Roufu Diji

Chapter 2 Kang Wang Zhao Gou Huayang Flower Shadow
1. Birthday
After the death of Zhezong Zhaoxu, Queen Mother Xiang chose the No. 11 son Zhao Ji as emperor among the sons of Shenzong Zhaoxu. This is Zhao Gou and Roufu's father Huizong.Zhao Ji was deeply influenced by his uncle, the son-in-law of the virtuous princess Wang Shen, and inherited and carried forward three hobbies from this romantic talent in Bianjing: painting, Cuju and food and sex.He claims to inherit the behest of his father Zhao Xu and brother Zhao Xu, and implement new laws to strengthen the country like them, but his enthusiasm for timely entertainment by taking advantage of the imperial power soon surpassed his full ambition at the beginning of his ascension.He can't be as determined to reform as his father Zhao Xu, but his accomplishments in poetry, poetry, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and searching for flowers and willows are far beyond his father's comparison.His numerous concubines gave birth to 31 sons and 34 daughters for him. Zhao Gou was the ninth son, Rou Fu was the No. 20 daughter, half-brother, and they should be like other princes and daughters in the huge court. Like the princesses, each lives with his own mother, and rarely has the opportunity to contact them. Although they are brothers and sisters, the relationship is mostly estranged, and even if they meet, they may not know each other.

However, Rou Fu is different from other sisters to Zhao Gou.Since the day she was born, he has been very aware of her existence.

The mother Wei Shi in Zhao Gou's memory was a very gentle and demure woman. Like many women in the harem, she humblely loved his emperor's father with an attitude of admiration and reverence.She often stands in the courtyard where she lives and admires the spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums in the garden after dusk, but her gaze wanders out of the shadows from time to time intentionally or unintentionally, as if she is looking for someone's figure.Often it takes a long time to stand like this, until the willow shoots are on the moon, and the hope in my eyes gradually burns out.

After growing up, Zhao Gou began to understand the meaning of his mother appreciating flowers, and also understood the fact that she was not favored by his father.Compared with his father's other concubines, his mother lacked the advantages that could attract him.Her family background was not as good as the Queen's, her beauty was not as good as that of Concubine Liu Gui, her eloquence was not as good as Concubine Qiao's, her "qualifications" were not as good as that of Concubine Wang and Concubine Zheng, who was later canonized as a queen, if you really want to find something worth mentioning, the only thing left by my mother is that humble A docile temperament cultivated by birth, but this may not be a bright spot in the eyes of the father, who is accustomed to being a romantic and talented scholar.

Among all the concubines, Zhao Ji especially doted on the king and the second concubine Zheng. They were maids who served the queen mother at first. When they were King Duan, every time they entered the palace to greet the queen mother, they would pass the news on their behalf.Seeing that they are beautiful and charming, and they are intelligent and understanding, Zhao Ji has the intention of loving them and flirting with them from time to time.The queen mother saw all this, and after Zhao Ji came to the throne, she gave them to him as concubines.

Maybe Zhao Ji loved Concubine Zheng more among the two, so after the death of his original partner, Concubine Zheng, he was canonized as Concubine Zheng, but his love for Concubine Wang was by no means comparable to that of ordinary palace people.Concubine Wang Guifei had many children. She successively gave birth to five concubines, Wang Kai of Yun, Wang Zhi of Xin, Wangji of Chen, Huishu, Kangshu, Shunde, Roufu and Xianfu. Roufu was born in the second year of Zhenghe. The fourth daughter of Wang Guifei.

Zhao Gou's mother Wei Shi only gave birth to him one child, and this is already a very unexpected result.At first, she was just serving Empress Zheng's court lady, and she was very close to another court lady Qiao Shi in the Queen's Pavilion, so they became sisters, and they agreed that whoever was favored by the emperor first would introduce another person to share the favor of the emperor.Later, Qiao Shi, who was still lively, cheerful and eloquent, first attracted Zhao Ji's attention, and after she was favored, she was promoted all the way to the imperial concubine, and she did not forget the original oath, and talked all kinds of good things by Zhao Ji's pillow, persuading him to accept Wei Shi as his concubine.For Zhao Ji, there was no reason why he would not do it, but he turned his head and forgot about it after being lucky, and only gave Wei the title of "Pingchang County Lord" who had no status at all.Fortunately, Webster was quite lucky. After a few nights of bedtime, he became pregnant and gave birth to Zhao Gou in the first year of Daguan.

Webster's honor in his later life was all brought by this son.

After giving birth to Zhao Gou, she was soon named Jieyu by the Jin Dynasty.As Zhao Gou grew up, Zhao Ji gradually discovered that this son had wisdom and courage different from other sons, so he also showed great kindness to his mother, and was promoted to Wanrong, but Wei's status was still difficult to compare with other favorite concubines. compared to.

The first time Zhao Gou felt this was on his mother's birthday in Zhenghe's second year.

He was only six years old at the time, but he was unusually precocious to remember the events of that day clearly and to understand its message for years to come.

When his father Zhao Ji really walked into mother Wei Wanrong's courtyard after dusk, she didn't react at all, she forgot to say hello for a moment, she just stared blankly at her emperor's husband, stood there dumbly, without saying a word.It wasn't until Zhao Ji smiled and said to her: "Ms. Wei doesn't know me anymore?" She then pulled her son Zhao Gou to salute with a blushing face.She is used to the hopeless waiting after dusk, but she has already forgotten how to face it if she really waits for someone to come.

Then she laughed hastily but joyfully.Her beautiful face has quietly dimmed in the passage of time, and the heartfelt joy at this moment finally gave her a chance to regain her radiance.Many years later, Zhao Gou still remembers clearly that the look in his mother's eyes was something he had never seen before.That day's mother was extremely beautiful, under the light of the bright lights ordered by the father, she leaned tenderly beside the father, listening to his words and laughing at Yan Yan, and sometimes slightly raised her eyes to look at him, smiling tenderly.

Her smile suddenly froze when Zhao Ji casually said a fact.He said: "My memory is really bad. If Concubine Qiao hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten that today is Mrs. Wei's birthday."

However, her momentary look of disappointment quickly disappeared, and she smiled again, thanking the officials for their love and gifts.Later, Zhao Gou guessed that maybe, mother knew very well that it was an unexpected blessing to be blessed by the emperor on her birthday, and she had no right to care about whether this kindness came from his heart or came out under the persuasion and reminder of others. It is only for her that charity is given to her.

But her rare happy time did not last long.That night, before the birthday banquet, a court lady of Wang Guifei came to report the news that Wang Guifei was about to give birth prematurely.

Wang Guifei's expected date of delivery is five days later, she did not expect to show signs of premature delivery on this day.The maid said that the imperial concubine seemed to be in deep pain, and that it might be difficult to give birth.

Zhao Ji got anxious when he heard the sound, and immediately got up and walked out, without even thinking of saying goodbye to Webster.Wei Shi also stood up in panic, not daring to keep him, but silently sent him a blessing.It was Zhao Gou who chased after him and grabbed his father's clothes, and said to him, "Today is mother's birthday, must daddy leave? Will he come back?"

Zhao Ji bowed his head and said softly: "Daddy must go and see now. He will come back to see you and your mother later."

Then he left resolutely and never came back that night.

Zhao Gou and his mother waited until late at night with the remnant mat, and then someone from the palace came to report: "Concubine Wang gave birth to a little princess, and the officials liked it very much. I also saw that the concubine was weak after giving birth, so I stayed to take care of it. Please, Mrs. Wei, don't let me go. waited."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Gou asked his mother again: "Is Daddy not coming?"

Webster was silent for a moment, then gently picked him up, smiled and said to him: "You have another younger sister, do you like it? Your father has to take care of your new younger sister, so he can't come today. But it doesn't matter, we You can't blame him."

From then on, Zhao Gou remembered that he had a younger sister who was born in the second year of Zhenghe and had the same birthday as his mother.

In the third year of Zhenghe, Zhao Ji imitated the old system of Zhou Dynasty calling the princess Wang Ji, and changed the name of the princess to Di Ji, replacing the previous country name and title with the two-character good name.

Zhao Gou remembered that the sister's good name was heard from Concubine Qiao.One day, Concubine Qiao came to chat with Webster, and when she talked about Concubine Wang's daughter, she suddenly said with great interest: "Sister, have you seen Concubine Wang's fourth daughter? It's the one with my sister's birthday. She looks really Yuxue." She is cute, and she smiles when she sees people, she is not afraid of strangers, she is very cute. The officials gave her the nickname Rou Fu, and it is the most beautiful among all the emperor concubines."

Wei Shi also smiled and said: "Really? Then I will go to see it anytime, and prepare some gifts for her by the way."

They continued chatting, not paying attention to Zhao Gou who was playing on the side, nor did they know that he had been listening silently, and remembered that the younger sister who had a birthday with her mother was called Roufu Diji.

2. Foot binding
In the Lin'an Imperial Palace, after a few polite greetings, Rou Fu followed Zhao Gou into the palace.

Her gait has been beautiful since she was a child, especially when she moves quietly like this.Zhao Gou watched her every move, and the figure of a 15-year-old girl gradually emerged from the depths of her memory. She wore a long-sleeved dress, a long-sleeved dress, and a crown of nine phoenixes and four phoenixes on her head. It is required to walk lightly in the posture of a lady, with the beauty of growing lotus every step of the way.

when was thatWhen she salutes.He sighed dejectedly, thinking about her old appearance.

However, when Rou Fu stepped over the threshold and entered the hall, he noticed her feet sticking out of her skirt.

This is not the soft and slender golden lotus in his impression.

He immediately remembered something.Before welcoming Roufu back, he ordered Feng Yi, who had known Roufu before, and Wu Xin'er, the clan's wife, to go to Yuezhou for an inspection to see if the girl Zhen Cai discovered was really the Empress of Roufu.The two came back and said: "The eyebrows and eyes are exactly the same, but a little thinner, and the questions about the past in Bianjing Palace were answered without any mistakes, but the feet are much bigger than before."

It is indeed much bigger.

After bestowing the seat, he was still thinking about this over and over again, and his eyes could not help but stay on the side of her skirt for a long time in doubt.

Rou Fu understood it clearly, and asked lightly: "Ninth Brother, do you think my feet are much bigger than before?"

Hearing her blunt question, Zhao Gou couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, and said, "My sister thinks she was forced to walk a lot and suffered a lot."

Rou Fu smiled sympathetically, and said to him: "Does Ninth Brother know how we, concubines of concubines with small shoes, bows and socks, were sent to the capital? The golden man Jie Nu scolded us and drove us away, just like chasing cattle and horses. When we arrive in the Kingdom of Jin, we no longer have golden branches and jade leaves, and we work like ordinary servants all day long, and no one serves us to bind our feet. Now that we have escaped in time and come back barefoot, the journey will be thousands of miles, how can we still keep our slender feet as they used to be?"

She told these miserable stories, but she didn't cry, and there was no tear in her eyes, and her expression was so stubborn that she was completely unfamiliar.

Is that her?The Jiji girl three years ago, and the pale beauty in front of her eyes.In a trance, the two beautiful shadows quietly overlapped and separated, and Zhao Gou suddenly felt sad.

He tried to hide his emotions with a smile, trying to remind her of some beautiful memories: "Yuan Yuan, do you still remember the first time you met Brother Nine? It has something to do with your foot binding."

Hearing this, she looked up at him, with a strange glint in her eyes, and said, "If Brother Jiu hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten that Brother Jiu had something to do with my foot binding."

When Zhao Gou saw Rou Fu for the first time, she was already six years old.

In the seventh year of Zhenghe, Roufu's biological mother Wang Guifei died.A difficult birth had damaged her health, and death had come upon her before old age.Before she died, she entrusted several young children to the care of Empress Zheng, including Roufu.

The 11-year-old Zhao Gou also remembered this.Since the birth of Rou Fu, he can remember all the things he heard about her at once, and for some reason, before the age of 11, he didn't even know what she looked like.

He met Rou Fu on a certain day in the autumn of the seventh year of Zhenghe, on the night of "Qianqiu Festival", Queen Zheng's birthday.

The queen's birthday is celebrated with great ceremonies.During the day, the empress received heavy worship from concubines, concubines, and wives in the Kunning Hall. After dusk, she hosted a banquet for all the royal family and wives in the Yanchun Pavilion with a stage in the new palace city "Yanfu Palace" expanded by Zhao Ji .The Secretary of the Jiaofang started to sit at the table after imitating the singing of a hundred birds, and everyone drank wine in order of rank to celebrate the Queen's birthday.Each wine room has special performances by actors and actresses, such as singing, dancing, instrument solo, acrobatics and zaju, etc.There are many etiquettes in the program and it always lasts until late at night.

At first, Zhao Gou just watched without saying a word. Through the scene of birthday celebrations full of flowers and the empress's smile under the adulation of everyone, he gradually remembered the image of his mother waiting for his father's birthday that year.The queen's birthday is the Qianqiu Festival that everyone should celebrate, but the mother's birthday can only be lived in such a bleak way?

He made up his mind that one day, he would also list his mother's birthday as a holiday, so that she could receive congratulations from all over the world on this day.

He started acting in dramas, after all, he is a child at heart, he couldn't stand those obscure and boring dialogues for him when he was young, so he took a birthday cake from the table, and then quietly slipped away from his mother .

The Yanfu Palace is very large, with fifteen pavilions in the east and west, the combination of carved railings and jade brickwork and waterscape gardens, with beautiful flowers and famous trees, the seclusion seems to be born.At this time, there were bright lights everywhere, lighting up the garden like daytime, but outside the Yanchun Pavilion where the banquet was held, it was very quiet outside, presumably most of the people gathered in the pavilion.

