Roufu Diji

Chapter 3 The Palace Girl Infant Chi Tangdi's Blossom
1. Bidding
"The officials have asked the courtiers and concubines about this many times." Yingfu said, her tone was still gentle as before.

Zhao Gou was stunned, and smiled and said: "Yes, I have asked you many times, and I have heard your explanations countless times, but I don't know why I can't remember it, and now I am asking you again."

Yingfu sighed softly: "The officials care too much about Di Ji, and always feel that it is a great pity that Di Ji didn't escape back then, so they think about this question again and again."

Zhao Gou was speechless, and looked up at Jiang'e Pavilion in the distance, and said, "Do you think she is completely different from before... Over three years, she has become another person."

Ying Chi stared at him silently, not answering his question for the time being.The man in front of her was gloomy and depressed. The shadows of multiple tragedies accumulated over the years invaded his limbs and bones, and reflected in his deep eyes, which made her feel sad uncontrollably.

If I hadn't been with you day and night for several years, I would never think that you are still what you used to be.she thinks.Standing in the night rain in Lin'an, she suddenly missed the warm sunshine of Bianjing back then, and the vigorous young man who appeared in her life bathed in the sunshine.

Wu Yingfu was born in an ordinary, even poor family in Bianjing.The name Yingfu was also chosen later. Her uneducated parents originally named her "Caiyun".Her father, Wu Jin, was an out-and-out citizen. He worked as a small worker with a meager income, but he also had to support a large family with many children, so he married and sold Yingchi's older sisters early in the morning. , all sent out.When Yingchi was 12 years old, Wu Jin had already negotiated a price with a family and wanted to sell Yingchi, but later he heard that the palace sent someone to choose a maid. Entering the palace may be a good opportunity to catch big fish with a long line: Although the money you get now is not as much as selling it to wealthy people, but if your daughter enters the palace, maybe she will be favored by the emperor in the future, so why not give it away?Taking a step back, even if the emperor looks down on her, it would be good to catch a prince. If not, it would be good to give her to a high official and general as a concubine when the master is happy someday.

So Wu Jin called Yingchi out, ordered her to clean up, and took her to the election.

Yingfu was born with a beautiful appearance. Although she hadn't read any books at the time, she had a good temperament, gentleness and courtesy, so she was selected smoothly.After entering the palace, she carefully did all the things arranged for her. She was very diligent and quiet. The guard in the Queen's Pavilion saw that she was well-behaved, and soon transferred her to serve Empress Zheng.

There are dozens of maids who serve the queen on weekdays.Yingfu soon discovered that in their spare time, these young girls loved to talk about the dozens of princes, big and small, of Emperor Zhao Ji. Because the princes often came to pay their respects to the queen, their chances of seeing them were higher than those of other places. There are so many court ladies, it has become a great pleasure for them to get together in private to evaluate and discuss their demeanor.

"King Su wore a crimson gauze single robe today, a silver silk Tang scarf, and a pair of scarlet boots that were dust-free. When I came to pay my respects to the queen, I announced it for him. At that time, he looked at me and smiled, and said Saying 'thank you girl'..."

"King Su was born too weak, so it's better to be King Ji. I just paid homage to the Qing Navy's Jiedu envoy yesterday, and entered the Yanfu Palace in military uniform to thank the officials. He is really heroic, like a heroic little general..."

"But he's just a vacant post, and he didn't really go to battle. How do you know if he's really heroic? Besides, King Ji doesn't seem to like reading. The last time I met the officials with King Jing, the officials asked them to fill in a question on the spot. King Ji thought about it for a long time and didn't write out the words, but King Jing had already filled in the three lines in a blink of an eye..."

"Hehe, who can compare with King Yun in terms of literary talents! King Jing can write a few poems, but he has the cleverness of ordinary literati, and King Yun is the number one scholar in the serious imperial examination! It's a pity that the officials wanted to avoid suspicion. Changed to someone else, but King Yun didn't mind, he just laughed it off, completely treating fame and fortune like floating clouds..."

"You little girl, you talk about King Yun all day long, but you haven't seen anyone look at you more!"

"Hmph, he didn't look at me, did he look at you again?"

"I don't think so much about others like you... Besides, so what if I have talent? It won't be His Highness the Crown Prince who will take over the world in the future! Speaking of which, His Highness the Crown Prince is the most stable among all the princes..."

"Hey, my sister is the best, knowing how close I am to the prince now, I can be the emperor's wife in the future..."

"Oh, stop arguing! I heard that King Yun painted another flower and bird painting today, and the officials repeatedly praised it, saying that the painting is better than his painting..."

"Really? Where is it? Can we go and see?"

……

Ying Chi lived in such an environment, listening to trivial matters about the princes and disputes centered on them all day long.The one most talked about by the court ladies is Zhao Kai, King of Yun. Before Yingfu saw him, he had already sketched out his general image based on everyone's description: handsome, outstanding talent, proficient in painting, personable, cheerful and talkative.There is a name that is rarely mentioned: Kang Wang Zhaogou.Yingfu remembers the girls' impression of him at the time: "The longer he is, the more handsome he is, but he doesn't like to talk, and he doesn't like to talk to people. I don't know what he is thinking all day long."

On March [-]th of the sixth year of Xuanhe, she finally met the two legendary princes.

On this day, as usual, Zhao Ji drove to the Linshui Hall in the Jinming Pool in the Royal Waterscape Garden to watch the dragon boat competition and gave a banquet to all the officials.He took many concubines with him, and Yingfu also went with Empress Zheng.

The smoky wind is coming, and the blue sky is warming. The Linshui Hall is facing the shimmering Jinming Pool. There are four colorful boats lined up in the pool, and there are many guards on it. , Knife Drop, Man Cards, Ghosts, Zaju and so on.Accompanied by two other painted boats, there are musicians playing the qin and the sheng. The music is melodious, rippling in the blue sky and clear water through the veil.

After watching the "Water Puppet" show on the colorful building on the boat for a while, two more painting boats with vertical swings sailed to the front of the Linshui Palace.As soon as the boat came to a stop, the music stopped abruptly, but a smiling young man came out of the cabin holding a jade flute.

He was wearing an elegant and light plain robe, with wide sleeves dancing in the wind along with the long hair band on his head. The wind seemed to be disturbed by his sudden appearance, rushing and chaotic, but it never affected him when he started walking. The calmness and the elegance of the smile on the lips.

He smiled and looked sideways at the Linshui Palace, which immediately caused the woman behind the bead curtain to exclaim either explicitly or secretly: "Ah, King Yun..."

Yingfu was slightly surprised when she saw his face clearly: such a handsome man is rare even in the royal family.

Zhao Kai walked to the side of the boat, gave a deep salute to his father in the Linshui Palace, then walked to the side of the swing in the middle of the boat, stood proudly, drew the flute to his lips, and a burst of clear music sounded in an instant.

Following the sound of music, another young man walked out of the cabin.He is several years younger than Zhao Kai, and looks no more than sixteen or seventeen. He is completely different from Zhao Kai who speaks, smiles, and behaves chicly. With a solemnity and seriousness beyond his age, he was not wearing a robe, but a light blue narrow-sleeved dress.

After saluting facing the Linshui Palace, he raised his feet and jumped onto the swing, then kicked on the swing with the sound of Zhao Kai's flute, and got up steadily.Gradually, the sound of the flute became more and more intense, and the young man on the swing was getting higher and higher, flying back and forth in the air.The music gradually reached its climax, and the bands on the boats on both sides joined together. Seeing that the young man had already kicked until his body was almost parallel to the horizontal frame of the swing, the scene became more and more dangerous, and even attracted the beauties and palace ladies behind the bead curtain in the palace. Forget about etiquette, they flock to the door, pulling the beaded curtain with their hands to watch the swing on the boat.

At this moment, the young man suddenly jumped up from the highest place, abandoned the swing, made two somersaults in the air, and finally threw himself into the water, causing a shallow splash of water, which soon turned into ripples. Come on, the water is calm again.

The palace people cheered in unison, and the sound of admiration was endless.Empress Zheng also smiled and said to Zhao Ji: "When did Brother Ninth learn how to kick the water swing? I think it took a lot of effort for this. It's really embarrassing for this child."

Zhao Ji nodded and smiled, looking very happy.

Yingfu listened from the side, and realized that this young man was the "quiet talkative" Nine Kings that the ladies and sisters had mentioned—Kang Wang Zhao Gou.

Afterwards, dragon boats of various colors competing for bids sailed out one after another, and dragon boats, tiger-head boats, loach boats, and flying fish boats came one after another on the lake.When rowing to the front of the Linshui Hall, they are divided into two teams and parked on both sides. The small dragon boats are lined up in front of the hall facing east and west, and the tiger head and flying fish boats are arranged behind them, forming two formations.After waiting for a while, a person held a red flag and walked to the water shed in front of the water hall. Yingfu took a closer look and found that it was Kang Wang Zhaogou whom he had just seen.

At this time, he had already changed into a brocade robe twisted with gold thread, with a gold belt tied around his waist, and his whole body was shining brightly in the sunlight.Still in a serious manner, they just waved the flag decisively, and the dragon boats would sing their gongs, paddle and rotate, and line up in a circle.

"The name of this formation is 'Xuan Luo'." A voice sounded from the side, Ying Chi looked back and found that it was Zhao Kai who spoke.He did not know when he entered the palace and was explaining the dragon boat formation to the emperor and empress.Feeling that Yingchi was looking at him, he turned his head and looked at each other calmly, his eyes were gentle and still smiling.Yingchi didn't notice the flying clouds rushing towards her face, so she quickly raised her eyes to look at the dragon boat outside.

I saw Zhao Gou commanding with the red flag again, waved left and right, the fleets on both sides immediately dispersed, gathered on both sides, and formed a circle again in an instant.

"It's called 'Sea Eye'." Zhao Kai continued.

Zhao Gou immediately raised the flag and drew a cross in the air, and the two fleets dispersed and crossed each other.

Zhao Kai smiled brightly and said, "This is what we call 'hands-off'."

Then Zhao Gou raised the flag again, and the two teams lined up on the east and west sides of Linshui Hall again.There is a small boat from the military academy holding a pole. On the pole is a brocade and silver bowl lamp, which is inserted in the water close to the Linshui hall as a pole.Zhao Gou raised the flag again after he inserted it, and waved it down decisively. The two fleets immediately beat drums and marched side by side, racing towards the pole.The one who arrived first won the bid and couldn't help being overjoyed. He led the crowd to kneel down to the Linshui Hall and shouted long live.Then the same ceremony was repeated under the command of Zhao Gou, and it took three times to end the day's bid competition.

After bidding for the bid, Zhao Gou stepped into the hall to meet his father.Zhao Jilongyan was very happy, and rewarded him and Zhao Kai generously, giving them gold and silk, and numerous tributes, and Zhao Gou was slightly richer than Zhao Kai.

Zhao Gou bowed down to thank him, then got up and returned to his seat.The moment he raised his head, Yingchi noticed the arrogance in his eyes, and the fleeting smile on his lips revealing a message of confidence.

2. Babies
Yingfu gradually got more and more opportunities to serve Queen Zheng closely, and her advantages were quickly discovered by the queen.So, one day the queen summoned her and ordered her to serve the Empress Roufu, saying that Roufu was still young and needed to be accompanied by a court lady who was about her age, but Roufu was lively and mischievous by nature, and ordinary young maidens could only watch and watch. Let her mess around, it's rare for Yingchi to be so stable and sensible, I hope she can not only keep Di Ji as company, but also play a role of persuasion to Di Ji.

Yingfu naturally and obediently accepted the new fate arranged for her by the queen. At that time, she couldn't grasp her own will at all, she passively accepted all changes, and then actively adapted, it didn't matter whether she was willing or not, and no one Will ask her if she wants to.

Then she was taken to the residence of Roufu.As soon as he entered the door, he saw a room full of palace people chasing after a little girl.The girl was slightly smaller than her, with a petite figure and Yuxue was cute. At the moment, she was running around with a light gauze skirt swinging here and there. Shoes, only wearing a pair of pink socks.The big maid behind her hurriedly chased after her with a white damask that bound her feet, and repeatedly urged: "Diji, you must wrap your feet with cloth, or your feet will grow bigger!" But the girl kept running, shaking her head like Rattle: "I don't want it! I don't want it! It's so hot!"

She was about to rush out the door, but bumped into the baby who had just entered, so she stopped, looked at her curiously with wide eyes, and asked, "Who are you?"

Yingfu guessed that this girl must be her new master, so she knelt down and replied, "The servant girl is the maid sent by the empress to serve Roufu Diji. Diji Wanfu."

Roufu nodded and asked again: "What's your name?"

Yingfu then revealed her real name at that time: "The maidservant's name is Caiyun."

"Caiyun?" Roufu giggled, "What a good name!"

Ying Chi blushed with embarrassment, and because of her unabashed and straightforward reaction, she couldn't help lowering her head deeply.Although she knew that her name was not very clever, but no one had ever laughed at her face to face, now hearing Di Ji say this, she felt ashamed for a moment.

At this time, the palace servants caught Rou Fu and advised her to go back to bind her feet.She broke free impatiently, and said: "Okay, okay! I can entangle, but I don't want you, let this colorful cloud entangle me."

They had no choice but to agree, and handed the white silk to Yingchi.Roufu went back to the bedroom and sat on the bed, and asked Yingchi to take off her socks and bind her feet, during which she quietly leaned into Yingchi's ear and smiled, "Be gentle..."

Yingchi nodded in agreement, and seriously did the first thing of serving Diji.According to her request, she didn't use all her strength to wrap her feet, but she didn't dare to really relax, she still tied them tightly, thinking silently: Diji's feet are so small and beautiful, so naturally they should be well maintained.

Rou Fu stared at her face for a long time, then moved his eyes to her feet.

Yingchi looked up by chance and found that Roufu was observing her feet with great interest, and immediately felt a burning sensation on her face, and immediately hid her feet in her skirt desperately.

Rou Fu smiled and didn't talk about it any further, just said to her: "Caiyun, did the Empress give you your name?"

Ying Chi replied, "No. My father took it, and the empress did not change it."

Rou Fu was overjoyed, and said: "Great! Then I can give you another good name. I don't like Xi'er's name, but it was chosen by the empress, so I can't change it."

Yingchi nodded docilely: "It's so kind to Di Ji."

Roufu thought for a while and said, "Then you will be called Yingfu from now on. Your original name was Caiyun, and Yingfu means clouds around you."

Yingchi paused the work she was doing, knelt down again and thanked Diji for giving her a new name.

Rou Fu smiled and said: "Yingfu is really nice. If I can change the name my father gave me, I will keep this name for myself." After a pause, he looked out and said to himself : "If you can choose your own name, your husband-in-law can choose your own, and you can decide whether your feet are bound or not..."

Yingfu was also stunned for a moment.You can choose your own name, choose your husband and son-in-law, and decide whether to bind your feet or not—this is also her wish, but even Rou Fu, who is the emperor's concubine, can't achieve such a wish. For a court lady, it is even more extravagant.

Continuing to bind Roufu's feet, she savored the sentence "You can decide whether to bind your feet or not".Rou Fu hated foot binding probably because he was young and didn't understand the importance of foot binding to women.How can a noble woman not bind her feet?Even the daughters of middle-class families will try their best to get a pair of slender feet in order to find a good husband-in-law, and the humbleness of a woman's origin is usually written on those feet, which is clear at a glance.Diji was really born in the midst of blessings and didn't know how to be blessed. She wouldn't understand that if "whether or not to bind feet can be decided by oneself", then Yingfu's decision would definitely be the opposite of Diji's.

"Do you know how to read? Do you know how to write the word 'Yingfu'?" Rou Fu suddenly asked again.

