Regarding Empress Dowager Gao's proposal to let Zhao Yan and Zhao Hao deal with the affairs of the court together, Zhao Hao, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but show an ecstatic expression after hearing it, he never expected that his mother would make such a request, although it is a joint government, but you must know that with Zhao Yan's prestige and strength, he can completely provoke the beam, but now his mother has added him to it, obviously wanting to give him a chance.

However, Zhao Yan's face was gloomy all of a sudden, he knew Zhao Hao's ambition better than anyone else, if he was allowed to govern with him again, even if he had a way to suppress him, but there was no way to prevent Zhao Hao from using the power in his hands to seek his own personal interests, and even the other party was likely to take the opportunity to cultivate his own power, thus adding some unstable factors to the Great Song Dynasty.

Thinking of this, I saw Zhao Yan finally slowly speak: "Queen Mother, your illness is heavy and you can't handle government affairs, originally Erchen should indeed share your worries on your behalf, but now Your Majesty's age is not young, and it is time for him to get in touch with some government affairs, so Erchen thinks that it is better to let Your Majesty take over government affairs!" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's rejection of Empress Dowager Gao's proposal, Zhao Hao next to him immediately showed an anxious look, and hurriedly said: "The third brother is wrong, although Your Majesty is smart, but after all, he is still a child, if he hands over the government to His Majesty to deal with, I am afraid that it will be difficult for His Majesty to do it at his current age, so I think the Queen Mother's proposal is very good!" ”

Zhao Yan saw Zhao Hao jumping out so impatiently, and he sneered in his heart at the moment, but he didn't show it on the surface, but just said lightly: "Although Your Majesty's age is young, he is still the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is justified for him to temporarily take charge of the government and politics, so the younger brother still thinks that it is better for His Majesty to take over the government affairs." ”

When he said this, he saw Zhao Yan pause for a moment and then said: "As for the fact that Your Majesty has no experience in dealing with court affairs. This is nothing, after all, no one is born to deal with the government, so he must have a learning process, and there is no major event in the court during this time, plus there are several ministers to assist, presumably Your Majesty will not make any mistakes! ”

Empress Dowager Gao saw Zhao Yan reject her proposal. There was no surprise on her face, but she was silent for a moment and finally spoke: "Yan'er, are you really not thinking about it anymore?" ”

"Yes, third brother, think about it again!" At this time, Zhao Hao also anxiously persuaded again, such a good opportunity, he didn't want to give up easily.

"Queen Mother, there is nothing to think about in this matter, the son thinks it's time for His Majesty to get in touch with the government!" Zhao Yan stood up at this time and bowed solemnly. As soon as his words came out, Zhao Hao next to him immediately turned dark. There was also a look of unwillingness in her eyes, but the Empress Dowager Gao looked calm, so that people couldn't see the joy and anger in her heart.

"Okay, since that's the case, then the mourning family won't force you Yan'er, Your Majesty should indeed get in touch with the government, and during the time when the mourning family is sick, let Your Majesty go to the political hall more. Follow a few ministers to learn how to deal with government affairs! After a long while, I saw that Empress Dowager Gao finally spoke again. After speaking, he closed his eyes, as if he was very tired.

"Queen Mother Shengming, the son of the retainer retires!" Zhao Yan saw that Empress Dowager Gao was a little tired, and immediately said very interestingly, but Zhao Hao next to him had no intention of leaving, and Zhao Yan didn't care about him. He turned around and left the Kunning Palace.

After seeing Zhao Yan leave, Zhao Hao immediately said eagerly to the Empress Dowager Gao, who had her eyes closed: "Queen Mother, the third brother is too ignorant, Your Majesty is so young, it is impossible to handle government affairs on your behalf." So you still have to think carefully about it! ”

Hearing her son's words, Empress Dowager Gao didn't even open her eyes, and only after a while did she speak: "Hao'er, I know you want to do something, but you also have to see the reality clearly, although you are my own son, but no matter what aspect, Zhao Yan is better than you, if Zhao Yan disagrees with the thing I mentioned just now, do you think you can take on this important task yourself?" ”

"Why not, I didn't have a chance before, if the queen mother is willing to give me a chance, I will definitely not be worse than Zhao Yan!" Zhao Hao also suddenly became bold at this time, he definitely didn't dare to say these words before, but now he knows that if he doesn't say it again, I'm afraid he won't even have this last chance.

Hearing her son's unwilling words, Empress Dowager Gao finally opened her eyes and glanced at him at this time, and then suddenly sighed and said, "Hao'er, why do you think I proposed to let you govern with Zhao Yan just now?" It's not because your prestige and qualifications are insufficient, if I really let you govern in place of me, I'm afraid that without anyone else's hands, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will immediately oppose it. ”

"But ......"

