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Chapter 877 Queen Mother Xiang: I hope the Second King will behave himself from now on

Throughout the entire palace banquet, Prince of Yang Zhao Hao had a gloomy face, as if everyone owed him a million strings of cash.

When Zhao Xu saw this, he felt secretly delighted.

In his previous life, one of his leisure time entertainments was to show his favor to his uncle in various ways.

Zhao Xu once felt that this was more interesting than playing with beauties in the harem!
Unfortunately, in his previous life, Zhao Hao was killed by Zhao Xu in just three years.

It’s such a pity that I couldn’t let my uncle enjoy more blessings!
Fortunately, God gave Zhao Xu the opportunity to return to his youth and meet his beloved uncle again.

Naturally, Zhao Xu will cherish it.

So, when the palace banquet ended, Zhao Xu deliberately kept Prince Yang and his wife, and of course, his "most favored" cousin Zhao Xiaoqian.

"Uncle, aunt, brother..."

Zhao Xu smiled, walked out of the curtain and greeted the three people.

This was also the first time in his life that he met Prince Yang's family.

"Your Majesty..." Prince Yang Hao still had a Sima face and bowed reluctantly.

"I am Shouchong, the Taoist priest, and I am honored to greet you, Your Majesty..." Feng was wearing a Taoist robe and no makeup, but her voluptuous figure could not be concealed.

It is no wonder that, when she was in her forties, she was still able to keep a lover, making Zhao Hao's head covered with green grass, like Hulunbuir.

Zhao Xiaoqian knelt down and kowtowed in a proper manner: "I, Xiaoqian, the Weizhou Defense Envoy, kowtow to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Zhao Xu smiled and nodded, then stepped forward to help Zhao Xiaoqian up: "We are all family, and now we are in the Imperial Mother's Palace, so there is no need for you to be polite, my brother!"

Then, he looked at Feng: "Why is the imperial aunt wearing a Taoist robe?"

Feng's face darkened. She bit her lip and looked at the two palace ladies sitting behind the curtain. Finally, she forced out a bitter smile: "Inform the emperor..."

"I am devoted to the Dao, so I have asked for grace from the two Holy Palaces and have come to the Yaohua Palace to practice..."

"Some time ago, thanks to the grace of the government, I was given the Taoist name: Shou Chong, and was conferred the title: Master Xizhen Ji Ning..."

"Is this true?" Zhao Xu pretended to be confused and frowned: "Why don't I know about this?"

"If I knew, I would definitely dissuade the Imperial Aunt!"

"This family should live in harmony and love each other!"

Zhao Xu walked up to Zhao Hao and looked at his uncle who had a gloomy face, as if his parents had died.

"Uncle, are you right?"

Zhao Hao gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and his whole body was tense.

"Second uncle?" Zhao Xu smiled and called again in a soft voice.

Zhao Hao raised his head and uttered word by word through his teeth: "Your Majesty is talking about..."

Zhao Xu hummed and said, "That's good..."

"Aunt..." He didn't even call her the imperial aunt, but used the folk name directly, and said to Feng: "You should move back to Qinxian's house tomorrow and reunite with your second uncle and the emperor's brother!"

"If you are devoted to the Tao and like the Tao, you can also practice at home."

"Why go to Yaohua Palace?!"

Feng did not answer directly, but looked inside the curtain.

Zhao Xiaoqian, a filial son, was very clever. When he heard what Zhao Xu said, he kowtowed without waiting for the two palaces to speak: "I thank your majesty for your grace!"

He also reached out to pull Feng and asked her to kneel down to express her gratitude.

At this time, Zhao Hao's Sima face became even gloomier.

Zhao Xu was filled with joy when he saw this.

Nothing could make him happier than being able to appreciate Zhao Hao's pain up close.

At this time, the expression of the Empress Dowager behind the curtain was somewhat unnatural.

But she couldn't get angry.

Because the father is kind and the son is filial, the brothers are friendly and the younger brothers are respectful, and the husband is in harmony with the wife.

These are traditional moral values.

As a royal family, the Zhao family must set an example for the world in this regard.

Therefore, in the eighth year of Yuanfeng, when the Empress Dowager issued an edict ordering Prince Yang and Feng to divorce, she did it secretly, for fear that the ministers in the outer court would find out.

After the divorce, all actions were done cautiously, even secretly.

To the extent that many court officials still do not know that Prince Yang and his first wife, Feng, have divorced.

Even those who knew about it pretended that nothing had happened.

However, as long as this matter is brought to the table, then everyone, whether they didn't know about it before or pretended not to know, must express their opinions.

Their statement can only have one result - to beg the Empress Dowager to allow Prince Yang and his wife to remarry for the sake of the country!
As for the discord between Prince Yang and his wife?
No matter how badly the relationship between Prince Yang and his wife was, could it be as bad as the relationship between Princess Fukang and her husband, Lieutenant Li Wei?

Princess Fukang could remarry her husband for the sake of the country, so why couldn't Prince Yang sacrifice himself for the sake of the country and remarry Feng? !
You can't say that Prince Yang is special, right?

"Your Majesty..." The Empress Dowager said to her at the right moment, "I think what Sixth Brother said is absolutely right!"

"As a family, we should live in harmony..."

"What do you think?"

