Originally, Zhao Yan thought that Zhao Xu came to find him because of his mother Concubine Zhu, but he didn't expect that in the end, Zhao Xu said that there was another thing that made him very dissatisfied with the Queen Mother, which made Zhao Yan stunned for a moment before asking, "What's the matter?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan ask, Zhao Xu suddenly looked a little embarrassed, his little face was also a little red, and after a while, he spoke: "Third uncle, you see that I am already ten years old, and I will be eleven in a few months, can you persuade the Queen Mother, don't let me go to sleep in her again, and there are also the old palace maids around me, I was scared when I got up in the middle of the night and looked at them, can you change a few younger ones?" ”

Zhao Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard Zhao Xu's words, and then let out a hearty laugh, but this made Zhao Xu even more embarrassed. Zhao Xu's words may be misunderstood, but there is a story in this, because Zhao Xu was too young when he ascended the throne, and the Empress Dowager Gao was extremely strict with his education, and I don't know which bastard minister blew the wind in the Empress Dowager Gao, which actually made the Empress Dowager Gao worry that Zhao Xu was obsessed with women at a young age, so she arranged for Zhao Xu to be taken care of by twenty elderly palace maids, and usually called Zhao Xu to her palace and let Zhao Xu rest in the attic in front of her bed, which can be said to have deprived Zhao Yan of his freedom.

"Third uncle, what are you laughing at, is there something wrong with what I said, you said that I am so old, and it is not a little inappropriate to go to the queen mother's bedroom to rest often, as for the twenty palace maids sent to me by the queen mother, not only one is older than the other, but also one is uglier than the other, there are a few wrinkles on the face that can almost kill flies, I woke up in the middle of the night and wanted to go to the toilet, and several times I was almost scared to pee by the old palace maid standing in front of the bed!" Seeing Zhao Yan laughing, Zhao Xu was a little annoyed and angry at the moment and argued for himself.

However, to Zhao Xu's surprise, after seeing Zhao Yan smile, he suddenly said seriously: "Okay." I also know about this matter, anyway, one thing is done, and two things are also done, I will help you find a way, but you have to be honest in the palace during this time, and wait for my good news. Don't do it again, got it? ”

"Got it, thank you, Third Uncle!" Seeing Zhao Yan agree, Zhao Xu immediately jumped up happily and said, but then he said with a hippie smile, "Third uncle, can you talk to the Queen Mother, it's best to send me a few palace maids who are about the same age as me, preferably Peugeot." So that I can have a few more playmates? ”

"Well, you still have to inch in, the palace maids sent to you are to take care of your diet and daily life, if they are all palace maids of the same age as you, it is estimated that they can't even take care of themselves, where can they take care of you?" Zhao Yan immediately said a little angry when he heard this.

"Hehe, third uncle, don't be angry, I'm just mentioning it in passing. If not, forget it, you can hurry up and do my business. I'm going back to the palace! Zhao Xu hurriedly ran out as he spoke, as if he was afraid that Zhao Yan would see through his little thoughts.

Looking at Zhao Xu's distant back, Zhao Yan sat there thoughtfully, and only after a long time did he speak: "Although ten years old is a little early, but who made our men in the Great Song Dynasty precocious, it seems that Zhao Xu should add a few sections of physiological education to this kid." Otherwise, this kid may be self-taught, and it will be difficult to correct it then. ”

When Zhao Yan returned to the inner house, Cao Ying was already waiting for him, after all, Zhao Xu suddenly came, and she was also very curious about it. Zhao Yan had nothing to hide from her, so she told her about the contradiction between Zhao Xu and the Empress Dowager Gao, which made Cao Ying smile after hearing it: "It seems that the husband's decision to give up the power of the court was correct, and now the contradiction between His Majesty and the Empress Dowager has begun to appear, and as Your Majesty gets older in the future, I am afraid that the contradiction between them will only become more acute." ”

"Alas, I hope that the Queen Mother and Your Majesty can coexist peacefully, but unfortunately this is simply impossible, even if I am still in power, I am afraid I don't have much energy to deal with the relationship with Your Majesty, not to mention that the Queen Mother only knows that she blindly makes all kinds of demands on Your Majesty and binds Your Majesty in all aspects, but she doesn't know that doing so will only backfire!" Zhao Yan also sighed at this time and said, strictly speaking, the Empress Dowager Gao was just a scapegoat he introduced, although this was voluntary and active by the other party, but Zhao Yan still inevitably felt a little reluctant in his heart.

"It's a little late to say this now, husband, you still have to think about how to solve the contradiction between the Queen Mother and Concubine Zhu, and the concubine can't think of any better way to do this." At this time, Cao Ying spoke again, and at the same time, her long eyebrows also wrinkled slightly, if it was someone else, there might be a way, but now the problem is with the Empress Dowager Gao, with the stubborn character of the Empress Dowager Gao, it is difficult to make her change her mind.

However, Zhao Yan was very interested in this matter, and saw him smile at Cao Ying and said: "Don't worry, the lady has planned this matter for the husband for a long time, you let people prepare a rich gift, after I go to visit someone, he will naturally help us solve this problem." ”

"Hey, who has so much energy that even the Queen Mother's mind can be changed?" Cao Ying asked rhetorically in disbelief when she heard this.

