460 Heavenly Family Without Family
This old lady has little majesty, and she is even incompatible with this not-so-magnificent palace.
Her face, which was slightly thin due to illness, was only like a rich man.
So in her opinion, the brothers of the family, who are rich, must be subsidized by those two brothers who are still poor.
She has now lived to be sixty years old, and her son has become the most noble person in the world. Even if she immediately closed her eyes and left, it is worth it.
But the only thing she couldn't let go was her two young sons.
In the eyes of Queen Mother Du, these two children who followed her brother to make a living would be too unsafe after she went there.
So, before dying, the old lady planned to seek more benefits for her children.
Just as her San'er said, is this world belonging to the Zhao family or to put it in the hands of the Zhao family's brothers.
So, Zhao Kuangyin walked into the bedroom with full concern for his mother, but only saw this scene of a loving mother and filial son.
And his mother drove away the two brothers who were crying and wiping tears. When he asked him to tell him alone, he asked for rewards from his two brothers.
"My son, I don't think you can do it anymore."
Seeing his mother tilting on the edge of the bed and tremblingly stretching out her hand towards him, the corners of Zhao Kuangyin's eyes felt hot.
He remembered his mother, who was rich and wealthy in the family, who should have lived a pampered life for so many years, but was frightened by him.
A feeling of guilt arose, and Empress Dowager Du is still gently stroking the back of his head as if she was a child, and her eyes are full of reluctance to leave him. The courageous emperor couldn't help but shed tears.
Seeing the emperor like this, Empress Dowager Du was reluctant to leave, but she was already here. If she did not arrange her own affairs properly, even if she died, she would not be at ease.
Empress Dowager Du on the bed patted the back of the sad and crying Zhao Kuangyin and began to express his last wish.
"Son, your elder brother died early. You have always taken care of your younger brother and sister in our family."
"Now my mother is going to go, and there are only you brothers left, I am very concerned about it."
"If I were to your mother's sake, I would definitely treat my younger brothers well, but if I left, the relationship would gradually fade as I left."
"At that time, our family will be disbanded."
"Why don't you do this? If you think your two younger brothers are good, you can also give them some important workouts to exercise?"
"Save it possible to have a sudden disaster in our Zhao family in the future, and the inheritance will not be cut off."
Hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin, who was lying on the couch and crying, suddenly took back the tears. The sorrow on his face just now seemed to be in a daze as if he had been stuck in the master.
He watched his mother chatting about brotherly love together, but he felt an inexplicable absurdity in his heart.
Although the young emperor still had sadness on his face, his eyes gradually became colder.
He continued to ask in a gentle voice like consolation that Queen Mother could not even hear, "Why do mother think that what kind of honor should be given to the two brothers?"
Empress Dowager Du leaned against the couch and tried hard to calm her last breath. She was exhausted and tried her best to express her final request.
"I think Guangyi has been smart since he was a child. If there is no decent family business, why not give it to him a hundred years later?"
"He was so many years younger than you, and he was also trained by you at that time."
After saying this, Empress Dowager Du did not see Zhao Kuangyin's cold eyes, but was immersed in her reluctance to leave her youngest son and her last nostalgia for the world.
But the bedroom was inexplicably quiet. Except for Queen Mother Du's heavy breath, no one dared to make a redundant sound.
Zhao Kuangyin looked at the old man who was about to die under the candlelight, the begging hopes in her eyes, and the support of maternal love he received in the most difficult time.
After all, he sighed.
When Empress Dowager Du persisted so hard that she couldn't speak, she just stared at him stubbornly, trying to hear his last promise... she spoke.
"Don't worry, my mother, I always have to see if my brother is a good one. Why not do this? Give them some work experience first."
"If I really have such talent, I will consider the country of our Great Song Kingdom."
"When my mother left, there is no need to worry about the things behind her two younger brothers. I have someone to draft an order to make the two younger brothers kings."
"As long as my Zhao family's country is still there, they are the hereditary vassal kings, and no one dares to ignore it."
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Du finally felt at ease. Although she did not fulfill her favorite Saner request to ask for the will of a prince for her son, the honor of the prince would always make her son feel free to eat and wear food.
The breath that Queen Mother Du, who had been worried about, finally relaxed in her heart. The last bit of fire in her life also faded away with the crackling sound of candlelight in the bedroom.
