bookcurios Chapter 180 I have selfish motives
Chapter 180 I have selfish motives
"When a tyrant is in power, such people may be everywhere. The whole world belongs to the king. When the emperor is angry, millions of people will die. No one cares about the life and death of the people. No one cares whose son, husband, or father the dead person is."
"Those in power only care about whether their goals have been achieved. No one cares how much blood has been shed or whose blood has been shed. The names of civilians will not be recorded in history books."
"Your Highness, if you want to save someone from danger, there is only one way to go."
Zhao Fang found a book in the Yushu Pavilion. It was not very old and was written in the previous dynasty.
Turn to that page and place it quietly in front of Zhou Qinghe.
The Qingxuan Gate Incident is comparable to the Xuanwu Gate Incident in the Tang Dynasty.
"Your Highness's situation and future are all written in this book. Whether you want to be the second King Heng depends on whether you are willing to risk the wrath of the world for the sake of the people and whether you are willing to save them from danger."
Zhou Qinghe was stunned. Every word Zhao Fangyu said challenged his nerves.
She is teaching him to usurp the throne...
"How do you know...I can do it?"
Zhou Qinghe looked straight into Zhao Fangyu's eyes. Those eyes were still beautiful, sharp, cold and rational.
As firmly as if she could foresee the outcome.
She trusted him too much, he was not as good as she thought.
Zhao Fangyu turned around and sat down, supporting his chin and looking at his little daughter's posture, but his eyes were as cold and clear as the sound of a mountain stream.
“Doing something knowing it’s impossible is courage.”
"The world is unpredictable. No one can control everything in the world, not even the emperor."
“But there are many things that we cannot not do just because no one is doing them.”
"Your Highness wants to save the people, and so do I. I am more selfish than Your Highness. I want women all over the world to no longer be like me, my aunt, and my cousin, being manipulated and enslaved in disguised form by rules."
"My delusion is bigger than your highness's. I dare to think and do it because your highness gave me the opportunity to see that these things may come true."
"A single spark can start a prairie fire. It is better to fight to the death than to be killed. If you succeed, Daliang will usher in a peaceful and prosperous era. If you lose, you will just die."
"That's the worst case scenario. If I win, millions of people will benefit. Why shouldn't I gamble? Why shouldn't Your Highness gamble?"
Every word Zhao Fangyu said was bewitching, but she was upright and honest, just like the goddess Gushe.
Zhao Fangyu used to be very afraid of many things, but the banquet at the Song family made her see clearly what cruelty was.
Just because of an extra variable, because of a look from the Prime Minister's wife, Qi Yinghe died, the maid around her died, and even the people sent by the Prime Minister's wife died at the hands of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
There are three lives at stake.
This is just the wife of a prime minister, not the prime minister, not the third prince.
She once thought that since the Third Prince was in power and people were living in misery, she could just leave.
But when she saw Qi Yinghe, her mind changed.
In fact, Qi Yinghe did nothing wrong after all. She just wanted to make her life better. Her faith was not strong enough and she was instigated by others. She thought she could just spend some time to become her cousin's concubine, but she ended up losing her life.
Qi Yinghe is a Zhao Fangyu who has no bargaining chips and is not smart.
She was not smart, but she did not deserve to die. She did not deserve to die.
Just because she didn't follow the planned path, she was arranged to lose her life...
She would never understand that the fake Qi Yinghe was personally arranged by her aunt to whom she had taken refuge. Song Runcheng, who was closest to her, watched the Song family's plan being carried out, but no one told her that she shouldn't do this.
She could actually be pulled back, but the risk was too great and the benefit too small, so no one did that.
I don’t know how many people like Qi Yinghe are there in the world, but there are very few people like Zhao Fangyu in the world.
The Li family is capable of protecting itself. Without the Li family, no one will be able to defend Longxi.
Among the nine clans, probably the only one that could be implicated is the Song family, but the Song family is the emperor's favorites, so Zhao Fangjin should be fine.
As for Zhao Minshan, it was better for him to die. He had no brothers or sisters, so he was better off dead.
Zhao Fangyu didn't want to be a pawn anymore and be pushed forward.
She wanted to stand outside the chessboard, become the chess player, and open up a new path little by little.
She wanted to make life... easier for future generations.
In this feudal society, you either eat or be eaten. Zhao Fangyu still has a lot of things to do and she doesn't want to die.
Zhou Qinghe felt that Zhao Fangyu seemed to be glowing.
He had never heard what she said, but every word went into his heart.
The woman was also a commoner of Daliang, and what she asked for was not a big deal in the eyes of those in power.
"We can't let thousands of people die in front of Your Highness in order to arouse the last bit of blood in Your Highness' heart."
Zhao Fangyu had seen what a rebellious consciousness aroused by blood looked like in the 21st century. That was the path their country had taken.
That road was too hard and too many people died.
She was wishful thinking, wanting Daliang to get better and wanting Daliang to take fewer detours.
"It's funny, these are not what I should consider, but I saw the injustice, so I don't want to be silent like a walking corpse."
"I want to see spring and peace."
Zhou Qinghe's hands dropped down little by little, the candlelight swayed in the wind, the flame flickered.
But Zhao Fangyu knew that he would agree.
Because he is soft-hearted.
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The ministers in the court discovered that Zhou Qinghe seemed to have changed recently. They couldn't tell what exactly had changed, but he seemed different from before.
He often went to the Fourth Prince's Mansion and met Cui Zimin many times.
Because of Shisiniang, Cui Zimin was quite polite to Zhou Qinghe.
The Fourth Prince knew very well that his second brother did not come to see him at all, but he could not say it.
His second brother has changed. He has become more energetic. He wants to get closer to this second brother, as if if he gets closer, the morning sun will be able to warm him a little.
That was a passion he didn't have.
What is Zhou Qinghe planning in secret?
The Qinghe Cui family stood behind Zhou Qinghe invisibly. This was not because of Cui Zimin and Shisiniang, but because they chose to remain neutral between the third prince and the second prince.
At a time like this, not taking sides would be a help to Zhou Qinghe.
Meng Yanzhen roughly guessed something.
When the letter from Longxi was delivered to the palace, Concubine Dan cried every night.
The emperor hugged Meng Yanzhen more than once and coaxed him, "If you really miss her, why not bring her back?"
Meng Yanzhen's tears fell like beads, and his hair was like thick clouds, spilling all over the ground.
"Absolutely not. Sending him to the frontier means asking him to serve his country... I am just being soft-hearted. I am afraid that he will get hurt, so I can't let him go."
"He grew up with me, and even if he were my brother, he would be no more than this... Now there's another fight at the border, how can I not be worried?"
"I am afraid that he will suffer, and I am also afraid that he will not be able to achieve anything and will waste his time in vain."
Meng Yanzhen wiped her tears on the emperor and burst into laughter: "Your Majesty, please do not call him back. My family is still waiting for good news about his achievements."
"The Meng family's foundation is largely supported by Yan Jiang. How can I ruin the overall situation because of my selfish thoughts?"
A selfish thought ruined the overall situation...
It was unknown what the emperor was thinking of. A hint of impatience flashed across his eyes, but he was coaxed back by Meng Yanzhen in the blink of an eye.