Ying Chi shook her head in shame.

Rou Fu smiled and said, "It's okay, I can teach you."

After wrapping it up, Rou Fu immediately jumped out of bed, excitedly ordered people to prepare pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and then picked up the pen and wrote two beautiful characters on the paper: baby 茀.

"Can you see clearly? Come on, try to write like this." Rou Fu handed the pen to Ying Chi, and looked at her encouragingly.

Yingfu hesitated for a while, and then took the pen nervously under Rou Fu's repeated urging, holding the pen with trembling hands and was about to drop it on the paper, but Rou Fu couldn't help laughing: "Hey, that's not how you hold the pen! "

Of course, Ying Chi didn't know the correct posture for holding the pen. After taking the pen, she folded her five fingers together in a panic, and tightly held the pen holder in the palm of her hand.Hearing Rou Fu's ridicule now, he couldn't help being startled and ashamed, and quickly let go, the pen slipped to the ground.

Roufu bent down to pick up the pen himself, first held the pen for Yingfu to see, then handed it to Yingfu again, and said softly: "That's it, it's very simple, try again."

Under her guidance, Yingchi was finally able to hold the pen in the correct posture, but when she really wanted to write, she found it more difficult, and she didn't know where to start.In the end, he listened to Rou Fu's instructions tremblingly, and finally managed to finish writing the not-so-simple word "Yingfu" with an attitude of imitating a painting.Unexpectedly, just after he breathed a sigh of relief, before he recovered, he heard Rou Fu's laughter again: "It turns out that such a beautiful word can also be written so ugly."

Yingfu's heart sank to the bottom of the valley, and when she saw the people around her laughing with Roufu, she trembled like being frozen in winter, sad and embarrassing, her eyes began to turn red.

"Ah, don't be sad, I'm not laughing at you!" Rou Fu found that her expression was wrong, and immediately took her hand to persuade: "Don't be so careless. The first time I wrote it, it was uglier than yours. , made my number one scholar laugh for a full half a month, and said that I would have no future if I wanted to practice calligraphy, but I would consider it if I followed Taoist priests to learn how to draw symbols."

They asked people to replace the paper with new ones, ordered her to practice repeatedly, and said while watching: "I will teach you to read and write in the future, and you can ask my brothers to teach you when you have learned it... Many of them are very good at calligraphy. Needless to say, the third brother, Brother Kai, brother Zhi is also good, they are my own brothers, they will come to see me from time to time... I heard that Brother Jiu's running script is very beautiful, but I haven't seen it... the last time I saw him I'm only a little older, and now I can't even remember what he looks like..."

3. Zhao Kai
Since then, Roufu has taught Yingfu how to read and write often, and Yingfu is always very serious. The characters and books he has learned can be quickly remembered, and he is very helpful in practicing calligraphy. Enthusiastic, besides practicing with Roufu, she also gets up at dawn every day when everyone in the palace is still asleep, and dips a pen in water to practice calligraphy on the marble floor in the courtyard in the faint morning light , Then wash the pen before others get up, and quietly put it back in the study.

So every time Roufu sees her new writing, she will be pleasantly surprised: "Yingfu, you are really talented! Every time you write, you get better and better."

Yingchi usually lowered her head and answered, "It's Diji who taught me well."

One day at dawn, Yingchi squatted in the courtyard alone and practiced calligraphy as usual. After finishing writing the calligraphy that Roufu taught her yesterday, she practiced writing her name "Yingchi" again and again.While I was writing, I suddenly heard a gentle and pleasant male voice from behind: "Is this your name?"

Ying Chi stood up in surprise, turned around and saw Zhao Kai's handsome smile.He put one hand behind his back, while the other loosely clings to a half-open Koryo folding fan. The cold morning breeze picked up a few strands of hair hanging from his ears, and brushed over his flawless cheeks and smiling lips, inadvertently The fragrance of clothes that helped him spread wantonly in the air around the baby.

Yingfu saluted with a blushing face and said, "Morning, Three Kings."

Zhao Kai said with a smile: "It's not early for me. I didn't get up early, but came back late. I passed by and saw you writing, so I came to have a look."

Zhao Kai is Zhao Ji's most beloved son, because he is intelligent, talented, and suave, Zhao Ji looks at him as if he saw himself when he was young, so the kindness he treats him is by no means comparable to that of ordinary princes.Generally, princes have to live outside the palace after they reach the age of 15, but Zhao Ji waited until Zhao Kai was full before releasing him to live in the palace. The palace given to him was more spacious and exquisite than other princes' palaces.He was also allowed to enter and exit the Forbidden Palace at any time, not limited to morning and evening.Not to mention, in order to make it easier for him to enter the palace frequently, he also ordered people to build a flying bridge between his palace and the palace to shorten the distance.The Feiqiao complex road is the flying pavilion promenade connected in the air. It flies over the city wall and connects the two palaces. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, this kind of building has rarely been seen in the courts. Zhao Ji specially ordered it to be built for Zhao Kai. It can be seen that Aizi cut.Last night Zhao Ji stayed with Zhao Kai to drink and have a feast to comment on calligraphy and painting, and it was another whole night before he was asked to bid farewell and return to the palace.

"You haven't answered my question yet." Zhao Kai still reminded with a smile.

Yingfu hurriedly nodded and replied: "Yes. The slave girl's name is Yingfu, which was given by Roufu Emperor Ji."

"Bai Niyingfu, Hu Qitang?" Zhao Kai laughed, "Why did Yuan Yuan give you such a name!"

"Is there anything wrong with this name?" Yingchi asked anxiously.

But Zhao Kai comforted him and said, "It's nothing, it's just that it's a bit ominous when you go deeper into its meaning. But Yuan Yuan must have no other intentions, and probably just thought this word sounds good, so he used it as your name...you can write at such a young age , is really rare."

Yingfu replied: "It's the emperor who doesn't think the slaves are stupid, and took the trouble to personally teach the slaves to read and write."

Zhao Kai laughed again when he heard the words: "Hehe, she has never studied hard, she always doesn't ask for deep understanding, she has the nerve to be her teacher."

"Where," Ying Chi said softly, "I am satisfied if I can learn three points of Diji's knowledge in a lifetime."

"You won't be worse than her, Yingchi." Zhao Kai said, as if he was predicting very seriously, but the smile on his lips did not disappear, "Do you feel that you are inferior to her in everything, appearance, talent, Identity, fate?"

Yingfu was persecuted by his direct question and didn't know what to do. After a while, she lowered her eyes and said, "This servant is terrified... How can this servant be compared with Diji..."

"Look at me, Yingchi." Zhao Kai stretched out his hand and gently lifted her chin with two fingers, looking straight into the depths of her eyes.His slender fingers touched the baby's skin with a slight coolness, "You can be said to be Chunlanqiuju, each with its own merits, and your talent can be seen from your words, you are actually a very talented person As for your current status, it is determined by God, but it is not the most important factor in determining your destiny. Talent, diligence and self-confidence are more important than status. You are talented, and you are diligent enough to get up early and practice calligraphy every day. , the only thing missing now is self-confidence.”

"Ah, Your Majesty knows that slaves practice handwriting every day?" Yingchi began to feel embarrassed again, she turned her head away from his grasp, her eyes avoiding his pursuit.

Zhao Kai smiled and said: "Today is not the first time I have come home late. Every time I pass by here at dawn, I will see you practicing calligraphy on the ground. This is why I am interested in talking to you now." After a short break, look up In the direction of the rising sun, "It is not accidental to be noticed by others. God always favors those talented, diligent and confident people."

Yingchi lowered her head to think carefully about what he said, but heard him ask her again: "Do you know, a little Yuan Yuan is definitely not as good as you."

Ying Chi raised her head in surprise, and looked at Zhao Kai full of doubts.

Zhao Kai stared at her, waving his folding fan lightly, smiling as usual: "Yuan Yuan's future husband will be no more than a subject no matter how noble his status is. A minister who marries an imperial concubine is called 'Shang', while an emperor who marries an imperial concubine is called 'Jiang'. A single word "减" can tell that Diji will always marry someone whose status is lower than hers. But you are different, Yingfu, your future husband will definitely be noble, and will far surpass Yuan Yuan's son-in-law."

Immediately, Yingpo blushed again, twisted the corner of her clothes with her hands down, and after a long time she responded, her voice was as soft as a mosquito's, barely audible: "How dare this servant have such unreasonable thoughts."

Zhao Kai smiled: "I said so, so it will be. I'm going back home, and I will come to teach you calligraphy often in the future."

He stretched out his hand to gently caress the baby's face, and there was a trace of warmth on that finger.

He said another sentence: "You don't have to call yourself a slave in front of me from now on." Then he turned and left.

Yingfu looked at his disappearing figure in some perplexity, recalling the scene and what he said just now, it felt like a dream.

Zhao Kai came to see Rou Fu two days later, and only said that he wanted to check Rou Fu's recent calligraphy practice. After Rou Fu wrote a few for him, he laughed and said: "The more you write, the more ugly you are. I heard that the girl you taught recently wrote better than you."

Rou Fu was naturally dissatisfied when he heard this, so he asked Ying Chi to write it too.Yingfu understood Zhao Kai's meaning, so she was a little shy, at first she refused to write, and finally she took up a pen and wrote a few under the repeated urging of Rou Fu and the encouragement of Zhao Kai.After writing it, Zhao Kai read it carefully, gave her many opinions very carefully and meticulously, and personally drew up a pen to demonstrate and guide.

Rou Fu pouted and said: "Brother Kai is clearly biased, he never told me so carefully."

Zhao Kai said with a smile: "Brother, this is for your sake. I taught your calligraphy. If you write poorly, people will secretly laugh at me as a teacher after reading it. I will bear it. Who asked me to be your real brother? Ke Yingfu I am a student you have accepted. If you do not write well, it will hurt your face, teacher. I love my sister so much, how can I let my sister be ridiculed? So I reluctantly help you teach Yingfu. I will not let her calligraphy succeed in the future. He will take the credit of my sister, and say to the outside world that my sister is a good teacher."

After saying that, he looked at Rou Fu who was waiting on the side, Zhang Xi'er, another personal maid, waved to her and said: "Xi'er, come and learn."

Zhang Xier pointed at herself in disbelief and asked, "Is the king calling me?"

Zhao Kai nodded and smiled: "Yes, I will teach you three together from now on."

Xi'er was overjoyed, she knelt down to thank her cleverly, and then came to practice with them.

Afterwards Zhao Kai came more and more frequently, usually after meeting his father and queen in the palace, he would come to Roufu's residence to teach them calligraphy and poetry.Empress Zheng was not very happy when she heard that, she felt that although he and Roufu were brothers and sisters, but Roufu was getting older, it would not be appropriate to be so close after all.Zhao Ji didn't mind at all, and said that the queen thought too much, Zhao Kaiwen was so good, it was rare that he had the heart to guide his sister to study, so why bother to stop her.So Empress Zheng kept silent.

One day Zhao Kai was watching them practice calligraphy in Roufu Pavilion, but Zhao Ji sent a court lady to report: "The government has summoned several bachelors and new scholars to enjoy flowers and write poems in Lanxun Pavilion, and ordered servants to invite the three kings over. "

Zhao Kai turned his head sideways and asked, "Is the prince also there?"

The maid said yes.He smiled slightly, and was not in a hurry to say whether he would go, he just looked at the maid and said: "Qinghan, your rouge color is very beautiful today."

The court lady was taken aback, she was so excited that she couldn't speak clearly: "Your... Your Majesty knows the name... name of your servant?"

Zhao Kai nodded and said: "The last time my father ordered you to pour wine for me, I called you and I will remember it."

Qing Han didn't know what to say when she heard the words, she smiled joyfully, but tears welled up in her eyes.

"Qinghan," Zhao Kai said to her again with a slight smile, "can you go back and tell my father that Empress Roufu is pestering me to teach her how to learn calligraphy, and why won't you let me go?"

Rou Fu was dissatisfied and said: "If you don't want to go, just tell me, what do you do with me?"

Zhao Kai turned his head and tapped her forehead with the folding fan, and said two words clearly: "Shut up." Then he turned his head and looked at Qing Han tenderly.

That Qinghan couldn't stop staring at him, she nodded unconsciously and said: "Yes, yes, the servant will report back to the official like this."

When Yingfu saw this, she knew that after going back, she would drag a group of sisters to tell about the unexpected attention of the King of Yun today, and then she would have toss and turn for a few nights because of it.It's slightly funny, but when I recall Zhao Kai's warm words to Qing Han, I feel a little bit inexplicably melancholy.

After she left, Rou Fu asked Zhao Kai, "Brother Kai, I really don't understand why you didn't go when the eldest brother was around. Are you afraid that you won't be able to write poems and you won't be able to beat the eldest brother? How is that possible!"

Zhao Kai laughed and said, "Of course I won't be afraid of poetry competitions, but I can't guarantee that others won't be. Think about it, if I write a good poem in front of everyone and get Daddy's praise, who will be the most unhappy?"

"Oh, I got it, it's the elder brother!" Rou Fu suddenly realized, "Yes, every time Daddy praises you, the elder brother's face turns black."

"Hehe, that's what you said, I didn't say anything." Zhao Kai said again, "Instead of going to join in the fun and watch someone's black face, naturally it's better to stay here and watch the two beauties practice calligraphy."

"Two beauties?" Rou Fu frowned and said, "Brother seems to be wrong, we have three beauties here... Are you trying to say who among Yingfu and Xi'er is not a beauty?"

"That's right, the two beauties I'm referring to are them two." Zhao Kai pretended to be puzzled, "Is there a third one? Where? Where?" While talking, he shook his head from side to side, as if Look around.

Rou Fu knew that he was deliberately making fun of himself, so he refused to follow him, and punched him, and everyone laughed together.

This happened again, but with different results.One day, Zhao Ji gave a banquet to Cai Jing, Wang Fu and other ministers in the Palace of Preserving Harmony, and ordered the court ladies to invite Zhao Kai.Zhao Kai asked again if the crown prince was present, and the maid replied that the official family only invited one prince, Prince Yun, so Zhao Kai waved his sleeves and went happily with a smile on his face.

After these two incidents, Yingfu also gradually realized that the superficial harmony and friendship of the two brothers Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai was just a veil of harmony and beauty, and the sharp edge hidden under it was chilling to the touch.

One day Zhao Kai came early in the morning, before Rou Fu woke up, Yingfu and Xi'er invited him to sit in the study.After he walked into the study, he saw several court ladies rushing in and stood aside to serve him, so he smiled: "We want to write here, and we don't want to perform a hundred plays. Why are you all running in here? Yingfu and Xi'er stay Just get down, and the others can go out and do things."

So the people withdrew.After a while, he said to Xi'er again: "Xi'er, go and help Di Ji get up and wash up. It's shameful not to wake up so late, you don't look like a lady!"

Xi'er agrees to leave.

Seeing that she and Zhao Kai were the only ones left in the study, Yingfu suddenly became embarrassed and hurried to the desk to prepare the Four Treasures of the Study.

Zhao Kai didn't speak for a while, just sat in the chair and watched her move with a smile.This job was easy to complete, but Yingchi didn't know how to face him anymore, so she had to stand silently and keep rubbing the ink.

"Yingfu," Zhao Kai said leisurely, "you can write some characters for me first."

Ying Chi lowered her head and asked, "What characters does Your Majesty want me to write?"

Zhao Kai looked at her, suddenly smiled and said, "How about we make a bet? You can write whatever you want, but I guess what you write will definitely be the character 'kai'."

