[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-transmigrated-to-the-northern-song-with-them":3,"chapter-i-transmigrated-to-the-northern-song-with-them-i-transmigrated-to-the-northern-song-with-them-chapter-298":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I Transmigrated to the Northern Song with Them",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2319188,4535,"Chapter 298","i-transmigrated-to-the-northern-song-with-them-chapter-298",298,"\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the two dowager consorts left behind by Yelu Jun and the three newly arrived Khitan young women were escorted by palace attendants to another room to rest, their faces filled with satisfaction, Zhao Yu asked Xiao Puxian Nv  in his arms: “Their identities are not ordinary—did you bring them here without trouble?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after indulging himself did Zhao Yu realize that the beautiful woman with little experience and the beautiful woman still a virgin at over thirty were both dowager consorts of Liao, minor consorts of Yelu Yanxi; the three Khitan girls were all daughters of important Liao ministers or generals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three Khitan girls were one thing—presumably, as Liao neared its collapse, their respective families were eager to tie themselves to Zhao Yu for a lifeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those two dowager consorts—truthfully—had somewhat sensitive status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Puxian Nv  replied with confidence: “First, with the state fallen and chaos reigning, they have no home to return to; Your Majesty taking them in is an act of great benevolence, beyond reproach. Second, since Your Majesty has already prepared to depose the Liao monarch and install his son as emperor of Liao, wielding the Liao Son of Heaven to command the Liao lords, you must combine grace and might to make the Liao people obey. They are merely insignificant women—if any Liao subject dares accuse Your Majesty of harboring them, how could such a man be allowed to live?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu understood: Xiao Puxian Nv ’s words carried the spirit of “pointing at a deer and calling it a horse.” She clearly intended to use this tactic to test which Liao courtiers submitted to Zhao Yu and which opposed him, thereby consolidating Zhao Yu’s power in Liao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could imagine that those Liao who endorsed Zhao Yu’s exploitation of these high-status Liao women would be seen by Xiao Puxian Nv  as her allies, courted and promoted;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while those who voiced complaints about Zhao Yu taking these controversial Liao women would be branded as opponents, then eliminated at the first opportunity to purge dissent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This act was, in essence, a power probe and political purge through the distortion of truth, ultimately aiming to monopolize court authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xiao Puxian Nv ’s well-considered, logically rigorous analysis, Zhao Yu could not help but secretly admire her cunning, skill, and decisiveness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu gently stroked Xiao Puxian Nv ’s smooth hair, thinking, ‘I’ve chosen the right woman—she can help me drain the blood of both Liao and Jin, even exhaust the blood of the Mongol tribes, so I may one day become the master of the steppes and unify the two plains…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Zhao Yu did not know was that Xiao Puxian Nv  saw clearly: Yelu Aoluowan was Xiao Seshe’s son, not hers; she was not even Yelu Yanxi’s consort. Her position as Empress Dowager of Liao was neither reasonable nor legal—she could only hold it through Zhao Yu’s firm support. Without Zhao Yu’s backing, she would be overthrown by the Liao people in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing left to say: Xiao Puxian Nv  must stand firmly on Zhao Yu’s side, on the side of the Zhao Song dynasty, if she wished to realize her political ambitions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Xiao Puxian Nv  knew well that Zhao Yu had not entrusted Liao entirely to Xiao Seshe precisely because Xiao Seshe still cared for Liao; Zhao Yu chose her to co-rule Liao with Xiao Seshe because over the years she had unswervingly aided Zhao Yu in scheming against Liao and extracting profit from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crucially, Xiao Puxian Nv  understood clearly that she differed from Xiao Seshe: Xiao Seshe had once been Yelu Yanxi’s Wen Consort and bore him a son, Yelu Aoluowan, who carried the bloodline of the Liao emperor and could inherit the throne; but the three sons she bore Zhao Yu carried the bloodline of the Zhao Song emperors—they could never inherit the Liao throne. Even if they inherited, it would be the Zhao Song throne alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, though Xiao Puxian Nv  was Khitan, since the day she married Zhao Yu, she had effectively severed ties with Liao and become Zhao Yu’s, more accurately, Zhao Song’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Xiao Puxian Nv  knew exactly which side her loyalty lay on, and she had demonstrated through action that she would help Zhao Yu and the Zhao Song dynasty extract as much benefit from Liao as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Presenting these Liao women to Zhao Yu was proof of Xiao Puxian Nv ’s loyalty and a masterstroke in her political strategy. She knew well that though their