Chapter 885: One More Way Out
Seeing that his son didn't understand the meaning of his words, Zhao Yan immediately reached out and picked up a stack of papers from the desk and handed it to Zhao Jiadao: "You take a look at these first!" ”
Zhao Jia took these papers with an inexplicable face at this time, but when he saw the contents on them, he showed a surprised expression, because these papers recorded all the information related to Agnes, most of which he knew, such as the situation in Europe from some foreign businessmen, which were similar to what Agnes said.
But there are also some things that Zhao Jia doesn't know, such as Dong Zhong who was the first to arrive in Europe in Agnes's mouth, and there are detailed records on it, such as Dong Zhong's origin, residence, family, etc., all of which have been specially introduced, the most important of which is that it is recorded that Dong Zhong led the famous fleet to sea four years ago, and the purpose was Europe, but unfortunately it was never returned, which also confirmed Agnes's description of Dong Zhong.
"Father, are you investigating Agnes?" Zhao Jia asked a little puzzled when he saw this.
"Yes, Agnes suddenly appeared by your side, and her identity was also said by herself, as for the knight next to her and the crown she brought, it doesn't fully prove her identity, so I naturally have to investigate clearly, I asked people to inquire as much as possible about the affairs in Europe, and the identity of that Dong Zhong is the focus of the investigation, fortunately, all this shows that the identity of Agnes should not be faked, otherwise it will be too terrible." Zhao Yan said with a solemn face at this time.
"Father, you are too careful, even if someone wants to deal with our Yue Wangfu, they won't spend so much effort, right?" Zhao Jia smiled a little indifferently when he heard this, in fact, he had doubted the authenticity of Agnes' identity before, but then he believed his feelings, that is, Agnes would not lie to himself.
Seeing that Zhao Jia didn't take this matter to heart, Zhao Yan said to him with a serious face: "Jia'er." If you have this kind of thought, you will definitely suffer a big loss in the future, you must know that you are the son of the Yue Palace, and you will inherit my throne in the future, so for our enemies, it is worth using any means to deal with you! ”
"This ......" saw his father talking to himself so seriously. Zhao Jia couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and only after a moment did he frown and said, "Father, with the current prestige and status of our Yue Palace, does anyone really dare to deal with us?" ”
"It's not a question of whether you dare or not, but someone will definitely deal with our palace, maybe no one dares to jump out for the time being, but there will definitely be in the future!" Zhao Yan frowned at this time, Zhao Jia was already half an adult. So he felt that there were some things that he should know, so that he could understand what kind of burden he was going to take.
Thinking of this, I saw Zhao Yan take a deep breath, and then continued to speak: "Jia'er, do you think the current situation in our palace is normal?" ”
"Huh? What's wrong with our palace? Zhao Jia was stunned again when he heard his father's words, he found that he couldn't understand a lot of what his father said today.
Seeing that his son didn't understand, Zhao Yan sighed again and said, "Jia'er, you must know it too." I relied on my prestige in the military and the wealth and power I had accumulated in the South Seas. It is no exaggeration to say that nearly half of the ministers in the court are related to our Yue Palace, even if the Queen Mother is dealing with things related to our palace, she must think twice, it can be said that the strength of our Yue Wangfu can already influence the political situation of the court. But this situation is not normal, now that the Queen Mother is in power, there is nothing to do with us for the time being, but what about in the future? ”
"Later? Your cousin is so close to your father, and he is your student. He shouldn't do anything to you, right? Zhao Jia frowned again when he heard this, no matter how smart he was, he was only a sixteen-year-old boy, and he had never been exposed to this aspect before, so his consideration was still a little superficial, and his vision was not long-term enough.
"Alas, Jia'er, as a prince, you must take a long-term view of things, no matter how deep your cousin's relationship with me is, but as an emperor, half of the power in his hands has been divided by me, do you think he will still be as close to me as he is now, and even if he takes a step back, your cousin will not do anything to me, but when your cousin dies, then the father may not be there, do you think his son will still ignore our Yue Wangfu like his father?" Zhao Yan asked earnestly again at this time.
"This ......" Zhao Jia couldn't help but be silent when he heard this, he really didn't think about these things, but now that he thinks about it, the strength of the Yue Wangfu has indeed threatened the imperial court, and now that the Empress Dowager Gao is in power, she needs the Yue Wangfu to check and balance her, so the ministers in the court also turn a blind eye to this, but if you wait until your cousin is in power, someone will definitely jump out at that time, and it will be really difficult to do it then.
