(XX website www.xxx.***)(XX website www.xxx.***)(XX website www.xxx.***) "Prince, please accept the order!" the eunuch said to Wu Zhi with a flattering smile.

Wu Zhi kowtowed the leader to thank him. The eunuch waved his hand. Two guards came over a yellow long box. Wu Zhi took it with both hands and slowly opened the long box. Inside was a golden square mace. The whole mace was like a flying dragon, with teeth and claws spreading, breaking the clouds and about to come out. The dragon head was the head of the mace, and the dragon tail was the handle of the mace.

Wu Zhi held the handle of the mace and weighed it. Good guy, I'm afraid it was made of pure gold, but it was really heavy. He had to use enough strength to break the bones and tendons of the person. It seems that if you want to smash people in the future, you have to estimate your strength, otherwise it would be a bad thing if you make a life.

Wu Zhi, the first idea of ​​picking up this golden mace with extremely respected symbolism, was to smash people. If Zhao Ji knew about it, he would be amused and crying.

Seeing Wu Zhi raise the golden mace, the eunuchs and the guards subconsciously took a few steps back, Wu Zhi smiled and said, "Please go to the palace to serve tea..."

The eunuch shook his head quickly and said with a smile: "The villain is going to return to the palace to reply to the order, ah... Prince, don't forget to enter the palace tonight, and the emperor summons you to discuss matters."

Wu Zhi nodded with a smile, and then the eunuch led the guards to say goodbye and leave.

Looking at the golden mace in his hand, Wu Zhi sighed. The emperor's brother said that he was benevolent and righteous. It was a last resort to depriving him of military power. In fact, it was a way to save himself. Otherwise, if he continued to develop like this, he would be afraid that he would either be chopped down by the new emperor or rebelled and overthrow Zhao Song's Jiangshan. The best result would be that he would lose his power and become a cowardly prince. He would have no fourth way to go. Thinking of the emperor's sincere entrusted that he would never forget his promise to never interfere in military affairs, Wu Zhi smiled. The emperor would think he would leave secret orders and other things. If he really didn't know how to advance and retreat, his head would not be so stable. But he did not have the ambition of becoming an emperor. He could only sit until today's position was created by the times.

The emperor gave him such honor. It can be said that he had planned his own future path very carefully. He thought that he wanted to prevent himself from feeling guilty and hoped that he could assist the Song Dynasty with a transcendent identity in the future without harming Zhao Song's Jiangshan.

After thinking about it for a while, Wu Zhi suddenly remembered that he was like the legendary Eight Virtue Kings? Thinking of the cheerfulness of Cai Jing's head blooming when the golden mace fell, Wu Zhi laughed.

"Ah!" Xu Yi, who had just gotten up, suddenly saw Wu Zhi's smile, and his heart trembled. He exclaimed and sat on the ground again. Wu Zhi turned around and looked at him, frowned and waved: "Drag out!"

The guards on both sides rushed up. He dragged Xu Yi out with all his hands and feet. Xu Yi's body was shaking like a sieve, but he felt relieved. Fortunately, he didn't make me eat...

On April 11, the seventh year of Chongning, Emperor Daojun gave the noble king Wuzhi a dragon head mace. He beat the king above and the minister below, and even gave the noble king to go to the palace without participating. The emperor was honored to be unwilling to refuse, and the imperial edict was sent to all prefectures and prefectures in the Song Dynasty. The whole country was in a state of self-establishment. No prince could have received such respect. The noble king set a precedent for the Song Dynasty.

That night, Zhao Ji met Wu Zhi in his bedroom. Zhao Ji's complexion was much worse than a few days ago. Seeing Wu Zhi coming, he ignored the advice of the imperial doctor and tried hard to sit up. The Concubine Wang who served next to him had no choice but to help Zhao Ji put a thick soft quilt on it so that Zhao Ji could feel more comfortable.

Zhao Ji waved his hand to signal the palace maids to withdraw, and waved his hand to Concubine Wang. Concubine Wang shook her head and said, "I want to serve the emperor."

Zhao Ji was slightly unhappy and said, "I can't die yet, what do you want you to serve? My second brother and I have a state discussion, so why don't we go out quickly..."

Concubine Wang's eyes turned red, but she shook her head stubbornly.

Anger appeared on Zhao Ji's face, and Wu Zhi hurriedly advised: "Your brother will make an exception, and your sister-in-law is also worried about your brother's body."

