Song Emperor Jiangshan

Chapter 79 The Oath

Zhao Yuan raised his head slightly, looked at Zhao Gou, and said: "Boy, what if he usurps the throne and stands on his own like the gold master Wan Yanliang?"

Zhao Gou was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, and said with great certainty: "He is just seizing power and deceiving the emperor, and he will never dare to usurp the throne and stand on his own!"

"What if he really has this heart? He didn't dare to do so recently, but because his power has not yet reached its peak, otherwise, how could he be willing to be a minister?"

Zhao Gou fell silent, and after a while, he said: "If he really has the heart, I..." He stopped before he finished speaking, with helplessness in his tone, but killing intent flashed in his eyes.

Perhaps some emperors were cowardly, some were incompetent, willingly bowed down in the power contest, or some had no choice but to give up power, but no one could remain indifferent when their lives were threatened, and Zhao Gou was the same.

However, that kind of look only flashed by and then disappeared. Zhao Gou immediately changed his face and smiled at Zhao Yuan: "The Queen Mother and the Queen miss you very much. We will stay in the palace tonight. Our family Have a good get together. I ordered someone to call the King of Enping County, you brothers haven't seen each other for almost three years, so let's have a good talk."

Zhao Yuan respectfully replied yes, and followed Zhao Gou to visit Empress Dowager Wei.

Ever since Zhao Yuan left the capital, Yu Mo had been staying at the Prince's Mansion in Pu'an County to look after the house. After Xiao Shan chatted with Yu Mo about recent events, he came out alone and moved to the previous location of the Qin family's oil store.

There have been new shops there, and now they are closed in the middle of the night, only a string of wind lanterns at the entrance of the shop flickering on and off in the dark.

Xiao Shan felt a little emotional in his heart, he was not worried that Zhao Yuan would be able to overthrow Qin Hui when he came back this time, after all, from the few conversations Zhao Gou had with himself, he had already felt his dissatisfaction with Qin Hui, what Xiao Shan was worried about was, Could Qin Hui's downfall be earlier than in history, a few years earlier?

Xiao Shan stayed at Yu Mo at night, although his room in the palace was still the same, and no one had used it for three years, but it was inconvenient to go back to live there again. In the middle of the night, he heard someone knocking on the door, and opened it. , none other than Zhao Yuan.

Xiao Shan was taken aback, and hurriedly welcomed Zhao Yuan in. Yu Mo had also got up at this moment, and was also very surprised to see Zhao Yuan, so he hurriedly bowed to salute.

Xiao Shan wondered: "Isn't Your Highness resting in the palace today?"

Zhao Yuan didn't answer, but glanced at Yu Mo, Yu Mo bowed to Zhao Yuan and backed out the door.

Zhao Yuan closed the door and didn't say why he came back, but said: "I have something to tell you, the officials are going to add nine tins to Qin Hui."

Xiao Shan didn't quite understand the meaning, Zhao Yuan told about Wanyan Liang's usurpation of the throne and said: "If Qin Hui can negotiate a peace with Wan Yanliang, I will add nine tins to him."

Xiao Shan thought for a while, and said: "This...why does it sound familiar, I remember that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty seemed to have done it for Cao Cao..."

Zhao Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, if Qin Hui is smart enough, he will try his best to refuse; if he can't wait, he will accept. Once he accepts, his wolfish ambition will be exposed. I don't think the officials will sit idly by again. Reasonable, the day of his downfall is not far away."

Xiao Shan looked at Zhao Yuan and smiled slightly, said: "Your Highness has been able to do this in less than a day after returning to Beijing, it is not easy." He said this, but he couldn't see Zhao Yuan's face There was the slightest look of joy, but there was a hint of depression between his brows.

Xiao Shan asked: "Your Highness doesn't seem very happy? Did you come back in the middle of the night today just to tell me about this?"

Zhao Yuan shook his head lightly, and said: "The officials originally asked me to rest, but something happened on the way, and it is inconvenient for me to stay in the palace, so I came back."

Xiao Shan hurriedly asked what was going on, Zhao Yuan looked away, and slowly said what happened next.

