Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 187 Congrats
Immediately a servant came out and said, Qian Niu'er asked for leave today to visit a fellow villager, but he hasn't come back yet.

Wang Xiuzhi heard Zhao Dezhao yelling and came out to see what was going on.

Zhao Dezhao then talked about the incident that he almost dug a hole to bring down Wang Jien just now.

Wang Xiuzhi also felt sorry.

Zhao Dezhao sighed, "Father actually has the idea of ​​caring about the old minister. I thought he would fight to the end for the rest of his life. It is also the old eunuch who is too good at acting, and the floor tiles in the inner hall are almost smashed by him."

"What about the queen? Did you watch him escape?"

Zhao Dezhao nodded, "I really can't figure it out. It's clear that this old eunuch has broken the royal rules by cheating on foreign ministers, but the emperor just refuses to punish him. I'm really worried."

Wang Xiuzhi looked at him in surprise and said, "I thought you could see everything clearly, but I didn't expect you to see things clearly sometimes. It seems that you are not ready to be a good master yet."

Seeing that there was something in her words, Zhao Dezhao said, "What are you trying to say!"

Wang Xiuzhi looked around and said in a low voice, "It's very reasonable for the Holy Majesty not to punish him, but you haven't seen it through. From the perspective of the superior, all he needs is the loyalty of his subordinates."

"As long as the subordinates are loyal to themselves, it is enough to put the master first in everything. As for whether it violates the royal rules, why should the Holy One care, anyway, these rules are set by himself."

Zhao Dezhao was like enlightened, suddenly realized that what Madam said was right.Wang Jien only needs to be loyal to his father alone.This is what he exists for.

Even if he colludes with foreign ministers, Zhao Kuangyin is completely indifferent.

Unexpectedly, although the wife is a female stream, her knowledge is not generally high, and she is often better than herself.

"Your Highness, don't worry too much. King Jin will not be able to defeat him for a while, and Wang Jien is even less important. From now on, we will just go behind his back."

Wang Xiuzhi comforted her, and went to the palace to chat with Queen Song.

Zhao Dezhao thought to himself that King Jin might not be able to be brought down for a while, but this Wang Ji'en, since his secrets have been exposed, still cannot be brought down, he is really anxious.

If the emperor keeps protecting him in the future, this matter will be really difficult.

The more I thought about it, the annoyed I became, and I couldn't help cursing, "This damn eunuch!"

It just so happened that Qian Niu'er came back from the mansion, and when he heard that His Highness was looking for him, he hurried in with a bowl of hot tea.

Coincidentally, I heard Zhao Dezhao's scolding.Qian Niu'er was taken aback, thinking His Highness was scolding him.

He stumbled and fell more than a foot away, and the hot tea he was carrying was not spoiled at all, and all of it was spilled on Zhao Dezhao's body.

Both of them yelled, Zhao Dezhao was hot, and Qian Niu'er was frightened.

"You're looking for death!" Zhao Dezhao quickly shook the water from his robe, and gave Qian Niu'er a hard look.

"Your Highness, calm down, I thought you were scolding me, and stumbled on the threshold in panic..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and get me a set of clothes to change."

Zhao Dezhao stared at Qian Niu'er's back, thoughtfully.

Just now this guy really made himself so angry that he even thought about beating him up.

So... can we find a way from this aspect, dig a hole, push Wang Jien into the hole and bury him.

Just like what Wang Xiuzhi said, since it is difficult to shake Zhao Kuangyin's trust in Wang Jien, he might as well start with Wang Jien instead and make him make mistakes by knocking his hands to shake the tiger.

Qian Niu'er spilled a bowl of hot tea on himself, and he wanted to beat him up.

Then dig a hole ten times and a hundred times more serious than this, kick Wang Jien in, can the father bury him?
Qian Niuer came out with a suit of clothes and waited on Zhao Dezhao to put it on. He also told him a piece of information, which was about Wang Jien.

It turned out that he asked for leave to leave the palace precisely because he had an acquaintance servant who was able to eat well in the palace and saved a lot of money, so he spent money to buy a house in the city.

Qian Niu'er went to tell him the joy of housewarming, and they talked about Wang Ji'en when they were chatting.

This servant is also from Shanzhou, and he is from the same village as Wang Jien, and he also received Wang Jien's care when he entered the palace.

According to him, Wang Ji'en's family took advantage of his power to be domineering in the local area, bullying men and women, robbing people of good land, and seizing people's land. It can be said that they have committed many evil deeds.

If it was yesterday, Zhao Dezhao would be very happy to know this.

But now he couldn't get excited at all.He knew that these were not enough.

