Golden Palace.
Constantine VI looked at Ferlandrius and asked: "General, how many prisoners have been captured by the escaped prisoners?
Why did the prisoners riot in the seaside prison?
Have you found out the reason?"
Fairlandrius looked ashamed, and hesitantly stood up and replied: "Dear Your Majesty, so far we have only captured less than a thousand people.
The cause of the riot in the seaside prison has not yet been found out.
Those who have been captured The prisoners said they didn't know what was going on, but they saw someone opening the cell door and letting out all the prisoners."
Constantine VI looked a little ugly, "General Ferlandrius, we captured so many people yesterday morning, and it's been almost two days, and you actually told me that there has been no progress at all."
Ferlandrius smiled bitterly and said: "Dear Your Majesty, it's not that the officers and soldiers and I didn't work hard.
These fugitives are so cunning.
The officers and soldiers and I almost went through the entire Constantinople.
Not a single fugitive was found.
Moreover, I could only control half of the city guards, and the remaining half obeyed Cortsim.
His people were completely uncooperative.
The investigation was originally a matter for the Sheriff's Department, but he made this mess.
Leave it to me, I’ve never done this before, how can I investigate the case?”
Alexius stood up and said with a gloomy face: "Your Majesty, I think this matter must be related to the person from the Holy Apostles Cathedral.
She must be unwilling to hand over her power, so she used this vicious method to make us There is chaos, her purpose of doing this is to make everyone see His Majesty’s joke.”
Although Constantine VI was young, he was not stupid.
Although he was very dissatisfied with his mother Irina, he could not tolerate others saying bad things about her in front of him.
His face looked a little ugly, "Ale General Ke, what's wrong with you?
You are completely different now than before.
You wouldn't have been so impulsive and angry before.
I know you were stimulated by the death of your youngest son, but the person is dead, so you still have to grieve and free yourself from the sadness as soon as possible.
You are the person I rely on most. , there are still many things that you need to do, understand?"
Of course Alexius knew what he was doing.
The death of his youngest son really hit him hard, which caused his mood to be very abnormal these days.
This was in the Holy Palace and in front of the emperor.
He was very irritable at home and had a particularly bad temper.
"Dear Your Majesty, I lost my composure.
Sexta's death did give me a big blow, but please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely get back to my normal state as soon as possible."
Constantine VI said: "Okay, I have thought about what you just said, but this is impossible.
Think about it, my mother, the empress dowager, is such a proud woman, she will use this Is this a despicable method?
Although it can cause trouble for us, it will not do her any good.
The only people who suffer are innocent citizens."
After thinking about it carefully, Alexius had to admit that what the emperor said made sense.
Empress Dowager Irina was a woman with quite accomplished methods.
There were few women in the world who could compare with her.
How could she use this?
What a disgraceful means?
At this time, a black eunuch walked in quickly and reported: "Your Majesty the Emperor, we just received news that the Queen Mother came out of the Holy Apostles Cathedral and went to the official residence of the envoy of the Western Qin Dynasty."
"Went to the official residence of the envoy of the Western Qin Dynasty."
Constantine VI frowned.
He looked at Alexius and others, "What was she doing there?"
Astrology Officer Ericus said: "Dear Your Majesty, it is not obvious.
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The Queen Mother must have wanted to seek diplomatic and political support and help from Western Qin when she went to see Liu Chongwen, the envoy of Western Qin.
Do you even need to ask?”
Alexius said to Constantine VI with a cold face: "Your Majesty, it is inappropriate for the Empress Dowager to do this.
It is normal that she is not willing to lose power, but she wants to seek external support. and help, this is going a bit too far, after all, this is a matter between you mother and son, so what does it mean to let people from Western Qin get involved?"
Constantine VI still didn't believe that his mother would do this.
He said: "Are you all overthinking?
If she really wants to seek support from the Western Qin Kingdom, she can send someone to arrest Liu Chongwen."
We asked to meet at the Holy Apostles Cathedral, but now it is she who goes to the official residence of the envoy of the Western Qin Dynasty to meet Liu Chongwen in person.
Their status is completely unequal.
No, no, it is definitely not what you think."
Alexius said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please don't be so naive.
You always think the best of your mother, but she doesn't treat you as her biological son.
In fact, she always ignores you."
Feelings, to manipulate you like a puppet, I think her freedom of movement must be restricted, otherwise, she is likely to do things that threaten His Majesty’s throne and rights.”
Constantine was indeed a little worried.
After all, he knew very well that his mother was not a fuel-efficient lamp, but if she had to completely restrict her freedom and could only stay in the Holy Apostles Cathedral, he would not be able to do such a cruel thing. .
