The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

chapter 550
"mother!"

When Gao Chong came back, the old lady hadn't rested yet, how could she sleep if she didn't see her son come back.So, have been waiting.Until Gao Chong came to pay her respects, her cloudy eyes lit up with a ray of light, just because Gao Chong was still wearing armor, she looked even more heroic.

"Did something happen, Your Highness?" The old lady ignored the affairs of state, but she was not too confused and couldn't see anything.

When Zhao Gou came back, she noticed something was wrong, especially Wang Steward and the others' eyes were full of worry.The old lady was waiting for Gao Chong here, firstly because she was looking forward to her son's return, and secondly because she wanted to ask Zhao Gou what happened.

"No...it's nothing!" Gao Chong was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect his mother to ask this, and he couldn't answer truthfully, lest his mother was worried and lied.

The old lady is so smart, she knows Gao Chong's disposition, she will never lie, so she didn't get to the bottom of it.However, she still solemnly urged: "I don't care what others think, but you must follow His Highness, you understand?"

"Mother, my child knows!" Gao Chong nodded solemnly.

The old lady went on to say: "Although I don't know exactly what happened, I believe that with His Highness's ability, the danger can be saved. Even if it is a commoner, there is nothing wrong with it. But, you must remember not to betray, abide by this agreement Can."

"If there is no His Highness, there would be no good life for our mother and son today. If you choose to leave at this time, then you will no longer be my son, nor a descendant of the Gao family. There will never be any ungrateful generation in the Gao family. Do you understand?"

"Baby understands!" Gao Chong nodded in agreement, and then sent the old lady back to her room to rest.

When Gao Chong withdrew, he didn't go back to his room immediately, but came to Zhao Gou's residence.If his mother hadn't stopped him, he would have come here on purpose.Because he had important news to convey to Zhao Gou, he didn't care whether Zhao Gou had a rest.

Seeing that the light in Zhao Gou's room was on, Gao Chong knew that he hadn't rested and was about to knock on the door when Zhao Gou's voice came from inside the room: "Come in!"

"Young master!" Gao Chong shouted respectfully.

Zhao Gou nodded and said, "Father asked you to come here to deliver the decree?"

"Yes!" Gao Chong was taken aback. He came back in a hurry to convey Song Huizong's will, and his meaning was very clear. He just didn't want Zhao Gouzhen to live on the street without a house, and said that they should stay in the Inside this mansion.

This was conveyed by Song Huizong's eunuch after the celebration banquet.Because Song Huizong knew that if he didn't say anything, with Zhao Gou's temper, he would definitely move out of this place, which would be counterproductive.Therefore, Song Huizong asked him to return home quickly, and he must bring the words with him.

Zhao Gou nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Young Master, why are you unwilling to fight for it?" The more Gao Chong looked at it, the more he couldn't understand it. He always had a doubt in his heart.

Zhao Gou smiled and said, "Do you really want to know?"

"It's not just General Gao who wants to know, I want to know too!" As soon as Zhao Gou finished speaking, the door was pushed open vigorously, and what caught his eyes was Zhao Yougong's angry face, and he also said this sentence .Because he also wanted to know what Zhao Gou's plan was, but he let it develop naturally when he could fight for it, and he was really angry that he ended up like this in the end.

"His Royal Highness Chu!" Gao Chong stood up respectfully.

"Old Jiu, what on earth are you thinking?" Zhao Yougong didn't care about Gao Chong, angrily walked forward, and sat directly opposite Zhao Gou, followed by Steward Wang and others, they couldn't laugh or cry Zhao Yougong was about to explain, but Zhao Gou signaled them to go down, and still told them not to know.

Steward Wang and the others were about to rest when they heard someone quietly entering the mansion, which cheered them up and went to check immediately.Unexpectedly, seeing Zhao Yougong's angry face, everyone guessed wildly in their hearts, but no one asked, Wang Steward and others stopped him again, but they didn't stop him.

Steward Wang and others were a little surprised to see that Zhao Gou hadn't rested at all, and that Gao Chong was also in the room.However, Zhao Gou signaled them to go out and strengthen their defense.Therefore, they didn't care about anything else, they turned around and left, leaving the rest of the time to them.

"Old Jiu, what are you talking about?" Zhao Yougong didn't dare to show up to Zhao Gou blatantly, so he could only sneak in secretly.However, he also returned to Chu Palace before, but he didn't see his father. He couldn't figure out what was going on.

Zhao Gou smiled and said, "Second brother, do you really think that if you fight in the court, you will be safe?"

Zhao Yougong was silent, recalling the scene at that time, even if Zhao Gou fought for it, there would be no change.

"You must have already guessed it!" Zhao Gou said, "Even if I argued at that time, it was useless. Since it was useless, why should I fight for it? To regain the sixteen states of Yanyun, I am the coach. The combat exploits are unparalleled, but they are also dreadful."

"Excellent military exploits seem to be supremely glorious, but also hide infinite murderous intentions. A little carelessness will lead to eternal doom. Coincidentally, I don't know how to end up, so I took this opportunity to withdraw directly. As the saying goes, the higher you stand, the more dead you will die." Come on, this is the officialdom."

"Now I am a commoner, wouldn't it be nice!"

Zhao Yougong asked in surprise: "So, all this is your retreat?"

"You can say that!" Zhao Gou said with a smile, "otherwise I would have confronted the emperor head-on. There will be something, at most it will be the deprivation of the title, which is exactly what I thought."

"I'm afraid you can't retreat even if you want to!" Zhao Yougong smiled wryly, and Gao Chong also smiled helplessly.

Zhao Gou asked suspiciously, "Second brother, what do you mean?"

"You didn't say?" Zhao Yougong glanced suspiciously at Gao Chong, saw him shaking his head, and said, "Forget it, then let me say it!"

So, Zhao Yougong told everything that happened at the celebration banquet.

It turned out that Song Huizong invited all these meritorious ministers to the banquet. Besides them, Prince Zhao Huan also attended.During the banquet, Song Huizong asked them to assist the prince more intentionally or unintentionally, and even asked the prince to toast one by one.

The meaning of Song Huizong's doing this was nothing more than telling them that the prince was the future prince and asked them to assist them a lot.In addition, they were unwilling in every possible way, let alone the generals who had been following Zhao Gou all the time, even more unwillingly.

Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Liu Guangshi and a dozen others didn't give Prince Zhao Huan any face at all, and he ignored the toast.Only Zhong Shidao, Zong Ze, Song Jiang and others took into account Song Huizong's face and reluctantly retaliated.However, they were also unwilling in their hearts, but they were helpless.

Because of this, the celebration banquet broke up unhappy.However, they really offended Prince Zhao Huan and caused him to hold grudges.If such a thing hadn't happened, how could Zhao Yougong come here late at night.Because after they left the palace, they went back to their homes, but Zhao Yougong knew that these people would definitely come tomorrow.

If this is the case, then Zhao Gou has no choice but to retreat.After all, if he, a commoner, can only be a general in court, it will arouse the suspicion of others.At that time, it was really dangerous.

Zhao Gou was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't expect such a result.I thought that I would put aside my military achievements and be willing to be a commoner, just wanting to keep the rewards they finally got.If they came here in disregard of the imperial decree, they might have the same consequences as him after awarding the reward, or even more serious consequences.

Suddenly, Zhao Gou frowned and fell silent.

(End of this chapter)