A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 478: The lingering Liao

At the beginning, when Zhao Yupan married Lu Cheng, she was not yet 15 years old. Although the children of the royal family matured more precociously than those of ordinary families, she was still just a young girl who had never experienced the world and had never left the palace walls.

Since coming to Lujiazhuang, Lu Cheng has given his ostensibly legitimate wife great freedom and pampering, allowing her to do things she wanted to do but didn't dare to do before, such as seeing the outside world, reading, learning to read, and practicing martial arts.

This also made Zhao Yupan feel comfortable and at ease.

Under Lu Cheng's deliberate guidance, the women of the Lu family basically did not show any jealousy or intrigue. They got along well with each other, and the atmosphere of the whole family was excellent.

Although there are more women, they will automatically form small circles, but there is no hostility between different circles. On the contrary, sometimes they have to form temporary alliances to get to know each other better.

In this environment, even though Zhao Yupan had the bonus of being a princess, she was more of a younger sister among the women.

After more than three years of training and guidance, Zhao Yupan's sense of belonging to the Lu family has long surpassed that of the cold imperial palace, and his dependence on his own master has also surpassed that of his father.

Lu Cheng is still confident on this point.

Hundreds of years of life experience have enabled Lu Cheng to never make mistakes in judging people.

If Zhao Yupan really had any other ulterior motives, he would definitely not be able to hide them from the shrewd Mr. Lu.

Of course, if Zhao Yupan really had such a great ability and could deceive Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu might really consider whether to support Zhao Yupan to be a "female emperor". In that case, Mr. Lu could still be the man of the female emperor, live in seclusion behind the scenes, and enjoy himself.

However, having said that, in the long history of China for thousands of years, there has only been one female emperor, Wu Zetian. It is still quite difficult for a woman to truly hold power and sit on the throne of the emperor.

Moreover, Lu Cheng had worked hard for eight or nine years to support and cultivate so many forces, so naturally he would not change anything because of Zhao Yupan. At most, he would save the cheap father-in-law's life in the future for the sake of his wife and children.

Once you embark on the path of rebellion, there is basically no turning back. Even if you are eventually recruited, it is difficult to have a good ending.

If someone openly rebelled and was eventually able to have a good ending through amnesty, what a bad impression would that leave on future generations? It would completely open up another path to becoming an official, which would attract countless imitators.

Therefore, when Lu Cheng embarked on the path of rebellion, the outcome was already determined.

Or it can be said that when Lu Cheng came to this world, it sounded the death knell for the Song Dynasty.

Just when Lu Cheng settled Zhao Yupan at home and was preparing to go north, his subordinates came to report that a group of people came from Liangshan and headed straight for Lujiazhuang. Leading them was Song Jiang, and the group also carried more than a dozen carts of gifts.

Hearing this, Lu Cheng knew the reason why Song Jiang came to him without having to meet him. He simply wanted to ask the prince consort to help introduce him so that Liangshan would have a chance to recruit him.

Lu Cheng did not go to meet Song Jiang and others. He just asked Lai Fu to bring guards to stop Song Jiang and his party outside Lujiazhuang, and passed on a few words, directly pointing out that he could do nothing about Song Jiang's affairs.

Song Jiang felt regretful when he heard this, but he still responded with a smile on his face: "I'm sorry to trouble Guard Lai. When Song Jiang was a bailiff in Yuncheng County in his early years, he was also fortunate to visit the Prince Consort, but it was a pity that he was not able to work under the Prince Consort at that time. Since the Prince Consort did not want to see us, Song Jiang would not make it difficult.

Please convey Song Jiang's good intentions. All of our brothers in Liangshanpo have come to this point today out of helplessness. We were all forced to go to Liangshan. But everyone has a heart of loyalty to the emperor and the country, and what they do is also to enforce justice. Song Jiang has always been loyal to the court and the government, and this heart is known to the sun and the moon.

If Liangshan can redress the injustice and surrender, they will certainly be loyal to the court and fulfill their duties."

Lai Fu shook his head: "I'm afraid our Prince Consort cannot convey Chief Song's loyalty to us."

Song Jiang was not angry when he heard this, and still smiled at him. However, the Black Whirlwind Li Kui beside him could not stand it anymore and stood up immediately: "Brother, we have been happy in Liangshan, when have we ever been treated like this? In my opinion, we should rush into the village..."

Before Li Kui could finish his words, Song Jiang kicked him and said, "Tie Niu, stop talking nonsense. The prince consort is the son-in-law of an official, and the princess is his daughter. If you disturb the peace of the prince consort and the princess, I will kill you, you black bastard."

After scolding Li Kui, Song Jiang quickly put on a smiling face and said, "Come to protect me. Please forgive me for my poor discipline."

Lai Fu snorted coldly: "Captain Song, if you really want to attack Lujiazhuang, just come on. I'm afraid no matter how many of you come, it won't be enough!"

"Song Jiang definitely doesn't have this intention..."

The conversation ended unpleasantly. Song Jiang did not get what he wanted, but instead felt resentful towards Li Kui because Li Kui had offended the imperial consort. However, considering Li Kui's loyalty to him, Song Jiang could only accept it in his heart.

After Song Jiang left, Lu Cheng did not pay much attention to the situation in Liangshan.

When Song Jiang came to offer amnesty, Liangshan was about to come to an end.

The Liangshan Rebellion caused so much trouble that even if they were really recruited and made great contributions to the court, they were ultimately doomed to tragedy.

In the original novel, the four treacherous ministers of the court poisoned Lu Junyi with mercury, and poisoned Song Jiang in the name of giving wine. How could there not be the tacit approval of Song Huizong behind all this?

Perhaps, all this was arranged by Emperor Huizong of Song.

Of course, Song Jiang, who was blinded by his official position, could not recognize these things, and was doomed to die.

Not finding any opportunity with Lu Cheng, Song Jiang and others turned to the capital, hoping to find an opportunity to bribe court officials with a large sum of money and report that Liangshan wanted to recruit amnesty.

At this time, the imperial court was preparing to dispatch troops to attack Liangshan again.

In the north, the Liao Kingdom was already in a precarious situation under the double attack from the Jin Army and the Yangwei Army.

At this time, the Liao Kingdom also began to ask for help from the Song Dynasty and Western Xia, but Western Xia was facing the relentless pressure from the Western Army of the Song Dynasty and was in a difficult situation.

As for the Song Dynasty, although it had not yet decided whether to attack the Liao Kingdom, it had made up its mind to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the two tigers.

At this time, the Yangwei Army suspended its attack on the Liao Kingdom and sent envoys to negotiate with the Liao Kingdom to discuss jointly fighting against the Jin Kingdom.

When the Liao Kingdom learned of the situation, it did not care too much and hurriedly discussed cooperation matters with the Yangwei Army.

After all, no matter how bad the current situation is, it is much better than facing two powerful enemies at the same time...