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Chapter 551 "King Duan has a blessed life, and is benevolent and filial, unlike other kings"

"A mere thief knows how to threaten me?"

Tong Guan opened the letter, first slapped the smell on it in disgust, then scanned it briefly, and sneered disdainfully.

The favored godson next to him observed his words and immediately knew that the attitude of the adults had really changed. When he was going to use the Wuyou Cave before, he never disliked their taste, and immediately said: "This beggar is talking nonsense and wants to ask for peace. Being an official is simply ridiculous!"

Tong Guan sneered and said: "I was using them to do things. This group of thieves took it seriously, but their luck was bad, and they were very attractive. As long as it is a felony that cannot be found out, it is always right to blame them. Now the crowd outside is excited. Still thinking about Zhaoan? How stupid!"

Another godson also flattered: "That's right, Gongsun Zhao is very upright in his daily life. He must pursue the truth in all cases. If he can't solve the case now, why don't we push it to Wuyoudong? Is the murderer from Wuyoudong? We Still don't know?"

Tong Guan's expression darkened when he heard this, and he slammed up with a big pussy, knocking the godson to the ground: "You know it! You are capable! Go and find the murderer!"

The godson was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly: "My lord, forgive me! My lord, forgive me!"

Tong Guan gritted his teeth: "Don't let me know who the murderer is. I spent so long collecting the crimes of Yongjia County King and Yongyang County King, and I almost used the hand of Yushi to impeach these two relatives, but I was killed directly. It's a waste of effort, a waste of effort!"

All the godsons were silent, not daring to respond.

Tong Guan's chest heaved violently for a moment, then suddenly asked: "How is Dong Yunzi?"

The two godsons in charge of contact said: "He is still cultivating in the courtyard, and he has a lot of scruples about Gongsun Zhao. It seems that because of the previous two setbacks, his confidence has been greatly lost, and he dare not act rashly..."

Tong Guan narrowed his eyes, suspicious: "Really? But it can't be him. If he really killed so many people in the two prefectures with the magic weapon of ghosts, this Taoist priest has already gone crazy... But it is rumored from the Kaifeng government office According to the news, the murderer also used magic weapons, who could it be?"

Frowning and thinking again and again, Tong Guan really had no idea, only one thought left, the world is too chaotic recently.

Even the culprits in Wuyou Cave didn't dare to kill the king of the county. Now that someone actually went directly to the mansion to slaughter and drive out all his relatives, do they still have the king's law in their eyes?Is there still the Song court?
At this moment, another godson came to report: "My lord, the government has summoned you!"

Tong Guan's spirit was greatly lifted, and he immediately changed into a neat set of official uniforms from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and entered the imperial city.

All the way to Funing Palace, Tong Guan's usual mighty steps were replaced by small steps, and he walked in lightly and quickly.

At this time, the hall was already lingering with a strong smell of medicine. The Empress Dowager leaned on the couch with a bleak look. , and then fed it to the Queen Mother's mouth.

Empress Dowager Xiang was in a daze most of the time, and occasionally looked at Zhao Ji, with a trace of empty kindness in her eyes, as if she was looking at the person in front of her eyes, or at the person imagined in her mind.

Tong Guan has seen similar eyes on the childless Zhe Zong several times, and immediately knows what it means.

How good would it be if my own son was like this?
Tong Guan stepped forward and bowed down: "Slave pays respects to the queen mother, pays respects to the official family!"

The empress dowager's cloudy eyes fixed on him, as if she had forgotten who it was: "You?"

Tong Guan had no choice but to raise his voice to match his burly figure and well-groomed beard, which made him quite happy: "Did the Queen Mother forget about slaves~?"

Empress Dowager Xiang finally remembered who this was, so she smiled a little: "Ah! It turns out that Tong Duzhi, you are such a special internal official, how could I forget you?"

"Thank you, Queen Mother, for your praise!"

Tong Guan lowered his head and bowed again, hiding the embarrassment between his brows.

He has practiced martial arts well, not to win the favor by pretending to be ugly and laughing, but to rely on his own ability and special status to gain trust and entrust him with great power!
This old man has always regarded him as an eunuch, and did not give him a chance to make his mark, so why didn't he die?
Not mentioning the curse in Tong Guan's heart, Zhao Ji said gently: "The purpose of calling Tong Guan is to pray for the grand ceremony. For many matters in the palace, the Minister of Internal Affairs must do his best, and there should be no delay!"

Tong Guan immediately said: "Yes!"

Xiang Hou said: "Brother Eleven's good intentions are appreciated, but this ceremony of praying for blessings is cumbersome and labor-intensive, and he has to forgive the world. I don't want to forgive those culprits, so that's all!"

Zhao Ji said: "Please ask your mother to be filial to the child, and your health will definitely get better, and the Wuyou Cave will be cleared, and the thieves will be exterminated!"

Empress Dowager Xiang held Zhao Ji's hand in relief, and patted it lightly, like a kind mother.

Tong Guan's eyes flickered, and he suddenly said: "Why doesn't the Queen Mother let the officials take charge of the overall situation, clear Wuyou Cave, and avenge the two county kings?"

