In the early winter season, the north is already snowflakes, bleak wind and cold rain. Lin'an City still has green trees and red leaves, bleak and blazing coexist, dragging the tail of nature's gifts.

At the door of Funing Palace, the moment before dawn, it was obscure, Zhao Hong grabbed Li Gu's hand, and forcibly stuffed it in his hand.

"Gonggong Li, how is the official family?"

In the more than a month since he came back, he has seen Zhao Kuo many times, and he can count them on one hand.

"Your Highness, the condition of the official family is not good, sometimes good and sometimes bad. The imperial doctor said that the official family may not be able to survive this winter. ”

Li Gu shuddered and put away the money, he looked around nervously, and said cautiously, wanting to stop talking.

Zhao Hong was shocked and said softly:

"Grandpa Li, don't worry. My guards, just watching, no one will come. ”

Zhao Kuo can't survive the winter, but it's only been a month and a half.

People are unpredictable, and I am afraid that I have to prepare early.

"Your Highness, Shi Xiang came here two days ago, and sent another box of golden pills, saying that it was refined by an immortal. The official family is very happy, and often cultivates at night and rests during the day, but as a result, this body is getting more and more ......."

Li Gu's words shocked Zhao Hong's heart.

"How long has the official family been eating Jindan? Can you persuade him not to use it? ”

Historically, Zhao Kuo was obsessed with cultivation and ate Jindan. Now that I heard it from Li Gu's mouth, I realized that it was not true.

"It's been more than a year."

Li Gu said in his mouth, pulled Zhao Hong, and went to the hidden place in the corner of the hall.

"Your Highness, don't persuade the official family to disobey Jin Dan! Otherwise, if the official family is unhappy, your position as crown prince may not be guaranteed. Yesterday's palace maid just accidentally knocked Jin Dan to the ground, and was angry by the official family and dragged out and beaten to death. His Royal Highness will still live a few days, and wait for the official family to get better, and then see the opportunity to act. ”

Li Gu's bitter persuasion made Zhao Hong stunned for a long time.

It sounds like Zhao Kuo has reached the level of obsession when he eats Jindan, he is manic and irritable, and he may be terminally ill.

Can't survive the winter at most?

When I saw Zhao Kuo at the beginning of the year, I didn't think he was terminally ill at all. Is this the truth, or is it a rumor that Shi Miyuan deliberately spread?

"Gonggong Li, do you think that the official family's illness, is the imperial doctor telling the truth?"

Zhao Hong subconsciously asked.

"Your Highness, the imperial doctors of the Imperial Medical Bureau have said this, it shouldn't be a lie. This is a great sin of the Nine Clans, they don't have such courage. ”

Li Gu couldn't help but be stunned and blurted out.

Zhao Hong was in a heavy mood and frowned.

The doctors all said this, it seems that Zhao Kuo's condition is indeed not good.

"Father-in-law Li, can I go in and take a look at the official family?"

Zhao Hong asked tentatively, anxious.

He really wanted to see what Zhao Kuo's situation was.

"Your Highness, the official family is already asleep, and it's useless to go in. In case the official family just finds out, Long Yan is furious, and His Royal Highness is afraid that he will be implicated, and the gains outweigh the losses. His Royal Highness lives in the palace, so there is no need to rush it. ”

Li Gu Laocheng was serious and bitter, and Zhao Hong nodded helplessly.

"Then it will be more troublesome for Father-in-law Li."

In case Zhao Kuo was in a trance, furious, and abolished himself as the prince, the joke would really be big.

Anyway, in the palace, there is time, and I am really not in a hurry for this moment.

Zhao Hong said goodbye to Li Gu and withdrew.

"Official, have you seen the official's family?"

Seeing Zhao Hong come out with a gloomy face, Zhou Xiuniang hugged her sleeping son and asked softly.

"The official family has already slept, I'm afraid I'll have to wait for next time."

originally wanted to take the imperial grandson and make Zhao Kuo happy. Now, it seems, in vain.

Eating poison pills, he was in a trance all day long, and in the clouds, who knows how long Zhao Kuo will last?

Zhao Kuo is seriously ill, he can't do nothing and sit still, right?

"Let's go, go to Kunning Palace!"

Zhao Hong was preoccupied, took over his son, and stepped forward.

