The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

When Zhao Huan arrived in a hurry, the fight was almost over, and King Yan was hugged tightly by everyone and pinned down on the chair. Geng Nanzhong's crown had been knocked off long ago, and it was trampled into a rotten bird's nest, and his gray hair

His clothes were scattered, one eye was swollen to a slit, his nose was bleeding, his official robe was slanted on his body, and there was only one boot left on his feet. He was hunched over and shivering under the table with his butt exposed.

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me. The King of Yan beats the prime minister and his assistant in front of the court. He has no discipline and must be severely punished!" Seeing the emperor coming, Geng Nanzhong crawled out from under the table, crying with snot and tears.

"Send the imperial doctor to treat Master Geng!" Zhao Huan looked at the miserable state of his master, feeling distressed and angry at the same time, but he didn't want to get angry, so he frowned and said.

"Nie Aiqing, tell me what's going on?" Zhao Huan looked at his brother who was still breathing heavily. He was still angry, but he also knew that although his brother was aggressive, he was always reasonable. Geng Nanzhong must have said something to offend him.

Got him.

Nie Chang stepped forward and told what had happened. Zhao Huan asked the people in the hall again, and everyone nodded in agreement. In fact, they had long been uncomfortable with Geng Nanzhong's domineering attitude, but they were afraid of his power and wanted to protect themselves.

Considering the future, I have to endure it as long as I can. Now that I have been beaten, I feel happy in my heart. I speak truthfully.

In fact, another reason is that the last time Dazai Xu Churen and Shaozai Wu Min had a fight, both of them were deposed from the capital. Today they have a fight and two positions will be freed up. I don’t know whose turn it will be.

, so they all wanted to watch the fun.

"Go back first and wait until the investigation is clear before we discuss it!" As expected, Zhao Huan glared at the pitiful master and said, secretly cursing that Geng Nanzhong wanted to be Cai Jing's second and domineering man just because he was his master.

It's getting more and more outrageous, thinking that no one in the court dares to offend him. But you know clearly that King Yan is a fool, and you still talk nonsense in front of him. Can you say whatever you want in the royal family? You won't complain about this beating.

But he was also dissatisfied with King Yan for beating his master in public. As the saying goes, the reward for beating a dog depends on its owner. This did not save him any face. Obviously, he did not take the emperor seriously, so he became even more dissatisfied with Zhao Tong.

, secretly made up his mind to drive him out of the court. But this time it involved his master, so he could only let it go temporarily!

The next day, the results of the two men's treatment came out. They were each fined half a year. Zhao Tong was banned from the house for ten days because he hit someone with his hands. However, King Qin's army was still stopped from entering Beijing. The reason was that the Kingdom of Jin thought it was inappropriate to send more troops to Tokyo.

Without sincerity in negotiating peace, the peace talks would be undermined. Their strategy to retreat from the enemy was to send Huang E, who was in the middle of the matter, to the Jin Kingdom via Haidao to seek peace.

On the first day of October, Zhao Huan again demoted Li Gang to the deputy envoy of Baojing Military Festival and resettled the Jianchang army. This was also a show of color for the main war faction! On the same day, Wang Yun, the peace envoy sent by the Song Dynasty, also arrived at Zhending.

Outside the city, Wan Yan is in the camp.

At this time, Zhending Mansion was under continuous attack by the Jin soldiers. More than half of the Song Dynasty's two thousand defenders had been killed and wounded. The prefect Li Miao had sent emergency documents thirty-four times in a row. However, the imperial court was so focused on negotiating a peace that it had ignored it.

In the end, only Zongze led the Hebei volunteers to help. Although Zongze reached the outskirts of Zhending, he was unable to relieve the siege due to too few troops.

On the fifth day of October, Wanyan Nianhan's Western Route Army bypassed Taiyuan and captured Fenzhou. Zhang Kejian, the governor of the state, committed suicide and died for his country. Jia Dan, the military supervisor, was also killed. On this day, the imperial court received a letter from Zhongshi Dao: Jin Kingdom

This time I came prepared, but the person who came was not good. I asked Zhao Huan to move the capital to Chang'an to avoid the enemy. He also told me that he was seriously ill. He feared that he would die soon, so he asked the court to change his commander.

