Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 513: Great Achievements Shock the Master, Enemies Surround Him

Chapter 513: Great Achievements Shock the Master, Enemies Surround Him

There is war raging in Tubo now.

The Xixia army began to open up a piece of land for their own people. Now they have pacified many chieftains and looted and slaughtered their official villages. After cleaning them up, they can directly replace their own Dangxiang people.

However, the army of the Song Dynasty has already withdrawn from the quagmire of war.

After the Xixia army gained a foothold in Qingtang, the Xixia king led the civil and military officials to move there first, and the people of Xixia also began to move to Qingtang New City one after another.

However, before his father-in-law left, he gave Zhao Mu a lot of good things, including all the women in his palace. The King of Xixia only took his wives and concubines with him. As for the other palace maids, he did not take any of them with him, but gave them all to Zhao Mu.

Originally, the King of Xixia wanted to leave Yipintang to Zhao Mu, but Zhao Mu just wanted to be a military governor and live a peaceful life in Lingzhou City. He really didn't need a spy organization like Yipintang. If needed, Lingjiu Palace was nearby and he could call on it at any time. So Yipintang also followed the King of Xixia to Xincheng.

Now in the entire Lingzhou city, apart from the officials who have not been replaced and the people who refuse to leave, the only things belonging to the Western Xia Kingdom are Li Qiu Shui and Li Qinglu.

Li Qiushui was naturally unwilling to leave the palace. After all, life here was much better than that in Xingxiu Sea. In her own words, she had two sons, and it didn't matter which one she followed, as they could both take care of her in her old age.

On this day, Zhao Mu was reviewing official documents in the palace and making plans to return to the capital.

But he heard a report from outside the door: "Your Highness, the envoy from Liao wants to see you."

Zhao Mu was quite surprised to hear this. He murmured, "Why did the Liao envoy come to Lingzhou City instead of going to Bianjing to meet His Majesty?"

At this moment, a familiar voice echoed in the hall of the Western Xia Royal Palace.

"There is a His Majesty in Bianjing, and there may be one in Lingzhou City. And it is still unknown who will be the real dragon and who will be the fake dragon in the future."

Hearing this voice, Zhao Mu raised his head and smiled, "Haha, it's a bit rude for Her Royal Highness to come to the palace without being informed. Besides, there is no His Majesty here, only His Royal Highness Prince Qi."

The attendant looked up at Zhao Mu, who winked at him and let him go.

The person who came was none other than the lingering Liao princess Yelu Yanxiu.

Yelu Yanxiu is dressed up gorgeously today. She is a rare beauty to begin with, and with this elegant and luxurious makeup, she looks even more beautiful.

Yelu Yanxiu looked at Zhao Mu sitting on the dragon throne in the Golden Palace and said with a smile: "Your Highness is sitting on the dragon throne of His Majesty, so it is naturally His Majesty. It seems that King Xia is very generous to His Highness King Qi. The golden dragon throne under you is the throne of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty."

Zhao Mu looked at the golden dragon throne under him, then laughed and said, "Haha, what does this mean? This chair is nothing more than a place for me to sit. There is only one true emperor, and that is the saint in my Bianjing, not me. But Your Highness Princess, there is something else behind your words. Are you here to sow discord?"

Yelu Yanxiu shook his head and said, "That's not the case. I don't need to sow discord. I believe that in a short time, His Royal Highness Prince Qi will only have two options to choose."

Zhao Mu put down the imperial brush in his hand, propped his hand on the dragon desk, and looked at Yelu Yanxiu with his chin in his hand. He asked with interest: "Oh? Which two roads? Please tell me, Princess."

Yelu Yanxiu smiled charmingly and then said, "The first path is a path of survival. That is, Your Highness can follow the example of your ancestor Emperor Taizu and wear the yellow robe. The second path is a path of death. Like Han Xin, who conquered Qi and Chu and was so successful that he shocked his master, he ended up being killed in the palace. I wonder which path Your Highness Prince Qi will choose." Zhao Mu couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. Zhao Mu laughed and said, "So it seems that those bastards in the court who reported my intention to rebel were not entirely killed by me. It must have been your hand in it, Your Highness Princess."

