Chapter 004 - The Dao Jun Dies(1/2)
(XX website www.xxx.***)(XX website www.xxx.***)(XX website www.xxx.***) Wu Zhi comforted him a few words, and Concubine Wang's cry gradually stopped, her eyes turned red, and she looked at Yuan Yuan in Wu Zhi's arms, with a pitiful expression.
Wu Zhi pondered for a moment and said, "The matter of the queen is not a joke. You must talk about it when the emperor is awake!" Thinking of the emperor's drowsy and the staying in Beijing has not yet decided to stay. Wu Zhi sighed in his heart. Now Tong Guan is a small military supervisor. By chance, he actually stayed in Hebei. Although Tong Guan has worked hard in the past few years and has gotten along well with Wu Zhi, Wu Zhi has never been able to get rid of the idea that Tong Guan is a treacherous and is a little worried about him staying in Hebei.
"Yes, I'm just afraid that the Secretariat of the Secretariat would be groggy, so I can establish the queen under the name of the emperor..." Concubine Wang was full of worry.
"They don't dare to do this... but the emperor's sister-in-law just cares about peace of mind, and I have my own score in my heart..."
After hearing Wu Zhi's words, Concubine Wang nodded slightly, looked at Wu Zhi a few times, and said quietly: "I will definitely not forget the meaning of my second brother today in the future."
While talking, a crisp and pleasant laugh suddenly came from outside the pavilion, "Honey, let me play with the golden mace for a few days!" With the laughter, a beautiful figure floated into the pavilion, giggling and playing with the dragon-headed golden mace in his hand. His big eyes were filled with tumbling eyes and he was slightly stunned, looking at Concubine Wang up and down.
Wu Zhi was afraid that she would say something that was out of character, so he hurriedly said, "Qiqiao, come and see the concubine." He smiled at the concubine Wang and said, "Sister-in-law, she is Qiqiao."
"Sister-in-law!" Qi Qiao was slightly blessed, but she was not like Jinlian and the others called Concubine Wang.
Concubine Wang smiled and said, "Sister is indeed a beautiful elf. It's not for the emperor to always praise her."
Qi Qiao danced the golden mace in her hand and said with a smile: "Does the emperor praise me too? Qi Qiao has such a great face!" He said this, but he didn't look surprised at all. He was clearly dealing with it. Concubine Wang was still waiting to speak. Qi Qiao turned to Wu Zhi and said: "My husband, can I show you the mace to dance?"
Wu Zhi looked at Concubine Wang apologetically, Concubine Wang smiled and shook her head. It was okay to signal.
"Xuanjing said you used 1,000 guan last month? What did you do?" Wu Zhi asked Qiqiao.
Qiqiao was stunned for a moment, blinked her big eyes, "Sister Xuanjing is talking nonsense, I'll go and settle the score with her!" As she said that, she ran away.
Wu Zhi looked at her back and smiled. Why can’t he grow up?
"I really envy her..." Concubine Wang looked at Qiqiao's disappearance and sighed. "There is no intrigue. All she gets is pampering. This is the real woman..." The voice behind him was extremely low, and even Wu Zhi, who was sitting opposite, did not listen to the invitation.
"It's time for me to leave!" Concubine Wang stood up and called the palace maid as she spoke. She took it in Wu Zhi's arms. Wu Zhi kept sending Concubine Wang to the front door of the mansion before turning back to the backyard.
In the afternoon of that day, after sitting silently in front of Zhao Ji's sickbed for an hour, Wu Zhi slowly walked out of the bedroom. The sun shone brightly, Wu Zhi narrowed his eyes and sighed. He didn't know when the emperor would wake up. The eunuch led the way. Wu Zhi followed behind and walked towards the gate of the Forbidden Palace.
"Ah. Your Highness, Prince, don't..." When you walked to the Baiyulan Bridge, the eunuchs and palace maids' exclamations attracted Wu Zhi's gaze. The eunuchs and palace maids stood around Qiaodu, and they were in a mess and didn't know what they were clamoring.
