Unlimited wastelander

Chapter 416 So you, the emperor, are you so aggrieved?

Before the sick bed, Zhao Xu bowed and said, "Greetings to the imperial grandmother, my grandson has come to see you!"

The Empress Dowager opened her eyes slightly, looked at Zhao Xu, and said weakly, "What are you doing here? Why don't you send someone to find the emperor and the national teacher?" It turned out that she regarded Zhao Xu as Li Yan's substitute.

"Empress Dowager, isn't Xu'er right in front of you? Where else do you go to find her?"

When the Empress Dowager heard this voice, her eyes widened, she turned her head to look at the speaker, she was so excited that she wanted to sit up, but in the end she couldn't do so, and said urgently: "National teacher, help Aijia to see , What’s wrong with Aijia? You’ve obviously made up for Aijia’s effort, why is Aijia’s mental strength still exhausted?”

"Ah..." Xiao Peng sighed and said regretfully, "Empress Dowager, you must know that when manpower is limited, although I have mastered some immortal methods, I am not a real immortal after all. Luo Jinxian is also helpless."

"Two years ago, your heart was exhausted, and your heart was still good. I can still replenish your heart with mana, but now, even your heart is dead. It's like holding water in a bowl. When the water dries up, you can pour it in again. But if the bowl is broken, how can it hold water?"

The Empress Dowager looked at Xiao Peng as ashen as death. What Xiao Peng said was very simple. She understood as soon as she heard it. In the final analysis, her heart was dead.

"Well, there will be a day after all." The empress dowager calmed down after realizing that she was beyond control and she was bound to die, she turned to Zhao Xu and said, "The official family, the Ai family is leaving, but there are a few words, I am sorry My family must tell you, as the saying goes, 'When a man is about to die, his words are also good', I hope the officials can listen to Ai's words."

"Grandmother, please tell me, my grandson will remember it in my heart." Zhao Xu said respectfully, but he added in his heart, "But it is not certain whether to follow it or not."

"Official family, it was difficult for the ancestors to start a business. Fortunately, the ancestors were rich and peaceful, so there is peace today. However, when your father was in power, the whole country was in a state of turmoil, which almost caused great changes. Even now, I still have lingering fears. What do you think is the reason?"

The corner of Zhao Xu's mouth curled up into a playful smile, and he said, "About this issue, hasn't Grandmother Huang been telling her grandson since she was young? Father listened to Wang Anshi's words and changed the old law, which hurt everyone. The world is in chaos, and the people are in dire straits."

The empress dowager's bloodless face moved slightly, and she sighed: "Wang Anshi is knowledgeable and talented. He is not a bad person at first, and his heart is naturally for the country and the people. I only hope for quick success, but I don’t know that things in the world often make more haste than speed, and they are in a hurry, which makes things worse.”

When she said this, she panted for a while, and then said: "Secondly... secondly, he can't listen to a bad word. Others can only praise him and say that he is the son of Shengtian, so he likes it. , he will be furious, dismissed from office, exiled from exile, so, who else would dare to speak out to him?"

Xiao Peng listened to the empress dowager's words, and his eyes revealed a bit of admiration, and he said to Zhao Xu: "Xu'er, your grandmother's words are still very reasonable, you should write them down carefully, and you will definitely see them in the future." Accept advice with an open mind, and you must know that loyal words are harsh, and often you don’t like to hear them, but they are really good for you.”

The Empress Dowager looked at Xiao Peng gratefully when she heard this, and then turned to look at Zhao Xu.

"Yes, I will bear in mind Master's instruction, and I would like to thank Grandmother for your advice." Zhao Xu responded respectfully, then sighed, and said, "Although Father is far away, he still wants to benefit the people in his heart. , It's a pity that his good law and good intentions have been corrupted by villains."

The Empress Dowager was taken aback, and asked in a trembling voice, "What... what good law and kindness? What... what villain?"

Zhao Xu looked at the Empress Dowager with burning eyes, and said in a deep voice: "The method of young crops, the method of protecting horses, the method of protecting armor, etc. created by the emperor, are not all good methods to enrich the country and strengthen the army? I only hate Sima Guang and Duke Lu." Those rotten Confucians like Zhu and Su Dongpo ruined the big thing."

The empress dowager's face changed color, and she tried to sit up, but she was extremely weak, and it was difficult to lift her body an inch or two, she couldn't help coughing.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu said calmly: "Emperor Grandmother, don't be angry, rest more, your body is important." Although he was consoling, there was no affection and concern in his tone, and he knew that the Empress Dowager was dying At this time, but still talking like this, it is obvious that there is no sincerity at all.

Xiao Peng shook his head helplessly. It seems that this kid's resentment towards the Empress Dowager is really not ordinary!But Xiao Peng didn't want to say anything. If Zhao Xu hadn't met him, he wouldn't have had a good life for a few years. What the Empress Dowager did when Zhao Xu was a child was the main cause. Diagnosed and treated him until the root of the disease was found and he died young.

The Empress Dowager coughed for a while, gradually calmed down, and sighed: "Officials, except for these two years, you have been emperor for seven years, but these seven years...in these seven years, the real emperor is your grandmother. , you have to listen to the emperor's grandmother to do everything, you... you must be very angry in your heart, and hate your emperor's grandmother very much, don't you?"

