On February 22, the hundred officials resumed their reign.

A letter of 600 miles was urgently presented to the front of the emperor, which was a cyan bag, and a circle of bat patterns was embroidered with white silk thread on the side, which means that there are many children and grandchildren, and the blessing is long.

Although Fan Rugui was not in the temple but was still loyal to the king, he couldn't listen to the people outside to criticize the emperor for a long time, this upright old minister collected the Renzong Dynasty to the He, Jiayou period of the famous ministers to ask the Emperor Renzong to establish a prince, a total of 36 letters, bound into a book, sealed with a cyan bag, especially sent to the emperor today, please the emperor "deeply examine the words of the group, Yang Shi into the constitution", early establishment of the prince, in order to relieve the doubts of the people of the world.

Sure enough, as soon as the bag was opened, the emperor was immediately moved by Fan Rugui's loyalty, he wiped his tears, choked up and said to the ministers below: "I heard that Rugui is old and sick, but he can still be loyal to the king, it is really rare." In the past, I thought that the society was not stable, the territory was not recovered, and I was unwilling to put the burden of 10,000 catties on others, but it made the world suspicious, which is my fault! ”

The emperor's voice paused slightly, and when he saw that the hundred officials below were waiting for his next words, he had to bite the bullet and continue: "Zhao Mingzhong, the king of Pu'an County, is loyal and diligent, and he is the blood of Taizu. This is the will of heaven, and it is the last order of Emperor Taizu, and I should obey it. Qin Tianjian will hold a ceremony of Jin Feng on the next day, and from then on, I will be forever solid in the mountains and rivers of the Great Song Dynasty, and there will be successors! ”

Hundreds of officials, led by the left and right ministers, bowed down and praised: "Your Majesty Shengming! Since then, I have been forever in the mountains and rivers of the Great Song Dynasty, and there are successors! ”

After the praise, Ye Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asked: "Some time ago, the Qin Tianjian watched the heavens at night, and deduced from the zodiac, February 24 is a rare auspicious day in recent years, and it is appropriate to sacrifice and crown!" ”

The emperor and the courtiers had already reached a consensus on the selection of the prince, and now it was just a formality, although Ye Yiwen and the others behaved too carefully, Zhao Gou couldn't afford to be idle, he said with an impassive face: "Yes." If you Aiqing don't have anything else to play, please prepare for the promotion ceremony in two days! ”

Under the court, there is naturally a tendency to be inflammatory, and the people who see the wind make the rudder go to the palace of Pu'an County to congratulate.

As the emperor's two adopted sons, Zhao Xuan, the king of Pu'an County, and Zhao Xuan, the king of Enping County, came of age and went out of the palace in Shaoxing in the twelfth year to build a mansion.

Compared with the door of the eastern mansion, the western mansion can be described as a door.

Zhao Xuan was dressed in the regular clothes of the county king, and took his four sons to prepare to go out: "Let's go, go to the Dongfu with my father to congratulate your uncle, don't let people say that we are rude!" ”

The eldest son, Zhao Shichun, and the second son, Zhao Shiyun (Yue), respectfully agreed: "Yes, Daddy! ”

The only third son, Zhao Shiyuan, frowned and said, "I don't want to look at Zhao Kai and Zhao Dan's proud faces!" If they win, they won, so why do you want to throw dirty water on you, Daddy? I can't look down on it, I won't go! ”

Zhao Shiyuan's original name was Zhao Shan, and Zhao Dan, the youngest son of the king of Pu'an County, was of the same age, because he was very fond of Emperor Zhao Gou, although the two were young, they often secretly competed for their respective fathers.

Regardless of whether Zhao Ying and Zhao Xuan themselves want it or not, since they were adopted as adopted sons by Zhang Jieyu and Wu Cairen, who is now Empress Wu, respectively, the two have become de facto rivals, and courtiers and ordinary people are often compared with each other.

More than 20 years have passed, and because of his slightly older age, Zhao Ying has won the support of Empress Wu's family, and gradually stood out from the track of competing to be the prince.

In order to consolidate the status and advantages of the king of Pu'an, some people who tend to be inflammatory, inevitably pour some sewage on Zhao Xuan, who is a competitor.

These days, Zhao Shiyuan heard a rumor about his father's defeat.

According to popular legends, because of his older age, the king of Pu'an County naturally had a greater advantage according to the tradition of the Great Song Dynasty. The reason why he has not been established as the prince for a long time is because the king of Pu'an County is silent by nature, and he is not favored by the emperor's biological mother, Empress Dowager Wei.

The emperor was caught between his biological mother and his ancestors.

In the end, someone gave the emperor an idea, and gave ten young beauties in the palace of the two county kings, and then recalled the beauties back to the palace for inspection after half a month, and found that the ten beauties given to the king of Pu'an were all perfect, and the king of Pu'an treated them very respectfully and treated them with the courtesy of his mother. The ten beauties given to the king of Enping County have all lost their virgin bodies.

The king of Enping is so lascivious and lustful, naturally he is not the appearance of a human king!

Because of this rumor, Zhao Shiyuan has always been pointed at when he goes out recently, and Zhao Dian is shameless, and he still shaves his face to shame him: "Is Father Xiao?" ”

Thinking that Zhao Dian didn't know how arrogant he should be when he saw him now, Zhao Shi was angry and didn't fight, "Daddy, why don't you arrest the rumor-mongers when you are in charge of the Imperial City Division?" The villain has the ambition, but we have no face! ”

Regarding his son's accusations and grievances, Zhao Xuan did not either take it seriously or be angry like ordinary fathers, he held a young son in one hand and greeted the two older ones: "Today is a good day for your uncle, we can't come to the door to congratulate with resentment." Because the Father knows that you are wronged in your hearts, today our father and son will talk about it! ”

The father and son returned to the study of the palace and sat down, and Zhao Xuan picked up his youngest son Zhao Shilu and sat on his lap: "Shi Yuan just hugged the grievances for his father, saying that someone deliberately splashed me, and asked me why I didn't use the power of the Imperial City Division to arrest people!" Ask the Father: Do you believe in the character of the Father? ”

The three sons nodded like pounded garlic: "We believe in Daddy!" ”

Even the youngest Zhao Shilu nodded his round head, and said in a milky voice: "Little Four believes in Daddy!" Daddy is the best daddy! ”

Zhao Xuan touched his youngest son's head and said with a smile: "Little four! As for why I don't find out and arrest people, a person will spill you with peace of mind, and destroy a rumor and he will create a new one. Now they are just slandering me for being lascivious and lustful, as long as your mother believes in me and you believe in me, what does it matter what other people think of me? Why care! ”

His eyes swept over the faces of his four sons in turn: "Today, my father solemnly tells you that my father's heart is not in the temple, and he should lower his head and give way to the road!" ”

He said earnestly: "The road left for the Great Song Dynasty is already very narrow, and there is not much time, so why bother to do unnecessary internal friction!" ”

At the same time, in the study of the palace of the "East Mansion", Shi Hao, the professor of the palace and the priest of the prince, warned Zhao Ming, the king of Pu'an County, who was full of joy: "Lord, please pay attention to your manners. The superior should be invisible, otherwise 'if there is something good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom'! In the future, the prince should continue to be more respectful to the emperor and queen, and it must be known that before the last moment, it is not a certainty! ”