Chapter 0126: Becoming an Official
Empress Zheng proposed to accept Zhao Bufan as her righteous son, which really stunned everyone present, even Zhao Bufan himself was stunned. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Emperor Zhao Ji was undecided, both a little moved, but also had a lot of scruples, his eyes looked at Zhao Bufan, and finally said gently: "Empress, this title can't be hasty, it's better to wait until I return to the palace, and then I will discuss this matter carefully with you!"
"Let Your Majesty arrange it!" Empress Zheng did not force too much, she knew that Emperor Zhao Ji already had this intention, but she still had a lot of complicated issues.
Emperor Zhao Ji smiled, and his voice changed: "This title can't be determined for the time being, but it's true that I like Zhao Bufan, he has many military exploits at a young age, and he is quite literate, so he should be sealed." I remember that a few days ago, Cai Jing just played his mission as the commander of the Xiangdu, so I will now add his official rank and promote him to the defense envoy of Bazhou, so that he can be regarded as the commander of the Xiangdu, and I will give him the title again, and he will be named the founder of Baxian County, with 300 households!"
Zhao Bufan was completely stunned, and the official rank jumped from Bao Yilang to the defense envoy, that is, it was promoted more than ten levels in a row, which was rare, not to mention that he was also given a knighthood, although the founding man was only the lowest title, but the attitude shown by Emperor Zhao Ji has explained a lot, and there are very few courtiers who can get this kind of favor.
Liu Yanqing, who was next to him, saw that he was stunned and silent, and hurriedly lowered his voice: "Don't you thank you soon?"
"Huh?"
Zhao Bufan relieved himself and hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Emperor Zhao Ji was in a good mood at the moment, smiled and waved his hand, and pulled Empress Zheng to the main throne.
"Since we have already come, I and the queen will join in with you today, and the singing, dancing, wine and food will be arranged quickly!"
"This ......" Zhao Bufan's face was full of helplessness, where did he go to find the dancer and the singer now.
"Your Majesty, when Xiao Fan first arrived in the capital, where can he arrange these, don't embarrass him!" Empress Zheng smiled and cleared the siege.
Emperor Zhao Ji pulled Empress Zheng to sit down, turned his head to look, and found that not only did there be no singing and dancing, but even the courtiers and officials were only Liu Zhongwu and Liu Yanqing, and there seemed to be a lot of people in the courtyard, but all of them were servants and guards, and their brows were furrowed at the moment.
"What's going on, how is it empty?"
Everyone didn't reply, Empress Zheng gently explained to him, Emperor Zhao Ji's face was suddenly a little unhappy, and he waved his big hand and said: "I and the empress finally took the time to come to the courtier's house today to make a scene, but there was no one, it's really a disappointment!"
"The old slave is here!!" Liang Shicheng took a broken step and bowed to the front.
"I'll only wait half an hour!"
Emperor Zhao Ji said very simply, but Liang Shicheng didn't understand what he meant, so he immediately responded again and again, and hurriedly ran out with many eunuchs and forbidden army squads.
Now, the magnates in the capital are completely sensational!
The empress and the emperor successively sent people to hint that they were all shocked when they were waiting to see Zhao Bufan's jokes, from Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Gao Yu, to the officials of various ministries and departments, they almost rushed to Zhao's mansion in a panic, even if they had important matters, they immediately ordered their entourage to bring gifts to the door.
In a short period of time, the threshold of the Zhao Mansion was trampled on.
All kinds of coquettish sons and frames are parked all over Zhao's house, and even the streets outside the house are blocked, and all kinds of congratulations make Zhao Bufan overwhelmed, no matter how many words are true, but since there is a banquet to entertain guests, as a host, he always needs to be received.
The thirty tables of wine banquets set up in the courtyard were not enough to sit at all, and most of them could only stand by and accompany them, and the whole courtyard was crowded with people.
Soon, Zhu Bocai also came again, and brought a group of dancers and singers by the way, and the whole banquet became very lively, it was really like a grand event, and the original luncheon was postponed until the afternoon for various reasons, and it became a dinner party.
During the banquet, Emperor Zhao Ji and Empress Zheng did not hide their love for Zhao Bufan, so that many courtiers beat the drum in their hearts, and among the people present, the most uneasy was Tong Guan, who could see a sharp color flashing from his eyes without opinion.
After nightfall, the commotion faded, the emperor and empress drove back to the palace, and the courtiers quickly dispersed.
When Empress Zheng was leaving, she summoned Zhao Bufan alone and asked quietly: "Xiaofan, do you want to continue to stay at the border pass, or do you want to be transferred back to the capital to serve?"
Faced with this problem, Zhao Bufan's attitude was very firm.
"The minister is willing to guard the border pass to repay the emperor's kindness!"
Empress Zheng was silent for a long time, and finally didn't say anything, just nodded softly: "Since this is your own will, then the palace will not say more, but the soldiers are in danger, you must be more careful when you go into battle to kill the enemy in the future, and don't easily put yourself in danger!"
After several exhortations, Empress Zheng and Emperor Zhao Ji drove back to the palace, Zhao Bufan sent away the guests from all sides, looking at the deserted courtyard, doubts suddenly rose in his heart, he felt that today's events were too abnormal, there were many doubts lingering in his heart, and they lingered for a long time.
