As soon as Fan Zheng's evil Fang Dongpo meat came out, King Shen immediately turned losses into profits, and the officials who originally impeached Fan Zheng were suddenly disappointed.

Although the court and China unanimously recognized the legitimacy of Zhao Xu's throne, many stubborn old-fashioned factions still had no good impression of Fan Zheng, who loved to use evil methods and advocated law changes, and spared no effort to drive Fan Zheng away from the official family at every opportunity.

However, sometimes it is clear that the overall situation has been decided, but Fan Zheng uses one evil party after another to reverse the situation, which makes them greatly defeated.

"Evil Doctor Fan Zheng!"

Zhao Tingzhi gritted his teeth, resentful in his heart.

Fan Zheng sentenced his most beloved son Zhao Mingcheng to three years in prison, but he has always been helpless against him, which makes him suffer a lot.

"Lord Zhao, Yongwang Zhao Hao has not left Bianjing yet, will Yushitai continue to impeach?" Suddenly, an imperial historian came to report.

"King Yong hasn't left Beijing yet?" Zhao Tingzhi said in surprise,

You must know that after the collective impeachment of the court, the Empress Dowager has ordered Zhao Hao, the king of Yong, to serve as the envoy of the Huainan Festival within a time limit, but now that the deadline has passed, she has not left yet.

Yushi smiled bitterly: "Originally, King Yong had promised to leave, but when he was leaving, the prince of King Yong suddenly fell ill, and King Yong left Beijing in the second half of the year. ”

Everyone knows that King Yong is already a trapped beast, even if it is some reason that he is not on the stage, he also used it, just to stay in Kaifeng City for a while longer, so that the Empress Dowager will change her mind.

Zhao Ting's heart moved, and now he relies on the Empress Dowager to be in power, and he doesn't like Fan Zheng, so he barely keeps his position.

If one day, the official family is in power, Fan is as powerful as Wang Anshi, how can he still have his good fruit to eat.

"If King Yong ascends the throne, ............."

Zhao Ting's heart jumped, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became.

If he helps King Yong ascend the throne, not only can he succeed in the dragon, but it will not be easy to suppress Fan Zheng and save his son in the future.

"In addition to the law, it is nothing more than human affection, the prince of Yongwang is sick, if we are forced too quickly, I am afraid it will cause the empress dowager to be displeased." Zhao Tingzhi exonerated King Yong.

When the imperial historian heard this, he suddenly remembered the mother-son relationship between the empress dowager and Zhao Hao, the queen mother, who was unwilling to let Zhao Hao leave Bianjing, why should they be wicked again, besides, the king of Yong can always find a reason to stay in Kaifeng.

It's night! Yongwang's Mansion!

"The queen mother still hasn't let go!"

Yongwang Zhao Hao looked up at the dark night sky, and his heart was cold.

Unlike Li Kefei, who couldn't wait to leave Bianjing, he racked his brains to force Kaifeng to stay.

Now that the decade is about to pass, the queen mother still has no intention of leaving him, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that it will once again arouse opposition from the government and the opposition.

"Lord Qi, there is an adult who comes to visit, and he refuses to disclose his name, but he just claims to be the old man of the prince." Suddenly, someone came to report and handed over a token.

"Hurry up, please!" King Yong looked at the token and said in his heart.

Soon, a black-robed man came to King Yong, and by the dim light, it was Zhao Tingzhi in the imperial history.

"King Yong, don't come unharmed!" Zhao Tingzhi arched his hand.

Zhao Hao sneered: "How can Lord Zhao not know the situation of this king, since you have already given up this king twice, why did you come to see this king again today." ”

The reason why Zhao Hao planned that position was not without supporters, but this time he caused collective opposition and hit him hard.

Zhao Tingzhi shook his head and said: "It's not that we don't support King Yong, but the Empress Dowager doesn't support King Yong, Your Highness still doesn't understand, if you want to get that position, you must get the support of the Empress Dowager, otherwise everything will be over." ”

King Yong was silent when he heard this.

