For a while, the name of Zhao Xin, the king of Yong, spread all over Kaifeng City, a few families were happy and a few were sad, most of the people in Kaifeng City were still relatively happy, which was inseparable from Zhao Zhen's benevolent politics over the years, Queen Cao in Huining Palace looked at Lao Gao who was lying beside her son and frowned, she said to Zhao Zhen: "Your Majesty, why is Xin'er so ugly, not white and tender at all." ”

Zhao Zhen laughed and said: "The child was born like this, it will be fine in a few days, if you don't want to bring it, let the old grandmothers in the palace take it, they are more experienced in this aspect." ”

"No, I brought it myself, no matter how ugly it is, I gave birth to it, is it still my son that someone else brings?"

The old palace maid next to her said: "Niangniang, you wait for two days and then look at it, the baby in this month is the same as one day, see His Royal Highness King Yong's body is twice stronger, and in the future, it will be the same Ming Jun as the emperor to benefit our Great Song Dynasty." ”

Empress Cao's eyebrows are full of kind maternal love, this child is too timely, the Great Song Dynasty and many people need this child, the reform faction has always been entangled with the old school because of the relationship between the heirs, with this child, they can make drastic reforms, Ouyang Xiu has already given this newborn little bit at home when he heard the news?

Zhao Zhen looked at his son and thought of his childhood and the two princes who had already died, he was raised by the Empress Dowager Liu, and his biological mother did not dare to recognize him until he died, and he only later learned that his biological mother was not the Empress Dowager Liu, so the funeral after the death of the Empress Dowager Liu was not grand, and it was also deliberately done by himself, his own son He didn't want others to take it, and his wife took it best.

Shangguan Wen came in quietly and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Li asks to see him, do you want to let him enter Huining Palace." ”

Zhao Zhen said suspiciously: "Lord Li, are you talking about your uncle?" How did he come today. ”

"It's not Lord Li, it's Baron Li Lin, the supervisor of the Ordnance Supervisor, he looks more excited." Shangguan Wen racked his brains to think of the explanation of the words, this Li County man is fine, you can't see him once in your eight lifetimes, and there will be something wrong when you see him.

Zhao Zhen said: "What's the matter with him, didn't he just come back from Suzhou?" The last time I told him not to come to the palace, I saw that he was annoying, and said, he told you if there was anything wrong. ”

"He didn't tell the old slave, but he was holding a big object in his arms, and the old slave wanted to see him and wouldn't let him."

Zhao Zhen said impatiently: "Call him in, see what kind of moth he wants to make again, my five million is still distressed?" That kid is also yes, so he wrote a letter and cheated me out of so much money and a thousand sets of new equipment, just want to be the champion, in the next life! A few people work together to cheat me one day, and one day I'll grab their pigtails. ”

Shangguan Wen went out with a smile, the emperor's favor for these young people is really incomparable, especially the kid in Luoyang, a thousand sets of equipment can organize a small rebellion, he has seen those weapons and equipment, it is the best he has seen so far, the thousand crossbows shot at the same time in the dense crowd is a disaster, the five thousand Janissaries with old-fashioned equipment are not their opponents, it can be seen how much the emperor trusts him, just wrote a letter, the emperor unconditionally supported him.

"Lord Li, the emperor invites you in."

Li Lin said: "The ancestor called me Lord Li will fold my life, don't call it that, Xiao Lizi, Xiao Linzi can be, what is the emperor's mood, I shouldn't be angry today!" ”

Shangguan Wen said with a smile: "The emperor is in a good mood, but his attitude towards you is not good, you have to be careful." ”

Li Lin stepped into Huining Palace with a big cake, he definitely couldn't see the queen, and saw his cousin Comrade Zhao Zhen in the study, Li Lin said doggedly: "The emperor is full of spring, something good has happened, and he will be happy to say it." ”

Zhao Zhen scolded with a smile: "What are you doing when you don't serve your uncle and aunt at home in the palace, what good news do you not know?" ”

"Then you let the minister go in and see the little nephew, I have prepared a big gift for him."

"It's strange that you don't scare Xin'er when you go in, say something quickly, let it go if you have a fart, don't waste my time here, do you think you can go in? The queen hasn't recovered yet, and when Xin'er is full moon, you and your uncle will come to see him. ”

Li Lin said: "Come on, just have what you say, I brought a cow outside the palace, Xiucai said that it was specialized in milk production, I thought it was useless to stay in my house, and it might be useful to bring the little nephew of the palace." ”

Zhao Zhen said with a look of disbelief: "Do you have this brain, do my uncle and I still have to worry all day long?" Didn't that kid tell you when he left, what you were holding in your hand? ”

Li Lin said mysteriously: "Cousin, although you are the emperor, but you really haven't eaten it, I am reluctant to eat it and bring it into the palace for you to taste, the queen eats this best, I have brought the cook, you said that the courtier's brother is not thoughtful." ”

"Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, your gift is not so easy to take, you make it clear first, I will consider whether you want to, if you don't make it clear, you should take it back! I can't afford it. ”

Li Lin got a little closer, and Zhao Zhen said with disgust: "Retreat, retreat, now say, what are you doing like that." ”

"I'm not looking at Xiucai and Fengzi who are very lonely in Quanzhou, I just want to accompany them, and by the way, help the emperor monitor them, once they do something illegal and undisciplined, this is not bad for the emperor's reputation, right!"

