travel through the past to be emperor

Chapter 173 Putting the Tiger in a Cage
Although Zhao Xi, the Prince of Luo, was over fifty years old, his body was quite healthy and he walked with a sense of majesty.

When Zhao Fei saw him for the first time, he wondered whether he was over 50 years old.

"My minister Zhao Xi has met my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

As soon as Zhao Xi followed Anping into the house, he pushed the golden mountain and the jade pillar upside down, bowed his head to Zhao Feina.

Zhao Fei hurriedly said: "Aiqing get up quickly, Anping, help the prince to sit on the left side."

Anping hurried forward and helped Zhao Xi up, while Qin Hui and Liu Yong stood up and greeted Zhao Xi.

When Zhao Xi saw Qin Hui, he smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for so many years, but Lord Qin still has the same demeanor. This is really gratifying."

"This is all thanks to His Majesty." Qin Hui said calmly.

Zhao Xi smiled, then turned his head to look at Liu Yong, his expression froze, and he said in a daze, "Isn't this Liu Yong, Grand Master Liu?"

"It's the next official." Liu Yong cupped his hands and said, "I haven't seen you for many years, but the prince still has the same demeanor."

What Liu Yong said was the exact words that Zhao Xi greeted Qin Hui before, and now he greeted Zhao Xi in reverse, verbatim.

Zhao Xi looked a little unhappy, but then smiled and said: "It's true that I haven't seen you for many years. I still remember that when you were the censor, you didn't miss a lot of papers from King Canben. Now that many years have passed, Lord Liu's official position is getting better and better. The bigger it is, this is really the pillar of the country, it must be used by the court, seeing Master Liu like this, I'm afraid we have to go one step further."

"Thank you, Prince, for your good words. It's just that I'm an old official, and now I only want to be loyal to the court and His Majesty, but I don't want to make progress." Liu Yong said with a smile on his face, and Qin Hui's expression on the other side It's also a little ugly.

Qin Hui didn't believe that Zhao Xihui really didn't know Liu Yong's current position in the imperial court, he was indeed under him, if Liu Yong made another step forward, he would take his position as prime minister.

Although he knew that Liu Yong might not have the idea of ​​replacing him with himself, but Zhao Xi's provocative behavior in front of him was too disrespectful to Qin Hui.

On the other side, Liu Yong's face was not as calm as Qin Hui's, and he just looked at Zhao Xi with a sneer.

He really wanted to be a chancellor and make it to a higher level, but Zhao Xi was really too villainous to destroy the relationship between him and the current prime minister, Qin Hui, in person.

Zhao Fei, who was sitting in the front seat, was also a little dazed. He asked Qin Hui and Liu Yong to accompany him to meet Zhao Xi. Originally, he wanted to raise the standard and put some pressure on Zhao Xi.

But Zhao Fei did not know that Qin Hui, Liu Yong and Zhao Xi had friendship before, and it seemed that there was some hatred between Liu Yong and Zhao Xi.

From this point of view, Zhao Fei blamed himself for not doing his homework well beforehand.

Compared to this point of blame, what Zhao Fei was more angry about was Zhao Xi's behavior of directly applying eye drops to his two ministers, which was really arrogant.

When I find an opportunity in the future, I must let this old man know how to behave in minutes!

Zhao Fei thought.

Facing the tense atmosphere among the three, Zhao Fei suddenly laughed and said, "I almost forgot that the three lovers used to have friendship, why don't you wait for a while, I set up a banquet, and the three have a good chat at the banquet. "

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En." Before Qin Hui and Liu Yong could speak, Zhao Xi smiled and said, "It's just that the relationship between the minister and the two lords is really not good, so..."

"Is the relationship not good?" Zhao Fei snorted and said, "If that's the case, then forget it, Ai Qing, please sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhao Xigong said, and then walked to the chair beside him and sat down.

Qin Hui and Liu Yong ignored it, and then sat back to their original places in a sullen mood.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Zhao Fei couldn't help but feel that Zhao Xi was really not a talkative guy. After thinking about it, he felt that there was nothing to talk to such a person, so he said, "Ai Qing came here, and the journey was exhausting. I shouldn't let you go so fast. Enter the palace to meet me, but I am still a little curious about why you came to Chang'an?"