After hesitating for a long time, Constantine VI said: "General Alek, please stop talking.
I will never do this.
My mother took the initiative to hand over the power to me, at least for In the eyes of all the subjects, she did this.
If I ordered her to be placed under house arrest, I think all the subjects would criticize me."
Alexius wanted to say more, but saw Ericus shaking his head secretly, so he had no choice but to give up.
The official residence of the envoy.
When Liu Chongwen heard his subordinates coming to report that Irina's carriage had arrived outside the gate, he immediately walked out of the gate to greet her.
Irina put her hand on the arm of a white eunuch and stepped on the back of a black eunuch to get out of the carriage.
Liu Chongwen smiled and immediately stepped forward and bowed, saying: "Liu Chongwen, the envoy of the Western Qin Dynasty, respectfully welcomes Her Majesty the Empress Dowager of the Eastern Roman Empire. " Irina said: "Mr.
Liu, excuse me" Liu Chongwen turned sideways and stretched his hand towards the door: "Please"
Accompanied by Liu Chongwen, Irina walked towards the gate of the envoy's residence, followed by some eunuchs and maids, and all the accompanying attendants stayed outside.
Arriving in the backyard, Irina finally saw Zhao Ziliang.
At this time, he was holding one hand behind his back and reading a book in the other hand.
Liu Chongwen bowed on the spot and said: "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager Irina has arrived."
Zhao Ziliang turned around and looked at the crowd.
Irina's eyes met his.
Neither of them spoke, they just looked at each other.
Liu Chongwen waved to the other officials and attendants very wisely, and everyone retreated out together.
Irina's attendants also noticed something and exited the backyard with the maids and eunuchs.
The two stared at each other for several minutes, and finally it was Irina who broke the silence, "Your Majesty came to Constantinople without saying hello in advance, giving me the opportunity to hold a grand welcome ceremony."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said, "If I had said hello in advance, I'm afraid you wouldn't be very welcome."
Irina chuckled: "It depends on what reason you brought and who you brought with you."
"No matter what the reason is or who I bring with me, as long as I come a few days late, you won't be able to hold a grand welcome ceremony or stop me from coming."
Irina was stunned for a moment, and her mood started to feel a little low.
"Yes, it seems that you all know that I have retired to the Holy Apostles Cathedral.
I didn't expect that you would see such an embarrassing side of me."
"Your current situation can be considered very decent.
In the East, the best outcome for your situation is to be imprisoned."
Zhao Ziliang shook his head and gestured to: "Please sit down, the weather is a bit hot.
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It's quite cool under the big tree.
The conditions here are not as simple as the palace, so please forgive me."
Irina performed a court ceremony, and then Shi Shiran walked to a wicker chair next to her and sat down.
Boiling water was boiling over a charcoal fire on the stone table next to her.
Zhao Ziliang sat opposite Irina, wrapped a rag in a kettle and rinsed the gap meticulously.
Irina said curiously: "It's incredible that you Easterners drink hot tea on such a hot day."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Of course this is beneficial.
Drinking hot tea can easily make people sweat.
In such a hot weather, if you don't have enough activity and don't sweat, you will easily get sick, especially if you are like this."
A high-ranking lady, she is used to letting the maids and eunuchs do everything they do.
Serving, you are too lazy to move, you are most likely to get sick.
Do you know the difference between living things and dead things?
The most essential difference is that living things are active, while dead things are still.
If a living thing remains still, , This goes against the laws of nature and it will die soon."
Irina seemed to be attracted by Zhao Ziliang's statement: "Your statement is very fresh."
Zhao Ziliang smiled, placed a cup of brewed tea in front of Irina, and brewed another cup of tea for himself.
After several brewing processes, the tea was no longer very hot.
When he drank it, it left a fragrance on his lips and teeth, and on his forehead.
A thin layer of sweat broke out on my body, and my whole body felt comfortable.
After Irina drank three small cups of tea in a row, sweat began to form on her forehead.
She seemed to be more energetic, comfortable and relaxed.
"It's really good to drink hot tea.
I feel less bored after sweating."
Irina said, leaning on the back of the wicker chair, looking at Zhao Ziliang and asking, "Your Majesty just gave me a big gift when he came here."
"Is it you who did what happened to the seaside prison?"
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "If I didn't cause such a scene in the seaside prison, you might not be sure that the person you saw was me.
Otherwise, you would have found me a long time ago.
I won't have to wait a few more days.
I know that this time you Why are you here?
You want to know the purpose of my coming here, right?
You don’t have to be nervous.
I have no other purpose for coming here.
I’m just here to have fun.
If I really have any evil intentions, you won’t pass.
It’s so easy and what happened to the seaside prison was actually just an accident”: