and see that ship again!"

Bai Yutang raised his head abruptly, and saw that the emperor was smiling and walking briskly, he didn't look like he just found out that his biological father was not his real father, his mother was not his real mother, and his adoptive mother even tried to kill him.

... No wonder he doesn't look like his twin brother, it turns out that he is not a twin, but a cousin.

That's strange, are all emperors like this?

he thought to himself.

Xia Yuqi hurriedly stood up: "Let's go."

Bai Yutang followed behind him.

Zhao Yiyi squinted his eyes and looked at the young knight-errant: "Senior Xia, is Lingtu fourteen this year?"

Xia Yuqi said: "It's fifteen years old, after a few years, it can be considered an adult."

Zhao Yiyi nodded: "It's pretty good. Have you thought about what to do for a living in the future?"

This is Xia Yuqi's apprentice, he is also a knight with high martial arts skills, and he is a proper talent reserve.

I heard from Yan Shu that the martial arts assistant he is currently working as is quite successful. The physical fitness of the students in the classes he leads has been improving gradually. kilometers away.

Such a talent, of course, has to be recruited in advance while he is young.

Don't be too old, have ideas, and run around the rivers and lakes without saying a word, it will be bad.

At the mention of this, Xia Yuqi slapped his thigh: "Why haven't you thought about it? The old man and his brother have thought of many ways out for him. It's just that this child is naturally restless, and he can't do business like his brother. If he is asked to be quiet, He decided to study with President Yan, so that he could earn a place in the imperial examination in the future, but he was not happy. I really don’t know what to do with him!”

Zhao Yiyi smiled and said, "Don't just worry about him, you should ask him what he wants to do."

He asked Bai Yutang who was following him: "Bai Shaoxia, what do you want to do for a living in the future?"

Although Bai Yutang is a knight-errant, he is a knight-errant with a lot of spare money in his family, so he has read a few books and understands some important principles.

Therefore, he has both the impulsive and passionate blood of a knight in the rivers and lakes, and the loyalty and patriotism of a scholar.

His dream is nothing more than...

Bai Yutang said firmly, "I want to join the army and serve the country!"

really.

It was so good-looking that Zhao Yiyi almost felt guilty of bullying a child.

Xia Yuqi hurriedly said: "You child! How can you lie in front of the officials!"

Bai Yutang said: "I am not lying, I will answer truthfully when asked by the officials."

Zhao Yiyi also said: "I think it's a good job. What's wrong with joining the army? Don't you guys know Di Qing too?"

Di Qingnian seldom joined the army. When he was a teenager, he followed the prince of Lai State Kou Zhun to crusade against Xixia, captured the false emperor alive, returned after a great victory, married the prime minister's daughter, and served as a privy envoy.Apart from the fact that he is the emperor's cousin, he is the ultimate dream of a martial artist in the world.

Xia Yuqi said: "This... this is after all..."

Good iron does not make nails, and a good man does not serve as a soldier.Who doesn't know what the atmosphere is like in the army, even a young boy like Bai Yutang who doesn't have much experience in the world doesn't know the dangers of the world, and still has the belief of throwing his head and blood to protect his family and the country.

But anyone who knew a little about the army would not be willing to send their own children into the army.

Serious people who serve as soldiers!

Xia Yuqi smiled wryly and said: "Officials, I only have such an apprentice by my side, and his elder brother only has such a younger brother. It's really..."

Bai Yutang was dissatisfied, and was about to say something, but the emperor gave him a wink, signaling him not to speak yet.

He closed his mouth.

Zhao Yiyi nodded pretendingly: "Well, I understand."

He patted Bai Yutang on the shoulder: "I don't blame you. If I had such an apprentice, such a brother, I would not be willing to send him to the battlefield."

"The youngest son in the family is always a pain in the ass. Swords have no eyes on the battlefield. If something goes wrong, what should we do?"

When Bai Yutang heard this, he almost flew into a rage—what does the emperor mean by this!

It must be known that people in the world are afraid of everything, but they are not afraid of death!

The sword has no eyes?

You are afraid that the sword has no eyes, what kind of martial arts did you learn?

Some knights in the rivers and lakes are full of passion, go forward bravely, and are not afraid of death!

Turning around and seeing the smile in Zhao Yiyi's eyes, it suddenly dawned on him - the emperor is provoking the general!

Sure enough, Xia Yuqi also hurriedly said: "The officials misunderstood, this old man really didn't mean it!"

