In the second year of Baoqing of the Song Dynasty, when spring was about to pass, a major event happened in the court. The Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, Shi Miyuan, wrote to His Majesty the Emperor, requesting His Majesty to retire and return to his hometown on the grounds of illness. The Emperor tried his best to persuade the Prime Minister to stay many times, but the Prime Minister Your Excellency has decided to leave, and His Majesty the Emperor had no choice but to agree to Shi Miyuan's resignation. A generation of powerful ministers sadly left Lin'an Imperial City and returned to Dongqian Lake in Mingzhou to retire. This is just a superficial phenomenon. In fact, it is just a countermeasure discussed by Shi Miyuan and the Empress Dowager. Shi Miyuan's departure can calm the public opinion in the Song Dynasty. The Prime Minister transferred power to the Empress Dowager. After a year or two, the storm After calming down, he can come back and continue to control the political power of Song Dynasty. In order to express his respect for the Prime Minister, His Majesty the Emperor personally led the civil and military officials to send the Prime Minister out of Lin'an City. Looking at Shi Miyuan's leaving figure, Yang Kang crossed out the name in his heart. Since you have left this imperial palace, City, then you can never come back. With Shi Miyuan's departure, the power of the Song Dynasty was concentrated in the hands of a woman named Yang Guizhi. The fifty-nine-year-old empress dowager was famous for her beauty when she was young. In the palace, she was known as the lowly Lady of Pingle County. She started out, and was later named Jieyu, Wanyi, and imperial concubine, and finally became the queen of Muyi in the world. At that time, the queen of Emperor Zhao Kuo of the Song Dynasty was from the Han family. After Queen Han died of illness, Yang Guizhi and a beauty Cao were both favored by Zhao Kuo. Prime Minister Xie Shenfu supported Yang Guizhi, Han Zhouzhou supported Cao Meiren. Cao Meiren had a gentle personality, and Yang Guizhi dabbled in history books. , has an alert personality and knows how to use power. He successfully took charge of the harem under Xie Shenfu's recommendation. This is the reason why Yang Guizhi takes great care of the Xie family. Because of this, Yang Guizhi did not object when Yang Kang proposed that Xie Yili be appointed as the Councilor for Political Affairs. The Council for Political Affairs is equivalent to the Deputy Prime Minister. There are also the Prime Minister of the Left and the Prime Minister of the Right. It is an official position that handles miscellaneous affairs for the two prime ministers. However, once the two prime ministers If there is a vacancy in the position of prime minister, he can be replaced by the minister of political affairs and successfully become a regular official. Xie Yili's promotion was just a microcosm of the turmoil in the entire Song Dynasty. The Empress Dowager placed many of her cronies in this transfer of power, and all the children of the Yang family received awards. This undercurrent spread throughout the Song Dynasty officialdom, and the emperor His Majesty watched with cold eyes and wrote down these names in his heart. In order to quell the criticism from the government and the public, the Empress Dowager summoned back the warring factions of the Song Dynasty who had been demoted to various places. These ministers refused to repent. As soon as they came back, they wrote a letter asking the Emperor to take charge of the government, hoping to force the Empress Dowager to remove the curtain and stop interfering in the government affairs. The Empress Dowager Yang Guizhi asked the Emperor in front of the ministers if he wanted to take charge of the government. The Emperor stretched, yawned and let out a sigh. "I was so tired last night!" Yang Kang left the throne in a grand manner, leaving behind the ministers who looked at each other and the empress dowager who was satisfied. His Majesty the Emperor's rape of civilian girls has long been known to the public, and he is already lustful and lazy. It is not enough to describe this emperor. These ministers have no choice but to sigh. It is really unfortunate for the Song Dynasty to have such an emperor. His Majesty the Emperor returned to the harem, chatted and joked with his only concubine Mu Nianci for a few words, then put on his casual clothes and quietly left the palace. Given his current