Power ministers always make things difficult for me

After Pei Qi left the main hall, he was about to go to the prison to take Jiang Mingcang out, but he was stopped by Ji Yun on the way.

Pei Qi also knew the reason for his visit, but he still politely said: "I just came to the court, thank you Eunuch Ji for your help."

Ji Yun nodded. Although his face was respectful, there was always a coldness in his words: "This slave cannot bear the Imperial Master's thanks."

"I just hope that the Imperial Master can keep his promise and give the Eighth Prince's antidote to the slave."

Ji Yun had little contact with her, but being able to help her today was nothing more than a private deal between the two.

Pei Qi raised his hand, helped Ji Yun's slightly bent body up, turned his back to Jiang Lingfeng and Cui Shaogong, and said calmly: "Can Mr. Taiwei and the second prince retreat first? I have something to say to Eunuch Ji alone. "

Some misunderstandings about the late emperor.

"Okay, let's go to the prince's place and wait for you first." Cui Shaogong nodded and left quickly with Jiang Lingfeng.

Pei Qi turned around and gently raised his feet: "Eunuch Ji, why don't you walk with me for a while."

Pei Qi omitted the title of his national master and replaced the wording with "I". In this way, their subsequent words had nothing to do with their identities.

Ji Yun pursed her lips, not knowing what she wanted to do, but still followed her.

The corridors in the palace are very long, and Pei Qi's steps are very slow, so this road is enough for them to walk for a long time.

Pei Qi handed Yun Lian the Chao Ban in his hand and opened his mouth with unclear intentions: "Eunuch Ji now probably still hates the late emperor."

Ji Yun was slightly startled. She never thought that Pei Qi would suddenly say this.

He recalled the appearance of the late emperor, and clenched his fists unconsciously, with a hint of forbearance in his tone: "The late emperor has passed away. I hate him, but it doesn't matter if I don't hate him."

"No, you hate him." Pei Qi didn't seem to want his ambiguous answer. He rejected him instantly and asked, "Then do you know how I learned the secret between you and Concubine Xue?"

Then he threatened him with this incident to help conceal the fact of his daughter's identity.

Ji Yun paused, raised his head and looked at the back of Pei Qi who was still walking forward, silently.

As if waiting for Pei Qi's answer.

"The late emperor told me the day the Eighth Prince was born. He already knew about you and Concubine Xue."

As soon as Pei Qi finished speaking, Ji Yun's body trembled, and the step he was about to take to catch up with Pei Qi was stuck in place.

He thought of countless reasons why Pei Qi knew about this, but he never thought that it was the late emperor...

How can this be?

"You are lying to me." Ji Yun couldn't believe it: "If he knew about me and Xue'er, how could he tolerate the secret meeting between the palace concubine and the eunuch? Xue'er and I would have been killed by him long ago!"

He would not touch the emperor's three thousand harem. Even if he died of old age in the palace, no one else could get involved. Once discovered, he would die.

"Yes, why..." Pei Qi also stopped and murmured as if he was lost in thought: "On the day the eighth prince was born, I was called into the royal study by the late emperor, and I even congratulated the late emperor on having another dragon heir, but the late emperor But he was not happy. He told me that he had never touched Concubine Xue, and even though he had stayed in her palace, he only slept with her arms in her arms."

"Xue Concubine guarded her chastity for a man, and that night she threatened her with death. Under the majesty of an emperor, she complained about the injustice of fate. Although the late emperor did not punish him, he never went to Xue Concubine's house again from then on. In the palace.”

"So how can the eighth prince be his son?"

Pei Qi turned around, faced Ji Yun, and took two steps toward him: "Half a month after Concubine Xue entered the palace, there was an additional person named Ji Yun on the eunuch's roster. Although I don't know how you got it. He sneaked into the palace, and how he escaped from purification, but these are not important."

