There is a saying among the common people that a family scandal should not be publicized. Zhao Zhen personally has no other aspirations but a little reputation after his death. Confucianism talks about cultivating Qi Zhiping. Failure to manage the family is also a sign of incompetence. Therefore, if you can cover it up, try to cover it up. The thoughts of the past led to the subsequent events. But people have no foresight. Who dares to say now that he is completely wrong?
"This is the best." Zhao Zhen was tired and slowly closed his eyes and said: "In the fifth year of Jiayou, I issued the "Jiayou Search Que Book Record" and issued an edict to search for suicide notes. Nowadays, the rare remains collected from all over the place, We’ve already put a lot of work into it, and we’re ready to order someone to sort it out and make it popular all over the world. Are you willing to take on this job?”
"My son, I wish for you." Zhao Zongshi said with great joy: "My father understands my son best!"
"Go ahead, I have no vulgar charm and my nature is to love mountains and mountains. From now on, I can do my studies with peace of mind." Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said.
"My son, please retire." Zhao Zongshi bowed and exited the palace.
"Old Hu, do you think this page has been revealed?" Zhao Zhen said quietly, looking at his back.
"Old slave is stupid." Hu Yandui lowered his head and said, "I don't know if it can be counted."
"You are pretending to be confused because you understand." Zhao Zhen said with a self-deprecating smile: "Actually, I am too naive to laugh at you secretly. Zhao Zongshi has full wings, sharp claws, and intricate connections. He can respond to hundreds of responses, so how can he be willing to fail? I want to say a few truths. , is it too wishful thinking to just let him repent and wash his hands in a golden basin?"
"But you can't punish without teaching." Hu Yandui whispered.
"This is exactly the reason." Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "I have to give him a chance, and give myself a chance. If he can suppress his ambition, then I will keep his promise." After a pause, he frowned and said: " But you must also be prepared, call Mr. Wen."
"Sir, there is no rush today," Hu Yandui said with a wry smile, "You are already so tired. It is better to send the message to Mr. Xianggong tomorrow morning."
"Well..." Zhao Zhen nodded. He was really not in a hurry at this moment. He still had two or three years to deal with this matter calmly and minimize the harm to the court. He smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "It's not that I'm too careless. If I don't take precautions, in the future, if my health fails and I can't take care of myself, they will definitely force the palace to support Zhao Zongshi!" Then he frowned and said, "So we have to make Zhao Shu the prince as soon as possible. Only Establishing his orthodox status will leave no room for minor disturbances! Well, it will be established as soon as the new year comes, and we can’t delay it any longer..."
Seeing Zhao Zhen Mo stunned, Hu Yandui couldn't help but feel distressed and frightened. It turned out that the pressure brought by Zhao Zongshi's party to the government was so great!
In that compartment, Zhao Zongshi had been expressionless as he left the palace. When he got into his sedan, his face became extremely ferocious!
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Under the pressure of the officials, both warring parties chose to cease their activities, and the bombing case was quickly closed. It was said that some soldiers in the garrison had a grudge against Shangguan, so they smuggled explosives in an attempt to create a disaster and ruin Shangguan's reputation. Xiao Shitan Yin The ban on the newspaper was soon lifted. The Cuju newspaper could be published again. As for the Erguhe case, both sides kept silent, seeming to want it to fade from people's memories.
In short, in the spring of the seventh year of Jiayou's reign, the city of Bianjing suddenly became peaceful, which greatly disappointed those who were waiting for the excitement.
At this time, Li Wei, who had become the consort again, returned to Bianjing. It aroused everyone's interest. Some unscrupulous princes and princes even secretly started betting on whether the princess and the consort could reunite!
Li Wei naturally didn't know that he had become someone else's after-dinner conversation piece. In fact, even if he knew, he wouldn't care, because his face was already disgraced two years ago...
After entering the capital, he first went to pay homage to Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen was feeling unwell, so he only said a few words to him and then asked him to go to the Kunning Hall to pay homage to the queen.
It just so happened that the princess was also in the Queen's Palace, along with her mother, Concubine Miao Xian, and the queen's niece, Zhao Zongshi's concubine Gao Taotao. Since the princess fell ill, she had been living with Concubine Miao Xian and rarely set foot in Kunning Palace. Gao Taotao today
Tao Tao went to visit the princess and saw that she was in good spirits, so he suggested to Concubine Miao Xian that he should bring the princess to pay a visit to the queen and make the queen happy.
Concubine Miao Xian thought that her daughter was already well, so she always did not go to Kunning Hall to pay her respects. It was really shameful, so she did as she said. When the princess saw the queen, she was like a normal person, and her speech and behavior were not bad at all, which made Empress Cao very touched.
Glad.
While they were talking and laughing, everyone suddenly noticed that the princess's face had turned pale. They followed her gaze towards the door and saw Li Wei, who was as short as a winter melon, standing there awkwardly, murmuring and saluting: "My dear minister.
Meet the Queen Mother..."
"Ah!" There was a tragic scream, and the princess shook her head hysterically: "Let him go, let him go!"
