The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 427 Plan, entering the palace, secret

"Huh?" After hearing what Zhao Tong said, Zhao Yan and Yue Fei both exclaimed.

"What, don't you dare?" Zhao Tong looked at the two of them expressionlessly.

"Well..." Zhao Yan scratched his head and said, "Second brother, I don't have anything to fear. I will do anything for Fifth Sister. I'm just afraid that the officials will cause trouble for you."

Zhao Tong said calmly: "I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of? You should also hide after the matter is done, and don't show your face for the time being, so as not to find you again."

After saying that, he looked at Yue Fei again, and Yue Fei said calmly: "Brother, is this considered disobedience to the emperor?"

Zhao Tong said: "Fujin doesn't want to marry. It's okay to disobey his father's orders. Why should he disobey the emperor's orders?"

Yue Fei murmured: "But what senior brother means is to quietly take the Emperor Ji out of the palace, and then find a place to hide it so that the Emperor Ji does not marry the Cai family..."

Zhao Tong looked at him and said, "Junior brother, do you think this has anything to do with loyalty to the emperor and patriotism?"

Yue Fei lowered his head and said: "It seems...it doesn't matter much."

Zhao Tong said: "That's it. Although it is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, does the junior brother not know the reputation of the Cai family? Do I just let my sister jump into the pit of fire!"

Yue Fei thought for a while and said: "The Cai family... has a really bad reputation. I have also heard about many treacherous things. People also say that the family is full of treacherous officials and so on."

Zhao Tong said: "That's it. If Fu Jin is willing, I won't get involved. But if Fu Jin is not willing, then I will definitely stop it."

Yue Fei scratched his head and said, "Everything is up to my senior brother."

Zhao Tong pondered for a moment: "This matter must be done sooner rather than later. I will enter the palace soon and find a way to bring Fu Jin out. However, in order to avoid being seen by others, the palace guards cannot be used. Most of the palace guards come from the palace. The Imperial City Secretary and the eunuchs and soldiers in the palace all recognize them, and their martial arts skills are also somewhat inferior."

The two said yes, Zhao Tong thought and said: "The Broken Jade Tower is mostly rough, and it is not good to use them. Moreover, many of them have been to the palace. The Imperial City Secretary outside is watching, knowing that their feet are not safe, and their internal martial arts skills There is no one who is outstanding. The only ones with the strongest martial arts skills at the moment are junior brother and Gao Chong, but Gao Chong cannot show up."

Yue Fei said: "Brother, I have also been wanted, aren't I afraid of being recognized?"

Zhao Tong said: "It's easy to make a face. The portrait from a few months ago has long been wiped out by the rain and wind. The straight woman has been gone for so long. Who still remembers this matter? Fu Jin, who is highly skilled in martial arts, must be protected." , right now I’m surrounded by you and Gao Chong, Gao Chong knows too much, it’s absolutely impossible.”

Yue Fei said: "Senior brother, what should we do specifically?"

Zhao Tong said: "You first go to Suiyu Tower and ask Jian Suyi to get a carriage, and then ask Zhu Xiaoyi to take you to wait outside the east gate of the palace. I will try to bring Fu Jin out from the imperial city and let her get on your carriage. You can send Fu Jin to Green Willow Manor, and I will send more people to protect him later."

Zhao Yan wondered: "Second brother, why don't you let the fifth sister come to the palace?"

Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "There are so many informants from the Imperial City Division outside. If there is a carriage coming and going, it will definitely make people suspicious. I will have to ride a horse when I enter the palace. What's more, the officials will be furious when they know that Fu Jin is missing. They can't send anyone. Come to the palace to check, this is too unsafe!"

Yue Fei nodded and said: "Senior brother, I will go to Suiyu Tower to find Sister Jian now."

Zhao Chu said: "Second brother, I'm going too!"

Zhao Tong said: "You can't go. You go back to the bookstore to clean up, and then go directly to hide in the village outside the city."

Zhao Chu said: "Then I also change my appearance when I go out?"

Zhao Tong said: "Do you know how to disguise yourself?"

Zhao Chu said: "Just put on a few beards..."

Zhao Tong frowned: "Scrape some ash from the bottom of the pot to darken your face, then take off your robe, change into cloth and go out!"

