People have a weakness, that is, emotions can influence judgments. When you are pleasing to the eye, you will become more and more pleasing to the eye.
From that time on, Empress Cao preferred Zong Shi more.
After he became an adult, Zong Ji had a tough temperament and did not like to cater to the Queen, so his relationship with the Queen naturally became weaker and weaker. On the contrary, Zong Shi and Tao Tao, two father-in-law and mother-in-law, had been filial to the Queen for ten years. In Queen Cao's heart, the relationship between the two
One can imagine the huge disparity between people's weight and weight.
In addition, in the past two years, Gao Tao has spared no effort to speak ill of Zong Ji. Not only did she say it herself, but she also mobilized people around the queen to speak... Because the queen regarded this niece as a daughter, and most of the palace servants around her were trained by her, so naturally only
The gushing horse follows his lead.
Repeated a thousand times, the lie became the truth. However, Zhao Shu and Chen Ke, who were wise and thoughtful, simply ignored Queen Cao. This is not surprising, because this queen is too low-key, too gentle, and is simply the embodiment of female virtue.
, making people unaware of her existence at all.
In fact, as long as the official family is still alive, Empress Cao really has no role at all... In recent years, the couple often did not see each other for more than a month, and they could not even speak a few words for a year.
For various reasons, Empress Cao's ears were full of praises for Zhao Zongshi and slanders for Zhao Shu. As the saying goes, people make money with their mouths, but bones are wasted. In Empress Cao's heart, these two people are already one and the same.
The other one is in the latrine, completely different from the clouds and mud!
But the queen adhered too closely to women's ethics, and her relationship with the emperor was already cold, so she did not dare to speak out about national affairs. Therefore, even though she sympathized with Zong Shi and despised Zhao Shu, she still comforted her and said: "This Zhao Shu
He is really bad, but the Song Dynasty can't help him. If he does evil, he will be punished!"
"But my uncle was deceived by him," Gao Taotao wiped his tears and said, "But he protected him everywhere."
"Really..." Queen Cao was silent. She was in the palace. She knew that a careless word could harm the whole family, so when she saw Gao Tao talking about Zhao Zhen, she stopped talking.
"My uncle is that kind of person. No matter what kind of wolf, tiger or leopard he is, he can't bear to hurt him." Seeing that he could not mobilize Queen Cao, Gao Taotao hurriedly said, "It is precisely because of this that he became even more unscrupulous."
"Yes." Empress Cao nodded and said: "The officials have been kind all their lives, and they will not change it now. Please ask Zong Shi to be patient for a while. I still say that evil will be punished, and it does not mean that you will not repay it. The time has not yet come!
"
"Yes. The child will pass this on to him." Gao Taotao nodded, knowing that she couldn't discuss this kind of issue with her aunt, so she turned to the family's problems, and the breathless topic just now disappeared.
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After having lunch at the Queen's place, Gao returned with his two sons.
As soon as he entered the palace, he felt that the atmosphere was very depressing. It was obvious that the prince was in the palace. Ever since he came back from the palace that day, there was no trace of smile on the prince's face.
If he finds someone wrong, he will order them to be beaten to death. This will make the whole house so angry that they dare not breathe a single breath.
I heard from the palace people that the prince was bored in the study in the afternoon and never came out. Mrs. Gao asked her nanny to take her two sons to study. She walked through the guards, picked up the curtain and entered the inner study. She saw Zhao Zongshi wearing a black Taoist robe.
.Writing there with a sullen face.
Gao stood quietly beside him and looked at him. Xu was so focused that Zhao Zongshi didn't notice anyone coming in and was still writing furiously:
'The world is constantly changing, and the ocean tides hide undercurrents. The sun and the moon lose their light, and this hatred will never end!'
There are several written notes on the case and on the ground, all of which are shocking: "The fire of hatred comes in the middle of the night and burns nine intestines!"
of big characters.
Seeing him write stroke by stroke on the paper like bones, like ghosts crying and wolves howling, it was obvious that the hatred had penetrated into the bone marrow, and Gao Taotao couldn't help but shudder.
Hearing the movement behind him, Zhao Zongshi suddenly turned around. When he saw clearly that it was Mr. Gao, he breathed a sigh of relief, blocked the written characters with his body and said: "You are back."
"Yeah," Gao Taotao nodded, picked up a chair against the wall and sat down, looking away from the desk so that he wouldn't be so nervous.
"What did the Queen say?" Zhao Zongshi put down his pen, looked at the ink on his hand, and sat down next to Mr. Gao first, asking anxiously.
"My aunt probably still doesn't know that my uncle plans to establish Zhao Shu." Gao said softly: "She thought you were the only one to do it, and she kept trying to persuade me to say things like 'a gentleman takes revenge, it's never too late in ten years'."
"It's okay if you don't know. With Zhao Zhen's temperament and their relationship, the queen may have been kept in the dark," Zhao Zongshi said with a sigh of relief: "This is good for us."
"But she is too cautious." Gao frowned slightly and said, "I'm afraid that with her temperament, she won't be able to count on her when the time comes."
