Although the body of the Empress Dowager Gao has just recovered, but she did not dare to have the slightest slack, this morning before dawn, she got up early, drank a bowl of porridge casually after washing, and then put on reading glasses and continued to correct yesterday's backlog of folds, speaking of her body aging day by day, especially the eyes are more presbyopia, if it were not for reading glasses, I am afraid she could not even see the words on the fold.

But even if there are reading glasses, the Empress Dowager Gao seems to be very difficult to correct the folds by the light, and from time to time she has to stop to take off the glasses and rub her forehead, and then close her eyes for a moment to be able to continue to correct the folds, and wait until the morning sun rises in the east, and when the first ray of sunlight shines into the hall through the window, the Empress Dowager Gao feels much better, after all, the sunlight is much stronger than the dim candlelight, so that she does not have to work so hard when she looks at the folds.

Today is the tenth day, and the Empress Dowager Gao does not have to convene the ministers to discuss the matter as usual, but when it is almost noon, several ministers in the political hall will enter the palace to discuss with her, and by the way, take away these approved memoirs, so the Empress Dowager Gao must complete the review of these recitals before noon, so as not to delay the political affairs.

However, just when the Empress Dowager Gao drank a cup of tea and mentioned her spirit to continue the review and recital, she suddenly saw a palace maid trotting in, and then reported in a low voice: "Empress Dowager Qi, Your Majesty is asking to see you outside the palace!" ”

"Huh? Why did Your Majesty come back so early today? Empress Dowager Gao couldn't help but be stunned when she heard the palace maid's report, Zhao Xu used to go to Zhao Yan's house to study, and every time he refused to come back, for example, according to the regulations, he returned to the palace the next morning, but Zhao Xu had to eat breakfast every time, and a breakfast almost took an hour, plus the time consumed on the road, and it was often noon when he returned to the palace in the end. I've never been back so early in the morning as today.

Although it was strange in her heart, Empress Dowager Gao still quickly let Zhao Xu in, and after a while, she saw Zhao Xu striding in in civilian clothes, and he came directly to Kunning Hall after entering the palace, and did not return to his bedroom at all. So I didn't even have time to change my clothes.

"Grandson meets grandmother!" Zhao Xu came to the Empress Dowager Gao and gave a deep salute.

"No need to be polite, Xu'er, why did you come back so early?" Empress Dowager Gao gently took off her glasses at this time and asked a little tiredly.

Hearing Empress Dowager Gao's inquiry, I saw Zhao Xu hesitate for a moment, and then said with a firm face: "Grandmother, my grandson came back because I wanted to discuss something with my grandmother!" ”

"Oh? What's up? When Empress Dowager Gao heard Zhao Xu say this, she couldn't help but raise her head and look at him with some surprise, since Zhao Xu ascended the throne as the emperor and took over the power by herself. Zhao Xu was a little afraid of himself, except for the usual time when he came to ask for peace, he didn't have anything else to say, and it was the first time he took the initiative to talk to him like today.

"Grandmother Qiqi, when you were sick before, your grandson followed a few ministers in the political hall and learned a lot of ways to govern, and I feel that it is much better than usually following a few gentlemen to study. Therefore, the grandson hopes that he can continue to stay in the political affairs hall, even if he does nothing. But at least watching a few ministers deal with government affairs, you can also learn something! I saw that Zhao Xu took a deep breath at this time, and then finally said the words that had tormented him all day.

As soon as Zhao Xu's words came out, the Empress Dowager Gao also sat up straight all of a sudden, and two sharp glances shot out of her two cloudy old eyes, looking Zhao Xu in front of her up and down. At the same time, countless thoughts flashed in her heart, among which she was most worried about why Zhao Xu suddenly made this request, was Zhao Yan instigating him behind his back?

Zhao Xu also felt that Empress Dowager Gao's fierce gaze was looking at him, which made him feel pressured, and the cold sweat on his forehead came down. There was even an urge to turn around and run away, but when he thought of the encouragement that the third uncle gave him yesterday, he still bowed his head under pressure and stood there motionless.