"Very good! You continue to inquire about him, just don't disturb him."

On the next court meeting day, Zhao Kuangyin officially issued an edict and canonized Zhao Dezhao as King of Qi.

For a while, there was a constant stream of traffic in front of the palace gate.

People from Zhao Dezhao's camp and those from the neutral camp brought gifts to congratulate King Qi.

A lot of people came, and the gifts were also expensive. Qi Wang Zhao Dezhao's net worth doubled in a day.

Even at night, some people who apparently belonged to King Jin's camp would send people to quietly deliver congratulatory gifts.

The purpose is naturally to bet on both sides, so as not to miss his life.

Wang Xiuzhi ordered people to change the brand name of Wangfu, and replaced the three characters of Tianshui County with the characters of Qi.

I'm afraid no one would have imagined that Zhao Dezhao, who was doing nothing a year ago, completed the triple jump in a very short period of time.

Now the public opinion in the court has changed. It turns out that 80.00% of the people think that the crown prince is Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin, and 20.00% of the people have no opinion.

Now 50.00% of the people think that King Jin will be the heir, 40.00% think that King Qi will be the heir, and [-]% have no opinion.

The next day, Zhao Defang, king of Wugong County, came to congratulate him with a gift.

The gifts he gave were the most expensive, including a pair of jade horses, a golden Buddha that was more than a tall gold ruler, a pair of Tang Sancai plum vases, and a pearl the size of a dendrobium longan.

Even Zhao Dezhao and Wang Xiuzhi, a well-informed couple, were taken aback by this expensive gift.

Zhao Dezhao thought to himself, his brother was young and his family was not as good as his previous self, so it was impossible for him to give out such a precious gift all of a sudden.

Behind it must be Queen Song endorsing him.

Empress Song and Zhao Defang are more in love with mother and son, and today's grand congratulatory drama is obviously a foundation laid in advance by Empress Song for Zhao Defang and her own future.

Zhao Dezhao thought about it in his heart, but he didn't say a word, he just pointed out the sky and the earth with his third brother, talking about the past and the present.

Zhao Defang said, "Second brother! How wonderful you are, in such a short period of time, you have been promoted to three levels and become a prince! A good brother envies you!"

Zhao Dezhao said, "There's nothing to be envious of. In the future, maybe you can inherit the royal father's position. At that time, the prince is nothing."

Zhao Defang shook her head, and whispered in his ear, "Second Brother! Do you know why I came to give gifts to congratulate you?"

Chapter 188 Promise
Zhao Dezhao shook his head, thinking that the queen was going to have a showdown.

Zhao Defang said, "My queen heard that you were made queen of Qi, she once urged me to work harder, even if I can't get a great treasure in the future, I still have to be a prince."

"Guess what I said to my mother, I said that the one who inherits the great treasure in the future must be you, the second brother, and when you succeed to the dragon throne, you will definitely make me the King of Qin, do you think so!"

Zhao Dezhao had a sour nose and said with a smile, "Okay! Then we two brothers will make a deal. Whoever succeeds the dragon will be made King of Qin in the future!"

Zhao Defang happily stretched out her finger, and swore to her second brother.

"Second brother! When I came here, I told my queen mother that I am not a child anymore. I understand my mother's desire to persuade me to make progress. But I plan to support your second brother to succeed you. I am not an emperor. In the future If you are the emperor, I can have fun with peace of mind."

"Oh? What did the queen mother say!"

"She said, let me think about it and make my own decision. Then she gave me these things and let me congratulate you."

Zhao Dezhao held his third brother in his arms, just like when they were children, the two brothers looked at each other and smiled.

The rare brother is still a pure childlike heart.

Zhao Dezhao secretly vowed that in the future when he succeeds to the throne, he must treat his younger brother and Empress Song kindly, among other things, at least let them have a safe and happy life.

After Zhao Defang returned to the mansion, Wang Xiuzhi grabbed a few pearls and kept playing with them, saying to Zhao Dezhao, "Your Highness, the Empress sent the King of Wugong County to congratulate you today, obviously to test your attitude."

Zhao Dezhao is very concerned about Wang Xiuzhi's opinion now, "What do you think, madam!"

"Your Highness, the last time I entered the palace, the queen also told me that her biggest regret in this life is that she could not give birth to a prince for the emperor. In the future, she will work together with us to deal with King Jin. What is missing is your guarantee." .”

"I guess, today is the Queen who wants to pave the way for the King of Wugong and herself. If His Royal Highness Qi Wang agrees, she will not pursue the succession of the King of Wugong in the future, but will transfer the opportunity to you."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded, Wang Xiuzhi's analysis was basically consistent with what he thought.