Greeted the emperor Zhao Kuo, and the queen Yang Guizhi was naturally indispensable.

Seeing that Zhao Hong was preoccupied, Zhou Xiuniang didn't say a word and followed closely.

At the gate of Kunning Palace, Zhao Hong and Zhou Xiuniang, who was holding the emperor's grandson Zhao Quan, respectfully came to greet the queen.

"Father-in-law Zhao, please go in and talk about it, and say that the prince is here to greet the queen."

Zhao Hong remained silent, and a stack of clubs was stuffed into Zhao Guochen's hands.

I heard that this guy has a good relationship with Shi Miyuan, and it is best to be a double agent, so you can use it.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the Queen is in a good mood today."

Zhao Guochen said softly with a smile, muttering to himself in his heart.

Compared with Shi Miyuan, Zhao Hong didn't have any shelf, and he made a bold move, which made him feel comfortable in his heart.

"Come in."

Zhao Guochen went in to report, and soon Yang Guizhi's soft voice sounded.

Zhao Hong and Zhou Xiuniang came in, respectfully, and saluted Yang Guizhi together.

"The child and the concubine Zhou, bring the emperor's grandson to greet the queen."

On the day the prince ascended the throne, after the two quarreled, as he lived in the prince's East Palace, he met Yang Guizhi every day, and the two became peaceful again.

Yang Guizhi put down the teacup in his hand and looked at the baby in Zhou Xiuniang's arms.

"The child is sleeping. The royal heirs are difficult and must be taken care of. ”

"Thank you, mother. The mother's words, the child remembered. ”

I don't know whether Yang Guizhi's words are true or false, and Zhao Hong's answer is also mixed.

There are many times to greet the food, and both sides are perfunctory and acting. However, he and Zhou Xiuniang could clearly feel that Yang Guizhi was lukewarm to the emperor and grandson, and even said that he was a little disgusted.

"If there are those needs in the mother's meal, tell the child that the child will go to the kitchen to urge him."

No matter how unhappy you are in your heart, you must maintain the deference of a filial son and grandson on your face.

During the Song Dynasty, the Imperial Dining Room was called the "Inner Kitchen Division", and its main responsibility was to cook food for the emperor and empress and ensure the health of the imperial family's diet.

"The old body is all good, the prince doesn't need to remember."

Yang Guizhi slowly drank tea and asked softly.

"The official family, has the prince already been there?"

"Back to my mother, the child has already been there. Daddy was meditating and cultivating the Tao, and no outsiders were allowed to approach him. The child did not go in, so as not to disturb his father's purification. ”

Zhao Hong replied decently, feeling that the time was about to end, and he was about to end the topic.

"Niangniang, the child went to see Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Zhong. The child quits. ”

Zhao Kuo has a total of four concubines around him, in addition to Queen Yang Guizhi, there are also Cao Jieyu and Yan Meiren and Mrs. Zhong.

Among them, Cao Jieyu died of illness when Zhao Hong went to the Jin Kingdom, leaving only Yan Mei and Mrs. Zhong, both of whom had no heirs and were very lonely in the palace.

It is worth mentioning that Cao Jieyu, who died of illness not long ago, had a close relationship with the prime minister of the year, Han Yanxuan. After the death of Zhao Kuo's empress Han, Cao Jieyu was supported by Han Yanxuan and was once expected to be made empress, but Zhao Kuo finally made the noble concubine Yang Guizhi the empress.

In the winter of the third year of Kaixi, Han Yanxuan was killed by Yang Guizhi, Shi Miyuan and others, Cao Jieyu lost her most important supporter, and she was also depressed and unhappy in the palace, and died of illness in silence.

"Then the old body will not leave His Royal Highness the Prince."

Yang Guizhi nodded slightly, his face still calm.

"By the way, the child still has one more thing, and I ask my mother for permission."

As if he suddenly remembered something, Zhao Hong suddenly turned around and said respectfully.

In the current situation, he had to go out of the palace. Half a day is enough.

"The prince said it directly."

Yang Guizhi just breathed a sigh of relief, his heart lifted again, and the teacup he was holding stopped at his lips.

This guy stinks and is hard, he can say anything, and he won't be mad at her again, right?

"The child has some friends who haven't seen each other for many days. The child wanted to go out of the palace and stay in the old mansion for two or three days. Please be gracious. ”

Say hello every day, twenty-four filial sons. If you want to leave the palace now, of course, you must inform in advance.

