Funing Hall

After the Ruiqing Festival was over, all the envoys were gone, and the grand ceremony was also finished, Beijing and China were very quiet for a long time.

But Xixia became lively again, and Li Liangcheng married Yeluyue, the fifth princess of Liao Kingdom.Zhao Cong still did not recognize Li Liangcheng's status as the lord of the country, and did not send anyone to give gifts.Although Yelu Yanli hadn't canonized Li Liangcheng yet, he gave him the surname of Liao Kingdom.

People in other countries knew that the Xia Kingdom was really connected with the Liao Kingdom.

The bustle of Xia Guo has nothing to do with Zhao Cong, the weather is getting colder, and the disturbing people have left, so he feels a little tired.

Xie Wenrui came to see him at this time, saying that he wanted to go to Dengzhou.There are a large number of sailors in Dengzhou, and Xie Wenrui was the first batch to be in charge of training that year.The latest weapons, bows and cannons, were all developed by him and Zhong Xing in Dengzhou.

He was later transferred back to the capital, but Zhong Xing remained in Dengzhou.

Zhong Xing developed a new weapon, and invited him to take a look first, and he would report the situation.

Zhao Cong immediately responded: "Good thing, Zhong Xing never stopped for a moment. After you go, ask him if he wants to come back. If you want to come back, he can choose the position in the Ministry of Industry as he pleases, saying that it is my permission. .”

Xie Wenrui responded one by one.

Zhao Cong said again: "Wan Yanliang didn't send anyone this time. I'm thinking that he and Wang Yu might fight again. Just in time, you go over there, so you can have a good talk with them."

"Yes."

Xie Wenrui has never talked much, Zhao Cong didn't doubt it, and explained again: "Wanyan Liang has not been used by me for a long time, this person is not reliable, you are honest, don't ask him to talk to him and coax him away."

"Yes."

Zhao Cong thought about some things again, explained everything clearly, and then said again: "Gu Ci—I'm sorry for you."

Xie Wenrui bowed his head: "Everyone has their own destiny, and it has nothing to do with His Majesty."

"Oh, don't worry, Yeluqin sent me a letter before leaving, Gu Ci is fine. But, you also know that Gu Ci's identity, he, knows, he naturally won't allow Gu Ci to meet with me again However, I will always bring Gu Ci back."

"Yes, I know."

"In that case, you can go."

"it is good."

Xie Wenrui was as loyal and honest as usual, before he left, he knelt down and prostrated, and made a big salute.Zhao Cong thought it was funny, and he did some big gifts in a decent way, and it's not like he won't come back.He shouted, and asked someone to bring a box of gold ingots to Xie Wenrui, telling him not to be frugal on the journey.

Xie Wenrui's hands trembled slightly, he took the box, and after thanking him, he turned and left the palace.

His servant was waiting for him outside the palace, and when he came out, he immediately came up: "Liulang, when are we going to leave?"

Xie Wenrui turned around and glanced at the palace, and let out a sigh of relief: "Immediately."

"okay!"

The master and servant rode away and walked about ten feet. Xie Wenrui turned around and took another look at the palace.

The boy smiled and said, "It's not like I won't come back."

Xie Wenrui smiled wryly, he really didn't know if he could come back again.

But as long as Gu Ci can be saved, he has to go.Gu Ci should have lived recklessly in this life, all because of him.If he hadn't brought Gu Ci back to the Liao Kingdom back then, or even brought Gu Ci back earlier, why would this be the case? !

All of this is due to him.

Li Liangcheng married the fifth princess of Liao Kingdom.

The fifth princess, Yeluyue, is the fifth younger sister of Yeluyanli.

Compared to the Zhao family, the Liao Kingdom's palace is in chaos.Yelu Yanli's biological mother Shan Niangzi, the former Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Kingdom, and Yeluyue's biological mother are three sisters.The nobles of the Liao Kingdom had only two surnames, either Yelu or Xiao, and Xiao was the descendant.

And these three sisters are all half-brothers. Mrs. Shan's mother is Han, and she also looks like Han.

First of all, the queen that Yelu Yanli's biological father was going to marry was Yeluyue's biological mother, the daughter of their Xiao family.But Emperor Liao took a fancy to Shan Niangzi at that time, but Shan Niangzi had already been engaged and was just waiting to get married.Besides, the status of a single lady is not enough to be a queen, but Empress Dowager Xiao also wants to be a queen. She is jealous of her first sister, and she doesn't know where to know that His Majesty likes a single lady.

Empress Dowager Xiao made a plan to stun Niang Shan and send her to Emperor Liao.

