Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 1217 Interest Exchange
Li Qinzai was a little helpless and wanted to turn around and leave.

Empress Wu really didn't treat him as an outsider. Li Qinzai had just planned to kill Lu Jiayiduo and fulfilled the entrustment of Empress Wu. She still owed Li Qinzai a favor, and then asked him for help.

I really used myself as the donkey of the production team.

Li Qinzai wanted to refuse. I gave you face once, but it would be wrong to smack your nose. You are a queen. Just take care of your harem and it will be over. Where is there so much shit?
Seeing Li Qinzai's hesitant expression, how shrewd Empress Wu was, she could see his reluctance at a glance, and she couldn't help chuckling and said, "You are so quick to do things for His Majesty, why don't you want to do things for my palace?"

Li Qinzai hurriedly said: "I don't dare, I will be sent by the superior, and I will go through fire and water."

"You talk about going through fire and water, but you still don't want it in your heart. You feel that there are too many things in this palace, and you don't want to have too many entanglements with this palace, right?" Empress Wu said slowly.

Li Qinzai looked a little embarrassed, what happened, it was indeed the case, but everyone is a decent person, why bother talking so thoroughly that he didn't know how to answer.

Li Qinzai said sternly: "I have absolutely no such intentions, whether your majesty's affairs or the queen's affairs, they are all my own affairs."

Empress Wu laughed loudly: "Well said, it's your skill to speak such nonsense so seriously."

After laughing a few times, Empress Wu's expression quickly calmed down, and said indifferently: "As I said just now, cooperation is possible only when interests are aligned. I won't let you be busy in vain."

"Let the ancestor lead the army to conquer the east and make great achievements in destroying the country. Your Li family will soon become powerful and powerful. However, if you are so prosperous, you will be envied by others. Your Li family will not be less troublesome in the future."

"I can promise you that if someone frames the Li family and slanders the heroes in the future, I will be a part of the Li family's help in the palace and help the Li family avoid disasters. Are you satisfied with this condition?"

Li Qinzai's expression became serious.

Empress Wu's promise is not light.

In the eyes of others, she is just the queen of Tang Dynasty. After being beaten by Li Zhi, the queen is just a queen, and her power is only within the scope of the harem.

But Li Qinzai knew very well that this woman was very capable and ambitious, and as long as Li Zhi relaxed a little, she would immediately be able to dance happily.

She said that she could save the Li family from disasters, and Li Qin believed it.

This condition is very attractive. Li Ji is already old, and he will definitely retire after the victory of the Eastern Expedition. Now Empress Wu proposes this condition, which is equivalent to adding a force to the Li family.

But Li Qinzai still hesitated, this force is a double-edged sword, hurting others can also hurt oneself.

In the future, if you get too close to Empress Wu, the Li family will be labeled as the "Queen Party", and generations of the family will not be able to get rid of it. I am afraid that Li Zhi will also have a grudge against him.

The bloody fate of Li Yifu is in front of his eyes, and Li Qinzai did it indirectly. Can Li Qinzai make the same mistake now?
Empress Wu is so powerful, Li Qinzai learned again today.

It seems that she still hasn't given up on pulling him into the Queen's camp, but the method of pulling him in has changed. This time, she is tying him to the same boat on the condition of profit.When Li Qinzai came back to his senses, it was too late to get off the boat.

Although the queen's thighs are long and white, it's better to hug Li Zhi's thighs.

After quickly weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Li Qinzai finally made a choice.

"Empress, everyone is a decent person, there is no need to say things so bluntly..." Li Qinzai smiled sarcastically, and said: "I am not very capable, I am afraid that I can help the queen..."

Before finishing speaking, Empress Wu waved her hand and said, "Don't refuse yet, just listen to Ben Gong."

"Let me ask you, in your eyes, as the empress of the Tang Dynasty, do you agree with me sitting in this position?"

Li Qinzai was silent for a while, then nodded slowly.

No matter how shrewd and powerful this woman is, one thing has to be admitted, she is indeed competent for the position of queen, and even surpasses it.

How can a woman who can be an emperor be incompetent to be a queen?
Empress Wu stared into his eyes, and said: "If another woman becomes the empress, do you think she can beat me?"

Li Qinzai rubbed his face, said with a wry smile: "Queen...you let me go, I really don't want to get involved in palace affairs, it will kill me."

Empress Wu sighed: "You have always been cautious, even if this palace wants to drag you into the water, how can you be fooled? This time it is not a matter of the palace, but a matter of the world..."

Li Qinzai's smile became more and more bitter: "Shouldn't I say 'willing to hear more about it' now?"

Empress Wu nodded seriously: "Yes."

"Whether you want to help or not, I have to explain the matter clearly. If you want to help, you can help. If you don't want to help, you might as well turn around and leave. I will never hold any grudges."

Li Qinzai had no choice but to bow and said, "I would like to hear the details."

Empress Wu showed an expression of "you are very good", and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.

"Three days ago, when you were busy planning to kill Lu Jiayiduo, Yushitai servant Yang Hongwu, Sheren Dai Zhide, Si Lie Shao Changbo Li Anqi and more than a dozen courtiers jointly signed the letter, please Your Majesty. Order the draft." Empress Wu said indifferently.

Li Qinzai frowned. The harem draft is not surprising. The mothers-in-law of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, whether they are the queen of the palace or various concubines, are all recruited through the draft competition.

Including Empress Wu, she was also drafted into the palace during the Zhenguan period. She was only 14 years old that year. Li Shimin was old and had bad teeth and could only chew tender grass.

During the reign of each generation of emperors, they have to go through many drafts.

There is no specific rule for the draft. When the courtiers feel that the emperor's harem is empty and the heirs are not prosperous enough, they will go to the court to request a draft.

The emperor usually would not refuse such a request from a courtier. In other words, even a normal man would not refuse. It was an opportunity where he could justifiably wave his hand and say "change the batch".

As for Empress Wu, of course she was reluctant in her heart. Who would be willing to have a bunch of women come out to compete with her for a man? Even a normal woman would not do it.And those women are all young and beautiful, and they are extremely threatening.

"So, what does the empress mean, that the ministers want to prevent this draft?" Li Qinzai asked.

Empress Wu shook her head, her tone suddenly became cold: "You still don't understand."

"According to the system, the Ministry of Rites should come forward for courtiers' requests for drafting, and then ask the queen for instructions. The queen agrees, and then the minister of the Ministry of Rites together with the courtiers will go to the emperor to ask for orders."

"But this time, more than a dozen courtiers asked for a draft, but I didn't know about it. I didn't know about it until their memorials fell on Shang Shusheng's desk."

An angry expression appeared on Empress Wu's face: "They didn't take me seriously at all, and after Li Yifu's death, they didn't take me seriously at all!"

Li Qinzai said cautiously: "Chen...kill all the dozen or so courtiers?"

Empress Wu glanced at him and said, "Mr. Li is so angry, if I really want you to do this, will you agree?"

Li Qinzai said decisively: "Of course I won't do it. I'm not crazy. How dare I die like this."

(End of this chapter)