Zhi Yuezhi didn't think much about him, and happily pulled him and said: "Brother Fanfan, it's good now, Your Majesty and the Empress like you so much, you will definitely be able to make great achievements in the future!"
With a faint smile, Zhao Bufan didn't reply, he always felt that there was a thread in the dark that was controlling today's events, and he suddenly began to doubt Empress Zheng's attitude, why Zhu Bocai supported him so much, and wondered why he looked like Emperor Zhao Ji when he was young.
What's more, because of the remnants of the memories of his previous life, although he was born with his eyes open, although his brain is not yet mature, although he can't understand the words of the people around him, he has a little ability to think and remember after all, he vaguely remembers that soon after birth, he seems to have been fed something, and then slept for a long, long time, and when he woke up again, he had been abandoned at the door of his adoptive parents' house.
In addition, he had also heard Xue Ling reveal a lot of information, and knew that Master Fu had a lot of entanglements with Emperor Zhao Ji and Empress Zheng when he was young, and it was not just as simple as meeting him as an apprentice. These scattered, seemingly unrelated circumstances converge and gradually lead him to a final question.
"Am I related to the royal family?"
When this amazing idea was generated, the more Zhao Bufan thought about it, the more wrong it became, and he immediately chased after Zhu Bocai's frame, stopped him and asked: "Father-in-law, do you know my background, is there any secret of my background?"
After hearing this, Zhu Bocai looked at him very funny: "What? You don't think you have something to do with the royal family just because Empress Zheng said that you look like Your Majesty when you were young? Don't think too much about it, it's all a coincidence, I didn't expect the queen to come by chance, let alone that she would like you so much, this is really your luck." As for the prince's dream, don't do it, and rely on your own skills to fight for the future. I appreciate your skills, but don't go astray, go back and have a good rest, and remember to go to court tomorrow morning!"
Such a straightforward answer made Zhao Bufan blush a little, and he returned embarrassedly, but when he turned to leave, Zhu Bocai had a smile on his face.
At the same time, Empress Zheng, who had just returned to the palace, was so excited that she couldn't help herself, and everyone could see that kind joy, but unfortunately there was only a kind old lady by her side, and only this old lady could share her joy at the moment.
"Nanny! Zhu Bocai really didn't lie to me, Zhao Bufan is really my child, he is Ta'er, he really didn't die back then!"
The old lady showed a kind smile on her face, she was the queen's young nurse, the two had been together for many years, and looking at the queen was like looking at her own daughter.
"Then why didn't the queen recognize each other directly today?"
Empress Zheng shook her head: "No, Zhu Bocai is right, Fan'er grew up in the people, he is both civil and military, worried about the country and the people, and now is the time to grow up rapidly, I can't recognize him now." The royal family of the Great Song Dynasty has long had an iron law, although the prince can be awarded an official title and a noble status, but he is not allowed to hold real power, although His Majesty will spoil him, but he will be limited to the capital, restricted here, he still can't fly high after all!"
"But this matter always has to be made public!" said the old lady worriedly.
"Zhu Bocai said that when Fan'er grows up, when he gets the support of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military, that's when I recognize Fan'er, and at that time he will also be the prince!"
The old lady looked at her and was a little worried: "But the crown prince Zhao Huan has also been brought by the queen for more than ten years, although the queen hates his mother, but Zhao Huan has always regarded Zhao Huan as her own, Zhao Huan is also very filial to the queen, is the queen willing to watch him be deposed as the crown prince!"
"I also hesitated about this matter, but Zhu Bocai persuaded me, and when he came to visit me secretly in the afternoon, he asked whether it was better for the Great Song Dynasty to have an emperor through the ages in the future, or to have an emperor who could barely keep it, so I made an easy choice!"
The old lady smiled happily: "Zhu Bocai actually values the second prince so much?"
"Not only Zhu Bocai, but also many people are secretly helping Fan'er, and they are determined to make Fan'er become the first emperor of the ages. They think that Fan'er rises in the end of the micro-end, has ambitions, can fight on the horse, can write on the horse, comparable to Emperor Taizu, but Huan'er's mind is between landscape calligraphy and painting, so they all think that Fan'er should be the prince and inherit the country, and Huan'er only needs to enjoy the wealth and glory, indulge in calligraphy and painting, then maybe be more successful, I think this is very reasonable!"
The old lady smiled and said, "If this is the case, then the second prince should indeed be the prince!"
Empress Zheng's face was filled with the expectation of Jackie Chan, but her heart was very worried, thinking of the fierce battle of the border soldiers, her expression instantly became lonely.
"It's a pity that I don't know when I'll be able to recognize Fan'er, I don't know when I'll hear him call me a queen mother, I've never heard it in my life, and it's not easy for him to fight at the border, I don't know when my heart will really settle down!"
"Don't worry, the second prince has come alone for so many years, and he has a well-known name, which shows that he does have the ability, and the auspicious person has his own natural appearance, God failed to take his life back then, and now it is definitely not so easy to take away, the old body feels that the real difficulties he faces, I am afraid that it is a courtier!" The old lady is not a person who doesn't know anything, she comforted and reminded at the same time.
When Empress Zheng heard this, her eyes instantly chilled: "Back then, the palace was still lying on the bed to recuperate, and I heard the bad news of Fan'er's untimely death, that kind of pain is unforgettable in this life, and now God will bring Fan'er back, whoever wants to take his life, this palace will fight with whoever is going to die!" (To be continued.) )