"You are wrong." Zhao Zongshi shook his head decisively and said: "She is not a good person. During the palace assassination in the eighth year of Qingli, when the assassins killed outside the Funing Palace, everyone in the palace was at a loss. Only she was in danger.
There was no chaos. First, he hugged the official tightly and did not allow him to go outside to check. Then he ordered the palace door to be closed tightly and no one was allowed to enter or exit. At the same time, he asked the servants to shout loudly, "There is an assassin". Firstly, to deter the thief, and secondly, for the sake of safety.
Alert the guards!"
"Then she gave two more orders. One was to go fetch water immediately and be careful of the rebels setting fire to the palace. The other was to order the eunuchs and maids to come over. She cut off their hair with her own hands and said that they would be rewarded tomorrow.
As proof." Zhao Zongshi continued: "These instructions are very wise. After a while, fire broke out outside the palace door, and the curtains inside the door were all set on fire. The maids and eunuchs all tried their best to hold on until
The guards have arrived!" After saying that, he said solemnly: "You said that with such a temper, you won't be able to count on it then?"
"Over the years, I have seen my aunt endure endless hardships." Mrs. Gao said in disbelief, "I'm afraid it has been smoothed out long ago."
"It's easy to change the situation, but it's hard to change the character," Zhao Zongshi shook his head and said: "A biting dog doesn't show its teeth, you can watch it when the time comes!"
"But is she really useful?"
"When Zhao Zhen is here, she is useless," Zhao Zongshi said coldly: "But once Zhao Zhen is gone, she will be the one who decides who owns the throne!"
"But, the throne will be established next year." Mrs. Gao's throat was a little tight, and she asked in a trembling voice: "Once the throne is established, I am afraid that even my aunt will not risk the disapproval of the world."
"..." Zhao Zongshi pursed his lips tightly, and after a long time he looked up at Mr. Gao, with a faint will-o'-the-wisp burning in his eyes: "He will naturally go when he should go..."
Gao's face suddenly turned pale, and he couldn't help but tremble all over. After a while, he said in horror: "You actually have such thoughts..."
"Is there any other way to go?" Zhao Zongshi said coldly: "If Zhao Shu becomes emperor, is there any way for me to survive?"
"Didn't I say that if my uncle wants to give us a gold medal to avoid death, does he need Zhao Shu to swear an oath?" Gao persuaded in vain.
"Hmph, what a woman sees!" Zhao Zongshi snorted. "That was just a delaying tactic. Emperor Taizong also swore to Taizu's wife and children that they would share the wealth. What was the result? He didn't kill them all!"
As he spoke, he leaned forward, approached his wife, grabbed her wrist with his ink-stained hand, and said solemnly: "We have no way out, do you understand?"
"But," Mrs. Gao said with gurgling tears, "if there is any loss, the clan will be exterminated..."
"No." Zhao Zongshi let go of his hand and said in a calm tone: "This matter is foolproof, and no one can detect it. I will never be like Taizong, who has people poke his back for thousands of years."
"Oh?" Mrs. Gao was not so easy to coax: "After the scandal that year, officials were heavily guarded. Even food and drinks had to be tried by Xiao Huangmen before they were used..."
"Huh!" Zhao Zongshi knew that Gao was a very ambitious woman and was very capable of planning big things. She made her own judgment in everything, and there was no hope of getting her to cooperate without letting her rest assured. So he hesitated and said in a low voice: "
Yes, he does take very strict precautions. It is said that whether it is assassination or poisoning, it is impossible to succeed. But he is sick..."
Gao naturally knew that Zhao Zhen suddenly fell into a coma seven years ago and woke up a few days later. However, after waking up, he became speechless and forgetful, so he became silent in front of the court. Later, he slowly recovered and was able to speak again. But his body was still very weak.
Weak, talking and walking for a long time will make you tired, and you can't walk in a straight line, and your speech is slurred... Of course, only careful people will find out, but if they find out, they won't tell the emperor, and they will ask for trouble.
"What kind of disease does the official family have? The imperial doctors have not been able to detect it for so many years." Gao said softly: "Does the prince know?"
"That's because the Imperial Hospital is full of idiots." Zhao Zongshi said coldly: "Actually, this is not the first time that Zhao Zhen suffered from this disease. On August 11, the first year of Jingyou, he also suddenly fainted for an unknown number of years.
Oh my god, the imperial doctor's diagnosis at that time was also that the cause of the disease was unknown, so there was no way to start. Later, the eldest princess of the Wei Kingdom recommended a miracle doctor, who injected needles into the heart and envelope, and he was cured. Because Zhao Zhen had not been alive for more than 20 years after he recovered.
He committed the crime again, so the doctors did not connect the two illnesses."
"If we can really connect it," Gao, who was extremely smart, said suddenly, "you will understand that at least one person knows what kind of disease the official family has!"
"Yes, that's the person who treated him back then!" Zhao Zongshi nodded and said, "That person's name was Xu Xizhen. Later he was awarded the title of Imperial Medical Officer and received a heavy reward!"
"So, I have an impression." Gao said: "Later, Mr. Xu used the money to build a Bian Que Temple in the west of the city. Before it was completed, a large number of students from all over the country flocked to study medicine. Later.
The imperial court might as well open the imperial medical bureau there."