Chapter 1645 What Do You Like?

Zhao Shu glanced at her face and said, "If you don't want to, how dare Xiao Ziliang force you?"

"He didn't dare."

"In this case, Gu Yundai, how are you going to deal with the matter between Northern Qi and Dazhou? Are you really planning to control Northern Qi and become the queen?"

Yun Dai waved her hand: "Don't be ridiculous. You know me, I have no interest in being an emperor."

Zhao Shu said calmly: "I don't know you."

Yun Dai glanced at his stern face and said with a smile: "Then let me tell you now, I didn't have this idea before, not now, and never will again."

"So, what are you doing now?"

"I just want to help Zhao Yuanjing fulfill his wish while preserving Northern Qi," Yun Dai said.

"You want to protect Northern Qi and satisfy Yuan Jing's wishes? Do you know that this is a contradiction?"

"I know." Yun Dai stretched out her hand to pinch some snacks again, "But it's not a contradiction."

Zhao Shu stared at her silently, and after a moment, asked: "How do you say it?"

Yun Dai swallowed the snack in her mouth, took a sip of tea, and lowered her voice and said, "My lord, what do you think it would be like if our great Zhou Dynasty had multiple vassal states?"

"Principal states?" Zhao Shu shook his head, "You can imagine it. However, you are equivalent to asking Xiao Ziliang to become a vassal king. Is he willing?"

"Isn't the vassal king a king?" Yun Dai said with a smile, "Northern Qi is still called Northern Qi, and it still has the right to be independent. For the people, nothing has changed. On the contrary, their lives will be easier. Because from now on, there will be no more peace between the two countries. There was no war.”

After hearing this, Zhao Shu couldn't help but look at her again: "Have you planned this for a long time?"

"Since Xiao Ziye is gone, I made this decision the day I found Xiao Ziliang and found out that he was just an illiterate little ruffian." Yun Dai said, "Maybe you will think that I handed the throne to a person like Xiao Ziliang. It is irresponsible to the people of Northern Qi. But I think Northern Qi needs people like Xiao Ziliang now."

Zhao Shu said: "Are you saying that it is precisely because Xiao Ziliang is incompetent and cowardly that he is satisfied with being a vassal king?"

"Yes, and he is fearful and self-aware. He will not make random decisions or give random orders on things he does not understand." Yun Dai said, "From now on, in major matters, Zhao Yuanjing's orders will be followed by him." They will be implemented without compromise.”

"Even if he can't command the princes and nobles of Northern Qi, you are still here."

"That's right," Yun Dai said with a smile, "That's why I didn't refuse to be the regent princess."

"You might as well accept the call of the people of Northern Qi and just become the queen."

"That won't work. After all, the tradition of Northern Qi is that men inherit the throne. If I were to be the queen, it would be inevitable that I would have a bit of a dishonorable reputation and be criticized by future generations."

"I don't think you care about the reputation of future generations."

Yun Dai smiled and said: "I don't care about things after death, but I still care when I am alive. There is a saying that if a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it. Being an emperor is always the center of attention, and there are constraints everywhere. I don't like."

"what do you like?"

"I like to be the person behind the scenes and the actual controller of Northern Qi." Yun Dai frowned, "As for being scolded, let Xiao Ziliang do it. He can't be the emperor in vain and receive a few scolds. Consider him a contribution to Beiqi."