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Zhao Xu knelt in the court, apart from the shrill voice of the eunuch reading the will, there was only a roar in his ears.

The envoy Shouyi who came to proclaim the decree respectfully arranged the yellow axis in his hand, carefully glanced at the surprised or angry or stunned or mourned members of the Zhao clan, and whispered to the patriarch Zhao Ruoping: "Although the will of the Holy Majesty A little sudden, but there must be a deep meaning."

Zhao Ruoping frowned, just about to ask a question or to refuse directly, when Zhao Xu said calmly: "I accept the order."

There was silence for about half a moment, and then there was an uproar in the court, Zhao Ruoping looked at him incredulously, "Nineteenth Lang, what are you?"

Zhao Xu took out a piece of gold leaf from his sleeve, stuffed it to Shouyi, and said indifferently, "I'll come to the palace tomorrow, Mr. Lao."

Seeing that his expression was calm and not fake, Shouyi couldn't help being amazed—a tribute student of Taixue, who will end next year, was born in a first-rank noble family like the Zhao family in Yingchuan, and was married to a ten-year-old The fifth prince, who can still remain calm in the face of such humiliation, how can he look like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy?

Eunuch Shouyi said politely to Zhao Ruoping: "Our family will go back and return to order. You don't need to worry about the Duke. Mr. Zhao has great blessings, good days are yet to come."

Zhao Ruoping nodded, "Eunuch, go slowly."

When the ceremonial guards in the palace disappeared, Zhao Ruoping gave Zhao Xu a wink, and the father and son left the clansmen who had exploded, and went to the study.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhao Ruoping threw the paperweight given by the imperial court to the ground, "It's too deceitful! Since my Zhao family was awarded the title in the Deze period, I have never been so humiliated! You are the Yingchuan County announced by the imperial court. Young Master, now you are asked to marry that child as a princess as a man, it is simply ridiculous!"

Seeing Zhao Xu's gloomy face, but he kept silent for a long time, he was even more angry, "Why did you admit it just now?!"

Zhao Xu sneered, "So what if you don't recognize it? Father, don't forget that no matter how weak and incompetent he is, he is still the descendant of the ancestor!"

A sentimental emperor once lamented: "From ancient times to the present, there is no country that cannot perish, and there is no tomb that cannot be dug."

No matter how magnificent and magnificent the dynasty is, there will be a day when it will come to an end.

It has been more than 280 years since the founding of the Tianqi Dynasty, more than 190 years since the ancestor Xuanyuan Zhaomin pacified the Turks, and more than 170 years since the confluence of Renzong Xuanyuan Mian Datui and the common people.The ancestors pacified foreign enemies, cut down feudal vassals and centralized power, Renzong also promoted enlightenment, enriched the people, and left the world with peace for nearly 200 years.

But about 30 years ago, Dezong died early, and the Empress Dowager Deng left her mother to keep her son, and supported Mu Zong to succeed him; superior.

Today, he ascended the throne in a hurry, and there was no time to cultivate his influence. It seems that the court and the middle are already dominated by Zhu Deng.He has more than generous personality, lack of courage, and lacks the literary and martial arts of his ancestors. All these years, he can only swallow his anger under the eyes of the Queen Mother Deng.Deng's power is in full swing, and the local officials of the Fifteenth Dao in the World and the Second Capital of An'an and Dong'an have reached the point where they "only know the Queen Mother, but not the Son of Heaven".Except for the former dynasty, Deng's harem is even more overwhelming. The emperor has seven princes in total, two of whom died young, and three of them were raised in the empress dowager's niece, Empress Deng's palace. The remaining two princes have special identities—the second prince is Duke Long The daughter of the noble concubine Dugu is not good at behavior; the biological mother of the four princes is Princess Huihe, and Princess Huihe entrusted her to Concubine Dugu before her death, so she was also raised under her name. She just turned 15 this year.

