Chapter 0125: The Queen's Thoughts
The eunuch's high-pitched shouts startled Liu Yanqing and Liu Zhongwu's faces as well, and the entire courtyard immediately fell silent. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhao Bufan's eyes widened in disbelief, he didn't understand what was going on at all, and the whole person was stunned. It is too incredible for the queen to come in person, and it is a very important thing for a foreign minister to face the saint for the first time, but if the emperor or queen comes in person before the face of the saint, it can no longer be explained by the heaviness!
He couldn't believe his ears and wondered, "Did I hear something wrong?"
Liu Yanqing was the first to react, and he was so shocked that he jumped up: "No matter what the reason, take over quickly!!"
Several people got up and left the table in a hurry, and were about to greet them, but a large number of forbidden army squads with high martial arts had already trotted into the courtyard, followed by several eunuchs who bowed down to lead the way, and the graceful and luxurious Empress Zheng was dressed up in the circle of palace maids, she wore a phoenix crown, her long skirt was flying, and four beautiful palace maids were holding the skirt for her behind, which was really magnificent.
How dare everyone hesitate, they hurriedly knelt on the ground and saluted, and bowed three times.
Empress Zheng smiled and waved her hand gently, showing the demeanor of the mother's world.
"Get up!"
"Empress Xie!"
Zhao Bufan got up slowly, very worried in his heart, earlier he felt sad because no one came to congratulate him, but now the queen's presence also made him secretly complain, this is really too bizarre, such grace has only been a handful for hundreds of years.
Empress Zheng slowly walked in front of him, there was an inexplicable excitement in her eyes, but she concealed it well, just looked quietly and observed quietly.
The people in the courtyard watched in silence, and no one understood what was going on.
Zhao Bufan was even more panicked when he saw it, and secretly wondered in his heart: "Why is the queen staring at me, why do I feel very close when I see the queen?"
When he was troubled by this question, Empress Zheng's emotions seemed to be a little out of control, and her chest was very undulating, but no one dared to stare at her chest, so no one noticed this, and she quickly calmed down, and slowly spoke: "Zhao Bufan, this palace has long heard that you are young but brilliant, everyone praises you as Huo Quai, the Great Song Dynasty, and I didn't believe it before, this time I came to see it, it is really a talent, very good!"
"How can the minister be so virtuous, he has been so praised by the queen!" Zhao Bufan bowed.
"Don't you invite the palace to sit?" Empress Zheng was very easy-going, as if chatting at home.
"Queen, please take a seat!" Zhao Bufan hurriedly led the way for her and brought her to the master's seat to sit down.
Liu Zhongnan and Liu Yanqing looked at each other, surprised by Empress Zheng's attitude towards Zhao Bufan, and quietly walked to the table to accompany them in confusion.
After Empress Zheng sat down, her eyes inadvertently swept around, looking at the empty banquet, her eyes flashed with anger, but then she smiled and asked Zhao Bufan: "Today is the day before your first face, why didn't anyone come to congratulate you?"
"This ......" Zhao Bufan was embarrassed and didn't know how to explain it.
Empress Zheng looked at him and said with a smile: "It seems that you are not very popular, but you are a hero of the Great Song Dynasty, and you should not be treated like this!"
As she spoke, she turned her head to look at the eunuch in the distance, and called lightly: "Gonggong Luo, this palace has nothing to do, I happened to come to see the young heroes praised by people, I wanted to join in the fun, but I didn't think that it was so deserted here, it really disappointed the palace, this luncheon is really hard to swallow, and the palace is here waiting for everyone to gather!"
Gonggong Luo understood and immediately said: "The old slave will do it!"
The people present were really shocked, no one expected the queen to do this, and the scene was so quiet that it was audible to drop pins. Empress Zheng also casually started chatting with Zhao Bufan, asking basically about his experience, since he was a child, he has been asking, and when he heard that Zhao Bufan was facing a desperate situation on the battlefield several times, his face was even more ugly.
But the atmosphere at this time was very depressing, no one dared to stare at her, even Zhao Bufan buried his head a little and replied, so no one noticed.
About half an hour later, the hurried shouts of the eunuchs came from outside the door again, one after another.
"The emperor drove to the !!"
In an instant, the courtyard was alarmed again, except for the queen, who was very calm, and everyone hurriedly got up to greet them.
This was also the first time Zhao Bufan saw Emperor Zhao Ji, and the two looked at each other for a moment, but Zhao Bufan quickly avoided it, didn't dare to look carefully, and was busy inviting him to take a seat.
But Emperor Zhao Ji didn't move, but stood in place with a surprised face, he had been in the top position for a long time, with an indescribable majesty on his body, and now he put away his smile, this majesty became even more oppressive. "Don't be in a hurry to sit down, you raise your head first, I want to take a closer look at you!"
Zhao Bufan felt a little strange, and was a little unsure of what Emperor Zhao Ji was thinking, but he didn't dare to disobey the order, and immediately raised his head to look at him.
Emperor Zhao Ji is a very casual person, he doesn't have so many scruples, he looks left and right on the spot, from top to bottom, from bottom to top, and looks at Zhao Bufan very uneasy. After a long time, he wondered: "I look at you, why do I feel very eye-catching, it seems that I have seen it somewhere?"
Zhao Bufan was inexplicable, the impact on him today was really too great, and his brain was not very clear, first Empress Zheng asked some inexplicable private matters, and then Emperor Zhao Ji looked at him familiarly, which made him not know how to answer at all, and hesitated and said: "I have never had the honor to see Long Yan, and today is the first time to pay respect!"