A cricket suddenly chirped and flashed before the bored Zhao Gou.On a whim, he put the fairy peach in his arms into his arms, and chased after her.The cricket was very nimble, which attracted him to pluck the weeds, flutter left and right, and was so busy that he had already bypassed several garden gates and winding paths before he knew it.

When he finally caught the cricket and put it in the golden silk cage that he carried with him, he suddenly heard a burst of sobbing breaking through the distant sound of gongs and drums, and reached his ears clearly.

The thin cry was completely different from today's joyful atmosphere.So he was very curious, and explored in the direction of the sound.

After passing through two double doors, he came to a palace with the inscription "Jiang'e" on the door.There was candlelight inside, and he recognized that the cry was from a girl.

The door was unlocked, and he went in, across the small hall, into the bedroom inside, and then he saw the weeping girl.

A little girl about five or six years old, wearing white silk pajamas, with neat hair draped over her shoulders, was sitting on the bed and crying. Seeing him coming in, she immediately looked at him vigilantly, a little frightened.

"Who are you? Are you also a court lady?" he asked.

She hesitated for a moment, probably wanting to ignore him, but finally shook her head as an answer.

Seeing her denial, and noticing the exquisite furnishings in the bedroom, he immediately realized her identity: "You are the daughter of the emperor, right? Which Empress is it?"

"I... am Roufu..." She replied timidly.

He was a little surprised, he didn't expect that what he saw now was the legendary Rou Fu.

"Why are you crying?" He asked her after a moment of silence.

Rou Fu lowered his head, rubbed his red eyes and said, "I woke up, and there's no one here..."

It turned out that she was afraid.That day when the emperor left his mother, it was this little thing and her mother who he had to take care of.Thinking of this, he was slightly displeased, but when he turned his head and looked at Rou Fu in front of him, all the displeasure almost disappeared.It turned out that she was such a little doll, with fair skin, delicate facial features, a pitiful porcelain doll that could cry.

She did need someone to take care of her, so he forgave his father for his contempt for his mother at that moment.

He walked to her bedside and told her: "The servants who served you probably saw that you were asleep, so they ran to watch the queen's birthday banquet drama, but it doesn't matter, I am your ninth brother, I can talk with you."

"Are you my brother too?" She smiled in surprise: "After my mother brought me here, my brothers can't visit me often..."

Zhao Gou nodded and said, "Then are you bored? Come on, get out of bed, and I'll take you out to play."

Rou Fu happily agreed, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, but when her feet touched the ground, she immediately frowned and screamed in pain.

Zhao Gou hurriedly asked her what was wrong, she pointed and said, "My feet hurt so much!"

Zhao Gou looked down and found that her feet were tightly wrapped in strips of white silk, and they were also tightly stitched with needles and threads.

He understood: "Are you binding your feet?" At that time, noble women in the palace already had the habit of binding their feet, and Zhao Ji also liked women with small feet, so he stipulated that every imperial concubine should have their feet bound.

Roufu nodded, his expression was aggrieved, and his tears were shining brightly.

"Does it hurt?" Although Zhao Gou knew about the footbinding, he didn't know the process and the woman's feelings about it, and he had never heard of it, so he felt very strange.

Rou Fu sat back on the bed again, and said: "It's painful and hot, it's so painful that it's hard to fall asleep, I was just woken up by the pain. I can't even walk, I can't go out to play with Brother Jiu."

"Since it hurts, then remove the cloth!" Zhao Gou said while taking out the little golden knife on his body: "I will help you remove it."

Rou Fu said hesitantly: "It's my mother who wants me to pester you..."

"But it should be taken apart if it caused you such pain." After Zhao Gou finished speaking, he went directly to pick the stitches on the white silk on her feet.

Although Rou Fu was a little scared, he was happy to be able to release this bondage, so he stopped talking and let him remove the white silk for himself.

It took Zhao Gou a lot of time to completely untie the white silk that was entangled repeatedly, and then he saw a pair of red and swollen feet.

The skin on her calf was pink and lovely, but her feet were red and swollen.Previously, the soles of the feet were tightly pressed and wrapped tightly, in order to restrain the growth as much as possible, and make the feet appear slender and straight.After untying it, Roufu seemed to feel a little itchy, so he stretched out his hand and scratched his right foot, and the instep was immediately scratched, showing a bloodstain.

Zhao Gou hurriedly pulled her hand away and said, "Don't scratch, the skin is very thin now, if you scratch it again, it will be bloody."

Roufu couldn't help crying again, and said, "I've seen them bind my sister Shunde's feet, and in the end every time they bound the feet, there was a lot of blood, and the cloth and the skin were all glued together."

Zhao Gou looked at her sympathetically and asked, "How long have you been entangled? What kind of entanglement are you going to make?"

Rou Fu said: "I've only been bound for more than two months. It seems that the excess flesh and blood on the feet will be melted away in the end, and only the skin will wrap the bones."

Wrapped only in skin?Zhao Gou asked in surprise, "Can you still walk with that foot?"

Rou Fu nodded and said, "My three older sisters are bound like this. Dad said that although the feet are bound, the walk will be slower, but the gait is beautiful..."

Zhao Gou felt the heart-piercing pain for her in advance, and comforted the tearful sister, "I'll go and persuade father and queen not to let your feet be bound."

"Really?" Roufu asked with joy.

Zhao Gou said yes, and she smiled slightly.Seeing her smile made him happy too.

Suddenly noticed that there was a table of untouched food on the table in her room, which seemed to have been left for a long time and was already cold, Zhao Gou thought of a question: "Have you not had dinner yet?"

"Well," Roufu said, "the foot hurt so much, I cried all afternoon and then fell asleep."

Zhao Gou remembered the fairy peach brought out from the banquet, and said to her: "The food is cold and can't be eaten, let me give you a snack."

Unexpectedly, when he reached out to touch it, he found that Xiantao had been crushed to pieces when he was bouncing around to catch crickets just now.Smiled awkwardly, and then said: "How about this, I'll go to the imperial dining room to get you something to eat. What do you want to eat? Crispy Indian, Furong Cake, Camel's Hoof, Melaleuca, Crabmeat Bun, or Molasses Yunguo Yuan Huanxi?"

She shook her head and asked worriedly, "Are you going out? Then I won't eat."

Zhao Gou knew that she was afraid of being alone, so he comforted her, "I'll come as soon as I go. I'll give you a little thing to accompany you." He reached into his sleeve and took out the small golden cage containing crickets and handed it to her, then quickly walked towards the imperial dining room run away.

At that time, all the dishes for the birthday banquet had been served, and the banquet had not yet ended, so all the cooks in the imperial dining room had gone out to have a rest, and only one cook was sitting in front of the door and taking a nap.Zhao Gou walked in from her side and she didn't wake up for a while.

Because it is the queen's birthday, the imperial dining room naturally has a complete range of snacks.Zhao Gou picked a few dishes according to his favorite food, put them on a big plate, and went out to go back.Unexpectedly, the cook woke up just a few steps away, and when she saw him Shi Shiran took the food from the room, she was immediately furious, and rushed over while yelling: "Little Huangmen, who killed a thousand knives, dared to do it in front of my old lady!" Steal food!"

Zhao Gou turned around upon hearing the sound, and said coldly, "Look who I am."

The cook was stunned for a moment, saw his clothes clearly, and immediately withdrew the hand that was about to wave to his face abruptly, and asked tentatively: "I wonder if the little official is..."

"King of Guangping County." He calmly and dignifiedly said his title at that time.

The cook quickly knelt down on the ground, and said with an apologetic smile: "It turned out to be the Nine Great Kings. The servants have eyes that don't recognize Mount Tai, and offended the King, please forgive me. Did the King take enough snacks? Do you want the servants to send some over?"

He looked at this servant indifferently, seeing her rough skin, rough manners, ugly appearance, and an unpleasant smell of garlic coming out of her mouth when she spoke, he felt quite disgusted in his heart, so he looked at her Said: "No need. You go."

She nodded and bowed in agreement, bowed her head and took a few steps back before turning back to the imperial dining room.

Looking at her back, Zhao Gou suddenly found that this cook had a pair of unbound feet.

3. Crimson calyx
This discovery reminded him of a fact that he hadn't noticed before: Most of the noble women in the palace have a pair of slender feet, and even the court ladies of a little status have their feet bound. Therefore, these concubines often forcefully wrap their feet again regardless of the shape of their older feet. They try their best to make their feet look smaller.But those who really never thought about footbinding, and who are careless and not ashamed of Tianzu are those rough envoys and servants who are like the cooks in front of them.

It turns out that for women, the size of their feet directly represents their status.

So, how can a delicate Diji like Roufu, his sister, not have her feet bound, and let her feet grow as big as this rough cook in the future?
Thinking about this question all the way back to Jiang'e Pavilion, before approaching, I heard Rou Fu's terrified crying from inside.He immediately rushed in quickly, but saw that her bedroom was already full of people: Empress Zheng, and a number of slaves and servants.

In front of Roufu's bed were two maids, who were reaching out to catch her who was huddled in the corner of the bed, while Roufu shrank and pulled the quilt while hiding and crying, shaking his head desperately and crying, "I won't be entangled, I won't Entangling..."

Zhao Gou knelt down to greet the queen.Empress Zheng was a little surprised to see him appearing suddenly, but she didn't ask much, she just nodded to let him get up, and then turned to Rou Fu and said, "Oh, how can there be an emperor who doesn't bind her feet? Untie the white silk, you child is too ignorant." Then ordered the servant: "Hurry up and ask Diji to stretch out her feet!"

The servant woman agreed to force Roufu to come out.Rou Fu screamed and struggled to look at Zhao Gou for help.

Seeing this, Zhao Gou knelt down again, and said to Empress Zheng: "My queen, please don't blame sister Roufu. It was the minister who helped her untie the white silk just now. I realized that I was wrong, so I went to persuade my sister to accept footbinding."

Empress Zheng stared at him for a while in surprise, then finally nodded and said, "Okay, go and talk to her."

Zhao Gou walked up to Rou Fu, she didn't seem to understand what he just said, she looked at him tearfully and shouted: "Ninth Brother..."

Zhao Gou didn't know how to persuade her for a while, and after a long silence, he said: "Sister, all the daughters of the emperor must have a pair of slender feet. This is something that cannot be changed. You will understand when you grow up. Although it will hurt now , but it’s good to bear it. If the pain is so painful that you can’t sleep, you can listen to the crickets, and you can fall asleep after listening to it.”

He handed the snacks to the maid at the side, and then picked up the cricket cages that she had scattered when she was struggling from Rou Fu's bed, and silently put them in her hands.

Rou Fu looked down at the cricket in the cage, and two tears fell down in aggrieved way, which startled the cricket to start chirping endlessly in the silent pavilion.

Seeing that she no longer resisted, the maid asked a court lady to come and hug her, and each of them grabbed a foot, wiped it off, sprinkled a layer of alum powder on it, and wrapped it tightly with white silk again.

Empress Zheng smiled, and said to Zhao Gou, "Ninth brother is very sensible even though he is young. It's really rare. It's late now, you should go back quickly, your mother must be looking for you in a hurry."

Zhao Gou had no choice but to leave. Before going out, he looked back at Roufu, only to see that she was frowning and screaming in pain, her face was full of tears, and she was clutching the little golden cage he gave her tightly. I'm afraid the cage has been deformed by her.

He couldn't bear to look any more, turned around and left.

The palace he prepared for Roufu in the Lin'an Palace was also named "Jiang'e".When he took her to Jiang'e Pavilion, she stared at the plaque on the door for a long time, thinking.

At this time, the sweet-scented osmanthus in the palace courtyard was in full bloom, and when the breeze blew, there were bursts of tulips. She felt it, looked back slightly and said with a smile: "The sweet-scented osmanthus is very fragrant."

Zhao Gou also smiled at her and said, "Not only are there sweet-scented osmanthus, the courtyard is full of four-season flowers, including winter jasmine, peach blossom, apricot blossom, durian flower, rose, peony, lily, daylily, gardenia, chrysanthemum, hibiscus and plum blossoms." There are flowers to enjoy in all seasons." After a pause, he said, "I remember my sister likes cherry blossoms very much, and I have ordered people to find the best varieties. Next spring, the cherry blossoms here will surely bloom like those in Huayang Palace. As gorgeous as the cherry blossoms."

"Oh? Did I ever tell Brother Nine that I like cherry blossoms?" Rou Fu asked, but did not look at him, his eyes drifted leisurely over the flowers and plants in the courtyard, his tone was light and breezy.

"Have you forgotten?" Zhao Gou said sadly, "You used to play games under the cherry blossom trees in Huayang Palace. One day, you were swinging in the rain of flowers..."

She was wearing a light spring shirt and sitting on a swing under the tree, and the pink cherry blossom petals were falling like rain, gently clinging to her hair, face and dress. same color.

Rou Fu listened quietly, as if quite engrossed, but saw that he stopped talking, so he asked: "And then?"

"Then?" Zhao Gou was very surprised, looked at her and frowned and asked, "You... really don't remember?"

Rou Fu smiled and said: "It's been a long time since these things happened, I may not remember everything."

How could she have become such a stranger?Even this memory has been discarded, as if only this still beautiful body remains, and the soul inside has completely changed.

Zhao Gou and Rou Fu stood silently under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in front of Jiang'e Pavilion, only a short distance away, but he felt helplessly that more than three years had drawn a distance as far as the horizon between them.

