Chapter 4: The Daojun dies

Wu Zhi comforted a few words, Wang Guifei's crying gradually stopped, her eyes were red, and she looked at Wu Zhi's arms with a pitiful look.

Wu Zhi pondered for a moment and said: "The matter after the establishment is not child's play, why should we talk about it when the imperial brother is sober!" Thinking that because the imperial brother was groggy, Beijing has not yet been decided, Wu Zhi sighed in his heart, and now Tong Guan is acting as a stay-at-home officer, originally a small prison soldier coincidentally sat in Hebei, in the past few years, although Rao Guan and Wu Zhi get along very well, but Wu Zhi has never been able to get rid of the idea that Tong Guan is a traitor, and he is very uneasy about sitting in Hebei.

"Yes, the concubine is afraid that the Zhongshu Province will bully the saint, and she is drowsy and ...... in the name of the saint," Wang Guifei was full of worry.

"They wouldn't dare to think about it...... But the royal sister-in-law only has her own score in her heart......"

After listening to Wu Zhi's words, Wang Guifei nodded slightly, looked at Wu Zhi a few times, and said faintly: "In the future, the concubine will not forget the righteousness of today's second brother." ”

As he was talking, a crisp and pleasant laugh suddenly came from outside the pavilion: "Xianggong, give me a few days!" With the laughter, a shadow floated into the pavilion, and Jiaojiao smiled and played with the dragon head in her hand, and her big eyes saw Wang Guifei slightly stunned, and looked Wang Guifei up and down.

Wu Zhi was afraid that she would say something unseemly and hurriedly said, "Qiqiao came to see the concubine Niangniang." He smiled at Wang Guifei again: "The imperial sister-in-law is Qiqiao." ”

"Imperial sister-in-law!" Qiqiao is slightly blessed, but it is not like Jinlian, they call Wang Guifei Niangniang.

Wang Guifei smiled: "My sister is really beautiful, and the elf doesn't blame the saint for always praising my sister." ”

Qiqiao danced with a golden gong in his hand and said with a smile: "Does the Holy Lord praise me too?" Tangram has such a big face! Saying this, but there was no surprise at all, showing a tone of coping, Wang Guifei was still about to speak, Qiqiao had already turned her head to Wu Zhi and said, "Xianggong." Shall I give you a good dance? ”

Wu Zhi glanced at Wang Guifei apologetically, and Wang Guifei smiled and shook her head. Gesture may be.

"Xuan Jing said you used a thousand guan last month? What is it used for? Wu Zhi asked Qiqiao.

Qiqiao was stunned for a moment, and her big eyes blinked, "Sister Xuanjing, what nonsense, I'll go to her to settle accounts!" He said a cigarette and ran away.

Wu Zhi looked at her back and smiled. Why can't it grow up?

"I really envy her......" Wang Guifei sighed as she looked in the direction where Qiqiao disappeared. There is no intrigue. All I got was pampering, this is a real woman, right......" The voice behind the earth was extremely low, and even Wu Zhi, who was sitting opposite, did not listen.

"It's time for me to go!" Wang Guifei got up and called the palace maid to speak, Wu Zhi took Wu Zhi in his arms, and sent Wang Guifei to the front of the mansion before turning back to the backyard.

It's afternoon. After sitting silently in front of Zhao Ji's sickbed for an hour, Wu Zhi slowly walked out of the dormitory, the sun was dazzling, and Wu Zhi squinted his eyes. Sighing, I don't know when the imperial brother will wake up, and the eunuch will lead in front. Wu Zhi followed and walked in the direction of the gate of the Forbidden Palace.

"Ahh His Royal Highness the Prince, don't ......" When they walked to the Baiyulan Bridge, the exclamations of the eunuchs and palace ladies attracted Wu Zhi's attention, and there was a circle at the end of the bridge, and the eunuchs and palace maids were coaxing around, not knowing what they were arguing about.

Wu Zhi walked over, and when the eunuch Gong'e saw it, they knelt down and saluted, and some people exclaimed: "Your Highness, your king Chitose has arrived." ”

Wu Zhi walked closer and saw Zhao Huan standing there angrily, muttering something in his mouth, and there was a famous Gong E next to him who was helping a young child to look carefully, it was Xuan.

"What's going on?" Wu Zhi frowned slightly.

"The prince has just ...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pushed down Her Royal Highness the Princess, ...... "Kneeling on the ground, although the eunuch was afraid to death, he didn't dare not say anything. According to the usual practice, at this time, it should be the prince who slapped him and scolded: "What are you wastes doing?" "Maybe even pull out a few people and cut off their heads.

