Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 596: Zhao Mu Does Not Go Empty-Handed

Zhezong looked at Zhao Mu and said, "Oh, uncle, now that we have discussed the punishment, should we also discuss the reward?"

Zhao Mu replied, "Your Majesty, I have already thought about this. I would like to ask Your Majesty to keep the titles I have conferred on the generals before, and this time, they will be given additional rewards according to their merits. The generals supported me so much before, just to have a good future as 'followers of the dragon'. Now, Your Majesty can give as well. In this way, I believe that everyone will have no objection to my returning power to Your Majesty."

Zhezong shook his head and said, "Uncle, I am not talking about this matter. I am talking about the reward for you. I plan to..."

Before Zhezong finished speaking, Zhao Mu said, "Since Your Majesty has mentioned a reward for me, I will ask Your Majesty for one."

Zhezong was quite surprised to hear Zhao Mu's words. In the past, when Zhezong gave Zhao Mu rewards, Zhao Mu usually refused, thinking that he had given too much. It was not often that he personally asked for rewards like this time.

But Zhezong would not be stingy. After all, Zhao Mu could even return the throne to him. Even if Zhao Mu wanted the stars in the sky, as long as Zhezong could give them to him, then he would give them to him.

Zhezong smiled and asked, "Oh? What reward does the uncle want?"

Zhao Mu smiled evilly and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to raid the homes of Prince Consort Wang and Prince Duan, and give me all the property, wives, concubines, and maids that are confiscated."

Hearing this, Zhezong also chuckled. Zhezong said, "If your uncle wants gold, silver and beautiful women, you can tell me. Soon it will be the annual selection of women. At that time, tribute girls from all over the country will gather in the capital. Among them, there are at least 800 beautiful women. If your uncle wants them, I can give them all to him. Why should he pick up their rags and wear them?"

Zhao Mu naturally had no hobby of picking up broken shoes, but he was fond of married women.

Moreover, he had mobilized such a large army this time, sending hundreds of thousands of troops all the way from Qi State to Bian Jing. He couldn't make the trip in vain, he had to get some benefits back.

The money in the palace treasury belonged to Zhezong, and the money in the national treasury belonged to the country and the people. So he could not take it.

So Zhao Mu thought about it and decided to let the wool come from the sheep. Huizong would never have the chance to perform the sheep-leading ceremony again in his lifetime, so he might as well let him pay for it.

Zhao Mu had previously counted the family members of Prince Duan's Mansion and the Prince Consort's Mansion.

Because of his status as a consort, Wang's wife and concubine were only the Princess of Wei, but the princess had many maids as a dowry. In addition, Empress Dowager Xiang and Emperor Zhezong were quite fond of the Princess, so the consort's mansion had a lot of money. They regarded that little money as the hard work fee for their expedition to suppress the rebellion.

Compared with Prince Consort Wang, Prince Duan has many wives and concubines.

In the six months since he ascended the throne, he had conferred titles on his first wife, the Queen Wang, the talented woman Zheng, and the beauty Wei, who was given to him by Emperor Zhezong. The remaining maids and concubines, more than a dozen in number, were presented to him by the Queen Mother Xiang and various officials.

Zhao Mu did not know the other wives, concubines and maids of Prince Duan, but he knew Queen Wang, Concubine Zheng, and Concubine Wei very well.

Of course, this was due to the humiliating history of the Jingkang Incident. Zhao Mu was forced to remember them. If possible, Zhao Mu would never want to know them in his life.

Among them, Queen Wang was Huizong’s original wife.

Zhao Mu learned that she was the daughter of Wang Zao, the governor of Dezhou and Duke of Rong. She was very beautiful.

Although she was the original wife of the king, she was not very old, only seventeen years old this year. However, Queen Wang was not abducted during the Jingkang Shame, because she died young in the original time and space and escaped. But she was the biological mother of Emperor Qinzong.