Zhao Ji looked at Concubine Wang for a while, sighed, nodded slightly, but couldn't help coughing. Concubine Wang hurriedly rubbed his chest and back, and looked at Wu Zhi gratefully when she turned her head.

Zhao Ji coughed a few times, shook his head and said, "It seems that I have not had much time..."

Wu Zhi looked at Zhao Ji's haggard face, his eyes heated up, and he lowered his head.

"The second brother will cry?" Zhao Ji looked at Wu Zhi and smiled, "Oh, let's not talk about these things anymore. It's just a waste of time. Second brother, when will the princesses return to Beijing?"

Wu Zhi rubbed the corners of his eyes and said with a forced smile: "It's probably only been in the past few days."

"Well, I'll bring you to me when I'm going to see you. I heard that the noble princesses are all beautiful and beautiful, but I don't know whether it's true or not, haha..."

Wu Zhi nodded with a smile, but the wet corners of his eyes could not be removed.

"My beloved concubine, you talk too. Now we are talking about family affairs, so there is no need to be so cautious..." Zhao Ji felt relieved after saying a few gossips to Wu Zhi, and said to the concubine who had been silently speaking beside him with a smile.

Wu Zhi took the opportunity to say, "The emperor's sister-in-law, Qi Qiao, is very active. She had a conflict with the emperor's sister-in-law's family. I'm sorry here!" As he spoke, he stood up and said, "The second brother is not talking about it, but my relatives are arrogant and domineering, and they don't know how to advance or retreat."

Zhao Ji became interested when he heard this and smiled and said, "Qiqiao? Could it be that one from the Ye family in Jiangnan? The woman who saved his second brother from the Wanma Army in Jizhou and I was the one who ordered me to marry?"

Wu Zhi nodded with a smile.

Zhao Ji laughed and said to Concubine Wang: "The beloved concubine must give the Li family carefully. Don't make the young lady rise up and smash the Li family to pieces. Then I will cry to me and tell me that I don't care..."

Concubine Wang was stunned when she heard the two of them talking. Zhao Ji smiled and said, "It's not that I scared you. My second brother's beloved concubine has killed hundreds of Liao people. I heard that her temper is even more eccentric. If she really gets angry, she won't miss her relatives or relatives, haha..."

Concubine Wang's face changed several times. She probably wouldn't have imagined that such a murderous and unblinking alien would appear among her "relatives", and she was even more likely to be averse to her. And the emperor seemed to be very fond of this woman, without any slightest criticism.

"Don't scare the emperor's sister-in-law anymore. Qi Qiao is now kind and kind and well-behaved. I will take her and the emperor's sister-in-law to apologize another day. The emperor's sister-in-law will know at first sight!" Wu Zhi smiled and interrupted.

Zhao Ji heard Wu Zhi say that Qi Qiao was "benevolent, kind and kind" and couldn't help but smile. Isn't this his comment to her in the imperial edict? Xuan Ye smiled and said, "benevolent, kind and kind, kind and kind, kind and kind..."

Seeing that Zhao Ji had spoken for a while, Concubine Wang looked very good and rarely coughed while laughing. Then she gradually felt relieved and started to talk and laugh with the two of them.

"Second brother, what do you think Hebei affairs should be dealt with?" After talking for a while, Zhao Ji suddenly said something. Wang Gui immediately sat aside with tactfulness and stopped talking.

"Well, we will naturally restore the old system. We will set up a left-behind department. However, I think that the Beiping Prefecture's control over the Youyun states cannot be abolished. Only in this way can the administration be ordered to be promoted during the Northern Expedition. It will be twice the result with half the effort." Wu Zhi had been thinking about the Hebei affairs for a long time, but Zhao Ji didn't ask, so he couldn't raise it first.

"Well. I think so too. In this way, the candidates who stay in Beijing need to be cautious and choose a loyal and capable person. Yesterday, Yen Chang told me that Zimei had been staying in Beijing for many years and could be a great task. What do you think?"

Yuan Chang was the name Cai Jingdi. Zimei was the name Liang Zhongshu. Wu Zhi heard that Cai Jing recommended Liang Zhongshu's name Liang Zhongshu's name Youyun and couldn't help but frowned slightly.

"Although Zimei was not aware of people in the past, she had been hard-working for several years. She was excellent at the time when she was in office in Beijing, but she was a difficult and capable minister. "It seems that Zhao Ji was quite interested in Cai Jing's proposal.

"My brother thinks it's inappropriate." Wu Zhi no longer disturbed Yu and said firmly as he looked at Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment and smiled and said, "What's wrong?"

