Compete for the Song Dynasty

A large mansion in the southwest of Liangmen in the capital, anyone who is familiar with this place knows that this was the mansion of the well-known servant Wang Pang in the capital. People come and go, but it looks much deserted compared to the Meyer House back then.However, careful people found that the gate of the mansion suddenly became lively in the past two days; cars and horses stopped at the gate of the mansion from time to time, and there was an endless stream of people coming and going, which can be called a bustling crowd.

On this day, a group of people came to the gate of the mansion. A tall man jumped off his horse; the carriage behind him stopped immediately, and the curtain of the carriage was lifted. child.This man is 27 or [-] years old. He looks muscular, with bronze skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, full of heroism.He was wearing a narrow-sleeved gown with a round collar.In the round neck of the robe, a semi-circular white collar is exposed. The lower body is wearing chaps and high-waisted leather boots.Girdle around the waist, hanging quiver and knife.The woman behind him is tall and tall, with fair skin and delicate features. She is wearing a gown with a round neck and narrow sleeves, a waist-length jacket, her hands in the cuffs, and round-toed shoes.

They stepped up to the foundation of the mansion, and there were two guards standing on both sides of the mansion gate. The one standing in the front stopped them with one arm: "This is the Prince Taibao's mansion, what's the matter?"

The man and the woman looked at each other, thinking together: This kid next to Wang is really good at rectifying, isn't he saying he's resigning from office?Why did he suddenly become the crown prince?The man was the first to speak and said: "Then we are here to see the crown prince and the Taibao, please inform the official."

The guards looked at the two men. They were dressed as Khitan people. Although they knew that the king had contacts with envoys from various countries, they hadn't seen many people with their families and children: "You two are from Khitan. Right? I don’t know if you have a certificate or a name card with you? My family’s Wang Taibao is not at the house now...”[

Before he finished speaking, the woman smiled and said, "Then, is there a manager surnamed Lu in the house?"

Lu Shenyan has been very happy these days: the young master is back and the protector has made meritorious deeds to crown the crown prince and Taibao. Although it is only an honorary title and does not have any actual powers, the large salary and bounty support such a large mansion and such a Multiple hands are no problem.He is also happy that Yan Zhihu gave birth to him a big fat boy.Lu Shenyan was in high spirits on happy occasions, and when he heard that two Khitan people had come outside the door to call for him, he jumped up, put down his work, and ran outside.Even the guards guarding the gate hadn't seen Lu Shenyan being so active, so they could only trot behind him to the gate.

"Brother He, Miss Li, I guessed it was you, that's great!" Lu Shenyan almost threw himself next to Xie Libo, and said happily while grabbing Xie Libo's arm.

Xie Libo also smiled impressively: "You still remember us, son, it's getting more and more difficult to enter this gate!"

Lu Shenyan hurriedly said to the guards with a little reproach: "I don't blame you this time, this is Mr. He from our house, this is our sworn brother of Wang Taibao, you should be more careful next time!" The guards claimed yes.After all, he ordered someone to bring the chariot and horse entourage of Xie Libo into the side door of the mansion from the side alley, and he accompanied Xie Libo and his wife to the courtyard.

"Huo! This house is big enough." Xie Libo admired as he walked, "Young master is really on the rise. The more you don't want to be an official, the faster you will be promoted."

Lu Shenyan and He Libo walked side by side, he lowered his voice and said: "Oh, this is just a false name, I put the young master here. Also, look at the guards in this mansion, most of them are sent by the imperial army. What do you see, young master?" Everyone sent back to the emperor, it's not as comfortable as when people came and went in Meyer's mansion."

Li Enxi hugged the child and followed behind them. Hearing what Lu Shenyan said, she couldn't help but frowned slightly: "I said we would stop and ask when we entered the door. It seems that our clothes are causing trouble."

Lu Shenyan waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, the young master is not afraid of these things. Everyone in this house is our own, besides, just relying on the young master's conduct, can't a few guards handle it?"

They said that they had already arrived at the front hall, Lu Shenyan ordered his family to arrange the residence of the Libo couple, and also ordered someone to greet Cai Jing and others to come to see the guests, and Libo asked, "Where is the master? Are you not in the capital?" ?” Lu Shenyan poured tea for them himself, and said, “Now, Zhong Zhen has changed his name to Zhao Xu, and he has been canonized as the prince. Our young master has to go to the imperial city every day, saying that he is to accompany the prince. I see, it is the emperor’s boss.” I just want to see him..."

What Lu Shenyan said was right, the current Yingzong neither dared to let the king go, nor was he willing to let the king go.Even Wang Pang himself sighed, even if he is the Ninth Five-Year Sovereign, he rules the world, does not have a good body, and no matter how big the country is, he can't sit still.Song Yingzong couldn't even sit still by himself now. Most of the time he was lying on the sickbed, unable to speak, and had to write down everything.But how can you write if you can’t sit still?Zhao Xu sighed anxiously every day, and Wang Bang couldn't stand it anymore.

