Chapter 351 Gloomy

On the second day, in the afternoon, the spring sunshine was bright and dazzling. Zhao Jiu, who had changed into slightly lighter clothes, had his lunch snack and was pacing in the back garden.

At this moment, looking from the back garden where the Zhao family lived, one could clearly see a huge spherical object that was completely different from the surrounding landscape swaying between the southern palaces. It was a hot air balloon that was towed back from Guoqiao Town by several large carts last night. It was restarted early this morning, but this time it was fixed on all sides with thick ropes and tied firmly to the corridor in front of Xuande Building... Every time it was weak and shaky, someone would climb up the ladder to add some charcoal to maintain its "ascending" posture.

In this situation, the grand occasion at Xuande Tower is self-evident. In fact, even from such a distance, in the back garden, one can seem to hear what is happening there from afar.

In fact, logically speaking, or according to the original plan, Emperor Zhao should have popularized the concept of temperature to those court officials who could understand or not understand it in the Xuande Building after the experiment yesterday... This is a systematic result that has been brewing since the previous article on the three-state changes of matter in Lu Ben's tabloid.

The so-called zero for ice and one hundred for boiled water established a new unit of measurement, and even left a foreshadowing for combining it with Mara's previous concept of air pressure in his hemisphere... It can be recorded in the history of science and technology no matter where it is placed.

Moreover, this is the first time that Zhao Jiu decided to publish the results of his original studies under his own name, which is of great significance.

But after the gift-giving incident yesterday, the official was in no mood to explain it himself, and just asked Lu Benzhong, a jack of all trades, to take charge of promoting the matter.

As for Zhao Jiu, who had something on his mind, he was now dressed in casual clothes, wandering in a secluded place in the harem with only a few guards... Unknowingly, he crossed the fish pond, turned out of the northwest corner gate, entered Yanfu Palace, and did not go through the martial arts training of target shooting in the morning. Instead, he unknowingly climbed up to Xinggang, the commanding height of the harem, and then stood beside the thatched pavilion on the top of the mountain with his hands behind his back, looking around.

But his mind was undoubtedly still on what happened yesterday.

Let’s say that there are many possibilities for what happened yesterday, and it is destined to be a Rashomon with no definite answer:

To put it simply, it was most likely a clumsy attempt by Concubine Pan after she secretly established the crown prince, but she encountered a simple betrayal by a flatterer who was too clever for his own good. Cai Mao probably smelled something and knew the huge advantages of the eldest prince Yuan Zuo and Wu, so after using Pan to reach him, the official, he kicked Pan away and chose to take the risk and turn to speculation.

If we think about the matter in a complicated way, it could be that Cai Mao was a clever move, using this method to provoke the official and sow discord, hoping to make Zhao Jiu feel a thorn in his heart against his eldest son's "popularity".

Of course, according to Zhao Jiu, the former is more likely the case.

Because if it was the latter, then Cai Mao should be considered a high-level person, but what could such a high-level person get by doing this? As a person of such a high level, didn't he know that Concubine Pan's son De Zuo still had little chance?

What's more, a baby in swaddling clothes is when the father-son relationship is the most innocent, so how great can the effect of alienation be?

In addition, it can be seen from Lu Benzhong's attitude that Cai Mao himself should not be a high-end person... There are really not many people who can make Lu Benzhong look down on them in person.

Of course, there is another possibility, which is even less likely... that is, this 'original and long reign' was simply the idea of ​​Concubine Pan herself, or she knew the principle of flattery from the beginning, or at least she knew about this 'original and long reign', and neither she nor Cai Mao betrayed the other.

However, not to mention how low this possibility is, even if it really happened, there might be someone instigating it. If this is the case, Zhao Jiu will only feel more guilty, because he knows very well that he has an unshirkable responsibility for what happened to Concubine Pan today.

It was his indulgence and indifference that caused Princess Pan to be so confused politically.

Besides, compared to Concubine Wu, he felt an extra layer of slight shame towards Concubine Pan.

"Officials..."

A voice woke Zhao Jiu from his thoughts. When he turned around, it was Yang Yizhong.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Jiu turned around and answered seriously.

Yang Yizhong glanced at the imperial guards on both sides and said nothing.

Zhao Jiu came to his senses and waved his hand. The people around him immediately left the top of the mountain and moved down a few dozen steps.

"As I said before, I am guilty..." Once the others left, Yang Yizhong bowed his head in embarrassment. "It was my negligence."

Zhao Jiu sighed, and surprisingly did not forgive the other party, but just replied with a sigh: "I am more guilty."

Although the two people's words seem incomprehensible, there is actually a reason for them.

It turned out that before this incident, the connection between Concubine Pan and Cai Mao was not so secretive, and Yang Yizhong and his Imperial City Division were definitely aware of it.

But the problem is that Yang Yizhong did not take this matter seriously at all, and did not report it in detail. Although Zhao Jiu learned some rough related information, he did not react much.

how so?

The reason is very simple. Don't forget that when Zhao Jiu was in Nanyang and before he returned to Tokyo, Concubine Pan lived in Yangzhou for a while and served Empress Dowager Yuanyou. It was not until the royal heir was frightened to death that she returned to Tokyo after requesting permission many times... In other words, Concubine Pan and her family should have had a deep interest relationship with Empress Dowager Yuanyou and this last group of dignitaries who fled to Yangzhou. It would be abnormal if they had no relationship and did not contact them after they returned.

Therefore, before the Lantern Festival, Empress Dowager Yuanyou arrived in Tokyo, followed by the last batch of former dignitaries. It was expected and even semi-public that Concubine Pan and her family had contact with these people... Yang Yizhong knew about this, but did not care at all. He just reported it in general, which was his usual response.

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