"The woman is pregnant?"

Zhao Yun was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked.

He himself has never had an heir, and for future generations, it can be said that he is quite important, and now he suddenly heard the news, and naturally felt very happy.

Jia Rudao nodded and replied, "That's right." According to the diagnosis of the imperial doctor, the crown princess was indeed pregnant. ”

"If that's the case, then the matter will be revealed for the time being, but you two must remember that this kind of thing must not happen again in the future, understand?" Zhao Yun warned.

Jia Yidao and Liu Mengyan hurriedly said yes, they would not offend Zhao Yun at this time.

Zhao Yun was a little relieved, thinking about his current situation, he couldn't help but come with a little worry, and called Dong Songchen again, and instructed: "Since this is the case, then you leave here now and call Wu Qian, Zhao Xibo, and Li Tingzhi together." ”

"Your Majesty, why are you doing that?"

Dong Songchen was obviously stunned, and his eyes inadvertently swept Jia Rudao.

Najia seemed to be strange, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty." It's late at night now, presumably Prime Minister Wu and the others have already rested, so it's not too late to announce it tomorrow. ”

"That's right, Your Majesty. And if you continue to work like this, I'm afraid it won't be good for your health, so why don't you take a rest first? As for the affairs of the government, we will naturally handle it properly. Liu Mengyan was also agitated.

Zhao Yun shook his head, his weak voice was very firm, and he directly ordered: "Wu Qian and the others are important ministers of the country, and they have always been extremely concerned about the affairs of the court, if they knew about my summons, they would naturally come here." Liu Mengyan seemed to want to say something, but Zhao Yun glared at him directly, and instructed Dong Songchen: "As for my condition, you don't need to worry! Dong Songchen, you better hurry up, don't postpone it, you know?"

"Someone understands!"

Dong Songchen bowed back and left, leaving a helpless look at Jia Rudao before leaving.

Jia Yidao stiffened, stood beside him, lowered his voice and asked, "Your Majesty, why did you suddenly summon Prime Minister Wu at this time?"

Coming here today, he originally planned to take advantage of this time to be able to win a little favor from Zhao Yun and then consolidate his position, so he never wanted Wu Qian and Zhao Xibo to come here as well, because it would pose a considerable threat to himself.

"Alas!"

In the lonely tone, revealing the helplessness of the rest of his life, Zhao Yun at this moment has lost his former ambitions, he can only lie on the bed, and even needs someone to help him walk.

"You've seen it too. I'm not in good shape right now, and if I do, I can't say for sure. In that case, while I am still conscious, it is only right that the affairs of the court should be properly arranged. Otherwise, if I have a case, if the dragons in the court have no leader, it will be dangerous. ”

Facing Jia Nidao and Liumengyan, Zhao Yun had no intention of hiding his illness, in fact, he couldn't hide this, otherwise why would Zhao Xibo be so anxious and want to set up another prince?

"Your Majesty! Have you forgotten? If it weren't for your discernment among the ministers and your promotion of me, how would I be able to have today's glory? In order to reassure Your Majesty and to protect my great Song Dynasty, since taking office, the ministers have done their best and died, and all they want is the well-being of the people and peace in the world. Therefore, please don't say such things, and the minister will feel sad when he hears it. ”

Jia Rudao's eyes were already full of tears, and even the words that came out of his mouth also had a trill.

Liu Mengyan was dumbfounded when he saw it in his eyes, although he wanted to say something, but he was too thin-skinned to say it after all, so he had to follow along and said: "That's right, Your Majesty, please don't say such depressing words." Probably because he felt that the expression on his face was too stiff, he raised his sleeves again and wiped it on his face.

Zhao Yun saw it in his eyes and laughed: "You guys, don't say these polite words, understand?"

Zhao Yun had actually seen through the thoughts of the two of them a long time ago, but he usually didn't pay much attention to it because it was comfortable to listen to, but now that he was in such a situation, the other party was still pretending to be here, which couldn't help but make Zhao Yun feel a little disgusted.

The two of them were obviously stunned, not knowing what to do.

At this moment, the door was pushed open with a "creak", and the two looked together, and saw Wu Qian and Zhao Xibo walking in together behind Dong Songchen.

Jia Rudao's eyes moved slightly, but he fell on Dong Songchen, as if asking.

"Why did you bring these two men?"

"Your Majesty asks, and a certain family can't help it!"

Dong Songchen shook his head slightly, expressing his embarrassment.

"What about Li Tingzhi? Why didn't he come?" Zhao Yun looked up and saw that there was one less person here, and he couldn't help but feel angry.

That Dong Songchen immediately leaned down and bowed to the ground: "Your Majesty." The minister went to his family's mansion, but according to the daughter of his family, General Li left Lin'an a few days ago and has not returned until now. ”

"Why don't I know?"