Wu Zhi smiled slightly: "It's inevitable that children will quarrel, you all get up!" ”

Eunuch Gong'e, you look at me, I look at you, my eyes are full of surprise.

"Second uncle!" Although she fell, she didn't cry, but when she saw Wu Zhi coming with a smile, Wu Zhi had to hold her in her arms and look at these eunuchs and palace maids, obviously standing behind her, this side of the princess's room was naturally from the prince's East Palace.

"Go down, all of you! I have something to say to the prince. Wu Zhi saw Zhao Huan's eyes looking at him unwillingly, his eyes were full of anger, his heart was strange, it was not as simple as a child's quarrel, Wu Zhi naturally wanted to ask a closer look.

The eunuchs and palace ladies listened to Wu Zhi's orders and dispersed one after another, the royal affairs were not for fun, just said that the prince and the princess quarreled, saying that small is a trivial matter, but if it is big, it may lead to something, since the king took them, they naturally couldn't ask for it, and they were relieved in their hearts.

Wu Zhi said to the leading eunuch beside him: "Lead me to a secluded place." The leading eunuch nodded, looked at a courtyard not far away, and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, what do you think of Qinxin Garden?" ”

Wu Zhi nodded slightly, he entered the Qinxin Garden, it was a small garden, all of which were rare flowers and trees, the scenery was pleasant in spring and summer, and there were chess sets in the pavilion, which was one of the favorite places for Zhao Ji and his ministers to discuss and talk.

"Your Highness come with me!" Wu Zhi walked a few steps and saw that Zhao Huan was motionless and beckoned to him, and Zhao Huan reluctantly followed.

Sitting down in the pavilion of Qinxin Garden, Zhao Huan stood next to him, still looking at Xuan Yu angrily.

Wu Zhi waved his hand to lead the way, and the eunuch retreated to the outside of the pavilion and waited: "Your Highness, sit down." Wu Zhi said with a smile.

"Uncle doesn't dare to sit in Huan'er!" Zhao Huan seemed to take his anger out on Wu Zhi.

Wu Zhi smiled and asked reluctantly, "Why did you push down Xuan?" ”

Zhao Huan bit his lip vigorously and did not speak.

"Didn't the young master tell you the way to be a king? Brother can't do it? Still want to be Mingjun? Wu Zhi's tone gradually became stern. Young Master Chen Jingnai is Zhao Huan's teacher.

Zhao Huan was reprimanded by Wu Zhi, his eyes turned red and he lowered his head.

Wu Zhi looked at Zhao Huan for a while, and said in a slow tone: "Tell me, what's going on?" I heard the young master say that Your Highness is young and wise, I don't believe that you bullied your sister for no reason. ”

Zhao Huan suddenly looked up at Wu Zhi: "Father once told Huan'er that everything can be discussed with uncle. ”

Wu Zhi was stunned for a moment and nodded slightly.

Zhao Huan said: "Can you tell your uncle anything?" ”

Wu Zhi said: "That's nature! "The more curious I became. What does Zhao Huan want to say to himself?

"Okay, then please ask your uncle to be Huan'er's master!" Zhao Huan pointed at Bao Yu with his finger. He said loudly: "It was her mother who killed my mother!" ”

Wu Zhi was taken aback: "How do you know?" "If Wang Guifei really killed Queen Wang and was learned by Zhao Huan, then Wang Guifei's mother and daughter would have a worrying fate in the future.

"Huan'er...... Huan'er listened to the eunuch gossip yesterday. They said...... They said that it was the princess who gave the money. Let them spread rumors and cause my mother to die of depression! Zhao Huan looked at Zhao Huan, gritted his teeth, but he didn't know what was going on, and looked at Zhao Huan in Wu Zhi's arms and grinned.

"Eunuch? Which eunuch? Pick it up? Wu Zhi asked.

"I didn't ...... Huan'er was eavesdropping outside the garden, and when Huan'er entered the garden, the people ...... The person is gone......" Zhao Huan clenched his fists in hatred.

Wu Zhi let out an "oh". I see.

"Huan'er came to play chess with my uncle." The stone table in the pavilion is the chessboard, and the chess bowl is placed next to it, and the eunuchs will clean it every day.

Zhao Huan looked at Wu Zhi's arms and didn't speak.

