The first thousand four hundred and forty-five chapters
Li Qi originally wanted to resign, but suddenly he remembered something and said: "Your Majesty, there is something I want to ask the Emperor about."
Zhao Kai was stunned and said: "Are you referring to Wang Zhongling?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "Your Majesty is really good at predicting things."
Zhao Kai asked: "What do you think about this?"
Li Qi paused for a moment and said: "I believe that the right prime minister is unlikely to do such stupid things. Your Majesty, you---."
Zhao Kai didn't wait for him to finish and said, "Do you want me to let Wang Zhongling go?"
Li Qi hurriedly said: "How can I have the courage to give orders to the emperor? I just said what I thought."
Zhao Kai stood up and said: "Li Qi, I understand that you think so, but as the emperor, I cannot act emotionally. Jun Wu said, every decision I make must be based on the overall situation, and there must be no personal emotions involved.
, I belong to the Song Dynasty, not the Song Dynasty. You must understand this truth, or you can bring out evidence to prove that Wang Zhongling is innocent. If not, it is useless no matter how much you tell me, I
It's impossible to let him go just because of your words. If that's the case, if someone does it again in the future, how should I deal with it? There are scientific examinations every year."
Li Qi sighed and said: "Wei Chen understands, then may I ask how the emperor plans to deal with Wang Zhongling."
Zhao Kai said: "This matter is still under investigation. I haven't thought it through yet. If you want to reverse the case for Wang Zhongling, I can let you participate in the investigation."
Li Qi hurriedly said: "That's not necessary, it's against the rules. I believe Li Gang can handle it impartially."
Zhao Kai said: "It's good if you can think like this, but don't come to me and attack me again."
"Your Majesty, please don't say that, I am afraid." Li Qi said and whispered in a low voice: "Besides, I am learning from you."
Zhao Kai heard this clearly and gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart, saying: "Li Qi, I have always wanted to end this matter with you."
Li Qi asked in astonishment: "Can this be settled?"
Zhao Kai said: "I want to have a fair fight with you."
Li Qi was frightened and said: "Your Majesty, are you kidding me?"
Zhao Kai said sternly: "I am very serious. I admit that I lost to Wanyan Zongwang. It is true that my skills are inferior to others. However, I only got a draw with you twice. I feel very depressed.
Qu, I will definitely decide the winner with you so that you don’t have to be here chattering all the time.”
What are you talking about? Just admit it when you lose to Wanyan Zongwang. You are not satisfied with being tied with me. It is too disrespectful. Regardless of whether you are the emperor or not, I must not give in at this moment, otherwise I will still be a man.
Li Qi curled his lips and said dissatisfied: "This is unfair, you are the emperor now. How could I dare to be cruel? I didn't let you do it the first time, but you attacked me first, and then we were evenly matched.
Although I made the first move the second time, I didn’t exert any force, which was actually very obvious.”
Zhao Kai waved his hand and said: "Come on, come on, it's useless to talk. I will have a showdown with you today."
Li Qidao: "This is even more unfair. I have been traveling for several months and my body is very exhausted. I have to give Wei Chen at least ten or eight years to recuperate."
Zhao Kai opened his eyes wide: "Ten or eight years?"
Li Qi stopped and quickly changed the subject: "Your Majesty, is there anything else you want? If nothing happens, I will leave. You know I still have a few wives waiting at home."
Zhao Kai glared at Li Qi angrily for a while, and finally sighed helplessly, coughed slightly, and said: "You just came back, I must have a lot of things to talk to you about."
"ah?"
At this moment, Li Qi really wanted to knock Zhao Kai down and walk out swaggeringly, but then he thought about it and decided to go to Ma Qiao first and try again with a few moves.
Zhao Kai glanced at him, raised a proud smile at the corner of his mouth, and said: "But I see that you don't have much thoughts now, so let's wait for another day. Please step back now."
"Wei Chen resigns."
Li Qi hurriedly ran out, fearing that Zhao Kai would regret it.
When they arrived outside the palace, it had already darkened. Li Qi stretched out his waist and felt angrily, md, in fact, I have wanted to beat you up for a long time. If you can, take off your dragon robe, I will go up and beat you up immediately.
Suddenly a carriage came and stopped in front of him.
When Li Qi saw the carriage, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He hurriedly jumped on it and opened the curtain. He saw Bai Qiannuo sitting inside and said happily: "Qiniang."
Bai Qiannuo looked at Li Qi, hesitated for a moment, then smiled lightly, stretched out his hand and said: "Privy Envoy, please come in."