Zhao Yun shouted in a deep voice, for some reason he felt that he had no bottom in his heart, and he always felt that something would happen.

Wu Qian shook his head lightly, leaned over and bowed: "Your Majesty, according to the minister's knowledge, Li Tingzhi got up and rushed to the north a few days ago because he heard that there was a change in the war in the north, so he never appeared here. ”

"What happened again?"

Zhao Yun asked again.

Wu Qian shook his head and said helplessly: "I'm sorry Your Majesty, the minister is not the person in charge of the Northern Expedition, I really don't know what happened." As for why Li Tingzhi left, he only heard some rumors, it was said that it was a letter from a friend in the army, and he didn't know what it was, so he naturally didn't know why he left.

Zhao Yun turned his head again and looked at Jia Rudao.

"Your Majesty rest assured, the Northern Expedition is going according to plan, and it will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty. Jia Rudao looked calm and continued.

For the Northern Expedition, Jia Rudao knew it well, otherwise why would he be afraid of the arrival of Hao Jing?

He faced Zhao Yun, but he didn't dare to tell the truth, otherwise he was afraid that he would be completely finished!

Wu Qian stood on the side, looking at all this clearly, although he felt that there seemed to be some secret hidden in the other party's words, but there was no evidence, so he naturally couldn't expose the other party's face, so he had to ask Zhao Yun: "By the way, Your Majesty, you called us here tonight, what is the matter?"

"Alas. Isn't it about the crown prince?"

Zhao Yun said in a sour tone, he is not an emperor at this moment, but just a father who cares about his son.

"Prince?"

Zhao Xibo was overjoyed, and hurriedly walked up and asked, "Could it be that Your Majesty really plans to depose the crown prince and set up a new king?"

Zhao Yun's face was obviously a little displeased, although he wanted to reprimand, but when it came to his mouth, he changed his appearance: "You, you are still so direct!" is also knowing that the other party has good intentions, otherwise where would he be so polite?

"Your Majesty! ”

Zhao Xibo bowed and apologized sincerely.

"It's fine. After all, the matter of selecting candidates has always been handed over to you to handle, and now there should be a candidate. In that case, present it to me and let me have a look. Zhao Yun smiled and waved his hand at Dong Songchen, who immediately walked in front of Zhao Xibo and asked in a low voice, "Zhao Shangshu, please!"

"The list is here, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to look at it. ”

At first glance, seeing Dong Songchen walking in front of him, Zhao Xibo couldn't help but take a step back, and his face showed a little disgust.

But he reacted immediately, and hurriedly controlled his impulse, took out the list from his sleeve and put it in Dong Songchen's hand, after Dong Songchen knotted, he was relieved, at that moment he almost thought that the other party would not give it to him, and then turned around and handed the list to Zhao Yun.

Along the way, Zhao Xibo was also quite worried, staring at the list with his eyes, and only after being unraveled by Zhao Yun did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"Is this the one you chose?"

After a glance, Zhao Yun's eyebrows were already wrinkled, there were quite a few candidates on it, there were more than a dozen.

If it was his usual time, he naturally didn't care much about it, and just chose it slowly, but right now, he was lying on the hospital bed, obviously unable to get up, and reviewed them one by one.

Zhao Xibo nodded and said, "Yes!"

"Why are there so many?" Zhao Yun asked again.

Zhao Xibo replied: "The number of people is indeed a bit much. However, the minister carefully reviewed every candidate, and each of them was not a good temperament and outstanding knowledge, and they were all the best choices. Of course, if His Majesty has any taboos, he can also talk to the minister, and the minister will naturally eliminate it. ”

"Nope. If you're so sure, how can I not believe it? But can you call them all?" Zhao Yun asked again.

"This!"

Zhao Xibo was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and replied, "Your Majesty." To tell the truth, these candidates are not scattered all over our court, don't say that it is this night, I am afraid that I will give the minister three days of effort, and I will definitely not be able to gather here. ”

Zhao Xibo has always attached great importance to this matter, not only to personally go to the field to study those candidates, in order to avoid anyone from obstructing them, nor did he tell them the purpose, everything is carried out in secret, except for him, no one knows who can be on the list and who is not qualified!

And he originally planned to report to Zhao Yun next spring, but who would have expected that the world would change too suddenly, and Zhao Yun would be seriously injured because of Zhao Xuan's marriage?

Even Zhao Xibo wasn't ready, let alone anyone else!

"How long will it take?"

Zhao Yun was also stunned, a little scared, and urged: "What about the nearest people? No matter what, let them enter Beijing first, of course, the sooner the better!" His condition is not optimistic, and he now feels that Zhao Xuan is not a candidate for Mingjun, so he has to hope for others.

"Your Majesty, the minister understands!"

Zhao Xibo leaned down and bowed, and after finishing the list, he left the place, preparing to summon those who were scattered all over the place.