Wu Zhi walked over, and the eunuchs and palace maids knelt down to salute when they saw it. Some even exclaimed: "Your Highness, the noble prince has arrived."
Wu Zhi walked closer and saw Zhao Huanzheng standing there angrily, muttering something. A famous palace maid next to him was helping a young child up. Looking closely, it was Yuanyuan.
"What's going on?" Wu Zhi frowned slightly.
"Prince, just now... His Highness the Crown Prince pushed down His Highness..." Although the eunuch kneeling on the ground was afraid of death, he dared not say anything. According to the usual practice, the prince should have slapped him and scolded: "What should you waste do?" Maybe he even pulled out a few people and chopped his head.
Wu Zhi smiled slightly: "It is inevitable that children will quarrel, so you all get up!"
The eunuch and the palace maid looked at me, and I looked at you, my eyes full of surprise.
"Second uncle!" Although Yuan Yuan fell down, he did not cry. Seeing Wu Zhi coming with a smile, Wu Zhi had to hold her in his arms and look at the eunuchs and palace maids. It was obvious that standing behind Yuan Yuan was in the room of the Concubine Wang, and naturally this was from the Prince's East Palace.
"You all go down! I have something to say to the prince." Wu Zhi saw Zhao Huan looking at Yuanyuan with unwilling eyes, his eyes were full of anger, and he was strange in his heart. It was not as simple as a quarrel among children, so Wu Zhi naturally had to ask for some questions.
The eunuchs and palace maids dispersed after hearing Wu Zhi's orders. The royal affairs were not just a joke. They said that the prince and the princess were quarrels, saying that small things were small things, but if they were big, they might lead to something. Since the noble king took them, they naturally couldn't ask for it, and they were relieved.
Wu Zhi said to the eunuch who guided the way beside him: "Take me to a place to invite the place to be." The eunuch nodded, looked at a yard not far away and smiled: "Prince, how do you see Qinxin Garden?"
Wu Zhi nodded slightly. He entered Qinxin Garden, which was a small garden, full of rare flowers, plants and trees. The scenery was pleasant in spring and summer. There were chess tools in the pavilion. It was one of Zhao Ji's favorite places to go to discuss and talk to his close ministers.
"Your Highness, come with me!" Wu Zhi walked a few steps and saw that Zhao Huan was motionless, so he waved to him. Zhao Huan followed reluctantly.
Sitting in the pavilion of Qinxin Garden, Zhao Huan stood beside him, still looking at Yuanyuan angrily.
Wu Zhi waved his hand and led the eunuch back out of the pavilion to wait, "Your Highness, sit down." Wu Zhi said with a smile.
"Uncle is here, Huan'er dares not sit down!" Zhao Huan seemed to extricate his anger on Wu Zhi.
Wu Zhi smiled, and didn't force himself, and asked, "Why did you push Yuanyuan down?"
Zhao Huan bit his lips hard and refused to speak.
"Have you ever told you about being a king? My brother can't do it well? I still want to be a wise king?" Wu Zhi's tone gradually became stern. The young master Chen Jing was Zhao Huan's teacher.
Zhao Huan's eyes turned red when he was scolded by Wu Zhi and his head lowered.
Wu Zhi looked at Zhao Huan for a while and said in a slow tone: "Tell me, what's going on? I heard from the young master that your highness is young and wise, I don't believe that you bully your sister for no reason."
Zhao Huan suddenly looked up at Wu Zhi: "The father once told Huan'er that everything can be discussed with his uncle."
Wu Zhi was stunned for a moment and nodded slightly.
Zhao Huan said: "Can you tell my uncle anything?"
Wu Zhi said, "That's natural!" He became more and more curious. What did Zhao Huan want to say to him?
"Okay, then please ask your uncle to take charge of Huan'er!" Zhao Huan pointed at Yuanyuan and shouted: "It was her mother who killed my mother!"
