When Tong Guan knelt on the ground with a crying voice and reported: "Your Highness, the official family, the official family has returned to heaven." Zhao Ke's mind was blank, he looked at the tearful face of Taiwei Tong, and said in a lost voice: "Lord Taiwei Hugh wants to deceive Gu, father, where is he?" ”

Tong Guan took the prince into the imperial study, and saw Zhao You leaning on the dragon couch, as if he had not woken up from a nap, but the blood stains on his mouth and nose had turned black, Zhao Ke was shocked in his heart, and shouted in a low voice: "Father, father." Without the slightest reaction, Fang Cai stepped forward, tried his snort with his hand, and then retracted it like an electric shock, took Tong Guan's hand, and cried: "Tai Wei, my lonely heart is like numbness, I don't know what to do!" "It was as if a big stone had been removed from my heart.

Tong Guan choked up and said: "Your Royal Highness mourns, the official family took the pill sent by Shenbaoguan before returning to heaven, however, the minister thinks that the most important thing at the moment is that the country cannot be left without an owner, His Royal Highness should quickly ascend the throne, and the minister has invited Zhao Xiangye to enter the palace to discuss the matter of convening the minister." When Zhao Xiangye arrived, he would invite Zhu Jiedu's envoy to discuss the matter of the Inner Guard. His expression was mournful, but his words were well arranged.

Zhao Ke also thought of the succession in a trance, and listened to Tong Guan invite Zhao Zhifu instead of inviting Cai Jing and Li Bangyan to discuss the succession, so he regained his vigilance, most of the courtiers around the emperor were friendly with the three princes, if they learned that the emperor had died and forcibly supported Zhao Qi as the king, then their own fate would ...... Thinking of this, Zhao Ke couldn't help but gasp, took Tong Guan's hand, and cried in a low voice: "Today's incident is all thanks to the help of Taiwei Tong, and I dare not forget it." ”

Tong Guan bowed his head and said: "The prince is famous all over the world, and these superfluous arrangements of the old ministers are just in case." As he spoke, he pulled Zhao Ke apart from the imperial study. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was born in the court, grew up in the hands of a woman, and stayed next to the corpse for a long time, I am afraid that he will fall into a heart disease.

The eunuch was the emperor's domestic slave, and Zhao You died violently only for an hour, and Tong Guan had already changed his allegiance to the crown prince who was about to inherit the throne. He led Zhao You to the signing room where the eunuchs in charge of the imperial study were usually staying, holding the imperial seal that Zhao You used daily in both hands, kneeling on the ground and offering it to Zhao Ke, choked and said: "The emperor returned to heaven, and the old minister was afraid that there would be small people who took advantage of the chaos, so he packed up the big treasure. ”

Zhao Ke looked at the imperial seal, which was the "treasure of the Great Song Dynasty" jade seal used by Emperor Taizu, which was used to draft the edict issued to the military state officials in the world, and couldn't help but get excited, and took the jade seal with both hands. The heirloom jade seal of the Qin Dynasty is said to be carved from He's jade, and was later broken by the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty, and the gold inlaid jade was used to fill the gap, which was passed down from dynasty to dynasty as a symbol of the imperial inheritance. However, due to the war during the five dynasties, after Taizu obtained the world, he searched for the treasure of Da Nei and did not see any trace of it, so he carved this "treasure of the Great Song Dynasty", which can be the instrument of Anbang and can win the trust of the world. There are five or six other imperial seals in the palace, none of which are as important as this one.

Zhao Ke held the imperial seal and rubbed it for a while, the jade was warm and delicate, it was really extraordinary, after a long time, he sighed, handed it back to Tong Guan and said: "Taiwei's loyalty, Gu has written it down, this Fang Imperial Seal also asked Taiwei to keep it for Gu." He paused, and saw that Zhao Zhifu had not yet arrived, and couldn't help but show an anxious look on his face.

