Chapter 382: The Banquet
"I don't think that you still think about the people as before, and you never think about yourself." Qi Lichen smiled.
"I always feel that after being involved in this power struggle, my mind is not so clean, and maybe this is the reason why you and I are alienated." Gu Jianglin smiled.
"It's not your fault." Qi Lichen thought about it for a while, when did he start, he was still able to disguise himself in the past, and he could also understand what kind of person Gu Jianglin was, but since he planned to do something to the emperor in Yanzhou City, he felt an inexplicable sense of guilt in his heart, and this sense of guilt made him not dare to contact Gu Jianglin as easily as before.
The hatred in his heart was intertwined, making him farther and farther away from this simple boy, maybe he shouldn't do this, so Jiangling is a person worthy of entrusting the country.
Xi Duyun's words were right, the people didn't want another war, at least, the people of their previous dynasty had been properly settled.
"I have very few friends, Gu Jianglin, but once I am a friend, I will be willing to stick a knife in his ribs." Qi Lichen smiled and said, "No matter what you want to do, I will help you." β
Gu Jianglin touched his forehead, "I'm drunk, I'm really a little drunk, maybe only after I'm drunk, will I say all the truths that shouldn't be said." β
Qi Lichen smiled, "Wait for the plum blossoms to bloom next year and go to enjoy the plum blossoms, last year, the poems you made sounded pretty good." β
"Why wait for the plum blossoms to bloom, you see how good the moonlight is now, make a poem about the moon." Gu Jianglin looked at the moon in the distance, squinted his eyes and said, "I'm really drunk, and I may not have put my mind on poetry for a long time, so I regressed and didn't know how to compose poetry." β
"Poetry is nothing but Yaxing." Qi Lichen raised his wine glass with a smile and looked at Lang Lang Qingtian, "There is wine today and drunk today." β
"It's a good one, if you have wine today and get drunk today, tomorrow will be sad." Gu Jianglin took another sip of wine, and before he could say a few words, he was dragged over again, it seems that this new hot celebrity in the court can finally show his strength in the court.
Qi Lichen was also very happy, a long, long time ago, Gu Jianglin's strongest desire should also be to contribute to the country.
Now that he finally has the chance, he should be happy.
As soon as he finished drinking and put down his glass, a delicate and weak voice came from behind him, "Leave my brother? β
When he turned his face, the man said in surprise: "Brother Li, it's really you, I thought I was wrong, I didn't expect to meet you here, oh, by the way, I almost forgot, this time you returned with the fifth prince, it must be a meritorious service." β
"You are?" Qi Lichen frowned.
Maybe it's really because I drank too much, so I was a little dizzy, and I looked down on the person in front of me in a trance.
There was a hint of loss on the man's face, "You really don't remember me, do you?" Leaving my brother, I'm Zhou Qi. β
Qi Lichen searched for this name in his mind, and then he reacted, it turned out to be the daughter of the county commander, no wonder, I haven't seen him for a long time, I heard that the county commander was transferred to the capital at that time, so the family moved, but I didn't expect to meet here back and forth.
"It's you." He replied without a word, sat down and continued to drink, the scenery here was not bad, overhead was a tree, the branches and leaves were intertwined, and the moonlight was cut to pieces, casting small patches of light.
Zhou Qi was very excited, she couldn't tell how long she hadn't seen Qi Lichen, she only felt that it was still the same as in her memory, she could have sent some people back to Qi County to inquire about his news, but everyone was sent out, she called back again, she was afraid that all she would get was disappointment, maybe he had already married Xi Muyun.
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She smiled, and sat a little cramped opposite Qi Lichen, but she smelled a smell of wine on him, so she frowned and said, "I remember, you have always been a sober and restrained person, why did you drink so much wine this time?" β
"Probably a stone in my heart was put down." Qi Lichen smiled, "I still have important things to do, so it's inconvenient to stay for a long time, so I will leave first." β
Zhou Qi hurriedly stopped him, "Brother Li, I haven't seen you for so long, don't you miss me at all?" I helped you so much back then. β
Qi Lichen turned around and didn't speak, Zhou Qi's willfulness and ruthlessness were at home, and when he met her today, he didn't want to pay attention to it, but when he saw that the other party spoke in a gentle tone, he didn't want to hit her face, so he replied, but he didn't expect that his true nature would be revealed in three sentences.
Zhou Qi lowered his head again, "I'm not carrying Entu, I just want to ask you how you are doing, I haven't been back for a long time, what happened there, I don't know, have you and Miss Xi married?" β
She asked cautiously, for fear of hearing the answer she least wanted to hear from Qi Lichen's mouth.
Qi Lichen glanced at her and smiled lightly, "Don't worry, Yun'er and I won't forget you when we hold a banquet, and I will send an invitation to the house." β
"Why can't you just like me? My father is now in the capital and he will help you in your future. Zhou Qi said pitifully that she learned one thing in the capital, that is, women should show weakness to men, so that men will have pity.
"Zhou Qi, if you are here to talk about this, then we have nothing to talk about, I advise you, the twisted melon is not sweet, if a man marries you just for identity and status, you will not be happy for the rest of your life." Qi Lichen said.
"Then why did you marry her?" Zhou Qi couldn't help but burst out and shouted.
Qi Lichen was really stumped by this question, "Because I have a marriage contract with her." He could only come up with such an answer.
"Is it just a marriage contract?" Zhou Qi said aggrievedly: "After I helped you do so much, don't you think about my good at all?" β
Qi Lichen didn't want to talk to her anymore, "I'm sorry, I'll go first." β
Zhou Qi's goodness is also the kind of very strong, whether you need it or not, just bring it all in one go, this kind of good is full of burden, and he can't afford it.
Zhou Qi bit his lip, "Since we meet again in the capital, it is fate, and I will not let go again this time." β
After saying that, she smiled lightly and turned her head to walk away.
As soon as Qi Lichen returned to the banquet, he heard someone talking not far away.
"The person who was next to the fifth prince just now seems to be the prime minister's protΓ©gΓ©, I remember seeing it before, and the prime minister was quite fond of him at that time." One of the officials said.
Another official also hurriedly said yes when he heard this, "I have seen the opposite team before, how did you say that this person got together with the five princes, could it be said that the prime minister occupies the team of the five princes, this prime minister has a lot of power, and when he stands in line, the situation in the court and China is completely different." β
"Now that even the five princes have returned, it seems that there is not only one candidate for the prince of the court." Another person sighed and said: "Although there are many heirs of the emperor, there are few who stand out, and the emperor is even less satisfied. β
"You can just say it in front of us, if it is said in front of the emperor, I will definitely not be able to spare you." The other man said in a low voice.