Chapter 219: The Queen Mother’s Fight

It was still a banquet with a rich meal and food. The one sitting opposite was the prince and his mother. However, the master had now been replaced by Xiao Nojin, and the location was no longer the palace of the Liao Kingdom, but Xiao Xiaoxian's mansion.

Xiao Xiaoxian also sat behind the table, raised his glass to Luo Dacheng and smiled, diligently urged him to drink, looking enthusiastic.

He looks about thirty years old, with a burly figure and shiny eyes. He is obviously a martial arts master. Now he is a left-behind position in Beijing, and he can be said to have a prosperous official career. This official career is probably due to his sister and nephew's blessing.

The nephew sitting next to his sister was not the crown prince Yelu Zongzhen of Liao, but his younger brother Yelu Chongyuan. He looked less than ten years old, with a simple and honest appearance, and looked like a good boy.

This time, Xiao Xiao first invited Luo Dacheng to the banquet, but invited his sister and nephew to come together, which naturally had a deep meaning.

Luo Dacheng smiled and raised his glass to drink with Xiao Xiaoxian, while Xiao Nojin also raised his glass to persuade him to drink. His heroic appearance was no less than that of a man.

This time, she met, but she was not as full of hatred as she had last time, but raised her glass to persuade her to drink with a smile, but there was a hint of hatred hidden in her eyes, as if hatred had been immersed in her bone marrow and could no longer be erased.

After drinking for several tours, Xiao Nojin reached out to touch Yelu Chongyuan's head beside him, and asked with a smile: "King Luo see how this child is, is he going to be the emperor?"

Luo Dacheng is now the real king of Xizhubu Kingdom. A few days ago, the Emperor of Liao Shengzong in the north had sent someone to issue an order to grant him the king of Xizhubu Kingdom, and asked him to establish the Grand Prince's Mansion of Xizhubu Kingdom on the grassland, control the Xizhubu area, and be loyal to the Liao Kingdom in the future.

When he was in the capital of Liao Kingdom, he naturally could not give the Liao people too much face. Luo Dacheng accepted it casually. When he received the order, he refused to give up, which made the Liao officials who came to pass the order and were embarrassed and angry, but he did not dare to turn against him. He could only leave after the order was sent and report his rebellion to the Liao Emperor, hoping that the Liao Emperor could punish him.

The Liao Emperor did not issue the order to punish him. After all, Luo Dacheng still had tens of thousands of cavalry on the grassland. If he ordered Luo Dacheng to be captured now, he would be afraid that those thwarts would first kill all the Liao generals and Liao army prisoners, and then send troops to attack the Liao territory. The war would ignite, and the Liao Kingdom was not yet prepared and would inevitably suffer great losses.

What's more, Tuntugus and Hu Lan have not arrived in Shangjing yet. If they order the arrest of Luo Dacheng now, they are afraid that these two will escape halfway and will never dare to come to Shangjing again, which is not conducive to quelling the chaos of Bu. Even if they want to attack Luo Dacheng, they must wait until the two Khans arrive in Shangjing before they can start.

Therefore, Luo Dacheng can still wander around Shangjing leisurely, and was invited by the princes and nobles to attend the banquet, trying to establish a good relationship with the newly-elected king. Today, Xiao Xiao first invited him, but met Xiao Nojin and her second son.

As an imperial concubine, he could not leave the palace at will. Just looking at Xiao Nojin's current behavior of not following the etiquette and law, he knew that the power of her mother's clan had gradually increased and she no longer took etiquette and law seriously. Others dared not blame them for this.

As Xiao Nojin's questioning, Luo Dacheng's eyes fell on Yelu Chongyuan's face. Looking at the good kid in prince's clothes, he remembered his future destiny.

Yelu Chongyuan was the younger brother of Yelu Zongzhen and his father and mother. After Xiao Nojin established himself as the empress dowager and took control of the Liao Kingdom, he was determined to abolish his position as emperor because of his affection with Yelu Zongzhen and made up his mind to abolish his position as emperor and make King Yelu Chongyuan the Emperor of Liao Kingdom. However, because Yelu Chongyuan ran to Yelu Zongzhen to report to Yelu Zongzhen, Xiao Nojin failed and was exiled to a distance by Yelu Zongzhen.

Yelu Zongzhen finally missed his mother because of his affection and friendship. Finally, he invited his mother back to Shangjing, lived in the palace, and served him filially. However, Xiao Nojin always resented his son and never treated him well. It was not until Yelu Zongzhen passed away that Xiao Nojin was happier and sneered at her crying daughter-in-law, and was very disgusted with her behavior of crying and missing her husband.

Yelu Zongzhen and Yelu Chongyuan were friendly and filial to their mothers. Apart from being a little weak and not daring to resist their mothers, they had no major shortcomings. This pair of friendly brothers had such a vicious biological mother, which was a strange thing in the world. It made people sigh that the yin was prosperous and yang was not only popular among the Han people, but even the nomadic people had to get involved in this problem.

Because Yelu Chongyuan's behavior of communicating and courtesy saved Yelu Zongzhen from a disaster and was able to live on the throne, he was both grateful and moved by Yelu Chongyuan's behavior and issued an order to make him the crown prince, and took him with him every day. His brothers were extremely friendly and his honor and favor were unique in the world.

