Cao Ying said about the matter of the capital, in fact, refers to the Empress Dowager Gao was seriously ill again, as early as three years ago, the Empress Dowager Gao almost fell down due to a serious illness, and then finally survived, but since then the health has become worse, and in the past three years, he has been sick for a period of time, fortunately, Zhao Xu is getting older and older, and he has also begun to slowly contact the government, which not only shared part of the pressure for the Empress Dowager Gao, but also eased the relationship between the two.

However, just a month ago, the Empress Dowager Gao, who was discussing with the ministers, suddenly fell unconscious, which made the court also a big mess, and later after the rescue of the imperial doctor, although the Empress Dowager Gao finally woke up, but the condition was extremely serious, plus her age was so old, many drugs did not dare to use, for fear that the Empress Dowager Gao's body could not stand it, and some mild drugs had a limited effect, so that the Empress Dowager Gao's condition was not improved, but was gradually aggravated.

Of course, the above news is ordinary news that has spread in the capital, Zhao Yan is the king of Yue, and he is the nominal son of the Empress Dowager Gao, so he naturally knows more, for example, he knows that Cao Ying's grandfather Cao Tong has personally diagnosed and treated the Empress Dowager Gao, but the situation is not very optimistic, and even Cao Tong asserted that the Empress Dowager Gao may not be able to survive this year.

Although Zhao Xu has participated in politics before, and he is already sixteen years old, which is not too young, but after all, the Empress Dowager Gao still holds most of the power in the court, if she really dies of illness, I am afraid that the transfer of power alone will cause a big shock in the court.

"Lady, do you think this time the Queen Mother can survive like the one three years ago?" After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Yan suddenly raised his head and asked Cao Ying, who was sitting opposite, Cao Ying is also proficient in medical science, although he may not be as good as those imperial doctors in practice, but in some theories, he is definitely not worse than anyone else.

Heard Zhao Yan's question. I saw Cao Ying bow her head and think for a moment, and then she suddenly shook her head and said: "Husband, I'm afraid it is impossible for the Queen Mother to survive, although the serious illness three years ago did not make the Queen Mother fall, but it greatly damaged the Queen Mother's body, as evidenced by the Queen Mother's illness from time to time in recent years." And a few days ago, I went to the palace with my husband to visit the Queen Mother, and I took this opportunity to take a closer look at the Queen Mother, and found that she was gloomy and did not have any anger. ”

Zhao Yan also sighed secretly when he heard this, for the strong woman Empress Dowager Gao, Zhao Yan's feelings for her were very complicated, and she was just a simple disgust before. Now it is mixed with a bit of admiration and family affection, and there are many other feelings that even he can't express, and now that he knows that the Empress Dowager Gao's life is short, he also feels a little empty in his heart.

"Husband, as the so-called life and death have fate, the Queen Mother is already in her prime, and sooner or later she will have such a day, so don't be too sad!" Cao Ying can also understand Zhao Yan's complicated feelings for Empress Dowager Gao. Whispered comforting at the moment.

"Well, I know. Let's go to the palace a few more times these days, if I can't remember, you have to remember to remind me, lady. Zhao Yan was a little depressed at this time, people are inherently dead, Zhao Shu, Zhao Ji and Empress Dowager Gao have all left one after another, so these people around him will definitely pass away one by one in the future. Including himself, thinking of this made Zhao Yan a little upset.

Cao Ying saw that Zhao Yan was in a bad mood, and after thinking about it for a while, she suddenly smiled and said, "Husband, Jia'er has a letter today." Guess where he is now? ”

Hearing his wife mention his son, Zhao Yan finally raised his spirits, and immediately raised his head and asked: "Where is it, didn't he say that he was going to carry out some secret mission two months ago, but there was no news for two whole months, and now he won't stay on any island in the South Seas, right?" ”

Zhao Jia graduated from the Naval Academy two years ago, and then entered the navy to formally serve, they are the first batch of academics in the navy, although they are not very old, but because of the systematic naval education, most of them are excellent in the navy, for example, Li Jia has now been officially promoted to captain, can command a warship alone, and in the previous several operations to clear pirates, but also several times made a lot of contributions, it is estimated that next year, Zhao Jia will be promoted to command a detachment of generals.

Cao Ying mentioned that her son was also full of proud smiles, and she sat down next to Zhao Yan and said: "Jia'er did go to Nanyang before, but he has come back now, and followed the fleet to the coast of Shandong, but he didn't say anything in his letter, but in our Great Song coast, it is estimated that there is no danger." ”

"To Shandong?" Zhao Yan was also stunned when he heard this, but immediately reacted, I'm afraid that Zhao Jia and they are not going to Shandong, but to Liao, because the Great Song Dynasty has to send some materials to Liao every once in a while, and most of the grain in these materials is directly transported from the Nanyang area, because rice is abundant there, the grain is very cheap, and the sea is also more convenient and money-saving, so the food that supports the Liao State is by sea, of course, every transportation needs to be accompanied by naval escorts, if Zhao Yan is not mistaken, Some time ago, there happened to be a fleet carrying grain from the south, and it is estimated that Zhao Jia was also guarding around that fleet.