The first time was when the queen mother gave up him for power, and this time, the queen mother was already old and had reached the time to hand over power, which was his last chance, but the queen mother chose to give up on him again and let him leave Beijing.

King Yong shook his head helplessly and said: "The Empress Dowager is too kind-hearted, and the official family is really vicious, and she even threatened the queen mother with the lives of all the princes, and now I am afraid that the queen mother will not believe what I say." ”

Not only did Empress Dowager Gao not believe it, but even he himself was not sure whether he would be able to accommodate Zhao Xu and other imperial nephews after ascending the throne.

Zhao Tingzhi shook his head and said: "Although the Empress Dowager is indecisive, she is dedicated to the country, and there is only one reason that can make her change her mind, and that is the peril of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"The Great Song Dynasty is in danger?" King Yong was puzzled.

Zhao Tingzhi's eyes were vicious and said: "If the official family has been dormant and waited until the death of the Empress Dowager to expose the intention of changing the law, His Royal Highness King Yong will not have a chance to succeed to the throne, but since Fan Zheng became the imperial doctor, the official family has changed its previous dormant state and repeatedly believes in Fan Zheng's evil side." Although it can gain momentum for a while, it will definitely become and defeat the evil side. ”

King Yong's heart moved, and he said solemnly: "Please also ask Lord Zhao to teach this king." ”

Zhao Tingzhi sneered: "Since Fan Zheng is encouraging the official family to change the law, why don't His Royal Highness King Yong push the boat down the river and say that the Empress Dowager will give the official family a chance to change the law, only in this way can the Empress Dowager understand who will be the lord of Zhongxing in the Great Song Dynasty and who will be the king of the fallen country in the Great Song Dynasty." ”

King Yong was thrilled when he heard this, and everyone knew that Zhao Xu admired the new law the most, but the Empress Dowager was the most likely to dislike the law, as long as Zhao Xu promoted the new law, it would definitely exacerbate the Empress Dowager's disgust.

The conservatives, who occupy the majority, will see Zhao Xu's true colors and turn against him, all of which means that he will completely turn the situation around.

Zhao Tingzhi and Zhao Hao had a secret discussion, and Zhao Tingzhi advised: "This will be the last chance for His Royal Highness King Yong." ”

Zhao Hao nodded, rather than leaving Beijing in embarrassment, it was better to give it a go.

Day 2!

King Yong officially announced his departure from Beijing, kneeling alone outside the palace, just begging to look at the Empress Dowager again before leaving.

Empress Dowager Gao was full of compassion and finally nodded in agreement.

In the vertical arch hall, the mother and son met again, and King Yong said with tears: "I will say goodbye, I don't know if I can still see the queen mother alive in the future, please forgive the child for being unfilial." ”

Empress Dowager Gao was very sad in her heart, she was already old, and she knew that her time was short, so she naturally hoped that her son would accompany her.

However, the Empress Dowager Gao was not mediocre, shook her head and said, "You don't have to blame the queen mother for being ruthless!" The fault is that you shouldn't rely on grace and have thoughts that you shouldn't have. ”

"The child has no ............." Zhao Hao hurriedly argued.

Empress Dowager Gao slapped on the armrest and shouted angrily: "No, you really should be old and confused, if you didn't instruct Xiao'er, how could Xiao'er frame the official family, this time you must leave Bianjing, the Great Song Dynasty can no longer withstand the turmoil, and can no longer use the only remaining national strength for useless internal friction." ”

In the face of Empress Dowager Gao's reprimand, King Yong was not worried but happy.

He knew that the queen mother's mind was really guessed by Lord Zhao, she was dedicated to the country, but for the sake of the stability of the throne, she exiled him from Bianjing, then it was possible to be dedicated to the country and abolish the official family and set him up.

At that moment, Zhao Hao raised his head and looked directly at the Empress Dowager Gao, and said bluntly for the first time: "Not bad!" The child is indeed thinking, but the child is not for his own selfishness, but for the queen mother and the Song Dynasty. ”

Empress Dowager Gao looked at her son who had always been filial in shock, as if she knew him for the first time.

