Seeing the reaction of the three children now, he sighed, stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Xu's little head and said, "Don't worry, it's not so bad to be a father, you've been playing for so long, it's time to go back and review your homework." ”

Zhao Xu hurriedly nodded yes, and watched his father's sedan chair enter the main hall.

His personal eunuch and nurturing grandmother hurriedly ran over, helped them to their feet, and patted the dirt on their bodies for them. also complained in a low voice, blaming them for being disobedient and having to play with voles, the emperor who provoked him was not happy, and even said such a scary thing, it really shouldn't be.

Zhao Xun didn't refute a word, just bowed his head and said nothing.

After a while, Gonggong Long served Song Shenzong and came out quickly, whispered outside the door, and asked him to immediately organize a strong palace maid and eunuch to follow him to search for voles in the inner courtyard of the palace. It is important to clean up all the voles and not disturb the Queen Mother and the Emperor.

Dozens of palace maids and eunuchs were soon gathered, all of whom were palace maids and eunuchs with strong bodies and agile hands and feet. A group of people were in the open space in front of the palace of Song Shenzong, each holding a hoe or shovel or something, and some were carrying baskets ready to load voles.

Zhao Price is still young, just literate, and the learning task is not heavy. As soon as I saw so many palace maids and eunuchs holding hoes and shovels to catch voles, they immediately shouted excitedly: "I'm going too, I'm going too." ”

Several palace maids and eunuchs around him hurriedly advised that the emperor was already unhappy before, but he couldn't make his father angry anymore, so it was better to go back to do his homework quickly. The youngest, Zhao Kui, is less than four years old and is not yet literate, so it is time to play. Fei pulled Grandpa Long and wanted to go with him to catch voles.

Gonggong Long had no choice but to tell the eunuchs and palace maids who took care of him, so that they could carry the little prince on their backs, follow behind, and watch from afar. But you must not step forward, let alone let the little prince come into contact with voles, otherwise the Queen Mother will know and tear their skin.

Of course, these palace maids and eunuchs knew the severity, and hurriedly agreed. Carrying the two little princes on his back, he followed behind the mighty army of rat exterminators.

Gonggong Long had roughly learned that Empress Dowager Gao's bedroom had thoroughly searched the voles and almost killed them. There are also some rat holes, which have also blocked all the things that should be blocked. But the other concubines and the little prince's bedroom basically haven't moved yet, and I don't know if they found a vole, so they went to the nearest concubine Niangniang's bedroom.

Concubine De's surname is Zhu and she is Zhao Xu's biological mother. However, she came from a humble background and was not very well received in the palace, mainly because the Empress Dowager Gao didn't like her very much. And Song Shenzong was busy dealing with government affairs all day long, so the harem was naturally much colder. Especially this concubine Niangniang, who has no background, was fortunate to be visited by Song Shenzong because of her beautiful appearance and gentle and dignified personality, and flew up to the sycamore to become a phoenix, and now she is also snubbed by Song Shenzong, who is busy with national affairs, and it is difficult to come again. Of course, Concubine Zhu De never cared about these things, she knew that the emperor was not her husband alone. As long as his son follows him, he will be satisfied.

Her son Zhao Xu has been out for a long time, and Concubine Zhu Defei was a little worried, so she asked the palace people to ask a few times. Knowing that the little prince was playing in the water with his other two younger brothers in the emperor's bedroom, he was a little relieved. But that's also because the palace maid didn't dare to tell her that her son was actually playing with the dead rat.

Concubine Zhu Defei sat back down at the table in front of the window and began to copy the scriptures neatly. She was born in a poor family, and because of her beauty, she was elected to the palace to become a palace maid, and later became a concubine after being fortunate by the emperor.

Since I haven't studied poetry since I was a child, although I know a few words, I can't write well. After Song Shenzong favored her, he often stayed with her in those days, taught her to practice Chinese hyphenation, and specially gave her a set of four treasures of the study. Later, Song Shenzong came less, and even gradually cut off contact, but Concubine Zhu never stopped writing, and had to spare a considerable amount of time to practice writing every day.

Her handwriting was already quite neat, and after each one was written, she had to pick it up and read it carefully, and then put it down. Use a brush to circle the words that you think you don't write well, and then rewrite them several times.

She was busy when she suddenly heard someone talking outside, and it seemed that many people had come into the courtyard, and she was slightly surprised in her heart. Although the courtyard where she lived was not far from the emperor's bedroom, it should belong to the best part of the inner courtyard of the palace. However, because she was of a commoner background, and she was very low-key in the palace, and she did not want to associate with other concubines, there were few visitors to the dormitory, and it was always quiet, except for the chirping of birds in the treetops.

