The old country is stacked with mountains, and it is snowy. Raise your eyes, perched on the maple falling, Xuanwu lotus remnants. The joy of last day is only a faint memory, and the aftermath of today is unbearable. Chang Xiao holds the sword, but it is an old dream that is difficult to break, I want to see a red face, but I am afraid to see a red face.

After Pingshu, Zhao Kuangyin was in a good mood, watching his country continue to expand and his national strength continued to prosper, and he felt that he had the ability to pick up his sweetheart Murong Ningyan. Although he knew that she had been named the queen by Li Yu, he could also make her the queen, and Yan'er had affection and righteousness for herself back then, and she went through a lot of hardships to find herself. Maybe Yan'er was just coerced and lured by Li Yu, and she was forced to enter the palace as a last resort, and she didn't want to marry him at all?

After having this idea, Zhao Kuangyin said that he had secret state affairs and needed to go out and let his younger brother Zhao Guangyi supervise the country. In the early morning when the snow was everywhere, Zhao Kuangyin only took Zhao Pu and a personal guard, Han Commander, and secretly set off to Tang in civilian clothes.

The group of three people went all the way non-stop, and soon arrived at the Qinhuai River, Zhao Pu asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty, why do you suddenly want to return to your hometown?" Rong Chen guessed, it wouldn't be for personal matters, right? ”

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin said to Zhao Pu the purpose of this trip: "Aiqing, you guessed it right, you came here for private matters, do you remember the Murong Ningyan you once talked about?" She is my beloved. ”

"But Your Majesty, with all due respect, she has already been summoned to the palace, and the lord of the country loves her very much, so she must be enjoying the glory now, and Your Majesty's actions today really shouldn't be."

"I'm afraid you'll stop me, so I'm just saying it now. It's all here, hurry up and figure out how to act. Zhao Kuangyin was a little naughty and tricky when he said this, so that Zhao Pu had to accommodate.

"Your Majesty, according to the minister's opinion, let's find an inn to live in first, inquire clearly, and then say, it is not appropriate to act rashly like this, you have to be a generation of Ming Jun, if you rob it clearly, this matter will be passed on to future generations, and it will damage the face and reputation of the saint."

"Okay, it's up to you, hurry up and find an inn."

After the three of them found a nearby inn to stay, Zhao Kuangyin said to Zhao Pu: "Didn't I bring you here to think of a foolproof plan!" Otherwise, with my skills, I'm afraid that I won't be able to snatch a woman? Zhao Kuangyin glanced at Zhao Pu with a smile.

"Your Majesty, Weichen really has a foolproof plan."

"I knew it wouldn't be wrong to bring you here, so let's hear about it." Zhao Kuangyin was suddenly in good spirits.

"Weichen has a cousin, who buys in the imperial dining room, and will go out of the palace to buy vegetables every morning, and I will go to the city gate early tomorrow morning to squat, and then point it to Commander Han, and let Commander Han take her captive and ask."

"That's a good idea, but can you guarantee that she'll say it?"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, my cousin has had a very good relationship with me since childhood, and she will definitely say it if I ask, and besides, she has a bit of a lot to say." Zhao Pu said with a smile.

"Then it's decided, I'll go with you early tomorrow morning." Zhao Kuangyin wanted to hear the news about Murong Ningyan with his own ears.

Then I made some preparations and went to rest.

Since Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu were both old people of the Southern Tang Dynasty, so as not to be recognized by acquaintances, they dressed up in disguise. Before dawn the next day, there was a dense bush on the way out of the Tang Palace, and the three of them squatted there to wait. Sure enough, a team of carriages came out of the palace after a short time, but there were no Zhao Pu's cousins in front of the five cars, and everyone pinned their hopes on the last carriage.

Drive! The carriage drove all the way over, and Zhao Pu excitedly hurriedly pulled Zhao Kuangyin's clothes and said, "Your Majesty, it's her, she's my cousin." ”

When the carriage was about to approach, Zhao Pu nodded more firmly to Commander Han, the person in the carriage was her cousin.

Commander Han jumped lightly from the grass, jumped on the top of the carriage, and then quickly came behind the coachman, and his cousin was opening his mouth to call for help, only to see Commander Han quickly took out two handkerchiefs from the left cuff, opened the bow left and right, and gently covered the nose of the coachman and cousin, and the two of them instantly passed out. Zhao Pu hurriedly went to rein in the reins of the horse, and covered the coachman with a handkerchief for a while, and Han Commander carried the unconscious cousin back to the grass.

Seeing that the carriage in front had gone away, and did not find that the carriage behind had not followed, Zhao Pu took the handkerchief in front of the coachman's nose and returned to the grass. Commander Han took out a silk handkerchief from the right cuff and shook it a few times in front of his cousin's nose.

Seeing that his cousin gradually woke up, Zhao Pu hurriedly opened his mouth to greet his cousin, and when his cousin saw that he was lying in a pile of three men, he was first shocked, and then he looked at his cousin, and he was surprised and delighted, so he breathed a sigh of relief. Zhao Pu hurriedly explained his intention to her, only saying that he wanted to know about the emperor and Murong Ningyan.