Yingfu thought to herself, how can there be such a gamble, not to mention that I never thought of writing this word, even if I was going to write it, and now you have said it first, would I write it again?
Even though he thought so, he was curious for a moment and couldn't help but interjected, "Then what does the king want to bet with me?"

"If you really write the word 'kai', I win," Zhao Kai said with a smile, "Then let me kiss you."

Yingfu blushed again with shame, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty...it's not right."

"What's wrong?" Zhao Kai asked, "Hehe, do you think you will definitely lose?"

Yingchi was silent for a long while before asking: "Then... what if the king loses?"

"If I lose..." A sly smile swirled into his eyes, "Then I have to let you kiss me!"

"Your Majesty!" Yingchi stomped her feet subconsciously in a hurry and said, "Stop making fun of me."

Zhao Kai laughed loudly and said, "You look so cute... well, I won't tease you anymore, if I lose, you can ask me to do something for you, no matter what it is, I will promise you."

Ying Chi didn't speak any more, it was a tacit consent.Then I picked up my pen and thought for a while, and decided to write the character "soft" of "Rou Fu Di Ji".Unexpectedly, as soon as the tip of the pen touched the paper, Zhao Kai suddenly got up and walked behind her, stretched out his right hand from behind her to hold the hand holding the pen, and gently wrapped his arms around her waist with the other hand, and then pulled her hand , Before she could react, she wrote the word "kai" on the paper.

4. Divination
Let's write, Zhao Kai didn't let go of the baby, turned her gently to face him, and said indifferently: "You lost." Holding his gentle smile that concealed three points of evil, his eyes flicked leisurely. Falling on her soft red lips.

Ying Chi was so flustered by his sight, she didn't care about it for a while, she tried her best to break free, fled to a corner and stood still, staring at him with round eyes guardedly.

Zhao Kai shook his head and said with a smile: "Isn't it so unmannered? I'm willing to accept the bet, why does the girl still want to renege on her debt?"

"Obviously the king..." Yingfu blurted out a retort, but it was difficult to continue.

"What's wrong with me?" Zhao Kai put on a puzzled look again, "I just said that you must know how to write regular characters, and I don't care how you write them. Anyway, this word came from the girl's hand, black and white, Lai It cannot be relied on."

Yingfu knew that he was definitely not his opponent if he wanted to argue, so when he lowered his eyelashes, there was a light layer of tears on his face.

Zhao Kai smiled and sat back in the chair again Shi Shiran, leaning back on the back of the chair, his body stretched and his appearance very relaxed: "Yingfu, are you afraid that you won't be able to marry after being kissed by me?"

The baby's head drooped deeply, and she said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please let me go, I'm so confused, I'm not a suitable playmate."

Zhao Kai stared at her sideways for a long time, and finally said: "Okay, it's not Kai's style to be abrupt and beautiful. But I must have this kiss, and I will put it on the account for now, and I will ask you for it when the time is right. "

Yingfu was afraid that he would come and persecute him again, now seeing him say so, she was a little relieved, she was a little relieved, and said softly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhao Kai laughed again, and asked her: "Do you remember I told you last time that the husband you will marry in the future will definitely be more noble than Yuan Yuan's son-in-law?"

Baby Chi nodded.

Zhao Kai asked again: "Do you want to know who you will marry?"

Yingchi asked in surprise, "How can I know this now?"

Zhao Kai said: "I know how to do divination and fortune-telling, Zhou Yi, gossip, and linen clothes are all good at physiognomy. Come, let me show you the palmistry." Then he extended his hand to her.

Yingfu hesitated for a moment but still dared not go over, Zhao Kai smiled and said, "Are you afraid that I will bully you? The girl actually regards Kai as an apprentice in the market, you really underestimate Kai."

Taking a closer look at his expression, Yingchi felt that he was more serious than before, as if he didn't want to take advantage of her, but he kept stretching out his hand and waiting for her to pass by, it would be very rude if he just refused.So he finally walked over and held out his right hand for him to see.

Zhao Kai gently held her hand up, looked down at the lines on her palm carefully, and after a while stroked her fingers one by one to check the fingerprints on each finger.Seeing that his movements had a tendency to be ambiguous again, Yingfu wanted to withdraw her hand, but he held her back, raised her head and said solemnly: "Don't move, I haven't finished watching yet."

Yingchi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she had no choice but to pretend that he was really serious about reading the photo, and begged him to read it as soon as possible.

After looking at the fingers, he turned over Yingchi's hand to look carefully at the back of the hand, and after a while, he suddenly drew it to his lips as if wanting to kiss, Yingchi screamed and pulled out his hand and hid it behind him, not letting him touch it again.

Zhao Kai couldn't help laughing, and said, "Why are you so nervous? I want to use my lips to detect the subtle lines on the back of your hand. This is also a way to read palms."

"My lord, please don't make fun of your slaves anymore." Yingpo couldn't help frowning slightly, lightly annoyed.

Zhao Kai heard that she was calling herself a slave again, and knew that she was really angry, so he stopped teasing her and said to her gently: "Okay, I've seen the result, it's really expensive."

Yingfu said coldly: "Did the king really see it? Maybe he just made up some good words to coax the servants?"

"Hehe, do you think I'm that low-level Taoist priest?" Zhao Kai laughed, "I'll tell you the result, believe it or not, girl is free: you have the image of flying phoenix and flying clouds, and you will definitely be able to serve the king in the future , if you know how to grasp the opportunity, it is not impossible for the mother to marry the world in the end."

Yingpo was startled, and said: "Don't make such a joke, my lord, I never dreamed of such a high-ranking thing! I came from a humble background, and it is a great fortune to marry an ordinary scholar. How dare I Such an unreasonable thought!"

Zhao Kai smiled slightly and said, "Yingfu, you really don't seem to be happy about it. Are you unwilling to marry my father or my elder brother?"

Yingchi's words were also a subconscious reaction, and she hadn't thought about the reason why she so strongly rejected the fate he had predicted for her.After he asked such a question, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he replied: "It's my low status, and I am not worthy to serve the king."

Zhao Kai shook his head and said, "That's not a reason. The current empress, and my mother, were just ordinary court ladies just like you." Then he took her hand very naturally and held it gently, feeling like a baby. Feeling the temperature of his palm, his body trembled slightly, but he was not as panicked as before, and he didn't break free again.

Only Zhao Kai said to her tenderly: "How could I give you to them? Even if it's a divination game. One day you will marry the emperor, but it won't be my father or my elder brother. "

"Then...who could it be?" Yingchi asked in confusion.

"Well, who could it be?" Zhao Kai leaned back and smiled brightly again, "Yingfu, who do you think it could be?"

Looking at his confident and proud smile, Yingfu gradually figured out the deep meaning behind him, and felt uneasy for some reason.Fortunately at this time, she heard Rou Fu's laughter from far away, she turned her head and looked out of the window, and said to Zhao Kai: "My lord, Di Ji is here."

Zhao Kai nodded, then tore off the paper with the word "kai" on the table, tore it a few times, crumpled it up, and threw it into the wastebasket beside it.

5. Crown Prince
At that time, clothes and jewelry decorated with the word "Yun" were very popular in the palace.It is said that this fashionable attire was introduced from outside the palace. The costumes of court ladies are generally uniform, but many people wear underwear with rhyming characters embroidered on the sleeves and collars, or necklaces and bracelets with rhyming characters on their necks and wrists. It is often faintly revealed between raising hands and actions, and it has become a common practice for a while.

When Yingfu found out that even Xi'er specially asked someone to buy a pair of earrings engraved with rhyming characters from outside the palace, she finally couldn't help asking her: "Why are these clothes and jewelry decorated with rhyming characters instead of rhyming characters?" What about other words?"

Xi'er winked at her mysteriously, pulled her aside and said to her in a low voice: "I tell you, don't tell anyone else! Qinghan, who served the emperor, told me this quietly, and I promised her to keep it secret... ...Liang Taiwei once said to the officials that the rhyme word is the same as Yun in the king of Yun, and now the rhyme word is popular among the people.

The Liang Taiwei she mentioned refers to the great eunuch Liang Shicheng.This person looks stupid and humble on the outside, but he looks like an honest person, but in fact he is very treacherous, good at observing words and demeanor, and handles things smoothly. Like another eunuch Tong Guan, he is deeply trusted and used by Zhao Ji.Tong Guan repeatedly won the military power to go out to fight, while Liang Shicheng took advantage of Zhao Ji's favor to mix his name into the local register, making himself a Jinshi, openly became an official, and rose all the way to Taiwei.

After hearing Xi'er's words, Yingfu couldn't help being a little surprised: "Let King Yun enter the East Palace? Doesn't that mean that the crown prince must be abolished first?"

Xi'er looked around, and after confirming that there was no one there, she whispered, "Yes, Qinghan said that Captain Liang, Lord Tong, Lord Wang Fu, and Young Master Cai all wanted to make King Yun the crown prince. The officials are very willing to listen to the good things about King Yun in front of the family...the officials don't like the prince more and more, and many people think that it will be a matter of time before the officials abolish the prince and establish King Yun..."

Through Xi'er's narration, Yingfu learned many stories about Zhao Kai and Zhao Huan.

The so-called "Pride of Heaven" refers to people like Zhao Kai.He has almost all the advantages that can be compared with the identity of the emperor's son: handsome appearance, intelligent mind, rich knowledge and refined demeanor.He has shown extraordinary talents since he was very young. Once Zhao Ji and his son recited a poem against each other, and the last sentence was: "Guizi Sanqiu Qilixiang." Zhao Kai, who was only a few years old at the time, responded: "Lingyun Jiu Xia Liangqixiu." Zhao Ji also said that he bumped into him by chance, and then said: "Fang was a white moon and a breeze night." Zhao Kai calmly replied, "It's the time when the frost is high and the trees are falling." Zhao Ji was overjoyed to hear such a good sentence, and saw that this son's talent and thinking were by no means comparable to ordinary people, so he treated him differently and loved him very much.

Moreover, Zhao Kai's talent is far from limited to being able to write a few poems. In addition to poetry and songs, he is also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, vocal skills and music. He is really congenial and interesting with Zhao Ji.Zhao Ji and him not only have a father-son relationship, but also a confidant friendship. In the end, not only the prince Zhao Huan, but even if all the other sons are added together, their weight in Zhao Ji's heart may still be less than that of this collection of heaven and earth. The whole body is Yun Wangkai.

Therefore, in February of the sixth year of Zhenghe, the 15-year-old official Zhao Kai worshiped the Taifu.In Song Dynasty, there was a custom that "the prince should not concurrently be a master official", and the crown prince Zhao Huan had never held this position, and this system was broken by Zhao Kai.

On November 16th of the sixth year of Zhenghe, Zhao Ji issued an edict ordering Zhao Kai, who had just turned [-] years old, to promote the imperial city secretary, clean up the escort guards, and also mention the inner east gate, Chongzheng hall and other gates.The duty is to lead relatives, servants and other officials to guard the imperial city, and is not subject to the control of the front office.Zhao Ji also deliberately relaxed the authority of the Imperial City Division, adding nearly a thousand personal servants for Zhao Kai to command.For the next ten years, Zhao Kai promoted this department.This was another decision that amazed the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Previously, Song Mingwen stipulated that "clans do not take office", and that no prince or grandson should be an official with real power, and Zhao Kai broke this rule again with the open support of his father. .

In March of the eighth year of Zhenghe, Zhao Ji ordered the 17-year-old Zhao Kai to go to the Jiying Hall for the palace examination, and Zhao Kai came first in the singing.All the ministers wrote a letter and commented: "The secret of cultivating learning and practicing the three talents, and the glory of the six arts. The Confucianism of archery and policy, and the question of enshrining Linxuan. The words are right, and the strokes are like a thousand; the internal classics are published. It’s so small, take the virtuous subjects and be the first.” Zhao Ji was naturally happy, but in order to avoid suspicion and win over scholars, he ordered the second person Wang Ang to be the first in the list.

In July of the fifth year of Xuanhe, Wang Fu and other ministers submitted a form, asking for Zhao Ji's honorary title.In addition to all the students and elders of the Taixue, all the princes also jointly signed a letter requesting the father to accept the honorary title requested by the ministers, and the prince at the head was not the prince Zhao Huan, but the 23-year-old Yun Wang Zhao Kai.

Zhao Ji's doting on Wang Kai of Yun gradually became known to everyone. Eunuchs, courtiers, courtiers and vulgar literati both inside and outside the palace followed suit to please Zhao Kai, writing poems and songs in a variety of ways.On the day of the beginning of spring in the year after Zhao Ji built a flying bridge for Zhao Kai and restored the Tao, there was even a line of verse on the "Spring Posts" pasted on the door tent of the palace: "Recover the Tao and pass through the Fan Yan house, who among the kings is like the King of Yun?" Xian." The flattery was quite nasty, but Zhao Ji was very happy to see it.

"Which of the kings is like the virtuous king of Yun", those who hear it will inevitably think: Prince Zhao Huan is probably included among the kings, right?

Zhao Ji repeatedly called Zhao Kai into the palace in the middle of the night, and the two father and son had a feast all night long and had a long talk until dawn; Zhao Ji was fortunate that only Zhao Kai was brought to the first banquet from the Caijing Mansion, and the prince had never even heard of the news; Zhao Kai led the army to attack Yanshan in the north...It is not difficult for those who are interested in extracting some hints from these things: father and son plotting, wooing powerful ministers, creating opportunities to make contributions to Song Dynasty...Rumors about the upcoming change of owner of the East Palace were spread. Prince Zhao Huan was in misery all day long, feeling like sitting on pins and needles.

Prince Zhao Huan was born by Wang Shi, the original wife of Zhao Ji when he was king Duan.After Zhao Ji came to the throne, the Wang family was canonized as the queen. In April of the third year of Yuanfu, Queen Wang gave birth to Zhao Ji's first son, Zhao Huan.At first, Zhao Ji also felt sincere joy for the birth of his son, and his love for him was as sincere as that of a mother who loved him. Unfortunately, this feeling did not last long. Queen Wang soon discovered that she was trying to make her husband resist the temptation from outside Completely powerless.The husband who once vowed to each other in Duan Wang's mansion became as philandering as a butterfly in an instant after gaining supreme power.

After receiving the two daughters of Zheng and Wang bestowed by the Queen Mother, Zhao Ji gradually became estranged from the Queen.The cold love even blinded his mind. Under the malicious slander of some eunuchs, Zhao Ji began to doubt the queen's character, and ordered Zhou Ding, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, to inspect the secret prison. Although the queen's innocence was finally confirmed, Zhao Ji also I only want to express a little apology, but the love from the past will never come back.So the rain sent the dusk, and hated Nagato. After being deprived of her husband's favor by Zheng and Wang Guifei, the queen watched Zhao Kai, the son of Wang Guifei who was growing up, and chanted "It's the time when the frost is high and the trees are falling." It took away the care that Zhao Ji had originally given to Zhao Huan.

In September of the second year of Daguan, the 25-year-old Queen Wang withered after an autumn rain.Zhao Huan, who was nine years old at the time, was by her side. When he realized that his mother would never wake up again, he held her hand in fear and wept.This scene was strangely engraved in Zhao Huan's mind. Many years later, when the autumn rain fell at night, or the air was heavy like a mountain rain, he would still wake up from time to time dreaming of the old things and crying. This is usually dull and reticent. This is the most emotional performance he made the palace people perceive.

Because he is Zhao Ji's only legitimate son, he was still established as the prince after all.But he is very clear about his situation and the threats he faces, and he knows that his status is actually like the life of his mother back then. Without the love of his father, he is so fragile that he may be broken at any time.

Just like a frightened bird, he lives cautiously, repressed and low-key.