Since the Qianqiu Festival that year, Zhao Gou has not seen Roufu for several years.Rou Fu was raised by Empress Zheng, and she was strictly disciplined. She was not allowed to go out easily to contact with her brothers.In December of the third year of Xuanhe, the 15-year-old Zhao Gou was promoted to King Kang. After the crowning ceremony the next year, Zhao Ji gave him a mansion and ordered him to live in the palace, so he had no chance to meet Roufu.

In the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Jin army invaded the south on a large scale, targeting Bianjing directly, and the situation was very critical.Zhao Ji was so anxious that he was at a loss and completely lost his mind.The ministers suggested that the crown prince should be ordered to supervise the country first, and the emperor Nanxing should take refuge temporarily, and return to the capital after the crisis is resolved.Li Gang remonstrated with a blood letter: "If the name is not correct, the words will not go well. Why is the prison country peaceful and foreign? Your Majesty is not as good as the Zen throne. The prince is wise and will be able to restore God's will and calm people's hearts." Xin, then agreed to the Zen position, and in December of the seventh year of Xuanhe issued an edict to summon the prince Zhao Huan to the palace to be the emperor.Zhao Huan wept and declined, but Zhao Ji refused, so Zhao Huan accepted Zen and took over the governance of the country, respecting Zhao Ji as the leader of the Taoist Emperor Taishang Emperor, and Empress Zheng as the Taoist Emperor Taishang Queen.Zhao Ji and Empress Zheng left to live in Longde Palace and no longer interfered with political affairs.

The next year, Zhao Huan changed the Yuan to the first year of Jingkang.In the first month of the spring of this year, the Jin people once again aggressively invaded the capital and stationed troops in the northwest of the city. Jin Shuai Wanyan Zongwang (Wolibu) sent envoys into the city and invited the Prince of Song Dynasty and the prime minister to Jinjunzhai to discuss peace.Zhao Huan first sent Tongzhi Privy Council member Li Wei and others to envoy gold.That Li Yan is as timid as a mouse, once he stepped into the Jinjun stronghold and saw the Jinjun soldiers, he was scared out of his wits and trembling constantly, how could he "negotiate peace", he listened to whatever the Jinjun said, only nodding his head .Under such circumstances, he brought back four humiliating peace treaties proposed by the Jinren: 500. Xiangjinnah 5000 million taels of gold, [-] million taels of silver, one million pieces of satin, and ten thousand heads of cattle and horses; Three towns between; [-]. Emperor Song respectfully called Emperor Jin his uncle; [-]. Taking Prince Song and the prime minister as hostages, he went to Jinying and sent the Jin army across the river.

Zhao Huan almost completely accepted it in desperation, but he hesitated when sending any prince to Jinying as a hostage.He summoned several younger brothers who had always been known to be courageous and courageous to discuss, and he turned his questioning eyes on them, but none of them dared to respond calmly, and they all bowed their heads and remained silent.

Zhao Huan shook his head and sighed: "Now that the country is in crisis, can it be difficult for my virtuous brothers to share my worries?"

This time, as soon as the words fell, someone outside the hall responded loudly: "Please allow your majesty to allow me to go to Jinjunzhai to share your majesty's worries."

Zhao Huan was overjoyed, and looked up, and saw a young man stepping into the hall boldly, with a resolute and calm expression.

That was his ninth younger brother, Kang Wang Zhaogou who was 19 years old at the time.

4. Mission
Zhao Gou walked in slowly, greeted Zhao Huan, and then asked Zhao Huan to send him to Jinying.Zhao Huan heaved a sigh of relief when he saw him take the initiative to ask, but he really decided to make an order, thinking of the brotherhood, but with a compassionate expression, he said to Zhao Gou apologetically: "Ninth brother, this is a very important trip, and we must be very careful. I would not have agreed to let my brother take such a risk if it hadn't been for the urgent persecution of the Jin people. Alas, it is my inability to defend against the enemy, which has caused you trouble."

Zhao Gou resolutely said: "The enemy wants the prince as a hostage, and the minister is the clan's plan, how can he refuse to give way!"

Zhao Huan praised and thanked him again and again, so he appointed Zhao Gou as the military envoy, Zhang Bangchang as the deputy envoy, and sent two or three officials to accompany them to Jinjunzhai.Li Wei, who came back from Jinjunzhai, heard about it, and said that Zhao Gou asked for an envoy with the intention of seeking merit and not knowing the danger, so he quietly pulled him over and said to him: "The Kingdom of Jin is afraid that the Southern Dynasty will lose faith, so it asks the prince to send them over." You can only come back after the Yellow River, does Your Majesty know this?"

Zhao Gou glanced at him coldly, and said seriously: "The country is in danger now, even if it is to serve the country with death, it should be served."

As soon as this statement came out, those who heard it were terrified, and secretly admired his courage and spirit, but Li Yan was already blushing, and he was so embarrassed that he had nowhere to hide.

Zhao Gou didn't tell his mother Wei Wanrong about this for the time being, but the news was shocking after all, and soon spread throughout the university.When Webster heard the news for the first time, he almost fainted. He immediately got up and ran towards the emperor's bedroom in Longde Palace. He found Zhao Ji, fell on his knees, and begged him with tears to let Zhao Huan take back his life, and not to let her only one. His son Zhao Gou went to the enemy camp to risk his life.

However, Zhao Ji just kept sighing and comforting her repeatedly, saying that he would be back in a few days, and when Zhao Gou came back, he would be rewarded generously and given the real power of soldiers and horses.

Webster shook her head desperately, but still insisted on begging, but Zhao Ji still refused, so she knelt in front of him, ignoring the inconvenience of the Zhucui hairpin, kowtowing to the ground again and again, kowtowing and crying: "Please, Your Majesty!" !"

She kept repeating this sentence until her forehead was stained with blood, her hair was in a mess, and her flowers were in a mess. Zhao Ji stopped her several times, seeing that she didn't listen, so she ignored her, turned her head and closed her eyes without saying a word. send.

This is what Zhao Gou saw when he heard the news.

He silently walked over and helped his mother up, and said softly to her: "Mother, I asked for it myself, it has nothing to do with Father, let's not disturb Father, let's go back."

Webster still wept and refused to leave.Seeing her son here, Zhao Ji was also quite sorry, so she persuaded her, "Ninth brother is very courageous, this trip is no different from making a great contribution to the country, Wan Rong taught his son well, I am very relieved, and I specially enshrine you as Longde Concubine Gongxian, who lives next to my sleeping hall, what do you think?"

Webster sadly said: "There are 31 sons in the Supreme Court, but there is only one concubine, brother Jiu. The concubine cherishes him more than his own life. If he does not return safely, the concubine will not be able to live. If you want these false names What's the benefit? If the Supreme Master can persuade the officials to withdraw their orders, even if the ministers and concubines are deposed as commoners and slaves as servants, the ministers and concubines will be willing."

Zhao Ji was very embarrassed when he heard it, and Zhao Gou immediately persuaded him: "Mother, don't say that." Then he knelt down and kowtowed solemnly in front of his father, and said, "I thank my father for the reward on my mother's behalf." Then he stood up and supported him again. Mother smiled and said, "Mother, you will be a concubine Xian from now on."

Concubine Xian, like Concubine Gui, Concubine Shu, and Concubine De, was among the top-ranking concubines in the Song Dynasty.It has been Webster's wish for many years to be promoted as a concubine, but he did not expect to get it under such circumstances.At this moment, there is no sense of joy at all, only more grief from the heart, hugging his son and crying until his heart breaks.

Zhao Gou also hugged his mother gently, feeling depressed and sentimental in his heart.Generosity, although it is a decision to promote the birth with enthusiasm for serving the country, but it is also to change the relatively humble status of their mother and son.He was used to seeing his mother's sorrow and tears since he was a child. Now that he has grown up, he will try to protect his mother and give her the glory that she has been longing for for more than ten years. For this reason, he has listed a series of plans. Going to the Golden Camp was the first step. Even if it was a big gamble, he still had to have the courage to put all his eggs in one basket.

Before leaving, Zhao Goumi played to Zhao Huan: "If the court has a military plan, it can be implemented as much as possible. Don't think of a prince." Hearing what he said, Zhang Bangchang, the deputy envoy, worried that Zhao Huan would rush to send troops regardless of their life and death. I only feel that the future is worrying, and I can't help crying.Zhao Gou frowned when he saw this, and said with great emotion: "Being an envoy is a man's business, and your husband should not do this." Zhang Bangchang felt ashamed at what he said, and immediately wiped away his tears silently, not daring to show any more worry.

Outside the city gate, Zhao Gou made a solemn promise to Yiyi's farewell mother: "For my mother, I will return safely." Then he jumped on his horse and galloped resolutely towards Jinjunzhai without looking back.

Webster's heart groaned again, and she fell to her knees weakly in the smoke and dust raised by the horse's hooves, letting endless tears flood her painful face.

Jin Shuai Wanyanzong saw that Song Guoruo sent the prince to come, and he wanted to show off his power, so in the name of welcoming him, he ordered the elite soldiers in the camp to hold sharp spears, strong shields, sharp steel knives, line up in two lines, and wait for them to enter the army camp for more than a mile.Zhao Gou didn't panic when he saw this, he rode his horse slowly to the front of the stronghold, then dismounted calmly, and walked towards Zongwang's commander's tent at a brisk pace. He went on.Zhang Bangchang and others timidly followed behind him, step by step.

After meeting Zongwang, Zhang Bangchang and others hurriedly presented the affidavit prepared by Zhao Huan respectfully. After saluting, they bowed to the north again to pay tribute to the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, and then carefully stood aside, not daring to say anything more. Word.Among the group of people, only Zhao Gou bowed to Zongwang as a salute, did not bow again, and then stood upright, and sat down naturally after Zongwang asked him to take a seat. No matter whether Zongwang's words were loudly intimidating or implying aggressiveness, he responded calmly , without changing his face, without showing the slightest timidity.

Zong Wang saw that he was only a boy of eighteen or nineteen years old, but he was not afraid of entering the enemy camp, he couldn't help but secretly marveled.After leaving them to live in the stronghold, they were sent to monitor closely day and night.Zhang Bangchang was frightened all day long, and frequently asked Zongwang when he would cross the river to return the gold. Zongwang saw that although the Song court accepted the peace agreement, less than one-tenth of the gold and silver demanded by the Kingdom of Jin had been paid to the village, and the land had not yet been paid. Therefore, he was not in a hurry to return home, and only sent some cavalry to burn, kill and loot outside the capital every day.

Zhao Gou was completely different from Zhang Bangchang, he never asked them when they would return, except for occasionally going out to watch the Cuju acrobatics of the Jin army in the village, he just sat in the tent and read a book, freeing himself.Zong Wang would sometimes enter his account to observe his behavior and attitude, Zhao Gou would nod his head as a courtesy when he saw him, but would not pay him much attention.

One day Zongwang came to Zhao Gou's tent again, saw him reading a book again, and asked, "What book are you reading?"

Zhao Gou replied, "Sun Tzu's Art of War."

Zong Wang sneered and said, "You Song people know how to talk about armies on paper, but in reality you are always powerless. Not to mention leading armies in battle, you may not even have the strength to hold a bow and hunt."

Zhao Gou looked up at him when he heard the words, and saw a black iron bow on his back, so he smiled slightly and said, "Marshal, can you take a look at this bow?"

Zongwang laughed loudly, and said, "You want to draw this bow? This bow has been with me for many years, and it is very capable. Even the bravest soldiers in the Kingdom of Jin may not be able to draw it fully!" He untied the bow while talking. He came down, took an arrow, held it together and handed it to Zhao Gou, and said, "I'll give you some insight, but be careful, don't break your hand."

Zhao Gou got up to take it, glanced at it briefly, then drew the arrow into the bow, stretched out his arms, and slowly pulled it away.

Gradually full, and Zongwang's smile also gradually solidified.

Zhao Gou looked straight ahead, with his lips tightly closed, his expression solemn.Turning around suddenly, he aimed the arrow on the string at Zongwang in an instant.

Zongwang was startled, and immediately turned sideways to avoid it.

Seeing this, Zhao Gou smiled brightly, raised his head and pointed his bow towards the sky, released his right hand, and the arrow flew out of the string with a "swish", piercing the dome and flying into the sky.

Then Zhao Gou threw the bow on the table, sat down again, picked up the book and read quietly.At the moment, he was wearing a light robe and belt, with a white silk scarf tied around his hair. He had a handsome face, and read a book with a peaceful and leisurely expression. The bow was lying on the table in front of him inexplicably, as if it had never been related to him.

Zong Wang stood silently for a while, and finally ordered with a cold face: "Come on, let's try archery with me!"

Zhao Gou didn't refuse, put down the scroll and followed him out of the account slowly.

When he got to the place where he was practicing archery, Zong Wang drew his bow first, and shot one arrow, about an inch above the heart of the rake, the second arrow was about an inch lower, and the third arrow pierced the heart of the rake.The three arrows go down in a row, neither deflected nor oblique, just in a straight line.Zong Wang was quite complacent, squinted at Zhao Gou, raised his hand and handed the bow in front of him.

After Zhao Gou took the bow, he picked up three arrows leisurely, held them all in his right hand, and then drew the bow to aim. Before Zong Wang could see clearly, he sent out the three arrows one by one with lightning speed. Unceasingly, and the three arrows gathered together, hitting the bull's-eye.

After a moment of silence, Jin Bing, who was watching from the side, also forgot his identity, and blurted out their applause, while Zong Wang's face was pale, facing Zhao Gou, who was calmly raising his bow and waiting for him to speak, it took him a while to think of a sentence: "You Is he really the younger brother of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty?"

