Chapter 1156 There will be a period later (seeking a monthly ticket)
Li Qi became a little silent, with a hint of sadness between his brows, but he still asked, "What do you mean?"
"With your intelligence, there's no reason why you can't guess what I mean." Zhao Jingyan paused and said, "I'll compromise, stay by your side, wait for the opportunity, and then give you a fatal blow. With White Snake's cleverness, If she achieves something in the future, no one will be surprised."
Li Qi immediately retorted: "Qiniang will never do this, and you will definitely not do this either."
Zhao Jingyan did not deny it and said: "You may be right, but it didn't happen to me, and I don't know what I would choose. However, White Snake did not choose to do this. In fact, she has chosen to fulfill you. It’s just that you’re still confused.”
Li Qi narrowed his eyes and said, "It's not like the matter has reached the point of a hard choice."
"The matter is far more serious than you think. Do you know how stupid it was for you to stay with the Bai family?" Zhao Jingyan said seriously.
Li Qi didn't answer but asked: "You should know Bai Shizhong's abilities very well?"
Zhao Jingyan laughed.
Li Qi frowned and said, "Why are you laughing?"
Zhao Jingyan smiled disdainfully and said: "No matter how great Bai Shizhong's methods are, the Bai family cannot make a comeback. Once the members of the Bai family and Bai Shizhong's disciples are eliminated from the government and the public, the Bai family will be completely finished. Who will They can't save you, not even you, and the only value of the Bai family's existence is to add another weakness to you and give your enemies an excuse to attack you. Since you have chosen this path, you should give up something. , you want this but are unwilling to give up, how can there be the best of both worlds in the world. As your wife, White Snake should help you do this, and I thought she was also trying hard."
Li Qi frowned and said, "I really don't understand what you are talking about."
Zhao Jingyan said: "Throughout the past dynasties, whenever there was a situation of purging the government and the opposition or fighting between cliques, we would not dig out those old accounts. Otherwise, why do you think the fight between cliques involves so many people? There must be some among them. Innocent people are implicated, but just because they are innocent, doesn’t it mean that their father is equally innocent, or that their ancestors were never involved? But as long as there is someone around you who has some connection, no matter whether they are dead or alive, they will be caught by their opponents. , and nine times out of ten, you will fall into the trap. This is the cruelty of crony warfare.
Nowadays, many people are holding a lot of information about Bai Shizhong and are waiting for the emperor to express his position. However, because of your existence, those people are very afraid. Even the emperor has to consider your feelings. Maybe he can't see any disadvantages now. But once your position in the government is shaken, or your enemies are strong enough, these potential dangers will erupt at a certain moment, and this danger will become more and more uncertain the further back, they may even Borrow Bai Shizhong and make you a member of the Wang Party, even if Bai Shizhong has passed away.
Did you know that Li Shimin purged the prince's old party and continued until his death? Although the current situation is very different from the Xuanwu Gate incident, after all, my third brother is not a prince, and you should know the tradition of ordering elders and younger ones. So this question It will always exist. This is the scariest thing about the Bai family. You will not have time to regret it by then."
Li Qi frowned and thought for a while, then said: "The Emperor also told me this, do you think Qiniang did this entirely for my sake?"
"To say that it was all for your sake, I don't think so. But I think her choice is the most correct, which is good for everyone." Zhao Jingyan shook her head and continued: "If it were you, if someone hurt you
No matter what the reason is, she believes that you will do even crazier things. It is impossible for her not to hate you at all. This is human nature."
Li Qidao: "When you say that, don't you contradict yourself?"
Zhao Jingyan shook her head and smiled: "No, there is no contradiction at all. She hates you. If you don't write it, she will no longer love you. It is precisely this kind of contradiction that led to the divorce letter."
"Letter of divorce."
Zhao Jingyan nodded and said: "Judging from the current situation, there are only two choices in front of Mrs. Bai, either to leave the Bai family and stay with you. After all, she was already your wife before that. She
It is natural for me to stay with you, just like when Li Qingzhao stayed with Zhao Mingcheng."
