Qi Yingzong had no choice but to retreat silently.

Qi Huizong sighed, sat on the chair and closed his eyes slightly, no longer thinking about these things.

…

Qi Yingzong returned to his residence, but became a little restless.

He kept pacing in the courtyard.

Although these two emperors were stupid during the Jingping Incident, they had experienced so many ups and downs of the world and the warmth of human relationships with the Jin people. They were not in high positions at this time, so they should finally understand many things.

General Han Fuyue's words at the banquet last night seemed to be an apology on the surface, but if you look carefully, which words are true apology?

The first sin mentioned by General Han Fuyue was that it took too long to welcome back the two saints.

Of course, this is not a crime. After all, everyone knows how powerful the Jin people are. When these two strange emperors were in power, they almost lost their country. Now General Han Fuyue is turning the tide and helping the building to collapse.

Killing the golden man with divine help is already a great achievement that will last forever.

The second crime mentioned by General Han Fuyue was that he could not recapture Yanyun and went straight to Huanglong to kill all the Jin people.

Of course, this is not a crime, and again, everyone knows how powerful the Jin people are. The Qi Dynasty has been in existence for more than a hundred years, and even Taizu Taizong failed to regain Yanyun. How can we expect these unworthy descendants?

And this third sin is interesting.

Everyone had a tacit understanding before not raising the issue of Zhaoyi Army.

In fact, the Zhaoyi Army did not listen to orders at this time, and the land they captured did not return to the Qi Dynasty at all, but managed it themselves. The entire army's military resources, financial resources, logistics and equipment, etc., have been completely cut off from the Qi Dynasty.

It can be said that the Zhaoyi Army was a separatist regime entrenched in the north of the Qi Dynasty at this time, fighting against Qi and Jin.

The distance between rebellion and rebellion is just a matter of words.

No matter how unemotional the Second Saint is, he would not dare to break through this layer of window paper when he is living under someone else's roof.

But General Han Fuyue took the initiative to bring up this matter, saying that his third crime was "not being restrained by the imperial court, privately resisting the Jin Dynasty and welcoming back the Second Saint."

From the perspective of a minister, this is indeed an arrogance. After all, how can a minister make decisions for the emperor?

If it were Qi Huizong, Qi Yingzong would never tolerate this kind of behavior.

However, Qi Huizong and Qi Yingzong looked at this matter from the perspective of prisoners, and the nature was immediately different.

Why was General Han Fuyue not controlled by the imperial court? Isn't it because he kept winning great victories at the front, but Qi Gaozong wanted him to withdraw his troops and kneel down to sue for peace?

General Han Fuyue's decision was to continue to resist the Jin and welcome back the Second Saint.

In terms of the family, the country, the world, and the common people, the imperial court did not resist the Jin Dynasty, and General Han resisted the Jin Dynasty himself. This was a righteous move; in terms of loyal monarchs who loved the country and served the imperial court, Qi Gaozong did not want the late emperor or his father and brother, but General Han did not.

Forget that this is taking the moral high ground of loyalty and filial piety.

From this point of view, General Han Fuyue is not treason, but being forced by the dog emperor to have no choice but to take matters into his own hands and complete tasks that are not his own for the sake of the world.

Therefore, these three points appear to be an apology, but are actually some kind of disclaimer.

I tried my best! But someone is holding me back!

Who is holding back?

Nonsense, of course it’s Qi Gaozong and Qin Huizhi!

Qi Huizong is already old and his health is deteriorating. Even if he goes back to recuperate, he will probably not live for more than a year and a half. Therefore, Qi Huizong's only thought is to take care of himself.

As for the father-son relationship of "father uttering words and son laughing", even if he was dissatisfied, he couldn't care less about it.

But Qi Yingzong is still young and he still has many years to live.

General Han's words directly brought the conflict between him and Qi Gaozong to the fore.

Qi Yingzong's mentality at this time was that he just wanted to return to the Qi Dynasty and did not expect to continue to be emperor.

But the problem is that there is a chain of suspicion between him and Qi Gaozong, the ninth brother.

You said you don't want to be emperor, Qi Gaozongxin?

Emperor Gaozong of Qi would rather stop fighting when General Han continued to achieve great victories. He would rather cede the entire territory north of the Huaihe River in the Qi Dynasty to the Kingdom of Jin than welcome his father and brother back.

