After receiving Zeng Bu's words, Ji Yi was immediately delighted. He knew the mind of the Tian family and had countermeasures. What he lacked was an opportunity to enter the right person. After all, he was just a ninth rank small official and was not a favorite minister now. The opportunity to enter the opposite king would be cancelled for various reasons at any time. Anyway, Zhao Ji had already met Wu Haogu and Zhang Shuye, there was Li Zhong in the palace, and Tong Guan was aware of Liao. Ji Yi was originally a visible and unseen official.

If there is no way to make suggestions to let the officials know that they have a solution, they can only go back to Cangzhou to conduct investigations slowly. Even if they can be promoted step by step every three years, it will take six years to complete the remaining two levels of people. When they are changed to an official position, they may be assigned to the Ministry of Personnel. I really don’t know when they will become a court official?

After giving a word, Zeng Bu stopped Ji Yi and asked his son Zeng Yu to send him away from the Prime Minister's Mansion. If the other party was not Zhang Dun's grandson-in-law, he would have to keep a meal and make good contact with him as the first in the examination and Tanhualang. However, Zhang Dun's son-in-law and confidant were always characters in the book.

However, his advice was still very feasible. The military system passed down by the ancestors of the Song Dynasty was always to spend money to hire. As long as you have money, you will have soldiers, and if you have more money, you will be smart... From this perspective, Wu Haogu's ability to make money is also awesome! No wonder the late emperor valued Ji Yi and Wu Haogu so much.

Just as Zeng Bu was thinking while waiting for the meal, his son Zeng Yu suddenly rushed in quickly.

Zeng Bu, who was in a good mood, looked at his son and asked with a smile: "Ah, is it time to eat? Are you eating Kaifeng dishes today? And the wine fairy also gave him a pot for his father."

"Dad, someone is coming from the palace!" Zeng Yu said anxiously, "I happened to meet Ji Yizhi when I left."

"What's wrong?" Zeng Bu frowned slightly, looking at his son's face with a strange expression and sadness, but he was happy in his lifetime.

"Empress Dowager Xiang is critically ill!"

Zeng Bu's eyes glared, "Empress Dowager Xiang... is really critically ill?"

"You can't be wrong. It was reported by Queen Yuanfu's confidant Hao Daguan, who came to the public in person."

"Empress Yuanfu?" Zeng Bu was stunned, "What else do she want?"

Empress Yuanfu was the empress Liu of Emperor Zhezong. Because she was Zhao Ji's sister-in-law, she could not be called the queen. The reason why she was called the Empress Yuanfu was because there was another Empress Yuanyou in the palace, who was the original Empress Meng of Zhezong Zhao Xu. Empress Meng was deposed during Zhezong's lifetime, but after Zhezong's death, she issued an imperial edict to the Empress Dowager to restore her throne. Therefore, there are now two late empresses in the palace, one is called Empress Yuanyou, who is Empress Meng (because it was established during the Yuanyou period), and the other is Empress Liu (because it was established during the Yuanfu period).

The two first emperors and empresses also have high status, with Empress Yuanyou Meng and Empress Yuanfu Liu.

Needless to say, the life of this Yuanfu Queen was very depressing. Now, she finally had the opportunity to turn over, so she immediately sent her confidant out of the palace to inform Zeng Bu, the second minister of the new party.

...

At the same time, Wu Haogu, who was having dinner at Han Zhongyan's house (it was so hard to be an innocent official after accompanying the official family and being an innocent official) also learned that the empress dowager was critically ill.

To him, it should be said that Empress Meng's confidant who informed Han Zhongyan. She and Empress Liu now have no husband, and soon even the mother-in-law who cares about them is gone. What else can two widows who cannot remarry without fighting?

So when Empress Liu was busy contacting the new party as foreign aid, Empress Meng was busy contacting reinforcements from the old party... The power game between these two women is far from over!

Two sisters-in-laws have a drama together, and some Zhao Ji will have a headache in the future!

"My husband," Wu Haogu quickly suggested to Han Zhongyan, "Once Empress Xiang dies, Empress Yuanyou will probably find it difficult to fight against Empress Yuanfu..."

Han Zhongyan frowned, "How can I tell?"

Isn’t this obvious? Queen Yuanyou’s appearance is average and although she is not old, she has already shown a trend of becoming an “aunt”. Queen Yuanfu is young and pretty. Who would Zhao Ji like?

"My husband," Wu Haogu said to Han Zhongyan, "It is inevitable that the officials will tend to favor Empress Yuanfu in the future, and Empress Yuanyou's status may be difficult to protect. You'd better prepare early and don't be tired of Empress Yuanyou."

Prepare early?

What preparations can be made?

Han Zhongyan frowned and was a little at a loss. Obviously, with the passing of Empress Dowager Xiang, the original balance between the old and new parties would be broken. The struggle between Empress Liu and Empress Meng is likely to become the fuse to ignite the war between the two parties!

And can my family abandon Queen Yuanyou? If I abandon Queen Yuanyou, will my colleagues from the old party think so?

Things are not easy to handle!

Wu Haogu looked at Han Zhongyan who was a little unreliable, and he felt a little unsure. He didn't know if this Han Guardian was kicked off the stage shortly afterwards by Zeng Bu.

