Looking at the ragged civilians and the low thatched huts along the way, Zhao Huan felt a pang of dismay. These people didn't ask for much. As long as they had enough food and clothing, they would be grateful. But the rulers couldn't even meet these basic survival needs. He secretly vowed in his heart: one day, every citizen of the Song Dynasty will have enough clothes to wear and enough food to eat.
Hebule occupied Xixia and incorporated the entire region into his own territory. His power grew rapidly, but he also knew that the Song Dynasty was stronger than him, so both the Song and Mongolian sides tried to avoid friction.
Zhao Huan sent envoys to Mongolia to retrieve the coffin of Li Ganshun of Western Xia.
The Mongols cremated Li Ganshun's body and sent his ashes to the Song Dynasty with the highest etiquette.
This was a silent contest between the two sides. The Mongols did not want to provoke the Song Dynasty, but in order to appease the people of Western Xia, they deliberately sent Li Ganshun's ashes to the Song Dynasty with great etiquette, which was also a way of giving the Song Dynasty face.
Zhao Huan built a mausoleum for Li Ganshun outside the city of Bianjing, and held a grand ceremony. He brought all the civil and military officials and Li Sisi to pay their respects. Li Sisi and her maids wept bitterly.
Zhao Huan thought he would just bow once, twice, and three times and be done with it. He hadn't expected the Ministry of Rites to give him endless etiquette, and it took him a long time to finally get through the whole process.
The dozen or so maids around Li Sisi walked to Zhao Huan, knelt down and kowtowed, saying that they were grateful to the prince consort for burying the emperor's body for them. From then on, these maids of Li Sisi became Zhao Huan's loyal followers.
Of course, these are all later stories. When our dog emperor left the capital, he passed through a place called Jeju and something happened.
In Jeju, Zhao Huan caught a cold, and this serious illness almost took his life.
The high fever and persistent cough left the imperial physician helpless. Despite Hua Tuo's prescription after prescription, Zhao Huan showed no improvement and his condition worsened.
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