Chapter 209, Vigilance
Li Dang followed behind Zhao Xu, his gaze keenly swept around, and he was full of vigilance and defencefulness against everyone who tried to approach Zhao Xu.
Li Dang didn't know Zhao Laosi's strategy, what he was most worried about was that Zhao Laosi sent assassins to snipe Zhao Xu before the enthronement ceremony, the best sniper weapon in this era was the bow and crossbow, for this reason, Li Dang specially designed an anti-bow vest for Zhao Xu, this vest is very simple, just two pieces of thin steel that have been tempered hundreds of times are sewn into a vest to protect some vital parts of Zhao Xu's body.
However, after Zhao Ying tried it a few times on the anti-arrow vest with her own sleeve arrow, she found that there were only a few small marks on the vest, and she was full of praise for Li Kang's design. Zhao Xu was also very excited, he said that this anti-arrow vest is much more flexible than those bulky armor, and after he succeeds to the throne, he must promote Li Kang's design to the army.
Li Dare complained bitterly in his heart, how could the steelmaking skills of the Song Dynasty be compared with his original time and space, his two steel plates took several months of work in his own blacksmith shop, and after hundreds of failed tests, they had the strength, hardness and flexibility they have today. If every soldier had to wear such an anti-arrow vest, he and the entire blacksmith would probably not be able to wear them to death.
After complaining about hardship, Li Kang still agreed to Zhao Xu's request with a smile, promising that in the future, he would definitely help the soldiers of the Song Dynasty improve their armor and weapons, so as to improve the combat effectiveness of the army. For this ability, Li dared to believe that he had it.
However, those are all things in the future, and the most important thing at the moment is to ensure Zhao Xu's safety.
Although Li Dang and Zhao Xu listened to the dynamics of Zhao Lao Er and Zhao Lao Si in many ways, and even sent people to monitor their mansions overnight, the news brought back by the scouts was that the wind was calm and there was no abnormality.
How could there be no abnormality, Li dared to believe that the reason why the scouts couldn't see it was because Zhao Lao Er and Zhao Lao Si were too cunning.
The more cunning the enemy is, the more terrifying it is, of course, so Li Dang can't be careless.
Li Kang was also wearing an anti-arrow vest. He had already made a plan, if he encountered a cold arrow shooting at Zhao Xu, he would use his body to block Zhao Xu in front of him as soon as possible.
However, Zhao Lao Er and Zhao Lao Si didn't seem to want to give Li Kang this opportunity to perform, until Zhao Xu entered the Long Live Palace, and did not see the assassin make a move against Zhao Xu, let alone any cold arrows.
The two columns of the Long Live Hall were already full of civil and military ministers, Zhao Xu slowly entered the palace under the gaze of everyone, he did not go directly to the dragon chair and sat on it, he was not qualified yet, because he was not the emperor yet.
But. Most of the ministers in the Long Live Hall thought that the crown prince Zhao Xu was about to sit on the dragon chair, so when Zhao Xu came over slowly, everyone couldn't help but glance at the dragon chair that had been empty.
Zhao Xu didn't look at the dragon chair squarely, he just walked on his calves and calmly endured everyone's gaze. His legs were short and his frequency was not fast, but his gait was steady, and he soon reached the northeast corner of the main hall and found his first position on the left.
Since Zhao Xu became the crown prince. He didn't go back to the court to stand in this position, and he was apprenticed to Boss Zhao to deal with the government, but in the past, his right hand side was often standing on the left prime minister Cai Qu, who was above 10,000 people under one person. Now standing on his right-hand side are Zhao Lao Er and Zhao Lao Si, these two imperial brothers usually don't need to go to court.
After Zhao Xu stood in his position, he looked at Zhao Lao Er and Zhao Lao Si, and nodded slightly to his two uncles.
Zhao Lao Er and Zhao Lao Si also nodded. Return the salute to Zhao Xu. However, the mood of the two of them at this time is very different, Zhao Lao Er has not known the plan of the fourth child until now, and he was already dead when he first arrived at the Long Live Palace. He thought that his ascension to the throne should be no fun, but Zhao Laosi's first words after arriving at the Long Live Palace made him become a certain panic, so anxious that he was uneasy.
After Zhao Laosi went to the palace, he leaned into the ear of the second child and whispered softly: "Congratulations to the imperial brother, you are about to ascend the throne." ”
Hearing this, Zhao Laoer's whole person was petrified instantly, he didn't react for a while, he saw that the fourth child didn't inform him of what to do in the past two days, he had already thought that the fourth child had given up, and he had already thought that he had no chance to sit on the dragon chair again, who knew that the fourth child would say such a thing to himself at this time.
He began to resent the fourth child in his heart, since he had a plan, he didn't even reveal a little bit of news to himself, after all, he was going to be the emperor, if he didn't participate at all, relying on the strength of the fourth child alone, even if he sat on the throne, how could he be at ease. A feeling of being ignored and despised made Zhao Lao Si start to resent Zhao Lao Si.
Zhao Lao Er actually didn't know, the fourth child also had the difficulties of the fourth child, and the fourth child's difficulty was in those Xixia people, the fourth child knew that the second child must be against mixing with the Xixia people, and he would not let the Xixia people participate in the plot to fight for the throne, so he simply hid from the second child and started to work alone, and he also knew that some Zhao Lao Er, who lived in the study, really couldn't help himself.
Just when Zhao Xu, Zhao Lao Er, and Zhao Lao Si looked at each other and laughed, each with their own concerns, a sharp and a little vicissitudes of life sounded, it was the voice of the great eunuch Liang Weijian, and he was shouting loudly: "The Empress Dowager of Xuanren Holy Martyr has arrived!" ”
Everyone's eyes are looking at the west side of the main hall, where there is a bead curtain, which is a bead curtain made of jade and pearls, which looks jeweled and makes people unbearable to look at, as you know, soon, Gao Taotao, who is in his fifties, will sit behind this bead curtain and give orders to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
There was a sound of a phoenix falling to the ground, followed by a sound of broken footsteps, and after a while, the ministers in the hall could already feel that Gao Tao had come to the phoenix seat behind the curtain.
There was actually another woman standing next to the phoenix seat early, that was Queen Xiang of Boss Zhao, but in the hearts of many people, they almost ignored the existence of Queen Mother Xiang, and they all knew that Queen Xiang, who had a weak personality and no assertiveness, only nodded her head in front of the domineering and domineering Gao Tao.
Sure enough, when Queen Xiang saw Gao Tao coming, she hurriedly lay on the ground and saluted Gao Tao: "The mourning family has seen Niangniang!" ”
"Get up!"
Gao Taotao can be regarded as enthusiastic, she pulled Queen Xiang to sit on the phoenix seat together, but poor Queen Xiang, where did she dare to sit on an equal footing with Gao Taotao, she just sat on half an ass.
In the hall of Long Live Palace, Li Dang stood in a corner, surrounded by several miscellaneous eunuchs, he stared intently at Zhao Lao Er and Zhao Lao Si, the string in his heart was never loosened, he knew that as long as Zhao Xu was not wearing a yellow robe and sitting on the dragon chair, he could not relax his vigilance. (To be continued......)