Yan Keji is very envious of Li Lifang's every move of "doing whatever he wants" in the court over the years under the influence of the queen mother, especially when the current saint Zhao Kuo also has a rather conniving attitude towards Li Lifang, which makes Yan Keji even more deeply envious of the various privileges of being a relative of the emperor, and even looks forward to the day when he can do whatever he wants in the court like Li Lifang.

As long as Li Lifang wants to, almost no one will come out to stop him, so it also makes Li Lifang's career extremely smooth.

Although the officials in the court knew that with Li Lifang's ability, there was no way to be competent for any of the Shangshu dispatches, but over the years, Li Lifang has been mixing like a fish in water and flourishing in the six departments.

As a scholar and squire, Yan Ke has the arrogance and integrity of a literati, but deep down, he is still very envious of being able to do whatever he wants in the court like Li Lifang.

"Doesn't that mean that after you offended Yan Keji today, you will set up another enemy above the court in the future?" Xie Daoqing asked with some worry for Ye Qing.

Ye Qing looked at the figure below where Li Lifang was talking to Yan Keji, the corners of his mouth showed a touch of disdain, and he smiled: "Yan Keji thinks very highly of himself on weekdays, although he is quite arrogant and upright, but ...... It is precisely because of his ability and arrogance that he has become extremely ambitious than Li Lifang in the court. ”

Ye Qing turned his head, looked at Xie Daoqing's bright eyes, thought for a while, and continued: "But the most important thing is that Li Lifang has no ambitions in the future, whether it is the Empress Dowager or the Holy Lord, they all know this very well, and they also know that Li Lifang will never form a party or form a faction above the court, so he will be quite conniving at Li Lifang above the court." Yan Keji is not ....... ”

"But isn't Li Lifang a good personal friend with you? This...... Isn't that the ...... Standing on the same side? Xie Daoqing asked with a blink of his beautiful eyes.

Xie Daoqing is obviously difficult to say such words as forming a party for personal gain, forming a gang and forming a faction, in her opinion, such words should be used to describe the treacherous people above the court, and should not be used on Ye Qing, because Ye Qing is a good person in her heart.

"Yes, Li Lifang and I do have a good personal relationship, but it is limited to a good personal relationship." Ye Qing looked at Xie Daoqing, who was a little puzzled, and after a pause, he explained: "Over the years, in fact, I have also known Li Lifang quite well, but it was not until the incident of the Wangfu a few days ago that I completely figured out Li Lifang's principles and position. Putting aside some things, in fact, Li Lifang, who seems to like to be sent by all kinds of dispatches above the court, has always had his principles and bottom line, that is, his loyalty to the queen mother and the saint will not change no matter what. It is precisely because of this that Li Lifang is willing to associate with me, and even chooses to stand by my side in many things. ”

"Why does he trust you so much? But...... If he trusts you so much, why don't he tell the Holy One that he can trust you completely? "In Xie Daoqing's view, the affairs of the court and the relationship between the monarch and the minister should be simple to gain each other's trust, right?

Since Li Lifang believes that Ye Qing will not do anything harmful to the imperial court, then it is completely possible to play the saint and let the saint believe that Ye Qing is loyal to the imperial court. Why didn't Li Lifang speak for Ye Qing in front of the Holy Lord?

In Xie Daoqing's view, this should be a very simple matter, and a few words can actually solve the problem, and it shouldn't be as complicated as it is now.

Ye Qing smiled and looked at Xie Daoqing, who was not deeply involved in the world, if there was anything about this young woman that attracted him, it should be...... The kind of simplicity and simplicity that remained on Xie Daoqing after removing the worldly trivialities.

"If only it were as simple as you say." Ye Qing sighed slightly and sighed.

It is precisely because Li Lifang knows the relationship between himself and the Queen Mother that he makes it

Li Lifang has great trust in Ye Qing, but this trust does not conflict with Li Lifang's own principles, and Ye Qing now knows that Li Lifang is willing to support him all the time, precisely because he knows that Ye Qing will not rebel.

And if he, Ye Qing, wants to rebel one day, then at that time, Li Lifang will definitely be the first person to oppose him.

Although Li Lifang will compete with other officials above the court, no matter what, Li Lifang, who is above the court, has always adhered to the way of being a lone official over the years.

Li Lifang has both the trust of today's saints and the support of the queen mother, which should easily become a huge advantage for Li Lifang to expand and extend his influence and interests above the court, but Li Lifang has never relied on these to form a gang to expand his power, but has always adhered to the principle that a person can do whatever he wants above the court, which also makes Zhao Kuo and Li Fengniang never worry too much about Li Lifang.

Li Lifang himself obviously knows that with his own unique advantages, what can be done and what cannot be done above the court, so he has been like a fish in water above the court over the years, but in fact, he has been very cautious, and has been relying on his own single-handedness to Li Fengniang and Zhao Kuo, proving his loyalty to the court without ambition.

did not give Zhao Kuo and Li Fengniang the matter of triggering the principle, and never tested the bottom line of Zhao Kuo and Li Fengniang, but made Li Lifang's current situation become a situation that even Yan Keji envied.

Yan Keji obviously didn't want to offend Li Lifang, after all, Yan Keji was also very clear about the empress dowager's strength in the court and her influence on Zhao Kuo, so after Li Lifang stopped him at this time, Yan Keji's heart began to hurt involuntarily.

These two shops, including some other shops, are not so much the hard-earned money of Yan Keji, but the wealth that Shi Miyuan gave him in order to curry favor with him.

And this is also the difference between Yan Keji and Li Lifang: although Li Lifang likes vanity and loves wealth, he has never been greedy for money, nor will he use sideways to accumulate wealth.

