Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 570 Huizong's Special Grace

Cong Longxuan said: "Yes, that's right. They actually dared to send envoys here so blatantly."

Zhao Mu asked, "Oh? Then who was the envoy he sent? Su Shi or Su Zhe?"

Hearing Zhao Mu's question, Zong Longxuan said awkwardly, "Neither. The envoy this time is the king's elder brother, Zhao Yong. But he has now been promoted to the heir king by the pseudo-emperor and given the title of King of Zhongshan."

Hearing this title, Zhao Mu laughed bitterly. Because this title originally belonged to him. Today, Zhao Ji gave it to Zhao Yong. I'm afraid his stupid brother must be so happy that he doesn't know what to do.

If it was someone else, Zhao Mu would have definitely killed him as a sacrifice to his throne. Unfortunately, this man was his own brother. Even though Zhao Mu wanted to kill him, he could only endure it for now.

However, Zhao Ji had no choice but to send Zhao Yong this time, because the whole court was full of shrewd people, and everyone knew that it would be dangerous to come to see Zhao Mu at this time, confer him the title, and ask for the return of the Song Dynasty jade seal.

So one by one they claimed to be sick and couldn't go out, or made up other excuses.

However, there was no one in the court who held a proper official position and some were a bit stupid, so the only one left was Zhao Mu's elder brother Zhao Yong.

Zhao Ji and Zhao Yong have been getting along well for the past two years. He and the young Wang Du, the Grand Commandant, and Zhao Yong, the flying eagle and the running dog, are very happy.

So, under Zhao Ji's flattering words of "imperial uncle", Zhao Yong was also confused and agreed to do this for everyone. In order to commend Zhao Yong's achievements, Zhao Ji, as the new emperor, promoted Zhao Yong's title and gave him the title of King of Zhongshan, which was previously held by Zhao Mu.

Zhao Yong was now successful. Even his wife, Princess Qian, and his mother, Concubine Chai, could no longer control him. He was even more arrogant than before.

He even felt that he had never been as lucky as Zhao Mu in the past. Now that he had the imperial power, he was confident that his future achievements would be much better than that of the bastard born to Zhao Mu's concubine.

However, not everyone is as stupid as Zhao Yong. At least Zhao Jing, the wife of the King of Shang, who always despised Zhao Mu, did not mess around with her elder brother. Before the situation became clear, Zhao Jing did not even dare to meet her elder brother. She was afraid that Zhao Mu would implicate her when he led his troops back to kill the rebels.

However, the reason why Zhao Yong dared to come was not only because he was a little arrogant, but also because he was confident that Zhao Mu would not dare to kill him because of their brotherly relationship.

Zhao Mu covered his forehead and said helplessly: "Forget it, since they are here, then notify all officials to go to the palace and listen to what my stupid brother wants to say."

Zhao Mu let out a long sigh, and suddenly felt overwhelmed. But there was nothing he could do.

After Long Xuan received the order, he immediately went out to inform all the officials. Ju Jian also asked the sisters to change Zhao Mu's robes.

A moment later, all the officials were in the Yin'an Hall. Zhao Mu was also wearing court robes and sitting on the golden dragon throne.

Following Ju Jian's shout, Zhao Yong, along with several followers, swaggered into the Yin'an Palace.

Although Zhao Yong was a hereditary noble, he was a useless person. Over the years, he relied on his hereditary birth to do nothing but keep a cage and raise birds in the capital. Then he became an idle member of the royal family.

Now he entered the Yin'an Palace, looking around, everything seemed new to him, and there was no etiquette as expected of an envoy.

Finally, he looked up at Zhao Mu, who was wearing a dragon robe and sitting upright in the hall.

Seeing his rude behavior, Ju Jian angrily shouted, "Is the Celestial Empire's envoy so rude?"

Zhao Yong couldn't help but be startled when he heard Ju Jian's sudden scolding.

Zhao Mu then said, "Others may deserve some punishment, but the envoy is my brother, so let's not punish him out of courtesy."

Zhao Yong heard this and smiled, "Haha, thank you very much, my dear brother." But then Zhao Mu changed his face and said, "You can skip the ceremony of paying homage, but please don't be rude. Okay! Tell me, what exactly did Zhao Ji want to do by sending you here?"

Hearing Zhao Mu calling Zhao Ji by his given name, Zhao Yong was stunned at first, then he said, "How dare you! How dare you call the current emperor by his given name?"

Zhao Mu sneered and said, "That's your Majesty, brother, not my Majesty. My Majesty is still recuperating in the palace. Prince Duan proclaimed himself the king, which is simply treason!"

At this time, the servant beside Zhao Yong coughed lightly, signaling Zhao Yong to pay attention to his attitude.

Zhao Yong calmed down a bit after seeing this, and then said: "My dear brother, you are wrong. Your Majesty is the younger brother of the Emperor, the Regent, appointed by the Emperor. And now that you have ascended the throne and changed the era name to Emperor, it is also the will of the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. It is in accordance with the will of Heaven and the people."

Before Zhao Yong finished speaking, Zhao Mu waved his hand and said, "Alright, I don't want to hear this nonsense. Tell me why you are here. What did Zhao Ji send you to do? Are you trying to trick me back to the capital to harm me like that old eunuch tricked Cong Longxuan?"

Hearing what Zhao Mu said, the deputy envoy stepped forward and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, sending Eunuch Liu here was a private decision made by the Empress Dowager. It has nothing to do with your Majesty. Your Majesty sent us here today to make peace with your Majesty."

"Fixed?" Zhao Mu asked, "How to fix it? Could it be that he is also here to propose marriage to me? Want to make a marriage? But unfortunately, I am also a member of the royal family. I believe that Prince Duan understands that people of the same clan should not marry."

After Zhao Mu finished speaking, all the civil and military officials in the hall started laughing.

The deputy envoy said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Your Majesty, please don't make fun of us. We did come here with the intention of making peace." Then the deputy envoy gave Zhao Yong a wink.

Zhao Yong waved his hand and said, "Bring it up!"

Following Zhao Yong's order, the followers of the Song Dynasty envoy carried up a huge box.

Zhao Mu asked, "What is this? If I remember correctly, His Majesty has already sent Scholar Su to deliver this year's tribute. I wonder what Prince Duan is up to now?"

Zhao Yong did not answer, but slowly opened the box.

Afterwards, the followers took out the items in the box one by one.

When Zhao Mu saw these things, he couldn't help but be surprised.

He originally thought that what Zhao Yong and his companions brought with them this time were nothing more than some gold and silver treasures, which were prepared by Zhao Ji in order to stabilize himself.

But what Zhao Mu could not have imagined was that the contents of the box were a purple gold crown, a yellow ochre robe with nine dragons, a white jade belt with a dragon and tiger pattern, and a seal with five intertwined dragons.

Zhao Mu looked at Zhao Yong and the others and asked, "What does this mean?"

The deputy envoy stepped forward, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is a special decree from the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to Your Majesty."

Zhao Mu sneered and said, "This favor is a bit too great. This nine-dragon ochre yellow robe is the emperor's robe. Does Zhao Ji want to drag me down with him and make me his equal? ​​Or does he know that he is not qualified to be a ruler, so he sent you here to abdicate the throne to me?"

Facing Zhao Mu's slightly joking words, the deputy envoy shook his head and said, "Neither of them is right."

Zhao Mu asked: "What does this mean?"

(End of this chapter)