The fourth master said 'hmm' and told the child to calm down: "I have never been to Lin'an, but I happened to be walking around near Lin'an." Then he discussed with Wan Yankang: "It is said that Niujia Village is near Lin'an, do you want to go back?

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Wan Yankang looked at Yang Guo and said, "Why don't you go back and worship."

The ancestors of the Yang family and the Guo family still have their tombs in Niujia Village, and Guo Xiaotian's tomb is there. Now that we are nearby, we should go there.

Wanyankang was worried about the fourth master and could not leave his master alone.

The fourth master said: "We are going everywhere, so we should just go and have a look." Look at this accident-prone area. Now I am not afraid anymore. Anyway, everything that should happen has happened, and nothing else will happen in the future.

They left the city in a low-key manner and headed for Niujia Village. On the other side, in the Southern Song Dynasty Palace, Queen Mother Yang received a message saying that Duke Yang was asking for an audience.

There is only one person in the world who can be called Duke Yang. That is the elder brother of the Queen Mother and the uncle of the official family.

Regardless of whether there is an uncle-nephew relationship by blood or not, this is still the case in terms of etiquette and law.

Empress Dowager Yang put down the book in her hand and asked the palace attendant: "Mr. Yang? Which Mr. Yang?" After asking, she suddenly realized: "It's Mr. Yang..."

The palace man said 'yes'.

Empress Dowager Yang showed a somewhat meaningful smile: "Brother from the Ai family...how can I not see him? Go there in person and invite him in."

Yang Cishan had not seen the Queen Mother for more than ten years. When the two met like this, they were both stunned.

Empress Dowager Yang didn't wait for Yang Cishan to salute and said: "The last time I saw my brother, I was in a daze yesterday. I don't want to see you again now, but my brother is already full of hair..."

"The Queen Mother is also getting thinner and thinner, so she should be mindful of her phoenix body." As he spoke, he was helped by the palace servants and sat down.

After waiting for refreshments, Queen Mother Yang waved her hand and dismissed the people waiting in the palace: "Brother has not entered the palace for more than ten years, and has never even returned to Lin'an City. This time he suddenly came back... and went directly to the palace again. I'm afraid

There must be something important."

Yang Cishan raised his head: "My Yang family can have a queen mother and enjoy unlimited scenery and wealth. I shouldn't ask for more. For more than ten years, I have been living in the wilderness, and I always thought that I was looking away. But I really realized that I am getting older every day.

, when time was running out, I found... I still felt uneasy..."

Empress Dowager Yang frowned: "Brother Yi, how can we feel at ease?" She pondered for a moment: "Judging from the Ai family, my brother is still in good health, and his life span of twenty years is just average. Not to mention twenty years, even if he lives longer

Ten years... It is not too late to be anxious at that time. I have made arrangements for the Yang family. The official family now has only one daughter, and she loves her very much. In the future, with the honor of the emperor and concubine, she will marry into the Yang family, and then she will marry again.

It can protect the wealth of the Yang family for a period of time. Doesn't that do it to my brother?"

Yang Cishan remained silent and said nothing, thinking that it was still unknown whether there was a Jiazi in the Southern Song Dynasty. How could he dare to hope for such illusory wealth? After a long while, he sighed and said: "Now there are only two people, the old man and the Queen Mother. What can I say, old man?"

So I spoke out openly."

Empress Dowager Yang leaned back and showed a bit of indifference: "You and I, brother and sister, have something to hide when we talk, but it doesn't matter."

Yang Cishan raised his head and looked directly at Queen Mother Yang: "Ten years from now, who will fulfill what the Queen Mother said today?"

Empress Dowager Yang frowned. This was a very bold statement. It was the same as saying that it was still unknown whether she could live another ten years.

With the anger in her heart rising, she sneered: "Then according to what brother said, what kind of guarantee do you want from the Ai family?"

Yang Cishan shook his head: "I'm afraid the Queen Mother has misunderstood the old man's meaning." His face showed a bit of sadness, "How do the officials treat you, the Queen Mother now?"

