Listening to this old man who was once in charge of the politics of the Great Song Dynasty, at this moment, he is like an ordinary peasant old man, making his last efforts for the harmony of his children and grandchildren. And at this moment, Zhao Xiaoxi also knew that in the hands of this old man, he still held a lot of hidden powers of the royal family.

After chatting with Empress Dowager Gao for a few words, watching the other party's spirit begin to sink again, Zhao Xiaoxi finally understood. This old man, who used to be in power and the opposition, finally couldn't withstand the erosion of the years, and was about to leave with endless reluctance.

Helping Empress Dowager Gao to lie down, Zhao Xiaoxi told her to come to see her when she woke up. In this regard, the old man, who was already drooping his eyelids, even saved the movement of waving his hand, and fell back into a coma.

Seeing Zhao Xiaoxi come out of the palace, the chief eunuch waiting at the door said very respectfully: "Lord of the county!" ”

Zhao Xiaoxi nodded and said, "Father-in-law, take care of it, this king has left in advance." The Empress Dowager is asleep now, so don't disturb it easily. When she wakes up, try not to disturb her, you know? ”

The chief eunuch was flattered and said, "The prince of the county has tormented the slaves!" Please rest assured, the slaves will definitely take care of the queen mother. If there is any situation, the slave will send someone to inform the prince of the county as soon as possible. ”

After chatting with the imperial grandmother's confidant eunuch, Zhao Xiaoxi quickly walked to the palace where Zhao Xu lived. Every eunuch and palace maid walking in the palace, and even those forbidden soldiers, greeted him with kindness.

Although he hasn't been back here for almost three years, he is familiar with this Zhao Hyo-seok, who has been familiar with every corner since he was a child. There was no need to be led at all, and he walked directly to Zhao Xu's imperial study, and Zhao Xu's personal eunuch was already waiting here.

I saw Cho Hyo-seok coming. The eunuch said very respectfully: "Lord Jun, the official family is waiting inside." Previously, the official family had to confess to the minions. When the prince of the county comes, you can enter by yourself. ”

After saying this. The eunuch pushed the door open with a gentle movement. Seeing that there didn't seem to be any movement inside, Zhao Xiaoxi nodded and walked in very calmly. When he entered, the eunuch closed the door again.

Zhao Xu, who was sitting in the secretary reviewing the folds, saw Zhao Xiaoxi walking in, and did not stop the work at hand at all. And Zhao Xiaoxi bowed his hand very respectfully and said: "Weichen Zhao Xiaoxi, see my emperor, long live long live, long live!" ”

Listening to Zhao Xiaoxi's visit, Zhao Xu didn't hear it. Continue to Zhu Pi's hand. And Zhao Xiaoxi didn't speak, just kept a posture of bending down and saluting. The atmosphere in the study suddenly became cold again.

It seemed that after finishing the matter at hand, Zhao Xu said lightly: "Calm down!" ”

Zhao Xiaoxi quickly straightened his waist and said, "Thank you official!" ”

After that, he continued to look at Zhao Xu calmly, wanting to see what this cousin, who was like a brother when he was a child, was going to do with him. To be precise, this will determine his attitude towards Zhao Xu's future.

From the moment he entered the imperial study, Zhao Xiaoxi could clearly feel it. There was no ambush in this study. This shows that subconsciously, Zhao Xu still believes in him. It's just that because of the emperor's face, he doesn't want Zhao Xiaoxi to be soft.

That's it for the two brothers. One sat and the other stood, speechless for a long time. In the end, Zhao Xu couldn't help it, and looked at each other calmly. said, "You really want to leave?" ”

Zhao Xiaoxi quickly said: "Go back to the official's house, yes." Exactly. Wechen had to leave. ”

'Why?' ’

Regarding Zhao Xiaoxi's answer, Zhao Xu seemed to be very curious. But soon Zhao Xiaoxi said: "A person who is regarded as a threat by the monarch." Can you still stay in this court calmly? I didn't want to die, I had to leave. ”

When Zhao Xu heard this, he frowned and said, "Are you blaming me?" ”

Wechen didn't dare, Wechen was just stating a fact. What's more, Weichen felt that it was better to be an idle prince of the rivers and lakes than to be a suspicious county prince. Of course, to be an ordinary Jianghu person, Weichen is also willing. ’

Hearing Zhao Xiaoxi's resolute tone, Zhao Xu suddenly said with a cold face: "What if I don't let it?" ”

In Zhao Xu's opinion, he was afraid that Zhao Xiaoxi would pose a threat to his throne. can hear Zhao Xiaoxi, dare to give up glory and wealth so firmly. I feel very uncomfortable and don't want to let it go my way.

Seeing Zhao Xu's expression, Zhao Xiaoxi finally said directly: "Little Liu, I want to ask you a question, do you know how big this world is?" Is this chair really that important to you? ”

Seeing Zhao Xiaoxi shouting out his name, Zhao Xu was angry but not angry, and said calmly: "What do you want to tell me?" ”

Zhao Xiaoxi walked to the map of the imperial study, pointed to the soil of the Great Song Dynasty and said: "This is the inheritance left to us by our ancestors, and there is even a large piece here, which is occupied by the Liao State." You and the Emperor are looking forward to taking it back.

