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Although Zhao Jingyan's words made Li Qi a little depressed, he had to admit that it was indeed a fact. He rubbed his forehead and held it in for a long time before saying, "I am very sorry for the misfortune I have brought to you."
"hypocritical."
Zhao Jingyan rolled her eyes at Li Qi, then smiled and said, "But I'm used to it."
Li Qi said angrily: "You can just say that I'm hypocritical, but you can't say that you're used to my hypocrisy. What do you mean by that? I'm just polite, do you understand?"
"Whether it's hypocritical or polite, it's all a matter of opinion."
Zhao Jingyan suddenly laughed as she spoke.
Li Qidao: "Why are you laughing?"
"Do you still remember the first time we met?"
Li Qi said angrily: "It's been so long, I don't remember very clearly."
Zhao Jingyan smiled and said: "Actually, the whole thing starts from the first time we met. It was your words at that time that caught my attention."
Li Qi's face suddenly became happy, and he said happily: "I remember this very clearly." Then he cleared his throat and said affectionately: "There was once a sincere love---."
Zhao Jingyan laughed when she heard this, and quickly waved her hands and said: "No, no, you'd better tell your spring song."
Li Qi let out a sigh and said, "I didn't expect you to remember that my old friend's name is Xin Chunge."
"How could I forget your unique confession?"
As Zhao Jingyan spoke, she recalled the scene of her first meeting with Li Qi, and couldn't help but giggle, saying, "Thank you for having the nerve to say those words."
Li Qi's old face turned red and said: "Isn't this forced by you, but you can't deny the classicness of what I said, otherwise you wouldn't remember it now, let alone attract your attention."
"Who said it was those words that caught my attention?"
"Isn't it?" Li Qi scratched his head and said, "This is impossible. I clearly remember that you went to the palace to find Chunge for this?"
"I'm not that boring, I was just scaring you." Zhao Jingyan rolled her eyes.
"Congratulations, you really scared me." Li Qi looked at Zhao Jingyan depressedly. Suddenly he shook his head and said, "No, no."
Zhao Jingyan asked in astonishment: "What's wrong?"
Li Qidao: "If I didn't deceive you, then you would have used this as an excuse to come to me the second time. You had a premeditated plan."
Zhao Jingyan nodded and said: "Yes, the second time I came here just wanted to get to know you. Then I came across your theory of the Three Kingdoms. This insight made my trip worthwhile."
"In that case. Then why did you kill me again earlier? If you want to be friends with me, just say so. Is it necessary to do this?"
"I told you, I only scared you on purpose. If I had intended to kill you, you would have had no room to resist at that time. How could you still be alive today?"
Only today did Li Qi realize that he had been tricked, and said angrily: "Then I don't know what made you interested in finding me." At this point, he suddenly frowned and said: "Could it be ---. "
"You guessed it right. It's the phrase 'faint king'." Zhao Jingyan glanced at him and said: "But you are really bold. You dared to scold the emperor for being a coward in broad daylight. You must know that you were just a nobody at the time. It's just ordinary people, even officials don't dare to say it so directly."
At that time, Li Qi had just arrived in the Northern Song Dynasty, and as soon as he arrived in the Northern Song Dynasty, he drank for several days in a row, hoping to get drunk. That day, he had just sobered up, and his head was dizzy. Except for Wu Furong, Xiao
Apart from Sixth Son and Master Zhou, Zhao Jingyan could be said to be the first person from the Song Dynasty that he had contact with. At that time, he was still missing his wife, and his concept had not changed at all. As soon as Song Huizong was mentioned, his mind
The first reaction was that this was a big fool, and he sighed: "I know, my unintentional words made you think that we are like-minded, so you never had the idea of killing me, but instead had a crush on me."
Interested."
Zhao Jingyan shook her head and said: "Being like-minded is a bit exaggerated, but I think you are a little different. With everything the emperor did back then, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a coward, but the civil and military officials in the DPRK
But they only knew how to blindly flatter the emperor and use flattery to get the power they wanted. At that time, I felt extremely disappointed with the entire Song Dynasty, and I was even more angry with Cai Jing and other traitorous ministers. And your phrase "faint emperor",
It just resonated with my heart.”
Sweat! That was just a slip of the tongue. What insight and courage? If you have the ability, give me another chance to see if I still dare to say it. Li Qi coughed lightly and said, "You wouldn't have said it at that time."
It’s my idea.”
Zhao Jingyan shook her head and said: "Of course not, but I think you are quite interesting. Although chatting with you often makes people angry, I also benefit a lot. To say that what really made me start to have distracting thoughts, it should be you becoming a horse deputy.
After the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief of the three yamen seems to have great power, but people are often not judged by their talents. This person may not understand military affairs, but he must be someone trusted by the emperor. In this case, the military power can be concentrated in the hands of the emperor to the maximum extent.
Hu You is the best proof. And since the emperor has chosen you, it proves that he loves you very much. When working under the emperor at that time, as long as you can win his favor, you will have a bright future. Does this have anything to do with you?
Ability has nothing to do with it."
"Please, does the emperor value my ability?" Li Qi argued.
Zhao Jingyan frowned and said, "Ability to cook?"
"That's also about ability. If I didn't know how to cook, would I be able to climb to this position?"