martial arts skills, no master in the palace could notice the presence of his departure. Mu Nianci protected him in the palace so that he could work outside. In a deep courtyard in Lin'an Prefecture, Lou Shidao, who had returned from the Kingdom of Jin, was waiting for the arrival of His Majesty the Emperor. Lou Shidao's identity was even more troublesome than Mu Nianci. This Mingjiao Guangming Zuo envoy had been on a mission to Mongolia. , also served as prime minister in the Jin Kingdom. Unless he wore a mask all day like Yang Kang, it would be difficult to appear in the Song Dynasty's court, and he could only hide behind the scenes and plan. There is also Murong Yan, a master of Xixia Yipintang, in this house. As long as Yang Kang's identity is not exposed and he is still the emperor of Song Dynasty, he has no intention of letting this woman leave. If the puppet emperor of Xixia, Li Chengzhen, knows his identity, It would be too tragic to threaten His Majesty the Emperor to send Song soldiers into Xixia Kingdom to fight the Mongols. There is also the Iron Palm Lotus Qiu Qianchi who was captured from the Jueqing Valley. One of her two brothers died in the heavenly prison of the Song Dynasty, and the other died under Yang Kang's sword. The Iron Palm Gang and the Jueqing Valley have all disappeared. , she could be said to be alone. Qiu Qianchi didn't know the death of her two brothers yet, but she knew that it was the Song army that destroyed the Iron Palm Gang and Jueqing Valley. She hated the Emperor of Song so deeply that it was difficult to control it. The other one was Lu Zhanyuan, a young martial artist who had just surrendered. His Majesty the Emperor mobilized the official power of the Jiaxing Prefecture to find Lujiazhuang. Lu Zhanyuan was well-known in the Jiaxing martial arts world. It was rumored in the world that there were two Lujiazhuangs in the south of the Yangtze River, and one was the Lujiazhuang in Taihu Lake. , one is Lujiazhuang located in Jiaxing. Lujiazhuang on Taihu Lake was founded by Lu Chengfeng, a disciple of Dongxie Huang Yaoshi. Lu Zhanyuan is as famous as the lame Lu Chengfeng, and his martial arts is close to the level of a first-class master. Lu Zhanyuan is good at family swordsmanship. After leaving the Lu family?Walking around in the world, I didn't expect that I would get into so much trouble because of a righteous act in Lin'an Imperial City. It took him two days to find out that the dandy who raped the common people's daughters was the current emperor. When he rushed back to Lujiazhuang, he saw the officials arresting people everywhere, and then he realized that there is a price to pay for being a chivalrous and righteous man. The foolish king actually wanted to use the lives of the entire Lujiazhuang people to force him to surrender. Seeing the pitiful appearance of his younger brother Lu Liding and the people in the village, Lu Zhanyuan stood up resolutely. His Majesty the Emperor was observing this young knight in the dark. After not seeing him for several days, Lu Zhanyuan became a lot haggard and no longer as energetic as before. This made Yang Kang very satisfied. His Majesty the Emperor believed in a rule for those who had offended him. The principle is to not let anyone go. Of course, this is just an excuse. He just hates Lu Zhanyuan from the bottom of his heart. In this world, it is enough for him, Yang Shaoxia. All Lu Shaoxia and Guo Shaoxia should go to hell. This is his Yang Shaoxia's world, and this is his Yang Kang's world. , others can only be supporting roles, no exceptions. "Your Majesty, this person is just an ordinary master in the martial arts world. I don't know what the use is of catching him?" Lou Shidao asked doubtfully. "Destiny is sometimes elusive." His Majesty the Emperor said with a mysterious aura. Yes, who would have thought that this young hero Lu would meet Li Mochou from the Ancient Tomb Sect a few years later, thus changing the life of Fairy Chi Lian. This unexpected encounter would lead to Li Mochou's bloodbath in Lujiazhuang more than ten years later, completely destroying the village. It changed the fate of two children named Cheng Ying and Lu Wushuang. But now that Yang Shaoxia has intervened, the wheel of fate will change in another direction. It may be better, but of course it may be worse. No one can predict the result. This is the most interesting part of life, it will always be in your mind. It will surprise you when you least expect it. (To be continued.)