Rong Zhan disposed of the Zhao family and handed over the investigation of the Zhao family to Dali Temple. Since he succeeded to the throne, he handed over the Dali Temple to Rong Run, and the Dali Temple was completely renovated. In the past, Gao Bingyan's subordinates and Zhao Shangshu's subordinates were dismissed and investigated one by one, leaving only a small number of officials, and they were compatible with Run'an's minions.

It hasn't been a day or two since he wanted to deal with Zhao Kezhen, but today he was finally punished, and he felt a little melancholy in his heart. After returning from the North Palace, he sat alone in the dormitory.

Yuan Xi asked Shi Yushui to prepare some snacks and personally brought them to Rong Zhan's case.

"The emperor has been busy all morning, and it's time to eat something. ”

Rong Zhan raised his eyes and saw that it was Yuan Xi, so he hooked his hand at her. Won-hee stood in front of him, and he pressed his cheek lightly against her bulging abdomen. The child in her womb was not very restful, and she writhed from time to time.

"Won-hee, thank you. He stared at Yuan Xi's eyes and said word by word.

Yuan Xi froze for a moment: "What's the matter?"

"The Queen Mother told me everything," he kissed her on the stomach and said softly, "Thank you for helping me so much, I really don't know what to do without you." ”

Yuan Xi stretched out his hand and stroked Rong Zhan's sideburns: "You and I are a close husband and wife, what do you say thank you or not." ”

"Today, the queen mother said in front of the Manchu Dynasty that you are the future queen. You're more than four months now, almost five months old, and you can't stand the fatigue. The ceremony after the closure is also a toss-up thing, I see, it's better to wait for you to give birth to a child, and then perform the ceremony, what do you say?"

Won-hee smiled slightly, no matter what, the most important thing is that no one can hurt the child in her womb now. Without Zhao Kezhen, she would be able to give birth to these two children with peace of mind.

"What does the emperor plan to do with the Zhao family?" asked Yuan Xi.

"I have already asked Rong Run to investigate, Dali Temple has always been vigorous and resolute, presumably it won't take long to get to the bottom of the Zhao family. Look at what the Zhao family has done over the years. Deal with it again, but these two people, Zhao Jing and Zhao Kezhen, I will never let them go. ”

Yuan Xi hummed softly and lowered his head to stroke his lower abdomen.

Rong Zhan twisted a piece of dim sum, looked at it for a long time, and still didn't have much appetite, so he simply put it back on the plate.

"What's wrong?" asked Won-hee.

"No appetite. Rong Zhan said lightly.

Yuan Xi took a piece of snack and brought it to Rong Zhan's lips: "Shall I feed you?"

Rong looked at her, smiled, and squeezed her hand, still not eating.

"Got something on your mind?"

"Actually, it's nothing. Rong Zhan stretched out his hand and took Yuan Xi in his arms, she sat on her lap, not much heavier than before. Now that her belly is so big, she is still so light, obviously she has lost a lot of weight.

"When I retired from the court today, the secret guards returned, and the courtiers were scolding me behind their backs. said that I borrowed the power of the Zhao family in the past to sit on the throne, and now that I have gained power, I want to kick the Zhao family away. ”

"What is this called?" Yuan Xi condensed his eyebrows: "The Zhao family has done a lot of evil, do you still have to condone and tolerate it, can it be considered ungrateful?"

"Some people also say that in the middle of the court, the Chu family and the Shangguan family are about to become bigger, saying that I will rely on the power of these two families to marry you. ”

Yuan Xi glanced at him, in fact, this is also the truth, when the first emperor pointed out to Rong Zhan to be the crown princess, it was out of this consideration. If she was not the bloodline of the Shangguan family and the Chu family, how could the first emperor look down on herself? The daughter of a businessman, even if she could make a fortune, would not be able to take the position of crown princess.

"Was the emperor discouraged by what they said?" asked Yuan Xi with his arms around Rong Zhan's neck.

Rong Zhan shook his head, wrapped his arms around her waist, and said, "It's okay, anyway, I have been called the King of Thin Feelings and the King of Cold Noodles by them since I was a child, and I have long been used to it after so many years." ”

Yuan Xi was a little sad by what he said, Rong Zhan is not a cold-blooded and ruthless person, but the most corrupt officials are too strict, and they are criticized by the world.

"In fact, there is nothing wrong with being the king of thin love, the people just need the emperor's affection. If the emperor favoritizes corrupt officials and abolishes the national law, the people will only complain. It is precisely because of the emperor's affection that the people of Dachu can live and work in peace and contentment. Yuan Xi kissed his forehead and said: "Justice is in the hearts of the people, whether the emperor is unkind or not, justice knows, and the concubines know." ”

Rong Zhan looked at her warmly and hugged her tighter: "My father has long said that the throne is the loneliest place in the world, and the person who sits on it is the first lonely person in the world. Mother, wife, sister, brother, minister, people, no one understands me. ”

Rong Zhan said, with some tears in his eyes, when the first emperor said this to him, he was still young. At that time, Shangguan's Mansion had just been beheaded by Dali Temple.

The day before Shangguan Mansion was beheaded, the former emperor also personally visited the prison of Dali Temple, when Shangguan Linqing turned his back to the first emperor and said coldly: "A person who can kill even his brother and sister is only worthy of being the emperor." ”

When the first emperor took Rong Zhan's hand and slowly walked out of the prison of Dali Temple, Rong Zhan raised his face, and by the moonlight, he was surprised to see that the first emperor was in tears.