Empress Dowager Yang was silent. In the previous dynasty, after Shi Miyuan's death, the officials were no longer willing to listen to her words. But in the harem, because they insisted on making Xie the queen, they had a problem with the officials.

There was some resentment. Even Concubine Jia, because she did not ascend the throne of the Queen, had a lot of resentment towards herself as the Queen Mother after being favored.

What he wants to say is: Even if you are in good health, who will listen to you?

But these words hit Queen Mother Yang's pain point, "Brother, what did you hear?"

"Concubine Jia's illness has been widely spread outside." Yang Cishan said in a low voice: "Although it is mostly speculation, but... this rumor may not be unfounded."

The Queen Mother became silent and the two of them fell into silence for a long time.

It was time for a cup of tea. The Queen Mother asked: "What do you think, brother?"

Yang Cishan was about to speak when he heard a report from outside: "The Queen Mother... Princess Rong brought the young master into the palace to pay her respects. The imperial concubine said she was not in harmony with her body and did not show up, but the queen invited him into the palace..."

The Queen Mother's expression suddenly changed.

The Empress Xie and the official family treated each other with respect as guests. Unless necessary occasions, the couple would not even see each other. When they did meet, they were polite, saying hello to each other, and then... nothing happened.

Everyone said that the officials respected the queen very much. This "respect" was like paying homage to the clay Bodhisattva in the temple. Moreover, it was not really sincere.

It is for your own viewing.

The queen has always been very quiet and just stays in the palace. When Princess Rong comes into the palace, she always sees Concubine Jia. She has always had a close relationship with Concubine Jia. Furthermore, Princess Rong is very fond of Prince Rong’s son.

The palace knew clearly what his attitude was. But now, for the first time, he brought the child into the palace. The imperial concubine was missing, but the queen was.

As long as she can collude with foreign ministers to replace the prince's head, she will understand that this is a storm.

She waved her hand to tell people to go down, and then looked at Yang Cishan: "Brother, what news have you heard?"

"It's difficult for the heirs of the royal family... It's not just like this now." Yang Cishan whispered: "The late emperor was very kind to our Yang family..."

Empress Dowager Yang didn't say anything. The late emperor was also a great kindness to her. She didn't want to think about the past, but it was true that without the late emperor, she didn't know where she was wandering and whether she could still live in this world.

But what Yang Cishan said was a bit high-sounding. So Queen Mother Yang asked directly: "Do you mean to choose someone else?"

"Even if I have this intention, I don't have the power." He replied.

But to Queen Mother Yang's ears, these words seemed to be asking: I wonder if you, Queen Mother, have the will and the strength?

Yang Cishan knew very well that the Queen Mother said that she still had at least twenty years to live, but what about herself? She was probably thinking about twenty or thirty years. In twenty or thirty years, she would be like Empress Xie who was locked up in the harem.

She spends all day cultivating herself behind closed doors. If she had that kind of temperament, she wouldn't be where she is now.

Besides, even Mrs. Xie is ready to make a move. Is she not as good as Queen Xie?

Yang Cishan stopped talking, but Empress Dowager Yang tapped her hand on the table: "Wouldn't it be better to be the son of Prince Rong?"

Minimal resistance.

Yang Cishan said: "If ten years later, the official family has no heirs, then it is natural that the queen mother's heart will be towards the son of Prince Rong. But now the official family has really accepted her fate?"

It is difficult to accept one's fate until the end. Just like when the late emperor adopted another heir, he always hoped for a miracle. He appointed the adopted prince, and also gave King Yi the opportunity to choose an heir, and another son from the clan.

Choose someone to control the prince.

Empress Dowager Yang nodded slowly, and then heard Yang Cishan say again: "Besides, you are well aware of the situation of Prince Rong's son. Compared with normal people, he seems to be slightly different."

It means that the child's brain is not good enough and there are some problems with his IQ.

"The late emperor passed down the country to the officials, but the Queen Mother can really watch the officials hand over the country to such an heir?" Yang Cishan shook his head: "What should happen to the world? What should happen to the people? What should happen to the country?"