Yelu Yanxiu smiled and nodded, saying, "Your Highness Prince Qi is right. The censors impeached you just for personal gain. But you are enforcing military law, so even if they impeach you, it won't cause much trouble. The subsequent impeachment was indeed my fault. But I didn't make any slanderous remarks. I just caught the censors' desire to depose Prince Qi, and all I could do was to add fuel to the fire."

Zhao Mu nodded and said, "That's right. The civil officials in the court have long disliked me. The Queen Mother's party is even more so. Now that they have the opportunity, they will definitely unite with the officials to attack me. Not to mention that you Liao people are fanning the flames behind the scenes."

Yelu Yanxiu smiled and said, "Your Highness Prince Qi is right. Since Your Highness Prince Qi has such a clear mind, I believe Your Highness Prince Qi will not be a fool like Cao Shuang."

Zhao Mu looked at Yelu Yanxiu and asked, "So what is the purpose of your coming here today?"

Yelu Yanxiu replied, "It's very simple. I came to see His Royal Highness Prince Qi today just to ask His Royal Highness Prince Qi to choose a way out. Since His Royal Highness Prince Qi took office, he first defeated the Liao cavalry and took back two states, which was already an amazing achievement. Then he swallowed up Xixia and eliminated the threat to the northwest border of the Song Dynasty. I believe that His Royal Highness Prince Qi has now reached a point where there is no more reward or title to be given."

"Your Highness Prince Qi knows the fate of those who have achieved great success since ancient times. I don't need to explain it to you. Since ancient times, only one minister who has achieved great success has had a good ending, Guo Ziyi. I just don't know if Your Highness Prince Qi will have the same fate as Guo Ziyi."

Zhao Mu couldn't help but frown when he heard this. He sat up straight and said, "Go on!"

Seeing Zhao Mu sitting upright and listening to him attentively, Yelu Yanxiu was immediately delighted.

Everyone in the world knows that the only person the Song Dynasty can rely on is Prince Zhao Mu of Qi. And the person that Prince Zhao Mu of Qi relies on the most is the current Emperor Zhezong.

After the King of Qi lost Emperor Zhezong, his ambitions could not be realized.

After losing Prince Qi, Zhezong was powerless.

Yelu Yanxiu seized the opportunity to divide the emperor and his subjects. So she spent a lot of money to let the censors take revenge on Zhao Mu. She kept spreading rumors that he had a rebellious heart and that he was in a high position and had great power.

Moreover, Yelu Yanxiu also formulated different impeachment statements based on different groups of officials, with the main purpose of using the internal struggles of the Song Dynasty court to divide Zhao Mu and Zhezong.

As for those who had lost their children and had deep hatred for Zhao Mu, such as Prime Minister Cai's party, Yelu Yanxiu had his subordinates fan the flames, saying that Zhao Mu was deliberately excluding dissidents in order to establish his own faction.

As for those officials who thought Zhao Mu was too powerful, Yelu Yanxiu also seized their interests and asked his subordinates to compare Zhao Mu to Dong Zhuo and Wang Mang in front of these officials.

The most critical factor was Zhao Mu's base, the disloyalty of the noble group towards Zhao Mu. Yelu Yanxiu played the two cards of Prince Duan Zhao Ji and the young prince Du Taiwei. Because Zhao Mu was a member of the royal family of Taizu, his relationship with Prince Duan and other descendants of Taizong was not harmonious.

Yelu Yanxiu spread rumors in front of the nobles of Taizong's line that Zhao Mu intended to "rectify his position" and take back the throne of the Golden Casket Alliance. This caused a strong reaction from the nobles of Taizong's line, led by Empress Dowager Xiang.

Under the instigation of the Liao people, Zhao Mu, the great hero of the Song Dynasty, has now become Wang Mang before Gong Qian usurped the throne.

(End of this chapter)

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