"She won't do that."
"So she chose the second option and left with her parents. Have you ever thought about why the emperor issued the imperial decree appointing Bai Shizhong before you came."
Li Qi frowned and looked at Zhao Jingyan.
Zhao Jingyan said: "Don't worry, the emperor did this entirely for your sake. He just wanted to transfer the relationship between you and the Bai family to himself, leaving others speechless."
Li Qi was confused: "What do you mean?"
Zhao Jingyan said: "In fact, now is the best time for you to completely sever ties with the Bai family. If the emperor has dealt with Bai Shizhong's matter before you come back, then even if others know that it has nothing to do with you,
, but they have no excuse, because you were not there at the time, and regarding this matter, it is most appropriate to ask the emperor to come forward, because everything about King Fucheng only depends on the emperor's attitude and has nothing to do with any state affairs.
The relationship is too direct, so if the emperor wanted to protect Shizhong, no one would gossip, and they are not qualified, but you foolishly participated."
"That's it! How to explain the letter of divorce?" Li Qi said confused.
Zhao Jingyan said with a smile: "Sister Bai is from a family of scholar-bureaucrats. She must be very familiar with everything in the court, including clique disputes. She understands the current situation very well. The best way out for the Bai family is to stay away from the court and try not to
Reminding people of them is the best way for a down-and-out family to save their lives. This is the best result for you and the Bai family, but it also indicates that her parents will stay away from the capital, and you will definitely stay.
In the capital, she had to make a choice between the two, her husband on one side and her parents on the other, but Bai Shizhong was ultimately on the losing side. This must have been the main reason why she sided with the Bai family, and vice versa.
If so, then she must sever ties with you.
Doing this will ensure that it will not bring you any danger in the future. Secondly, you must know that Bai Shizhong is still seriously ill. If Bai Shizhong dies, then you will definitely not be able to get away with it. If Bai Niangzi is
If she still stays with you, can she guarantee that she will not do anything to harm you? But if she really does this, if she fails, she will definitely kill the Bai family, and may even kill the whole family. Or she herself will
I will regret it. Only staying away from you can guarantee that this will not happen. As for the divorce letter, think about it, what will happen once you announce the divorce letter?"
Li Qi really hadn't thought about this problem. Because he must have been stupid enough to publish the divorce letter. He was stunned, suddenly realized, and said: "If this is the case, then everyone in the world will definitely think that Qiniang does not follow women's ways and despises her."
She is not worthy of being a wife. But I will not lose face, and I can win everyone's sympathy. Then I can divorce her openly."
Zhao Jingyan nodded with a smile and said: "In fact, in the eyes of many people, you relied on the Bai family to climb up. If you divorced Mrs. Bai at this time, then the people will definitely accuse you of being ungrateful and adding insult to injury for the sake of glory and wealth.
You can abandon your wife, which is not a good thing for you now. You are now in a high position, and everything you say and do is under the watchful eye of the world. You must handle it carefully. In fact, this divorce letter is to remind you what to do.
, and also give you a high-sounding excuse. It’s a pity that you only understand it now.”
Li Qi was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "Yes, you are right. This does resemble Qiniang's character. Thank you."
Zhao Jingyan thought that Li Qi had finally figured it out, so she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since she is a woman who can do this, why don't you do a favor and publish the divorce letter, and then divorce her? Anyway, Bai Shizhong's
The reputation is already bad. Don’t care about this. Let them go to Yingtian Mansion. After a year, they will be appointed as Bai Shizhong. Let them go to an unknown place. In this way, your relationship with the Bai family will be completely destroyed.
If we break it off, without you, no one will think of the Bai family, and if you are willing to break off this relationship, then the emperor will definitely be happy to keep the Bai family safe, because it will save him a lot of trouble."
