Zhao Ji rubbed the sides of his swollen forehead, closed his eyes and rested for a while, and soon opened his bloodshot eyes again, and re-reviewed the twists and turns in front of him, talking about the fact that after Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu and other old ministers left the capital, Zeng Gongliang and Chen Shengzhi really couldn't handle so many affairs, so Zhao Ji took the opportunity to take these things on himself, although he was very tired every day, but he felt very fulfilled, even if he didn't rest for a night yesterday, but his spirit was still very excited.

Seeing that Zhao Ji was about to finish reviewing the recitals on the desk, but at this moment, he suddenly heard a sound of light footsteps, and then saw Queen Xiang walk in with a tray in her own hand and said softly: "Your Majesty, I heard that you haven't rested all night, and the concubine personally cooked some porridge, and your Majesty drank it while it was hot and then slept to make up for it, so as not to hurt your body!" ”

Hearing Queen Xiang's words, Zhao Ji also raised his head and glanced at her, and a rare smile appeared on his face, although he was forced to marry Queen Xiang before, but after marriage, he found that Queen Xiang had a gentle personality, centered on him everywhere, and took care of things in the palace in an orderly manner, and what was even more rare was that even the Queen Mother and Queen Mother Gao praised her for being sensible, which also made Zhao Ji more and more satisfied with Queen Xiang, and treated Queen Xiang naturally differently from others.

At that moment, Zhao Ji put down the fold and had breakfast under the service of Empress Xiang, and then said: "I still have a few books here that have not been reviewed, and I will go to rest when the next review is over!" ”

When Empress Xiang heard Zhao Ji say this, she looked at the few books left on the desk, and then nodded and prepared to leave, but at this moment, Empress Xiang seemed to think of something, and after hesitating for a moment, she finally spoke: "Your Majesty, Sister Hua Zhi is already pregnant." And the reaction during this time is more violent, I heard that I haven't eaten since last night, if my majesty is free, you might as well visit her. ”

"Okay, I know, you let Hua Zhi take care of herself. When I have time, I'll go to see her! Zhao Ji waved his hand and said, although he doted on Hua Zhi, he was too busy during this time, he usually didn't even have time to sleep, so naturally he couldn't find time to see Hua Zhi.

"Yes!" Empress Xiang heard this and said yes, and then turned to leave, but when she walked out of the main hall, Queen Xiang sighed in her heart, thinking about when she first married Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji cares about Hua Zhi very much, usually accidentally coughs, Zhao Ji has to call the imperial doctor to seriously diagnose and treat it, but now it has only been a few years, and he didn't even take a look at Hua Zhi when she was pregnant, is it really that he can't even spare this little time?

Zhao Ji didn't feel that he was a little negligent to Hua Zhi, but he thought that he was too busy, so he didn't have time to see her. After this period of time, he will compensate Hua Zhi again. It's just that he didn't even find out about it, and this is just his excuse.

Just when Zhao Yan had just finished reading the fold and was about to take a break, he suddenly heard someone outside report that Zhao Yan was here again, which made Zhao Yan laugh bitterly. He can not see others, but he can't see Zhao Yan, the brother who has saved his life several times, although the two often quarrel over changes during this time, it has not affected the relationship between their brothers.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan had to let Zhao Yan in. As a result, as soon as Zhao Yan entered the main hall, when he saw Zhao Yan with red eyes and a tired face, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Big brother, have you been busy all night again?" ”

Seeing Zhao Yan's concerned look, Zhao Yan also felt a warm feeling in his heart and said: "There are a lot of things going on in the past few days, so I will work a little harder, and I can have a good rest when this time passes." ”

If it was placed in the past, Zhao Yan might not think much about it, but after he heard Cao Ying's analysis tomorrow, he already knew that Zhao Yan was taking power, and the reason why he was so busy now was actually because he assumed the powers of the original prime ministers and put most of the government affairs on himself, unless Zhao Yan took the initiative to divide some of the power in his hands, otherwise he would have endless government affairs to deal with in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan just wanted to persuade the other party to say a few words, but he didn't expect Zhao Yan to suddenly speak: "Third brother, calculate the time, our filial piety for our father has expired, according to the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, you and the second brother and the fourth brother will also be promoted to the prince, these days I am thinking about giving you a fief, where do you like the fief, now you can sue me, as long as it is not too special, you can give it to you for your brother!" ”

Zhao Ji is probably afraid of quarreling with Zhao Yan because of the change, so as soon as he opened his mouth, he turned the topic to Zhao Yan's fiefdom, according to the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, when they were princes, they could generally only be two-word county kings, and when a certain brother ascended the throne as the emperor, and after the expiration of the filial piety period, they could be crowned as a one-word prince.

