Seeing that the Liao envoy had been persuaded, Hua Ju was secretly happy, because as long as the envoy was biased towards the Song Dynasty, he would be guided in the direction of the Song Dynasty when he returned to report to the Emperor of Liao.

"I have analyzed the great relationship clearly for you. Whether you want to be friends with the Song Dynasty or become enemies depends on how the Liao Kingdom chooses." Hua Ju looked at the Liao Kingdom envoy with a smile on his face and said.

The envoy from the Liao Kingdom said: "I can't make the decision on this matter. I need to go back and report it to the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, and let him make the decision."

"No problem, but it takes some time."

"How long?" asked the Liao envoy.

Hua Ju began to circle around him again and said: "It takes five or six days to get back to Liao from here under normal circumstances. Considering that there may be unexpected delays on the road, I will give you four more days.

You return to Liao Kingdom in ten days.

In addition, the Emperor of the Liao Kingdom will definitely not decide such a major matter by himself. He will definitely discuss it with the ministers of civil and military affairs. It is estimated that it will not be decided within two or three days of debate, so I will give you three days to discuss it, and finally give it to you.

You come back in ten days, a total of twenty-three days. If you have not given a short reply after twenty-three days, it will be deemed that the Liao Kingdom has chosen to become an enemy of the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty will use all means to deal with the Liao Kingdom.

, and will never accept any request for an armistice or peace negotiation again until the Liao Kingdom is destroyed."

The envoy from the country thought about it in his mind and realized that he had plenty of time. If he went faster on the road, he could save nearly ten days, giving the Liao Kingdom more time to discuss.

"I will set off back to Liao Kingdom to report."

The Liao envoy stood up and saluted Huizong and was about to leave. Hua Ju took his arm and said, "Wait a moment."

The Liao envoy looked at him, and Hua Ju said to Huizong: "Your Majesty, you'd better write a letter to the Liao Emperor in person about this matter. This may have a better effect than just asking him to go back and tell him."

"Well, that makes sense, so I will write a letter myself. Wu Chenghai will be at your service with pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

"According to the decree."

Wu Chenghai gave instructions to a chamberlain next to him. The chamberlain went to get a tray with pens, inks, paper and inkstones, walked to Huizong and knelt down with the tray in both hands.

Because the Zichen Hall was only a place for listening to the court's political discussions, Huizong generally did not approve memorials here, and issued imperial edicts orally. Therefore, there was no writing desk in front of the dragon chair, and the servants could only use the tray as a temporary desk.

Huizong dipped his pen in ink and wrote a letter, and then said to Hua Ju: "Wenshan, look at it, can I write like this?"

When all the ministers saw that Huizong actually asked Hua Ju to read the letter after he had written it, they were all secretly shocked.

You must know that Huizong is the emperor. Only ministers have written good things and asked him to read them. He has never written good things for ministers to read.

But now that he wrote the letter, he actually asked Hua Ju to check for him. This not only means that he recognizes Hua Ju's ability to handle things, but also means that in the future, he will rely more on Hua Ju in government affairs, instead of Cai Jing, Gao Jing, etc.

Qiu et al.

Cai Jing and Gao Qiu's expressions were extremely solemn.

Huizong usually relied on them to solve major problems, but now although they were standing in the court, Huizong turned a blind eye to them and only listened to Hua Ju. Even the written letters had to be read by Hua Ju. This made Hua Zong look at them.

They had a strong sense of crisis.

Cai Jing turned his head and glanced at Gao Qiu, and Gao Qiu nodded understandingly.

Wu Chenghai handed the letter to Hua Ju, who took it and looked at it carefully. He found that Huizong's letter was really well written, with fluent sentences and careful wording, and he explained things clearly.

However, the wording is soft and lacks the decisive and iron-blooded heroic spirit. Not only does it fail to intimidate, but it gives people a feeling of being strong on the outside and introverted on the inside.

"Your Majesty's letter is well written, but the Emperor of Liao is a rude and barbaric warrior, and he probably cannot understand the content of your Majesty's letter, so your Majesty does not need to give him so many reasons in the letter, you only need to express your attitude

That’s it.”

After all, Huizong was the emperor and had to take his face into consideration, so Hua Ju did not explicitly say that there was something wrong with the letter he wrote, but instead changed it to an explanation that Huizong could accept.

The Liao envoys were very angry when they heard that Hua Ju had belittled their emperor. However, thinking of how ferociously Hua Ju had hit him just now, he kept his anger in his heart and did not dare to express it.

After hearing this, Huizong thought about it and felt that what Hua Ju said was reasonable, and asked: "How can I express my attitude?"

Hua Ju thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, can you give me a pen and paper? I will write it down on the paper and present it to Your Majesty for your inspection."

Because this was written to the Emperor of Liao, it could not be said in public, otherwise it would not have a deterrent effect if it were leaked in advance.

Huizong asked his chamberlain to bring a tray to Hua Ju. Hua Ju wrote two sentences on the paper, then put down the pen and saluted Huizong.

The chamberlain walked back to Huizong with the tray. Huizong took a look at the two sentences written by Hua Ju. Although there were only sixteen words in total, they were full of domineering and confident, and were more intimidating than the few pages he had just written eloquently.

.

