It was the eighth day of September in the eighth year of Yuanfeng (the eighth day of the lunar month).

In the Funing Hall, all the ministers bowed their heads. Zhao Xu, dressed in mourning robes and holding a bamboo stick in his hand, read out the contents of the mourning book.

"In mourning for the heir, Emperor Chenxu would like to pay my respects to the emperor again and say: I heard that elephants are invisible, who can glimpse the secrets; people have no self, and there is no reason to call them..."

In the entire hall, only Zhao Xu's childish and crying voice was slowly reciting.

The ministers collectively prostrated and listened respectfully.

The mourning book is eloquent, describing the late emperor's politics, praising his literary and military achievements.

I commend the achievements of the 19th year and praise the policies of the 19th year.

Zhao Xu shed tears as he read, but still persisted in reciting.

Until the last sentence: "Alas..."

Unable to hold on any longer, he collapsed on the temple floor and howled bitterly.

The left and right people hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and the ministers collectively bowed their heads and begged: "May your Majesty mourn for the festival of the country..."

Zhao Xu finally managed to stand firm, looked at the ministers, and said in a tearful tone: "The poem says: Min Yu is a boy, the book says: The little boy is king..."

"I was ordered by Huang Kao to inherit the temple of the ancestors of the country. Now I will practice the beautiful governance of Huang Kao and the virtuous governance of my ancestors..."

The ministers paid homage to the chief minister again: "I will die to be loyal to Your Majesty..."

…

Xingqingfu has become extremely cold since September.

Empress Dowager Liang's body became increasingly weak.

Now she can no longer even hold and tease her favorite grandson Ganshun.

Every night, my sleep began to get worse.

Last night, she even dreamed about her former father-in-law, Wu Zang, and her old lover, Meng Meng, and the Han minister Li Qing who was executed by her own hands.

Those people were all in the bloody hell, looking at her with their eyes open, as if waiting for her to go down.

Her niece, Empress Liang, brought the freshly brewed medicine to her: "My Lady, it's time to take the medicine..."

Empress Dowager Liang sighed, looked at her niece, and asked, "Where are the Wu soldiers?"

Empress Liang said silently: "In the beauty palace dedicated by Renjia..."

Renjia is a wealthy family with powerful strength!

Especially the old Marshal Ren Duo, who died in battle and died for his country, was respected by the whole country when he was still alive.

Now, Renjia has completely turned to Bingchang.

This greatly increases Bingchang's strength!

The forces that were originally loyal to Wuzu are now moving closer to Bingchang.

After the Empress Dowager Liang became ill, more party nobles began to take sides.

Empress Dowager Liang sighed, remembering the time when she and Liang Zuo teamed up to kill the entire Wu Zang family.

It even reminded me of the past when the Nori family was wiped out by the Muzo family.

Both of these families are stronger than the Liang family, and both have deeper roots than the Liang family.

But it was still destroyed, so that the people of the Zang family and the Yeli family who are still alive are all on the southern barbarian side.

Now, the Liang family has reached the same dangerous situation as the Zang family and the Yeli family.

"Give more good medicine to the soldiers..." Empress Dowager Liang said coldly.

Empress Liang sighed and said, "I understand!"

Empress Dowager Liang held her niece's hand and said: "I'm going to die soon..."

"After I die, the country will inevitably be in chaos..."

"You must remember not to be soft-hearted! When it is time to kill, you must kill!"

Queen Liang nodded silently.

only……

She looked at Queen Mother Liang and asked: "How to deal with the Southern Barbarians and the Northern Dynasties?"

"The envoy who went to the Northern Dynasty came back and said that the emperor of the Northern Dynasty refused to marry the princess and his words were extremely bad..."

"The Northern Dynasty general Yelu Dilie personally led the army to station in Datong Mansion, Xijing, Northern Dynasty..."

Empress Dowager Liang was also very sad when she heard this.

The accelerated closeness and possible alliance between the Southern Barbarians and the Northern Dynasties was one of the reasons for the worsening of her condition.

The other one is naturally her son.

"The Southern Barbarians and the Northern Dynasty must be divided..." She said leisurely: "Isn't Weiming Mo Duo and others repaying the Southern Barbarians' great face?"

"Give her enough face!"

"Continue to send ministers to Nanman! Participate in the funeral of the Nanman Emperor!"

"Don't be stingy with saying good things, good words don't cost money!"

"It's best to find out clearly about the alliance between the Southern Barbarians and the Northern Dynasties..."

When Empress Dowager Liang said this, she grabbed Empress Liang's hand and told her: "Remember, after I die, I must try my best to say good things to the Southern Barbarians, and to the Northern Dynasty, I only need to keep sending envoys to marry Qian Shun and have a good attitude." , the posture must be sufficient!”

"No matter how much the Northern Emperor dislikes us, he will never hit the smiling man with his hand!"

"Then use this time to do more business with Nanman! Make more money!"

"Only money can appease the junior high school..."

This is her experience in governing for 20 years, and it is also her understanding of party members.

Of course, there are many families in the Dangxiang clan who are loyal to the Wuzu.

But there are also many families who only want money.

As long as Liang can make money and distribute it to them, they are willing to support Liang.

In addition, successive years of war have also exhausted the vitality of Dabai Gaoguo.

All the men in Xingqing Mansion have already drawn nine out of ten.

These people must be given a moment to breathe, otherwise they will rebel.

Queen Liang listened and nodded silently.

Empress Dowager Liang grabbed her hand and said, "You must remember my lesson!"

"Take good care of Ganshun and don't make the same mistakes as I did..."

"My own son hates me the most in the end!"

Queen Liang nodded vigorously.

She has witnessed with her own eyes the bad mother-son relationship between her husband and her aunt.

Of course she knew she would never make this mistake again.

"Tell Liang Yibu... after I die, while the ministers are gathering..." Empress Dowager Liang took a deep breath: "Kill Ren Duo Baozhong, Ren Duo Xizhong brother, and completely destroy Ren Duo's family!"

"Don't be soft-hearted, don't hesitate, kill the people immediately after killing them!"

"This..." Queen Liang was surprised: "The Ren family is deeply rooted..."

"Then dig out the roots!" Empress Dowager Liang said coldly.

The Renjia family was the largest family in the right wing of the Dabai Gao Kingdom. They destroyed it and divided its pastures, livestock, and slaves.

The Liang family can have a full meal, and other families can also get a share of soup and water.

This is the only solution given to her by Empress Dowager Liang's political wisdom.

This is also what Liang has to do if he wants to survive.

…

The other side of the palace.

Bingchang lay on the belly of the woman from Renjia's house, caressing her smooth skin and whispered: "Give me a son..."

The girl giggled: "How can a slave be born alone? You have to work hard..."

Bingchang stretched out his hand to lift the girl's fair chin, looked into her gem-like eyes, and said, "Have I not worked hard enough?"

Since the Ren family brought their daughter to the palace, Bingchang has been working hard day and night.

There is only one purpose - to give birth to a son who is not Liang.

He has had enough of the Liang family and does not want his heir to be manipulated by the Liang family like himself.

The girl threw her body completely into Bingchang's arms and said leisurely: "Wuzi, Brother Nu sent someone to the palace yesterday to say..."
To be continued...