Wu Zhi said: "Even if Wang Guifei killed Queen Wang." What did you do by bullying her? ”

Zhao Huan thought for a moment and nodded, sitting opposite Wu Zhi. Playing against Wu Zhi, Wu Zhi only recently learned to play Go. The level was a mess, Xu was won a few games by Zhao Huan, Zhao Huan after all, the child smiled proudly: "Uncle is not my opponent." ”

Wu Zhi smiled: "I'll tell you a story." ”

Zhao Huanbai smiled and said, "Okay, okay, Huan'er likes to listen to stories the most!" ”

Wu Zhi rang for a moment and began to tell the story: "Once upon a time, there was a market ......," but as he spoke, he saw that Zhao Huan had become listless from the beginning of elation, and he was stunned on the table with his hands on his cheeks, Wu Zhiqi said: "What's wrong?" ”

"Huan'er has heard the story of three people becoming tigers!" Zhao Huan pursed his lips.

"Well, since you've heard it, you should know that hearing is false, and seeing is believing!" Wu Zhi fiddled with the chess pieces and said nonchalantly.

"Uncle means those eunuchs are lying?" Zhao Huan's eyes widened.

"They may or may be true, but have you ever wondered why you heard such a confidential thing? Why can't you see them? ”

"This ......," Zhao Huan was speechless, his brows furrowed.

"Uncle thinks that even if the queen is really harmed, His Royal Highness can't judge people based on one or two rumors! Now that you are the crown prince, you will inherit the throne sooner or later in the future, and you must not speak lightly of human sin! ”

Zhao Huan nodded silently and said hatefully: "They are bullying me when I am young!" I know, it must be Zheng Guifei who framed me! ”

Wu Zhi was stunned for a moment, but heard Zhao Huan continue: "The young master told me that Concubine Zheng and Concubine Wang Guifei are vying to be my mother, and the young master said that Huan'er should not be too close to them now......"

Wu Zhi couldn't help but laugh dumbly as he told these secrets like pouring beans into a bamboo tube, but the young master was also dutiful, but his apprentice was too disobedient and sold him in a few words, if Zhao Ji heard this, Chen would not be cut off immediately?

"Didn't the young master tell you not to say these things outside?" Wu Zhi asked with a smile.

Zhao Huan scratched his head: "It's okay to tell your uncle, right?" ”

Wu Zhi smiled: "Don't mention these words again in the future, especially your father's emperor, if you don't do it, it will kill the young master!" ”

Zhao Huan nodded obediently, and suddenly grimaced at the Ying Ying in Wu Zhi's arms, and said with a smile: "Sister Yu Yu, I'm sorry." ”

He didn't pay attention to him, and just fiddled with the chess pieces that he had just grabbed in his hand.

"Let's have a few more plates!" Wu Zhi was a little unconvinced, and Zhao Huan smiled: "Okay, then win a few more games against my uncle." ”

When the two were fighting, a eunuch hurriedly entered the garden, and shouted: "Your Highness, Your Highness has woken up and summoned Your Highness, ...... you" Seeing Wu Zhiyi, he smiled and said: "The prince is just here." Save the villain from running to the palace again. ”

Hearing that, Zhao Ji woke up, and Wu Zhi stood up with a "Teng". Stuffed the concubine into the arms of the eunuch and said, "Send it to the princess!" Regardless of the grievance, she stretched out her hand and called "Second Uncle" to pull Zhao Huan and hurriedly rushed to the dormitory.

There was a strong smell of herbs wafting from the dormitory, and Zhao Ji was lying on the dragon bed. I struggled to open my eyes. Looking at Di Wuzhi and Zhao Huan in front of him, seeing that their hands were clasped tightly, Zhao Ji showed a smile of relief.

"Holy Lord, you have finally woken up, woo woo woo ......," a woman came in crying, and came to Zhao Jilong's couch, and cried loudly.

Zhao Ji frowned. The imperial doctor next to him hurriedly persuaded the woman, Wu Zhi took a few careful looks, and vaguely knew that the identity of the person who came must be Concubine Zheng. It's just that Zhao Ji just woke up and summoned Concubine Zheng Gui, and Wu Zhi's heart sank. Sure enough, as Wu Zhi expected, Zhao Ji reluctantly raised his hand. Pointing at Zheng Guifei and saying to Zhao Huan: "It's called...... Called the queen mother...... "The voice is very weak and weak, if it is not close, it will not be able to listen to Chu at all."

Zhao Huan was stunned for a moment, but Concubine Zheng Guifei's face was full of joy, although she tried her best to hide it and made a sad look, but the corners of her eyebrows and mouth were indescribably proud.

