Wulin Mengzhu

Chapter 217 Emperor Zhao Xu
After Su Xiaowu was slightly stunned, she couldn't help asking: "What happened?" She was still not sure if it was the news of Zhao Xu's death, and the date should not have come yet.It's not Chinese New Year yet, it seems that Zhao Xu should have passed away in the first lunar month.

Zhao Qingyi turned his head away, staring at Su Xiaowu closely with eyes as black as the night, and said after a long time: "Susu, Brother Huang's condition has suddenly worsened, so send someone to call me back to Beijing."

Su Xiaowu breathed a sigh of relief, that is, she is not dead yet. "Then you go quickly, and you have to be more careful when you go to the capital for thousands of miles."

"Be careful? Who should be careful?" Zhao Qingyi narrowed his eyes, accurately grasping the loopholes in Su Xiaowu's words, and refused to let them go.

Su Xiaowu was at a loss for words, what should she say? "Be careful and be safe! You'd better set off quickly, and tell me this here, isn't it a waste of time?" Su Xiaowu couldn't bear the aggressive aura in Zhao Qingyi's eyes, her eyes drifted away, watching the rolling water flowing down Lingyun Mountain of the river.

"Susu, come back to the capital with me." Zhao Qingyi said softly.

Su Xiaowu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled wryly: "My lord, Xiao Wu is just an ordinary person. She doesn't know anything, and she doesn't know anything, so she can't help you." Never see you again.Thinking of this, Su Xiaowu couldn't help lowering her eyes.

She is always just a passerby.

"Susu, do you know? The emperor was only nine years old when he came to the throne." Zhao Qingyi sighed and said softly, "And I was only eight years old at the time."

"Oh? That's really not easy." Su Xiaowu didn't know why he said this suddenly, so she had to follow his tone.

"Although I was young at the time, I also knew what the throne meant. From time to time, I was thinking in my heart. Although I was not qualified to inherit the throne, the emperor's brother was also a concubine. What if I was the one who sat on that position? At that time My father is in his prime, so it is not impossible for him to ascend the throne." Zhao Qingyi twitched the corners of his mouth, not hiding his ambition at all, no matter how outrageous the words were.

Su Xiaowu knew that Zhao Qingyi said that he was not qualified, it should be because he and Zhao Xu were cousins, not Song Shenzong's biological son.But she also knows that the Song Dynasty does not necessarily need to be the eldest son to inherit the throne, and it is also possible to inherit from brother to brother.When Song Shenzong died, his two younger brothers were very qualified to take the throne.In other words, Zhao Qingyi also has the possibility of becoming the crown prince.

In the novels she read in modern times, it was said that the children of the royal family were precocious, but she really didn't expect to be so enlightened.Eight or nine years old, when she was eight or nine years old, she was still playing in school carefree!They have come into contact with the most sinister side of human nature.

Su Xiaowu was still figuring out how to answer Zhao Qingyi's words, but the latter continued to speak indifferently: "Brother Huang Zaohui, he was able to recite seven volumes of "The Analects" when he was eight or nine years old, and the words were written very well. Beautiful, and well-mannered. But I can also do these things. The difference is that he is a prince, so he naturally gets different attention from me. But there is one thing that completely changed my thinking. One day, according to Etiquette, the emperor should receive the Khitan envoy. Prime Minister Cai is afraid that Zhao Xu is young and will be frightened by the appearance and strange costumes of the Liao people, which will damage the national prestige. So he carefully introduced the appearance of the Khitan envoy to the emperor one day in advance And clothes, please don’t be surprised. And I happen to be reading with the emperor’s brother, and we are in the imperial study, so naturally we will listen together.”

"And then?" Su Xiaowu was slightly aroused by him, what could a nine-year-old child say?

Zhao Qingyi smiled slightly, with a look of reminiscence on his face, and said slowly: "Cai really said it dozens of times, and when I heard it for the third time, I couldn't help but want to slap the table. But I Seeing Brother Huang still sitting there with a smile on his face, I was also holding my breath. Since he can bear it, I can also bear it. In the end, it was Cai Que who found that Brother Huang didn't reply a word, so he stopped, with an expression on his face Embarrassed. At this time, the emperor's brother suddenly withdrew his smile and asked seriously: "Is the Khitan envoy a human?" Cai Que replied: "Of course it is a human." Man, how could I be afraid of him?'"

Su Xiaowu was fascinated when she heard it. A nine-year-old boy can pretend to say these words, what kind of an outstanding man he should be now!

"I still remember Cai Que retreating in panic with that speechless expression on his face." Zhao Qingyi couldn't help showing a smile on his face, "Susu, I have been chasing after the emperor all my life." Brother's footsteps, although I can't surpass, but also try to be his arm."

Su Xiaowu couldn't help feeling a little sour when she heard Zhao Qingyi's rare tenderness in front of others.Zhao Xu should be regarded as a conscientious emperor in the Northern Song Dynasty, but unfortunately the reform methods he used were too drastic, which would inevitably make the old party hold grudges.

"Susu, can you tell me, was your fortune-telling for the emperor last time a joke, or..." Zhao Qingyi paused for a while, then continued with difficulty: "Or is it a prophecy?"

Su Xiaowu couldn't bear to look at the expression on his face, she lowered her head and hummed lightly.

In the sound of rolling waves below the mountain, although Su Xiaowu's voice was soft, Zhao Qingyi could still hear it clearly, and his face quickly turned pale.

Su Xiaowu looked at Zhao Qingyi's trembling hands holding onto the railing, and couldn't bear to say: "It's just my calculation, maybe it's not accurate."

Zhao Qingyi took a deep breath, forced himself up and asked, "Then, Susu, can you tell my fate?"

Su Xiaowu replied in a condescending manner: "I can only count the fate of the emperor..." and she could barely count.

Zhao Qingyi was silent for a long time.

Su Xiaowu finally couldn't help raising her head to look at him, and found that there was a little disappointment on his expression, or a well-hidden disappointment.That's right, it seems that what she said just now has already denied him the possibility of becoming the emperor.

Zhao Qingyi couldn't help being disappointed.Originally, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. When the emperor's brother invited him back to Beijing when he was seriously ill, he might have to explain to him what to entrust. "What about the emperor's son?" Zhao Qingyi continued to ask, if he could be left alone by the emperor's dying brother, he also believed that he would be able to govern the country according to the emperor's method.It's just that he didn't realize that he already believed what Su Xiaowu said.

Su Xiaowu bit her lower lip, shook her head and said, "Maybe... maybe before you go back, this child will..." The prince and the emperor passed away not long after each other. The reason why someone tampered with.

Zhao Qingyi closed his eyes hard, and when he opened them again, there was a cold light in his eyes, as sharp as a sharp sword, and he said sharply: "Su Xiaowu, talking lightly about the royal family, disturbing the hearts of the people, do you know that you What are you talking about?" It was the first time he spoke to Su Xiaowu so harshly, with the natural power of the royal family.

Su Xiaowu shook her head and sighed, said: "It doesn't matter if you don't believe me, hurry back to the capital."

Zhao Qingyi saw that Su Xiaowu refused to give in, and was finally shaken in his heart.Could it be that what she said was true?Otherwise, what good would it do her if she said this out of thin air?
(End of this chapter)