Geng Xiaofan is quite satisfied with Empress Dowager Fu's attitude, but will she not believe her words? Remembering what Jing Yan's sister said, Wang Mang was ready to leave Beijing for a while, and he was ready to gamble and make another deal with Empress Dowager Fu.

"I can go and persuade the giant monarch to resign and go to the country." Geng Xiaofan spoke calmly.

"Are you sure?" Empress Dowager Fu's eyes lit up.

"In exchange, tell His Majesty the Emperor the truth, he should know too." This is the "safety guarantee" that Geng Xiaofan wants to fight for Yizhu's sister. Even if Liu Xin mixes again, he probably won't be able to do such a rebellious thing as killing his mother.

Empress Dowager Fu got up, paced around the hall, and made a decision for a long time.

"Geng Hou, I can promise you, but you must spare no effort to help my Fu family."

Geng Xiaofan shook his head lightly, "The Tao is different, don't conspire with each other!" I will not deceive you with any hypocrisy. As long as you raise your noble hand and let my sister go, I am willing to resign and go into hiding. I don't help you, and I won't help anyone else. ”

"You, you're going to resign?" Empress Dowager Fu was a little surprised.

"Twenty years ago, I told you that I have no intention of going to court, and I don't care about any glory and wealth, I just want my family and relatives to be safe." Geng Xiaofan explained calmly.

"Queen Mother, although power is good, if it is not used well, it will hurt others, not only others, but also yourself. Life is short for a few decades, what is more important than the happiness of a family? ”

Empress Dowager Fu was obviously moved by Geng Xiaofan, and she also knew Geng Xiaofan's ability. If the Zhao family is not involved in the power struggle of the imperial court, then a suitable lord is really dispensable. and Geng Xiaofan's family happiness, which is indeed reasonable.

After thinking about it again and again, Empress Dowager Fu directly ordered Xiao Huangmen, who was already dumbfounded, "Spread the message of the mourning family, please ask His Majesty the Emperor to come here." ”

After speaking, he smiled at Geng Xiaofan again, "Bother Geng Hou to bring your sister too." ”

Geng Xiaofan let out a sigh of relief.

Yi Zhu was finally able to recognize his son, and the two hugged each other tightly and cried a lot. Geng Xiaofan couldn't help crying.

After several people discussed, Geng Xiaofan wrote to refute Xie Guang, and after fierce court debate, Liu Xin removed Zhao Lin's father and son from the title, demoted him to a concubine, and ordered his family to move to Liaoxi. The "Zhao Zhaoyi case" came to an end.

As for Wang Mang, without waiting for Geng Xiaofan to persuade him, he fell out with Empress Dowager Fu because of a "trivial matter".

In July of the second year of Suihe, Liu Xin held a banquet in Weiyang Palace, and when arranging the seats, the seat of the Empress Dowager Fu and the Empress Dowager was arranged together.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Fu was already respected as the Empress Dowager, and it should be said that she was equivalent to the Empress Dowager, and there was nothing wrong with such an arrangement.

Unexpectedly, this arrangement happened to be bumped into by Wang Mang, and he directly scolded the inner order, which probably means that the Empress Dowager Fu is just a vassal queen, and she is not qualified to sit with the Queen Mother at all.

The inner order had no choice but to withdraw the seat of the Empress Dowager Fu and make another arrangement.

This incident aroused strong dissatisfaction from Empress Dowager Fu and Liu Xin.

Under Wang Jingyan's advice, Wang Mang took the opportunity to "resign" and left Beijing with his family to go to the country.

This is exactly the "appetite" of the Empress Dowager Fu, and she will not keep it, and appoint the prince and the prince Fu Shishi Dan to take over as the big Sima. At this point, the power of the Wang family in the court was almost gone.

After the "seat turmoil", Empress Dowager Fu clearly realized the importance of "reputation", and kept urging Liu Xin to correct her and Ding Ji's name.

