Chapter Seventy-One: Abdication and Resignation
Zhao Ji and Zhao seem to be reconciled as before, and still thinking that Zhao seems to appear in the court this morning, but unexpectedly, until the retreat from the dynasty, I didn't see Zhao Xiang's shadow, and on the way back to Xuanhe Palace, I happened to meet him. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"No, it's not a coincidence, it's you who have been waiting?" Zhao Ji looked at him in surprise.
Zhao Yi smiled faintly: "Because, I don't know what identity I should appear in the court." ”
Zhao Ji said casually: "You guys stand down." ”
The palace people retreated, he and Zhao Bi sat next to a few cases in the garden, and without waiting for Zhao Bi to speak, he smiled briskly, and his voice returned to its previous clarity: "I know, you have not gone away, now you can ask anything, we will solve all the doubts one by one." ”
Zhao Yi nodded, his eyebrows were slightly furrowed, thoughtful, and hesitated for a long time before he spoke: "Two years ago, the younger brother always believed that the imperial brother was a human being, but after the death of the emperor, the imperial brother began to make the younger brother ponder, for example, the younger brother heard that the imperial brother sat on the throne, not because of wishful thinking to the queen mother, but because of the imperial brother's flattery. Among the princes, the imperial brother is the most active about the throne, so after the imperial brother succeeded to the throne, in order to thank the Empress Dowager, he let the Empress Dowager hang the curtain and listen to the government for half a year. Is that true?"
"Really. Unexpectedly, Zhao Ji said it so decisively, although he smiled unnaturally with slightly frowning and delicate eyebrows.
Zhao seemed to want to speak and stopped, Zhao Ji said lightly: "I am guilty, so when the Cai Wangfu prison case happened, I was confused because of my weak heart, I was afraid that you would rebel, and I was afraid that you would kill me." In fact, that year, I had already regretted my impulsiveness back then, I thought that if I succeeded to the throne, I would be able to govern the Great Song Dynasty into a more ideal country, but after succeeding to the throne, I knew what helplessness was. ”
"I was already tired that year, and I missed the time when I was a prince, most of the time, I could live straight to my heart, and now I am very jealous of my former self. Obviously, I just like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I like Keju, I like nature, I like Taoism...... That's it......"
When he said this, he smiled more and more far-fetched, and his sad eyes betrayed him: "In the face of the government, I have always been a person, sometimes, I really don't know what to do, Zhang Xianggong is right, I am not suitable to rule the world, but I don't know ...... at all."
"So everything is true? The imperial brother went to curry favor with the Empress Dowager Xiang, who was against my mother, for the sake of the throne, and let her listen to the government. Zhao seemed to put on a serious face: "Brother Huang will explain all this calmly, not afraid that the younger brother will take your life with a grudge?"
"If I dare to branch the palace people, I won't be afraid of dying at your hands," Zhao Ji suddenly smiled calmly, poured tea indifferently and leisurely, and continued like a homely chatter: "It's just that if you really want to start, say hello in advance, I help you, you can retreat after assassinating the emperor, and you can succeed to the throne smoothly." ”
Zhao Ji's brisk face made Zhao seem to panic for a while, but he quickly regained his composure and asked, "You already have the idea of abdicating?"
Zhao Ji took a sip of tea and smiled faintly: "Maybe what doesn't belong to me doesn't belong to me, what belongs to you will be returned to the original owner, I single-handedly contributed to the wrong beginning, so that everything didn't go well, it's time to have a due development." ”
"The imperial brother laughed again," unexpectedly, Zhao seemed to smile suddenly, and his voice returned to its previous cordiality: "The imperial brother has forgotten the preferences of his younger brother and is also in the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting? ”
He continued without reservation: "It is true that the younger brother once coveted the throne, but that ambition is not the determination to rule the world. The younger brother also hated the imperial brother, Zhao Li's dead subordinate brother once insisted that it was the imperial brother's doing, thinking that the imperial brother would not let go of the younger brother, and the younger brother killed the minister at that time, so he had to cheat to death. ”
"At that time, the younger brother has always regarded the imperial brother as a hypocrite, and everything planned afterwards is also to take revenge on the imperial brother, if it comes to governing the world, the younger brother is powerless, and he can't think of a better way than the imperial brother in the face of the open and secret struggle between the two factions of 'Yuanfeng' and 'Yuanyou'. ”
"Too many things have happened in the past two years, and now I just feel that with relatives like you and Danian, and a wife who is more important than life by my side, I have nothing else to ask for. He looked indifferent and smiled sincerely: "I feel very comfortable now, and ......" A trace of inscrutable seriousness flashed in his clear eyes: "I want to continue to stay in the Yin Soul Sect." ”
The last sentence was too unexpected, and when the words fell, Zhao Ji's eyes widened curiously: "Why?"