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Chapter 21 Between Success and Failure

The emperor and his wife reached a tacit understanding in a few words, just like sending a concubine and a family to give birth to a son.

In the Song Dynasty, donating one's concubines to others was a manifestation of the highest etiquette, but it was definitely not a royal habit. Giving each other beautiful maids was a matter of elegance. Putting it in the royal family would be a ruthless act. If it was a palace maid, others would only envy it. Who in the world would dare to bear it by giving the next emperor's biological mother?

Even Zhao Zhen must seriously consider Zhao Xu's face when doing this. He has been working hard for his son for more than ten years. How could he destroy his son's favor for him in the end?

Although the queen who walked out of the hall was sad, she looked at Shufei, and pointed to Daqing Palace and said to Shufei: "Your Majesty, call you in."

Concubine Shu glanced at the queen and didn't understand where she got the confidence that was higher than her. After giving a gift, she walked into the hall. She wanted to know what fate she would have in the next place.

The emperor's expression became more and more upset. Seeing that Concubine Shu came in, he smiled and said, "Is the beloved concubine here?"

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Shu stood in front of the emperor's bed, looking at the mighty man who had become as thin as a skeleton, and felt a little emotional.

"Will Xu'er's officials congratulate the ceremony go smoothly?"

"Report to Your Majesty, there are no opponents from all civil and military officials."

"Of course no one will object. I don't know how many people who are unfavorable to Xu'er in the future have been executed in private. Only one person, even if I am, will touch him."

"Who is so domineering?"

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "If he had been domineering, I would have eliminated him long ago. It's a pity that this person knows how to restrain himself, and his contributions are in the country and his righteousness are in the future. He almost became a saint with martial arts. If such a person does not have the intention of rebellion, no one can touch him. However, such a person will naturally benefit the Song Dynasty in wartime. After the war is over, there will be such a person in the court, which will not be of any benefit to Xu'er's rule."

Lan Lan smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty is referring to Marquis Wen Xin?"

"Who else besides him? He kept saying that he would be rafting on the sea after the Yanyun war was over, but only God knows which direction the matter will go.

Taizu might not have had the intention of rebelling in Chenqiao back then, but after being put on a yellow robe by his generals, he would have to rebel if he didn't."

Lan Lan frowned and said, "This is a military and national event. I'm afraid I'm a woman..."

Zhao Zhen smiled weakly and said to Shufei: "You are of great use, so great that you can never imagine. Since Yun Zheng said that he was going to the sea, you are the only candidate who could force him to go to the sea. In this way, Yun Zheng's eternal name will be guaranteed, and I and Xu'er don't have to bear the infamy of killing heroes.

You and I have a weak relationship, but the mother-son relationship between you and Xu'er is probably nothing to say. Sacrifice for your husband and for your children is your duty as your wife and mother."

Lan Lan said with her hands tightly: "This is natural. What does Your Majesty need me to do?"

Zhao Zhen looked at the infinitely bleak feeling in Lanlan's eyes and said lightly: "Marry Yun Zheng!"

"What?" Lan Lan never expected these three words to be spoken from the emperor. She fell to the ground in horror and said tremblingly: "Xu'er would think that this was his great humiliation, and people in the world would laugh at the royal family. Where did the royal family get the remarried wife since ancient times?"

"There are too many, but the history books are not written, and the royal family will not say it. Concubine Shu naturally wants to sleep under the ground with me. The one who married Yun Zheng was just a woman named Lanlan.

"Why is it my concubine? Not another concubine? As long as it is my concubine, I will be sent to Yun Zheng. In addition to rebellion, he is left to travel far away and has children. How can I do such a thing? Don't your Majesty feel ashamed?"

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Other palace concubines? Do you think that if you send those stupid women to Yun Zheng, people in the world will believe that a dignified general will live with an ordinary palace concubine?"

Only you are the most suitable. You were old friends, but later they were constantly in contact. Only by sending you over can the people in the world believe it. Yun Zheng will be unable to speak.

When I reach this point, I can’t figure out what else? I don’t even care about the matter of poisoning me. Do you think I still care about the false and complex rituals in the world?

All I want is the actual benefit, and I really don't care about the rest."

"Not me..."

"Okay, Concubine Shu, don't make any excuses. Although I still don't know how I was poisoned, you and I know in my heart what's going on. Except for you have the chance to poison, others don't have the ability to do this. Even the queen, I have never eaten the food she sent.

Now, I am just glad that Yun Zheng has not been involved, which is an important reason why I will spare your life."

Zhao Zhen said this and said to the void: "Come here, I will send Concubine Shu for a ride. The amount of fake death medicine should be estimated accurately, so she should not be killed."