Zhao Yan whispered: "I understand."

Zhao Tong looked at Yue Fei again: "Junior brother, you are not familiar with Tokyo. After driving the carriage, he asked Zhu Xiaoyi to find someone to lead the way. Even if someone wants to check the identity of their beggars, they will not be able to find out."

Yue Fei nodded: "Senior brother, can you tell me an hour?"

Zhao Tong looked at the sky outside and squinted his eyes: "At noon. If everything goes well, I will leave the palace at noon. If I don't come out by then, just wait outside."

Yue Fei nodded again, stood up and left, followed by Zhao Yan.

Zhao Tong watched the two of them go out and thought for a moment before letting Lei San saddle the horse.

The horse is a yellow horse, but now it is called a red horse. Since the red horse's mane changed color, it has slowly become curled up, making it look a bit nondescript and a bit strange.

Zhao Tong always rides this horse when he goes out these days. Although the frame of this horse is similar to that of A Lamp Walking Alone, but it is fat and has a big belly. Riding it is more comfortable than A Lamp Walking Alone, Although it does not run as fast as A Lamp Walking Alone. A lamp is fast, but Zhao Tong always feels that it is because it does not use all its strength and is inherently lazy.

He went straight to the east gate of the imperial city, and then entered. This time, even the horse was involved. It was originally against the rules, but the soldiers guarding the gate did not dare to stop him. They just asked respectfully, does His Highness need someone to take care of his mount?
Zhao Tong shook his head and said that he was going to the saint's place, so he didn't need to take care of him here, and then went straight to Empress Zheng's palace.

When they got there, some concubines were gathering and talking. Seeing him, they stood up one after another. Zhao Tong asked what they were talking about. Concubine Wang Xian smiled and said: "Your Highness, of course they are talking about the marriage of Emperor Maode."

Zhao Tie took a look at her. This little Wang Xianfei was called Wang Yuegong. She was seven or eight years older than him, but she was only 28 now. She was born fair and plump. When she was a child, she often held him in her arms and rode on a horse together, teaching him how to play polo.

He said: "Fujin didn't come?"

Little Concubine Wang Xian said: "Maybe I am shy. I haven't seen him until this morning."

Zhao Tong nodded. After sitting down, he just ate preserved fruit and listened to the chat without speaking.

After a while, the sun went south and the concubines left. Empress Zheng said, "Did my son come with something?"

Zhao Tong nodded: "My child is really confused about something, so I came here to ask my mother for advice."

Empress Zheng smiled and said: "My son has become successful in the past few years. Is there anything you are puzzled about?"

Zhao Tong said nonchalantly: "The mother also makes fun of the child. The child is not a god. Isn't it normal that he doesn't know some things?"

Empress Zheng asked curiously: "What exactly is going on?"

Zhao Tie looked around, and Empress Zheng waved all the palace maids to go out, then closed the palace door.

Zhao Tong then said: "Mother, why did dad demote Bago'er to a commoner and drive him out of the palace, and why were he so anxious to marry Fu Jin out, and why did he choose the Cai family?"

When Empress Zheng heard this, she was stunned and said, "That's what you're asking about!"

Zhao Tong said: "Please ask mother to clarify my doubts."

Empress Zheng shook her head and said, "This matter... is actually the official's overthinking." "Thinking too much?" Zhao Tao raised his eyebrows.

Empress Zheng sighed softly: "People only know that the most beloved ones of the official family are me and the third brother's mother, Wang Guifei, because the two of us were originally wanted by the official family to be the female officials next to the Queen Mother, but in fact, this is not the case. The official family What the family loves most is Fu Jin’s mother.”

Zhao Tong thought for a while and said, "This can be seen. The child still remembers that when Fu Jin's mother passed away, his father was very sad. He not only wrote many poems to mourn her, but also posthumously named her Queen Mingda."

Emperor Daojun's first wife, Queen Xiangong Wang, died in the second year of Daguan.

Empress Zheng was established as queen in the fourth year of Grand View, and the canonization ceremony was held the following year in the first year of Zhenghe.

Fujin's mother died in the third year of Zhenghe's reign. Two months after her death, she was posthumously crowned queen with the posthumous title Mingda at the age of 27.

