After getting Zeng Bu's words, Ji Yi was immediately overjoyed, he knew the thoughts of the Heavenly Family, and he also had countermeasures, what was missing was an opportunity to make suggestions. After all, he is just a petty official of the ninth grade, and he is not a favorite now. The opportunity to enter the opposite side of the king will be canceled at any time for various reasons - anyway, Zhao Ji has already met Wu Haogu and Zhang Shuye, and there are still Li Zhong and Tong Guan in the palace who know Liao. Ji Yiben is an official who can be seen but not seen.

If there is no way to make suggestions to let the official know that he has a way, he can only go back to Cangzhou to slowly grind and investigate, even if he can go step by step and promote every three years, it will take six years to complete the remaining two levels of selection, and when he changes his official, he may be stuck by the ministry, I really don't know when I will be able to become an official?

After giving a word, Zeng Bu didn't leave Ji Yi anymore, and let his son Zeng Xun send him away from the Prime Minister's Mansion - if the other party is not Zhang Dan's grandson-in-law, with his identity as the first provincial test and Tanhualang, how can he stay for a meal and contact his feelings, but Zhang Dan's son-in-law and cronies are always characters in another volume.

However, his proposal is still very feasible. The military system handed down by the ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty has always been to spend money to hire, as long as there is money, there are soldiers, and if there are more soldiers, they will be fine...... From this point of view, Wu Haogu's ability to make money is also a must! No wonder the first emperor would value Ji Yi and Wu Haogu so much.

Just as Zeng Bu was thinking and waiting for the meal to start, his son Zeng Xun suddenly broke in quickly.

Zeng Bu, who was in a good mood, looked at his son and asked with a smile: "Ah, have you opened the meal?" Are you eating Kaifeng vegetables today? And the wine fairy also gave a pot to his father. ”

"Daddy, someone is in the palace!" Zeng Wei said hurriedly, "I happened to meet when I sent Ji Yizhi away." ”

"What's wrong?" Zeng Bu frowned slightly, looking at his son's face with a strange complexion, with sadness, but there was joy in his life.

"Empress Dowager Xiang is critically ill!"

Zeng Bu's eyes widened, "Xiang Empress Dowager...... Really critically ill? ”

"It's not wrong, it's Empress Yuanfu's henchman Hao Daguan who came to report it personally."

"Empress Yuanfu?" Zeng Bu was stunned, "What else does she want?" ”

Empress Yuanfu is the empress of Emperor Zhezong, Liu, because she is Zhao Ji's sister-in-law, so she cannot be called the queen mother. And the reason why it is called Empress Yuanfu is because there is still a Empress Yuanyou in the palace, which is the original partner of Zhezong Zhao Xu, Empress Meng. Empress Meng was deposed during Zhezong's lifetime, but after Zhezong's death, he issued a decree to the Empress Dowager to restore her throne. Therefore, there are now two emperors and queens in the palace, one is called Empress Yuanyou, which is Empress Meng (because it was established during the Yuanyou period), and the other is the Yuanfu Empress Liu (because it was established during the Yuanfu period).

And the status of the two first emperors and queens is also high, Empress Meng of Yuanyou is on top, and Empress Liu of Yuanfu is below.

The life of this Empress Yuanfu during this period of time, needless to say, is very depressing. Now, finally ushered in the opportunity to turn over, he immediately sent his henchmen out of the palace to report to Zeng Bu, the deputy minister of the new party.

……

At the same time, Wu Haogu, who was having dinner at Han Zhongyan's house (it was so hard to be a dirty official after accompanying the official's family to accompany the prime minister) also learned the news that the Queen Mother was critically ill.

To him, it should be said that he is the confidant of Empress Meng who reported to Han Zhongyan. She and Queen Liu now have no husband, and soon they will not even have a mother-in-law to take care of them, what can two widows who can't remarry do without fighting?

So when Empress Liu was busy contacting the new party for foreign aid, Empress Meng was busy contacting the reinforcements of the old party...... The power game between these two women is far from over!

Two sisters-in-law have a play, and some Zhao Ji will have a headache in the future!

"Xianggong," Wu Haogu hurriedly suggested to Han Zhongyan, "Once Empress Dowager Xiang dies, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Empress Yuanyou to fight Empress Yuanfu......"

Han Zhongyan frowned, "How can you see it?" ”

Isn't that clear? Empress Yuanyou is mediocre in appearance, although she is not very old, but she already has a trend of "aunt". And Queen Yuanfu is young, pretty and beautiful. Who does Zhao Ji need to ask?

"Xianggong," Wu Haogu said to Han Zhongyan, "it is inevitable that the official family will favor Empress Yuanfu in the future, and the status of Empress Yuanyou may not be guaranteed." You'd better prepare early, and don't get tired of Empress Yuanyu. ”

Preparing early?

What can I do to prepare?

Han Zhongyan's brows furrowed, and he was also a little overwhelmed. Obviously, with the death of the Empress Dowager Xiang, the balance between the old and new parties will be broken. And the struggle between Empress Liu and Empress Meng is likely to become the fuse that ignites the war between the two parties!

And can his own family abandon Empress Yuanyou? Having abandoned Empress Yuanyu, will the colleagues of the old party see it this way?

It's not easy!

Wu Haogu looked at Han Zhongyan, who was a little out of shape, and he was a little uncertain in his heart. I don't know if this Han Xiangguild will not be ousted by Zeng Bu not long after he is like in history.

