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Two major events have occurred in Kyoto recently, and there are endless discussions on the streets and corners.

One is that Wang Yin, the doctor of imperial history, impeached Jiang Ji, the Duke of Zhengyi, the royal family, for being out of morals in his old age. He accepted and awarded thin horses.

Duke Yi yelled at his injustice, wept in front of His Majesty, and scolded Wang Yin for spitting blood.

I heard that His Majesty's attitude is unclear, but within three days, Jiang Ji died suddenly in the mansion, and it was rumored that he died of horse wind.

The second is Zhao Chengxu, the grandson of Zuo Prime Minister Zhao Hengze and the only son of Zhao Zhiyao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Because he was backed by a powerful family, he bullied men and women, committed all kinds of crimes, and was even involved in a murder case. into prison.

In fact, according to the nature, the people are still more interested in the cause of Lao Zongzheng's death, but after all, it involves the royal family, and they are afraid of getting angry. Even if they talk about it after tea, they always keep their mouths shut.

All more eyes and tongues finally fell on Zhao's head.

Originally, ordinary people didn't think highly of Gaoliang's children, and Zhao Chengxu was indeed used to domineering, and he was notorious among the people. Seeing him suffer this time, some people clapped their hands and applauded.

What's more, he took advantage of this spring breeze to write down the pleadings, which added evidence to Zhao Chengxu's evil deeds in Jingzhao Yin's mansion.

Zhao Heng took sick leave for a few days to recuperate at home. Hearing the news from outside every day, his face turned green with anger, so he called his second son Zhao Zhiyao over and slapped him hard.

"Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on him, don't run out and let people talk!"

In just a few days, Zhao Heng added a bit of snow to his already gray beard and hair, covered his chest and kicked Zhao Zhiyao hard, making him kneel on the ground, "The good son you taught, It will destroy our entire Zhao family!"

Zhao Zhixin hurriedly supported his father, stroked his back to comfort him, and repeatedly persuaded: "Father calm down, father calm down, getting angry hurts the body, no matter what, you must put your body first!"

He helped the old father who was short of breath and sat on the chair, and Zhao Zhixin knelt down next to Zhao Zhiyao to plead for him, "It's too late to say anything now, I believe it's not Erlang's original intention, he intended It's hard to feel guilty, and my father should stop blaming him.

For the current plan, it is better to rescue Xu'er from prison first, and to preserve the reputation of the Zhao family. "

Zhao Zhiyao's face was pale, he raised his sleeve to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother is right. Father, Xu'er is the only child of the child, and also your grandson.

My son knows that you are angry, but you have to rescue him first, so you can teach him well, is there a place where you can stay in the prison for a long time? "

"You only know how to worry about your son. If you knew this, why didn't you discipline him well?"

Zhao Heng stretched out his hand and patted the table hard, pointed at Zhao Zhiyao and said, "You also know that His Majesty has objections to our Zhao family, how many times have I told you to be careful, so as not to be caught by others.

This is a good time, it's not good if it falls into the hands of that old man Wang Yin, just for His Majesty to take advantage of it! "

He beat his chest and stomped his feet, and said bitterly: "Last time, to protect you, I let go and let Xie Yuzhe return to the court. He is standing under your hand now. Do you think you, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, can still sit still? You Believe it or not, when your son confesses that you bought someone for him, you will step down today, and Xie Yuzhe will take over tomorrow!"

Zhao Heng became more and more angry as he talked, and fell to the ground as soon as his eyes darkened, and he almost lost his breath.

"Father!"

Brother Zhao Zhixin and Zhao Zhiyao hurried forward to help him up, while Zhao Heng sat sideways on the ground, opened his eyes vigorously, and said angrily, "I thought the emperor was young and his family was the most powerful, and it was my Zhao family." When the lintel is shining.

But I didn't expect that my painstaking planning for decades turned out to be in the hands of my own children and grandchildren..."

"Father, don't worry." Zhao Zhixin grabbed his hand and said comfortingly, "You also said that if you spend dozens of years planning, can you solve it in a day?

If His Majesty is really not afraid that no one in the court can make it difficult, he would have liquidated the Zhao family long ago, so why wait until now? "

Hearing this, Zhao Heng also calmed down a little. Zhao Zhixin greeted Zhao Zhiyao, helped him to sit on the chair again, knelt aside and kneaded his legs and feet, and said in a gentle voice: "Father, don't worry, you are Zhao Zhiyao." The backbone of the family, as long as you are well, all problems will be solved."

Zhao Heng slowed down for a while, took a look at him, the eldest son who had always been the most valued by him, and had never disappointed him, even though he hadn't entered an official career, and then looked at him with low eyebrows and knelt aside, not even arrogant. The second son who dared to take a breath and only buried his head in pretending to be dead let out a long sigh.

"Xu'er has come to this point, you, as a father, have an unshirkable responsibility, and as a grandfather, I cannot shirk my responsibility."

Zhao Heng opened his mouth slowly, looking at Zhao Zhiyao with a hint of pity. He keenly sensed his father's implication. He shuddered and said in disbelief: "Father means..."

"The reason why Your Majesty brought the two of you to negotiate terms with me before is that you have identified close relatives of flesh and blood, and cannot be destroyed righteously." Zhao Heng said with a cold expression, "there are more than a hundred members of the Zhao family, and there are many collaterals. The ones spread all over the world, when I need to make a choice, no matter what, I can't push the whole Zhao family into the abyss because of my own selfishness."

Zhao Zhiyao raised his head slowly, and murmured: "Father is going to give up Xu'er?"