She was used to being quiet, but she didn't expect that so many people suddenly came here now, which made Concubine Zhu Defei a little uneasy. Hurriedly put the brush in his hand on the Beacon Mountain, stood up and walked to the door, and saw dozens of palace maids and eunuchs holding shovels and hoes in their hands, busy in the courtyard. The leader was Gonggong Long, who was beside the emperor, and he was talking to the steward in his courtyard.

When Gonggong Long saw Concubine Zhu De coming out, he hurriedly threw down a shovel in his hand, walked quickly to Concubine De and bowed down and said, "Qi Yu Niangniang, some voles have been found in the palace. The official ordered the servants to lead people to search one by one, and be sure to kill all the voles, so as not to disturb the mothers. ”

Concubine De couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and said, "Hunting voles?"

When Zhu Defei was a child, she also worked in the fields and saw rats and voles. I know that voles are much bigger, and some of them are even like raccoons, which is quite scary. But she has been in the inner courtyard of the palace for many years, and it is rare to see even small mice in Pingsuli, let alone such a big vole, so she is a little surprised.

Gonggong Long hurriedly told the story of killing a basket of voles in the courtyard of the Empress Dowager Gao, and Concubine De was startled, and hurriedly turned her head to ask the eunuchs and palace maids in her palace. The men were a little embarrassed, but they had no choice but to tell the truth, and immediately reported that they had found a terrible large vole in their yard. A few were killed, but certainly not as many as the baskets in the queen mother's yard. But then again, the Queen Mother's bedroom occupies a much larger area than Concubine De, so of course there should be more voles accordingly.

When Concubine Zhu Defei heard this, she realized that it was indeed not groundless. So he nodded and agreed: "Since the official family sent you, then you can fight." ”

Gonggong Long hurriedly thanked him, and instructed those eunuchs and palace maids to search carefully to see if there were any voles or vole burrows or something.

Zhao Xu saw that Gonggong Long and the others were scattered around to search for voles, so he walked up quickly, hugged his mother's waist and said, "Mother, we just saw a lot of voles in my father's bedroom, and we caught them a few times and threw them into the water tank and drowned. Those voles are big, you better go into the house, or you'll see something weird. ”

Concubine Zhu Defei was immediately startled when she heard this, and hurriedly grabbed her son's hand tightly and said, "The mouse is very dirty and disgusting, but don't touch it." Hurry up and go to review your homework. ”

With that, he dragged his son into the house.

On the small bed in the house, his two-year-old brother slept soundly in the cradle. He reached out and gently pinched his little face, then walked to the window and sat down, and began to pick up a pen and write.

Gonggong Long led people to search Concubine Zhu De's bedroom inside and out, and found a lot of rat holes, and also found a lot of dead voles. Those voles are very large, and they are not afraid to run when they see people. Some of the voles are dead and their bodies are hard. Died in the corner, and no one found out. At the moment, these voles were gathered, and half a basket was loaded.

After searching Concubine De's bedroom and beating all the voles that should be beaten, Gonggong Long took a group of palace maids and eunuchs to the other concubines to fight voles.

finally hit the courtyard of a beautiful woman surnamed Chen, who was newly favored by Song Shenzong.

This is also a beautiful palace maid, her stomach is very competitive, Song Shenzong only pampered her once, and she secretly gave birth to a son. It was precisely because he gave birth to a son to the emperor that Song Shenzong was very happy and named her a beauty, and named her son the king of Suining, and this was the later Song Huizong.

At this time, Chen Meiren is playing with her two-year-old son. When Gonggong Long led a group of people into her courtyard, she was really startled, and she thought something big had happened. When I heard that they had come in to catch voles, I couldn't help but laugh, but then I immediately shouted, "It's just right that I'm wondering why these rats are getting bigger and bigger." I was coaxing the little prince to sleep, when I saw a big mouse squatting on the village windowsill staring at me, scaring me into screaming loudly, and several of them did not dare to catch it when they rushed to it. The father-in-law was still bold, and pulled the rat off by the tail and trampled it to death. Strange to say, this rat didn't know how to run. Hurry up and search for it, this vole is really scared to death. ”

Gonggong Long agreed, and quickly ordered everyone to scatter in all directions and start searching for these hateful little things.

They are already very experienced in fighting voles along the way, not fighting separately, but in a kind of dragnet search. This ensures that there are no duplicates and nothing is missed.

This search hit a lot of voles, and they rushed into a few palace maids from the outside, and said to Gonggong Long: "You old thing, why don't you catch mice in our Queen Mother's Palace?

This scared Gonggong Long, where could he afford to provoke the Queen Mother. Seeing that these people were all the personal maids beside the Queen Mother, they were still amiable when they spoke, but they didn't know why they were so arrogant at this moment. hurriedly stepped forward to apologize and said: "What did my sister say, hasn't the Queen Mother's bedroom been carefully searched and beaten a basket of voles? ”