Wu Zhi bowed slightly: "My brother thinks that Hebei affairs require elite troops and strategies. Although Zimei is capable, she is only a successful minister. If the priest wants to expand the territory, she still needs to choose other talents."

"Oh? Can anyone choose the second brother?" Zhao Ji said with a smile.

Wu Zhi thought the only thing he thought, and said, "My brother recommended Zong Ze, the remaining guard in Zhongjing. If he manages Youyun, the north will be in a state of peace."

Zhao Ji pondered for a while, looked up at Wu Zhi and smiled, "Well, I understand, Zong Ze, An Gongtao also recommended him with me..."

"I won't say this anymore. Do I bring the golden mace I gave you?" Zhao Ji said with a smile at Wu Zhi.

"No, that guy is so heavy, it's inconvenient to hold it..." Wu Zhi sighed in his heart. Holding it all day is a physical job, and he doesn't have to get up early every day to work harder. Holding the golden mace for a day is probably much more effective than getting up early to exercise, but it's a headache to think about it, that's too tiring.

"What's this guy who knows nonsense all day long..." Zhao Ji raised his face and scolded Wu Zhi.

"Ah, it's... the dragon-headed golden mace..." Wu Zhi quickly changed his words, and his embarrassing look made Concubine Wang laugh, and Zhao Ji immediately smiled...

On April 16, the seventh year of Chongning, the Empress Wang died of illness, and the whole country mourned. White silks hung in various restaurants in Bianjing. Wu Zhi ran around for a day. Zhao Ji was seriously ill in the royal family, and Zhao Ji's brothers and princes were not good at all. Only Wu Zhi and officials of the Ministry of Rites were busy at the funeral of the queen. On the day of Queen Wang's death, Zhao Ji suddenly fainted and woke up at night, but he no longer had his former appearance and became drowsy all day long.

A few days later, a convoy of cars rushed over from the stone street of the former Prince's Mansion. When the carriages and horses stopped in front of the mansion, they came down and a group of women came into the palace surrounded by eunuchs and palace maids in front of the door. At this time, the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace were depressed countless days ago, and they were full of energy. Can they not be energetic? The noble king is now the leader of the princes, and the noble palace is even more popular with officials. Which eunuchs and palace maids in the palace are more arrogant than them?

In the backyard, Wu Zhi hugged the girls one by one. The palace maids who accompanied him had long been accustomed to the "etiquette" of the noble king. They were not surprised and stood aside with a smirk. Some of the little girls blushed and secretly glanced at each other from time to time.

"My husband, where is our local golden mace?" Wu Zhi was looking at the girls with deep affection and his mind was inspiration. Qi Qiao came over and groped Wu Zhi, destroying the warm atmosphere created by Wu Zhi. He gave Qi Qiao a blank look and said to the back-up house. Qi Qiao cheered and ran over jumped over.

"Let's go, let's go to the back garden to talk, ignore this crazy girl." Wu Zhi took the Jinlian hand and walked first, and several women followed behind him.

In early summer, the flowers in the garden are in full bloom, the grass is green, and in the pavilion, around Wu Zhi, a few girls whisper, and the beauty is hard to describe.

"My husband, how is the Lord's condition?" Jin Lian asked softly when she saw Wu Zhi was a little confused. The other women stopped laughing and looked at Wu Zhi with concern.

When Zhao Ji and Wu Zhidi looked dim, he sighed and shook his head.

"Don't think about it anymore. Life and death are determined by fate. God's will cannot be violated. The emperor is the emperor. God will make arrangements..." Jinlian took Wu Zhi's hand to comfort him.

Wu Zhi nodded silently.

"Ah, I almost forgot. This is the letter from my third sister to the guest of my husband." Jinlian took out a letter from her arms and sighed: "I met my third sister before returning to Beijing. I advised her to resign and come to the capital with me, but the third sister refused... My husband should think of a way to transfer her back to Tokyo."

Wu Zhi was stunned. He silently spread the pink letter paper, with elegant handwriting, just like the third sister himself, with only one line of words. "I am like you, I will fight on the north, and I will have no regrets."

Smelling the faint fragrance on the paper, Wu Zhi felt confused, and his eyes looked north and remained silent for a long time.

"My husband, look at the expenses this month. Qiqiao paid another thousand guan." Xuan Jing took out a book of accounts. When he had nothing to do, Xuan Jing took care of the accounts of the royal palace.

"Oh? Just use it. If you don't bring it with you if you don't bring it with you if you don't take it with you if you don't take it with you if you don't take it with you if you don't take it with you if you don't take it, you sighed.

