Chapter 1,252 Li Liangzuo Collapses, Liang Family Hangs the Curtain

The nights in Western Xia are cold, even in spring, but the wind still makes people feel chilly in their bones.

The sudden sound of horse hooves in the distance alerted the soldiers guarding the city. Someone at the top of the city shouted: "Who is it?"

Several riders came from afar and shouted: "Urgent news."

The hanging basket was put down at the top of the city, and then a sergeant was pulled up.

"What urgent military situation?"

The sergeant held a knife on his neck. He trembled and said, "The Song-Liao War is over."

"What?"

"Send him to the palace quickly!"

The sound of horse hooves immediately broke the silence of Xingqing Mansion and reached the front of the palace.

"who?"

"The news your Majesty wants!"

Soon the news came all the way in.

Li Liangzuo, who was sleeping, was awakened.

"What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, there is news about the Song-Liao war."

Li Liangzuo woke up instantly. He opened the woman who got up and shouted: "I want to get out!"

The door opened, and a palace maid came in to help him dress, and then escorted him out.

The sergeant was at the bottom of the steps, and the surrounding area was illuminated by lanterns like daylight. Li Liangzuo asked coldly: "Did the Liao people win?"

The sergeant raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, Song and Liao fought in Tang County. Yelu Hongji personally led an elite army to charge into the battle. The Song army..."

Li Liangzuo closed his eyes, and countless golden horses seemed to appear in front of him.

"The Song army blocked the Liao army's attack..."

Li Liangzuo's body shook a little, and he touched his shoulder, where he had been hit by a crossbow arrow from the Song Army last time.

"The Song army then launched a counterattack, and the Liao army was defeated..."

"The Liao army retreated all the way to the camp, and then withdrew... without even repairing. It can be seen that they were afraid of being beaten..."

"His Majesty!"

Li Liangzuo's body was shaking, and he murmured: "Who will lead the army?"

"Fu Bi, but someone saw that Shen An was commanding..."

Li Liangzuo looked up at the night sky and suddenly laughed.

"The people of Song Dynasty won, and next they will focus on the northwest...the northwest...the family business passed down by the ancestors...I...I..."

He backed away slowly. The attendants looked at him in shock. Someone shouted: "What's wrong with you, Your Majesty?"

Li Liangzuo looked at the night sky and felt some swelling in his chest and abdomen, and then he felt dizzy.

"His Majesty……"

Li Liangzuo fell to the ground suddenly.

There was chaos in the palace immediately.

Empress Liang was lying on the bed. No man had laid on this bed for a long time, but she had long been used to it.

"Empress."

There was a voice outside, and Queen Liang opened her eyes, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty is ill."

"Um?"

Empress Liang closed her eyes again, letting the pleasant drowsiness come over her again.

After just a few breaths, she said, "I'm going to take a look."

She put on her clothes and went all the way to Li Liangzuo's side.

At this moment, there were people outside the palace. Queen Liang looked at it indifferently and asked, "How is your majesty?"

A chamberlain shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is still in a coma."

"Speak clearly!"

Queen Liang's eyes became more serious, and her fists were clenched in her sleeves.

The chamberlain said in a panic, "When your Majesty heard that the Song people had won, he fell to the ground and vomited blood...and then fell unconscious."

"The Song people won?"

Empress Liang subconsciously thought of Shen An, and then asked, "How did you win?"

The chamberlain shook his head, "It is said that the two armies faced each other. The Liao army failed to charge, and the Song army defeated them."

Queen Liang unclenched her fists and stood there quietly.

Later, when the doctor came out and saw Empress Liang there, he came over and whispered: "Your Majesty..."

Empress Liang's cold face became restless and she asked: "How is your Majesty?"

The doctor shook his head slightly, "The old injury has recurred..."

Li Liangzuo was shot in the shoulder by a crossbow arrow from the Song Army last time. He never recovered well, intermittently. But no one took it to heart.

But it happened now?

Empress Liang said in a low voice: "The movement of the shoulder is nothing."

Anyone with a severed hand can survive!

The doctor shook his head, "Your Majesty is so angry that he fell to the back of his head..."

Queen Liang nodded.

The news of Li Liangzuo's illness and the news of the Song Army's victory were passed around the Xingqing Mansion. Some people said that Li Liangzuo was angry, so they didn't care.

On the fourth day, news came from the palace.

"Your Majesty is not well."

On the bed in the palace, Li Liangzuo was lying with a pale face, his eyes closed.

Queen Liang's eyes were bloodshot, and she hadn't rested since last night. She stared at the doctor and asked, "How is your majesty?"

The doctor stood up and looked at the ministers who came after hearing the news, "Your Majesty...", then lowered his head, "half a day at most."

Everyone understands.

"Your Majesty!"

A general burst into tears. Empress Liang frowned and said, "Your Majesty is not dead yet, why are you crying?"

"Your Majesty is awake."

Queen Liang turned around and saw Li Liangzuo with a rosy complexion, as if he had never been sick.

She remembered a book she had seen at home when she was not married, which contained knowledge in this area.

——Before dying, someone will suddenly look like a normal person, with a rosy complexion, but then pass away...

This is called returning to the light.

She walked over happily, "Your Majesty, are you awake? Someone, tell those people outside that your Majesty is awake and Xixia is still stable!"

Li Liangzuo originally looked at her with murderous intent in his eyes, but after hearing these words and seeing her as happy as a little girl, he couldn't help but think a lot.

That year I met you at my cousin's house...

You still think of me after all!

He looked at his ministers and said: "The Song people won. We will have a lot of troubles in the future. The Song people will regard us as a threat. If we don't get rid of us, the Song people will not be able to devote all their efforts to the north... so..."

