Chapter 25 What is your name? "Your Majesty, I understand!" When Li Siyuan said this with trembling all over, Li Xingyun smiled. It was as it should be. Since he could bow to Yuan Tiangang, it showed that he was a smart man. Smart people are difficult to deal with, but also easy to deal stood not far away and nodded secretly. His Highness's two moves were really something. Although King Qi didn't have much expression on his face, it was not difficult to see the shock in his eyes. Didn't this descendant of Li Tang say that he had been wandering in the rivers and lakes for many years? His performance just now was not like that of a wanderer in the rivers and lakes. Li Xingyun leaned down, put his hand on Li Siyuan's shoulder, and said with a smile: "It's time to talk about business. This time I invited you here because I want you to raise an army to attack Liang. I wonder what Li Jianguo thinks?" Li Siyuan sneered in his heart, you are pretending to be your mother, but in the end you still have to rely on me. You have no soldiers and no land, but you still dare to pretend to ask me to help you fight. You think too much. However, although he had such fantasies in his heart, Li Siyuan still said humbly: "Your Highness has ordered, and everyone in Jin dares not disobey!" Li Siyuan has decided that he will just pretend to obey and secretly disobey when the time comes. If there is a chance, he will trick Li Xingyun again and seize the Longquan Sword! After getting the Longquan treasure, he will recruit soldiers and unify the world. "Haha..." Li Xingyun patted Li Siyuan on the shoulder and whispered, "I knew you wouldn't let me down. After I kill Zhu Wen and get rid of the Dark Emperor, you two can take advantage of the civil strife in Daliang to attack Liang together. One day, whoever controls Bianjing and Luoyang will be recognized as the legitimate ruler of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, we will hold a grand abdication ceremony. What do you think of this?" Li Xingyun's words immediately froze Li Siyuan, who was thinking about how to take revenge on Li Xingyun. "Your Highness, what did you say?" At this time, even the King of Qi beside him couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, don't say such things casually." "Nonsense? Haha, if I don't offer some tangible benefits, which vassal king in the world would be willing to send troops to attack Liang? Your adoptive father Li Keyong was almost killed by Zhu Wen back then, how could I not know that the Liang army is powerful?" Li Xingyun sneered. These vassal kings were not fools. They would not really use their family wealth to fight Daliang with real swords and guns just because he was a descendant of Li Tang. However, if he offered the bait of the orthodox Tang Dynasty, there would be few heroes in the world who could refuse this temptation. Li Siyuan was a little unsure at this time. He originally thought that what Li Xingyun said before was a rhetoric to manipulate him, but now it seems that Li Xingyun is serious. These simple words instantly made him confused. While Li Siyuan was still thinking with a frown on his face, Li Xingyun had already said, "Okay, you can go down. What I just said to you is valid for all the princes. After you go back, I will let you know when to send troops. As for whether to send troops at that time, it is up to you." As soon as Li Xingyun finished speaking, he ordered him to leave. Xu Cun stepped forward in armor and made a gesture of invitation to Li Siyuan. Li Siyuan, whose mind was still in a mess, slowly stood up and bowed to Li Xingyun, saying, "Your Highness, I will carefully consider what you said. I will take my leave now." Li Siyuan left the Governor's Mansion with a frown on his face, and said to the people from the Tongwen Academy waiting outside the Governor's Mansion, "Old Nine and Old Ten, follow me back to Taiyuan." "Adoptive father." Zhang Zifan stood carefully beside Li Cunzhong and looked at Li Siyuan. It can be seen that he was still very respectful to his adoptive father. Li Siyuan glanced at Zhang Zifan and said to his adopted son, "Since His Highness and you are old friends, then you should stay with His Highness. If you have any information, please report it to me as soon as possible."