The year before last, the emperor was forced to appoint the third prince under Empress Deng as the crown prince; at the same time, he ordered the second prince to get married and leave the palace to build a mansion, and named him King Fen.

The fourth prince is getting older, and it is said that he is extremely intelligent, noble and unconventional, and has become a heart problem for the Empress Dowager Deng.

This time Zhao Xu is going to marry the Fourth Prince.

"Oh," Zhao Ruoping said with a sneer, "now that the south wind is prevalent, it is not uncommon for male wives and concubines to be male, but the court clearly stipulates that male wives are not allowed to be officials, and those who marry male wives are not allowed to be nobles. The empress dowager not only wants It's really wonderful to let go of the thoughts of the fourth prince and still want to stand up in front of my noble family."

Zhao Xu murmured, "Father, please be quiet and don't be impatient. My son thinks that this matter may not be the work of the Empress Dowager. What is going on, I will know after tomorrow's face-to-face."

"Xu'er, you have been quick-witted and precocious since you were a child, and my father also believed that you had ideas," Zhao Ruopin squeezed his beard, full of worries. Among the eight great aristocratic families, do you understand the internal reasons?"

Zhao Xu just smiled and said nothing.

"Since you have accepted the marriage offer, as a father, you should understand it, so that you can do it yourself in the future." After saying that, Zhao Ruoping let Zhao Xu step down.

Zhao Xu wandered back to the Zhengyong Hall where he lived, and sent many sincere and false comforts and advice along the way, and when he entered the door, his face darkened, "Bai Su, Bai Shao."

The two servants immediately stepped forward to salute.

"Bai Su, tonight you will pack up all the shop land deed bank notes under my name, and cash out the ones that can be cashed out; Bai Shao, give me a list of all the servants of the dead deeds, and I want it now."

Bai Su went to work in silence, while Bai Shao stayed behind and said anxiously, "My lord, are they telling the truth?"

Zhao Xu glanced over with a pair of sharp eyes, Bai Shao froze and quickly backed away.

After they walked away, Zhao Xu let out the breath he had been holding on to before, and collapsed on the couch regardless of his appearance.

Taking it calmly, being calm and complacent is all fake, any seven-foot man who hears that he is going to put on a wedding dress to be another woman, how can he not lose his sense of propriety?When he kept righteousness and proclaimed the decree, his whole body seemed to be smashed into pieces by a thunderbolt in May. If he hadn't taken into account the noble demeanor and the imperial power, he might have cursed aloud.

Ten years of hard study went to waste, all the hard work and success turned into naught, and all the good years were wasted in the backyard of an unfavorable prince.

There are so many children from aristocratic families, why is it him?

Zhao Xu's brows were frosty, and she sneered slightly.

This matter can never be the Empress Dowager's claim. After all, to deprive the fourth prince of the right to inherit, he can marry any man and wife. Why must he offend the Yingchuan Zhao family and push the originally neutral gentry to the emperor?

If it is the emperor, sow discord between the gentry and the queen mother?I'm afraid he himself wouldn't believe this kind of low-level rebellion; he just wanted the fourth prince to marry a man and save his life?It can never be that simple.

The emperor had seen himself, and he praised him greatly at the time, but now it seems...

Zhao Xu stood up and looked out the window at the dark night with his hands behind his back.

If you just humiliate him and treat him as a woman in the backyard, he will have his own way to escape and will not accompany him.

if……

If the world is really in chaos, the Zhao family will definitely protect themselves wisely. Although they won't be implicated, I'm afraid they won't get anything good.

Wealth and wealth are in danger, but this time he, Zhao Xu, just doesn't believe it. After breaking through the mountains of swords and filling up the sea of ​​fire, he still can't break a bloody path?

The author has something to say: Li Xia publishes the article, I hope Li Xia can finish it next year...Have you eaten salted duck eggs yet?

It can be regarded as explaining the background of the article

About 200 years after Emperor Ce's peace

The sentimental emperor is my natal Cao Erpi.