In fact, from the moment Qin Hui approached Li Qi, the two of them became the focus of the banquet. Almost all the ministers turned their attention here from time to time. This is reasonable, because Qin Hui and Li Qi are today
The popular person in Zhao Kai's eyes, coupled with what happened in the past year, the meeting between the two of them must have been full of fun.
But no one expected that the two of them seemed to be chatting happily, and even laughed in harmony, which made the others a little confused.
Li Qi didn't have time to pay so much attention now. After saying goodbye to Qin Hui, he immediately ran towards Bai Qiannuo. He was still thinking that anyone who dared to disturb their meeting as husband and wife would be his enemy and must be punished.
Killed to pieces.
However, when Li Qi's eyes turned to the potted plant again, the beauty was no longer there. This---this person?
He hurriedly came to the potted plant, looked around, and found that there was no figure of Bai Qiannuo around. He thought to himself, maybe he saw Qin Hui and I chatting, so he got angry and left. It shouldn't be, Qiniang is not such a small-minded person.
Just as a maid passed by carrying several glasses of juice, Li Qi quickly waved her over. Without waiting for her to salute, he asked: "Can you see the economic envoy?"
The maidservant replied: "It turns out that the master is looking for the economic envoy. Just now, I seem to have seen the queen's people coming, and then the economic envoy followed that person to the harem."
Since Zhao Kai came to the throne, the palace has almost missed the banquet. The banquet this time cannot be left behind. After all, the recovery of Jiaozhi is too special for the Song Dynasty, so Zhao Kai is willing to go all out this time. Anyway, there is drunkenness.
If Xianju stays behind and entertains all the ministers, then the ministers will naturally bring their families, and the queen will have to entertain these people.
Bai Qiannuo is both a courtier and a woman, so she can go to both sides.
If this was anywhere else, Li Qi would have killed him long ago. But if he ran away from the harem, he would have to be caught as a thief. He brought a glass of juice, drank it all, and put the empty glass away.
When he got up, he was so angry that he waved his hand to the maid to retreat, and cursed: "Grandma, it's so difficult to say a word. This official is really boring."
Li Qi looked at the hypocritical faces and felt that they were too boring. He only thought about his lovely wives at home and murmured: "How long will this banquet last? It's not over yet. I'm really anxious."
After finally waiting until the banquet was over, Li Qi was the first to rush out and quickly ran to the only way out of the harem to wait for Bai Qiannuo. Within a moment, he saw Bai Qiannuo walking quickly from a distance.
came out.
It seemed that Bai Qiannuo was the first one to come out of the harem as he thought.
Li Qi hurriedly waved, but before he could open his mouth, a young eunuch suddenly appeared next to him and said, "Young man, please see the Privy Councilor."
"No gifts, no gifts."
Li Qi didn't even look at it, just waved his hand and told him to do whatever he had to do.
The young eunuch said: "The Privy Envoy. It was the Emperor who asked me to send the Privy Envoy to the imperial study."
Hey, it's still over. Li Qi scratched his head in annoyance, and looked at Bai Qiannuo again, and saw that Bai Qiannuo had slowed down. He had obviously discovered what was going on here.
Li Qi could only give Bai Qiannuo a look of apology, and then left with the young eunuch. After all, he was summoned by the emperor, so he couldn't neglect it.
When I came to the Imperial Study Room, I saw Zhao Kai sitting there reading the memorial.
Really or not, you read the memorial every time you come here. You don't do it deliberately. Li Qi secretly despised Zhao Kai, then saluted and said: "The humble minister Li Qi comes to see the emperor."
Zhao Kai hurriedly stretched out his hand and said: "No courtesy, no courtesy." Then he waved his hand again and asked the eunuch in the room to retreat.
After the eunuch exited, Zhao Kai walked down and said with a smile: "Li Qi, you have really worked hard on this trip."
Knowing that I was working hard, he didn't want to let me go back to reunite with him. Li Qi said, "Your Majesty is really out of touch when he says this. These are all the responsibilities of a humble minister. There is no such thing as hard work."
Zhao Kai nodded with a smile, stretched out his hand and said, "Sit down."
Zhao Kai did not make a dragon chair, but sat down next to Li Qi.
