Prime Minister Xiao Lei: "Your Majesty, the Southern King Yelü Xian is preparing to resign and return home."
"The Northern King is dead, and we need to find someone to fill his place."
Otherwise, the imperial decrees would not be effectively implemented.
There are many things that no one is doing.
Empress Dowager Xiao was in no mood to care about such trivial matters.
She's practically all alone now.
If things go wrong, the Khitan might be destroyed this time.
Xiao Lei waved to the other civil and military officials, signaling them to leave quickly.
"Your Majesty, I have a plan that may be able to avert the danger to our Liao Kingdom."
Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Xiao sat up straight and beckoned to Xiao Lei, saying, "Come here, let me tell you slowly."
Xiao Lei strode towards Empress Dowager Xiao: "Empress Dowager, rumors are circulating that Jiang Tian is nothing but a lecherous man with no ambition..."
"Bullshit! How can someone without ambition destroy Japan? I think Jiang Tian has the ambition to conquer the world."
"This... Empress Dowager, it is certain that Jiang Tian is a lecherous man."
"What exactly are you trying to say?"
"Your Majesty has a princess. I have met this princess. She is very beautiful and only 14 years old. If Your Majesty could present this princess to Jiang Tian, perhaps our two families could be united in marriage forever."
Then we won't have to live in constant fear.
Before Xiao Lei could finish speaking, he received a solid slap across the face from Empress Dowager Xiao: "I'm truly ashamed for you dogs."
You are all useless people.
Instead of standing up and fighting Jiang Tian, you push us women to the front.
Yesterday, I braved the biting cold wind and drove for more than an hour.
Where were you at that time?
"When Jiang Tian's men were wreaking havoc in this palace hall yesterday, what could you do besides tremble in fear?"
"You pushed me to the front, and now you want to push my daughter to the front as well."
What use are you people to me?
You all call yourselves seven-foot-tall men, is this how you act?
Xiao Lei was scolded mercilessly, yet he showed no shame: "Your Majesty, please calm down. The Great Xia Dynasty was once extremely weak. In order to make peace with the Xiongnu, didn't they send princesses to the Xiongnu every year?"
"Once they've grown strong and powerful, won't they just burn down the entire Xiongnu royal court and their sacred sacrificial site?"
"Your Majesty, I have told you long ago that patience brings peace and tranquility, and taking a step back opens up a vast expanse of possibilities."
"The enemy has ten thousand men, each one as fierce as a wolf or tiger."
Even if all the troops in our city were gathered together, we would still be no match for these 10,000 men.
If they stormed into the palace and executed the Empress Dowager and her entire family by slow slicing.
By then, it won't just be the Empress Dowager who dies, but also your beautiful daughter.
When disaster strikes, even if the Empress Dowager regrets it, it will be too late.
Empress Dowager Xiao stood there, stunned, unsure of what to do.
"Your Majesty, honest advice is hard to swallow. I think Jiang Tian has no shortage of women around him. Perhaps if Your Majesty sent the princess over, he wouldn't even want her."
Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Xiao slapped Xiao Lei again: "Get out! Leave this place right now. I don't want to see you even once."
Empress Dowager Xiao knew that she had little left to hold onto.
The middle-aged woman quickly stood up and headed straight for the inner palace.
...
Jiang Tian slept until the afternoon.
He didn't manage to sleep for two or three days straight as he had hoped.
When Jiang Tian woke up, he found Yelü Hongyan lying on the bed, her chin resting on her arms, staring at him intently.
"What are you looking at, you idiot?"
"Of course it depends on you."
"What's so interesting about me?"
"I just think it's beautiful, I can't get enough of looking at it." Yelü Hongyan blinked her expressive eyes.
"Go make me dinner. What are you doing here? Hurry up and go."
The young girl shook her head: "The food I cook is not good at all. Ever since I quietly left you, I have been thinking about two things day and night."
"One thing I'm thinking about is you, and another thing is that I'm thinking about your food and drink."
"How's the scar on your back?" Jiang Tian didn't wait for the girl to speak before he pinned her down and ripped off her clothes with a whoosh.
The scars on the little girl's back have already scabbed over.
"Apply this to your back three times a day."
That way, there won't be any scars on my back.
Are you so concerned about whether I have scars on my back?
"Dream on, I don't care about you at all." Jiang Tian unscrewed the cap.
I squeezed some into my palm.
After spreading the scar removal cream evenly in his palm, he rubbed it back and forth on the little girl's back.
"I'll only apply it for you once. After that, I'll have your maid apply it for you."
The little girl nodded excitedly.
After applying the ointment, Jiang Tian stood up.
"Sir, may I call you husband?" the young girl asked softly.
"Pah, you..." Jiang Tian cursed, "Alright, go ahead and yell if you want. Get up, I have something to ask you."
The little girl quickly put on her clothes and stood up.
"How many people do you Khitans have now?"
"It's probably more than 5 million, but I don't know the exact number. I heard my father mention it once, but that was a few years ago."
A few years ago it was over 5 million.
I estimate that at most, it's only 6 million now.
One-tenth of the workforce consists of young and middle-aged adults.
If you remove half of it, it's a woman.
This means that even at its peak, the Khitan could only muster 300,000 troops.
As for the other troops, they were just a bunch of rabble to make up the numbers.
"My lord, I have a request to make of you."
"Speak." Jiang Tian walked to the table, opened the system shop, and redeemed some delicious food, placing it on the table.
Yelü Hongyan swallowed hard when he saw the dazzling array of food: "We Khitans are not as evil as you imagine. Some of us attacked the Great Xia Dynasty out of necessity."
"Bullshit! Just because you're forced to do something doesn't mean you can kill anyone. I'll wipe you all out and then tell you I was forced to do it?"
Yelü Hongyan was speechless.
"Come and eat first, serve me, and pour me wine."
Jiang Tian sat down.
Yelü Hongyan hurried over with small, quick steps.
"My lord, what I'm about to say is just wishful thinking on my part. If you spare these Khitans, they will surely be loyal to you and guard the northern border."
I hope that you, sir, will treat the Khitans as you would the Japanese.
Jiang Tian knew that the Khitan people in history were destroyed by the Jin dynasty.
At its peak, the Khitan population plummeted from over 8 million to just tens of thousands.
They became a truly minority in China.
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