Early the next morning.

Zhao Xu, as usual, bowed with the guards and exercised.

Within half time, Tong Guan came.

Zhao Xu took a break, wiped the sweat on his neck, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Tong Guan held the basin and said: "Official, rumors are spreading outside the palace, some people ask for 'leniency' Lu Dafang, some people ask for severe punishment, and the two sides fight in a teahouse. ”

Zhao Xu twisted the towel and said nonchalantly, "Is there anything else?" ”

Tong Guan looked at Zhao Xu cautiously, bowed his head and said, "Su Xianggong, Second Fan Xianggong, ask to enter the palace to meet the Empress Dowager." ”

Zhao Xu twisted the hand of the towel for a moment, his eyes flickered slightly, and then said, "Yes, let them go." ”

Tong Guan lowered his head and said very carefully: "Yes." ”

Zhao Xu wiped the sweat on his head, looked at Tong Guan, who was tall and tall, and suddenly asked, "What do you usually do?" ”

Tong Guan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "The villain does his best for the official family, and he will never touch anything that has nothing to do." ”

Zhao Xu looked at him and said, "I have a few military books in my study, I'll give them to you later, you have nothing to do and take a good look at them." ”

Tong Guan was shocked, he didn't get close to the Privy Council or Sanya?

Tong Guan was uneasy, slowly raised his head, looked at Zhao Xu and said softly: "Official, the villain just wants to serve you well, and other villains can't learn it." ”

Zhao Xu smiled slightly and said, "If you want to see it, you can watch it." By the way, go and call Zhao Ji. ”

Tong Guan's heart tightened suddenly, he felt that the official's smile seemed to have a deep meaning, but he couldn't guess it for a while, so he had to be vigilant and said, "Yes." The villain will go. ”

Zhao Xu threw the towel back and continued to bow.

Tong Guan cautiously glanced at Zhao Xu's back, frowned, and still couldn't figure it out in his heart, so he could only pass on Zhao Ji according to his patience.

Zhao Ji came quickly, this time he learned to be obedient, and he didn't bring a backpack.

"Official, I'm here, I'm coming!" Zhao Ji shouted and rushed into the court.

Zhao Xu didn't kick him, pulled him over, and said, "Later, follow me to say goodbye to my grandmother." ”

Zhao Ji didn't see the stern Empress Dowager Gao, looked up at Zhao Xu with a small face, pursed her lips, and said seriously: "I have a class later." ”

Zhao Xu pulled him over and whispered in his ear: "Su Xianggong, they have already gone, you will mess up their affairs for me later, and let you take three days off." ”

Zhao Ji's eyes widened when he heard the 'three-day leave', struggled, and said urgently: "Really? ”

"Do you have a way?" Zhao Xu said.

Zhao Ji nodded quickly and said, "Look at me!" Three days off? ”

Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows, this little bastard is really very energetic except for learning well.

Zhao Xu resisted the urge to kick him and said, "Well, it's almost, come with me." ”

Zhao Ji nodded again and again, his eyes flashed urgently, and his face was eager to try.

I don't know if I'm excited about the three-day vacation, or if I'm excited to be able to make trouble.

Zhao Xu paused Keju and took Zhao Ji to Cining Palace.

At this time, Su Song, Fan Bailu, and Fan Chunren had already arrived at Cining Palace.

Empress Dowager Gao was sitting, her face was as indifferent as ice, and her eyes were fierce.

Su Song and the three of them saw the salute and sat down in order on the chairs on the side.

Su Song practiced closed-mouth meditation as always, and Erfan didn't know how to speak for a while.

For a while, the Cining Hall was very silent.

Zhou He stood aside, quietly glanced at everyone, lowered his head and didn't dare to move.

It is rumored that the reason why the official family insists on putting Lu Dafang and others in prison is because Lu Dafang and others have ignored and bullied them for many years. Now there are rumors outside that the official family wants to use capital punishment against Lu Dafang and others, which has never happened since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty!

