"Father, what happened to the Queen Mother's illness, when I was on the road before, didn't I hear that the Queen Mother's illness had begun to improve, and even started to deal with government affairs again?" On the carriage, Zhao Jia asked Zhao Yan, who was sitting in front of him.

When he was still in Nanyang Port before, there was news that the Empress Dowager Gao was seriously ill, so even Zhao Hao had to drop everything in his hands, and quickly left Nanyang Port to rush to the capital, and now it has been a few months, Zhao Jia heard that the Empress Dowager Gao's health was improving when she was on the road, so she never took it to heart, but she didn't expect that this was just a day after arriving in the capital, and she was going to enter the palace to visit the Empress Dowager Gao.

Hearing his son ask about the illness of the Empress Dowager Gao, I saw Zhao Yan be silent for a moment and finally spoke: "Last time, the Empress Dowager's illness was menacing, and after your maternal great-grandfather's treatment, it began to slowly improve, and there was nothing to do, but the Empress Dowager was forced to deal with government affairs with her sick body, so that the illness recurred, and this period of time was also good and bad, and the government could only be handled by a few ministers." ”

"The Queen Mother is really, she is so old, and she is still holding on to the power so hard, no wonder my cousin always complains in front of me." Zhao Jia was quite disappreciative when he heard this, and he had always been quite dissatisfied with the Empress Dowager Gao's seizure of power.

"Just talk about these things in front of me, and don't talk nonsense in front of outsiders." Zhao Yan glared at him when he heard his son's words and said, Zhao Jia's identity is too sensitive, if people hear his words, it will inevitably cause trouble.

Hearing his father's lesson, Zhao Jia smiled and said: "I'm not stupid, I definitely won't talk nonsense, but my cousin is not too young, and it's time for him to start getting in touch with government affairs, but I heard that the Queen Mother has no intention of delegating power." My cousin had written to me several times before, and although he didn't say it explicitly in the letter, he could see that he was really dissatisfied with the Queen Mother. ”

Zhao Yan was also silent for a moment when he heard his son's words, he naturally understood Zhao Xu's thoughts better than anyone else, and as Zhao Xu grew older, he became more and more eager to grasp the imperial power that should belong to him. Then do a career, but unfortunately the Empress Dowager Gao has not given him a chance, which makes Zhao Xu more and more dissatisfied with the Empress Dowager Gao, during this time when he came to class here, almost every time he would complain about the Empress Dowager Gao's control over him, Zhao Yan could still persuade him before, but Zhao Xu has entered the period of youth rebellion, and his words can play a very limited role.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan couldn't help but sigh. A large part of the reason why he handed over power at the beginning was that he was worried about not being able to handle the relationship with Zhao Xu, but now it seems that this is the case, although the Empress Dowager Gao holds the power, but she has only suffered it on his behalf, which makes him suddenly feel guilty about the Empress Dowager Gao.

Zhao Yan's carriage quickly passed through the palace gate and entered the palace, originally the Empress Dowager Gao was usually in the arch hall, but after she fell ill. Only then did he move to the Kunning Hall to recuperate, and the Kunning Hall belonged to the Inner Palace. Even a prince like Zhao Yan can't enter without permission, and after Zhao Yan let people report, he got the permission of the Empress Dowager Gao to enter the inner palace.

It's just that what Zhao Yan didn't expect was that he took Zhao Jia to Kunning Hall as soon as he entered it, but he saw Zhao Hao greet him with a smile and said, "Third brother, the queen mother's health is better today." But she still couldn't get out of bed, so she asked me to come to meet her on her behalf. When he said this, he saw Zhao Hao smile at Zhao Jia again, "Jia'er, when did you come back?" ”

"Uncle Qiqi, I only came back the day before yesterday. After resting at home for a day, I heard that the Queen Mother's condition was repeated, so I came to visit. Zhao Jia saluted Zhao Hao.

"Second brother, you came quite early!" Zhao Yan also greeted the other party with a smile at this time, but he was sneering in his heart, since Zhao Hao came back, he ran to the Empress Dowager Gao almost every day, making a dutiful appearance, as for his intentions, it has long been Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it, it is nothing more than wanting to please the Empress Dowager Gao and make the last effort for his ambition.

At the moment, Zhao Yan's father and son followed Zhao Hao into the Kunning Palace, when Zhao Jia saw the Empress Dowager Gao, she couldn't help but be startled, she hadn't seen her for two years, the Empress Dowager Gao was much older than at the beginning, not only her hair was all white, but her face was also full of wrinkles, and the whole person was a lot thinner, looking like an old lady in her seventies and eighties, but in fact she was not yet sixty years old.

"Grandson meets the Empress Dowager!" When Zhao Jia saw the Empress Dowager Gao, she immediately knelt down and saluted.

Although Empress Dowager Gao looks very old and still sick, she is in good spirits today, she opened her cloudy eyes and looked at Zhao Jia, and her wrinkled face was also full of smiles: "It turns out that Jia'er is back, quickly stand up and let grandmother see!" ”

"Yes!" Zhao Jia agreed and stood up, and then stepped forward and took two steps, he was already sixteen years old, and when he stood with his father Zhao Yan, he was almost as tall as he was, and the father and son looked very similar, but after two years of training at sea, Zhao Jia looked darker and thinner, but he was a little more fierce than his father.

