Zhao Yan strode out of the Kunning Palace where the Empress Dowager Gao lived, and then walked out of the palace without looking back, when passing by the political hall, he didn't even look at it, Chen Shengzhi in the political hall heard the news, but he sighed and sat on the chair, and did not speak for a long time, as for Lu Huiqing, he laughed proudly three times, thinking that he had made the right move, but unfortunately he didn't know that his good days were not much left.

Just when Zhao Yan was about to walk out of the palace gate, he suddenly inadvertently saw a familiar figure flash in a pavilion not far away, but this figure disappeared in a flash, as if it had disappeared in the pavilion, if it weren't for Zhao Yan's sharp eyes, I'm afraid he wouldn't have noticed it at all.

Originally, with Zhao Yan's current mood, he didn't have the heart to take care of any other miscellaneous things at all, but at this time, he didn't know what was wrong, it seemed that a voice in his heart kept asking him to walk over and take a look, but Zhao Yan's feet turned and walked straight to the pavilion, anyway, this pavilion is not far from him, it is nothing more than a few more steps.

When Zhao Yan came to this pavilion, he found that there was a rickety figure hiding behind the innermost pillar of the pavilion, although he shrank back as much as possible, but still showed the dry white hair on the top of his head, which made Zhao Yan stunned, and then went around the pillar to take a look, but found that the person hiding here turned out to be his old friend.

"Old ...... Lao Huang, what are you hiding when you see me? Zhao Yan didn't expect that it was Huang Wude who was hiding here, and asked very strangely at the moment.

"Temple...... Your Highness, Your ...... Have you ever met the Empress Dowager? I saw Huang Wude squeeze out a smile that was more ugly than crying on his old face, but there was a bit of grievance and helplessness in his tone.

"Lao Huang, you ...... ...... are you" It was only then that Zhao Yan suddenly discovered that Lao Huang in front of him was actually wearing a lowest-level internal service suit, holding a bucket in his right hand and a rag in his left hand. With a grizzled appearance, this is still the big leader of the Imperial City Division, which is no different from those old miscellaneous servants in the palace.

Seeing that Zhao Yan noticed his outfit, Huang Wude immediately smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, you have also seen it, where does the old slave still have the face to see you now, so he hid behind the pillar." But I didn't expect to be seen by His Highness. ”

"I understand, did the Queen Mother remove your position?" Seeing Huang Wude's embarrassed appearance, and then thinking of the Empress Dowager Gao's previous seizure of power, but she didn't receive the slightest news, but she can hide it from others, but she definitely can't hide it from the Imperial City Division who is all over the capital, with his relationship with Huang Wude, as long as he knows about this matter, I'm afraid he will find a way to inform himself to prepare in advance. But he didn't receive the slightest news, and the only explanation was that something happened to Huang Wude.

"Your Royal Highness is wise, ten days ago I noticed that something was not normal on the Queen Mother's side, and then I knew that the Queen Mother contacted Sima Guang, Lu Huiqing and others, and secretly plotted to take away the power in the hands of His Royal Highness. was controlled by the spies, and then the Queen Mother personally ordered to take away my position. and was degraded to the lowest level of work, which made His Highness laugh! When Huang Wude said at the end, a helpless wry smile appeared on the old man's face again, he was already over the age of six, and he had worked hard all these years, and his body and bones were not as good as before. In addition, eunuchs are already aging faster than ordinary people, but now they still have to do these hard work, and in just ten days, he already feels powerless, and it is estimated that he will have to be tired and sick if he continues like this.

When Zhao Yan heard this, he couldn't help but show a little anger on his face. Huang Wude has been in charge of the Imperial City Division for many years, it can be said that he has worked hard and made great achievements, even if it is because of his own reasons, the Empress Dowager Gao wants to remove him, but there is no need to humiliate him like this, just imagine that a person was originally in a high position, but now he has suddenly become a miscellaneous servant, that kind of gap is definitely not something that ordinary people can bear, plus there is no human touch in this kind of place in the palace, it is estimated that Huang Wude has been ridiculed by people in the past few days, although he did not say it, but Zhao Yan can also think of it with his toes.

"Lao Huang, throw down the things in your hand and go out of the palace with me, since the palace doesn't let you retire, then you will support the elderly!" Zhao Yan said angrily at the moment, but Huang Wude was still a little hesitant when he heard his words, he was already a person buried in the loess to his neck, and he had no children, so he had no scruples, but he was worried that he would affect Zhao Yan if he walked like this, after all, the rules in the palace were strict, even Zhao Yan could not easily destroy it.