Empress Dowager Yang understood what Yang Cishan meant, which was to object on the condition of reasons. Even the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty did not dare to speak out against it. This could not be said to be an opportunity, an opportunity to regain the right to speak.

"The Ai family understands." Empress Dowager Yang rubbed her temples: "I haven't seen anyone for a long time, and I feel a little sleepy. My brother will live in the city. In three or two days, I will invite him to the palace to talk."

It means that there will be a reply in three or two days.

Yang Cishan stood up and resigned.

All the way out of the palace, he saw that the palace was lifeless and lifeless. He became even more determined in his heart. The decadence of the Southern Song Dynasty had been revealed and there was no way to recover.

The fourth master hasn't arrived at Niujia Village yet, but Long'er has already received the news: "Yang Cishan has entered the palace."

"The action is quite fast." Heng'er looked back from the window and asked his father: "What's next? What will happen next?"

The Fourth Master then asked, "What would you do if you were Empress Dowager Yang?"

Heng'er frowned and said after a long time: "If it were me... I would agree to Yang Cishan's request, but... I would not just agree to Yang Cishan's request... I would choose to cooperate with the government..."

The fourth master touched his son's head to encourage him.

That's right! Of course she won't just act according to Yang Cishan's ideas. Yang Cishan stood on the Yang family's side and wanted to preserve the Yang family, but what the Queen Mother wanted was the right to speak.

Although this is not what the person on the throne wants, he has no choice because the Queen Mother has always supported Queen Xie. Some of Queen Xie's actions can easily be understood as the Queen Mother's intentions. If the Queen Mother would support it now

Prince Rong's son, I'm afraid he won't be too happy.

Just as the Fourth Master thought, this Zhao Yun went directly to the Queen Mother, who said bluntly: "Princess Rong is domineering, but it is all because of you. The Ai family wanted to reprimand, but for one thing, there is Prince Rong here."

Secondly, the Queen is involved, and the Ai family is neither left nor right. You and Prince Rong have a deep friendship, and the Ai family does not want to cause rift between your brothers because of this matter. What's more, the following

People are always good at guessing, and the Ai family can figure out a lot of meaning if they reveal something about it. Not because of Princess Rong, but Prince Rong was wronged. But this incident has already arisen, and we, mother and son, can only resolve it as the situation arises.

, Don’t do it forcefully. Otherwise, Rong Wang and Du Miao may not be able to survive.”

Zhao Yun felt worried: "This matter still needs to be dealt with by the Queen Mother."

"You and I, mother and son, are out of touch if you say this." Empress Dowager Yang considered, "If not, just say that the Ai family dreamed of the late emperor, and the late emperor was thinking about the love between father and son. After all, he couldn't worry about Zhao Hong..."

Zhao Hong was the crown prince appointed by Ning Zong. After Ning Zong died, Empress Dowager Yang and Shi Miyuan summoned Zhao Yun into the palace, deposed Prince Zhao Hong in front of Ning Zong's coffin, and Zhao Yun ascended the throne as emperor, while Empress Dowager Yang hung the curtain

Listen to politics.

However, Zhao Hong refused to kneel down and was forced to worship the emperor. Later, he was named the Prince of Jiyang County and lived in Huzhou.

The Queen Mother actually said to recall this person and his descendants? That is absolutely impossible.

Zhao Yun looked embarrassed: "I'm afraid that if I recall the Prince of Jiyang County, I will cause unwarranted criticism."

After hearing this, Queen Mother Yang only sighed: "Then what should we do according to the official's wishes?"

"If we had not selected one or two talented people from other distant sects, several of my royal brothers would have died young, and I would not have left them without anyone to sacrifice them..." It was referring to the eight princes of Ning Zong who died young.

Empress Dowager Yang couldn't help clenching her hands, but she still nodded and said: "Just follow what the officials said. At this time, the Ai family thinks that it is better for Yang Gong to go. He is busy with the clouds and wild cranes, and he doesn't bother to do anything. It saves nothing, but
To be continued...