Seeing his son's contemplative expression, Zhao Yan also smiled and nodded, as long as Zhao Jia could realize the problems that the palace might face, of course, he had already prepared for this, so he saw him speak again at this time: "Jia'er, I have been making some preparations for these things for a long time, and I don't need you to worry about it, but the arrival of Agnes this time has made me find another way, if you can, I hope you can help our palace make more preparations." ”
"What preparations, and what does this have to do with Agnes?" Zhao Jia was puzzled again when he heard this, Agnes was just a princess in exile, and Europe was so far away from the Great Song Dynasty, so he couldn't figure out what Agnes could help with in this matter?
"Of course it matters, Agnes is not only the princess of the Holy Roman Empire, but also the only heir to the throne designated by her father, in this case, if you have a child with her, then this child must also be the heir of the Holy Roman Empire, and then you can rightfully meddle in the internal affairs of the Holy Roman Empire, and even directly lead an army back to fight for the throne, as long as you can gain a foothold in Europe, this is another way out for our royal palace, of course, not until the last moment, This retreat is not needed at all. Zhao Yan spoke again at this time.
"Wait a minute, father, who said I was going to have a baby with Agnes?" Zhao Jia still couldn't turn around and asked when he heard this, there was innocence between him and Agnes!
"You've brought people home, do you still want to get rid of her?" Zhao Yan was stunned when he heard this, "Of course, as Agnes, I will definitely not be able to be a wife, even if I agree with your mother, I won't agree, but it's not bad to let her be a concubine, and Yan'er's little girl has also liked you for so many years, it's time to give someone an explanation, your mother has decided to marry you after the New Year, and you have to prepare early!" ”
"Huh? This...... Is this too fast? Zhao Jia was shocked again when he heard this, he had no objection to marrying Yan'er, although he was a little sluggish in terms of feelings, but he could also feel that Yan'er liked him, and he also had a good impression of Yan'er, but Agnes's matter made him a little unacceptable for a while.
"Hurry up, you're sixteen, I'm already married to your mother when you're so old!" Zhao Yan was glared at this time, and when he said this, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional, the day he married Cao Ying was the day he crossed over from the afterlife, and he still remembered the situation very clearly, everything seemed to happen yesterday, but who would have thought that almost twenty years had passed in the blink of an eye.
"But...... But Agnes and I really don't have anything! Zhao Jia once again argued unwillingly, during this time he had always regarded Agnes as a friend, but his father's words cast a utilitarian color on their relationship.
Hearing his son's argument, Zhao Yan was not angry, but stepped forward with a smile and patted him on the shoulder and said: "Son, you don't have to be in a hurry to argue, I didn't say that I will let you take Agnes into the room now, you can slowly cultivate your feelings during this time, and I think that Agnes is not without a good impression of you, as the so-called woman chasing the male compartment veil, Dad, I have deep feelings about this sentence!" ”
Zhao Yan's last words were not nonsense, he was also a very passive person emotionally, and most of the feelings between Xue Ning'er, Ouyang Wanling and others and him were also taken by others, and the result was that they chased one after another, and now they have all become women around him, and later Cao Ying found out about Zhao Yan's shortcomings, and began to deliberately control the women who appeared around him, which did not increase the number of women in the Yue Wang's mansion.
"This ...... All right! Zhao Jia couldn't help but smile bitterly when she heard this, it's true that Yan'er likes him, but he really didn't find out that Agnes likes him.
"Huh?" But at this moment, Zhao Jia suddenly thought of a key question, and immediately turned his head to Zhao Yan and asked, "Father, are you mistaken, Europe is so far away from our Great Song Dynasty, and it will take nearly a year to travel by boat alone, such a long distance, even if Agnes and I really have something, it is impossible to lead the army to Europe thousands of miles away, right?" ”
"Haha~, Jia'er, why did you forget, our Da Song has an artifact, that is, the steam engine, now that the train has been put into use, and the steam ship has also begun to sail on the inland river, do you think the sea ship will be far away? When the steamship goes to sea, the entire sea will become the back garden of our Great Song Dynasty, and there is no place in this world that our Great Song Navy can't reach! Zhao Yan laughed out loud when he heard this, and then said with some complacency, he hated learning English the most in later generations, so he decided that as long as the navy of the Great Song Dynasty could reach Europe, he would be the first to destroy that island country and avenge his English scores that he had never failed in his previous life! (To be continued.) )