Zhao Gou nodded, and replied clearly: "I am the ninth son of the Supreme Emperor, the leader of Taoism, and the ninth younger brother of the current emperor, Kang Wang Zhao Gou."

Zong Wang stared at him for a long time, then took the bow in his hand, and left without saying a word.

In February, Li Gang, the right minister of Shangshu, saw that although the Jin people still did not retreat after the peace agreement, he asked Zhao Huan to send troops to attack Jinjunzhai at night to annihilate or force him to retreat.Zhao Huan then ordered Yao Pingzhong, the capital of Xuanfu Division of Huijing, to lead the night attack. He didn't want the Jin people to know the news in advance, and they were prepared.

When Zong Wang saw that the Prince of Song was being held hostage but secretly attacked the Jin army, he was furious and called the envoys of the Song Dynasty to his tent, where he asked sharply why the Southern Dynasty violated their oath and used troops to attack the stronghold.Zhang Bangchang was so terrified that he wept like rain and did not dare to utter a word, while Zhao Gou replied calmly with his expression unchanged: "We are in Jinjunzhai, how can we know the strategic plan of the imperial court? Forgive me we can't answer the Marshal's question." Question." Turning to Zhang Bangchang, who was in tears, he said coldly: "For the country, I die, why should I be so sorry for my life?"

Zong Wang saw that he could remain unmoved under such circumstances, and his behavior and speech were still neither humble nor overbearing, and he became more suspicious of his identity.After angrily waving his hands to order them to withdraw, he said to the generals on the left and right: "This King Kang is not like a prince of the Southern Dynasty at all. If a prince grew up in a deep palace, how can he be as good at riding and shooting as he is! He must be a general. Son, pretending to be the name of King Kang as a hostage. If the prince born of the weak Supreme Emperor of the Southern Dynasty, how could he have such courage after entering the enemy camp? It is no wonder that the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty dared to break his oath regardless of his safety. Fortified."

So he sent someone to inform Zhao Huan, asking for another prince to be a hostage.After Zhao Huan repeatedly considered the choice of persuasion, he sent his fifth younger brother Su Wangshu to Jinjunzhai to replace Kang Wanggou.A few days later, King Su went to Jinjunzhai, formally promised to cut off the land of the three towns, and brought Zhao Huan's edict, Jin made Zhang Bangchang the grand master, and continued to stay in the army. Zong Wang nodded in agreement, and let Zhao Gou return to Bianjing .

5. Genyue
After Zhao Gou came back from Jinjunzhai, Zhao Huan really rewarded him generously. He was promoted to be Taifu, Jingjiang, and Fengning Army Jiedu envoy. Yuan Genyue, and gave him the Xiaoxian Pavilion as a resting place during the day.

The construction of Genyue was one of the few important things Huizong Zhao Ji did seriously in his life.Compared with the old palace where the emperors lived before Shenzong, the previously expanded Yanfu Palace was exquisitely crafted and perfect, but under the encouragement and encouragement of Cai Jing and others, Zhao Ji never stopped chasing all the better things.While studying and pondering his calligraphy, painting and poetry skills with an attitude of excellence, he is also looking for and creating the best in the world for him to enjoy for entertainment, such as beauties and palace gardens.

In the seventh year of Zhenghe, Taoist Liu Hunkang suggested that the northeast corner outside the imperial city was low-lying, so the emperor's heirs were not wide.So Zhao Ji happily found an excuse to start building again.In December of that year, he ordered people to start building a large garden-style palace outside Jinglong Gate.There is an artificial main peak in the garden, built in imitation of Phoenix Mountain in Hangzhou, named Longevity Mountain, and later renamed Genyue. "Gen" belongs to the eight trigrams, and "Yue" is the general name of all the mountains. The meaning of Genyue is to gather all the famous mountains in the world into one garden.For this reason, Zhao Ji did not hesitate to use the flowers and stones that cost people money and wealth, and ordered people to select flowers, trees and strange stones from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Sichuan, Shandong, Hunan and other places, and transport them to Bianjing for thousands of miles.Those flowers and trees are top-quality plants from all over the place, which are of great value, but the journey is long, and countless of them died in the middle, and only one out of ten survived after being transported to the capital.The strange stones are even more troublesome. Those large pieces of Taihu Lake stones with strange shapes are often several feet high, requiring thousands of people to drag them and carry them on a large boat.Sometimes it costs 30 yuan just to transport a big stone.

In the fourth year of Xuanhe, Genyue was built with the help of this disturbing flower and stone gang, and it took six years.It is more than ten miles around, and the main peak is ninety steps high. It combines the majesty of Tiantai, Yandang, Fenghuang, and Lufu mountains, as well as the vast water scenery of Erchuan, Three Gorges, and Yunmeng.The famous flowers in the garden are fragrant and lingering, the beautiful trees are flourishing, and the flying springs and clear water are glistening, making the garden unsurpassed in beauty and beauty.The front gate of Genyue Garden is named "Huayang", so Genyue is also called Huayang Palace.

In the late spring of the first year of Jingkang, when Zhao Gou used the privilege bestowed on him by the emperor to ride his horse into Genyue for the first time, the cherry blossoms were in full bloom.

I was in an inexplicably good mood that day, riding a horse sometimes galloping and sometimes slowing down, the horse’s hooves were not on the shallow grass, the oncoming spring breeze and the fragrance of flowers filled the sleeves, and the palace people scattered in the garden smiled happily at him, looking at him from time to time. Kiss his hairline brow.

Walking to the edge of Fengchi, he saw the gorgeous cherry blossoms on the bank.

There are many varieties of flowers in Genyue, including domestic famous ones. Regardless of the original habits of the flowers, they can grow very well after being planted in the garden.Among them, Zhao Ji's favorites are golden moth, jade shame, tiger ear, phoenix tail, jasmine, quna, jasmine, and smile, which are called "Genyue eight fragrances". All the splendor in between.

Each flower has layers of petals that are as thin as silk, and the flower stem seems to be unable to bear the weight of such flowers, and hangs lazily in a languid posture.And the scene of the pink trees forming a cluster of flowers, reflected in the Fengchi, seems to have dyed the clear water into the color of cherry blossoms.

He rode his horse slowly under the row of cherry blossom trees, and when the wind blew, the petals fell like snow. Then, through the shower of flowers, the figures of two young girls gradually came into view.

They are about fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing the uniform daily light green spring clothes of court ladies, combing the same style of small buns, and kicking shuttlecock facing each other.

The older girl was facing him, with a pretty face, and she could see that she was very good at kicking the shuttlecock. She could always catch the shuttlecock as it flew over her embroidered shoes, and danced it freely.Although those feet are natural feet, they are not too big, and their shape is quite straight.

After kicking it a few times, she passed the shuttlecock to the little girl on the opposite side, and the little girl hurriedly stretched out her skirt to catch it.The little girl turned her back to Zhao Gou, and he couldn't see her clearly, but the right foot she stretched out while moving sideways caught his attention.

Slender and beautiful, exquisite and attractive, the color of the shoes is also light green, but it is not the style of ordinary court ladies, it is much more delicate, embroidered with beautiful patterns.

Can such a small foot kick shuttlecock?He continued to observe with interest.

The slender feet must make it difficult for her to walk steadily, but this girl seems to be very lively. The cutest thing is that she always has a desire to move. She holds the skirt with both hands and stretches her feet to kick the shuttlecock. It was so soft and slippery that she couldn't hold herself back, it was very difficult to catch the shuttlecock, and it made her almost unable to stand up, her body was shaking and she was about to fall, but it added a bit of delicate and charming posture.

She tried her best to kick the shuttlecock a few times, and the last kick of the shuttlecock landed a little far away from her. In a hurry, she stretched out her foot and kicked it fiercely, kicking the shuttlecock high with the back of her foot, and the person fell to the ground in response.

Her companion let out a soft cry, and rushed to help her up, but she didn't care, her eyes followed the trajectory of the shuttlecock's flight.

The shuttlecock flew straight towards Zhao Gou who was behind them, and he caught it with his hand.Then holding the shuttlecock, he smiled at them as a sign.

The two girls stared at him blankly and didn't speak for a while.

He saw clearly the face of the little girl he had paid attention to just now.With water-shearing eyes and snowy skin like tender petals, she has become as delicate and beautiful as the undefeated cherry blossoms blooming among the green mountains and clear waters of Huayang Palace in her cardamom years.

He was secretly surprised, wondering which master such a beautiful girl would serve, and who would have the heart to make her a slave.

He dismounted and went to hand the shuttlecock back to her.

She took it, staring at him with wide eyes wantonly.

It was her companion who reacted first, thinking that she had seen him before, and gave him a blessing: "Nine Kings."

So the little girl smiled happily and said, "So you are the king of Jiu...!"

Her voice is also clear and pleasant.He nodded, unconsciously smiling at her gently.

She raised the shuttlecock again and suggested, "Your Majesty, come play with us."

Startled, her companion gently tugged at her sleeve, signaling no.But she didn't understand at all, so she turned around and asked her, "What are you doing by pulling my sleeve?"

The older girl had no choice but to bow her head in embarrassment.

She asked again: "Is the king kicking?"

Zhao Gou smiled again and said, "Okay."

Although he seldom plays this kind of girls' games, he is as good at Cuju as his father, so it is no problem to play shuttlecock now.I honestly kicked it a few times and found it boring, so I used the skills in Cuju. From time to time, I used my back or chest to meet, and even the forehead, mouth and nose can be used as feet. On the body without falling.

The little girl watched with great interest and kept applauding.The girl beside her watched quietly, with a faint smile on her lips.

After kicking alone for a while, he beckoned them to play together, and she happily agreed.He carefully kicked the shuttlecock to a place where she could easily pick it up, and she caught one steadily, immediately giggling.

So the three of them kicked for a while, until the guard of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the palace saw Zhao Gou when he was passing by, and came towards him to greet him, the two girls suddenly woke up, put away their shuttlecocks, and left go.

Although the little girl was dragged away by her companions in a hurry, she still looked back at Zhao Gou frequently.He also watched her off, smiling at each other when their eyes met.

Zhao Gou didn't realize until they were far away that he hadn't asked them where the maids were, and he didn't even know their names.After thinking about it, I feel that this idea is boring, so what if I know it?It's just a playmate we met by chance, so why do we need to know who she is.

6. First kiss
In the next few days, Zhao Gou went to Gen Yue frequently, sometimes to discuss state affairs with Zhao Huan, and sometimes to visit his father and mother who were lucky enough to travel, but every time he saw them, he did not return to the palace immediately as usual, but subconsciously Riding horses freely or strolling by the Fengchi Pool, wandering under the cherry blossom forest intentionally or unintentionally for a long time.

It's just that the cherry blossoms are still there, and it's hard to find a human face.After repeating this for several days, he felt the anticipation in his heart, but he was a little disgusted with his own strange emotions. He always thought that he was different from his father and most brothers. little girl.

Reluctantly, one day, two days, three days... He didn't see her again, and he couldn't control the little melancholy that surfaced in his heart.

At noon on the sixth day, he walked towards Fengchi again as usual, only intending to enjoy the flowers and enjoy the wind, so when he caught her figure by accident, he could not help but brighten up from his eyes to his mood .

This time she was alone, sitting alone on the swing deep in the cherry blossoms, wearing a pink spring shirt, swinging slightly, the swing was very small, like sitting on a rocking chair, with her head slightly lowered, looking a little bored, slowly stretching Little by little, he kicked the grass on the ground.The cherry blossoms fell on her body, and she didn't brush them off with her hands. Gradually, they accumulated more and blended with the color of her dress. From a distance, it seemed that her whole body was made of cherry blossoms. .

He walked over briskly, quietly walked around behind her, and then suddenly reached out and pushed her on the swing.She was taken aback by the increased shaking of the swing, and hurriedly grasped the ropes of the swing with both hands, and turned her head to look in panic.

Seeing it was him, she smiled pleasantly and reassuringly: "Nine Great Kings!"

Unlike ordinary maids, her first reaction when seeing him was to salute him, but she continued to sit on the swing with a wild smile, showing no intention of getting off.It is reasonable to say that it should be a disrespectful behavior, but this kind of mood makes Zhao Gou feel very happy.

Zhao Gou continued to push her on the swing, and asked her with a smile, "What's your name?"

She smiled and replied: "Yuan Yuan. It refers to the 'Yuan' of jade bi."

"Very good name. Which lady do you serve?"

"Well... I live in the Taishang Queen's Pavilion."

"Oh? Then why did you come here from Longde Palace to play? Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the Empress?"

"Afraid!" She let out a series of sweet laughter: "I ran out secretly."

Hearing her answer so innocently and frankly, Zhao Gou couldn't help laughing, and pushed harder on the swing, making her swing higher and higher.

But she was a little frightened. With a pale face, she clung to the swing rope tightly and shouted, "Hey! It's too high. If I fall, I'll hurt myself!"

Zhao Gou smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll catch it when it falls. How could you get hurt if I'm here?"

She smiled relievedly, raised her head to face the wind, her clothes fluttered like a fairy.

Yuan Yuan was swinging on the swing and chatting slowly with Zhao Gou. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly saw someone approaching in the distance, and said to Zhao Gou in a panic: "Someone is coming over there, look at it." Like who."

Zhao Gou looked at it and pretended to be shocked: "No, it's the Empress Dowager!"

"Oh, oh, let me down quickly! Let's run away!" Yuan Yuan was in a hurry, urging him to stabilize the swing and let her come down.

