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Chapter 1072 The Emperor's Gaze
The Queen Mother passed away and this year's palace banquet was cancelled.

Zhao Rui had accumulated a lot of government affairs during the past six months when he personally led the army to fight. After he finished the empress dowager's funeral, he began to work overtime to handle government affairs.

On the morning of the ninth day of the first lunar month, Gu Yanxiao called Zhao Rui to get up but there was no response even after he shouted several times.

"Zhao Rui, don't scare me."

Gu Yanxiao injected spiritual power into Zhao Rui's body, and Zhao Rui woke up after a while: "What's wrong with me? I feel heavy in my head."

"Maybe he's tired during this period of time." Gu Yanxiao said to the palace maids waiting outside, "Go and get Doctor Wang quickly."

"Don't worry, Queen, His Majesty is just tired and worried, that's why he fell ill."

Gu Yan smiled and looked at Zhao Rui: "Did you hear that? I know you are sad that our mother passed away, but you are not young anymore. You must take good care of yourself. Only when our mother knows this can she feel at ease."

Zhao Rui held Gu Yanxiao's hand and nodded.

After the Queen Mother passed away, he kept thinking about his childhood and was in a bad mood. Coupled with the complicated government affairs, he accidentally collapsed.

However, he took Gu Yanxiao's words to heart.

That's because the queen dislikes him because he is old.

He was only thirty-seven.

How come you are old when you are young and strong?

Actually, the master is more than 20 years older than him, but the years don't seem to have left many traces on him. Except for the slight wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, you really can't tell that he is already 58 years old.

Looking at his queen again, she is still as young as an eighteen-year-old girl.

Zhao Rui had a deep sense of crisis.

When he recovers, he will have to learn how to handle state affairs, and try to pass the throne to him when he is twelve years old.

He didn't want to be an emperor, but just live as a commoner to see if he could catch the last train of cultivation and strive to live to be 200 years old.

Poor Zhao Yao, only eight years old.

He lived a miserable life, reading and reviewing memorials day and night.

Look at the carefree sister again.

He is really envious.

On this day, the young Zhao Yao looked at his father, the emperor, and his mother seriously and said, "Can I not be the crown prince?"

The two refused without even thinking: "No."

Zhao Rui was afraid that his son would give up, and then his good life would be far away, so he pulled his son over and said earnestly: "You are the prince, and the world will be yours sooner or later. It will be good for you to get familiar with government affairs as soon as possible."

Zhao Yao looked at his father in disbelief.

Zhao Rui continued to deceive: "And the emperor has also selected your right-hand men. The two sons of your uncle have been taught by your grandfather since they were young. They are very capable. With their assistance, you will have an easy time."

"Father, you are an adult, you won't lie to a child like me, right?"

Zhao Rui touched his son's head guiltily: "You are my son, how could the emperor lie to you? When you sit in my position, you can watch those ministers quarrel every day, and then make a decision at the end. It's very easy."

Many years later, Zhao Yao secretly cursed his unscrupulous father countless times.

After a year of mourning for the empress dowager, Zhao Rui once again led the army to fight.

The arrival of 400,000 soldiers this time has demonstrated Zhao Rui's determination to unify the world.

Yelu Hongji was worried about the Jurchen tribe at this moment.

In just over a year, the Jurchen tribe annexed several surrounding tribes one after another, and its power grew greatly, so he had to send troops to encircle and suppress them. Now that the Song Dynasty troops were approaching again, they had to withdraw the troops attacking the Jurchen tribe.

However, at most, only 260,000 troops were gathered.

Due to the huge disparity in military strength, some people began to fear fighting, especially Xiao Deli, who was the first minister to advocate peace talks in the court.

Xiao Houjun really didn't want to look at him, and snorted, "This is the first time I've heard someone ask for peace in the court. Xiao Deli always feels that you don't look like a Liao person. Are you a spy planted in our dynasty by the Song Dynasty?"

Xiao Deli's face turned red as he was ridiculed by Xiao Houjun.

"Bullshit! I am a real Liao person, and everyone in the world knows it. If you continue to talk nonsense, I will not let it go."

"Since you claim to be from the Liao Dynasty, you shouldn't have asked for peace. We have been in a standoff with the Liao Dynasty for hundreds of years, and it has always been the Song Dynasty that asked for peace. We, the Liao Dynasty, have never given in."

Xiao Deli fought back, "It is true that we have had the upper hand for hundreds of years, but the situation has changed. The Song Dynasty is now strong and powerful, as we can all see. But what about the Liao Dynasty? Wars are raging everywhere, and many tribes are unwilling to accept the rule of the royal court and have become independent. How can we fight the Song Dynasty under such circumstances?"

It is undeniable that what Xiao Deli said was true.

But if he said it in the court, it would only shake the ministers' determination to fight against the Song Dynasty.

Yelu Hongji naturally could not tolerate this.

"Xiao Deli has shaken the morale of the army. He will be demoted one rank, fined half a year's salary, and sent back to the government to reflect on himself."

Yelu Hongji: "The Song army is approaching, and Zhao Rui is personally commanding. Naturally, I cannot show weakness. I will lead the army to the battle in three days. During my absence, Xiao Houjun, you and the queen will handle state affairs."

"Follow the Holy Orders."

Anyway, it was not the first time. This time, when Yelu Hongji said he wanted to lead the army in person, no minister tried to stop him.

Yelu Hongji still felt a little lost.

An old minister said tentatively: "Your Majesty, how about you first hand over the edict to establish the crown prince before you go to war..."

"Clang~"

Yelu Hongji was so angry that he smashed the incense burner next to him to the ground, leaving cracks on the ground.

The emperor was furious and the ministers knelt down again.

"Your Majesty, calm down."

"Calm down, you have a really good plan!"

If he had written the edict to appoint the crown prince in advance, it would not be certain whether he would be able to return safely. Anyway, the queen was there, and if anything happened to him, the queen would be able to successfully support the crown prince to ascend the throne.

This old minister only now realized that he had been the first to be exposed. Just now, Xiao Deli was only demoted. He would not be beheaded, right?
The old minister prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to breathe.

I just hope that your Majesty’s anger will pass quickly and you will never think of him.

But many times, what you fear will come true. Yelu Hongji glanced from left to right, and finally his eyes stopped on the old minister who had just spoken.

Even without looking up, Yelu Sala could feel the emperor's gaze.

When the weather was getting warmer and colder, Yelu Sala must have been so nervous that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Master Yelu, was this your own idea to establish a crown prince, or did someone tell you something?"

Although Yelu Hongji was angry, he was not so stupid.

Yelu Sala was a loyal and honest person. He was once falsely accused of murdering the crown prince when the crown prince was still alive, and he almost believed it at that time.

Later, he was going to go on a diplomatic mission to the Song Dynasty, and the one who framed him, Yelu Yixin, was the biggest traitor.