After a stick of incense, Zhao Qianfu, who was puzzled, came to the imperial study. After learning that the emperor had died, he was much calmer than Zhao Ke, and immediately suggested that Zhu Bernard, the envoy of the Wuchang Army, be invited to discuss the matter of ascending the throne. Zhu Bernard is the commander of the Imperial Guard, as long as he submits to the prince, most of the great things will be successful. This person is polite, the most loyal to the emperor, and the most important to the court system, usually beyond the party struggle between the DPRK and China. Zhao Ke once privately asked to marry Zhu Ying, the daughter of George Bernard Zhu, as the crown princess, but because the emperor intended to pass on the throne to the third prince, the matter was delayed, but the Zhu family did not refuse.

A moment later, George Bernard Jurner, dressed in military uniform, hurried in. After listening to Zhao Zhifu's explanation of the death of the first emperor, and now the important thing for the country is to arrange for the crown prince to inherit the unification and prevent the villain from taking the opportunity to disturb the court, he had a complicated expression on his face, and after hesitating for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "The old minister is valued by the official family, and he trusts him with the guard, and he should be the king of his heart," Speaking of this, Zhao Zhifu and Tong Guan's hearts sank, but they paused for a moment, and said, "Loyalty to the country, maintaining the court system, and defending the palace ban is the old man's duty." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince inherits the throne, and the old ministers should obey the orders of His Majesty and the Prime Minister. After speaking, he ignored his military uniform, and first bowed three kneels and nine bows to the crown prince Zhao Ke.

Zhao Ke's face flushed with excitement, his hands trembled slightly, and he said continuously: "Zhu Jiedu, please get up, please get up, please get up." After speaking, he strode forward, helped the old general up, and choked up: "I have today, thanks to a minister like Zhu Jiedu, who is the pillar of the country. While speaking, he didn't notice the difference between Zhao Zhifu and Tong Guan next to him.

Zhao Zhifu and Tong Guan secretly scolded George Bernard Zhu for pretending to be confused about small things, but he was more shrewd than anyone else in such major matters, and he was busy and followed him to kneel and bow three times and nine bows, although he did not officially ascend the throne, he also called Zhao Ke "Your Majesty" in advance. After the four monarchs and ministers discussed, it was decided that George Bernard Zhu would mobilize the imperial shift to confine all the palaces in the Ouchi, and all the concubines, princesses, and palace people were not allowed to leave the palace without permission, and the foreign ministers were not allowed to enter the palace at will. Zhu Bernard sent another guard to follow the eunuch who passed the decree and "invited" the third prince Zhao Qi into the palace. Accompanied by Tong Guan by Zhao Ke's side, to assist His Majesty in handling major affairs, Vice Minister Zhao Zhifu immediately went out of the palace to summon the ministers, not waiting for tomorrow morning, just waiting for the important ministers to come, and then held the new emperor's enthronement ceremony.

After George Bernard Zhu and Zhao Zhifu went out to run errands separately, only Zhao Ke and Tong Guan were left in the room, and they looked deserted again. Tong Guan was worried about His Majesty's worries, and deliberately accompanied him to say something irrelevant, and mobilized a group of strong henchmen and eunuchs, each holding an iron ruler and a big stick, guarding the gate of the palace. Zhao Ke saw all these in his eyes, nodded in his heart, and said secretly, among the old ministers reused by his father, Cai Gong and others were all abused for favoritism, and only Tong Taiwei was still a minister loyal to the country.

After the Rouyi Hall was blocked by the front of the palace, the palace people panicked, and the sixteenth princess Zhao Huan comforted the palace maid Qingnu instead: "Maybe there are some thieves in the palace, these people often make a big fuss." ”

An ominous premonition rose in her heart, but she didn't want to think about it, so she sat alone in front of the jade makeup table, secretly praying for her father's safety. However, three hours later, the news of the death of the emperor came, Zhao Huan held back the tears for a long time and finally collapsed, in the tears in the confusion, she came to the Daqing Hall with the palace maid, many acquaintances and unknown officials have already stood in the palace, even the third brother Zhao Qi's other princes and princesses are also in the palace, Zhao Huan looked up at the third brother, saw that his face was pale, his lips trembled slightly, as if something extremely terrible had happened, and his heart was sour. In the forefront of the courtiers, Cai Gongxiang, Wang Shumi, Li Shumi and other important ministers of the court were helpless, I didn't expect the first emperor to die suddenly, and second, I didn't expect Zhao Ke to have such a thunderous means, so that the three princes and the party had no chance to resist.