After seeing Zhao Xibo leave, Wu Qian also felt a little relieved, and glanced at Jia Yidao with a slight provocation: "Since Your Majesty is in a hurry, why don't you let Prime Minister Jia Cheng help?" After all, Prime Minister Jia Cheng is now involved in military and political affairs, if he gets your order, it should be faster." ”

At this moment, Wu Qian can be said to be quite happy, because he knows that as long as those people enter Beijing, and then get Zhao Yun's promise, they can smoothly ascend to the throne and become the emperor of the current Song Dynasty.

"Prime Minister Wu Cheng is too modest, and the minister is just lucky to get His Majesty's favor, so he has such strength. It's just that the Northern Expedition is underway, and if you want to transfer troops to complete this matter, I'm afraid it won't work. Jia Rudao's face flashed with anger, and he closed his eyes again.

"Hmph! This matter of the prince is very important. Don't you two think it's too domineering to make decisions privately?"

That Liumengyan was also extremely annoyed, staring at Wu Qian with a bit of provocation.

Wu Qian laughed softly: "I have also invited two of them, but they are busy with things, and they are always busy in the prince's mansion, so they really can't take time out, so I just give up." It's just that when I listen to Liushangshu's words today, don't you plan to accept it? Don't forget that this is what Your Majesty has approved. ”

"You!"

Wu Qian was stunned for a moment, and was about to scold.

Jia Rudao suddenly interjected and said: "Don't argue, don't forget what kind of place this is, if you let Your Majesty's old injury recur, can you bear the responsibility?"

Although Liu Mengyan wanted to argue, he could only stare at Wu Qianlai with angry eyes.

Wu Qian didn't care, still held his chest high, and said with a smile: "That's right." Don't forget, this is not the Qinzheng Palace, if Your Majesty is hurt, you will be at least responsible?"

For this matter, Liu Mengyan could only close his mouth and stand quietly beside Jia Nidao, Jia Nidao was also imagining in his heart, thinking that he could control everything, but he didn't expect to be frustrated, and he even began to wonder if he had lost His Majesty's favor?

Seeing a few people fighting openly and secretly, Zhao Yun also felt annoyed, and shouted in a low voice: "A few of you, can't you stop a little?"

Told this, the two could only shut their mouths and stood aside.

The atmosphere seemed to be solemn for a while, and even the flame seemed to feel the change in the atmosphere, maintaining its previous state and not moving.

"Bang!"

There was a loud bang, and the door was slammed open.

Zhao Yun couldn't help but feel annoyed, Dong Songchen had already opened his mouth and shouted: "Who is it, why didn't you knock on the door?" Don't you know that this is Funing Palace, where His Majesty temporarily stays?"

"Of course I know, but I have something urgent to report to Your Majesty!"

That person was also domineering, and directly pushed Dong Songchen away and came to several people.

Several people looked at each other, but Wu Qian was surprised and shouted, "Is it Li Tingzhi? Didn't you leave Lin'an?"

"Xiangfu, do you have anything to report?" Zhao Yun was also curious, and opened his mouth to ask.

Li Tingzhi noticed Zhao Yun's physical condition at this time, but when he thought of what he saw, he couldn't help it, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to immediately promulgate the will to withdraw the army, so that the army can retreat smoothly!"

"Withdraw? What's going on?"

Zhao Yun's eyes swayed, and his heart couldn't help but start beating, which made him feel a little unpleasant!

Li Tingzhi did not notice it, but continued to elaborate: "Your Majesty. The striker Xia Gui's whole army was annihilated, and he was the only one who retreated from the Qingdao sea, and the left wing Zhang Shijie's army was in a hurry, so in order to survive, he had to be put into the command of the Chifeng army. The army of Boyan drove straight into the army and had already cooperated with Zhang Hongfan to capture Xuzhou. Lü Wende alone could not resist, so he had to lead the army to retreat south, and has now withdrawn to Ezhou. If there is no Holy Decree of His Majesty, I am afraid that the whole army may be completely annihilated!"

The words were all spoken, which already made Zhao Yun dumbfounded, and his whole face turned red.

"This, this—"

A breath of air was directly blocked in his throat, and Zhao Yun turned his head to look at Jia Nidao again, but Jia Nidao had already turned his head, and instead of facing his inquiry, his head tilted back and lay directly on the bed.

Outside the door, there was a "pop" sound, but it was Xie Daoqing who brought ginseng soup, but when she saw Zhao Yun like this, she seemed to have lost her soul, and the crockpot in her hand fell directly to the ground, turning into a pool of water stains, and after coming to Zhao Yun's side, she lay directly on his body, but unfortunately the heart had stopped beating, and her eyes were out of focus.

"Your Majesty, why did you break your promise? Didn't you say that you would like to drink my stewed soup?"

The ministers next to him looked at all this, and they were also shocked, and they had only one thought.

"Your Majesty, you're dead?"