After Qin Hui left, Zhao Gou and Zhao Yuan went to pay their respects to Empress Dowager Wei. It happened that Empress Wu was also here, so he called Zhao Zhuo, King of Enping County, and the family had a banquet together. Zhao Yuan only drank a little. After a few drinks, Zhao Zhuo was so drunk that he found it difficult to walk.

Empress Dowager Wei left Zhao Zhuo to rest in the palace, but Zhao Gou said, "What are you doing with him? Are you planning to make a joke about forcing the maids?"

It was only then that Zhao Yuan learned that Zhao Zhuo was resting at Empress Dowager Wei's place a few days ago and raped a maid in her palace. Empress Dowager Wei rewarded Zhao Zhuo with the maid instead.

At this time, Zhao Gou brought up the old story again, but Queen Mother Wei didn't take it seriously, saying that when Zhao Gou was 16 years old, he already had several women serving him.

In private, Zhao Yuan asked other people to find out that Zhao Zhuo hadn't made much progress in the past few years, and he was especially lustful.

Zhao Gou was displeased, so he sent someone to send the drunk Zhao Zhuo back to his palace. Seeing this, Zhao Yuan couldn't stay in the palace anymore, even though it was midnight, he insisted on coming back.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yuan sighed: "I also said that my younger brother will grow up in the past few years, but it is becoming more and more outrageous."

Xiao Shan didn't take it seriously, it was a good thing for Zhao Yuan that Zhao Yuan's competitors didn't make progress, but he heard Zhao Yuan say: "Before I left, the Empress Dowager said that I didn't even have anyone in my house all these years, it's really outrageous. She has already given me the palace lady Xia Shi who is beside her, and she will send it over tomorrow."

Xiao Shan remained silent, the other party is the prince now, and will be the emperor in the future, and there will only be more and more people around him, even though he knew it would be like this, he still couldn't feel happy in his heart.

Zhao Yuan frowned deeply, sitting on the chair in the room, thinking about something.

Xiao Shan said: "Someone wants to give you a beautiful woman, why are you unhappy?"

Zhao Yuan raised his head, glanced at Xiao Shan, hesitated to speak, and shook his head slowly after a while: "The Empress Dowager has always disliked me, and I don't really dare to take the person she rewarded, but if I ignore it, the Empress Dowager will blame me. I can’t make the decision by myself, but I didn’t expect who to sleep with in private, and I can’t help myself to make the decision.”

Xiao Shan couldn't speak for a moment, Zhao Yuan didn't speak, the two sat silently, Xiao Shan didn't know why Zhao Yuan suddenly wanted to talk about these private matters to him, and he didn't want to think too deeply.

Zhao Yuan also didn't know why when he heard that Empress Dowager Wei was going to give him a woman, his first thought was that Xiao Shan might not be very happy, he was going to bring Xia family back tonight, but he insisted on midnight Li Gong came back alone and wanted to explain the whole story to Xiao Shan.But now that he said it, he was even more hesitant, with a sense of bewilderment in his heart, always feeling empty, he really wanted to hear Xiao Shan say a few words to comfort him, but Xiao Shan didn't say anything.

Zhao Yuan watched Xiao Shan sitting beside him, he opened his mouth several times, but he didn't know what to say, so he had to close it again.

After a while, Xiao Shan said: "Your Highness, you have arrived in Lin'an safely now, it is inconvenient for me to stay here, I have to leave as soon as possible."

Zhao Yuan waited for a long while, but he didn't expect this to be what he was waiting for. He wanted to persuade him to stay, but he couldn't find any reason, so he could only say: "Okay... when are you going to leave?"

Xiao Shan said: "Let's go at dawn."

Zhao Yuan felt lost: "So fast?"

Xiao Shan said: "The sooner the better, when Qin Hui falls, maybe I will be able to come back in an open and honest manner."

Zhao Yuan pursed his lips, and said after a while: "I won't make you wait too long..."

Xiao Shan suddenly said: "Your Highness, I have something I want you to agree to."

Before Zhao Yuan asked what it was, he nodded and said, "Okay, I agree!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yuan looked at Xiao Shan with inquiring eyes, waiting for him to explain what was going on.

Xiao Shan never expected Zhao Yuan to agree so readily, he could only see a vague shadow of Zhao Yuan in the dark, and thought, if I said now, I want to kiss you, would you be so forthright?

