Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

Zhao Yiyi looked down at the hand held by Concubine Li, and said tactfully, "Your Majesty, let go first, I'm in a bit of pain."

Concubine Li grabbed him too hard, ten fingers were deeply embedded in the flesh.Zhao Yiyi spent most of his time working at a desk indoors without sunlight, so his skin was extremely white. At this time, when he was grasped hard, a row of light red spots appeared on his skin.

Concubine Li still didn't let go, she just stared at him firmly: "Emperor, you must promise your mother to kill that treacherous concubine for me!"

Zhao Yiyi turned to look at Liu En, Liu En stepped forward and broke Li Concubine's hands apart: "Your Majesty, calm down."

Concubine Li pushed him away: "Go away! I am talking to the emperor, when will it be your turn to interrupt!"

Zhao Yiyi said: "Okay, ma'am. You are not in a good mood, why bother to blame others."

Concubine Li turned her head to look at him with tears in her eyes: "Emperor..."

Zhao Yiyi said: "Since the empress is ill, let's rest in Fengchen Palace."

He turned away.

Concubine Li seemed to be pissed off by Liu E, so she kept asking him to kill Liu E.

Zhao Yiyi has a deep understanding of Liu E's anger, but she can't die yet.

Concubine Li shouted behind him: "Emperor! Come back!"

Seeing his resolute departure, Concubine Li was furious, grabbed the pillow behind her and threw it in the air: "You son of a thief who is your mother! I don't have a son like you!"

Zhao Yiyi came out of the inner room and asked Liu E, "When is your mother going to recover from her illness?"

Before Liu E said that he planned to write a letter to ask for a title for Zhao Xu, this really touched Zhao Yiyi's heart.

Zhao Xu is his preferred heir, but as a daughter, in this feudal dynasty, it is really difficult to succeed.

Zhao Yiyi originally planned to wait for Zhao Xu to officially confer the title of princess when she was a little older, to show her difference from other princesses.

But how to propose this canonization is still quite troublesome.

Well done, why did the emperor suddenly want to confer the princess?

The princess is only a two-year-old child, without any merit or character.Suddenly wanting to give her this unprecedented favor is unjustifiable on the surface.

What's more, Zhao Yiyi is still setting an example to practice frugality recently, ordering the clan not to marry or mourn, so as not to burden the country's finances at this juncture.

In the end, your emperor took the lead in canonizing his children—it’s fine to canonize the prince, the prince is the future crown prince, which is of great significance to the country.But the princess doesn't have such an important status, does she?

You canonize the princess with such a big fanfare, which is a waste of the country's finances.Doesn't this contradict the frugality I advocated before?

The emperor spoke golden words, with Tianxian in his mouth, and what he said and what he did cannot be repented.The emperor's back-and-forth is not called back-and-forth, it's called changing from day to day, and he will be scolded by Yu Shitai to doubt his life.

At this time, Liu E's superiority as the queen mother was reflected.

Although the emperor wants to be frugal, no one can be as frugal as the empress dowager!The empress dowager is the emperor's mother, and even if the emperor eats bran and swallowed vegetables, he still has to feed the empress dowager.This is the duty of a son.

So even if the country's finances are tight now and the emperor has reduced his regular meals, the queen mother doesn't have to follow suit.

If the empress dowager is willing to make a wish, she will follow the emperor to reduce expenditures. This is the virtue of the empress dowager.If the queen mother keeps silent and continues to eat and drink well, that's what people should do.

No matter how picky the courtier is, it is impossible to write a letter asking the Queen Mother to set an example for the world to care for the power of the people.

If the Empress Dowager is still in power, there is still this possibility.After all, rights and responsibilities are naturally equal. At that time, the Queen Mother was exercising the monarchy and was the real monarch, so it was her duty to save expenses for the common people of the world.

But now...the queen mother has been back to the harem to recuperate for several times. Although she occasionally goes to court, everyone knows that this is a show where the emperor invites the queen mother to make a cameo appearance.The queen mother has lost her power as a monarch, so naturally she no longer has to bear the obligations of being a monarch.

Therefore, even if the whole country is saving money, and the Queen Mother says that she wants to be crowned as a prince and princess, no one can find the fault.

