Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 309 A good dog doesn’t block the road

Seeing that Zhao Mu and Hu Yanjin agreed, everyone from the Long Guard immediately "escorted" them to the palace. Zhao Lan and Mu Wanqing were left here to worry.

Looking at their expressions, Zhao Ji drank tea very calmly. She put the tea cup down and said, "You don't have to worry so much. Mu'er's expression was like this. What happened before him was within his expectation. He With such confidence, we must have already had countermeasures. We don’t have to worry.”

After Mu Wanqing and Zhao Lan looked at each other, they both sighed.

In the Jinluan Hall of the Imperial Palace, the atmosphere above the hall was very depressing at this time. But it's also very quiet.

All the civil and military ministers stood below, waiting silently for King Zhongshan and Princess Huyan to be brought from Longwei.

Emperor Zhezong, who was sitting on the throne, looked very unhappy. The queen mothers of the two palaces were sitting on both sides of Zhezong.

The one who looked as bad as him was the Empress Dowager Gao.

Just now, the emperor and empress started a debate above the court.

The Empress Dowager Gao held a conservative attitude and believed that the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty had been at peace for nearly a hundred years, and it was not appropriate to use weapons at the moment. Let Zhezong regard peace as the most important thing, apologize to Liao, and severely punish the sycophant Zhao Mu.

Now the Liao army has been mobilized, but Yelu Hongji has no plans to fully invade the Song Dynasty. Only 80,000 soldiers and horses and tens of thousands of civilians were assembled, with a total of more than 100,000 troops participating in the war.

On the contrary, everyone in the Liao envoy led by Yelu Yanping was very proud of the "farce" in the court.

They all felt that the lingering power of the Liao Kingdom was still there, and just a word of intimidation could make the emperors and empresses of the Song Dynasty fall into discord and the ministers bow to their knees.

Zhezong made it clear that it was okay to give him a yearly coin. The Song Dynasty was rich all over the world. It would not be difficult to give him ten times, let alone five times.

He wanted to use these troops to test the current strength of the Song Dynasty. If the Liao Kingdom could still be as invincible as before in this battle, the Song army would abandon their armor and flee in panic. Then Yelu Hongji began to issue orders to mobilize the whole country, and then united with Xixia to launch a comprehensive southern invasion of the Song Dynasty.

But Zhezong showed the true majesty of the emperor this time. He rejected the words of the Empress Dowager in court.

The King of Zhongshan could not plead guilty, let alone demote the King of Zhongshan, and said that Zhao Mu was his capable minister, not a sycophant.

But there is no way to apologize or get married!

The Empress Dowager was directly pushed back by Zhe Zong in front of her.

But if it doesn't work, hand over the challenge.

After Yelu Yanping returned to the Liao Kingdom, the officials of the Liao Kingdom also talked a lot. Some advocated settling the matter, some advocated war against the Song Dynasty, and some advocated peace talks with the Song Dynasty. Some people think Yelu Yanping went too far this time.

But in the end, Yelu Hongji decided to let Yelu Yanping negotiate again and try the bottom line of the Song Dynasty again. If you want a high price, it would be better to settle the matter without losing dignity.

However, in front of the ministers, although Empress Dowager Gao was angry, she still wanted to show some favor to the emperor, so she could only suppress her anger.

In fact, it is not only the Song Dynasty that has disputes about this matter.

Even the generals headed by King Zhongxiao were well prepared, but the emperor did not speak and no one dared to start a war.

By then, the Liao State would also have an excuse to use troops against the Song Dynasty, "the Song Dynasty insulted the Liao State envoys, destroyed the Chanyuan Alliance and refused to pay tribute." Within the Liao Kingdom, he was also known as a master.

But if this battle is fought without losing or losing, it will not only test the current strength level of the Song Dynasty, but also give an explanation to the country, and then the two countries will negotiate to resolve the matter.

But the only thing Yelu Hongji didn't think about was that "Liao would lose this battle", and would lose miserably.