The blazing fire in Li Qi's heart was immediately extinguished when he heard the Privy Council call, just like pouring a basin of ice water on it. Not even smoke came out. He said "oh", lowered his head and got in, sitting in Bai Qiannuo.
The person on the other side said very restrainedly: "I've kept you waiting for a long time."
Bai Qiannuo glanced at Li Qi, smiled softly and said, "I didn't wait long."
Li Qi hesitated for a while and said, "How have you been this year?"
Bai Qiannuo nodded and said, "I'm okay, are you okay?"
"not too good."
Li Qi said with a depressed look.
Bai Qiannuo pretended not to hear, and said outside: "Let's go."
"yes."
The carriage slowly left the palace.
Bai Qiannuo took a sip of tea and said, "You should know Uncle Wang---."
Li Qi raised his hand and glanced outside the door.
Bai Qiannuo smiled bitterly and said, "This coachman---."
Li Qi said angrily: "I don't even believe you, will I believe anyone else?"
Seeing his angry look, Bai Qiannuo couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled, but remained silent.
I finally came back, but you didn't even say a word except for official business, which was too much. Seeing her silence, Li Qi felt really angry, and looked out the window without saying a word.
The silence inside the carriage was a little scary.
After walking for about a meal, the carriage arrived at Bianhe Street. Bai Qiannuo asked the driver to park the carriage by the river, and then asked him to wait aside.
In addition, there are many guards standing around to protect him. After all, Li Qi is also a first-class official. It would be too unseemly to go out without bringing a hundred and eighty brothers with him.
Bai Qiannuo then said: "What you guessed at the beginning was not wrong at all. Qin Hui was indeed the first to operate on Uncle Wang."
Li Qi took a sip of tea and said calmly: "You don't need to admire him. I single-handedly promoted Qin Hui. Of course I understand him."
Bai Qiannuo smiled and said: "I think many people are advising you not to act out of emotion and protect your uncle Wang, including the emperor, just like you protected my father."
Li Qi remained silent, which was regarded as acquiescence.
Bai Qiannuo continued: "But they never thought that this was actually arranged by you. But you can tell me now why you were so sure that once I was aggressive, Qin Hui would use Uncle Wang to knock the mountain and shake the tiger. In fact, in the beginning
I was very curious about this and even thought it was impossible. So I didn’t ask any more questions, but I didn’t expect that it had become a fact.”
Li Qidao: "It's very simple. There are too many to mention. It's just because Uncle Wang is the right prime minister."
Bai Qiannuo suddenly realized and said: "I understand, the right prime minister is equivalent to the deputy prime minister. According to the system of our dynasty, the deputy prime minister is established to contain the prime minister, and Uncle Wang has a close relationship with you. He will definitely stand by
On your side, this is extremely unfavorable to Qin Hui. Now you and Zheng Yi have complete control over the Privy Council and the Third Division, but he has not yet fully controlled the three provinces and six ministries. After all, his strength is considered the weakest.
, so he will definitely try his best to drive Uncle Wang out of the three provinces, so that he can fully control the three provinces."
Li Qidao: "Not only that. I was with you and Uncle Wang in the court. He doesn't dare to touch you now, so he can only take it out on Uncle Wang. So once you make a move, Qin Hui will feel very panic. Now
The prime minister has lost his financial power and military power. If only half of the three provinces are left, it is equivalent to depriving him of the prime minister. Then he will definitely take advantage of Uncle Wang's lack of a stable foothold in the three provinces to strike first. If he delays me until I come back, then he will not
It's easy to handle, but what I didn't expect was that he actually involved the Bai family and the Zheng family. It seems that you did a lot of things to make him angry."
Bai Qiannuo said: "I did exactly what you asked, but Qin Hui's move was too cruel. He obviously planned to use my Bai family to make Uncle Wang unable to stand up. Now Uncle Wang's family is involved.
His people have also been severely suppressed by the court. Have you ever thought that if you can't save it, it may harm Uncle Wang or even the Wang family? I'm not talking about official positions, but lives."
Li Qi sighed and said: "Of course I have thought about this, but Uncle Wang must make some sacrifices first, otherwise he may be killed later, so I must use Qin Hui to drive him down, but of course I
I'm sure I can keep him. In fact, with Uncle Wang's character, he can't make too many mistakes. As long as he doesn't offend the emperor, everything will be fine."
Bai Qiannuo said: "But have you ever thought about what Sister Wang would think if she knew about this?"
