"How?" Lu Wu was wearing a royal blue gown, raised his hands and moved his movements a few times, and then asked Li Zhang.

"It fits so well! Uncle Wu, you are so teenager that you are so younger when you wear it!" Li Zhang immediately praised.

Empress Dowager Li left, but quietly asked him to give Lu Wu a set of clothes. Li Zhang recognized at a glance that this was made by Empress Dowager Li himself, because every year Empress Dowager Li had to make a set of clothes for Zhao Zhen and Li Zhang, which almost became her habit, so Li Zhang also recognized at a glance that the stitches on Lu Wu's clothes were sewn by Empress Dowager Li himself.

Hearing Li Zhang's praise, Lu Wu showed a rare expression of embarrassment. Then he smoothed out the small folds on his clothes with both hands, and a thoughtful look appeared on his face. After a while, he took off his clothes again.

"Uncle Wu, why don't you wear it?" Li Zhang asked with a strange expression when he saw this.

"It's nothing, I'm afraid I'll get worn out!" Lu Wu carefully folded his clothes at this time, and then seemed to think of something. He immediately looked up and said to Li Zhang again, "If I die in the future, you can let me put on this dress and bury it!"

"Uncle Wu, don't say such unlucky words, I..."

Li Zhang was about to persuade him when he heard Lu Wu's words, but he was interrupted by Lu Wu's wave, and his face also showed a little desolate expression, as if he had thought of something sad again, which made Li Zhang shut up helplessly. At this time, he no longer wanted to ask about Lu Wu and Empress Dowager Li's past, so as not to arouse his sadness again.

The next morning, Li Zhang just got up, but was summoned to the palace by someone sent by Zhao Zhen. This made him a little nervous. Could it be that he knew about Empress Dowager Li's clothes being given to Lu Wu? But it shouldn't be. No outsiders knew about this except himself, Empress Dowager Li and Lu Wu, the three parties involved. How could Zhao Zhen know about it?

However, this time Zhao Zhen did not meet Li Zhang in the Chuigong Hall, but instead moved to the Wende Hall in the first half of the imperial city. When he entered the hall, he saw an acquaintance at a glance, and he did not expect to see the other person here.

"Yelu Renxian!" Li Zhang stared at Yelu Renxian standing in the hall at this time. He even wondered if he was dreaming, otherwise how could he see this important official of the Liao Kingdom here.

"The Liao envoy Yelu Renxian had seen Dingbei Hou, but he hadn't seen him for many years. Dingbei Hou is more elegant than before!" Yelu Renxian bowed to Li Zhang at this time, with a gentle smile on his face.

Li Zhang and Yelu Renxian are considered to be peers. When they first met, they were both around twenty years old. However, Li Zhang was an envoy at that time, while Yelu Renxian was Yelu Zong's true confidant, but now their identities are reversed.

Both of them are over thirty years old this year, but they are very different in appearance. Although Li Zhang is over thirty years old, he is well maintained and has a young mentality, so he doesn't look much different from that year. In contrast, Yelu Renxian looks haggard, his temples are even gray, and there are a few wrinkles on his forehead. In addition, with a big beard on his face, I'm afraid no one will doubt him even if he is fifty years old.

"You are the envoy sent by the Liao Kingdom!" Li Zhang couldn't help but look at the other party with a surprised expression when he heard this.

Some time ago, the Song Dynasty took the initiative to send people to contact the Liao Kingdom to discuss the alliance between the two countries and jointly deal with Dangxiang. The chance of success was not high. After all, the Song Dynasty is now strong, and the Liao Kingdom and Dangxiang are weak. Therefore, the most rational choice is to form an alliance between the Liao Kingdom and Dangxiang to fight against the Song Dynasty.

However, Yelu Zongzhen refused to let go of his back and formed an alliance with Dangxiang. As a result, Yelu Zongzhen opposed the opposition and finally agreed to form an alliance with the Song Dynasty to deal with Dangxiang. In fact, some people persuaded Yelu Zongzhen to ignore the Song Dynasty and Dangxiang and not form an alliance with both sides. However, Yelu Zongzhen was worried that the Song Dynasty and Dangxiang were united. This happened before, so he finally chose the Song Dynasty.

"For the honor of Dingbeihou, he also served as an envoy of the Song Dynasty, not to mention being the only one?" Yelu Renxian spoke again, and he was also looking at Li Zhang while speaking.

In fact, when Yelu Renxian first met Li Zhang, he didn't take Li Zhang seriously. In fact, these Khitan nobles looked down on the Song people, and he just took Li Zhang to Nabo, so there was no communication on the way. But he never dreamed that it was Li Zhang who he looked down on at the time who planned the attack on their Liao Kingdom, which brought them to this point.

"Cousin, this envoy Yelu named his surname and said that he wanted to see you, and said that you were old friends from that time. He happened to come to discuss the alliance, so why not come to receive him?" At this moment, Zhao Zhen in the hall smiled and said, naturally he knew Yelu Renxian's status in the Liao Kingdom. Apart from Li Zhang, he could not think of any suitable person to suppress this important official of the Liao Kingdom.

"No problem. If Brother Renxian needs anything in the capital, I will come to me even if I happen to have a long talk with Brother Renxian!" Li Zhang nodded immediately and said, Zhao Zhen just asked him to be responsible for the reception. As for the two countries' negotiations and alliances, there are naturally other ministers to deal with it. Li Zhang doesn't like this kind of quarrel negotiation.

"Then I'll have to work hard to Dingbei Hou!" Yelu Renxian bowed to Li Zhang again at this time, and after he came in from Li Zhang, his eyes never left Li Zhang's figure.

In fact, the main purpose of Yelu Renxian came to the Song Dynasty in person was not to discuss alliances. In fact, he firmly opposed the alliance with the Song Dynasty, but Yelu Zongzhen insisted on his own and no one could persuade him, and in the end he could only accept it helplessly.

However, Yelu Renxian wanted to take this opportunity to visit the Song Dynasty because he wanted to see with his own eyes what changes had happened in the Song Dynasty. He could actually wipe out the weaknesses before. Not only did he sweep Dangxiang and penetrate his power into the Western Regions, but he also took away Yan Yun and defeated their Liao cavalry. This change was not a one-day achievement, but they were too careless before and did not pay attention to the various changes in the Song Dynasty.

Li Zhang had long guessed the purpose of Yelu Renxian. After all, the alliance was not very important, and there was no need to work Yelu Renxian, the number one official of the Liao Kingdom, but the other party still came. The only explanation was that he wanted to test the reality of the Song Dynasty.

However, Li Zhang was not afraid at all. The changes within the Song Dynasty were actually just the beginning. However, this trend of change had already formed. In the face of the general trend, no one could stop it. Even if Yelu Ren first saw the entire Song Dynasty, he still could not change the final outcome of the Liao Kingdom.
Chapter completed!