On the second day after receiving the news that the Song envoy hoped to visit Liao, at a regular court meeting... Liao Shengzong announced the news, hoping to get advice from the ministers whether to allow this matter.

However, just after he announced the news, Han Derang, who had always been the backbone of the court, did not say a word. However, many people outside the core of the decision-making were eager to try this matter.

"Your Majesty." A man standing behind the back of the members stood up. Yelu Longxu saw that the man was named Xiao Wen, who was also one of the descendants, but he could not say anything in the basic principle decision circle.

"I think that Your Majesty should allow the envoys sent by Song to come to the Great Liao to pay their respects. This can show the style of our Great Liao power, so that the Song, who has always regarded himself as a celestial dynasty, can also see the prosperity of our Great Liao.

Secondly, the other party came to mourn Empress Xiao, and the honor of the Queen Mother's achievements during her lifetime should also be asked to come to pay her condolences."

At the beginning of this sentence, Yelu Longxu felt more comfortable to listen to. After all, since he showed the style of a great country, he must have a gleam on his face. But the next sentence made Yelu Longxu feel a little unhappy. What does it mean that the Song Envoy should come to pay his condolences out of his merits and respect for Empress Dowager Xiao? Together with the Song Envoy came to pay his condolences, I did not lose my mother for me, the emperor, but because of Empress Dowager Xiao’s achievements? Those achievements were all for the Empress Dowager, so have I been in vain for the past few years?

Thinking of this, a sense of dissatisfaction began to appear on Yelu Longxu's face.

At this moment, his dissatisfaction was captured by Yelu Mo in the audience, which made Yelu Mo feel excited.

What he wanted was the emperor's dissatisfaction, because once the Song envoy came, no one knew whether the emperor would further provoke the relationship between the emperor and Empress Dowager Xiao and the party he left behind. It would be better to use this dissatisfaction to directly block the Song envoy from the border of the Liao Dynasty. Although this would also cause some rifts from the emperor about the Empress Dowager and the party he left behind, some rifts would be better than directly creating rifts.

Thinking of this, Yelu Mo ignored why Han Derang had no words about this matter since the beginning of the court, and walked out of the queue and reported to the emperor: "It is necessary to start the report. I think that the Great Liao Dynasty should not let the envoys of Song come to pay their respects. After all, the two countries have just finished a war. At this time, Song sent envoys to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager. I don't know what they meant, so I hope Your Majesty thinks twice."

Just when Yelu Mozhi finished saying these words with great satisfaction, he didn't expect that he had just turned around and Han Derang, who was standing in the first row of the ministers, stared at him with an incredible look.

However, what he didn't expect was that the emperor's attitude had changed from dissatisfaction with Xiao Wen's remarks just now to support. Not long after Yelu Mo finished speaking, the emperor spoke: "I think it's still Xiao Aiqing's words that are reasonable. After all, since the establishment of the Song Dynasty, there has been no normal interaction between Liao and Song. It's just a chance to show the national strength of our Great Liao to Song.

So I have approved the fact that Song sent envoys to Liao. You can quickly write to the Song Dynasty to inform them to prepare."

"This..." When Yelu Mo heard the emperor announce the news, he was stunned on the spot. Han Derang, who was standing beside him, could only sigh sadly, then shook his head, and pulled Yelu Mo who was standing there back to the minister's team.

After the emperor announced the matter, he ignored Yelu Mo who was standing there on the spot. Instead, he announced his retreat, and the minister who had other things to report had to return in disappointment.

...

"What's wrong with the emperor? Why did I discuss the issue of the Song envoy today and then I dispersed the court?" A minister who failed to report any other matters to the court. This was asked by a colleague who withdrew from the court with him.

"I don't know? I feel that His Majesty is a little strange in the whole court today." The person asked said.

The third person beside him couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Isn't it? You didn't see the face of Your Majesty when Lord Xiao finished speaking, and his face turned a little dark."

"This is not surprising. You didn't see Lord Yilijin's expression after he finished speaking, and immediately changed his attitude. I thought His Majesty would support Lord Yilijin's proposal."

"Yes, I think so too. Judging from Your Majesty's previous expression, I thought Lord Yilijin's proposal would definitely be approved by Your Majesty."

"Didn't there be any rift between Your Majesty and Yi Lijin?" They are all old foxes who have been in the officialdom for many years. During the discussions of several people, the conflict between Yelu Mo and Yelu Longxu was almost guessed by these old ghosts.

"I said that Lord Han didn't say a word today. It turns out that such a thing may be there."

"We just need to know about this, don't spread it."

...

And here, after the scattered court, Yelu Mo was still confused. He still has not figured out what happened in the court. He clearly followed the dissatisfaction expressed by the emperor and then raised his objections to Xiao Wen. Why did the emperor make a 180-degree change after he made his opinion and become supportive of Xiao Wen's proposal?