"Well, what you said makes some sense."
"It makes perfect sense." Li Qi snorted and asked, "But based on this alone, do you dare to bet on this round?"
"Of course I don't dare. I just had an idea at the time, but I thought that the Song Dynasty was already in danger anyway, and even one more treacherous official would not hurt, so I wanted to help you first to see if you can go
To what extent?"
Li Qi rolled his eyes and said, "So, you regarded me as a traitor from the beginning?"
Zhao Jingyan chuckled and said: "With your greedy behavior at that time, you were completely a profiteer. How do you think you look like a loyal minister?"
Li Qi shrugged and said shamelessly: "Fortunately, I have never thought about being a loyal minister. Traitors should be traitors. Only traitors can live longer."
"What you said makes sense." Zhao Jingyan smiled and said, "As the power in your hands grows stronger and stronger, and you have more powerful officials like Cai Jing, Bai Shizhong, and Liang Shicheng, I finally see a glimmer of light.
I felt that my original idea was completely possible, so I spared no effort to help you. Until you started to reform, I realized that the opportunity had come. From that time on, I secretly recruited troops and waited for the opportunity to come. "
Li Qi nodded and said: "If I guess correctly, when I met you in Fengxiang, you were recruiting troops because you knew that only the poor would want to overthrow the existing regime."
Zhao Jingyan hummed and said: "Actually, under the circumstances at that time, it was not difficult to recruit troops. Even talents were easily available, because talents who truly share the same goals as me would not be able to live in the same court as Wang Fu and Cai Jing.
Guilty. However, I still need two people to help me complete all this."
"One is me and the other is the golden man."
Zhao Jingyan nodded and said: "That's right. Since Emperor Taizong came to the throne, our Taizu lineage has almost been eliminated from the court. Let alone power, there is not even one person who can rely on, like Cai Jing and the others, ministers who really hold real power.
, no one is willing to associate with us, but I must get the support of the forces in North Korea and China, which is why I continue to help you. But this is not enough. In view of our system, if there is no outside help, I want to
It is almost impossible to replace it. However, it was your original theory of the Three Kingdoms that made me predict that the Jin Kingdom would probably attack the Song Dynasty, and everything that happened in the future made me even more convinced of this."
Li Qi smiled and said, "It all seems to be going as you expected."
Zhao Jingyan sighed and said: "Yes. I really saw the hope of victory at that time, until you rejected me at the most critical moment."
Li Qi pinched his forehead a few times and said, "In other words, you wanted to use me to help you seize the throne from the beginning?"
"It can't be said to be taking advantage, it can only be said that we all have needs. You happened to lack my help at that time, and before that, I never expressed any intention, let alone asked you to do anything for me."
Li Qi frowned and said: "This also makes me very curious. Since you have made your plans, why didn't you reveal your thoughts earlier and send me a formal invitation."
Zhao Jingyan said: "First, the time is not mature yet; second, you have to concentrate on facing Wang Fu, Cai You and others at that time. If there is such an extra layer of meaning in it, it will make you have scruples, but it will be a drag.
You, you just need to focus on grabbing power; thirdly, I can never guess what you are thinking in your heart, which makes me very afraid, so I have been testing you, but you answer every time, which is perfect.
It makes me very distressed. Even at the last moment, I did not dare to send you a formal invitation, but unfortunately, you still rejected me."
This woman is really a strange woman. She is more tolerant than me. Li Qi refused to comment and said: "But until then, you did not lose."
Zhao Jingyan smiled and said: "Yeah, even at that moment, I haven't lost yet. This surprised me and made me very happy. I never thought that my uncle would actually take a group of powerful officials to flee to Jiangnan, causing political chaos.
There is chaos and emptiness inside Kaifeng. This is a very good opportunity. Otherwise, you would not succeed."
"But what was the reason that made you give up everything at that moment."
"It's dad and third brother. When I learned that my dad was in your hands, I already guessed that my dad must have reached some kind of agreement with you. Otherwise, even if you had that idea, you wouldn't have been able to go there under the circumstances.
You have no reason to arrest my father, and my father has turned against me, which makes me very disappointed. But even so, I am confident that you will hand over my father until I see you and my third brother guarding Kaifeng.
Everything I did in the war, and I, the soldier of the Song Dynasty, used my body to block the enemy's iron hoofs time and time again. During that period, I kept asking myself, do I want to take back that position, or do I hope that I, the Song Dynasty, can be better."
"Obviously you are more concerned about Song Dynasty."
Zhao Jingyan smiled bitterly and said: "Don't think too highly of me, but everyone has selfish desires. I dare not say that I did all this solely for the Song Dynasty. In fact, I was struggling in my heart at that time. If you had
If I can defeat Wanyan Zongwang, I will never take action, but---alas, maybe all this is God's will. That night, at that moment, if I had sent troops, maybe I would be the only one who would feel regretful and unwilling, but
If I don't send troops, I may become the eternal sinner of our Song Dynasty, and our Song Dynasty will also perish because of this. This dynasty was brought down by my ancestors. As their descendant, I cannot accept this fact."
Recalling everything that night, Li Qi still feels frightened and said from the bottom of his heart: "Thank God, you are the only woman I have ever met who looks at everything rationally."