Zhao Huan was immersed in grief, like a marionette with his brothers and sisters to pay homage to the emperor Zhao Ke, and was immediately taken back to the Rouyi Hall by the palace maid, before going to bed, another eunuch arrived, the eunuch looked at her with a gaze that Zhao Huan had never seen before, took out a holy decree, and announced the decree in a sharp voice. The newly succeeded eldest brother moved into the White Jade Palace, and the concubines and princesses of the original father were not suitable to live in the White Jade Palace, so they were asked to move into the Hanxiang Palace immediately.

Hanxiang Palace, that is, the cold palace where the disgraced concubines lived. Zhao Huan only felt a wave of anger rising in his chest, his father's bones were not cold, and his eldest brother was inevitably too urgent. In the constant urging of the eunuchs, she reluctantly packed up her clothes, and when she arrived at the Hanxiang Palace, she had to pack up her feelings to comfort her mother. She had very few things with her, so she deliberately took a painting from the bottom of the drawer and put it in a small bag.

Only Qingnu followed Zhao Huan to the bleak and lonely courtyard. Qingnu is still cleaning the yard with years of fallen leaf cobwebs. Zhao Huan walked into the house, put down his baggage, brushed his hairlocks, took out the painting, and unfolded it to see. Many grievances welled up in her heart, and tears accidentally wet the placket of the blue-robed Confucian who bent the bow and arrow, and she hurriedly dried him with her sleeves, and carefully collected the scroll again. "Father...... Father! She choked in a low voice, and her heart was extremely painful, as if thousands of silver needles were densely pricked in her heart. Just now in the Daqing Palace, at the eunuch who sent the message, Zhao Huan had been holding back his grief, and at this moment, tears fell again like pearls with broken threads.

Thousands of miles away in Liaodong, the heavens and the earth are frozen, and the snow is covered in a dense forest, Zhao Xingde is instructing the Han army to shoot arrows. He held the bow and arrow, and said in a deep voice: "You can't practice arrows with brute force alone, you should attach your mind to this arrow, and after loosening the string, it seems that you will also fly out with this arrow, and you will be as good as you want, this is your intention." ”

Dozens of Chengying sergeants and Han soldiers surrounded him, and someone laughed and said: "General Zhao, on the battlefield, I attached my mind to the arrows, but I couldn't guard against the enemy." Everyone burst into laughter, and Zhao Xingde didn't care, took out an arrow, and said with a faint smile: "The so-called reading has broken 10,000 volumes, and the pen is like a god." Usually attach your mind to this arrow, and the natural arrow on the battlefield is as you like, and you don't have to worry about sending it out. He put the long arrow on the bow, twisted his waist and turned around, and without pausing he released an arrow, and the arrow flew out a hundred and ten paces away with a strong wind, only to hear a wail, and everyone looked fixedly, and actually stuck it in the body of a snow fox, which was covered with snow-white fur, and fell to the ground and kicked its legs.

This white fox is in the snow, and it is difficult for people with poor eyesight to even find it, and turning around with his back to the prey and hitting with an arrow is really worthy of the word "psychic", and everyone applauded. Zhao Xingde was also quite surprised in his heart, he originally planned to shoot a tree trunk at random, but after turning around, he suddenly felt that the snow in front of him seemed to be different, and he didn't even see the target clearly, so he let go with an arrow at will, who knew that the arrow really hit a prey at will. "I'm afraid I won't have such good luck next time." He smiled slightly, "Peel the skin first, everyone can drink broth today." ”