On the first day of the Lunar New Year, when Tang Wan was in a coma and headache from time to time, a grand banquet was being held in the Lin'an Palace.

On the first day of the first month of the 19th year of Shaoxing, this day was the 70th birthday of the Empress Dowager Wei, and Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou summoned high-ranking civil and military officials and their families to celebrate his biological mother's birthday outside the Ciyuan Palace.

Life is rare for seven years, not to mention the queen mother in the palace and the emperor's mother.

This palace banquet convened civil and military officials above the third grade, all the royal relatives and court concubines in Lin'an City, and the scale was so large and high that it could be called the top.

Before celebrating the birthday of the Empress Dowager Wei, in order to please the Empress Dowager, Zhao Gou moved the relatives of the Empress Dowager Wei to the first rank.

The emperor's filial piety, the queen mother knew that she was moved, but because the Empress Dowager Wei was slightly ill, she had not walked out of the palace for several months, and on the first day of the Lunar New Year, it happened that the peonies in the imperial garden of the Lin'an Palace were all in full bloom, and the delicate and fresh peonies were graceful and luxurious, and the shadows were full of shadows and shadows, and the style was outstanding.

Zhao Gou walked into the Ciyuan Hall to tell the Empress Dowager Wei about this grand occasion, Empress Dowager Wei was surprised, peony flowers generally bloom in April, why is it so long in advance?

Empress Dowager Wei came to be interested, happily walked out of the palace to appreciate the peony, saw the peony blooming noble and generous, Empress Dowager Wei was happy, so she stayed to feast with hundreds of officials, and was infinitely happy.

If Tang Wan was here, she would find that there were so many officials in the Song Dynasty, and the palace was full of more than three grades, and she didn't know any of them.

The most striking of these people were the emperor's adopted sons: Zhao Yan, the king of Pu'an, Zhao Xuan, the king of Enping, and Zhao Rui, the king of Yongkang.

Why an adopted son? There are also three, and the reason for this starts with the issue of Gaozong's heirs.

When Gaozong fled in Yangzhou, he was frightened and lost his fertility. The only son died after the "Miao Liu Change".

The descendants of the Ying lineage, after the Jingkang Change, were basically wiped out by the Jin people, and all of them were sent to the north, the most important thing is that the envoy to the Jin State said after returning that Jin Taizong looked like Song Taizu, and some people said that he was the reincarnation of Taizu. Come back and take back the throne!

The reincarnation of the ancestors wants to come back and take the throne?

This rumor frightened Zhao Gou. So Zhao Gou said: "The Grand Duke of Taizu is selfless, but he has a son who passed the throne to his younger brother, and his descendants are declining. I am ready to pass the throne to the descendants of Taizu. ”

The words are so, but the truth of the words and the true thoughts of his heart are unknown.

In the sixth year of Shaoxing, Zhao Gou was selected from the descendants of Taizu, and in the end, there were only two children, one fat and one thin. The fat one is called Zhao Xuan, and the thin one is called Zhao Xuan.

Zhao Gou felt that Zhao Xuan was blessed. was about to choose him, but suddenly a cat ran to the court, Zhao Xuan kicked the cat away, and Zhao Yan stood respectfully. Very polite, Gaozong hesitated, so he decided to keep these two people in the palace for observation.

this year. Zhao Xuan is seven years old and Zhao Yan is nine years old.

More than a decade has passed. Zhao Xuan Zhao Yan has been raised in the palace for 13 years, but the title of the crown prince has not been determined. The main reason is that Zhao Gou still has illusions and wants to give birth to a son by himself, even if he can't give birth, he must try to prolong the time to establish the crown prince, and make a smaller or better controlled child recognize him as an adopted son.

Of course, Gaozong also knew that the ministers would not let him recognize an adopted son, but Gaozong just didn't give up, and the methods were all thought of by people, even if he couldn't change his heir, there would be no harm to him.

Zhao Rui was in Gaozong's mentality, and he summoned into the capital an heir with no foundation in the Zhao bloodline - Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui is the seventh grandson of Zhao Tingmei, King of Wei, 20 years old this year, compared to Zhao Xuan and Zhao Yan, Gaozong is more willing to recognize Zhao Rui.

The descendants of Zhao Tingmei, the king of Wei, have long been in decline, compared to Zhao Xuan and Zhao Yan, Zhao Rui is a commoner, only an illiterate mother, helpless, which is too much in line with Gaozong's wishes.

