The weather was getting colder, and Qingzhi and Miaoyuan's belly became bigger and bigger day by day. As she was about to give birth, Li Zhang also took a lot of time to accompany them during this period. However, although Zhao Zhen had no choice but to accept the matter between Li Zhang and Miaoyuan, his face was still getting old when he mentioned Miaoyuan's pregnancy. Yesterday, when asked about Miaoyuan's body, he also rolled his eyes to Li Zhang a few times. Li Zhang could only shamelessly treat it as if he didn't see it.

In fact, Zhao Zhen’s own family affairs were also in a mess, mainly because he was not in harmony with Empress Cao, which led to unrest in the harem. Even Zhao Zhen has not even settled a marriage with Empress Cao, and I don’t know what he thought. The pregnant concubines in the palace also gave birth to a son and a daughter for Zhao Zhen again. All the officials in the court breathed a sigh of relief. There are now two princes, at least they don’t have to worry that no one will inherit the Song Dynasty in the future.

However, Li Zhang was still a little worried about Zhao Zhen's descendants. In history, Zhao Zhen did not have a son, but he could not raise his sons. In the end, he could only afford Zhao Zongshi, who later became Emperor Yingzong of Song, and Emperor Yingzong's son was the famous Emperor Shenzong of Song.

In order to prevent Zhao Zhen's son from having one child and one death like in the original history, Li Zhang is also increasing his investment in medical school. Now the medical school is on the right track, not only training doctors, but also responsible for studying some medical problems, among which the surgery has begun to be practical.

For example, some time ago, Li Zhang used surgery to help a patient get rid of the inflamed cecum, and the patient recovered well after the operation. After this incident was spread, the entire capital was also sensational. After all, it is so legendary that it can cure the disease and save people through the belly.

That morning, Li Zhang still went to the medical school for a walk as usual. After finding nothing happened, he went home directly. Now Qingzhi is pregnant, and An Ran is mainly accompanied by Yan Niang. However, Li Zhang has a lot of spare time now, so he usually takes An Ran personally and sometimes takes An Ran to Miaoyuan to play. Anyway, his family also agreed to his affairs with Miaoyuan.

"Dad, why don't the white clouds fall down in the air?" An Ran was at the age of being the most curious about the outside world. At this time, he squatted in the garden and looked up at the white clouds in the air and asked Li Zhang who was lying on the grass.

"Because the white clouds are actually made up of very small water droplets, very light and can float in the sky." Li Zhang replied casually.

"Then why are the white clouds white, but the blue sky blue?" Xiao Anran also lay on the grass by following Li Zhang's appearance, and then asked two more questions.

"This..." Li Zhang couldn't answer this when he heard this. In fact, he knew these two questions, which were nothing more than the effects of air and other particles on sunlight, thus presenting different colors. But he could not explain such "deep" physics to a child, right?

"Daughter, do you think the white clouds and blue sky in the sky are beautiful?" Li Zhang suddenly hugged his daughter and asked, asking.

"Of course it's beautiful. I like white and blue the most!" Xiao Anran replied while grabbing Li Zhang's beard.

"That's right. It's because my daughter likes it that Baiyun and Lantian have such color!" Li Zhang immediately grabbed his daughter's little hand and said, "This little guy is not doing anything light or heavy. The beard he had finally grown up cannot be ruined like this."

"Really?" An Ran tilted her little head and thought for a while, then asked again, "But why did the clouds turn darker again when it rained, the sky turned darker, and even the sun couldn't even be seen?"

Li Zhang's face turned dark when he heard this. He had just fooled two questions, but the girl asked three more questions. It was estimated that the more he would be, he would feel that he could not resist it even if he knew more.

Fortunately, at this moment, there was a burst of rapid footsteps, and then a maid came to report that someone had come from the palace and brought news from the Liao Kingdom. Zhao Zhen also rushed to summon him into the palace.

When he heard that there was news from the Liao Kingdom, Li Zhang jumped up and immediately held his daughter to find Yan Niang. Then he quickly left the house. The carriage was ready outside. When he came to the palace, he found that not only Zhao Zhen was there, but also Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng and other important officials were there, and even Zhao Zhen, who had just gone to martial arts before, was there.

"Cousin, Xiao Nojin is defeated. Xiao Xiao first betrayed Xiancheng. Yelu Zongzhen has already entered Zhongjing. Liao Kingdom has completely fallen into the hands of Yelu Zongzhen!" Seeing Li Zhang coming in, Zhao Zhen immediately shouted loudly.

Li Zhang was not surprised to hear this news. As early as when Xiao Nojin and Yelu Zongzhen started fighting, he had already predicted that Xiao Nojin might be defeated, but he didn't expect that Xiao Xiaoxian would betray Xiao Nojin.

"However, after betraying Xiao Nojin, Xiao Xiao did not end up with a good end, but was quickly beheaded in the market. Instead, Xiao Nojin was not humiliated, but was just placed under house arrest in the palace." Zhao Zhen introduced again at this time.

