To The Land of Nevernight

Kaiping 31 years, March.

Since the year before last, the Empress Dowager has been lingering on the sick bed, unable to get up for a long time.During the Chinese New Year, the Empress Dowager's illness improved again.At that time, Zhao Fu Longyan was very happy, and rewarded the Tai Hospital a lot.However, who would have thought that it would be a flashback. In March, the Empress Dowager often fell ill on the couch, and on the [-]th, she still collapsed.

When the Empress Dowager died, Zhao Fu was cultivating immortals in the Immortal Terrace.

Zhao Fu didn't allow any outsiders to disturb him when he was cultivating immortality. Since his establishment, except for a few first-rank ministers and marshals, only Wang Qin and others have entered the immortal platform.

On this day, Zhao Fu sat cross-legged in the center of the ever-burning lantern, exhaled and circulated the heavens.Outside the immortal platform, an eunuch hurriedly came with a fly whisk, braved the night.The little eunuch guarding outside the Xiantai saw that something was wrong. The eunuch who ran here turned out to be the chief eunuch Wang Qi of Yanfu Palace.

At this time, no one would care about the notification, Wang Qi went straight to the Xiantai, shouting at the top of his voice, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager can't get up."

Zhao Fu opened his eyes, first glanced at Wang Qi, then quickly got up and rushed to Yanfu Palace.

The emperor stayed in Yanfu Palace for a whole night, and before dawn, the Empress Dowager was completely out of breath.Zhao Fu held the Queen Mother's hand and stared blankly at the thin old woman lying on the bed.In Yanfu Palace, there was a lot of crying, no matter the truth or not, all the eunuchs and maids fell to their knees crying.

Zhao Fu didn't cry, he just kept looking at the queen mother.

After half an hour, when the eunuchs and maids were about to cry, Zhao Fu stretched out his hand and called Ji Fu.

"The queen mother is gone?" the emperor said, his voice slightly hoarse.

After following Zhao Fu for so many years, Ji Fu was also moved when he saw his appearance.He cried and said, "Officials, the Queen Mother has passed away."

Zhao Fu took a long breath, and then cried bitterly.

That night, the mourning bell rang in the palace, and the bell was so loud that it struck a full eight times.

The sixth prince, Zhao Ao, was summoned into the palace. He walked into Yanfu Palace, only to see that there were no eunuchs and maids in the palace, and only Zhao Fu was guarding the collapsed queen mother on the bed.Zhao Ao's eyes turned red when he saw the Queen Mother, this is also his biological mother!

"Mother!"

The queen mother died, and the whole country was in mourning, and she stopped court for five days.

All officials wear hemp and filial piety to pray for the Queen Mother.The emperor even stayed in the Yanfu Palace and silently wrote scriptures for the queen mother.King Jing Zhao Ao is the only surviving prince, and he is also Zhao Fu's direct younger brother.He accompanied Zhao Fu and silently wrote scriptures in the palace.

At night, Zhao Fu couldn't bear it and went to bed first. When he woke up in the middle of the night, he saw Zhao Ao still lying at the desk, copying scriptures.

Zhao Fu watched for a long time, Zhao Ao noticed his gaze and turned to look over.King Jing got up immediately, saluted and said, "I have seen the emperor."

Zhao Fu waved his hand: "What are you talking about?"

Zhao Ao's eyes were moist: "Brother Huang..."

Zhao Fu pulled a chair to Zhao Ao's desk, he hadn't talked to Zhao Ao so closely for a long time.He talked about many things in his childhood, most of which were related to the Queen Mother.

Zhao Fu: "Empress Xiaojing was deeply favored by the emperor at that time. You probably didn't know it. On the night when your mother gave birth to you, the late emperor had already been summoned. Because Empress Xiaojing suddenly felt cold and unwell, the late emperor went to Qingning Palace to look for her. She, the empress mother had already exhausted all her strength and was unable to give birth to you, but after hearing what the maid said about this, she somehow got the strength to give birth to you."

Zhao Ao: "The Queen of Filial Piety treats you very well, Brother Emperor, I didn't know there was such a thing."

Zhao Fu smiled: "It has nothing to do with filial piety to the empress. Don't you know what kind of person the late emperor was?"

Zhao Ao bowed his head and remained silent.

Zhao Fu dared to speak ill of the first emperor, but he did not dare, because he was not the emperor.

Zhao Fu said again: "I still remember when you were six years old, when I was nine years old, Zhao Sui took you and my brother to go hunting in the suburbs of Beijing."

Hearing this name, Zhao Ao's eyelids twitched and he didn't dare to breathe.

"Zhao Sui hunted a deer for me, and a rabbit for you. Now that I think about it, it is not without reason that the first emperor liked Zhao Sui. He is the only prince who respects the empress. He is smart, wise, and powerful. He is 12 years old. Then you can pull Wushi's big bow. At that time, you often followed him and called him 'Brother Prince', as if you forgot that I am your real brother."

