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

Chapter 93 The Big Secret (Third Watch)

Yan Meiren rolled her eyes at Zhao Mian first, and gently pushed away the cards in her hand: "Suddenly I feel a little tired, let's play again tomorrow."

Standing up with a cold face, propping her waist with one hand, a palace maid hurriedly stepped forward to support her behind her.

Yan Meiren is already pregnant with Dragon Seed, the emperor's tenth biological son, with a big belly.

The other concubines stood up one after another and bid farewell to Mrs. Zhong.

Zhao Mian sat without saying hello to them, and looked up at Yan Meiren's stomach with a strange expression.

When the former prince Zhao Xun was there, the emperor also had a dragon son. Someone even wrote a letter asking the emperor to make his own son the prince, but the emperor refused.

For the sake of the country, the emperor must have the prince over 15 years old, which is the lowest red line for the emperor.

Looking at Yan Meiren's belly, Zhao Mian couldn't help thinking, is it because the emperor expects to live for more than ten years, and then his own son will grow up to be a crown prince?Otherwise, why haven't you established me as the prince until now? (He didn't even think about it, if Ningzong thought he could live for more than ten years, why didn't he make his own son the crown prince)

"Your Highness." Just when he seemed to be thinking, Mrs. Zhong's voice came from his ear.

"Ah." Zhao Mian came back to his senses and found that Cao Meiren and the others in the hall had left, only Huang Shang, Nuo Er, and Mrs. Zhong were there.

At this time, Mrs. Clock waved her hand lightly, and Huang Chang and Nuo'er retreated to the gate one after another, only a dozen steps away from them.

Zhao Mian got up quickly: "Excuse Mrs. Zhong." The attitude is not bad.

In good conscience, in the entire Song Dynasty, only in front of Mrs. Zhong at this meeting, Zhao Mian was a little bit polite.

"Your Highness hasn't been here for a long time, is there something wrong this time?" Mrs. Zhong said with a smile, walking inside while talking.

Zhao Mian followed, and what Zhen Dexiu said before he left was turning around in his mind, but he didn't know how to say it.

Zhen Dexiu asked him to come to Mrs. Zhong to ask Mrs. Zhong to blow the pillow, and persuade the emperor to establish a prince early.

Before leaving, Zhen Dexiu said that this time is a good opportunity. The official family entrusted Zhao and Rui as Jiedu envoys, so Zhao Mian, who is the heir of the official family, should also be awarded a reward?
But he is a straight man, with strong self-esteem, and when the words come to his lips, he can't open his mouth after turning around.

"Is Your Highness thinking about setting up a crown prince?" Mrs. Zhong asked suddenly.

Zhao Mian was overjoyed, but said: "It's not because of this matter, I haven't visited Mrs. Zhong in the palace for a long time - I am a prince, and the crown prince will sooner or later, of course, Mrs. Zhong's help is indispensable-"

He stuttered and spoke incoherently.

Mrs. Zhong sighed secretly, before she had no choice but to cooperate with Zhao Mian, now compared with Zhao and Rui, Zhao Mian is far behind.

Even if a person like Zhao Mian becomes a prince, he may be forced to step down by Shi Miyuan.

The only one who can fight Shi Miyuan is Zhao Yurui, the little fox.

"Your Highness, don't worry, it's just that officials rarely come to Renming Hall recently. As long as they come, I will definitely speak for His Highness."

Mrs. Zhong said kindly: "You and I are thorns in their (Shi Miyuan's and Empress Yang's) eyes and flesh. If I don't help you, who else can I help you?"

Zhao Hong was ecstatic: "Mrs. Lao Zhong, thank you Mrs. Zhong."

After Mrs. Zhong finished speaking, she walked back and forth in the hall a few times, and Zhao Mian already wanted to leave at this time.

At this moment, Madam Zhong suddenly turned around and said, "Does Your Highness know Madam Xiao Zhang?"

Zhao Mian froze for a moment, then nodded immediately: "I've seen it once."

