"Wang Xiang? When did you get back? When Li Zhang saw Wang Zeng in the palace, he couldn't help but show a surprised look, although Zhao Zhen had said before that he would summon Wang Zeng back to Beijing to take up his post, but suddenly seeing him appear in the palace still made Li Zhang feel very surprised.

"I just came back today, this is Ling Ai, right?" Wang Zeng and Li Zhang are also old acquaintances, and they also smiled at the moment, and looked at An Ran in Li Zhang's arms, although he has not been in the capital in the past few years, he has also heard that Li Zhang has a daughter.

"Yes, Anran quickly salutes the king!" Li Zhang said and put An Ran down, but the little girl actually had a daughter, which made Wang Zeng smile.

"An Ran is coming to Uncle Cousin, where did you go just now?" Zhao Zhen was also very happy to see An Ran, and there was no emperor's greeting at the moment, but An Ran was not timid at all, and ran to Zhao Zhen's side at the moment and shouted: "Uncle Cousin, hug!" ”

Zhao Zhen immediately picked up An Ran and turned around a few times, Wang Zeng also got up and retired at this time, because his matter had just been finished, and Li Zhang personally sent Wang Zeng out of the hall, but when Wang Zeng left, he suddenly asked Li Zhang: "Li Duwei, I heard that you have a good relationship with Lu Yijian?" ”

"My relationship with Lu Xiang is the same as my relationship with Wang Xiang, in contrast, I have known Wang Xiang first." Li Zhang replied helplessly with his hands spread out at the moment, he knew what Wang Zeng meant, but he didn't want to introduce the fight between the two.

Hearing Li Zhang's answer, Wang Zeng was stunned at first, then laughed out loud, and when he turned to leave, he didn't forget to leave a sentence: "Li Duwei is really a wonderful person!" ”

"Wonderful people can't talk about it, but laypeople are real!" Li Zhang told the truth, and Wang Zeng laughed even more after hearing it.

Sending Wang Zeng away, Li Zhang turned around and returned to the main hall, only to see Zhao Zhen holding An Ran on his lap at this time, holding a lion paperweight for the little girl to play with as a toy, and chatting with the little girl by the way, but An Ran is only more than two years old, although the child of this age has spoken very clearly, it is still a little difficult for her to answer the questions in an orderly manner, but Zhao Zhen is tired of it, and it can be seen that he likes children very much.

"Enron, who did you see when you entered the palace?" I saw Zhao Zhen smile again at this time and asked, since Empress Zhang died, it has been a long time since he has seen him smile.

"Auntie's ...... Younger brother, younger brother ......" An Ran first replied to his aunt and grandmother, and then thought for a while before he excitedly called his younger brother, probably thinking of the lovely Zhao Fang, after all, there is a special attraction among children, and An Ran usually rarely comes into contact with other children, so he is also very excited when he thinks of Zhao Fang at this time.

Hearing An Ran call his younger brother, Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment before he realized that she was talking about her son, which made him have a complicated look on his face, and then asked Li Zhang: "Cousin, have you gone to see the queen mother?" ”

"Well, my aunt wants to be safe, so Qingzhi and I took her into the palace, and by the way, I also let An Ran know her younger brother, I haven't seen her for a while, Fang'er has not only gained a lot of weight, but also become white and tender, An Ran likes him very much, and he has been holding Fang'er's hand just now and refuses to let go." Li Zhang also replied with a smile at this time.

Maybe it was Li Zhang's words that touched Zhao Zhen, maybe it was An Ran's innocence that made him think of his son, he hesitated for a moment and finally stood up and said: "I haven't visited the queen mother for a long time, and she must be tired from helping me take care of the child!" ”

Hearing Zhao Zhen say this, Li Zhang finally breathed a sigh of relief, because this shows that Zhao Zhen doesn't really dislike Zhao Fang's child, it's just that there is a knot in his heart because of Queen Zhang's death, but it is not serious, as long as he usually gets along with the child more, it should not be difficult to untie.

At that moment, Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen left the vertical arch hall, and then came to the Empress Dowager Li's bedroom again, and Zhao Fang, the little guy, had just eaten enough, and had not slept yet, the Empress Dowager Li was playing with a rattle, and the little guy also stretched out his fat little hand to catch it, but he couldn't catch it, and finally the Empress Dowager Li also laughed and stuffed the small drum into his hand, which made the little guy smile with satisfaction.

"See the Queen Mother!" Zhao Zhen came in and saw Empress Dowager Li and immediately saluted.

"Your Majesty, come quickly, Fang'er is so gratifying, now she will play by herself." Empress Dowager Li immediately greeted Zhao Zhen in surprise when she saw him come in, and stuffed the child into Zhao Zhen's arms as she spoke.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Zhao Zhen hugged him after Zhao Fang was born, when Zhao Fang was just born and was carried out by the midwife, he just glanced at it and let people hold it to the Empress Dowager Li, and then Queen Zhang died, Zhao Zhen had no chance to hold the child, and now he was suddenly stuffed by the mother into the child, he was also a little at a loss, after all, Zhao Fang is not like An Ran, An Ran can already run and jump, how to hold it, but Zhao Fang is like a soft worm, he can't even lift his head, and he is also particular when he hugs.