"The important thing is that before the concubine enters the palace, everyone will go through strict screening. Concubine Xue had a childhood sweetheart named Ji Yun, so naturally she couldn't hide it from the late emperor. It's just that you pride yourself on being smart and think that you have done everything The document is impeccable, but in the position of emperor, how can he not know anything?"

However, the late emperor finally chose to turn a blind eye and let the matter pass. Ji Yun's secret was also suppressed by the late emperor.

Ji Yun's eyes were dull, recalling the scenes in the palace over the years in Pei Qi's words.

If what Pei Qi said is true, then... the late emperor even gave him and Xue'er's child a birthright!

Why do you do this?Shouldn't he be so angry that Long Yan beheads a group of people?
It took a long time for Ji Yun to recover from the shock, with a look of disbelief and confusion on his face.

He approached Pei Qi, as if he wanted to seek an explanation: "I still don't understand, if he already knew the reason why I entered the palace, why would he promote me through the ranks, and even... even leave me here?" Doing things around you?”

"Because you can only have power by being by your side. Only with power can you protect Concubine Xue." Pei Qi's voice was very weak, but Ji Yun could hear her clearly.

He was still confused: "Xue'er betrayed him, why should he protect her?"

Pei Qi's thoughts wandered to nowhere.

As an emperor, he is in charge of the lives and deaths of thousands of people and must not cheat or disobey, but he is willing to give up his dignity as an emperor, tolerate the affairs of palace concubines and eunuchs, and even secretly help them.

why?

Maybe...

"Perhaps, he was hindered by the pride of the emperor. He was unable to protect the one he loved, so he couldn't bear to see others be like him."

Qiulan Villa, on the cliff, the scene where the Queen jumped down in front of him with disappointment in her eyes was probably the pain of his life.

Ji Yun didn't understand the meaning of Pei Qi's words, and he didn't want to explore the late emperor's past.

However, without the power given by the late emperor, he would not have been able to switch the relationship between Concubine Xue and the palace maid. Concubine Xue may have entered the imperial mausoleum and was buried with the late emperor.

"So now, do you still hate the late emperor?" Pei Qi came back to his senses, turned around and continued walking forward.

Ji Yun followed, his thoughts confused, and he spoke after a long time: "Even if I don't hate you for helping him speak, I won't be grateful."

"If he hadn't made Xue'er his concubine and forced her into the palace, we wouldn't have spent half our lives in this palace sneaking around."

"Ha." Pei Qi smiled inexplicably, but she had no intention of blaming Ji Yun.

Just looking at the blurry scenery in front of him, he sighed softly: "What the ministers hope for, and the queen mother forces, the emperor has no choice in accepting concubines."

Respected by thousands of people, there is so much helplessness that no one can talk to.

He has paid enough.

"By the way, after the eighth prince is born, the late emperor has one more thing for me." Pei Qi tilted his head and said to Ji Yun: "He asked me to find an opportunity to send you, Concubine Xue, and the eighth prince out of the palace together. Go, but due to Concubine Xue’s identity, I have never been able to do anything."

"But it's good now. You changed Concubine Xue into a palace maid, which saved me the trouble."

"In a few days, a fire will be lit in the eighth prince's palace. The day when the news of his death comes, it will be the time for you to leave the palace. From now on, the sky will be high and the sea will be vast. Please take good care of Concubine Xue."

After explaining the last things, Pei Qi quickened his pace with Yun Lian's help.

She had been delayed here for a long time, and the prince was still waiting for her.

"Wait a minute!" Ji Yun still had something unclear and called her from behind: "Why are you telling me this today?"

"Well..." Pei Qi slowed down, as if thinking about how to answer him: "Probably because, as a minister, I don't want the late emperor to be blindly hated by anyone."

"Not even a eunuch."

Looking at Pei Qi's back as he walked away, Ji Yun didn't know what he was thinking. He only knew that he stood there for a long time.

Finally, he saw Yun Lian beside Pei Qi turn his head, put a hand to his lips, and said to him from a distance: "That..."

"My master said that what the eldest princess gave the eighth prince was not poison, but just a jelly bean!"