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Chapter 596
Inside Funing Palace.

When Zhao Ji walked into the hall with Yang Jian, Lan Congxi and a group of servants, he found it was empty.

The maids and servants who had been serving the Empress Dowager had disappeared.

They were still worried, and kept searching until the Empress Dowager leaned on the couch and looked over quietly: "There's no need to look for it...the old people have been dismissed...it's none of their business...don't harm them..."

Zhao Ji remained silent, Yang Jian and Lan Congxi glanced at each other, thinking to the Queen Mother that she was naive.

Those servants and maidservants around her knew too much inside information, and they couldn't be allowed to live no matter what.

The two waved their hands behind their backs, and their confidantes understood it, and immediately stepped back.

The Empress Dowager Xiang's eyes were dim, and she couldn't notice what the servant behind her was doing. She looked straight at Zhao Ji, with puzzlement, sadness and grief in her eyes.

Zhao Ji's eyes were erratic, and he didn't dare to look straight at all, until he spoke again to the Queen Mother: "Brother Eleven...why do you treat the old man like this..."

Hearing this address, Zhao Ji's hands trembled, and anger suddenly surged in his heart, and he said to the left and right: "Back off!"

Yang Jian and Lan Congxi didn't want to stay at all. Hearing the news, they felt like they were being pardoned, and hurriedly took orders: "Yes! Officials!"

But when they exited the hall, it was difficult to contain their curiosity, and they put their ears on it, wishing to hear every move inside clearly.

Such a major event, I am afraid, can be traced back to Taizu and Taizong who founded the dynasty, the sound of candle shadow and ax that has been passed down for a long time among the people...

The truth of that incident has long been unknown, but now, the outcome of the mother and child, perhaps only these servants in the world know the most clearly.

Inside Funing Palace.

In Zhao Ji's mind, the rumors of the sound of the candle shadow and the sound of the ax also flashed inexplicably, and then he came three steps away from the Empress Dowager's bed, took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and tried to explain: "Please don't believe what outsiders say, The filial piety of my sons and ministers is unshakable, there are thieves who see the stability of the court and the peace of the world, and want to destroy my Zhao Song Jiangshan, so they speak slander!"

When the queen mother heard the other party's self-proclaimed name, she immediately trembled with anger: "My son... my son...hehe! This title is really humble, why didn't I realize that you are such a frivolous, wolf-hearted beast !"

Zhao Ji's cheek muscles twitched, and he was furious in his heart, but he had no backer since he was a child, and he was born in a bad day, and was tabooed by his parents. The angry scolding on the face, just said: "The empress calms down, the empress calms down, my son and minister are full of filial piety!"

Narrowing his eyes to the queen mother: "You can really bear it, it's because I see that my old body is dying, and I don't want to tarnish my name, so I don't want to retaliate?"

Zhao Ji originally thought the same way. Hearing what the other party said, he also put away the redundant expressions on his face and started the repeat mode: "Your Majesty, calm down! Your minister is full of filial piety! Your Majesty, calm down! My son is full of filial piety!"

I know you won't appease your anger, and you also know that I'm not filial, but what can you do to me?I deliberately pissed you off!

Empress Dowager Xiang looked at his handsome and noble face, and her expression became even more sad: "I have no children all my life. Although the first emperor called me a concubine, he has no feelings. It can't compare to your previous filial piety. You just pretended to be filial." Come out, I am willing to listen to you calling my mother..."

As she talked, she became more and more sad: "Your mother passed away early, and she was also a poor child without a mother since childhood. Can't you treat me as your mother?"

Zhao Ji became silent this time, and finally couldn't help but said: "Queen Mother, do you dare to ask a mother who desperately snatched her son's power and didn't give him any freedom?"

He said bitterly to the Queen Mother: "After all, it is for the sake of power, but after the first emperor succeeded to the throne, didn't the Queen Mother Gaoxuan take charge of the government in the past few years? You are only eighteen years old, and you are an old man who helped you to the throne. Is it just this?" Can't wait?"

Zhao Ji looked at the surrounding environment again, and there was no one else anyway, so he simply said: "To tell you the truth, I was born in a bad day, my mother passed away early, and I have no foundation in the palace. I never thought of becoming an official in the Song Dynasty My family, but since you let me sit on the position of the Ninth Five-Year Lord, don't you allow me to want to get the power I deserve? There is no such reason in the world!"

Angry to the Queen Mother: "The way you get power is to kill your mother? In all dynasties, have there been such a rebellious emperor like you?"

