In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 6 Temptation and Divorce

In the Palace of Ciming in the Imperial City, Empress Yang frowned and was depressed.

Empress Yang was originally named Yang Guizhi, the second queen of Song Ningzong Zhao Kuo, and she had two sons for Zhao Kuo. Unfortunately, Zhao Kuo's life was really bad, and none of the nine biological sons lived to adulthood.

In the end, Ningzong Zhao Kuo had no choice but to appoint another prince from the clan.

The first to stand was Zhao Yuyuan. When Zhao Yuyuan was 6 years old, he was adopted by Song Ningzong as an adopted son and named Riyan (Zhao Xun). Mr. Guo, listen to and read Zishantang.

In the matter of setting up the prince, Empress Yang cooperated extremely with Shi Miyuan at that time, and the two supported Zhao Yuyuan together.

Because Empress Yang is a few years older than Song Ningzong, and she is already over half a hundred years old at this time. She gave birth to a prince, but died early, so Empress Yang will never be less concerned about the issue of the heir than Ningzong. The status of the harem.

At that time, there was another powerful minister in the court, whose status was higher than the prime minister Shi Miyuan, that is, Han Tuozhou, the state affairs officer of the Pingzhang Army.

In his early years, Han Yuzhou once advised Song Ningzong about the establishment of a queen, implying that Queen Yang was talented and too smart, and it was not good for a woman to be too smart, so he offended Queen Yang.

Empress Yang always remembered this incident. At this time, Shi Miyuan also wanted to get rid of Han Tuozhou, and the prince Zhao Xun also supported it.

Half a month after Han Tuozhou's death, they urged the officials to make Zhao Xun the crown prince, worshiped Kaifu Yitong Sansi, and named him King Rong.

Everything was perfect at first, and Empress Yang thought that there was nothing wrong with her in her later years.

But people are not as good as heaven. Zhao Xun, who had been the prince for 13 years, saw that he had a chance to succeed, and suddenly died of illness.

After Zhao Xun's death, the official family appointed Zhao Mian as the new prince. This time, the official family did not follow Shi Miyuan's suggestion, but followed Mrs. Zhong's opinion and chose Zhao Mian.

This time it was terrible, Empress Yang was as frightened as a bird, frightened and angry.

Mrs. Zhong is the youngest concubine of Song Ningzong, and she is estimated to be in her twenties now. She was famous for her coquettish beauty when she was young, and now she is the favorite of the officials, enjoying exclusive favor in the harem.

After the matter of the prince Zhao Mian, Empress Yang pondered every day how to defeat Mrs. Zhong.

Recently, the health of the official family has been deteriorating, and Mrs. Zhong still only favors the harem, and it is said that she often asks for the canonization of the imperial concubine in front of the official family.

This is something that Queen Yang will never tolerate.

If the imperial concubine agrees, won't she have to abolish her queen next time?
Just when Queen Yang was depressed.

"Report to the sage, Prime Minister You has arrived."

"Quickly declare." Queen Yang hurriedly said.

Not long after, hurried footsteps came from outside.

Shi Miyuan's face was flushed, and he looked in a good mood.

"My minister, Shi Miyuan, pay homage to Saint Yang." Shi Miyuan gestured to kneel, but Empress Yang waved her hand impatiently: "Prime Minister, you don't need to be too polite, come and give me a seat."

Shi Miyuan was not too polite, and found a seat to sit down, which was quite close to Queen Yang.

Empress Yang's attendants served tea, and then quickly retreated outside the hall. In a blink of an eye, there were only two people left in the hall.

At this time Song Ningzong was still alive, and Shi Miyuan was openly alone with the empress in the harem, which shows how powerful the power is. The two often spend time alone, which is also one of the reasons why the prince Zhao Mian was very dissatisfied with Empress Yang, his stepmother.

"The official's health is getting worse day by day, and he has not favored Mrs. Zhong for two months."

Zhao Kuo, Emperor Ningzong of the Song Dynasty, was not strong in politics. In the early stage, the government was controlled by Han Tuozhou, and in the later period, it was controlled by Shi Miyuan and Empress Yang. However, he was kind and lived a frugal life. He only married five concubines in total. After Mrs. Zhong, he never married again.

Usually Ningzong Zhao Kuo often ran to Mrs. Zhong's side, but now Queen Yang said that he had not been favored for two months, which shows that Ningzong Zhao Kuo's health is quite poor.