Later, after Yelu Zongzhen passed away, his son Yelu Hongji ascended the throne and became Emperor Daozong of Liao.

His throne was also given by the crown prince Yelu Chongyuan. Therefore, Emperor Daozong of Liao was extremely grateful to his uncle. After ascending the throne, he immediately appointed him as the imperial uncle and respected him extremely. He also appointed him as the marshal of the army and horses in the world. He held the military power of the Liao Kingdom and had a great reputation. He has been the first person under the emperor for many years.

In addition, Liao Daozong also gave him the privilege of not worshipping the palace, and gave him gold coupons, four hats, two-color robes, and unprecedented favors.

Unfortunately, when Yelu Chongyuan was very old, his son, King Nelugu, of Chu, was unwilling to be a king, led his army to rebel, and was finally defeated and killed, which also implicated Yelu Chongyuan. He had to escape to the northern desert, and finally sighed: "Nelugu made me come here!" He committed suicide, honored all his life, but could not maintain it until he was old, and eventually ended up with a tragic end of his family.

This story, thousands of years later, was cited by later martial arts novel authors, and wrote it into the plot of the novel by the idea that the Liao Daozong Yelu Hongji was rescued by the sworn brother who was the leader of the Beggars' Sect and defeated the rebels. However, at that time, Yelu Chongyuan, a good boy who was less than ten years old, had become an old man in the book and was honorable to be the old man, and the honorable Huang Taishu was probably older than his father's current age.

Luo Dacheng looked at the child silently, and the sigh and pity in his eyes made Xiao Nojin feel uneasy. He looked at Xiao Xiaoxian uneasyly and asked again.

Luo Dacheng raised his head and smiled faintly, "The position of the emperor is, those with virtue and strength are in it. If the second prince has the intention to be in the emperor, he can naturally be in a high position. I am afraid that if he does not have this ambition, it will be difficult for him to accomplish anything."

Xiao Nojin's question originally had the intention of rebelling, implying the destruction of Yelu Zongzhen and the establishment of another emperor. Luo Dacheng was the one who led the Bu people to rebel against the Liao Kingdom, and his speech was even more rebellious, which made Xiao Xiaoxian change his face slightly.

However, since he even did the task of slaughtering more than 100,000 Liao soldiers one after another, no one would dare to convict him because he did not kneel down and accepted the imperial edict and spoke ruthlessly. Xiao Xiaoxian just smiled dryly and turned the topic apart.

Xiao Nojin didn't care about the rebellious meaning in Luo Da's idiom. He stroked Yelu Chongyuan's little head indulgently, raised his head, and asked about the past between Empress Dowager Liu of the Southern Dynasty and Empress Dowager Li now.

Last time, Luo Dacheng didn't speak in detail, and she didn't feel satisfied with listening. Now she is pestering Luo Dacheng, so she must tell him more details. Luo Dacheng was so entangled that he had to smile bitterly, while drinking, while explaining the things that happened back then. Some of the ambiguities are inevitable.

Xiao Nojin sighed and was excited about Empress Dowager Liu's death from illness. He kept saying that she must have died of fear because she had done something bad, but she was afraid that the old people in the palace would also end up in this situation in the future. Her hatred for Empress Dowager Liu and Empress Qi Tian was beyond words.

Luo Dacheng smiled bitterly and said that Yelu Zongzhen's two mothers would sooner or later have a bloody life-and-death showdown. It was pitiful that the future Emperor of Liao would eventually be sandwiched between the two mothers, and watched the bloody and tragic scene of the family helplessly.

Xiao Nojin and Xiao Xiaoxian raised their glasses to persuade them to drink. They both meant to recruit them in their words, or hoped to form an alliance with him to help Yelu Chongyuan ascend the throne, but Luo Dacheng dealt with it vaguely and refused to make a promise.

After all, this is a political struggle between the upper class of the Liao Kingdom. His army was far away on the grassland and could not be transferred to the Liao Kingdom for any major moves to go to Beijing.

What's more, the grasslands have not yet been unified, which has led to the lack of military strength now. If you want to shake the foundation of the powerful Liao Kingdom in one move, your strength is still far behind. It's better to protect yourself, watch the changes in a cold manner, and watch the disputes within Liao become more and more intense.

The huge queues, from north to south, slowly traveled.

A large number of strong Khitan cavalry were riding on horseback, loyally guarding the Liao emperor's chariot and moving south.

The long queue extends very long, with countless flags waving and drums roaring. When the emperor goes on a tour, the scene is grand and amazing.

In front of them were a large number of Liao officials, all standing beside the road, respectfully welcoming the emperor back on his tour.

As the king of Xizhubu Kingdom, Luo Dacheng stood among these senior officials, looking at the carriage of the Liao emperor ahead of him, and was calculating in his mind how many years he could live, and how many years he could occupy this land, take over the Liao Kingdom's Shangjing as his territory, and destroy the Liao Kingdom.

He waited in Beijing for many days, and the Emperor of Liao finally came back to Beijing. It seems that the friendship with Princess Xingping is on the agenda, but Luo Dacheng was still hesitant whether to marry Princess Wei of Song or Princess Xingping of Liao. After all, it is a major event related to the family and country, and cannot be decided hastily.
Chapter completed!