Power ministers always make things difficult for me

After Duan Qianjun left, only Pei Qi and Cui Shaogong were left in the main hall.

Pei Qi sighed, gathered up the shawl that almost fell off because of his excitement, and then raised his eyes in the direction of Cui Shaogong with a teasing tone: "Don't you always hate insidious and cunning people like Duan Qianjun, why? ?You can stay in the same room with him for so long?"

Hearing the teasing in her words, Cui Shaogong frowned in displeasure. He didn't want to mention what happened just now, so he changed the subject: "You are now at the forefront of the crisis. It is the time of employment. Duan Qianjun's power should be important to you." Very important."

"Yes, it's very important." Pei Qi did not deny what he said, but he also did not nod. Instead, he changed the topic: "But even if we cooperate with him, he will not allow the prince to leave the prison."

"Neither the prince nor Jiang Fengchuan is the best candidate for the new emperor for him. And now, he has Jiang Fengchuan who is giving him a headache. Will he still allow the prince to interfere?"

"So, Duan Qianjun cannot interfere with what I am going to do next."

After listening to Pei Qi's words, Cui Shaogong roughly understood her intention and didn't ask too many questions.

Instead, he asked about another thing: "When you fled back to the imperial capital, why didn't you come to me first and instead cooperated with Duan Qianjun?"

Cui Shaogong asked extremely seriously.

If Pei Qi comes to find him, even if Rong Qin finds out her whereabouts in the imperial capital, she will be safe as long as the Taiwei Mansion protects her.

But she would rather take the risk to find Duan Qianjun.

Pei Qi was stunned when asked.

At that time, Cui Shaogong seemed to be really out of her consideration.

"Girl, the medicine is ready." Chu Dong walked in with a medicine bowl and interrupted the conversation between the two. She placed the medicine on the small table beside Pei Qi and prepared to feed her the medicine.

The spoonful of medicine with a strong and bitter taste was placed near her mouth.

Pei Qi pursed his lips, turned away and pushed the spoonful of medicine: "Just leave it for now, I'll drink it later."

Then, she lowered her head, her eyes complicated.

"I went to Duan Qianjun because he and I had leverage to use each other, and he would help me."

Pei Qi paused and slowly explained the reason: "Didn't Cui Xiao Taiwei once tell me that the Taiwei Mansion would not be tainted with anything related to the court? At that time, I was surrounded by enemies on all sides, and people who were related to me, There will be no good end for them. Although others in the Taiwei Mansion cannot afford to offend me, if you help me, the Taiwei Mansion will inevitably be in trouble. You value the Cui family so seriously, so you will not allow yourself to do this."

"So...Cui Shaogong, you used to have such a strong attitude and never wanted to help me in the slightest. Even if I am surrounded by ambush from all sides, I still can't afford to take the chance to find your way."

During her time in court, she had asked the Taiwei Mansion for help countless times, but all ended in failure. As far as Cui Shaogong was concerned, he had the trust of the Cui family for generations, and he would not let the Cui family get involved in anything.

She had felt this way before. Like Cui Shaogong, she had also tried her best to protect the Pei family...

Before she knew that Pei Yunjiang had made her invisible.

So she understands Cui Shaogong, and even more understands how important the Cui family is to him.

"What happened next? Why did Duan Qianjun and Jiang Lingfeng come to me again?" Cui Shaogong asked again.

Pei Qi obviously didn't believe that he would help her.

If you don't believe it, why come to him?

Pei Qi suddenly recalled how helpless and helpless she was at that time, desperately looking for anyone who could help her, but finally finding nothing. Her clear eyes became decadent because of this: "If I didn't come to you, , Jiang Fengchuan ascended the throne, and Dasheng disappeared..."

She forced a wry smile: "At that time, I had no choice. Rong Qin was bound to win. You were the last bargaining chip. I could only rely on the slim possibility to find you."

"Cui Shaogong, I didn't even think you could come..."

In front of her eyes, the once arrogant Imperial Master had become so depressed that she needed to huddle together to protect herself. But even so, she was still thinking about Dasheng.

Cui Shaogong had never seen her so vulnerable.He walked over, put his hands on both sides of Pei Qi's chair, and squatted down in front of Pei Qi.

Pei Qi kept his head lowered. Only in this way could he see her eyes clearly.

"You..." In a daze, Pei Qi felt that there was a figure in front of her. Because she guessed it was Cui Shaogong, she didn't make much movement and just stared at the figure in front of her without knowing why.

After a long time, Cui Shaogong's voice came. It was not as serious and cold as usual, and his tone was a little slow. He was clearly teasing, but there was no hint of teasing: "Isn't he an omnipotent national master? He doesn't even have this confidence. ? Didn’t I go on the day of the palace banquet?"

Didn’t I go there...

Following Cui Shaogong's words, Pei Qi's thoughts returned to the palace banquet.

Yes, he came, so she could follow the rope he threw down and struggle to climb out of the dark abyss again.

It's just that she doesn't understand.

"What about you? Why did you come? Why did you suddenly change your mind?" Pei Qi asked.

"Me?" Cui Shaogong was stunned.

He only remembered that Duan Qianjun came to him first and brought Pei Qi his father's ring, and then Jiang Lingfeng visited him late at night, drank with him all night, and told Pei Qi's past.

He listened to Jiang Lingfeng describing how lofty and lofty Pei Qi's ambition was, and how many things she had done for Dasheng...

Jiang Lingfeng's mouth kept talking, and he couldn't stop it even if he wanted to.

After making a comparison, he realized how unbearable he was as a lieutenant.

He and Jiang Lingfeng even laughed at Pei Qi, saying that with the so-called rise and fall of the country, when would it be her turn as a woman to steal the spotlight...

But he is not as good as Pei Qi as a man.

Cui Shaogong stood up, held the bowl of medicine on the table in his hand, gently took a spoonful and sent it over: "Drink the medicine, it's almost cold."

It seems that he doesn't want to answer.

Pei Qi opened his mouth, took the medicine, and swallowed it with bitterness.

Forget it, just don't say it if you don't want to. Anyway, the result of Cui Shaogong's willingness to help her is good, and everything else doesn't matter.

"You, Cui Shaogong, are a loyal and righteous son, full of passion. Although you have been taught by your father to protect the Cui family from the bloody chaos in the court, from the bottom of your heart, you also hope that the Dasheng country will be peaceful and the people are safe." Halfway through the feeding of the medicine, Cui Shaogong suddenly opened the medicine. Mouth: "This is what Duan Qianjun said that day. I think you should be the one who taught me."

"The Cui family has guarded the barren land on the frontier for generations, and is not afraid of the soldiers and armor. Isn't it just for the vast land behind them? Now that the foreign enemies have not been able to invade Dasheng, I can't bear to watch you protect it with all your strength. Will my country be ruined in the hands of the emperor who is about to succeed?"

"This is what Jiang Lingfeng said."

Seeing that the bowl of black medicine bottomed out, Cui Shaogong put the bowl back on the table.

He stared at Pei Qi closely: "After all, half of the entire Dasheng Kingdom has been guarded by my Cui family for generations. The Cui family has been stationed at the border all year round and does not allow foreign enemy Japanese pirates to set foot. How can we tolerate Dasheng?" Disintegrate internally?”

"Indeed, my ancestral precepts tell me that the Cui family does not allow any interference with the court, but as Jiang Lingfeng said, the country we protect with all our strength is as important as the Cui family."

"I only know how to fight. I don't have the brains to scheming among you, and I don't want to either."

"On the contrary, Pei Qi, you are a leader who has stood firm in the court, so I will listen to you."

"Guard Dasheng with you."