Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 506
Gao Taotao has never been so grateful to Fan Ning as he is now. The words that Cai'e brought back immediately dispelled her guilt. Yes, what does it have to do with him being taken away?
It was Zhang Yaozuo who informed the emperor Julu King of treason, and the evidence was conclusive. This was the fundamental reason why the emperor was determined to deal with the prince.

I just want to protect my son and prevent him from being implicated in this incident. Why do I want to take the blame of my husband on myself? What does this matter have to do with me?
If this matter was my responsibility, then the prince should have been taken away last night.

But the emperor didn't take any action last night, which means he wasn't influenced by him at all.

The root cause is still Zhang Yaozuo, it was Zhang Yaozuo who harmed the prince.

Gao Taotao's heart knots were all untied, she no longer felt guilty, but felt an indescribable sense of relief and relief, at least she would no longer worry about her husband harming her son.

At this time, the maid reported at the door, "Eunuch Hong is asking to see the princess!"

Eunuch Hong's name is Hong Deyuan, and he is the deputy head of the palace. He has great power in the palace. Gao Taotao nodded, "Please come in!"

Not long after, a rich-looking middle-aged eunuch walked into the room, and he respectfully kowtowed as he entered the door, "The old slave Hong Deyuan is meeting the princess!"

Gao Taotao said lightly: "Director Hong, we haven't seen each other for many years!"

"Yes! Almost fifteen or sixteen years."

"What does Manager Hong want from me?"

Hong Deyuan took out a small bag and put it on the table respectfully, "There are three and a half pieces of jade in it, which are the jade pendants of the prince. It is said that they can carry 3000 taels of gold, so the villain dared to take them and return them to the princess."

If no one followed up on this matter, then the 3000 taels of gold would have been put into the treasury in the end. Obviously, Hong Deyuan seized this opportunity and returned the jade pendant to the princess, which was regarded as standing in line ahead of time.

Gao Taotao glanced at the jade pendant, and asked in a low voice, "What will happen to the prince?"

Hong Deyuan sighed, "I also heard it from the maid who served the official's family. Zhang Yaozuo's complaint is very serious, saying that the prince colluded with the general to rebel. If it is true, the prince may have a hard time. The princess must be mentally prepared. .”

"Then what about my son!"

Gao Taotao asked again: "Will he be affected?"

Hong Deyuan said in his heart, 'If the emperor's heir is affected, will I still come?This woman didn't understand such an obvious thing. '

"Princess, please rest assured that the emperor's heir will not be affected in any way. Although Zhang Yaozuo has also sued the emperor's heir, the first thing the officials do after waking up is to order the left and right to comfort the emperor's heir and let him stop thinking about it."

Gao Taotao was indeed relieved, his prevention had worked, and his son was not implicated.

"How is the emperor?"

Hong Deyuan glanced back at the maid, Gao Taotao waved his hand, and the two maids retreated, then Hong Deyuan lowered his voice and said: "The imperial doctor originally thought that the official could hold on for half a year, but now he dare not say that, he Tell me, two or three months at most."

"I know, Manager Hong is very caring, and he actually returned the three thousand gold to me. I will remember it!"

Hong Deyuan was overjoyed, and quickly said: "It is my honor to serve the princess. If the princess needs anything, just ask the old slave, as long as the old slave can do it, I will never delay."

"I see. If there is anything, I will trouble Manager Hong."

Hong Deyuan stood up and said goodbye, while Gao Taotao fiddled with the three jade pendants, gradually lost in thought.

.........

Zhao Zhen woke up suddenly in the middle of the night, he moved a little, and two eunuchs immediately stepped forward to support him, "Your Majesty, do you want to get up at night?"

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and asked weakly, "Is he still kneeling outside?"

An eunuch nodded, and Zhao Zhen sighed, "Let him in!"

"Your Majesty, the imperial physician won't let you bother."

"I know, I have to deal with this matter, go!"

The eunuch had to leave in a hurry.

Outside Zhao Zhen's bedroom, Zhao Xu was still kneeling in front of the steps. Since he knelt at night until now, the tears had dried on his face. He just wanted to beg the royal family to spare his father, he would rather give up the succession to the throne.

At this time, an eunuch gently supported him, "Your Highness, Your Majesty let you in."

Zhao Xu stood up, bowed his head and followed the eunuch into the room. Zhao Zhen put on a robe and sat in front of the bed.

Zhao Xu stepped forward and knelt down, "Grandfather"

"come here!"