Zhao Ji explained sincerely this time: "I didn't let Tong Guan come to murder the Queen Mother, but I used some means of fighting for power and profit, but it is also normal in the Great Inner Restriction. I don't know how it came to such a situation..."

The Queen Mother didn't believe it at all, and just sneered: "Up to now, you are still trying to quibble, and there is no half truth in your mouth!"

Zhao Ji had a headache, but he figured out the reason: "Yes! Yes! It's because of Gongsun Zhao. If he didn't want to find out the so-called truth, he went to tell the truth in front of the Queen Mother and let the Queen Mother think wildly. Why did this happen? This traitor is being arrested and brought to justice. , sentenced to capital punishment, as an example to others!"

Although the Empress Dowager Xiang has no good impression of Gongsun Zhao so far, she still couldn't contain her anger when she heard what Zhao Ji said: "How do you have the face to say such absurd words? You still haven't half regretted it in your heart? Really? Unexpectedly, Zhang Xianggong saw it so accurately at that time, how can a person like you rule the world!!"

Zhao Ji thought to himself that I am the winner, and your time has come. I regretted it so much, but seeing the empress dowager's stern voice, he didn't talk back after all, and returned to his original state: "Your Majesty, calm down! My son and minister are full of filial piety." !"

Taking a deep breath from the Queen Mother, determination appeared in the depths of his eyes: "Shut up, the old man called you here just to ask, how will you, an official, plan to treat the old man next?"

Zhao Ji came here because Gongsun Zhao first asked for a secret edict and then directly entered the palace, which made him feel guilty. He was afraid that the throne would not be guaranteed, so he wanted to see the Queen Mother's state with his own eyes so that he could rest assured.

At this moment, seeing her ashen-faced ashes, she treated herself with a look of helplessness, and became more courageous: "Your Majesty, please rest in the Funing Palace, and leave everything outside to my ministers!"

Eyelids drooped to the queen mother, and she said weakly: "What did you say... old man... can't hear clearly..."

Zhao Ji became more and more proud, walked a few steps forward, stood in front of the couch, and continued to repeat what he said just now, to put it bluntly, you are waiting to die!
But just as he finished speaking, the Empress Dowager Xiang opened his eyes suddenly, and the hands behind his back seemed to throw something backwards, and then his old body rushed over, hugging Zhao Ji unexpectedly.

Zhao Ji was shocked and thought she had drawn out a sharp knife, but soon found that the other party just hugged him tightly, and did not make any other moves.

Just as I was about to ask what it was for, my nose suddenly sniffed: "What is this smell?"

Empress Dowager Xiang has been ill on the couch for a while. Before that, there was a smell of medicine in Funing Palace, covering up other smells. At this moment, Empress Dowager Xiang got up suddenly, and Zhao Ji smelled another unusual smell.

Before he could distinguish what it was like, a crimson light had already ignited in front of his eyes, and the cold palace instantly became brighter.

Zhao Ji's eyes protruded angrily: "Fire! Fire!!"

Empress Dowager Xiang's muddy eyes, under the reflection of the fire, seemed to become brighter than ever before, and she spoke smoothly: "I have been in the palace all my life, and I remember every fire clearly, especially the four years of Shaosheng. The fire in the palace, God help me Da Song, the fuel from that time is still there!"

Zhao Ji finally realized something: "Queen...you want to..."

The Empress Dowager hugged Zhao Ji tightly, and shouted: "Officials! Officials! I'm sorry, I'm blind, and I chose such a rebellious son... But please don't worry, my lord Song's country must never be handed over to this rebellious son!"

Zhao Ji knew that the official family that the Empress Dowager was talking about was his father, Emperor Shenzong. Hearing this, he was so frightened that he was so frightened that he couldn't fight anymore. Instead, tears welled up in his eyes: "The Empress Dowager... Your Majesty... Your Majesty, please forgive me..."

The Empress Dowager Xiang not only refused to spare his life, but instead covered his mouth to prevent the servants outside from hearing him.

Waiting for the fire to ignite completely, the two of them will be buried in the raging flames together, correcting this fatal mistake after Zhezong's death!
The flames did ignite rapidly, but to the empress dowager's heart sank, the sound of hurried footsteps also came from outside.

Under normal circumstances, if there is no obvious call for people in the hall, the servants outside the hall would not dare to enter.

But it’s hard to die, there is a great eunuch named Lan Congxi outside the palace, who once made great contributions to saving the palace fire, sniffed his nose outside, and suddenly realized something was wrong: "There is water inside, go in quickly!"

