Return to the Song Dynasty

When Zhao Ji entered the palace, he did not go to see the official family first. To be on the safe side, he first took Zhao Bi to the Palace of Kindness to ask to see the Queen Mother.The little servant in charge of the transmission, Huan Zhanger Monk, was puzzled, why did Prince Duan bring someone from Jingyuan Road to join the army to meet the Queen Mother?The queen mother does not see ordinary foreign ministers.Uh, although this young soldier has a nice smile.The waiter couldn't help but blush.

As a result, when the news got in, the queen mother even got a quick reply, and the great eunuch Xu Lu trotted all the way to meet him. "Hurry up, hurry up, the Queen Mother is still waiting." Xu Lu kept urging while running.The sad servant: "Obviously your old man has bad legs and feet, so you can't run fast." '

The elderly Xu Lu almost turned over as soon as he saw Zhao Yu, and his speech was confused, stuttering: "King, king, king, lord, little, little, I'm here for you, you lead the way."

Zhao Bi smiled slightly at Xu Lu, but said nothing. After all, there are too many people here, so it's not easy to make extra troubles.But this also made Xu Lu really happy for a long time. He stretched out his hand and pulled his old face, and kept muttering in his heart: "He laughed, he laughed, he laughed, he is real, he is real, not my old eyes .”

"I said Mr. Xu, you are leading the way. If you still poke here and don't leave, we have to leave first." Zhao Ji was very satisfied seeing Xu Lu's various shocked and silly expressions, and he teased with a smile.

"Ah, ah, lead the way, lead the way." The poor chief manager Xu who was frightened hurriedly turned back to lead the way, and the wind was blowing under his feet, which fully demonstrated his excellent professionalism.

With Xu Lu's stimulated reaction, the two brothers agreed that Zhao Ji should be allowed to go in first, and explain the situation to the Queen Mother, lest the Queen Mother suddenly see Zhao Bi too excited and cause a heart attack or something, which would be bad.But that's it, the queen mother was still overjoyed after seeing Zhao Bi.She hurriedly stood up from the seat, a gust of cool wind was brought up by her wide sleeved robe, as if she was about to pounce on Zhao Bi in the next moment.

But the Queen Mother is the Queen Mother after all. She clasped her hands, tightened her fingers, tried to suppress the excitement in her heart, and carefully confirmed Zhao Bi's identity.

"Aijia asked you, when you were young, Aijia gave each of your brothers a jade pendant and asked you to choose a pattern for the craftsman to carve. What is engraved on your jade pendant?" , but those eyes full of hope can't deceive people.She hoped or already believed that the person in front of her was her most caring little Jiu'er.

Zhao Bi and Zhao Ji stood opposite the Queen Mother, only two steps away from the Queen Mother.He looked into the Empress Dowager's eyes and replied with a smile: "The peach blossoms are shining brightly. My minister asked someone to carve a big peach on the jade pendant."

The Empress Dowager stared at Zhao Bi closely: "Then do you remember that when you were 14 years old, Ai's family celebrated their birthday, what gift did you give to Ai's family?"

Zhao Yu scratched his head in embarrassment: "Naturally, I remember that Erchen personally built a rocking chair for the Queen Mother that would not fall over, and named it Le Youyou."

The tense face of the queen mother became more and more gentle: "Yes, Aijia likes the rocking chair very much. Aijia still remembers when you helped Aijia block the hot tea, and there was a scar on your arm. I don't know where the scar is?"

Zhao Yu knew that this was the Empress Dowager's verification of her integrity, so he stretched out his left arm without any hesitation, and rolled up the sleeves little by little, only to see the conspicuous star scar on the white forearm.

The Empress Dowager couldn't help approaching Zhao Bi, took his hand, and examined carefully. The size, shape, and position of the scar were the same as those in the memory, except that the scar seemed to have faded with age.The Queen Mother took Zhao Bi's hand and did not let go, her eyes became more eager, and she asked: "Back then, the Empress Dowager and Ai's family chose a concubine for you, and they mentioned the little lady of the Ma family, and asked your idea, how did you answer? The empress dowager's?"

Even Zhao Ji didn't know about this matter. At that time, only the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager Xiang and Zhao Bi were present. Now that the Empress Dowager has passed away, only the Empress Dowager and Zhao Bi were the only ones who knew about it. The Empress Dowager asked this question , it can be seen that they are very cautious.

Zhao Bi tilted his head and thought for a while, then looked at Zhao Ji, who was waiting to hear the gossip, and said with a blushing: "What I said seems to be: the emperor's grandmother and mother's choice must be good, grandson, don't be afraid The little lady is old."

"Pfft..." The Queen Mother hadn't spoken yet, but Zhao Ji laughed out loud: "Hahaha, Ninth Brother, you still think the Emperor's Sister-in-law is too old..." Zhao Ji was interrupted by the excited Queen Mother before he finished speaking. up.

"You, you, you are my son, woo...you are my son, hahaha, my son is back..." The queen mother was finally completely sure that the person in front of her was her little Jiu'er. She cried and laughed excitedly, Hugging Zhao Bi tightly and not letting go.

Zhao Bi was hugged and rubbed fiercely by the Queen Mother.A tall young man who is already 20 years old, but still being held in his mother's arms like a child, Zhao Bi's ears turned red with embarrassment.What's more, the queen mother is not his own mother.

Zhao Ji stood aside and giggled, and even when Zhao Bi looked over, he stretched out his fingers and scratched his cheeks like a child, making a shy gesture.The palace of kindness is peaceful and warm.Xu Lu, who was guarding the door, couldn't help but wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, feeling deeply that life is impermanent and there are always surprises.

