Zhao Yan hurried to Tokyo City, and when he passed through the Gewu Academy and the Military Academy outside the city, he did not stop at all, and went straight into the city to the palace, but when he saw Zhao Ji on the hospital bed in the vertical arch hall, his face was sad, and he saw that Zhao Ji on the hospital bed did not have the appearance of a dragon and a tiger back then, but his face was yellow and gray, his body was also very thin, his cheeks were deeply sunken, and his spirit was also very poor, only when he saw Zhao Yan come in, a glimmer of light flashed in his godless eyes.

"Third brother! You...... You're finally here! Zhao Ji said very excitedly at this time, and there were a few or two flushes on Lahuang's face, but after saying the above short sentence, Zhao Ji coughed violently, and even couldn't breathe, and his body arched all of a sudden, looking extremely painful.

"Big brother!" Zhao Yan hurriedly walked a few steps when he saw this, stepped forward to support Zhao Ji and let him lie down, and his heart was also very sad, although he had known that Zhao Ji's condition was very serious, but now seeing Zhao Ji's appearance with his own eyes still made Zhao Yan a little unacceptable, after all, Zhao Ji is only in his thirties this year, and he is in the prime of life, who would have thought that he would become like this?

Zhao Yan saw Zhao Yan's grief-stricken appearance, and his heart was also warm, during his illness, Zhao Yan helped him solve the matter of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, and also asked the other party to compensate a large amount of money, and what was even more rare was to let Liao Guo pay the New Year's coin to the Great Song Dynasty, when he heard the news before, he was happy to laugh a few times, if it wasn't for his body, he had to get drunk.

"Third brother, it's good that you can come back, I'm seriously ill during this time and can't deal with the government anymore, but I don't feel at ease when I hand over the government to Lu Huiqing and Sima Guang, it's great that you can rush back now!" Zhao Yan held Zhao Yan's hand with both hands at this time. His face was also full of excitement, he couldn't deal with the government during this time, although he had a son, but the eldest was only five years old, and it was impossible to govern on his behalf, so Zhao Yan was the best candidate.

"Big brother. Don't say anything, now you just need to recuperate with peace of mind, and I'll do the rest! Zhao Yan didn't have any excuses, although he didn't like the things in the court very much, but now Zhao Ji is sick like this, and there is indeed no one in the entire Great Song Dynasty except him who can carry this burden for Zhao Ji.

Hearing Zhao Yan say this, Zhao Yan finally showed a reassuring smile on his face, during the time he was sick. The Great Song Dynasty is also in turmoil, which is also the most reassuring thing for him, and now that Zhao Yan is in charge, he can finally rest assured.

Then Zhao Yan accompanied Zhao Ji for a long time, and the two brothers mainly chatted about their lives in the past few years, and Zhao Yan also took this opportunity to tell Zhao Yan about his overseas expansion, as well as the foreseeable prospects and interests in the future. With the occupation of Luzon and Champa by the Great Song Dynasty, the overseas trade situation of the Great Song became better and better. The total amount of trade has increased several times compared to previous years, and the taxes paid have also increased exponentially, but a considerable part of them have been requisitioned by Zhao Yan, so the taxes paid to the imperial court every year have not increased much, so Zhao Ji didn't care about this, and he didn't know until now. It turned out that overseas trade brought such a big benefit to the Great Song Dynasty.

After chatting about overseas affairs, Zhao Yan reported to Zhao Yan in detail about the war in Liao, and the agreement he reached with Ye Lujun in the end, although Zhao Yan had already known about these things through the war report, but it was still not as clear as Zhao Yan, who had personally experienced these events. Especially when Zhao Ji heard that Ye Lujun was forced to agree to pay the New Year's coin to the Great Song Dynasty, he laughed happily twice, but then there was a series of violent coughs, and he almost couldn't breathe.

Zhao Yan entered the palace at noon, and chatted with Zhao Yan until the afternoon, but because Zhao Yan's spirit was very poor, he couldn't hold it until the end, Zhao Yan was worried that he would disturb him to rest, so he let Zhao Yan rest at ease, and he would leave his home first, and wait until tomorrow when he was free to visit him.

After leaving the palace, Zhao Yan did not ride a horse again, because Lao Fu who stayed in the capital personally drove a carriage to wait outside the palace gate, when Zhao Yan left the capital, because Lao Fu was old, it was really inconvenient to travel long distances, and the mansions and industries on this side of the capital also needed to be taken care of by capable people, so Lao Fu was left by Zhao Yan, this time Zhao Yan came back, and immediately sent someone to inform him, but he didn't expect Lao Fu to come in person, I haven't seen him for a few years, Lao Fu's hair and beard are all white, but the body and spirit are very good, Seeing that Zhao Yan has been constantly reporting to him about the situation of those industries in the capital in recent years.

Zhao Yan was talking to Lao Fu, and ordered him to drive the carriage to the streets of Tokyo, I haven't seen him for a few years, the streets of Tokyo are still very lively, the traffic is crowded, Zhao Yan's carriage walks on the crowded streets, looking at these familiar and somewhat unfamiliar scenes in front of him, Zhao Yan can't help but feel a little emotional.