Lan Congxi rushed in quickly, followed by Yang Jian, and then saw two maggots entangled together on the ground, a shapeless person.

They were so shocked that their scalps were troubled, and their souls were scattered: "The queen mother... the official family..."

Because this is the empress dowager and the official family of the Song Dynasty, it turned out to be like this?
Seeing this group of servants rushing in, Queen Mother Xiang showed despair in her eyes, but she still desperately hugged Zhao Ji with her last strength, and even sent him to the fire.

And the servant's hands and feet were cold for a while, and he didn't dare to pick up the queen mother, so he could only block the direction, preventing the two most noble people in the world from dying together.

But the appearance of so many servants made Zhao Ji emboldened, crying and struggling: "Let go! Let me go!!"

Zhao Ji's health is very good, and he is still eighteen years old, so his strength is very strong, just after a few strokes, the queen mother can't hold her anymore.

But there was a whimper in her throat, her whole life of weakness and transparency seemed to have turned into an unending determination at this moment, and she still hugged her fiercely.

Then the servant who circled around the two of them heard Zhao Ji, who was young and strong, making a voice like crying father and mother: "Come and help me! Pull her away! Pull this old thing away!"

In this case, who would dare to pull it?
They could only push as far as they could, pushing the two away from the raging fire.

Soon, the smoke really rose.

"Cough! Cough! Cough!"

The servants around began to cough uncontrollably, and Zhao Ji's vision was also shrouded in smoke.

"Old man, get out! How can I die with you!"

And vaguely felt that the fiery tongue began to lick the skin. In fact, even when the distance was still far away, Zhao Ji finally felt a hostility in his chest. He arched his waist, retracted his legs, and then kicked hard on the To the Queen Mother's chest.

"puff!!"

The queen mother was kicked so that a mouthful of blood gushed out wildly, and Zhao Ji's head and face were sprayed all over. Finally, he couldn't hold his hand and fell backwards.

Even the thin body was kicked so that it turned over and lay on the ground without moving.

The air suddenly became quiet.

Even though the heat wave was rolling in, witnessing this scene, all the servants felt a chill pouring down from Tianling, the two were fighting, and they didn't dare to breathe out.

Yang Jian and Lan Congxi reacted the fastest, pulling Zhao Ji up with blood on his face from left to right: "Officials! Officials! Let's go!"

At this moment, the official of the Song Dynasty finally realized what he had done, and his courage had receded like a tide, and his distorted voice sounded sharper than the eunuch: "Go! Go!!"

When everyone withdrew from Funing Palace in a panic, the movement here had already aroused the attention of the surroundings, and the servants who found out the water also surrounded them from all directions.

Zhao Ji didn't dare to look at anyone, and wanted to rush forward, but his legs were as soft as two noodles, and he couldn't help shaking.

But vaguely, he seemed to see a black dot passing over the sky and flashing into the Funing Palace behind.

During the heat wave, Queen Mother Xiang was lying on the ground, dying, and when she was dying, she also saw a mighty eagle standing in front of her.

She thought of her two brothers. On the night of her death, the eagle also appeared, and she slowly stretched out her palm and called out: "Brother... my brother... did you bring the eagle back?"

The eagle seemed to understand the words, stretched out its wings, and lightly stroked the Queen Mother's back, its claws were inevitably stained with the spat out blood.

Showing relief and remorse to the queen mother, the expression was extremely complicated: "The official family... I'm sorry... Da Song Jiangshan... Laoshen... I couldn't... keep... for you..."

Say it.

Close your eyes.

Flames soared into the sky.

"Chirp—!"

When a black shadow of a steed soared into the sky, spreading its wings and soaring above the palace, everyone below, whether it was onlookers or busy, could hear the resonant cry of the eagle.

He even felt the blood falling from the sky, dripping on the ground, all the way.

Passed over the official house of Song Dynasty below.

Crossed the silent Great Song Dynasty Imperial City.

Finally came to the capital, a scene that was equally lively and noisy.

There, there is a group of class guards chasing a wanted fugitive.

Gongsun Zhao was drenched in blood, shot in the back with an arrow, and ran in front of him.

Just when he was in a daze due to excessive blood loss, he suddenly saw a figure standing on the top of Fanlou in front of him.

As the moonlight fell, the large sleeves of the toga were slowly fluttering, and the mask had a faint luster of coldness.

On the raised right arm, there was nothing at first.

Then a dripping blood eagle descended from the sky and landed on it.

The man in the robe spoke, and a loud voice resounded in all directions:
"Using a son to kill a mother will cause the wrath of both humans and gods!!"

(End of this chapter)