Such an adopted son has no power and no power, so he can handle it! And Zhao Xuan is the son of Bingyilang Zhao Ziyan, Zhao Yan is the son of Zhao Ziyan, the king of Xiu'an, and his family background is much higher than Zhao Rui, and it is much more difficult to control......

Zhao Gou knows this account in his heart, but although his small abacus is fine, whether it can be calculated accurately depends on the follow-up operation.

How to make Zhao Rui justifiably his righteous son? This is a question that Zhao Gou thinks, and the general person thinks about it, especially if this person is still the emperor, Zhao Gou deliberately wants to endure Zhao Rui, although he has gone through some twists and turns, he finally let him do it.

Today, Zhao Gou has three adopted sons.

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"Queen Mother, today is your birthday, and my son wishes you happiness like the long flowing water of the East China Sea, and your longevity is better than the old pine of Nanshan." Zhao Gou said festive words to congratulate Mrs. Wei on her birthday.

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor had taken the lead, everyone hurriedly knelt down and shouted in unison: "The ministers (concubines and sons) wish the Queen Mother blessings such as the long flowing water of the East China Sea, and her longevity is better than the immortal pine of Nanshan." ”

Empress Dowager Wei was full of spring breeze and raised her hand: "Get up!" ”

Her son is so filial, what is she not satisfied with?

Zhao said: "Let's play music." ”

The dancers of several bands walked up to the hall in a row, and danced with the tune of "Qingping Music", the dance posture was solemn but not enchanting, elegant but not gaudy, and it was very ancient.

For a while, the singing and dancing were leveled, and everyone's feelings were relaxed, as if they had participated in such a banquet many times, this time it was just a higher standard, these relatives of the emperor and the emperor of the DPRK had long been well versed in this way, and they were accustomed to it.

Everyone is doing what they have to do, and the high-status Mou is full of energy in front of the Queen Mother, without the slightest hint of arrogance on weekdays, such as Qin Hui's wife Wang, the auspicious words are particularly neat:

"The Queen Mother, you are really the most blessed person in the world, the emperor needless to say, early in the morning to prepare a birthday banquet for you, all the princes and princesses are filial, each of them has given you filial piety, you see the "longevity map" presented by the king of Enping, how exquisite, how atmospheric, at a glance it took a lot of thought, the king of Enping is really filial to you! ”

When it came to Empress Dowager Wei's heart, she originally liked Zhao Xuan and wanted Gaozong to make him the crown prince, and when she saw the Wang family praising him, her heart was full of joy: "No, Xuan'er, this child has been filial since he was a child." ”

Although it is just a sentence, it exposes his thoughts.

Wang then said: "The filial piety of the king of Enping County is commendable, and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty does not admire it." It is the filial piety of the king of Pu'an County, you see the golden longevity peach he offered, the workmanship is good, and it is also very rare! ”

Empress Dowager Wei listened with a faint expression and did not see joy.

Wang sensed Empress Dowager Wei's dislike, and knew that the horse's fart was slapped on the horse's hooves, so he hurriedly changed the topic: "The Empress Dowager's complexion is really good today. Rouge can't stop your naturally beautiful complexion. Radiant as when you were young, the concubines look older than you, you are really getting younger and younger! ”

Which woman doesn't like others to praise themselves for being young? The same goes for Empress Dowager Wei. The unhappiness that had just sprung up disappeared in a blink of an eye, and I was happy again.

That is, the Wang family, if others praised Zhao Yan in front of the Empress Dowager Wei, the Empress Dowager would definitely be furious. Throwing people out to play the board, Empress Dowager Wei doesn't like Zhao Yan, this is something that the entire Great Song Dynasty in the palace knows.

Wang fell into the eyes of Empress Dowager Wei. It is also Qin Hui's credit.

Although Qin Hui is a famous traitor in history, he is the most exquisite and long-sleeved person who is good at dancing, if he wants to please someone, he will find his way to do it.

For example, Empress Dowager Wei. When Empress Dowager Wei first returned to China, she was dissatisfied with Qin Hui because he killed Yue Fei, but Qin Hui made Empress Dowager Wei realize it in a roundabout way. If he hadn't killed Yue Fei and advocated peace, Empress Dowager Wei would probably never have been able to return to the Southern Song Dynasty. can only be bullied in the laundry courtyard of the Golden Palace~ humiliated, desolate and old dead, how can there be the current scenery?

Qin Hui said very skillfully, and often gave gifts to the Empress Dowager Wei, and let his wife go in and out of the palace to accompany the Empress Dowager to relieve her boredom.