Zhao Kai sat down and said with a distressed look on his face: "Now that you have made great achievements again, I don't know how to reward you. To be honest, I have racked my brains over this, but I still haven't come up with a solution."
Good idea, just say it yourself."
You are doing this again. I have the same virtue as you, but I am not bad at all. I have already taken back the reward from Gao Mingshun. Li Qi said casually: "Wei Chen originally wanted the emperor to reward me with some gold, silver and jewels."
That's it, but I never thought that the Emperor would have to sponsor me, Zui Xianju, to hold a banquet. This made Wei Chen feel very ashamed. I thought the Emperor was not well-off. Otherwise, wouldn't I still owe several months of salary?
The merits and demerits are equal to each other."
"You are really petty. This little money means nothing to you Zuixianju. Do you need to use this to ridicule me?" Zhao Kai slightly glared at Li Qi, feeling angry and funny in his heart, and sighed again.
He said: "But such a great contribution is only worth a few months' salary. I really don't know what to say."
Li Qi said sternly: "Your Majesty, whether you believe it or not, I can completely obtain glory and wealth by my own means. I don't have to be the Privy Councilor. Moreover, I prefer freedom to power. I am sitting here.
There is only one purpose for taking this position, which is to do something for me, the Song Dynasty. Really, so the reward is not that important to me. If I can complete the task, I will be very happy."
Zhao Kai was stunned when he heard this, with a trace of emotion on his face. He nodded with a smile and said, "If someone else said this, I would just listen to it, but when it comes from your mouth, I firmly believe it."
"Your Majesty can understand, and I will be satisfied." Li Qi chuckled, suddenly remembered something, and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, this reward will be waived, and I want to go back with some guilt."
Zhao Kai was stunned and said with a smile: "You don't have to pay for the reward, but you have to accept the punishment. I have never heard of it."
Li Qizheng'er Bajing said: "This is true. Weichen committed a capital crime and only asked the emperor to give him a way out. Weichen burst into tears of gratitude."
Zhao Kaifeng said calmly: "Then you should tell me what capital crime you committed."
What are you doing? I said it was a capital crime, and you are still so relaxed? It seems that he has guessed what I am going to say. Li Qi became even more relaxed and smiled: "This matter is about Yan Fu."
"Yan Fu?"
Zhao Kaixiao asked: "What does this have to do with Yan Fu?"
Li Qi said nonchalantly: "That's it. I met Yan Fu by chance when I was passing through Hangzhou, so I hired her as my military advisor privately. Of course, I didn't do anything wrong, because the emperor said that I can make the decision on the war in the south. Wrong is wrong.
Now I will bring Yan Fu back to the capital."
Zhao Kai said with a straight face: "You are really courageous. It's okay if you don't know, but you know very well about Yan Fu. Do you know the consequences of taking her back to the capital?"
Li Qi said with a bitter face: "If I didn't know the consequences, I wouldn't apologize now."
Zhao Kai hummed: "I knew you would bring her back."
Li Qili said confidently: "If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog. Of course the wife must follow her husband."
"Wife?" Zhao Kai looked sideways at Li Qi and said, "What do you mean?"
Li Qi smiled honestly and said: "To be honest, Yan Fu and I are already in an affair - oh no, no, no, we should be in love and get married together. We will grow old together - it seems a bit far."
Zhao Kai nodded and said: "I understand, you are going to kill first and then show off."
Li Qi nodded repeatedly and said: "Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty is wise."
Zhao Kai snorted and said: "Yingming? Yingming can make you plot against me."
Am I planning too much? Li Qi muttered to himself.
Zhao Kai glanced at him and said: "You are sure that I will not punish you, but aren't you afraid that I will be harmful to Yan Fu?"
Li Qi smiled roguely and said: "Isn't there nothing I can do? Your Majesty, you don't know that if it weren't for Yan Fu, I might not be able to come back. She blocked an arrow for me, and I can still survive safely.
, she can do this for me. I can't let her down, and the emperor wanted to kill her, so he killed her right away. In fact, Yan Fu is not that complicated. She, I and the emperor all have the same purpose, which is to think about the Song Dynasty.
, in her heart she is always number one in the Song Dynasty. Well...I am number two."
