The bright sunlight poured into the window, Zhao Ning washed his face under Xia He's service, took the time to look at the lotus flowers blooming in the pond outside the window, and heard the chirping of magpies, and his mood became very good.

When eating breakfast, Zhao Ning asked Xia He to sit down and eat together, and couldn't help but feel funny when she looked aggrieved holding the bun and gnawing on the skin: "Are you full again?"

Xia He's face suddenly turned red, and his head was buried in the collar. As Zhao Ning's personal maid, she has some privileges, such as getting up early to eat something by herself. But every time I hold myself up, it's still a shame to say it.

Zhao Qiyue, who entered the door, relieved Xia He's embarrassment, and when she heard that Zhao Qiyue hadn't eaten yet, she decisively put down the bun and got up, and served porridge and cloth vegetables for Zhao Qiyue diligently and thoughtfully.

"Okay, there are only a few salted radishes in total, why do you need to make vegetables, let's play by yourself." Zhao Ning waved his hand, freeing Xia He, who was self-conscious, and the latter showed him a shy and polite smile, and disappeared as soon as he slipped away.

Zhao Qiyue swallowed a mouthful of mica porridge and pouted: "This maid doesn't know how to take care of people, if it's not intimate, change it." ”

"It's still quite sweet. Zhao Ning wanted to say that taking care of people was a little worse, but suddenly remembered something, and a few hints of a smile appeared on his face, "I'm also quite good at taking care of people." ”

After eating breakfast and putting down the bowl, Zhao Qiyue said: "Someone from the imperial court came to the court last night, it was the envoy of the Son of Heaven, who came quickly, and interrogated Fan Zhongming and Beihu cultivators overnight. Early this morning, my grandfather followed him back to the capital, and asked us to return to Beijing immediately after breakfast. ”

"It's the envoy of the Son of Heaven, not the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and Dali Temple?"

Zhao Ning was stunned, he didn't expect things to be so urgent. However, he was not worried about anything, how to deal with this matter, how to achieve the situation that the Zhao family wanted, he and Zhao Xuanji had carefully discussed it.

Zhao Qiyue shook his head: "There are no people from the Criminal Department and Dali Temple. It seems that there are some different statements in the court about this matter, and His Majesty also has his own ideas, so he handles it like this. ”

Zhao Ning was reborn, and he was naturally familiar with Song Zhi, the emperor of Great Qi, and in his opinion, it was a fairly wise king, "I thought I could go to Yanmen Pass and meet my father and mother, but I didn't expect to leave." ”

Zhao Qiyue glanced at him strangely, "I met, my father has to teach you a lesson, and my mother has to teach my father a lesson in order to protect you....... Haven't you always been tired of this?"

Zhao Ning touched his nose, this is indeed the case.

The Zhao family went up to Zhao Xuanji and down to Zhao Qiyue, and they were all dear to Zhao Ning, but Zhao Beiwang had a lot of opinions about him, a son who boasted of being talented and didn't do his job all day long.

Every time I see him, Zhao Beiwang has to mention his face, and he will inevitably "guide" the martial arts, and when Zhao Ning is beaten, his mother will jump out because she feels sorry for her son, and says that the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked.

Once she is unhappy, she will roll up her sleeves and want to "consult" with Zhao Beiwang, every time at this time, the two of them will not have time to deal with Zhao Ning, and most of them will call Zhao Qiyue, the eldest sister, and ask her to take Zhao Ning out and supervise the practice.

"Xia He, clean up the dishes and chopsticks, hurry up, I'm going back to the capital today!"

Zhao Ning shouted at the door, Xia He, who just didn't know where to run to spread Huan'er, immediately poked his head in from outside the door, looked at it with big eyes, and promised to enter the door conveniently.

Leaving Daizhou City and returning to the south, the number of people in the team was not large, less than when they came, many cultivators had died in battle before, and the resources of the escort were still piled up in Daizhou City, waiting for Zhao Beiwang to come and take it by himself when he was resting.

However, there are several more masters in the team, not only the Zhao clan, but also the Zhao clan's offerings, and none of them are lower than the middle stage of the Yuan Shen Realm.

