Jingming seven years, spring.
The weather this year has been unusual.
In March and April, the weather is still cold and hot for a while.
Two days ago, it was already hot enough to wear light summer clothes, but in a blink of an eye it was so cold that you had to turn out the big winter padded jacket and wear it on your body.
There is only twelve hours between winter and summer.
The weather was capricious, and the sick came in strings.
The pharmacies in the capital are bustling like never before, and they are all busy seeing doctors and getting medicines.
The doctors are also very busy.
Because Empress Dowager Pei was ill.
I was sick for several days, and took medicine three times a day, but it didn't get better, but it got heavier.
The prescriptions that Gu Jiu personally prescribed didn't work.
Liu Zhao was in a hurry, and poured out his anger on the imperial physician.
Whatever you say can't be cured, the Queen Mother can do whatever you want.
Gu Jiu didn't stop him, she knew he was anxious to get angry.
Regardless of how much conflict there was between the mother and the child, when it came to a critical juncture, Liu Zhao was full of thoughts on how to cure Empress Dowager Pei's illness.
He can be an unfilial son.
But you can't be an unfilial son at this time.
It's not that I'm afraid of courtiers' criticism and rumors in the world.
But they couldn't pass the hurdle of conscience.
Duanjun Wang Liu Yi also went to Weiyang Palace every day to serve decoctions in front of Empress Dowager Pei.
Empress Dowager Pei was tired of drinking medicine and didn't want to continue to follow the doctor's advice.
She asked the palace servants to help her up and chatted with Liu Zhao.
"When will Ruyang leave?"
Empress Dowager Pei is very weak, and her speech is also weak. It sounds like she is still ill and lacks energy.
Liu Zhao said softly: "The original plan was to go south to Jiangnan for training on the first day of next month, but I have asked her to postpone the time."
Empress Dowager Pei laughed, "You are worried about something wrong with me, aren't you?"
"The queen mother will surely live a long life."
Empress Dowager Pei waved her hand, "Every day you talk about a long life, who can really live a long life, it's just deceitful words. This child Ruyang is messing around, so you should follow suit. If she wants to go to sea, you really let her go to sea." Is she going to sea?"
"Of course I don't want her to go out to sea." Liu Zhao was also full of words, "But this girl admits to death, and belongs to the master who will never give up until she achieves her goal. She will never let her go out to see and see, and she will always think about it in her life. Even if she doesn't give up, I can only arrange for her to go to sea. I hope that after she fulfills her desire to go to sea, she will lose interest in the outside world and return to the capital to live in peace."
The Empress Dowager Pei laughed when she heard the words, "Ru Yang's temper is like yours. You were like this when you were young, and you couldn't pull back the nine cows that had been settled. So I didn't like you at that time, because no matter what I did No matter how much you try to persuade you, you don’t listen to me. What I say to you is deaf ears, nonsense, and ignorant stubbornness. God has eyes, and now I’m telling you to taste the sadness that I felt back then.”
Liu Zhao's eyebrows twitched, "Did I feel like that when I was young?"
Empress Dowager Pei chuckled, "Don't you know what you were like when you were young?"
Liu Zhao pinched his nose, "I thought I wasn't such a jerk when I was young."
Empress Dowager Pei shook her head and laughed at him, "When you were young, you were more stubborn than Ru Yang and refused to listen to persuasion. Ru Yang could still listen to other people's opinions, but you, you couldn't even listen to others' well-intentioned opinions. Go in. Why does I like the fourth child, because the fourth child is obedient. No matter whether he is really obedient or not, at least he is very obedient in front of this palace."
Liu Zhao nodded, "Sure enough, no matter who is a parent, they like obedient children. I am no exception. The child is disobedient and angry, and I want to hang the child up and beat him up. However, even so, I will try my best to have a bowl of it. The water is flat, not eccentric like the queen mother."
Empress Dowager Pei didn't take it seriously when she heard the words, but instead said with a smile: "I am a woman, and women are more partial. If you like it, you like it, and if you don't like it, you don't like it. If you don't like it, you need a bowl of water. The cultivation of the palace. I was born in a family of military generals, and I speak and do things straightforwardly, not as good-tempered and cultivated as a lady from an official family."
The mother and son were clearly talking about serious topics, but the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Both of them were calm and down-to-earth, and there was no sign of quarreling at all.
"I am also straightforward in what I say and do. It seems that this is inherited from my mother."
The Empress Dowager Pei said: "You were born in this palace, and my blood is flowing on your body. It is not surprising that some places look like this palace. But you are not close to the Pei family at all. Do you despise your uncle?"
"I have so many uncles, which one is the queen mother referring to?"
"Of course it's your fifth uncle."
The fifth uncle is Liu Zhao's biological uncle, and the brother of the Empress Dowager Pei's mother and compatriots.
Liu Zhao generously admitted, "I really look down on the fifth uncle. With so many uncles, he is the most useless and incompetent person."
"This palace doesn't like to hear that." Empress Dowager Pei was not very happy, "No matter how useless he is, he is also your uncle."
"Even if he is my own uncle, it can't change the fact that I look down on him."
The Empress Dowager Pei heard the words and sighed, "You are just too stubborn. If the fourth child was here, he would definitely say a few nice words to coax me. As for you, you never thought of coaxing me."
"If I speak out to coax my mother, will my mother dare to respond?"