"I have already filed a record with the clan's mansion before. I came to Chang'an this time only to see my son Zhao Yu. I have been separated from my son for three years and I miss him a little. That's why I asked the clan's mansion to visit my son in Chang'an." Zhao Xi said.

When he was outside the city before, Zhao Xi had already received news that Zhao Yu entrusted the people from the clan's mansion to send his record book to the palace overnight.

At the same time, Zhao Xi also knew that nothing would happen to him this time, because the emperor seemed to be doing something through Zhao Yu.

Since he has the value to be used, then Zhao Fei will never have a story about killing a donkey.

This is why Zhao Xi, who is in a relaxed suit, is so presumptuous here. Of course, Zhao Xi also admits that the reason why he looks so ugly has something to do with Liu Yong.

As for the other side, Zhao Fei became a little angry.

Zhao Xi's behavior in this way does not put him in the eyes of the emperor, even though the royal family has the Clan House, which is similar to the company's board of directors in later generations.

But after all, he is an emperor, equivalent to the chairman.

You, a director, are so disrespectful to your dignified chairman, you are taking yourself too seriously.

Since you don't give yourself face, why should you give yourself face.

At that moment, Zhao Fei stopped and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Aiqing, if you don't come today, I will send a letter to summon you to Chang'an soon."

"Oh?" Zhao Xi said with a strange face: "Your Majesty wants to call his ministers to Chang'an, but what happened to the court? So he summoned me and other guarding princes from all over the world to come and face the saint?"

"It has nothing to do with the princes of various places. I was going to talk to you about Zhao Yu, the prince of Luo County." Zhao Fei laughed.

"Son, Zhao Yu?" Zhao Xi was stunned, took a deep look at Zhao Fei, and then said, "I don't know if Yu'er has offended His Majesty?"

"My lord, do you know that Zhao Yu was imprisoned in Jinyiwei some time ago?" Zhao Fei picked up a cup of tea with a smile on his face.

Hearing what Zhao Fei said, Zhao Xi's complexion immediately changed. The leader is going to settle old scores with you. This is the rhythm of a showdown with you!
Zhao Xi naturally knew about Zhao Yu's arrest.

But after he got the news, he was sure that Zhao Fei would not do anything to Zhao Yu. After all, with his father around, what could the court do, dare to do?
Because of this confidence, Zhao Xi was not in a hurry to hunt and play in the Luoshui area, and he didn't seem to care about Zhao Yu's affairs at all.

But everyone in Prince Luo's Mansion knew that since Zhao Yu was arrested, news from Chang'an messengers reached Zhao Xi almost every day.

It wasn't a big deal at first, Zhao Xi thought that when he was free one day, he would give Zhao Fei an excuse, so he asked Zhao Yu back.

But not long ago, Zhao Xi got the news that Prince Gong Zhao Yong had died!

Why was Zhao Yu arrested?
He was arrested because he and Zhao Yong provoked some low-grade officials in Chang'an City to make trouble in the household department.

If this kind of thing happened to ordinary people, it would be a crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the clan, but if it happened to the clan's children, it would be nothing more than a crime of being incapable of discipline and playing around.

It's not a big deal, according to the general process, it's just a small matter of being arrested and locked up for a few days.

But it was such a trivial matter that killed someone, and it was a prince, a powerful prince.

The Great Song Kingdom has multiplied for many years, and there have been many princes who have been canonized in the past dynasties, but there are very few people who have been canonized as princes, and there are even fewer princes who occupy the position of princes and still have power.

Such a powerful and powerful prince died in Jin Yiwei's prison for no reason. If he said he died of illness, who would believe it!
So when Prince Luo's mansion got the news, it immediately jumped up and down.

Zhao Xi originally wanted to wait for the news, but after dozens of days passed, he couldn't bear the harassment from the wife of the Zi family, that is, Zhao Yu's mother, and finally decided to come to Chang'an to have a look.

Of course, the reason for this decision was also that Zhao Xi had received the news that Zhao Yu had been released from Jin Yiwei prison.

Since he was able to release him, it meant that the court or the emperor did not intend to pursue the matter any further, so Zhao Xi felt that the time had come to come to Chang'an.

But he was only going to sneak over, but he got the news on the way, that Chang'an already knew the news that he was going to come.

Zhao Xi knew that he might have to face the saint before entering the house.

In order to avoid running out of time, Zhao Xi did not have a good rest last night, so he set off all the way to Chang'an.