Seeing Huang Wude standing there without moving, Zhao Yan stepped forward at the moment, reached out to take the bucket and rag in his hand and threw them to the ground, and then pulled him out, Huang Wude didn't dare to disobey, so he had to follow Zhao Yan out of the pavilion. Just at this time, Zhao Yan saw that there was a leader of the inner servants not far away looking at his side, it was estimated that he was the person responsible for monitoring Huang Wude, but he didn't dare to step forward when he saw himself, and Zhao Yan pointed to the leader of the inner servants, and the surrounding guards immediately stepped forward and pulled the other party over, at this time Zhao Yan opened his mouth and ordered: "Go back and report to the Queen Mother, just say that Huang Wude was taken away by this king, he is old, this king will arrange people to support him, so don't bother the Queen Mother!" ”

"Yes...... Be! The leader of the chamberlain was also frightened, his head even nodded yes, and then saw Zhao Yan let him leave, but the chamberlain turned around and ran, as if he might be beaten if he ran slowly, but Zhao Yan didn't know that the news of his previous beating of Lu Huiqing in the political hall had spread all over the palace, so the people in the palace were more in awe than usual when they saw him.

"Your Highness, the old slave is old, and it is the same wherever he stays, and I have lived in the palace for decades, and I don't know what to do outside, so it is better to let me stay in the palace!" At this time, Huang Wude suddenly spoke again, what he said was the truth, a person like him who grew up in the palace since he was a child and lived all his life, if he went outside the palace, he really didn't know how to live, and he didn't want to involve Zhao Yan because of his own affairs.

"You yourself said that you are old, and there are no relatives in the palace, who will take care of you when you can't walk, so you should go back with this king, not to mention anything else, at least you can rely on your old age!" Zhao Yan naturally understood Huang Wude's thoughts, and refused without thinking about it, and then pulled him out of the palace and into the carriage.

Huang Wude was pushed into the carriage by Zhao Yan, and he also knew that this matter was a foregone conclusion, and he was also moved in his heart at the moment. At the same time, he sighed that he really didn't look at the wrong person at the beginning, Zhao Yan is really a person who values love and righteousness, even if an old eunuch like himself has no value, he will not sit idly by.

"Lao Huang, when you return to my house, you can live with peace of mind, and I will arrange a few subordinates for you to take care of your diet and daily life. In addition, I will be slowly idle in the future, and then we can go fishing together! After Zhao Yan sat down, he said to Huang Wude with a smile.

"Your Highness, you ...... You're not going to throw in the towel so quickly, are you? Huang Wude was taken aback when he heard Zhao Yan's words, he had just lost his position as the head of the Imperial City Division, and he knew better than anyone about the situation in the capital, and he knew more about Empress Dowager Gao's desire to seize power, so now when he heard Zhao Yan himself say that he wanted to be idle, he couldn't help but ask.

"Haha. What admits defeat and does not admit defeat? I just went into the palace to see the Queen Mother, and then made a deal with her, and the bargaining chip on my side is the military and political power in the court, and now we have reached a deal, as long as the Queen Mother abides by this deal, then the power in the court is hers. Zhao Yan laughed very happily at this time, as if he didn't care about handing over the power of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China.

"What kind of deal can make His Royal Highness willingly hand over the power of the court, in case the Queen Mother is in power in the future. What should I do if I make a fuss to Your Highness? "Huang Wude is also concerned about chaos, otherwise with the information in his hands. should understand that even if Zhao Yan hands over power, Empress Dowager Gao should not want to touch him.

If someone asked about the content of the transaction, Zhao Yan would definitely not tell him, but Huang Wude was one of the insiders, and he was the person he absolutely trusted, so Zhao Yan did not hide it. told me about meeting the Empress Dowager Gao just now, and introduced the content of the transaction between the two in detail.