After a long time, Empress Dowager Wei's dissatisfaction with Qin Hui gradually faded away.

But Qin Hui was still not at ease, for fear that Empress Dowager Wei would hold a grudge against him and give him eye drops in front of Zhao Gou, so he racked his brains to find an ingenious way to eliminate future troubles once and for all.

Qin Hui continued to let the Wang family frequently enter and leave the harem, and from time to time asked the Empress Dowager Wei to give gifts, and let the Wang family accompany the Empress Dowager Wei to talk about homely things, as the saying goes: "When you meet, you will have feelings", you will have feelings when you see more, first lay a good emotional foundation, and show your face in front of the leader.

Empress Dowager Wei is also lonely in the palace, without a husband, her own gossip continues, and finally there is someone to talk to, Empress Dowager Wei lists the Wang family as her confidant, and sometimes the Queen Mother is happy and will stay with the Wang family for dinner, and the relationship is very good.

The opportunity was not long in coming.

One day, Empress Dowager Wei said: "Recently, there seem to be very few big fish, and I haven't seen them in the palace for a few days." ”

When Wang heard this, he immediately said: "The queen mother wants a big mullet, and the concubine has it, and tomorrow the concubine will let someone send you a hundred." ”

Empress Dowager Wei nodded happily: "The mourning family is waiting for your mullet."

Wang got up and retreated, looking at Wang's distant back, Empress Dowager Wei frowned, and her face was unhappy.

After the Wang family went back, he happily told Qin Hui about this matter, asked Qin Hui for credit, and did another thing to please the Queen Mother!

Unexpectedly, Qin Hui was extremely angry when he heard this, and scolded the Wang family: "Foolish woman, it's just stupid!" The queen mother is the mother of a country, she doesn't have a big mullet to eat, and you are a courtier and offer a hundred, doesn't it seem that our family is a hundred times richer than the royal family? In case the Empress Dowager gets angry and sues the emperor, even if the Qin family is not in trouble, they will be jealous of the emperor and have a hard time! How can you do such a stupid thing! ”

Wang was dumbfounded: "Then what should I do?" ”

Qin Hui couldn't think of a way, so he had to find his staff and plan overnight.

The next day, Wang entered the palace as promised and offered a hundred fish to Empress Dowager Wei.

Empress Dowager Wei was cold at first, but when she saw the "Ziyu" offered, she couldn't help but slap her face and laugh: "I really said that Ziyu, it turned out ...... This mother-in-law's village, sure enough. ”

It turned out that what Wang sent was not a rare mullet, but a very common herring that resembled a mullet. Empress Dowager Wei despised in her heart: This Wang is really a hillbilly, I don't know anything!

Qin Hui skillfully played the lady card, and he was close to the Empress Dowager Wei. After there was a contradiction, he played a weak card again, deliberately pretending to be stupid, and in the laughter of Empress Dowager Wei, Wang's crisis of showing off his wealth was easily passed.

Empress Dowager Wei not only won't blame the Qin family for being rich, but she will like the Wang family for not having scheming, innocent and cute, and even has no opinion on Qin Hui. …… Qin Hui's ability to come and figure out his intentions can be seen.

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Zhao Gou was happy to see that Empress Dowager Wei asked the little eunuch to call Zhao Rui and said to Empress Dowager Wei: "Queen Mother, Rui'er has also prepared a birthday gift for you today." ”

He hoped that Zhao Rui could win the favor of Empress Dowager Wei and support Zhao Rui to the throne.

Empress Dowager Wei smiled: "Really? What does Ruier prepare? ”

Zhao Rui respectfully knelt down and bowed three times: "My grandson pays homage to my ancestors, and I wish my ancestors good fortune in the East China Sea, and the sun and moon are prosperous and the pine cranes are Changchun." ”

The prepared parrot was presented, and the parrot screamed: "I wish the Queen Mother a long life of 100 years longer than Nanshan!" ”

Empress Dowager Wei was happy when she heard it, and asked the palace maid to bring up the bird cage containing the parrot, stared at the parrot carefully, and praised it after a while: "This parrot has learned well, go back and teach you more, and tease the mourning family." ”

"Yes," the palace maid replied, squatting down.

Seeing this scene, everyone's expressions were very wonderful and flickering. (To be continued.) )

ps: Today is the Goddess Day, I wish all the goddesses health and beauty, eternal youth, I love you, kiss one, Trojan Horse!