"Ma'am, I've just talked to my third brother about what I mean. Tomorrow, if you have time, go to the palace and talk to the queen. I am willing to treat her and my third brother kindly after I succeed to the throne. I hope she can work together to help us together." Against King Jin."

And so a fraternal alliance was formed.

Not long after Zhao Dezhao was promoted to king of Qi, a major event happened in the capital.

This made Zhao Dezhao realize that King Qi is nothing extraordinary, some people don't even have titles, but even princes dare not do what they did.

The big event that happened this time was caused by the ogre's former uncle Wang Jixun.

Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Great Song Dynasty, married three main wives successively.

His wife, Mrs. He, died of illness three years before Chen Qiaoyi.Later, she was named Empress Xiaohui.That is Zhao Dezhao's biological mother.

The second wife was Queen Wang, who had been the mother of the country for three years and died of illness.Posthumously named Empress Xiaoming.

The third is the current Queen Song.

Wang Jixun, who caused the big trouble, is the younger brother of Queen Wang.

Although he was only the former uncle of the country, he is now the defense envoy of Pengzhou, from the official position of the fifth rank.

But this man was so bold that he took pleasure in cannibalism.

It is said that when his mother was pregnant with him, she dreamed that a strange creature flew into her arms, and gave birth to him the next day.

So later generations guessed that this person was actually a monster, otherwise he wouldn't have taken pleasure in cannibalism.

And his best food is young girls.

He loves to kill young maidservants in the family to eat.

Because of his status as the uncle of the country, others dare not report it easily.

It wasn't until one day when it rained heavily that the house where the maids were held collapsed, and the maids fled to cry for grievances, did they reveal the matter.

Even Zhao Kuangyin was taken aback when he heard about it.

But at that time, Queen Wang had just died, and Zhao Kuangyin was grateful for Queen Wang. He worked hard for the first half of his life, and died of illness just three years after becoming queen, so he did not kill the former uncle.His official position was decreed and he was placed under house arrest for several years.

After that, he was given to a small official, and until recently, he was made a fifth-rank Pengzhou defense envoy.

Immediately, Wang Jixun relapsed and partnered with a monk from Changshou Temple to kill people and eat meat again.

When this incident was revealed, the whole city was in an uproar.

After all, the Song Dynasty at this time has entered a mature and stable development period, and it can no longer be easily covered up when it was in chaos.

For a while, the government and the public were alarmed, and the people were furious.

If it was Zhao Kuangyin in normal times, he would have ordered someone to cut off his head and hang it on the city gate for exhibition.

But this person is different after all.

When Queen Wang died of illness, she took Zhao Kuangyin's hand and asked her younger brother to take good care of her.

Zhao Kuangyin was a famous emperor for a generation, and he was extremely serious about his promises.

So this time, he still planned to delay it for a few days, and let it go when the wind passed.

In this way, there is an explanation for the deceased king and queen.

When Zhao Dezhao heard about this, his throat was filled with anger.

He himself hated Wang Jixun's behavior very much, and now that he was a competitor for the crown prince, it would be of great benefit to do something that would make the common people and Qingliu applaud.

"Ma'am! I plan to enter the palace tomorrow and ask my father for orders to investigate the case of Wang Jixun's cannibalism. What do you think?"

Wang Xiuzhi shook his head again and again, "It's very wrong! Of course this ogre deserves to die, but have you ever thought about the current situation? I'm afraid that the Queen will also feel jealous and alienated from you."

Zhao Dezhao couldn't help thinking that Empress Song also had a younger brother, and her younger brother was not a good thing. Although he wouldn't kill people to eat, but the people's anger was not small.

If Wang Jixun was killed by himself in this matter, I'm afraid it might really scare Empress Song.

"Oh! It's a pity! Such an enjoyable thing, I can't really do it."

Zhao Dezhao had no choice but to settle for the next best thing.He planned to go to the palace to persuade his father and punish the former uncle.

Wang Xiuzhi still disagreed. The reason was that Zhao Kuangyin didn't want to punish this person at all, and it would be in vain for you to go.

Zhao Dezhao was not reconciled, so he went to the palace to see Zhao Kuangyin the next day.

"Father! The defense envoy of Pengzhou, Wang Jixun, made a big fuss this time. Now the city is full of wind and rain, and the people are very angry. Why don't you let someone solve him?"

When Zhao Kuangyin heard that he was talking about this matter, his face immediately sank.

In the past few days, many people who came to the palace to attend the affairs came just because of this matter, which made him very unhappy.

"You can be your king of Qi with peace of mind! Don't worry about these things."

(End of this chapter)