When he first entered the palace, he met Mrs. Zhang (the youngest concubine of Emperor Guangzong)

"A while ago, Mrs. Xiao Zhang came to play cards." Mrs. Zhong said: "Tell me about being bored in the palace, and ask me to find an official for her and bring up the matter of leaving the palace. Tell me—will the official allow it?"

Dissatisfaction immediately appeared on Zhao Mian's face: "As a royal family member, how could she have such an idea? She couldn't bear the loneliness in the palace and wanted to remarry? How can the imperial family be like ordinary people, how decent is it?"

"Your Highness is right." Mrs. Zhong turned her head and looked at him calmly: "Although the palace is lonely, you don't need to worry about all the expenses. There are also maids serving you and enjoying the glory. After leaving the palace, these women , may not be able to survive.”

"That's right, I just don't know what's good or bad." Zhao Mian said sharply.
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At the end of September, Zhao and Rui organized a Cuju competition in a big way, and invited officials from the Wangfu to watch. In front of Mo Ze and Wei Liaoweng, they asked if they could build an arena team. Rich people formed a team and played games together, but Wei Liaoweng dissuaded them. Zhao Yurui seemed unhappy at the time.

At the beginning of October, the poker room became more and more popular in Lin'an, and nearby counties also began to have branches. After deciding to cooperate with the Qin family, Qin Zhuo fully supported Zhao Yurui and prepared to open new stores everywhere. Under the promotion of the geisha, it became more and more popular. There are thousands of brothels in Lin'an City, and they all play cards day and night. No one plays the old leaf opera.

The business is getting better and better. Zhao Yurui has made a lot of money just by selling mahjong. For this reason, he even opened a mahjong shop called Mahjong Parlor.

On the second day of October, Zhao Yurui trained the third batch of bought teenagers in the mansion early in the morning.

The mansion is overcrowded, and he has sent the first batch of people who have been trained for almost three months to part of Li Pingxia's mansion.

During the training, Quan Yong came to report, and someone came to the back door, saying that it was a friend of King Yi.

When Zhao Yurui went to the backyard to take a look, he found out that it was Zhongyou who was sneaky.

Zhong You used to enter through the front door, passing through the Imperial City Division.

The back door was because of the inner courtyard, and after getting acquainted with the Secretary of the Imperial City, Zhao and Rui had no one outside the door, and arranged their own people inside the door. Li Pingbao and Li Pingshan led two young people to take turns on duty.

If anyone comes, please notify the chief security officer first.

Zhong You was wearing a big bamboo hat today, with his head bowed. No one knew him, but Zhao Yurui recognized Zhong You at a glance.

After entering, Zhong You raised his head and glanced at Zhao Yurui. Zhao Yurui understood, and they both turned and went to the back room at the same time.

Quan Yong stood outside not far away and guarded.

Zhong You took the initiative to come to the door today, probably because he had something important to discuss with Zhao Yurui.

As soon as Zhong You came in, he looked at Zhao Yurui with a half-smile, and even looked him up and down a few times.

Zhao Yurui looked a little guilty, but they remained calm on the surface.

"Some time ago, my sister suddenly called me into the palace."

Zhao Yurui listened with a serious expression, but there seemed to be a few words written on her face, what does it have to do with me?

Zhong You said while looking at his expression: "Sister usually rarely calls me into the palace, but recently, sister called me four times."

"..." Zhao Yurui still had an expression that had nothing to do with me.

Seeing what Zhong You said, Zhao Yurui still remained silent, and could only continue: "Does King Yi know what my sister called me for?"

Zhao Yurui couldn't pretend anymore, and said, "Mrs. Zhong misses her younger brother. It's been a long time since I saw her. It's normal."

"Hey..." Zhong You burst into a strange laugh: "My sister, although she loves me very much, she knows what I need. As long as she gives me enough money, she will not care about me at ordinary times. She will be happy knowing that I have money."

Zhong You continued: "My sister suddenly talked to me about King Yi."

