Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 666 After the country’s subjugation
Zhao Mu smiled and said, "Very good. After sealing up the wealth in the treasury, transport all of it back to Youzhou without leaving any. The same goes for the captives. However, the national treasury and the inner treasury must be separated. After sealing up all the silver in the Liao treasury, send people to transport it directly back to Bianjing and hand it over to Your Majesty. The remaining inner treasury and the property of the civil and military officials will be temporarily transported to Youzhou. After returning to Youzhou, I will reward the troops."

"Okay, the queen will stay. As for the others, take them away and put them in jail. Wait for my summons."

"Yes!" After hearing this, Wang Xian left Empress Xiao in the hall. The soldiers beside Wang Xian lifted up the concubines and princesses, as well as Empress Xiao who was sitting beside them, and dragged them out.

Although Empress Xiao was cursing, her cursing was just the last hesitation of the loser. Even his son, the Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji, couldn't stop Zhao Mu, let alone an old woman like her.

The girls were all terrified. Some of them did not understand Chinese and did not know where the soldiers would take them. They could only cry and struggle.

Wang Xian led his men out. The women in the palace were also temporarily imprisoned in a side hall, together with Yelu Hongji and others.

Yelu Hongji was relieved to see his daughter and concubines were brought here, but when he heard that the queen stayed in the bedroom, two lines of humiliation and hot tears flowed down his face.

After leaving some soldiers at the gate and waiting for Zhao Mu's call, he went to do his own thing. After all, the order in the city had not been restored yet, and as the highest official in the city, he had to fulfill his duties conscientiously.

After everyone left, Zhao Mu and Empress Xiao were the only ones left in the huge bedroom.

Zhao Mu stepped down from the dragon bed and slowly came to the side of the Liao queen. Although Empress Xiao had changed into the clothes of a palace maid in order to escape, even with the clothes of a palace maid, it was difficult to conceal her majesty as the mother of a country.

Zhao Mu looked at her with interest.

Although Empress Xiao was good-looking, she was not outstanding among the women around Zhao Mu because of her age. Although the remaining princesses and some young concubines were better than her, Zhao Mu still liked her more.

The reason was very simple. The woman in front of him was the Queen of the Liao Dynasty. Zhao Mu had slept with the Queen of Song Dynasty, the Queen of Dali, and the Queen Mother of Duan Zhengchun and Duan Yu. But he had never slept with the Queen of the Liao Dynasty. There were more than a dozen princesses in the Liao Dynasty, but there was only one Queen.

If Li Qinglu's mother had not died young and the Western Xia Kingdom had not had a queen, Zhao Mu might have wanted to try the Western Xia.

Empress Xiao now stood there in silence like a lamb to be slaughtered.

At this time, Zhao Mu gently stroked the queen's cheek, but she opened it with one hand.

Faced with the woman's resistance, Zhao Mu was not angry, but laughed instead.

Empress Xiao cursed angrily: "Despicable! Vulgar! Shameless!"

Zhao Mu was also a little surprised to hear that this woman could speak Chinese. He asked, "Oh? You can speak Chinese?"

Empress Xiao took a few steps back and said, "Of course! We in the Liao Dynasty respect the Han language and the Han people. As the mother of a country, I naturally speak Han Chinese. I never thought that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty would be such a despicable and shameless scoundrel."

It was Zhao Mu's favorite "cat and mouse" segment again. He chuckled and said, "Vulgar? How am I vulgar?" Facing Zhao Mu's relentless pressure, Empress Xiao took a few steps back and said, "Although the Liao Dynasty has perished, I am the mother of a country after all. I have heard that the Song Dynasty is a country of etiquette. You should always give me the corresponding respect. Besides, you look like you are only in your early twenties. In terms of age, I can be your mother. But you treat me so frivolously."

Zhao Mu pushed the Liao queen directly against the wall, leaving her with nowhere to retreat. Zhao Mu leaned forward with one hand on the wall.

Zhao Mu chuckled and said, "If the Liao Kingdom still existed, you would indeed be the mother of a country. But now that the Liao Kingdom is gone, you are just one of my slaves."

Then Zhao Mu pinched Empress Xiao's chin and said, "Hehe, if it were someone else, they might really dislike you because you are old and go find those little girls. But I am different. I like mature women like you who still have charm." As he spoke, Zhao Mu's hand slid down and directly pinched Empress Xiao's neck. Then he pressed her against the wall and slowly lifted her up.

Empress Xiao's feet left the ground, and she couldn't breathe for a moment. She kept struggling with her feet hanging in the air, and then she grabbed Zhao Mu's wrists tightly with both hands, trying to make him let go.

At this time, Empress Xiao was in tears. Zhao Mu saw that this woman's arrogance was gone, so he slowly put down his hand.

As Zhao Mu let go of her hand, Empress Xiao collapsed to the ground.

She covered her neck with both hands and breathed in deep breaths.

Ignoring the saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth, he stared at Zhao Mu viciously.

Zhao Mu sat back on the dragon bed and said, "Don't look at me like that. You Liao people brought this upon yourselves. If you hadn't gone too far and really been brothers with the Han people, I wouldn't have wanted to destroy you."

Looking at Empress Xiao's eyes, Zhao Mu snorted coldly: "Okay. I'll give you a chance. Since the Empress doesn't want to be humiliated, then you can just go and die. I'm twenty steps away from you now. If you stand up and hit yourself to death, I will acknowledge your integrity and give you a grand funeral in the name of the Empress of the Liao Dynasty. How about that?"

Hearing what Zhao Mu said, Empress Xiao slowly stood up, holding on to the wall.

Facing her determined eyes, Zhao Mu was not afraid that she would really have the courage to die.

After all, if she really had the courage to sacrifice her life, this woman would not have tried to fish in troubled waters wearing the clothes of a palace maid. She should have been like Queen Wang, wearing her most respectable queen's dress and waiting for her fate.

The fact was just as Zhao Mu expected. Empress Xiao hesitated for a moment in front of the wall, but did not rush down, and just stood there quietly.

Seeing her reaction, Zhao Mu couldn't help but snort again. Zhao Mu said, "Forget it. Since the Queen doesn't want to die, then act like a person who doesn't want to die. The Yelu family and the Xiao family are not all fools. At least the King of Chu and his son, as well as General Xiao Cheng, are very aware of the current situation. General Xiao Cheng asked the generals defending the city to give up resistance and assist us in arresting the Han officials. The King of Chu and his son opened the gate of the imperial city. Although they will lose some things, they will still have a place in the old land of the Liao Kingdom in the future."

Zhao Mu looked at Empress Xiao and asked, "Does the Empress want to die?"

Empress Xiao's legs were shaking at this time, and she replied in a trembling voice: "I don't want to die, Your Majesty! I don't want to die!" As she said that, Empress Xiao took a few steps forward and knelt in front of Zhao Mu.

(End of this chapter)