"Yes, godfather." Zhang Zifan bowed to Li Siyuan with a hint of joy on his face. As long as he was not allowed to go to Taiyuan, everything could be discussed. However, what he didn't know was what Li Siyuan was planning on him. If it weren't for Zhang Zifan's crazy father, Li Siyuan would not have raised Zhang Zifan, a future trouble, to such a big size. At this moment in the lobby, King Qi felt more and more uncomfortable. Why did Li Xingyun keep staring at him without saying anything? "What's your name?" Li Xingyun finally spoke. Looking at King Qi in military uniform in front of him, his thoughts were a little vague. Empress, King Qi. King Qi was stunned, but he still said subconsciously: "My real name is Song Wentong. Because of my meritorious service in protecting the emperor, Emperor Xizong gave me the surname Li, my given name Maozhen, and my courtesy name Zhengchen." "Oh? You are Song Wentong?" Li Xingyun walked forward slowly, put his hands behind his back and looked at the person in front of him curiously, and whispered: "Why are you avoiding looking up at me?" King Qi raised his head slightly and glanced at Li Xingyun, then looked straight ahead and said, "Your Highness is of noble status, I dare not." "Interesting." Li Xingyun squatted on the ground and met the eyes of King Qi. The latter avoided his gaze slightly. Li Xingyun said to himself: "In the late Tang Dynasty, the princes of various places were already too powerful to be eliminated, and the people of the world rose up one after another. The majesty of the Li Tang Dynasty was no longer there. Li Siyuan just now is the best example. He was convinced on the surface but not in his heart. You say you are King Qi? Do you know how King Qi got the throne?" King Qi's eyes slightly opened when he heard this, and he saw Li Xingyun continue to say: "Song Wentong was born during the Dazhong period of the Tang Dynasty. In the first year of Guangqi, he was rewarded with the name Li Maozhen by Emperor Xizong for his meritorious service in protecting the emperor. In the second year of Dashun, he forced Emperor Zhaozong to kill the prime minister and was appointed as the governor of Fengxiang, and was named King of Qin." "What?" The Prince Qi in front of Li Xingyun was shocked, but Li Xingyun continued, "In the second year of Qianning, Li Maozhen entered Chang'an again, killed the prime minister, and threatened Emperor Zhaozong to be promoted to Prince Qi. Do you think such a tyrant would submit to me today?" "This is not true..." King Qi's face changed drastically. She had never heard her brother talk about these things. From childhood to adulthood, she was taught that their Qi Kingdom was the Qi Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty, and her brother was a loyal minister who had made great contributions in protecting the emperor. Li Xingyun stretched out his right hand and gently lifted King Qi's chin, saying, "I heard that King Qi's parents lived a long life and had a daughter in their old age. She is gifted and entered the heavenly throne at the age of fourteen. Her name is Song Yunji. When King Qi was promoted to the title, she was also named Princess of Qi and given the surname Li. Later, this girl established the famous assassin organization Huanyinfang in Qi three years ago. This girl is also called the Empress by the people in the martial arts world." "Although Li Maozhen is a traitor, it seems that he has raised a good sister who is loyal to the emperor and patriotic. Moreover, he has imposed the concept of family and country on you, so you can protect Qi for her. You are the empress and the king of Qi, right or not?" Li Xingyun let go of his hand and stood up, saying with a little emotion: "Although he is your brother, he should play more of a father role. I am very curious..." Li Xingyun looked at the pair of beautiful eyes in front of him and asked with a smile: "Now that you know the truth, will you still be loyal to the Tang Dynasty in your heart?" …… (I saw many people online saying that the Empress is an old woman and doesn’t match Li Xingyun, so I’ll explain it here.) (First of all, the background of the first season is that Zhu Wen was assassinated in 912, when Li Xingyun was sixteen or seventeen years old. The empress also served as the King of Qi for the first time. Here we have to talk about the time span of the second season. The plot of the second part is scattered and chaotic. Zhu Youzhen and Li Cunxu don’t have many roles in the play. The time it took Li Cunxu to destroy Liang is very vague. Liang was at its peak before Zhu Wen’s death, and it was impossible to be destroyed all at once. The time spent on the Qianling plot after the protagonists rescued people was not detailed in the play, but the time when Li Cunxu was killed by a pitiful person can be found. In 926, Li Cunxu died at the hands of a pitiful person, which was fourteen years away from the initial plot of the first season. After Li Cunxu’s death, the climax of the Longquan Treasure in the third season began, and Li Maozhen, a student from the Twelve Caves, came back. Note that at this time, Li Maozhen said that he had left Qi for sixteen years, and Li Xingyun should have been thirty years old at this time.) (So at the beginning of the plot, the Empress should have played the role of King Qi for only a few years. She should be older than Li Xingyun, but not much older. I guess she is around 20 years old. I don’t know if the screenwriter of The Bad Guys has mentioned the Empress’ age issue, and I don’t know if they have figured out the Empress’ age issue. All my conclusions here are deduced based on the plot.) (The first three seasons of The Bad Guys had the potential to have multiple love lines, but after the third and fourth seasons became popular, it began to whitewash and transform. In addition, this book has multiple female protagonists.) (End of this chapter)