If that is true, I would have to collude with Cai Jing, a traitor... Although I don't really want this guy who is "Feng Heng Yu Da" to come to the stage, it seems that there is no other choice?

...

At this moment, in the Kunning Palace, Empress Dowager Xiang, with a somewhat scary expression on the bed, lying motionlessly, with a thin, soft and thick cashmere covering her body.

A Hanlin medical officer was taking her pulse, and there was a fat eunuch Pang Kuan beside her, crying.

A thick-looking palace maid walked in quickly with a bowl of freshly cooked ginseng soup and arrived in front of Pang Kuan.

"Everyone knows that the thousand-year-old ginseng soup has been boiled."

Thousand-year-old ginseng soup is used to silence life, and it is impossible to revive the dead... but it can be silenced.

The elderly Hanlin medical officer stopped pretending to take his pulse, but stood up and said to Pang Kuan: "Everyone knows that if you take this ginseng soup, the empress dowager will be able to wake up for a while..."

Pang Kuan sighed, "Feat the Queen Mother's ginseng soup. Now we will invite the official family, the Queen and the two late emperors and queens to come."

Zhao Ji, Empress Wang, Empress Meng and Empress Liu, had already arrived in Kunning Palace by this time.

All three women were crying, while Zhao Ji was in a daze.

He is really filial to his stepmother, Empress Dowager Xiang... She is only 56 years old, why can't she do it? She also wants to build the Qionglin Palace so that she can have a comfortable place to spend her old age in peace, so why can't she wait!

This God really doesn’t give himself the opportunity to fulfill his filial piety!

However, Empress Dowager Xiang's short life seems to be related to this palace! The late emperors who live here don't live long. If they want to live longer, they have to move out early... The construction of the Qionglin Palace must be done quickly.

Just when Song Huizong was thinking about enjoying the Qionglin Palace for Empress Dowager Xiang as soon as possible, Pang Kuan came out in a daze.

"Your Majesty, the medical officer has fed the Queen Mother's Milky Way... Please go and see your last time!"

The three women cried even harder, and the quarrels made Song Huizong a little worried. He sighed and followed Pang Kuan into the empress dowager's bedroom.

Empress Dowager Xiang was slowly waking up, and her eyes without much vitality glanced at the surroundings. After a while, she saw that Zhao Ji and Pang Kuan were already standing in front of her.

Both of them were crying, and Zhao Ji was particularly sad to cry, and he was so heartbroken. Seeing this formation, Empress Dowager Xiang already understood what was going on.

The old lady sighed softly, "Apart from the Eleventh Brother, everyone else went out."

"Here."

Pang Kuan, the palace servants, eunuchs, medical officers, and three queens who were almost crying and fainted all responded, and then they all retreated. In the huge bedroom, there were only mother and son who were not related by blood.

"Eleventh Brother," the Empress Dowager whispered, "Do you know that the late emperor said you are frivolous and unruly in the world?"

"What?" Zhao Ji forgot to cry when he heard this, and just looked at his stepmother foolishly.

This was clearly said by the traitor Zhang Dun, how did it become the last emperor? If this was said by the last emperor, how could he be the emperor...

Empress Dowager Xiang asked weakly: "Brother Eleven, you have been an official for a year. Do you think you are frivolous?"

"Son, son..." Zhao Ji was suddenly at a loss, just staring at the empress dowager blankly, not knowing what to say.

The Empress Dowager Xiang continued, "You are a little frivolous... Your sixth brother is not wrong! But he is not much better. Your frivolous is just a private matter, building a garden, interacting with women outside, and believing in a few villains. It doesn't matter, as long as you don't accumulate wealth for this.

But there is one thing you are much better than your sixth brother. You will not easily trigger border quarrels. This is the most important thing. Now the Ai family is going to Huangquan to meet the ancestors and ancestors. The only thing you are concerned about is you... You are not established by the late emperor, but by the Ai family. If you lightly trigger border quarrels and bring disaster to the world, the Ai family will be the sinner of the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Ji was almost confused. The Empress Dowager seemed to say that his sixth brother said that he was frivolous and could not rule the world... Why is this the same as what Zhang Dun said? Could it be that his sixth brother told Zhang Dun?

Then, wouldn’t Zhang Dun not allow himself to be the emperor to fulfill the last emperor’s order?

After a long fuss, he was a loyal minister and he was a traitor!

"Brother Eleven, why don't you answer the Ai family?"

The hoarse voice of Empress Dowager Xiang rang in Zhao Ji's ears, awakening Zhao Ji from his thoughts.

"Mother, Mother..." Zhao Ji already knew that he was a traitor, but the throne could not be given up! Everything else was easy to say, and the emperor could not do it.

Moreover, the stepmother is so kind to her, how can she make her feel uneasy when she leaves?

"Son... I have never liked military affairs and are planning to be brothers with the future emperor of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Yanxi." Zhao Ji said confidently, "Mr. Dongpo ordered Mr. Dongpo to set up a school in Yuntai Mountain, in order to pass on the Confucian civilized rule to the Liao Kingdom and to be brothers with the Liao Kingdom for generations."
Chapter completed!