"Go ahead, but not too long. The official family is too weak, you are the prince, and you must often go back to the palace to take care of it. ”

Yang Guizhi looked gentle and drank tea.

"Leave the child!"

"The concubine retires!"

Zhou Xiuniang followed Zhao Hong to say goodbye and leave. From beginning to end, she only said two or three sentences.

Zhao Hong and Zhou Xiuniang hugged their son to say goodbye, Yang Guizhi looked at his back, put down the teacup, and muttered softly.

"Sanctimonious, duplicitous villain!"

Coming out of Kunning Palace, Zhou Xiuniang hugged her son, she looked around, and then lowered her voice.

"Xianggong, why do I think that the queen doesn't seem to like Quan'er very much?"

When she came to the palace, she also learned and got used to observing words and feelings, and listening to all directions.

"Lady, you're right, she won't like Quan'er, unless it's a child born to me and the Wu family."

Zhao Hong replied in a low voice, looking cautiously left and right.

Yang Guizhi has been in the top position for a long time, he is domineering, and he will repay him, he has taken a leave of absence from the Wu family, but I am afraid that Yang Guizhi will not forgive him in this life.

He didn't care, he had already expected this situation.

Everything is just a matter of playing on the spot and taking what you need.

"Ahh It's been so long, how can it be like this? ”

Zhou Xiuniang shook her head in surprise.

This Yang Guizhi, the lord of the Six Palaces, why is his heart so small and so domineering?

Not to mention interfering in court politics, he stumbled Zhao Hong everywhere, and even the only royal grandson of the Great Song Dynasty royal family treated him indifferently.

If it weren't for the official Zhao Kuoqiang's bitter tricks, I am afraid that Zhao Hong's position as the crown prince would still be wishful thinking.

With such a distinction between public and private, is she still the queen of a country in the world?

"What's so strange about the world's most unpredictable human heart?"

Zhao Hong said as he walked, feeling helpless.

There are always things in the world that don't go as planned, and he can't please everyone in this world.

"Xianggong, where has the Wu family gone now?"

Zhou Xiuniang curiously asked about the former "love rival", arrogant and domineering, and the residual power still exists.

"I don't know. It's already broken up, there's no need to care anymore, and I'm not interested. ”

After Zhao Hong finished speaking, he suddenly said with a smile:

"Xiuniang, do you want to go to the old mansion to have a look? By the way, look at your parents? ”

Zhao Kuo died, only in a moment. He couldn't wait, he was caught.

There are some things that need to be arranged. The palace is not a place for planning.

"Great! Living in the palace, every day in addition to greeting is to see food, bored to death. ”

Zhou Xiuniang nodded happily.

Zhao Hong has already "asked for leave" and just went out to relax.

When she was outside the palace, her mother took care of her at the Jeguo Mansion. But since she moved to the palace, because of her mother's status as a grass citizen, she can't often go into the palace to take care of her.

Speaking of which, she and her parents and brothers haven't seen each other for a long time.

"Xiuniang, you are really understanding. Thank you. ”

Zhao Hong took the child and hugged it himself.

After such a long time, the child is still sleeping soundly, his face is flushed, and it can be seen that he is in good health.

"Xianggong, family, what are you polite?"

Zhou Xiuniang said with a smile.

Generally, Zhao Hong's decision, as long as it is not out of line, she will agree.

Zhao Hong is gentle and considerate to her, which makes her always a little flattered.

There are very few good men who respect women like this, looking at the entire Great Song Dynasty.

Except, of course, for those men who are "strict with their wives".

"Xiuniang, you go back and clean up, and I'll go and tell the official's house. When the time comes, Tian Yi and Xu Liang will also be called, and everyone will be lively and lively together. ”

Zhao Kuan cultivated his qi and lived in a simple place, and he had already fallen asleep. But the etiquette in the palace has to be taken care of.

The most important thing is that he wants to explain to Li Gu, and talk to him at any time if he has something, so as not to unknowingly, Zhao Kuoyu Long Bintian will be abolished in a daze.

Father, the enemy is too fierce, the pressure on the child is too great, too southern! You'd better hold on, be kind, and give me the throne.

Let Shi Miyuan, the big traitor, die of that heart early.