Wu Zhi was surprised, "How do you know?" If Concubine Wang really killed Empress Wang, Zhao Huan learned that Concubine Wang and his daughter would have a worrying fate in the future.
"Huan'er... Huan'er heard the eunuchs chatting yesterday. They said... they said that Concubine Wang gave the money, which made them spread rumors, which made my mother die in depression!" Zhao Huan looked at Yuanyuan gritted her teeth, but Yuanyuan didn't know what was going on, and looked at Zhao Huan in Wu Zhi's arms and laughed.
"Eunuch? Which eunuch? Did you pick it up?" Wu Zhi asked.
"No... Huan'er eavesdropped outside the garden. When Huan'er enters the garden, everyone... they are gone..." Zhao Huan clenched his fists with resentment.
Wu Zhi said "Oh". So that's it.
"Huan'er, come and play chess with my uncle." The stone table in the pavilion is a chess board, and chess bowls are placed next to it. The eunuchs clean the floor every day.
Zhao Huan looked at Yuanyuan in Wu Zhi's arms and said nothing.
Wu Zhi said: "Even if Concubine Wang killed Empress Wang, what's the point of bullying Yuanyuan?"
Zhao Huan thought for a while, nodded, and sat opposite Wu Zhi. He played against Wu Zhi. Wu Zhi had only learned Go recently. He was so good that he won several games by Zhao Huan. After all, Zhao Huan was a child, and he smiled proudly: "Uncle is not my opponent."
Wu Zhi smiled, "I'll tell you a story."
Zhao Huanbai smiled and said, "Okay, okay, Huan'er likes to listen to stories the most!"
Wu Zhi rang and began to tell the story: "There was a market in the past..." As he said that, he saw Zhao Huan's initial joy became listless, holding his cheek with his hands in a daze on the table. Wu Zhiqi said, "What's wrong?"
"Huan'er has heard the story of three people becoming tigers!" Zhao Huan pouted.
"Well, since you have heard it, you should know that hearing is false, and seeing is true!" Wu Zhi fiddled with the chess piece and said carelessly.
"Uncle means those eunuchs are lying?" Zhao Huan widened his eyes.
"They may be true or false, but have you ever wondered why you heard such a confidential matter? Why can't you see them?"
"This,..." Zhao Huan couldn't speak and his brows frowned.
"Uncle thought that even if the queen was really harmed, Your Highness should not be punished by just one or two rumors! Now that you are the crown prince, you will inherit the throne sooner or later, and you must not speak out for others' crimes lightly!"
Zhao Huan nodded silently and suddenly said with hatred: "They are bullying me for being young! I know, it must be the slander of Concubine Zheng!"
Wu Zhi was stunned, but Zhao Huan continued: "The young master told me that Concubine Zheng and Concubine Wang were competing to be my mother. The young master said that Huan'er should not be too close to them now..."
Wu Zhi couldn't help laughing as he heard his secrets like a bamboo tube pouring beans, but the young master was also dedicated. However, his apprentice was too distorted and sold him in a few words. If Zhao Ji heard this, wouldn't Chen be chopped off his head immediately?
"Didn't the young master tell you not to speak these words outside?" Wu Zhi asked with a smile.
Zhao Huan scratched his head: "It doesn't matter if you tell my uncle?"
Wu Zhi smiled: "Don't mention these words again in the future, especially for your father. Otherwise, it would have harmed the young master's life!"
Zhao Huan nodded obediently, suddenly grimaced at Yuanyuan in Wu Zhi's arms, and smiled and said, "Sister Yuanyuan, I'm sorry."
Yuan Yuan ignored him and just fiddled with the chess piece in his hand.
"Come on, let's have a few more games!" Wu Zhi was a little dissatisfied with the loss. Zhao Huan smiled and said, "Okay, then let's win a few more games for my uncle."