"Yes, yes, my family's Jia'er has also grown up!" Empress Dowager Gao couldn't help nodding approvingly when she saw Zhao Jia's appearance, and then turned her head to Zhao Yan and said, "Yan'er, I heard that Jia'er hasn't decided yet, and you parents really don't know how to worry about it, it just so happened that yesterday I had a niece and granddaughter come to visit me, I think that the child is the same age as Jia'er, why don't you give it to Jia'er?" ”

Empress Dowager Gao's niece and granddaughter are naturally from the Gao family, but Zhao Jia smiled bitterly when he heard this, he didn't want to marry the Gao family, but he couldn't open his mouth to refuse Empress Dowager Gao's proposal, so he could only look at Zhao Yan for help. As a result, I saw Zhao Yan smiling and saluting to the Empress Dowager Gao: "After enlightening the mother, although Jia'er has not set a marriage, he and a woman from the Yang family have known each other since childhood, and the two are also in love, Jia'er's mother has already discussed the matter of marriage with the Yang family, so I'm afraid Jia'er will live up to the good intentions of the queen mother!" ”

This kind of refusal is only Zhao Yan dared to say it in person, and the Empress Dowager Gao could only sigh helplessly after hearing it, the reason why she proposed to give the Gao family woman to Zhao Jia as his wife was actually to do something more for the Gao family, after all, after this serious illness, she suddenly found that she was really old, maybe she would fall down at any time, and the Gao family has not produced any decent talents over the years, all relying on their own relationships to support, if she falls, the Gao family may collapse.

Seeing the disappointed appearance of the Empress Dowager Gao, Zhao Yan suddenly felt a little unbearable in his heart, he naturally understood that the Empress Dowager Gao's proposal for marriage was planning for the Gao family, but he didn't want to use his children's marriage to do anything in exchange, so he was silent for a moment and suddenly said: "Mother, children have their own children's blessings, I generally let them choose their own marriage, if the queen mother does not dislike it, let the younger generations of the Gao family walk around my house more, maybe some of the younger generations are in love, as long as they are willing, I will never stop it! ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Empress Dowager Gao couldn't help but feel a sense of turning around, and looked at Zhao Yan with some excitement at the moment: "Okay~Okay~, I'm relieved to have Yan'er's words!" ”

Hearing the conversation between his mother and Zhao Yan, Zhao Hao next to him had a gloomy face, because Empress Dowager Gao took the initiative to let the Gao family marry Zhao Yan's family, but he was the son of Empress Dowager Gao, and it stands to reason that he should also be allowed to marry the Gao family.

Maybe it was because she was old, Empress Dowager Gao completely lost the decisiveness and toughness in the court at this time, and pulled Zhao Jia to sit next to herself and asked him about his life outside, although this made Zhao Jia feel a little uncomfortable, but she also answered one by one.

"Jia'er, you finally came back, it just so happened that I heard that Xu'er has been talking about your brother, and I have nothing to do here, so you can go and talk to Xu'er first, I still have something to say to your father!" Finally, Empress Dowager Gao suddenly spoke.

Zhao Jia was also stunned when he heard this, first glanced at his father Zhao Yan, and when he saw Zhao Yan nodding at him slightly, Zhao Jia stood up and said, "Yes, my grandson obeys!" ”

After Zhao Jia finished speaking, he saluted Zhao Hao again, and then turned around and left the hall, but he was thinking as he walked, the attitude of the Empress Dowager Gao after seeing her today has been very abnormal, and now she has left her father behind, is it true that there is something important to explain?

After watching Zhao Jia leave, Empress Dowager Gao asked the palace maid to move two chairs, and then asked Zhao Hao and Zhao Yan to sit in front of her bed, and then finally spoke: "Yan'er, Hao'er, you are all brothers, he wants to be a good emperor, but unfortunately he was blinded, and a change made the world a big mess, fortunately, he woke up later, and with Yan'er's assistance, this did not make a big mistake!" ”

"The queen mother is serious, although the change has brought some bad effects, but the imperial brother is also thinking about the prosperity of my Great Song Dynasty, and the sons and daughters have not helped much!" Zhao Yan hurriedly and modestly said at this time.

"Yan'er, you don't have to be too humble, Yan'er once said to me before he died, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid Da Song would have been a mess by him, if that's the case, I'm afraid he won't be blind when he dies." Empress Dowager Gao sighed again at this time, thinking of her eldest son who died early, she also felt very uncomfortable in her heart, and her cloudy eyes were also full of tears.

Seeing the grief of the Empress Dowager Gao, Zhao Yan and Zhao Hao were also silent, and after a while, they saw that the Empress Dowager Gao suddenly wiped away her tears, and then said to Zhao Yan in a consultative tone: "Yan'er, your eldest brother is no longer there, your fourth brother is obsessed with medicine, and only the two of you can rely on the mourning family. (To be continued.) )