The second one is so proud? No, he is proud because I am ranked third, I am afraid it is more than that. Zhao Kai glared at him, then sighed and said: "Actually, I have known about this for a long time, Yue Fei and the others also mentioned it just now
, being able to regain Jiaozhi, Dali, and Yan Fu also contributed a lot, and if it hadn't been for her, Wanyan Zongwang might be sitting here now. What kind of person my cousin is, I know better than anyone else, when I let him
She left, firstly, because the situation at that time was not stable and she was afraid that someone would take advantage of her. But it is different now. Secondly, even I knew that you were going to Jiangnan soon and wanted her to help you.
.”
Li Qi was surprised and said: "It turns out that this was all arranged by the emperor. It seems that you and I, the monarch and our ministers, have really reached a state of tacit understanding."
Zhao Kai snorted: "Don't flatter me here, but the more I think about it, the more I feel aggrieved. Not to mention that Yan Fu is a relative of the emperor, even if this halo is removed, she is still one of the best women in a million, and you are already
You have four lovely wives, this is too unfair to Yan Fu, I am thinking whether to take back those imperial edicts."
Then the monarch and his ministers would definitely not be able to continue their relationship happily. Li Qi hurriedly said: "No grievance, no grievance. Just as the emperor said, Yan Fu is a one-in-a-million woman. In today's world, who else is worthy of her?
It is precisely because of the presence of the ministers that Yan Fu is prevented from dying alone."
Hearing this, Zhao Kai felt the urge to swear, and said, "Do you still want me to thank you?"
Li Qi smiled shyly and said: "I don't dare, we are all going to be a family anyway."
A family? You are very good at calculating, right? Zhao Kai was so angry that his hair stood on end, he pointed at Li Qi, but couldn't say a word, and said: "That's it, that's all, I'm just afraid of you.
Okay, let’s get down to business.”
Li Qi hurriedly got off the donkey along the slope and said: "Speak of business, speak of business. The humble minister likes to speak of business very much."
Zhao Kai shook his head with a wry smile and said seriously: "Now our rear has stabilized."
Li Qi was startled and said: "The emperor is referring to the Kingdom of Jin?"
Zhao Kai's eyes suddenly focused and he gritted his teeth and said: "The Kingdom of Jin has always been a serious concern for me, and the shame of Yanshan is still before my eyes."
This was the reason why he was anxious to find Li Qi.
It seems that Wanyan Zongwang's arrow will never be forgotten in his life. Li Qi sighed secretly in his heart and said, "Your Majesty, I do have some thoughts about Jin Guochen."
Zhao Kai hurriedly said: "Say it quickly."
Li Qi told Zhao Kai the idea of opening up the western battlefield.
Zhao Kai pondered for a while, then hummed and said, "What you said makes sense, but it will take a long time."
Li Qidao: "Your Majesty, we are the only two here, the monarch and his minister. I will tell you frankly that now we are not the opponent of the Jin Kingdom. If we start a war, we will lose nine times out of ten. Instead, the Jin Kingdom is eager to start a war with us.
, we still have to find ways to hold them back, slowly weaken their strength, and then seek a fatal blow."
Zhao Kai pondered for a long time and asked: "How sure are you about this?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "It is useless to grasp this thing. This is an overall battle, but I dare to say that it is not a wise decision to start a war now. The military of the Jin Kingdom is now at its strongest period. It is difficult in the world.
There is an army that can compete with them, and we cannot use our shortcomings to compete with their strong points."
Zhao Kai nodded and said: "What you said makes sense. I was too anxious. But since Wanyan Zongwang defeated Yelu Dashi, there has been no movement in the Kingdom of Jin."
Li Qi smiled and said: "It will be available soon."
"oh?"
Li Qi explained: "Once the Jin Kingdom knows that we have eliminated Jiaozhi and Dali, they will definitely be very panicked. I think their next step will be Goryeo, but no matter what, Goryeo must not be allowed to be taken by them. As long as they cannot take Goryeo, they will
We can only expand to the west, otherwise we will fall into our trap. The situation in the west is very complicated. It is easy to get in and difficult to get out. We can consume the Jin Kingdom in the west. When the Jin Kingdom is weak, our opportunity will come.
Already."
Zhao Kai said: "Well, as you said, you will be fully responsible for Goryeo. After all, we are still allies with the Jin Kingdom. I don't want too many people to know about this."