Li Qidao: "I can't help it. Since I have made a plan, I must carry it out. In fact, I am doing this for their own good. You should know Uncle Wang's character very well. To put it harshly, he is just like my father-in-law.
, If you are too timid and weak, it is difficult to take charge of the situation on your own, and you cannot control the situation at all. If you stand too high, you will only fall more miserably."
Bai Qiannuo said: "This is just like how you treated my Bai family back then."
Li Qi was stunned, waved his hands upward, and said: "Whatever you think, I have told you all the plans. You must think that I am a ruthless and unjust person, and I have nothing to say."
As soon as these words came out, he became more and more angry and said: "Yes, I did use your Bai family to win Zhao Huan's trust, but didn't your Bai family use me? This was just a very common exchange of interests.
I owe you Bai Qiniang a lot. I have always felt very guilty and grateful for this, but I dare to say that I do not owe you a penny from the Bai family. Even if my father-in-law is in the court now, that is not
I am holding on there, is this any different from now?
If it weren't for me, do you think my father-in-law is Qin Hui's opponent? Why do I do so much? Isn't it for the Song Dynasty and for our family? Do you think I feel better? It's not easy for me. You want to fight
If you want to scold me, just say it, and forget it after you scold me and hit me. How long do you want to make me angry before you stop?"
Bai Qiannuo listened quietly, took a sip of tea, and said: "Why did the Privy Council say this? I am just reporting to you."
Li Qi hummed, "Why did I say that? You didn't even say "husband", I thought the person sitting in front of me was Qin Hui."
Bai Qiannuo chuckled, and said again: "I thought the person sitting in front of me was a resentful woman. I didn't expect that you have so much resentment towards our Bai family, but if I don't do this, you will
You don’t have the personality to talk to me seriously about business matters.”
Li Qi blinked, suddenly realized, and said angrily and amusedly: "Oh, I dare you to be kidding me."
Bai Qiannuo chuckled and said, "A little girl wouldn't dare."
"Okay! Qiniang, you are getting more and more naughty. You must be taken care of by the family!"
Li Qi was in high spirits, and used a standard bad wolf attack to knock Bai Qiannuo down, and kissed her pretty red lips fiercely until Bai Qiannuo couldn't breathe.
He said proudly: "You know how powerful family skills are."
Bai Qiannuo struggled, rolled her eyes at him, and said, "I knew you were stubborn, so I should have been more angry with you just now."
Li Qi smiled, hugged her over again, and asked softly: "Qiniang, are you really not angry with me anymore?"
Bai Qiannuo snuggled into his arms and said: "Actually, I don't want to be angry with you. I can even give up my life for you, but I can't ignore my father's feelings for you, regardless of whether my father is right or wrong.
It's wrong or right, but he is always my father. He has raised me for twenty years and loves me very much. I ask myself that I can't be with you regardless of all this. This is too selfish.
But the more I hate you, the more I miss you. During this year, I think about you all the time. I often think that if I hadn't been so persistent, I wouldn't have wasted that hard-earned year.
Now my father has recovered, and with the persuasion of my mother and grand master, although he didn’t say it, I know that he has forgiven you. From that time on, I miss you even more and hope that you can come back every day.
Come back soon."
Li Qi was extremely moved when he heard this. He hugged you tighter and said, "Actually, I have always understood you very well, and I have never blamed you."
Bai Qiannuo said angrily: "Then you were so cruel to me just now."
Li Qidao: "I don't want to either, just because I want to understand a truth when I go out this time. Life passes by in a blink of an eye for decades. I don't want to waste every moment. I can face failure, but I don't want to leave any regrets, so
I had already planned it on the way back. The first thing I did when I came back was to reconcile with you. But after finally seeing you, you were so cold to me. This made me feel aggrieved, so I spoke loudly.
Yes, actually I was just angry with myself."
Bai Qiannuo smiled narrowly and said, "I'm afraid I'm the first person to make the Privy Council so angry."
Li Qi smiled bitterly and said: "It's okay to be the first person like this. Qiniang, don't be angry with me again in the future. I really can't afford to go through it again."
Bai Qiannuo raised her lips and said angrily: "You are really honest and dishonest, why don't you say you will never make me angry again."
"This is when---!"
At this point, Li Qi suddenly started to sweat profusely, and his words stopped abruptly.
Bai Qiannuo sat up suddenly, looked sideways at Li Qi, and said, "Don't let me get it right." (To be continued...)