Zhao Yan didn't want to quarrel with Zhao Yan anymore, and he came today to leave the capital, if he could choose his fief in the south, then he would have one more reason to leave the capital, so he was also very interested at this time, but then he said with some doubts: "Big brother, my current title is the king of Guangyang County, but I still don't know where Guangyang County is?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan ask about the location of Guangyang County, Zhao Yan showed an embarrassed expression, and after a long while, he spoke: "This...... Guangyang County was placed by the Qin Dynasty and continued to be used until the Western Jin Dynasty, and as for the location of Guangyang County, it belonged to a county under Youzhou. ”

"Youzhou? Isn't it occupied by the Liao State? Zhao Yan was even more confused when he heard this, he couldn't understand how his fiefdom went to the Liao State.

"This ...... Although Youzhou is occupied by the Liao State, our Great Song Dynasty has never recognized that Youzhou belongs to the Liao State, so in a sense, Youzhou is still the territory of our Great Song Dynasty, and your Guangyang County, third brother, also belongs to our Great Song Dynasty! Zhao Ji said with a dry smile again at this time, and at the same time complained a little about his father Zhao Shu and Queen Gao, why did he arrange such a title for Zhao Yan?

Zhao Yan finally understood when he heard this, it turned out that his fiefdom Guangyang County only nominally belonged to the Great Song Dynasty, but in fact it was the land of Youzhou occupied by the Liao State, which made him cry and laugh for a while, and at the same time, he immediately guessed the reason for this incident in his heart, and it was estimated that he should have an inseparable relationship with Queen Gao.

"Cough~, although the fief of your county king is not very good, but I will definitely help you choose a good place for the prince's fief this time, you see how Shandong or Shuzhong is, and then I will crown you as the king of Wei or the king of Shu, this is a good title?"

"I think it's better to forget it, since the fief of the county king was in the northern Xinjiang of the Great Song Dynasty, I think the county king when he was the prince might as well be sealed in the southern Xinjiang, for example, Jiaozhi was called Nanyue in ancient times, it is better to be my fief, and the title is called Yue Wang." Zhao Yan was half complaining and half serious.

"How can this be done, with your talent and fame as the third brother, plus your contribution to my Great Song Dynasty, how can you use a title like King Yue, I don't think it's better to be King Wei!" Zhao Ji immediately shook his head when he heard this, the prince's title is also known as far and near, for example, the closer the prince's fief is to the capital, the more noble this title is, so a title like King Yue, which is a remote place when he hears it, is naturally not as noble as King Wei.

"Big brother, I really want the title of King Yue, I'm not joking, but I also have a small request!" At this time, Zhao Yan suddenly said with a serious face, now is also the time to have a showdown with Zhao Yan.

"What?" Zhao Yan couldn't help but look Zhao Yan up and down a few times when he heard Zhao Yan's words, and then he said in shock, "Third brother, what do you mean by this, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly?" ”

I saw Zhao Yan take a long breath at this time, and slowly spit it out, and then finally spoke: "Big brother, I entered the palace today mainly for one thing, that is, to ask you to agree to let me out of Beijing, and not only I want to leave, but also Cao Song, Xu Yuan and others, we all have to leave the capital with our families and go to the south!" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan say this, Zhao Yan showed an incredible expression, stared at Zhao Yan for a long time, and then slowly spoke: "Third brother, are you serious?" ”

"Yes, in fact, I have been thinking about this matter for a long time, rather than staying in the capital and watching the old and new parties fight, it is difficult for me to be alone, it is better to hide far away, so as not to be involved in this battle, just like the battle between my father and the emperor, but the two of us hid in the Liao Kingdom." Zhao Yan also stared at Zhao Yan's eyes and said frankly.

"But now that it is more worthwhile to change the law, with the third brother, your talent is the time to help your brother, how can you ......?"

"Big brother, you also know that I am not in favor of changing the law, even if I stay in the capital, I will only stand on the side of the old party, and it is impossible to help at all." Before Zhao Yan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Yan.

"That's not good, have you forgotten your father's advice to you, let you assist me in governing the Great Song Dynasty, if you leave now, are you still worthy of your father's entrustment to you?" Zhao Yan said very impatiently at this time, he was not worried that Zhao Yan would do anything unfavorable to him if he left the capital, but Zhao Yan had helped him countless times over the years, and now the other party was suddenly leaving, which made Zhao Yan feel like he had one less to rely on, and his heart was always a little empty.

Hearing Zhao Ji mention Zhao Shu's original entrustment, Zhao Yan couldn't help but be silent for a moment, but in the end, he saw him take out a holy decree from his arms, and then put it in front of Zhao Ji with a solemn face and said, "Big brother, you can understand by looking at this!" (To be continued......)