Leng Yi kissed her red lips, as if he was going to use this trick to open her mouth. Only then did he continue: "The holy decree of the official family is to let his third son Zhao Yuankan inherit the throne, but I think that the adopted son of Empress Hua Rui, that is, the eldest grandson of the first emperor, the eldest son of Zhao Dezhao, is now renamed Zhao Heng, and he inherits the throne." Zhao Dezhao is your half-brother, Zhao Heng is also your nephew, and you are his aunt. He is the emperor, doesn't it have anything to do with you? ”

Bai Hong's expression was faint: "I don't care who is the emperor." ”

"But I care!" Leng Yi said in a low voice: "I can't let Zhao Guangyi's son be the emperor!" Otherwise, he will definitely deal with me in the future when he becomes an adult! You don't want him to kill me one day, do you? ”

Bai Hong smiled softly and said, "This reason can convince me." Well, how can I help you? ”

"The official family has designated four auxiliary ministers in the secret decree, including your father Zhao Hongru. He is hostile to me, it stands to reason that Zhao Heng can also be regarded as his closest relative, he should be in favor of replacing Zhao Heng to inherit the throne, but I am worried that he doesn't care about this, and he is a very domineering person, if he insists on letting Zhao Yuankan inherit the throne, then I will be miserable. He has been begging me all these days to persuade me to persuade you to forgive him, and he knows that he is wrong. So, for my sake, you can help me and forgive him. All right? ”

Bai Hong looked at him and said softly: "I can help you tell him, but I won't forgive him!" ”

"Okay, as long as you help me get him." Leng Yi kissed her, "The other auxiliary minister is Shen Lun, Zhao Yuanzuo's cronies, you can also let him do it!" ”

"Okay."

"When I arrange for you to meet, you don't just draw your sword and hurt people at every turn."

"I listen to you."

Leng Yi stayed with Bai Hong for a long time before leaving.

He went home first, changed his clothes, and then went out in a sedan chair and came to the house of the crown prince Zhao Pu.

When Zhao Pu heard that Leng Yi was visiting, he hurriedly greeted him and invited Leng Yi to the study of the inner house and served fragrant tea.

Leng Yi said: "Lord Zhao, the official family has a secret decree for Xiang Gong to bring back, do you know what is written on the secret decree?" ”

Zhao Pu said respectfully: "I don't know what to do. ”

"The official family wants to cede the land and pay compensation in exchange for his return. What do you think? ”

Zhao Pu was taken aback, looked at Leng Yi's face, and knew that Leng Yi did not approve of this matter, so he hurriedly said with a look of righteous indignation: "How can this be? This thing is absolutely not going to work! The Zhao family is not the official family alone, that is the first emperor with his brothers to fight down, he was captured by the Liao army, should be ordered to designate a new emperor, lead the whole country to fight against the Liao army, defeat the Liao country, to the snow before the shame, how can you do such a loss of power and humiliation of the country as land reparations? Absolutely not! The first one in the lowly position did not agree! ”

Leng Yi nodded with satisfaction: "Lord Zhao understands the righteousness, and the official admires it very much, so he is relieved." Because the official family designated you and me in the holy decree, plus Shen Lun and the winged king Zhao Hongyu, the four of us are auxiliary ministers. If we all agree to cut the land and pay compensation, then what face do we have to enter the Taimiao to see the first emperor? ”

"Yes, yes!" Zhao Pu agreed, "It is really an honor to be humble and respectful to follow the lord's auxiliary government. In the future, only the head of the adult will look forward. ”

"Well," Leng Yi nodded and glanced at him approvingly, "As long as you work hard, there will be times when you can display your talents, and you don't have much interest as the prince and Taibao, your talents can't be used well, so the next step is to give you another subordinate to do it." ”

Menxia Shizhong is also the supreme leader of Menxia Province among the three provinces of the central organ of the Song Dynasty. belongs to one of the prime ministers, Zhao Pu returned to the phase, he was really overjoyed, and stood up and bowed: "Thank you Lord Leng for your support, it is difficult to repay the kindness of the adult!" ”

"Well said! Have a seat! Leng Yi smiled and said, "As long as we work together, there is no pass that cannot be passed, right?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Zhao Pu was really happy, he always thought that he was afraid that he would never be able to return to the peak of power, and he couldn't imagine that there would be such a day. Leng Yi held the military power in his hands, and Queen Hua Rui obeyed him, so what he said was naturally countable. How not to excite Zhao Pu. ”

Immediately, Leng Yi sighed and said, "However, there is one thing now, if it is not handled well, then my promise is just a joke." ”

Zhao Pu was taken aback and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Leng Yi said in a low voice: "In the secret decree of the official family, Zhao Yuankan, his third prince, is designated to inherit the throne, you know, Zhao Yuankan's brother Zhao Yuanzuo has always looked at me unpleasantly, and he thought about me to death again and again, if his younger brother became the emperor, then my words would not be counted." Even, my life will not be able to be saved in the future. Actually, Lord Zhao also said just now that this world was led by the first emperor to fight down, and it is the world of the first emperor. Therefore, it should be inherited by the descendants of the first emperor to be orthodox, but I am just a family, and I am not a relative of the emperor, so my words don't count. ”