The queen mother is getting old, and the emperor only has such a pair of children.Grandmother loves her grandchildren so much, what's wrong with asking for a canonization for the child?

As for why the princess and the prince should be canonized together - they are twin brothers and sisters, it can't be that the elder brother has the title but the younger sister doesn't?

The twins have to be together in everything, and they happened to be canonized together, so there is no need to go through that twice.

Liu E said: "Isn't it up to the emperor to decide when my illness will be cured?"

Zhao Yiyi counted the days: "Well, the day after tomorrow is the grand court meeting. It happens that the birthdays of the princess and the prince are coming soon, so it's not too abrupt for the queen mother to invite them to be sealed at this time."

Liu E nodded: "Just as the emperor said."

He pressed his forehead again: "This palace is exhausted, the emperor and empress should go back."

Zhao Yiyi clapped his hands and said, "There is one more thing to trouble my mother."

He tilted his head to gesture to Concubine Li in the inner room: "The empress inside, please take care of the empress."

After thinking about it, he said again: "My queen, don't worry too much, I don't have any other intentions. It's all right for my mother to restrain her from causing trouble."

People who play politics like to make up their minds, especially now that he is an emperor, and someone writes an [-]-word essay for him to analyze his overtones for every casual sentence.

It would be bad if Liu E thought up something else and took care of Concubine Li to heaven.

And Liu E is not without this motive...

He just needs Concubine Liu E and Li to live in Fengchen Palace alive and not cause trouble for him.

All food, clothing, housing and transportation are all in accordance with Liu E's specifications, which can be regarded as fulfilling her dream of being a queen mother.

Liu E nodded: "This palace will save me."

Zhao Yiyi said: "Then I and the queen will leave."

He motioned for Kou Yaoniang to go with him.

Kou Yaoniang blessed Liu E, and followed him out of Fengchen Palace.

The guard of honor of the emperor and the guard of honor of the empress crowded on the road outside the gate of Fengchen Palace, crowded side by side without distinguishing each other.

Zhao Yiyi asked Kou Yaoniang: "Why did the Queen Mother suddenly think of being a princess?"

Although Liu E's original words were to canonize the prince, he even conferred the canonization of the princess.

But everyone knows that the point in this sentence is the princess, not the prince.

If it was because Liu E wanted to please him...

Zhao Yiyi shivered and put this chilling thought behind him.

Liu E has lived for 60 years, and she has never tried to please anyone like this.

Even when Song Zhenzong was still there, it was rare for her to be treated so courteously.

Kou Yaoniang must have done something.

He looked at Kou Yaoniang in front of him.

This person has some supernatural skills, and he knows it.

Could it be that she played a trick on Liu E?

Kou Yaoniang said: "The officials have no intention of letting the prince succeed, do they?"

Zhao Yiyi smiled and said: "Where did this come from. The prince is my son..."

Kou Yaoniang interrupted him: "The official family loves the princess so much, is it just because they favor their daughter, and there is no other intention?"

Zhao Yiyi asked her: "What did you figure out?"

Kou Yaoniang said: "Princess Zhao Xu will rule the world."

Zhao Yiyi nodded: "It is inevitable. It would be a pity if my princess does not become emperor."

666 Divine Lord, it would be too wasteful not to be emperor.

Especially when her brother is a horrible 121...

Kou Yaoniang said: "I told the queen mother that the official family intends to let the princess succeed. If the queen mother can help the official family and the princess, she should get unexpected benefits."

Zhao Yiyi sighed: "The queen has a heart."

He asked her again, "Is Dan'er okay?"

Zhao Dan is his eldest son, Zhao Xu's twin brother.Kou Miaoniang has been in charge of raising her since she was born.

Kou Yaoniang said with a smile: "Dan'er is very good, now she can run and dance around the bedroom, and she can speak very fluently."

Zhao Yiyi said: "That's good."

Zhao Xu's situation was basically the same as Zhao Dan's. Now he could speak well and ran around chasing Xueqiuer in Yuchen Palace every day.

He turned around and got on his chariot, heading towards Yuchen Palace.Kou Yaoniang also got into the queen's car and headed for the queen's bedroom in the opposite direction.

