"Who knew that the emperor came to Fengzhu Palace to look for me that day, and he actually told me that he wanted to send Shu'e out of the palace." The Queen Mother's voice raised, although it had been a few days, it was still with an incredible emotion.

"The mourning family's painstaking management ......" the queen mother said here, suddenly stopped, sighed softly, lowered her voice and continued: "A year and a half ago, the mourning family began to choose for the emperor, family background, appearance, conduct and talent, and the mourning family took the trouble to send people to inquire and inquire. After they entered the palace, the emperor would favor whoever he wanted, and the mourning family tried his best not to interfere. The mourning family knows that the emperor likes Shu E, and he has asked the emperor several times and three times. The mourning family knows that Cao Shu'e is my person, and I always have to speak in person to be justified. But the emperor refused again and again, and finally let the mourning family let her leave the palace. ”

The emperor quietly listened to the Queen Mother talk about all kinds of things in the past, and when the Queen Mother finished speaking, he took a deep look and said, "Please tell the Queen Mother where Shu'e is." ”

"How does the emperor know that Lu Dao Shu'e is not in the palace?" The Queen Mother suddenly asked.

When the emperor heard the Queen Mother suddenly ask about this, his expression was only slightly paused, but he didn't seem to be able to say anything.

The Queen Mother looked at the emperor for a long time, and her voice softened, and said, "You have no jokes, Your Majesty." If you are not reluctant, why did you come to me again that day to plead with me? As a human king, doesn't the emperor know the truth of thinking twice? ”

But the queen mother did not agree that day. The emperor said this sentence again.

The Queen Mother nodded slowly and said, "Emperor Liao Yelu Longxu died in June, and the crown prince Yelu Zongzhen ascended the throne. Yelu Longxu ascended the throne at the age of eleven, and his mother Xiao Sui was the regent of the empress dowager. More than 200 members of the royal clan supported their own troops and controlled the imperial court, posing a great threat to Xiao Xuan and the Holy Sect. The situation of the Liao State at that time was as the Empress Dowager Xiao said, the mother and widow were weak, the clan was strong, and the border defense was not appeased. However, under such circumstances, Empress Dowager Xiao and Emperor Longxu still tried to govern the government internally and peacefully war.

The battle of Yanyun during the time of Emperor Taizong was won by Liao, and the siege of the city on the Gaoliang River made Emperor Taizong depressed for life. In the first year of Emperor Zhenzong's reign in Jingde, the Empress Dowager of Liao put on armor and went into battle in person, and in the name of recovering the lost territory, she led an army of 200,000 troops to Lanzhou (note: now Puyang, Henan) along the Yellow River, and approached Bianliang, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty (note: now Kaifeng, Henan). At the time of crisis, your father and the emperor drove the expedition in person, and only then did they form an alliance with the Yuanyuan, in exchange for the 27 years of peace on the Song-Liao border. ”

The Queen Mother said a lot of words in one breath, and it seemed that it took a lot of effort. Speaking of these blood-boiling histories and wars, the dark eyes emitted a strange brilliance. It's just that his physical strength seems to be exhausted, and he strokes his chest and slowly calms down.

The emperor listened to the queen mother talk about these old things, although he had seen it in the history books more than once, and heard it from the mouth of the prince more than once, but he still restrained his expression and listened quietly.

"Xiao Xuan served Jingzong for thirteen years, and after Jingzong's death, he assisted his son Longxu for twenty-seven years. Yelu Longxu inherited the political measures of the Empress Dowager Xiao, and the Liao State was rich and strong, which should not be underestimated. At this moment, although Emperor Longxu is dead and the new emperor is young, Longxu's queen Qitian Empress Xiao Bodhisattva is also a not simple character. She has followed Longxu for many years, and as long as she pursues the legacy of the previous emperor, the Liao State will still prosper. The Queen Mother's voice was calm and powerful, and her sentences went straight to the bottom of the emperor's heart.

The emperor listened to the Queen Mother's words and just nodded slowly.

"Does the emperor understand the meaning of the mourning family's words?" The Queen Mother suddenly asked.

