The sky was dark, and the beautiful scenery south of the Yangtze River also looked dim.
It was still cold in early February, and the rain splashing on my body was bitingly cold.
In the inner palace city, the emperor's ceremonial carriage was slowly approaching from the concubine's pavilion to Yanhe hall.
The palace is not very big, and although this section of the road is only about 500 steps, it is still very well arranged.
There were twenty-eight eunuchs carrying the jade chariot, and there were nearly a hundred eunuchs carrying the jade chariot, those holding the canopy, and those holding fly whisks, incense boxes, and golden pots.
Finally, they safely sent the emperor into the Yanhe Hall without letting a drop of cold rain fall on the red robe of the emperor.
Zhao Yu wore red uniforms because Taizu of the Song Dynasty advocated the style of diligence, frugality and simplicity. The emperor's robes did not have too many patterns of embroidery. They were mainly solid colors such as light yellow, rich yellow, red and so on, and the style was simple and plain.
The palace is filled with warmth and spring light.
Jia Sidao stood up and said politely: "I've seen the officials."
Zhao Fu quickly apologized and said, "Mr. Jia has been here for a long time. I came late due to the annoying weather."
He sat down on the royal couch, and a beautiful concubine came forward to wait on him to drink.
Cheng Yuanfeng, Ye Mengding and others asked to see them several times today, but in such weather, Zhao Fu didn't want to see them and excused himself as sick.
He recently lost a son in infancy, and while he was grieving, the rulers were not able to force him.
That is to say, Jia Sidao came and was willing to drink and have fun with him instead of admonishing him with a straight face all day long, so he agreed to the summons.
When the dancing and music started, there were also palace maidens accompanying Jia Sidao to drink.
Only then did the monarch and his ministers discuss state affairs.
"Your Majesty, please express your condolences. The Ministry of Rites has decided that Duke Chong's posthumous title will be 'King Guangchong Goodness'. Is that okay?"
The first thing Jia Sidao mentioned was the aftermath of Zhao Yu's concubine's eldest son who died in infancy.
This is the most important event in the Song Dynasty today.
Zhao Fu listened indifferently and only drank.
In fact, he has never met his son a few times.
I remember that it seemed that the year before last, which maid was pregnant, but I can’t remember which maid it was.
King Rong and the late Emperor were still there at that time, so they got angry over the matter, but Zhao Fu could feel that they were actually very happy in their hearts.
At that time, only Ye Mengding, Yang Dong and others were really angry, saying that His Highness was not married yet, so what if the important matter of succession to the throne was ruined.
Fortunately, his biological father and brothers killed the late emperor and made him the emperor directly.
As for that child, remember he was born early last year, right?
A small one.
When I looked at it, I knew I couldn't make a living, and as expected, I couldn't make a living.
Just rebirth...
When Zhao Fu was tipsy and in a good mood, Jia Sidao finally finished talking about the complicated funeral matters.
After that, a brocade box was presented.
"I am deeply afraid that the officials will mourn, so I specially ordered someone to visit and get a self-warming cup to warm the hearts of the officials."
"Okay, okay, let me see it quickly."
Meiji opened the brocade box and took out the jade cup.
The snow-white bare hands contrasted with the jade cup. Zhao Fu's eyes lit up and he ordered Mei Ji to continue pouring wine.
After drinking a glass of warm wine, he smacked his mouth, as if something suddenly occurred to him, and quickly asked Jia Sidao to come forward and talk.
"Mr. Jia, tell me quickly, what are the benefits of drinking from this self-warming cup?"
"I tell you, this thing is extremely valuable for a reason..."
Jia Sidao glanced at the surrounding beauties, leaned over and whispered a few words.
Zhao Yu was very happy when he heard it, and his eyebrows were dancing with joy.
Looking at the officials' expectant eyes, Jia Sidao secretly laughed at Cheng Yuanfeng and Ye Mengding for being rigid.
It's really easy to understand this official, just think of him as the stupidest, most lustful, and most deceitful person in Lin'an's entertainment scene.
…
If he hadn't been framed by Li Xia and then suppressed and guarded against him, Jia Sidao would have made Zhao Yu his puppet.
But even with such precautions, Zhao Fu gradually felt Jia Sidao's kindness recently.