Hahaha…
Empress Dowager Pei laughed, "That's true! If you really coax me with nice words like the fourth child, I will have to wonder if you are contaminated with something dirty."
"I am the Son of Heaven, I don't want to get close to any dirty things." Liu Zhao said loudly, also expressing his attitude, he is who he is, and he will not change.
Empress Dowager Pei smiled, her eyes were a little weak.
"Being ill this time, I really realized that I am old, and I don't know how many years I can live."
"The queen mother can relax. The imperial doctor said that when the weather improves, the queen mother's body will also improve."
The Empress Dowager Pei nodded, "I hope I can live for a few more years. I heard about it a few years ago that Wuwang became the national teacher of Xiliang, and the Dharma is profound. When he was with Huyang back then, he was called Although the little eminent monk has his personal moral disadvantages, it does not hinder his practice. I want to see him and ask him to pray for my palace. I wonder if the emperor can meet this small request of my palace."
Liu Zhao looked hesitant.
The Empress Dowager Pei said again: "I heard that some eminent monks pray for blessings, and they will be blessed with great blessings. This is the only request of this palace."
Liu Zhao considered it carefully and asked, "Does the Empress hate him?"
Empress Dowager Pei shook her head, "You mean what happened between him and Huyang? You don't care, and you still use him at ease, so why would I care. As long as he is a real eminent monk, everything in the past can be ignored. "
"Xiliang is far away from the capital. It may take a year to deliver the letter and return."
"One year? I don't know if I can wait until that time." Empress Dowager Pei sighed, looking very lonely and lonely.
At this moment, Liu Zhao made up his mind.
"I will decree today to call Wuwang back to Beijing."
Empress Dowager Pei looked at him, "Is it suitable?"
"As long as the queen mother needs it, it must be suitable if it is not suitable." Liu Zhao's attitude is very firm.
Empress Dowager Pei laughed, "I hope that this palace can persist until the day when there is no hope of returning to Beijing."
"The queen mother will live a long life."
…
As expected, Liu Zhao decreed that the recall was hopeless.
Gu Jiu didn't stop him, instead, he cooperated with Liu Zhao's decision and selected Buddhist figures to go to Xiliang to spread Buddhism.
Liu Zhao held her hand tightly, "Aren't I very capricious?"
"You are just doing what you should do! Empress Mother wants to see Master Wuwang. As juniors, we must try our best to meet our abilities."
"Tell me, how is the mother's health? How long can I live?"
Gu Jiu thought about it and said, "Take good care of it, it should be fine in three to five years. However, the queen mother seems to have something on her mind."
Liu Zhao shook his head, "I don't know what's on her mind."
Gu Jiu comforted him, "Don't worry too much! The queen mother will definitely be able to get through it."
…
After a few days of cold, the weather gradually improved.
Empress Dowager Pei's health also improved.
Ru Yang still went to Jiangnan, half a month later than originally scheduled. After making sure that Empress Dowager Pei was safe and sound, she set off.
Liu Yuhe took Brother Yun and personally sent her out of the city.
The three brothers and sisters are reluctant to part.
No matter how reluctant she was, Ru Yang left the capital without looking back, and took the first step of a magnificent life, writing her own legendary life.
Princess Ruyang is destined to leave a name in history and be praised and admired by later generations.
…
After seeing off his daughter, Boss Liu Zhao was unhappy and depressed for several days.
Gu Jiu dragged him to Xiaozhu hot spring.
He was disgusted while soaking in the hot spring, "It's a hot day, thanks to you, you can figure it out."
Gu Jiu rolled her eyes at him.
Husband and wife, daily life is full of mutual hatred.
People who don't know are inevitably nervous when they see the scene where the husband and wife are fighting each other, thinking that the emperor and empress are at odds.
People in the know will only smile knowingly when they see it.
The empress and empress fight each other, that's fun.
I can't say sweet words, it's too nasty.
Fighting each other is the best way for the emperor and empress to express their affection.
After living in Xiaozhu for a few days, Liu Zhao's mood improved.
As soon as he has the energy, he is ready to do a big job.
After so many years of preparation, it is time for the south to make a move.
On a certain day in midsummer, the southern border opened the prelude to war.
The Great Zhou army was well prepared and drove straight in with absolute force, taking down dozens of cities in one go.
Then the attack speed gradually slowed down and advanced slowly.
Cooperate with civil officials by force, strive to clear up the order of the city as soon as possible, and swallow the fruits of victory.
In conjunction with the land advance, the navy on the sea also launched operations to deter the enemy's coastal areas.
Two-pronged approach, if you don't believe it, you won't be able to take that piece of land.
Yang Ji, as the governor of the Jiangnan Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, is in charge of the southern military.
Become the absolute master of this war.
Even Taiping Bo Gu Ting had to obey Yang Jide's orders.
Courageous disobedience, military law.
Someone defended Gu Ting's injustice. The majestic Uncle Chengping, the uncle of the country, is actually inferior to Yang Ji.
Yang Ji He De He Neng.
Gu Ting slapped him back, forbidding his subordinates to talk nonsense.
He has self-knowledge.
With his ability, he can only be a general, not a commander.
He can charge forward, but he is unable to fight a battle, and cannot formulate a detailed marching plan.
Yang Ji is different! He is worthy of the name of the proud son of heaven, a stunning genius.