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The inner courtyard of the palace is extraordinarily solemn. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the imperial study, Zhao Ji held Sima Guang's "Six Words True Words" in his hand, sighed and said: "Sima Junshi only said that these 'six wants' are what he has learned in his life, and I think it is just some big truths that have been said and said!"

He put down the music, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a book of bad accounts in the upper left corner of the table, the treasury could not make ends meet, and even the specifications of his father's funeral had been lowered and lowered, so he had to keep everything simple.

After Zhao Ji ascended the throne, he issued an edict to open up his speech, and let the ministers speak out about the disadvantages of the previous government.

In fact, the new emperor is only in the age of a weak crown, perhaps because he is the eldest son, Zhao Ji is similar in appearance to his father, with a generous appearance and a gentle and introverted temperament. At the moment, he was worried, and his face was anxious.

"Li Xian!"

The eunuch beside the emperor was Li Xian, the enshriner of the eastern head of the Inner Dynasty, who entered the Inner Yellow Gate in the fifth year of Emperor You, and at the age of twelve, he made a personal attendant to the six-year-old prince Zhao Xuan.

"Master?"

"Let's see why Lord Wang hasn't arrived yet?"

"Yes. ”

Li Xian shook off the dust and led the order to go out. He knew exactly why the master was so upset. As he walked to the door, he met a person, and Li Xian hurriedly greeted him with a smile. "I've seen the prince!"

The visitor ignored Li Xian, who asked for peace, and didn't even look at it, and walked straight into the imperial study.

Changwang Zhao Hao has always been cold, Li Xian has long been used to it, which is very similar to the Queen Mother.

"Coming?" The emperor thought it was the person he was waiting for, with a little smile on his face, but when he raised his eyes, he saw that it was his imperial brother, although there was a flash of coldness in his eyes, he immediately changed his words: "Imperial brother, you are here." ”

Because Zhao Hao was responsible for his father's funeral, he was not dressed as luxuriously as usual, green silk was like ink, meticulously curled in the crown of his hair, and he was dressed in simple dark clothes, but his whole body was full of a cold atmosphere.

Seeing that he greeted him very formally, the emperor said, "Get up quickly." ”

Zhao Hao got up, stood aside, and said seriously: "Brother Chen heard from the palace yesterday that the queen mother had woken up, and today I arranged an errand and entered the palace to ask for peace." The phoenix eyes narrowed unconsciously, and said, "Who knows, the queen mother doesn't see anyone!"

The emperor raised his eyebrows and said in a long tone: "Oh, the emperor's brother is no exception. Zhao Ji had a hint of happiness in his heart, he was always jealous that this handsome brother had won the favor of his mother, but he didn't expect him to have a day of eating closed-door soup.

Zhao Hao shook his head and said, "The imperial brother still doesn't know the queen mother?" she has always said the same thing, and she can't see anyone, and the younger brother is naturally no exception. ”

The emperor said in his heart: Hmph, you were the exception before.

Zhao Hao's delicate and perfect thin lips suddenly hooked, his eyes were also a little deeper, and he slowly said: "Although the queen mother didn't see it, the younger brother went to see the emperor's grandmother, her old man was in good health, but when she heard about the queen mother, her face was gloomy, and she said that the queen mother was not in good health, and there should be more palace people around to serve her, how could she lock the palace door and be alone, and it was not in accordance with the rules." ”

"After the queen mother woke up from a serious illness, she missed her father more than before. The emperor was lonely for a moment, but he quickly covered up the past, and said: "Recuperate for a while, maybe it will get better in a few days, and the imperial grandmother is too worried." ”

Zhao Hao talked about the progress of the funeral and many matters, and the emperor finally showed a smile and said very meaningfully: "The emperor's brother is so dedicated to the funeral, the queen mother will definitely take this credit to heart in the future." ”

Zhao Hao bowed his head: "Fortunately, the official family has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, and the younger brother is willing to share the worries and solve problems for the imperial brother!"

The emperor nodded approvingly: "It's good that you have this heart!"

"In the afternoon, I hurried back, and my brother was a little tired, so I didn't accompany the royal brother. Zhao Hao was blunt.

"Alright, let's stay in the palace tonight!

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The emperor said: "In that case, go back and rest!"

Zhao Hao left, and Li Xian also greeted Lord Wang into the door. Lord Wang immediately saluted and said, "I've seen King Chang Chitose!"

