Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Western Xia.

Xingqing Mansion!
The Liang family's rebellion had just been put down, and Empress Dowager Xiao Liang had gone through great efforts to stabilize the Xixia court. However, after this battle, the Liang family's autocratic power was greatly reduced, and the Xixia royal family and party nobles regained the upper hand.

However, Empress Dowager Xiaoliang remained undaunted, because she still had a trump card in her hand, which was her nearly adult son Li Qianshun.

"Queen Dowager Gao is dead!"

After hearing Weiming Awu's report, Queen Mother Xiaoliang couldn't help but raise her voice.

Empress Dowager Gao was probably in a similar situation to her. She also had a harem to listen to the government, but Empress Dowager Gao was relatively weak. During her reign, the Song Dynasty was allowed to be bullied by her.

Unfortunately, the little emperor of the Song Dynasty seized power later. From then on, the Song Dynasty changed greatly, and Xixia repeatedly encountered obstacles. Now she suddenly heard the news of the death of Empress Dowager Gao, which made her miss the time when Empress Dowager Gao was in power.

Wei Ming A Wu nodded and said: "To inform the Queen Mother, envoys from the Song Dynasty have come to deliver a message, asking Xixia to send envoys to express condolences. I don't know what the Queen Mother wants."

Although Xixia and Song had fought many wars, the two countries were nominally vassal states. After all, Empress Dowager Gao had been in power for eight years and was actually the monarch of the Song Dynasty. After Xixia was defeated and became a vassal of the Song Dynasty, it was only right that she send people to express her condolences. meaning.

"This matter..." Empress Dowager Xiao Liang habitually asked her brother Liang Yibu to take responsibility, but suddenly she was stunned. It turned out that her brother had been killed on her order.

"You can take full responsibility for this matter!" Empress Dowager Xiaoliang ordered Weiming Awu.

Empress Dowager Xiao Liang was inexplicable. In addition to the exclusive power of the Liang family's parent party, there was another reason why the Liang family was in power with two empresses. That was that there were cases in Song and Liao dynasties where the empress dowager listened to politics behind the curtain. In particular, Empress Dowager Gao of the Song Dynasty did so at the same time as her. Listening to politics makes her reason for listening to politics behind the curtain more upright.

However, later, adult officials seized power in the Song Dynasty, and there was a rebellion by relatives in Xixia, which completely exposed the shortcomings of the Queen Mother's ability to listen to politics behind the curtain. Now that her son Li Qianshun has grown up, the calls for her to return to power in Xixia are getting louder and louder. .

Especially after she pacified the Liang family, she had clearly felt the different attitudes of the Xixia ministers, which made her situation even worse.

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"The Empress Dowager Qizhen is so happy!" Suddenly, Weiming Awu and Renduo Baozhong, who had just left, came in together.

"Why is the Ai family so happy?" Queen Mother Xiaoliang's eyes showed doubts.

Weiming Awu said excitedly: "I reported to the Queen Mother that the Liao Emperor finally replied. This time he personally sent an envoy to agree to the Liao-Xia marriage."

"really?"

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang was overjoyed when she heard this. After pacifying the Liang family, she had lost her biggest supporter and was now in urgent need of finding a new supporter. She didn't expect that the Liao Kingdom would send her a pillow just as she fell asleep.

"Is it Yelu Nanyin who is marrying?" Empress Dowager Xiaoliang asked quickly. Her original request to the Liao Kingdom was to let Yelu Nanyin marry her, and at the same time use Yelu Nanyin to get involved in the interests of the Silk Road.

Renduo Baozhong shook his head and said: "It's not Yelu Nanyin, but Yelu Nanxian, the princess of the Liao Kingdom."

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang's expression suddenly changed, and she also knew that Yelu Nanxian was a princess of the clan, and her status was very different from that of Yelu Nanyin, not to mention the huge benefit of the Silk Road.