Huang Wude listened very seriously, and he slowly calmed down, but after listening to the transaction between Zhao Yan and Empress Dowager Gao, he said with a somewhat puzzled expression on his face: "Although the three conditions proposed by His Highness are very important. But it doesn't seem that there is no other solution, why should Your Highness exchange the power in your hands? ”

Zhao Yan knew that he couldn't hide it from Huang Wude, but he smiled freely and said: "Old Huang, since you asked so, I won't hide it from you, originally I promised the imperial brother to assist the new emperor after his death, until he can govern in person, but some time ago, someone mentioned one thing to me, that is, serving as regent in my capacity is a very suspicious thing, plus Your Majesty is young, it is easy to be bewitched, especially as Your Majesty gets older, It is likely that I will be regarded as the first obstacle in his pro-political road, although I said that I did not care, but I have been worried about this matter afterwards, there is no good way to do this, and I can only hope to establish a relationship with His Majesty, and try to avoid him being suspicious of me. ”

When he said this, he saw a smug smile on Zhao Yan's face, and then he continued: "But what I didn't expect was that the Queen Mother chose to seize power at this time, since this is the case, then I will give it to her, without this power, I can avoid the conflict between me and His Majesty in the future, in addition, you also know my character, those heavy government affairs are a big burden for me, some time ago I didn't even have time to accompany the children, just now the Queen Mother has snatched the burden on me, lest I get up early and worry about the Great Song Dynasty again. ”

Hearing Zhao Yan say such an important thing so freely, Huang Wude couldn't help but show a wry smile, with his understanding of Zhao Yan, Zhao Yan said that those government affairs were a burden to him was the truth, after all, everyone knew that Zhao Yan had a lazy personality, if it wasn't for his character back then, I am afraid that His Majesty Yingzong would also consider whether to pass the throne to him.

"Your Royal Highness, you are relaxed, but the Queen Mother has never managed government affairs, and the old slave is a little worried that if the Queen Mother is unable to do it, it may cause a big disaster!" Huang Wude said with a worried face at this time, he had tried his best to be very tactful, after all, Empress Dowager Gao was just a woman's family, and she had never had any experience in handling government affairs, not only Huang Wude didn't believe her, I'm afraid even the world wouldn't believe that a woman's family would be better than Zhao Yan.

"Hehe, although the Queen Mother has no experience in politics, she can manage a huge harem in an orderly manner, which shows that she is still extremely talented in management, so I believe that the Queen Mother will definitely do better than me." Zhao Yan smiled again and spoke.

In fact, the reason why Zhao Yan relieved to hand over the government affairs to the Empress Dowager Gao, in addition to the above reasons, there are also reasons why he is familiar with the history of later generations, in the history of later generations, after Zhao Xu's death, the Empress Dowager Gao listened to the government, until Zhao Xu returned to him when he became an adult, and during the reign of the Empress Dowager Gao, the political Qing Dynasty of the Great Song Dynasty was strong, which was the last period of prosperity in the late Northern Song Dynasty in the original history. It can be seen from this that Empress Dowager Gao is also extremely talented in politics.

In addition, Zhao Yan also knew that although the Empress Dowager Gao was very effective after listening to the government, after Zhao Xu became an adult, the two inevitably had a power struggle, and even Zhao Xu once wanted to abolish the title of Empress Dowager Gao. From one point of view, it can be considered that Zhao Xu, as a grandson, actually wants to abolish his grandmother's title, which shows how fierce the conflict between the two is. This is also an important reason for Zhao Yan's concerns, because if he is in power, then the person who will have conflicts with the emperor in the future will become him, but now it's good, Empress Dowager Gao actually took the initiative to jump out and do this substitute for the dead, so what else is he polite, naturally he will not do it directly, anyway, the Great Song Dynasty will not die if he leaves him.

"But ......"

Huang Wude naturally didn't know that Zhao Yan was familiar with the history of later generations, so he was still a little unwilling to say something more, but Zhao Yan interrupted him at this time and said: "Okay, Lao Huang, you don't have to worry, although I have unloaded the burden of regent, but you don't think that I will really care about anything, right?" ”

When he said this, Zhao Yan deliberately winked at Huang Wude, and a smug smile appeared on his face, and then Huang Wude finally understood, although Zhao Yan retreated, but his influence in the court was still there, and there were Cao Song, Zeng Bu, Zhang Dan, Zhang Zai, these henchmen were all over the court, and even Chen Shengzhi, one of the four ministers, was also biased towards Zhao Yan, so that Zhao Yan's forces occupied almost half of the court, but secretly he could still influence the court situation of the Great Song Dynasty, and at the same time avoid conflicts with the new emperor in the future, It's a no-brainer. (To be continued......)

PS: Four thousand words finally rushed out, in addition to the double eleven, but be careful when shopping online, the old fish like to raise plants, usually go to the Internet to see the price of plants, and see with my own eyes that some merchants have increased the price several times in advance, it is estimated that it is to prepare for the price reduction of double eleven.