Queen Cao ate white porridge and pickles very quietly. She ate it very carefully, and there was not even a grain of rice left. After eating it, Queen Cao said lightly: "Don't come in the future."

This sentence was very plain, as if the porridge I had just drunk, but Zhao Zonglin was shocked. He said aggrievedly: "Empress, the prince's brother is so busy and he doesn't have time to come to see you. It is also worth it for the child to be filial to his brother. Please do not drive the child away."

When it comes to Zhao Shu, Empress Cao became even more irritable.

She slapped the table hard, "Hmph, that gangster has long regarded me as a knight, so how could he come to see me? He wished I could die quickly! He could not block his way!"

Zhao Zonglin was frightened and his little face turned pale, "Grandma, are you talking angry? The prince's brother is pure filial, everyone knows that the eldest lady should not think too much. If you misunderstand your brother, don't be alienated by the villain's relationship between mother and son."

Queen Cao shook her head. She didn't say anything more, but the contempt on her face was fully revealed.

After a while of silence, Zhao Zonglin was at a loss and wanted to get up and say goodbye. Queen Cao suddenly waved and asked him to sit beside him. Zhao Zonglin obediently did it.

"You have been by my side for more than ten years. Your mother was willing to design it to seize that position and almost killed me!"

Zhao Zonglin became even more frightened and hurriedly said, "Master, that woman is not worthy of being a child's mother. She is so cruel!"

"Wrong!"

Queen Cao suddenly said angrily: "She is not cruel, she is stupid! She has been exploited by others!"

Zhao Zonglin was frightened by the anger in her words, and lowered his head and did not dare to speak.

Empress Cao relieved for a moment and laughed at herself, "I am the same. After arguing once, it became a tool in the hands of those people. If you want to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha quietly, people will not agree. If you do it once, you will never be innocent. Even your son and husband will doubt you. Ordinary people are just quarrels, but when it comes to the royal family, this is a fatal thing!" At this point, Empress Cao's tone eased a lot. She stretched out her hand and touched Zhao Zonglin's head.

"Child, you are still young, and the charges are not over your head. You will live in your own palace from now on. Don't go anywhere. When you leave the palace and build a mansion in the future, live your life honestly!"

Empress Cao's voice choked. When it comes to her, the second prince has been in front of her for even longer than Zhao Shu, and is well-behaved and sensible. Over time, even the hatred at that time has faded. Moreover, to this day, Empress Cao has long figured out that when she is in the palace, she either fights to the death and gets the highest power, or is willing to be trampled by thousands of people and tens of thousands of people.

Apart from that, there is no third way!

After hearing Empress Cao's words, the second prince suddenly raised his head and said in a daze: "Master, can the child survive by hiding?"

Empress Cao took a breath and her face changed.

hide?

Can the world be under the king's land? Where can I hide?

Don't you just want to hide?

But what the result is!

Some people use themselves, while others suspect themselves, and they are inseparable from ups and downs!

"Children, if you don't hide, you will die. If you hide, you may be able to give birth... The eldest lady can't even protect herself, so what can she help you? You, please do it yourself!"

Zhao Zonglin nodded silently. He lowered his head and walked to the palace gate. Suddenly, he turned around suddenly, ran to Queen Cao, threw himself on the ground, and said hurriedly: "Empress, the master of martial arts teaches you that you will die and live. At any time, you must not admit defeat! You must not sit still and wait for death!"

When Queen Cao heard such tender words, she was both sad and helpless!

"Silly child, how could you know that the emperor has already thought about it, or was sentenced to death, or was buried with him. In short, the eldest lady will die at any time." Empress Cao suddenly became so angry!

"He is the king, he is the husband! He can cover up the sky with one hand and do whatever he wants! He tried his best to give up his concubine to give birth to a son, and he couldn't even bear to look at me! Later, I was lucky enough to get pregnant, and he held me in his palm. What did he think of me as? These years have passed, he is old and dying, afraid that I will bully his son, so he wants me to die too! From beginning to end, he did not regard me as a member of the Zhao family! Am I taking power for myself? The Cao family has been in the family for generations, and has everything! What else am I fighting for? I am afraid that your Zhao family will lose power and my son will be bullied. What will happen? You don't deal with the treacherous ministers who really threaten the court, but instead regard me as a threat!"

Empress Cao was stern, "Zhao Zhen, do you still have a conscience? Zhao Shu, you wolf cub! There is no good thing in your Zhao family! Zhao Kuangyin bullies the orphan and widowed mother, Zhao Guangyi bullies his nephew, it's your turn, and bullies his wife again, OK, it's great! Just do the actions of your Zhao family, and you should be retribution! God will not watch it in vain! Oh my God, let's fight a thunderbolt!"

...

Empress Cao suddenly had an emotional outburst, as if the mountain floods were flooding and it was out of control.

Zhao Zonglin just looked at him silently. He was not surprised that he would go crazy after staying in this nine-level deep palace for a long time. Her mother was like this back then, and now it was Empress Cao's turn again.