Seeing that her daughter finally returned to normal, but got sick again, Concubine Miao Xian was heartbroken. She hugged the woman hard and glared at Li Wei: "Why are you back again? Get out of here, don't let Huirou see you again."
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"I..." Li Wei, who was already clumsy, looked at the queen as if asking for help.
"You should go back first." Empress Cao shook her head and said, "The princess's illness is not irritating. If I don't tell you, don't enter the harem again."
"Yes..." Li Wei bowed gloomily and left.
After Li Wei left, the princess still couldn't calm down. Concubine Miao Xian had to take her back first, and Gao Taotao also accompanied her to take care of her. She didn't turn back until the princess finally fell asleep.
"What's wrong with Huirou?" Empress Cao sighed. Whenever she thought of the clever little princess back then and how she looks now, no one felt bad.
"I took some soothing medicine and finally fell asleep." Gao Taotao replied with a gloomy look.
"Why is Li Wei back?" Empress Cao frowned and said, "Don't you think he has caused Huirou enough misery?"
"The kid doesn't know either. If he knew, how could he let Huirou meet him?" Gao Taotao said regretfully: "They were really enemies in the previous life, and they can bump into each other now."
"It's not that enemies don't get together, just be careful not to let them run into each other in the future." Empress Cao said wistfully, "By the way, I miss Zhong Zhen and Zhong Ming's children. You can bring them over tomorrow."
"Yeah." Once Huirou's affairs got mixed up, the two of them were not interested. They chatted for a while, and then Gao Taotao went back.
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Early the next morning, Gao Taotao came to the palace with his 13-year-old eldest son and 11-year-old second son. Empress Cao had nothing to do in her life. She had raised Zhao Zongshi and Gao Taotao and treated them as her own.
Of course, the couple was also extremely filial to her and knew how to please the queen.
Empress Cao truly treated their sons as her own grandsons. When they were young, they spent most of their time in the palace. Later, when they grew older and became inconvenient, they moved back to the palace to live. Empress Cao is like all the grandmothers in the world.
, I missed my sweet grandson very much after not seeing her for a few days. At this moment, she held each other's little hand and asked them with a smile, how their homework was recently, whether they were naughty, whether they missed grandma, etc.
The two children are so old that they are actually very impatient to be questioned. However, before coming, they were severely warned by their mother. If they dare to be impatient, they can go back and wait to be dealt with!
After finally waiting for the old lady to be satisfied, Gao Taotao asked the female officer to take them to the back to eat some fruit, and then said softly: "There is already an answer to what aunt asked the child to ask yesterday."
"What's going on?" Queen Cao was stunned.
"Auntie, aren't you going to investigate why Li Wei is back?" Gao Taotao said with a wry smile.
"Oh, I just asked casually." Empress Cao smiled sheepishly and said, "It's hard for a good boy like you to still read it, so tell me the answer."
"It was Zhao Shu who sent a note," Gao Taotao said quietly: "It is said that the princess and the consort are neither getting along nor getting back together. If things go on like this, people will laugh at the lack of rules in the Tian family. In order to protect Gangchang, he asked for Li Wei to come back.
Continue to be his consort!"
"No way?" Queen Cao asked puzzledly: "They have a deep love for each other as brothers and sisters. He has always been the one who protects Huirou the most. How could he push her into the fire pit again?"
"This moment, that moment." Gao Taotao curled his lips and said: "At that time, he was just a prince, and he still needed to use Huirou to gain the official's affection, so he naturally had to protect her. But now he regards himself as the prince, and he needs to follow Huirou.
Rou draws a clear line so that he can save those Taoists, and naturally he will no longer care about Huirou's feelings."
"Shameless hypocrite!" Queen Cao said angrily: "The official family was also deceived and chose this kind of person as the crown prince!"
"Auntie, be careful, don't say such nonsense..." Gao Taotao said in panic.
"Why, who dares to attack me?" Queen Cao sneered.
"Of course no one dares to mess with aunt, but my poor husband will suffer." Gao Taotao said sadly.
"What?" Gao Taotao said with a slightly condensed expression, "Zhao Shu dares to bully Zong Shi?"
"Why doesn't he dare? This person is the most insidious and vicious..." Gao Taotao complained with tears in his eyes: "Your nephew and son-in-law have a stupid temperament and abide by the friendship between brothers, but for some reason
I have offended the King of Qi, so that he is always angry and wants to harm him. My poor husband is now often worried about being slandered and framed, and is also afraid of poison in the food and wine. He is worried day and night, for fear that one day
Just follow other people's ways!"
Empress Cao frowned slightly when she heard this. Taking advantage of the past experience of Empress Guo, she had always been duty-bound not to talk about political affairs. But after all, after being married for generations, she still had the same amount of knowledge... Nowadays, unlike before, the officials
Her health was getting worse day by day, and she had to think about the rest of her life. Therefore, although she listened to Gao's talk and arranged Zhao Shu's fault, she did not change the topic as usual, but continued to listen quietly.