"Why is Grandfather in such a hurry to let us go back to Beijing?" Zhao Ning asked Zhao Qiyue on horseback, the team did not run wildly, but it did not affect the speech.

"The autumn hunting season is coming, when the young children of the noble families of the Manchu Dynasty, including the important ministers of the court, will gather in the Royal Forest Garden. The Emperor will also inspect the sixteen-year-old Toshihiko to see how you are cultivating and intellectual, and if you perform well, the Emperor may personally confer official positions, which is a great opportunity for you to become a professional. ”

Zhao Qiyue is nineteen years old and has experienced these things.

Unlike Zhao Ning, she did not become an official when she reached the age of sixteen, and as the daughter of the Zhao family's long house, she would marry when she was twenty years old, that is, she would enter the palace as a concubine, and she did not need to be another official.

As for whether she will become a queen in the future, it depends on her own creation. However, from the opening of the Great Qi Dynasty to the present, nearly half of the queens are from the Zhao family, and the possibility of Zhao Qiyue becoming the master of the harem is still very high.

"Brother, when it's time for the autumn hunt, you have to perform well, and if you are valued by the emperor, the starting point will be much higher, which will be very beneficial in the future. Our father's temperament is not suitable for entering the court as an official, and after my grandfather retires, the position of the governor of the capital cannot be taken by other families. ”

Zhao Qiyue put on the style of the eldest sister again, and encouraged Zhao Ning with a serious face.

Zhao Ning nodded solemnly: "It seems that this time in Daizhou, my grandfather has realized the crisis." He wanted me to guide my practice before I participated in the autumn hunt, so that I could have more confidence in the autumn hunt. ”

Zhao Qiyue was very satisfied with Zhao Ning's self-consciousness, thought of something, and said with a calm face: "Xu Minglang's terrible old man, this time he instructed the paradigm to collude with Beihu to deal with us, and I will see how he will deal with himself when I go back!"

Zhao Ning shook his head: "Xu Minglang is from the Xu family in Xishui, one of the thirteen families, with an extraordinary family background, and is also the teacher of His Majesty, and he is the prime minister of the dynasty, the head of the hundred officials, and the leader of the civil official group.

"He's an old fox, and there's definitely a way to stay out of it this time. ”

Zhao Ning knows Xu Minglang quite well and knows that it is not easy to deal with him.

He didn't think that if he knocked Xu Minglang down all of a sudden, as long as the emperor could start to pay attention to Beihu and agree to increase troops at Yanmen Pass, so that the Zhao clan could take the opportunity to strengthen its strength, it would be considered complete.

To deal with Xu Minglang, in the final analysis, it is necessary to change the situation in the court and suppress the arrogance of the civilian clique, and there is a long way to go.

Zhao Ning is now sixteen years old, he has not yet come out, and his cultivation is not high, so it stands to reason that he will not be able to play any role in this matter.

However, Zhao Ning knows that he doesn't have much time and has no reason to wait, his advantage is that he has memories of his past life, so he knows a lot of things that he can do, and he can have an important impact on the overall situation.

Beihu's quest for Daqi is a big chess game that has already begun, and it is divided into two parts, on the one hand, it is Mobei's plan, and on the other hand, it is the infiltration of Daqi. What to do next, Zhao Ning actually has a rough plan in his heart.

But all of this requires two prerequisites.

First, the emperor had to face up to the threat posed by the Northern Hu, and second, he needed a specific position in his official position.

The latter is decided by Qiu Hunting, Zhao Ning can influence it himself, and the former depends on Zhao Xuanji, the result of returning to Beijing to communicate with the emperor this time.

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The imperial palace is divided into two parts, the imperial city in the south is the location of the central government offices of the three provinces and six ministries, and the palace city in the north is the place where the emperor lives and handles state affairs, which is regarded as the emperor's own home.

When Zhao Xuanji entered the palace, it was already evening, and the place where Song Zhi summoned him was also in the Imperial Garden, and it was the pavilion where he talked to Xu Minglang before.

This pavilion is called Fengxue Pavilion, the terrain is quite high, located on a low hill, can overlook the entire imperial city, most of Yanping City. At the foot of the mountain is a clear lake, with flowers blooming on the lakeside, and the scenery is beautiful, especially when the day is about to rain or snow.