When I returned to Yuchen Palace, the sky was getting dark, and all the palaces were lit with lamps.

Zhao Yiyi pointed to under the eaves of the main hall and asked doubtfully, "What are people doing there?"

He didn't like having too many people serving in front of him. There were only twelve resident palace people in Yuchen Palace, not counting Liu En, and this was the number after adding the nanny and maid who took care of the princess Zhao Xu.

For emperors and princesses, this number is surprisingly small.

At this time, the twelve people... Zhao Yiyi squinted his eyes and counted, and there were indeed twelve people. They all gathered under the eaves of the main hall, looked up at the sky, and pointed.

Liu Endao: "Go and have a look and you'll know."

The two walked to the back of the crowd, and Liu En cleared his throat: "Everyone, what are you doing?"

The palace people recognized Manager Liu's voice, knowing that it was the emperor who had returned, they hurriedly turned around to salute.

The crowd dispersed, and Zhao Xu, who was dressed in white ramie, ran towards Zhao Yiyi: "Father! Father!"

Zhao Yiyi leaned over to catch her, and hugged her: "What are you doing here with people?"

Zhao Xu turned around and pointed to the eaves: "Snowball can't come down anymore!"

Zhao Yiyi looked up and saw that there was indeed a white dumpling shivering on the eaves.

He was speechless.

Sure enough, it was the cat again.

Xueqiu is a timid cat. She doesn't like to climb to high places since she was a child. She does it occasionally, and usually climbing to the top of the cabinet is the limit.

It just so happened that Zhao Xu liked to chase Xueqiuer to play, one person and one cat chased and fled, Xueqiuer had no choice but to climb higher.As a result, it was timid again. Whenever it was afraid of going to a place higher than the cabinet, it would not dare to get down by itself.

Sometimes Zhao Yiyi wondered why Zhao Xu liked to chase cats, and cats liked to be chased by Zhao Xu.

That's right, according to Zhao Yiyi's observation, Xueqiu'er actually liked being chased by Zhao Xu.

Sometimes Zhao Xu was doing other things and didn't have time to deal with Xueqiuer, so Xueqiuer would take the initiative to tease her until she started chasing him.

After being chased by Zhao Xu, Xueqiu'er would snore in her arms very comfortably.

Zhao Yiyi couldn't understand this way of getting along with one person and one cat, but it was probably a personal hobby of the two of them, so he couldn't bother to bother.It's just that every time Xueqiu'er climbed to a high place that he couldn't get down, Liu En had to work hard to take it down.

Liu En also looked up at the roof and said, "Yo, this time I'm really scared."

Although the Yuchen Palace is small and small, it is still the residence of the former emperor's favorite concubine. The hall is quite high, and Xueqiu'er climbed to the roof of the main hall, so it's no wonder that she was scared out of her body.

Liu En tiptoed, jumped up to the roof, picked up the snowball stuck in the gap between the tiles, patted the ashes on the fur, jumped off the roof again, and put the cat into Zhao Xu's arms.

Zhao Xu held Xueqiu'er in his arms, and carefully followed its fur: "Snowball, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's coming down, coming down."

She was already a two-year-old child, and with the addition of a cat that weighed several catties, Zhao Yiyi's arms could not hold her up. Liu En hurriedly took Zhao Xu and Xueqiu'er into her arms.

Zhao Yiyi shook his slightly numb arm: "Go, go into the room and talk."

The big candles were lit early in the room, and it was as bright as day.

Liu En put Zhao Xu on a small stool, and Xue Qiu still nestled in Zhao Xu's arms obediently and cowardly.

Zhao Yiyi looked at her and smiled: "Xu'er, there is good news, do you want to hear it?"

Zhao Xu looked up: "What?"

Zhao Yiyi said: "You will be canonized as Princess Qin."

Zhao Xu didn't quite understand: "What is canonization?"

Zhao Yiyi explained to her patiently: "It is to tell the world that you will be the princess of Qin from now on."

Zhao Xu was puzzled: "I'm the princess!"

Since she was born, people around her have been calling her Princess Princess.She didn't understand why she had to tell the whole world to be a princess herself.

