Zhao Dongting hurried outside the palace gate with Yunjing.

Because the whereabouts of Empress Dowager Xie and others need to be kept confidential, the court did not make any big fuss outside the city to welcome him.

When Zhao Dongting and Yunjing arrived at the entrance of the palace, more than a thousand guards from Su Quandang were arranged neatly on the street outside the palace gate.

Su Quan swept through silver armor and stood in front of the army with a long spear in his hand.

Behind him were more than ten chariots.

Seeing Zhao Dongting appear with Yunjing, Su Quandang's eyes showed a faint excitement, and he quickly got off the horse and knelt on one knee and said, "I will bow to the emperor to the end."

Since becoming the marshal of Zhenbei Military Region, he has fewer opportunities to meet Zhao Dongting.

The two of them are both monarch and ministers and friends, so they are inevitably a little excited.

"Get up quickly."

Zhao Dongting also had a smile on his face, "I haven't seen you for another year, and you guy is getting stronger."

Su Quandang smiled embarrassedly, "Eating well in the army and dressing well, the last generals are all blessings for the emperor."

The curtains of the carriage behind him were pulled open.

Empress Dowager Xie, Empress Dowager Quan and a group of royal relatives before the Song Dynasty all showed their faces.

None of them spoke, they were just looking at Zhao Dongting.

Zhao Dongting's eyes also swept across their faces.

Then he bowed to Empress Dowager Xie and Empress Dowager Quan in turn and shouted: "The Empress Dowager... Empress Dowager..."

Although he did not inherit Zhao Bing's skills, it was not difficult to recognize Empress Dowager Xie, who was the oldest and most majestic. And if he could ride in the same carriage with Empress Dowager Xie, there would be no one except Empress Dowager Quan.

"Um."

Empress Dowager Xie responded softly.

The Queen Mother Quan, who was still tired, couldn't be so calm and said with a little resentment: "Xian'er has passed away, and I can't be considered the Queen Mother anymore."

She undoubtedly held the most hatred of Zhao Dongting in her heart.

Zhao Xian's death made her lose a lot of reason, and this naturally made her unwilling to consider whether it would be the ones that others would take action, and only recognized that Zhao Dongting was the initiator.

Zhao Dongting was slightly stunned. Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Quan just spoke and held a gun and a stick.

I think everyone around you can feel the strong resentment in the words.

It sounded like he had passed away, and the guards in the surrounding town guard palace all changed color.

Zhao Dongting wanted to refute, but this place was obviously not a place to speak. He frowned slightly and said, "Please ask the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager will enter the palace..."

After saying that, he grabbed Su Quandang's hand and walked into the palace.

He wouldn't be too polite.

Because now he is the emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Dongting knew very well that the more humble he acted, the more empress Dowager Quan and others would become more and more eager.

And he actually didn't care much about them.

If he hadn't taken care of blood relationships and had to be an example of his subjects, he wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to Empress Dowager Xie and others.

The treatment Zhao Bing received in the court before was not very good.

Holding Su Quandang's hand can also be regarded as a kind of demonstration. Zhao Dongting did it deliberately.

He was telling Empress Dowager Xie and others that the Song Dynasty is now his Song Dynasty. Young generals like Su Quandang are all his people.

This also made the eyes of Empress Dowager Xie and others narrowed slightly.

They all keenly felt Zhao Dongting’s intention.

"The Empress Dowager..."

Empress Dowager Quan looked at Empress Dowager Xie with grievance, but stopped her mouth in Empress Dowager Xie's cold eyes and could not say the following words.

Empress Dowager Xie walked out of the carriage and said coldly: "Enter the palace!"

Zhao Xian's death and Zhao Dongting's attitude made them not as excited as they had expected when they returned to Changsha this time, let alone happy.

Everyone is very thoughtful.

Zhao Dongting pulled Su Quandang and walked straight towards Zhengde Gate, without any intention of turning back.