But overnight, everything is different.

Emperor Liao had always liked Shan Niangzi, so he decided to marry Shan Niangzi as queen, and even quietly killed Shan Niangzi's fiancé.Empress Dowager Xiao informed Shan Niangzi about this, and Shan Niangzi grew up with her fiancé childhood sweetheart. After learning about this, she became very angry with Emperor Liao.

Since then, one wrong step, one step at a time.Lady Shan escaped from Shangjing, Emperor Liao sent Mu Fu to follow, and originally wanted to bring her back.Unexpectedly, Mu Fu was subdued by Mrs. Shan, and she took her to escape farther and farther, until later Mrs. Shan entered Wei County Prince's Mansion in Song Dynasty, and she could no longer find such a person.

Emperor Liao felt guilty for this incident all his life and died early.After her death, Empress Dowager Xiao relied on her own brother to become Empress Dowager, while Yeluyue's mother was ordered to be executed by her.

Therefore, although Yeluyue is the fifth younger sister of Yeluyanli, she is not just an ordinary younger sister. They are more bound by blood, and Empress Dowager Xiao is still their common enemy.After Yelu Yanli returned to Shangjing, she treated her sister the best. After she ascended the throne, she even promoted Yeluyue's uncle's line.It's just that only the two of them know how much sincerity and how much of it is used.

But the face is very round.

Li Liangcheng originally rejected this fifth princess very much, after all, she was Yelu Yanli's most beloved younger sister, and the relationship between the two was very close.

Unexpectedly, on the day of Yeluyue's wedding with him, she would tell all these things about herself.

Conversations between smart people never require much explanation.

Li Liangcheng immediately understood that she could be the first princess, but her mother was killed and her so-called elder brother had to send her to a foreign country to marry her. Could she not blame Yelu Yanli?

Although Li Liangcheng didn't quite believe her words, he still believed [-]%.

In particular, Yeluyue is beautiful, with a soft and strong personality.

Li Liangcheng has tried his best in his life and never cared about any woman.Originally he thought that Yeluyue was sent by Yeluyanli to monitor him, but now that she said it so confidingly, his heart changed slightly.

Yeluyue held his hand again, and said softly, "No matter what Li Lang does, I will always be by your side."

Li Liangcheng was also a person whose father didn't love his mother and died early. In the past few years, he had experienced ups and downs several times, and was still firmly held by Yelu Yanli, and his heart was really depressed for a long time.After being told this, his nose suddenly became sore, and instead he lay down in Yeluyue's arms and wept bitterly.

Yeluyue caressed his back from time to time, with a gentle smile on his face, but his eyes were slightly narrowed, which looked very much like Yelu Yanli.

After coaxing Li Liangcheng, Yeluyue returned to her bedroom and immediately sat down to write a note.

She thought for a long time before writing, and when she finished writing, she got up, and there was a sea dongqing eating by the window.She gently picked it up and tied the note to its foot.Then he picked her up, kissed her, and murmured: "Baby, I have to bring the news to my brother."

After finishing speaking, she let go of her hand, and the white Haidongqing immediately flew into the sky, flying farther and farther.

And the night was getting deeper, her face was pale, and she leaned on the bed.Her maid said distressedly: "When will His Majesty deliver the antidote for this month?"

Yeluyue gritted her teeth: "My brother, you still don't know? Hmph."

"Princess, if Your Majesty, Your Majesty knows—"

Yeluyue sneered: "The day he finds out is the day of his death! At that time, his storeroom will also be mine, so I'm afraid there will be no antidote?"

The maid bowed her head, not daring to answer any more.

"Your Majesty, it's time for you to take your medicine." Rantao walked to the bed with a tray.

After he vomited blood last time, Zhao Cong's body was still recuperating, and Doctor Bai prescribed some warming and tonic prescriptions.Although the medicine is warm and tonic, it is very bitter, and Zhao Cong can only hold his nose and drink it down.

It's funny to say, before Yelv Yanli came back to anger him, he was really not interested in living, but living day after day.

After getting angry with him, he had a particularly strong desire to survive.

So want to knock him down?

Zhao Cong got up, took the bowl from Rantao, and drank it down in one gulp.

dream!

He drank the medicine, drank some tea to clear his mouth, and wanted to rest, but saw that Rantao hesitated to speak.

He subconsciously asked, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty..." Rantao hesitated for a while, then said softly, "Ahead, he, the few boxes of medicine he left behind, Dr. Bai went through all of them."

"……so?"