With a promise, two eunuchs with chicken skin and hair walked out from behind the tent. One easily caught Lanlan who had retreated repeatedly, and the other took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, pinched Shufei's mouth and forced the medicine down.

The blue eyes were about to split, and he pointed at Zhao Zhen and said, "You are the biggest bastard in the world!"

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Don't say it out loud if you know. Well, since you have already given the medicine, just lie in front of my bed. We must show the deep love between husband and wife in front of all civil and military officials. For your son, I must perform this scene before the medicine is inflicted. I will try my best to cooperate with you to die together. Xu'er needs a chaste and strong mother.

My child will be the most perfect emperor in the world. There is no struggle for the throne, no harem chaos, and no one restrains it. I have given him the most free space. Concubine Shu, aren’t you proud of him?

Come and summon all civil and military officials to meet the Supreme Emperor!"

With the eunuch's long shout, the new emperor Zhao Xu brought civil and military officials to Daqing Hall in line. Everyone was holding Wuban's arms, with a solemn expression. Under the package of the wardrobe, he was glorious, like a garment of a city.

Empress Cao came to the emperor's bed wearing Muli. When she saw the hatred gaze in Lanlan's eyes, she burst into tears and said, "Does sister really want to follow His Majesty?"

The voice is sad and moving.

Zhao Xu was shocked and hurriedly held his mother's hand and cried: "My father is leaving, will his mother leave the child too?"

Lan Lan couldn't bear it when she saw her son's heartbroken appearance. She looked at the emperor and found that he was still smiling at him, without any intention of letting go.

He had to hug Zhao Xu gently and said, "My child has grown up. It's time to protect himself. Mother cannot continue to accompany you. Don't be resentful. After your father left, I'm already bored in life in the world. I can still have a companion while walking together.

My son must remember that when marrying a wife, you must marry a virtuous person. Don’t read it wrong. Most beautiful and intelligent women will not care about people because they think that they have given their beauty and everything they get is natural.

**This kind of thing will take root in your heart, and grow from a small sapling to a big tree. The bigger the tree grows, the deeper the harm it will be. My son must remember not to be deceived by those women. Even if the worst words are said from your mouth, it is ten thousand times more important than what others say."

While talking to his designated ministers of life, Zhao Zhen was talking to Pang Ji and Han Qi, while paying attention to the conversation between Concubine Shu and his son. Listening to Concubine Shu and his words earnestly, the pride in his eyes became increasingly unconcealed. He glanced at the burning incense stick in the corner of the hall as if nothing had happened, and saw that the incense stick was almost burning.

He sighed and said to Pang Ji: "What should be said has been finished. You can just stick to your true heart. I am watching you in heaven.

you……"

Before Zhao Zhen could finish his words, his eyes suddenly turned dark. He tried hard to open his eyes wider and see everything in front of him. These were in vain. After all, they were annihilated like a tide of fatigue, extinguishing the last trace of wisdom in his heart...

Concubine Shu's eyes were blurred, but she finally saw that the emperor was dead, saw the prince's panic, the crying of the ministers, and the gloomy smile on the queen's face...

Ge Qiuyan stood beside Yun Ting and wrapped an arm around him. Lu Qingying had long said that as long as something wrong happened in the palace, she and the generals only need to protect Yun Ting and kill him out. As for whether others die or not, it has nothing to do with the Yun family.

There has never been a place of peace in the palace. God knows that something strange will happen. If you don’t take sides or seek refuge in any side, this is the foundation of the Yun family.

Yun Ting always wanted to pull away the tall tower shields to see the outside world, but he was always pulled back by Ge Qiuyan.

The Yunfu family generals built a relatively safe area with tower shields, which was very eye-catching in front of the Daqing Palace. After all, there were a few officials who could enter the Daqing Palace. The rest of the officials seemed to feel the atmosphere of the Yin test in the palace. They looked at the solid shield formation formed by the Yunfu family generals with some envy. The families who dared to keep weapons in the palace seemed to have only the Yun family.

Just as everyone was feeling up and down, a group of ministers came out of the Daqing Hall, with panic expressions. The queen lit the dry firewood in the giant tripod of the Daqing Hall with her own hands. After the blazing flames came out, a thick black smoke rose straight into the sky.

"Your Majesty has passed away!"

The thick smoke just rose and the bells and drums in Tokyo, and soon the huge bell weighing more than 10,000 pounds in Daxiangguo Temple also rang.

So, the world is covered with mourning.

Ge Qiuyan hurriedly took out a piece of white cloth from his horse's bag and put it on Yun Ting in a few seconds. He was not qualified to be filial to the emperor, so he made a white flower and put it on his hair. The other generals also made a piece of white cloth and put it on their heads.

As for those officials, the speed was even faster. When Ge Qiuyan prepared Yun Ting's mourning clothes, the entire hall was already covered in white. (To be continued.)

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