Sure enough, as Zhao Xi expected, he did not go home, but was blocked at the gate of the city.

At that moment, Zhao Xi understood that at some point, he had already been watched by the emperor, and no matter what happened to him, he would be reported to Zhao Fei immediately.

When Zhao Xi understood this matter, he couldn't help feeling angry.

Especially seeing Liu Yong again brought back some bad memories of Zhao Xi, so this behavior became somewhat inappropriate.

And Zhao Fei looked at Zhao Xi who was so disrespectful to him, so of course he couldn't speak well.

Hearing Zhao Fei said that he wanted to talk to him about Zhao Yu, Zhao Xi realized something was wrong.

Although he was a prince, he didn't care about offending Zhao Fei, but offending the emperor would do him no good, but it was already too late to change his impression in the eyes of the emperor.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Xi stood up, walked to the center of the room, pushed the Jinshan upside down jade pillar and knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed several times to Zhao Fei.

Zhao Fei looked surprised, and said: "Aiqing, what are you doing, Anping, what are you still standing there for, why don't you help the prince up quickly."

Anping quickly answered yes, but Anping, who was quite nimble in the past, walked slowly today.

As a shrewd eunuch, Anping knew very well that the emperor told him to help him up quickly, which implied that he should do it slowly and don't worry.

Zhao Xi didn't expect An Ping to help him up, so he declined and said: "Your Majesty, don't bother Eunuch An, the minister is incapable of discipline and guilty, but he wants to plead guilty to His Majesty."

As he said that, Zhao Xi said with a few tears on his face: "Your Majesty, I have been busy dealing with the government affairs in the fief for many years, and that bastard Zhao Yu was sent to Chang'an since he was a child, so no one has disciplined him for many years." , causing him to develop a stubborn temper, it's all my fault."

At this time, Anping came over, making a gesture to support Zhao Xi, Zhao Xi stretched out his hand and pushed Anping away, saying: "Eunuch An, don't be busy, I still have something to say to Your Majesty."

Anping raised his head and looked at Zhao Fei with some embarrassment. Zhao Fei's expression was indifferent and he didn't express anything, so Anping stretched out his hand to pull Zhao Xi up, as if he wanted to pull Zhao Xi up, but he was too weak to pull him up.

Zhao Fei pretended not to see Anping's actions, looked at Zhao Xi, sighed, and said, "My lord, don't blame yourself, Zhao Yu is just too young!"

"Your Majesty, Zhao Yu is a member of the royal family. As a member of the royal family, you must be strict with yourself. If you use youth as an excuse, it would be too much to let him go." Zhao Xi shook his head and said: "I came to Chang'an this time. Just hold the thought of disciplining him well."

"Discipline is discipline, but you should stand up first!" Zhao Fei looked at Anping, and said again: "You slave, hurry up and help the prince up."

Anping immediately put on a troubled look, looked at Zhao Xi and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, you have to pity this servant, stand up, or His Majesty will blame the servant later."

Zhao Xi glanced at Anping, sneered in his heart, and looked at Zhao Fei with some embarrassment on his face.

Zhao Fei waved his hand and said, "Ai Qing, please stand up. Zhao Yu's matter was also covered by the villain. No wonder he, I have already decided not to pursue it."

"Ah!" Zhao Xi showed a tearful expression on his face, as if he was about to cry to Zhao Fei on the spot, and said, "Thank you, Lord Long En!"

Here, Anping felt that the heat was almost ready, so he stretched out his hand and pulled Zhao Xi up.

As for Zhao Xi himself, he was helped up by Anping with a face of shame, full of dissatisfaction, as if Anping forced him to stand up.

After the performance was over, Zhao Fei took a sip of tea and said, "I don't know how many days the prince is going to stay in Beijing this time?"

"This time, I just planned to discipline Zhao Yu and change back, but when I came, I heard that Chang'an was preparing for the Cuju competition." Zhao Xi said here, looking at Zhao Fei, he said with some embarrassment: "I have always been very fond of Cuju. Interested, after hearing the news, I am very yearning, so I want to ask His Majesty here, I plan to stay in Chang'an for a few more days."

According to the relevant regulations of the court, a prince like Zhao Xi can only stay in Chang'an for a month at most.