If that's the case, I have to quickly collude with Cai Jing, a traitor...... Although I don't want to let this "Fengheng Yuda" guy come to power, it seems that there is no other choice?

……

At this moment, in the dormitory of Kunning Palace, the Queen Mother Xiang, whose face was a little scary, was lying motionless on the bed, with a soft and thick cashmere felt covering her body.

A Hanlin medical officer was taking her pulse, and there was a fat eunuch Pang Kuan next to her, leaving tears in her eyes.

A thick-looking palace man walked in quickly with a bowl of freshly boiled ginseng soup and came to Pang Kuan.

"As you know, the thousand-year-old ginseng soup is ready."

The thousand-year-old ginseng soup is used to hang the dead, and it is impossible to bring the dead back to life...... However, it can be hung back to shine back.

The elderly Hanlin medical officer did not pretend to take the pulse at this time, but stood up and said to Pang Kuan: "I know, if this dose of ginseng soup goes down, the Queen Mother will be able to sober up for a while......

Pang Kuan sighed, "Feed the queen mother ginseng soup, let's go and invite the official family, Niangniang and the two emperors and queens to come over." ”

Zhao Ji, Empress Wang, Empress Meng and Empress Liu had all arrived at Kunning Palace at this time.

The three women were crying, and Zhao Ji was in a daze.

He is really filial to his stepmother to the Queen Mother...... She's only 56 years old, so why can't she? I still want to build up the Qionglin Palace, so that her old man has a comfortable place to spend her old age in peace, why can't she wait!

God really doesn't give himself the opportunity to fulfill his filial piety!

However, the short life of the Queen Mother seems to be related to this palace! The emperors who lived here didn't live long. If you want to live longer, you have to move out early...... The construction of Qionglin Palace must be hurried.

Just when Song Huizong was thinking about going to enjoy Qionglin Palace for the Empress Dowager as soon as possible, Pang Kuan came out in despair.

"Your Majesty, the medical officer has fed the Queen Mother a thousand years of ginseng soup...... Please hurry up and see you for the last time! ”

The three women cried even more fiercely, babbling and arguing so that Song Huizong was a little annoyed, he sighed, and followed Pang Kuan into the queen mother's bedroom.

Empress Dowager Xiang was slowly waking up, and her eyes that didn't have much vigor and vitality glanced around, and after a while, she saw that Zhao Ji and Pang Kuan were already standing in front of her.

Both of them were crying, and Zhao Ji cried so sadly that he became a tearful person. Seeing this formation, Empress Dowager Xiang already understood what was going on.

The old queen mother sighed softly, "Except for the eleventh brother, everyone else went out." ”

"Whoa."

Pang Kuan and the palace people, eunuchs, medical officers and the three queens who were about to cry and faint all responded, and then they all withdrew, and in the dormitory of Nuoda, there were only two mother and son who were not related by blood.

"Brother Eleven," the Queen Mother said in a low voice, "Do you know that the first emperor said that you are frivolous and cannot rule the world?" ”

"What?" When Zhao Ji heard this, he forgot to cry, and just looked at his stepmother stupidly.

These words were obviously said by the traitor Zhang Dan, how did it become said by the first emperor? If this was said by the first emperor, how could he be the emperor......

Empress Dowager Xiang asked weakly: "Brother Eleven, you have been an official for a year, do you think you are frivolous?" ”

"Son, son......" Zhao Ji was suddenly a little at a loss, but he just looked at the Queen Mother in a daze, not knowing what to say.

Xiang continued to the Queen Mother: "You are a little frivolous...... Your sixth brother is not wrong! But he wasn't much better. Your frivolity is just a private matter, building a garden, associating with women outside, and pampering a few villains. It doesn't matter, as long as you don't accumulate people's wealth for this.

But there is one thing that you are much stronger than your sixth brother, you will not provoke lightly, this is the most important thing. Now the mourning family is going to Huangquan to see the ancestors and ancestors, and the only thing to worry about is you...... You are not the first emperor, but the mourners. If you lightly provoke and bring disaster to the world, the mourning family will be the sinner of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Ji was already stunned, and the Queen Mother's words seemed to say that her sixth brother said that he was frivolous and could not rule the world...... How is this the same as what the traitor of Zhang Dian said? Could it be that his sixth brother gave it to Zhang Dian?

Then, isn't that Zhang Dun fulfilling the last orders of the first emperor by not letting himself be the emperor?

After making trouble for a long time, he is a loyal minister, and he is a chaotic minister and thief!

"Brother Eleven, why don't you answer the mourning family?"

Empress Dowager Xiang's hoarse voice sounded in Zhao Ji's ears, waking Zhao Ji up from his thoughts.

"Mother, queen mother......" Zhao Ji already knew that he was a rebellious minister and thief, but the throne could not be given up! Everything else is easy to say, and the emperor can't help but do it.

And the stepmother is so good to herself, how can her family make her old man feel uneasy?

"Son...... The son has never liked military affairs, and is ready to be a brother with Yelu Yanxi, the future emperor of Liao. Zhao Ji swore and said, "My son ordered Mr. Dongpo to set up a school palace in Yuntai Mountain, just to pass on the Confucian way of culture and governance to the Liao State, and to be a brotherly state with the Liao State for generations to come." ”

Xiang Xiang also knew something about this matter, so she exhaled immediately, "Okay, good, that's good, the mourning family really didn't misunderstand you...... Brother Eleven, be your son of peace. ”