"Cousin, are you talking about Zhou Ningyan? She's a queen! I don't dare to talk about her, if it reaches the emperor's ears, she will be killed. A while ago, I heard that there were two concubines in the harem who were jealous of the queen, and they actually arranged the queen's nonsense, and it happened that the emperor heard it again, and the emperor was angry at that time, one was beaten into the cold palace, and the other was directly demoted to the palace maid and sent to the Huanyi Bureau. ”

"Why is the surname Zhou, isn't it surnamed Murong? I just want to know how she has a relationship with the emperor now? It's good that you tell the truth, and your cousin won't spread the word, so you can rest assured. ”

Zhao Kuangyin handed over a piece of silver, Zhao Pu handed it to his cousin, and the cousin twisted it a few times, and said that my cousin was still polite to me, and the silver had been stuffed into his sleeve pocket.

The cousin said softly: "I said that my cousin has to keep it secret for my sister, you asked me about the queen, that is the right person, I am in charge of purchasing in the imperial dining room, and I still know a little about the queen, but I am afraid that the coachman will wake up and hear." The cousin said and glanced at the coachman.

"Tell me quickly, he won't wake up for a while."

"It's a long story, it is said that the queen was originally called Murong Ningyan, and she originally sang in a song boat by the Qinhuai River, but later she was photographed by the emperor and wanted to summon her into the palace, so she was given the surname Zhou." Zhao Pu and the others just nodded while listening, so as not to delay the time and did not interrupt her narration.

Since the queen entered the palace, the emperor has almost never been to the bedroom of other concubines, the two stick together every day, the spring husband and wife accompany each other to bloom the peach blossoms, the lotus pond in the summer, the mushrooms on the mountain in the autumn, and the snow and plum blossoms in the winter. That's called a love! ”

When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, his face darkened, and he was afraid of being seen, so he looked up at the sky and tried his best to cover up the past.

"Now that the queen is pregnant with the dragon seed again, there is nothing to do with other concubines. Let me say, the emperor might as well do a good deed and release the other concubines out of the palace to marry, and those yellow flower girls are really pitiful when they die in the palace like this. ”

Zhao Pu said: "How many men in the world are not looking for a new love when a woman is pregnant!" According to me, now is the time when the other concubines have a chance. ”

"Cousin, you are wrong, since the queen became pregnant, the emperor personally looked at the food in the imperial dining room every day, and made all the things that the queen loved to eat. And in addition to the queen's Yaoguang Palace, there is only one place, that is, to go to the Buddha hall and pray for the queen and the dragon fetus. ”

"Well, cousin, thank you! The coachman is afraid that he is about to wake up, so you go to the car and wait, as if nothing had happened, and only tell the coachman that he did not rest well last night, and suddenly fell asleep on his stomach. ”

"Cousin, I know how to deal with this, don't worry! It's going to be fine. My cousin hurried towards the carriage.

The trio evacuated before the driver woke up, and the scene was covered with fallen leaves and no trace was visible. After a while, the coachman woke up, and his cousin blamed: "What did you do last night?" Why did you suddenly fall asleep and delay the hour, can you be responsible? ”

The second monk of the coachman was confused, and he didn't dare to say anything and hurried away, but fortunately he quickly caught up with the purchasing team.

Zhao Kuangyin was in a very heavy mood, and kept blaming himself in his heart: Yan'er, blame me for being late.

Returning to the inn all the way unhappily, Zhao Pu said, "Your Majesty, after listening to my cousin's words, what do you think?" ”

"I didn't expect Yan'er to have such a close relationship with him. But I wonder what choice she would make if I stood in front of her? ”

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, she still won't choose to leave."

"Bold, why do you say this, is it possible that I can't compare to that dog emperor? If it weren't for that despicable villain, who lied to Yan'er that I had died in the valley, would Yan'er be willing to marry her? ”

"Your Majesty, you have a great country and fertile land, and there will be no shortage of beautiful women. Weichen thought that before she had no children, if Her Majesty appeared in front of her, maybe she would miss her old relationship with Your Majesty, and there was the slightest hope of wavering, and now that she was pregnant, even if Her Majesty stood by her side, she would definitely not choose Your Majesty again. ”

"According to you, I don't have as much weight in her heart as an unborn child?"

"Your Majesty is angry! Please listen to Wei Chen's detailed words, Your Majesty, you think, even if you appear now, she will at most complain in her heart that the dog emperor's methods are improper, because now it has become a fact, they have their own children, and they all say that children are the flesh of the mother's heart and the bond of husband and wife. When they didn't have children, their relationship was so good, and now that they have children, isn't it even more impregnable, and the husband and wife are of the same heart! ”

"Then I have no hope of recovering the smoke?" At this time, Zhao Kuangyin no longer had the kind of hesitation on the road when he came, and asked like a deflated ball.

"Your Majesty, let's go back! Today is worth the trip, at least you will have one less extra worry in the future. ”

"If you dare to rob my woman, I will ask him Li Yu to pay a heavy price."

Zhao Kuangyin obviously gritted his teeth with hatred, but his face did not change, he was a brave person, angry and unchanging.

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Zhao Pu made a head-cutting motion.

"No, taking his life is not enough to relieve the hatred in my heart, I want him to repay the entire Tang Dynasty and the people."

"Your Majesty, do you want to raise troops to attack the Tang Kingdom now?"

"No, it's not the time yet, when the time comes, take him down in one fell swoop. Although he, Li Yu, is addicted to wine, ignores the government and politics, and does not care about national affairs, it does not mean that his subordinates are incompetent. Aiqing should know, right? He has a very prestigious military commander under him. ”

"Your Majesty is talking about Lin Renzhao, right? This person Weichen understands that he is indeed a strong, resolute, and strong martial artist, and has performed well in previous wars. ”

"It is this person, such a person, it is a pity that he was born in the wrong country. Alas, let's go back first! ”

Zhao Kuangyin was listless and silent all the way.