He didn't want to face the resentful face of Queen Mother Quan.

Arrive at Zhengdemen.

Concubine Yang Shu, Ying'er, Zhang Ru, Le Chan and other girls were already waiting in formal outfits.

Seeing Zhao Dongting pulling Su Quandang to arrive first, they were all slightly stunned, and then they looked at the large group of Empress Dowager Xie who was behind.

Zhao Dongting said to Concubine Yang Shu lightly: "Mother, Empress Dowager, and the Queen Mother are back."

Then he walked to Yang Shufei and stood next to him.

Su Quandang knelt down on the ground, "I will bow to the Empress Dowager, Empress, Concubine Jing, and Concubine De."

He shouted extremely loudly.

After shouting, he looked up at Zhao Dongting. Zhao Dongting blinked at him.

Su Quandang is indeed smart.

Undoubtedly, Su Quandang also understood Zhao Dongting's meaning. This was deliberately showing the Empress Dowager Xie and others.

This is equivalent to saying that only the Empress Dowager in front of him is the Empress Dowager whom he truly recognizes.

This made Empress Dowager Quan look even more ugly, and she couldn't help but hum.

The other royal relatives were thinking.

There has been enough time for them to consider many issues these days on the way from Xinyang City to Changsha.

In the past, the Song Dynasty was the Song Dynasty of Empress Dowager Xie, but now it seems that the Song Dynasty has changed a lot.

Zhao Dongting's prestige in the court was far beyond their expectations.

The young emperor in front of him, who was still young but majestic, made them unable to overlap with the weak Zhao Bing before.

Zhao Dongting's majesty is enough to show that he is already a true king.

Will such a king still give the Empress Dowager a chance to rule?

The royal relatives who had been obsessed with this matter and hoped that they would still follow Empress Dowager Xie to enjoy the delicious food and drink, actually had long lost their hearts.

In this case, they also have to think about how they should take sides in the future.

Concubine Yang Shu lived under the rule of Empress Dowager Xie for such a long time. Even now, Empress Dowager Xie is afraid that she still has power in her heart, so she seems much more humble and polite than Zhao Dongting, and even her eyes are slightly red. She hurriedly walked forward and bowed to Empress Dowager Xie and said, "The Empress Dowager is auspicious."

He shouted to Queen Mother Quan again, "Sister."

All that can be obtained is just the cold snorting of Empress Dowager Quan.

This woman no longer cares about anything else. She probably just wants to vent her anger.

Zhang Ru and his girls also walked up to salute.

The royal relatives behind Empress Dowager Xie were still watching and neither bowed to Zhao Dongting nor planned to bow to Concubine Yang Shu.

"Everyone is exempt from gifts!"

Empress Dowager Xie's voice was still cold, and her eyes only fell on Concubine Yang Shu's face, which meant inexplicable.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.

The eunuchs on the side knelt on the ground, quietly falling into the needle.

Zhao Dongting looked at Yang Shufei and the others' hot faces and put them on their cold butts, and was also a little angry and said, "Please go to the palace for a banquet!"

“No need.”

Empress Dowager Xie waved her hand and said, "I am tired and I want to go back to my bedroom to rest."

Zhao Dongting raised his eyebrows, said nothing more, but only ordered Eunuch Li, "Eunuch Li, take the Empress Dowager to the bedroom to rest."

Then his eyes fell on the other royal relatives, "Where are you?"

He couldn't even name these people.

"I will go to rest too."

Queen Mother Quan spoke coldly.

Then the royal relatives hesitated and watched each other.

Finally, some people said they wanted to go down and rest, while others did not speak.

Zhao Dongting had already arranged a residence for them, but at this moment, he just asked Eunuch Li to arrange for those who were going back to rest to leave. He took the rest to the hall.

Concubine Yang undoubtedly felt something and said to Empress Dowager Xie: "I will accompany the Empress Dowager!"

“No need.”
To be continued...