Zhao Kuangyin touched the gradually cooled hands that Empress Dowager Du put in his palm, and the suspicion and vigilance in his eyes eventually turned into overwhelming sadness.
This man over thirty never cried when his troops were intertwined, and when people mocked him, he never cried when his closest relatives left, tears fell like rain.
He covered one hand over his eyes to prevent the people behind him from seeing the emperor's crying and affecting his dignity. He ordered with a trembling voice.
"Notify the eunuchs and ministers of the foreign court that the empress dowager of the new Song Dynasty... has collapsed."
"He will be fully responsible for recruiting the victim of the Ministry of Rites to enter the palace and the funeral of the Empress Dowager, and all matters will be handled by him."
"As for the relatives of the Zhao family who were waiting outside the bedroom, except for my two brothers, the rest... you send someone to lead them directly to the officials who came to the Ministry of Rites and obey the arrangements."
"The body of the empress dowager has not been put into the coffin, but it also requires sincere condolences."
"Since they were so idle, they ran to the palace early in the morning, so they simply did not go back before the empress dowager was buried. They just kept the coffin for the empress dowager in the prescribed place and talked with the empress dowager."
"It also makes the Queen Mother leave with peace of mind."
"Here!"
Zhang Dekai, who was summoned, showed an inexplicable sneer on his face.
These unmatched relatives know that they take advantage of their saints.
Now that Empress Dowager Du has gone, you will also let you taste the consequences of causing trouble to the saints in your daily life.
Not everyone can resist this vigil in the cold night.
Zhang Dekai, who had left in a hurry, went to arrange his arrangements, and the two younger brothers who had been brought into the side hall by several servants were waiting for the elder brother standing in the upper head to speak.
In the candlelight that had just been lit, Zhao Kuangyin turned around first, first looked at his younger brother who was not old and could not cry because of losing his mother, and then turned to look at the eldest brother Zhao Guangyi who was a little worried.
Since childhood, this younger brother has been able to please his mother.
But at this time, Zhao Kuangyin didn't want to talk about unpleasant topics to them. He just casually repeated the decision he made after discussing with him with the two younger brothers, and asked them to follow the empress dowager's body first and work on foreign affairs together.
When he left the hall, his younger brother Zhao Tingmei had not yet reacted from so much information. He had just lost his mother's sorrow, but suddenly the joy of the throne that had fallen on his head was diluted a little.
His steps have become looser now. He just wants to prepare the elder brother's instructions properly and show his face in front of the emperor's brother to repay his elder brother's promotion.
Zhao Guangyi, who was thinking more, refused to say goodbye to Zhao Tingmei and coaxed his youngest brother to the palace where the coffin was about to be stopped. Instead, he slowly walked on the way to leave the palace.
While the people around him were coming and going and had no time to take care of his place, Zhao Guangyi rolled up the sleeves of his hands, opened a bush of low woods, and disappeared directly into the path he was moving forward.
After passing through this rarely visited detour to the outside of Yanshou Palace, Zhao Guangyi reached the Yanfu Palace.
This palace, which was like an imperial garden, was usually used as the emperor of the previous dynasty, and because of this major event in the front palace, he drew away the necessary personnel, which made it impossible for him to be in the garden corridor where there were few people.
Zhao Guangyi also felt that his figure seemed too abrupt at this time. After seeing the small pavilion next to the Yeting Pool, he automatically hid behind the pillars of the pavilion, and was a little nervous, waiting for the person he had made an appointment today.
Time passed by minute by minute, and it was so long that Zhao Guangyi felt that if he did not appear again, he would attract the attention of others. He walked slowly from the other end of the garden towards the pavilion where he was hiding.
In response to the cold night moonlight, Zhao Guangyi tried hard to see the person clearly, and then he let out his body from behind the pillar.
He complained in a low voice with a little familiarity: "Why did Li Zhongguan come here at this time? I'm so anxious to wait."
This person is actually Li Shenfu.
But this person who was not quick and smiling slowly raised his face outside the pavilion and returned with a smile: "Don't panic, Master Zhao, don't panic, Mr. Li will never delay doing things."
"I just don't know what the idea a certain family gave you, but has your wish come true?"
Chapter completed!