Regarding the fact that Zhao Jia was going to Liao, Zhao Yan did not plan to tell Cao Ying, lest she worry anymore, after all, although Song and Liao were allied, they were still hostile countries to each other, and if Zhao Jia went there, Cao Ying would definitely be worried. But if you analyze it carefully, you don't have to worry about Zhao Jia's safety, the first is that Zhao Jia's identity in the army is confidential, and not many people know that he is his son, and secondly, Liao now needs the support of the Great Song Dynasty to start a war with the Jurchens, and he doesn't dare to offend the Great Song Dynasty at all, and finally Zhao Jia drove the battleship to the Liao State, although the cavalry of the Liao State is good, but there is no decent navy, so even if he retreats 10,000 steps, the Liao State dares to risk the danger of war with the Great Song Dynasty to Zhao Jia's disadvantage, but as long as Zhao Jia is on the battleship, They didn't have anything to do with Zhao Jia.

"By the way, Jia'er and Yan'er have been engaged for nearly three years, and Jia'er is not too young, do you want them to hold the wedding?" At this time, Cao Ying suddenly thought of her son's marriage, and immediately opened her mouth to discuss with Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan also felt that it made sense when he heard it, Zhao Jia and Yang Yan were over eighteen years old, and it was time to hold a wedding for them, in addition, Zhao Jia took the Agnes ribbon by his side, and the two of them also fell in love for a long time, even the child was born last year, if the child was not young, Zhao Yan would have wanted them to bring the child back to the capital. However, after Yang Yan knew about this matter, she was also very aggrieved, so she went into the palace several times to complain to Cao Ying, although she did not say it explicitly, but the whole palace could feel the grievance.

"It's okay, then write a letter to Jia'er and ask him to come back to handle the wedding, as for whether Yan'er wants to follow him to the south or stay in the capital, let them discuss it themselves. In addition, Jia'er and Agnes's child also brought back, this is our first grandson," Zhao Yan thought about it and said, when he said the word 'grandson', he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, he is not yet forty years old this year, but he has already become a grandfather, which is really crazy if it is placed in the next generation.

"Look at you, although I want to see my grandson, but I'm a little worried, Agnes is a foreigner after all, and he has yellow hair and green eyes, husband, you said that our grandson won't be like this, right?" Cao Ying was a little worried at this time, under the influence of Zhao Yan, she didn't pay much attention to the distinction between concubines and concubines, but she was worried that her grandson would look like Agnes, which would be a little weird.

"Haha, what's there to worry about, no matter what the child looks like, it's also our grandson, are you still worried that no one will say kiss when he grows up?" Zhao Yan laughed and said, speaking of which he was very much looking forward to this mixed-race grandson, according to the aesthetic point of view of later generations, generally mixed-race children are good-looking, and mixed-race children's IQ may also be more advantageous, if it is possible, he hopes that Zhao Jia and Agnes will have a few more mixed-race grandchildren.

"Giggles, look at the husband is happy, the grandson is only so young that he wants to kiss him, but the children in the house are growing up day by day, like Xin'er, they usually live in Gewu Academy, and they will only come back once on the tenth day, which makes the house a lot more deserted, if Jia'er's children can be sent back, it can also make the house more angry." Cao Ying also said with a smile at this time.

Talking about the affairs of their children, Zhao Yan and Cao Ying were also very interested, but at this moment, they suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, and then a maid's voice sounded: "Lord Qiqi, Your Majesty is here!" ”

"Huh? Why did Cozy Er come? Zhao Yan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the news, although Zhao Xu still came to his class every five days, but since Empress Dowager Gao became seriously ill, Zhao Xu took on most of the government affairs, so sometimes he really couldn't spare time to come here, not to mention that today was not the day when Zhao Xu came to class.

"Could it be that something happened to the Queen Mother's illness?" Zhao Yan suddenly thought of another possibility at this time, and hurriedly stood up and said.

However, at this time, Cao Ying grabbed him and said: "It shouldn't be the Queen Mother's illness, otherwise Your Majesty will only be by the Queen Mother's side, and there is no need for him to run in person, so Your Majesty should have other things to do when he comes to find her husband." ”

Zhao Yan also felt that it made sense when he heard it, but Zhao Xu was not busy dealing with government affairs in the palace, but he suddenly came to his house, there must be something important, so he didn't dare to delay, and stood up and walked to the front hall at the moment, but saw Zhao Xu walking around the main hall very anxiously. (To be continued.) )