Weiming Awu advised: "The Queen Mother does not need to be angry. Although the marriage is with the clan princess Yelu Nanxian, the Liao Emperor agreed to allocate a portion of affordable silk road materials as Yelu Nanxian's dowry every year."

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang nodded slightly. Since the Cold War in the Song Dynasty, the Sui coins have been cut off and the market has been closed. Xixia's domestic economy has almost collapsed, and the Liao Kingdom's use of Silk Road materials as dowry can solve Xixia's urgent needs.

"Come here, let's have a banquet for the Liao Dynasty's envoys." Empress Dowager Xiaoliang said with great joy.

The envoy from the Liao Kingdom is willing to marry his son, so as a mother, she naturally has to entertain her warmly.

On that day, there was a grand banquet in the Xixia Palace.

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang led the Xixia ministers to solemnly entertain Yelv Zhangnu, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom and his relatives.

"Sir Yelu, the Ai family would like to toast you on behalf of Xixia. The relationship between Liao and Xia has always been irreversible. After the marriage, the two countries will always be friends and be as close as one family."

At the feast, Empress Dowager Xiao Liang raised her glass and said happily that this marriage was not only of great benefit to Xixia, but also made her unstable position as stable as a rock.

"Drink wins!"

The ministers of the Liao Kingdom toasted in celebration. Xixia suffered a series of defeats. With continued support from the Liao Kingdom, now that the two countries have made peace, they will definitely be able to withstand the Song Dynasty's offensive.

Yelu Zhangnu did not agree, but stood up and said solemnly: "The Queen Mother knows that there were two marriages between Liao and Xia. Let's not mention the first time that the two countries had good relations, so there was a second marriage, and when the clan was established, , Daliao will marry Princess Xingping to Li Yuanhao, what will be the result?"

Faced with Yelu Zhangnu's questioning, everyone in Xixia looked embarrassed.

At that time, Li Yuanhao was so bold that he could even attack his own daughter-in-law, and the harem was even more arrogant and extravagant. After Princess Xingping married Li Yuanhao, one was a high-ranking princess of the sovereign state, and the other was a male lord, and the two had a bad relationship. , causing the princess to pass away a few years after going to Xixia.

Xingzong of Liao Dynasty was suspicious of the cause of the princess's death, because there were many rumors about Princess Xingping's death. One said that Princess Xingping was not favored and eventually died of depression.

There is also a theory that Yuan Hao poisoned his biological mother, Queen Wei Mu, with poisonous wine in order to destroy the Wei Mu family.Because Princess Xingping knew the truth and wanted to silence her, Yuan Hao imprisoned her and died in prison.
Obviously, the Liao State suspected that it was the second rumor, and sent an envoy to question it, but in the end it was ignored, so that Liao and Xia turned against each other and interrupted the marriage.

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang's expression changed, but she did not expect that the Liao Kingdom was still brooding over the death of Princess Xingping, and even questioned Liao Xia in public during their third marriage.

"Lord Yelu, you are serious. This happened many years ago. This is a happy day. It is not appropriate to mention such sad things again." Weiming Awu said to smooth things over.

However, Yelv Zhangnu did not give Xixia any face and said: "This is not a settlement of Liao's fault. Our emperor once said that if Liao and Xia get married again, how can Xixia ensure that Princess Cheng'an will not make the same mistake as Princess Xingping."

"This..." The faces of the Xixia ministers couldn't help but change. This was a matter between the emperor and the queen. If the two were at odds, what could they do. "

"What does His Majesty Daliao mean?" Renduo Baozhong asked.

Yelu Zhangnu said calmly: "Your Majesty's intention is very simple. As long as the Queen Mother drinks this wine, the old debts will be wiped off and the marriage will be successful."

At that moment, Yelu Zhangnu took down an exquisite wine flask, poured a glass of wine himself and handed it to Queen Mother Xiaoliang.

"liquor!"

The officials of Xixia were stunned for a moment, but then their expressions changed.