Although he cherished himself as the youngest apprentice, he was unwilling to put him in danger from the bottom of his heart.But he also knows that some things are more important than life.

Human beings are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather.

Death is not terrible, what is terrible is that death is unknown.

People in Jianghu are not afraid of death, but their death is meaningful.

To die means to die, and to live means to live.

And joining the army is meaningless in most cases.

Xia Yuqi is an old man, does he know what virtues the current army has?

A group of drunks and rice bags, eating together and waiting to die.Usually Yurou Township is more active than anyone else, and surrenders faster than anyone else on the battlefield.

Joining such an army can be regarded as the most meaningless thing in the world.

That's right, Duke Lai has trained hundreds of thousands of new troops. These new troops have won a complete victory in Xixia, and the scenery is boundless.

Bai Yutang and the current privy envoy Di Qing are still friends, if he wants to join the army, he will definitely be able to use this relationship to join the new army.

...but Duke Lai resigned.

Lai Guogong no longer trains soldiers, and now he is leading the students in Qingbei University to read Zuo Zhuan. He usually meets Lai Guogong when he strolls around after dinner, and now he is familiar with him.

Lai Guogong is gone, can the new army still be the new army?

It is not easy to train these elite soldiers, but it is too easy to degenerate them into the same waste as other troops.

Now that Lai Guogong is gone, the camp in the suburbs of Beijing is taken over by Di Qing, the current privy envoy.He knew Di Qing well and knew that he was a general and not under the Duke of Lai, but he was too young after all.

He doesn't have the popularity foundation of Duke Lai in the court.

Lai Guogong can intimidate the Sanya and tell other Xiaoxiao in the court who are coveting the fat of the new army not to dare to do anything, he can't.

Di Qing's prestige is not enough to defend the pure land of the new army.Slowly, the new army will be infected by other forces, corrupted and degenerated into waste that is no different from ordinary troops.

Although Di Qing is the emperor's cousin, the emperor will support him, but to what extent will the emperor support him?

The 30 new army was poured out by Lai Guogong. Will the emperor also pour his painstaking efforts here?

Xia Yuqi didn't dare to gamble with Bai Yutang's future.

Once the bet is lost, Bai Yutang will be sent to an army that is destined to be destroyed.

Therefore, he said to the emperor: "We are not greedy for life and afraid of death, but..."

He sighed: "Official, this..."

It was hard to say this, but Zhao Yiyi probably understood it.

Zhao Yiyi smiled and said: "You are not afraid of death, why don't you want to join the army? Could it be that you despise the inferiority of soldiers and are not worthy of you? Or are you worried that you will not be able to make achievements in the army?"

Xia Yuqi said: "This may sound a little arrogant, but..."

He looked into Zhao Yiyi's eyes: "Officials, although this apprentice is a bit impetuous, he is very smart and good at martial arts. I really can't bear to let him waste time in such an army..."

Zhao Yiyi said: "I understand what you mean! Senior Xia, you are overthinking."

He laughed and said, "Haven't you been neighbors with Di Qing for a while? Why do you have so little confidence in him? The army under his rule is naturally strict in discipline and upright. It is naturally impossible for Lingtu to join such an army Bury his talent."

Xia Yuqi said: "I heard that there are still people in the court who are dissatisfied with the appointment of Master Di and want to remove him."

Zhao Yiyi said: "You don't have to worry about it. After today, there will be no more."

After the Baxian King knew that Concubine Li was still in the court, he would definitely not come to the court to pester him again.

"Also, even if you don't trust Di Qing, you should trust me."

Zhao Yiyi said: "You feel sad when you look at the military power of the army. Isn't my heart ten times more painful than yours? How can I let these moths continue to eat and die, ruining the reputation of the court?"

He said: "At the latest in autumn and winter of this year, I will definitely reorganize the whole army. At that time, the army of the whole country will be as disciplined as Duke Lai's new army, and orders will be banned. In this way, seniors can finally rest assured. Has the disciple joined the army?"

Xia Yuqi asked in surprise, "Is this really true?"

Does the emperor really want to devote all his efforts to training the new army like Duke Lai?

No!What the emperor said was to rectify the army of the whole country, so that the army of the whole country will be like a new army!

This……

If that was the case, of course he would not stop Bai Yutang from joining the army.

Zhao Yiyi nodded: "You are not joking."

Taking advantage of this tax cut to directly disarm, he has planned for a long time.

He said to Xia Yuqi: "Just wait and see."