By now, Jing Li had been caught several times by the increasingly clever kid, so he just openly competed with him for food.

Qin Zhao always felt as if he had raised two children.

"So you planned to use Deng Tianyou to meet the little emperor from the beginning? I don't quite understand why he would help you?" Jing Li asked, thinking of what happened just now.

Perhaps because Deng Tianyou was an important official in the court, Jing Li always had a natural distrust of him.

Even if his temperament is similar to Qin Zhao's.

As a disciple of Prince Rong, he was able to quickly switch sides after Prince Rong lost power and was even entrusted with an important position. Is such a person really trustworthy?

Qin Zhao could roughly guess what he was worried about and explained, "I want to come back. There are actually many people in the court who can be used, but do you know why I chose Deng Tianyou and Xiao Yue?"

"Because one of them holds an official position and the other has military power?"

"No." Qin Zhao shook his head. "Deng Tianyou and Xiao Yue are two completely different people. The only thing they have in common is that they both have their own unshakable beliefs."

Jing Li didn't understand.

Qin Zhao said, "The Xiao family has been a nation of great generals for generations, making illustrious military achievements for the imperial court. Their ancestors once followed the founding emperor on his campaigns. The Qi clan has a deep debt of gratitude to the Xiao family. But when it comes to Xiao Yue's generation, he's unruly and unruly. In his heart, he wants only two things."

"The Xiao family is safe and sound, and we support the Qi family's rule."

As for who sits on the throne, Xiao Yue doesn't care who that person is as long as he is still of the Qi family bloodline.

"Deng Tianyou is even simpler," Qin Zhao said. "He came from a poor family and only wanted to make life better for the people. He cared too much about their safety, even more than he respected power. This is why he and I disagreed politically in the first place."

“I didn’t even notice…”

Deng Tianyou has the appearance of a typical scholar, and Jing Li never thought that he has such a bloody character in his bones.

Qin Zhao smiled and said, "If a man like him were to meet a tyrannical and incompetent ruler, he probably wouldn't survive more than three days."

"But if he is such a person, why would he help you?"

Jing Li still didn't understand.

Even if a person like Deng Tianyou does not respect the imperial power, he will not betray it easily.

"Because I told him that there was another hidden reason behind my poisoning, and the Queen Mother might have ambitions to seize power and usurp the throne." Qin Zhao said calmly.

"Ah?" Jing Li was startled. "How do you know the Queen Mother..."

Qin Zhao: "I don't know."

Jing Li was stunned for a long time before he vaguely realized something from Qin Zhao's expression.

He wouldn't just say that to deceive Deng Tianyou, right?

Qin Zhao sighed: "Deng Tianyou is not as brainless as Xiao Yue, the martial artist. I have to find a valid reason to convince him to help me."

Jing Li: “…”

This was the first time he saw someone taking advantage of others and then confidently calling them stupid!

But then again, if he was really smart, he wouldn't have been deceived so badly by Qin Zhao.

Isn't it true that even after being sold, I still have to help count the money?

This person has no heart.

Jing Li looked a little dazed and asked, "Have you ever thought that if you are wrong and this matter has nothing to do with the Queen Mother, then when the truth is revealed, Deng Tianyou will know it, right?"

"So what?" Qin Zhao asked back.

Yeah, what can you do even if you know?

If Deng Tianyou hadn't agreed to help Qin Zhao that night when they met again in Jiangling, he might not have been able to leave there alive. Even if things ended up going against what Qin Zhao had hoped, what was there to fear?