It is extremely rare for a deceased concubine to be posthumously named queen when there is a queen in the harem.

After all, posthumous titles usually happen to the emperor who succeeds to the throne, not the current emperor. If the emperor who succeeds is not the son of the queen, but is born of a lower-ranking concubine, then under the empress When both his biological mother and his wife are deceased, he can posthumously make his biological mother the queen.

The situation at that time was that not only was there a queen in the harem, but the current emperor was still there. In this way, the dead concubine was posthumously crowned queen, and the funeral arrangements were very expensive, which immediately aroused dissatisfaction in the court, but Emperor Daojun still insisted on his own way.

This shows that Emperor Daojun loved this Liu family.

However, Zhao Tong was also puzzled and said, "In that case, why didn't dad consecrate Fu Jin's mother after the death of Queen Xian Gong, but instead canonized his mother?"

Empress Zheng said: "Empress Dowager Xiang had her last words before she died. When there is no owner of the harem, you can choose between me and the third brother's mother. If the official is filial and respects the Empress Dowager Xiang's last words, then it may be the official." Because of my virtuous nature, I was finally allowed to take the back seat."

Zhao Tong nodded. The Zheng family and the Wang family were both female officials beside the Empress Dowager Xiang. To be honest, the throne of Emperor Daojun was given to him by the Empress Dowager Xiang, so it was also said that the Empress Dowager Xiang had such last words. After all, both the left and right were her own people, so she could rest assured about what was going on behind her.

As for Zheng's virtuous nature, it is known to the world. She is not only talented, courteous, but also very simple.

When the queen was canonized, the Song Dynasty was at war with Xixia. Emperor Daojun wanted to customize clothes for the Zheng family. However, she asked Emperor Daojun that the treasury was empty now and the military pay for the frontline war was not enough. It would cost too much money to make the phoenix crown costumes. , as long as she remodeled her old clothes, she later begged Emperor Daojun to exempt her from the ceremonial guard and various attendants when traveling, and Emperor Daojun agreed to her request.

Moreover, since she was the queen, Mrs. Zheng would never allow her natal family to interfere in state affairs. She had a brother of the same clan, named Zheng Juzhong, who was engaged in military affairs under the Privy Council. Mrs. Zheng told Emperor Daojun not to let the concubine’s natal family People participated in the government affairs, and if the officials insisted on appointing them, the concubines had to become concubines. So Emperor Daojun had no choice but to dismiss Zheng Juzhong from his post.

Later, Emperor Daojun felt that this was a bit unkind, so he secretly reinstated Zheng Juzhong as official. After Zheng went to her parents' home to visit relatives and found out about the matter, she came back and told Emperor Daojun that Zheng Juzhong and his father interacted with each other, and officials They all said that they took advantage of their power to accept bribes, and asked the officials to completely remove them from their posts and let the Yushitai supervise them.

Emperor Daojun had no choice but to obey, and later secretly used it again without telling the Zheng family.

Zhao Tong smiled when he thought of this. His mother was really worthy of the word virtuous. This was not false. As the head of the middle palace, she had never instilled in herself the words of fighting for the throne, nor had she ever talked about it. Emperor Jun has made a request, which is the best proof.

He said: "Mother, you just said that the incident between Fu Jin and Bago'er was because Daddy thought too much. What's the reason?"

Empress Zheng shook her head and said after a long time: "Queen Mingda was born in a humble background and grew up in the market. Before entering the palace, she had a childhood sweetheart with a boy next door."

Um?Zhao Tong was stunned when he heard this. How could this be like what happened to Huang Jue and Xiao Ping?
Empress Zheng continued: "Originally, she had no contact with her after entering the palace, but I don't know whether the young man did it on purpose or just to make a living. Later, he became a forbidden soldier of the Palace Front Division and was sent to guard the palace outside the city. Door."

"Oh..." Zhao Tao touched his chin, thinking that it was probably intentional.

Empress Zheng continued: "The two of them bumped into each other, but they probably didn't recognize each other. However, the officials thought too much and suspected that there was an affair between the two of them. They also disliked Fu Jin and Bago'er, so they suddenly turned their anger on them. people."

Zhao Tong wondered: "How did dad know these things?"