"I don't want it!" Zhao Huan was silent for a long time, and suddenly raised his head and shouted loudly.

Concubine Zheng's mouth was surprised to open up, and Zhao Ji pointed at Zhao Huan, wanting to say something, but couldn't say anything. The eunuch Gong E next to him didn't dare to say anything, and Wu Zhi sighed and walked over to Zhao Huan and said, "Don't be angry with your father." ”

"Huan'er...... You...... You ......" Zhao Ji pointed at Zhao Huan, one Yu and one Yu spitting very hard.

Zhao Huan glared at Concubine Zheng and said loudly: "I just don't want this bad woman to be my earth mother......"

"Poof", Zhao Ji spit out a mouthful of blood, fainted again, and the imperial doctor next to him hurriedly came to the rescue, Zheng Guifei rushed over and cried to the ground, Wu Zhi frowned, and said: "Niangniang, don't disturb the doctor!" ”

Zheng Guifei was also scolded by Zhao Huan in public for being a bad woman, her face was dull, and she was ashamed and ashamed in her heart, so she rushed to Zhao Jilong's couch and cried, and was said by Wu Zhi like this, and quickly got up, but when she was just called, the excitement and abnormal mood now disappeared, she glanced at Zhao Huan a few times, and then looked at Wu Zhi and turned his head.

The imperial doctor was busy for a long time before he could even balance Zhao Ji's qi and blood, but Zhao Ji only opened his eyes slightly and fell into a deep sleep.

Wu Zhi sighed and patted Zhao Huan's head: "Accompany your father more!" Zhao Huan nodded, Wu Zhi left, Zheng Guifei stayed bored, and left after a while.

Wu Zhi came out of the forbidden palace and was about to get into the carriage, when he suddenly saw a car galloping on Suzaku Street, a few hundred steps away from the forbidden palace, stopped and walked on the carriage, a person walked on the purple python, Yu Xuanang, it was Xiang Cai Jing.

Cai Jing saw Wu Zhileng for a moment, and immediately stepped forward with a smile: "Did the prince also learn the good news that the saint woke up?" ”

Wu Zhi nodded slightly and said, "Cai Xiang came so fast!" ”

If it was from Zhao Ji's waking up to sending a eunuch to send a message, Cai Jing would rush to the Forbidden Palace from the mansion to calculate the time, Cai Jing would be really fast enough.

Cai Jing smiled: "Isn't the prince faster." "Your Prince's Mansion is on the bank of Jinliang Bridge, and it is more than twice as far away from the Forbidden Palace as Cai Jing's Mansion.

"This king is in the palace just now!" Wu Zhi smiled.

"Oh? Doesn't that mean that the prince has seen the saint? Cai Jing's eyes lit up.

Wu Zhi sighed, thinking of Zhao Ji, his expression was a little gloomy.

Cai Jing said with a smile: "I heard that the princess visited the prince some time ago? ”

Wu Zhi nodded slightly, this kind of thing can't be hidden, and anyone with a heart will know it.

Cai Jing smiled: "This official also recommended Wang Guifei with the Shengshang, but the Shengshang said that although the concubine is virtuous, she has no mother's prestige in the world, and she is Zheng Guifei, who was only elected by the Zhongshu Province......"

Wu Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then he knew that Cai Jing thought that Zhao Ji had declared Zheng Guifei the queen, and he looked unhappy when he thought that he was the queen of the princess.

Wu Zhi didn't bother to talk to him more, and laughed: "The grass edict of Zhongshu Province is naturally not wrong, and as for the queen, it is naturally a holy ruling." ”

Cai Jing smiled: "That's that!" ”

"This king has some things to say goodbye!" Wu Zhi and Cai Jing said goodbye, Cai Jing smiled and saluted back, and Wu Zhi boarded the carriage before turning around and walking towards the palace gate.

In the study room of the palace marshal's mansion, sandalwood curled up, and he flipped through the books on the desk, shook his head and sighed: "Alas, I really can't imagine that the saint has not gone yet, Cai Xiang and your king will fight for the affairs of the future!" Although he sighed, he had a look of schadenfreude.