"Hehe, the secret, you'll know it later, lady!" At this time, Zhao Yan pretended to be a hypocrisy, in retaliation for Cao Ying's threat just now, to tell Yelusi about his remarks to the Khitans.

"Hmph, husband is so stingy, forget it, I'll know in the future anyway, so I'd better go and talk to Sister Si'er about the Khitan people!" Seeing Zhao Yan's expression, Cao Ying immediately guessed what he was thinking, and he didn't ask anymore at the moment, but turned to leave with a gesture.

"Don't don't~, the lady spares her life, I just say it!" Zhao Yan saw that Cao Ying really wanted to tell Yelusi what he had said before, so frightened that he hurriedly stopped the other party, and then told him about the person he was looking for, and the plan he had already thought of, but Cao Ying was also very surprised after hearing it, and at the same time he was greatly admired by Zhao Yan's method, and even said why didn't he think of this good way?

Before dawn the next day, Zhao Yan took the car out of the palace with gifts, looking like he was going to visit relatives and friends, but it seemed a little early to visit others at this time, so Zhao Yan first went to the ghost market that had not dispersed, the so-called ghost market is actually a relatively special night market, which sells everything, and the origin of some things is not very glorious, but people who come here to buy things also know this, and some people even look for these things to buy in the wrong way to buy, because most of these things are relatively cheap.

Zhao Yan walked around the ghost market, and finally chose a pair of porcelain to buy, this pair of porcelain is still an antique in the former Tang Dynasty, and the condition is also excellent, but the price is extremely low, so few people asked, until Zhao Yan bought it without paying back a penny, which made the seller extremely happy, and secretly thought that he had definitely met a guy who didn't know the goods, and finally sold the things of this pair of soup hands.

However, Zhao Yan was very satisfied with the antique porcelain he bought, took it in his hand and looked at it a few times, then bought two large gift boxes and packed them, and then went to a clean breakfast stall to eat a meal of soy milk fritters, and then came to the door of a luxurious mansion with the gift.

I saw that the gatehouse of this mansion is tall, the courtyard is also full of houses, and the two guards standing in front of the door are also tall and mighty, and at a glance they know that they are not ordinary people, and on the top of the gate is a huge plaque, which reads two big characters "Gaofu", when people pass here, they all unconsciously speed up their pace, and occasionally when someone looks up at the gate of Gaofu, his eyes also show a little awe.

There are many people with the surname Gao in the city of Tokyo, but there is only one that can really be called a wealthy family, that is, the maiden family of the Empress Dowager Gao, that is, the famous Gao family in the gate, when Gao Qiong successively served as Taizong and Zhenzong during the period of the three ya, it can be said that he has made great achievements, and now the Gao family has a high queen mother, and the limelight is even more unparalleled for a while, if it were not for the Cao family in recent years, there are also many talents, and they have held a lot of practical positions in the army, I am afraid that the name of the first general will be given to the Gao family.

Zhao Yan is the son-in-law of the Cao family, and because of his relationship with the Empress Dowager Gao, he has always been not very good with the Gao family, and even he has never been to the door of the Gao family over the years, but today he took the initiative to visit, so when his guards sent the name of King Yue, the guards guarding the door were also startled, and when they repeatedly confirmed that the other party was indeed the car of King Yue, they rushed into the house to report.

After a while, I saw a middle-aged man with three long beards striding out with a smile on his face, and when he saw Zhao Yan, he immediately greeted him and said loudly: "His Royal Highness King Yue forgives his sins, Gao didn't expect His Royal Highness to come to the door in person, and he didn't wait in front of the door early, it's really a bit rude!" ”

The middle-aged man Zhao Yan who came out knew that he was the nephew of the Empress Dowager Gao, Gao Gonghua, and he was also the head of the Gao family's generation, and he was currently the observer of Hezhong Mansion, of course, this is just a false title. Speaking of Gao Gonghua, although he is the nephew of the Queen Mother, he is a smart person, and he has seen Zhao Yan's influence in the court before, so he also took the initiative to visit Zhao Yan several times, Zhao Yan is also a soft and not hard character, so Gao Gonghua's move eased his relationship with the Gao family.

"My cousin is too polite, my cousin came to visit a few days ago, and the king has not had time to pay a return visit, so I happened to be free today, so I came to my cousin to sit here, and the king knew that my cousin liked antiques, so I specially spent a lot of money to receive a pair of antique porcelain, and I came to give it to my cousin!" Zhao Yan lied without blinking his eyes. Zhao Yan is the nominal son of the Empress Dowager Gao, and Gao Gonghua is the nephew of the Empress Dowager Gao, so the two are naturally cousins in name, but Zhao Yan has never called it that.

Seeing Zhao Yan so polite, and even calling himself a cousin, this also made Gao Gonghua a little flattered, don't look at the Empress Dowager Gao is now in power, but he knows that his aunt's age is not young, and if it is not good to say, I am afraid it will not last for a few years, with Zhao Yan's age and influence, he will still occupy a pivotal position in the court in the future, so Gao Gonghua did not dare to slack off on Zhao Yan, and immediately warmly invited him into the mansion. (To be continued......)