"No, no!!I must have seen it somewhere!" Emperor Zhao Ji refused to give up, frowning and trying to think.
This made Zhao Bufan a little undecided, because he really couldn't figure out what the situation of Emperor Zhao Ji was, if he looked like a person he hated, wouldn't it be a disaster, and immediately laughed and interrupted: "Your Majesty might as well sit down first and think slowly, so as not to be tired!"
"No, I must have seen you, and it's not too late for me to sit down when I think about it!" Emperor Zhao Ji did not let go, until Liu Yanqing and Liu Zhongwu looked at each other, and they were also confused and completely confused at this time.
At this time, Empress Zheng stepped forward lightly and looked at Emperor Zhao Ji with a smile.
"Your Majesty doesn't have to think about it, the concubine has already asked about this Zhao Bufan's experience, Your Majesty should not have seen his face now, this time Your Majesty feels familiar, I'm afraid it's because this Zhao Bufan is very similar to Your Majesty when he was young, and his eyes are almost exactly the same!"
Zhao Ji was slightly stunned, his eyes stared straight at Zhao Bufan, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Empress Zheng was right, and immediately asked strangely: "What year were you born, and who are your parents?"
Zhao Bufan was surprised, and when he saw the emperor asking again, he temporarily put away his thoughts.
"Back to Your Majesty, I am an orphan, and I was raised by my adoptive parents in Xiaohe Village, dozens of miles away from Bianliang, Tokyo, and I don't know the specific date of birth, but it should be in the spring of the third year of Yuanfu, and my name was already written in swaddling clothes when my adoptive parents picked me up!"
"Yuan Fu three years of spring?" Emperor Zhao Ji chattered to himself, as if remembering something, his mood suddenly became low, and he looked at Empress Zheng sadly: "Ta'er was also born in the spring of the third year of Yuan Fu, if he hadn't died young, I'm afraid he would be the same size as this Zhao Bufan, and his eyes were very similar to me when he was born!"
Empress Zheng's lips trembled, and she almost told the secret truth in her heart, but she still held back in time, her heart moved, and she suddenly sighed leisurely: "Yes! The concubine also felt very close to Zhao Bufan when she saw this, I don't know if it was the reincarnation of Ta'er!"
These words imperceptibly affected the emperor Zhao Ji, he is a believer, although there is no concept of reincarnation in the early Taoist doctrine, but now there is a reincarnation of the word, so Empress Zheng's words resonated with him, and he stared at Zhao Bufan again, and he loved it more and more in his heart.
"Zhao Bufan, have you ever read a book, why didn't you take the imperial examination?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister had studied with the master for a few years when he was young, but because he was displaced since he was a child, he couldn't go to the academy to study, and he didn't have the reference qualifications, when the lowly master passed away, the minister was only fourteen years old, and after several tosses and turns, he had nowhere to go, so he went to the northern Xinjiang to join the army, which has lasted until now!"
Emperor Zhao Ji nodded with satisfaction: "Then you can write a few poems for me to see at this moment!"
Although there were many doubts in his heart, Zhao Bufan felt that this was a good opportunity, so he immediately ordered the servants to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and silently wrote more than a dozen Tang poems and Song poems to enjoy the scenery, and also wrote his own appreciation.
After Emperor Zhao Ji saw it, he nodded again and again: "Not bad, not bad! The handwriting is not bad, and the appreciation is also very comprehensive, do you have anything else you like?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister still likes calligraphy, painting and strange stones!" Zhao Bufan's words also followed Emperor Zhao Ji's preferences, he occasionally found time to learn these things over the years, originally to fulfill the promise to Huang Shang back then, how can I use it now.
"Do you also love strange stones?" Emperor Zhao Ji's smile on his face was noticeably more.
Zhao Bufan replied with a smile: "The minister has dabbled slightly, but because he is too young and his knowledge is limited, he still doesn't know it very well, but he likes it in his heart!"
"I see that you like poetry and songs, and you also like calligraphy and painting strange stones, which is like a martial artist!" Emperor Zhao Ji already had a preference for him, and he was very happy to see that his preferences were also in line with his own heart. "What rank are you now?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the current official rank of the humble post is Bao Yilang!"
"Bao Yilang?" Emperor Zhao Ji frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and suddenly looked at Empress Zheng: "The Empress asked Gonggong Luo to specially invite me to come and see this Zhao Bufan, but what do you already think?"
Empress Zheng was silent for a moment, still not telling part of the truth she already knew, but said softly: "Your Majesty, the concubine went out of the palace to visit the scenery today, because she had heard of Zhao Bufan's reputation for a long time, so she stopped by to take a look, and she didn't expect to see this Zhao Bufan, so she couldn't help but think of the dead Ta'er, and then signaled Father-in-law Luo to return to the palace, please Your Majesty also come to see, since Your Majesty also loves him now, it is better to accept him as a nominal son, not into the royal family tree, just to make up for the regret in the hearts of the concubine and His Majesty!"
Emperor Zhao Ji didn't seem to expect Empress Zheng to say this, his expression was very surprised, although he did like Zhao Bufan very much, but if he accepted him as a righteous son, he was a little hesitant, although he was only a nominal righteous son, not included in the royal family tree, but he was still weighing whether to set this precedent...... (To be continued.) )