Empress Zheng sighed: "During the Mid-Autumn Festival the year before last, the officials missed Empress Mingda and went to see her old things. However, among some of Empress Mingda's relics, they found poems and some essays written by her during her lifetime. She was not good at reading. "Many of them are mostly written in plain language, and the meaning can be understood at a glance. The officials are so smart, they can understand the cause and effect at a glance, and they immediately become furious."

Zhao Tong frowned and said, "But why are you only angry at Fujin and Bage? Apart from these two, there are also Eleventh Brother, Eighteenth Brother, and Fourteenth Sister, who were also born to Queen Mingda!"

Empress Zheng said slowly: "Fujin is the biggest, followed by Bago'er. After the officials inquired, they found out that the young man who was childhood sweethearts with Queen Mingda died of illness when Bago'er was born, so naturally it was Fujin and Bago'er who were angry. It’s a bad boy.”

Zhao Tong thought for a while and said, "Mom, do you think Queen Mingda is really..."

Empress Zheng shook her head: "How is it possible? If I don't know others, but I know her very well, I wouldn't do such a dirty thing. What's more, the soldier guarding the outer gate has no chance to do anything. There is also the second brother Don’t you think that Fu Jin and Bago’er are similar to those from the official family in appearance?”

Zhao Tong recalled carefully that this was indeed the case and couldn't help but nodded.

Empress Zheng added: "Actually, I think... the officials don't know that what he thinks is all false."

Zhao Tong said: "If that's the case, why does dad treat Fu Jin and Bago like this?"

Empress Zheng sighed and said: "It's just a matter of face. The more I think about it, the more I can't get over it. I feel that since Queen Mingda has entered the palace, she shouldn't think about the past, let alone express her feelings in those poems and essays."

Zhao Tong smiled and said, "Father is right, but he pitied Fu Jin and Ba Geer."

Empress Zheng said: "Bago is already old. When he leaves the palace and opens a palace, although he will be demoted to a commoner, the official family will probably restore his title in the future. The official family just can't think of it for the moment."

Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "I'm not worried, Bage. Taking away the title is not a bad thing. It's just that Fu Jin married into the Cai family..."

Empress Zheng said: "What do you want to say, second brother?"

Zhao Tong smiled and said, "Mom, Fu Jin doesn't want to marry Cai Chi, and I don't want her to marry into the Cai family either!"

Empress Zheng said strangely: "Although the Cai family is not a noble family, there are two people in the same family. It is unlikely that there will be another family in the future. The family is already top-notch. Why doesn't Fu Jin want to marry? Second brother, what do you have with the Cai family? Hatred?"

Zhao Tong said: "Fujin lost her mother when she was young. It was her mother who took care of her when she grew up. She is no different from her biological daughter. She doesn't want to marry. I don't ask why. As for the Cai family, it will fall sooner or later. Fujin will marry her." , it hurt her."

"The Cai family... will fall?" Madam Zheng looked at Zhao Tao: "Second brother, do you have any basis for what you say?"

Zhao Tong smiled and said: "Mom, don't ask. In short, I won't let Fu Jin marry to the Cai family, and it's impossible to ask my father for this matter. If I ask my father, he won't agree, and he might be even more angry. Get angry."

Empress Zheng was silent for a while and said, "Second brother, what do you want to do?"

Zhao Tong smiled and said: "Mom, what else do you think I can do?"

When Empress Zheng heard this, her expression became serious: "You...you want to take Fu Jin out like you secretly took away Xiao Ping?"

Zhao Tong nodded.

Empress Zheng said: "Second brother, you must know that Fu Jin is different from Xiao Ping. Xiao Ping was in your palace at that time, and the officials didn't even remember who she was. They would find a way to cover it up and take her away. They only brought a few palace attendants with them, but Fu Jin was the emperor's concubine and was going to marry into the Cai family, the prime minister. This matter was known to the whole court and the people had heard about it. Once she disappeared, there would definitely be an uproar. If the officials are furious, the court will be shaken even if they don't say anything."

Zhao Tong smiled and said, "Mom, I don't care about that. Fu Jin can't marry into the Cai family. Find me a box or bag or something, and then say you'll reward me with something, and I'll take Fu Jin out."

Empress Zheng looked at him for a moment, with a look of helplessness on her face, and let out a long sigh...

(End of this chapter)