I couldn't help but think of the Liao envoy who just questioned the truth about Princess Xingping's death. According to rumors, Princess Xingping was killed because she learned that Li Yuanhao poisoned his mother, Wei Mushi, with poisonous wine.

But now the envoy of the Liao Kingdom once again handed Empress Dowager Xiaoliang a glass of wine. This glass of wine was obviously a poisonous wine. The Liao Kingdom wanted to avenge the death of Princess Xingping and at the same time establish the prestige of Princess Cheng'an.

Even the scheming minister thought more. Once the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang passed away, Princess Cheng'an of the Liao Kingdom would marry Xixia. The young leader of the Xixia Kingdom, Li Liangzuo, would definitely take power together with Princess Cheng'an.Letting Princess Cheng'an take the power is the real trick for the Liao Kingdom to prevent Princess Cheng'an from making the same mistakes again.

The ministers of Xixia could not help but be stunned. No one thought that Emperor Yelu Hongji of Liao would be so arrogant and even sent envoys to poison the queen of Xixia who was listening behind the curtain with poisonous wine.

"No need, there is wine here in the Ai family, let's use this wine to laugh away the grudges!" Empress Dowager Xiaoliang's face changed, she did not have an attack, but raised the wine in her hand to smooth things over.

But Yelu Zhangnu shook his head and insisted: "No! Your Majesty means that Empress Dowager Xiaoliang should drink this wine so that the marriage can be successful."

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang fell into a deep sleep all night, then she put down her wine glass and said coldly: "You are so brave, you dare to poison the Ai family! Come on! Give the Liao envoy to the Ai family to be executed."

However, when she gave the order, she found that the whole place was silent and no one responded.

"You...?" Empress Dowager Xiaoliang looked at the Xixia ministers beside her in disbelief. She had often flattered her maliciously, but the ministers who had sworn allegiance avoided her gaze.

"This marriage is related to the national destiny of Xixia. Please drink this wine and let the Song and Liao families get married!" Weiming Awu said with his hands.

Weiming Awu was from the Xixia royal family. Although he surrendered to the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, he still had the idea of ​​abolishing the dictatorship of the mother party of the Liao Kingdom. Now that the Liang family has been pacified, the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang can hardly stand alone in the court.

However, even so, Weiming Awu was still not sure about getting rid of Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, and now that the Liao envoy took the lead, Weiming Awu immediately saw the opportunity to abolish the dictatorship of Xixia's mother party.

"Xixia is in critical danger. Only marriage can save Xixia. Why don't we invite the Queen Mother to drink!" Nendo Baozhong stood up and said.

Rendo Baozhong is also a party noble, representing the power of the party military.

“And please invite the Queen Mother to drink!”

Subsequently, more and more Xixia ministers stood up to challenge him.

Back then, the Liang family's mother party was in power, but it made many enemies in the court. Now, naturally, everyone is adding insult to injury.

Empress Dowager Xiao Liang suddenly felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She did not expect that she had reached the point where everyone had betrayed her relatives and left her relatives. She could not help but think of the scene of putting down the Liang family's rebellion.

"Without the support of the Liang family, how could you have monopolized the power? If you destroy the Liang family today, you will surely suffer backlash in the future!"

The words of her brother Liang Yibu that day had just faded, but today Empress Dowager Xiaoliang has already suffered the backlash. She believes that she controls her son and can justifiably control the emperor to command the princes. She will definitely be able to suppress Wei Ming A Wu and Ren Duo Baozhong, and then divide and win over each other, even if The Liang family can still control the government.

However, he did not expect that the Liao Kingdom only sent a team of envoys and united them all to force him to death.

"By the way, I still have a son!"

At that moment, Empress Dowager Xiaoliang felt anxious and quickly looked at her son Li Qianshun who was standing aside.

However, Li Qianshun took a step back with a vigilant look, looked at Empress Dowager Xiao Liang and said, "Mother, was my father really killed by the Empress Mother and the Liang family back then?"