Shi Miyuan's eyes moved slightly when he heard the words, and the thought of deposing Zhao Mian was even worse in his heart, besides, he entered the palace today just to test Empress Yang.

He knew that Queen Yang was extremely dissatisfied with Mrs. Zhong, and her relationship with Zhao Mian was not good, but Queen Yang only wanted to deal with Mrs. Zhong. Without the support of Queen Yang, it would be difficult for him to dethrone Zhao Mian.

Shi Miyuan thought for a while and said intentionally: "I heard recently that Mrs. Zhong suggested to the officials to make Zhao Mian the crown prince as soon as possible. Is there such a thing?"

Empress Yang froze for a moment, then shook her head: "I've never heard of this, but Zhao Mian often goes to the Hall of Renming recently. Whenever he enters the palace, he must first visit the Hall of Renming. He knows that Mrs. Zhong can speak in front of officials. Speaking of which, Mrs. Zhong was the one who chose him as the prince when she was blowing by the official's pillow, maybe Mrs. Zhong had some tacit understanding with him?"

Empress Yang suddenly thought of this question, and her face changed slightly.

If the official family has a funeral, the status of the concubine in the harem depends on the preferences of the new emperor. Mrs. Zhong helped Zhao Mian back then. Now Zhao Mian would rather visit Mrs. Zhong than her nominal mother. After I ascended the throne, Mrs. Zhong still didn't ride on my head?
At this time, although Empress Yang was at odds with Zhao Mian, she still only wanted to deal with Mrs. Zhong in her heart.

"This Zhao Mian, I didn't expect him to be scheming." Shi Miyuan said again.

"What should we do now? We can't just do nothing?" Empress Yang said anxiously, "Mrs. Zhong pleases Zhao Mian every day. How will I deal with myself in the future?"

Shi Miyuan didn't speak, as if he was thinking about something, but he was actually a little disappointed. After all, Empress Yang was still a woman, and she always wanted to compete with Mrs. Zhong. It didn't work either.

But obviously, Empress Yang never thought about abolishing Zhao Mian at all.

The hall suddenly fell silent.

Empress Yang stared at him blankly, knowing that every time Shi Miyuan thought about important matters, he needed to think quietly.

I don't know how long it took.

Shi Miyuan suddenly said: "How old is Mrs. Zhong?"

"..." Empress Yang was taken aback by this question.

After thinking for a while, she said, "27--[-]--should be almost thirty."

"It looks very young, like early twenties." Shi Miyuan laughed.

Wow, Empress Yang, who is over half a century old, blushed, embarrassed and annoyed: "So the officials talk about her all day long, and only run to her."

"Prime Minister?" Empress Yang suddenly recovered and stared at Shi Miyuan, thinking that Shi Miyuan was thinking something nasty.

"Zhao Hong is only 22 years old, and he is still a young man. He always runs to the Hall of Renming, and Mrs. Zhong is in her prime, glamorous and coquettish—" Shi Miyuan chuckled.

Empress Yang immediately understood what he meant, Shi Miyuan wanted to insinuate Mrs. Zhong and Zhao Mian, and destroy their alliance.

She shook her head quickly: "Mrs. Zhong is not a fuel-efficient lamp."

"Every time Zhao Mian is summoned, there must be servants and maids in the hall. Afterwards, they will report to the officials and do everything without revealing anything."

Empress Yang wanted to catch her and find a chance to defeat her, but she couldn't.

Mrs. Zhong has been in the palace for many years, and she is careful in everything she does, so that she can be favored by the officials for many years.

"However, I also heard that the servants around Mrs. Zhong are all beautiful and handsome?"

Empress Yang nodded blankly: "That's true, but it's just a servant, what's wrong?"

A smile slowly appeared on Shi Miyuan's face: "I think that everyone has their own hobbies. If Mrs. Zhong likes handsome servants, then would she like handsome men more?"

Empress Yang turned pale with shock: "I'm afraid this matter will be extremely difficult."

Shi Miyuan said: "If we can't separate Mrs. Zhong and Zhao Mian, it will be even more difficult for us in the future."

Empress Yang's face was livid, but she took it seriously.

At this time, Shi Miyuan felt that the time had not come and he could not persuade Queen Yang to depose Zhao Mian, so he decided to take the next best thing and try to separate Mrs. Zhong and Zhao Mian first.

(End of this chapter)