In the east side hall of Shengci Palace, the Mother Queen Mother Zhu is sitting at the top, Zhao Si is sitting at the bottom left and first, then at the bottom is the imperial concubine Ming Zhaoxia, opposite the Queen Mother Zeng Shuhua is sitting first at the bottom right.
There is a table in front of each person, with five or six plates and bowls on it, including chicken, mutton, vegetables, and soup. Zhu has a bowl of pasta in front of him, Zhao Si, Zeng Shuhua, and Ming Zhaoxia have a bowl of rice in front of them.
meal.
"Official, I heard that you have issued an edict to give posthumous gifts to my three fathers?"
"Yes, mother, the Ministry of Rites of the Shangshu Province has made a memorial. Please give posthumous gifts to Dr. Cui Gong Guanglu, Dr. Zhu Gongjin Ziguanglu, and Dr. Ren Gongyin Ziguanglu. I have approved it and will issue an official edict today."
Zhu put her palms together, closed her eyes, and said devoutly: "Master Guanshiyin bless you. My biological father Cui Gong died young, and my mother remarried Zhu Gong. Later, the family was really poor and could not support too many people, so she gave it to
Only by being raised by the public can you survive. Now that I can grant official positions to my three ancestors, I can be considered to have settled a worry in my mind."
When Zhezong was alive, he was somewhat concerned about the Queen Mother Xiang's thoughts and the opinions of important ministers in the court. But Zhao Si was different. Although he had only been on the throne for eight or nine months, his power and prestige were not the same.
In addition, he and Empress Dowager Xiang had already secretly broken up and only maintained harmony on the surface. Therefore, it seemed that Zhao would not be too concerned about her thoughts.
What do the important officials in the DPRK think of this matter? Zhao seems not to care anymore.
It's just that this matter is not very urgent, so I have waited until now to officially complete the entire process of submitting memorials, preparing memorials, and issuing edicts.
"It's because the son has been negligent and has delayed it until now, which makes the mother anxious." Zhao Si said respectfully.
"The official family has so many important military and state affairs to deal with. There is no rush for this matter. Come on, official family. I specially asked the imperial kitchen to prepare your favorite braised chicken. Try it." Mrs. Zhu laughed.
He laughed, pointed at the bowl in front of Zhao Si and the others, and started talking again.
"You three, really come together, you all like to eat rice. The queen and the concubine, one grew up in Quanzhou and the other grew up in Lingnan, so it is natural that you like to eat rice. Guan Jia, you grew up in Kaifeng City
, why did you suddenly change your temper and like to eat rice?"
Zhao Si smiled and said, "I ate rice a few times with the queen and the concubine. I thought it was delicious, so I started to like it."
[To be honest, I have been reading books recently to catch up on updates, switch sources, read aloud with many sounds, and it can be used on both Android and Apple.]
Yes, I can’t say that I was born in the south and loved to eat rice.
Zhu was just gossiping, and it didn't matter whether Zhao Si ate wheat or rice.
After saying a few words, Mr. Zhu suddenly asked: "Guan family, I heard that Master Xing Shu and Master Xing are still in prison in the Ministry of Punishment?"
"Mother, is the number one prison in Kaifeng."
"I didn't expect this person to be so bad! He actually dared to collude with the Hexi family and attack you, the official family. There are many other things. It really makes me angry." Zhu said angrily. She glanced at Zhao Si's expression and sighed.
, "Who would have thought that he, a man who was kind to me, would actually murder my son."
Zhao Si lowered his head and ate in silence. Zeng Shuhua glanced at Zhu and Zhao Si's faces, picked up the spoon and drank the soup.
Ming Zhaoxia asked curiously from the side: "Queen Mother, is this Xing Shu still kind to you?"
"No." Zhu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The son and daughter-in-law are both crazy, but fortunately there is Ming Zhaoxia, who is smart but adorable in comparison, so her drama can continue.
"It was the eighth year of Yuanfeng, when I helped your father's coffin into the Yongyu Mausoleum. When I passed by the Yong'an Mausoleum, I knew that Duke Han Xiansu of Henan Prefecture came from Luoyang, Xijing to visit me. Although I had the reputation of being the biological mother of the Son of Heaven at that time,
But with my mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager Xiang beside me, I am the flag banner in the temple. It looks dazzling, but not many people care about it - everyone has gone to worship the true Buddha."
"Mr. Han Xiansu is a famous person in the world and a famous minister. I was flattered at the time. When I returned to Kaifeng City, I couldn't help but chatter a few words, and the news reached your grandmother's ears. The Empress Dowager is a very observant of etiquette and law.
If you are a serious person, she called me over and scolded you, saying, 'Han Jiang is a veteran of the previous court, how can you deserve his courtesy?'"
"At that time, I was so ashamed that I couldn't say a word except shed tears. Not to mention, some courtiers with bad consciences, after hearing this incident, in order to please your grandmother, they all accused me of crimes.