Li Qi believed this very much. He also knew that Zhao Kai was very proud. Since Zhao Kai had promised him back then, no matter how troublesome it was, Zhao Kai would fulfill his promise, but this did not mean that Zhao Kai would
Really willing to do that? He said: "Is this what the emperor asked you to tell me?"
Zhao Jingyan shook her head and said: "Although the emperor didn't say a word, I thought he would tell me about the divorce letter, and he definitely hoped that I could persuade you. However, even if he didn't do this, I would still say these words.
, because leaving the Bai family in the capital is not a good thing for anyone. You often say that interests come first, and you should know how to do it. It is still too late. People in your position will kill their wives and abandon their children for the sake of official status.
It's commonplace, if Lady White is unwilling to leave the Bai family, you should give up on her ruthlessly."
Li Qi smiled and shook his head, saying, "Do you think I'm just asking about the stakes?"
Zhao Jingyan frowned and said, "Isn't it?"
"of course not."
Li Qidao: "I just want you to help me analyze Qiniang's thoughts. After all, I am in the game and don't know much about family matters. It is difficult for me to see the whole thing thoroughly, but you are different.
Now, you can see what I can’t see.”
Zhao Jingyan said: "Then what are you going to do?"
Li Qi smiled bitterly and said: "Actually, I did so many things to protect Qiniang and the others, as well as myself. This has never changed. It was before, is now, and will be in the future. If you want me to abandon the Bai family, I really
If I couldn’t do it, I wouldn’t succeed if I were this kind of person.”
Zhao Jingyan said: "How do you say this?"
Li Qidao: "Have you ever thought about why I was able to hide it from everyone in the first place? Is it really because my lies were so good? In fact, it's not that my lies are so sophisticated and impeccable at all, but that I lie most of the time.
, everything I paid was sincere, and everything I gave out was real money.
Take Taishi Cai and Taiwei Gao as examples. You should know better than me how smart they are. It is very difficult to deceive them. If I hadn’t put myself in their shoes and made suggestions for them.
, help them solve their difficulties, but just want to use them to rise to power, how can I make them completely let down their guard against me? Then my plan will not succeed at all, and I will not stand here. At that time, except for people like Wang Fu, I
I treat every ally with sincerity, even Liang Shicheng. I am serious about helping him find ways to make money, rather than doing things half-heartedly, even though I know I will definitely kill him in the future."
After a pause, he suddenly looked directly at Zhao Jingyan and said: "And you, if I hadn't been grateful for your help to me, once my plan was finalized, I wouldn't have given you any chance to take action.
You kill them all. If I do this, I will lose completely that night, as well as Yue Fei, Zhong Shidao and others. It can be seen from this that what you call my most fatal weakness is precisely
The key to my success.”
Am I really wrong? Zhao Jingyan did not deny this, because the iron-clad facts were already in front of her, and she had no way to refute, and said: "Didn't you think about the Bai family's affairs beforehand?"
"Of course I have thought about it. But there is no solution at all. Before I came, Bai Shizhong was already a member of the prince, and the relationship was very close. If I want my plan to succeed, then the Bai family will definitely be affected.
It's a very big harm, and it's impossible to get the best of both worlds. The only thing I want to do is make up for it. If you ask me if I regret it, I don't regret anything I did at all, but I will also bear the consequences of it all."
"Then how are you going to bear the consequences?"
Li Qidao: "Let Qiniang be the economic envoy."
Zhao Jingyan's eyes widened, but she quickly regained her former composure and said: "This is just a bad idea. If the Bai family wants to use this to get rid of the halo of the assistant king, it will be really difficult for them to reach the sky. And this also indicates that you will
You will always carry the Bai family forward and never let go. You really have to think clearly."
"I said that I am willing to bear the consequences of all this. Everything I do may not be right, but I never do anything that will make me regret, just like I don't do losing trades, oh,
Except for being drunk."