Such a minister was loyal, capable of doing things, spoke well, and was interesting. To Zhao Yu, he was much better than the other ministers.
"Mr. Jia, I wish I had handed over state affairs to you earlier."
Zhao Fu became increasingly close to Jia Sidao.
"A few days ago, all the prime ministers and ministers came to tell me that if I didn't comply with their wishes, they would all resign, which made me very embarrassed..."
Jia Sidao suddenly turned his head and glanced at Guan De, saying, "Get back."
Guan De was stunned and glanced at Zhao Yu. After regaining his composure, he calmly apologized to Jia Sidao and said with a smile: "The officials are still talking, but Mr. Jia actually ordered us..."
"Xiangong Jia asked you to retreat." Zhao Fu turned around and cursed, "You all also go down, I want to talk to Xianggong Jia."
He only dared to be so cruel to eunuchs and palace people.
Guande lowered his head quickly, his eyes filled with shock, but he had no choice but to lead others out of the hall.
Jia Sidao smiled imperceptibly.
The Holy Scroll has been finalized.
For more than a year, the people who really competed with Jia Sidao in the court for the Holy Scroll were not Cheng Yuanfeng, Ye Mengding and others.
It's Guande.
It was Li Xia's remaining force in the court.
If Guan De hadn't been blowing wind in Zhao Fu's ears every day, after Li Xia left Lin'an, Jia Sidao would have been able to get an imperial edict in less than a month or two and drive away all those old diehards.
How can we give Li Xia one year to regain Longxi, send troops to Dali, and recruit Guanzhong?
In other words, it was Guan De who secretly provided a stumbling block and quietly dealt with Jia Sidao, which gave Li Xia a year to rapidly expand his strength.
Jia Sidao sometimes wished he could send someone to get rid of Guande directly, but before he could do it, Zhao Jin came over and asked him directly, "Uncle, do you want to kill the servant left behind by your father?"
"That's absolutely not the case."
At that time, Jia Sidao understood that it was the demon concubine who was causing trouble behind the scenes.
Don't act rashly...
To put it simply, Li Xia's forces in Lin'an and Cheng Yuanfeng have been suppressing Jia Sidao.
This time, Cheng Yuanfeng fought with Li Xia, which gave Jia Sidao an opportunity.
On one side, the important ministers forced the officials to get rid of Li Xia, and on the other side, Guan De kept speaking for Li Xia.
There is only one result. Both forces will inevitably make the officials feel disgusted and disgusted...
~~
Seeing Guan De being driven off by Jia Sidao, Zhao Fu grinned and felt a little happy.
He found that he had begun to hate Guande.
A personal valet who doesn't take good care of her, doesn't find more wine and beautiful women, and gets involved in state affairs all the time.
He, the emperor, doesn’t want to deal with state affairs at all!
So annoying.
However, when the trouble got to this point, Zhao Yu had no choice but to deal with it.
"Where did I talk just now? Oh, Mr. Cheng said that Li Xia wanted to rebel. Mr. Jia, I haven't asked you yet, what should I do about this matter?"
Jia Sidao responded: "The reason why I asked Guan De to retreat is because I suspected that he had colluded with Li Xia."
He was always very direct when talking to Zhao Fu, trying to use the most straightforward and understandable words.
If we continue to use metaphors when confronting the late emperor as before, it will be very troublesome if the stupid official in front of us guesses wrong.
"Xiangong Jia also thinks that Li Xia is going to rebel?"
"Li Xia never listens to the court's instructions when doing things, and he also places people around the officials. If it is not for rebellion, I can't figure out why he does it? Does he want to be promoted? But the officials have long wanted to promote Li Xia. He
If you don't want to, you just want to go to Sichuan and Sichuan, and of course you are committing rebellion."
This last sentence spoke to Zhao Yu's heart.
——Xiangong Cheng agreed to make Li Xia the prime minister, but he refused, so what else can he do if he is greater than the prime minister?
It can't help but be a thrill.
In fact, Zhao Fu's attitude towards Li Xia had been different long before this...
brother?
He has never had any brotherly feelings for Li Xia, not even a trace.
It's just that before he ascended the throne, the only people he could trust were his biological father and brothers. It's that simple.
As soon as he ascended the throne, this trust had changed.