Zhao Ao stood up in fear, almost kneeling, he said tremblingly: "My brother has never thought of it like this!"

Zhao Fu looked at his panicked appearance, but stretched out his hand, and said with a smile: "Hey, sit down, let's see what you are panicking about. At that time, who doesn't like Zhao Zhen, I like him too, and I'm just like you, always It’s the one who guards the gate of Hanxiang Hall every day, looking west day and night, thinking about when Zhao Sui will come from Qingning Palace and take me to play.”

Zhao Ao was at a loss, Zhao Fu felt contemptuous and sighed when he saw him like this.

He suddenly didn't know what to say to Zhao Ao.

He had too much to say, but some of those former brothers were shot and nailed to death on the palace gate of Xuanwumen by him, and some were "seriously ill" by him and died on the sickbed.Zhao Ao is stupid, so stupid that he doesn't even want to design this stupid brother.But now, the Queen Mother is also dead, leaving only Zhao Ao.

If the queen mother is still there, what will she say to him after hearing what he said today?

Zhao Fu thought for a while.

After a while, he got up and said calmly, "Continue copying scriptures."

This is the emperor Zhao Ao is most familiar with. He breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and replied respectfully: "Yes."

In the palace, there was a low cry.The concubines cried bitterly for the queen mother, and the eunuchs and maids also choked up and wept.

Outside the palace, the officials also wore mourning clothes for the Empress Dowager.

In Zuo Xiang's mansion, Zuo Xiang Ji Weng Ji was holding a letter and looking at it carefully.After a while, Mrs. Zuo Xiang brought the prepared thick soup into the study, and Mrs. Zuo and his wife looked at each other and smiled.

Ji Xiang held Madam's rough hand and said with a smile, "Madam has worked hard."

Mrs. Ji said softly, "But Bo'an's letter?"

"Well, it's Bo'an's letter. He caught wind and cold when he first arrived in Qinzhou, intermittently, and he's recovering now, so he wrote a letter and sent it to reassure me." Ji Wengji said, "Go to bed now." , Don’t get tired.”

Mrs. Ji said: "I also can't sleep. Last year, I went to the palace with other imperial wives to meet the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother was kind and amiable, and treated us very well. I never thought that the Queen Mother would be gone in less than a year. "

Ji Wengji: "There are people who can't sleep more than you."

Mrs. Ji: "Oh?"

There was a mysterious smile on Ji Xiang's old face, and Mrs. Ji knew it was her husband trying to make fun of her.As if she had turned back into that 16-year-old girl, she shyly leaned on Ji Xiang's shoulder and said softly, "Are you going to say it or not?"

Ji Wengji still didn't answer, he said leisurely: "When a person has done something, no matter whether it is good or bad, what he fears most is not that everyone knows it, but that there will be no one who has experienced those things with him again."

Mrs. Ji was at a loss.

Ji Xiangchang let out a long sigh: "I watch the stars at night, I'm afraid I'll have to stop going to court in a few days, Madam has to prepare the meals for the next few days."

The emperor mourned for the empress dowager, so he stopped court for five days.Unexpectedly, when the five days expired, Zhao Fu was overwhelmed with worry and fell ill.

This holiday lasted for half a month.

Tang Shenyuan was in Youzhou, so naturally he didn't know about these things.However, the Queen Mother's death still had an impact on these foreign officials. Originally, the governor of Youzhou hosted a banquet to receive Tang Shen and Su Wenyun, but suddenly the Queen Mother passed away. Who would dare to hold a banquet to celebrate the Queen Mother's death?

In April, Youzhou Governor Ji Zhaosai hosted a banquet in honor of Su Wenyun and Tang Shen in the government office.

The governor of Youzhou is a fourth-rank official, but Ji Zhaosi, a fourth-rank official, is not even as good as Tang Shen, who was a fifth-rank living man back then.He neither belongs to Youzhou Daying, nor has anything to do with Yin Yinsi.Originally, when Youzhou did not have a Yin Yin Division, Ji Zhaosi had only one Youzhou camp to please, but now there is another Yin Yin Division.He was caught in the middle, in a dilemma.

Seeing Su Wenyun and Tang Shen, Ji Zhaosi smiled all over his face, and said, "Your official Ji Zhaosi, I have met Mr. You Shilang of the Ministry of Industry and Mr. Zhongshusheren."

Su Wenyun sat down with Tang Shen.

Ji Zhaosi served wine for the two of them, Su Wenyun chuckled and said: "I have been waiting for a long time for Master Ji's banquet."

Hearing this, Tang Shen glanced at him.

