Shen Congzhao was brought to the empress dowager's lap when he was two years old. He was the empress dowager's adopted son. Zhao Yu was the empress dowager's nephew and often entered the palace.
The two are of similar age, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they grew up together.
Shen Congzhao became the emperor, and as expected, in a few years, Zhao Yu would be the future prime minister.
Shen Congzhao has always been extremely polite to the only direct descendant of the Zhao family, and when it comes to affection, there is indeed some.
But that was on the condition that Shen Congzhao was willing to be a puppet emperor for life.
Because it was already night, the emperor's robe was hanging loosely on his body, revealing his broad chest. His wet black hair was draped over his broad shoulders, and a smile that could be called charming appeared on his frail face.
Zhao Yu was a little stunned.
Zhao Yu and Shen Congzhao grew up together. Shen Congzhao's mother was just a palace maid. The reason why she was favored by the late emperor was naturally because of her extraordinary beauty.
Therefore, Chen Congzhao is also handsome, but in Zhao Yu's impression, he is tense most of the time, and rarely as lazy and calm as he is now.
He also thought that if Jiang Yi saw such an emperor, he would probably be tempted.
Then he shook his head and said that Jiang Yi would not see the emperor.
Even if he saw it, Jiang Yi might not be moved.
She has always been unique.
"When I was young, my brother Huizhi and I often slept on the same bed even at night. But later, when my brother Huizhi grew up, he became distant from me. I wonder if there is something important that makes my brother Huizhi look for me at this time." The emperor's attitude was as cordial as before.
Zhao Yu's courtesy name was Huizhi, and the emperor often called him that.
Zhao Yu felt a little guilty when he heard this.
The Zhao family was ambitious and unwilling to let him stay close to the emperor, fearing that he would become soft-hearted towards the emperor in the future.
So since he was fourteen years old, he rarely went to the palace, but he didn't expect that the emperor still remembered him.
His face slightly frowned. "After all, things are different now that I'm older. The Emperor married his cousin, and I was often pressured into marriage by my aunt, so naturally I resisted entering the palace. However, I always remember the friendship we shared when the Emperor was young. I'm always willing to serve as his vanguard and eliminate all troubles for him."
The emperor said with deep emotion, "I have received the grace of my mother and the support of the Zhao family, which has enabled me to achieve what I have today. Brother Huizhi has made great contributions to this. In the past few years since I ascended the throne, it was Brother Huizhi who helped me resist Prince Su. I truly cannot do without Brother Huizhi for a single day."
"Brother Huizhi's words really touched me deeply."
"Brother Huizhi is the only one I can trust."
Zhao Yu's face was full of humility. "All of this is within the responsibilities of this humble servant. I really don't dare to treat you like this, Your Majesty."
"I came here today to ask for a favor, and only Your Majesty can help me with this matter."
"I have fallen in love with a woman and would like to marry her as my concubine."
The emperor's smile faded a little. "Oh, this is quite unusual. This woman must be quite special."
Zhao Yu said: "Yes, she is quite different from the women I have seen before, that is..."
He wanted the emperor to arrange a marriage for him, so he naturally had to tell everything. So he pondered for a moment, then said: "It's just that this woman's identity is a little special. She used to be the original wife of the prince consort..."
The emperor frowned and said, "If you put it that way, this matter is a bit difficult to handle. Xu Youqi has not divorced his wife yet, so Jiang Yi is still his wife. Even if I want to grant you a marriage, it is not legally feasible."
This was something Zhao Yu had never thought of before.
"Then should I ask the prince consort to write a letter of divorce?" Zhao Yu asked.
The emperor said, "No, if we do that, Fengyang might find out, and there will be more trouble in the future."
At this moment, Zhao Yu suddenly felt disgusted with Xu Youqi.
Then he expressed his suspicions about Xu Youqi.
Princess Fengyang's Mansion was built next to Duke Rong's Mansion. Because Zhao Yu always came home late, for a period of time, he often saw white pigeons flying around nearby, and then he came to the Princess' Mansion.
Then he saw Xu Youqi passing on a message. He caught the white pigeon, but the message on the pigeon was just a letter from home.
But Zhao Yu did not completely dispel his suspicion of Xu Youqi. White pigeons are not something that ordinary people can raise, and even if they want to deliver a letter home, it is not worth using white pigeons.
In particular, he never saw a white dove again after that day.
Zhao Yu suspected that Xu Youqi had discovered him, so he did this.
That's why he found Jiang Yi.
The emperor was very cautious about this and said, "From what Brother Ru Huizhi said, it seems that the Prince Consort is indeed a little suspicious."
"If he is one of Prince Su's men, it's fine. After all, he is one of our own. But if he is a spy from the enemy country, then it would be really bad."
Zhao Yu also shuddered at the same time.
Next to Wei was Qi. Ten years ago, the two countries had a great war, and Qi was defeated. Since then, Qi had to pay tribute to Wei in large quantities of gold, silver, cloth, and jade every year, and this had been going on for ten years.
During these ten years, Qi was naturally unwilling to accept this, but Wei was too powerful and Qi had no choice.
If the son-in-law is from Qi, then they are like inviting a wolf into the house.
"So the best thing to do now is to first figure out who the Prince Consort is."
"We need to figure him out and completely separate him from the woman you mentioned before we can talk about the rest."
"When the time comes, I will issue an order to grant you marriage."
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