In October of the second year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty, 1120 A.D., Bianliang Imperial Palace, in the wing room of Qinghe Courtyard.

A teenager was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his eyebrows were extremely high, his face was handsome, but he was a little thin, and his fair face was faintly stained with a sallow color.

There was a vermilion case next to the bed, and a futon was placed on each side of the case, on which kneeling sat a girl in a skirt and a young woman in palace clothes.

"The seventh brother fell off the horse for the sake of the kite, if the seventh brother has three long and two short, the kite really doesn't know what to do?" The girl in the skirt blamed herself.

She is the beloved daughter of the queen, the title of Emperor Huayi (1), only less than thirteen years old, but she has already become a beauty, very beautiful, melon seed face, a pair of big and round eyes under the thick eyebrows, but at the moment the eyes are red, obviously just cried not long ago, I see You Pian.

The young woman in the palace costume patted Huayi Emperor Ji's arm and comforted: "Lang Zhong has already diagnosed Xu'er, saying that Xu'er's pulse is normal and her breath is stable, but her brain has suffered some concussions, as long as she can wake up, there is no big problem, and it is his blessing that Xu'er can prevent disasters for Emperor Ji, and Emperor Ji should not blame herself anymore." ”

"Is Seventh Brother really going to be fine?" Huayi's mood really improved a lot after hearing this, but he was still a little relieved, and then turned his head to look at the young man on the bed.

Suddenly, the boy moaned softly, his brow furrowed slightly, as if he was waking up.

"Brother Qi seems to be awake!"

Hua Yi rubbed his eyes, and after making sure that he was not mistaken, he couldn't help but exclaim.

On the bed, Zhao Xu's brain returned to his body after a tingling pain, and with a large amount of information gushing out in his mind, the memories of the two worlds collided, overlapped, and gradually merged together.

"I feel like I've crossed over in a soul?"

"The host has the same name as my previous life, and he is still a prince of the Great Song Dynasty!"

Zhao Xu opened his eyes unbelievingly, and what caught his eyes was an antique curtain, next to a young woman in palace clothes and a girl in a skirt were looking at him excitedly around the bed, Zhao Xu suddenly felt a burst of hair, and his eyes showed embarrassment.

"Great! Brother Qi, you finally woke up! ”

Huayi Emperor Ji didn't notice Zhao Xu's abnormality, because he was too excited, his cheeks were red, and he smiled and revealed two small dimples.

"God forbid, it's good to wake up, it's good to wake up!"

Seeing that his son woke up, Zhou breathed a long sigh of relief, with a joy on his face that could not be concealed, and a big stone pressed in his heart was finally put down.

Huayi and Zhou's words undoubtedly confirmed Zhao Xu's guess, it seems that he really crossed over, fortunately, he had a strong psychological quality in his previous life, plus he had read too many travel novels, and he had some understanding of the situation of soul wearing, so he was finally not too scared and scared, and made a fool of himself in person.

After hurriedly searching the memory of the host, Zhao Xu immediately knew the identities of the two women in front of him, in order not to expose his identity and cause trouble, he decided to try to play the role of Zhao Xu, the seventh prince, and deal with the crisis in front of him.

Zhao Xu carefully organized the language and said, "That, it's me who is not good, and it makes my mother and Emperor Ji worried......"

Zhou sat on the edge of the collapse, stroked the top of Zhao Xu's head with his hand, and said with a smile: "I'm okay, but it's Emperor Ji, I have really been scared for you for a long time this time, and Xu'er will definitely thank others after she recovers." ”

"Yes, the kid remembers." Zhao Xu coughed lightly, hiding the apprehension and embarrassment in his heart.

Huayi's face turned red when he heard this, and he said in a voice like a mosquito: "Madam, don't say that, yesterday on the horse farm, if it weren't for the seventh brother, I'm afraid I'll have returned to the underworld by now......"

What Emperor Huayi said Zhao Xu already knew through the memory of the host, yesterday Zhao Xu came out of the self-funded benevolent hall (the place of study for the princes), and when he returned to the Qinghe Academy, he passed by the polo field, and happened to see Huayi practicing riding, but somehow, the horse was suddenly frightened and uncontrollable.

Seeing that he was about to be thrown off the horse, Zhao Xu didn't have time to think more, rushed up to a stirrup, saved the emperor, and acted as a meat pad, falling to the ground, and whimpering, which created conditions for the soul to wear.

This is indeed a life-saving grace for Emperor Ji, but Zhao Xu has just undergone a great change, and his mind is not very stable, so he doesn't know how to reply to this sister who rarely intersects on weekdays, and the scene is a little embarrassing all of a sudden.

At this moment, an attendant hurriedly ran towards the bedroom, and when he saw that Zhao Xu had woken up, he couldn't help but be happy and surprised, and bowed to Zhou and Huayi and said: "The envoy of the Tian Palace there of the sage (2) is here, saying that he wants to invite the emperor back to the West Palace. ”

"Let the envoy of Tian Dian, wait in the main hall, and say that the concubine will arrive later!"

Zhou had just finished giving the order and was about to leave, when there was already a sound of footsteps outside the dormitory, and when the waiter turned around and pushed open the door, Tian Wen had already stayed for a while, and the eunuchs had arrived at the door of the bedroom.

"Visiting in a hurry, there is a lot of trouble, and I hope that Zhou Cai will not be blamed!"

Tian Wen is the deputy governor of the Inner Servant Province, the envoy of the Ciyuan Palace, and the six-rank official, who is no longer below the Zhou family in terms of rank in the inner court, and is also a confidant of the queen Wang, and his status has far exceeded that of the Zhou family, a low-level concubine who is not favored.

So when he saw Zhou, Tian Wen just bowed his hand slightly, which was regarded as a courtesy.

Zhou Su bowed and said, "Tian Dian's envoy's intention to come to the concubine body is already known, it depends on the meaning of the emperor." ”

Tian Wen nodded, walked to Huayi and saluted, and said, "Emperor, it's not early, go back to the palace with the old slave." ”

Hua Yi pouted and said a little reluctantly: "Seventh brother has just woken up, and Kite is not at ease and doesn't want to go back." ”

"The saint is worried about the safety of the emperor, and he urges him very tightly, be sure to let the old slave bring the emperor back to the palace, don't make it difficult for the old slave, you know the saint's temper, the old slave does not dare to disrespect." Tian Wen said with a smile.

"But ......"

Zhou on the side saw Huayi Emperor's hesitation, and hurriedly stepped forward to make a round: "Since the saint is urging, Emperor Ji should go back as soon as possible, don't let the saint worry." If Emperor Ji is not worried about Xu'er's injury, she can come to visit tomorrow, and she doesn't care about this moment. ”

Hua Yi bit his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Then the kite will come back tomorrow." ”

After looking at Zhao Xu on the bed with some hesitation, Hua Yi stomped his feet and followed the eunuchs out of the bedroom.

Tian Wen didn't go out, he waved his hand and summoned a small chamberlain holding a black lacquered wooden plate, walked to the bed, and said to Zhao Xu who was half lying on the bed: "The sage is very grateful to the Seven Princes, this is a small meaning." ”

After speaking, he lifted the silk cloth covering the tray, and the golden light gushed out, and the gold ingots of twenty taels were neatly arranged in two rows, and for a while people were a little unable to open their eyes.

Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, China's gold production is very small, in the Tang and Song dynasties, the country's annual gold output is only tens of thousands of taels, the price of gold is extremely expensive, three hundred taels of gold is enough to pay the prime minister for several years, ordinary people spend hundreds of years.

(1) Emperor Ji: During the Northern Song Dynasty Huizong, he changed "princess" to "emperor". In the third year of Zhenghe (1113), due to Cai Jing's suggestion, the Song court imitated the title of "Wang Ji" in the Zhou Dynasty and announced that all "princesses" would be called "emperors". This system lasted for more than ten years, and it was not until the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty that the old system was restored, and the emperor was still called "princess".

(2) Sage: The honorific title given to the empress in the Song Dynasty.