"Rebel son, if you read the book of sages in vain, have you forgotten the way of kings and ministers?"

Zhao Hao went out and said: "Queen Mother, this Great Song Dynasty is not just a person under the country, but the country of my Zhao family, when Taizu Taizong, once set up the Jinkui Alliance, the brother died of illness on the same day, according to the Jinkui Alliance, the child should ascend the throne." ”

"The Alliance of Golden Kui!"

Empress Dowager Gao's heart is empty, the alliance of Jin Kui is set by Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and Taizong Zhao Guangyi's mother, Empress Dowager Zhaoxian, its purpose is to absorb the lessons of the successive demise of five dynasties and ten kingdoms, that is, because the heir is too young to control the situation, if you want the country to last for a long time, the successor must have certain qualifications and prestige.

So the alliance of Jin Kui was set, and the brother ended up with the brother.

Zhao Kuangyin - Zhao Guangyi - Zhao Tingmei - Zhao Dezhao............ first passed on to the three brothers, and then to Zhao Kuangyin's son.

When Shenzong died, Zhao Xu, the oldest of the existing princes, was only ten years old, and he did meet the conditions of the Jinkui Alliance, and the voice of Zhao Hao, the king of Yong, was very high, and in the end, the Empress Dowager Gao chose to support Zhao Xu's accession to the throne.

"The Golden Alliance?"

Empress Dowager Gao shook her head and smiled, the alliance of Jinkui seems to be beautiful, but it is difficult to implement, after Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, he first forced Zhao Dezhao to death, and then framed Zhao Tingmei, and finally let the alliance of Jinkui exist in name only.

When Shenzong was seriously ill, he pulled the corner of Empress Dowager Gao's clothes and begged hard, obviously because she didn't want Zhao Dezhao's tragedy to happen again, and coupled with the fact that she listened to the power of the government for the curtain, she finally secretly asked Liang Weijian to make a dragon robe for Zhao Xu, resulting in the established fact that Zhao Xu ascended the throne.

Zhao Hao's face was hideous, and he continued: "The child is the concubine of the queen mother, if Zhao Xu is the concubine of the imperial brother, the child will never have any thoughts, and the official mother is just a lowly palace maid, and a concubine can covet the throne?" Does the royal family really want to crown the three fathers of the Zhu family as Taishi Taibao? ”

Zhao Hao continued to use the second trick taught by Zhao Tingzhi, taking advantage of Empress Dowager Gao's despisy on Zhu's background to achieve his goal.

Zhu's father's name was Cui Jie, who was from a civilian background, and died when she was very young, and her mother Li remarried Zhu Shi'an and changed her surname to Zhu, and later entrusted her to a relative surnamed Ren to raise, so Zhu had three fathers.

Later, Zhu entered the palace as a royal attendant, and was favored by Shenzong, and gave birth to two sons and five daughters, the eldest son was Zhao Xu, although the Empress Dowager Gao set Zhao Xu as the emperor, but she looked down on Zhu very much.

So far, the treatment of the Zhu family has been suppressed, and it was not until recently that the Queen Mother came forward to improve the treatment of the Zhu family, but the most important position of the queen, she has not given the Zhu family.

"Presumptuous! The Zhu family is your imperial sister-in-law, how can it be slandered by you? Empress Dowager Gao reprimanded harshly.

However, Zhao Hao was familiar with the queen mother's personality, and had already heard the loosening from the queen mother's voice, and continued at the moment: "The sons and daughters covet the throne, and they also have the heart to consider the queen mother, the queen mother suppresses the Zhu family with all her might, how can the official family, as a parent, not know, and the official family has reached the age of pro-government, and the queen mother has not returned power, how can the official family not be resentful, and the queen mother will not consider the aftermath?" ”

Empress Dowager Gao's heart was shocked, how could she not know Zhao Xu's dissatisfaction with her, especially Zhao Xu had obviously reached the age of pro-government, and she always held power.

Empress Dowager Gao forcibly defended: "It's not that I'm greedy for power, but that the official family is too young to control the court." ”

She just denied the Golden Alliance, but now she is using the Golden Alliance to forcibly defend herself.