Zhong Shidao, who had always been the main battle leader, now also suggested moving the capital, which put Zhao Huan into a panic. However, He Li, the minister of Zhongshu, thought that Zhong Shidao was afraid of the Jin soldiers, so he claimed that he was sick and suggested that Zhao Huan change his commander immediately and negotiate peace with Jin.

Or should he fight a decisive battle with Jin? Should he continue to resist or move the capital to avoid the enemy? Zhao Huan could not make up his mind. The ministers discussed it one after another and could not unanimously agree.

………

On October 10th, amidst the turmoil, the forty-fourth birthday of Emperor Zhao Ji arrived. In previous years, the whole country celebrated this day, but this year, even the city of Bianjing was not decorated with lanterns and colors like in previous years. The colorful sheds were everywhere, deserted.

.In the early morning, Zhao Heng took a group of ministers to Longde Palace to celebrate his birthday, and Zhao Tong followed them. This was the first time he saw his parents in the past two months since he returned to Beijing.

Among the crowd, Zhao Tongzai listened to the emperor's congratulatory speech and birthday gifts, and then came forward to congratulate him one by one. He saw that although Zhao Ji was in good spirits, he was already old, and he thought that his life was also very difficult. His mother was still

Dressed in old clothes, wearing an old crown, and looking haggard, when he saw his son saluting, a smile appeared on his face, and his eyes were full of tenderness. Zhao Tong felt sour in his heart and almost shed tears!

After the congratulations, Zhao Ji prepared a banquet for everyone. He specially took out the fine wine he had collected and drank a bowl first, then ordered someone to pour a cup for the emperor. Zhao Huan reached out to take the wine glass, but he felt Geng Nan Zhongqing behind him.

He gently pulled down his sleeve.

"This wine is the treasure of the Supreme Emperor, how can I enjoy it, otherwise it will be... it will be unfilial!" Zhao Heng immediately realized that this was Geng Nanzhong reminding him to beware of the poison in the wine. He immediately retracted his hand and said sarcastically.

"Your Majesty..." Seeing Zhao Heng like this, Zhao Ji, who had been smiling just now, was stunned, and immediately understood what his son was thinking from his behavior. His lips trembled for a long time and he squeezed out a few words with tears in his eyes.

"The Supreme Emperor..." Zhao Heng lowered his head, not daring to look at his father again. His heart was full of mixed emotions, his palms were sweaty, and he wanted to reach out to take the wine glass, but in the end, he reasoned and told him not to drink.

Seeing the two emperors standing dumbly in front of them, all the ministers did not know what to do. King Kang Zhao Gou looked at his father and hesitated to speak. During this period, he saw too much ugliness in the royal family, first his own father, and then

When the enemy was approaching, he abandoned the capital and fled, leaving his son to risk his life and stay in the capital. However, he planned to wait for his son's defeat and restore his country in the south of the Yangtze River.

When Li Gang told his father that King Su was a hostage in the Jin camp, so he did not dare to pursue the Jin soldiers, his father directly rebuked Li Gang, saying that he should not care about his son's life and death; his father and eldest brother were jealous of each other and guarded against each other.

, and the father

When his parents returned to Beijing, the two of them had to put on a fake show of being a loving father and a filial son, holding each other's arms and crying for the world to see. In order to protect himself, his eldest brother sent his compatriots one by one to the Jin camp as pawns.

Hostage! Zhao Gou finally said nothing and turned around.

"Such a fine wine, father, please give it to your sons!" Just when everyone was at a loss, someone suddenly said loudly. Everyone turned to look, and saw King Yan stood up and walked forward in two steps, took the wine glass from the Supreme Emperor's hand, and drank it in one gulp.

All... (To be continued...)