Chapter 8: A Conversation with the Emperor

Meng Tiankui knelt on the ground and held back tears: "The last general thanks His Highness for his great kindness." ”

"The general doesn't have to be polite, I also feel it." Zhao Zili helped Meng Tiankui up, and Zhao Zifeng beside him looked at his younger brother with different eyes.

"Seventh brother, you are simply the reincarnation of the god of poetry today!" Zhao Ziyu jumped over and touched Zhao Zili's body: "Hidden deeply, oops, sticky fairy." ”

"Ninth sister, don't make trouble." Zhao Zili walked in front of Emperor Wu, knelt on the ground again, and said loudly: "Back to my father, my son has finished three poems to prove the innocence of himself and Lord Xie. ”

Emperor Wu glanced at Xie An, his gaze swept over Li Li again, and said, "Yes, yes, my son is talented, and Li Yushi just now was indeed falsely accused." ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Li panicked, and the souls of the dead hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty atonements, Weichen... No, the sinner is fascinated for a while, please atone for your sins. ”

Zhao Zili snorted coldly and said: "Everyone has a time to be enlightened and reasonable, and all students also have a day of progress. If Li Yushi is like this to everyone, I'm afraid that no one in my Great Zhou will dare to show their talents anymore. ”

Emperor Wu's face was very bad, and he was about to have a seizure, but Empress Nangong saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly held his hand: "Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to see blood in today's poetry meeting." ”

"That's what the queen said." Emperor Wu glanced at Zhao Zili, nodded and then said: "What the Seventh Prince said is good, Li Li falsely accused the minister and the prince, the crime is unforgivable, and he will be sent to the heavenly prison and beheaded on a certain day." ”

The forbidden army grabbed Li Li and dragged him away amid his pleas for mercy.

The eldest prince was looking at his seventh brother at this time, his eyes were different, and the rest of the hearts who were interested in competing for the supreme position also attached importance to this seventh brother who usually looked down on.

After dealing with Li Li, Emperor Wu was in a much better mood: "Xie Qingjia, announce the results of today's poetry meeting, and as for the reward, I will personally tell Lao Qi." ”

Xie An received the order, walked in front of everyone, and said: "Today's poetry meeting, the four peerless poems of the Seven Princes should be the leader this time. ”

The students were convinced, these four poems were too difficult to surpass, and everyone applauded and discussed.

"I didn't expect the Seven Princes to have such talent..."

"yes, I think he used to hide it on purpose, after all..."

"Shhh

"It's a pity, soon the Seventh Prince will go to the fiefdom..."

"Although I want to enter the court as an official, I am even more impressed by the Seven Princes, and you are here to say goodbye." One of the students suddenly left the poetry club.

"Brother, why is this so, where are you going?"

"Haining."

No one expected that this book would become a big figure in the world after its birthday, but that's all for later.

"Okay, today's poetry meeting has been successfully completed." Xie An's face is full of red light, there are a few poems of the Seven Princes, this poetry meeting will definitely be a celebrity in history, which is the dream of every reader.

Emperor Wu whispered something to Cao Zhengchun beside him, and then left the Qingteng Academy, Cao Zhengchun nodded.

At the end of the poetry meeting, Zhao Zili relaxed and sat on the chair.

"I'm so fucking tired!" After drinking several sips of water, Zhao Zili finally eased up.

"Seventh brother, you are in the limelight this time." Zhao Ziyu also came over, and was very happy to see that his seventh brother had a future.

"Yes, seventh brother, maybe my father can leave you in the capital." The sixth princess, Zhao Zifeng, did not leave, and was also very curious about her younger brother.

"Oh, you don't have to make fun of me, if it weren't for that Yushi's aggressiveness, I wouldn't be like that." Although Zhao Zili felt a little impulsive, he didn't regret it.

I can't be bullied by others and endure it.

"That's right, I'm afraid that someone behind this imperial history wants to pull you into the water?" Zhao Zifeng Bingxue was smart, and he got to the point at once.

"No, his purpose is Xie An." Zhao Zili calmed down, figured out the reason, and said: "I'm just an idle prince who wants to go to the fiefdom, and there is no benefit in pulling me into the water, Xie An is different." ”

Zhao Zifeng was stunned, he didn't expect that his younger brother, who didn't learn and didn't know how to learn in the past, was so smart, it seemed that everyone had been frightened by his appearance before.

At this moment, Cao Zhengchun came over, and Zhao Zili took the lead in this poetry meeting, and his attitude also changed: "I have seen three highnesses, Your Majesty has a will, summon the King of Song to meet him." ”

"The son obeys the order, speaking of which, my father said not long ago that after the poetry meeting, let this king thank you, and this king will go with you." Zhao Zili tidied up his clothes and followed Cao Zhengchun into the palace.

"Lord Wang, Your Majesty is waiting for you in the imperial study, and the queen mother is also there." For the current King of Song, Cao Zhengchun did not dare to be careless.

"Oh, the queen mother is also here, I wonder if my father-in-law can know what happened to my father and the emperor looking for me?" Zhao Zili was a little surprised, if it was just the queen's thanks, there was no need for the queen to be there.

"The slave doesn't know, but the prince will naturally know when he sees His Majesty later." Cao Zhengchun didn't say much, and took Zhao Zili to the imperial study.

In the imperial study, Emperor Wu and Empress Nangong were talking, and Cao Zhengchun said outside the door: "Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince has asked for an audience. ”

"Xuan."