Yingfu met Zhao Huan once in Huayang Palace.I had seen him before when I was serving the queen, but they were far away, so I couldn't see him very clearly.And that day when she happened to pass by Fengchi, she found the prince sitting blankly on a big rock by the pool.

It was very cold that day, he was wrapped in a thick blue-gray robe, and on his head was an ugly hat that was good enough to keep out the cold, and he bent over with his hands on his knees and stared down at the water in the water. Something, a fish, or his own reflection.

Yingchi walked up behind him, hesitant for a moment, wondering if she should greet him, but after thinking about it, she decided to forget it.But I couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

However, in his 20s, he has a hunchbacked figure, and he looks particularly bloated with heavy clothes.His appearance was not ugly, but his expression was dull and dull, and his eyes were not bright. If he went out of the palace with this appearance, who would believe that he is the crown prince who will inherit the throne?

Ying Chi was still sighing secretly, but in a blink of an eye, she found a familiar figure walking towards her.The man wore a flower crown with a seven-beam forehead, lined with a mink cicada cage scarf, black leather shoes on his feet, and a white robe trimmed with mink fur, which made him look like a jade tree facing the wind.

Seeing that it was Zhao Kai, King of Yun, Yingfu walked away quickly and turned behind a rock.

Zhao Kai walked behind Zhao Huan, and called "Big Brother" lightly.

Zhao Huan was startled and quickly stood up, seeing that it was Zhao Kai who was even more flustered, but Zhao Kai didn't immediately salute, but just stood with his hands behind his back and looked at him with a half-smile.Zhao Huan didn't know how to react for a moment, he stood at a loss, as if Zhao Kai was the crown prince and not him.

6. Tangdi
Only then Zhao Kai cupped his hands and said, "Brother is so excited, he entered the palace alone to enjoy the fish."

Zhao Huan hurriedly explained: "I came to pay my respects to the royal father, but just now the maid outside the imperial father's hall told me that the royal father has important matters to deal with now, and asked me to wait outside for a while, so I came here to sit."

Zhao Kai smiled and said: "Yes. Just now I played chess with him in the palace of the father, so the emperor ordered to see no visitors temporarily. Brother knows that there are a lot of miscellaneous things in the imperial city recently, and I have to decide every one of them. All day long After being busy, I didn't have much time to accompany my father. Today, I managed to steal half a day of leisure, and my father left me to play chess... The elder brother is so leisurely all day long, I really envy the younger brother, and sometimes I really want to mention this Let the eldest brother do the job of the Imperial City Secretary, so that the younger brother can breathe a sigh of relief and take a rest."

Hearing these words, Zhao Huan's face turned pale, but he managed to force a smile: "What did the third brother say? Since you promoted the Imperial City Secretary, the palace guards have been awe-inspiring, and there has been no mistake. Everyone from the top to the bottom praises the third brother's ability. You are outstanding, and you have made great contributions in defending the imperial city, among the brothers, except for the third brother, who else can take on this important task?"

Zhao Kai replied: "Brother is overwhelmed, younger brother is extremely terrified." Even though he said so, his expression was extremely calm, without any hint of "fear".Then he said: "Father should be free now, elder brother, hurry up and pay your respects."

Zhao Huan nodded, said goodbye to him and walked towards Zhao Ji's bedroom.

Zhao Kai stared at his dejected back, suddenly smiled again, and called out: "Brother, please stay."

Zhao Huan turned around and asked, "Is there anything else for third brother?"

Zhao Kai looked at Zhao Huan's hat with a smile, and said, "Brother, this hat seems to have been made last year, right?"

Zhao Huan nodded and said, "I didn't wear it when I made it last year, and I took it out when it was cold today."

Zhao Kai frowned and said, "How can the things from last year still be usable? Just yesterday, my father gave me twelve new-style Futou, the workmanship is extremely exquisite, I will order some people to send some to the East Palace in a while. Brother likes it." What kind? Chaotian, Shunfeng, or Phoenix Wings?"

Zhao Huan said: "Third Brother, let's figure it out. Thank you very much."

Zhao Kai smiled and said, "We are brothers, why be so polite."

Zhao Kai watched Zhao Huan leave.After he was far away, he turned around and stepped on the boulder where Zhao Huan was sitting just now, took off the jade flute he was carrying with him, stood in the wind facing the mist, and played a song "Shuilong Yin" proudly. meaning.

Yingfu was about to leave quietly, but when she looked up, she found another familiar figure approaching.After seeing clearly that it was Zhao Gou who was crossing the water swing in Jinming Pool, he stopped for some reason and continued to observe the affairs by the pool while hiding behind the rocks.

Zhao Gou walked behind Zhao Kai, waited for him to play, then cupped his hands and said, "Third brother."

Zhao Kai turned around with a smile and asked, "Is Ninth Brother here to pay respects to Emperor Father?"

Zhao Gou nodded and said, "Third Brother just came out of Father's Palace, right? I wonder if Father is free now?"

"Hehe, big brother is here now." Zhao Kai replied, "But it doesn't matter, Father never talks with him for long. By the time you get there, Father will probably have sent him back."

After saying that, Zhao Kai walked down from the stone, patted his younger brother on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "I heard that Brother Nine has made great progress in running script recently. Learn from each other?"

Zhao Gou said indifferently: "My little brother is just scribbling when he is bored, how dare he compare with the third brother. If the third brother is also interested in riding and archery, the younger brother can accompany him."

Zhao Kai thought he was in a good mood, so he readily agreed: "Okay, come to my mansion tomorrow, I will prepare more prizes, if Brother Nine hits the arrow, just take it."

But Zhao Gou said: "Since I was a child, I have always gone to the third brother's palace to practice riding and archery. Recently, my younger brother has reorganized and expanded the back garden in the mansion. It’s okay to play archery. Why don’t you invite the third brother to come to the humble house, we can practice at will, and as for the lottery, the younger brother will prepare matching things to fight with the third brother.”

Seeing that he was able to respond calmly to such an aggressive Zhao Kai, with a neither humble nor overbearing attitude, Yingfu couldn't help feeling a little fond of him, but secretly worried for him, fearing that Zhao Kai would hear the contradictory meaning in his words , so pay attention to observe Zhao Kai's expression at the moment.

Zhao Kai didn't know whether he didn't notice it or didn't mind, he didn't seem to be annoyed at all, he still smiled gracefully and said: "That's fine, then I will visit tomorrow."

So the two said goodbye and left separately.

Yingfu watched Zhao Gou go away, recalled his calm expression and decent conversation just now, and clearly recalled the scene when he was swinging against the wind and commanding the dragon boat to cross the river like a general commanding thousands of troops, A little bit of joy gradually surfaced in my heart.

7. Zen position
At that time, the main officials who wanted to abolish the crown prince Liyun King were several powerful ministers: Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian, and Cai Jing's eldest son, who was in charge of the Privy Council and thanked the palace envoy Cai You.Among them, the attitude of Dazai Wang Fu is the most obvious.

In terms of knowledge, Wang Fu can only be said to be rough and talented, but he is witty, cunning, good at flattering, and well versed in the way of being an official.During the Chongning period, he was a Jinshi and served as the school secretary, and then moved to Zuo Sijian.When he was in Cai Jing's bar, he saw that Zhao Ji was quite dissatisfied with Zhang Shangying, who took over as the prime minister in power, and wanted to miss Cai Jing.After Cai Jing returned to the prime minister, he also repayed his kindness, and promoted Wang Fu to Yushi Zhongcheng.Afterwards, Wang Fu successively worked as a Hanlin scholar and Chengzhi. During this period, he also met the powerful eunuch Liang Shicheng.With Liang Shicheng's help, Wang Fu's official career was even more smooth, and in the first year of Xuanhe, he was appointed as special agent and Shaozai.Cai Jing once again called the Prime Minister Wang Fu to take power on his behalf. In order to conform to the hearts of the people and gain fame, he deliberately opposed Cai Jing.After being firmly seated as the prime minister, he began to use his power to ask his children for treasures, treasures, water and land, and his life was extravagant, decadent and luxurious.In front of the emperor, all things report good news but not bad news, blindly whitewashing the peace.

Between Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai's brothers, he unequivocally sided with Zhao Kai and plotted to abolish the crown prince, because Zhao Kai and Zhao Ji were quite similar. Generally romantic talents are quite consistent from interest to making friends and employing people. If Zhao Kai He should not worry about being abandoned when he succeeds to the throne, not to mention that Zhao Kai was not the heir apparent, and he helped him ascend to the throne with great efforts, how could Zhao Kai not be reused in the future?Compared with Zhao Kai, the prince Zhao Huan is like a fool. Everyone knows that he "has nothing good in sound and music" and has no interest in sensuality. Cai Jing once had a dispute with Zhao Huan in Zhenghe for five years. Wanting to take the initiative to show goodwill to Zhao Huan, he prepared many colored glaze wares from the Dashi Kingdom and sent them, and listed them in the palace of the crown prince.Unexpectedly, when Zhao Huan saw this, he was furious: "Are you trying to use good utensils to make me lose my mind?" Immediately ordered the attendants around to smash all the glazed utensils into pieces.After Wang Fu heard about this, he dared not approach Zhao Huan even more, and waited for an opportunity to get close to Zhao Kai. After gaining power, he began to suppress the prince and pursue King Yun.

In October of the seventh year of Zhenghe, Zhao Huan's son Zhao Chen was born. Because he was the eldest son of the emperor, Zhao Ji was very happy. In the first month of the following year, Zhao Chen was granted the title of Chongguo Gong and Chongde Army Jiedu Envoy according to the prince's rank standard. .It was stipulated by the system of the Song Dynasty that the rank of the emperor's grandson was higher than that of the prince, but Wang Fu remonstrated to Zhao Ji at the beginning of the first month of the first month of Xuanhe: "To seal the East Palace with the gift of the prince is to make the East Palace the master." That's it." Zhao Ji was really displeased after hearing this.So Wang Fu summoned Geng Nanzhong, the official of the East Palace, and forced him to draft the memorial for the crown prince's resignation to Zhao Chen, and then in June of the following year, Zhao Chen was appointed as the defense envoy of Gaozhou.

The purpose of taking away Zhao Chen's official title was to shake Zhao Huan's position as the prince of the East Palace.Fortunately, it is not that no one supports the dull prince. Geng Nanzhong, who has been serving as the crown prince's official in the East Palace since the second year of Zhenghe, is the crown prince's biggest assistant.At that time, Geng Nanzhong's status was not high, and his role in protecting the prince was limited, so he took refuge in Li Bangyan, the minister and You Cheng who was favored by Zhao Ji.Li Bangyan had always been at odds with Wang Fu, and when Wang Fu slandered the prince, he would often stand up to help the prince resolve the ensuing danger.

Originally, it was becoming more and more obvious that Zhao Kai replaced Zhao Huan in the East Palace, and the situation seemed to be developing as he and his party members hoped. Unfortunately, a small incident in the sixth year of Xuanhe ruined Wang Fu's political life and seriously affected Zhao Kai's future was ruined.That year, a Yuzhi flower suddenly grew on the pillar of Wang Fu's house. Naturally, Wang Fu hurriedly took it as a sign of auspiciousness to the palace to report, and invited Zhao Ji to watch it.Zhao Ji readily agreed, and went to Wang Fu's mansion by public opinion.Unexpectedly, during this visit, they found that Wang Fu's mansion was only separated from Liang Shicheng's house, and the two could often pass through the convenient door.Zhao Ji immediately guessed that they must be colluding with each other and form a party for personal gain, and he was very unhappy. After that, his attitude towards Wang Fu became much colder.

Li Bangyan immediately saw the needles, and sent people to Shangshu to remonstrate overtly and secretly, revealing all kinds of bad deeds of Wang Fu, and finally made him completely fall out of favor with the emperor.In September of the sixth year of Xuanhe, Li Bangyan was promoted to Shaozai, and Wang Fu was dismissed in November of the same year.

As soon as Wang Fu fell, Zhao Kai lost the biggest supporter in the court, and the sycophants around him also became ambiguous, especially Liang Shicheng. Seeing that Li Bangyan, who supported the crown prince, gained power, he began to have frequent contacts with the crown prince in private. In front of Zhao Ji, he also intentionally or unintentionally said a few good things about the prince from time to time, and deliberately let people pass it on to Zhao Huan.Geng Nanzhong also took the opportunity to make friends with other ministers in the DPRK, vigorously publicized and emphasized the crown prince's status as a direct prince, implying that the orthodoxy of his succession to the throne was unshakable.

In the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Jin army invaded southward on a large scale.Zhao Ji was preparing to flee to the south, so on December 21, he appointed Zhao Huan as the shepherd of Kaifeng, and ordered him to stay in Kaifeng and supervise the country as the prince.The ministers who supported the prince immediately felt that this was a good opportunity to force Zhao Ji to abdicate, assist the prince to ascend the throne, and use the new king to change the status quo of the country.Under the instruction of Li Gang, Taichang Shaoqing, Wu Min, the lecturer of Shizhong and Quanzhi Academy and attendant, came forward to speak bluntly and admonish Zhao Jichan to be in the crown prince.Li Gang even stabbed the blood on his arm, and asked Zhao Ji to let Zhao Huan succeed to the throne in a legitimate way and call on the world to restore God's will and calm people's hearts.

Under the hard and soft actions of several ministers, Zhao Ji was at a loss. On the 22nd, Cai You was called into the palace for a discussion. He Lei said to Cai You, "I don't think that I, the majestic king of a country, will be forced here by the Jin people, and I can't even pass the family business to any son!" Cai You's hand suddenly didn't come up, and he fainted and fell under the imperial bed.Cai You hurriedly called for help from the left and right servants, and Zhao Ji gradually regained consciousness after taking in the decoction again and again. Then he sighed, raised his arm to ask for a pen and paper, and wrote a sentence: "The crown prince can be the emperor, and the leader Taoist retreats to Longde Palace You can call Wu Min to make an imperial edict." Wu Min accepted the order to write the imperial edict and submit it. After reading it, Zhao Ji commented at the end: "According to this, I am very comforted."

On December 23, Zhao Ji announced that Zen was located in Prince Zhao Huan after he sinned against himself.Zhao Ji summoned Zhao Huan to the Funing Palace and asked him to wear a dragon robe and ascend to the throne.Zhao Huan was startled and overjoyed. It was a great blessing that his wish for many years finally came true. However, he also knew that the country was full of internal and external troubles and conflicts. He showed joy, so he wept and declined, and refused to agree immediately.

At this time, Zhao Kai in Prince Yun's mansion also heard the news.

A group of servants sent by Tong Guan to report the news were blocked by Zhao Kai's servants outside the study, saying: "Your Majesty has ordered that no one should disturb you when you are painting."

The leading eunuch anxiously pushed away the servant's hand, and said loudly: "What time is it, the three kings still have such leisure!" Then he rushed in with great strides.

Zhao Kai is standing in the room painting, and at the moment he is detailing one of the cranes soaring into the sky on the nine-fold palace.When the servants rushed in, he stopped for a moment, but only for a moment, without looking at the servants, he lowered his head and meticulously added feathers to the crane.

The servants knelt down towards him and said, "Your Majesty! The official family is now going to sit in the Crown Prince's place in the Palace of Funing!"

Zhao Kai's hand trembled slightly, and the tip of the pen pierced the fine and delicate crane feathers.

He threw a pen and sighed: "It seems that this "Ruihe Crane and Lingyun Picture" is not easy to complete." Then he turned and walked out.

The leading eunuch approached behind him and asked, "Where is Your Majesty going?"

Zhao Kai said: "Funing Palace."

The eunuch saw that he was wearing a white T-shirt with round neck and large sleeves, which was the daily attire of a Jinshi, and his hair was only tied with a silver gauze scarf. Military uniforms are more appropriate."

