105 The Birth of the Prince (Part II)

Zhao Qianru said with a smile: "In the past, the official family has not had a big wedding, and there is only a mother in the palace, but now it is not as good as before, after the official family is married, the concubines are all complete, and there are people to serve around the mother, and now even the emperor and grandson have it, and the daughter is less likely to come a few times, and she is relieved." ”

Empress Dowager Zhou shook her head and said, "You know your thoughts about the Mourning family, and you are afraid of gossip, but you are the biological daughter of the Mourning family, so why can't you enter the palace to see the old woman of the Mourning family?" Some people's minds are just not clear, they put serious national affairs and don't care about the overall situation of the government, but they want to make a big fuss about these details, and you care about these people. ”

Zhao Qianru hurriedly lowered her head and said, "It's my daughter who is not good, please forgive me."

In fact, when the Great Song Dynasty had just returned to the country, Zhao Qianru often went to the palace to visit the Empress Dowager Zhou or discuss some court affairs with Zhao Chen. Sometimes it was accompanied by Yang Yan or Zhao Yueru, and sometimes it was alone. But in recent years, Zhao Chen's throne has become more and more stable, and Yang Yan has been on expeditions all the year round, Zhao Qianru herself has also given birth to children, and she doesn't want to be a princess to interfere in politics, so she has entered the palace less. Except for the greetings from entering the palace on the normal New Year's Day, unless it is summoned by Zhao Chen or the Empress Dowager Zhou, they basically do not take the initiative to enter the palace.

Empress Dowager Zhou smiled again and said, "When you come, remember to bring the child as well, so that the mourning family can also take a good look at their grandchildren." He said to Zhao Yueru again: "Liuniang is the same, now there are only your two sisters in the official family, both of whom are your own family, why don't you get closer?" Now that the official family also has a prince, bring all your children into the palace, so that their brothers and sisters will be closer, and this palace will be more lively. ”

Zhao Yueru hurriedly said: "Yes." ”

At this time, Zhao Chen came out of the inner room, and saw that the Empress Dowager Zhou, Zhao Yueru, and Zhao Qianru were talking and laughing, and she also came over and said, "What did Niangniang, Liuniang, and Jiuniang say?" So happy? ”

Empress Dowager Zhou hurriedly asked, "How is the queen and the child?" Why don't the officials accompany them more inside? ”

Zhao Chen said: "Don't worry, the queen mother? She was awake when Erchen entered, Erchen talked with her for a while, the imperial dining room made a can of ginseng soup and sent it, Erchen fed her two bowls, this time she slept again, the child ate milk again, and after changing the film, she is now sleeping. Then the retainers came out. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou nodded and said: "The official family is careful, and the mourning family is telling Liuniang and Jiuniang to let them take their children in the future and enter the palace to see the mourning family, and let the children get closer." ”

Zhao Chen listened to it and said with a smile: "That is, since the marriage of Erchen, Jiuniang has entered the palace much less often, and she should enter the palace more often to see Niangniang." Then he said to Zhao Yueru and Zhao Qianru: "Sister doesn't have to pay attention to those rumors, who is more important, I have a clear heart, and now there is only this one child in the palace, my sister should also bring more children in, so that they can have a playmate with each other." In fact, not only your children, but also your brother-in-law's other children can also be brought. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou also smiled: "What the official family said is very true. ”

Zhao Chen said again: "Niangniang, I don't think it's easy for Liuniang and Jiuniang to enter the palace, take this opportunity, it's better to invite your brother-in-law into the palace, let's have dinner together!" Speaking of which, it's been a long time since our family got together for dinner? ”

Empress Dowager Zhou was in a good mood, and after listening to it, she also smiled and said: "Okay! Or the emperor is thoughtful. ”

Zhao Yueru and Zhao Qianru saw that the Queen Mother and Zhao Chen were so warmly invited, and they were in high spirits, so they couldn't spoil their interest, so they had to agree. So Zhao Chen immediately sent his attendant to the Yang Mansion to invite Yang Yan to come.

A few people talked a few more words, and Zhao Chen said again: "Niangniang, Liuniang, Jiuniang, just now when I was talking to the queen in the inner room, I was still talking, but it's a pity that Liuniang gave birth to a boy this time, if it's a girl, it's exactly the same age as our child, and you can order a baby for them." ”

When Empress Dowager Zhou heard this, she couldn't help but be interested, and said with a smile: "What's that?" Your brother-in-law and sister are not more than thirty years old, very young, are you afraid that you will not have children in the future? If you give birth to a girl in the future, won't it be fine? ”

Zhao Chen also nodded and said, "Niangniang is right." Then he said to Zhao Yueru and Zhao Qianru: "In the future, the two sisters and brother-in-law will have to work hard to have another girl, no matter which one it is, we can be regarded as kissing and kissing." ”

Empress Dowager Zhou smiled again: "Actually, it doesn't matter if there are no other daughters, Shun Ying, who was born by Liuniang, is only three years old, not much older, isn't there a saying among the people, called: Female junior, hug gold bricks?" ”

Zhao Yueru and Zhao Qianru didn't expect to talk about the children's family affairs all of a sudden, and even talked about a girl who didn't exist yet, and they couldn't help but laugh a little. However, when the child is young, he sets up a family affair and marries his aunt, which is also a common thing in the folk customs of the Great Song Dynasty. Although the marriage of the royal family contains a very heavy political color, this kind of engagement from an early age, and there are even marriages between aunts and cousins.