Zhao Gou couldn't help laughing.In fact, he was not sure that the person who came was the Empress Dowager, but he just wanted to scare her as a prank.But seeing that she was so panicked, he grabbed the swing frame with one hand and her waist with the other, and hugged her down.

As soon as she landed on the ground, she looked here and there looking for a place to hide, and finally pointed to a large Taihu Lake stone and said, "Let's hide behind it." Before he could answer, she took her skirt and ran over in swaying steps.

Zhao Gou looked at her figure, the smile on his lips spread to the bottom of his heart.She is such a sweet little thing.He has seen many women in this deep palace who are quiet and docile, but it is rare to see such a lively and innocent woman like Yuan Yuan.Zhao Gou walked slowly while thinking, and hid behind the Taihu stone with her.

After they stood silently for a while, Yuan Yuan said softly to him, "You can check if she's gone."

Zhao Gou looked at it and said, "I haven't come over yet."

Yuan Yuan worried: "Oh, I hope she doesn't come here, go in another direction. I found that I am very bad at playing hide-and-seek with people. Every time I hide, I will always be found..."

Zhao Gou barely stopped his smile, and deliberately asked seriously: "Do you know why?"

Yuan Yuan shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Zhao Gou said: "Because you are not good at playing hide-and-seek, how can you talk so much while hiding? Of course people will find out when you make a sound."

Yuan Yuan suddenly realized, and said: "So it's like this...but it's very difficult for two people to hide together without talking."

"I have a way to keep you from talking." Zhao Gou stared at her with a gentle but ambiguous smile in his eyes.

"What is that..." Before she finished speaking, her cherry lips were already kissed by him.

Her body trembled slightly in shock, and he immediately put his arms around her, pausing for a moment to observe her expression.

She didn't seem to dislike his behavior, she was a little confused at first, then she blinked her eyes, lowered her head to think for a while, and then stared at his lips with a research sense.This appearance is more curious than shy.

So he kissed again with confidence.Her tongue has the natural sweetness and fragrance of a girl, and her breath is like orchid.Under his deliberate provocation, he gradually hesitated and clumsily responded to him.At first she quietly opened her eyes to look at his expression, and found that he had kept his eyes closed, thinking that they must be closed at such times, so she also closed her eyelids.

It took a long time before he let her go, raised his head and adjusted his breathing.Then he looked down at her, and gently embraced her in his arms.

She silently leaned against his chest, stopped for a moment and suddenly asked: "Has the Supreme Empress left?"

Zhao Gou almost laughed again and said, "Since you are so afraid of her, how about I take you to a place where she can't find you?"

"Okay!" She smiled, but her eyes dimmed again in an instant, and she said, "But I still have to go back at night."

Zhao Gou nodded and said, "I'll take you back in a while." I thought, even if you are the queen's maid, I will try to get you here.He stopped talking too much, and took her hand and walked through the path.

She didn't ask where he was taking her, but just followed him without thinking.

They walk through the forest where the shadows of the trees are whirling, stepping on the soft pine needles and blowing the willows.The sun shone brightly on them, and Zhao Gou looked at her sideways from time to time, only to feel that she was vivid and light in the light and shadow, but at the same time, she was a little inexplicably ethereal, as if afraid that she would suddenly turn into light and shadow, Zhao Gou Holding her hand even tighter, she felt it, and turned to look at him, smiling coquettishly.

Bypassing Liubi Pavilion, Chaofeng Pavilion, Huiyun Hall, Shuyu Pavilion and Qingsi Pavilion through the mountain road, they came to a courtyard under the shade of Wanzhu, which was Zhao Gou's rest in Huayang Palace. The place-Xiaoxian Pavilion.

The Xiaoxian Pavilion was only for him to rest in the palace during the day, and he could not live here at night, so there were no maids to serve inside, only two servants guarding the gate.It was noon now, and the two were dozing off under the shadow of the door eaves.

Just as he was about to lead her in, he noticed that there were frequent jingling sounds as she moved. In fact, he had heard it just now, but now it was especially harsh in this unusually quiet environment.He lowered his head to look, and Yuan Yuan knew his intention, so he gently raised one foot to let him see the shoes she was wearing.

There are actually several small silver bells sewn on the heel of the exquisite three-inch embroidered shoes.

Shoes that are as cute as she is.Zhao Gou smiled, and stretched out his arms to hug her - even though she was just a little maid, it was always bad to be seen taking her into the palace, he didn't want her to wake up the two of them She is a servant, so I decided to take her in.

She behaved very submissively, without any displeasure or rebellion.After entering the hall, he put her on the imperial concubine's couch in the study.

She didn't seem to know what he wanted to do at all, and she still watched his every move with eyes wide open curiously.

Seeing her so pure and innocent, Zhao Gou suddenly felt that he seemed despicable, as if he was trying to trick her.But then he thought, what does it matter, he likes her very much, he has never been so eager for a woman as he is today, she is a court lady, he can completely ask the Empress Dowager to accept her as his side concubine.

He leaned over and started kissing her again.This was probably a newfound game for her, so she had no objection to such contact with a practice interest.Then, he quietly untied her belt, pulled her collar, and kissed her neck all the way.

I was a little surprised to find that she had a bright red rouge mole, which appeared on the snowy skin, like a ruby ​​falling on white jade.

He liked this sudden decoration very much, and he lowered his head to kiss, the movement was very gentle, but she seemed to feel itchy suddenly, chuckled softly, and struggled, and then he heard her say: "No, nine Brother, I am Roufu!"

He was so stunned that he stared at her for a while before asking, "What did you say?"

So, she replied clearly: "Ninth Brother, I am Rou Fu, your twenty-sister."

He was completely annihilated by the aroused desire, and he sat down on the ground, his face flushed, ashamed and annoyed.

And she still smiled knowingly, as if she didn't know that she almost tempted him to do such a terrible and unethical thing.Looking at her smiling face, he finally suppressed the urge to catch her and spank her, and asked almost viciously, "Why didn't you tell me when I asked what your name was?"

She replied seriously: "You are asking what my name is, not which Di Ji I am."

He was a little bit dumbfounded, and said: "I saw you wearing the clothes of a court lady a few days ago, how could I know that you are Diji?"

She giggled again, and said, "It's easy to get out and play in that way. If I wear my usual clothes, even if I run out, it's easy to be caught and caught."

He shook his head and said, "You can tell me your identity these two times, but you call me the king, obviously trying to hide it on purpose. Why?"

"This is because I want to know how Brother Ninth would treat me if I wasn't his younger sister." She smiled while arranging her clothes, "Brother Ninth, do you know that ever since you returned safely after you proudly disdained the enemy chief, The girls in the palace like you very much. Xi'er and Yingfu don't like my number one brother anymore, they always talk about how good you are in front of me..."

The number one scholar she mentioned refers to her elder brother of the same mother, Zhao Ji's third son Yun Wang Kai, who is good at poetry and painting, and his literary talent is the most outstanding among all Zhao Ji's princes. Zhao Ji felt that suspicion should be avoided, so he ordered someone to take another person as the first name.Because of his handsome appearance and elegant demeanor, he has always been the object of envy of court ladies.

Zhao Gou asked angrily, "Who are Xi'er and Yingfu?"

Rou Fu said: "It's the maid who serves me... You have seen Yingchi, the girl who kicked shuttlecock with me last time."

"Okay, I'll take you back." He was extremely depressed, and he didn't want to hear her continue to talk about her maids. Seeing that she had arranged her clothes, he wanted to send her away immediately.

When he went out the door, he wanted to hug her like he did when he came in, but in the end he withdrew his hand abruptly, turned his head down and tore off the bell on her shoe twice, and then led her out by the sleeve of her shirt.She frowned, a little dissatisfied with his slightly rough behavior, but seeing that his face was blue and extremely ugly, she didn't dare to say anything, she just stuck out her tongue secretly.

After sending her to the back door of Longde Palace, she still smiled and said goodbye to him: "Goodbye, Ninth Brother."

He just said "huh" and didn't say much.

She walked towards the door, and he suddenly remembered something, and immediately stopped her.

Seeing her turn around, he hesitated again, and after hesitating for a long time, he walked to her side and said softly, "Don't tell others what happened today."

She nodded and said, "Of course, I know it's a secret."

Seeing her bouncing and disappearing into the palace gate, Zhao Gou had mixed emotions in his heart, sighed helplessly, turned around and returned.

7. princess
From that day on, the joy of returning from a mission gradually faded, and my life was full of sudden depression and unimaginable irritability.The spring scenery of Huayang Palace is still the same, after the cherry blossoms bloom, the eight fragrances are in full bloom, always a peaceful and beautiful scene, but when he looks at it again, he is somewhat dispirited, and faintly feels that there is something cherished in his heart that has not yet fully bloomed. Just like the prosperity of Genyue under the shadow of King of Jin Hushi.

His mother saw his unhappiness, called him over, and Wen Yan suggested: "You should officially accept the concubine."

Of course she didn't know about the episode between Zhao Gou and Rou Fu, but she just thought that a regular wife would give her young son tender and considerate care and psychological help. When he was depressed and gloomy, maybe marriage would make him regain his sense of life. pleasure.

Zhao Gou readily agreed.Before that, he had taken two maids as concubines. Due to the inevitable needs of growing up, he didn't have much affection, and their attitude towards him was always respectful. The relationship between master and servant has not changed because of intimate contact. , which made him feel uninterested.His choice of concubine has long been decided, and she is the daughter of court inviter Lang Xinghuan.He quickly decided to accept his mother's suggestion to marry Miss Xing, although this did not mean that he had much expectation and longing for this marriage.

On the day of the wedding, after a cumbersome ceremony, he welcomed Princess Jiaguo's wife Xing into the bedroom, took off the hijab and sat beside her silently, without saying a word for a long time.Mrs. Xing was shy at first, she lowered her head and said nothing, but seeing him so silent, she finally couldn't help raising her head, and asked softly, "Why is Your Majesty unhappy? Did I do something wrong?"

He shook his head, but he couldn't meet her eyes, his eyes flickered and wandered, and suddenly fell on her embroidered shoes with her skirt protruding slightly.

She blushed and hurriedly retracted her feet under her skirt.

He remembered that his mother had mentioned to him that the young lady's feet were very slender, so he asked, "Your feet were also bound since childhood, right?"

She nodded shyly.

His heart trembled slightly, and he gave her a gentle smile.

So the thrush nodded her lips, and they were in pairs. Everyone saw it and said that King Kang and his concubine were newly married and very loving.

In August of the first year of Jingkang, Jin Taizong once again launched a large army to attack the Song Dynasty.The Jin army took Wanyan Zongwang as the left deputy marshal and Wanyan Zonghan (sticky and not drinking) as the right deputy marshal, and marched in two ways.At the beginning of September, Zong Wang led his troops to attack Taiyuan, and then joined Zong Han, captured Zhending Mansion in Hebei Province in early October, and continued southward, aiming at Bianjing.

Panicked, Zhao Huan dispatched Wang Yun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, to Jinying to discuss peace with Zongwang.After Wang Yun came back, he reported several requests from the Jin people: to give the land of the three towns to the Kingdom of Jin, to give the emperor's crown and chariots to the gold master, and the Song emperor to respect the gold master as the emperor's uncle, and to be honored.In addition, there is an additional request specially made by Zongwang: next time the Song Dynasty sends envoys to Jinying to discuss peace, they must send Kang Wang Zhaogou, otherwise the negotiation will be avoided.

It turned out that after Zong Wang let Zhao Gou go back last time, he made many inquiries and learned that he was indeed Zhao Ji's son, Zhao Huan's younger brother, and the out-and-out prince of the Song family. He was full of remorse, knowing that this person was different from the other cowardly princes, he already had such courage at such a young age, and he was bound to develop into a formidable enemy of the Jin Kingdom in the future.So this time he was asked to go on a mission again, with the intention of detaining him from now on and bringing him back to the Kingdom of Jin to be imprisoned, and he would never go back to the mountain like last time.

Zhao Huan saw that the Jin army had crossed Mengjin, the situation was pressing, and most of the ministers in the court also strongly advocated the cession of land for peace, so he had no choice but to agree.Zhao Gou was summoned again and begged him to go to Jinying again to negotiate peace for the country.

Zhao Gou didn't hesitate, and immediately agreed.Seeing that he agreed so readily, Zhao Huan was overjoyed, and hurriedly issued an imperial edict to appoint him as the chief envoy for the peace negotiation, and Wang Yun as the deputy envoy.

Concubine Wei Xian was heartbroken when she learned about it, and this time there was another woman to cry with her—Zhao Gou's new wife, Mrs. Xing.Since she learned about this incident, she washed her face with tears all day long, but she was afraid that her husband would see it. Every time Zhao Gou returned to the mansion, she would always find that the princess greeted her with a forced smile after hastily wiping away the tears on her face. The sad look can't be erased no matter what.

Zhao Gouguan felt sympathetic.One cool night, the wind was cold and the dew was heavy, he looked at the waning moon and embraced his wife in his arms, and said to her: "If I had known this, I would not have married you. You and I have only been married for a few months, and I am leaving now." If something unexpected happens, wouldn’t it be a waste of your life. I’m sorry.”

Mrs. Xing hid her tears and said: "Your Majesty, don't say such words. The most fortunate thing in my life is to be able to marry Your Majesty as my concubine. Even if we meet for the only day, I will die without regret. I believe that Your Majesty will be able to do so if he is lucky. Return safely."