Han Derang, who was standing aside, couldn't help but shake his head again when he looked at Yelu Mo's unconservative appearance. In fact, it was not Yelu Mo's fault that it would evolve into the current situation.

Han Derang took a great part of the responsibility for this matter. Although Yelu Mogui was the Liao Kingdom Yilijin, he actually did not have too direct contact with Yelu Longxu.

After all, when Empress Xiao was still alive, basically all national affairs were decided by Empress Xiao and Han De, and Yelu Longxu was just a rubber stamp.

This also made Yelu Mo discuss with these two people with major issues, and he only had a general friendship with the emperor Yelu Longxu.

Yelu Longxu knew Yelu Mo quite well, but Yelu Mo didn't know Yelu Longxu's surname, preferences, and even his style of conduct.

"Mr., why is this happening?"

"It's not your fault, it's just that I and the Queen Mother have made the decision to occupy the Liao Dynasty too much over the years, which has led to you not having in-depth contact with the emperor and not understanding the emperor.

Although our Majesty is almost forty years old now, because he has been under the protection of the Queen Mother for many years, there are still some places in the heart that are no different from children.

Especially when you meet someone he doesn't like to give him advice, he always likes to go against it. In short, he opposes everything you support, and he supports everything you oppose."

Indeed, as Han Derang said, when Yelu Mo raised his opinion against the arrival of the Song envoy, Yelu Longxu's first reaction was not that this was exactly what I wanted, but why did the people of your Empress Dowager's party raise objections?

Due to his distrust of the Empress Dowager's party after taking power, Yelu Longxu completely disbelief of what Yelu Mo said, what does the Song envoy come here now have a bad intention?

In Yelu Longxu's heart, the bad intentions in Yelu Mo's words were at most to inquire about the military information and national strength of our Great Liao Dynasty. Yelu Longxu thought he was not a fool. He knew very well that there was nothing worthy of the Song people in the current Liao Dynasty.

In recent years, due to the new emperor's ascension to the throne, both military and national strength have made rapid progress. This is no longer something that the Liao Kingdom can catch up with.

The Song people came here this time, perhaps the biggest purpose of their real mourning for Empress Dowager Xiao, and at most mocking the Liao court.

What's more, the moment Yelu Mo raised his objection, Yelu Longxu suddenly had a new idea, which was to poach the envoy team of the Song Dynasty.

After all, Yelu Longxu believed that there was no one in the world who could not be bought. As long as the price was enough, he would definitely be able to dig useful people from the Song envoy team.

Yelu Longxu really wanted to know why Song became so strong in a short period of time, and the cannons and rifles made the Khitan army across the grassland powerless.

...

"Mr., what should I do now?" Given that there is no way to change the status quo, Yelu Mo asked Han Derang for help later, hoping to know what to do after the Song envoy came.

"Now you can only take one step at a time, but you sent someone to stare at the Song envoy's team, starting from the time they had entered the Great Liao border. Perhaps the purpose of the Song envoy's team is not only to alienate our monarch and ministers, but to strengthen the emperor's resentment towards the empress dowager. Do you still remember the fact that a large number of small tribes ran towards Yanyun in the past year?"

Yelu Mo certainly knew that this incident had been despised by the Liao court for a long time, but the Liao court could not stop this matter, because after the loss of Yanyun, the Liao court lost its largest granary. After the blizzard, the Liao court itself did not have much grain reserves, so it was powerless to stop small and medium-sized tribes from being unable to escape.

"Does Song want to do something like this again? You must know that even if our people are in the past, the fact that Song has too few pastoral areas cannot be changed. I think that the pastoral area of ​​Guang Yanyun should have been filled with the herdsmen they had absorbed before. Does they have any other way to attract herdsmen?"

"I don't know this, but in short, be careful to sail the ten thousand-year-old ship and stare at the mission of the Song Dynasty."

...

More than ten days later, the envoy team who had been waiting for Yanyun finally obtained permission to enter Liao from the Liao Kingdom. They were already ready to go and set off immediately to head to Beijing, the capital of Liao Kingdom.

When they set off, officials from Hebei North Road, led by Liu Rang and Yang Yanzhao, all came to see off the team.

"Mr. Liu, it's enough for General Yang to be sent here. I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's instructions." As the leader of the mission, Jiang Yu's officials in Hebei were about to be sent to Liao territory, he began to say goodbye to the officials who saw him off.

"Okay, since Wuque has said that, we will not send it to you anymore. I wish Lord Jiang a triumphant return here."

Just after both sides said goodbye, the delegation officially left the Song territory and entered the Liao territory.

Liu Rang, who watched the team pass by on the border, said to Yang Yanzhao: "I really don't know what this team will make the Liao Kingdom."
Chapter completed!