Compete for the Song Dynasty

It's so late, what's the matter with Yelu Hongji, he summoned the king in such a hurry.Wang Pang knew that Oruduo was the yurt where the emperor of the Liao Kingdom lived, and this kind of summoning should be a purely private meeting. Although he had a slight affection for Yelu Hongji today, such a strange behavior still made people suspicious.

Xie Libo also felt that the matter was rather sudden, so he said to Wang Pang, "I will go with my brother."

Wang Pang waved his hand: "No, the emperor of Liao should have something urgent to summon him so privately. Besides, I'm the envoy of the Song Kingdom, so he won't do any harm." Prepare for the unexpected.Wang Pang tidied up his clothes, then walked out of the tent, followed the palace official from the Liao Kingdom who came to deliver the decree, and walked towards Oruduo where Yelu Hongji was.

The king didn't know where Yelu Hongji's Oruduo was, and he followed the palace man through the tent with bonfires in between.The guards of the camp were everywhere, and each of them closely observed the movement around them.In this kind of palace without a city wall, every guard is highly vigilant.

The palace man walked in front, looked back at the king, and said: "The front is the emperor's uncle's camp. After passing through those buildings, we will arrive. Wang Shilang, please follow me."

Just passed by the tent of Emperor Taishu Yelu Zongyuan, a few people came from the opposite side, a woman's voice came, and the choked palace man asked: "Who is on the other side, who won't give way when they see this palace."

The woman's voice was very young, but her tone was very arrogant, the palace servants and the king looked up at a beautiful woman through the bonfire beside them, the palace servants hurriedly said: "The palace servants don't know that Princess Yan is here, what an offense! "He said and hurriedly motioned Wang Pang to get out of the way.

The woman walked up to them with her entourage, cast a disdainful look at the palace servants, then at Wang Pang, her eyes suddenly stopped on Wang Pang's face.The Khitan people are martial and rough, mighty but seldom handsome, Wang Pang is masculine but still has handsome features.This woman called Princess Yan couldn't help but stare blankly.

She pointed to the king and asked the palace man: "Who is this man? Where are you taking him?"

The palace man hurriedly replied: "The emperor has an order to urgently invite the ambassador of the Song Dynasty, Wang Shilang, to Oruduo."

After hearing this, the woman looked around the king a few times, and giggled: "I said, why is this man so handsome? If it's not the envoy of the Song Dynasty, I'll let you send it to me." As she said that, she looked at Wang Pang with charming eyes and asked: "Wang Shilang? You have achieved the position of servant at such a young age, and you have come to Liao Kingdom on behalf of Song Guo. How old are you this year? What relatives and friends does Song Guo have?"

Wang Pangzong knew that Khitan women were bold and unrestrained, but he had never seen such an act. He looked at the woman in front of him. Her hair was combed and drooped, the forehead part was cut to match the eyebrows, and the rest was cut to match the ears. There was delicate hair on her head. The crown, the hair crown is slightly similar to the petal-shaped decoration of the Bodhisattva crown.The woman's facial features are very pretty, but her expression is frivolous.

"Who is this?" Wang Bang asked the palace servants beside him.

The palace servants hurriedly told the king: "This is the wife of the emperor's uncle, Princess Yan!"

Seeing this Princess Yan's behavior, the king didn't want to waste time talking nonsense with her: "Thank you, Princess Yan, for your compliment. I have passed the age of weak crown, and the Song Kingdom naturally has parents and wives. Now I am going to see the emperor, please make way for Princess Yan."

The palace servants glanced at the king, everyone knew that Princess Yan had always been charming and self-reliant, and she was known for her dissolute behavior.Seeing that Wang Pang was unmoved, I was really worried that Princess Yan would go crazy.

Princess Yan smiled: "Okay, you go first, and when you meet the emperor, how about I invite you to taste the special wine of our Liao Kingdom?" Take the arm beside the king.

Wang Pang immediately thought of Liang Luoyao from Xixia, Liang Luoyao was also a womanizer, but she was somewhat reserved; this Princess Yan didn't even know how to be reserved.Wang Pang shook her arm and said: "I am not interested in wine, Princess Yan please go back and leave!" After speaking, they gave the palace man a wink, and the two continued to walk towards Orudo.

Princess Yan's voice came from behind: "Bah, what is it!" Wang Pang pretended not to hear it, but heard another voice coming from the side, with a gentle and melodious tone: "Princess Yan is a noble lady, you can't do this!"

Wang Pang couldn't help but stop, and looking back, it turned out that a few people walked out from the side of them, and they had just arrived near the campfire.Princess Yan hurriedly lowered her head to salute, but her eyes sneaked at the king.

The speaker looked at the king and smiled slightly: "This messenger, the emperor is waiting in the tent, please go to the tent quickly." After that, he looked at Princess Yan and said: "It's cold outside, my sister hurried back to the tent of the emperor's uncle. Let's go."

Walking beside the king, he asked the palace servants who were traveling with him: "Who is that person who just spoke?" He wondered how there could be such a stable and delicate woman in Liao Kingdom. In order for you to be present, that is Empress Xiao Shi, Guanyin in small characters. She is the daughter of the late Privy Envoy Xiao Hui."