Zhao Kai said calmly: "No need." Then he went straight to Funing Palace without looking back.The eunuch didn't dare to say more, and led his subordinates to follow Zhao Kai.

When they got to the front of Funing Hall, He Guan, the infantry officer who was ordered to guard the gate of the hall, saw that they had come without calling, so he blocked them with his sword and did not allow them to enter.

Zhao Kai looked at him and asked, "Could it be that the Taiwei doesn't know regular script?"

He Guan pulled out his sword with a "shua" and replied: "Although Guan recognizes the king, I'm afraid this thing won't recognize him!"

Zhao Kai looked at him coldly, then slowly stretched out his hand to clamp the blade of the sword with two fingers, gently pushed it away, and said: "The Taiwei's sword should be aimed at the golden man Jienu, not the prince of the Song Dynasty."

The sword in He Guan's hand gradually lowered, he lowered his head and sighed: "The event has been decided, what is your order?"

Zhao Kai didn't answer, just said: "Please let the Taiwei inform you that Wang Kai of Yun is asking to see the emperor."

At this time, Zhao Ji had heard some movement in the hall, and sent a maid to come out and say: "The officials invite the three kings to go back, and come to see them again some day."

Zhao Kai ignored him, and said in a loud voice, "Father, I just want to know if this is your own wish, or a decision made under duress."

The hall was silent.After a while, Zhao Ji's voice came out slowly, looking old and desolate: "Go back, Kai. The matter has come to this point, it's useless to talk. Maybe it's not necessarily bad for you."

Zhao Kai stood silently for a moment, then resolutely left.Under the pale sunlight, his elegant figure in white clothes quickly disappeared among the shadow walls of the rich family.

After this change, Zhao Huan in Funing Hall no longer spoke modestly, and his gaze fell directly on the throne.Liang Shicheng understood immediately, and hurried over to support him with both hands, saying: "I help the official's family to ascend to the throne."

Tong Guan sighed secretly, knowing that the situation was over, he also took the dragon robe over by himself, went to Zhao Huan and bowed, "I will wait for the officials to change their clothes."

Zhao Ji watched from the side, covered his face with his sleeves, and quietly wiped away a tear from the corner of his eyes.

8. Lan Xuan
Immediately after Zhao Huan succeeded to the throne, he was rewarded for his meritorious service. With Geng Nanzhongqian writing the Privy Council affairs and Wu Min knowing the Privy Council affairs, Li Gang was promoted to Shangshu Youcheng, and Li Bangyan was promoted to Dazai and servant.But the ministers who once wanted to support the king of Yun knew that a catastrophe was imminent, and they were in fear all day long. Most of them bowed their heads and dared not say a word. I will achieve the ambition of the top; I will teach Wu Min's strategy; I will have the merits of making a strategy."

Ministers and scholars who were dissatisfied with treacherous ministers for a long time also saw that this was a good opportunity to eradicate traitors. Tai student Chen Dong and others quickly wrote a letter, begging for six thieves including Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Li Yan, and Zhu Mian. Although he didn't agree immediately, he also took the opportunity to target the people of King Yun's faction for revenge.Wang Fu, Cai You, Li Yan, Tong Guan and others were demoted successively, and then they were given to death or executed in secret.At first, because Zhao Huan thought of Liang Shicheng's "old favor" to himself, he left Liang Shicheng alone to serve him when he ordered Zhao Ji's favored eunuchs to live with Zhao You in Longde Palace. Relegated to the deputy envoy of Jiedu of the Changhua Army, Liang Shicheng was ordered to take up the post, but was hanged and killed by government officials in Bajiao Town on the way.

For his father, Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, he was first given the honorary title, calling him the Supreme Emperor, the leader of Taoism, and then asked him to move to Longde Palace.When Zhao Ji left the ban and lived in Longde Palace, all the officials and ministers wept unceasingly. Zhao Ji burst into tears when he saw this, and everyone held hands and looked at their tears. The scene was infinitely bleak.

Naturally, Zhao Kai and Zhao Huan will not forget.

On the second day after he ascended the throne, Zhao Huan summoned Zhao Kai and said to him with a pleasant face: "I remember that the third brother complained to me before, saying that the imperial city department has a lot of affairs, and the third brother is overwhelmed with worries and is quite tired. I don't know why. I feel that the third brother has been burdened by him for ten years, I can't bear it, I really can't stand it anymore, so I want to relieve the third brother from the position of the imperial city secretary, so that the third brother can write poems and paint in the mansion with peace of mind, you Do you like it?"

Zhao Kai replied indifferently: "Everything is decided by His Majesty, and the minister obeys the order."

Zhao Huan immediately said to the bachelor who was waiting on the side: "For my edict: I will take charge of the emperor's office for a long time, and I will be dismissed from office."

Then he smiled at Zhao Kai: "Don't worry, third brother, I care about brotherhood the most. In a few days, I will change your title to Fengxiangzhang German Army Jiedu Envoy, Fengxiang Shepherd and Xiangzhou Shepherd, and your salary and rank will increase. After that, your status And the cost of living will not be worse than when the father was in power."

Fengxiang Changde Army Jiedushi and Fengxiang Mu and Xiangzhou Mu are both empty positions, and actually do not have any real power, which means that Zhao Kai can no longer be involved in political affairs and military power.Zhao Kai twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard the words, he smiled and said, "Thank you Your Majesty, I am so grateful."

Zhao Huan walked down from the throne with a smile, walked up to Zhao Kai, patted him on the shoulder affectionately, and said sincerely, "We are brothers, why be so polite!"

After this accident, Zhao Kai did not enter the palace for several days, and locked himself in the palace all day long. Rou Fu and Ying Chi never saw him come to teach them how to write and write poems.

One day, Roufu looked out the door for a long time, then said to Yingpo: "Do you mean that elder brother won't let elder brother Kai enter the palace?"

Yingfu hurriedly said: "Emperor Ji, don't say that. The three kings think they are in a bad mood and don't want to go out for the time being, so it should have nothing to do with the officials."

Rou Fu sighed and said: "Yes, brother Kai must be very unhappy now...I should write a letter to persuade him."

So I ran into the study and quickly wrote a letter. After the handwriting was dry, I folded it into an envelope and sealed it. I handed it to Yingfu and said, "You can send it to Prince Yun's mansion. You must hand it to Brother Kai in person, and then tell him about me. I miss him very much and ask him to visit me as often as before.”

"Me?" Yingchi was startled, and said, "Di Ji should send someone else to go..."

"It's better for you to go." Roufu smiled, turned his head and said in Yingfu's ear: "I know Brother Kai likes you the most, he will definitely listen to what you have to say."

Yingchi's face turned red in an instant, and she denied and declined, but Roufu firmly refused and insisted on her going. Finally, Yingchi delayed and said, "It's getting late now, so it's better to go after tomorrow's dawn."

Rou Fu shook his head and said: "It's not too late, anyway, there is a flying bridge to return to the road, so it's very fast to come and go, and you can come back in a while."

In desperation, Yingfu had no choice but to agree, and took Roufu's letter back to the Prince Yun's mansion by Feiqiao.

After arriving at the palace, Yingpo explained her intention to the maid who received her, but the maid invited in was not the king of Yun, but only an acquaintance from the mansion.Seeing that she was the maid sent by Roufu Diji, the insider was also very polite to her, and explained: "Your Majesty drank a few more glasses of wine just now, and now he is sleeping at his desk, and no one is allowed to approach her. The girl left the letter from Diji That's it, I will hand it over to the king when he wakes up."

Yingfu also wants to go back as soon as possible, but she can't help being embarrassed when she thinks of Roufu's instructions.She has always been thoughtful and thoughtful, knowing that Zhao Kai's situation is worrying at this time, if Roufu wrote something disrespectful to the emperor in the letter, wouldn't it be a catastrophe for outsiders to see him again.It must be reasonable for Roufu to ask her to hand it over to Zhao Kai, even if the person in front of him is an insider, he should not believe it casually.

Seeing her groaning and not answering, the insider knew that she had concerns, and said: "If the girl is worried, then I will invite the princess to come."

So the insider got up and left.Hearing that he wanted to invite the concubine, Yingfu immediately became curious. She had guessed the appearance of Concubine Yun many times before, wondering what kind of woman a person like Zhao Kai would find to be his wife, but she never had the chance to meet the concubine. true face.

After a while, the sound of the ring pendant was heard, and several maids came in with the princess in their arms.

Princess Yun is wearing a light green long dress, with a silk gauze double-breasted swivel jacket, and a bun on her head, leaning slightly to the right, with the tendency of flowing clouds across the sky. There is nothing on it except a jade phoenix hairpin. Other accessories are clean and elegant.She is about twenty, tall and slender, with fair skin, without any blemishes, her movements are like orchids supporting the wind, and a few wisps of fragrance are faintly scattered.

Yingfu stood up and saluted, and instantly understood what "amazing" meant.In fact, Princess Yun is not gorgeous, but Yingfu has never seen such an elegant and noble temperament, and suddenly feels ashamed of herself.

Princess Yun sat in the chair, looked at Yingfu, and asked, "Are you the girl who studied calligraphy with Diji Roufu?"

Ying Chi nodded yes.

Princess Yun smiled: "That's why he goes there so often."

Yingfu knew who the "he" the concubine was referring to, she was immediately embarrassed, she lowered her head, not daring to answer.

Princess Yun didn't talk about it any further, she just said: "I heard that you have a letter from Emperor Ji to give to King Yun?"

Ying Chi said softly: "Yes." Her face turned red again for no reason, as if she wrote the letter to Zhao Kai.

Princess Yun didn't make a sound for a while, just stared at her quietly, her eyes were clear and clear, and seemed to have a penetrating power to understand the world, under her gaze, Yingchi felt so embarrassed that she had nowhere to hide.

(Note: Insider: Housekeeper of the palace.)
9. Dangerous fence
Yingfu is still hesitating, if Princess Yun asks her to hand over the letter to her, should she obey, but she hears Princess Yun say: "Follow me." Immediately she stood up, without even looking at her, she turned outward go.

Yingfu hurriedly followed the princess out.Through the corridor of the hall and into the back garden, an elegant painting building with carved railings and jade blocks came into view. Princess Yun led the baby up the stairs, stopped in front of the small hall upstairs, and turned her head to face the baby. Said: "Go in and give him the letter yourself. But don't wake him up if he hasn't woken up until he wakes up by himself."

"The three kings are inside?" Yingchi asked cautiously.

Princess Yun nodded, and said lightly, "Go in."

Yingpo hesitated a little, peeking at the princess, she saw her expression was indifferent, showing no signs of joy or worry, she felt uneasy, but she didn't dare to delay too long, finally pushed the door lightly and walked into the hall.

Zhao Kai, wearing a jade crown and a crane cloak, is sleeping at his desk.In front of him was a jug of residual wine, a lonely cup, several white candles, and several clusters of cold flames.

Baby Chi approached him slowly.The crane cloak is a wide-sleeved coat made of twisted crane feathers. It is pure white in color and soft and elegant.Slightly drunk, he closed his eyes and rested, his face glowed with a rare light red color, and the perfect facial features that were static at the moment, under the shade of candlelight, presented a strange quiet, gentle and fragile beauty.

Seeing Ying Chi was in a trance for a moment.After finally realizing the purpose of this trip, he plucked up the courage and whispered, "Your Majesty."

He didn't realize it, and was still intoxicated.

Yingchi called a few more times, remembering what the concubine asked, but dared not speak too loudly.After standing still for a while, seeing that he was still awake, he turned and went out.

Princess Yun didn't leave, she was guarding outside the door, seeing her coming out, she asked, "Is he awake?"

Yingfu said yes, and the princess said again: "Then you go in and wait until he wakes up."

"It's getting late," Ying Chi asked softly with her head lowered, "Can this servant deliver the letter to the princess, and ask the princess to pass it on to the three kings later?"

The princess gave her a cold look and said, "No. You stay and hand the letter to him yourself."

Yingfu suddenly became uneasy, and begged, "It's really late now, it's really wrong for this servant not to go back."

Princess Yun turned slightly to face her, and said, "Didn't you hear? Now the craftsmen of the forbidden army sent by the government are demolishing the flying bridge and rebuilding the road. How do you go back? Stay and talk to King Yun after he wakes up, and then I Order someone to take you back to the palace in a sedan chair."

Demolish the flybridge and restore the road?Yingfu was shocked, and gradually remembered that she had indeed heard some construction noise just now, and she didn't pay much attention to it. Could it be that shortly after she came to the palace, the emperor ordered people to demolish the passage leading to the palace?Leaning on the railing, I looked towards the direction of the road, and I saw smoke and dust rising there, and the sounds of nail hammers, landslides, and masonry collapsing became louder and louder.

"The government ordered people to come to inform me this morning. They said that the flyover will be restored and fly over the market, causing uneasiness to the people passing by. Therefore, it must be demolished. The construction will start tonight and end tomorrow morning. Don't you know?" Princess Yun asked .

"I don't know." Yingchi replied, thinking about Zhao Kai's situation at this time, unconsciously, her sympathy for him was stronger than her worry about not being able to return to the palace.

"You go in and wait for him, and I'll take you back later." Princess Yun said, with an air of refusal in her tone.Looking up at the dark clouds floating in the dark night, he quietly said: "It's going to rain..."

Yingfu had no choice but to re-enter the hall as told, and sat on the side to wait quietly.The concubine ordered someone to close the door, and the moment the door closed, Yingpo subconsciously stood up in panic, but she didn't know how to deal with herself, she stood there for a while, and finally sat down again.

The damp wind came in gusts, penetrating through the cracks in the windows and doors, and while the candles were flickering, a majestic rain fell heavily.

As if he was finally awakened by the sound of rain, Zhao Kai raised his head slowly, did not open his eyes for a while, only supported the edge of the case with one hand, stroked his forehead with the other, his brows were slightly furrowed, probably feeling the discomfort after drinking.

Yingchi immediately stood up, bowed her head and waited for him to fully wake up.

He felt someone standing beside him, sighed softly, and called out, "Lan Xuan..."

Yingchi knew that he had misunderstood the person, so she swore a blessing: "My lord, all blessings."

He opened his eyes slightly in surprise, and when he found that it was her, he smiled softly: "Yingchi, it's you."

Yingchi let out a "hmm", didn't know what to say for a moment, hesitated for a while before asking: "Is Your Majesty always well?"

Zhao Kai smiled and said, "It wasn't very good at first, but I'll be fine as soon as I see you." Then he leaned back slightly, leisurely admiring the shy figure of the baby, and smiled when he saw that she was so teased by him that he had nothing to say. Reaching out to her, he said softly, "Come here, sit next to me. We haven't seen each other for a long time, let's have a good chat."

Yingfu thought for a while, and finally went and sat beside him.

He stroked her cheek and hair lightly, chatted with her leisurely, asked her recent situation, life details and calligraphy progress, but never asked her purpose of coming here.In the end, Yingchi felt strange and asked, "Why didn't Your Majesty ask me why I came here?"

Zhao Kai's eyes were smiling, and he was as gentle as a warm spring breeze, and said: "Naturally, Yingfu came here to see me, if there are other things, that's secondary."

Yingfu's heart moved, and her guarded eyes softened.Finally took out Rou Fu's letter, handed it to Zhao Kai and said, "Di Ji asked me to send this letter to the king."

Zhao Kai took it with a nod of his head, but just put it aside and didn't look at it.

Yingfu was a little surprised, and said: "Diji said this letter is very important, and told me to hand it over to the king. Isn't the king in a hurry to read it?"

Zhao Kai said: "It seems that you are more interested in the content of this letter than I am. How about we make another bet? I guess she will definitely mention you in the letter."