"My husband, the mansion will be selected again in a few days. It's funny. Before the day comes, all the people who say they are kissing have come to Zhu'er, but Zhu'er is so busy..." Jin Zhi said with a smile.

Seeing that several girls showed their magical powers, Wu Zhi couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, okay, I'm not so sentimental..." He looked at Zhu'er with a funny look: "Has Zhu'er become a little matchmaker?"

Zhu'er's face turned red, she twisted the corner of her clothes with her hands and whispered, "Zhu'er doesn't want it either."

The palace maid was selected once in three years, and the old palace maids were dismissed and married. It was said that they were old and only eighteen or nineteen years old. Jinlian was kind-hearted and told Yishan in the mansion to give more money. Yishan came to find a home for the palace maids. The group of palace maids where they were dismissed three years ago and most of them were not bad, but they were not very good. They were all small families, and some of them volunteered to be concubines. Who would be willing to marry the palace maids as their wife?

But this year is different. Three years ago, the news that all the palace maids in the noble palace were clear and clean. Those palace maids were allowed to visit relatives when they returned to the palace to visit relatives. It was just because Zhu'er had a good temperament and could get along with the palace maids. These palace maids also met Zhu'er when they came to see Zhu'er. Zhu'er felt that it was nothing, but she didn't know how noble his maid's identity was in the eyes of outsiders. The husband's husband's family immediately ascended to heaven, and their status rose like a rocket.

This year, the palace maids of the Prince's Mansion are about to be dismissed, and many wealthy families have become interested in using their own methods early, hoping to marry a palace maid and have some connections with the Prince's Mansion. So they spend all the money to find some underground maids who can talk to Zhu'er. Zhu'er has a good personality and some people can't bear to refuse. There are at least a dozen noble ladies I have seen these days.

Wu Zhi asked a few questions and knew the clues. Naturally, he would not care about these nostalgic business and joked: "Whoever asks to see our Zhu'er in the future will need to pay 100,000 yuan in silver!"

Several girls laughed and said, "My husband is crazy about money."

While talking and laughing, a palace maid hurried over and entered the pavilion to salute the prince and the princesses, "Prince, the concubine, please see him!"

Wu Zhi was stunned for a moment, "Which imperial concubine?"

"I don't know..."

Wu Zhi said "happy", stood up and said, "Lead the way!"

Outside the noble palace, there was a beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes surrounded by more than a dozen girls in palace clothes. She entered the front palace under the guidance of the guards. The beautiful woman held a young child in her hand, and two small hairpins on her head. Her black eyes were very beautiful, and she looked around with responsibly.

"Sister-in-law!" It was Concubine Wang, and Wu Zhi hurriedly greeted him.

"I am reckless, please don't blame me." Concubine Wang smiled, but she couldn't hide her sorrow.

"What is the emperor's wife? Please go to the back garden to talk, so that we can meet your younger brothers and sisters." Wu Zhi smiled and made a gesture to ask Concubine Wang to go first.

"Second Uncle?" As soon as Wu Zhi appeared, the young boy's eyes were fixed on him, and he suddenly shouted hesitantly.

Wu Zhi was stunned. Concubine Wang looked at the young boy in surprise, but immediately smiled at Wu Zhi and said, "Yuanyuan kept talking about his second brother. He heard that his second brother was having trouble returning to Beijing, so he brought her to see you."

Yuan Yuan had already broken free from Concubine Wang's hand and walked towards Wu Zhi. Wu Zhi had no choice but to pick her up and smiled and said, "Is Yuan Yuan so big?"

The little guy ignored Wu Zhi and instead leaned his head against Wu Zhi's chest and closed his eyes with great pleasure. Wu Zhi could only smile bitterly. Concubine Wang was a little surprised, but there was a little joy in his eyes.

Wu Zhi was in front and led Concubine Wang to the back garden. Jinlian and several girls came over to pay their respects to the Concubine Wang. Concubine Wang responded one by one with a smile, and at the end he said curiously: "Who is Qi... Qi Qiao?" His eyes swept across the beautiful faces of several girls, and his eyes were a little blurry. Looking at Wu Zhi, he smiled and said that he was not blamed on the emperor. The princesses were indeed fascinating.

"Qi Qiao is not here, Empress, please sit down!" Jinlian was busy replying.

Concubine Wang smiled and said, "Don't call me such a sister. It's too disgusting. Just call me sister-in-law. We're just a family..." Jinlian girls smiled and praised him, but the names in their mouths did not change.
To be continued...