Zhao Xu said indifferently: "Grandmother is the emperor for her grandson, she loves her grandson! I'm afraid my grandson will be exhausted, and the servants are for the emperor's grandmother, and the imperial edict is issued by the emperor's grandmother. How could the grandson be free? What's wrong? How dare you blame the imperial grandmother?"

The Empress Dowager sighed deeply, her eyes suddenly became kinder, she looked at Zhao Xu and said softly: "You are exactly like your father, you think you are smart and capable, and you always want to make a big career out of it. I have been hating Aijia, Aijia...don't Aijia know?"

Zhao Xu smiled slightly and laughed at himself: "Of course the imperial grandmother knows, the head of the imperial guards is the imperial grandmother's confidant, the head of the eunuch is the imperial grandmother's confidant, and the Chinese and military ministers are all appointed by the imperial grandmother. Apart from obediently obeying the emperor's grandmother's orders, do you dare to do something casually or say a word casually?"

When Zhao Xu said this, Azhu, Azi, Wang Yuyan, and even Mei Lanzhuju looked at Zhao Xu with a bit of sympathy, but they were a little bit more resentful towards the Empress Dowager, and Wang Yuyan was full of anger. Pity, "Everyone knows how glorious it is to be an emperor, and my cousin's family has only had this goal for generations. So you, the emperor, did it so aggrieved? You have lived such a life before. "

After hearing Zhao Xu's words, the Empress Dowager stared blankly at the roof of the tent. She suddenly understood something, and said with a wry smile, "You must be looking forward to today, right? ...You can show your talents, you have studied with the national teacher for two years, and now you must have returned from your studies."

"Originally, the lifespan of the Ai family should have been exhausted a year and a half ago. The national teacher deliberately extended my life for a year and a half, just to buy time for you. The national teacher really worked hard! You have a country Master’s support is really a blessing, hehe, so you may be able to be a good emperor now! Anyway, I still want to thank... Thank you for giving Ai’s family a year and a half of longevity.”

"Oh, the empress dowager is serious, it's all for the sake of the great Song Dynasty and the people of the world, you don't have to thank me." Xiao Peng waved his hand and sighed softly: "No matter what your starting point is, in the end it is to help Xu'er Assuming the throne gave him a chance to show his ambitions, generally speaking, you still have some kindness towards Xu'er."

Hearing this, Zhao Xu said with a blank face: "Yes! Everything about my disciples was bestowed by the emperor's grandmother. If the emperor's grandmother hadn't presided over it all the time, when the father died, the ministers in the court would not have appointed King Yong, but King Cao. How dare the grandson forget the great kindness of the emperor's grandmother? It's just..."

The Empress Dowager glanced at him, and said lightly: "What's the matter? What do you want to say, just say it, Ai's family is dying anyway, why do you hesitate?"

Zhao Xu nodded, and said in a deep voice: "It's just that the reason why Grandmother made her grandson emperor is because she wanted her grandson to be young, so that Grandmother can personally attend the government."

The Empress Dowager nodded slowly, and said: "Your words are correct, the Ai family really wants to govern the country by themselves, how has the Ai family managed in the past nine years?"

Zhao Xu smiled slightly, and took out a stack of papers that Li Yan had handed to him earlier from his bosom, and said, "Grandmother, I don't know how much I have said in the past nine years about the praises of scholars in the government and the public. Well, here are a few pieces of information sent by me in the past few days, saying that the Prime Minister of the Liao Kingdom sent a memorial to the Liao Emperor, mentioning the administration of the emperor's grandmother. This is the opinion of the minister of the enemy country. The emperor's grandmother should listen ?”

The Empress Dowager sighed: "It doesn't matter if your virtue is slandered or slandered all over the world. Aijia... Aijia won't survive tonight. The Prime Minister of Liao Kingdom...he...how did he say Aijia?"

Zhao Xu took out a piece of paper and said: "The prime minister said in the memorial that the emperor's grandmother, since the curtain was closed, has summoned famous ministers, abolished the tyranny of the new law, and has been in power for nine years. Suppressing the personal favors of foreign families, the things offered by Wen En Yuan, no matter how big or small, they will not take one for life..."

When Zhao Xu read this, he paused for a moment, seeing the empress dowager's eyes that had lost the slightest brilliance, a few gleams of excitement shot out, and then read: "People think that Yao and Shun are among the women, hehe, this One thing is exactly the same as Master's evaluation of the emperor's grandmother back then!"

The Empress Dowager murmured: "People think that Yao and Shun are girls, and people think that Yao and Shun are girls. Even if they are really Yao and Shun, they will inevitably die in the end."

Suddenly, a flash of light flashed in her increasingly blurred and dull mind, and she asked anxiously: "Why did the Prime Minister of Liao mention the Ai family? Officials, you...you have to be careful, they know the Ai family My family is dying, and I want to bully you."

A look of pride appeared on Zhao Xu's young face, and he said: "I want to bully me, hmph, it's a good idea, but it's not that easy. The Khitan people are working in Tokyo and know that the emperor's grandmother is seriously ill, but don't we? The fine work is in Shangjing? Didn’t we copy all the memorials of their prime minister?”

Speaking of this, Zhao Xu took out a second piece of paper and said, "Emperor Grandmother, here is another piece of information. After you hear it, you can leave with peace of mind."

　Thanks to "Last Second Xiaobai" for giving 100 points for support, and "Tianshu" for giving 100 points for support, thank you Dapeng.

　　
　
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