But Yan Keji is not like this, especially after getting Shi Miyuan's first overture, he began to favor this kind of low-hanging fruit benefits, which also made Yan Keji in terms of accumulating money, although he has not yet reached the point of being as omnipotent as Shi Miyuan, but his desire and pursuit of money has now crossed his bottom line and principles as a literati, and even does not hesitate to apply some of the methods of wealth accumulation that he saw from Shi Miyuan, including colluding with other officials.

"Master Li, these shops are all ...... old man has worked hard for many years." Yan Keji looked at the two shops not far behind him with some anxiety, and felt as if he was cutting his flesh.

"Lord Yan, you can't help yourself when you say this, right? How did these shops come about, although Li is not very clear about the ins and outs, but he also knows a rough idea. Lord Yan, Li has to remind you now, Zuo Xiang Shi Miyuan has now been detained by the Holy Lord in Dali Temple, I'm afraid this is ...... It was a matter of time before he was deposed or exiled. If Lord Yan still regards these shops as his own, once everything is shaken out from Shi Miyuan's side, it will be difficult for you to explain it to the saint, don't forget, you are not just a bachelor or a squire now, you are still the ruler of my Great Song Dynasty. Li Lifang's expression seemed to have a hint of pity for Yan Keji: "Making money and being an official can be said to be the same way, and you must know how to make trade-offs and advance and retreat." ”

"It's ......." Where can Yan Keji listen to these reminders at this time, he only has these shops in his heart that can collect money for him, and they will no longer belong to him from tonight, his expression is even more anxious at this time

"Master Li, can you make it convenient?" That's right, Xiaguan...... Xiaguan's shops do have an inextricable relationship with Lord Zuo, but ...... But now these shops are really under the name of the lower officials. Lord Li, look at ....... ”

Li Lifang looked at Yan Keji's painful flesh and anxious look around, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and even a little glad that he had always kept a distance from Shi Miyuan over the years, and had never been co-opted and corrupted by Shi Miyuan with various temptations.

As for Yan Keji, who just called himself Yan, and now he has called himself a subordinate official, it made Li Lifang want to laugh a little in his heart: I knew why I had to do it today.

However, at this time, Li Lifang obviously hadn't forgotten the task given to him by Ye Qing, and sighed sympathetically and said: "Lord Yan, there are some things outside the body that should be given up, otherwise you will lose a lot because of this, but the gains outweigh the losses and regrets." ”

"This ...... These subordinates all have property deeds and so on...... Otherwise, why don't you wait a while? Yan Keji looked around anxiously, as if he was waiting for someone.

Li Lifang saw Yan Keji's anxious expression in his eyes, and then involuntarily looked at the second floor of the teahouse opposite, at this time he realized that Ye Qing had already expected that Yan Keji might intercede in the palace, otherwise, with his prestige in Lin'an now, even ten Yan Keji would not dare to stop him from blocking these shops.

Li Lifang obviously didn't intend to show mercy to his subordinates, smiled at Yan Keji and shook his head, and was about to open his mouth to persuade him again, but Yan Keji took advantage of the situation to pull Li Lifang's arm, and the two took two steps to a more secluded place.

I saw that Yan Keji seemed to be making some determination, and then gritted his teeth as if he was resigned to his fate, and after letting go of Li Lifang's arm, he instantly took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve pocket, and slowly handed it to Li Lifang with a trembling hand with some pain and hesitation, and his throat was a little dry because of this, and he whispered: "Lord Li, this is a little bit of a trivial matter, Xiaguan has always wanted to visit Lord Li in the mansion, especially since the queen entered the palace, but Xiaguan also knows that Lord Li is very busy on weekdays, and he has never been able to find a suitable opportunity. I am even more afraid of disturbing Lord Li, and today is the opportunity to do so, and I hope that Lord Li will not be polite. ”

Looking at Yan Keji's trembling hand holding the silver ticket, Li Lifang's expression has always been calm and calm, he stretched out his hand and slowly pushed back Yan Keji's hand that had no strength, watched Yan Keji retract his arm and silver ticket, shook his head and said: "Lord Yan, although Li is so vain on weekdays, and even a little official fan, he also knows it well...... There is a reason to take it, so I hope Lord Yan ....... ”

"Then let's do it, you might as well wait for a while, and go to the palace to ask the queen to ......."

"This is the meaning of the saint, does Lord Yan think that the queen has done the master?" Li Lifang simply abandoned Ye Qing and directly moved Zhao Kuo out.

In his opinion, even if Zhao Kuo knew about scaring Yan Keji in the name of Zhao Kuo today, the big deal was that he was reprimanded by Zhao Kuo, anyway, it didn't hurt or itch, not to mention that it was still for the sake of the court.

However, between the lightning and flint, Li Lifang seemed to suddenly realize something, and suddenly unconsciously looked at the second floor of the teahouse opposite, and a premonition suddenly rose in his heart: The reason why Ye Qing moved Yan Keji, will it ...... Could it be that he is taking the opportunity to test the attitude of the Holy One towards him now?

At this time, Ye Qing, who was on the second floor of the teahouse, happened to look at Li Lifang with a shocked face, although he couldn't see Li Lifang's expression clearly, but the two could still feel that they were looking at each other at this moment.

Li Lifang instantly seemed to understand something, and Ye Qing obviously knew something, and then after throwing a piece of broken silver on the tea table, he got up and walked down the second floor with Xie Daoqing, and after looking back at Yan Keji, who was a little depressed not far away, he turned around and disappeared into the alley.