On the day when Xi Libo and the others came, there was an important matter for Wang Pang to enter the palace. In the East Palace these few days, several carpenters used by the queen came to build a bed according to Wang Pang's design.The bed board of this bed is divided into upper and lower parts. It is a bed when it is laid flat, but there are horizontal boards and brackets under the upper part, and horizontal boards under the lower part. The two planks on the bed surface form different angles in different grooves.

Seeing this strange thing being built, Zhao Xu walked around it several times: "Is this all right?" He pointed to the thing and asked Wang who was standing beside him with his hands in his hands.

The corner of Wang Pang's mouth was slightly raised, and he said confidently, "Okay! You can dedicate this folding bed to your father! I can keep him sitting and lying down!"

Han Qi and Zeng Gongliang, the prime ministers in the emperor's bedroom, were standing in front of Yingzong's couch, waiting for the emperor to get up and give instructions.

They couldn't help but frown, the emperor was so sick that even if he couldn't go to court, he still had to personally write the memorial.These two old prime ministers come to the bedroom every day, and they have to stand for at least an hour. First, they will report the content of the memorial. Yes he can get up and write.After finishing reading, we still have to wait for the emperor to get up.When the emperor felt that it was all right, he would let the eunuch lift him up and put him in front of the Longshu case.

Today's memorial has just been read, the emperor has no intention of getting up yet.Prince Zhao Xu walked in, followed by the king, and four other guards carried the folding bed made of golden nanmu to the emperor's bedroom.

The emperor opened his eyes slightly to see the smile in front of Zhao Xu.Zhao Xu saw his father and the two prime ministers, bowed and said: "Please move the royal seat and fold the dragon bed!"

"Folding the throne and dragon bed?" Han Qi and Zeng Gongliang listened in disbelief. Looking back at Wang Pang, with half-smile expressions, they guessed that it must be this kid's "masterpiece". [

The four guards put the emperor on the dragon bed. Although Yingzong Zhao Shu couldn't speak, he was a little nervous, wondering what this kid next to the king was going to do?Won't you encourage the prince to murder the housekeeper now?But looking at Zhao Xu's calm expression and looking at him with concern, he knows a son like a father, so this child will not do anything serious.He had just laid down when he suddenly felt the bed move.The two guards sat on the bed and got up on the right. The emperor hurriedly grabbed the edge of the bed with his hands, but before he could understand, the man who put the nails had already put the bracket in the groove, and he was actually supported by the upright bed. stand up.

Zhao Xu said happily: "Father, is it comfortable to sit? Do you want it to be higher? Do you want it to be lower?"

Even Han Qi and Zeng Gongliang who were on the side were not surprised: "Mr. Zeng, how good is this folded dragon bed for the throne?! The emperor can sit and walk whenever he wants, so you don't have to waste your energy?!"

The two couldn't help looking left and right around the bed, and Zeng Gongliang also laughed: "Is it good?! But only the imperial guards around the emperor have the strength. They can support this board."

Yingzong sat up like this, which was much easier than letting the eunuch support him, and his eyes lit up for many days, and he smiled a little more.That is to say, he is not physically strong right now, otherwise he would definitely have to jump down to take a good look at what is going on with the folding dragon bed that can lie and sit on the throne.

Seeing that the emperor was happy, the prince, the prime minister and others were even more happy. Only the king was not smiling. He always felt that something was missing, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration: "Prince, please quickly order someone to build a low table. It is wide and narrow. It is narrower than this bed, just enough to be placed on the bed, and the wood is lighter, so it can be used for writing by the Holy One."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Han Qi said flatteringly, "I'll just say, I always feel that if there is something missing, it will be much easier for the Holy Majesty to give instructions."

Yingzong nodded, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, Zhongzhen turned his head and said to a little eunuch serving in the room: "Why don't you hurry up?!"

The little eunuch went out in response, and hurriedly ran towards the House of Internal Affairs. As soon as he went out, he almost bumped into someone. He looked up and saw that it was his master: "Yang Jian, why are you running in such a panic?" Chen Chengli, the chief eunuch, asked.

"Master! Go and have a look quickly. The crown prince and Wang Taibao have made a god bed for the emperor. The emperor can lie down and sit on it. Now the crown prince orders me to quickly arrange a table so that the emperor can give instructions without having to move there. "Yang Jian said in one breath.

"Oh? It seems that the prince has done something that the emperor is happy with and the minister is happy! Then you should do it quickly!" Chen Chengli said and walked towards the emperor's bedroom.

Yang Jian took two steps, stopped and backed away, pulled Chen Chengli and asked: "Master, you can arrange me to go to the East Palace, I found that the prince's things are really strange things!"

Chen Chengli glared at him as if: "You know how to be playful, when you can learn how to please the emperor, you will be promising."

Yang Jian made a grimace, turned around and walked towards the House of Internal Affairs, Chen Chengli scolded: "Little bastard, I almost knocked over the medicine!" He dragged the imperial medicine in his hand and walked towards the emperor's bedroom, thinking of waiting for the emperor After drinking the "medicine" to regain energy, I will talk to him again, and let the monk Qingfu of Baoxiangyuan do the job of a monk official.