Queen Mother Xiaoliang couldn't help but trembled, looking at her childish son in disbelief.

Regarding the death of Emperor Hui Li Bingchang, the outside world has always had different opinions. No one else, just because Li Bingchang's death was too strange. When the Empress Dowager Liang and Liang Yimi died one after another, Li Bingchang should have been in control.

However, just one year after he took power, he died mysteriously, and the power of Xixia returned to the hands of the Liang family brothers and sisters. There were different opinions about Li Bingchang's death in the Xixia government and the public. The most popular one was that the Liang family brothers and sisters killed Hui Emperor Li Bingchang for power. .

However, at that time, the Liang family's mother party was in dictatorship and had overwhelming power, and in its hands was Li Qianshun, the only young member of the Xixia royal family. The Xixia people suppressed the matter for the time being, but they did not forget it.

Now the bad consequences of the past have finally turned into bitter wine, and it is Empress Dowager Xiaoliang's turn to be at the end of her rope, and the past events have been liquidated one by one.

"Mother, do you want me to be like my father?" Although Li Qianshun was only twelve years old, he was born in the royal family. He had already been exposed to the art of emperors prematurely, and he knew that if nothing unexpected happened, his fate would be the same as that of his father.

"I………………."

Queen Mother Xiaoliang couldn't help but wanted to say that when Li Qianshun grew up, she would return the power to him.

However, the lessons learned from her aunts, Empress Dowager Liang and Empress Dowager Gao of the Great Song Dynasty, were in front of her, making Empress Dowager Xiaoliang unable to speak out anymore. She knew that even if she spoke, no one would believe it, including herself.

Empress Dowager Xiao Liang looked around and saw that she was alone and helpless, and couldn't help but regret. If Liang was still here, how could he be in this situation.

At that moment, Queen Mother Xiaoliang smiled sadly, picked up the poisonous wine in her hand and drank it in one gulp.

"Dang!" The wine glass fell to the ground, and Queen Mother Xiaoliang staggered and struggled to return to the palace.

"Congratulations to the Queen Mother!"

The congratulations of the ministers came from behind, but this congratulation was to send her off on the last journey of her life.

After resisting the severe pain in her stomach and returning to the palace, Queen Mother Xiaoliang knew that the poisonous wine was about to take effect.

"Queen Mother!" A maid cautiously stepped forward and said.

Seeing the maid, Empress Dowager Xiaoliang had an idea. She recalled an old incident and said: "Fan Zheng, the evil doctor of the Song Dynasty, once used soap to wash his stomach to cure his body from taking poison. Please quickly get the soap and wash the stomach of Aijia." .”

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang was overjoyed. She thought she was destined to die, but she didn't expect that she could survive and found a cure for the poisonous wine.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Xiaoliang couldn't help but look sharply. There were still many people loyal to her in the palace. As long as she escaped this disaster, those who betrayed her would definitely pay the price.

However, Empress Dowager Xiaoliang found that the maid did not move. She felt cold in her heart and said, "Even you betrayed the Ai family?"

The maid smiled bitterly and said: "Of course I have not betrayed the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother does not believe that soap can cure mites on the face. No one in the palace dares to use soap. Where can I find soap to wash my stomach now?"

The Empress Dowager Xiao Liang was extremely harsh on the ladies in the palace, and her life would be in danger if she did not go well. The Empress Dowager Xiao Liang openly questioned the soap, and naturally everyone in the palace followed suit, and no one dared to use it.

Queen Mother Xiaoliang stayed there immediately. She did not expect that she had personally destroyed her last line of livelihood.

"what!"

The poisonous wine brought by the Liao Kingdom took effect very quickly. Empress Dowager Xiaoliang felt pain in her abdomen like a knife, followed by bleeding from her seven orifices. Empress Dowager Xiaoliang finally ended her domineering, vicious, vicious and conceited life. (End of chapter)