"..." Zhao Yurui looked innocent, and then said: "Mrs. Zhong and I have only met a few times, and we haven't spoken five sentences."

But when Zhong You was talking to him, he kept looking at his expression, and he was also looking at Zhong You's expression, both of them seemed to want to find out something.

Zhao Yurui wasn't sure what Mrs. Zhong was talking nonsense, but Zhong You might be suspicious of something.

This friend Zhong doesn't look like a fool either.

Zhao Yurui thought he was stupid before, but now after contacting him many times, he found that he is not so stupid.

Zhong You couldn't see Zhao Yurui's flaws, and finally said: "My sister asked me to come this time, mainly because she wanted to ask King Yi for a favor?"

"You said it." Zhao Yurui said politely: "You and I are brothers Youruo now, we are all from our own family, so it's easy to talk about it."

Zhong You said, the first emperor had a concubine named Mrs. Xiao Zhang. She originally had a sister named Mrs. Da Zhang, both of whom were concubines of Emperor Guangzong. Mrs. Da Zhang died of illness last year. Mrs. Xiao Zhang stayed in the deep palace alone and began to miss her hometown. I just want to leave the palace and go home.

However, there is no precedent for a concubine leaving the palace in the Song Dynasty. She was afraid that the officials would not agree. Mrs. Zhang asked Mrs. Zhong. Mrs. Zhong thought that King Yi was more favored recently. If King Yi was willing to talk about this matter in front of the officials, most of the officials would agree. , set a precedent.

Zhao Yurui didn't hesitate after hearing this, and said in a deep voice: "The royal family members also have emotions and desires, so there is no reason for being lonely and deep in the palace. Leave this matter to me. Your Majesty is kind and will definitely not embarrass the concubines."

Zhong You's eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhao Yurui with a shocked expression, and said after a while: "This is something that the royal family of the Great Song Dynasty has never done before. This action will damage the majesty and reputation of the royal family. There must be stubborn people in the court." Ministers strongly object, isn't King Yi afraid of being impeached?"

Zhao Yurui said calmly, "You and I are like brothers, so there is no reason for me to be afraid."

Zhong You laughed, knowing that Zhao Yurui was talking about the scene, but he still laughed.

He hesitated for a while, changed his previous impulsive and domineering image, bent down and clasped his fists: "I hope this is King Yi's sincere words."

"If this happens, my sister and I will never forget each other."

After Zhong You left, Zhao Yurui fell into deep thought, why did Mrs. Zhong ask him to help with this matter?

Sudden.

He thought of what Mrs. Zhong had said to him that day, that Zhao Yurui could only help her after she became the emperor of Song Dynasty.

Damn, "Madam Zhong wants to leave the palace?" Zhao Yurui was surprised and delighted, as if they had discovered a big secret.

If Ning Zong could let Mrs. Xiao Zhang leave the palace, it would be a precedent in the Song Dynasty. In the future, when Zhao Yurui became emperor, he would definitely be able to let Mrs. Zhong leave the palace.

But for Mrs. Zhong's matter, it should be more certain to ask Zhao Mian?Unless Mrs. Zhong thinks that Zhao Mian can't be the emperor, or thinks that Zhao Mian will not agree?

If this is true, as long as he helps Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Zhong will definitely be on his side?
Ning Zong and Empress Yang have a good impression of Zhao Yurui, Shi Miyuan supports Zhao Yurui, if Mrs. Zhong supports her again, Zhao Yurui suddenly feels that what Qin Zhuo said is right, and she is getting closer and closer to her dream ?
At this time, Zhao Yurui's mind was running fast, and his thoughts became clearer and clearer. As long as he helped Mrs. Zhang this time, according to Mrs. Zhong's agreement with him, he would first judge the place for him next year.

Shi Miyuan didn't want him to judge the place, so he had to ask Mrs. Zhong for help in this matter.

According to the Song system, after the clan was sentenced to a place, it would become the head of the local military and government, gathering power in one body.

In the capital, Shi Miyuan and Mrs. Zhong will definitely hold back Ningzong and prevent Zhao Mian from becoming the prince.

