Zhao Huan was very satisfied with what he heard.

Having persuaded the emperor, Tang Ke finally felt a little relieved.

After Tang Ke left, Wanyan Qi was immediately summoned.

"Your subject kowtows to Your Majesty."

"Wanyan Qi, how dare you!"

Wanyan Qi was startled and confused, and quickly said, "Your Majesty, this sinful subject does not know what crime I have committed?"

"On my very first day in the capital, someone jointly impeached you for indiscriminately killing innocent people in the capital!"

Mentioning this matter made Wanyan Qi furious. Shi Li'ai, that old scoundrel, used to rely on his family, sending them money and women. Now that they've changed masters, he immediately turned his back on them.

What an ungrateful and shameless scoundrel!

"Your Majesty, those I killed were all people who harbored resentment towards Your Majesty; they were all traitors and rebels!"

Zhao Huan deliberately remained silent for a moment, while Wanyan Qi was covered in sweat, fearing that Zhao Huan might turn on him in the blink of an eye and kill him with a single stroke.

Zhao Huan's expression suddenly changed, becoming gentle: "Wanyan Qi, I believe in you. If I didn't, your head would already be hanging over the city gate right now."

Wanyan Qi felt a shiver run through him, his beanie fluttering down his back, but he was also relieved to be alive.

It seems the emperor isn't completely senile; he won't be swayed by a few words from that old scoundrel Shi Li'ai.

"Don't worry, as long as you serve me wholeheartedly, I will not treat you unfairly."

"I am willing to go through fire and water for Your Majesty."

"You just need to be more careful in the future. Last night, Shi Li'ai and Han Qixian came to me again to complain that you were domineering and acted recklessly in the capital!"

Arrogant and domineering? Not quite. He's just used to being in the army, so he's rough around the edges. And because his father was once the Prince of Yan, he had immense power and was inevitably arrogant.

Now that the Song army is stationed in the capital, and with powerful figures like Yue Fei and Han Shizhong around, even if he had a thousand times the courage to act arbitrarily, he wouldn't dare.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"I will not easily believe what others say."

Seeing the grateful look in Wanyan Qi's eyes, Zhao Huan knew that the Wanyan family and the Shi and Han families had reached a point of no return.