At noon, in the Liao Imperial Palace, in the main hall, Empress Dowager Xiao sat on a phoenix chair, next to her was the young Emperor Shengzong, and then there were trembling Liao officials and nobles. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yelu Palace was forced to kneel in the main hall, looking depressed.

Last night, Yelu Palace was conceited that he was able to block the palanquin where Empress Dowager Xiao fled, and after killing her, he would become the helmsman of the Liao State, so he stayed in Linhuang City, he wanted to accept the emperor's canonization with dignity, or ascend the throne with dignity.

Early this morning, he had received the ministers with a smile on his face, and he looked like a regent, proud and excited.

The situation at that time was that Han Derang's 30,000 troops were afraid of the 100,000 army of Yelu Palace, and did not dare to act rashly, resulting in the death of the fish and the net was broken, so he did not take action against the Yelu Palace in the city.

But as the 90,000 army was sent by Yelu Palace, and the 10,000 army outside the city was completely annihilated by Han Derang, Yelu Palace was immediately arrested after losing its talisman.

Things have developed to this point, Yelu Palace and others who tried in vain to oust the Empress Dowager Xiao were arrested, killed, and killed, and they could no longer threaten.

As for the 90,000 troops, as long as Empress Dowager Xiao speaks to appease them, they will immediately return to the management of the imperial court.

In other words, as long as Empress Dowager Xiao does not die, her crisis will be resolved.

A palace coup d'état, a clash of hundreds of thousands of troops, came to an end.

Looking at the Yelu Palace kneeling below, Mrs. Xiao was unwavering behind her, and said: "Yelu Palace has not gone through the documents of the palace and the Privy Council, and has mobilized the army without authorization, and even tried to murder the palace and the emperor, and the crime should be punished, what objections do you have to Aiqing?" ”

Where did the ministers of the Liao State dare to have objections, at this time, their lives were in the hands of the Empress Dowager Xiao, so they could only nod and agree.

Empress Dowager Xiao then said: "Okay, just drag Yelu Palace out and cut it down, and whoever should conspire with him in this matter will be punished with him for the same crime." ”

The forbidden army stepped forward to lift up the Yelu Palace, and several other people were also arrested, and then dragged out.

Yelu Gong did not say a word of justification or inquiry from beginning to end, as if he had been appointed.

After dealing with the affairs of Yelu Palace, Empress Dowager Xiao waved away all the courtiers, and these ministers also went to the mansion of Yelu Palace in the morning to pat themselves, and they were all trembling in their hearts at this time, and they didn't dare to say more than half a word.

In addition to the emperor, there is still one person left in the main hall, this person is one of the ministers of Liao Jingzong, Han Derang, who is rumored to have an ambiguous relationship with Empress Dowager Xiao.

Han Derang is very handsome, tall and well-proportioned, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, even though he is middle-aged, he is still charming, it can be imagined that he must have been a handsome guy who fascinated thousands of teenagers when he was young.

It's just that when Song Liao fought Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, he was captured by Zhao Gu and Yang Yanzhao, and there were 10,000 troops who accompanied him and became prisoners, which may be the only stain on his life.

Although Empress Dowager Xiao didn't know what agreement she reached with Zhao Guangyi later, and Han Derang was released, his prestige in the Liao State still weakened a lot, otherwise with his prestige alone, the current situation in the Liao State would not be so turbulent.

Once upon a time, with his support, even a prince with a high rank like Yelu Palace did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Empress Dowager Xiao.

There were only three people left in the hall, and Han Derang hugged his fists and asked, "Queen Mother, ...... you last night?" Where did you hide? ”

Empress Dowager Xiao said with a smile: "Last night, in order to find out whether the palace stayed in the palace, Yelu Palace launched his eyeliner to stay in the palace, and the palace had no choice but to take the emperor to the pavilion and live in Zhao Gu's house. ”

"Do you live there? The Queen Mother will look for a place, even if Yelu Palace searches the entire Linhuang City, I am afraid that she will not be able to find it, which is really unexpected. Han Derang said with a smile.

