Song Emperor Jiangshan

Zhao Gou said: "When I think of you falling into the wolf's den, I feel like a knife is twisting my heart!"

Looking at Zhao Gou's face, Xiao Shan felt like vomiting, but now he didn't have the slightest strength to challenge Zhao Gou, so he had to endure it for a while, bowed and said: "I know in my heart that your Majesty will leave me here, so there must be deep meaning. I am grateful to your majesty." To be able to entrust you with a heavy responsibility, all you think about is how to be loyal to His Majesty, how can you have any other thoughts?"

Zhao Gou nodded, satisfied with Xiao Shan's answer, and suddenly asked a strange question: "I think Yuan Yuan is a good kid, and I plan to make him his heir. You have always had a good relationship with him, what do you think?"

Xiao Shan shuddered, and immediately said: "This is His Majesty's family matter, I dare not say more."

Zhao Gou was very satisfied with Xiao Shan's answer, praised him twice, and let him go.

After waiting for Xiao Shan to leave, Zhao Gou returned to the palace, and suddenly Empress Wu asked to see him.

Zhao Gou hadn't spent the night in Empress Wu's Palace for a long time, but he still had a respect for this woman, so he asked, "The sage is here, what's the matter?"

Empress Wu asked: "Officials, the ministers and concubines heard that recently the ministers have come forward to urge the officials to establish an heir early, what are the officials' plans?"

Zhao Gou remained silent, he was 43 years old this year, and he worked hard for most of his life. The imperial physician Wang Jixian ate a basket of panacea, and women found countless ones, but they failed to give birth to a child. Gradually, they no longer expected themselves to have that ability. , began to seriously consider the issue of the emperor's heir.

Both Zhao Yuan and Zhao Zhuo are his adopted sons. Now that the government is separated, Zhao Gou himself is more optimistic about Zhao Yuan. This time, Zhao Yuan also made a lot of effort to kill Qin Hui, who is closer to Qin Hui than Zhao Zhuo. The prince is much better.

But Zhao Yuan, as his heir, can he stick to his own peace negotiation line, and treat himself well when he is old and frail?

Zhao Gou weighed this question in his mind for a long time, but still had no answer.However, most of the ministers who replaced Qin Hui's henchmen in the court leaned towards Zhao Yuan.

Who is behind Qin Hui's death?This kind of rumors in the streets and alleys brought some troubles to Zhao Yuan, because everyone said he did it, and it was inevitable that people would discuss right and wrong behind his back.

But it also brought him a certain political reputation, which made some people of insight who were committed to restoring the rivers and mountains see the hope of the future, and believed that he had great ambitions to eradicate traitors for the country, and they all leaned towards him.

Three months after Qin Hui's death, Zhao Gou received letters almost every day from ministers requesting the establishment of an imperial heir as soon as possible, and some people pushed the reason for Zhao Gou's delay in establishing an imperial heir to Qin Hui, saying that Qin Hui obstructed His Majesty Establishing an heir is actually a wolf's ambition. For the stability of the country, His Majesty made a decision early in the morning to reassure the people.

Zhao Gou was a little shaken in his heart, but he still felt that Zhao Yuan's actions sometimes did not completely satisfy him, so he needed to continue to investigate.

Empress Dowager Wei saw that the situation in the outer court favored Zhao Yuan, so she came out to express her opinion - she liked Zhao Zhuo more, because this child had been in the palace since he was a child, and he was very filial!

Zhao Gou had some headaches, and his hair was a few more gray. How to inspect the two adopted sons became his most troublesome thing recently.

He defined several criteria for his successor in his heart: Obedience and filial piety are definitely the first, which guarantees his happiness for the rest of his life; being calm and honest, not to provoke Jin Guo, this is the second, and this guarantees The safety of the rest of his life; as for his ability to govern the country, etc., it is ranked last.

But how do you know which of the two sons is more obedient?Zhao Gou felt that he had made a lot of mistakes in the first half of his life and was tricked by many people. It was only by his strong will that he was able to climb out of the pit again and again. This time he must keep his eyes open and watch carefully. I fell into the pit.

One day, when Zhao Gouyu was having a banquet in Jinyuan, and was hugging his new favorite concubine Liu Gui, he suddenly remembered that of all things in the world, nothing is more charming than sex. Will not be fascinated by beauty, against their own will.Thinking of this, Zhao Gou immediately called the two adopted sons into the palace, and gave them the maids around them, and assigned ten virgins to each adopted son.What he said was vague, he only said that he heard that there was no one around you to serve you, and I saw it as shameful, so I picked the one around me for you to use temporarily.

Zhao Zhuo was naturally overjoyed, and when he returned that night, he went to spend the spring evening with ten beauties in his arms.

Zhao Yuan was very embarrassed, not knowing what the emperor meant.

Since Chen Junqing was the first to rescue Zhao Gou at the last court meeting, he has also been appreciated by Zhao Gou. At this moment, Zhao Gou has assigned Zhao Yuan to be the instructor of the palace.Hearing this, he tried his best to persuade Zhao Yuan: "Your Highness, you have only had one heir for so many years. Although there is a wife in the backyard, there is no movement. Your Majesty's move may be for the sake of future generations, and the emperor's heir will not go away." Your own footsteps. Among Yichen, Your Highness should choose two favorites from among the people bestowed by the government, accept them as concubines, and give birth to heirs as soon as possible!"

