Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 784 Going farther and farther on the road to the faint king (please subscribe!)
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Recently, Zhao Gou was in a good mood.

Under the leadership of Du Chong, the 10,000+ troops of Zongze's tribe, which could not be shaken off, finally completely surrendered to the imperial court, and Zhao Gou's rule became more stable.

What makes Zhao Gou even more happy is that Dazhong is going to shift his center of gravity to the north, and all signs show that Li Yan is going further and further on the road of becoming a fool. In the eyes of Zhao Gou and many people, Li Yan is not only lustful Sex, less than two years after ascending the throne, already has tens of thousands of women (nearly half of them are contributed by their old Zhao family, Zhao's imperial concubine, emperor concubine, princess, emperor concubine, concubine, concubine, concubine , Yu Nu, Jin Zhi Zong Ji, Clan Ji, Palace Ladies, Cai Nv, Clan Wives, Clan Wives, Song Girls, all added together, there are more than 7000 people and nearly 8000 people. Females (actually, these were screened by Deng Shu and other internal servants to help the golden men) and some were eliminated, such as those who were too old (usually those who were over 30 years old were excluded, but those with special status or especially beautiful Yes, the conditions can be relaxed appropriately), such as those with poor appearance, poor figure, etc., but even so, there are still more than 4000 or nearly 5000 people.), and will spend at least hundreds of millions of dollars to build their own palace , This is not arrogance and lust, what is luxury and lust?
Compared with Li Yanyi, Zhao Gou felt that he only spent a few million yuan to build his own palace, only a few concubines, and the women in the harem added up to less than fifty, so he was simply a wise king through the ages.

Faint and bright.

In addition, Zhao Gou is 16 years younger than Li Yan.

He, Zhao Gou, will sooner or later replace Li Yan!
After thinking about it this way, Zhao Gou couldn't help being in a good mood!
With such a transcendent mood, Zhao Gou returned to the palace he had just built.

Although Zhao Gou spent all the money he could raise on his palace, his palace was still pitifully small.

How small is it?
The small bar of the Imperial Palace of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The palace that Zhao Gou had just built was less than one-tenth of that of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Thinking about it, even a wealthy family might have to spend millions of dollars to build a house. To build this palace, Zhao Gou spent only a few million dollars. How could this palace be so big?
but--

Although, for an emperor, Zhao Gou's palace is a bit pitifully small, but because of the unique geographical conditions of Lin'an City, "surrounded by green mountains, with green water in the middle, golden and green towers alternated, it looks like a colorful landscape, with no mountains in the east." , it is full of scales and ten thousand tiled houses, which is a natural benefit." And because Zhao Gou's palace is small but complete with five internal organs, Jinluan Hall, Chuigong Hall, Xuande Hall, Funing Hall, Qinzheng Hall, Fufu Hall , the court area, the back bedroom area, the back garden area, the palace service area, the Donghuamen Palace area, and the Cining Palace area. Zhao Gou, who has been homeless for a long time, finally has a home. Zhao Gou still likes it very much. He is in his own palace, and he likes staying in his own palace so much that, as long as there is nothing important, Zhao Gou will go back to the harem to coax his precious son Zhao Tan and enjoy the family happiness.

As far as the matter is concerned, it is not surprising that Zhao Gou likes Zhao Yang so much.

In fact, Zhao Gouxiang's son was going crazy - he had given birth to five daughters in a row before, but he didn't have a son. He was really anxious for several years. He even suspected that he would not be able to have a son.

Now, Zhao Gou got what he wanted, how could he not hesitate to treat it like a treasure?

More importantly, Zhao Gou's five previous daughters are all in Li Yan's hands now, and Zhao Gou will never see them again, and even Zhao Gou may never see his five daughters again in this lifetime, that is to say , Zhao Gou now has only one descendant, Zhao Yang, which undoubtedly increases Zhao Gou's love for Zhao Yang.

Furthermore, this Zhao Yang is really smart and cute. He is only over one year old, he can talk and walk, he is very close to Zhao Gou, and he is very good at pleasing Zhao Gou.

This made Zhao Gou love Zhao Yang very much, and wished to accompany Zhao Yang every day and watch Zhao Yang grow up.

Arriving at the dormitory where Concubine Pan Xian lives, Zhao Gou immediately saw Zhao Yang who was being embraced by Zhao Yang's nanny.