Zhao Hao's expression was still very cold, but he also glanced at Wang Guangyuan more. This person is now the most trusted staff member around the imperial brother, and he should be regarded as the most powerful. Thinking about it, his eyebrows and eyes were a little colder, and he didn't stop for a moment, and went straight away.

Wang Guangyuan smiled noncommittally at the thousand-year-old King of Chang, and followed Li Xian into the imperial study.

I saw the emperor twisting his eyebrows and calming his face, so others didn't know, but Li Xian had followed Zhao Ji for so many years, but he knew very well that the master was angry.

"Li Xian, sit down!" Before Wang Guangyuan could see the salute, the emperor opened his mouth again, "My second brother has always been cold and arrogant, relying on the favor of the queen mother, and doing his best to entrap the courtiers in the court, it is really hateful, if it weren't for him......!

Zhao Ji stopped talking, but he was still angry in his heart.

Wang Guangyuan didn't care, he knew that the emperor was young and vigorous, and King Chang was the knot in his heart, and said lightly: "Has the official family ever regretted Weichen's arrangement?"

Hearing this, the emperor immediately said: "I have never regretted it, if it weren't for my husband to help me plan, I'm afraid that I wouldn't be able to sit on this dragon chair today!

In the past, Wang Guangyuan had also faintly heard the rumors that the queen mother wanted to "abolish the elder and establish the young", because the second prince was outstanding in appearance and obedient to his words. On the contrary, today's saint, quite influenced by the queen mother, when he first ascended the throne, there were princes and retainers suggested that the queen mother should listen to the government, if it was not for his own power, wouldn't it become a situation of declining imperial power and harem interference.

The emperor said again: "If he doesn't accept his fate, I want to see what his choice is, whether it is life or death!"

When he said this, Zhao Ji's face was full of coldness, and his eyes were quenched with poison. After a while, he calmed his mind and said: "The queen mother woke up this time not as usual, and even refused to see the most favored royal brother on weekdays, did she know something?"

Wang Guangyuan pondered this, didn't speak for a long time, and said for a long time: "There is no need for the official family to be suspicious, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth." Although the Empress Dowager has frequently shown favor recently, the power of the Empress Dowager is still not to be underestimated, so let's not offend both sides for the time being!"

The Emperor nodded.

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Zhao Hao walked towards his own residence in the palace. He went out of the meeting (6) last year and opened the mansion outside the Tianbo Gate. Because he was deeply doted on by the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, even if he had built a house outside the palace, he was still allowed to live in the Ouchi, and his palace in the imperial city was called "Jingshichang Palace", and the "other palace" outside the imperial city was called "Changwangfu".

Before he arrived, he saw that his bedroom was brightly lit, and he received the news that he was going back to the palace, and the palace people had prepared everything for service early.

Suddenly, the placket of his shirt was gently lifted by a breeze, and he stopped.

At this time, a man dressed in the clothes of the Great Internal Forbidden Army flashed out from a dead corner of the wall, and Qiu Yiyun, the personal guard beside Zhao Hao, did not move, proving that the person who came was not an enemy or a friend. This person came to Zhao Hao's side, stopped, and immediately knelt down: "I've seen the prince!"

"Get up, go back to the palace with Gu, and you two will have a drink with me tonight. ”

Qiu Yiyun and the kneeling people were a little more stunned in their hearts, the prince was different from the past, he didn't ask how things were done, he actually said that he wanted to drink?

Zhao Hao didn't say anything else, and took the lead in the front.

When the person got up, he glanced at Qiu Yiyun, and the two of them didn't say anything, and then followed Zhao Hao!

Entering the house, Qiu Yiyun waited for the prince to change his clothes, and the waiter put a table of wine and food on the table at a very fast speed.

Zhao Hao changed into a light shirt and walked out, while tucking up his cuffs, he raised his eyes to look at the table, and ordered: "Go and bring the altar of 'Xiangquan' that the queen mother rewarded the year before last." ”

"No. ”

Soon, the little chamberlain came back with the wine, the prince waved his hand, he closed the door and retreated.

After Zhao Hao sat down, he motioned for Qiu Yiyun and the two of them to sit down as well.

Qiu Yiyun took the jar, patted the wine seal, poured a few sips, and then said: "The 'fragrant spring' brewed by the Queen Mother's family is really good. ”

Zhao Hao saw him like this and scolded: "Reckless, waste good wine!"

The man in the shirt of the forbidden army did not glance at Qiu Yiyun, took out a letter from the placket of his shirt, and handed it to the prince in a proper manner.