As long as Zhao Mian is not the prince, this matter will be much easier in the future.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was very important to control the military and political power. No, in any dynasty, it was very important to control the military and political power. Even if you only have military power in the local area, once the capital changes, you can use good cards in your hands to achieve unexpected results.

When they first came to the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Yurui was walking on thin ice, careful every step of the way. Now that I think about it, I seem to be suddenly cheerful, and anything can happen.

But many things are easy to think about, but difficult to do. Don't take it lightly until the last moment.

Now that they decided to fight for the position of emperor, Zhao Yurui did not back down, because once they lose and their intentions are discovered by others, it usually will not end well.

After Zhao Yurui returned to the front yard, they immediately asked someone, "Is Mo Ze at the house?"

Zhao Yurui treated the officials of the palace better. At the beginning, the officials would come here except for going to court. After a long time, they found that King Yi was very talkative, and some officials did not come every day, such as Mo Ze.

Sure enough, Mo Ze didn't come today, and Yu Zhu said that he had something to do at home, so he asked King Yi for leave.

Something at home might be an excuse, Zhao Yurui originally planned to forget it, but seeing Yu Zhu's expression, he hesitated to speak, and his heart moved, is there really something wrong with Mo Ze's family?

"What happened to Mo Jishi's family?" Zhao Yurui asked.

Yu Zhu's face was serious: "A family uncle in Mojishi passed away."

"Oh." Zhao Yurui immediately said, "All housekeepers."

"Yes." The security chief stepped forward.

"You send someone to send one hundred guan to Mo Jishi's house, and bring some offerings, so that he can handle the housework with peace of mind, and let his condolences go smoothly."

"Yes, King Yi."

Yu Zhu's face was slightly moved, as if touched.

But less than an hour after the chief security officer left, Mo Ze hurried back to the palace.

He followed the chief of security to the backyard, and saw King Yi wearing ordinary clothes, leading a dozen teenagers, playing cuju, but this cuju was something he had never seen before, as if the rules were different, the two sides came and went, Kicking should not be happy.

King Yi was sweating profusely from kicking, and there were more than a dozen people running along the field, and there were more than [-] teenagers watching, cheering from time to time.

Recently, there are more and more teenagers in Wei Wangfu, and Yi Wang recruited dozens more, and bought two more courtyards near Yi Wang's mansion. It is said that one of them refused to sell at first, and Yi Wang invited the Imperial City Secretary and someone to come forward I bought it under coercion and temptation.

At that time, Wei Liaoweng and others knew about it and persuaded King Yi not to disturb the people.

But Yi Wang said, that family is not ordinary people, but a sixth-rank official, who doesn't know how to praise, if this king buys his property, how dare he not sell it?

This matter was also reported to Prime Minister Shi Miyuan, who smiled and shook his head, but said nothing.

If King Yi did this, his reputation would only get worse and worse. Mo Ze thought about his thoughts and stood by the side. Not long after, Zhao Yurui seemed to see him coming, so he waved and walked over.

"Greetings to King Yi." Mo Ze hurriedly said, "There is something wrong with the lower official's family, please forgive me by King Yi."

"Mo Jishi doesn't need to come back in such a hurry, it's not in a hurry, let's go, go back and talk." Zhao Yurui walked halfway, turned around and shouted: "Your basic skills are too bad, keep practicing."

"Here." A voice called from behind.

Moze knew that they were going to practice basic skills again, so they stood at attention and took a rest, it was very boring.

He followed Zhao Yurui, who was sweating profusely, back to the Hall of Qinde.

Xiaotao brought two cups of tea, Zhao Yurui asked him to sit down, after thinking about it, he suddenly said: "The last time we went to Qin Zhuo's house to get back the debt, he took the initiative to come to the door again, and wanted to cooperate with the king Business."

Mo Ze's face changed slightly, this Qin Zhuo was the prime minister Shi Miyuan's mortal enemy Han Wuzhou.

(End of this chapter)