Shangjing Linhuang, there is a blue brick and gray tile palace in the west of the city, the owner is surnamed Yelu Mingchun, he is the grandson of Xingzong, the cousin of Emperor Tianzuo, this person has a prominent identity and attacks the king of Wei.

One day he was recuperating in the house, and the court gazette Yelu Zhangnu came to visit, and Yeluchun went out of the house to greet him and entered. At noon, Chun ordered the back kitchen to put on the dishes, and the two talked while drinking.

Because the two have the same ancestors and have a very close personal relationship, the more they chatter, the more speculative they become. Chun put down his wine glass and said: "I heard that the Jin soldiers have mixed with the Jiang soldiers in Xiangzhou, Xiangzhou is less than a hundred miles away from Huanglong Mansion, I don't know if the Holy Lord has strengthened the strength of Huanglong Mansion." ”

Zhang Nu said: "Lord Xiao Tianyi once reminded the saint that the Huanglong Mansion is the gateway to my northeast, and it is necessary to increase the number of troops, but the saint only believes Xiao Fengxian's words, saying that there is Yelu who can garrison the Huanglong Mansion is solid and foolproof, so the saint only cares about hunting and playing, alas, it is unknown what the situation of the Huanglong Mansion is now." ”

Chun sighed: "Since the occupation of Ningjiang Prefecture, Aguta has occupied many of my state cities in a row, called the emperor and established the country, and the thief is arrogant, which is like a fire at the foot of a big mountain, if it is not extinguished in time and let it burn on its own, the fire will burn bigger and bigger." ”

Zhang Nu took a sip of wine, and the wine glass jumped and said: "Yes, the Jin State is making trouble in the north, and the Song State is looking down on the sixteen states in the south. The emperor has always relied on the king of Wei, and only when the king of Wei speaks can he persuade the emperor to send heavy troops to strengthen the defense of the Huanglong Mansion in case of accidents. ”

Chun sighed: "Although I am on the throne, I am afraid that the emperor will not listen to my words." Zhang Nu whispered: "King Wei is highly respected, you are the only one." Chun sighed: "The saint is obedient to Xiao Fengxian and Li's words, and it is difficult to listen to my words." ”

Zhang Nu left the table and looked at no one outside the house, and returned to his seat and whispered: "If it goes on like this, the Great Liao River and Mountains are in danger, forgive Zhang Nu for his courage, and if he can supplement it, if he is desolate to the government, can King Wei Rende replace it?" ”

Chun Zhengse said: "You can trap me unjustly!" Zhang Nu said: "How dare I, Zhang Nu? So the two talked in a whisper, until the sun was in the west, and the slave left the palace.

Besides, the Liao lord Tianzuo, drank with the ministers and concubines, and the palace maids danced lively. The palace maid danced a song, Tianzuo waved her hand, and the palace maids left one after another.

Tianzuo put down his wine glass and said, "I invite all the important ministers to enjoy with Qing, and I am overjoyed." But recently, Ah Gu has repeatedly violated the border court, I have been worried, stirring my mind uneasy, Xiao Aiqing said that the soldiers of Huanglong Mansion are solid enough food, but I still can't rest assured, once Huanglong Mansion loses the opening of the North Gate of Liao, Ah Gu is determined to drive straight into the Great Liao. ”

Xiao Fengxian still regarded himself as a big country, and still didn't take Ah Gu Da in his eyes, he put down his wine glass and said: "The emperor doesn't have to worry, with the prestige of my Great Liao Dynasty, the minister thinks that Ah Gu will not dare to act rashly if he loses the soldiers, even if he returns to attack the Huanglong Mansion and Yelu can stick to the saint, don't worry, how can a small Jin country be enough?" The musician will come back to relieve the boredom of the saint. ”

Li Chuwen greeted and said: "Your Majesty, the loaches in the ruts can't turn up the big waves, even if you eat and drink, come and dance again." ”

Concubine Wen sat aside without drinking, and scolded in her heart, Xiao Fengxian and Li Chuwen deceived the saint and brought disaster to the country and the people, and the Great Liao Kingdom was about to be destroyed at the hands of Er and others. She couldn't help but sigh, thinking to herself that I am a woman who has no power to return to heaven. At this time, the music sounded again, and the palace maid floated out again, dancing, everyone drank and watched, and at the end of the song, the dancer withdrew.