Although he knew that the prince did not have any scruples in private, this man still couldn't be as careless as Qiu Yiyun. This person's name is Huangfu Wuya, and the word is Mengren. He is the great-grandson of Huangfu Jiming, and Huangfu Jiming is Zhao Tingmei's retainer. When he arrived at the prince, he was extremely trusted, and he was particularly effective in the errands assigned by the prince, especially the "Northwest Martial Arts Field".

Zhao Hao took the letter, with his body temperature on it, he raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Mengren, do you still want Gu to sit down five times?"

To tell the truth, when Qiu Yiyun opened the wine seal and the fragrant smell came out, Huangfu Wuwu couldn't help it, not to mention that the "fragrant spring" brewed by the Queen Mother's family every year would only be distributed to Gao's relatives and friends, and others were not qualified to drink it. He pulled out a chair and sat down, quickly poured himself a glass, after drinking, he pointed to the wine in his hand, and said to Qiu Yiyun: "Good wine naturally has to be drunk with people who understand wine to be happy!"

Seeing that the two of them drank by themselves, Zhao Hao no longer paid attention to it. He opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, and said to himself as he flipped through it: "Nineteen people were killed with rods, thirteen people were killed by slacks, five people were hanged, nine people sank into the well, and the cause of death of one person is unknown...... Who would have thought that in one day after the queen mother woke up, so many people died in the palace, and the imperial brother didn't have to send the palace people like this if he wanted to save money!" Zhao Hao sneered twice and said, "Who did it?"

Huangfu Wuya immediately said: "More than half of them are from official families, and the rest are from the Empress Dowager, using common methods in the palace." As for the person who died unexplained, he was originally from the Empress Dowager's palace, but the body was smuggled out of the Baoci Palace and was personally handled by Lord Lan. ”

Zhao Hao took the letter, walked to the candle, lit it and let it boil slowly, and then a strange laughter filled the room.

Qiu Yiyun and Huangfu looked at each other endlessly, the two had served the prince for so long, and they had never seen the prince smile like this.

Zhao Hao laughed wildly and said, "It seems that the imperial grandmother is also afraid that the queen mother will wake up and settle accounts with her! This can be regarded as helping others destroy the corpses, but it's a pity that she is not afraid of being bitten back?" There was an evil schadenfreude in the laughter.

Zhao Hao smiled enough, but he still had a faint smile on his face, and he said slowly: "Imperial Doctor Liao went to show his mother?"

Huangfu Wuya nodded: "That's right, Imperial Doctor Liao said that the Queen Mother is still a strange poison in her body, if you don't check it according to the method you said, you may not be able to find out." It's just that he said......" paused slightly, looked at the prince's face and said, "He said he didn't understand why the Queen Mother wasn't poisoned by this poison?"

Zhao Hao was silent, he picked up the wine glass and took a small sip, then put it down. He turned around and walked to the bookcase in the corner of the room and said, "Wait for the ink!"

Qiu Yiyun turned over and stepped from the wine table to the side of the desk, his thick fingers pinched the thin ink strips, as if holding a toy for a young child, I saw him add water, grind it, and move gently and meticulously, like a woman with red sleeves and fragrance reading at night, where does it look like a big man with five big and three thick. The Qiu family is a prominent family in Tianshui County, don't look at Qiu Yiyun's height, Zhao Hao likes him to do things, he has unusually fine hair, and he is served by him for everything that is close to him.

With a stroke of a pen, the two pieces of paper were full of people's names. After writing it, he put it in the envelope separately and said to Huangfu Wuya: "You send this letter to the Killer League and pay a lot of money!" In addition, this letter is handed over to Lu Huang, let him clean it up, and tell him that he can't lose him alone!"

The emperor is endless, and he is put into his clothes.

Zhao Hao explained again: "Send someone to ask Imperial Doctor Liao to prescribe medicine to the queen mother's pulse as usual!"

"My subordinates know!"

Zhao Hao returned to the table and drank the remaining wine in the cup, hooked the corners of his mouth, and said with a meaningful smile: "The poisoning of the queen mother, Lone wants to thank you, take this gift from Lone!"

Qiu Yiyun's whole body tightened, and the cold killing aura on the prince's body was revealed, and he could only blame the people who provoked the prince's bad luck.

"I'm so tired, I'm alone. ”

Qiu Yiyun and Huangfu Wuya looked at the dishes on the table and the remaining half of the "Xiangquan", and swallowed foam.

