Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

Di Niangniang's tone was calm: "Excuse me, my lord, why do you want to invite the golden mace?"

This day has finally arrived.

Ever since the emperor sent someone to borrow the golden mace and never return it, she had expected this day.

Compared with the countless days and nights of fear before, the relief at this moment even makes people feel a big sigh of relief.

The Baxian King said angrily: "The officials are so confused that they made Di Qing a privy envoy and asked him to marry the daughter of Fan Xiang's family. What a shame!"

Asking a military man to be a privy envoy, and let him be the son-in-law of the prime minister, is it for fear that the collusion between civil and military is not serious?

What's more, depending on what the emperor meant, he still had a lot of trust in this warrior.

He absolutely cannot allow this to happen!

The Baxian King said: "I want to invite the golden mace bestowed by Emperor Taizong, and I ask the officials to take it back!"

Emperor Taizong bestowed a golden mace to beat down the emperor and punish the courtiers.If it weren't for the absurdity of the emperor's behavior, he would not have invited this big killer.

Di Niangniang said: "My lord, our Nanqing Palace has been hiding from the world for a long time, why do we have to get involved in the court turmoil?"

The Baxian King frowned: "Why did the princess say such a thing. I don't mean to disturb the situation, but I can't just watch the emperor ruin my Song Dynasty!"

Di Niangniang said: "The land and mountains of the Song Dynasty belong to the emperor, so what does it have to do with the prince?"

The Eighth Sage King was stunned: "What are you talking about! Princess, what happened to you?"

Niangniang Di turned around and turned her back to him: "My lord, the golden mace is no longer in Nanqing Palace."

"what?"

The Eighth Sage King strode up to her and stared at her closely: "What do you mean the golden mace is no longer in Nanqing Palace?"

Princess Di wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes: "When Bao Zheng went to Yingtian Mansion to thoroughly investigate the case of King Xiangyang, he once came to the mansion with an official letter to ask for a golden mace. I lent it to him, and he never returned it."

The Eighth Wise King said angrily: "You are confused! The golden mace is a sacred object bestowed by the emperor, how can you lend it to a courtier? You... ouch!"

He pointed at Princess Di: "You really missed me!"

"Wait for me to go find Bao Zheng, confront him face to face, and ask him to return the golden mace to me!"

Concubine Di shook her head: "My lord, it's useless. Bao Zheng is an upright gentleman. How could he not return something he borrowed from someone else? Not to mention something as important as the golden mace. It must not be Bao Zheng who borrowed the golden mace and refused to return it." save."

Eight Wise Kings said: "If it's not Bao Zheng, who else could it be?"

Concubine Di said softly: "At the beginning when Bao Zheng came to borrow the golden mace, what he took was the official letter."

There was a thunderbolt from the blue sky, and the Eight Wise Kings almost couldn't stand still: "You mean, the golden mace is for the officials and benefits..."

Princess Di hurriedly covered his mouth: "My lord, you can't say that!"

How can you call the official family by their nickname when they were in the hidden residence!

The Eighth Sage King brushed off her hand: "It turns out that this matter has been premeditated! The official family has already..."

Already planning to do this kind of thing!

The emperor didn't pay attention to the ancestral precepts at all!

If you don't know the severity, you will cause a big disaster...

He clenched his fists: "Even if I don't have the golden mace, I'm still his father! What I don't allow him to do, he won't dare to do either!"

Princess Di shouted: "My lord, wake up! How can you be the father of the official family! Isn't it good for our family to live behind closed doors? Why do you want to meddle in other people's affairs!"

The Eighth Sage King also said angrily: "The rise and fall of a country is someone else's business! I am a descendant of the Zhao family, and you are a wife of the Zhao family. I can't let this world and this country be ruined just like that!"

Saying that, she threw off Princess Di, turned around and left.

Princess Di burst into tears and fell to the side.Zhao Yunxi came out of the inner room and walked to Princess Di's side, silently.

Princess Di held his hand and whimpered, "Yunxi, your father, he is so confused!"

Zhao Yunxi said softly: "Father only cares about the world."

Princess Di shook her head: "Where does he know, how does he know!"

Not to mention anything else, the emperor has only been on the throne for five years, and he has already invited the queen mother back to the harem, and asked Kou Xianggong to resign and retire.Before Yangzhou tea trouble, he also handled it very well. Not only did he get back the income from the tea administration, but it also did not affect the entry of border buyers into the middle. This laid the foundation for Lai Guogong and Di Qing to quell the war in the northwest.In the face of floods in various places last year, the government also resolutely provided relief with work. The dams made of cement are extremely solid and will not collapse in ten or a hundred years.

As the emperor, he is doing very well, and Princess Di is willing to believe that he will continue to do so well.

Regarding Di Qing, Princess Di knew much more than the Eight Sage Kings.

Princess Di had already seen Di Qing when he came out of the dungeon of Kaifeng Mansion.

Ragged and torn clothes, skinny, from a poor and humble background, and was pushed out by his elder brother to take the blame, he was about to be tattooed and exiled into the army.

But in the dungeon, she got the favor of the emperor, and was promoted from hell to heaven in an instant. She recognized the emperor's biological mother as her aunt, and became a relative of the emperor in a flash.

After such a drastic change, how could an ordinary person not be ecstatic and full of ugliness?

But Di Qing is still neither humble nor overbearing. Although he is humble, he has his own strength of character.Niangniang Di reluctantly accepted him as her nephew because of the emperor's face, but later she really fell in love with this young man.