"And the official family has changed now! It's been different! Empress Dowager Gao finally added another sentence to increase her persuasiveness.

Yongwang Zhao Hao sneered: "What the queen mother said is Fan Zheng's performance after entering the palace!" Fan Zheng behaves strangely, loves to use evil prescriptions, and advocates the change of the official family, from the perspective of the sons, the change of the official family must be instigated by Fan Zheng, deliberately paralyzing the mother, and when the official family is in power, the new law will definitely be restarted, which will bring disaster to the country and the people! When the time comes, the Great Song is in danger. ”

"Restart the new law?" Empress Dowager Gao's face changed, the anger and resentment caused by Wang Anshi's change of law at the beginning, even she had heard of it in the harem, plus she was conservative, as soon as she came to power, she supported Sima Guang to completely abolish the new law, and Zhao Xu restarted the new law in the future, wouldn't that be a slap in her face.

"At that time, the mourning family was already under Jiuquan, and the new law and the old law had nothing to do with the mourning family." Empress Dowager Gao said helplessly.

Zhao Hao said bitterly: "Can the Empress Dowager bear to watch the Great Song Dynasty be destroyed?" ”

Empress Dowager Gao's face changed, and she said coldly: "What do you let the mourning family do, support you to succeed to the throne, can you ensure that you abide by the alliance of Jinkui, or will you kill your son and return to power!" ”

Zhao Hao said solemnly: "The child can't guarantee that he will abide by the Jinkui Alliance, let alone kill his son and return to power, but the child can guarantee that the official family and the emperor's nephews will be prosperous and rich for a lifetime." ”

Empress Dowager Gao looked at Zhao Hao, a real villain, and sighed in her heart, if Zhao Hao really said that he would kill his son and return to power against his will, or that he would be in the line of Shenzong in a hundred years, she would be disappointed.

"However, the official family will also guarantee you a prosperous and prosperous life, why should you covet that position." Empress Dowager Gao asked rhetorically.

Zhao Hao said with a righteous face: "What the sons ask is not for their own selfishness, but for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"You ............." Empress Dowager Gao was suddenly startled, and looked at her favorite son in disbelief.

Zhao Hao said solemnly: "The son is not to let the queen mother put down all the power, but to give the official family the opportunity to govern, if the official family really has the ability to revitalize the Great Song Dynasty, the son is willing to abdicate and make way for the virtuous, and fully assist the official family, if the official family is obsessed and restarts the new law to bring disaster to the country and the people, the son will never allow him to destroy my Great Song Dynasty." ”

When Empress Dowager Gao heard this, her face changed and said: "It's nonsense, the throne is child's play, how can you be tempted, you should get out of the palace immediately now, and leave Beijing immediately to take up your post." ”

Zhao Hao's face said miserably: "The queen mother made a decision, and the sons and daughters had no complaints, but in the future, my Great Song Dynasty will not exist, and the alien iron cavalry will ravage the Central Plains, and it will be too late for the queen mother to regret it!" ”

After that, Zhao Hao bowed solemnly to the Empress Dowager Gao, turned his head and left resolutely.

Zhao Hao left with a sad face, but he always paid attention to the situation behind him, but when he stepped out of the vertical arch hall, he still didn't hear the Empress Dowager Gao's retention behind him.

However, when he walked to the gate of the imperial city, there was still no eunuch behind him to deliver the message, Zhao Hao was sad in his heart, but he still followed Zhao Tingzhi's strategy and gritted his teeth and stepped out of the palace.

Back at King Yong's Mansion, Zhao Hao no longer hesitated, immediately packed up the softness, and took his family straight out of the south gate of Kaifeng City.

Just more than a mile out of the city, a quick horse arrived, and said anxiously: "His Royal Highness King Yong, the Queen Mother is sick and wants to see King Yong." ”

Zhao Hao was ecstatic in his heart, and secretly shouted that he had made the right bet! But his face said with a sad face:

"The Queen Mother! Children are not filial! Failed to serve left and right. ”

Day! King Yong returned to Bianjing again.

(End of chapter)