Zhao Jingyan breathed out softly and said: "I have said everything I want to say. Maybe what you said makes sense, but who knows what the result will be. But there is one more thing, although you may have noticed it, but
Before I leave, I still want to remind you."
Li Qi smiled, breaking the dull atmosphere and said: "You know, I always like to listen to your good advice."
"Really? I didn't realize that. You just treat me as a staff member who doesn't need a salary, and you often don't listen to my advice as a staff member."
"Wow! Am I that snobbish?" Li Qi said unconvinced: "Then I can advance your salary for the next ten years, and you can stay as my staff."
"What you think is quite beautiful. So don't you need to count the past?"
Li Qi was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "It's a good thing you don't own a restaurant, otherwise I would be very annoyed."
Zhao Jingyan pursed her lips and smiled, then said seriously: "Have you ever thought about avoiding something?"
"For example?"
"His merits surpass the master's."
Li Qi smiled bitterly and said, "I knew this was what you were going to say."
Zhao Jingyan snorted and said, "From your tone, it seems that precautions have been taken."
Li Qi was stunned and said: "Did I express this intention? Are you bluffing me?"
Zhao Jingyan knew that if Li Qi didn't tell her, she would definitely not be able to trick her out, so she simply said: "I just said that our conversation must be frank and honest, and it does not involve other people, so you should not break your promise."
Sweat! After going around for a long time, I finally got her in. Forget it, I took advantage of her so much, let’s just give it to her once. Li Qi said: "Guess!"
"What kind of openness are you talking about?" Zhao Jingyan waited for a long time, and just waiting for such a sentence, she wanted to strangle Li Qi to death.
Li Qi hehe said: "That's not true. These two words contain a very important message, that is, I have indeed taken precautions. As for why I didn't say it directly, it's just that I can't bear to leave you and want to be with you.
You just walked an extra mile, it was all out of good intentions."
"Shameless!"
"Thank you for the compliment."
Zhao Jingyan blushed and rolled her eyes at him, then pondered again. It seemed that he had indeed thought of this and must have planned it for a long time. So what exactly would it be? Could it be that ---. After a while,
She suddenly smiled and said, "I think I already know."
"real or fake."
Li Qi said depressedly: "You can guess this, you are not the legendary blind man, right?"
"Compared to you, my little cleverness is nothing." The expression on Zhao Jingyan's face suddenly became much more relaxed, and she said, "Okay, you go back, I'm on my way."
Li Qi was startled, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, he opened his mouth, and after a moment, he said: "Where do you plan to go? Be honest."
"Guess!" Zhao Jingyan chuckled.
Li Qi said depressedly: "You are cheating, who can guess. Stop playing around, maybe in the near future, I will go to Jiangnan, and then I will definitely ask you to be my staff."
Zhao Jingyan hesitated for a moment and said: "Hangzhou."
"You didn't lie to me?"
"If you don't believe me, no matter what I say, you won't believe it."
"That's true. How can I find you then?"
"I'll come find you."
"Hey! Don't let me go - oh, just don't lie to me."
"Well. It's getting late. You can go back."
"Wait---wait, last question?"
"what else?"
Li Qi hesitated for a moment, then asked with a blushing face: "Are you leaving like Qiniang this time?"
Zhao Jingyan was startled, then a trace of blush appeared on her face, and she said: "You think too highly of yourself. Drive---."
After saying this, she flicked her riding whip and galloped out.
Li Qi hurriedly shouted: "You should at least say goodbye!"
"Goodbye!"
"Damn! If you say two more words, you will die!"
"See you later."
"Uh---when did she become so obedient?" Li Qi looked at Zhao Jingyan who had gone away, his eyes full of shock.
At some point, Ma Qiao came up on horseback and said thoughtfully: "I think she just wants to get rid of you as soon as possible."
Damn! Why are you so honest? Li Qi said angrily: "I'm afraid this is what you have in mind."
"I didn't think so. My junior sister is here, of course I want to stay here."
Li Qi, the employer, was once again ignored by Xiaoqiao.