He thought he was getting better, but suddenly a feeling of powerlessness came over him. He felt as if something had been taken out of his body, and his face instantly turned pale.

wrong……

He looked at Queen Liang with pleading eyes.

Empress Liang walked over and sat down, and said in panic: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?"

Li Liangzuo held her hand and felt the warmth, and at the same time he felt what was passing away from him.

That's life!

He opened his mouth and said hurriedly: "Mr. Liang...but...but..."

He loosened his hand and left with regret in his eyes.

Queen Liang sat there, tears falling down her face.

"Your Majesty!"

After the doctor went over to confirm that Li Liangzuo was dead, the courtiers knelt down and cried.

A chamberlain shouted: "Your Majesty just said that your Majesty can lower the curtain."

Everyone looked up, and some people had a look of reluctance in their eyes.

There are too many examples of hanging curtains. There is Empress Dowager Xiao in Liao Dynasty, Liu E in Song Dynasty...

The empress dowager behind the curtain was the one who wielded all the power for a while, commanding the ministers under the control of the young emperor.

Look at the Liang family. They are only in their early twenties, but they will soon take charge of politics behind the curtain and become the ruler of Xixia from then on.

Who is willing?

Some people had a little more cunning in their eyes, and after finishing crying later, they went to express condolences to Empress Liang.

"There is no need to worry, Madam. Whenever you need help, just look for me..."

The person who spoke was a civil servant, and he looked serious.

At this moment, Empress Liang thought of what Shen An had said to her in Qingjian City.

——Be decisive!

Now is the time to be decisive.

The man in front of her couldn't hide his thoughts from her, he just wanted to be her guest, not only to win people, but also to gain power.

"I see."

You can't hesitate, you have to be decisive.

If you hesitate, you will be seen as weak.

Empress Liang saw the joy, she smiled contemptuously in her heart, and then walked out of the palace.

The sun is shining brightly outside, which is completely different from the darkness inside.

That man was absolutely right!

I am just trying to make ends meet with them, just giving them a smile can make them happy. This is the situation I need at the moment.

——There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests!

That Shen An’s words are always so thought-provoking!

Empress Liang couldn't help but look at the sky with her hands behind her hands, but her mind recalled those days in Qingjian City.

That man was cunning, and she couldn't trap him at all.

But that man was so smart that it was scary.

He could see through all the changes between the Song Dynasty, Xixia Dynasty, and Liao Kingdom at a glance.

He knows all the details about Xixia.

He even dared to teach himself how to fight.

For example, she had used Shen An's method to temporarily appease the ministers.

If it were in the past, she would probably get furious on the spot and have the civil servant taken down.

But what happens after we take it?

After she takes it, everyone will be uneasy and will unite to fight against her.

I understand.

We must use interests to distinguish and divide ministers!

Empress Liang looked to the south, turned around and walked in, saying, "Your Majesty has gone, but Xixia cannot be in chaos!"

Everyone looked at her, and most of them had a strange look in their eyes.

Xixia was originally a loose alliance, and was forcibly kneaded together by the Li family, but military power was scattered in the hands of those ministers, and the tribe still existed.

So there is no such thing as loyalty, the only thing that exists is interest.

Now that Empress Liang wants to close the curtain, what is everyone's interest?

Empress Liang saw what they meant, and couldn't help praising Shen An again, and then said: "Although His Majesty has gone, the friendship between monarch and minister cannot be ignored. After His Majesty's posthumous affairs are dealt with... His Majesty left many relics, I will share it with everyone.”

There is no relationship between monarch and minister!

Some just have no benefits!

The so-called relics can only be money.

So those people were satisfied.

Empress Liang saw the satisfaction and couldn't help but secretly praise her.

Shen An is really smart!

Then envoys were sent to various countries to report the news.

Then, five-year-old Li Bingchang sat in the hall, while Queen Liang sat behind the curtain, suppressing her excitement and began to control Xixia.

…

Zuo Zhen still fried quail in her shop.

Wang Yu quietly left, and no one knew what he was doing.

When the wedding date that was originally agreed upon arrived, the merchants all offered to help, but Zuo Zhen said it would be rescheduled.

Some people were jealous that she could still marry Wang Yu during her second marriage, so they gossiped a lot.

"Then the Wang family probably regrets it."

"Well, I think I might regret the engagement."

Zuo Zhen just listened to these gossips. Her business was still good, and her greatest pleasure every day was counting money.

Late spring is here.

In late spring, those men take their wives and children to go on a spring outing, especially the area around Jinmingchi is the most popular.

"Zuo Zhen, where is your Wang Langjun? Why doesn't he come and take you on a spring outing?"

a woman asked outside the store.

Zuo Zhen looked up, "He's doing something."

The woman smiled and said: "He has no official status, and he is not in the academy now. What can he do? I'm afraid... ugh! How pitiful!"

Zuo Zhen smiled. She didn't like talking to such a woman.

Where is he?

She thought of Wang Yu.

The sound of footsteps was heard, and the woman who was chattering carelessly was pushed to the side and almost fell.

"You, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net, are looking for death..."

The woman stood firm, turned around and thought of the perpetrator's trouble, but was stunned.

The tired Wang Yu stood outside the store, and Zuo Zhen stood inside.

Two young men and women are looking at each other...

"Someone is back."

"good."

"A certain meritorious service was achieved this time."

The woman wanted to yell, but she quietly retreated after hearing the words.

Shen An can break other people's legs if he performs meritorious service, but what about this Wang Yu?

The corners of Wang Yu's mouth raised slightly, "I haven't gone home yet..."

This is where he came when he returned to the capital!

Zuo Zhen raised her head slightly, joy gradually arose...