Li Chuwen glanced at the sullen Concubine Wen, and the goatee pouted and said: "I heard that Concubine Wen Niangniang is good at pronunciation and speech, can you present a song, one is to cheer up the emperor, and the other is to satisfy the ears of the ministers, I don't know if you are willing to appreciate your face?" ”

Everyone also chimed in: "Yes, can Niangniang present a song?" ”

Concubine Wen suppressed her anger in her heart, and she said calmly: "Since Lord Li and the ministers have said it, you can't sweep your lordship's Yaxing and bring the qin!" The maid took the piano and put it in front of Concubine Wen, and Concubine Wen slightly straightened her sleeves and stroked the piano and sang:

The prime minister came to the court with a sword, and the thousands of officials were silent.

How can it be troubled to develop external troubles! Woe to the loyal ministers, the punishment is unknown.

Relatives live side by side, and private minions are hidden.

Pity the emperor of Qin in the past, and still look forward to peace in the palace.

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and Concubine Wen sang and stroked the strings and said calmly: "If everyone is not interested, would you like to present another song?" ”

Tianzuo's face changed sharply, his voice trembled, and he scolded Concubine Wen: "You, you!" Dare to ridicule me as Qin Tianzi in front of the public, what a slut! Tianzuo overturned the table, Concubine Yuan looked at Concubine Wen angrily and stood up, helped Tianzuo leave the palace, Li Chuwen snorted with his sleeves, and left with Xiao Fengxian. The banquet broke up unhappily, and the other ministers left silently, only Concubine Wen sat still.

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Twelve days of pro-conquest

In Huining City, an ordinary mud and straw house not far from the Agu felt tent is the residence of the old lady Pucha.

Every time before the expedition or the first thing after the class, Aguda went to visit this respected aunt. At this time, although Ah Guta was the king of a country, every time he saw his aunt, he would bow down and worship.

One day, accompanied by Xi Yin, Ah Guda came to this ordinary courtyard. When Aguda gently pushed open the wicker gate, he saw two maids resting in the courtyard with the old woman.

The two of them hurried forward, and Ah Guta knelt down and bowed: "Ah Guda greets my aunt." After Xi Yin, Ah Gu took a step, knelt down and bowed to the old woman, saying: "Wanyan Xiyin bows to the old woman." ”

Seeing that it was Ah Guta and Xi Yin who came to visit, Mrs. Pucha hurriedly said, "Hurry up, the two of you are tired from the journey, why not make a big gift." The two got up, and Ah Guda greeted: "How is your aunt?" "Good!" The old woman said in a loud voice, and she glanced at the maid, "Go and get a stool." How dare the maid be lazy, she went into the house and brought two wooden chairs and placed them on the old woman's side. Without the words of the old woman, Aguda would not dare to sit without permission. "What are you two still standing for?" Aguda and Hee-yin sat down complimentarily. The old lady took Ah Guda's hand and said earnestly: "It's gratifying to have won the Huanglong Mansion, my aunt is happy for you, and if the first king knows about it, he will be happy." Daikin has won successive battles since the founding of the country, and the emperor has worked hard. Ah Guda said with emotion: "It is my Jurchen soldiers who are born and die, and they continue to win one battle after another." The old woman said affectionately: "I hope that the emperor will treat the soldiers well and compensate the families of the fallen soldiers." Ah Gu hugged his fists and said: "Please rest assured, aunt, nephew remember." The old lady asked again: "The queen is also very worried about you and the war ahead, have you seen her?" Ah Gu said: "Not yet, when I return to Huining, I will visit my aunt first." ”

After visiting the old woman, Ah Guda and Xi Yin went directly back to the felt tent to discuss with Bo Jin. He came to this huge felt tent and slowed down, and then carefully examined the "palace" made of dozens of felt spliced together, which was luxurious enough for Aguta at the beginning of the founding of the country.

In the felt tent, Wu Qimai, Sachaeus, Xi Bushi, Ah Lihe, Wan Yan Gao and others had been waiting for a long time, and they were still talking about the war in Huanglong Mansion.

When Ah Guda and Xi Yin walked into the felt tent, everyone knelt down and said, "Welcome to the emperor!" Ah Gu said, "Everyone, please get up." Everyone got up, and Aguda motioned for Bo Jin to sit down, and everyone returned to their original positions.

Ah Guda sat on the simple dragon chair and stroked the imperial case, and said apologetically, "I've kept you waiting. He glanced at everyone and said: "The capture of Huanglong Mansion, the subjects of the whole country are rejoicing, this is a major victory that I have achieved since the founding of the Jurchen State, occupying the territory of the Jin Kingdom of Huanglong Mansion and advancing a big step to the south, Tianzuo must feel like a thorn in the back, like a fish in the throat." No matter how mediocre the monarch is, he can't tolerate it, and there is still no shortage of people of insight and ministers of the Liao Dynasty. Tianzuo is likely to pour troops from all over the country to seize Huanglong Mansion, so the officers and men of our army must not take it lightly. The top priority at the moment is that all soldiers and horses should seize the time to raise grain and grass to replenish the troops, and at the same time, they must be ready to go out at any time. Zhong Bojin stood up and clasped his fists and said in unison: "Please rest assured, the emperor will listen to it at any time!" "Okay, I'm relieved." Akuda said.