After a long while, I saw that the Empress Dowager Gao finally spoke slowly: "Xu'er, who asked you to make this request to the mourning family?" ”

Hearing the Empress Dowager Gao ask like this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but be stunned, but then he guessed what the Empress Dowager Gao was thinking, and hurriedly explained: "Grandmother Qi, this matter is not someone else's instigation of grandchildren, but what grandchildren think in their hearts, some time ago, my grandmother was seriously ill, and my grandson temporarily shared the affairs of the court for my grandmother, which can be regarded as doing some filial piety, and now although my grandmother's illness has been cured, her body is still very weak, and my grandson should share some government affairs for my grandmother." ”

When he said this, he saw Zhao Xu suddenly take a deep breath, and then continued: "In addition, my grandson also feels that his age is not too young, and he will always have to deal with government affairs in person in the future, so I might as well get in touch with more government affairs now, anyway, if you have grandmother to preside over the government, even if your grandson has any omissions, grandmother can also correct her grandson in time!" ”

After listening to Zhao Xu's words, Empress Dowager Gao couldn't help but feel a little surprised for a while, the previous paragraph of the words that shared her worries was not mentioned, but the latter words were absolutely from Zhao Xu's sincerity, but she didn't expect Zhao Xu to have the courage to say it, and he said it in front of her, you must know that these words may anger her when she hears them, after all, she is not dead, Zhao Xu is already eager to take over the government.

If it was put before she got sick, Empress Dowager Gao would indeed suspect that Zhao Xu wanted to seize power, so she was furious, but after the last serious illness, she also saw some things, after all, even she didn't know how many years she could live, in this case, she looked at the power in her hands relatively lightly, and compared to others, she was more willing to hand over power to Zhao Xu.

It is precisely because of this that I saw the expression on Empress Dowager Gao's face change several times, and finally slowly calmed down, and looked at Zhao Xu with some calm eyes and said, "Xu'er, do you really want to get in touch with government affairs so early?" ”

"Yes, my grandson is really bored to stay in the palace every day, so it is better to learn more things now, and by the way, I can also share my grandmother's worries, and I heard that when my father did not ascend the throne, he helped my grandfather deal with many government affairs, so I also hope to learn from my father!" Sensing that Empress Dowager Gao's attitude had changed somewhat, Zhao Xu couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and then said firmly.

Hearing that Zhao Xu wanted to learn from his father Zhao Xu, Empress Dowager Gao's expression was stunned again, thinking of this son who died early, she couldn't help but feel a little sad, but after a while, she came to her senses again, and then nodded and said: "Okay, since you really think so, then the mourning family agrees to let you go to the political hall, but when you get there, you have to see more and talk less, and if you don't understand something, you can ask a few ministers for advice, don't be ashamed of your identity and can't open your mouth!" ”

"Great!" Hearing that Empress Dowager Gao finally agreed to his request, Zhao Xu couldn't help jumping up happily, but he soon thought that Empress Dowager Gao was still looking at him, which made him immediately blush, and immediately saluted Empress Dowager Gao and said: "Grandson is out of order, please punish grandmother!" ”

However, when Empress Dowager Gao saw Zhao Xu's happy appearance, she nodded with some relief, usually Zhao Xu was too mature and steady, so people didn't dare to treat him as a teenager, but now he looked more like a child who got his favorite toy, which made Empress Dowager Gao's heart soft, so instead of reproaching, she also told Zhao Xu a few words.

Zhao Xu also said yes again and again at the moment, and then the Empress Dowager Gao asked him to go back to prepare first, and he could officially go to the political hall tomorrow to participate in the discussion, which made Zhao Xu even more excited, and bowed to the Empress Dowager Gao at the moment, and then said goodbye and left.

In the next few days, Zhao Xu went to the council hall almost every day, but whenever he should go to Zhao Yan to study, he still went to Yue Wangfu, because he felt that he could learn more things with his third uncle, and some problems encountered in the government hall, he could also use this to ask Zhao Yan for advice, although Zhao Yan didn't like government affairs, but after all, he had personally been in charge of government affairs for a period of time, and he was also very proficient in these things, so there was naturally no problem in solving Zhao Xu's doubts. (To be continued.) )