imperial dream

Three years later, in the winter, the emperor went to Daxiangguo Temple to meet Empress Li and Master Bao Zheng of Kaifeng Mansion for the first time.

At that time, Lord Bao was dismissed from office and left Beijing because he beheaded Zhao Guodong, the uncle of the Eight Sage Kings, and Zhan Zhao was imprisoned in the prison by the emperor.After returning to the palace, the emperor was suspicious, and tested Guo Huai, Chen Lin and Queen Mother Liu, and found that Queen Mother Liu was a little strange.

When Chen Lin was brought here, Chen Lin lied and claimed that she didn't know about it. Later, Guo Huai tried to assassinate her, so she had to go to the emperor to explain the truth. I will know."

The emperor had no choice but to invite the Eighth Prince to the imperial study.

The Eighth Prince came to the imperial study to meet him, and he bowed when he saw the emperor: "See the emperor."

The emperor immediately stood up and helped the Eighth Prince to say: "Father, please rest in a formal manner. It's purely for family affairs. You don't need to pay attention to the red tape in the palace. Please drink tea."

The Eighth Prince didn't answer, thinking to himself: Why is the emperor so abnormal today?He always referred to Niangniang Di as his concubine mother, but today it was really abnormal, so he said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The emperor said: "My lord, can your empress still be in good health?"

The Eighth Prince picked up the tea bowl, thinking about how to answer the emperor.Just said: "She..."

"What's the matter? Madam, her jade body is against harmony?"

The Eighth Prince was still thinking, and said perfunctorily: "Very good, very good." He sat down and stood up again after seeing the emperor.

"It's been 20 years, and the forbidden palace is as deep as the sea. I can't even see my own mother often, so I'm really ashamed to be a son of man." The emperor said with emotion...

"The Holy Majesty works hard for state affairs, which is the blessing of all people. Seeing or not seeing him is a trivial matter." The Eighth Prince responded.

"Thank you for being so considerate, father and mother. The affection between mother and child is human nature. But the child didn't know it until today, and he couldn't enjoy the real family happiness."

"Why did the Holy One say that?" The Eighth Prince asked knowingly, Bao Zheng had already sent the pearl to the palace, and Guo Huai had also exchanged the pearl. Could it be that the emperor heard about the "civet cat for the prince"?What can I do?Chen Lin is not here now.

The emperor said: "Yesterday, when I went to Xiangguo Temple to offer incense, I saw a crazy woman, probably driven mad by the pain of losing her son, who actually claimed to be my mother." The emperor watched the Eighth Prince's reaction...

The Eighth Prince was frightened, took a step back, thought for a while and said: "Crazy woman?? Since she is a crazy woman, the emperor can ignore it."

"I didn't believe it at first, but that crazy woman actually mentioned the matter of replacing the civet cat with the prince."

The Eighth Prince clenched his fists and was seen by the emperor. The emperor continued: "It is said that this is an old case 20 years ago. I wonder if my father has heard of it?"

The Eighth Prince wanted to shake his head and said, "I don't know, I don't know."

"Strange? Chen Lin said to me: Father knows." The emperor looked at the Eighth Prince.

The Eighth Prince said: "Maybe Chen Lin misunderstood."

The emperor smiled and asked: "Chen Lin misunderstood?"

"Holy..."

The emperor said: "I laughed at that crazy woman who wanted me to recognize my father's blood."

"What? Recognize relatives with blood??"

"It is said that two people each drop a drop of blood into the basin. If the two drops of blood can be compatible, it is the biological child. If the two drops of blood cannot blend..."

"Hey, this is a folklore, it's unbelievable."

The emperor came over and said, "Father, please extend your hand."

The Eighth Prince was at a loss and stretched out his right hand tremblingly. The Emperor came over and took his hand. The Emperor said, "Father, my child doesn't believe in rural rumors, but only in people's conscience."

"conscience?"

"When you were young, you used to hold the child's hand like this, teaching the child to be honest, and now I just want you to say a word."

"What... what?"

"Is the baby the biological child of the royal father and Niang Niang?"