As soon as the bet was mentioned, Yingchi immediately remembered what happened last time, and hurriedly vetoed it: "No need! It doesn't matter if Di Ji mentions me or not."

Zhao Kai smiled and said: "Miss is really hard-pressed and wise." Then he took the letter, opened it, and without looking at it first, he unfolded the letter and presented it straight to Yingchi.

Yingfu took a closer look and saw that it was written: "Brother Kai, are you happy that I tricked Yingfu into meeting you? How can you thank me?"

Ying Chi couldn't laugh or cry, and almost fell down.Thinking that I thought it was Emperor Ji and King Yun writing some complaints about the emperor, so I was so cautious, lest the letter fall into the hands of others and cause them great disaster. It's so simple that it's almost stupid.

So he got up and bowed to leave: "I have completed the task assigned by Di Ji, now it's time to go back."

"Didn't you hear that it's raining heavily now? How do we go?" Zhao Kai stood up and walked to the window. As soon as he opened the window, a layer of fog and rain rushed towards his face. He didn't avoid it, letting the rain wet his clothes.After listening for a while, he suddenly said: "There seems to be another voice... have they started to demolish the fly bridge and restore the road?"

He spoke calmly, but Ying Chi felt sad again, and stood silent behind him.

Zhao Kai turned around, slowly went back to the desk and sat down, poured himself a glass of wine and drank it with his head raised.

"Your Majesty..." Yingchi wanted to comfort him, but was interrupted by him: "Yingchi, it's okay, come and have a few drinks with me."

Yingfu didn't know what to do, she looked around in a daze, only to find a slender figure swaying on the side outside the door, moved away silently, and disappeared in the light and shadow reflected by the lantern outside the door.

That must be Princess Yun.She has been guarding the door, but now she suddenly left.

Yingchi was stunned, unexpectedly at this moment Zhao Kai had quietly walked up behind her and put his arms around her.

He whispered in her ear, "Baby, should we leave or stay? Let's keep each other warm?"

While she was still in a daze, his lips had passed her earlobe and face.When he finally touched her lips, she broke free as if suddenly awakened, and said to him clearly: "My lord, please let me go back!"

He was taken aback for a moment, then looked up at her deeply, and said with a smile: "You are such a smart woman, you don't attach to me because of my power back then, and you don't pity me because of my current downfall. I'm really ashamed that my ability to deal with human affairs is not as good as that of a little girl like you."

Yingfu lowered her head and said: "Your Majesty, the princess told me that she will send me back when the king wakes up and receives the letter from Di Ji. I think it should be fine now. The princess seems to have been waiting outside the door just now..."

Zhao Kai's smile disappeared instantly when he heard this, and a dazed look escaped from his eyes: "She has been waiting outside the door?" Then he waved his hand and said, "Go back."

Yingfu opened the door as if she had received an amnesty, and while walking, she heard Zhao Kai burst into laughter, and then groaned sadly: "I just woke up from a dream, it's already three o'clock, I'm drunk and caressing the fence to listen to the sound of rain. The fallen trees are rustling, the candles are red Save life in the shadows..."

Yingchi couldn't bear to listen anymore, covered her ears and started running.Unlimited emotion, for the prince who was so chic, confident and high-spirited.Now he is still smiling, his clothes are fluttering and his demeanor is as calm as before, but the deep sadness has already penetrated into the scenery of words and laughter.

10. Arbor
After the demolition of the Feiqiao Road, Zhao Kai also lost the privilege of going in and out of the palace without restriction. Not only that, Zhao Huan also restricted the number of times and time he could enter Longde Palace to pay his respects to his father. The chances of seeing each other became less and less.

In the first month of spring in the first year of Jingkang, the weather was unpredictable, and Roufu accidentally contracted the wind and cold. Zhao Ji was very concerned, and ordered Yingfu to go to the upper emperor's bedroom in Longde Palace every day to report to him the condition of the emperor's concubine.One afternoon Zhao Ji was asking about Yingchi Roufu's condition when he saw Zhao Gou's mother Wei Wanrong rushing in without notification.

She threw herself down at Zhao Ji's knees, and said in tears: "Your Majesty, the officials ordered Ninth Brother to go to Jinjunzhai as a hostage, but Ninth Brother is still young, how can he take on this important task? The concubine has only one son, no I beg him to do something, I just hope he can live a safe life. I beg the Supreme Master to ask the officials to take back the order, and don't let Brother Nine go to the enemy camp to risk his life."

Yingfu had heard that the emperor was going to send the prince to the Jinjunzhai, but only now did he realize that Kang Wang and Zhao Gou had been chosen, and was surprised to see Wei Wanrong's sad expression, as if he was infected by it, and felt faintly sorrow and grief.

Zhao Ji only comforted her but did not agree to her request, so Wei Wanrong kowtowed to him almost crazily, weeping, her self-esteem was scattered all over the ground along with the flowers on her head, and she no longer had the restraint that a noble lady should have.

Seeing that Zhao Ji finally turned his head and closed his eyes and said nothing, and that the last look he gave Wei Wanrong had a hint of boredom, Yingfu suddenly felt cold for no reason, and took a step back unconsciously.

Then, she saw Zhao Gou coming.

He walked in quickly, stood by the door and looked around the hall coldly, then he understood everything that happened.

Still pursing his lips stubbornly, the cold and arrogant expression lingering on his handsome features, like the mist that lingers on the top of Genyue Mountain for many years, he walked to his mother in silence, helped her up, and stared at her for a moment His eyes finally relaxed for a moment.He said to her: "Mother, I asked for it myself, and it has nothing to do with the father. Let's not disturb the father, let's go back."

Wei Wanrong burst into tears and refused to leave, Zhao Gou silently supported her without saying a word, and did not turn around to greet her father in the slightest.On the contrary, Zhao Ji was very sorry, and smiled apologetically, saying that Zhao Gou had made great achievements in this trip, and that Wanrong taught his children well, and he was specially named a virtuous concubine of Longde Palace.

Wei Wanrong didn't want to be enshrined, and continued to ask Zhao Ji to let Zhao Huan take back his life, but Zhao Gou immediately knelt down to thank his mother and accepted the honor bestowed by his father for her mother.

The moment he got up, Yingchi once again caught the flash of light in his eyes, feeling familiar, and gradually remembered, just like the scene when he accepted the reward from his father after Jin Mingchi commanded the dragon boat crossing.

Then Zhao Gou helped his mother back to the palace. After they walked out of the hall, Yingfu suddenly found that the flower tins that Wei Wanrong had scattered just now were still on the ground. on, softly said: "Your jewellery, Mrs. Xianfei."

Hearing the address of "Xian Concubine Lady", Wei Wanrong didn't react much, but the corner of Zhao Gou's mouth twitched slightly, but it still didn't turn into a smile in the end.He nodded calmly and said, "Thank you, miss." He took the flower tin from her hand for his mother, and helped his mother to move on.

Although King Yun and him are brothers, they are completely different, Yingfu thought.One is like the sunshine in spring, carelessly shining on the earth in warmth; the other is like the autumn breeze, always passing by coldly, but you will know the direction you are ultimately pursuing.

Ever since Zhao Gou went to Jinjunzhai, for some reason, Yingchi always thought of him from time to time, and secretly prayed for him every day, asking God to bless him to return safely, so when he returned to the capital, Yingchi felt relieved Filled with heartfelt joy.

The officials who returned with Zhao Gou reported his brave performance in Jinjunzhai one by one, and the news spread all over the Forbidden Palace, so he soon became the second one after Yun Wang Kai that all court ladies are interested in talking about. Prince.The maids around Roufu were no exception, they often gathered together to describe King Kang's demeanor, vividly telling stories about his mission to Jinjunzhai, Yingchi seldom interrupted, but she was willing to listen and smiled.She felt that she knew him before them, not referring to his appearance, but something deep in her heart that could not be perceived from the outside.

When I saw him again, it was under the cherry blossom tree in Genyue on a certain day in the late spring of the first year of Jingkang.

The Empress Dowager has always been very strict with Rou Fu, and she was not allowed to leave her bedroom privately, especially after Zhao Huan came to the throne, she was repeatedly ordered not to go to Gen Yue to play.But this Empress is lively and somewhat rebellious, she is naturally interested in things that are forbidden to her, and she always tries to escape.One day he took Xi'er out without permission, and before he even touched Gen Yue's side, the Empress Taishang discovered her. In a fit of rage, the Empress ordered Xi'er to be beaten fifteen times with a stick, until Xi'er was beaten for ten days and a half months No bed.After that, Rou Fu seemed to have become better for a few days, but it was only a few days, and after a few days, she whispered to Ying Po again: "I know why I was discovered last time, because I was still wearing Di Ji's clothes. This time I found Xi'er's clothes, and if I put my head down when I walk, no one will be able to see it. After a while, I'll change my clothes and you can come with me to Genyue for a shuttlecock kick."

Yingchi shook her head and said, "Di Ji promised the Supreme Empress that she would not run out again, and besides, she can play shuttlecock anywhere, so why must she go to Gen Yue?"

Rou Fu took Ying Chi's hand and said: "The cherry blossoms in Gen Yue are in full bloom, I really want to see them... Let's go for a while and come back soon, no one will find out..."

Yingfu couldn't resist her, so he had to reluctantly agree in the end, and after she changed into Xi'er's clothes, he slipped out with her through the small door and went straight to Gen Yue.

They kicked shuttlecocks under the cherry trees beside Fengchi until Roufu's flying shuttlecock attracted the unexpected person.

Wearing a narrow-sleeved brocade robe and scarlet boots, he rode on a tall white horse. He caught the flying shuttlecock with a wave of his hand, then turned around and saw them, and even smiled slightly.

While concentrating, she clearly felt the abnormality of her heartbeat.

He got off the horse and handed the shuttlecock to Rou Fu, at this moment Ying Chi came back to his senses and saluted him: "Nine Great Kings."

Rou Fu also called him "Nine Great Kings" with a smile, Ying Chi felt strange, why didn't she call him "Ninth Brother"?
Then Roufu suggested that he play shuttlecock with them, Yingchi thought, how could such a cold and steady person like him play this kind of girl game, wouldn't this request be offensive to him?

But Zhao Gou agreed without hesitation.He seems to be in a good mood.That's right, he now has a bright future and is full of ambition, so he should be in such a good mood.

He kicked the shuttlecock with great interest, letting the shuttlecock fly around, with a smile on his face all the time.A bright, unmistakable smile.

Looking back many years later, Yingchi realized that this kind of smile born of pure joy was rare in his life, so the scene of this day became one of her most precious memories.

How happy the three of them were that day.

After that, Roufu pestered her every day to ask her to follow Roufu to Genyue again, but the Empress Dowager ordered people to come to Yingfu from time to time to report on Diji's recent situation, so Yingfu did not dare to take the risk of going out with Roufu.

Then one day, Roufu secretly ran out alone.When the people in the palace found out, they were both shocked and anxious. They carefully blocked the news to prevent the Supreme Emperor and Supreme Empress from knowing, and scattered around to look for it.

Yingfu went straight to Genyue Cherry Blossom Forest to find Roufu, she knew that Roufu would definitely go there again.However, no one was found from the place where the shuttlecock was kicked to the swing frame, and after searching for a long time, there was still nothing. Yingchi was exhausted, and tears fell down her cheeks.

It took a long time after returning to the palace to see Rou Fu bouncing back. Faced with repeated questioning by the palace people, she just pouted and announced: "I'm tired, I want to rest for a while, no one is allowed to bother me anymore!"

Ying Chi didn't ask any more questions, but silently helped Rou Fu change her clothes, and brought water to wash her.When taking off her shoes, Yingchi found that the silver bells sewn on the heels of her embroidered shoes had disappeared, and they disappeared at the same time on one pair of shoes, so she raised her head and asked, "Diji, why did the silver bells on your shoes fall off?" ?”

Rou Fu blinked playfully, thought for a while and said with a smile: "It was taken away by a dog brother."

dog brother?Who is that referring to?This question made Yingchi think about it for a long time.If she kept asking, she might know the answer, but she didn't have the habit of doing so, so she chose to remain silent after all.

In October of the first year of Jingkang, when Roufu learned that Zhao Gou was going to Jinying to negotiate a peace, he asked his father to perform the ceremony in advance, and appointed Zhao Gou to participate.Yingfu was not surprised that Zhao Gou went on a mission again, she knew that if the emperor asked him to go, he would definitely agree to go, otherwise he would not be the Kang Wang she knew.He is faintly proud of him, although he feels melancholy when he thinks of his distance and the danger he will face.As for Roufu's request, she thought, after all, they are brother and sister, and although they rarely meet each other, they hit it off quite well, so Di Ji hoped to take advantage of the ceremony to wish King Kang a safe trip.

On the day of the ceremony, Zhao Gou came with Zhao Kai.I haven't seen him for a few months, but he looks even more heroic. The youthfulness when he was on the water swing has dissipated. Even standing in front of Zhao Kai, who is famous for his handsomeness, he is not inferior. In comparison, it seems quite depressed.

But he seemed very unhappy, and there was a melancholy in his usual solemn expression.

His eyes intermittently chased Rou Fu's figure, dodging from time to time.

Ying Chi has been secretly watching him.She also passed by his eyes while walking in the service room.

He can't see her.

11. Infighting
At the beginning of the first month of the first year of Jingkang, the Jin Army captured Junzhou and crossed the Yellow River. After confirming that King Kang Gou was sent as an envoy to Jin Junzhai as a hostage, Zhao Ji immediately announced that he would go to Bozhou Taiqing Palace to offer incense, and brought some princes and concubines with him.Zhao Huan didn't stop him, but immediately called Zhao Kai into the palace to "discuss matters" with him. While trapping him in Miying Pavilion and not letting him go back to the palace, he said to Zhao Ji: "The third brother has just resigned, and there is still a minister in the imperial city." Many official duties have not been handed over, and I need him to enter the palace frequently to discuss and deal with related matters these days. I am afraid that the third brother will not be able to leave to accompany the father to Bozhou. But fortunately, the father is only a lucky pilgrim, and he will return to Beijing soon. It's the same when I order my other younger brothers to accompany me."

Not only was Zhao Kai not allowed to accompany him, but even Zhao Kai's mother, brother and sister, including Rou Fu, were not allowed to let go.Although Zhao Ji was very angry, seeing the critical situation, he couldn't care less, so he had to pack up in a hurry, took some concubines and the rest of his children out of Tongjin Gate and fled to the southeast.

Zhao Ji did not stay in Bozhou during his visit. After entering the incense, he immediately ordered to drive to Zhenjiang, with the intention of staying in the south of the Yangtze River with beautiful mountains and rivers, thousands of miles of fertile fields, and rich people. Moreover, the official who knew Zhenjiang at this time was Cai Jing's son Cai Tao Song Huan, Cai You's first cousin, wife and younger brother of Cai Jing's eldest son, was the envoy for the transportation of Jiang, Huai, Jing, Zhejiang and other roads.

Immediately, Zhao Ji issued three imperial decrees to various parts of the southeast through the use of the camp envoy and the dispatch envoy:

[-]. Huainan, Liangzhezhou Army and other places sent reports to Beijing Dijiao, and ordered to stop them and not let them go, waiting for command.

Governments in the southeast are not allowed to deliver any official documents to the capital Kaifeng.

[-]. The generals of Hangzhou and Vietnam, the generals of Jiangdong Road, and the generals of Zhuzhou who are not connected, as well as the local soldiers, archers, etc., have not been able to unite, and they are waiting for the command. The number of people, and intercepted with playing.

The troops stationed in the southeast were not allowed to go to King Qin of Kaifeng, and the 3000 soldiers of King Qin of Zhejiang who passed through Zhenjiang were intercepted as the emperor's guard.

