As soon as Zhao Ji's words came out, the atmosphere in the entire hall immediately changed, among them, Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Xiang glanced at Zhao Ji with gloomy expressions, because at this time, Zhao Ji wanted to talk to Zhao Yan alone, which almost indicated that Zhao Ji would choose Zhao Yan to take over the throne, after all, although Zhao Ji had a son, the oldest was only ten years old, and he was not capable of managing a huge empire at all, on the other hand, Zhao Yan was not only young and strong, but also had an extremely deep relationship with Zhao Yan, plus he was extremely talented, so no matter from which point of view, Zhao Yan is more suitable than any prince, which is also the reason why Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Xiang were worried about Zhao Yan before.

Cao Tong and Huang Wude and others heard Zhao Ji's words, they were all shocked, although Cao Tong ignored mundane affairs, but their Cao family was inevitably vulgar, if Zhao Yan ascended the throne, then Cao Ying must be the queen, and the impact on the Cao family was simply too great. And Huang Wude has always been good friends with Zhao Yan, although he will not support Zhao Yan's struggle for the throne, but if Zhao Yan can ascend to the throne, it will also be a good thing for him.

In fact, not only other people, Zhao Yan was also stunned when he heard Zhao Ji's words, he could naturally think of things that others could think of, but he didn't have any psychological preparation, and from his heart, he was not willing to accept this throne, but in this case, how could he refuse?

Zhao Ji didn't seem to feel the change in the atmosphere in the hall, but shook the queen's hand tightly, sobering her up from the shock, and motioned for her to retreat with the others. Although Queen Xiang was a little reluctant, she couldn't bear to refuse, so she had no choice but to nod her head and agree, and was the first to stand up and leave the palace. Seeing Empress Xiang leaving, Huang Wude, Cao Tong and others also left, and in the end, Empress Dowager Gao had to sigh and turn away.

Wait until everyone is gone. Zhao Yan just wanted to say something, but Zhao Yan waved his hand to stop him from speaking at this time, and then took a few breaths before he said weakly: "Third brother, you also know the condition of my body, when the Zhilugu Divine Doctor gave me acupuncture to continue my life, he told me. If I use this method, when my vitality is exhausted, it will be the day of my death, and I feel more and more powerless these days, and this time I vomit blood and fall into a coma, and my time must be running out. ”

"Big brother, don't say these frustrating words again, now that you are in the prime of life, you will definitely recover!" Zhao Yan also looked excited when he heard this.

"Third brother. You are also a big man, don't say these childish words, now I am just like my father at the beginning, I don't have many days left, my father chose me to take over his throne, and before I leave, I naturally have to choose a suitable successor for the throne of the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Ji said with a gentle smile on his face at this time.

However, Zhao Yan felt more and more bad when he heard this, and finally smiled bitterly and said, "Big brother." These words of yours are actually more qualified to say to the queen mother and the imperial sister-in-law, and I believe that they will definitely be able to help you choose a suitable candidate among those imperial nephews. ”

For Zhao Yan's words. Zhao Ji didn't respond directly, but suddenly sighed and said, "Third brother, do you really want to know why I had to hide my illness in the first place, and why did I let the Zhilu Ancient Divine Doctor help me continue my life?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan suddenly mention this matter, Zhao Yan was also stunned again. Then he nodded and said: "Big brother, this matter does make me feel strange, it is said that with your character, big brother, at least there will be arrangements in advance." ”

I saw that Zhao Ji shook his head with a wry smile at this time, and then said in a heavy tone: "When I learned that I was dying, I immediately thought of arranging the crown prince. Emotionally speaking, I do prefer to set up my own sons, but they are too young to take on the heavy responsibility of governing a large country, so intellectually speaking, I would prefer to pass on the throne to the third brother......"

"Big brother......" Zhao Yan couldn't help but be shocked again when he heard this.

However, before Zhao Yan's words were finished, he was interrupted by Zhao Yan with a smile: "Third brother, don't worry, you listen to me first." When he said this, Zhao Ji suddenly sighed, and then spoke, "I have also been wavering emotionally and intellectually about how to establish a prince, that is, I want to set up my own son, and I want to make the Great Song Dynasty more rich and strong, I believe that you will do better than me, but at that time I was seriously ill, and it was a little difficult to even think about this problem, and my spirit was even worse, so I asked the Zhilugu Divine Doctor to continue my life, and finally bought myself a period of time to think." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yan finally understood the reason why Zhao Yan concealed his illness, it turned out that he was because he couldn't make up his mind and didn't know who to pass on the throne to, so he temporarily concealed his illness, but he didn't expect his condition to be more serious than expected, and finally he needed Zhilugu to use acupuncture to stimulate the remaining vitality in his body to think normally.