Facing his question, Zhao Heng did not answer directly, but said: "You are still young, although it is difficult for you to have children, but if you take a few more concubines, you may not be able to give birth to Lin'er.

No matter how bad it is, the family's outer room, at least the children, if you are destined to be with someone, I will be the master for you to adopt until the knees, and I will also be able to take care of you until the end of your life. "

"No!"

Zhao Zhiyao's eyes widened, and he kneeled in front of Zhao Hengze and grabbed his sleeve, begging bitterly: "Father, Xu'er is also the child you have loved since childhood, and is my only heir. You can't be so cruel!" ah!

Father, son, I beg you, I will lock him up in the mansion and never allow him to go out and cause trouble again, please save him! "

"I knew why today!" Zhao Heng took back his sleeves, closed his eyes in pain, and sighed: "You don't want to save him, you know Wei Liang's methods, although he will not be easily punished , but he has never missed the confession he wanted, if Xu'er confessed to you, your reputation as a godson will become a murderer."

"Father……"

Zhao Zhiyao wanted to intercede again, but Zhao Heng called his servants in a loud voice, and ordered: "Take Erlang back to the yard to think about it. Without my permission, don't let him go half a step away, otherwise I will take you as questions!"

"Yes!"

Several burly servants responded in unison, set up Zhao Zhiyao who kept shouting, and took him out of the study.

As for his father's treatment of Zhao Zhiyao, Zhao Zhixin did not participate in the whole process. After he was taken away, he nodded his head a few times and said with a sob: "As an elder brother, as an uncle, he should be punished for failing to take good care of Erlang and his son." .”

"What punishment did you receive?" Zhao Heng seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, stood up and bent over to help Zhao Zhixin up, shook his head and sighed, and said sadly: "Son does not teach, it is the father's fault, I should be the one who should be punished the most. right."

He patted the back of Zhao Zhixin's hand, and said softly: "Think about it carefully, which of the two incidents Wang Yin is making now is not aimed at the Zhao family?

Maybe this is fate, you go back and tell Ming'er, let him stop thinking about it completely, the woman sitting on the dragon chair, how can he think about it at will? "

Zhao Zhixin's brows trembled, and he took two steps with Zhao Heng's arm, and suddenly said: "Father, Your Majesty is precious, you said that the son is not blessed to accompany you, and the son recognizes it. But the king's kindness is vast, is Xie Yuzhe's daughter, Can you bear it?"

"What do you mean?" Zhao Heng paused and looked back at him.

Zhao Zhixin nodded slightly and said, "Lu Cangyu doesn't have enough face to get His Majesty to compromise, what about the rest of the world?"

He raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Hengze, and said with a smile that was not a smile: "Father, you also know that Wang Yin has a special status. He is not afraid of anything, not only dares to sue officials, but also dares to impeach His Majesty."

"You mean to spread the word about His Majesty's liking for women?"

"We gave His Majesty a chance more than once, didn't we?

Since she dared to trust the daughter of the Xie family, and since she wanted the Xie family to overwhelm the Zhao family, she should be prepared to face everything.Besides, it is not us who want to publicize this matter, but Wang Yin. "

Zhao Zhixin's eyes were stern, and he lowered his voice and said, "Father, Duke Yi died at an untimely time. He not only failed to accomplish what we entrusted, but also handed over the Zongzheng position. If you hesitate any longer, His Majesty will not." I will appreciate your kindness, and when the time comes, she will really shut up everyone's mouths, even Wang Yin will not have any influence on her."

Seeing Zhao Heng showing hesitation, he added another sentence: "Father, the king is not benevolent, so don't blame the minister for being unrighteous."

The father and son looked at each other, Zhao Heng still did not speak, but his eyes were deep, and he slightly nodded at Zhao Zhixin.

Kyoto has a lot of wind and snow in winter, and this year is probably going to be colder than usual.

Holding the memorial, Jiang Zhao turned his head and sneezed, but Xie Jin gave him a blank look.

"It's been said that you need to add more clothes when it's cold. Although His Majesty is young and vigorous, he is not a man of iron. Doesn't he catch a cold?"

"I know if I caught a cold or not, maybe someone is talking about me behind my back."

Jiang Zhao quibbled, reached out and pinched the tall and delicate bridge of the nose, pressed the half-read memorial on the table, and hooked his fingers at Xie Jin, "Come here."

Xie Jin was embroidering flowers under the window, when he heard the words, he said with a bit of yin and yang, "If your majesty can't calm down in the bedroom, you can go back to the imperial study, don't always find excuses to be lazy, what do you want me to do? "

That being said, people still walked over honestly.

Jiang Zhao stretched out his hand, pulled her into his arms, and said with a smile, "Holding you is much warmer than adding clothes."

Xie Jin sat on her lap and pinched her cheek mercilessly, "Your Majesty has time to say such inappropriate things, why don't you wear more clothes and batch more paperwork."

"You don't feel sorry for me now." Jiang Zhao felt a little resentful, and handed the vermilion pen into her hand, "You have time to embroider two more flowers, why don't you share the burden for me and help me batch a few more notebooks."

Xie Jinxin took the memorial that she had read halfway, and while reading it carefully, he said distractedly: "You always like to be lazy, let me help you review the memorial, in case someone finds out one day, I will really call you a fool."

Jiang Zhaodao: "It's not a day or two. Nothing happened. It can only show that my Jinniang is good at this way. Not to mention the talent of an emperor, she can be a prime minister in the previous dynasty."

"You're talking nonsense again." Xie Jin glanced at her, seeming to be coquettish.

Jiang Zhao smiled, held her tighter in his arms, and read the memorial together with her.