Zhao Gou nodded, and took out a pair of gold earrings, under which were two lifelike butterflies. He put them on for Mrs. Xing himself, and said: "Seeing the rings is like seeing me. When I leave, let it be with you for now." Right." He sighed again, "I will definitely come back unscathed. You must also take care, you will always be my wife, and we will spend many beautiful days together."

Mrs. Xing caressed the golden ring, speechless, only nodded frequently.

Zhao Gou hugged her, and suddenly thought of Rou Fu, and couldn't help but think to himself: "If she gets the news that I'm going to go on an envoy, will she be as sad as the princess?"

8. Ji Li
Zhao Gou didn't look for Roufu these days, and even avoided her intentionally or unintentionally. Even if he entered Genyue, he only went to meet his parents and the emperor's brother to discuss some matters about the mission, and never set foot in the Fengchi pool or in the bamboo forest. Xiao Xianguan, who is used to returning home immediately after discussing matters, uses a rich family to keep the phantoms of flowers in Huayang Palace away.

Unexpectedly, one day, Roufu’s brother-in-law, Yun Wangkai, visited in person and brought him news about Roufu: “Three days later, Yuanyuan will perform the ceremony at Longde Palace, and she hopes you can come to watch the ceremony.”

Three days later, it was the day before he set off for Jinjunzhai.Zhao Gou felt that it was abrupt and strange, and asked, "Why did you choose to hold it three days later? Do all brothers have to go?"

"No, besides my brother who is the same mother, I only invited you." Zhao Kai smiled and said, "She asked Father and Empress Dowager. She said that she has turned fifteen, and three days later will be a very auspicious day. It’s more convenient than the original scheduled day to perform the Ji ceremony. In addition, I also specially asked you to watch the ceremony, saying that I hope that the joy of Ji Ji will bring you good luck and wish you a safe return after your mission.”

Zhao Gou didn't agree for a while, but looked at Mu Yan outside the curtain and remained silent.

Zhao Kai stared at him in an observing manner, with a long smile on his lips: "It is reasonable to say that only concubines, sisters, clan wives and other concubines, sisters, and clan wives will observe the emperor concubine's ceremony, and there are very few brothers. To participate, Yuan Yuan appointed you to watch the ceremony, and set the date of the ceremony to be the day before your trip, as if it was specially arranged for you. Do you have any contact with each other on a daily basis?"

Zhao Gouwei was startled, but he didn't express it. He just denied it flatly: "No, she was only six years old when I saw her last time."

Zhao Kai nodded: "Actually, it's not difficult to understand. Ever since Brother Nine came back from his mission last time, all the girls in the palace have admired and admired your bravery. Although Yuan Yuan is not familiar with you, she must respect and love you even more. Now It seems to be closer to you than to my own brother."

"Third brother's words are wrong." Zhao Gou said indifferently, "Aren't I Yuan Yuan's real brother?"

Zhao Kai was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly: "That's right, it's the third brother who made a slip of the tongue, and the ninth brother is of course Yuan Yuan's real brother."

"Third Brother, please tell Sister Yuan Yuan that I will go to watch the ceremony that day." Zhao Gou finally agreed.

Zhao Kai nodded, got up with a smile and left.He is the most famous handsome man in the royal family, walking in the evening wind with wide sleeves in his long robe, his dazzling face has the power to cut through the evening mist.Through his eyebrows and eyes similar to Roufu, Zhao Gou clearly recalled the little fairy who innocently and innocently seduced him in the flower shadow of Huayang Palace that day, and his mood became more and more heavy like a dark night.

On the day of the Roufu Ji ceremony, Zhao Gou and Zhao Kai went to Longde Palace to watch the ceremony.Zhao Ji liked this daughter very much, so he invited Zhao Huan and Empress Zhu to come, and asked Empress Zheng Taishang to crown Roufu in person.

After the two emperors were ascended to the throne, they promoted the officials and played with a voice: "The emperor concubine pays tribute." Then the sheng music was played, and under the guidance of the female officials, they walked into the east room of the main hall with soft blessings on their shoulders, and waited in the middle. Empress Zhu combed her hair in a bun, and then led it to the palace. The music stopped for a while, and the palace people sang a congratulatory speech: "On the auspicious day of the month, I will start to add yuan clothes. Abandon your young ambitions, and follow your success. Shou Kao Mianhong, to introduce Jingfu."

First, the presiding wife adds an ordinary hairpin crown to Roufu and gives jewelry, and then Roufu enters the east room wearing a skirt, drinks the wine drunk by the deacon, eats a little symbolically, and increases the length of the sleeves Skirt, then drink.Finally, when she entered the main hall again, the mother-in-law took off the crown she had just added, placed it on the plate and ordered people to go away, then the empress stood up, smiled and put on Rou Fu the official hairpin crown of the imperial concubine, nine hui and four phoenix crowns, and from From the tray held by the maid at the side, she slowly took crowns and crowns, and carefully inserted them on her head one by one.Afterwards, a deacon came into the palace with Fu Zhai's clothes, and asked Rou Fu to wear the clothes, and had another glass of wine, and asked the Empress Dowager to hold it in person, and the congratulatory words sounded again: "The decree wine is recommended, and it has its fragrance. Xianjia clothes, eyebrows live Boundless. Eternally inherit the sky, so that it will be blazing and prosperous." I wish the Empress Dowager Bi to give wine, drink the soft blessings, and then eat the food served by the deacon.

Although Roufu's figure at this time is still petite and exquisite, after wearing the crown and clothes, she has a girlish demeanor, and her eyes occasionally turn around, but when she falls on Zhao Gou, she still can't help showing the familiar mischievous look.After the ceremony is completed, the female officer leads Rou Fu to Zhao Ji, and Rou Fu bows down to her father, Zhao Ji smiles and orders her to flatten her body, and she bows again according to the ceremony.After some trivial and tiring ceremonies, Rou Fu looked a little tired and impatient, and after flattening his body, he slightly lowered his voice and said to his father with a smile: "Is this all right?"

Zhao Ji said solemnly: "You are still so ignorant when you are old! Listen to the announcement first, then worship your mother, and then accept the congratulations from your family members and several brothers. Pay attention to your movements and walks, and you must be gentle and graceful, and you can't jump around like before. jumped."

Rou Fu pouted slightly, and said, "Oh." So he bowed and listened to the promotion and preaching: "When you serve your relatives, you should be filial, and then you should be kind. Gentle, upright and obedient, respectful, thrifty and modest. Not overflowing or arrogant, not arrogant. Do not deceive. Ancient teachings are formulas, and you should keep them."

Then Rou Fu bowed again and recited her answer word by word: "Although my son is not sensitive, I dare not only accept it!"

Return to the throne and worship again, and thank the Empress Dowager again and again.

After the ceremony, Rou Fu walked towards the side seat with relief, ready to accept the congratulations from the queen, concubines and all the ministers.At Zhao Ji's request, she behaved softly and gracefully in her actions, a fresh and pure smile bloomed on her gorgeous face under her full dress, and her lotus steps moved lightly, gracefully.

When she passed by Zhao Gou, she paused for a while, and called softly, "Brother Nine." A cluster of warm fireworks faintly flickered in her eyes.

As if being burned, Zhao Gou nodded hurriedly, wanted to say a few words of congratulations to her but didn't know how to say it, so he could only smile bitterly.

Rou Fu also stopped talking and walked past him.

Zhao Gou stood aside, desperately breathing the air smudged by her elegance, unconsciously a trace of sourness gradually spread to the tip of his nose.

9. Command
In the early morning of Jiazi in November of the first year of Jingkang, Kang Wang Zhao Gou entered Yanhe Hall to bid farewell to Emperor Zhao Huan.Zhao Huan personally left the seat to give him the jade belt, and repeatedly comforted him. Zhao Gou thanked him indifferently, and then led his deputy Wang Yun out of the city to Jinjunzhai.

Wang Yun is also a man who is greedy for life and afraid of death. He babbled and persuaded Zhao Gou all the way, saying that the enemy is strong and we are weak. It will not be easy to return to Beijing.Zhao Gou didn't answer indifferently, and finally got tired of hearing it and gave him a cold look. Wang Yun was so frightened that he shut up and stopped speaking.

When I arrived at Cizhou, I suddenly saw a man in official uniform leading a group of soldiers to kneel down the road to meet him.Zhao Gou reined in his horse and asked, "Who are you? Why are you blocking the way here?"

The man raised his head, his eyes were piercing, and he looked like a general. He bowed his hands to Zhao Gou and said, "The lowly post is Zongze, the minister of Cizhou. The last time King Su went to the Jinying as an envoy, he was detained by the Jinying and has not returned yet. Now the enemy soldiers We have advanced to this point, and the crisis can no longer be resolved by negotiating a peace. The enemy chieftain's deceitful request for the king to be an envoy is actually intended to lure the king into the stronghold instead of negotiating a peace. Please think twice, the king, and don't move forward. There are many better ways to serve the country , Your Majesty is the emperor's son, so don't fall into the mouth of the golden man and the tiger just because of a whim."

Zhao Gou is naturally very clear about what he said, knowing that Zongwang will never let him go again this time, he has made up his mind to go on this mission, putting life and death aside, and only wants to deal with him and fight for a little resistance for the Great Song Dynasty It's time for the enemy to prepare.But at this moment, when Zong Ze said, "There are many better ways to serve the country, don't fall into the mouth of a golden man just because of a momentary scheming", I couldn't help being moved, so I hesitated, thinking about whether to follow his suggestion and not continue Forward.

Seeing that he was beginning to hesitate, Wang Yun immediately tried to persuade him: "Your Majesty and your ministers are envoys to Jinying to discuss peace at the emperor's order. If you don't go and return to the capital, wouldn't it be against the imperial decree? Please don't pay attention to these people's slander, or Get on the road quickly."

Zhao Gou pondered for a moment, and said to Zong Ze: "Thank you sir for staying, but since Gou agreed to the emperor's envoy to negotiate a peace, it should be a fulfillment of the mission. Please also give the order to let us go."

Seeing that he didn't listen, Zong Ze didn't try to persuade him any more. He winked at the back, and a group of soldiers immediately joined forces to block him, blocking the road even more tightly.When the ordinary people around heard that King Kang was about to go on an envoy again, they all rushed over and shouted and wept around him to persuade him to stay.The news that Zhao Gou looked down on the enemy chieftain last time as an envoy won the hearts of the people, and the subjects were all impressed by his bravery, so they rushed to Saidao to keep him from going to die.

Seeing this, Wang Yun scolded angrily: "Bold and unreasonable, you dare to stop Kang Wang from going out to negotiate a peace. If you don't want to die, get out of the way!"

The citizens of the state looked at him when they heard the sound, and someone recognized him immediately, and shouted to everyone: "He is the guy who persuaded the adults to demolish our house last time!"

It turned out that when Wang Yun passed through Cizhou on his mission to Jinying last time, he had persuaded Zongze to demolish all the houses on the edge of the city to clear the countryside, so people complained.Everyone already hated him deeply, but now they saw him urging King Kang to negotiate a peace, new hatred and old hatred surged up, so they rushed forward one by one, pulled Wang Yun off his horse, and beat each other violently with punches and kicks.

Wang Yun repeatedly screamed for help, Zhao Gou was startled, and turned to look at Zong Ze. Zong Ze had always despised Wang Yun, so he only sneered and didn't help him.When Zhao Gou thought about it, he also felt that this person was servile and obsequious to the Jin people, so he didn't want to save him, so he kept silent.

So Wang Yun was beaten to death on the spot by a group of people.

After Wang Yun's death, Zong Ze tried to persuade him to stay, Zhao Gou nodded in agreement, and stayed overnight in Cizhou that night.

Sleeping in the posthouse until midnight, he was suddenly awakened by the sound of fighting with swords, and hurriedly put on his clothes and left the room, but outside the door, he saw the entourage he brought and the guards sent by Zongze fell to the ground, and then two cold knife holders fell on the ground. When it touched his neck, a voice rang in his ears: "Marshal is worried that King Kang's horse is moving slowly, so he ordered us to come and meet him. Please let King Kang go with us."

Zhao Gou had already seen clearly that there were heavily armed cavalry from the Kingdom of Jin around him and in the courtyard.

After a brief silence, he said to Jin Bing beside him, "Put the knife away, and I will follow you."

Jin Bing slowly withdrew the knife, and Zhao Gou walked out calmly and calmly.

Jin Bing locked him in the prepared carriage and immediately escorted him to Jinjunzhai.

After walking for another day, Jin Bing stopped and pitched a tent to sleep in the wild the next night.Zhao Gou deliberately closed his eyes early and fell asleep, and only quietly got up after hearing the silence everywhere.He took out the hidden dagger from his boots and got out from the back of the tent, only to see a golden soldier standing outside the tent with his back facing him, he immediately strangled the enemy with his left arm from behind, and wiped his neck with the dagger in his right hand Go, blood spurted out, Jin Bing screamed and fell to the ground.

Zhao Gou immediately turned over and rode on the golden soldier's horse beside him, cut off the rein and galloped away.The Jin soldiers behind were startled, and suddenly there was a noise, and cavalry came after them one after another.

Zhao Gou rode his horse and galloped for several miles. Suddenly, he saw a river blocking his way.In a hurry, Zhao Gou didn't care too much, and suddenly whipped his horse to jump up.Fortunately, the horse was a good horse, although he tried his best to jump and fell into the water, it was still very close to the shore, but it was a pity that he suddenly touched a big rock at the bottom of the water, and the horse's hind leg was broken and he could not move forward.

