The elegant room next door is no worse than Yang Lin's, and the gilded beast furnace exudes a calming agarwood.

Pan Yi and Emperor Rouhui sat below, and the upper seat turned out to be a Taoist, and a palace beauty beside him.

The Taoist was about forty years old, with three locks of long hair, a jade crown on his head, and a cyan robe.

The beauty beside him, with long black hair coiled into a bun, with a golden step in the bun. A bright red plum blossom was attached to her snow-white forehead. The skin is white and red, pink and greasy, a pair of apricot eyes are bright, and the light is shining brightly.

Yang Lin was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Weichen Yang Lin, I have seen the official family, the concubine." ”

Before Zhao Ji could speak, Concubine Liu smiled happily and said, "Yang Shaozai helped her brother marry before, and before she had time to thank her, she hurriedly gave Yang Shaozai a seat." ”

"The concubine is polite, Qing Shui and I are like brothers, and it is appropriate to run errands."

Yang Lin sat down with a smile and made eye contact with Pan Yi and Emperor Rouhui, which was regarded as a greeting.

Zhao Ji also smiled: "This sleeve building, although it is brilliant and rich, but it is not elegant enough, it is not as good as the pile of jade buildings built by Yang Qing, I don't know whose handwriting?" ”

Pan Yi said with a smile: "This is built by the Bianliang Chamber of Commerce, and it is a private restaurant. ”

"No wonder..."Zhao Ji looked very happy, and said with a smile: "I, the people of the Great Song Dynasty, are getting richer and richer, like such high-rise buildings, when the founding of the country, non-royal palace nobles were unable to build, and now the people have such financial resources, hehe." ”

Looking at his smug look, Yang Lin scolded his mother in his heart, and secretly said What does this have to do with you...

Yang Lin picked up a simple one again, and when he talked about the silver ticket, Zhao Ji suddenly lacked interest.

He is an expert in spending money, and a wave of his hand is a million, but talking to him about people's livelihood and economy is tantamount to playing the piano to a cow. Zhao Ji, who was still in high spirits, yawned in just a few words.

Yang Linqi's scalp was numb, and he stopped talking with a calm face.

Pan Yi observed his words, changed the topic with a smile, and said: "Yang Shaozai's westward journey this time and the reopening of the Ancient Tea Horse Road are really immediate. You see that downstairs, there are countless horses, which was unimaginable before. ”

Zhao Ji came alive with a spirit, and said with a smile: "The Western Regions sweat and blood horses, and there are not a few horses left in the stables of Genyue, since the northwest trade route is unblocked, we should let the local states and counties pay some tribute." ”

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister has already negotiated with several Fanbangs, and there is no Xixia blocking the way, and they will naturally come to the court during the New Year's Day ceremony. At that time, the envoys of the small countries in the Western Regions will definitely present their best horses to His Majesty. ”

Zhao Ji took the opportunity to ask some interesting things about the northwest, Yang Lin said, couldn't help but turn to state affairs, and said: "Dali has been calmed down, and when it is completely settled, it will only be about half a year." When the time comes, the northwest and southwest will work together, and taking Tubo will be like probing for things, and the imperial court should have made plans early. ”

Zhao Ji yawned again...

Seeing Yang Lin's face darkened, Zhao Ji was also a little embarrassed, this kind of loyal courtier who shared his worries still had to be considerate, so he said shyly: "I talked with the queen last night, I was a little selfless, and I slept late... What Aiqing said makes a lot of sense, you don't have to work hard, if you take Tubo, I will seal you... Promise you something, just ask. ”

Halfway through speaking, Zhao Ji realized that the courtiers in front of him had nothing to seal, so he simply wrote a blank check.

Talking about playing chess with the queen? Still down all night? Yang Lin secretly said that the ghost believes you.

Empress Zheng entered the palace at a young age, and was originally just a maid beside the Empress Dowager, even if she had a bit of chess skills, where was the opponent of a master like Zhao Ji.

Speaking of Empress Zheng, Yang Lin suddenly blessed his soul and remembered something.

Queen Zheng has a bad background, she relies on her brain, she looks handsome, and she likes to write some small yellow poems with Zhao Ji to increase her interest, and she became Zhao Ji's favorite concubine in one fell swoop.

Later, because he was not jealous, and he was a beautiful palace maid or relative, he introduced Zhao Ji to Zhao Ji in one go, and he became more and more favored.

Soon after, the Zheng family was promoted to a noble concubine in the palace, and for fear of being excluded and despised, he wanted to recognize a powerful relative.

It just so happened that there was a person named Zheng Juzhong that year, who had just been admitted to the Jinshi and became a member of the Ministry of Rites, originally he was just the same surname as Zheng, but he told people everywhere that he was Zheng's uncle and brother. When Zheng heard about this later, he acquiesced to this relationship, and the two formed an alliance. Zheng also recommended Zheng Juzhong to Song Huizong, and Zheng Juzhong was soon promoted to the rank of Privy Councillor.

Zheng Juzhong relied on his courage to gamble, and he really became a royal prince, and his career has been smooth since then.

Two years ago, Empress Wang died of illness, and Zheng Fuzheng became Empress Xiansu, and Zheng Juzhong was even more amazing.

He relied on his fake cousin to share power with Cai Jing, he was stunned and not afraid of Cai Jing, but Empress Zheng is a very smart woman, otherwise she would not have been promoted from a small palace maid to a queen.

At that time, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Yang Lin formed an alliance to sincerely help each other, advancing and retreating consistently, these three people were rich, powerful and powerful, and they started from Yangzhou together, and rose in the Great Song Dynasty Temple in a short period of time.

Empress Zheng was unwilling to let Zheng Juzhong, a fake cousin, provoke Cai Jing outside under her own banner, so she took the initiative to find Zhao Ji and said to him: "The concubine returned to her mother's house to save her relatives, and when she saw that Juzhong was in contact with her father, people said that he was recruiting power and bribes, and he should be banned and impeached." ”

When Zhao Ji heard this, his queen was really the material of the mother's world, and demoted Zheng Juzhong to a bachelor of the Guanwen Palace, and since then he has been even more fond of the queen.

Now that Zheng is the queen, like Concubine Liu, she has no background at home, and she has given birth to two daughters.

The queen who has died, but she gave birth to two sons to the official family... Zheng gave birth to one and died early, can she not think about her posthumous affairs?

Empress Zheng is so young, and she still "plays" chess with the emperor until midnight every day, it seems that she is not satisfied with giving birth to two emperors, and wants a son to rely on.

I, Yang Lin, am a big tree, strong and reliable, not more reliable than Zheng Juzhong. Isn't it just that the surname is not Zheng, Lao Tzu took off his official uniform and went to your father to worship him, when the time comes, everyone will be relatives, and it is too appropriate to take care of each other.

Besides, even if you give birth to a son, what if you can still protect you, after the death of Concubine Liu Guifei in history, Zhao Ji thought about it and posthumously made it the last. Empress Zheng is her adopted son, and she begs farewell to the gift of praise, and the emperor is overjoyed.

Since then, the son born to Concubine Liu Guifei was raised by the Zheng family, and was later captured by the Jin people and taken to the Five Kingdoms City, and was tortured to death in less than five years.

Thinking of this, the unhappiness in Yang Lin's heart quickly dissipated, and he was bound to climb the line of Empress Zheng, otherwise it would be too scary to deal with Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng at the same time...