But do you know what is outside the kingdom? What is it outside of Annam? Outside of Tianzhu, how vast is the soil? When you look at this territory, I see the wider world.

Since you think that my stay in the imperial court will make you feel threatened. It will make your courtiers think that I, the prince of the county, have bad intentions. As the folk saying goes, there is no place to stay here, there is a place to stay here. Isn't it? ”

Hearing such bold words for the first time, Zhao Xu immediately sneered: "So, don't you like this bit of inheritance left by your ancestors?" Do you still want to go overseas and expand the land to become the king and hegemon? ”

In the face of Zhao Xu's cynicism, Zhao Xiaoxi said very directly: "To be honest, I have been fulfilling the promise I made when I came back from Shaolin. Even if I wander the rivers and lakes, have I ever delayed the formation of the cavalry?

Didn't I run around on the rivers and lakes, let those people in the rivers and lakes smuggle horses for the imperial court, and the cavalry of the imperial court's border army could grow so rapidly right now? Have you ever seen these efforts I make?

This time, when I learned that my grandmother was seriously ill, I left what I was doing, ran all the way to kill eight horses, and returned here from Western Xia. What did you give me? It's not a word of happiness, but my father and brother under house arrest, in exchange for you, what is it like for you?

Since I dare to come today, I am not afraid to be honest with you. I never wanted to compete with you for power. Because I know that the emperor is not a good job, and the burden of the world is not so easy to carry.

Since you would rather believe in those loyal and patriotic ministers who seem to you to be loyal and patriotic, than to believe in me, a brother whose blood melts into water. So what do I have to be nostalgic for? Do you not leave, waiting to be placed under house arrest in the Imperial City? ”

Hearing these arrogant and bold words, Zhao Xu said angrily: "You are so bold, do you think I won't dare to kill you?" ”

In response to this, Zhao Xiaoxi smiled faintly and said, "You don't dare!" Let's not talk about it, can you kill me? Without evidence, killing a county prince, have you ever thought about explaining to the courtiers and the people of the world? A monarch who is easy to kill will not win the hearts of the people.

In addition, I won't hide it from you, the imperial grandmother has already told me just now to let me leave here. This is for my good, but also for your good, to be exact, for the good of the entire Great Song Dynasty. If you are still the emperor! ”

In response to Zhao Xiaoxi's answer, Zhao Xu took a deep breath and said, "You really have a heart of disobedience!" ”

'Wrong! From beginning to end, I never thought of challenging your imperial power. In order to be an emperor, I prefer to be a generalissimo. Sitting on that dragon chair every day, it seems that the scenery is infinitely powerful. But in this world, it all depends on the mouths of those courtiers.

What else do they say besides singing praises of virtue? In order to please the monarch and compete for power and profit, don't they have a face up and a face behind them? This kind of life is not what I want, I prefer to take my destiny into my own hands.

Of course, you can order the forbidden army of the Imperial City to besiege me and kill me in the Imperial City. But I can assure you that the consequence of this will be that the palace will be a river of blood. Do you really want to see this?

There is another point, which is also what the imperial grandmother asked me to tell you. This time I am leaving, not only will I leave, but my father, my mother, and even my brother will leave. From now on, we will be an ordinary Zhao family, not some royal descendants.

Is there one thing you haven't seen until now? Have you ever seen me ever appointed a commander of the cavalry since I was ordered to form a cavalry army? Those commanders, which ones were not appointed by you personally? If you kill me, what will they think?

And you underestimate the mind of the emperor's grandmother, she is the master of the harem of the three dynasties, and she has gone through two dynasties between you and the first emperor. Do you think she doesn't have any hidden power in her hands? If you want to be truly in power, you have to get the power in her hands.

If you don't let me go, the Imperial Grandmother will return to the court and use the power in her hands. Even if the removal of you as a monarch is not successful, do you think this court is still a court? Have you ever seen a situation where royalty is killing each other? ’

After saying something neatly, Zhao Xu suddenly realized that the imperial grandmother still held the power of the royal family. If he really does this kind of thing, the royal family can really use the monarch's immoral right to declare the world.

At that time, even if Zhao Xu can save the situation, those children of the royal family who are qualified to inherit the unification. It is completely possible to rely on the decision made by the royal clan to crusade against him, an unscrupulous monarch. At that time, the Great Song Dynasty will continue to be in dispute!

I always thought that at this moment, he had truly become the monarch who controlled the world. But after listening to Zhao Xiaoxi's words, he realized how ridiculous his arrogance and the emperor's self-confidence were.

Especially heard Zhao Xiaoxi say that this is what the imperial grandmother said. Zhao Xu finally sat back down with a wordless face, he felt that this emperor was really too much of a failure.

Looking at Zhao Xu's lost expression, Zhao Xiaoxi also sighed and said, "Little Liu, your heart is too anxious, your heart is too big." But I never thought that in the years when my grandmother handled the government on your behalf, although I was repeatedly bullied by Fanbang.

But after a few years of recuperation, the people have recovered a little bit of vitality. You can see now that the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty are strong and strong, how could you have thought that this was left to you by your grandmother? She is an old man, wiser than you and me, and has a more rational vision of affairs. ”

After saying this, I saw Zhao Xu's depressed appearance. Zhao Xiaoxi also knew that today's words, he was only afraid that he would have to think about it for a while. So, after saluting, he simply left here. (To be continued......)