In any other situation, if Li Qiyu had said such words, Song Yi'an would have been so overjoyed that he couldn't sleep. But unfortunately, it was in such a situation.
This joy was mixed with a great deal of helplessness.
He could only nod reluctantly.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Li Qiyu said, "Song Yi'an, I'd like to ask you to do me a favor."
"I know you want me to let him go, right? Don't worry. Since you've said so, I won't do anything stupid."
Li Qiyu nodded and then shook her head.
Nodding was to confirm Song Yi'an's promise not to do anything stupid. As for shaking her head—
"Song Yi'an, I'd like to ask you to avenge me."
"Ah?" Song Yi'an was confused. Didn't Li Qiyu just ask him to let Song Jiye go?
Li Qiyu saw the doubt in Song Yi'an's eyes. She explained, "I don't mean to let him go. He has committed so many crimes that they can't even be fully recorded. I just don't want you to use a way that will end up hurting both of you and sacrificing yourself."
"So you mean..."
"I believe you can defeat him fairly and squarely. This is not only to stabilize the Song Group, but also a favor I'm asking you. I'll tell you everything I know about Song Jiye."
As the saying goes, know your enemy and yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without defeat.
She had been married to Song Jiye for many years. She had experienced the stage from being infatuated with him to being desperate and heart - broken. She knew Song Jiye's temper and personality, and even the means he might use better than anyone else.
If it were in ancient times, she could have led an army to rebel, pulled him off the throne, and made him fall from grace.
But in modern times, she had no soldiers and didn't understand the business world. So, the best and only way for her to take revenge was to join hands with Song Yi'an.
She believed in Song Yi'an. A person who could make Li's Film and Television so influential couldn't be just a good - looking but useless person.
In ancient times, she was powerless and had no power or influence, so she could only commit suicide to avoid him.
But since he chased her relentlessly, then she wouldn't be polite anymore.
Li Qiyu had been annoyed by Song Yunsheng's harassment for a long time.
In modern times, she could still pull him down from his high position and make him fall from grace.
Since this was her own business after all, Li Qiyu was afraid that Song Yi'an might have some concerns. She said, "It's said that the enemy of an enemy is a friend. We have a common enemy and the same goal, so I'm asking you for this. Of course, I'll give you a reward."
As a reward, she would find out what exactly had happened to Song Yi'an's mother back then. And she would let Song Yi'an completely break free from the shackles of the Li family.
After everything was settled, she would let him be free.
Song Yi'an belonged to a broader sky. He shouldn't be trapped by the small Li's Group. He had been trapped for so many years. It was time for him to show his grand plans.
On the way back to Xiyu Villa, Song Yi'an kept asking about Song Jiye in ancient times.
"How did you two meet?"
"I made a bet with someone. The bet was that I could get myself married within half a year. He said publicly that he would marry me." Actually, when she thought about it now, that first meeting, which had touched Li Qiyu so much at that time, should have been pre - arranged by Song Jiye. That banquet was a ladies' banquet, which, as the name suggested, only invited noble ladies. Logically, Song Jiye shouldn't have appeared at the banquet.
"You just married him because he said he would marry you?"
"I was really angry at that time. And he was the sixth prince. Although he wasn't a popular candidate for the crown prince, he would at least be a titled prince in the future. I admit that I was very vain at that time. But later, he really seemed very sincere, and I was gradually touched by him. He came to my father many times to propose marriage. Every time my father refused, he would come again, and he never showed any sign of unhappiness. I was so naive back then, thinking that he really liked me. Later, I found out that what he liked was my father..."
The last sentence shocked Song Yi'an so much that he almost stepped on the emergency brake again.
What did it mean that he liked her father? Could it be that Song Jiye in ancient times was homosexual?
Fortunately, Li Qiyu's following words dispelled Song Yi'an's doubts.
"What he liked was the military power in my father's hands."
Song Yi'an understood. "He wanted to use your father's power to become the crown prince, right?"
"Yes, and he did succeed in becoming the emperor. So, you must be careful of him. He is better than anyone else at understanding people's hearts. He just took advantage of my father's weakness of loving me very much."
"Your family helped him become the emperor. Logically, your family should be meritorious officials."
"Hehe, once the cunning rabbit is dead, the hound is cooked. Later, he became the emperor, and I became the queen. But since I couldn't give birth to an heir, the court officials couldn't sit still anymore and began to force him to choose concubines. Gradually, there were countless beautiful women in the harem. My father was a rough man who was used to fighting on the battlefield. He thought that Song Jiye had betrayed me like this."
"He did betray you. If he had promised to be with you for a lifetime before, no matter what his status was, finding a new love meant betraying you. Moreover, he was the emperor, the most powerful person in the world. There was no such thing as being forced. It was just that after weighing the pros and cons, he thought it was more cost - effective to abandon you. So, no one forced him. He was just taking advantage and playing innocent." Song Yi'an analyzed Song Jiye's choice back then from a man's perspective. He didn't want Li Qiyu to still think that a man breaking his oath and marrying someone else was really out of helplessness.
Not loving was not loving, and being promiscuous was being promiscuous. There were no so many excuses.
Li Qiyu nodded. She couldn't understand this truth before, but now she could. Most importantly, she had watched many ancient - costume TV dramas and learned a lot of history in modern times. Not all emperors had three palaces and six courts and countless concubines. There were also emperors who had only one wife for a lifetime.
Song Jiye had pretended to be so embarrassed in front of her back then and justified taking concubines as a national matter. In the end, just as Song Yi'an said, he was just taking advantage and playing innocent.
Back then, her father should have seen through Song Jiye's true nature, so—
"After Song Jiye took concubines, my father began to oppose him everywhere. Just because of this, Song Jiye got angry. And since my father had made many enemies in the court, a memorial accusing the Li family of colluding with the enemy was handed to Song Jiye. Song Jiye didn't even conduct any investigation or provide any evidence. He quickly arrested the entire Li family and put them in jail. The next day, an imperial edict was announced to the world, saying that the Li family had colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country. In just a few days, the entire Li family became the souls under the executioner's knife."
"Is this what you meant by the 124 lives?"
"To be exact, it's 123." Li Qiyu added, "The 124th is me."