Even though she also thought it was inappropriate to appoint such a young martial artist as a privy envoy, she didn't think that Di Qing would do any harm to the Great Song Dynasty.

But the Eight Sage Kings don't think so.

She sighed and grabbed Zhao Yunxi's shoulder: "Yunxi, your father has entered the palace again."

Zhao Yunxi said: "Father just came back from the palace."

Di Niangniang nodded: "Yes, he came back to get his golden mace. He couldn't find the golden mace, so he went back into the palace alone."

He hadn't convinced the emperor before, even if he entered the palace again, what would change?

The only golden mace that can force the emperor to change his will has been taken away by the emperor.

"It's fine if the golden mace is gone," Di Niangniang smiled and touched Zhao Yunxi's face: "Without the golden mace, the officials will definitely not listen to your father, and at most they will send him home. From then on, our family of three will really be locked up. Come and live your own life. If the golden mace is still in your father's hands..."

If the Baxian King really entered the palace with the golden mace, the emperor might be afraid of the golden mace bestowed by Emperor Taizong, and temporarily change his mind and remove Di Qing from the post of privy envoy.But what about after that?

The emperor may really hate the eight virtuous kings.

What good ending can a person hated by the emperor have?

Di Niangniang said: "Perhaps the official defrauded the golden mace to leave a way out for our family."

After all, he has lived in Nanqing Palace for seven years, maybe he still has feelings for the people in this palace.

"Princess? Princess?"

There was a call at the door.

Princess Di hurriedly supported Zhao Yunxi to stand up, and wiped away her tears: "Who is it?"

Xia Yuqi carried the burden on his back and said, "Princess, it's me."

Di Niangniang hurriedly went up to greet her: "Xia Yishi... what are you doing?"

Xia Yuqi said: "I'm leaving, the officials asked me to say goodbye to the prince. Wangfei, is the prince there?"

Princess Di said: "The prince is not here."

Xia Yuqi was the emperor's guest, and it was embarrassing for him to stay in the Nanqing Palace even if the emperor and the Eight Sage Kings had such a quarrel.He was leaving, which was beyond Princess Di's expectation.

"Yutang is going with you too?"

Xia Yuqi nodded, and patted Bai Yutang who was carrying the book on his back: "The house at Qingbei University is about to be built, and it will be convenient for him to go to school if he lives there."

Princess Di likes well-grown children, so naturally she also likes Bai Yutang.Hearing that he was going to leave, I was a little sad: "Alright, learn some skills from President Yan."

Di Qing said, "Auntie, I'm leaving too."

Princess Di sighed lightly: "Let's go. We all have to go. The government gave you a house?"

Di Qing nodded: "Someone just came from the palace, saying that they want to give the former mansion of King Xiangyang, and they can live in it after it is repaired. For the time being, they will live in Qingbei University with Senior Xia. Aunt, these days I've been worrying a lot in the past few days."

Di Niangniang nodded: "Okay, it's good to have a place to go. When your mansion is repaired, I will send you all the wedding accessories I prepared earlier."

Di Qing said, "Thank you, Aunt."

Concubine Di turned around: "The prince has entered the palace, and he won't be able to come back for a while. You don't have to wait for him, go yourself. Take care of yourself in the future."

I am afraid that the Eight Sage Kings are not in the mood to face their farewell anymore.

Everyone said: "Thank you, Princess."

Niangniang Di waved her hand and led Zhao Yunxi back to the inner room.

The Eight Sage Kings came to the gate of the palace.

At this time, the sky is not yet dark, and the palace gate has not yet been locked.

Although the people at the gate of the palace were quite curious about why the Eighth Wise King left and returned, but he was a noble man and did not dare to embarrass him, they just asked him why he entered the palace.

Eight Wise Kings said: "This king wants to see the officials."

The little eunuch nodded, hurried into the inner palace, came back in less than half an hour, and said to the eight virtuous king with some embarrassment: "Eighth prince, the government is busy."

This is the excuse for not wanting to see him.

Eight Wise Kings said: "Then I will wait here until the officials are not busy."

He is the emperor's biological father, so he doesn't believe that the emperor can hang him outside the palace gate.

The little eunuch said: "But the empress dowager wants to see the prince."

"The queen mother?"

The Eighth Sage King was puzzled: "What does the Empress Dowager want to see me for?"

The little eunuch said: "Our family doesn't know about it either, my lord, come on."

Although the queen mother is no longer regent, she is still the elder sister-in-law of the eight virtuous kings.

Although the Eighth Sage King had some complaints about the queen mother, he followed the little eunuch to Fengchen Palace when the queen mother summoned him.

In Fengchen Palace, Liu E saw the Eighth Wise King arriving, and said with a smile, "It's really a rare visitor. The Eighth King entered the palace twice today, why?"

Eight Wise Kings said: "It's because of the official's appointment of Di Qing as the privy envoy."

Liu E said: "Well, I think there is nothing wrong with using Di Qing as the privy envoy."

Eight Wise Kings said coldly: "But this king thinks it's not right."

Liu E said with a smile: "The Eighth Wise King thinks it's inappropriate, so why did he mention it in front of the officials over and over again? You must know that the clan is not allowed to interfere in politics, so why does the Eighth Prince want to interfere with the decisions of the officials?"

Eight Wise Kings said: "Just because I am the emperor's biological father!"

Liu E smiled and said, "Oh?"

She stared into the eyes of the Baxian King and smiled: "Are you really?"