"Grandpa, about Daizhou, I want to hear you talk about it carefully, after all, the space of the secret fold is limited. ”

There were several plates of wine and food on the white jade table, and Song Zhi personally poured two glasses of wine, and handed one to Zhao Xuanji, who quickly got up and thanked him. Since there is food, this conversation has the flavor of a family banquet, and the atmosphere between the two is very good.

Song Zhi is not Zhao Xuanji's own grandson, his mother is just an ordinary concubine in the palace, he died in childbirth when he was born, the queen at that time was the daughter of Zhao, and there was no child under her knees, so she raised Song Zhi by her side, and later succeeded in making the first emperor the crown prince.

In private, Song Zhi has always been courteous and thoughtful to Zhao Xuanji, never calling himself me, and talking with the other party in the palace from time to time, which is also a point that makes Zhao Xuanji very proud.

Zhao Xuanji sighed and said: "Thinking about this matter to this day, it still makes the minister feel creepy......"

Fan Zhongming and the great cultivator of Beihu are now imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, the Zhongcheng of the Imperial History, and the Qing of Dali Temple have been tried by the three divisions, and he already knows what Song Zhi knows.

Asking Zhao Xuanji again at the moment is nothing more than checking and filling in the gaps, and by the way, he attaches great importance to the Zhao family.

After listening to Zhao Xuanji's words, Song Zhi groaned for a moment and hesitated slightly, "Grandpa, you may not know that the confession of the Great Cultivator of Beihu is different from what you said. ”

Zhao Xuanji looked surprised: "It's different?"

In Daizhou City, the great cultivator of Beihu had already accepted his fate and confessed to colluding with the paradigm, and Zhao Xuanji also briefly wrote the other party's statement on the secret fold. Could it be that the other party has retracted his confession now?

Song Zhi bowed slightly, took out a confession from his sleeve, and handed it to Zhao Xuanji.

Zhao Xuanji quickly browsed it, and couldn't help but change his face slightly.

In this confession, the great cultivator of Beihu said that he was the escort of the princess of the Tianyuan royal court, and the reason why he appeared in Daizhou City was because the princess longed for the prosperity of Daqi and secretly ran to Daizhou City to play and shop.

The reason why he appeared in the Zhao family's mansion that night was also because he heard that there were masters fighting in the Zhao family's mansion, so he went to check, hoping to help the Zhao family and talk to the Zhao family, but for some reason he ran into Zhao Xuanji and was injured and arrested.

As for colluding with Paradigm to murder the children of the Zhao family, it is absolutely nothing!

"This, Your Majesty, this is a bunch of nonsense! These Hulu have ill intentions, please be aware of it!" Zhao Xuanji hurriedly bowed, he felt that the situation was getting out of control.

However, he was not too anxious in his heart, this was a confession submitted by Dali Temple, and the Criminal Department, Yushitai, and Dali Temple were all civilian institutions, and the emperor might not fully believe it.

Song Zhi picked up Zhao Xuanji, signaled that the other party did not need to panic, and then took out another official document from his sleeve and handed it to the other party: "This is Beihu's petition for guilt." ”

Zhao Xuanji opened it and looked at it, but he didn't have two eyes, and his heart was tight.

The Khan of the Tianyuan Imperial Court stated the affairs of Daizhou in this letter, and pleaded for the princess, saying that she should not have entered the territory of Daqi, and also collided with the Zhao clansmen, asking the Emperor of Daqi to forgive her sins, and offered a generous apology.

"Your Majesty, this ......" Zhao Xuanji was very frightened, he looked at Song Zhi without blinking, in fact, he wanted to ask, what did Fan Zhongming say.

This is Fan Zhongming's confession. Sure enough, Song Zhi took out the third official document.

After Zhao Xuanji read it, his face turned blue, he bowed to the ground and kept pleading guilty, swearing that these people were definitely tortured to extract confessions, and then he retracted his confession, completely unexpected, and greatly shocked.

Song Zhi helped Zhao Xuanji up three times, motioned for him to sit down, and drank a drink with him to make the other party relax, and then said, "Grandpa, do you know, how will I deal with this matter?"