Shout and kill me..."
When Zhu said this, his expression became sad.
Ming Zhaoxia, who had been listening carefully, couldn't help but comfort her.
Zhao Si, who had been pretending to listen carefully, sighed inwardly. The embarrassing identity, humiliating experience... the accumulation and explosion of all these made his mother make up her mind last year.
A play was staged through the short-lived emperor's nephew.
In this play, Su Gui and others foolishly jumped into a pit and were used as gunmen. The Empress Dowager, Brother Eleven... they became the "masterminds" of this play, and they paid a heavy price for it.
The cost; he became the biggest gainer; and the emperor's brother became the one who suffered the most.
Zhao Si raised his head and saw Zeng Shuhua looking at him with bright eyes across from him.
She also understood this.
Only Ming Zhaoxia was still comforting Mrs. Zhu.
Zhu wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay. Aren't you living a good life?"
"... Gao Dalang, the cousin of the Gao family, felt uneasy when he found out. Master Xing also quietly advised him, 'The concubine is the biological mother of the current emperor, so she should be respected. The villain's culture of sowing discord must not continue. Gao
If the emperor knows about his attitude towards the concubine, your Gao family will be in big trouble in the future.'"
"After saying that, Mr. Xing took out a memorial he had written long ago and gave it to Gao Dalang, asking him to copy it and let him come forward to persuade the Empress Dowager to treat her with courtesy. Gao Dalang complied. After reading the memorial, your grandmother was very surprised and asked
Gao Dalang, 'How can you write such an article if you are not well-literate? Let's be honest!'"
Zhu spoke with gusto.
In particular, Ming Zhaoxia, an audience member who listened attentively, kept reacting and praising loudly, which further aroused the old lady's interest.
"Gao Dalang didn't dare to hide it, so he told the truth. Your grandmother was furious and immediately demoted Mr. Xing to Suizhou... I have something to say. Although your grandmother is serious, she is really reasonable. She is angry with me, but she is just worried.
The powerful officials took advantage of Lao Shen's status to disrupt the government. The rest treated Lao Shen with the best of the best."
Hearing this, Zhao Si continued, "So during the Yuanyou period, after the emperor's grandmother passed away, Xing Shu and others went to court one after another to spread rumors and criticize, to confuse the emperor's brother, with the intention of seizing the imperial grandmother's title and demoting her to a commoner. Mother
Only by speaking out and clarifying the truth did the imperial brother avoid making a big mistake."
When Zhu heard this, he was speechless for a moment.
Alas, the son I gave birth to is too smart, and he actually used the same tactics against the old fox in the court on himself. What else can I say?
I just want to ask for a favor for Xing Shu and repay the kindness I felt back then.
What’s wrong!
After saying so much and making so much preparation, you stopped me with just one sentence.
I'm too tired and don't want to talk any more, so let's get straight to the point.
"Officer, I would like to ask for a favor for Mr. Xing. God has the virtue of a good life and can be merciful and merciful."
Zhao Si hadn't responded yet, and Ming Zhaoxia was shocked.
The emotional mother-in-law said so much just to plead for Xing Shu?
He is the mastermind behind a series of plots to harm your own son. He will not be able to escape the death penalty for the night attack on the Guangxiang Station. Thirteenth Lang kept him because he wanted the newly restructured Dali Temple to have a sacrificial flag to open the market.
Objects. Borrow his head to provide an "education on the judicial reform of the Song Dynasty" to the world.
You actually begged him for mercy? Mother-in-law, whose side are you on?
Looking at Ming Zhaoxia's big eyes, Zhao seemed to have received her message and looked back, calm down.
Zhao Shi knew that it was not that her mother didn't care about her anymore, she just didn't believe that Xing Shu did those things. She had always stubbornly believed that the conspiracies and conspiracies against her and her own son were all done by Zhao Ji and the Empress Dowager Xiang.
.
Xing Shu was just a scapegoat they pushed out.
Zhao Shi knew that this was not because his mother was an old fool and believed someone else's lies. It was because she had been honorable on the surface in her life, but in fact she was suppressed by her mother-in-law, Queen Mother Gao, and later by her head wife, Queen Mother Xiang. She was always looked down upon.
Occasionally, one or two people who were kind to her would be kept in mind, and they would repay the favor if they had the opportunity. So as soon as he came to the throne, he hinted that he would give posthumous gifts to Han Jiang and give him a legacy for his descendants. So when I heard the news about Xing Shu, I would rather believe that he was
He was the scapegoat of the Queen Mother and Brother Eleven, and took the initiative to intercede for him.
"Queen Mother, please allow your son to inquire about the case, and I will give you an explanation."
Zhu smiled and said, "That's good!"
"The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, there is someone to pay her respects!" the chamberlain announced at the door of the palace.