But now that Zhao Xi has made a request to Zhao Fei, it is definitely not just for staying for a month.

Moreover, according to the schedule made by the Ministry of War, the whole Cuju competition will last about 45 days, which means that Zhao Fei must let Zhao Xi stay in Chang'an for at least [-] days.

This was certainly an embarrassing request, but it was not without precedent, and Zhao Xi had a legitimate reason for his move. Logically speaking, Zhao Fei could not stop him.

In addition, as far as Zhao Fei was concerned, he also wanted to see Zhao Xi's personality up close.

Zhao Yong and Zhao Yu were arrested for the same incident. Afterwards, Zhao Yong died. Out of desperation, Zhao Yu was arrested, and Zhao Yong's wife Xu Ruolan came to find him and wanted to give him a child to inherit Prince Gong's Mansion.

Ever since Zhao Yong appeared in Zhao Fei's eyes, the things that happened to Zhao Yong are always confusing. These things seem to be unconnected, but Zhao Fei always feels that there is a thread in it that can make these things go away. linked together.

This is the intuition of Zhao Fei's man. Although it is a bit unreliable, Zhao Fei always feels that it is just because he has not found the thread yet.

Once you find that thread yourself, then everything is not a problem.

Now Zhao Xi sent him to his door, one family, two father and son, both in Chang'an, let him study, Zhao Fei instinctively felt that this was an opportunity, so Zhao Fei decided to agree to Zhao Xi's request.

Just when Zhao Fei was about to agree, Liu Yong stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is inappropriate!"

At that moment, everyone's eyes were on Liu Yong, and Zhao Xi looked at Liu Yong with a stern face, and said with a sneer, "I haven't seen you for many years, Liu Yong, you really still have the same demeanor!"

The two consecutive appearances are still the same, and it seems that the literal meaning is the same, but the two consecutive words from Zhao Xi's mouth have absolutely different meanings.

At this moment, Zhao Xi's words already contained a trace of hatred faintly.

As for Liu Yong, he just looked at Zhao Fei indifferently and ignored Zhao Xi at all.

Looking at the appearance of Liu Yong and Zhao Xi, Zhao Fei instinctively wondered what enmity these two people had, and let these two extremely human ministers tear each other apart in front of him without any scruples shameless.

Zhao Fei even suspected that if he hadn't been here, these two people would have spoken ill of each other, and even directly scuffled each other.

Zhao Fei felt that after today, it was very necessary for him to learn about the past friendship between the two of them.

But now, you can only go to pull the frame.

If Zhao Fei didn't hear Zhao Xi's words, he just looked at Liu Yong inquisitively and said, "Liu Aiqing, what do you want to say?"

"Your Majesty, according to the imperial court regulations, after the prince takes over as a vassal, he can only come to Beijing to see his majesty at the time of routine presentations." Liu Yong said lightly: "This time, Prince Luo's visit to Chang'an is not in compliance with the rules. It’s not that you can’t be accommodated, but if you just stay in Chang’an and wait for the end of the Cuju competition, it’s really against the rules.”

"Your Majesty, if it is really not possible, after the minister has taught Zhao Yu that bastard, he will leave the capital quickly and will never violate Liu Yong's rules." Zhao Xi gave Liu Yong a cold look, and then turned around. He said to Zhao Fei respectfully.

One is the most useful minister, and the other is the most important prince of the royal family.

The so-called palms and backs are all flesh, and it's not good to hit anyone.

But now that the matter was in front of him, he had to make a decision.

When the tiger is released from the cage, it can bite people, but when it is locked in the cage, it can only be watched by people.

Zhao Fei took a deep look at Zhao Xi, this old man was undoubtedly a tiger, and he was a relatively big one.

For such a person, it seems that only by being locked in a cage can one truly feel at ease.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fei made a decision, glanced at Liu Yong, and said: "Liu Aiqing, your opinion is indeed correct, but special treatment is given in special times, and the court must also consider the affection between father and son when doing things. The two princes have not met for many years. When we meet, the imperial court should also consider their father-son relationship."

Having said this, Zhao Fei turned to look at Zhao Xi again, and said with a smile, "It's just a Cuju competition. Since the prince wants to watch it, then I agree at this time."

"Thank you, Lord Long En!" Zhao Xi said hastily, and then glanced at Liu Yong provocatively, Liu Yong's face was livid, and he stepped aside.

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