Ji Zhaosi rolled his eyes, and said: "I have long wanted to entertain the two adults, but the incident happened suddenly and the Queen Mother passed away, and I was very sad, so I lost my thoughts and only wanted to mourn for the Queen Mother."

Su Wenyun and Tang Shen are both celebrities in front of the emperor.Ji Zhaosi spoke impeccably.He never thought of letting these two people speak well for him in front of the emperor, as long as these two ancestors don't cheat him with just one sentence, he will be satisfied.

At the banquet, Ji Zhaosi warmly entertained: "The two adults have never been to Youzhou. I heard that Mr. Tang is from Gusu. The food in the south is different from our north, and the food in Youzhou is different from other north. Please try it This roasted whole lamb..."

Tang Shen looked at the roasted whole lamb for a while, then murmured: "Brother likes this."

Ji Zhaosi's eyes lit up: "Wang Xianggong likes to eat Youzhou's roasted whole lamb? The officials don't even know. Wang Xianggong visited Youzhou a few years ago, but Mr. Wang has been busy, and the officials have never received him, and always regret it. "

Su Wenyun said disdainfully: "Master Tang knows Mr. Wang deeply."

Tang Shen glanced at him: "Senior brother and I have a very strong relationship."

Su Wenyun sarcastically said meaningfully: "The feeling is so strong, what kind of feeling is it? Speaking of which, Mr. Wang seems to be 29 years old this year, and he hasn't married yet..."

Tang Shen was furious, put down his chopsticks, and said coldly, "Master Su, it's not a good thing to spout blood behind someone's back."

Su Wenyun sneered and said, "Blood? That's not necessarily the case."

Ji Zhaosi opened his eyes wide in horror, only to see that Su Wenyun also put down his chopsticks, arguing with Tang Shen.The two of you said something, and I said something, mocking each other.In the end, the meal broke up on both sides.Before leaving, Su Wenyun said to Ji Zhaosi: "Master Ji, the banquet is very good, but the guests are not good." After speaking, he left with a flick of his sleeves.

Tang Shen said: "Master Ji, let me take my leave first."

After the two left, only Ji Zhaosi was left with a confused face.Ji Zhaosi was so anxious that his head got dizzy, he didn't know what he did wrong, why these two big bosses had to quarrel in public at his banquet.

"Could it be that the rumors are true? Su Feiran and Tang Jing have always been at odds, and the Royal Party and the Su Party are hostile? Alas, if I had known, I would not have entertained them both at the same time! But if one of them is invited first, the other Will one be hostile to me?"

Ji Zhaosi was so worried that his hair would fall out.

It is difficult to be the governor of Youzhou, but it is even more difficult to be the governor of Youzhou!

At night, Tang Shen's room was pitch black, and outside the door, Lu Shen stood guard with his long sword in his arms.

After Tang Shen returned to the post tonight, he said to Lu Shen, "I'm drunk tonight, General Lu, please keep watch for me."

Lu Shen was so angry that his eyes widened, but he had no choice but to guard the gate for Tang Shen.

The night is quiet, and there are two or three stars.

Lu Shen half closed his eyes, snoring slightly.Suddenly, he heard a faint rustling sound, Lu Shen opened his eyes and looked towards the source of the sound.But after a while, I saw a mouse jumping out of the flowers and trees.Lu Shen looked at it for a while, then closed his eyes again.The next moment, he suddenly drew his sword and stabbed the person who came.

Su Wenyun, who was wearing dark clothes, changed his face, and turned his head to avoid the sword, which slanted to cut off the hair on his forehead.

Su Wenyun sternly said: "Presumptuous!"

Lu Shen naturally knew Su Wenyun, but he never liked these civil servants, so he pretended not to recognize them and continued to kill Su Wenyun.

At this moment Tang Shen opened the door and said, "There's no need to fight."

Lu Shen snorted coldly, and put away the sword.

Tang Shen said: "General Lu, go to the well and fetch some water for me alone, I want to wash up."

Lu Shen glanced at Tang Shen indifferently, then turned around to fetch water.At this time Tang Shen said: "I want you to go alone, only you are allowed to be alone, and you are not allowed to be discovered by others."

Lu Shen paused, then continued walking.

Behind him, Su Wenyun entered Tang Shen's room.As soon as he entered the room, Su Wenyun wondered: "Your Majesty Tang is so wonderful, knowing that the official will come tonight, you sent a plague god to guard the door?"

"General Lu was sent to protect the lower official. What's wrong with the lower official sending him to guard the door?"

"Tang Jingze, you are asking the question knowingly!"

Tang Shen's face turned cold, he slapped the table, and said angrily: "Su Wenyun, you act as you please, why did you use my senior brother as an introduction? My senior brother and you have always had political disagreements, but you must not slander his reputation! Even if he is now Not here, and I will not allow you to arrange him indiscriminately in front of me."

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