"what……"

"In the dead of night, there are gods to testify, please tell my father: yes or no?"

The Eighth Prince didn't know how to answer, he was very contradictory...

"Yes or no, it's easy to answer. Why is the father so difficult?"

"Father, please tell me quickly, yes, or... no?"

The Eighth Prince trembled, unable to answer him...

Finally, eyes went dark and passed out...

The emperor understood, hugged his father who had raised him for more than 20 years, and shed tears: After all, he was not a child of the Xian Wangfu. Can't help but not believe it.

After seeing off the Eight Sage Kings, the emperor locked himself in the imperial study, and the eunuch Liu Yu knew that the emperor was unhappy, so he stayed by his side...

In the evening, Liu Yu said, "Your Majesty, would you like something to eat?"

The emperor nodded, but did not answer.

Liu Yu went out to serve the dinner, the emperor took two bites and said, "Bring me that moon-white dragon robe."

"Yes." Liu Yu changed into a dragon robe for the emperor.

"Xiao Liu, why don't you go down first? Don't bother me." The emperor said seriously.

Liu Yu had no choice but to leave.

The emperor stood at the door of the imperial study and looked outside: this moon-white dragon robe was embroidered by Niang Niang herself. He knew that Niang Di treated him more dearly than his own. , Now, he has also become a father, and seeing his first child grow up from so young to five years old, he knows how much love is saturated here, but now, he is no longer the son of the Eight Sages Palace, Di Niangniang must have How sad, after a long time, he finally made up his mind and stepped out.

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The emperor passed by the imperial garden and passed a gate, thinking that this matter should be handled by Bao Zheng.

Just as he was thinking, a figure suddenly flew over, before the hidden guard could make a move, the man's sword had already reached the emperor's neck.The emperor didn't react and was captured just like that.

So, who is the person who hijacked the emperor?If you have time, go to my "Heroes in the Great Song Dynasty" to see it, right?He is Kong Sheng, the cousin of Zhan Zhao's wife Lin Fangyu. There are two other people visiting the palace at night, Han Ming and Meng Wuhong. Executed in secret.

Unexpectedly, the three people who had never been in the palace lost their way when they arrived in the palace. Kong Sheng suggested to arrest someone for questioning. Unexpectedly, he arrested the emperor, the owner of the palace.

Kong Sheng pushed the emperor aside and said in a low voice, "I won't kill you if you don't make a sound."

The emperor didn't know this person, but seeing that he didn't intend to hurt himself, he made a gesture to the hidden guard not to act rashly.Then he asked Kong Sheng, "What do you want?"

"This is where?"

"Royal garden."

"Is the Royal Study Room in front?" Kong Sheng just wanted to find the way, and he didn't come to kill people.

The emperor hesitated for a moment, thinking to himself: If he came to assassinate, he must know me.Even if you don't know him, you should know it because of the dragon pattern on my clothes.But if he hadn't been an assassin, why did he ask the imperial study room?

Seeing that he didn't answer, Kong Sheng moved his sword closer to his neck and said, "Answer me."

"It's the Royal Study Room."

"Is the emperor in there?"

The emperor smiled at this time, thinking to himself: This person is quite interesting, so he said: "You can find out when you go in and have a look."

Kong Sheng was confused by his frank smile for a moment, thinking to himself: What he said makes sense.Since the Imperial Study Room is right in front of you, why ask an outsider? "Then... is the emperor reviewing the memorial or is he asleep?" Kong Sheng asked the emperor repeatedly, wanting to know what the emperor wanted to do with Zhan Zhao.

"What is your purpose? If you want to assassinate the emperor, you can go to the imperial study, why bother!" The emperor thought this person was funny and wanted to tease him.

"It's fine if the emperor is reviewing the memorial at this moment."

"Hahaha..." The emperor laughed. He had never seen such an assassin before, so he said, "Is there a time limit for the assassination? Hahaha...it's really fun."

Kong Sheng was afraid that his laughter would attract the guards in the palace, so he said loudly: "Don't laugh." Kong Sheng pulled him to a corner and whispered: "Don't laugh, where is the prison?"