"Father, long live long live, long live, long live, queen mother, long live, thousand years old." Although Zhao Zili doesn't like to kneel, there is no way to get things done in this world.

"Pingshen, there are two things that call you this time, the first thing is, of course, that you will have something to do after you become king, and the second thing is that the queen wants you to write a poem for her." Emperor Wu said that it turned out that the queen pestered Emperor Wu to ask the Seven Princes to write a poem exclusive to him after the poetry meeting, and it seemed that she was stimulated by the Jinse.

"Since it was made for the queen's mother, please let it be and think about it carefully." It turned out to be this matter, then it would be easy to do, Zhao Zili stood up, and Cao Zhengchun also prepared a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the side.

Zhao Zili paced back and forth, although he already had an idea, he had to pretend to it, otherwise if he wrote it so quickly, it would not be smart, but demonic.

In less than a stick of incense, Zhao Zili walked to the desk and picked up the pen, and the queen was also looking forward to it.

In a few moments, a poem was finished, and the ink was blown dry, and it was respectfully handed to the queen.

"Clouds want clothes, flowers want to look, and the spring breeze blows Revlon. If it weren't for the jade mountain, it would meet Yaotai under the moon. The queen was overjoyed after reading it, and practiced and praised: "Your Majesty's good poem, that is, the beauty of the concubine's clothes and appearance." indirectly wrote the beauty of the prosperous era of the Great Zhou. ”

The queen appreciates Zhao Zili so much in order to receive a good fate, the queen has a son to be the eleventh prince, he is too young, and the competitiveness for the position of the prince is too weak, so it is better to be friendly at this time, and the future will be long.

"Okay, my son is very talented, it seems that you used to hide your clumsiness." Emperor Wu just stared at Zhao Zili like this, but there was a trace of jealousy and doubt in his eyes.

"Back to my father, my son has no courtiers to support him, and my mother's concubine died early, if I don't hide some, I'm afraid... Erchen will also become the second fifth brother. Zhao Zili thought to himself, instead of finding all kinds of excuses to prevaricate, it is better to half-truths and half-truths, and let Emperor Wu guess by himself, so that the answer is most beneficial to himself.

The five princes were talented back then, but they were helpless, and they died suddenly at the age of 14 when they were crowned kings, and finally found out that they were poisoned to death, although the poisoned person was caught, but the person who was caught died, and the death was not confirmed by the matter, in fact, everyone knew that it must be a certain prince so-called, but there is no evidence.

"Now that Erchen has been crowned king, he will go soon, and it is not a big deal to show some thoughts at this time."

Emperor Wu and the Empress's faces sank, and then Emperor Wu said: "I also understand your difficulties, and I have already beaten your eldest brother during the poetry meeting. ”

As the emperor, Emperor Wu has too much helplessness, Empress Nangong saw this scene and knew that she should go, and the founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty had issued an edict that the harem should not interfere in politics, so he said: "Your Majesty, you and the Seventh Prince still have something to say, the concubines retired." ”

Emperor Wu nodded, and Empress Nangong immediately left the imperial study, and when she left, she took a deep look at Zhao Zili, as if she had made some decision.

"Okay, at this time, there are only you and me, father and son, and I have something I want to ask you." Emperor Wu looked at his son in front of him, and suddenly felt very strange and indebted, he had indeed cared a lot less about him over the years.

"Father, the emperor, if you ask your son, you must answer truthfully, and there is no lie." Zhao Zili was a little nervous, could it be that Emperor Wu saw something?

"Don't be nervous, my father hasn't talked to you for so many years, so my father asked you if you ever resented your father." is always the king of a country, Emperor Wu can't do whatever he wants, family affection is his weakness, and he must give up some for the sake of the country.

"Back to his father, his sons have never resented. The people are ruthless and ruthless, and the emperor did not punish the sons and daughters for making such nonsense before, it can be seen that the father still has us children in his heart, not to mention that the father is responsible for the national fortune, and he cannot cover everything. Zhao Zili also understood that Emperor Wu had to be helpless, there were strong enemies outside, and there was also an undercurrent surging within the country, so he was already a good emperor and a good father to do this.

"I didn't expect you to see it so clearly, I regret that I loved Lao Wu so much that he died." Speaking of his fifth son, Emperor Wu's heart was full of sadness.

Zhao Zili didn't speak, just watched quietly, saying anything at this time was superfluous.

Emperor Wu stood up, walked to the screen and said: "Our continent of Great Zhou, Western Qin, Dog Rong, East China Sea, Nanqiang, and Dongyi Six countries stand side by side, the Great Zhou is the strongest Western Qin second, originally you were cowardly and incompetent to let you go to Haining, which is the least stressed, although it is more bitter, but the East China Sea has the best relationship with us, and now you are showing your talents, but it is more beneficial to you, and it is also difficult for some people in remote areas to do anything." ”

Zhao Zili suddenly realized why Emperor Wu sent him to Haining, and this time he gave the right to trade at sea, and sure enough, blood was thicker than water.

"Thank you for your father's gift, and my sons will remember it."

Emperor Wu nodded, and then said: "Don't blame me for being ruthless, compared to your eldest brother and second brother, you still have a big gap, it's okay to be a carefree prince is the best for you." ”

This integrated Zhao Zili's mind, and the father and son talked for a long time, and it was not until late at night that Zhao Zili came out of the palace, and Emperor Wu gave him some power, which made him very happy.