Zhao Hao was still a little unwilling to say something at this time, but saw that the Empress Dowager Gao waved her hand tiredly at this time and said softly: "Okay, I know you are not convinced, but you Zhao Yan has made countless military exploits for my Great Song Dynasty, and you also have great prestige in the court and the people, you can't compare to him, I'm a little tired, you go back and think about it yourself!" ”

Hearing that his mother let him leave, the expression on Zhao Hao's face also changed several times, and finally he finally lowered his head helplessly and retired. And the Empress Dowager Gao looked at the back of her son leaving, but she also sighed helplessly, as the so-called knowing son Mo Ruomu, she naturally knows Zhao Hao's thoughts better than anyone else, but she also knows that Zhao Haozhi is very talented, even if he gives him a chance, I'm afraid he will only make a mess of things.

After Zhao Yan left the Kunning Palace, he immediately went to Zhao Xu to find Zhao Jia, but when he came to Zhao Xu's study, he found that they were not here, and asked the palace maid to know that the two of them went to another side hall, and when he came to this side hall, he saw Zhao Xu and Zhao Jia playing billiards.

There were too few entertainment activities in the era of the Great Song Dynasty, so Zhao Yan copied some games from later generations, billiards is one of them, Zhao Xu went to him and played billiards once, and immediately liked this sport, and begged Zhao Yan for a long time before he agreed to send him to the palace for a set, but billiards was played by two people, Zhao Jia soon found that there was no one to play with him in the palace, and those eunuch guards were careful not to win him even if they played with him, which made Zhao Xu feel bored, So the billiards in the palace have become decorations, and usually only when Zhao Jia and them enter the palace, someone will play with him.

Seeing Zhao Yan come in, Zhao Xu immediately smiled and said, "Third uncle, have you finished talking to the Queen Mother?" ”

"Well, you're going to be lazy, you won't be reading as soon as Jia'er comes, if you let those gentlemen know, it's probably going to be chattering in your ears again." Zhao Yan also said with a smile at this time.

"Hehe, it's rare for the eldest brother to come back, and he is a student of the Naval Academy, I care about the naval construction of our Great Song Dynasty, so naturally I want to stay with the eldest brother for a while." Zhao Xu said with a hippie smile at this time, he didn't learn to follow Zhao Yan, but he had learned the ability to talk nonsense with his eyes open.

After saying a few jokes, Zhao Yan suddenly said to Zhao Xu with some solemnity: "Xu'er, you prepare these days, the Queen Mother should let you handle the government instead of her!" ”

"Really?" Suddenly, hearing the news, Zhao Xu almost jumped up with excitement.

"Yes, the Queen Mother told me in person just now, and you are not young anymore, it's time for you to get in touch with the affairs of the court." Zhao Yan nodded and said, but he didn't tell Zhao Xu that Empress Dowager Gao proposed to let him and Zhao Hao jointly take power and was rejected by him, after all, this kind of thing is suspected of provoking the relationship between Zhao Xu and Empress Dowager Gao, although the relationship between the two of them is not very good, but Zhao Yan doesn't want to be this kind of villain.

"Great!" Getting Zhao Yan's affirmative answer, Zhao Xu really jumped up happily this time, he had been waiting for this day for a long time, as long as he could participate in government affairs, he would no longer have to be forced to study every day like now.

Zhao Jia was also happy for Zhao Xu at this time, and just wanted to come forward to congratulate him a few words, but he didn't expect to be hugged by Zhao Xu excitedly and shouted and jumped, it seems that Zhao Xu is really boring, and now he finally has something to do, and finally let him vent his previous depression.

It was not easy to calm down the excited Zhao Xu, and Zhao Yan explained to him some things that should be paid attention to when entering the political affairs hall, and then got up to leave, as for Zhao Jia, he stayed with Zhao Xu, after all, the two brothers had not seen each other for so long, and Zhao Xu naturally didn't want to let him go.

On the carriage back, Zhao Yan has been thinking about today's matter, the Empress Dowager Gao first showed unusual affection for her father, and then played the emotional card, and finally put forward a request to let herself and Zhao Hao govern together, although this matter was rejected by herself, but does this mean that Empress Dowager Gao's attitude has been biased towards Zhao Hao, in case she makes any moves to support Zhao Hao in the future, how should she fight back then?

Thinking about the above things in his mind, in the end, Zhao Yan returned home and locked himself in the study again, because this is not a trivial matter, if it is not done well, it is likely to cause a big mess.

However, just as Zhao Yan was thinking, he saw that the door of the study was pushed open, and then Cao Ying walked in with a smile on her face and said, "Why did the husband lock himself in the study alone, is there something difficult to solve?" ”

Zhao Yan was also worried that he couldn't find anyone to discuss at this time, and when he saw Cao Ying coming in, he immediately told him about today's incident in Kunning Palace, but Cao Ying chuckled after hearing it: "The husband is really a fan of the authorities, don't you see that this is the queen mother's plan to capture and indulge?" (To be continued.) )