The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Chapter 84 A moment of thought

Since they were all cavalry, they marched very quickly. Zhao Tong arrived in Kaifeng County at noon on the second day. There were people there to receive them and lead them to the station. Zhao Tong did not stop, and led his guards to ride to Beijing and return home.

After taking a break and not leaving his job, the palace already knew the news of his return to the capital, so the queen sent someone to announce his entry into the palace. He had no choice but to change his clothes and follow the people to the Akihito Palace for an audience.

"Zan'er..." Zheng Hongmei's face was haggard. When she saw her son burst into tears before he said a word, she stroked his face with her hand.

"Mother!" Zhao Tong called out, tears welling up in his eyes, and he was choked with sobs and couldn't speak.

"Oh, you are so competitive that you finally caused trouble. They want to kill you!" After a long time, Zheng Hongmei calmed down, stepped back and pulled Zhao Tong to sit down next to her.

"Mother, it's not that serious. My son went to the northwest just to share his father's worries, to realize his long-cherished wish to open up new territories, and to bring glory to his mother's face!" Zhao Tong raised his sleeves and wiped away the tears on Zheng Hongmei's face.

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"Haha, expand the territory?!" Zheng Hongmei said with a bitter smile, "Since Emperor Shenzong, there have been constant wars in the northwest. Countless money and food have been spent, countless soldiers have been killed and injured, but only a thousand miles of barren land has been obtained. The emperor has suffered so much from them.

Personal confusion, just want to establish the world

With meritorious deeds and a century-old cause, he continued to fight in the northwest for more than ten years intermittently. The good news came one after another, but no money came into the palace. However, all the money accumulated by the ancestors for several generations was put into it, and the treasury was full.

Kong, now you have broken the ancestral rules and want you to go ahead and take risks!"

"Mother, don't worry. This time, my son went to set the stage and destroyed the small country. He took the head of the emperor of Xia Kingdom and played it with his father as a football. He might even be able to capture a princess of Xia Kingdom and play it for you.

Wife!" Zhao Tong pretended to be relaxed and laughed, but in his heart he sighed that his mother was smarter than his father and could see things thoroughly. If only his father could listen.

A few words would not have caused someone to end up in his old house. The whole family, old and young, went to the Northeast to eat snow. I had been frightened ever since I came here, and I tried every means to resolve this disaster. I never lived a stable life.

But now my father is intoxicated in his own imagination. If you go against him, wouldn't you bring trouble? So Zhao Tong could only quickly change the subject.

"You only want to make your mother happy, and you want to take a princess of Xia as your wife. I heard that the people there have blue eyes, pointed noses, and blond hair like Wang Zuocheng. It scares me to death. You must not bring me to see her.

Me!" Zheng Hongmei was really amused by Zhao Tao, she stretched out her jade finger and touched his forehead and smiled.

"Mom has been fooled. The people of Xia Kingdom look the same as us, but their clothes are different. The ones with blue eyes and yellow hair are from the Western Regions. If you don't believe me, I will catch one for you and you will know!

"Zhao Tong explained 'seriously'.

"Humph, let's see what you can do!" Zheng Hongmei said with an angry smile, "I sent those palace maids to your house. Isn't it to your liking? Why are they all sent back?"

"Oh, mother, my son has no interest in these women. Now he has to travel far away. I don't know when he will be able to come back. Leaving them in the house will only delay their youth!" Before leaving the capital, Zhao Tong asked the people in the house.

The singers were all sent away, and those who went home were charged with expenses, and those who were married were given dowry. The palace maids could not make the decision privately, so they had to be sent back to the palace. Unexpectedly, the queen was alarmed.

"Oh, why don't you kid understand your mother's wishes?" Zheng Hongmei sighed and complained, "The prince got married last year and will become a father this year. Although your third brother hasn't gotten married yet, he has already had several children.

Concubine Fang Ji, how can you make your mother feel at ease when you are alone?"

"Mother, my son is only sixteen this year, and he is still young. There is no urgency in this matter. Besides, 'How can we take care of the family before the strongholds are wiped out?' It won't be too late to wait until my son destroys the Xia Kingdom and recaptures Yanyun before we get married!" Zhao Tong said with great courage.

Yun'di said.

"Bullshit, those things can be accomplished overnight. It is the duty of the prince to spread the branches and leaves. You can't take it as a joke!" Zheng Hongmei scolded her son with a bluster when she saw that her son was not on the road.

"Mother, having said that, there is nowhere to find a suitable family!" Now the royal family has a population of tens of thousands, which has almost emptied the Song Dynasty's treasury, and it is still flourishing, but he dare not say this.

I can only say it perfunctorily.

"Hmph, you still want to hide it from me now, don't you already have someone you like?" Zheng Hongmei looked at Zhao Tong and snorted coldly.

"Mother, how do you say this?" Zhao Tong's heart skipped a beat. Did his mother know everything? He asked hurriedly.