Isn't this attitude obvious?

So at this time, General Han Fuyue came forward to really welcome their father and son back. What would Qi Gaozong think? Would he want to get rid of them and then hurry up?

Qi Yingzong is indeed powerless to fight back at present, but this does not mean that he is a person who will sit back and wait for death.

After Qi Huizong ascended the Zen throne, he always issued imperial edicts for remote control. Qi Yingzong's response was that every time Qi Huizong issued an imperial edict, he would send one back. Later, Qi Huizong was directly taken back to the palace and placed under house arrest.

It can be seen that Qi Yingzong is not without a desire for power, and he is by no means a gentle and respectful person.

Once he knew that Qi Gaozong was likely to be unfavorable to him, Qi Yingzong's mind would become active.

Of course, even if Qi Yingzong had this intention at this time, it would be impossible to move Qi Gaozong.

After all, Qi Gaozong still held great power at this time, while Qi Yingzong had the title of "Two Saints" but did not have any real power or anyone available.

But for Zhao Haiping, it was enough to plant this seed in Qi Yingzong's heart.

This time bomb was sent back and was not rushed to detonate. But once it detonated, it would be powerful enough to cause the Qi court to collapse from within!

…

For the next three years, the world was peaceful.

The peace talks between the Qi, Jin, and Zhaoyi armies have been concluded, and there will be no new wars.

However, the undercurrents can still be seen in some trivial things.

Many people in the Qi Dynasty fled north into the territory of Zhaoyi Army, and local officials repeatedly banned them.

This is because the taxes of the Qi Dynasty were heavy, but production in the north where Zhaoyi's army was recuperating quickly recovered after recuperation, and in order to appease the refugees, they divided the land and reduced taxes, which won the hearts of the people.

Qi Chao knew it, but there was nothing he could do.

The chariots of Qi Huizong, Qi Yingzong and Queen Mother Wei had also arrived at the capital of Qi Dynasty long ago.

It is said that the scene at that time was extremely touching. Qi Gaozong went out of the city to greet the driver, and then he knelt down in front of Qi Huizong's driver and cried bitterly. The father and son hugged each other and cried.

Immediately afterwards, Qi Gaozong expressed his intention to return power to his brother Qi Yingzong, but Qi Yingzong refused repeatedly, and only then did Qi Gaozong give up.

After that, Qi Huizong began to take care of his old age as the Supreme Emperor, while Qi Yingzong was really named the Lord of Taiyi Palace, reciting poems and painting every day in the palace, living happily and carefree.

But...an episode happened soon.

Qi Huizong passed away.

In fact, in real history, Qi Huizong should have died five years ago. However, in this historical slice, he seems to have survived a few years longer.

But no matter what, his ability to return to the Qi Dynasty was based on his belief in returning to his roots. Death is a normal thing.

But in the discussions among people in the countryside, this matter has inexplicably become more of a conspiracy theory.

Because Qi Huizong was less than sixty years old when he died.

At this age, some people would naturally believe that he was suffering from illness and died at a young age; but if he was poisoned and assassinated... there seems to be nothing wrong with him.

After all, when the internal fighting between Qi Huizong and Qi Yingzong was at its fiercest, Qi Huizong wanted to toast Qi Yingzong to restore their relationship, but Qi Yingzong refused to drink, fearing that Qi Huizong would poison the wine. This made Qi Huizong very sad.

From the perspective of conspiracy theories, Qi Huizong was the Supreme Emperor and Qi Gaozong's biological father, which would definitely affect Qi Gaozong's power. Qi Gaozong was very dissatisfied with this, so it was not too strange to secretly poison Qi Huizong with some chronic poison.

matter.

Although this is just a rumor and nonsense, people in the countryside think of the actual performance of Qi Gaozong who shouted "returning the two saints" but actually preferred to let General Han Fuyue retreat rather than continue to fight...

All I can say is that this is not entirely impossible.

At least Qi Gaozong had this motive.

As for what Qi Yingzong, who was under surveillance in the palace, would think... that was only known to him.

In short, the Qi, Jin, and Zhaoyi armies lived peacefully for more than two years.

Until this day, Qin Huizhi, who had become powerful because of the terms of the Jin Renhe Agreement that "cannot be prime minister without guilt", received a secret letter from General Han Fuyue.

It says: Zhaoyi Army is willing to help him climb Dabao!

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