However, he only thought for a moment, then pulled it back, took out a pouch from his arms, handed it to Zhao Yuan, and said: "Put this thing away carefully!"

Zhao Yuan took it over and took a look, and saw that it was a purse sewn from ordinary coarse cloth, with thick stitches and rough workmanship, so he asked, "What is this?"

Xiao Shan said: "I made this with my own hands. There is a note inside, which says a very important matter. If Your Highness intends to use extraordinary means against Qin Hui, you can open it and read it."

Even if Zhao Yuandang wanted to tear up the purse to see what was written in it, Xiao Shan held him down.

Xiao Shan said: "You can only open it when everything is ready and you want to do it. Before that, no matter what happens, don't open it!"

Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "Since when did you also learn this trick? Do you have any tricks?"

Xiao Shan didn't pay attention to Zhao Yuan's joke, just stared into his eyes, and said: "Once you open it, you have to do what it says in it, no matter how difficult it is, you must do it, you...can you do it?" ?”

Zhao Yuan was full of doubts, but he still nodded and said, "Okay!"

Xiao Shan was not at ease, because this matter is really important, and it may affect the direction of history, so he said: "You swear!"

Zhao Yuan was taken aback, looked at Xiao Shan, and didn't understand why Xiao Shan did this.

Xiao Shan also stared at Zhao Yuan, refusing to give in.

After a while, Zhao Yuan stood up slowly, stood facing north, raised his left hand, stretched out three fingers, and said: "I, Zhao Yuan, swear to the sky, if I violate it, I will be lonely all my life, and my ambition will be difficult to achieve..."

Before he could finish his sentence, his mouth was suddenly covered by Xiao Shan. Zhao Yuan looked at Xiao Shan in puzzlement, Xiao Shan's throat trembled slightly, he looked away, and said, "You may not know why, but...that kind of words Never use it for swearing."

Zhao Yuan pulled Xiao Shan's hand away from his mouth, and asked, "Why?"

Xiao Shan took a deep breath and said: "Because... because I don't want to see that kind of ending. It's dawn, I should go, Your Highness doesn't need to see you off, just remember what you said."

After finishing speaking, he opened the door and walked out of the palace without looking back.

The morning light was twilight in the sky, Xiao Shan rode his horse alone, and ran towards the direction of the rising sun, never looking back.

At the same time, Xia Shi, the court lady bestowed by Empress Dowager Wei, also arrived at the palace in a small sedan chair.

Zhao Yuan has already been married and knows about men and women. Logically speaking, things at night should not be difficult for him, not to mention it is not like the previous wedding where there were many things that disturbed him. He has been in mourning for three years and has never had a relationship with anyone There is a little bit of intimacy, tonight for the first time after three years, should be intoxicated in the tenderness.

But when Zhao Yuan slowly took off his clothes, shoes and socks, and looked at the delicate face on the bed, deep in his heart, there was another person's shadow.When Xia Shi's warm and soft lips pressed against her, what appeared in Zhao Yuan's head was that overbearing kiss that smelled of blood that night.

He sighed in his heart, and pulled away Xia Shi who was about to hook his neck, Xia Shi looked at Zhao Yuan in surprise, she thought she was beautiful, but she didn't know why this handsome prince refused to have sex with him.

Zhao Yuan sighed slightly from the bottom of his heart, and found a suitable excuse: "Please forgive me, although the concubine has gone, it is always hard to forget him..."

After finishing speaking, he got up, dressed, and went alone.When he stood in the night wind, his thoughts slowly drifted to the outside of Lin'an City, and wrapped around another person.

Absurdity!This was the first thought that came to Zhao Yuan's mind, he shook his head vigorously, turned around and went to the study, lit the candle, and took out from his bosom the purse that Xiao Shan gave to him before he left.

The four sides of the purse were sewn shut, and the inside was slightly bulging, and when pinched by hand, it didn't look like there were any letters inside.He really wanted to take it apart to see what was written inside, but in the end he remembered his oath, went to find a red string to put the purse on, and hung it around his neck to prevent it from being accidentally lost.

When the slightly rough cloth was pressed against his chest, he felt relieved for some reason.

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