While the two were fighting fiercely, an eunuch hurried into the garden and shouted, "Your Highness, Your Highness, the Lord has woken up, summon your highness..." Seeing Wu Zhi, he laughed and said, "Your Highness is just here. It's not possible for the villain to run to the palace again."
When Zhao Ji woke up, Wu Zhi stood up and stuffed Yuanyuan into the arms of the eunuch who led the way and said, "Send to the place of Concubine Wang!" He ignored Yuanyuan's aggrieved look and reached out and called "Second Uncle" and pulled Zhao Huan to the bedroom.
The strong smell of herbs drifted from the bedroom, and Zhao Ji lay on the dragon bed. He opened his eyes with difficulty. Looking at Wu Zhi and Zhao Huan in front of him, he saw that their hands were tightly held together, and Zhao Ji showed a hint of relief.
"Master, you finally woke up, wuwu..." A woman came in crying and even cried loudly when she arrived in front of Zhao Ji's dragon couch.
Zhao Ji frowned. The imperial doctor next to him hurriedly persuaded the woman. Wu Zhi took a few closer look and vaguely knew the identity of the visitor. It must be Concubine Zheng. However, Zhao Ji had just woken up and summoned Concubine Zheng. Wu Zhi's heart sank. As expected, Zhao Ji tried hard to raise his hand. Pointed to Concubine Zheng, and said to Zhao Huan: "Call... Call me Queen..." His voice was extremely weak and powerless. If it weren't for being close, he wouldn't have been invited.
Zhao Huan was stunned for a moment, but Concubine Zheng was full of joy. Although she tried her best to hide her and looked sad, she was indescribable.
"I don't want it!" Zhao Huan was silent for a while, and suddenly raised his head and shouted loudly.
Concubine Zheng was surprised. Zhao Ji pointed at Zhao Huan, but he wanted to say something but couldn't say it. The eunuchs and palace maids next to him dared not say anything. Wu Zhi sighed and walked over to Zhao Huan and said, "Don't be angry with your father."
"Huan'er...you...you..." Zhao Ji pointed at Zhao Huan, and each of them was very laborious.
Zhao Huan stared at Concubine Zheng and shouted: "I just don't want this bad woman to be my mother-in-law..."
With a "puff", Zhao Ji spit out a mouthful of blood and fainted again. The imperial doctor next to him rushed over to rescue him. Concubine Zheng rushed over and cried to the sky and robbed the earth. Wu Zhi frowned and said, "My lady, don't disturb the doctor!"
Concubine Zheng was also scolded as a bad woman by Zhao Huan in public, with a dull face and a shame in her heart. Then she rushed to Zhao Ji's couch and cried. After Wu Zhi said this, she quickly got up. However, the extremely excited mood when she was called was gone. She looked at Zhao Huan a few times, then looked at Wu Zhi, and turned her head over.
The imperial doctor was busy for a while before he evenly adjusted Zhao Ji's qi and blood, but Zhao Ji only opened his eyes slightly and fell asleep.
Wu Zhi sighed and patted Zhao Huan's head: "Please spend more time with your father!" Zhao Huan nodded. Wu Zhi left. Concubine Zheng was bored and left in disappointment after a while.
Wu Zhi left the Forbidden Palace and was about to get on the carriage, when he suddenly saw a carriage galloping from the Zhuque Street. He stopped a few hundred steps away from the Forbidden Palace. A man walked down the carriage, with a purple python suit, and was majestic. It was Prime Minister Cai Jing.
Cai Jing was stunned when he saw Wu Zhi, and then smiled and stepped forward and bowed: "Did the prince also learn the good news of the emperor waking up?"
Wu Zhi nodded slightly and said, "Cai Xiang is coming so fast!"
If Zhao Ji woke up and sent a eunuch to send a message, Cai Jing rushed from the mansion to the Forbidden Palace. Calculate the time, Cai Jing was really fast enough.
To be continued...