Song Yingzong's queen Gao is the niece of Song Renzong Empress Cao, but she has been raised in the palace by Empress Cao since she was a child, almost equivalent to the daughter of Empress Cao, and Yingzong grew up with childhood sweethearts, so when Yingzong and Empress Dowager Gao got married, the court joked that the Son of Heaven married his wife and the Queen Mother married his daughter.

Marriage with ministers is often used by the emperor as a means to entrap ministers, but Zhao Chen's prince is a little different, because he is the eldest son, if there is no accident in the future, he must be the future heir to the throne, then the prince's wife is also the future queen, and its meaning is naturally different from ordinary political marriages.

Although Yang Yan does not hold an important position in the court now, he is not yet thirty years old after all, as a political career, he is still a very young age, and he has repeatedly made military exploits, has a very high prestige in the army, and also shows loyalty to the court, so in Zhao Chen's heart, Yang Yan was included in the candidate for the privy envoy in the future, and Yang Yan served as the privy envoy for a period of time, which was actually a temptation.

Therefore, in this case, Zhao Chen and Empress Dowager Zhou are also willing to marry Yang Yan again, whether it is Zhao Yueru or Zhao Qianru's children, on the one hand, the two parties can form a deeper kinship, and on the other hand, it is also to announce to the court that the emperor's trust in Yang Yan is also announced. Although it seems like a joke to say that, it is actually a bit serious.

They were talking and laughing, when the chamberlain invited Yang Yan to the palace.

After Yang Yan entered the palace, he first greeted Zhao Chen and the Empress Dowager Zhou. Empress Dowager Zhou said with a smile: "Zihao, it's rare for our family to get together again today, so don't be bound by etiquette, just let it go." Then he told Yang Yan again what he had just discussed.

When Yang Yan heard this, he couldn't help but cry and laugh, and said: "Niangniang, the official family, the children are still young, and no one can predict what will happen in the future, I think it's better to go with the flow, if they grow up, they really love each other, then you might as well fulfill them, let them eventually become dependents, if there is no fate, you can't force it." Look at the situation of the official family and the saint, as well as Weichen and the two princesses, it is all like this. ”

When Zhao Chen heard this, he remembered the scene when he and Yue Ying got married, and he couldn't help but feel the same way, so he smiled and said: "It's still what my brother-in-law said, and it's better to let things go with the flow in the future." ”

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The next day, Zhao Chen officially announced the news of the queen's birth to the world, and at the same time issued an amnesty to the world, and celebrated for three days in Jiankang City. And the civil and military officials in the court were also added to each rank, and they were all rewarded. For a while, the civil and military officials in the court were also very happy, not because everyone was rewarded, but because the birth of the prince meant that the emperor had an heir, the court could be stable, and the royal family could be continued, so everyone was also greatly relieved.

The court and the central government celebrated for several days, the ministers congratulated the emperor in the court, and the women of the head street also entered the palace in person, went to congratulate the queen and the queen mother, and all of a sudden, the palace was almost full of people, and there were people coming in and out every day, and there was an endless stream. Fortunately, at this time, the Shocking Yan Army began to guard the palace, they were all women, and they were much less evasive, and they could go deep into the inner part of the country to patrol.

This has been lively for more than a month, and the imperial court began to put the rebels on trial and convict them. At this time, it was the end of April and the beginning of May, and it had dragged on for so long, on the one hand, because the rebellion was very involved, and it was necessary to arrest all the relevant personnel before they could be convicted together, and on the other hand, because the prince was born, according to the usual practice, it was really not appropriate to impose a punishment immediately.

After being imprisoned, many rebels knew that they could not escape, and they were bent on waiting for death, but they knew that this wait was only three or four months, and there was no movement at all. And they are all treason and treason, different from ordinary criminals, if they die in prison for no reason before they are convicted, then the detainees are not involved, so the jailers do not dare to abuse them at will, in addition to restricting their freedom, the food and housing conditions are not bad, so in the past few months, many people have actually gained a lot of weight.

But after all, you can't escape, and you still have to come. After several interrogations, on the fifth day of the fifth month of the seventh year of Song Jianxing (1177), the imperial court issued an order and officially announced the decision to punish the rebels.

Although Zhao Hong died, he was deprived of the prince and abolished as a concubine, and at the same time pursued his father Zhao Kai's prince and moved out of the temple. Zhao Wanru was the lord of Yang'an County, and Zhao Mi was the lord of Jiangjin County. Because Zhao Hong is not married and has no children, he does not pursue his family.

Shi Miyuan was the chief planner of this rebellion, and although he was also dead, he was stripped of all official positions, and his family was enlisted as hard labor in Annam. Although his father Shi Hao did not participate in the rebellion, he was also implicated, taking away all his official titles and degrading him to a commoner.

In addition, 47 people who participated in the rebellion were listed as the first offenders and were all executed, but 26 of them died in the rebellion, and only 21 were actually executed. The family members took the lead in Guangnan, Fujian, Annam and other places.

In addition to the other accomplices who died in the rebellion, there were more than 4,000 in total, and they were all sentenced to confiscation, exile, imprisonment, and servitude.