After the surprise, the Empress Dowager finally had time to take a good look at her son whom she had not seen for many years. "Look, you've grown so tall, more than a head taller than Aijia. Well, you've grown stronger, and you seem to be more handsome...Have you suffered outside? Just come back, come back That's good, let's make up for it... Also, Youyi and Youmu are both four years old... Tell Aijia quickly, what happened back then? Why can't I find you?" The queen mother said Holding Zhao Bi's hand, he chattered non-stop.

Zhao Bi was also immersed in the joy of being recognized by his relatives. He let the queen mother pull him, and listened to the queen mother's nagging, and felt extraordinarily warm.The only one who was more sober was Zhao Ji. He looked up at the sky outside, reckoning that if there was any further delay, it would be time for the court.

Although the sixth brother is not in good health now and won't sit directly at court, he still arranges to deal with political affairs at this time.It's better to have an audience with the officials of Jingyuan Road before Liu Ge summons them.Otherwise, Zhang Laoxianggong will have a big event! (Zhang Li, with a snotty nose and tears in a hurry: His Royal Highness Duan, I am so grateful!)

Zhao Ji, who was turning his head very quickly, quickly took over the conversation, and briefly explained to the Queen Mother the process of Zhao Bi's tragic disappearance and painful amnesia (on the way back to the palace, Zhao Ji pestered Zhao Bi to ask all the way, and finally explained the cause and effect. Figured it out).

After saying this, Zhao Ji wiped his mouth and reminded: "Mother, the officials are going to summon the officials from Jingyuan Road today. Mr. Zhang and the others are probably waiting outside the palace. If Brother Jiu is not found, why should we be so frightened?" .”

"Yo! Look at me, I was so happy that I forgot about these things, really, really..." The Queen Mother was so happy that she forgot to call herself "Aijia", "You two hurry up and wash up, change your clothes, and just follow the mourning Go home to see the official." The Queen Mother saw the two brothers with a big black mark behind their buttocks (scratched on the ground when they were sitting and talking at the gate of the imperial mausoleum late at night), and said with hatred, so she pushed the two brothers to the back to change. Clothes go.

After the two brothers freshened up and reappeared, they were completely changed.Zhao Ji is fine, he is still wearing a moon white gown, the neckline and cuffs are embroidered with dark patterns of the same color, and the outer cover is a sky blue silk gown after the rain, with wide sleeves, very chic and elegant.It's just a little more complicated and refined than what I usually wear.

Zhao Yu has undergone earth-shaking changes.His whole body is purple, inside is a lavender brocade robe with pearls, the collar, cuffs and belt are specially made of dark purple, and light gold cloud patterns are carefully embroidered on it.The outer robe is dark purple brocade of the same color as the neckline, with wide sleeves and long hem, showing luxury.

This way of dressing is very normal for the prince, but for Zhao Man, who has always admired simplicity and convenience, it is simply too coquettish and unbearable.Zhao Bi felt uncomfortable wearing this outfit everywhere, pulling at the neckline for a while, touching the sleeves for a while, all kinds of discomfort. 'Well, no matter how you look at it, the chick's body is better. Zhao Bi looked at Zhao Ji with envy and hatred.

How could Zhao Bi's little tricks escape the eyes of the Queen Mother and her old man, "Hey, what's the matter? But you don't think the clothes look good?" The Queen Mother joked, looking funny.

"Ah? This..." Zhao Bi embarrassedly expressed his grievances and complaints with his eyes.

"Who told you not to come back these years. These clothes are prepared by the Ai family for your younger brothers. Every year, you make a few according to your personal preferences, which is also the wish of the aunt of the Ai family."

The queen mother looked at Zhao Yu's pitiful eyes and smiled and explained: "You don't have to envy your younger brother. His clothes were originally prepared for him by the Ai family. Naturally, the style is according to his preferences. The Ai family knows You also like him like that, but look, you are almost half a head taller than him now, and you can't fit in other chick clothes! Your body was originally prepared for Xiaosi." (Zhao Ji: Empress, why are you calling me a chick! I protest!)

The depressed Zhao Bi was speechless, so he could only silently swear in his heart that he must teach Zhao Xi how to be aesthetically pleasing in the future!

The queen mother approached Zhao Bi with a smile, and comforted: "Okay, don't be angry, now, I will return your big peach jade pendant to you, and don't lose it again." A unique prince jade pendant with a big peach engraved on it.

Zhao Bi looked at the familiar jade pendant, and stretched out his hand to touch it childishly. are you back?

The queen mother patted Zhao Bi's hand softly, "Let's go, let's go to see the official's house first, and then we can have a good talk when we come back." After the queen mother finished speaking, she pulled Zhao Bi to get up and went to Funing Palace.Zhao Ji consciously followed up quickly, always ready to watch the excitement.

When the Empress Dowager brought her two sons to Zhao Xu's bedroom, Funing Palace, the industrious Zhao Xu was already dragging his sick body to discuss matters with the ministers. Zhang Dun, Liu Shouren, Su Zhe, Zeng Bu, Ma Yun, Zhang Pu and others were there.

Zhang Yu waited respectfully outside the hall with Yao Xiong, who had his head drooping, and Chen Canjun, whose eyes were empty, with dull eyes.Before Zhao Man could be found in the middle of the night, Mr. Zhang had already gone to his younger brother for help. After Zhang Dun sent his men to search and found nothing, the two of them decided to plead guilty directly to the officials. Alas, Strive for leniency.