Xijing City
It was past the scheduled time, but the imperial study room was still brightly lit. Song Jue yawned while looking at the notes and memorials sent by the ministers, and from time to time he would make notes and instructions on them. Recently, Xijing City encountered a heavy snowstorm that had not been encountered in decades. Some residential buildings were damaged as a result, and people even froze to death.
"Your Majesty!" Eunuch Pan stood aside, looking at Song Jue's sleepy look, feeling very distressed, "It's getting late, it's time to rest."
"It's okay, I'm not tired." Song Jue waved his hand, "There are still many people suffering in the city, and I want to tide over this difficulty with them."
"Your Majesty... be merciful!" Eunuch Pan raised his head and looked at the roof. When he heard the noise coming from above, he looked at Song Jue, "Your Majesty?"
"Go!" Song Jue waved his hand, continued to yawn, reached for a bowl of strong tea, held his nose and drank it.
Hearing a noise at the door of the royal study, Song Jue raised his head and looked over, and saw Eunuch Pan walking in with a man dressed all in black.
"At the end of the day, I will see my emperor. Long live my emperor!" The man in black knelt down on one knee and saluted Song Jue.
"Thirteen?" Song Jue stood up, walked around the desk, walked to Ying Thirteen, stretched out his hand to help him up, and asked in confusion, "Didn't you go back to the border? Why...are you out again?" What's important?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ying Thirteen looked at Song Jue and then at Eunuch Pan, "The exact news is that the King of Liao has passed away."
"..." When Song Jue and Eunuch Pan heard this, they subconsciously rubbed their ears. They looked at each other and saw shock on each other's faces. "Dead? There were rumors before that he was seriously ill, but why did he pass away so quickly? The news...is it really accurate?"
"Your Majesty, it's absolutely true!" Ying Shisan nodded, "On the way to the capital, the general received news from the border. Yerunan came to Guancheng alone. On the surface, he came to report a funeral, but in fact... Definitely an alliance.”
"Form an alliance..." Song Jue nodded and gestured towards Eunuch Pan to offer him a seat and watch tea, "This alliance must be forged. We can't form an alliance with Jin Go, but..."
"Your Majesty, it is no longer possible to form an alliance with Jin." Ying Thirteen told the story of Wanyan Zongcheng's coma, "Looking at the current situation, we can only annex Jin and divide it among ourselves by forming an alliance with Liao. Otherwise... both of them... Maybe we can return to the alliance and deal with us together." Ying Thirteen looked at Song Jue, "Your Majesty means..."
"Exactly!" Song Jue sneered, "Since the situation has developed to this point and the arrow is on the string, it has to be fired. The destruction of Jin is destined, so we should just follow God's will. Besides, in public and private affairs, Jindu They are a serious problem for us in Daxia. If we get rid of them, we can concentrate on dealing with Liao, lest we have to be distracted all the time to deal with them."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for talking too much." Eunuch Pan bent down slightly, "Liao is not easy to deal with. Forming an alliance with Liao is also seeking skin from a tiger. If you are not careful, you can easily hurt yourself." He saw Song Jue nodding and straightened up. He turned to look at Ying Thirteen, "Do Duke Shen, Lord Xue and General Shen have any way to deal with this?"
"Eunuch Pan's concerns are right, but..." Ying Thirteen finished his tea and wiped his mouth lightly, "It's gone now. Even if they want to take advantage of us, they are unable to do so."
"Oh." Song Jue and Eunuch Pan looked at each other, "Why?" "
"The new king of Liao has been decided, and he is Yelvertu."
"Yelurtu?" Song Jue rubbed his arms and then his face, "Oh my God, I heard such horrible things at night, so I don't have to sleep tonight. If I remember correctly, He once said that he would never become king, is he... going back on his word? Has he slapped himself in the face? "
"Yes, but this is probably the result of mutual compromise between the major tribes and forces within the Liao Kingdom. However, this news has not been made public yet, but because it was confirmed by Yerunan himself, our people also confirmed that Linhuang Mansion The important officials of the clan have left the palace and returned to the palace, and Yelvertu has confirmed that he will begin to exercise his power as king."
"Who was the previously decided candidate for King of Liao?"