"Don't wait, you can continue to enjoy. Zhao Hao threw down this sentence and walked to the bedroom.

Qiu Yiyun felt that he really couldn't figure out his own prince's thoughts, obviously he didn't like to drink on weekdays, and he had to drink a glass when he was interested, but this cup was really a cup. He and Huangfu Wuya looked at each other and smiled, and said in their hearts that this good wine is cheap for us.

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The mansion of the Shen family in the capital.

The Shen family silk clothing workshop is the most famous garment shop in Beijing. In the capital, where every inch of land is valuable, the Shen Mansion does not occupy a large area, but it is also exquisitely built.

A faint light flickered, and the room was lit up and down. The door creaked, and a figure came in when the door was pushed, and a candle did not reflect the human face.

The woman in the room whispered, "Master?"

The person who entered the room was dressed in night clothes, and her figure was slender, so she looked like a young woman, but she didn't speak, she pulled out the knife behind her back, and the whistling sound was everywhere, and the silver light flashed, and in an instant the utensils and decorations in the room were cut to pieces.

The room fell silent for a long time...... The woman's timid voice sounded, "Has Senior Sister failed?"

"Don't mention her to me!"

The Shen family in the world is out of Wuxing, and this beautiful woman in night clothes is the third daughter of the Shen family, a wealthy businessman in Huzhou, named Sanniang.

"What about Senior Sister?" The woman's back was cold, and she immediately knelt down and said, "Master save Senior Sister!"

"I sent her into the palace, lined up the errand in front of the emperor, arranged everything properly, and I trimmed a face that looked like that slut, she actually failed! What a waste of my efforts!" Shen Sanniang gritted her teeth with hatred and sneered, "Save her? All the people I planted in the palace were killed, and even the manpower in various places in the capital has been eradicated in the past two days!"

"Who is ......?"

"It's a murderous method on the road, I asked people to check, and it turned out to be the hand of the killer alliance, and it was the people in the palace who paid the money. She slammed the knife on the table, as if she sensed that her actions in front of the apprentice just now were too calm, but the irrepressible anger still made her press the handle of the knife tightly, "Lord Xu, Lord Zhang, I heard that he died of illness, but it was too coincidental to die at this time, and it had to be suspicious...... No matter who the other party is, in short, it is almost dug to the roots, I can't rashly let the Shen family get involved!"

Shen Sanniang secretly lined her heart, and sure enough, she was targeted by someone, was it the old bitch's person, or the slut's person?

It's hateful! After ten years of operation, it will be even more difficult to enter the palace again.

Seeing that the apprentice was still kneeling on the ground, she said: "Get up, don't talk about saving your senior sister, in terms of the situation in front of you, I'm afraid that even the situation of you and my master and apprentice is not good." ”

Despite the flash of loss in her eyes, the woman still stood up, and the master taught her to be extremely strict, and she did not dare to disobey.

"Fortunately, I didn't let your senior brother go to Beijing with me this time, otherwise he would have done anything to save people!"

Senior sister is like an abandoned child, if the master treats him like this in the future, what if so?

"It's not good to stay in the capital for a long time, you clean up, let's leave early." ”

"Are we going back to our hometown in Huzhou, or are we going to Suzhou to find my brother?"

"Let's go to Suzhou Shengquan Temple!" Shen Sanniang pondered for a moment and sighed with emotion, "Xian'er!

Seeing that the master didn't want to say more, Xian'er didn't ask anymore.

Shen Sanniang was secretly sad, and said in her heart: If I go to him in person, maybe he will be willing to go out of the mountain for me in the face of the old days?

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(1) Baoci Palace: Schematic diagram of the main part of the palace city of Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty from Fu Xinian.

(2) This is not scientific: Chris's original text make-no-sense.

(3) Celts: A collective term for some related peoples with common cultural and linguistic characteristics who were active in Central Europe in 2000 BC, mainly distributed in Gaul, Northern Italy (Southern Gaul), Spain, Britain and Ireland, and were called barbarians together with the Germanic peoples. In the United States, Celts are used to refer to people of Irish descent.

(4) Guanjia: the title of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

(5) Buyu: The name of "sedan chair" first began in the Song Dynasty. The sedan chair is also known as "shoulder" and "flat shoulder". The position of the "Buyu" is low, which is convenient for going up and down.

(6) Out of the cabinet: the same as "out of the cabinet", the prince will be feuded.