What Zhao Yan didn't expect was that Zhao only heard that he was willing to listen to his reasons for not studying, and his spirit was shocked: "Just now the eldest brother said that most people read for others, and I also agree with this sentence very much, I have seen many people who read books are nothing more than seeking fame or profit, but as princes, we want to be famous and profitable, so we don't need to use reading in exchange for it, in this case, then why do we study?" ”

As soon as Zhao Wei's words came out, Zhao Yan immediately went up and slapped him on the head and said angrily: "Nonsense, if everyone in the princes thinks like you, then wouldn't my descendants of the Zhao family all become wine bags and rice bags?" If this is the case, then I am afraid that the country of my Great Song Dynasty will also change hands! ”

was slapped by Zhao Yan, but Zhao Wei still argued with a smile on his face: "Third uncle, don't be angry, I just said that I don't like to study, and I didn't let other brothers follow me and not study, for example, just like the eldest brother, even if I don't let him study, I'm afraid he will not only not agree, but will scold me." ”

"As far as your crooked reasoning is concerned, if you really go to primary school in the future, you must finish the primary school course for me, if you can't graduate, then you will continue to study here forever, even if you read seventy or eighty, you can't go out!" Zhao Yan said a little angrily at this time, he can be regarded as seeing the true face of Zhao Zhi's kid, if nothing else, he will definitely become a gentleman like the original Zhao Yan in the future, such a person must not become the crown prince, otherwise there will be another famous faint monarch in the history of the Central Plains in the future.

Hearing Zhao Yan's punishment of Zhao Wei, Zhao Yan and the others all laughed out loud, and even Zhao Wei himself had a bitter face, because he thought that if he really couldn't graduate all the time, and even studied in elementary school with his son and grandson, wouldn't that make others laugh off their big teeth?

Next, Zhao Yan asked a few more questions for the test for Zhao Tong and them to answer. Combined with their performance during this time, Zhao Yan also had a relatively accurate understanding of their true feelings, but he still couldn't make up his mind about the selection of the crown prince for a while, and planned to observe for a few more days to see if there were any changes.

However, what Zhao Yan never expected was that Zhao Yan did not give him more time, he only lived in the primary school for three days. On the evening of the third day, he suddenly received a secret message from the palace: Zhao Ji was seriously ill and asked him to return to the palace quickly!

Zhao Yan, who received the news, was also taken aback, and at that moment he hurriedly called Zhao Yan and the others who had fallen asleep, and then got into the carriage together and rushed back to the palace, these five children didn't know what happened, but they saw the anxious expression on Zhao Yan's face along the way, and they didn't dare to ask more.

After entering the palace, Zhao Yan hurriedly came to the Vertical Arch Hall with people. However, Zhao Tong and other five princes were left in the outer hall by him, and then he went straight into Zhao Ji's bedroom, when he came here, he found that not only the Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Xiang were there, but also Zeng Gongliang, Chen Shengzhi, Lu Huiqing and Sima Guang The four prime ministers were also there, and everyone had a sad look on their faces, which made Zhao Yan's heart sink, and the only remaining extravagant hope in his heart disappeared.

"The Emperor...... Brother Huang, how is he? Zhao Yan endured the grief in his heart. He asked in a hoarse voice.

"Three...... Third brother, I'm waiting for you to come! Zhao Yan's words just fell. But I only heard Zhao Ji on the hospital bed suddenly speak, because Zhao Ji has been in a coma for the past few days, so Zhao Yan thought that Zhao Ji was still unconscious today, so he didn't look at the bed when he came in, but he didn't expect Zhao Ji to wake up and be able to speak. This made Zhao Yan also overjoyed, and immediately walked a few steps to Zhao Yan's bed, but saw Zhao Yan lying there with a pair of godless eyes, and the Empress Dowager Gao and Queen Xiang next to him only cared about wiping their tears, and cried even more when they saw Zhao Yan come in.

Zhao Yan, whose face was already a little gray, saw Zhao Yan coming. The godless eyes finally burst out with a few hints of brilliance, and immediately motioned for Zhao Yan to sit beside him, and then said weakly: "Third brother, how are things going?" ”

At this time, Zhao Yan can also see that Zhao Yan is now on the verge of dying, and his sobriety at this time is likely to be a reflection of the light, as soon as he thinks of this, Zhao Yan feels a colicy pain in his heart, but he also knows that this is not the time to be sad, so he nodded with tears in his eyes and said: "Big brother, the matter has been done, and the holy decree has been prepared, do you want to take a look?" ”

"No...... No, what else do I have to worry about you? Zhao Ji stiffly pulled the corners of his mouth, as if he wanted to laugh, but unfortunately he couldn't do it in the end, which made Queen Xiang, who was standing next to him, cry again.

Hearing the cry of the queen, Zhao Ji seemed to want to comfort the other party, but unfortunately at this time he felt that the strength of his body was disappearing little by little, and his breathing seemed to be becoming more and more difficult, which made him know that his time was running out, and he took a few breaths at the moment, and finally accumulated some strength, and finally said hoarsely: "The edict of succession has been handed over to the king of Yue to draw up, after my death, the king of Yue will announce the candidate for the new emperor, and everyone must not have any objections!" In addition, the king of Yue continued to serve as the regent, assisting ...... Auxiliary ......"