"Heavenly Prison?" At this moment, the Emperor suddenly understood that his goal was Zhan Zhao, because there was no one imprisoned in the Sky Prison except Zhan Zhao.There were indeed some prisoners in the sky prison before, and those who should have been executed since he ascended the throne should have been released.

"Say it."

"Do you want to rescue Zhan Zhao?"

"How did you know?"

"Zhan Zhao assassinated the Empress Dowager, it's...it's normal for the emperor to lock him up." The emperor almost slipped his tongue.

"Nonsense, this was framed by Guo Huai."

The emperor said: "It is a fact that he injured Ouchi's guard."

"That's because he wanted to see the emperor, but Guo Huai blocked him, so he acted in a hurry."

The emperor smiled and said, "That's why the emperor didn't interrogate."

Kong Sheng seemed to understand the reason why the emperor didn't try. It turned out that the emperor wanted to protect Zhan Zhao, but he couldn't have a direct conflict with the queen mother.Kong Sheng asked again, "Who are you?"

"Me? I am the third son of the eight sages." The emperor thought to himself: Let me be the last son of the eight sages. My father's performance is enough to prove that it is true. From then on, I will never be the eight sages again. The third son of the king is now, and it's time to change his name to the emperor's uncle.After I finished speaking, I thought again: It’s bad, isn’t this revealing my identity?

"You're still a small county king, so the current emperor is still your brother?" Kong Sheng's mind seemed to be amused after meeting the emperor. The eight virtuous kings only have three sons. The eldest son died for the country, and the second son Guarding the border, the third son is the current emperor?He fabricated a son for the Eight Sage Kings out of thin air.

The emperor thought to himself: It seems that today I met a very cute and fun person, so I said, "Not bad. How about it, I will take you to the prison."

Kong Sheng looked at the emperor strangely, and thought to himself: It seems that this person is more trustworthy. It is more convenient for someone to lead the way than to find the way by himself, so he said, "Okay." So the two walked...

After a while, the emperor asked: "Don't you need to bring your friends?" In fact, the hidden guards had already captured Han Ming and Meng Wuhong, and the emperor had already received the message from the dark guards that they had taken them away, so he said.

Only then did Kong Sheng realize that the two brothers were still waiting outside.He was about to drag the emperor back, but the emperor instead pulled him back and said: "They have already been captured by the guards of the palace, you will only die if you go back."

Only then did Kong Sheng recall that he heard a few fights when he was talking to this person, but it was over soon.I thought to myself: Could it be that the emperor is so powerful?If I caught them with just a few tricks, then wouldn't I have no chance of escaping?I didn't feel cold sweat coming out.

The emperor wiped his sweat with his cuff, and he guessed that he was frightened by the kung fu of Ouchi's guards, but this time it was just a sneak attack by the hidden guards.

"You are sick!" Kong Sheng had never been sweated by a man before, so he pushed him away unnaturally.

The emperor knew that he had misunderstood, and thought to himself: This person is much more fun than the eunuchs in the palace, so he deliberately said: "It is unlucky for you to catch this king, but this king has this habit of breaking sleeves, seeing that you are handsome , I don’t feel like I have a heart to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade.” He purposely leaned in front of Kong Sheng to show his closeness.

"You...stay away from me." Kong Sheng was frightened by his words, and thought to himself: Oh my God, I never heard that the third son of the Eighth Wise King likes this. Am I not asking for trouble for myself?Why didn't he think that the third son of the eight sage kings is the current sage?

The emperor leaned over on purpose, took his arm and said, "Let me take you to the prison!"

"Lead the way, don't move." Kong Sheng insisted on keeping a distance from him this time.

"Put away your sword, and you will pretend to be the king's bodyguard. No one will doubt it." The emperor said again.

Kong Sheng returned the sword to its sheath, and thought to himself: What he said is reasonable, he is the younger brother of the current Holy Majesty, no one should doubt him walking in the palace.He never thought that in the middle of the night, how could the emperor keep a county king in the palace for the night? With so many concubines in the harem, the emperor is not afraid of accidents?

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