A princess of the Qi Kingdom kidnapped the best Ji family descendants from Daliang and even Wei?
"King Xi of Qi forced you to do so?"
There was a bit of anger in Zhao Hongrun's eyes. You must know that among the brothers, the one he respected the most was the sixth brother with both ability and political integrity, followed by Yong Wang Hongyu and Yan Wang Hongjiang. As for the others, including the East Palace Prince Hong
Including etiquette, they are just strangers in his eyes.
Therefore, he couldn't bear that his respected sixth brother was forced to stay in Qi due to some threat.
After hearing this, Zhao Hongzhao seriously corrected Zhao Hongrun: "No, Hongrun, King Qi did not threaten my brother. My brother respects him just like he respects his father..."
…
Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth in astonishment, because he did not expect that the sixth brother in front of him would actually place Qi King Lu Xi at the same height as their father. This is simply, simply unbelievable!
After staring at Zhao Hongzhao for a while, Zhao Hongrun asked in an incomprehensible tone: "Is this... your choice?"
"Well, this is my choice." Zhao Hongzhao repeated calmly.
"It's...ridiculous!" Zhao Hongrun shook his head mockingly. He really couldn't understand his sixth brother's thoughts. However, since this was his sixth brother's choice and not the coercion of Qi Wang Lu Xi, Zhao Hongrun felt that
I feel uncomfortable and can't say anything against it.
After all, it was Brother Six's choice, and it was his life determined by his own will.
Zhao Hongrun is not qualified to interfere.
"When are you going to see your father?" Zhao Hongrun asked.
Hearing this, Zhao Hongzhao smiled bitterly: "For a moment, give me some time to think about my words..."
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Sixth Brother: "You haven't made up your mind about the half month in Huaxian County?"
The bitter smile on Zhao Hongzhao's face became even stronger when he heard this. He shook his head and changed the subject: "Hongrun, I, the Wei Dynasty, need allies."
"..." Zhao Hongrun frowned and glanced at this sixth brother.
As if he had seen through Zhao Hongrun's thoughts, Zhao Hongzhao shook his head and said: "It is not a small country like Wei that relies on my Wei State, but a powerful country that can help our Wei State resist Korea in the north and Chu State in the south!"
When Zhao Hongrun heard this, he couldn't help but joked: "Sixth brother, you are actually the envoy of the Qi State who visited our country in Daliang, right?"
Zhao Hongzhao shook his head, ignored his brother's teasing, and said in a deep voice: "Hongrun, in fact, I, the Wei Dynasty, have a lot of uneasiness."
"for example?"
"For example, Nangong in Song Dynasty."
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Zhao Hongrun frowned: "What do you mean?"
Zhao Hongzhao picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and said slowly: "According to rumors, Nangong, the surrendered general, was trying to restore the Song Dynasty. I originally thought it was just a rumor spread by some Wei people targeting Nangong, but when he was in Linzi, King Qi
This is confirmed to me."
"Nangong is trying to restore the Song Kingdom?" Zhao Hongrun said with a half-smile: "Isn't it him who strangled the leader of the Song Kingdom to death with a bowstring?"
"That's right." Zhao Hongzhao said seriously: "At first, Nangong hoped to gain the trust of the Wei people through this, but it turns out that not only the Song people hated him, but even the Wei people were extremely shameless towards him!
…General Sima An of the Dangshan camp stood by and watched from the beginning to the end when Lord Guling Xiong Wu’s army invaded the Song Dynasty, did you know?”
Sima An...
When he thought of the general from Dangshan camp, a picture seemed to appear in Zhao Hongrun's mind: he saw the majestic general Sima An, who was riding a horse and raising his sword, standing on a high slope and shouting that he was not of my race.
His heart must be different, and then he ordered his sergeants to kill all the people in front of him except the Wei people.
If General Xu Yin of Fenxing Fortress simply hates the Chu people, then General Sima An of Dangshan Camp seems to be a pure racist.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun was not surprised that the general ignored Gulingjun Xiong Wu's army to attack the Song Dynasty, ignored the request from General Nangong of the Suiyang army, and stood aside from beginning to end.
Perhaps in the eyes of the general, the people of the Song Dynasty were just Song people in the name of Wei people, and they were not worth sacrificing their lives to rescue the Wei soldiers who formed an elite army under his command.
As for the Suiyang Army and its general Nangong, there is no need to say more: surrender the army, surrender the general.
Perhaps noticing Zhao Hongrun's strange expression, Zhao Hongzhao waved his hand and said, "Brother, I don't want to argue whether General Sima An's move is right or wrong. In fact, Nangong has never received everything from the imperial court since he surrendered to the Wei Dynasty.
trust. And he is obviously aware of this..."
"Does he think that by restoring the Song Dynasty and supporting the descendants of the former Song lord, he can gain the support of the Song people?"
"Brother, I don't know about this matter, but... you have to pay attention." Looking at Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongzhao said in a rare serious tone: "Keep an eye on Nangong and think of a way to replace Sui with an army.
Yang Army!... However, we must not cause war. In short, those original Song people have also been incorporated into our Wei Kingdom and become our subjects of the Wei Dynasty. Please try to appease them as much as possible."
Zhao Hongrun was about to nod when he heard this, but suddenly he was stunned and asked in confusion: "Why did Sixth Brother tell me this?"