Seeing Zhao Zhen's hurried appearance, Li Zhang also hurriedly pointed out a few words to him, which allowed Zhao Zhen to correctly hold the child in his arms, and Zhao Fang also shook the rattle at this time, listening to the sound of "dong dong dong" from the small drum, and immediately grinned very happily, a white and fat little face was all wrinkled together, and even his eyes were narrowed into a slit.

Zhao Zhen looked at his son's cute and innocent smile, and the whole seemed to be greatly touched, and the originally stiff expression on his face began to melt, in fact, even if it is a father-son relationship, it also needs to be cultivated, if a father and son usually do not communicate, or even do not see each other for many years, the relationship will slowly fade, which also applies to other feelings.

Seeing Zhao Zhen holding his son, Li Zhang glanced at Qingzhi at this time, and the other party immediately understood, and then she hugged An Ran and left quietly, Li Zhang also whispered goodbye to Empress Dowager Li, and Empress Dowager Li immediately understood what Li Zhang meant, after all, Li Zhang's family of three is here, and Zhao Zhen may be sad again when he sees it, so he also nodded and sent Li Zhang away.

"Husband, I think Your Majesty still likes children, his heart knot should be untied, right?" On the way back, Qingzhi also asked Li Zhang, although she hadn't heard the conversation between Li Zhang and Empress Dowager Li before, she could probably guess the cause and effect of this incident.

"It's only a preliminary untie of His Majesty's heart knot, and if you want to completely untie it, you still need to let their father and son get along more and deepen their relationship." Li Zhang said again at the moment, parents also need to participate in all stages of their children's growth, so as to cultivate a deeper family relationship, if parents lack the growth of their children, it will cause all kinds of problems, such as the left-behind children in later generations are typical.

Early the next morning, the news of Wang Zeng's return to Beijing spread throughout the capital, compared to Li Di, Wang Zeng's reputation is much larger, so the news of his return also caused greater waves, and on this day's early court, Zhao Zhen officially issued an order, appointing Wang Zeng as a privy envoy and a secretary of the ministry, and the three envoys were temporarily served by Chen Yaozuo.

Although the power of the privy envoy is not as good as that of the prime minister, it is also one of the three giants in the court, directly entering the power core of the court, and can participate in the handling of core government affairs, and in addition to Lu Yijian, among the many ministers, only Wang Zeng has the highest prestige, plus Wang Zeng has been the prime minister for many years, and there are many relatives and friends in the court, so it is implicitly that Wang Zeng has become a figure competing with Lu Yijian.

You must know that before Wang Zeng came back, Lu Yi's resume did not fall after two dynasties, and he also supported Zhao Zhen at a critical moment, which can be described as a veteran of the two dynasties, although there are still some old ministers in the court, but they can't be compared with Lu Yijian, to put it mildly, the entire court is almost about to become Lu Yijian's Yiyantang, which also reminds people of the original Ding Wei, so Zhao Zhen will find a way to set up an opponent for Lu Yijian.

Lu Yijian's performance did not disappoint, according to the news that Li Zhang learned, on the first day Wang Zeng went to the political hall, he almost clashed with Lu Yijian, although Lu Yijian did not directly point the finger at Wang Zeng, but he reprimanded the prime minister Song Shou, and scolded the officials he recommended for being unqualified, but Wang Zeng's return to Beijing this time was also recommended by Song Shou, so Lu Yijian almost pointed at Wang Zeng and scolded, but Wang Zeng also went back, and the first contact between the two was also unhappy.

In addition to the secrets of the court, the battle in the court is the favorite gossip of Tokyo people, so the news of Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian's discord immediately spread throughout the capital, becoming the biggest gossip after the funeral of Empress Zhang and the birth of Zhao Fang, the prince, for a while, everyone was discussing the grievances between Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian.

However, although Wang Zeng's prestige is high, his position is not as good as Lu Yijian's after all, so in the initial confrontation, Wang Zeng was also at a disadvantage, and Lu Yijian used his status as prime minister to suppress Wang Zeng everywhere, which made Wang Zeng angry, but Wang Zeng was not Li Di, and he also knew Zhao Zhen's intention to let him return to Beijing, so Wang Zeng's strategy for this was one word, that is, "forbearance", as long as Lu Yijian did not completely tear his face with him, he was too lazy to deal with the other party.

In addition to dealing with government affairs recently, Zhao Zhen has been paying attention to Empress Zhang's funeral and the construction of the imperial mausoleum, and the rest of the time has been occupied by Empress Dowager Li and Zhao Fang, so he has no time to pay attention to the battle between Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian, and for him, as long as the two of them are not too out of line, after all, this was originally arranged by him.

Li Zhang has also been paying attention to the affairs of Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng, he didn't want to get involved in this matter, because both sides are his acquaintances, although they are not friends, but after all, they have had some contacts, especially Lu Yijian, no matter what the other party's purpose is, he has always instructed him, so he must return this favor, and now although Lu Yijian has the upper hand, he can see some signs of not being good.