"Everything was not unexpected, but Yelu Zongzhen was in power, and Liu Ping had to speed up the preparations. It is very likely that Yelu Zongzhen would lead his army south and wanted to take back when we had just captured Yan Yun and the foundation was unstable." Li Zhang also said immediately after hearing this.

"Liu Ping has received the news a long time ago, and he must have been preparing. In addition, does Dingbei Hou know how the news was transmitted back this time?" At this moment, Lu Yijian suddenly came forward and said.

"How did it be passed back?" Li Zhang couldn't help but ask with a strange expression when he heard Lu Yijian's words.

"After Yelu Zongzhen took down Zhongjing City, he immediately blocked the news. The spies we sent to Liao Kingdom did not receive the news. However, just a while ago, someone suddenly fled from Liao Kingdom to Gubeikou. It was this person who brought the news from Zhongjing." Wang Zeng continued to go forward and said.

"Who?" Li Zhang asked even more surprised when he heard this.

"You know this person, cousin, and when he met the soldiers of our Song Dynasty, he asked him to see you. This person is Zhao Anren you mentioned before." Zhao Zhen explained with a smile.

"Zhao Anren! He...he escaped?" Li Zhang also showed a shocked expression when he heard this. He was originally worried that Xiao Nojin would be defeated. As her confidant, Zhao Anren might also be implicated, but he did not expect that he actually fled to the Song Dynasty and brought such important news.

"Hehe, not only did he escape, but he also brought a letter written by Xiao Nojin, wanting to ask our Song Dynasty to send troops to help her quell the rebellion of Yelu Zong." Zhao Zhen suddenly smiled at this time.

Li Zhang was stunned when he heard the news, and then he showed a laughing and crying expression. Xiao Nojin's approach was really weird. At the last moment, he actually asked for help from the old enemy of Song Dynasty. Didn't she know that if Song Dynasty really sent troops, she would probably not want the Song army to leave again in the future.

However, Li Zhang then thought that Xiao Nojin must have known the serious consequences of the Song Dynasty's troops, but she didn't care. It was estimated that in her opinion, even if the Song Dynasty occupied the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Zongzhen could not take advantage of it. This made Li Zhang think of the famous Lao Buddha in the later generations. He would rather have a friendly country than a slave, and women would have no rationality when they were cruel.

"This letter may not be useful now, but if you send troops to Liao Kingdom in the future, you can use it to pull the banner, which is also famous for your army." Li Zhang also stroked the short beard on his chin at this time. After the Song Dynasty captured Yan Yun, he was unable to advance northward. Instead, he had to beware of Yelu Zongzhen's journey south, so he might have disappointed Xiao Nojin.

"Yes, I think so too, so I have sent that letter back to the capital. I guess it will arrive in a few days." Zhao Zhen also smiled and said.

Lu Yijian and others next to him heard Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen discussing the public discussion of sending troops to the Liao Kingdom, but did not show any strange expressions at this time. If it were put in the past, they would have dissuaded them. But now the Song Dynasty has taken over the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which has also established strong confidence. They even think that the Liao Kingdom is just like this. It is reasonable to take the initiative to send troops to the northern expedition in the future. After all, in the world, is it the king's land, the shores of the land, and the king's ministers. There is only one person who can be called emperor in this world.

"By the way, how did Zhao Anren escape?" Li Zhang suddenly thought of another question and asked again.

"When you mentioned Zhao Anren, I didn't care much, but I didn't expect that although this person was a low-born person, he was a very smart person. He actually noticed in advance that Xiao Xiao was going to betray him..." Zhao Zhen immediately told Zhao Anren's escape from Zhongjing.

It turned out that Zhao Anren discovered that Xiao Xiaoxian's betrayal was too late. At that time, Xiao Xiaoxian sent troops to besiege the imperial city, which made Xiao Nojin extremely angry. However, she handed over all the military and political power to Xiao Xiaoxian at that time. Now that Xiao Xiaoxian betrayed her, she had no choice.

However, at this critical moment, Zhao Anren suggested to Xiao Nojin for help from the Song Dynasty. Although this suggestion was very bold, Xiao Nojin was also in a hurry to seek medical treatment. He actually agreed and wrote a letter. In fact, she also knew that the possibility of sending troops to the Song Dynasty was very small, but the Liao Kingdom was no longer hers, so she didn't mind causing trouble to Yelu Zongzhen.

After Zhao Anren received Xiao Nojin's letter, he also took advantage of the chaos when Xiao Xiao first offered the city and Yelu Zongzhen sent troops into the city to sneak out of the city in disguise. Although he was a favorite minister around Xiao Nojin, he was a eunuch after all. He was discovered a few days after his disappearance. However, Zhao Anren had already escaped from the city, and then walked all night and day, and took a whole month to run to Gubeikou.

"Zhao Anren has made great contributions, and I have someone send him back to the capital with the letters. I guess you will see him in a while." Zhao Zhen said again at last.
Chapter completed!