If it were any other emperor, he should have killed and silenced him long ago. However, Zhao Fu only cared about having fun and had no time to think about this matter.
Li Xia didn't bother him either, she just said she wanted to protect him and didn't let him think about it again.
This is what he is most satisfied with.
Why was he satisfied? Zhao Fu didn't know at first, but he was very satisfied anyway. He only enjoyed the joy of the emperor every day and was very happy.
Recently, he suddenly discovered that, deep down in his heart, he extremely hated hearing Li Xia's name and extremely hated seeing Li Xia.
Such a person who is stronger than him in every aspect will tell him as soon as he appears, "Your life experience will make you lose everything..."
As soon as Li Xia appeared, he brought Zhao Fu such disgusting news.
Then, Li Yong killed King Rong with one axe, and settled the matter...
Zhao Fu thought this was great, he could become emperor again.
But how does it feel to experience this?
Feeling very bad.
The emotions Li Xia brought to him were jealousy, hatred, fear, and fear, incomparable fear.
He just wanted to know nothing, bury his head in the beauty's arms, and pretend that nothing happened.
~~
"So, Li Xia really wants to rebel? But, I... But I... really don't want to do anything to the hero. I asked Mr. Cheng not to provoke Li Xia, but Mr. Cheng didn't listen... Li Xia is very dangerous."
Zhao Fu shrank his head, recalling the scene of King Rong's death, and shuddered again.
He felt that Cheng Yuanfeng, Ye Mengding and others were too stupid and wanted to cause trouble over nothing.
Jia Sidao saw the fear in Zhao Yu's eyes, and there was a look of satisfaction in his eyes.
Because I like this kind of official family.
"The right prime minister really doesn't know how to do things. He sent someone to get rid of Li Xia."
"Get rid of him?" Zhao Fu was overjoyed and asked: "Then has Li Yong got rid of him?"
"No." Jia Sidao shook his head, "Today, the news of the right prime minister has not come back, but Li Xia sent an urgent memorial to question the Kuizhou Road pacifier and also knew why Ma Qian of Chongqing Prefecture killed the official. The official
Haven’t you seen your right prime minister yet?”
"belch!"
Zhao Fu turned pale in shock, his drunkenness dissipated instantly, and said in shock: "What?! This is not what I meant...I didn't! I, I, I...I told you to ask Li Xia...No no...Cheng Yuanfeng is in danger
Kill me!"
Jia Sidao closed his eyes.
He couldn't stand it anymore.
The emperor is not as magnanimous as the emperor, and Cheng Yuanfeng sent people to attack Li Xia. As a result, Li Xia's memorial has arrived, but the news of Cheng Yuanfeng has not yet arrived.
Relying on these wastes to save the Song Dynasty?
well.
"The right minister did something wrong, but he is right. If Li Xia is not eliminated early, Li Xia will come to Lin'an sooner or later..."
"No, Mr. Jia, you don't understand." Zhao Fu murmured: "You don't understand. Li Xia may not want to rebel. I... I am very close to him... Mr. Jia, you don't understand..."
"I understand."
Jia Sidao suddenly looked deeply at Zhao Yu.
Zhao Fu was startled again and said hurriedly: "You don't understand."
"I understand." Jia Sidao's tone was sincere and full of loyalty, and he said slowly: "Please trust me. Today's matter is only known to the officials and me, and no third party."
"you you you……"
"I am loyal to your majesty. Please trust me."
~~
Outside the palace, it was stormy and dark.
Guande took a few steps anxiously, his premonition getting worse.
As Li Xia was mentioned more and more recently, Guan De could sense that Zhao Fu's attitude towards him had changed.
His eyelids were twitching violently, and seeing that Guan Jia and Jia Sidao had no intention of finishing the conversation in a short period of time, Guan De finally gritted his teeth, turned around and hurried out of the palace.
"Quick! Send me to Wushan quickly..."
~~
Inside the palace, it was warm and cozy.
The self-warming cup is placed on the royal eucalyptus, which is bright and shiny.
The water was poured into the cup, and a wisp of smoke rose up, gradually warming up.
"despair."
A drop of blood fell into the cup.
After that, another drop.
The two drops of blood gradually came closer in the small jasper cup, and finally melted into one place.