Huizong nodded with satisfaction, glanced at Huaju with pleasure, rewrote those two sentences, then picked them up and blew them, folded them with his own hands and put them in an envelope, sealed them with paste, and asked Wu Chenghai to hand over

To the Liao envoy.

The Liao envoy took the letter, saluted Huizong again, turned around and left the Zichen Hall.

"Hahaha--"

As soon as the Liao envoy left, Huizong laughed and stood up from the dragon chair, walked straight to Hua Ju, and said: "Wenshan, you have made great contributions today."

Hua Ju quickly bowed and said, "This is nothing. I just fulfilled my responsibilities as a minister."

"well said."

The more humble Hua Ju was, the more Huizong thought he was good, and said: "If all the courtiers in the Song Dynasty are like you, always thinking about sharing the worries of the widow and the court, then there will be no need to worry about the world being unrest in the Song Dynasty."

Then he turned around and looked at the other courtiers, his face slowly darkened, and he said in a cold tone: "It's a pity that although there are many courtiers in this palace, none of them stood up to help us solve our problems at the critical moment."

None of the ministers present dared to speak, they all had to look down at the ground.

But the more they showed this attitude, the angrier Huizong became, and he said angrily: "Aren't you usually quite eloquent? Why are you all mute?"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I know I was wrong."

Except for Hua Ju, all the courtiers, including Prince Zhao Huan and Prince Jia Zhao Kai, knelt down and kowtowed to Huizong to plead guilty.

Huizong was still angry and said: "Today the envoy from the Liao Kingdom came to the palace with extremely arrogance and threatened me. As important ministers of the imperial court, none of you stood up to stand up for me. You all watched helplessly as the envoy from the Liao Kingdom came to the palace.

You are so presumptuous in front of me. If Wenshan hadn't stepped forward in time, the face of Song Dynasty and me would have been completely disgraced. You, you - you really let me down."

"I have failed in my duty and have betrayed His Majesty's holy grace. I am guilty of a crime worthy of death. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Huizong snorted and ignored them. He angrily walked back to the dragon chair and sat down. He stopped talking and did not let them get up. He just let them continue to kneel.

The Zichen Palace became quiet again, but the atmosphere was far more solemn than before, making people almost breathless.

Seeing that it was okay for everyone to kneel like this, Hua Ju thought for a moment, bowed and said to Huizong: "Your Majesty, your body has not recovered yet. It is not appropriate to get angry at this time, otherwise it will affect your recovery."

"Yes, Your Majesty, your dragon body is important, but don't get angry." Seeing Hua Ju speak, Wu Chenghai quickly advised him.

Prince Zhao Huan raised his head, looked at Huizong and said: "Father, I know that I have made a mistake. You can punish me in any way you want, but don't get angry."

"Father, my son failed in your teachings and let you down." Prince Jia Zhao Kai cried and said.

Later, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Liang Shicheng, Wang Fu and others also confessed their mistakes and apologized to Huizong, and asked him to take care of his dragon body.

Huizong was originally very angry, but seeing that Zhao Huan, Yue Kai and other ministers had a better attitude in admitting their mistakes, and Hua Ju was interceding, the anger in his heart dissipated and he said: "That's all, I'll just see it today."

Wenshan begged for your mercy and spared you. If you are still like today, I will not take mercy on you, and you will all be reduced to the people and never hired."

The ministers said: "I have taken note of this, and I will definitely not make the same mistake today again in the future."

When Hua Ju saw how neatly they answered, he was very surprised. How did they know what each other would say, and how could they say it at the same time, even the punctuation marks were correct.

"Everyone, get up." Huizong said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

All the courtiers stood up and returned to their respective seats.

Huizong looked at Huazhu and said, "Wenshan."

Hua Ju stood up and bowed in response: "I am here, what orders does your Majesty have?"

Huizong said: "Interrogate Bai Kuan, Qi San, and leave the matter of Xu Yanxiang to you. You must find out the illegal things that Li Bangyan has done, and let the people of the world answer for it."

"I obey the decree." Hua Ju responded.

Seeing that Huizong finally handed the case into Hua Ju's hands, Cai Jing suddenly felt bad.

Because most of the illegal activities Li Bangyan did were done under his orders, he was the real mastermind behind the scenes.

Although Li Bangyan is dead now, no one knows whether he told the people around him about these things, especially his favorite Xu Yanxiang. If he told it or left any evidence, once it was revealed to Hua

If you know it, the consequences will be disastrous.

"We must not let Hua Ju ask a single word from those people's mouths." The old thief thought of a vicious plan.

"Do you have anything else to do, sir?" Huizong asked. His body had not yet recovered. He got up early this morning. He was a little tired now and wanted to go back and rest.

"I'll wait until there's nothing else to do."

"In that case, let's disperse the court."

Huizong stood up and was about to leave. The ministers immediately bowed and said, "I send you off to your majesty."

Huizong left accompanied by Wu Chenghai. Then Cai Jing glanced at Hua Ju, flicked his robe sleeves, snorted, and took the lead to leave the Zichen Hall, followed by Gao Qiu.

Hua Ju sneered, and then left the Zichen Palace. He walked a few steps past Cai Jing and got in front of him. He glanced back at him coldly, then quickened his pace and walked away.

Cai Jing's face turned livid with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Younger Hua Ju is bullying someone too much."
Chapter completed!