Zhao Yuan was a little annoyed, he accepted the Xia family because of the gift from Empress Dowager Wei, and he dared not reject it, but now Zhao Gou stuffed in another ten women, could it be that he really wanted to test his reproductive ability?

Do you want to sleep with these women who have no feelings at all, let alone love?

Zhao Yuan sighed slightly in his heart, this matter was not too difficult for him in the past, but...

Zhao Yuan was sitting in the study, and on the desk in front of him was a letter from Xiao Shan. As long as he saw this letter, he would think of the scene when Xiao Shan left the capital that day.

That day was early in the morning, after three days of cultivation, Xiao Shan's wounds had almost healed, and he refused to stay in the capital, saying that there were still many things to deal with in the local area, and he would leave if he could move freely.

Zhao Yuan failed to persuade him to stay, so he went to send him out of the city alone.

That day was the early morning of summer, and the morning glow in the sky was extremely gorgeous, and the brilliance of the morning sun shone on Xiao Shan's body, as if his whole body was covered with a layer of golden light.

Zhao Yuan felt a little bit reluctant to part with Xiao Shan, but he also knew that to send you a thousand miles away, he had to say goodbye.

The two stood on the edge of the West Lake. It was still early and no one came to swim in the lake. Only the chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers in midsummer could be heard around.

Xiao Shan looked at Zhao Yuan for a long time, the look in his eyes made Zhao Yuan very familiar, with a trace of reluctance and fascination.

Zhao Yuan didn't dare to meet Xiao Shan's eyes, but just looked away, but he heard Xiao Shan's voice filled with anxiety: "There is something I've always wanted to ask you, but I'm afraid you'll get angry, so I'm leaving now, even if I say You should be able to forgive what you shouldn't have said, right?"

Zhao Yuan felt very guilty, he vaguely knew what Xiao Shan wanted to ask, but he didn't know how to answer.

Seeing that Zhao Yuan didn't speak for a long time, Xiao Shan took a deep breath, and finally asked the question that had been hidden in his heart for many days: "That day, when I came out of the Qin residence, I was rescued by Binfu, and in a coma, someone..." He paused, took a deep breath, "Someone kissed me..."

Zhao Yuan turned his head and looked at Xiao Shan, he knew what the other party said, although it was a helpless move at that time, but thinking about it now, there was a wave of turmoil in his heart.

Xiao Shan looked at Zhao Yuan with both eyes, and said slowly: "Is that person you?"

Zhao Yuan didn't speak, he didn't know how to answer.

Xiao Shan's eyes gradually dimmed, and he felt that this question was too stupid, and the relationship that was just a little closer was pushed away by him just like that.

Just when Xiao Shan felt a little discouraged, he heard Zhao Yuan say in a barely audible voice: "It's me."

The sound of these two words was very small, but it was enough to break Xiao Shan's eardrums.The joy in his heart was completely expressed on his face: "You sneaked up on me without my consent, now you want to get it back!" Before he finished speaking, Xiao Shan stretched his neck and kissed Zhao Yuan's face lightly.

With just a quick peck, he immediately got on his horse and ran away, not even giving Zhao Yuan time to slap him.

After running hundreds of steps, Xiao Shan turned around and came back, and immediately turned to Zhao Yuan, who was looking annoyed where he was, with a sincere voice: "Although you are unwilling, and you may want to slap me, but... I like you, give me two more slaps." I also like a slap in the face. Although I know it will never be possible, it feels much happier to say it."

Zhao Yuan was stunned for a moment, his head was buzzing, he didn't know what to say.

The smile on Xiao Shan's face gradually became dignified: "Thank you that day, I will go right away, Your Highness, take care!"

Zhao Yuan said, "Okay." After a while, he added, "Take care too!"

But Xiao Shan had already rode away, leaving only a figure from his back.

Zhao Yuan looked at Xiao Shan's leaving figure, and the words Xiao Shan said before leaving still echoed in his ears.

He actually liked it, he was so happy.So, in my heart, do I like him that much?

At this time, Xiao Shan had already left the capital for almost half a year, although there were occasional letters, but he never mentioned the parting time that day, the summer had already passed, and it was another winter.

Zhao Yuan looked out in a daze, because with the ten beauties Zhao Gou bestowed, the backyard became less quiet, and occasionally a woman's crisp laughter could be heard through the backyard wall.

Pedestrians outside the wall, beautiful women inside the wall laugh.

It was a fascinating scene, but Zhao Yuan didn't have the slightest longing for it in his heart. He just picked up the pen by accident and wrote in the letter that Zhao Gou bestowed ten beauties to himself.

When sealing the letter with wax seal, Zhao Yuan thought to himself: He has always been more accurate in predicting things, but it's no big deal to ask his opinion on this matter.

Although he thought so in his heart, he couldn't help guessing how Xiao Shan would reply to the letter.

The last time Empress Dowager Wei gave a maid to the palace, that person said that she would be happy to have a beauty in her arms; so what about this time?After he told himself that he liked him, would he still be happy to see himself hugging someone else?