"This is what Zhao Gu taught me." A trace of jealousy flashed in Empress Dowager Xiao's eyes, and she said.

"Is that him? In this way, the plan of the four sedan chairs in the palace this time and the division of troops in Yelu Palace was also his plan? Han Derang asked solemnly.

Empress Dowager Xiao nodded: "It is his strategy, which he taught me step by step yesterday morning." ”

"This son...... Talented! Han Derang sighed.

"Yes, it's a pity that it's not my courtier. Let's not talk about this matter first, he and Li Fu deliberately went out of the city to play in order to confuse the public, and now that the danger of Linhuang City has been solved, the palace wants to bring them back ceremoniously to show gratitude, you go down and arrange this matter. Empress Dowager Xiao said.

"Yes."

Han Derang then went down, directly led a thousand men and horses, and after a half-day journey, found Zhao Gu.

"It's settled?" Zhao Gu was lying on the grass at this time, blowing the majestic wind and basking in the sun, and when he saw Han Derang's handsome guy, he immediately guessed the result of Linhuang City and asked.

"Yes, thank you for your help." Han Derang said with a smile.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Zhao Gu waved his hand.

Han Derang made a gesture of invitation and said, "The Queen Mother asked me to take the county back to the city, and the Queen Mother will personally feast the county Hou later to express her gratitude, the county wait...... Please. ”

"Okay, let's go."

Zhao Gu followed Han Derang on the horse and went to Linhuang City, along the way, Han Derang kept trying to make friends with Zhao Gupan, and he respected Zhao Gu in his words, which meant that he was a hero and cherished a hero.

Neither of them mentioned the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, let alone the capture of Zhao Gu for Han De, as if this incident had never happened at all.

Zhao Gu smiled and talked to him, but he didn't show too much meaning, but he knew Han Derang's ability, and he could let him talk to himself so much, which showed that he must have something to ask for.

You must know that in the battle of the Song-Liao Sorghum River, Zhao Guangyi could have recovered the entire territory of the sixteen states of Yanyun, but it was because the Liao State changed Han Derang as the commander that Zhao Guangyi was defeated, and he almost became a prisoner.

Such a person should be a very powerful person, even if he doesn't have too much arrogance, he shouldn't be so bold!

Even if he had defeated him on the battlefield, he shouldn't have been so polite to himself.

In fact, Zhao Gu had some guesses about Han Derang's psychology, he just took a fancy to Zhao Gu's ability and wanted to keep him as an official in Liao.

In other words, this matter was simply the instruction of Empress Dowager Xiao, who wanted to test Zhao Gu's attitude.

The two of them went all the way to Linhuang City, but Li Fu had already arrived, so Zhao Gu entered the palace with him and went to the appointment of the Empress Dowager Xiao.

When I arrived at the palace, there were only three people who went to the banquet, Zhao Gu, Li Fu and Han Derang, and Empress Dowager Xiao rarely took off her phoenix robe and put on her regular clothes.

After changing her clothes, Empress Dowager Xiao's temperament changed again, as if she had become a virtuous eldest sister, and as if she thought she was a knowledgeable female teacher, which made people's eyes shine.

At the banquet, Empress Dowager Xiao also expressed her gratitude to Zhao Gu, and praised Zhao Gu in her words, which seemed to mean to win over.

Zhao Gu replied one by one, and politely rejected Empress Dowager Xiao's kindness, because she only mentioned it casually, Zhao Gu casually refused as if she was joking, or pretended not to hear and ignored her solicitation.

All in all, this banquet was very boring, just like talking about business at the dinner table in later generations, eating is not for eating, but for profit.

After the banquet lasted for more than an hour, it was finally over, and Han Derang left ahead of schedule on the grounds that he was too strong to drink.

Li Fu and Zhao Gu were about to leave, but Empress Dowager Xiao stopped them.