Quick Wear: The Demon Lord blew up the tomb at the beginning

After Li Chongguang left, Yelu Bei's eyes became serious again.

"Grandmaster, now that the Emperor of Dayan has agreed to cooperate, what should we do next?"

Yelu Bei called himself the Emperor of Great Yan instead of the Supreme Emperor because the status of Emperor was more useful than that of Supreme Emperor.

They felt more justified under the banner of purging Li Chongguang's court.

The Grand Master stroked his beard, smiled and looked at Wang Mengxian standing on the side, then turned his gaze to Yelu Bei: "Great Khan, why not let him go as an envoy to Dayan to find out Dayan's attitude. If the conditions can be negotiated, then everything will be fine."

The Grand Tutor knew very well that with Li Chongguang in their hands, they had a legitimate reason to attack Dayan, but it also depended on the actual situation.

They couldn't just go to war with Dayan for Li Chongguang, as the only losses would be to Khitan troops.

Li Chongguang's identity should be fully utilized.

If Li Chongguang could be used to exchange for everything the Khitan wanted, then why not send him back to Dayan?

"What? Great Khan, you can't do that!" Wang Mengxian was the first to object: "I have already betrayed Dayan. If I go back, those officials will tear me apart on the spot."

"Shut up and listen to what the Grand Tutor has to say." Yelu Bei's eyes were slightly angry. He did not take these officials of Great Yan who had come to him for surrender seriously at all.

How can we ensure the loyalty of a person who is willing to betray his old master in order to survive?

This kind of fence-sitter will lean towards whichever direction the wind blows.

"Who said you betrayed Dayan?" The Grand Master sneered, "You have never betrayed Dayan. You are still a minister of Dayan. It's just that you are loyal to Li Chongguang. You went to negotiate for Li Chongguang."

"When Li Chongguang returns to Dayan, you will still be the Minister of Rites..."

Then the Grand Tutor spoke to Yelu Bei about the negotiations, which were to be carried out by Wang Mengxian.

Wang Mengxian brought the letter written by Li Chongguang, allocating the Hetao Plain to the Khitan, and providing the Khitan with one million shi of grain every year, as well as various other conditions.

As long as Dayan meets all the requirements, they can send Li Chongguang back.

It's fair to hand over the goods to the person at the same time.

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Daliang City.

Guangming Hall in Changle Palace.

After inspecting the military camp, Xie Lang returned to the Hall of Brightness.

On the long table, on a large piece of paper, Xie Lang was writing a few large characters.

After a while, he put the pen on the pen holder.

When I took a closer look, I saw four large characters written in a flamboyant style on the paper - A family of loyal heroes.

The four big characters are vigorous and powerful, and the force can be seen through the back of the paper. They can be said to be the work of a master.

When the ink was dry, Xie Lang said to a female official, "Carve these four words into a door plaque and send it to the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion three days later, on the day when Wang Ruqiong is conferred the title of Marquis."

After receiving the order, the female official took the paper to the Ministry of Works.

Immediately afterwards, Xie Lang also drafted the edict to confer the title of marquis.

The next morning, there was no morning court session again.

When Xie Lang was about to go to Guangming Hall to handle state affairs, a female official walked in.

Her face was somewhat embarrassed. "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother asked you to go to Changxin Palace to discuss the relocation of the Emperor's concubines."

The female official did not elaborate, but Xie Lang knew from her expression that the empress dowager had learned about the palace move and was coming to question her.

Xie Lang did not hesitate and went to Changxin Palace with the ceremonial guard.

Changxin Palace was the residence of the Queen Mother, and Xie Lang entered.

I found that the atmosphere inside was very solemn. Some concubines were sitting on their seats crying and wiping their eyes with handkerchiefs.

"Your Majesty has arrived."

"Greetings, Your Majesty." The concubines stood up one after another to greet him, but they were still wiping their tears, looking so pitiful.

Only the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager did not stand up. The Empress Dowager's expression was very solemn at this time. When she saw Xie Lang coming in, her face became extremely angry.

"Li Jingming, you'd better give me an explanation. These concubines are living well in the palace, why do you want to move them to the Bei'an Palace? You are the emperor now, don't you even have the magnanimity to tolerate others?"

The Queen Mother was furious with Xie Lang. In her opinion, if her son came back, he would definitely live in the palace.

Moving to the Bei'an Palace, what does that mean?

In response to the Queen Mother's question, Xie Lang simply said calmly: "Queen Mother, this is not in accordance with etiquette."

"You are a princess who can become an emperor, and you still want to talk to me about etiquette? Are you getting carried away..."

The Queen Mother did not finish her words, because she met Xie Lang's calm and extremely deep eyes. These eyes were full of indifference, without any emotion, as if everything in the world was a plaything in her hands.

Is this... a look that a human can have?

A trace of fear flashed in the Queen Mother's eyes. This time, she was afraid.

"If the Queen Mother objects, then talk to the Ministry of Rites."

And at this moment, Xie Lang spoke, his indifferent words without any emotion.

Hearing Xie Lang’s words, the Queen Mother thought to herself.

Ministry of Rites?

Isn't Xie Lang the one who has the final say in the Ministry of Rites? Not only the Ministry of Rites, but all six ministries.

If she doesn't give in, how can the Ministry of Rites give in?

He was about to continue to rage at Xie Lang, but when he thought of Xie Lang's eyes, he could only hold his anger in his heart and had no way to vent it.

"If there is nothing else, I will take my leave."

He ignored the empress dowager and the concubines around him who were crying bitterly, and after saying this, he walked out of the Changxin Palace without looking back.

She was an extremely cold-hearted demon, and unless she possessed them, she would not be able to empathize with their experiences.

When she walked out of the palace, she could still vaguely hear the Queen Mother's curses and the sound of bottles being smashed, as well as the concubines' continued crying.

A few more days passed.

The ten-day deadline Xie Lang gave to those officials has expired.

Wei Renda was now reporting the situation to Xie Lang in the Guangming Hall.

Xie Lang took the booklet handed over by Wei Renda, which recorded the silver that officials had surrendered for corruption.

The payment of embezzled money was kept confidential, but some officials would report the amount of money to each other and even collude with each other in secret.

Xie Lang took all these situations into consideration.

The last time she cleaned up officials, she said that she did not kill all of them in order to give them another chance.

Some of them even dared to tamper with it.

It’s not her fault.

The opportunity was right in front of them, but they didn't cherish it. Who can they blame?

So Xie Lang began to look through it.

The first name was Wei Renda himself. Xie Lang remained calm and continued reading.

Most officials were afraid of the so-called destiny and had witnessed Xie Lang's methods last time, so they did not dare to do anything and made up for it.

However, Xie Lang looked down a few pages and saw a few names.

Left Vice-Minister of the Imperial Censorate Zhang Yuming paid one thousand taels.

Meng Cheng, the Minister of Dali Temple, paid 1,500 taels.

Yu Si, the Left Censor-in-Chief, paid eight hundred taels.

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Off topic:

Is the pace a bit slow? This is the first time I write in such detail. It will be finished in about forty chapters. I am having a great time writing it. I will pay more attention in the next article.