Empress Dowager Xiang now fully understood why her husband was so determined to protect Feng's position as princess.

As long as Feng is alive, Prince Yang Hao will always be burdened with the two serious crimes of "setting fire in the palace" and "framing his wife"!

Usually, no one bothers him, so he is naturally safe and sound.

But once the need arises, these two charges will be the best excuse to deal with Prince Yang.

It is entirely possible to follow the story of Emperor Taizong deposing King Wei Zhao Yuanzuo and demote him to a commoner and exile him to a remote military state.

The Grand Empress Dowager looked back at Empress Dowager Xiang, then looked towards the palace.

After a long while, she finally sighed and said, "What the Queen Mother said is very true!"

"It's better for a family to live in harmony!" "The late emperor said it well..."

"A harmonious family brings prosperity!"

"Let Master Shouchong practice at home!"

Empress Dowager Xiang was stunned for a moment and wanted to continue persuading, but when she saw the expression on the face of the Grand Empress Dowager, she knew that it was impossible to let Feng and Prince Yang remarry.

but……

The fact that Feng could return to Qinxian’s house was a victory in itself!

Who says that a Kun who practices Taoism at home cannot be the legal wife?
Besides, as long as Feng returned to Qinxian's house, it would be like placing a spy next to Prince Yang to monitor him at all times.

The Empress Dowager Xiang knew it.

If we talk about this world, who dislikes Prince Yang Hao coming to power the most?

They, mother and son, are the first echelon.

Prince of Jing, Feng Shi and his son Zhao Xiaoqian belong to the second echelon.

As long as Zhao Hao comes to power, none of them will survive.

Even babies in swaddling clothes may be strangled to death!
Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Xiang smiled and said, "The bride will obey your orders!"

Although he spoke humbly and kindly.

But in terms of action, Empress Dowager Xiang was extremely decisive.

She did not ask for the opinion of the Grand Empress Dowager, but directly instructed the Shang Gong Zhang beside her: "Madam, please pass my order to Yaohua Palace..."

"Master Xizhen Jining, from now on, return to Qinxian's house to practice!"

"Master, all your cultivation expenses will come from my treasury!"

"Yes!" Zhang took the order and left.

When the Empress Dowager saw this, she sighed in her heart, knowing that her daughter-in-law would not compromise with her on this matter.

Just like the late emperor, who refused to compromise with her on this matter.

She knew in her heart that this was the right thing to do.

It has been like this since the ancestors of the Song Dynasty.

Be prepared for events and control the twists and turns.

All people and things that may threaten the emperor will be nipped in the bud, leaving them no chance to develop and grow.

But, just thinking of Feng, and being able to return to her beloved son, makes her sad again when she thinks of her beloved son.

The Empress Dowager couldn't help but feel pain in her heart.

"You, this vicious woman..."

"Why don't you die?!"

She looked outside the curtain at the daughter-in-law wearing a Taoist robe.

There was a look of resentment in his eyes. Perhaps he felt her gaze. Feng, who had been keeping his head down, suddenly straightened his chest and looked directly at the figure behind the curtain.

It seems like he is showing off his power!
provocative!

This is a provocation!

This vicious woman has always been like this!
She is neither a faithful wife nor a good mother!
Obviously, she only needed to die to end it all.

Obviously, if she was willing to die, Prince Yang could restore his innocence.

Why not?

"It's really the sins of my past life!" The Empress Dowager said in her heart, and she couldn't help but bow her head and sigh: "Amitabha!"

……

An hour later, in the east pavilion of Baoci Palace.

Empress Dowager Xiang looked at the sweet face of her sixth brother sleeping on the imperial couch.

A smile appeared on her face.

"My lady..."

At this time, the figure of a female official appeared behind her.

Empress Dowager Xiang didn't need to look back to know that it was the Queen Mother-in-law who was beside the Imperial Dowager Zhu.

"Grandma..." Queen Mother Xiang said softly, "How are the arrangements going?"

"According to your Majesty's order, I have already made all the arrangements..."

"The newly recruited servants in the Prince Yang's residence in Qinxian's house are all loyal and obedient people selected by me personally. Their fathers and husbands are all leftover soldiers from the three yamen."

The remaining troops will never betray Emperor Zhao.

Because the so-called surplus soldiers were either childless old soldiers who had served in the three yamen for a long time, or disabled soldiers who were injured and disabled on the battlefield and lost their ability to work.

These people are supported by Emperor Zhao.

Although the money and rice given were not much, it was barely enough for them to live.

But, in this world, apart from Emperor Zhao, who else would be willing to do this?
What's more, when they die in the future, they will have to rely on Emperor Zhao to take care of the aftermath - the coffins, funeral rites and burials of the remaining soldiers will also be taken care of by Emperor Zhao - the royal temples, royal Taoist temples and Futianyuan are specialized in such matters.

Naturally, there is no problem with the loyalty of these people and their families.

Throughout the dynasties, the Zhao officials have sent these people to do the dirty and tiring work that should not be known to others.

They have never let the Zhao officials down.

"Good!" Queen Mother Xiang clasped her hands together and chanted the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, I hope that the Second King will behave himself from now on... and not make any mistakes... Otherwise, I will have no choice but to do something that I cannot bear to say!"

Grandma Guo listened, just lowered her head and said nothing.

(End of this chapter)