However, Liu Xin's edict of "respecting the emperor and the empress dowager as the empress dowager" was repeatedly refuted by some courtiers who were full of justice. Among them, the strongest opposition turned out to be Shi Dan! This also made Empress Dowager Fu strongly dissatisfied!

Shi Dan also realized the danger and wanted to get out, but there was no excuse for a while.

Yizhu is not in danger for the time being, and Geng Xiaofan is also ready to get out. Liu Xin was grateful for his meritorious service, and did not allow him to resign, seeing that he had made up his mind to go, and it happened that Shanggu Taishou was exempt from illness, so he simply promoted him to the Marquis of Guannei and released Shanggu Taishou outside.

This is in line with Geng Xiaofan's wishes, Fei'er grew up outside the Saiwai since she was a child, and she has been in Chang'an for more than ten years, and she also misses her homeland a little. Shanggu was much closer to Liuquan Fort than Chang'an, and she was a little happy.

Although Yang A is reluctant, she also knows Geng Xiaofan's situation, the Wang family has lost power, and even her own status is a little precarious, and she has no time to take care of this in-law anymore.

Geng Xiaofan and Yang Ah sighed separately and embarked on a journey to guard the border pass.

Liu Xin became the emperor, and Geng Zhen's task of accompanying him was completed, so he decided to go to Shanggu with his father.

Shi Dan was a little reluctant, and he was in tears, so he actually came to send it in person.

"People only know how to be an official, but they don't know if the official body is not free, or if Geng Hou is free and easy, far away from the court, I don't know how much less trouble."

"Da Sima is already a very popular minister, how can he still have such feelings? You are an emperor, what is there to worry about. Geng Xiaofan didn't have much contact with Shi Dan, so he coped politely.

"I'm old, and I don't know how much time I have left, and I already have the heart to go into hiding, but the emperor doesn't allow it. I really don't know if I can return to my hometown! Shi Dan sighed.

Geng Xiaofan actually understood his situation. Liu Xin and Empress Dowager Fu were not reluctant to let him resign, but the position of Da Sima was too important, and Ding Fu and Fu were secretly fighting for each other, and there was no suitable candidate for the time being.

Looking at the old Longzhong's Shi Dan, Geng Xiaofan was speechless and couldn't help sighing.

"Dad, you're leaving soon, is there anyone you can help the teacher?" After all, Geng Zhen has a master-apprentice friendship with Shi Dan, and he still has some feelings for this old man.

How can it help? Could it be that he will go to the Empress Dowager Fu or Liu Xin for this matter? Geng Xiaofan was really unwilling, and began to hesitate.

"Hey! Don't bother! The court has the difficulties of the court, and the shepherd guard side also has the pain of the shepherding side. Say goodbye to Geng Hou, and hope that there will be a time to see each other in my lifetime. ”

Shi Dan also saw Geng Xiaofan's difficulties, and he didn't force it, and sent his family on the road.

set off, Geng Xiaofan has been thinking about Shi Dan, this old man doesn't seem to be very famous in "history", but this name is vaguely familiar, as if someone in later generations has used some of his allusions, but he can't remember what it is.

When staying at the inn in the evening, Liu Fei'er personally cooked a sumptuous dinner, but she was worried. "Am I old? Fifty catties of fine salt were specially prepared, but they were not loaded into the car. Ay! I really don't know if you are used to eating this coarse salt. ”

"Mother, don't be afraid! Which state and county will we pass by tomorrow, let's buy some well, and deal with it when we get to the upper valley, we are still afraid that there will be no fine salt? Geng Zhen comforted his mother softly.

"Old?" Geng Xiaofan suddenly opened, "Zhen'er, you go back to Chang'an tomorrow, bring the fine salt you forgot to bring, and then go to meet your teacher and bring him a word......

"Ahh Geng Zhen was puzzled, I don't know why my father cares so much about those fine salts, and he said that he was talking to the teacher, but there were only three words, "forget things"!

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