Staff member Mr. Sun stood aside and said with a smile: "First of all, the collegial saint of Zhongshu Province has the intention of establishing Zheng Guifei, who knows that the day before yesterday, Zheng Guifei was so angry that she vomited blood and fell into a coma, and now the situation is complicated." ”

"Zheng Guifei made the saint so angry that she coughed up blood? ......" Gao Yu shook his head, "How can these eunuchs and palace ladies do things accurately with false rumors?" ”

"Even if you can't do it accurately, but the forbidden palace has spread all over the place, and now there are voices in Zhongshu Province against the establishment of Zheng Guifei as the queen, and it seems that Cai Xiang is also a little disturbed, this time he wants to press the wrong treasure again, and in the future, he will be eaten to death by the king!" The head of Mr. Sun's analysis is the Tao.

Gao Yu smiled and nodded, but there was a hint of worry between his eyebrows.

"Your Excellency, are you afraid that your king will gain power?" Mr. Sun asked cautiously.

Gao Yu sighed: "I originally thought that Concubine Zheng Guifei was the queen, how could there be sudden twists and turns?" At that time, in addition to the eunuchs in the palace, there were only Zheng Guifei, the noble king and the crown prince, if the king was so angry that the saint vomited blood, it didn't seem like first, the king and the saint had always been close, and besides, he didn't have such a great ability, so the eunuchs and palace ladies present planted Zheng Guifei and Cai Xiang would not be so in a dilemma, could it be the prince? ”

Mr. Sun scolded: "Prince? Although Prince Suwen is young, he is smart and wise, how can he be so angry that he is holy? ”

"We don't know that! Alas......" Gao Yu sighed again and said helplessly: "In the future, our palace marshal's mansion will be careful!" "Zhao Jituogu's three ministers, Cai Jing'an, Gongtao, Xu Jiang, Wu Zhi can be counted as half, because Wu Zhi does not belong to Zhongshu Province, does not belong to the Privy Council, but is a royal family, and Tuo Gu is not a minister of Tuo Gu. But after all the calculations, Gao Yu can't touch the side, so it's no wonder that he is depressed these days.

"Why did the marshal say this? Otherwise, take the opportunity to show favor to Cai Xiang, no matter what, Cai Xiang is now at a disadvantage, and sending charcoal in the snow is far better than icing on the cake! As soon as Mr. Sun finished speaking, he saw Gao Yu's eyes glaring over, and hurriedly stopped his mouth, for these court affairs, Gao Yu has always not allowed Mr. Sun to talk more and take ideas.

"What charcoal to send? Your king now has a killer feature! If you really pushed him into a hurry...... He...... Gao Yu sighed, remembering that Wu Zhi once beat his son in public, and his temper was really speechless, and now that he has Jin Gong in hand, he should not join in the fun. remembered that Wu Zhi once threw an olive branch, Gao Yu regretted it for a while, why didn't he take the opportunity to reconcile with him at that time?

"Go back and tell me that bad boy to be careful these days!" Gao Yu told Mr. Sun uneasily.

Mr. Sun nodded but said a little unwillingly: "Doesn't the palace marshal want to go further?" ”

Gao Yu smiled: "There are also things that are in a hurry, and I can't rush ......" said and looked down at the book again, ignoring Mr. Sun, and Mr. Sun retreated with interest.

On the second day of May in the seventh year of Chongning, the provincial draft edict overturned the original proposal and asked for the establishment of Wang Guifei, a few days later, Zhao Ji was dazed and approved, on the day of Wang Guifei's jubilant ceremony, Zhao Ji suddenly woke up and summoned Wu Zhi and Cai Jing several auxiliary ministers to discuss the matter, and before Zhao Ji arrived, Zhao Ji began to vomit blood, not only in the anxious call of the imperial doctor, in the cry of the eunuch of the palace, Emperor Daojun slowly closed his eyes.

On May 14 of the seventh year of Chongning, the Daojun Emperor died, the body and the gods were together, the Jun Lie, Xun Gong, the Shengwen Rende, the Xianci Xian Xian, the Emperor of filial piety, the day of the Tokyo city was hung with white silk, the sound of crying was endless, the funeral ceremony was organized by the new emperor Zhao Huan and the emperor's uncle Wu Zhi, the civil and military officials were dressed in linen, and there were several scholars crying and fainting, in the past, a sixty-year-old official was overwhelmed with sorrow, and followed Zhao Ji away, and also became a generation of good stories.

On May 15 of the seventh year of Chongning, Zhao Huan succeeded to the throne and granted amnesty to the queen of the world, and before Zhao Huan became an adult, he broke the military and state affairs, Cai Jing was crowned Taishi An Gongtao, and Fu Xu will be added to the Taiwei. Thinking about it, this was all arranged by Zhao Ji, but it was sealed by Zhao Huan to show the favor of the new emperor.