Think about it, Empress Cao was originally from a famous family and was a petite lady. When did she suffer grievances? As a result, she entered the palace. Over the years, she has been in the process of calculating all the time. No matter how powerful her heart is, it will be twisted and deformed.

Finally, Queen Cao had vented enough. She saw Zhao Zonglin at first sight and sank her face.

"What are you waiting for here? You should hear these words? Get out of here! Get out of here!"

"No!"

Zhao Zonglin suddenly became stubborn, and he stubbornly said, "Grandma, although I am young, I know that what the Grandma said is right. It has been a long time since the sky is overwhelming. What are the grand birthdays? When all countries come to court, they are simply whitewashing the peace and deceiving themselves. The world has been chaotic by them, and the country is no longer in chaos!"

Queen Cao was suddenly shocked. She grabbed Zhao Zonglin and stared into his eyes and said, "Child, where did you hear it? You can't say this nonsense. Be careful that disaster comes from your mouth!"

Zhao Zonglin wiped his tears and plucked up the courage, "Empress, these are what the gentlemen of the Royal Academy said. They said that as long as they leave Luoyang, all the men in the surrounding villages and towns will run away, leaving only a group of old, weak, women and children. The yamen's servants are still as fierce as evil, forcing them to pay taxes. There are obviously no males, but they still have to pay taxes? Is there any reason for nature? If you don't pay taxes, your family will be destroyed and your family will be destroyed, which is extremely miserable. Even if you go far away, you can imagine what reforms are fundamentally abusive laws, and they will harm the country and the people!"

This was the first time Empress Cao heard such a statement. She pondered for a moment, "Isn't anyone care?"

"Who dares to take care of it? Wang Xianggong holds the exam method in his hand. If the tax collection is not enough, he will not be promoted. If he fails to complete the task for three consecutive years, he will be demoted... Who can risk losing his post and dismissal and speak for the people?"

Queen Cao's face became even more worried, and she shook her head.

"The controversy over the years has not been stopped. The last time I wanted to win over a few old ministers was nothing more than to balance the court and let them stare at them, so as not to think of it. I just couldn't imagine it... Alas!" Empress Cao sighed again, "Why are you talking about these things? I am just a woman, a dying person, and the court has nothing to do with me. Let them make trouble. One day, the Song Dynasty will be destroyed, and it will be your own fault. No one can blame others."

After saying that, Empress Cao shook her sleeves and didn't want to say anything more, so she went to the Buddhist temple directly.

Zhao Zonglin got up from the ground, with tears on his face, but his little face showed a strange smile!

Obviously, Empress Cao had completely disliked the reformists and hated Wang Ning'an and others. Even her son Zhao Shu had irreparable cracks.

This is exactly what they want!

That's right!

The second prince is not alone either!

Behind him, a large number of forces were also gathered.

These people are very mixed, including Concubine Miao, even the old ministers left by the Runan Prince's Mansion, as well as ministers who were marginalized due to reforms, and gentry whose interests were damaged.

Of course, relying solely on these people, we cannot become a climate. There is also a large force, that is, the Han family, the gentry in the southeast, and the Hebei tribes. They actually tend to reform. They are even more radical than the faction of Wang Ning'an on some issues, such as land annexation, and they are even more radical than Wang Ning'an's faction.

But they were very dissatisfied with the current situation. The main problem was that the distribution of interests was unevenly, and overseas interests were dominated by Wang Ning'an. The commanding heights of the financial sector fell into the hands of the court, and a strong Royal Bank had ruined the jobs of too many people.

They want to seize the dominance of the reform!

Everyone knows that the conservative style is no longer useful, and whoever takes that position will not be able to turn the world around, and they don’t want to change anything, but the power must be in my hands!

...

With less than half a month left before the New Year, Xijing is filled with joy. The people are rushing to buy New Year’s goods, stockpiling supplies, and preparing to enjoy a rare holiday.

If you pay attention, you will find that those who buy things are all people who are in old age. All factories and workshops are still busy, especially restaurants and hotels, which have no concept of rest. The more the New Year comes, the more busy they are. I wish I could treat one person as two people and three people!

Everyone is working hard to make more money!

At this moment, a dull sound suddenly sounded on the noisy street!

Is it a thunder or an earthquake?

Just as everyone was stunned, there were louder sounds and drums shook the sky.

It's the sound of the drum!

Everyone then remembered that a few years ago, all officials were dismissed, but Feng Zhuangyuan and a group of people beat the Chuanwen drum and asked the emperor for an explanation. Now the Chuanwen drum is ringing again. Could it be that the officials are causing trouble?

People were worried, and at this moment, a team of imperial guards had already rushed into the Dengwen Drum Courtyard. The only one who appeared in front of them was an old woman in blue cloth clothes. She straightened her waist and had a shaped paper on her head.

After getting lucky, he shouted: "I want to sue the emperor!"

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Chapter completed!