Zhao Yiyi smiled: "This princess is different."

A princess who has been canonized and has an official title is different from the so-called "princess" that the palace people call ordinary princesses.

Zhao Xu was still ignorant, and Zhao Yiyi said, "Forget it, you still don't understand. One day you will understand."

One day you will understand who you were born to be.

Zhao Yiyi said in his heart, you are destined to be the only master of Kyushu.

He thought of the mountain of memorials in Yuchen Palace's study.

...and then 997 to death.

He looked at Zhao Xu's still thick and soft hair lovingly.

I don't know how much of this hair will be left.

but……

He stroked his hair.

It seems that the royal family of the Song Dynasty did not have the gene of baldness. He has been thinking about it for so many years, and his hair is still black and thick, reaching to his ankles, which can be seen as a lesson.

People in the Song Dynasty paid attention to the fact that the body, hair and skin should not be damaged by their parents. It is impossible to cut a short hair.His hair was naturally dense, and it was already quite heavy when it reached his waist, not to mention he was almost as tall as a person now.He almost broke his neck when he tied his hair and wore a crown.

Fortunately, it has been at this length for more than half a year, and it probably won't grow any longer.

It is also a blessing in misfortune.

From this point of view, if Zhao Xu inherited his genes, he shouldn't have to worry about hair loss in the future.

Zhao Yiyi sighed and stood up: "You can play with Xueqiuer, dad is going to work."

Holding the cat in his arms, Zhao Xu obediently said goodbye to his father, completely unaware of the dark future his own father had arranged for him.

After learning that Concubine Li was still alive, the Baxian King really gave up his plan to continue admonishing the emperor.

In the Chongzheng Hall, Zhao Yiyi looked behind Fan Zhongyan, and was relieved not to see the familiar figure of the Eight Sage Kings.

The ancestor finally returned.

He was in a good mood.

He turned his head and glanced at Liu E's bead curtain.

Liu E understood, and raised her voice: "Emperor, I have something to ask you."

Zhao Yiyi hurriedly stood up, bowed to Zhulian and said, "Excuse me, Queen Mother."

Liu E said: "I ask you, as the king of a country, do you know what is the foundation of a country?"

Zhao Yiyi said: "I know. The foundation of the country depends first on the prince. The prince should be the foundation of the country."

Liu E said again: "Then do you know who the prince is?"

Zhao Yiyi said: "The prince is the crown prince, my son."

Liu E said, "Then does the emperor have any sons?"

Zhao Yiyi said: "I have a son, born of Queen Kou."

Liu E said: "Since the emperor has a queen, why is the crown prince still undecided? Why not make the son of Queen Kou's son the crown prince?"

Zhao Yiyi said: "This...that child is only less than two years old now, I'm afraid he won't be able to bear such a great blessing, I'm afraid..."

Liu E said: "What's the truth! The emperor's son was born to be the prince, why can't he bear it?"

Zhao Yiyi smiled wryly and said: "Madam, it's not that I don't want to be a crown prince. How can I not understand that the crown prince is the foundation of the country. But now..."

He said to Fan Zhongyan: "Fan Qing, come and tell your empress. How much money will it cost to confer a crown prince?"

Fan Zhongyan came out and said: "Go back to the official house and the queen mother. The cost of conferring the crown prince is not less than tens of millions in Bianliang City alone. What's more, the crown prince must be congratulated from all over the world, and the congratulatory gifts from all over the world are not less than tens of millions. Chu Jun, as a rule, the world should be amnesty. This is another expense. Now that the treasury is tight, this..."

Zhao Yiyi said: "Mother, it's not that I don't want to appoint the crown prince early, I'm also anxious. In fact, it's not the time to make arrangements for the establishment of the crown prince. After two years, we will pass the current difficulty and the treasury will be sufficient. It’s not too late to discuss the establishment of a reserve.”

Liu E said: "Okay! Since this is what Fan Xiang said, I will believe it for the time being. It's just the emperor, you said that the canonization of the prince is too expensive and the treasury can't support it, so the money for the canonization of the prince should go. His eldest son, how honorable this is, it turns out that he doesn't even have a prince now, which is too pitiful. You should confer a prince on this grandson of this palace."