"You once met a woman in the south of the Yangtze River, recited poems and rhymes with her, and expressed your love to each other. Is this possible?" Zheng Hongmei said with a smile, as if you can't hide anything from me.

"This...this thing does happen, but there is a misunderstanding in it. Mother, don't listen to other people's rumors!" Zhao Tong was relieved when he heard this. The mother was talking about Zhu Shuzhen, and it must be the old boy Huang Jingchen who made a small report on him, but

But he only knew one thing but not the other, and just started making noises!

"Misunderstanding?!" I looked back suddenly, but that person was in the dimly lit place. "Idiots want to be close to the beauty, but it is difficult for people to show their lust for flowers."

Fold me straight, don't wait for the flowers to be empty and break the branches.' Are these all misunderstandings? That woman gave you a collection of poems and a fragrant handkerchief, but you accepted them all and still said there was a misunderstanding!" Zheng Hongmei took out so many 'evidences' at once, and repeatedly

asked rhetorically.

"This, this is indeed a misunderstanding, I didn't mean it..." Zhao Tong was stupid. Huang Jingchen, an old man, claimed to be his number one confidant, but he sold himself for nothing, but the fragrant handkerchief was

How can I start talking about it, I have never seen it before?

"Zhan'er, since you have this intention, why don't you tell your mother that although you are not a prince, you are a prince. Although she is an official, she is only a fifth-rank official. Are you still afraid that his family will not agree?"

Zheng Hongmei felt funny in her heart when she saw her son gaping.

"..." Zhao Tong was speechless. Not to mention that the fifth grade was the first grade, but compared with their family, he was still far behind. He knew that the more he explained at this time, the harder it was to explain, so he simply lowered his head, said nothing, and pretended.

Got a dead dog!

"I heard that the young lady from the Zhu family is as beautiful as a flower, gentle and virtuous, and can recite poems and compose poems. She is also famous in the south of the Yangtze River for her talent. I have also read her poems, and they are indeed good..."

The more Zheng Hongmei talked, the more excited she became.

, as if she had already seen her and inspected him in person, when she saw Zhao Tong just nodded and hummed, thinking that she had spoken to her son's heart, "Tong'er, you like the little lady of the Zhu family, I think it's okay, let's make a decision.

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"Hmm!" Zhao Tong's brain had long gone numb and he snorted habitually.

"Okay, I say you will be willing. I have informed your father about this, and he agrees. He has appointed Zhu Meng as the matchmaker to make the arrangements for you!" Zheng Hongmei said to herself, but did not see her son's face.

His expression said, "The emperor has decreed that Zhu Yannian will be granted the title of Tongzheng Dafu and the Bo of Fanyang County. He has been sent to Beijing with his family to serve as Minister of Household Affairs. He will be rewarded separately after your wedding!"

"Zan'er, what's wrong with you?" Zheng Hongmei said happily, and suddenly looked back, only to see her son lying on the ground, his eyes were white, foaming at the mouth, his legs were twitching, and he could only breathe out but not in.

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That night, news came out from the palace that Prince Yan suddenly fell mad when he was meeting with the Queen. He chased Huang Jingchen, a member of Zuo Bandu, with a brick in his hand, shouting, "How dare you harm me?"

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', he didn't dare to tell, he just held his head and ran away, but the queen couldn't stop scolding him. Prince Yan chased him around the palace three times, and no one dared to stop him. Finally, Huang Douzhi hid in the side hall, but Prince Yan still refused to give up.

Two doors were destroyed, seven or eight windows were destroyed, porcelain was smashed, and several tables and chairs were destroyed. Fortunately, Yang Jian and Chengzhi Liang Shicheng arrived and pulled Prince Yan away.

When Huang Duzhi came out, he had thrown away his boots and crown, his clothes were scattered, his face was covered with white hair, his eyes were black, his behavior was abnormal, he covered his face and cried, his condition was very miserable.

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Everyone knows that Prince Yan has taken care of him since he was a child, and he has a deep affection for him, but he doesn’t know why he turned against him! Later, according to well-informed sources, Huang Jingchen secretly acquired the prince in the name of the prince after he was appointed as the Economic and Strategy Department.

He was asked to bribe someone to install officials in the Hedong Road Prefecture, but the prince refused, so he threatened him with words and was beaten in vain. He even had to go to Prince Yan's house to apologize in person. It is said that he knelt for a long time before begging.

Get an audience with the prince!

Not to mention the following, everyone knows that Prince Yan is a second-rate person. He doesn't buy from anyone except the emperor, and he is not afraid of threats from others. Huang Jingchen relied on his old age to sell himself, and got into trouble. He also offended his biggest backer, and he was finished from now on.

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"Your Majesty, why did you ask me to act out this scene with you today?" In the small study room of the palace, only Jian Xi, Zhao Xin and Huang Jingchen and Zhao Tong were the two parties involved. Huang Jingchen drank a glass of wine and ate some food.

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"Hey, I'm giving you a good beating today to reassure everyone, the Emperor is at ease, and I'm happy with you!" Zhao Tong poured the wine for him.