In fact, not only Yelu Hongji never thought about it, but even the ministers of the Liao Kingdom, including the ministers of the Song Dynasty, and the people of Xixia who sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, never thought of the option that the Song Dynasty could defeat the Liao Kingdom. In the expectation of Xixia and Yelu Hongji, as well as most ministers of the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty would definitely lose. A small number of officials in the Liao Kingdom believed that the Song Dynasty would lose, but it would not be a disastrous defeat, and at best it would hold on.

The ministers of the Song Dynasty did not have much hope. Most of them believed that the best result was a draw without losing or a loss after paying a heavy price.

At the moment, the only person in the world who believes that Zhao Mu can really defeat the Liao Kingdom is Song Zhezong, who is sitting on the dragon throne.

At the moment, Zhe Zong had a cold face and was waiting for his valued uncle to come quickly.

King Zhongxiao is also very worried now. Hu Yanjin is the daughter of King Zhongxiao who was nearly half a century old. He has always regarded her as the apple of his eye. He has always accommodated her.

Now the Liao envoy proposed to let his daughter go and get married, which was unacceptable to King Zhongxiao. His daughter could even marry a beggar on the street, but she couldn't marry a barbarian. What's more, everyone in King Zhongxiao knew Yelu Yanping's details very well. What's there to be proud of about being a traitor?
For his daughter to marry such a person would bring shame to the whole family of Prince Zhongxiao.

Fortunately, the marriage proposal was clearly rejected by Zhe Zong righteously, which relieved King Zhongxiao a lot. Although the queen mothers of the two palaces are old and confused, their emperor is still wise and wise.

Everyone was just waiting in the silent hall for the arrival of Zhao Mu and Hu Yanjin.

About two-quarters of an hour later, the eunuch outside shouted: "King Zhongshan, Princess Zhongxiao, please come to the palace!"

Hearing this, Zhezhong even ignored the emperor's majesty and stood up from the throne, then looked at the man who calmly walked into the hall.

And Hu Yanjin, who was dressed in a beautiful daughter's outfit, was following behind him.

Seeing the emperor's disobedience in front of the palace, he glanced at Zhe Zong at the Queen Mother, and then coughed twice.

Zhe Zong also felt that something was wrong at this time, so he slowly sat down.

And Yelu Yanping looked at Hu Yanjin, who was dressed in daughter's clothes, and his eyes almost showed. He had always been obsessed with this girl, but now that he saw the most beautiful side of Hu Yanjin's Xiaojia Biyu, he was naturally even more obsessed with her.

Yelu Yanping suddenly became elated when he thought that this beauty would be like a gift for him to play with in a short time.

When Hu Yanjin faced Yelu Yanping's obscene gaze, she did not dodge at all, nor was she timid or shy. Instead, she gave him a mocking smile.

If he wasn't in the main hall, Hu Yanjin would definitely laugh and ask him if he really liked her that much.

Zhao Mu also noticed Yelu Yanping's gaze, and then Zhao Mu quickly stepped forward, raised his palm and slapped Yelu Yanping on the face.

Before Yelu Yanping could wake up from his sweet dream, he was slapped by Zhao Mu and spun around several times.

After Zhao Mu finished the beating, he took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped his hands, then threw it away and said, "A good dog doesn't block the road!"

Everyone present was shocked when they saw Zhao Mu beating and insulting the Liao envoy in public in the main hall.

Queen Mother Xiang even stood up directly regardless of etiquette.

However, Zhe Zong's eyes lit up. He looked at Zhao Mu with admiration and could only give a thumbs up in public and said that the emperor's uncle is mighty.

Zhao Mu then stood still in the middle. He bowed and saluted: "I, Zhao Mu, King of Zhongshan, pay my respects to Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager."

After hearing Zhao Mu's words about the order of worship, Emperor Zhezong couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Hu Yanjin also said at this time: "My daughter Hu Yanjin, I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager."

(End of this chapter)