When Zhao Mu sent troops to control the palace and Prince Duan's Mansion, she was already pregnant with Emperor Qinzong of Song.

However, Zhao Mu did not give Qinzong the opportunity to commit a crime. He asked the Imperial Hospital to give her a pot of safflower and directly helped her abort the child. He also asked Xue Muhua to personally take care of Queen Wang who had a miscarriage. The ministers also expressed their understanding of Zhao Mu's behavior of aborting Qinzong.

After all, Zhao Ji committed a capital crime, so if this child was born, he would also be a sinner.

It would be better to abort it when it is less than three months old and has not yet taken shape.

After more than a month of rest, Queen Wang had recovered, but she had not yet recovered from the shock of being transformed from a "queen" to a "prisoner."

Zheng Cairen was originally a female official beside Empress Dowager Xiang. In order to control Prince Duan, Empress Dowager Xiang gave her and another beautiful palace maid to Prince Duan as concubines.

This Zheng Cairen was Huizong’s second empress, Empress Xiansu, the Empress Dowager of Song who died with him in Wuguo City.

As for this Concubine Wei, Zhao Mu was very familiar with her. This woman was the biological mother of Emperor Gaozong of Song, Zhao Gou. She was thrown into the laundry house, remarried to a Jin man, and finally redeemed by Emperor Gaozong of Song after giving birth to a child for the Jin man.

Zhao Mu thought about this group of shameful things for a long time.

If we exaggerate the matter and kill them, the consequences will be too wide.

Now that the chaos has been resolved, it is enough to kill the culprits such as Zhao Ji, Gao Qiu, and Prince Consort Wang. There is no need to make everyone in the Song Dynasty feel insecure.

And since I'm here this time, I have to get some benefits back.

In Zhao Mu's eyes, the only value of these young women is their looks.

Zhao Mu thought about it. After all, he was a person who would leave his name in history. As a member of the royal family of the Song Dynasty, he could not use the princess of the Song Dynasty. So he might as well use the queen of the Song Dynasty. And she was the third queen of Huizong.

Of course, although Zhao Mu accepted them, he would never let them bear children for him in the future. After all, he didn't want that unlucky Zhao Gou to be his son. He thought it was unlucky.

But it is still okay to use it as a tool to replenish yin and yang like Yelu Jinnu. After all, unilateral replenishment is harmful to the other party. Zhao Mu couldn't bear to let his beautiful ladies suffer, so he could only let these slaves suffer.

Moreover, Zhao Ji was guilty of treason, which was punishable by death. Everything in Prince Duan's mansion would be confiscated, and they would all be demoted to commoners, or even made slaves. Rather than letting others get away with it, it would be better to let yourself get away with it.

Zhao Mu wanted to laugh when he thought about it. It seemed that Huizong could not escape the "Jing Kang Shame" no matter which world he was in.

In the original world, he was kidnapped by the Golden Dog and taken to Wuguo City, and his wife and daughter were taken by the Golden Man. This time, his wife and concubines were also kidnapped by Zhao Mu and taken to Qi State. But Zhao Mu was relieved, after all, falling into his hands was much better than falling into the hands of the Golden Dog.

Facing Zhezong's question, Zhao Mu smiled and said, "Well, don't I think that Princess Duan and Prince Duan's other wives and concubines are beautiful? I wonder if Your Majesty would grant me permission?"

Zhezong chuckled and said, "Well, they have committed a crime of collective punishment, and they should be confiscated as slaves and sent to the imperial music school. Since my uncle likes them, I will reward him. You can search the two houses and everything you find will belong to him. By the way, please show some mercy to the Prince Consort's House. Although Wei Guo made mistakes, she is my most beloved sister. And she has many things that she loves. I think."

Zhao Mu saw that Zhezong was bargaining with him, and then he said, "Well, then. Your Majesty will go to search the Prince Consort's house, and I will search the Prince Duan's house and the whole family."

(End of this chapter)