The use of capital punishment against a Zaifu has unimaginable consequences!

Seeing that the three of them didn't speak, Empress Dowager Gao stared at the three of them with sharp eyes like swords, and said coldly: "Don't you have anything you want to say?" ”

She was furious, and her eyes were so cold that she could kill.

A lawlessness who was angry with Zhao Xu wantonly destroyed the ancestral law. The second is that these courtiers are pedantic one by one, and they know to look for her when they encounter trouble, and they shirk the blame, and they have no ability at all!

Su Song still closed his eyes, Fan Bailu saw the two of them talking, his eyes flashed with annoyance, and he was about to speak, when a yellow door suddenly hurried in and said, "Qi Yu Niangniang, the official family and the king of Suining County are here." ”

Su Song, Er Fan's expression changed immediately, no one could calm down, they all calmed down, looked at the yellow door, and turned to the Empress Dowager Gao.

Empress Dowager Gao raised her head slightly, her face gloomy.

The relationship between her and Zhao Xu has gone through several turns, and now the two are almost breaking up face to face.

Zhou He lowered his head, his heart beat like a drum, he bit his mouth and tried his best to control his breathing.

He knew that the relationship in the palace was delicate, and he prayed frantically in his heart, praying that the Empress Dowager Gao would refuse to let the official family in, at least maintain a superficial harmony.

If it was really in Cining Palace, in front of the courtiers, the emperor and the empress dowager would turn their faces, and the consequences would be too terrible!

Su Song and the three of them straightened their faces, and their hearts were as heavy as a mountain.

The young official of Funing Hall is becoming more and more unpredictable, and his actions cannot be judged by common sense. When he came to Cining Hall at this time, was he aiming at the Empress Dowager, or at them?

"Please come in."

Without waiting for Su Song, Er Fan, Zhou He and the others to ease their breath, Empress Dowager Gao suddenly said in an indifferent voice.

Su Song, Er Fan, and Zhou He were all shocked, vigilant, and silent.

Here it comes!

Not long after, Zhao Xu came in with Zhao Ji.

Zhao Xu glanced at Su Song, who was getting up, and Erfan, smiled and stepped forward to salute the Empress Dowager Gao, and then said, "I've seen my grandmother." How is Grandmother doing? ”

Zhao Ji followed, serious, and said: "Zhao Ji has seen his grandmother." This is his character in front of the Empress Dowager Gao, a good boy who is well-behaved and obedient, studies seriously, and has excellent grades.

Empress Dowager Gao ignored Zhao Ji, stared at Zhao Xu, her face was cold, and she said lightly: "Official, why do you have time to come to my old woman today?" ”

Zhao Xu smiled, sat down opposite Su Song and the others, and said, "What did grandmother say, I came to ask for peace every day, and Zhou He said that my grandmother was asleep and didn't have time to see me." ”

When Zhou He heard Zhao Xu call his name, he was cold, his head was lowered, like a sculpture, motionless, but his heart couldn't stop trembling.

Su Song, Er Su was still standing, and Zhao Ji followed Zhao Xu seriously, but he didn't sit down.

Empress Dowager Gao stared at Zhao Xu, looked at it for a while, and said in a somewhat loud tone, "I really taught a good grandson." ”

Zhao Xu didn't seem to hear it, turned to Su Song and the others, and said, "The three Qing families, please sit down, Zhao Ji, you also sit down." ”

Su Song and the others looked at Zhao Xu, raised their hands very cautiously to thank him, and sat down slowly. The expressions of the three were almost the same cautious, dark color.

Zhao Ji sat down with him, staring at Su Song and the three of them opposite, his eyes rolling slightly.

Su Song and the others ignored Zhao Ji, and their attention was on Zhao Xu.

Lu Dafang's imprisonment is already unprecedented, if the sentence is heavy, the officials in the world will be in panic all day long, and under the fluctuation of people's hearts, it will definitely threaten the stability of the Great Song Dynasty!