Power ministers always make things difficult for me

On this snowy night, Pei Qi knelt for a long time. It was not until his consciousness gradually blurred that the closed door slowly opened from the inside.

Jiang Mingcang only wore a lining shirt, and his hair was still wet. When he saw the thin figure covered with snow, he frowned and stepped closer on the snow.

Even Eunuch Wanshun, who was holding a cloak behind him and wanted to put it on for him, was ignored.

Jiang Mingcang knelt down, supported Pei Qi's shaky figure, and gently took him into his arms.

"Why does the teacher always like to make himself so embarrassed?"

It was the same thing last time at the Prince's Palace.

A warm inner force condensed in Jiang Mingcang's palm and slowly flowed into Pei Qi's body along her back.

Feeling the warmth, Pei Qi couldn't help but shrink, his frosty eyelashes trembled slightly, and his right hand weakly grabbed Jiang Mingcang's sleeve.

He murmured: "Please forgive me..."

It was so cold that my consciousness was blurred.

Jiang Mingcang lowered his eyes, stared at her pale face for a while, and sighed softly.

He took the cloak from Eunuch Wanshun's hand and covered Pei Qi with it. He put his other hand through her knees and hugged her sideways.

While walking back to Yanlong Hall, he ordered: "Prepare water."

"Go and cook a bowl of ginger soup to ward off the cold. I also have a set of clean clothes. By the way... let the two maids enter the palace."

"Whoo."

It was late at night when Pei Qi regained consciousness.

When she woke up, she was lying on the dragon bed, her clothes wet with snow had been changed. Jiang Mingcang was reading a book beside the bed with his head propped up, as if waiting for her to wake up.

Noticing Pei Qi's movements, Jiang Mingcang moved his eyes away from the tree: "Teacher is awake?"

"Not only did you suddenly enter the palace, but you still knelt outside for so long. It really gave me a lot of trouble."

After saying that, he turned to look at Eunuch Wanshun coldly: "And you, why didn't you call me when the teacher came? You are a loser."

"If you can't be the imperial eunuch, there are many people who can be."

Eunuch Wanshun was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and raised his hand to slap himself: "This slave is guilty!"

"Okay!" Jiang Mingcang frowned and waved his hand: "Go down and receive the punishment yourself, don't be an eyesore here."

"Yes Yes!"

Jiang Mingcang sighed, turned around, helped Pei Qi up and leaned against the bed: "Is there anything else that feels uncomfortable?"

Pei Qi rubbed his head, and after realizing his identity, he made a show of getting out of bed: "Your Majesty, like this..."

Unruly.

But Jiang Mingcang was the first to hold her down, and without any explanation, he put the prepared ginger soup into her hand and motioned for her to drink it.

"There's no one around here, why should the teacher care about any formalities with me?"

"Wan Shun has just made it clear to me the purpose of the teacher's visit. Although I don't know what crime the teacher is asking for, the weather is freezing and the body always comes first."

"Besides, everything the teacher does has a reason. Even if he is guilty, I think... I can pretend that I don't know, just like this woman."

Although Pei Qi never told him seriously that she was a woman, he was not a fool either.

Pei Qi was suddenly startled. He never thought that he could say such a thing.

In the eyes of the emperor, how can sin and deception be tolerated, let alone protected?

Pei Qi buried his head and stirred the ginger soup in his hand with a spoon, but did not take a sip.

After a long while, she raised her eyes: "You just... trust me like this?"

"You must already know what Rong Qin and I have done these days. Are you really not afraid that one day I will betray you?"

Jiang Mingcang paused for a moment, then smiled softly and asked, "Teacher, can you?"

Before Pei Qi could answer, Jiang Mingcang spoke again.

"If so, why go to all the trouble to push me to this position? If so, how could there be a woman kneeling asking for trouble outside the Yanlong Palace in the heavy snow?"

"Teacher's legs are infected with the cold. I'm afraid it will take a few more days. Why are you so cruel to yourself." After learning that Pei Qi was investigating the Zhenfu Division, he did have the intention to get rid of Pei Qi, but unfortunately not now.

The military power of the Cui family is still useful.

However, he never thought that Pei Qilai would make such a fuss today.

Jiang Mingcang's words made Pei Qi's eyes turn red unconsciously, but she didn't want to cry in front of Jiang Mingcang, so she lowered her head and tried to hold back the tears.

It's shame.

It turns out that the trust between them only changed in quality with her.

It was she who trusted others first.

Sensing something strange about Pei Qi, Jiang Mingcang looked at those trembling and forbearing shoulders, with a rare hint of astonishment flashing in his eyes.

Is this...crying?

He slowly stood up and placed one hand on the side of the bed, while the other hand reached to the back of Pei Qi's neck to lift her drooped head.

His tear-soaked eyes were instantly visible to him.

Apology, guilt, self-blame.

Is this still the national master who does everything with ease?

The moment he met Jiang Mingcang's gaze, Pei Qi quickly turned his head away and wiped his tears on his sleeves, not daring to look at him.

"Sorry, I lost my temper."

"It doesn't matter."

Jiang Mingcang came to his senses and withdrew his hand. He stood by the bed and stared at Pei Qi for a while, then he laughed out loud for no reason.

Pei Qi raised his head when he heard the sound and looked at him doubtfully.

He seemed to be asking why he was laughing.

Jiang Mingcang pursed his lips, but his smile did not diminish: "It's nothing."

"It's just that I have known you for so long, and this is the first time I see you cry."

Sometimes, people who seem to be on their own are actually not that strong.

After all...she is a woman.

Pei Qi sniffed, thinking that his tears were seen by students, and he felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.

She buried her head very low, wishing to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it: "I know that I have done something wrong, and I am willing to be punished, but I didn't expect that His Majesty would say these things."

"I'm moved...but also ashamed. Your Majesty wants to laugh, so go ahead."

Jiang Mingcang: "..."

Tsk.

Normally, Pei Qi always wears court uniforms and upright men's clothing. Coupled with his high position and authority, although he treats others modestly, people will always have a sense of respect for her involuntarily, even him who was the prince before is no exception.

But now... I have taken off my hair, and my usual sharpness is gone. I was very cold outside just now, and my whole body is weak. Now I am huddled in the quilt and crying, why is there still a little bit...

How about pitiful people?

"Ahem!" Jiang Mingcang coughed lightly and turned around. He walked to the desk calmly, picked up a book and held it in his hands: "Teacher, if you don't see me in the future, just go into the hall and wait. What’s the point of torturing yourself?”

"Although you have long been accustomed to being a man, in the end, you are still a woman. When a woman catches a cold, that is no joke."

With that said, Jiang Mingcang called Eunuch Wanshun in again and pointed to the ginger soup in Pei Qi's arms: "It's cold, let's heat it up."

"Whoo."

When Eunuch Wanshun took the bowl and went out, Jiang Mingcang turned to look at the book in his hand, but the words he said were still addressed to Pei Qi.

"Don't always treat yourself like a man. Women, you can't catch cold. Do you understand?"

Pei Qi: "..."

Pei Qi looked at his empty palms, and then at the two palace maids in the distance who were listening to everything but looking weird.

Only then did he realize that he was now lying in bed as a woman...

On the dragon couch? ? ?