"If Empress Qi Tian assists Emperor Zongzhen and pursues Emperor Longxu's decree, then the state of Liao will continue to be as it is today, and it may be more prosperous. As long as our Great Song Dynasty abides by the Lanyuan Covenant, the border between the two countries will be unhindered, and mutual trade and trade will also be a move to prosper the border between the two countries. The emperor said without thinking.

The Queen Mother listened to the emperor's words in an orderly and reasonable manner, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she nodded slowly.

"It's just that Erchen heard the secret report from the Khitan, when Emperor Longxu was critically ill, he ordered Zong Zhen to inherit the throne, Empress Qi Tian as the queen mother, and Zong Zhen's biological mother Shunsheng Yuan Concubine Xiao Yunjin as the concubine.

Before his death, Emperor Longxu also instructed Zong Zhen: 'The queen has served me for forty years, because she has no children, so she ordered you to be the heir, and if I die, your son and mother will not kill her.'" It's just that Concubine Shunsheng has always been ambitious and disrespectful to Empress Qitian. At this time, Emperor Longxu had died, and it was unknown whether Emperor Zongzhen respected the order of his father and made Empress Qi Tian the queen mother, or united with Concubine Shunshengyuan. The emperor lowered his head and looked at the green bricks on the floor, and said after a little thought: "Emperor Zongzhen's thought will determine the rise and fall of the Liao State. ”

The Queen Mother listened to the emperor's words with a full face of approval, and when she heard the last order of Emperor Longxu, she couldn't help but be fascinated. After the emperor finished speaking, he heard the queen mother whispering to herself, "The queen has been with me for forty years, because she has no children, so she ordered you to be the heir, I die, and your son and mother will not kill him", the queen mother said that it was the last life of Emperor Longxu.

The emperor didn't know what the queen mother thought of, and called in a low voice: "The queen mother ......"

The Queen Mother heard the emperor's warm voice and slowly raised her head, but there were tears flashing in her eyes.

The emperor exclaimed: "Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother smiled faintly and said, "You are right. If the Liao State has been in decline since then, what should our dynasty do? Should the emperor follow the example of Emperor Taizong and take back the sixteen states of Yanyun in one fell swoop? ”

The emperor suddenly heard the queen mother's inquiry, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, raising his eyes with the distance of the desert and flat sand, and the essence in his eyes mixed with the revenge and martial arts strategy of the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, mixed with the heroic fighting of the soldiers and iron horses in the wind and frost sword on the frontier and the ambition of thousands of troops and horses.

The Queen Mother looked at the emperor's eyes without a moment, and interpreted the emperor's inner strategy with her years of experience in assisting the emperor and the emperor. However, this luster eventually faded, like a desert after a storm, the wind and sand gradually dissipated, leaving only a clear sky, a lonely smoke, and a round sunset.

The emperor's eyes are like a piece of washed jade, exuding a soft luster, becoming more and more warm.

"The frontier needs to send heavy troops, but the troops will not move. Attack without attacking, fight without fighting. The emperor's eyes were clear and his voice was gentle.

"What does it mean to attack without attacking, to fight without a fight?" The Queen Mother asked.

"A hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff. The leader of the Liao State's self-thorn tribe, Khitan Abaoji, unified all the tribes in the rebellion of the Central Plains at the end of the Tang Dynasty, became the khan, suppressed the internal strife of the Khitan nobles, and conquered the surrounding tribes, and the momentum was already extraordinary. In the first year of the Liao God Book, Abaoji built the Khitan Kingdom, which has lasted for a hundred years. Nowadays, the country is rich and strong, even if there is turmoil, it is easy to be seriously injured.

The alliance was an alliance concluded by the Song and Liao dynasties after many wars, and it was also the blood and sweat of several generations of monarchs and soldiers of the Song and Liao dynasties. In the past 30 years, the Song-Liao border has been exchanged with courtesy, envoys are courteous, mutual trade and trade, and the people live in peace. There was a famine on the border of Liao and North Korea, and our dynasty sent people to provide relief at the border. The news of my father's death spread, and Emperor Longxu gathered the ministers of the Han Dynasty to mourn for my father, and the concubines of the Liao State were all stained. The peaceful situation between the Song and Liao countries in the past few decades can be seen from this. Two also. ”