Chapter 82: Retreat after success

It was almost noon now, and the sky was gloomy and the wind was whistling. Zhao Ji sat out of the hall gate with his shoulder carriage. The crowd waited for the light carriage to climb up the wall of the imperial city and entered the Xuande Gate Tower. Zhao Ji moved to the window and looked out, but saw people coming and going in front of the small spiritual shed in front of the building, and people paying condolences and serving porridge in a constant stream, as if it was the night of the Shangyuan period, but there was less noisy and more solemnity!

"King Yan has been here all these days?" Zhao Ji looked and asked the commander on duty. Although the distance was not too far, the angle was not very appropriate. He could only see Zhao Qi kneeling on the ground and unable to stop returning gifts to the guests who were paying their respects. His face was invisible at all.

"Returning to the emperor, Prince Yan has been here since the seventh day of the lunar month, guarding the mourning hall day and night, incense and tribute on time, and never left a single step!" The commander replied respectfully.

"When did King Yan start eating?"

"Returning to the emperor, a few days ago, no one paid porridge. Prince Yan strictly abides by etiquette. He has not eaten a grain of rice in five days. Even his guards are all loyal men. If the master does not eat them, they will not enter. Only a benevolent and righteous lord like Prince Yan can train such people!" The commander said with some emotion.

"Aren't they cold at night?" Zhao Ji asked rubbed his hands, and Yang Jian immediately handed the stove.

"Now that water is dripping into ice, how can they not be cold when they sleep in the open air? The first night Prince Yan and his guards hugged each other to keep warm, but in the second half of the night it was obviously too cold to bear it. They lit paper candles to keep warm, and summoned the patrolmen of the Qianhuo Shop."

"This child is really nonsense. Is it possible to burn paper to keep warm?" Zhao Ji said with a smile.

"Yes, but they had no choice. Prince Yan was still a child. He was even hungry and swayed when he walked, but he still insisted on burning paper and burning incense to pay tribute to him. The brothers couldn't bear to see it anymore." The commander wanted to say, but suddenly he noticed Yang Jian's knife-like gaze and quickly stopped.

Yang Jian is really mixed with all kinds of feelings now. Looking at Tong Guan next to him, he felt even more frustrated. Yesterday, he ordered someone to send a bowl of porridge with poison, but it didn't work. Today, he saw it with his own eyes that there was too much porridge. The chances of Zhao Qi eating the bowl of porridge he had added were too low. Now the emperor has been involved again, and things are even more difficult to deal with!

"Tong Guan, go and pass on the oral orders to allow Prince Yan to enter the palace and participate in the grand ceremony tomorrow!" After all, he was a father. Seeing this scene, Zhao Ji felt guilty when he thought about the past when he entered the palace to pay tribute to the Empress Dowager before he ascended the throne.

"Your Majesty, no," Zhang Shangying became anxious as soon as he heard this and wanted to make a statement.

"Zhang Xiang, this is a scattered housework, so you won't have to worry about it!" Zhao Ji glanced at him and said, Zhang Shangying stepped down awkwardly, and the royal family members committed crimes. The Zongzheng Mansion was under the jurisdiction of him, so it was not his turn to speak.

The palace gate, which had been closed for a long time, suddenly opened wide, and a team of palace soldiers rushed out, separated the crowd and came to the spirit shed. Tong Guan strode over and shouted loudly: "Transfer the emperor's oral orders, please ask Prince Yan to receive the order!" When the onlookers heard that the order was sent, they all consciously retreated and gave up a clearing.

"My son received the order!" Zhao Qi was just puzzled. When he heard the shouts, he quickly led Jianxi and others out to kneel down.

"Prince Yan is kind and filial, the emperor is kind to you, and you will be allowed to enter the palace and participate in the grand ceremony tomorrow's sun!" Tong Guan said in an imperial edict.

"Prince, I'm accepting the order!" It's time to thank the order, but Zhao Qina did not move. Seeing Xi, he said softly.

"Thank you, my father, I'll ask Sikong to report to my father. I'm sorry that I can't enter the palace if I violate the order!" Zhao Qi said in a shocking voice. Seeing Xi sighed and lowered his head and stopped saying anything. He knew what the prince wanted to do. Now he was immune to the prince's sudden inspiration.

"Prince Yan, this is not a time to act irritating. Can you tell me if you have anything to do when you enter the palace?" Tong Guan was anxious. The child looked quite sensible. Why did he get angry at the critical moment? He hurriedly advised.

"Tong Sikong, this is not a dispute of intention, but related to the laws of the country. Although it is understandable that I resisted the orders repeatedly, it is not tolerated by the laws. As a prince, I should abide by the laws of the court. This matter must have made my father embarrassed. I have written a memorial to request a title to be reinstateed, and asked Sikong to submit it on his behalf!" Zhao Qi said as he took out a memorial from his arms and handed it to Tong Guan.

"Prince Yan is loyal!" Tong Guan took the memorial and helped Zhao Qi up with his hands. After his words, the people around him also praised him. If the Song Dynasty had created the "Top Ten Touching People" this year, Zhao Qi would have to be elected with a high vote and set it up to show off at home.

Tong Guan returned to the city tower with Zhao Qi's memorial and told him the story. At the same time, Zhao Ji finished reading it, sighed and gave the memorial to Zhang Shangying behind him, saying, "Zhang Xiang, your Secretariat discusses and gets a charter!" After saying that, he went out first, got down the city tower, and headed straight to the palace gate. The others were shocked. The emperor was about to leave the palace. Yang Jian quickly ordered the palace army to arrange guards and drive away the idle people. After a rush, everyone followed the emperor to the palace gate.