The first emperor said, when the courtiers praise our emperor Shengming, it does not necessarily mean that you are doing the right thing. When they say you must not, it doesn't necessarily mean that you have done something wrong. This is the loneliness of the emperor. Over time, you will find that under the sky, you are the only one.

Yuan Xi looked at him silently, Rong Zhan has been such a character since he was a child, and I am afraid that it is precisely because of this that the first emperor cherishes him very much.

He lightly shook Yuan Xi's hand: "Fortunately, I still have you and the sixth brother behind me, if one day, even you don't understand me, then I will really become a loner." ”

Yuan Xi stroked his cheek and kissed him lightly on the forehead: "No, you won't be alone, the child and I will always be with you." ”

Yuan Xi stood up, brought the dim sum to Rong Zhan and said, "Eat something, I didn't eat or drink yesterday, and it's still like this today, if it goes on like this, won't it exhaust our emperor's body bones?"

Rong Zhan smiled slightly, twisted a piece of snack, and ate it slowly.

"I asked Shi Yushui to make this snack in the small kitchen of Zichen Palace, and the queen mother instructed that Zhao Kezhen still has an informant in the palace. It was because she was afraid that Zhao Kezhen would poison you, so the queen mother kept enduring humiliation. In my opinion, in the past few days, you should not touch the food in the dining room, so as not to give those with ulterior motives a chance to start. ”

Rong Zhan finished eating a pear blossom cake and wiped his hands with a handkerchief.

"I think the dining room should be a little busier these days. Zhao Kezhen has just fallen, and she will definitely find a chance to turn over, and the only chance for her to turn over is me. Rong Zhan looked at Yuan Xi and smiled slyly: "I see, it's better to pass the decree to the dining room." It is said that there will be a large banquet in the palace, and Zhao Kezhen's informant must take the opportunity to poison the dishes, so that he can be found out by touching the melon along the vine. ”

Yuan Xi nodded: "That's right, if you catch him early, the emperor will be able to rest assured a day earlier." ”

Just do it, Rong Zhan stood up and shouted outside: "Qin Shun!"

Qin Shun hurriedly ran in: "Your Majesty, the last general." ”

"You go, go to the dining room to spread the message, and say that the Queen Mother has recovered from a serious illness, and I am very relieved, and I am very relieved to organize a festive family banquet in the dining room, celebrate and pray for the Queen Mother, and let them quickly report the menu. ”

Qin Shun was stunned for a moment: "Your Majesty, it's not safe to hold a banquet at this time, right?"

Rong Zhan glanced at Yuan Xi, and said to Qin Shun: "If you are told to go, I know it." ”

"Yes. Qin complied, lowered his head and walked out of the hall.

"Slowly, I told the dining room to make a dish with white artemisia, and said that I love to eat. ”

Qin Shun opened his mouth and lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, this is unspeakable! There is a rule in the palace that you can't eat more than three, that is, I am afraid that people with ulterior motives will find out the emperor's preferences and take the opportunity to murder the emperor." The emperor didn't take precautions, and said it outside. ”

Rong Zhan covered his mouth and smiled: "Why, I'm not afraid, but you are afraid?"

Qin Shun lowered his head and said, "I'm afraid, I will follow the emperor all day long, and I am already scared, for fear that the emperor will have a good deal." ”

"Alright, stop talking nonsense, you will go if I tell you to go. ”

Qin Shunbian flattened his mouth and said, "The last general has written it down." ”

This kind of thing is something that Rong Zhan has never touched, and he said that he likes to eat it today, just to let Zhao Kezhen's informant have a target. But would Zhao Kezhen's informant run into it so stupidly?

Every dish in the dining room has a special person in charge, once one of the dishes goes wrong, you can immediately find the person who cooks the dish, as well as the person who serves the dish, but everyone who has come into contact with this dish, no one can run.

"Does the emperor want to check the cook in the dining room on the day of the palace banquet?"

Rong Zhan smiled: "Zhao Kezhen threatened the queen mother, as long as the queen mother dared to commit suicide, she would immediately add poison to my meal." Anyone who can do this should be inextricably linked to the dining room. What I have to do is to let everyone who enters the dining room eat every dish they have touched on the day of the palace banquet. ”

Rong Zhan turned his back and slowly paced in the dormitory: "Don't they think they are pervasive? ”

Yuan Xi nodded: "It's better to be careful." ”

"I will naturally be careful, I can't say it, I can only eat in the queen's palace these days. ”

"Can only?" Yuan Xi said with a smile: "Eating in Zichen Palace, still wronged the emperor?"

Seeing her say this, Rong Zhan hurriedly stepped forward and hugged him: "Shi Yushui in the Queen's Palace, that is a first-class good cook, I don't dislike him." It's just that the kitchens of each palace are all the examples of the concubines of each palace. I went to the queen's palace to eat, and the queen was naturally reluctant to wronged me, so I came and went, shouldn't I make the queen poor?"

"Poor?" Yuanxi stroked his bulging lower abdomen: "My Wei Yuanxi is so big, I don't know how to write poor characters." It doesn't hurt if the emperor eats up the silver of Zichen Palace, at most let the emperor's precious son starve a few meals, and then make up for it. ”

"You dare. Rong Zhan pinched her cheeks: "You dare to starve these two in your stomach, see how I clean you up." He kissed her forehead gently: "You have to pay more attention to tonics, I see that you have lost weight." ”