"Doctor Bai said that the medicines in those small porcelain bottles are all the same. Although he still doesn't know how they are made, he also said that it is indeed beneficial to His Majesty's health..." Rantao said bravely, " Doctor Bai wants to persuade His Majesty to use this medicine..."

Zhao Cong sighed: "He didn't dare to persuade, so he sent you here?"

"Yes..." Rantao lowered his head slightly, waited for a while, and said again, "It is His Majesty's body that matters the most."

After the absurdity of that day, Yelu Yanli went all the way and never gave him a chance to vent his anger.But there are so many boxes of medicine left behind, and the two pieces of repaired jade and stone are left behind.He should have thrown them all away, but Zhao Cong still put away the jade and stones. As for the medicines, he didn't ask.

He took the small porcelain bottle from Rantao, unscrewed the cork, and it still smelled very nice.

He shook it, and drank it under Rantao's expectant eyes.

Rantao breathed a sigh of relief, he laughed: "I have to take good care of myself, I can't lose to him."

Rantao also smiled: "It's as long as His Majesty is happy."

Just be happy?

What is happiness again?

Zhao Cong smiled wryly.

The few months after Ruiqing Festival every year is the most leisurely time for Zhao Cong.It was cold, and he was not in good health. Everyone knew about it, and no one dared to bother him.At the time of the winter solstice at the end of the year, everyone will find ways to please him until the new year.

This year, due to the birth of Yelu Yanli, Zhao Cong is mentally prepared to deal with all the differences that may arise.

In particular, Yelu Yanli walked like that again.

It's just that Zhao Cong didn't expect Yelu Yanli to be able to toss like that, and he didn't expect Yelu Yanli to be determined to confront him.What's the point of marrying the princess and giving Li Liang the surname of the country.Yelu Yanli did indeed canonize Li Liangcheng as the lord of Xixia, but after only one month, he revoked Li Liangcheng's status as the lord again on the grounds that Li Liangcheng was disrespectful to the fifth princess.

Li Liangcheng was tortured to the point of collapse, not only to apologize to the fifth princess, but also to go to the Liao capital to make amends.Yelu Yanli refused to see him, let alone leave Xixia.

Li Liangcheng completely became a big joke.

Zhao Cong was originally nestled in the city of Tokyo, holding a hand stove, enjoying watching the excitement.

Unexpectedly, Yelu Yanli extended his hand to Tubo again, Zhao Cong knew why Yelu Yanli played Li Liangcheng like this, it was because there was Tubo in Xixia separated from Liao.

And Tubo is adjacent to the Song Dynasty.

What was the three-way attack on the Liao Kingdom he envisioned back then, they wanted to outflank the Liao country in four ways!Maybe, there are still five ways.According to Yelu Yanli, he had been in contact with Zhang Tingchu for a long time, and who knew who Zhang Tingchu was using.

Zhao Cong knows better than anyone how Yelu Yanli can confuse people.

Zhao Cong also stopped watching the excitement, but called officials to discuss major issues seriously.

Of course, there are also good things, Zhang Tingchu has not left Tokyo yet, and went to the palace to ask him to marry him.The other party was none other than Zhao Shu'an, the head of Le'an County.

Zhang Tingchu had been to the gate of Huijun Prince's Mansion several times earlier, and he had already been recognized by Huijun King, but he still wanted to seek the imperial decree, which was the greatest dignity.

Zhao Cong was worried that Zhang Tingchu would be seduced by Yelu Yanli, and he was also happy for Zhao Shu'an.Now that her father had agreed, Zhao Cong wrote the imperial decree with a stroke of his pen.

Zhang Tingchu couldn't help being overjoyed, on the one hand he was grateful, and on the other hand he mentioned the recent actions of the Liao Kingdom to Zhao Cong, repeatedly promising to send troops if necessary.

Zhao Cong was not too polite, Zhang Tingchu married Zhao Shu'an, and they will be a family from now on, and he did assign missions to Zhang Tingchu.All he needed was for Zhang Tingchu to appease the various ministries in the southwest, and then together with Dali to suppress Jiaozhi, so as not to hold back the northwest front.

Zhang Tingchu did his part, and immediately complied. Three days later, he finally left Tokyo City and returned to the southwest.

One is the task sent by His Majesty, and the other is to go home and prepare for the wedding.

Zhao Cong followed the steps and took his time, just waiting to see if Yelu Yanli had any tricks to use against him.

He sees the trick and dismantles it.

As expected, Yelu Yanli did not disappoint him.

Yelu Yanli gave him a big move.

Xie Wenrui betrayed him.