[-]. Use the outline to transport and unload at the location.

All parts of the southeast are not allowed to deliver any materials, including food, to Bianjing.

After the three imperial decrees, Zhao Huan immediately realized that something was wrong. His father's move was obviously to make the southeast out of the control of the imperial court and establish a political power on its own, and it also caused the capital to fall into a desperate situation of lack of both soldiers and food.I also heard that in the southeast, my father rewarded officials arbitrarily for meritorious deeds, adding rewards to officials, as if he was acting as an emperor.

Zhao Huan hurriedly summoned his trusted ministers to discuss countermeasures, and then first ordered Song Huan to resign and return to Bianjing, and then secretly sent people to contact local officials in the southeast, expressly implying that they should obey the edict of the current emperor .Seeing that the situation was unclear and which emperor to follow, the officials in the southeast mostly flattered and laughed at both sides. At this critical moment, Lin Chi of Zhisu Prefecture stood on the side of the new king and openly resisted the orders of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji .

Lin Chi had been demoted by Zhao Ji twice in succession in the third and fourth years of Xuanhe, so he naturally complained about Zhao Ji.After Zhao Ji drove to the southeast, he ordered all places in the southeast to pay taxes and grains, but he only agreed to lose one of the twenty, and he also played the matter on the imperial court.When Zhao Huan heard about it, he immediately ordered the Minister of Finance to order Lin Chi to "go to Beijing with money and not to use it for his own sake." The implication was that money and food should not be provided to the Supreme Emperor.

With this, Lin Chi no longer obeyed Zhao Ji's orders.Seeing that he did not obey Zhao Ji's orders, the officials in the southeast also had nothing to do with Zhao Ji, and gradually became less respectful to Zhao Ji. Many of them refused to obey Zhao Ji's orders, and the supply of money and food became less and less.During Zhao Ji's trip, he was still as extravagant as he was when he was emperor in Bianjing.Most of the officials who accompanied him were villains, accustomed to intrigue, and after fleeing to the southeast, they still did not change their bad habits, and began to fight each other before they got a firm foothold, especially Tong Guan and Gao Qiu.

Seeing that the time was right, Zhao Huan spent two days interviewing Song Huan, who had already returned to Beijing, and ordered him to persuade the Supreme Emperor to return to Bianjing. , Jing, Zhejiang and other roads set up dispatch envoys, ordering him to go southeast as soon as possible to meet the Supreme Emperor.

After Song Huan arrived in Zhenjiang, he urged Zhao Ji to get up and drive back to Beijing, and said: "The emperor ordered the minister to tell the emperor that everything is well in Beijing, but he was a little thin because he missed the emperor, but it should be fine. I will recover soon after I return to Beijing, please don't worry about it." When Zhao Ji heard about Zhao Kai, he immediately felt sad, and naturally knew that Zhao Huan clearly took him as a hostage.Seeing that he has already been betrayed by his relatives, and he doesn't know how to deal with internal and external troubles, not to mention that the officials in the southeast no longer obey orders, and even the supply of money and food is not enough.

After hearing the news, Zhao Huan immediately ordered people to go straight to Zhenjiang to pick up Zhao You back to Beijing, and sent Li Gang to Nanjing to wait.On April [-]rd, after Zhao Ji's chariot arrived outside Bianjing, Zhao Huan personally led a hundred officials out of the city to meet him.

As soon as Zhao Huan saw Zhao Ji, he knelt down respectfully and kowtowed to pay his respects. Then he went up to hold his father's hand and greeted him warmly with tears in his eyes. It is really unfilial for father to return to Beijing, please punish father."

Zhao Ji said with a "hehe" dry laugh: "Brother cares about my father so much, he often sends people to the southeast to ask and take care of him, and orders officials from all over the country to serve him carefully. Now I can come back safely so soon, it's all due to my elder brother's painstaking arrangements. What is the fault of my elder brother?" ?”

At this time, a breeze blew, Zhao Huan hurriedly took off his cloak, put it on for Zhao Ji with his own hands, and said warmly: "Recently, the wind in Bianjing is strong, father should pay attention to adding clothes. When father was lucky in the south, the minister was restless day and night I'm afraid that the royal father's eating speed in the coat will affect the health of the dragon body. Now that the royal father has returned safely, I can serve the royal father in person as usual, and I am extremely happy." Speaking of this, the voice was a little sobbing , couldn't help but lead his sleeves to wipe the corners of his eyes.

Zhao Ji looked at him silently, his eye circles seemed to be red, he pulled his son and said: "Brother is so filial, I am very comforted. If you have a son like this, what more can you ask for!"

After Zhao Huan sighed for a long time, he turned his head to look at Song Huan who was standing beside him, and said to him with a smile: "Song Qing really made a great contribution on this trip. I was ordered to go to Zhenjiang to understand the relationship between father and son. , Since the two palaces are relieved, there is no grudge in my chest. I will reward you in the future."

Zhao Ji also praised: "Song Qing is not only a filial son, but also a loyal minister, so he should be rewarded."

Song Huan hurriedly knelt down to thank the Emperor and the Supreme Emperor for their praise, and then Zhao Huan helped Zhao Ji to ride back to the palace together.The people in the middle of the capital lined the road to greet them. They were all moved to see the emperors of the two palaces so close and harmonious. They all cheered and praised.

After that, Zhao Huan no longer had any worries, and successively bestowed the death of Cai You, Tong Guan and other Zhao You's close officials.Song Huan, as the in-laws and party members of Cai Jing and Cai You's father and son, could not stay out of the matter. Zhao Huan was dismissed first on the grounds of "talking about his relatives' treachery with words, pretending to live near China, making false words, and deceiving others" Later, he was appointed as the Deputy Envoy of Danzhou regiment training, and he was resettled in Yongzhou.

Zhao Huan invited Zhao Ji to live in Longde Palace again, saying that the environment of Longde Palace is good for self-cultivation and is most suitable for taking care of his life. If it is not necessary, his father does not have to go out to suffer from the hustle and bustle of the outside world.This is tantamount to putting Zhao Ji under house arrest in Longde Palace.In addition, all the eunuchs who served Zhao Ji in the past were driven to live in Longde Palace, and they were not allowed to enter the ban again, and those who violated the order were beheaded.In addition, Zhao Huan also ordered the promotion officer to report the living conditions of the Supreme Emperor in detail every day, and arranged for a new servant to work in Longde Palace, in the name of taking good care of the father, but in fact it aimed to monitor Zhao Ji's movements.

Seeing the increase of new servants in the palace, Zhao Ji knew that they were indeed the eyes and ears sent by Zhao Huan, so he wanted to buy them with rewards, taking some gold and silver playthings to reward them from time to time, but when Zhao Huan knew about it, he immediately ordered Kaifeng Yin to check the entrance and exit carefully. If there are items in Longde Palace that are bestowed by the emperor, they must be accepted in the palace.

Zhao Ji knew that Zhao Huan was wary of him, and now he not only lost the power of emperor, but also almost lost his personal freedom.Heartbroken, but helpless.

October 45th of the first year of Jingkang was the "Tianning Festival" of Zhao Ji's birthday. Zhao Huan went to Longde Palace to celebrate the birthday of his [-]-year-old father.During the dinner, the father and son were quite friendly and talked happily.After Zhao Ji drank the wine that Zhao Huan had respected, he poured a glass for his son himself and persuaded Zhao Huan to drink it.

Zhao Huan raised his glass and was about to drink, but he saw Geng Nanzhong approaching him quietly, and gently stepped on Zhao Huan's dragon boots.

Zhao Huan immediately understood: Geng Nanzhong is implying that his wine may be poisonous, so don't drink it according to his words.This incident is not uncommon in the imperial court. 16 years ago, Zhang Kangguo, a member of the Privy Council who was at odds with Cai Jing, died of poisoning after drinking alcohol persuaded by his political opponents at a banquet.So Zhao Huan put down the wine glass calmly, and said to Zhao Ji: "Father, I have to go to Miying Pavilion to discuss matters with several ministers tonight. It is not appropriate to drink anymore. The father's intention is understood, and there will be no political affairs until another day When you are troubled, I will come to Longde Palace to have a drink with my father."

Zhao Ji was stunned and said, "Just drink one more drink?"

Zhao Huan said: "The minister is too strong to drink, and I am afraid that drinking too much will cause trouble. I also ask my father to forgive me."

Zhao Ji shook his head and persuaded again, but Zhao Huan finally refused. While he was refusing, only one person came forward and said calmly: "Your Majesty puts political affairs first, and it is really not suitable to drink too much. I dare you, please allow me to drink the cup of Taishang on behalf of Your Majesty." liquor."

Zhao Huan and Zhao Ji took a closer look and found that the speaker was Wang Kai of Yun.Just now, he had been sitting silently on the side pouring himself a drink, and when he saw Zhao Huan refusing to drink his father's wine, he got up and walked in front of them.At this time, he looked thin and blushed, but his eyes were still very bright.Without waiting for Zhao Huan to answer, he raised the glass of wine and drank it up, then tipped the empty wine glass towards Zhao Huan as a signal, and looked at him with a half-smile, with a hint of sarcasm emerging from the corners of his lips.

"Father," Zhao Kai looked at Zhao Huan, but said to Zhao Ji, "Imperial Brother is burdened by state affairs, so I can't drink with Father. If Father still has wine, give it to me, an idler with nothing to do. "

Hearing the sound, Zhao Ji stood up, covered his face and went out of the hall, leaving a series of suppressed weeping sounds as he walked.

Zhao Huan didn't stay any longer, he flicked his sleeves at Zhao Kai and turned back to the palace.Zhao Kai smiled coldly after he left, went back to his seat, poured another cup, and drank it slowly.

The next day, Zhao Huan issued a yellow list in front of Longde Palace: "Catch spies who speak in the two palaces, reward three thousand guan, and make up for Cheng Xinlang." Severely punish "spies who talk in the two palaces".Zhao Ji knew that this move was clearly aimed at Zhao Kai, so he had no choice but to order Zhao Kai not to enter Longde Palace frequently unless it was necessary, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

12. Scattered
Since Zhao Huan came to the throne, although he has the heart to strengthen the country, his ability to govern the country is really limited, and his temperament is indecisive. It is common to change orders from day to day, and he has many worries about employing people. In more than a year after he came to the throne, he worshiped 26 prime ministers one after another like a lantern. executive minister.Most of the ministers of the current dynasty also inherited the tradition of officials in the Song Dynasty playing power and indulging in party struggles. Gradually in trouble, precarious.

In November of the first year of Jingkang, the Jin army came to the city and asked the Supreme Emperor to enter Qingchengzhai outside the city to negotiate a peace.At that time, Zhao Ji was terrified and sick in bed. Zhao Huan knew that if he allowed his father to enter the enemy's camp to discuss with him, he would be accused of unfilial piety, and he would be scolded by the world. Besides, he was also worried that his father, who had been removed from all powers by him, would be there. Under the threat of the Jinren, he obeyed and arbitrarily agreed to all the demands for land cession and compensation. Therefore, Zhao Huan blatantly said that he was too old and sick to travel, so he went to Qingcheng by himself.As soon as this remark came out, a large number of Song people were moved, and they praised the emperor for his benevolence and filial piety.

Zhao Huan took his surrender form to Jinjunzhai, but did not expressly agree to the request to hand over the three towns quickly.Since Zong Wang hadn't received the order from the gold master, he didn't make things difficult for him, and released him after two days of detention.However, Zong Han stationed troops under the city of Bianjing and became more and more arrogant. He forcibly extorted 500 girls from Song Dynasty and sent them to Jinjunzhai within a limited period of time.Zhao Huan didn't dare to refuse, so he ordered the palace gate supervisor to choose all the maids in the palace, and put them on the list and send them to Jinjunzhai.

For a while, the palace was full of turmoil and panic, and the ladies in the palace were afraid that they would be elected. Everyone was terrified and mourned and wept all day long.Bi Yi, the gate supervisor, began to select palaces one by one. After the first batch of lists were announced on the first day, all the selected palace ladies looked ashamed and heartbroken. One of the palace maids committed suicide by jumping into Fengchi that night.With this example, those strong-tempered women who refused to fall into Jinjunzhai and be humiliated by others followed suit one after another. The number of court ladies who drowned in Fengchi and Da Nei Yaojinchi increased to more than 30 the next day.Bi Yi also felt sympathetic when he saw this, but the king's order was hard to break. After ordering his servants to prepare a coffin to collect the corpse of the palace lady, he still hardened his heart and continued to choose.

The women in Roufu Pavilion were also terrified, for fear that the palace gate supervisor would write their names on the list. Every evening, they tremblingly went to inquire about the announced list. In the shadow of tomorrow's unknown fate.

One day, Yingchi woke up from a dream in the middle of the night, and found that Xi'er, who was in the same room, was still awake, sitting on the bed alone with her knees hugged, wondering what she was thinking.Yingfu asked her, "Xi'er, what's wrong with you?"

After calling Xi'er two more times, she came back to her senses, burst into tears, and said, "Yingfu, I can't take it anymore, if this continues, I will definitely die."

Yingfu hurriedly asked her why, and Xi'er said while crying: "Today I went to the Taishang's bedroom to report Diji's situation to him, and then remembered that I hadn't seen Qinghan for a few days, so I stopped by to find her. I didn't expect that when I pushed away The door of her room saw her hanging on the beam, with loose hair, purple complexion, sticking out a long tongue, eyes staring as if they were about to fall out..."

Yingchi shuddered, immediately got up and sat beside Xi'er, hugging her tightly.

"She was chosen..." Xi'er's face was full of tears, and her body trembled involuntarily: "She is a court lady serving the Supreme Emperor, and she will not be spared...The next one must be us...Of course it is us, we are serving Emperor Roufu Ji's maid, Di Ji is the younger sister of King Yun, and everyone knows that the official family hates King Yun the most..."

Unexpectedly, things would turn out like this now, Yingchi held Xi'er in her arms and thought sadly, they were envied and envied by countless women in the palace when they were the younger sisters of King Yun, but now the same identity has become the hidden cause.Indeed, the emperor dared to touch even the court ladies beside his father, let alone those who were closely related to King Yun.

"If I were to go to Jinjunzhai, I would commit suicide like Qinghan." Xi'er broke down in tears and said, "But I don't want to die, I'm only 15 years old..."

"Perhaps our luck won't be that bad..." Yingchi murmured.In fact, she herself has no confidence in this at all. She said this to comfort Xi'er and herself. She has no less deep fear than Xi'er about the possible existence of being selected into the Jinjunzhai.

Xi'er suddenly wiped away her tears, raised her head and said to her seriously: "We can't wait like this to try our luck. Yingfu, let's try to escape from the palace."

Ying Chi was taken aback: "What did you say? Escape from the palace? Impossible!"

"Really!" Xi'er eagerly took her hand and said, "I know that the east side door of Longde Palace will be opened every afternoon to let out the servants who go out for shopping. Not all of them may recognize each other, if we put on the clothes of the servants and walk with our heads bowed among the servants who are shopping, we should not be found."

Yingchi was silent for a moment, and then said: "It's not right. Since we were selected to serve Di Ji in the palace, how could we leave her without permission?"

Xi'er said: "We have served Diji for a long time, we are sisters with Diji, Diji will definitely not be willing to see us die, she will understand and forgive us. Baby, come with me Let's go." She suddenly cried again, "You don't know how scary Qinghan's appearance is, I've never seen a dead person so close...I don't want to be like her..."

At this time, there was a wind passing by outside the window, and the shadows of the trees whirled, casting on the window screen like the figure of a woman with loose hair.Yingchi couldn't help shivering, and embraced Xi'er even tighter.The two of them didn't speak any more for a while, and after a while, Yingchi said softly: "Let me think about it..."