"Huh?! I can still understand the first two sentences, so what's the point of making the prince agree?" Huang Jingchen looked at the prince in confusion, pretending that he wouldn't give me a reasonable explanation and would never finish talking to you today.

"When you came back from Jiangnan, think carefully about what you said to the empress!" Zhao Tong glared back without showing any signs of weakness.

"No...you didn't say anything?" Huang Jingchen thought for a moment, but he couldn't think of anything inappropriate he said.

"Let me remind you, what collection of poems, fragrant handkerchiefs and the like!" Seeing that Huang Jingchen still looked confused, Zhao Tao simply said: "This is about the little lady of the Zhu family!"

"Hey, it turns out it's because of this matter. What can't be said? Hasn't the prince always been interested in her? If you're embarrassed to say it, I'll share your worries for you!" Huang Jingchen said suddenly, but he still didn't understand.

It's a good thing, but if he's happy, he doesn't need to use this method to thank himself!

"Share the worries, how can you share the worries for me? I was almost killed by you today. Why are you telling me that you have nothing to do?" Zhao Tong patted the table and said.

"Don't you, the prince, like her? If you don't like her, just push her away!" Huang Jingchen said after drinking another glass of wine, still not realizing the seriousness of the problem.

"It's too late. The emperor has asked Zhu Meng to act as a matchmaker and decreed that Zhu Yannian be appointed Tongzheng doctor and Fanyang county uncle. He will be sent to Beijing with his family to serve as Minister of Household Affairs. The young lady of the Zhu family is preparing to marry me!" Zhao Yan

She said with a bitter face that if things have reached this point, if she regrets her marriage, Zhu Shuzhen will have only two options: becoming a monk or hanging herself. Wouldn't it be a disaster for others?

"This matter is not easy to handle!" Huang Jingchen understood that the prince didn't like her, and he had misunderstood and did bad things with good intentions. "Now that the deal is done, prince, you can just accept her. I think that little lady looks good."

That’s not bad, you won’t marry just one person in your life anyway, but it’s just a matter of leaving a house for her.”

"You are really farting lightly while eating lamp grass. How can a donkey and a horse be tied to the same trough to eat grass?" Zhao Tao shook his head and said with a bitter smile.

"I don't care if we can tie them together. It looks like you have to be tied to the same trough. Do you dare to disobey the emperor's decree?" Huang Jingchen dismissed it, "But you won't suffer any loss if you get a wife for nothing.

, I thank the matchmaker for not giving up the money, but you have to pay the appearance fee. Another thing, you have to teach me how to do it when your legs are twitching and foaming at the mouth in the palace of the empress!" He joked to the prince again.

"If I don't twitch, the queen will let me marry her tomorrow. Will I go to the northwest?" Zhao Tong was so angry that his eyebrows stood up and he yelled at him.

"Second Master, what do you want to do?" Zhao Xin poured the prince a glass of wine and asked carefully.

"What should I do? Just hide. We will leave the day after tomorrow. They can't find me when they come. They can't drag me back from the northwest to get married!" Zhao Tong drank the wine in one gulp and said.

"Then how long will the Second Master have to hide? I can't live without returning to Beijing for the rest of my life!" Zhao Xin asked again.

"It's a day to hide. If one day she can't stand it any longer and gets married, won't I be able to come back?" Zhao Tong looked at Zhao Xin and said with a smile.

"Stop rambling, get your things quickly, I have to go back, otherwise the palace door should be closed!" Huang Jingchen became impatient and pulled the prince's sleeve and said.

"Don't people become thicker-skinned as they get older?" Zhao Tao pointed at Huang Jingchen and said, "I'm so happy, give Uncle Huang a bottle of the golden elixir!"

"I give this to you, sir. I wonder what you want this for?" Jian Xi came back soon and handed the porcelain vase to Huang Jingchen.

"Jian Xi, you don't know. Do you know how much one pill of this can be bought outside?" Huang Jingchen said with a smile. When he saw Xi, he shook his head. After he was satisfied, he poured out one pill, held it in his hand and played with it, "One pill can be sold."

When I go to Wanguan, it’s still expensive but not marketable. I just don’t know what’s so good about this thing. I really want to try it!”

"Eat, eat. If you take one pill of this stuff, your stomach will feel uncomfortable. If you take two pills, your whole body will feel comfortable and you will be free of all diseases. If you take three pills, you will feel like a god descending from the earth. If you take four pills, you will burp your fart in the face! I have made it clear. If you cause trouble,

Don't give me any trouble." Zhao Tong looked at Huang Jingchen and said leisurely.

"No way, outsiders say this thing is so magical, how could it eat dead people?" Huang Jingchen was a little vague.

"Hmph, they must have heard it from Lin Lingsu's awesome nose. He has a good plan and dares to make money from me. If this thing is taken in moderation, it is a good medicine, but if taken in too much, it is poison and can kill people invisible!" Zhao

Tama said fiercely, "Just like the swords and guns in our hands, good or bad are all in a single thought!"

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