I saw Zhao Hongzhao looking deeply at Zhao Hongrun and said seriously: "Because brother Wei feels that you are the only prince among my brothers who purely cares about the prosperity of Wei Dynasty, rather than fighting for power and profit, and snooping on the seat where my father is.
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Speaking of this, there was a somewhat inexplicable look in his eyes, and he said warmly: "I hope you can shoulder the responsibilities that you have not fulfilled as my brother, and that you are a member of the Ji family."
The only one...?
Looking at Zhao Hongzhao who was still thinking about their Wei Dynasty at this moment, Zhao Hongrun really couldn't say anything to accuse this sixth brother.
The two chatted for a few more words until Zhao Hongrun felt he had nothing to talk about, so he stood up and left because staying here made him feel very sad.
"Brother Six should go meet Father and Concubine Wu Gui first, and take Sister-in-law Six with him."
Zhao Hongzhao smiled, whether it was because he was embarrassed or self-deprecating, he said angrily: "Brother, I know!"
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun cupped his hands and stood up to say goodbye.
Looking at Zhao Hongrun's leaving figure, Zhao Hongzhao sighed slightly, went to the inner hall to invite his new wife, Concubine, and went to pay homage to his father and mother.
He did not go to Chuigong Hall, but went directly to Mei Palace, the residence of his mother-in-law, Wu Guibi.
Because Zhao Hongzhao knew very well that as the spies of his father, Emperor Wei, the eunuchs in the inner chamber monitored the entire palace, whether he had just brought Qi Jiangtian to the Zichen Palace to disturb the Ministry of Rites' talks with those Chu people, or
He entered the palace with his new wife, Concubine, and all this could not be hidden from his father's eyes.
If his prediction was correct, he would probably be able to see his mother-in-law, Wu Guifei, in Mei Palace, and his father, Emperor Wei, waiting for him to appear there.
Facts have proved that Zhao Hongzhao's judgment was accurate. When he took Concubine to Mei Palace, Emperor Wei and Wu Guifei were waiting for the appearance of his son in Mei Palace.
Moreover, neither Emperor Wei nor Concubine Wu Gui were too surprised by Concubine.
Obviously, his father, Emperor Wei, had told Wu Guifei the news he had learned in advance, because Zhao Hongzhao could vaguely see traces of tears flowing from the corners of his mother's concubine Wu Guifei's eyes.
In the inner hall of Mei Palace, Emperor Wei and Concubine Wu Gui were sitting on the seats, and in front of them, Zhao Hongzhao and Concubine Wu performed the rituals of being a son and daughter-in-law.
After that, Wu Guifei led Concubine Ji to her dormitory, leaving time for Emperor Wei and Zhao Hongzhao to talk alone.
I have to say that the atmosphere in the palace was very awkward, so embarrassing that neither father nor son knew what to say.
In the end, it was Emperor Wei who broke the weird silence with a joke.
"Are you worried that your mother will be harmful to the daughter of King Qi?"
"How could that happen?" Zhao Hongzhao smiled and shook his head.
"That's impossible to say." Emperor Wei sighed slightly, and said in a tone that seemed to be ridiculing but was actually very melancholy: "Anyway, that woman is about to kidnap her best son, causing mother and son to be separated..." At this point
, Emperor Wei couldn't help but sigh again: "Qi Wang Xi is really good at kidnapping my most outstanding son..."
Zhao Hongzhao opened his mouth, a little dumbfounded, but after a moment, he smiled and said: "Is the emperor the best son of my father? Hongrun is the best among my brothers!"
"Really?" Emperor Wei shook his head and showed a disapproving expression: "What the scoundrel enjoys most is coming up with all kinds of ways to make me angry to death! I don't know what he did in his previous life.
evil."
Zhao Hongzhao couldn't help laughing when he heard this. After all, the way his father and his eighth brother Zhao Hongrun deepened the relationship between father and son was sometimes really hard to understand.
It must be said that although Emperor Wei tried very hard to create a relaxed atmosphere, this relaxation could not last long.
Just like Zhao Hongrun felt that he had nothing to talk about just now, after chatting with his son for a few words, Emperor Wei gradually felt that he did not know what to talk about next. In desperation, he had to bring the topic to him again.
I don’t want to ask in detail, but deep down I want to know the question: “When are you going to leave?”
Upon hearing this question, Zhao Hongzhao could no longer maintain the relaxed smile on his face, and said in an inexplicable tone: "General Tian Dan will stay in Daliang for a few days to discuss the alliance with Lord Du You, the Minister of Rites.
Well, as for the emperor... three to five days."
"So urgent?" Emperor Wei frowned, and there was a hint of sullenness on his face that was obviously aimed at King Qi Xi.
"It's not the King of Qi who urged me, it's just... it just makes me sad." Zhao Hongzhao looked up at Emperor Wei and said with a wry smile.
"..." Wei Tianzi was silent. He obviously understood what his son wanted to express.
After the father and son sat quietly for a while, Wu Guibi led Kuan Ji back to the inner hall. Looking at Kuan Ji now, although her face was full of shyness, her face was a little more relaxed.
At the same time, there were several gold and expensive ornaments on her hands and hair.
That night, Emperor Wei did not go to Ningxiang Palace, but stayed in Mei Palace, accompanying Wu Guifei, and talked with their son Zhao Hongzhao all night long about what their son had seen and heard in Qi.
In fact, neither Emperor Wei nor Concubine Wu Gui were really interested in those things. (To be continued.)