The Empress Dowager Xiang immediately got rid of her position as a mother, and looked at Tong Guan coldly, while Zhao Ji said sharply: "Tong knows that you should stop talking nonsense!"

Tong Guan knelt down and kowtowed again and again: "Slave's slip of the tongue! Slave's slip of the tongue!"

Empress Dowager Xiang looked at the eunuch coldly: "Since you know that you have made a slip of the tongue, what should you do?"

Tong Guan immediately began to slap his mouth, slapping, and each slap was heavy and ruthless.

Zhao Ji showed a look of impatience: "Okay! Alright! You old slave, you have done something wrong with your kind intentions!"

The Queen Mother couldn't help but said: "Son, you are too soft-hearted, it's nothing more than an internal official, Zhang Xianggong from the Outer Court speaks of you like that, and you still defend him in all kinds of ways, it's really aggrieved!"

Zhao Ji shook his head: "My child's background is far less than Thirteenth Brother's. What Zhang Xianggong said is also an encouragement. How can you blame him?"

Pretend to be displeased to the Queen Mother: "You are all sons of Shenzong, there is no difference, what is the difference between high and low?"

It is said that he is the son of Shenzong, but when Zhezong was in office, his attitude towards his mother and younger brother was naturally different, so Zhang Dun recommended Jian Wang Zhao Si as his heir at that time. There was no problem at all. It was only when they surged up that the situation was reversed.

Thinking of the eleventh brother with a humble birth mother in front of him, who sat on the position of the ninety-five venerable all by himself, he patted his hand again to the queen mother: "I have long seen that your child has a good life, and you are benevolent and filial." , unlike other kings, you have not let me down, so you must not underestimate yourself!"

Hearing this, Tong Guan immediately lowered his head and fell on the ground, not daring to breathe.

When the new emperor was established, what the queen mother said to the ministers was "the first emperor tasted the words, the king has a good life, and he is benevolent and filial, which is different from other kings", but Zhezong and her queen mother did not say this. Then no one will know.

But at this time, the tone of the queen mother has changed to "I have long seen...", which almost clearly shows that your position as the emperor is determined by my queen mother.

Zhao Ji's reaction was more straightforward. He got up and left the bed, and knelt down on the ground with Tong Guan, weeping and saying: "The child's biological mother died young, and she was valued by the empress. She has already regarded the empress as a mother. My son... …baby……"

Seeing him weeping hard, Queen Mother Xiang felt a little regretful again: "Oh, Brother Eleven, what are you doing? Get up! Get up!"

When the red-eyed Zhao Ji returned to her side, she became more and more satisfied with this official family who claimed to be a minister.

Of course, no matter how satisfied you are, returning the government will not work.

From the Queen of Shenzong, to the Queen Mother of Zhezong Dynasty, and now the Queen Mother, her status has always been very noble, and her influence has always been very low. She has been a little transparent for most of her life, so she can't hold power?
What's more, if the Queen Mother knows about her family affairs, she won't be in good health for a few years. Compared with Zhezong who took nine years to take charge of the government, the younger Zhao Ji will not mind at all if she waits a few more years.

Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager Xiang also lost her childlike spirit on the ground, and waved her hand: "Get back!"

"Thank you Queen Mother! Thank you official family!"

Tong Guan alternated his legs and backed all the way, until he was out of sight of the officials and the queen mother, then he stood up and walked out of the palace quickly.

When the night wind blew, he narrowed his eyes, stroked his swollen cheeks, and showed a smile instead.

He felt extremely humiliated by pretending to be ugly and playing monsters to gain favor, but this slap after the temptation was a ladder for future advancement.

Because from the trial just now, the queen mother's choice is already obvious. This old woman who can't control the government is still not ready to delegate power to the officials.

It's not surprising, the taste of power, once enjoyed, who is willing to give up?

Then for the same reason, who is willing to be a puppet after becoming the emperor of the Ninth Five-Year?

In the hall, Zhao Ji didn't have any unnecessary reaction, nor would he express anything.

But Tong Guan already understood what he was going to do.

Originally, the weakness of the Empress Dowager was the two relatives who were doing evil. He took orders and prepared a lot, but now that the two county kings are dead, the Empress Dowager Xiang has no flaws.

Fortunately, the old woman was not in good health, and became weaker due to the shock of losing her loved one...

That's great!

Tong Guan said, "Which one of the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital who diagnosed the Empress Dowager before?"

The servant following behind said: "My lord, the Empress Dowager likes Imperial Physician Xue the most, and also recognizes Imperial Physician Xue's medical skills the most. She will only take the prescriptions prescribed by him. No other imperial physicians can trust her!"

Tong Guan said: "This imperial doctor Xue is very old, is there something going wrong?"

The servant was stunned when he heard the words, and then showed a look of shock: "My lord... this matter..."

Tong Guan didn't threaten or lure, but said lightly: "We handicapped people will either be humble and humble all our lives, want to get ahead, and there is no other way to choose, so we should do this kind of thing."

The indifferent voice came to his ears, and the servant clamped his legs and replied sharply: "I understand! Please don't worry, my lord!"

Tong Guan didn't seem to hear it, and seemed to know his answer a long time ago, and disappeared into the dark night with heroic steps.

(End of this chapter)