Wang Pangwen hummed softly, and couldn't help but think of the legend of the "Ten Erotic Ci". In the future, this gentle and skillful talented woman was framed and died at the order of Yelu Hongji.

After a short walk, they came to the big tent where Yelu Hongji lived. After the palace servants reported, Wang Pang followed the palace servants into the big tent.Yelu Hongji was sitting on the throne of the big tent, his eyes were closed and his brows were frowning.Hearing the sound of Wang Pang coming in, he opened his eyes, which were red. [

Seeing Wang Pang coming in, Yelu Hongji stood up and took a few steps, walked to Wang Pang, and held Wang Pang's hand.The nose was sour, and tears fell down.

This made Wang Pang a little surprised, people say that a man has a lot of tears, let alone a man like Yelu Hongji and the emperor of the Liao Kingdom.Is there something hidden here?

"Emperor Liao, when did you feel so sad?" Wang Pang asked hastily.

Yelu Hongji was sad, and he choked up and said: "Thinking of Liao and Song, we have not seen war for 42 years. When I went to Song, Emperor Renzong treated me with courtesy. Now, he has abandoned the alliance between the two countries. And go, I just received the newsletter! Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty has passed away."

These words were like a thunderbolt, exploding on Wang Pang's head, Wang Pang suddenly felt his mind went blank, and he was stunned for a moment.Regardless of the fact that he was facing the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, he opened his eyes wide and asked, "What did you say? Say it again?"

Yelu Hongji shook his head. He freely advocated Han culture. In his mind, Emperor Renzong was his idol. The Song Dynasty was peaceful and the border was harmonious.With guilt all over his face, he said in a depressed mood: "Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty has passed away. Even the Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty has passed away. What is the meaning of this world?"

"Your Majesty..." Wang Pang said these two words softly, his eyes became hot, and two lines of hot tears fell down.This is the first time Wang Pang has shed tears since he traveled to the Song Dynasty.His mind kept flashing back and forth. When he first met Renzong, the benevolent emperor looked at the civil and military officials with half-closed eyes half-closed, half-smiling; ; the plain old man with gray temples and old clothes in the arched temple; the Renzong who loves all living beings and would rather spend money to maintain the peace of the people on the border.

There was a sound of sighing in the big tent, not only Yelu Hongji burst into tears, but also the palace servants also shed tears.Wang Pang was speechless for a moment, but he didn't know where to start.

Yelu Hongji invited the king to sit down, and he said with a sad face: "Tomorrow I will announce the mourning of the whole country, and send someone to send Wang Shilang back to the Song Kingdom as soon as possible."

Wang Pang knew that people cannot be resurrected after death, how many people in the world can be like him, who can be resurrected after death.Besides, this is also the destiny, even the emperor cannot escape, history will not stop because of Renzong's death, what should continue must continue.

He wiped away his tears, and his voice was still a little choked: "Thank you Emperor Liao, I don't know what to say. It's rare that Emperor Liao misses my lord's old love. After returning to the Song Dynasty next time, he will definitely advise the new lord to continue the Song-Liao friendship covenant. "This is indeed Wang Pang's heartfelt voice, especially when he saw that Yelu Hongji was not hypocritical, but genuinely moved.

Yelu Hongji sighed: "Is it the Emperor Renzong who knows me in the world? I knew that Renzong would send you here. Some time ago, Renzong also gave me a letter from the country, which described the righteousness of Wang Shilang's mission to Xixia to do his best for business. I am afraid From now on, no one will understand what I, Yelu Hongji, have done in this position." As he spoke, he felt pain.

Seeing that Yelu Hongji was crying more sadly than himself, the king tried to persuade him, and now he was also sad, so it would be better to let him cry.

Yelu Hongji waved his hand to signal all the people in the tent to leave, and the palace servants and attendants saw their emperor crying sadly, wiped their tears and left.

Seeing that Yelu Hongji had something to say to himself, the king suppressed the sadness in his heart, and said to Yelu Hongji: "Emperor Liao take care of the dragon's body..." He couldn't continue talking.

Yelu Hongji stopped crying: "Wang Shilang, today I will talk to you, a Song countryman, that I am Emperor Renzong like an elder brother. Only we brothers understand that it is not easy to keep the inheritance of our ancestors to make the world peaceful. Mengmeng, some people call Emperor Renzong cowardly, but we know that Yanyun’s sixteen prefectures will destroy everything if a few iron cavalry step over. Emperor Renzong’s annual gift is just a formality. Li. Two generations of people are under such pressure, they are all looking at the difference between the common people at dawn!"

Yelu Hongji's words were like a heavy hammer hitting the king's heart, and he didn't know the joys and sorrows when he was not in his position.At this moment, the king understands why Yelu Hongji is so sad, it is hard to find a confidant in the world, a man who dies for a confidant, he would rather endure infamy if he can get a confidant.This Yelu Hongji is really not like the Yelu Hongji whom Wang heard from hearsay.Doesn't he know that he is going to be in danger?Doesn't he know what the outside world thinks of him?Didn't he know that his respected emperor uncle was about to instigate rebellion?