Song Dynasty female artist

Li Chengzhi looked at Liang Tao: "Is this the horse? How did you find it?"

"Thanks to their greed for money."

Liang Tao was really lucky: "The person who framed my son took the horse away and did not rush to destroy it, but thought of selling the dead horse for money."

After failing to reach an agreement at the first restaurant, the man went to the second restaurant. As soon as they discussed the price, he brought his men to stop them, and arrested the man selling the horse and brought them to the government office.

"I understand. Sir Liang, rest assured, I will enforce the law impartially and will not let a bad guy go, nor will I wrongly accuse a good guy!"

The two men clasped their fists, and Liang Tao handed all the certification materials to Li Chengzhi. Li Chengzhi bowed deeply to Liang Tao for his trust.

Li Chengzhi asked the coroner to perform an autopsy overnight while he interrogated the man who sold the horse himself.

When he learned the whole truth, Li Chengzhi was furious.

"A dignified First-Rank Privy Councilor actually resorted to such despicable means, killing an innocent person and betraying the trust of His Majesty and the people. I will go to the palace to meet His Majesty now!"

Li Chengzhi didn't want to wait a moment and went into the palace overnight.

The next day, His Majesty personally issued an imperial decree to banish Lu Huiqing from the capital and never allow him to return. The other officials involved in the incident were demoted or punished according to the severity of their crimes. The person who directly killed the old man was sentenced to immediate execution.

Yes, the truth of the matter is that Lu Huiqing asked his men to drug Liang Zhiyuan's horse, and the horse lost control and crashed into the crowd, but the man did not die at the time. The person who drugged him was caught off guard and caused his death.

Later, due to greed for money, he was reluctant to destroy the problematic horse immediately as instructed before, but instead thought of selling the horse for a few taels of silver.

Lu Huiqing probably never thought that he would lose over those few taels of silver.

Otherwise, if the flattery is destroyed and there is no physical evidence, it will not be so easy for Liang Zhiyuan to get away with it. He also has room to maneuver and will not be directly demoted and expelled from the capital.

Lu Huiqing, who enjoyed his moment of glory, had no chance to realize his "ambitions".

These days everyone is talking about Lu Shumi's vicious behavior.

On June 28th, Gu Yanxiao gave birth to a prince safely at the hour of Mao on June 29th.
Zhao Rui had already thought of a name, and named him Zhao Yao.

Zhao Rui had his own son, and not only was he happy, but all the ministers in the court were also happy.

Your Majesty's biological prince is the legitimate bloodline.

The people of Kyoto were all happy and the whole country was celebrating. If there was anyone who was unhappy, it was probably only Lu Sihui and the ministers who secretly supported Zhao Ming.

After the eldest prince's third bathing ceremony, Zhao Rui immediately announced Zhao Yao as the crown prince.

Zhao Yao was made the crown prince just three days after he was born. He was unique in this regard. The saying "a son is honored by his mother" was well reflected at this moment.

After Zhao Yao was born, the court had been discussing the purchase of horses from the Liao Dynasty and finally made progress. The Liao Dynasty agreed to sell 100 stallions.

In this way, they can breed these one hundred horses and improve the horse breed within a few years.

Some people with ulterior motives attributed all the credit to the new prince who could not yet speak.

However, although Zhao Rui was favored, he still knew what was good for the child and told the ministers not to talk nonsense but to seek truth from facts.

After the court session, Zhao Rui went straight to the Queen's palace and held his son tightly in his arms.

The child was still a little wrinkled when he was born, but he grew a lot in a few days. The more Airi looked at him, the happier he felt.

"Xiaoxiao, do you think this child looks like you or me?"

"Of course the son I gave birth to looks like me."

Zhao Rui nodded: "It does look more like you. It's good. I like it."

Gu Yanxiao glared at Zhao Rui: "You are saying these things now, regardless of the occasion, and you are not afraid of being laughed at." Zhao Rui said arrogantly: "I am the emperor, I can say whatever I want, who dares to laugh at me."

"Yes, you are the emperor, you have the final say."

Zhao Rui quickly put his son down and sat next to Gu Yanxiao, grinning: "Of course, I'll just listen to you."

"Don't do that. You are the emperor. If you listen to the queen in everything, won't the ministers in the court say that I am a witch queen who is deliberately deceiving Your Majesty?"

"Whoever wants to speak can speak freely. If I hear them, I will kill them."

Gu Yanxiao quickly covered Zhao Rui's mouth: "Stop talking, the more you talk, the more you sound like a tyrant."

When Empress Dowager Cao arrived and heard the conversation between the two, she couldn't help but feel worried, but she didn't show it on her face.

"Mother."

Gu Yanxiao saw Queen Mother Cao first.

"Don't get up. Don't worry about these empty formalities at this time." Queen Mother Cao walked to the crib and said, "I came here just to see the child."

"He looks good. I really like him."

The child slept a lot during the confinement period, so Empress Dowager Cao did not stay for long. She gave a few instructions and then left.

But I was still thinking about the conversation between the two of them just now.

"Your Majesty is too doting on the Queen. It's not a good idea to give her everything she wants."

"Don't worry, Queen Mother. It's a good thing that the Emperor and Empress have a harmonious relationship."

"Mother Rong, you didn't go just now because you didn't hear what His Majesty said. It's not like what a wise monarch would say. If the Queen has any selfish motives, what a disaster!"

Mother Rong is already over seventy years old, and Zhao Rui originally wanted to release her from the palace to retire.

But Mother Rong wanted to stay. She had spent her entire life in the palace and didn't want to leave. The Queen Mother also relied on Mother Rong, so she had been serving the Queen Mother. Although she said she was serving, she was actually just talking to her.

The person in charge of the Empress Dowager now is Aunt Lianqiao.

Aunt Lian Qiao received the Queen Mother's signal and repeated the words she had just heard.

Mother Rong continued to comfort her, "Queen Dowager, I don't think you need to worry too much. The Queen is the eldest daughter of Prince Jin and Princess Shuyang. They are loyal to Your Majesty. I believe that the child they raise will also be upright and will not do anything out of line. Wasn't it the Queen who stopped Your Majesty just now?"

Queen Mother Cao: "Everyone has selfish desires. She has been the Queen for a short time now. How can we know whether her selfish desires will expand in a few years and start to interfere with your Majesty's decisions?"

"What does the Queen Mother mean?"

"Your Majesty has already established a queen, so I don't think he would be so opposed to taking concubines. I want to bring a few noble ladies of suitable status into the palace to distract His Majesty."

Mother Rong disagreed in her heart, but to be frank she was just a servant, and seeing that the Queen Mother seemed to have made the decision, she could only shut up.

On September 1, the Empress Dowager brought Fan Chunren's second daughter and Zhang's eldest daughter into the palace without the Empress's consent.

After Gu Yanxiao became pregnant, the empress dowager was still in charge of all matters in the harem. She had just finished her confinement and did not ask the empress dowager to return the power of the palace, so Gu Yanxiao was not aware of the two people entering the palace.

It was only after Zhao Rui had a big fight in the Empress Dowager's palace that Gu Yanxiao learned about this.

Gu Yanxiao was not sad. She thought that if she gave birth to the prince, the court would not use the excuse that His Majesty had no children to allow him to take a concubine.

I just didn't expect that the Queen Mother would have this idea even though the minister didn't mention it. (End of this chapter)