Zhao Gou abandoned his horse and got down in the waist-deep water. He crossed the water step by step to the shore, and then continued to run forward.But those pursuers chased to the river, and then they rode their horses across the river and fell into the water one after another, unable to catch up for a while.

After running for an unknown amount of time, Zhao Gou was exhausted and finally couldn't support himself and fell to the side of the road.After a while, he saw horseshoes in front of him raising dust again, and a group of cavalry was running towards him.I couldn't help crying secretly, thinking that this time I'm afraid I'm really going to die here.

The group of people rushed to his side, and he realized that they were not Jin soldiers, but Song people's armor.The leader got off his horse and bowed to him and asked, "Is your son from Cizhou?"

Although Zhao Gou saw that they were from the Song Dynasty, he still didn't dare to reveal his identity easily, so he covered it up and said: "I am a businessman traveling between Cizhou and Xiangzhou. I was robbed by Jin soldiers on my way, so I fled here."

The man looked at him for a moment, and then said: "The young master's clothes don't look like a businessman, but more like a prince and grandson. I am Wang Boyan, the magistrate of Xiangzhou, and today I got a letter from Master Zongze of Cizhou, saying that King Kang was killed by a golden man at the Cizhou Posthouse. He was forced to go north due to the attack, so he immediately led the troops to rescue, I wonder if you have seen King Kang and his party passing by?"

Zhao Gou was overjoyed when he heard the words, carefully looked at the person's demeanor, and was sure what he said was true, so he stood up and cupped his hands to Wang Boyan, saying: "I am Kang Wang Zhao Gou."

Wang Boyan hurriedly led his troops to worship, and then welcomed Zhao Gou to Xiangzhou to settle down.

When Zhao Huan heard that Zhao Gou was hunted down by the Jin people and fled to Xiangzhou, he no longer forced him to go as an envoy, and sent another family member and several ministers to discuss peace, but Zongwang didn't bother to utter a word when he saw the person. Directly waved them back, and then stepped up the pace of invasion, and in a blink of an eye, they had joined forces with Zong Han under the city of Bianjing.

Zhao Huan was helpless. On the one hand, he sent an order to Zhao Gou to recruit soldiers in Xiangzhou, and gathered all the generals in Hebei to join the guard.

In December Wushen, the Jin people had passed the Dengtian Bridge and attacked Bianjingtongjinmen aggressively.Hu Tang, the servant in the palace, remonstrated with Zhao Huan: "Kang Kang was ordered to go to Cizhou, and he was retained by the scholars and the people instead of going to Jinjunzhai. Lead the soldiers from all over the world to rescue." Zhao Huan accepted his suggestion, sealed the secret edict in a wax pill, recruited Qin Zai, Liu Ding and other four people as dead soldiers, and sent them to Xiangzhou with the wax edict to worship King Kang of Hebei. Marshal of the Bing Ma, who knows that Chen Yu of Zhongshan Prefecture is the marshal, and Zong Ze and Wang Boyan are the deputy marshals. He will lead Hebei soldiers to defend the capital as soon as possible.

Qin Zai went to Xiangzhou first, and after seeing Zhao Gou, he took out the wax edict from the topknot on his head and gave it to him.Zhao Goudu couldn't help sobbing, and the soldiers and civilians were all moved when they heard it.

Zhao Gou was ordered to be the Generalissimo of the Hebei Army and Horses in compliance with the order. He went on stage to parade in armor, and stood under the Lie Lie banner with his hands behind his back. He raised his eyes and saw soldiers waiting in line, endless, with solemn expressions. With his feet, he called out to the Generalissimo to congratulate him.

There is light snow falling, the cold wind is bleak, and the atmosphere of the end of the long day is even more bleak.But Zhao Gou quietly looked down at the thousands of soldiers who surrendered, and gradually a slight smile came out.

10. Allure
The Jin soldiers stationed outside the city of Bianliang stared at them day by day with guns, while the Song soldiers guarding the city had no fighting spirit. Seeing that the Jin soldiers were about to break into the city, Zhao Huan was very worried, so he sent Prime Minister He Li and Ji Wangxu as envoys Jin Jun please make peace.He Li was so frightened that he hesitated to agree. Zhao Huan repeatedly ordered, but he still hesitated for a long time before making a decision.Seeing this, Li Ruoshui, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, scolded He Li angrily: "The country is in such a crisis because of the mistakes of villains like you. Now the country is in danger, and you will die!" He Li had no choice but to get on his horse. But his feet were trembling and he couldn't straddle up. He had to be supported by people from left and right before he got on and set off. During the short distance from the imperial city to the Suzaku gate, the whip he was holding fell to the ground three times.

Unexpectedly, Marshal Jin Zong Wang and Prime Minister Zong Han even look down on the prince and prime minister, and asked them to go back and ask the Supreme Emperor to negotiate a peace in person.When Zhao Huan learned about it, he sighed to a group of ministers: "The Taishang is very old, and has been disturbed and sick. How can he go out to negotiate a peace? I have to do it myself."

Zongwang Zonghan saw that Zhao Huan came with the surrender form, so he put forward a lot of conditions for the cession of land and gold.Zhao Huan didn't dare to agree for a while, so he was detained in the village for two days, but because the second marshal didn't get the edict on how to deal with it from the gold master, he finally let Zhao Huan go back.

When Zhao Huan returned to Beijing, he was surprised to find that the scholars of the capital and the students of the imperial court welcomed him, an incompetent king.Thinking that he, as a monarch, was forced to seek peace in the enemy's camp and lost the dignity of the country, Zhao Huan couldn't help feeling sad, covering his face and crying: "The prime minister misunderstood my father and son!" The audience also sighed.

Although Bianjing had no golden soldiers entering the city at this time, it had already lost its defense.The Jinren demanded gold, silver, property and young girls every day, threatening to send troops into the city if they did not hand them over.Zhao Huan was overwhelmed by the disturbance, so in the first month of the second year of Jingkang, he took Wang Kai of Yun and several ministers to Jinjunzhai in Qingcheng to discuss with the Jin people again.It was originally agreed to return within five days, but he didn't want to be detained as soon as he went this time. Zong Wang said that Zhao Huan would be released back to the capital only after the gold, silver and property were paid off.

Zhao Gou opened the Grand Marshal's Mansion in Xiangzhou, with tens of thousands of troops, divided into five armies.Zongze was first sent to lead 2000 people as the vanguard, and when he arrived at Daming, he encountered a group of golden soldiers, so Zongze confronted them head-on and broke through more than 3000 villages of golden soldiers. , Bingwei slightly vibrated.But at this time, Cao Fu, a member of the Privy Council who would sign the letter, suddenly came to the army with a wax edict. Zhao Gou saw in the edict: "Fang agrees to make peace, but the troops will not enter lightly for ten days." He hesitated, wondering whether to continue to attack.Wang Boyan and others all believed that the agreement was true, but Zong Ze was suspicious and said to Zhao Gou: "It must be the Jin people who wrote up an edict to hinder my teacher's progress. Don't listen to this, my lord. Please go straight to Chanyuan as a wall. Enter the bases one by one to break the siege of the capital." But Wang Boyan, Geng Nanzhong and others all objected, insisting that if Zongze's plan is followed, it will definitely affect the peace and peace of the emperor, and it is better to move the army to Dongping.After Zhao Gou considered it, he moved to Dongping, and only sent Zongze to lead ten thousand people into Tunyuan, and let them go around threatening to say that King Kang was in the army.Since then, Zong Ze has been isolated and can no longer discuss matters with Zhao Gou and the generals in the Grand Marshal's Mansion.

In the spring of the second year of Jingkang, the first month of Guisi, Zhao Gou led his troops to Dongping.The Jin people had been inquiring about his whereabouts, and when they heard the news that Zhao Gou was in Chanyuan, Zongwang sent Zhang Cheng, a member of Zhongshushe, to the Song army camp to call him back.Unexpectedly, Zongze ignored him, and when he saw Zhang Cheng, he ordered his strong men to lead arrows to shoot, and Zhang Cheng had to flee in embarrassment.Not long after staying in Dongping, Wang Boyan and others invited Zhao Gou to station in Jeju, which is relatively safe.At the end of the second month, Zhao Gou arrived in Jeju.The Jinren refused to let him go, and secretly dispatched five thousand cavalry to hunt down King Kang.

At the beginning of March in the second year of Jingkang, the gold lord ordered the abolition of Huizong Zhao Ji and Qinzong Zhao Huan as commoners, and soon announced that Zhang Bangchang was the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and the country was named Chu.The Jin soldiers invaded Bianliang City in an all-round way.Instigated by Zhang Bangchang, Fan Qiong, the inspector of the capital, entered the palace and forced Zhao Ji and the Empress Dowager to leave the palace in a calf cart. The Jinren also searched for these palace relatives according to the roster of concubines, concubines, concubines, princes, and grandchildren privately presented by the servant Deng Gui. More than three thousand people.

At the end of March and the beginning of April, Jin Shuai Wanyan Zongwang and Zong Han successively withdrew from their teachers and brought the two emperors back to Jin. Concubine Wei Xian and the concubine Xing, only Zhezong's Empress Yuanyou, Meng, has long since been deposed and now lives in a private residence, so it was a blessing in disguise and was not among the prisoners.Bianjing was also completely ransacked by the Jin soldiers, including Fajia, Lubo, and the empress's chariot, Lubo, crown clothes, sacrificial vessels, ritual objects, Dale, Jiaofang musical instruments, sacrificial vessels, eight treasures, Jiuding, Guibi, Armillary spheres, bronze figures, engraved leaks, ancient vessels, Jingling Palace offerings, treasures of calligraphy and painting collected in Taiqing Building, Secret Pavilion, and Sanguan, maps of state capitals in the world, officials, in-laws, servants, skilled craftsmen, advocating excellence, and government treasuries The accumulation is all empty.In the army, Zhao Huan rode on a horse with a green felt hat on his head, and behind him was a supervising army. He set off from Zhengmen and headed north. Every time he passed a city, Zhao Huan would cover his face and weep bitterly, and the female family members who followed him were crying day and night. Absolutely.

Although Zhang Bangchang became emperor in Bianjing, after all, he was falsely established by the Jin people. He also felt uneasy and knew that it would be difficult to convince the public. It is also only called handwriting, and it has not been changed.All the ministers paid no attention to him at all, and all set their sights on Zhao Gou, the current king of Kang in Jeju. Some people persuaded him to become emperor in the open and private, but Zhao Gou always avoided Xi Xun's resignation and refused to accept it.

Zhang Bangchang knew that King Kang's proclaiming the emperor was expected by everyone, so he brought the Meng family of Empress Yuanyou into Yanfu Palace to live in, and listened to the government behind the curtain as the empress dowager. The treasure of the Great Song Dynasty".Then Empress Yuanyou wrote a letter to the world, asking Kang Wang to make his heir the emperor.Zhao Gou moved to Yingtianfu in Nanjing, and all the officials appealed to him to proclaim him emperor, and Zhao Gou finally agreed.

In May of the second year of Jingkang, Geng Yinshuo, Marshal Kang Wang Zhao Gou, the emperor, was located in Nanjing.Zhao Gou ascended the altar and was ordered. After the ceremony, he wept again, thanked the two emperors, and changed his Yuan to Jianyan.A few days later, Zhao Gouzun, Emperor Jingkang, and Zhao Huan were Emperor Yuansheng, Empress Yuanyou was Empress Dowager Yuanyou, and Concubine Wei Xian was honored as Empress Xuanhe (because the Supreme Emperor was still alive, so she was not called Empress Dowager). Mrs. Xing is the queen.

At the end of this month, the Jin people released Cao Xun, a member of Xuanzanshe, to return to the south.Before leaving, the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji whispered to him: "If you see King Kang, please tell him: If you have a good strategy to restore the country in the Central Plains of the Qing Dynasty, you should do it boldly, and don't think of me." structure.Mrs. Xing also took off the golden ring that Zhao Gou had given her before her mission, and asked the servant to hand it over to Cao Xun, saying, "Please tell Kang Wang for me. I hope that with this ring, we will meet soon."

Zhao Gou read his mother's letter and was already very sad, and when he saw his wife Jin Huan again, he felt even more sad.When the second concubines Pan and Zhang in his former palace heard the news that Jin Bing was going to break the city, they quietly rushed to live in his mother's house, and because they were not married, their names were not recorded in the list held by Jin Ren. Therefore, she escaped a difficult situation, and was later sent by Zhao Gou to Nanjing, where she was conferred the titles Xianfei and Jieyu respectively.And his concubine Mrs. Xing went to the palace to serve her mother-in-law Concubine Wei Xian after he left, and she was also the wife of his rival, the golden man, so they were inevitably taken back to the north together.Zhao Gou thought sadly, now it seems that it was a mistake to marry her in the first place. If she had not been Mrs. Kang, she might not have suffered such a catastrophe.A single mistake cost her life, and he will keep his original promise. Although he has only been with her for a few months, he will always regard her as his wife, and he will never name another person as his queen before she returns.

Although he was appointed emperor by accident, the heavy shadow of the country's ruin and family ruin has been lingering in his heart for a long time, and his mood has always been depressed. It was not until the end of June that Concubine Pan Xian gave birth to a prince for him, which brought him a gleam of joy.

He named the prince Yan and pardoned the world for this.

Due to the repeated battles, many refugees fled from the country.On the day of amnesty, he ordered people to distribute porridge in the city to relieve the refugees, and went out of the palace to inspect in person.As soon as the royal driver came out, naturally many subjects flocked to see the emperor Longyan, and the surrounding guards were also closely guarding, separating everyone heavily.