Zhao Xu climbed up to Zhao Zhen on his knees. Zhao Zhen suddenly raised his hand and slapped him hard. Then he coughed violently and curled up into a ball.

Zhao Xu covered his face and cried: "The grandson deserves to die, the grandson shouldn't disturb the imperial grandfather's recuperation."

Zhao Zhen finally stopped coughing, sat up slowly, pointed at Zhao Xu and said, "You useless thing, I handed over the Great Song Dynasty to you, and you are like a woman who doesn't know right from wrong, tell me, no !"

Zhao Zhen turned around and ordered the eunuch to say, "Go to the side shop and bring all the signs from the mourning hall!"

The two eunuchs rushed away, and brought back three spiritual tablets in a short while, and put them on the small table next to them. On the spiritual tablets were the names of Song Gaozu, Song Taizong, and Song Zhenzong.

Zhao Zhen pointed to the spirit card and asked Zhao Xu, "You told me in front of the ancestors, is the Song Dynasty or your father important?"

Zhao Xu looked at the spirit card, finally lowered his head, and said in a low voice, "The Great Song Dynasty is important!"

Zhao Zhen nodded, "Since you understand this, let me tell you, the reason why I don't tolerate your father is not that he wants to take my throne, but that he wants to take yours, for the sake of the Song Dynasty and the country. Yonggu, even if you hate me again, even if you dig up my tomb in the future, I still won't let him go, get out! I don't want to explain any more."

An eunuch supported Zhao Xu and said in a low voice, "Don't make His Majesty angry anymore, let's go!"

Zhao Xu had no choice but to kneel down, kowtow, get up and leave.

Zhao Zhen watched him walk away, and sighed lowly, "I hope this incident will make him fully mature!"

Zhao Xu walked out of the bedroom, and suddenly fell on the bridge and cried bitterly. At this time, Hong Deyuan, the deputy head of the eunuch, appeared in front of him and looked at him quietly.

After a while, Zhao Xu wiped away his tears and asked, "Is there something wrong with Director Hong?"

Hong Deyuan handed him a roll of paper, "This is a copy of the confessions of the three generals, take it and read it, and then you will understand."

Zhao Xu nodded, took the scroll and turned to leave. At this moment, Hong Deyuan suddenly said: "I saw your mother this afternoon, and she has accepted the reality."

Zhao Xu was shocked, "Mother knows?"

"The princess said that she tried to persuade your father repeatedly, but your father refused to listen and insisted on going his own way, so your mother knew that there would be this result. She calmly accepted the reality, and she only hoped that you are safe and sound."

Zhao Xu nodded silently, turned around and left the palace quickly.

The time gradually came to mid-December, and the Eastern Palace’s agenda had been in operation for more than three months, but it was not running smoothly, and it was always facing various contradictions and collisions of ideas.

In mid-December, the Overseas Economic and Strategy Office proposed to relocate 4 people to the Ryukyu Prefecture to build a new government. This application caused an uproar within the imperial court, and the Zhizhengtang firmly opposed this plan that wasted money and people.

However, this plan has been supported by the Eastern Palace Council. Eastern Palace Zhan Shi Fanning believes that the Ryukyu Mansion has been unable to open up the situation for many years. On the one hand, the popularity of the court has declined, and on the other hand, there are too few migrants. It took only ten years to migrate 5000 people [-] people, and it is not like Kunzhou can recruit Japanese labor, of course, the development is slow.

From a short-term perspective, the development of the Ryukyu Mansion does cost far more than the gains, but looking at the history of decades or even hundreds of years, the development of the Ryukyu Mansion is definitely a major event that will benefit thousands of years.

Fan Ning played up the future very well, but he did not convince the prime ministers in the Zhizheng Hall. The immigration plan he finally persuaded Wen Yanbo and Han Jiang to pass was unanimously rejected by the Zhizheng Hall.

Even if Zhao Xu supported Fan Ning's plan, it was useless. Han Qi even warned Fan Ning for the first time.

At this time, the emperor Zhao Zhen's condition showed signs of deterioration, and he often fell into a coma for several days. Because he was often in a coma, Zhao Zhen's memory began to decline seriously, and he could not even recognize the minister and forgot Who am I?
Due to the deterioration of the emperor's condition, the imperial court temporarily shelved the Ryukyu government immigration plan. On December 21, the emperor Zhao Zhen fell into a severe coma again. The emperor who had been in power for 40 years finally reached his deathbed.

(End of this chapter)