Zhao Yiyi hurriedly said: "It should be, it should be. After a while, it will be the prince's birthday, and I will definitely choose a good title for the prince."

Liu E nodded: "That's more plausible. By the way," she seemed to suddenly think of something: "Not only will the prince be canonized, but the princess will also be canonized."

Baiguan was in an uproar.

"This...is there any precedent for conferring a princess?"

"That's right, there hasn't been such a thing since the Tai. Zu dynasty?"

Zhao Yiyi also wondered: "Mother, is this a bit..."

Liu E snorted: "I don't care. You said that the state's funds are tight, and you can't afford the money for the crown prince, and you want to wrong my grandson to be a prince for the time being. This palace is up to you. Then you have to use it elsewhere. Make up for these debts. The queen is a law-abiding person, and she dare not tell you that her child has been wronged. I will take care of this for the queen. The prince and the princess are twin brothers and sisters. You don’t make the prince a prince. , you have to give his sister a grace. This is fair."

Zhao Yiyi smiled wryly again: "Mother, this is a big matter, you can't joke around..."

Liu E said: "I am not joking with the emperor. If the emperor still recognizes the mother as the mother, the wife as the empress, and the son as the prince, then he will do as I say! Otherwise..."

Zhao Yiyi hurriedly said: "Where did the queen mother say this? How dare the son be? The son just followed the mother's wishes and canonized the prince and princess!"

He said to Fan Zhongyan: "Fan Qing, please be a witness for me today. When the prince and princess are two years old, I will make the prince the king of Chu and the princess the princess of Qin. No joke!"

Fan Zhongyan said: "I remember it."

Zhao Yiyi turned back to Liu E and said, "Look, mother, is this good?"

Liu E nodded slightly: "Barely, it's not satisfactory. Since I have obtained a title for my grandson, I will return. The emperor will continue to discuss matters with the noble families."

Zhao Yiyi said: "Respectfully send off the mother."

The civil and military officials also said: "Respectfully send off the Queen Mother."

After sending Liu E back to the harem, Zhao Yiyi stood in front of Liu E's bead curtain again and sighed, "Oh!"

Pretending to turn around, he said to the civil and military officials: "Do the parents of all the ministers dote on their grandchildren like this?"

Since Liu E brought up this matter in the name of seeking a title for his grandson, he naturally had to cooperate with the trick.

All the officials agreed one after another, and no one raised any objection to the canonization of the princess.

The Queen Mother even said "If you still recognize me as your mother", what else can they do?

If you still oppose the canonization of the princess, do you want the emperor to deny his mother?

Seeing that the opera was nearly finished, Zhao Yiyi stopped talking and started discussing other business matters.

After waiting for more than an hour, the discussion was almost over, and the time was almost up, Zhao Yiyi said: "Okay, all the ministers will come back, and we will talk about it later if there is anything to do."

Bao Zheng came out: "Officials, ministers have something to report alone."

Zhao Yiyi said: "Then you will find me in the Political Affairs Hall later."

The Zhengshitang is the place where he usually holds small meetings in the palace with his trusted officials.

Bao Zheng nodded in agreement.

Zhao Yiyi left the Chongzheng Hall, ate some food in the side hall, and then went to the Zhengshi Hall to find Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng was already waiting in the corridor, Zhao Yiyi walked up to him, and asked him with a smile: "Bao Qing, what can't be said in the Chongzheng Hall?"

Bao Zheng said: "When will the officials plan to depose Empress Liu and return the imperial concubine Li?"

Zhao Yiyi said: "If this is the case, then I have my own arrangements, and the Qing family doesn't need to mention it."

Bao Zheng said: "Aren't the officials planning to wash away the grievances for Concubine Li?"

Zhao Yiyi said: "I have my own discretion in this matter."

He could see that Bao Zheng came here today to find a place for Concubine Li - after all, a good Concubine Li entered the palace, until now there was no news from the palace, but it was Liu E who went to court again.

He turned around to leave, but was held in place by a strong force.

He lowered his head in astonishment, but saw Bao Zheng grab his sleeve: "Officials! Please welcome the Queen Mother and return!"