After looking around the city for a week, when he was about to return to the palace, he heard a woman running over and told the guards in front that he wanted to see the official.The guards naturally refused, and reprimanded: "Is the official family you can see if you want?" Then he drove her away.The woman refused, and begged repeatedly. Seeing that the guards still wouldn't let her come over, she cried miserably. While crying, she yelled to the imperial chariot: "Officials, I am the maid who serves Roufu Diji!"

Empress Roufu!The name suddenly emerged from the corner he deliberately forgot, carrying a touch of familiar and long-lost helpless sadness.

He ordered the woman to go to the imperial chariot.

She was dressed in men's clothing, she must have walked for a long time, her clothes and face were covered with dust, she was thin and haggard, but her appearance seemed familiar.

Seeing him, she knelt down on the ground with mixed feelings, her eyes glistening with tears, but she couldn't say a word. She stared at him for a while, then suddenly her body tilted and she fainted on the ground.

He took her back to the palace, ordered someone to wash and change her clothes, and put her in bed to recuperate.Then he walked to her bed, looked down for a long time, and finally remembered that she was the little maid who once played shuttlecock with Roufu under the cherry tree in Huayang Palace.

She woke up to his gaze.As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw his face, and his face blushed immediately.

Seeing that she was conscious, Zhao Gou asked her, "Where is Yuan Yuan now? Have you escaped?"

This was the last glimmer of hope in his heart.Although I heard that all the concubines in Beijing have been captured, I always hope that there will be an exception, an exception for Roufu.Maybe, she can escape like this little maid?Maybe she has already escaped, and now send this maid to tell her the news.

The maid was taken aback when she heard the words, and then two drops of clear tears fell.

His heart sank, and he asked again: "Where's Yuan Yuan?"

"Emperor Ji..." she said hesitantly, "He was also taken to the Kingdom of Jin..."

He remained silent, maintaining an indifferent expression, to cover up the heart-wrenching pain.

After a long time, he sighed slowly and asked again, "What's your name?"

She lowered her head and replied softly, "Yingfu. Wu Yingfu."

Babies.He just remembered that Rou Fu seemed to have mentioned this name to him before.

11. Cold Moon
"Yuan Yuan, my mother... how is she doing in the Kingdom of Jin?" Zhao Gou broke the embarrassing silence between them with this question in front of Jiang'e Pavilion.

"Mother's queen?" Rou Fu seemed to think for a while before realizing who he was referring to, and said: "Ninth brother is referring to the concubine Xian? By the way, of course Jiu brother should respect Xianfei as the mother's queen... How has she been lately? I don't know, I haven't seen her for a long time."

Zhao Gou frowned and said, "I heard that you were taken to Beijing in one place."

"Yes." Roufu replied lightly, "But she was separated after arriving in Beijing, and I never saw her again after that."

Zhao Gouwen was dejected, and his eyes fell on her hands, as if he wanted to read her past sufferings: "They treat you like slaves..."

Roufu gently retracted his hands into his sleeves, looked up at the sunset indifferently, and said, "It's not surprising that a daughter of a subjugated country has suffered such a fate." Before he could say comforting words, he suddenly smiled and said, "I see I've been with Brother Jiu for half a day, but I haven't heard Brother Jiu mention Father Emperor and Eldest Brother yet."

Her words sounded a bit sharp, Zhao Gou felt caught off guard, and raised his head a little bit and said, "I often send people to the Kingdom of Jin to inquire about the news about father and brother, so I probably know the situation."

Rou Fu stared at him and said, "Then, Brother Nine should know that Emperor Father and Eldest Brother have been planting land with more than 900 clan relatives in Hanzhou for more than two years? Lord Jin named Father Emperor Hunde, and Eldest Brother Chonghunhou is just an excuse to ridicule and ridicule. They only give fifteen hectares of fields to let them and their clan grow crops for self-support. How can they really treat them like princes? They not only hoe rice every day like ordinary farmers , Sweat drops to the ground, and even more have to endure the scolding and insults of the Jinren, and even whipping punishment."

Zhao Gou was silent.Rou Fu said again: "I heard that recently Jin mainly made Liu Yu the emperor of Daqi, so he ordered his father and elder brother to be imprisoned in Wuguo City. The father pleaded bitterly, asking the benefactor to take back his life, but no one paid any attention to him, so he had to say goodbye to the clansmen with tears, saying: "We have followed each other from afar, and we wanted to share sorrows and joys, share joys and sorrows, but now our destiny is in our hands." In the hands of others, what can I do!' Not only his clan relatives, but not even the servants who take care of him on weekdays, only uncle Xiaoqian, king of Jinkang County, and elder brother Youyi, king of Heyi County, begged for the benefactor. They vowed to follow Father to the death, and finally the benefactor reluctantly agreed to accompany them. It is conceivable that the days of Father and Eldest Brother in Wuguo City will be even more difficult in the future."

Zhao Gou sighed: "I have heard of these..."

"Ninth brother heard about it?" Rou Fu approached him and asked softly, "Then when is ninth brother going to pick them up?"

Zhao Gou turned his head sideways to avoid her persuasive gaze, and said, "Sister, this matter can't be rushed, it needs a long-term plan."

A look of disappointment flashed across her eyes.Rou Fu fell silent again, then slowly bent his knees and said, "Ninth brother, I'm a little tired, please allow me to go back to the pavilion to rest."

Zhao Gou nodded and said: "You are tired from the journey, take a good rest, brother Jiu will come to see you tomorrow."

She turned around and walked towards the residence, her footsteps seemed to become much heavier in an instant, walking slowly and floatingly.Seeing this, Zhao Gou was about to order someone to help her up, but she lost her balance and collapsed suddenly.

Zhao Gou was shocked, and immediately ran to help her up.I saw that her lips were tightly pursed, her eyes were slightly open, but she was expressionless, and the paleness of her face was shown shockingly through the rouge.

While Zhao Gou picked her up and sent her to Jiang'e Pavilion, he angrily scolded the palace man beside him, "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and send the imperial doctor!"

After the imperial doctor took the pulse, he asked Zhao Gou to ask a female official to conduct a physical examination on Roufu Diji, with a trembling expression and extremely euphemistic words.

Zhao Gou closed his breath and stared at Roufu lying in the curtain for a long time, then two female medical officers who were doing physical examinations for the women in the palace came and said to them coldly: "Visit her carefully and write down every inch of scars on her body, Come and report to me." So he walked back to his bedroom.

Wu Yingfu came to comfort him after hearing the news, but Zhao Gou couldn't let it go, and kept tossing and sighing irritably.After waiting restlessly in the palace for a long time, the imperial doctor and pharmacist came to report back.After the two pharmacists looked at each other repeatedly, one of them hesitantly said, "There is an old wound on the upper part of Diji Roufu's forehead, which should be caused by a collision, and there are signs of rough work on her hands. , with flogging marks on his back and shin..."

"Whip!" Zhao Gou yelled angrily. After hearing this, all the people in the palace were frightened, and they looked at each other in blank dismay and dared not speak out.

Si Yao was too frightened to speak again.Zhao Gou gradually calmed down, and turned to the imperial doctor again, "Does she have internal injuries?"

The imperial doctor lowered his head in embarrassment, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he replied after a long while: "Actually, there is no serious problem. Di Ji just lost too much energy and blood, and now her body is very weak. I have already prescribed a prescription, and I will take care of it accordingly." Will be back soon..."

"Deficiency of Qi and blood? What's the reason?" Zhao Gou asked again with his eyes fixed.

The imperial doctor knelt down and bid farewell: "Please report the details to Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please allow me to resign, and let me personally go to get the medicine for Di Ji."

Zhao Gou looked at him again, and finally waved him out.Immediately, the questioning eyes fell on the pharmacists.

Si Yao couldn't help trembling, looked down at the ground, and when he was silent until he knew he had to answer, the man who hadn't spoken just now had the courage to say: "Di Ji's lower body is red, I think it's because she had a miscarriage before. , and then ran all the way, but never recovered..."

After saying that, the two pharmacists knelt down at the same time, trembling and not daring to raise their heads.

Yingfu quietly observed Zhao Gou's expression uneasily, but this time he seemed to be calm, without saying a word, without the slightest trace of emotion on his face, he just looked at Si Yao indifferently and said: "Okay, you go back .”

After worshiping again, Si Yao got up and almost ran away.

Zhao Gou sat alone, still silent and motionless.

Yingfu beckoned a court lady to fetch the freshly brewed tea, poured a cup for Zhao Gou herself, and said: "The last time the officials were in the concubine's pavilion, they were full of praise after drinking the white tea that the concubine ordered to buy. Therefore, the concubine specially brought some here today, please let the officials taste it again."

Zhao Gou took it and drank it slowly without looking at it.After drinking, he held the pink and green official kiln teacup in one hand, turned it slowly, and looked at it as if he was very interested.

Yingfu explained with a smile on the side: "This is the first batch of porcelain fired after the Bianjing official kiln moved to Fenghuang Mountain in Lin'an. The glaze is thin and thick, fine and moist, and the gloss is contained. It is not inferior to the previous Bianjing official kiln. What about kiln products..."

Before the words fell, there was only a muffled sound, and the teacup had been crushed by Zhao Gou.Porcelain shards, remaining tea, and the blood that burst from the palm of the hand were all scattered and splashed.

The maids on both sides exclaimed.Startled, Yingfu subconsciously took two steps back, but then calmed down, turned her head and calmly ordered the maid to fetch the potion and cleansing cloth, then sat down beside Zhao Gou, gently took his injured hand, and carefully After washing and bandaging, he continued to chat indifferently: "Although porcelain is often valued for its thin body, it may not always be so appropriate in actual use. Too expensive things are always like this, even if you hold them in your hands, they will inevitably break..."

Miscarriage.Zhao Gou was naturally mentally prepared, and would not naively think that Jinren would let go of his young and beautiful sisters, including Roufu.But when the word came out of Shang Gong's mouth, he still felt a kind of devastating despair similar to hearing the sentence of guillotine.Those two simple words reminded him once again of her loss of chastity and the painful fate she had suffered.He was almost suffocated by the deep sorrow and anger that had nowhere to vent.

Feeling restless, he went to bed early, after all he couldn't sleep peacefully, so he got up in his clothes and walked out of the palace under the melting moonlight.The maids and servants who were waiting outside followed closely, but he turned his head and stopped, just wanting to walk around quietly by himself.

Walking on foot, his mind is full of Roufu's past and present looks, and many memories are intertwined, making his thinking and walking steps lost at the same time.It was only when he suddenly woke up that he realized that he had already walked in front of Jiang'e Pavilion.

What was even more unexpected was seeing Roufu standing in the yard, with her hair loose and wearing only two layers of raw silk single clothes, looking up at the night sky through the sparse trees, feeling him approaching, looking sideways, and smiling slightly.

He walked up to her and asked, "Why don't you let the palace servants serve you?"

She replied, "I didn't let them follow."

He looked at her with pity, and said, "The clothes are too thin. You are very weak now, and you can't catch the cold. Brother Nine will send you a cloak."

She stopped him and said with a slight smile, "Brother Jiu, don't leave, let's talk,"

Unconsciously, his heart trembled, he stopped and nodded, "Okay."

She was speechless for a moment.The two met each other silently, and after a while, he asked: "Yuan Yuan, can you tell Brother Nine what happened to you in the Kingdom of Jin?"

She smiled faintly, and asked back, "Brother Jiu really wants to know?"

But he hesitated again and stopped talking.

Suddenly there was a wind blowing, she shrank slightly, and said to him: "Ninth Brother, I'm so cold."

In an instant, he really wanted to stretch his arms to hug her, but as soon as he stretched out his arms, his movements froze, and then gradually retracted.

And she stretched out her hands to wrap around his waist very naturally, and then gently pressed her face to his chest, closed her eyes and didn't speak, as if she wanted to warm himself wholeheartedly.

Zhao Gou was stunned by her sudden action, his whole body was stiff and he didn't know how to respond.It took a while for a ray of tenderness and warmth to come to my heart, melting away the hard unfamiliarity and guard that I had been feeling all day, so I embraced her with my hands, and rested my chin lightly on her hair, quietly feeling the pain. Focus on the warmth of happiness revealed in the bitterness.

After an unknown amount of time, Rou Fu, who was nestled in Zhao Gou's arms, suddenly uttered three words: "Kill him."

Zhao Gou was startled, leaning on her shoulders and looking down at her, he found a little bit of resentment in her eyes, and repeated: "Ninth brother, kill him!"

He had never seen this kind of expression before, and there was a chill in his heart.He frowned and asked her, "Who do you want me to kill?"

She kept silent, but under his gaze, she suddenly smiled and said, "I didn't point to anyone in particular, anyway, every golden person should be killed. Isn't it, Brother Nine?"

He let her go, and said softly: "It's windy, you'd better go in and rest earlier."

She nodded obediently, said goodbye to him, and then turned back to the cabinet.

Zhao Gou watched her go back before starting to leave depressedly, but he didn't go back to the bedroom. He strolled into the imperial garden and stared at the pale moon in the water for a long time.

Raindrops gradually began to fall, and he had no intention of avoiding them.Standing so dry until midnight, someone behind him came quietly, holding an umbrella to protect him from the rain.

He knew who it was without looking, and sighed deeply: "Yingfu."

Yingfu persuaded softly: "It's very late and it's raining again. The official family will go to court tomorrow, please go back to the dormitory and rest."

Zhao Gou turned to look at her, and asked sadly, "Yingfu, why didn't Yuan Yuan escape like you?"

(End of this chapter)