Zhao Pu glanced at Leng Yi, nodded slowly, stroked his beard, thought about it, and said in a low voice: "Actually, this holy oracle of the official family is in line with the rules!" ”

"Oh? Why? ”

Zhao Pudao: "When Empress Dowager Du was on her deathbed, she wrote the Jinkui Covenant, so that the first emperor passed on the throne to the official family, and the official family passed the throne to Zhao Tingmei, the king of Qi, and then passed it back to Zhao Dezhao, the son of the first emperor. This was agreed at that time, and the first emperor and the official family, Zhao Tingmei, and Zhao Dezhao were all there. As a Chinese witness, I wrote the edict by myself. And now, the official family has fallen into the hands of the Liao army, unable to hold the throne, and must pass on the throne to others, and can only pass the throne to the person designated in the Jinkui Covenant. That is, Zhao Tingmei, the king of Qi, or Zhao Dezhao. However, both of them were already dead, because the intention of the Empress Dowager Du at that time was to avoid being usurped because the emperor was young, and repeating the mistakes of the Later Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, the throne must eventually be passed back to the descendants of the first emperor, which is the real intention of the Jinkui Covenant. ”

Leng Yi nodded frequently: "I see, if it weren't for Lord Zhao telling the mystery here, this official really didn't know." What does Lord Zhao mean ......? ”

"The throne should be inherited by the descendants of the first emperor, that is, Zhao Heng, the grandson of the long house, and he has now passed on to Queen Hua Rui as his adopted grandson, and Queen Hua Rui is the queen of the first emperor, from this point of view, it is also in line with the orthodoxy of the throne, so it is most appropriate for Zhao Heng to inherit the throne."

Leng Yi smiled and said, "Lord Zhao is worthy of being resourceful and able to come up with so many truths. I fully agree with the adults. It's just that, let's say this, we all came by virtue of the Golden Covenant. Without this covenant, the ministers would not have been able to obey our advice. ”

Zhao Pudao: "It's a pity that the Jinkui Covenant was lost, and the official family has been looking for it but has not found it." However, my lord, the lowly position was written by himself at that time, and the lowly position can testify. ”

"It's better to have no evidence than to have real evidence."

"Of course, it's best to have real evidence, but this Golden Covenant has been lost......"

Leng Yi smiled mysteriously and said, "It's lost, you can get it back." ”

Zhao Pu was surprised and delighted: "Could it be that the adults have already found it?" ”

Leng Yi didn't answer, took out a golden edict from his arms, and handed it to Zhao Pu: "My lord, please take a look, but the edict you wrote by yourself back then?" ”

Zhao Pu hurriedly took it, took a closer look, and couldn't help but tremble with excitement: "Yes, yes!" There's nothing wrong with that! It is indeed the edict, my handwriting, the seals and signatures of the Empress Dowager Du, the first emperor, the official family, Zhao Tingmei, Zhao Dezhao, and several of them are all right! Indeed, it is the edict! - Your Excellency, how did you find this edict? ”

Leng Yi said with a smile: "I was the magistrate of Yinling County, Bazhou, and the eunuch who stole the Jinkui Covenant, in order to escape the pursuit, stuffed this covenant into my official hat in the Yinshan Post Station in Bazhou, they probably wanted to find me to get it back in the future, but I didn't expect to be killed." This covenant remained in the official hat of my county governor. Later, I was transferred to Beijing as an official, and my wife left this old official hat in order to leave a memorial because she was reluctant to have that difficult time. And I stumbled upon the secret inside. Now, it's all over to Zhao and handed it over to your lords. ”

Zhao Pu nodded hurriedly and said, "Since your lord has already discovered this covenant, why did you take it out now?" ”

Leng Yi smiled bitterly: "You and I are both understanding people, and we also know the thoughts of the official family, if you take out the covenant at that time, do you think the official family will be happy?" What will he do to me? ”

Zhao Pu suddenly realized, and nodded again and again: "Yes, to be honest, the official family doesn't want to pass the throne back to Zhao Tingmei or Zhao Dezhao according to the covenant." Fortunately, the adults didn't take it out, otherwise, it would have angered the officials, and the big thing was not good, but the adults were thoughtful. Admire, admire! ”

Leng Yi said: "However, this matter is only known to the two of us, lest some people say that I am cowardly and afraid, and when I go up tomorrow morning, you will take out this edict, and say that in fact, the real edict has been collected by you and has not been stolen." Now it's time to make an announcement, so it's taken out. ”

"Humble duty understands." Zhao Pu hurriedly agreed, "With this posthumous photo, it is natural to pass on the throne to Zhao Heng." ”

"Alright, I have to arrange something else, so I'll leave here!"

Zhao Pu hurriedly sent Leng Yi all the way outside the gate.

Leng Yi took a sedan chair and came to the mansion of Zhao Hongrust, the king of wings. Because Zhao Hongru's identity has been revealed, Queen Hua Rui rewarded him with a mansion to live in.

Zhao Hongrust was very happy when he heard that Leng Yi was coming, and when they met, he didn't even invite him to the study or flower hall, so he asked at the gate: "Did my daughter promise to forgive me?" ”

This is what he has been worried about these days, and the news he wants Leng Yi to tell him the most is also this. (To be continued.) )