Power ministers always make things difficult for me

"Sir, the Imperial Master has left the city."

Under the laurel tree, Cui Shaogong's sword-practicing movements paused in response to the sound. He put the sword behind his back, nodded slightly, and motioned for the man to retreat.

He leaned against the tree with some dejection. Chudong came from a distance with a wine bottle, handed him the wine bottle, and sat next to Cui Shaogong.

Cui Shaogong glanced at her after taking the wine bottle and asked, "Have you not been pregnant recently? It's cold outside. Go back quickly."

Chudong ignored his order. Instead, he hugged his knees and asked unintentionally: "When did your lord begin to like the Imperial Master? I grew up with your lord, but I never noticed it."

Cui Shaogong took a sip of wine, and the coolness in his mouth reached straight to the bottom of his heart.

"I liked it very early on."

Arriving early, I didn’t know she was a woman yet.

The first time he met Pei Qi was during the riots in the south.

At that time, plague was rampant in the south. Although the imperial court distributed relief materials, there was no cure for the plague. It could only close several cities in the south and no one was allowed to enter or exit.

Those who died were burned directly, and those who survived were trapped in the city to wait for death. Everyone was afraid of death, so riots naturally occurred.

The way to deal with this matter is very simple, that is to send troops and kill those who disobey orders.

By chance, this matter fell into the hands of the Cui family.

At that time, Pei Qi had just become a national preceptor, and she begged for a long time outside Yanlong Hall, saying that she had a way to resolve the riot without hurting anyone, and asked the emperor to give her a chance.

Maybe the emperor paid off, or maybe the emperor was moved by her dedication to serving the people, so he agreed to let her go to the south with the army.

But before leaving, the emperor summoned him and ordered that if Pei Qi still could not quell the riot within half a month, the matter would be handled as usual.

Pei Qi didn't know this.

On the way to the south, they were supposed to be riding war horses, whipping their horses and whips, completing the tasks ordered by the late emperor neatly and then returning to the palace, but because of Pei Qi's joining, there was an extra car holding them back. Even the subordinates who have always been well-trained can't help but complain about the carriage.

So does he.

Pei Qi was small and coughed frequently, maybe it was caused by the poison from the sky, but he didn't know it at the time. He just thought that as a man, how could he be so unable to withstand the wind and waves? It's really ridiculous.

In addition, after walking for several hours, she would stick her head out of the car and shout that she needed to take a rest, which made it even more troublesome for him.

Maybe it was because he was young and energetic at the time, or maybe he had bad thoughts, and he wanted Pei Qi to suffer.

One time, Pei Qi was motion-sick and shouted to stop, but he ignored him and drove the car himself. He wanted to increase the speed to the highest speed to see how fragile a man could be.

As a result, when the carriage stopped and he opened the curtain, there was already a mess inside.

Pei Qi, on the other hand, fell inside with a pale face, holding on to the handle of the car. His eyes were watery from excessive retching, and he was looking at him through half-squinted eyes.

Weak, but full of anger.

And after achieving his goal, he naturally smiled happily.

He even joked: "Tsk tsk tsk, Imperial Master, you've just walked a few steps and you can't stand it anymore? I guess all the delicate and famous ladies in the imperial capital are stronger than you, right?"

"Would you like me to help you put your hair into a bun? From now on, you can just become a woman, huh?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

He remembered that scene very clearly, his teasing, the approval of his subordinates, and everyone surrounding the carriage, all watching her joke.

But just when he thought Pei Qi would huddle in the corner with inferiority, she held the sides of the carriage and stood up from the carriage tremblingly. Her steps were unsteady and she walked to him unsteadily. The next second she grabbed him by the collar, her red eyes filled with stubbornness.

"I began to think that for a man as noble and brave as Old Captain Cui, his son would definitely not be any worse. But looking at it today, I find that I was wrong."

"You are indeed very skilled and a rare warrior, but you lead your subordinates to bully the weak. How are you different from that group of ruffians? If today's incident is spread, maybe I will be laughed at as you wish, but you , how can we not be cast aside by others?"

"If you think I'm slowing down the process, you can just gallop away first. Even without you, even if I crawl, I will crawl to the south!"

She was pale and weak at the time, and although those words were fierce, they had no deterrent effect.

But no one in the army could even say a word to refute.

Including him.

It was only at that time that he realized the saying that a rabbit will bite when it is anxious.

In the days that followed, although they still disliked Pei Qi, they did not dare to do anything excessive.

After arriving in the south, it was difficult to stop the riots there. Originally, the quickest solution was to use force to shock and dishonestly kill him, but Pei Qi refused to give in. He was determined to do something to appease the people and let his high-spirited people know it. The arrogant subordinates followed her and comforted her angrily.

He thought, anyway, the emperor only gave him half a month. Once the half-month period is up, doesn't it still have to be up to him to decide how to deal with this group of rioters?

But half a month later, when he led his troops to besiege the city, Pei Qi stood in front of the people and refused to give in at all.

What else did he say: "If you want to touch them, kill me, the national master, first."

He immediately laughed out loud and cursed her with words such as sick and idiot several times, but there was really nothing he could do to her, because even with the half-month period set by the late emperor, he couldn't just kill her casually. A court official.

Therefore, he could only compromise temporarily and send a message back to the imperial capital to ask the emperor to make a decision.

Perhaps it was because of such a commotion that the rioting people knew that he would really kill them and that only Pei Qi was protecting them. Therefore, while waiting for the emperor's reply, these people were inexplicably honest. .

The riots gradually subsided.

Therefore, the task assigned to him by the emperor to resolve the riot was completed so outrageously.

Then the next step is to set off back to the imperial capital.

But the troubled Pei Qi decided to stay and deal with the plague.

He thought, this imperial master doesn't know medical skills, and he doesn't know magic skills. What can she do if she stays here? It's just stupid.

But he has also heard that there were praises from the imperial advisor for solving many problems soon after taking office in the court. Although he has never set foot in the court, he has also heard about it.

Then the idea of ​​"see what she is capable of" came up.

This wait is one month.

During this period, he saw Pei Qi reading all the books about plague day and night, and finally found clues of this plague in the history books of Cangqi Kingdom. He knew that there was a doctor in the world who knew how to treat this plague, but This doctor has long since disappeared.

Thanks to Jiang Lingfeng being her best friend and having a good career in the world, she finally found this doctor after all her efforts, and there was hope for this plague.

And he also inadvertently saw Pei Qi's miserable state of being curled up in a ball, enduring pain, and swallowing tears.

I also understood why her body was so weak.

She thought the plague would be resolved soon and returned to the imperial capital, so she only took two pills with her before leaving.

Who knows, this is simply not enough.