"...Yelu Lan." Ying Shisan cleared his throat, "The Duke, Marquis and Boss mean that... we can form an alliance with Yelu Lan and Yelu Nan, because this does not prevent us from instigating them to fight against Yelu Ertu. relationship between them.”
"Their previous relationship, I'm afraid we didn't need to deliberately instigate it, right?" Song Jue shook his head, "Yelv Ertu's move was really bad. If he doesn't become the king, how can he be with Yelulan and Yelunan?" The relationship between father and son, uncle and nephew can still be eased, but if he does this, not only will it not be able to ease, but the relationship will worsen even more. Yelulan and Yelunan will appear indifferent on the surface, but secretly..." He shook his head again, "Yelv Ertu, I am getting old and my brain is not working well. So, how should Haolin, Xiaotian and Xiaocha reply to Yelv Ertu about forming an alliance?"
"Of course I agree. If I don't agree, how can I instigate them as much as possible?" Ying Shisan smiled, "Both the Duke and the Marquis believe that Yelv Ertu will hand over Wan Yanxi's matter to Yelu Lan. and Yerunan, but the boss thinks it’s unlikely. They haven’t discussed a result before General Mo goes out.”
"Haolin and Xiaotian have the right idea. Wanyanxi's matter is related to the interests of the Yelv family, and he will not leave it to outsiders. Yelvertu probably also knows that his son and nephew have opinions about him, but he is in the wrong. As long as he doesn't If you touch Ni Lin, he won't do anything to them. After you go back, tell Haolin, Xiaotian and Xiaocha that as long as it is beneficial to Daxia, let them go ahead and do it without any worries. . If anyone in the capital dares to make irresponsible remarks, I will deal with them, so don’t worry."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"No, Haolin and the others are loyal ministers who serve the country wholeheartedly. I can't hurt the hearts of loyal ministers because of some rumors." Hearing the footsteps at the door of the imperial study, Song Jue glanced at Eunuch Pan.
Eunuch Pan nodded, walked quickly to the door, opened the door, took the two food boxes from the little waiter's hand, waved his hand to the little waiter to leave, closed the door, walked back with the two food boxes, and took one of them Put it in front of Ying Shisan, and carry the other one in front of Song Jue.
"Are you feeling warm again?" Song Jue smiled at Ying Shisan, "Eat something to cushion your stomach."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Eat quickly, I must be exhausted from the journey." Song Jue took out a small bowl of pigeon soup from the food box, "Pan Pan, the rest is yours."
"..." Eunuch Pan looked at the food in the food box, looked at Song Jue, and sighed softly, "I obey the order."
"By the way, are you okay with Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Commander-in-Chief at the border?" Song Jue pinched a pigeon's leg, "Did they both get what they wanted?"
"The military advisor rejected Her Highness the Princess, and Her Highness the Princess seemed to have figured it out and seemed to no longer be entangled. As for the Commander..." Ying Thirteen smiled, "He is really like a fish in water. He hangs out in the military camp every day. If he doesn't have to eat and sleep, , he plans to live there permanently.”
"Sure enough, as His Majesty thought, the Commander-in-Chief is a little too happy to miss Shu."
"No matter how happy you are, you still have to come back. Xijing City can't do it without him." Song Jue yawned and saw that there was half a tiger-skinned egg in Eunuch Pan's bowl. He stretched out his chopsticks and snatched half of it. , "Since the former King of Liao has passed away, and Yerunan came to announce the funeral in person, it means that the funeral will be held soon. The Liao people in the city may not know what action they will take. Xiaobaizi has to come back to take charge of the overall situation. Although Lao Lei is not bad, but here My acumen is still a bit lacking, and I wouldn’t feel at ease without Xiaobaizi.”
"Your Majesty, if there is a funeral in the Liao Kingdom, we will definitely send envoys there. Since the commander-in-chief is at the border, I thought, why not..."
"Hey!" Song Jue waved his hand, "Since we want to form an alliance, the envoys must be selected from Jiapingguan City." He looked at Ying Thirteen, "When you go back, take my handwriting with you. Once the Liao Kingdom is in mourning, order Wu Dinghou "
"General... I obey the order!"