"Big brother, you also know my temperament, I really don't have any interest in the throne, now that you are seriously ill, I will temporarily replace you for a period of time without a problem, but if I am asked to deal with those government affairs that can never be handled for many years, I am afraid that I will be driven crazy in the end." Now that the words have been spoken, Zhao Yan no longer hides his thoughts, but Zhao Yan should have known his thoughts a long time ago, but he still listed Zhao Yan as one of the candidates for succession, so Zhao Yan was worried that his words would not have any effect.

Sure enough, I saw a pale and weak smile on Zhao Ji's face and said: "Third brother, my father also said that you were too lazy, frankly speaking, I doubted whether you were really lazy at the beginning, but later I found out that third brother, you are indeed too lazy, if it is not for the safety of the people in the world, you are absolutely unwilling to contribute, and it is precisely this that I know, so I trust you almost unreservedly, in fact, it also proves that I am not wrong, third brother, everything you have done over the years is for the sake of my Song Jiangshan!" ”

"Big brother, since you already know that I am lazy, then why bother me, my family knows my own family affairs, and I have no problem helping the court to do some things on the side, but if I really let me govern for a long time, I am afraid that there will only be chaos." Zhao Yan spoke again, although the throne of the Great Song Dynasty has a tradition of brothers dying and brothers, but the succession of the two brothers, Taizu and Taizong, is full of doubts, and has always been criticized, Zhao Yan does not want to become the second Song Taizong.

"Third brother, I also know that you don't want to take over the throne, but don't forget, you are also a descendant of the Zhao family, and you have the blood of the Zhao royal family in your body, so you also have the responsibility and obligation to undertake the mission of the royal family!" Zhao Yan became a little serious at this time, and after finishing speaking, he suddenly coughed violently, which made Zhao Yan startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him pat his back, but the expression on his face was very entangled, in this case, can he really refuse Zhao Yan again?

Zhao Yan coughed for a while before stopping, and when he saw the tangled expression on Zhao Yan's face, he sighed helplessly again, and said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Third brother, don't be too entangled, it's very ashamed to be a brother, for who to pass the throne to, although Brother Wei has been thinking about it for so long, he still hasn't been able to make up his mind." ”

Hearing Zhao Ji say this, Zhao Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, just now Zhao Ji said that, he thought that the other party was determined to pass on the throne to himself, and Zhao Yan couldn't make up his mind after making trouble for a long time, but this is not surprising, after all, no matter who it is, the children are the continuation of their lives, so from the heart, Zhao Ji must prefer to let his son pull the throne, but his son is too young, and there is such an excellent brother as Zhao Yan, so Zhao Ji can't make up his mind.

"Big brother, don't hesitate any longer, although the imperial nephews are young, they are all ten years old, and they will be able to handle the government affairs in a few years, so I will temporarily help them deal with government affairs in the next few years!" Zhao Yan immediately spoke again, in order to get rid of the shackles of the throne, he would rather sacrifice a few more years.

Hearing Zhao Yan say this, Zhao Yan's face also showed a hesitant expression, but in the end, he did not agree or object, but asked: "Third brother, I have many sons, but the queen has nothing to do, so I can't make up my mind about which prince to appoint as the crown prince, what do you think about this?" ”

"This ......" Zhao Yan also showed a hesitant expression when he heard this, according to the original history, Zhao Xu passed it to his son Zhao Xu, speaking of which Zhao Xu is very effective, not only restored a lot of changes, but also wrote a book to sue for peace, but unfortunately Zhao Xu was shorter than Zhao Xu, died at the age of twenty-four, and Zhao Xu had no children, so the throne fell to his younger brother Zhao Ji, that is, the last emperor in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty Song Huizong, under the leadership of this faint monarch, finally made the Northern Song Dynasty end up destroying the country.

Thinking of the above, Zhao Yan couldn't help frowning, although Zhao Xu was capable and a very effective emperor, but he was too short-lived, and every alternation of the throne would produce huge shocks, so Zhao Yan was not very willing to let Zhao Xu ascend the throne, but it was very bad that Zhao Yan didn't know which son Zhao Xu was, maybe it was a little strange to say this, but in fact it was, because none of Zhao Xu's sons was named Zhao Xu.

At first, Zhao Yan was a little strange, thinking that Zhao Xu disappeared in this history under his influence, but later he realized after becoming familiar with the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, it is likely that Zhao Xu changed his name after ascending the throne, which is not impossible, because as an emperor, Zhao Xu's name is also of great significance, if the original prince's name is not very good, it is reasonable to change the name, but this also leads to every prince who is made a prince may change his name to Zhao Xu. (To be continued......)