Zhong Bo Jin returned to all directions, trained his men and horses in accordance with the holy decree, and actively prepared to set out to conquer the Liao State at any time. Ah Guda returned to the "harem" to see the "queen and concubine".

In the capital of Liaoshang, Xiao Fengxian's mansion is extraordinary, it is a blue brick and gray tile courtyard imitating the Han people.

There are five main rooms, five east and west wings, two ear rooms on both sides of the front door room, and the middle is a door opening. The pitch-black plaque below the blue brick gatehouse has two golden official characters "Xiao Fu" written on it. The two doors of the vermilion lacquer gate are respectively pasted with the images of Qin Qiong and Jingde holding the whip, and there are upper and lower horse stones on the left and right sides of the door. There is a stone lion more than one person high on both sides of the door, which is the guard of the Xiao family. The transepts on both sides of the doorway are filled with hay on one side and miscellaneous items on the other. The east wing opens in the middle, the south two rooms are the servants' rooms, and the north two rooms are the kitchens. The west wing is symmetrical with the east wing, the south two are stables, and the north two are groom lounges.

The main house is slightly higher, the eaves of the five purlins and five trees are flying, and the green dragons at both ends of the ridge are upturning. The left and right rooms of the room are walled with pine planks and red pine floors. The left living room and the right bedroom, the living room cabinet is placed with antique wall hanging calligraphy and paintings.

On this day, Xiao Fengxian secretly asked Li Chuwen to come to the mansion, saying that there was something important to discuss, Li Chuwen had just entered Xiao's mansion, and the sedan chair of the concubine Niangniang outside the courtyard had fallen in front of the door. The servant hurriedly entered the house to report that the mother had arrived, and the two did not dare to slack off and hurriedly went out to pick up the car, and the bejeweled concubine lifted the curtain and got out of the sedan chair.

Xiao Fengxian and Li Chuwen knelt down and said: "Xiao Fengxian and Li Chuwen take over!" ”

Concubine Yuan's face sank like water, and said: "Your own family will not be formal, let's get up." The two said thank you and quickly stood up. Concubine Yuan hurriedly entered the house, Xiao Fengxian and Li Chuwen saw Niangniang's appearance, and the second monk was puzzled, what happened to Niangniang today?

Xiao Feng first led the mother into the house, and the concubine just sat down when she came into the living room. roared: "Hmph, this concubine Wen who doesn't know what to do dares to insult the emperor is Qin II in front of the public, but she is angry to the palace!" ”

Li Chuwen laughed when he heard this, and said, "Wow, I think it's still light scolding!" Concubine Yuan was furious when she heard this, and her face turned blue and pointed at Li Chuwen: "Li Chuwen!" You-you're a fellow concubine! Li Chuwen laughed, and Concubine Yuan rushed up and shouted: "Li Chuwen, you——! ”

Li Chuwen was not angry, and said: "Niangniang, Xiao Sese played the piano and insulted the emperor that day, and the emperor was so angry that he brushed his sleeves away, if she spoke evil words again, it would be better for the emperor to lose face." Concubine Yuan said angrily: "What did you say? Don't you think she scolded enough? ”

Li Chuwen said: "Niangniang, think about it, if Concubine Wen speaks evil words again and makes the emperor lose face, how can the emperor let this slut live to this day, and still need our thoughts?" When Concubine Yuan heard this, she felt justified, her anger suddenly subsided, and she said, "In this way, this palace is wrong to blame you?" ”

Feng Xian said: "It seems to be a good thing for Xiao Se to disobey the saint, but it's a pity that the emperor didn't kill her!" However, can this slut still be favored? Mother Rong and son are expensive, if she falls out of favor, isn't the position of the prince the king of Qin? ”

Concubine Yuan said: "It's not enough to fall out of favor, the two adults must find a way to get rid of this slut as soon as possible and eradicate the troubles!" ”

"Don't be in a hurry, you have to take your time to get rid of her, not all the people in the court are ours, don't let those people see the flaws, give people a handle." Xiao Feng first glanced at Li Chuwen and said, "It's up to Prime Minister Li Cheng to do this." ”

Li Chuwen pouted the goatee and narrowed his eyes: "Hmph, this time let her know how many eyes does Lord Ma have!" ”