identities were sensitive, in this chaotic age they could become a double-edged sword: one edge could intimidate disloyal Liao subjects, the other could bind more Liao seeking survival and power to Zhao Yu’s war chariot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thorough communication, Zhao Yu and Xiao Puxian Nv  engaged in another bout of passion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than a month later, both Xiao Puxian Nv  and Xiao Seshe sent word of good tidings—they were both pregnant again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, news arrived from Yundi—Yuwen Xuzhong and his men had captured Yelu Yanxi…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let us rewind six months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yelu Yudu suddenly betrayed Liao and defected to Jin, catching Wanyan Aguda off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he recovered, Wanyan Aguda could not help but rejoice wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Yelu Yudu was one of the very few Liao generals capable of facing off directly against Jin’s fiercest warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was not the most important point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most crucial was that Yelu Yudu’s background was sufficient to shake the very foundations of Liao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many did not know that Yelu Yudu was not merely Xiao Seshe’s brother-in-law—he was also the maternal grandson of Emperor Xingzong of Liao, Yelu Zongzhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this status, Yelu Yudu had long been Yelu Yanxi’s trusted confidant, commanding Liao’s armies for years. His position in Liao was roughly equivalent to Gao Qiu in history, yet one who personally led troops—he knew Liao’s military deployments, defensive weaknesses, and even imperial court rivalries inside and out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yelu Yudu’s defection was, for Jin, like acquiring a “golden key” to tear open Liao’s defenses. He could directly provide maps of Liao’s core defensive zones, including troop deployments and grain reserves in Zhongjing, and even in Yanping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yelu Yudu also understood the personalities and combat habits of Liao’s generals intimately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This allowed Jin forces to bypass Liao’s elite lines and strike precisely at their weakest points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, though Jin had won successive victories, its advances into Liao’s heartland still required cautious probing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with Yelu Yudu’s guidance, Jin’s southern advance would become like walking through an empty land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, as a close relative and high minister of the Liao imperial house, Yelu Yudu’s defection itself dealt a heavy blow to Liao’s legitimacy. Once he publicly denounced Yelu Yanxi’s “debauchery and slaughter of loyal ministers” and called upon Liao’s tribes and generals to “abandon darkness and embrace enlightenment,” it would directly shatter Liao’s morale, causing many hesitant officials and generals to follow Yelu Yudu’s example and defect to Jin, accelerating the collapse of Liao’s ruling system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Liao, Yelu Yudu’s defection was the beginning of a fatal “avalanche.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yelu Yanxi, already deeply suspicious due to years of defeat, became even more distrustful of his own clan and generals after Yelu Yudu’s betrayal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more foolishly, Yelu Yanxi soon ordered the execution of several ministers who had once been close to Yelu Yudu—further driving more people into Jin’s camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Liao’s frontier troops, thrown into chaos by their commander’s defection, either collapsed outright or, under Yelu Yudu’s persuasion, switched sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, Yelu Yudu’s defection not only shattered the military balance between Jin and Liao but also internally dismantled Liao’s ruling foundations, becoming the turning point of the Jin-Liao war—before this, Liao, though weak, still had a chance to survive; after this, Liao’s fall seemed to have entered its final countdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Aguda was no fool—he immediately grasped the value of Yelu Yudu’s defection and seized this once-in-a-millennium opportunity with precision and ruthlessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yelu Yudu came to defect to Jin, Wanyan Aguda was in Xianzhou—he held Xianzhou in high regard. Xianzhou was a military stronghold, south facing the Qingshui River and north backed by Huanglong Ridge, famed for the saying, “North rests on Huanglong, south embraces Qinglong.” Wanyan Wuqimai had already constructed several palaces and temples within the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning of Yelu Yudu’s defection, Wanyan Aguda’s first thought was regret—he regretted having sent Yelu Yudu’s family to Zhao Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>",1406,"2026-06-20T15:06:50.687Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","24a1270a25f7c3e4db5e632e83fe23df2b9b551dc5f2461456769eec948ae0c9","i-transmigrated-to-the-northern-song-with-them-chapter-299","i-transmigrated-to-the-northern-song-with-them-chapter-297",348,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-transmigrated-to-the-northern-song-with-them-cover.jpg"]