When Zhao Yan said that Zhao Yan would continue to serve as regent, the strength of his whole body had been exhausted, and his voice had become inaudible, only Zhao Yan and Empress Xiang and Empress Gao beside the bed could hear clearly, and in the end it should be said that he would assist the new emperor to ascend the throne until he was in power, but unfortunately Zhao Ji really had no strength, and after repeating the assistance twice, he suddenly loosened his whole body, and his slightly raised arm fell heavily on the bed again, and his eyes were wide open, as if with endless regret and reluctance.

"Big brother~" Seeing this, Zhao Yan screamed in grief again, tears also welled up at once, and the queen next to him pounced on Zhao Ji with a sad cry, and the Empress Dowager Gao was suddenly paralyzed to the ground, and the white-haired person sent the black-haired person, the most tragic thing in the world is nothing more than this.

"Your Majesty~" Zeng Gongliang and the others below also shouted sadly, although Zhao Ji caused changes during his reign and caused a lot of mistakes, but in general, Zhao Ji is still a good emperor who is diligent and loves the people. Among them, Lu Huiqing cried the loudest, because Zhao Ji went, he also lost his biggest backer, and I am afraid that there will be no place for him in this court in the future.

Just when Zhao Yan and the others were crying bitterly, Cao Yan, who had been waiting for a long time, and other imperial doctors stepped forward to check Zhao Yan's pulse, and after it was determined that he had died, there was a burst of crying again, but this crying did not last long, and soon saw Sima Guang stand up and say loudly: "Queen Mother!" Although the people are sad about the death of His Majesty, the most important thing now is to establish a new emperor, just now His Majesty said that the edict of succession has been in the hands of King Yue, can you please read it out now! ”

With the death of the emperor, the new emperor must be established at the first time, which is also a tradition since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, so Sima Guang's words also aroused the approval of Zeng Gongliang and Chen Shengzhi and others, and the people in the entire hall all looked at Zhao Yan who was kneeling beside Zhao Yan's bed, but Zhao Yan had no way to wake up from his grief for a while, and he didn't stand up for a long time.

"King Yue! No one is more sad about the death of the emperor than the mourning family, but now is not the time to grieve, please show the edict of the succession and establish the new monarch as soon as possible! At this time, Empress Dowager Gao also stopped crying and said loudly to Zhao Yan.

Hearing the words of the Empress Dowager Gao, Zhao Yan came to his senses, although he felt that the Empress Dowager Gao's words were a little unkind, but now he was too lazy to care, and then saw him wipe the tears on his face, then stood up and turned around, and glanced at the entire hall, then took out an edict from his arms and said: "The imperial brother has indeed given the edict of succession, in order to show justice, please let the queen mother and the queen watch the edict in person!" ”

Zhao Yan said that he sent the edict to the Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Xiang, and the Empress Dowager Gao was not polite, so she came over in person to take the edict, and then opened it to watch, only to see that only one sentence was written on it: "The biography is located in the fifth prince Zhao maid!" ”

After just a few days of observation and understanding, Zhao Yan finally decided to appoint Zhao Maid as Zhao Yan's successor, because no matter from which point of view, Zhao Maid is better than his brothers, and the only Zhao Maid who can be compared with Zhao Maid was excluded from the candidates for succession because of his bloodline, as for Zhao Wei and others, they are not suitable to be an emperor at all, so Zhao Maid has become Zhao Yan's only choice.

Seeing that the edict was indeed passed on to Zhao Yan's son, not to Zhao Yan as she was worried about, this made Empress Dowager Gao finally breathe a sigh of relief, and then handed the edict in her hand to Queen Xiang, and Queen Xiang was also relieved after watching it, and then handed over the edict to Zeng Gongliang and others for circulation.

When Zeng Gongliang and others saw this edict, they all had different expressions, for example, Zeng Gongliang and Chen Shengzhi showed regretful looks, because they felt that Zhao Yan was the most suitable candidate, and Lu Huiqing showed a happy expression, Zhao Yan didn't like him in the first place, so no matter which prince was on the throne, he was stronger than Zhao Yan, and Sima Guang showed an expression that should have been like this, because in his opinion, the throne should have been passed from father to son and son to grandson, so that it is the orthodoxy of the dynasty.

Zhao Yan didn't pay much attention to the reaction of the people around him, when he handed over the edict to the Empress Dowager Gao, he only felt that the burden on his shoulders was much lighter, and he no longer had to worry about the selection of the prince, and then he only needed to assist Zhao Fu wholeheartedly and train him to become a good emperor.

Just when Zhao Yan was stunned, the Zhao maid in the outer hall was also invited into the inner hall by everyone, and then under the witness of the Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Xiang, Zhao Maid became the new emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, but at this time, Zhao Maid was still a little unclear about the situation, he was not very close to Empress Gao and Empress Xiang, but he was very dependent on Zhao Yan, who had known him for a few days, so his eyes looked at Zhao Yan vigorously, his eyes were full of a look of help, and the Empress Dowager Gao next to him looked in his eyes, but his face showed a displeased look. (To be continued......)