The next day, Xi'er found two sets of servant's clothes from nowhere, took the baby to change them quietly in the afternoon, then slipped out while no one was looking, and walked quickly towards the east side door of Longde Palace.

Sure enough, many servants walked out one after another, and the guards guarding the gate only looked up and did not question carefully.Xi'er gave Ying Chi a wink, signaling her to follow, and then she followed the servants and walked out the door.

Ying Chi also took two steps, but her feet became heavier and heavier, as if being filled with lead, and finally stopped, lowered her eyes for a moment, then turned around and turned back along the way.

Seeing that she didn't follow, Xi'er was very anxious, and wanted to call her back, but she held back after all, taking into account the guards, and turned around and continued on.

Yingfu walked to the corner, stopped and looked back, watching Xi'er's figure gradually melt into the bright light outside the east door.

Xi'er's escape brought even greater disasters to the maids in Roufu Pavilion.After Bi Yi, the palace supervisor, reported the incident, Zhao Huan ordered that the number of maids to be drawn from the Roufu Pavilion be increased from two to five, and that the incident happened during the extraordinary period was enough to disturb the hearts of the people and that the crime must be punished. Immediately selected into the book, forcibly taken away.

Rou Fu refused to obey, cried and made a lot of noise, and ordered the maids to gather in her palace and not allow anyone to take her away.After Bi Yi heard the news, he personally brought people to arrest him, and when he broke into the pavilion, he no longer chose by name, he was the one who was caught.For a while, the teenage girls in the pavilion ran and cried, their wailing was loud.Yingfu was close to Roufu, her face was pale, and she was holding Roufu's right hand tightly, while Roufu was crying and scolding the eunuchs who were arresting people around her.

Suddenly a servant ran up to Yingchi and pulled her hands to grab her away, Yingchi screamed in shock and resisted desperately, Rou Fu immediately rushed towards the servant, punched and kicked, angrily said: "Let her go!" But he still didn't let go, as if he was determined to catch the baby, Rou Fu was so angry that he bent down and bit the back of his hand fiercely.

The servant was in pain, pulled out his hand and subconsciously waved it at Roufu, knocking her down immediately.Yingfu hurriedly bent down to support her, and asked Diji repeatedly if she was okay.

Rou Fu didn't answer, but only yelled angrily: "God damn dog slave, how dare you beat the dignified concubine! I'll tell Father later, you must be executed Ling Chi!"

Hearing the words, the waiter didn't know whether to apologize or continue to arrest people regardless, so he froze there.Seeing this scene, Bi Yi sighed, and said: "I've already found five of them, let's keep the one beside Di Ji." After leading all the servants to kneel down and apologize to Rou Fu, he brought the five maids who had just been arrested. leave.

Yingluo stared blankly at the mournful expressions of the arrested maids who had been with her for many years, and heard their heart-piercing desperate cries, and smelled their death breath in advance.It was still early at that time, but she felt that she was in the dark night, and everything she could touch was endless black and cold.

She knelt on the ground helplessly, hugging and crying with the angry and sad Roufu.

13. Split fly
At the end of the first year of Jingkang, Zhao Huan sent [-] selected girls to Jinjunzhai, but the Jinren still demanded endlessly, and sent envoys to pursue gold and silver every day.In the first month of the second year of Jingkang, the treasury of the Song court was empty, and it was no longer able to pay the gold. Zong Hanzong was furious when he saw that Song had delayed paying the gold and did not immediately cede the land. Otherwise, immediately lead the army to massacre the city.

Zhao Huan had no choice but to agree to go to Jinjunzhai in Qingcheng again.He knew that the situation this time was not as good as before, and it was difficult to escape unscathed, so he made some careful arrangements before leaving.After Zhao Ji's "Nanxing" return, Zhao Huan quickly made his eldest son, Zhao Chen, the crown prince. At this moment, Zhao Huan secretly summoned several confidant ministers to the palace, and asked them to assist the crown prince to succeed the throne if they could not wait for his return, so as not to let the power fall by the wayside. , Then at court the next morning, Zhao Huan announced: Yun Wang Kai accompanied him to Qingcheng.

Zhao Huan did not explain the reason why he ordered King Yun to follow him into the enemy camp, but everyone knew well when he said this: since the emperor went to the peace talks in person, the Jin people would no longer ask the prince to accompany him. After being trapped in the enemy camp, Zhao Kai took the opportunity to fight for power, so he must lock Zhao Kai by his side.

Zhao Ji was very angry when he heard about this, but now that his power has long been lost, he is powerless and unable to change Zhao Huan's decision, so he can only watch his beloved son Zhao Kai fall into the tiger's den.Angrily attacking the heart, the disease became more and more serious.

Zhao Kai accepted the order silently, without any resistance, and then quietly locked himself in the palace without contact with outsiders, and spent time reciting poems and painting before going out, his mood seemed to be extremely calm.

Rou Fu cried so hard because of this, Ying Chi couldn't help but stay aside to comfort him and said, "King Yun is an auspicious man, he must be fine. Diji, did you see that King Kang came back safely when he was sent to Jinying last time?" Even so , but while she was talking, she felt ominous, thinking of Zhao Kai's increasingly desolate figure and the unpredictable fate he was about to face, the eyes cast on Rou Fu could not help but feel sad.

On the day of departure, Yingfu, along with Roufu, the palace family and all the officials, went out of the imperial city to see off at the gate of Suzaku.Zhao Kai and Princess Lanxuan came together on an elephant, and when they arrived at the farewell place, Zhao Kai helped the princess down with both hands, and Yingfu found that the way he stared at the princess was completely unfamiliar to her, peaceful and gentle, containing a rare solemnity, and a trace of Looming melancholy.But the concubine still had an indifferent expression, with light make-up and plain demeanor, as pure as a jade.

Seeing Rou Fu and Ying Chi, Zhao Kai walked towards them with a smile, and said to Rou Fu, "Hey, sister can wake up so early? Could it be that you took this opportunity to go out for a spring outing?"

Rou Fu's eyes turned red, and he spat: "I'm here to remind you, last time you promised me to draw a picture of cherry blossoms for me, don't just go back to Jinying and forget about it on purpose .”

Zhao Kai smiled and said: "Sister, don't worry, I have made an agreement with the Jinren before, we will return to Beijing within five days, and I will paint for you as soon as the cherry blossoms bloom this year." Then he turned to Yingchi leisurely and said, "Say When it comes to reneging on debts, I think it seems that someone still owes me something."

Yingfu knew that he was referring to the bet last time, so she lowered her head shyly and refused to answer.But Rou Fu didn't understand, he opened his eyes wide and asked: "Who owes Brother Kai something? It can't be Yingfu, right? Yingfu, what do you owe Brother Kai?"

Before Yingchi could defend herself, Zhao Kai said from the side: "Hehe, why should I tell you, it's a secret. Yingchi, let's not tell her."

Rou Fu continued to question, but Zhao Kai just shook his head with a smile and said nothing, soon after, an eunuch came over and said to him: "The official ordered: it's getting late, please get on your horse and set off."

Zhao Kai nodded, Rou Fu grabbed him and said in tears, "Brother Kai, you must come back early!"

Zhao Kai stroked her head with a smile and said, "Okay, even if it's for what I owe you and what you owe me, I must come back."

Yingchi bid him farewell, and he nodded with a smile, then turned around and walked to Lan Xuan's side, staring deeply at her and said, "I'm leaving."

Lan Xuan blinked slightly in response, so Zhao Kai walked towards the horse that was led by his followers.Just as she was about to get on the horse, when she looked up, she saw two clear teardrops falling from Lan Xuan's bright eyes, sliding across her Ruyu's cheeks, and seeping quietly into the fibers of the silk clothes.

He turned back again, stood in front of Lan Xuan, and asked with a slight smile, "You once said that you would never shed a single tear for a man like me, but now, can I understand that these two tears of yours are for me?" ?”

"I once said that marrying a man like you is my greatest misfortune." Lan Xuan looked directly into his eyes and said, "But if I could do it all over again, everything would be as it is now, and I would still marry you."

Zhao Kai stretched out his arms to embrace Lan Xuan, and kissed her lips as if no one was there in the surprised eyes of everyone around him, and he let go after a long time. At that time, Lan Xuan's usually pale face showed a faint blush. Meaning, a rare smile adorning her face is strangely touching.

It was the most beautiful scene in the vast smoke and dust of the day, Yingchi watched silently, suddenly a little dazed.

Sure enough, Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai were detained and imprisoned by Zong Han, and they were used as collateral for asking for gold and silver, and the "reward for military expenses" was increased to 1000 million ingots of gold, 2000 million ingots of silver, and 1000 million pieces of silk .Because the national treasury was empty, the imperial court had to ask the subjects to pay property. After the people learned that the emperor was detained, they also donated all they had in their families. Even some poor people in Futianyuan also paid two taels of gold and seven taels of silver.But even so, it is difficult to repay one-twelfth of the debt, and the Jinren frequently came to press for it, so the ruling minister added 24 more ministers to search for relatives, clans, servants, monks, tricks, and houses of advocating excellence. The city is full of turmoil, but only 30 taels of gold and 600 million taels of silver.

Since the last general election of the palace ladies to the Jinren, all parts of the palace have become deserted and depressed, and the concubines and concubines of the palace are also locked in the palace courtyard every day to live in misery.Roufu also became quieter, and only counted the days and sighed every day: "Why hasn't Brother Kai come back?"

Late one night, I suddenly saw a visitor from King Yun's mansion. After asking Roufu to get rid of the miscellaneous people except the baby, he took out two sets of servant clothes and handed them to them, saying, "Before leaving, King Yun told me that if you don't see him in seven days, When you come back, try to enter the palace to find Emperor Ji and Miss Yingfu, and take you out of the city and place them in a safe place in the outskirts of the city. Please change your clothes and follow me, the guards guarding the side gate of Longde Palace tonight He is acquainted with me and has received the favor of King Yun, so he will not let him go."

Rou Fu asked in confusion: "Do we have to leave the palace?"

"Yes!" the insider said categorically, "Now the Jin people have detained the emperor and King Yun, and they may attack the city at any time. The situation is very critical. King Yun had expected this, so he ordered me to try to take you out." palace for refuge."

"Is Lan Xuan's sister-in-law going with us too?" Rou Fu asked again.

Nei Zhike's expression darkened, and he said: "After King Yun left, the queen took the princess into the palace. I really can't go into the palace and bring the princess out."

"Ah! Jin'er is also living with the Queen in the Palace of Kunning!" Rou Fu suddenly remembered.Jin'er is her younger sister Xianfu Diji.Her three older sisters, Huishu, Kangshu and Shunde Diji, were all married and living outside, and Xianfu was still young. Empress Zhu saw that she was cute and well-behaved, and she liked her a lot, so she raised her in her palace. "If I want to leave, I will take Jin'er with me." Rou Fu said seriously, after thinking for a while, he said, "There are also beads, so we can't keep her here."

Chuanzhu is Roufu's half-sister, Ningfu Emperor Ji, born to Zhao Ji's abandoned concubine Cui, has a withdrawn personality and doesn't like to talk on weekdays, but she is closer to Roufu.Hearing that Roufu was going to take the two of them away, the insider looked embarrassed, hesitatingly said: "I'm afraid it's inconvenient for so many people to go out at once... and it's really impossible to enter the palace to find Emperor Xianfu now..."

"Then I won't go, I will ask the Queen to let Jin'er come to play with me tomorrow. If possible, I will bring Lan Xuan's sister-in-law over, and then I will find the beads, and then you will come to pick us up at night." Roufu said.

Yingfu heard the voice and said, "I'm not going either, I'll go with the three imperial concubines tomorrow."

But Rou Fu turned to her and said: "Yingchi, you can go first, and it's the same if you go out of the city first and wait for us."

Neizhike also nodded and said: "Since that's the case, Miss Yingfu will go out with me first, or spread out, as there are too many people, it is easy to attract attention."

Yingfu was still hesitant, while Roufu urged with a smile: "Let's go, we can meet again tomorrow night. If we wait until tomorrow, people will see us rushing out of the palace late at night with so many people, wouldn't it be strange?" suspicious?"

Under the persuasion of the two, Yingchi finally agreed to go first with the insider.After changing clothes, she quietly went out from the back door of the palace courtyard, looking back as she walked, Rou Fu smiled and waved to her from inside the door, standing for a long time seemed to be a little cold by the wind, so she put her hands together to her mouth and breathed Seeing that Yingchi was still looking at her, he blinked playfully.

That was the last impression left by Rou Fu before the country was broken.

Neizhike took Yingfu to live in a secluded village on the outskirts of the city, and then rushed back to the city to wait for Roufu and the others in the evening.I don't want the world to change, but the situation has turned upside down overnight.

After Mei Zhili, the silver official of the Song court, sent 30 taels of gold, 600 million taels of silver, and 100 million pieces of clothing and satin to Jinjunzhai. Execute the ritual beheading and continue to call for the payment of the arrears.Zhao Huan pleaded with infinite distress that the country was unable to raise the amount owed. Zong Han smiled and put an "Agreement" in front of him: "It was originally planned to reward 100 million ingots of gold for military expenses and 500 silver ingots." Ten thousand must be transferred within ten days. If the number is not enough, one thousand ingots of gold will be given to the emperor and concubine, five hundred ingots will be given to the concubine, two hundred ingots will be given to the concubine, and silver will be given to the wife of the clan. Five hundred ingots, [-] ingots for each clan wife, and [-] ingots for each noble relative’s daughter, it’s up to the commander-in-chief’s choice.”

When Zhao Huan saw that he openly proposed to use the wives and daughters of the royal family and noble relatives, he immediately became angry and shook his head again and again.Zong Han then said angrily: "If you don't agree, I will immediately order the massacre of the city, and cut off your head to sacrifice the flag before sending out troops!" The pen trembled and drew a bet on the agreement.

Zong Han ordered people to send the document with Zhao Huan's painting to Kaifeng mansion.After the Kaifeng Mansion informed the Queen and the Supreme Emperor, they immediately complied with the order and sealed off Da Nei, Genyue, Yanfu Palace, Longde Palace and the palaces of the princes, preparing to select concubines, emperor concubines, concubines, etc. to send gold and silver to the Jinjunzhai.

This day is the first day after the baby is out of the palace.

Yingfu never waited for Roufu to come to meet her again, and even the well-known guests in Prince Yun's mansion disappeared.Then she heard that batches of noble women from the royal family were escorted into Jinjunzhai one after another. She didn't know if Roufu was among them. She had stood by the road where these women passed by and watched, but seeing the doors and windows of the carriages and horses closed tightly, they were all detained. Locked in the car, I can't see the specific appearance, I can only hear the mournful crying all the way, endlessly.

Soon after, the Jin people took almost all the family members of the palace and escorted them back to the Kingdom of Jin according to the roster.Yingfu no longer cared about inquiring about Rou Fu's whereabouts, knowing that she must have been taken to the north as well, so she hastily fled south with the villagers.After wandering with the refugees for a long time, he learned that Kang Wang Zhao Gou had proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing. He couldn't help but burst into ecstasy and rushed to Nanjing immediately.

But it was not easy to meet the emperor. After wandering in Nanjing for a long time, he waited for the chance to go out to inspect the palace on the day of amnesty.When she finally saw Zhao Gou, Yingchi was overwhelmed with emotions, as if she had passed away, she fainted in the sudden strong sense of joy and security, when Yoyo woke up, she heard the first words he said to her: "Yuan Yuan now Where? Did you escape?"

So her tears flowed down.

(End of this chapter)