Zhao Zhen said with a look that I knew: "Hehe, don't you can't stay when you see the two of them go out, your heart has already drifted thousands of miles away, I said it when you were going to be an official, you must not have the original freedom to be an official, the road is your choice, now you regret it, impossible, it's good to think, the person who left the gift quickly disappeared from my field of vision, otherwise you will stay in the palace and don't go out." ”

Li Lin muttered and left, and there is a tigress waiting to deal with herself? I want to go back to the old days! Gone are those days of unrestrainedness, it's fate.

After retiring, Lu Yijian raised flowers and walked dogs every day, cultivating his youngest son, and heard the porter say that King Pu had arrived, and he thought to himself what an old man who had no rights to do with King Pu.

"Gong Lu, now you are the only one who can save me, I really have no way out."

Lu Yijian poured Zhao Zongshi a cup of tea and said, "Say something slowly, don't worry, the sky hasn't fallen yet." ”

Zhao Zongshi said: "This may be more terrible than the sky falling, this morning the queen gave birth to a son, and the emperor named him King Yong on the spot, what does the title of King Yong represent, you know it." ”

"It seems that I'm really useless as an old man, it's not that you told me that I don't know about such a big news, the prince is really embarrassing when the prince comes to you, and the people who supported you before regret it now! Have you consulted with the king of Runan? ”

Zhao Zongshi shook his head and said: "No, the first person I came to find when I got the news was you, my father is now in a fantasy all day long, and there are people around him, I don't dare to discuss with him." ”

Lu Yijian said: "On the bright side, you don't have a chance now, there is still room for manipulation in the words of Emperor Ji, what do you think now, you tell me what you think." ”

"My mind is a mess now, I don't know what to do, or I will write to the emperor tomorrow and return to the Runan Palace."

Lu Yijian said: "No, what if you go to the book and say that they will go back to the Runan Palace, they will take the opportunity to make the emperor agree, at that time you want to cry without tears, the book still has to be published, just write some congratulatory words, don't say much about the rest." ”

Zhao Zongshi said: "If I stay in the court, they will still give me such and such troubles, should I stay away from the eyes of the emperor and the ministers, so that even if they are looking for trouble, I will have an excuse to explain." ”

"The important thing is that they won't let you leave the capital, you entered the palace at the age of three, and the prince was only born today, they must wait until the prince is an adult to rest assured, you need to stay in the capital now to attract their attention."

Zhao Zongshi said: "How can there be such a good thing in the world for me to encounter, why do you choose me, choose me and come out like this, Lu Gong, this is the third time, one day I will go crazy." ”

Lu Yijian said: "Don't give up on yourself, before others say anything, your own position will be messed up first, the newborn King Yong is only one day, the emperor has had two princes before, both died early, there are more princesses who died young, they are lively with them, you calm down and do your thing, wait for the opportunity, we don't say that King Yong survived, if it is the same as the previous two princes, then you see the opportunity, don't give them a chance to resist, don't hesitate as before." ”

"What can I do now, they don't give me specific things to do when I don't have King Yong, and now it's even worse."

Lu Yijian said disdainfully: "Who told you that it won't work, there will be no morning tomorrow morning, you go to the emperor in private and play the emotional card, do you understand?" You just said that it is difficult for you now, you want to do what you can, the more sad you cry, the better, it is best to see the queen, you were raised by her, and now that she has her own son, it is impossible to forget the original love. ”

Zhao Zongshi said: "What position is there now that Lu Gong said!" I thought about it, and there was no suitable one. ”

Lu Yijian said: "When I leave, the third division will still have a deputy envoy!" If I remember correctly, it is the director of the branch, you see if you can get it, you don't get to that position in your life, the three envoys are your greatest achievement, the three divisions are in charge of the country's money, food and taxes, start from this piece and work down-to-earth, you really still have a chance, don't think about it when you go out or are in charge, first reduce your sense of existence, and then talk about it after this difficult period, you don't come to me in the future, I want to spend the rest of my life in peace,"

Zhao Zongshi's heart is cold, when Lu Yijian was in power, many people dared to stand up and speak for themselves, but now there is no one who is even gasping for himself, this is life.