Zhao Gou took out a shaking drum from behind, and while shaking it, he walked towards Zhao Yang and said, "Mian'er, let's see what fun things the emperor brought you?"

Zhao Yan happily stretched out his two little hands to pounce on Zhao Gou, and said in a childish voice, "I want it, father, I want it!"

Zhao Gou came to Zhao Yang's side, put the shaking drum in Zhao Yang's hand, then took Zhao Yang, held it by himself, and then coaxed Zhao Yang to play.

At this time, Concubine Pan Xian also came out from the inner room, and then came to Zhao Gou, and said with a smile: "The official family loves you too much."

Zhao Gou said: "Hey~ What kind of favor is this? Even ordinary people, who have a son, do much more than me."

Concubine Pan Xian is not really as virtuous as her title. She said that Zhao Gou dotes on Zhao Yang more because of acting like a baby than because she really wants to stop it.

So, Concubine Pan Xian soon played with Zhao Gou to tease Zhao Yang.

The two teased Zhao Yan for a while, and Concubine Pan Xian said unintentionally: "Sister Zhang and Sister Liu quarreled again because of trivial matters, and then they broke up. I advise you, hey, let the officials go and coax the two of them later, if the harem is at odds, if it gets out, people will laugh at us that the harem of Song Dynasty has no rules."

These "Sister Zhang" and "Sister Liu" were two talented people recruited by Zhao Gou when he came to the throne.

As an emperor, there is only one concubine, which is too ugly, so Zhao Gou accepted Zhang, a native of Xiangfu from Kaifeng, and Liu, a native of Jinling, as talents.

Mrs. Zhang is older than Concubine Pan Xian. Concubine Pan Xian called Mrs. Zhang "Sister Zhang" in order to show her big belly. Mrs. Liu was younger than Concubine Pan Xian, so Concubine Pan Xian called Mrs. Liu Sister Liu.

Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Liu are just two talented people, and Concubine Pan Xian is currently the only concubine of Zhao Gou. Therefore, Concubine Pan Xian is naturally qualified to manage Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Liu.

Then why did Concubine Pan Xian still say this?

The answer is obvious, she wants Zhao Gou to make her a queen.

Speaking of which, Concubine Pan Xian is currently the one who has the most opportunity and the most qualifications to be Zhao Gou's queen—she is the only concubine of Zhao Gou, and she gave birth to Zhao Gou's only son. Who can be better than her? qualifications?

Even when Zhao Gou came to the throne, he was ready to make Concubine Pan Xian the queen.

It's a pity that Zhao Gou's idea at the time was opposed by ministers.

In the end, Concubine Pan Xian had already reached the position of empress on her lips and flew away.

Regarding this, Concubine Pan Xian was naturally extremely unwilling, especially when the Queen's position finally fell to a woman who was in the Dazhong Palace and brought great humiliation to Da Song!
Therefore, Concubine Pan Xian wants Zhao Gou to depose Xing Bingyi and make her queen from time to time.

As for Concubine Pan Xian's careful thoughts, how could Zhao Gou, a fine person, not know?
To be honest, if Concubine Pan Xian was not so eager to force Zhao Gou with these naive methods and childish words, Zhao Gou really wanted to make Concubine Pan Xian the queen. After all, Concubine Pan Xian is currently Zhao Gou's only concubine and Zhao Gou's only son mother.

But Concubine Pan Xian's behavior was too superficial, and her morals were too bad, she was not suitable for a queen in the middle palace at all.

This not only reminded Zhao Gou of Xing Bingyi, but also thought that if Xing Bingyi was by his side, he would not have to worry about being the master of the harem.

But then again, after all, Concubine Pan Xian gave Zhao Gou a son, the only son, and he had meritorious service, so he couldn't do too much.

Therefore, Zhao Gou said: "I know you want to be a queen, but now is not the time. The ministers disagree with making you the middle palace now... You, take good care of your son and educate him. The position of queen , sooner or later it will be yours, even if I don’t set you up, I will set you up in the future.”

Hearing that she had to wait until her son grows up to be the emperor before she could be made queen, Concubine Pan Xian became anxious all of a sudden, and said indiscriminately: "Then how long will the concubine have to wait? The emperor of the Great Song Dynasty listens to his courtiers in everything, who has the final say in the Great Song Dynasty?"

When Zhao Gou heard this, his face sank immediately, then he put down Zhao Yang, and left without looking back...

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(End of this chapter)