"Your Highness, there is our canning workshop in front, this canning workshop has expanded a lot in the past year, do you want to go and see it?" At this time, Lao Fu, who was driving the carriage himself, suddenly said, since he saw Zhao Yan, the smile on Lao Fu's face has not been broken, and his interest is also very high, and he has been introducing to Zhao Yan the changes in Tokyo City in recent years.

Hearing Lao Fu's suggestion, Zhao Yan thought about it for a moment but shook his head and said: "Don't worry about things at home, I can also trust Lao Fu, and I just came back, don't want to pay attention to these miscellaneous things for the time being, you can take me around Tokyo City casually!" ”

Lao Fu also felt a little too anxious when he heard this, and no longer mentioned family affairs at the moment, and began to take Zhao Yan around in the city, mainly to some places that have changed a lot, and there are some very lively places, and finally Lao Fu drove the carriage to the vicinity of Daxiangguo Temple, which is the most lively place in the whole Tokyo City.

Zhao Yan did not get off the carriage, but sat in front of the window of the carriage and looked out, compared with a few years ago, there seems to be no big change in front of the Great Xiangguo Temple, it is still so lively, jugglers abound, pedestrians rubbing shoulders with each other, showing the prosperous atmosphere of the capital of a country.

"Huh?" At this moment, Zhao Yan suddenly saw two acquaintances coming out of the Great Xiangguo Temple, which made him feel happy, and hurriedly ordered the guards around him to invite the two of them over.

Zhang Zai and Shen Kuo smiled and chatted while walking, today is the tenth day, the military academy and the Gewu Academy are resting, the two of them usually talk very much, and they are both friends of the Daxiangguo Temple host round cicada, so today they came to visit each other together, the three of them chatted for most of the day, and then they disturbed a meal at the round cicada, and then they said goodbye and left.

However, as soon as Zhang Zai and Shen Kuo came out of the gate of Daxiangguo Temple, they didn't expect someone to come forward to stop them, and said that someone wanted to invite them over, which made both of them stunned, and looked at the carriage not far away along the other party's hand, and couldn't understand who invited them over?

Although they were puzzled, Zhang Zai and Shen Kuo still followed the guards who invited them to the carriage, only to see that the carriage door was opened, and Zhao Yan, who had not seen them for a few years, actually sat in the carriage and smiled at them, which made both of them surprised and delighted, and shouted almost at the same time: "Your Highness, when did you come back?" ”

"Haha, I just came back today, I went to the palace to see the imperial brother just now, I wanted to take a walk around the city at will, but I didn't expect to meet you coming out of Xiangguo Temple." Zhao Yan said with a smile at the moment, he came back in a hurry, except for a few people who were extremely close, the others did not come at all, so Zhang Zai and Shen Kuo didn't know about his return at all.

Hearing that Zhao Yan had already entered the palace and seen Zhao Ji, Zhang Zai and Shen Kuo's eyes lit up, and then they entered the carriage at the invitation of Zhao Yan, and then saw Shen Kuo immediately speak: "Your Highness, Your Majesty's health is ill during this time, and there have been a lot of rumors in the court, and there are even people who propose to establish a prince, which makes people panic, but now that His Royal Highness is back, most people must be at ease." ”

There are words in Shen Kuo's words, especially the mention of Lichu, which makes people doubt his intentions, which also makes Zhang Zai next to him look at him meaningfully, although the relationship between the two is good, but there are some differences in some things, so I saw him speak at this time: "The imperial court is in danger, Your Highness will definitely be able to help Your Majesty get through the difficulties when you come back this time!" ”

Hearing Zhang Zai's words, Shen Kuo also glanced at him meaningfully, but he didn't say anything. For the meaning of Zhang Zai and Shen Kuo's words, Zhao Yan is also like a mirror, Shen Kuo is using words to test his attitude, in case Zhao Ji has any accidents, then Zhao Yan is very hopeful to inherit the throne, and his words are to show that he supports Zhao Yan to compete for the throne, but Zhang Zai has always supported orthodoxy, although his personal relationship with Zhao Yan is good, but in the matter of the throne, he still supports Zhao Yan to establish his son as the crown prince.

"Hehe, I just signed a treaty with Yelujun, got a sum of money from him, and was about to use this money to rebuild the defense line of the Great Wall, so as to prevent the retaliation of the Liao State in the future, but I didn't expect to receive an edict from the imperial brother and let me rush to the capital, in addition, I didn't expect the imperial brother's illness to be so serious, but the imperial brother's illness needs to be recuperated quietly, so during this time, I may take over the government, and when the imperial brother's illness is cured, I can continue to drink and fish, and be the idle prince before." Zhao Yan replied with a smile at this time.

Hearing that Zhao Yan said that he wanted to take over the government affairs of the Great Song Dynasty, but he also said that he would hand over power after Zhao Yan recovered from his illness in the future, which made Shen Kuo and Zhang Zai a little confused, and they couldn't figure out what Zhao Yan's attitude was? (To be continued......)