Watching Feng Jing exit the dormitory door.

Zhao Xu let out a slight breath, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart.

Feng Jing's loyalty has been proven.

In his previous life, he would rather be banished to death in Guangnan than reveal a word of what Zhao Xu said in private.

Zhao Xu was only worried that he had despised and neglected his instructions.

Now that Feng Jing has taken a stand, he will naturally take this matter seriously as a person.

"Now, everything is ready and all we need is the east wind..." Zhao Xu murmured in a low voice and looked in the direction of Kunning Hall.

Kunning Hall is the middle palace, where the queen lives!

Memories from a previous life flashed back in my mind.

Within the curtain, the mother-in-law (Empress Dowager Gao) and the queen mother (Empress Xiang) stood like sculptures, relatively speechless, but choking alone.

The father, who was seriously ill and dying, was lying on the royal bed. He no longer had the majesty of the past. He could only look at Zhao Xu quietly with his eyes.

The young Zhao Xu looked at his father at a loss.

Outside the curtain, the voices of the ministers sounded in unison.

"Last winter last year, the three provinces issued an imperial edict from His Majesty: the Prince of Yan'an County will come out of the imperial palace this spring... I was so frightened that I asked him to establish a crown prince to unite the world!"

The ministers played three times in a row.

But inside the curtain, except for the sounds of crying and sobbing, no one spoke.

Zhao Xu, who was young and ignorant at that time, watched helplessly as his father lay on the bed, nodding his head to express his approval of the ministers' memorial.

but……

Within the curtain, there was no other sound except choking and sobbing.

Everyone pretended not to see Zhao Xu's father nod.

My father is the Son of Heaven!

At that time, no one noticed Zhao Xu.

No one would spend their precious energy on a little prince who was surrounded by others and was at a loss during such an exciting power struggle.

Just a kid.

Don't understand anything, don't know anything.

No need to worry!

But they would not have thought that at that time, Zhao Xu seemed ignorant and didn't understand anything.

In fact, he is already sensible.

He remembered everything that happened that day in his heart and engraved it in his bones.

Every day and night after that, while lying on the royal bed in Funing Hall, he would think of everything that happened that day.

He remembered what everyone said and did at that time.

Naturally, I also remembered how the silence in the curtain was broken.

"Please ask the Empress Dowager to listen to the government together until she recovers!"

The speaker is Wang Gui!

At that time, he was the minister Zuo Pushe and his servant, the so-called left prime minister!

That day was Guisi, the 29th day of February in the eighth year of Yuanfeng!

The location is the inner bedroom of the East Pavilion of Funing Hall!

…

Kunning Hall.

The residence of the Empress of the Song Dynasty is located behind Funing Hall, which is called the Middle Palace.

According to ancient rituals, the walls were painted with pepper, so it was called "Jiao Fang".

At this moment, Queen Xiang, the owner of Kunning Hall, was kneeling in front of the statue of Medicine Master Buddha, reciting Buddhist sutras.

Queen Xiang is not yet forty this year, but she is already showing her age and has a sad look on her face.

She couldn't help but worry.

It has been nineteen years since Queen Xiang married into the royal family. Although she gave birth to children for the official family, they all died young.

Now, even the official family is about to leave her.

The weight of fate is like a heavy burden.

It was so heavy that she couldn't breathe or breathe.

But there is nothing she can do!

There seems to be no other way except praying to gods and Buddhas!

After reciting a scroll of Buddhist scriptures, he put down the Buddhist scriptures to the queen.

The chamberlain Yan Shouqin, who had been standing behind him, finally took a step forward and called out in a low voice: "Saint!"

Queen Xiang did not look back. She looked at the statue of Medicine Master enshrined in the Buddhist niche and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Feng Jing was involved in Qingning Palace and just went to Zishan Hall..."

"Oh?" Queen Xiang bowed to the Buddha statue of Medicine Master King and apologized, then stood up and walked towards the curtain of the inner chamber of Kunning Hall.

As she walked, she asked: "Didn't all the gentlemen from Zishan Hall go to Gongyuan?"

"Why did Feng Jing go to Zishan Hall?"

"I heard that Feng Jing went to Zishan Hall in compliance with the order of the Prince of Yan'an County to look for pens, ink, paper, inkstones and Buddhist scriptures!"

Queen Xiang stopped, turned around, and looked at Song Yongchen: "Sixth brother wants pen, ink, paper and inkstone. What do you want to do with Buddhist scriptures?"

"I don't know!" Yan Shouqin lowered his head, not daring to look directly at the Queen.

He pondered to the queen for a moment, hesitated for a while, and asked again: "Does Baoci Palace know about this?"

After thinking about it for a moment, Queen Xiang answered her own question: "Since I know it, how can Baoci Palace not know about it?"

Baoci Palace is the residence of the Empress Dowager. It is to the west of Funing Palace. It is closer to the inner court than the empress who lives deep in the palace, and she can hear the news better.

Now that she knows everything, Bao Cigong will naturally know too.

So Queen Xiang no longer hesitated and told Yan Shouqin: "I am going to Qingning Palace, you can make arrangements!"

…

Just as Queen Xiang expected.

Empress Dowager Gao in Baoci Palace also learned about Feng Jing's behavior from the mouth of her minister Liang Weijian.

"Brother Six is ​​a filial son!" Empress Dowager Gao said, gently stroking the raccoon slave in her arms.

Liang Weijian lowered his head deeply and did not dare to answer.

He understood the meaning of Empress Dowager Gao's words.

How old is the Prince of Yan'an County?

How could a child, even if he was really filial, think of copying Buddhist scriptures to pray for officials?

Even if you can think of it, how can you put it into action?

Someone must have taught me.

Liang Weijian knew that since he could think of this section, it was impossible for the Queen Mother not to think of it.

Empress Dowager Gao continued to caress the soft hair of the slave in her arms, and mentioned another thing: "The emperor said last year that when the sixth brother comes out of the cabinet, Sima Guang and Lu Gongzhu must be the guardians..."

"Is there such a thing?" Empress Dowager Gao looked at Liang Weijian.

Liang Weijian remained silent.

But silence is the answer.

"But Zishantang already has two direct lecturers..." Empress Dowager Gao said leisurely: "Find a way to send those two direct lecturers to local prefectures and counties!"

"The emperor sometimes does things like this, looking forward and backward, hesitating!"

"Now that we have decided to let veterans like Sima Guang and Mr. Lu come to escort the prince, how can we continue to let Wang Anshi's heretical ideas confuse the prince?"

The Queen Mother, who lives deep in the palace, does not know anything about financial economics.

I don't understand why my son insists on pursuing reform.

In the palace, all she heard, saw and knew were the complaints, dissatisfaction and resentment of noble officials, relatives and princesses.

In particular, Wang Anshi expelled all descendants of the clan except Wufu in one go.

Taizu, the descendants of Taizong, not only one or two came to complain to her.
To be continued...