Power ministers always make things difficult for me

Chapter 30 30, Let me tell you about Pei Qi's story

The night is as cold as water, and all sounds are silent.

In the Taiwei's mansion, even the servants after the patrol had already fallen asleep.

Cui Shaogong was in a haze of drunkenness at this time, and dragged a jar of wine to the back garden with unsteady steps.

There is a big sweet-scented osmanthus tree, which is blooming vigorously in August.

He threw the wine jar under the tree, and then fell down, leaning against a big rock protruding under the tree. He held up the turquoise wrench before his eyes, and the bright moonlight shone through the wrench. His dazed eyes.

"I believe that Captain Cui never belonged to any of these three categories."

"Dasheng is full of devastation in your thoughts, and the peace and prosperity are also in your thoughts."

"Are you really willing to watch?"

Am I really willing to watch...

At that time, the petite figure in court clothes and men's clothes seemed to appear in front of his eyes, pointing at his heart and questioning him word by word.

Before he went to the frontier, his father was already seriously ill, and he had already been in charge of the entire Taiwei Mansion at that time.

At that time border wars continued and there was no peace in the court, the little national teacher who was similar to him hurried to Taiwei's mansion, saying that he wanted to see his father, but he was the one who came to the appointment in the end.

He chatted with Pei Qi for only a few words, and he understood what Pei Qi meant. To put it bluntly, he came to seek help from the Taiwei's Mansion and use his military power.

But in order to keep the Cui family away from the disputes between the court and China, he rejected Pei Qi without even thinking about it.

She angrily pointed at his heart and reprimanded him: "It's in vain for you to be a generation of military officials, full of heroism, killing enemies everywhere on the battlefield, even if you are surrounded by enemies, you don't show the slightest timidity, but you don't want to share this kind of courage with the court. .”

"Even if your Cui family has not been involved in the imperial court for several generations, if Dasheng's life is ruined by rebellious officials and thieves one day, and even self-defeating, no matter how high-minded your Cui family is, who will look at it?"

"Forget it, Yanque...how can you know Honghao's ambition!"

Great ambition?

But you, Pei Qi, have struggled in this officialdom for so long, what has changed?
In the end, it's not about letting the Pei family be on the cusp of the storm, and being the name of the guilty minister, and even the common people and subjects you want to protect even if you risk your life, and you will be scolded bloody in the end.

but……

He obviously protected the Cui family very well and never failed his father's expectations, yet he always felt that something hadn't been fulfilled.

what is it then……

"father……"

Cui Shaogong stared at a certain star in the sky, and reached out to grab it, but he couldn't reach it.

After a long time, his hand dropped, and he raised the wine jar at the side, high above his head, and poured it into his mouth.

The wine soaked his clothes, making him feel a little chill in the cold autumn wind.

It wasn't until the wine in the jar dried up that he couldn't pour it out anymore, then he threw the wine jar far away, lay on his side on the stone and gently closed his eyes.

What is he going to do...

"Little Captain Cui, the weather is cold, so you won't be afraid of catching the wind and cold if you sleep here?"

Just as he was drowsily asleep, a clear and casual voice came from his ears. He opened his eyes, only to catch a glimpse of a handsome figure in white beside him.

He moved his body, turned over, and mumbled inarticulately: "Today... my Taiwei's mansion is... hiccup... it's really lively, even the Second Highness is here..."

Jiang Lingfeng sat beside him lazily, stretched out a hand to put on his shoulder, got out another jug ​​of wine from somewhere, and opened his mouth to take a sip.

He patted Cui Shaogong on the shoulder: "Captain Cui seems to have something on his mind."

"Ask knowingly." Cui Shaogong tore off the hand on his shoulder, turned around and lay down on the rock again: "You came to find me, didn't it also because of Jiang Fengchuan..."

Jiang Lingfeng was obviously a little embarrassed to be exposed by him mercilessly on the spot.

This guy really can't take a joke.

"Since you've already guessed it, then I won't be fooling around." Jiang Lingfeng stretched his legs and adjusted into a relatively comfortable posture: "Seeing you drinking alone here, I know you must be still in your heart." I'm struggling. How about I tell you about Pei Qi's story."

"Pei Qi...?" Cui Shaogong laughed disdainfully: "What kind of story can she have? It's just that she has eyes full of the nobility of ordinary people. You want to compare me with her and belittle me?"

"Hmph...no way..."

Jiang Lingfeng couldn't help but laugh.

Who would have thought that the stern and arrogant Captain Cui Xiaotai would turn out to be a deadly tsundere after drinking?
Jiang Lingfeng sorted out his language, and then began to speak eloquently:
"Pei Qi used to be the same as you. When she entered the court, she also had a family mission."

"The friendship between me and her, um...was when I was very young. I didn't like being controlled by others in the palace, so I just slipped out of the dog's hole in the cold palace to play every day. Same with Pei Qi."

"I made an appointment with her. Every evening, we will leave home together, and then go sightseeing in the mountains and rivers and see the scenery of the imperial capital."

"But one day, she was discovered by Mr. Pei, and after that...she kept missing appointments frequently, and even had no news."

"Finally, eight years later, I saw her again in the officialdom. But she was already dressed in court clothes, and there was a kind of meticulousness in her words and deeds that made me at a loss. Before she said a word, she had to think twice. It makes me feel that our relationship has become very alienated."

"One day, I was so drunk, it was like..." Jiang Lingfeng said, turning his head to look at Cui Shaogong who was smelling of alcohol, then smiled and continued: "Just like you."

"I found Pei Qi and talked to her a lot through Jiu Jin, but I can't remember exactly what it was, it was probably the words...asked her why she left without saying goodbye, and deliberately kept a distance from me. "

"She said that I am the prince, one of the people vying for the throne, and as a courtier, she has the Pei family behind her. She must be careful when she acts in the court. Naturally, it is rare for a noble person like me to Good contact."

"The reason why the Pei family sent her to the court is to let her win a place for the Pei family. What she does must put the Pei family first."

"It wasn't until I lost my status as a prince and left the palace that our relationship gradually recovered."

"Later, she consolidated her power step by step, making the Pei family invincible, and even became the emperor's right-hand man."

"To appease the rioting refugees, suppress the bandits in Xuanzhou, and even go to the border as a military adviser, she has made countless contributions. Until one time, she came back from a private visit with the emperor's Weifu. Drunk."

"I remember very clearly, she said to me in a daze, Jiang Lingfeng, do you know that I have never been out of the imperial capital, I don't know that outside the imperial capital, the people are struggling..."

"Since then, I found that her whole person has changed. She began to think about the harmony of the world, and she was full of peace for the people. She even blatantly refuted important officials in the officialdom, and even provoked Rong Qin."

"At the same time, she also gradually forgot that her original purpose of joining the court was only for the Pei family and to glorify the family."

(End of this chapter)