"Erlang, you are suffering." Zhao Ji came to the spirit shed and saw Zhao Qi's face haggard, lonely and lonely, her thin body trembling in the cold wind, her face full of frostbite, white and purple. He was a qualified artist, with rich emotions, and before he finished speaking, tears fell.

"Damn, I have suffered so many fucking days, but you are not making trouble. Now that I have come here to show my father's kindness and filial piety!" Zhao Qi thought so in his heart, but he didn't dare to say that, so he quickly kowtowed, "My son bowed to his father, and the mother went far away. I also asked his father to mourn and take care of the dragon's body!" Looking at what he said, others couldn't find any fault, and it made the emperor feel warm, obviously a person who was wronged.

"Erlang isn't it because of my father who blocked you outside the palace?" Zhao Jixu helped him and asked again.

"Tayi went to Beijing against the order, but his father did not punish him. My son was already grateful!" Zhao Tayi stood up and stood up with his hands down, saying respectfully, "The father was busy with all kinds of troubles every day. Now, when the mother and queen are in a big mourning, they must be even more laborious. However, his son is ignorant and has caused trouble for his father. It's really unfilial!"

"Erlang can think so, and I feel very comforted for my father. I thought you were angry as a father and refused to enter the palace!" After hearing his son's words, Zhao Ji felt relieved and held Zhao Qi in his arms and said, "The second brother is much better than his brothers. He is not only filial, but also understanding. He is afraid that I will make things difficult for me, so he even wrote the apology memorial, blocking the mouths of those people, and missing much talk.

"Father, my son misses you, and his mother and brothers and sisters," Zhao Qiong rushed into the emperor's arms and said in tears. Sometimes he felt that he was more professional than professional actors. They just finished acting for a few scenes, but he was always pretending, and the more he pretended, the more he looked, and even forgot that he had come from later generations.

"Don't cry, Erlang, I will issue an order to keep you in the capital, and we will not be separated from each other again!" Zhao Ji was also excited. It was not easy for his son to be alone at a young age. He raised his hand to wipe the tears from his son's face and said.

"Father must not be done. My son is an ominous person and has a serious sin. Will he harm my father when he returns to Beijing? He will serve his subordinates when his son redeems his sins!" Zhao Qi was shocked when he heard this. He acted too much and really moved the emperor. If he really brought himself back at this time, his "big cause" would be ruined and he quickly recycled it.

"Oh, Erlang is embarrassed for you. I'm sorry for you for my father. Just say whatever you want, and I will satisfy you for my father!" Zhao Ji was even more moved when he saw Zhao Qi's anxious look, and touched his head and said.

"Father, I don't want anything. As long as my father's dragon body is healthy, immortal blessings will last forever, and longevity will be with the heavens. Long live, long live, long live, long live, long live!" Zhao Qi knelt down and said loudly. At this time, it seemed that God was moved by Zhao Qi's "filial piety", and snowflakes floated up in great harmony.

"Long live, long live, long live, long live, Prince Yan's filial piety is touching the world, the blessing of my emperor and the blessing of all people." The emperor is never short of flattering people, especially Zhao Ji. Cai You, who didn't know where he was hiding just now, jumped out, kneeled down to the ground, echoed Zhao Qi's nose and shouted with tears.

"Long live my emperor, long live my life, long live my life." At the beginning of his life, no one dared to be negligent. He immediately shouted, the people in the capital separated by the palace guards knew that the emperor had come in person, and crawled on the ground and shouted long live with the ministers. This scene was a bit big! Seeing the ministers and people submitting to him, Zhao Ji felt so beautiful. Look at the sloppy son who gave me more face, even God gave me face, and burst into tears. He looked up at the snowflakes in the sky, then looked down at the big cloak on his son's body and put it on Zhao Qi with his own hands. He said a few good things in succession. He was so proud.

"Erlang, are these your guards? I heard that they share the joys and sorrows with you, sharing weal and woe, loyal servant!" Zhao Qiong accepted the worship of thousands of people, and pulled Zhao Qiong's finger and pointed at Jianxi and others behind him and said.

"Thank you the emperor for praise. It is the duty of the young people to serve the master with a loyal heart!" Seeing the joy, he heard the emperor ask, and quickly signaled everyone to kowtow.

"What a duty, you loyally serve the lord, and you will not treat you badly!" Jianxi and others were even happier when they heard this. The sufferings of these days have not been in vain. The emperor's words and words will never be in vain.

Prince Yan insisted not to enter the palace and still stayed in the small mourning shed outside the palace gate. However, the emperor inspected and affirmed it, which means that the emperor recognized Prince Yan's behavior. Then this simple mourning shed did not meet the prince's identity. So the craftsmen of the Houyuan Manufacturing Institute worked overnight and set up a luxurious and huge mourning hall in front of the palace gate before the grand ceremony. The Ministry of Rites sent a minister to preside over the memorial service, and the ministers in the court rushed to stuff their children in to accompany the sacrifice. Now everyone can see that Prince Yan is deeply favored by the emperor. If there is a day to ascend to the great treasure in the future, these are all achievements of support!

The grand ceremony of Wangri ended in a solemn and solemn atmosphere. Zhao Qi did not stop for a moment. After knocking three heads into the palace gate, he turned over and left the capital immediately under the escort of an imperial guard. When the horse team rushed out of the city gate, Zhao Qi looked back at the tall city wall behind him, but was filled with mixed feelings. It turned out that anti-order entry into the capital was just a temporary solution. Unexpectedly, things gradually evolved into this. He became a model boy in the eyes of the people, the choice of the Eastern Palace in the hearts of all officials, and the emperor's beloved son. But who knows whether these are good or bad for him?
Chapter completed!