Cui Mingde finished writing a volume, handed it to Xiunu, and glanced at the door when he took the paper again, this glance was unfortunately discovered by Dugu Shao, and this guy immediately walked in from outside the door, knelt in front of the desk, and called "Cui Er" affectionately.

Cui Mingde involuntarily twitched the corners of his mouth, pretended not to hear anything, dipped the pen in ink, and wrote a horizontal, and the pen in his hand was pulled away by Dugu Shao, and the tip of the pen crossed the paper, fainting a large ink mark.

Cui Mingde said: "This is white linen paper, and there are numbers in and out. ”

Dugu Shao shook the pen with one hand and said nonchalantly: "It's just a piece of paper, it's amazing, let Li Er come for you with a knife, whatever you want." ”

Cui Mingde looked at her: "Li Er?"

Dugu Shao said lazily: "Since she is a friend with us, she naturally acts as a friend. ”

Cui Mingde felt a faint throbbing pain at the corner of his forehead, and it took a lot of effort to keep his face from being confused, and said lightly: "She is a princess." ”

Dugu Shao waved his hand: "Guangwu and Yan Ziling can still talk about friendship, why can't I be friends with her?"

Cui Mingde frowned, and just as he was about to speak, Dugu Shao said again: "I know what you mean, but I just want to say that she and Wei Si... Princess Wei calculated us first, and she was not a friend. Even though I am stupid, I know that the two of them have something to ask for today. However, when we approached Li Er that day, weren't we also impure-minded? People are not sages, how can they be selfless? At the same time, she also remembered the morality of some friends, and what did it matter if she asked for something or not. Besides, friends should help each other. ”

Cui Mingde looked at her deeply: "You were moved by what they said." ”

Dugu Shao tilted his head uncomfortably, put his hands behind his head, and said with a flickering gaze: "Although the honor guard is glorious, after all, it is only a false title." Besides, as Princess Luling said, it was just a temporary envoy, and it was not a formal official, and the Queen Mother used me when she valued it. If they have a way to make me really lead a soldier..."

Cui Mingde interrupted her coldly: "They don't have that ability." ”

Dugu Shao said: "Now that the Queen Mother has only one daughter and a daughter-in-law by her side, the two of them don't have that ability anymore, so I can only admit it." ”

Cui Mingde suddenly became a little angry: "You know that they are just using you. They don't even count as using you, they just want to use you to move me...", halfway through, he suddenly paused, but it was too late.

Dugu Shao grinned at her: "I know what they really want to recruit is you." I also know that they are using me to move you. Even they can see that you care about me, but you still refuse to admit it?"

Cui Mingde didn't know what to say: "Ashao, I..."

Dugu Shao immediately answered: "You don't like me... I know, but I like you. You don't care what you don't like, I also care about what I like, we don't interfere and respect each other like guests. ”

Cui Mingde shook his fist in vain, and only after a while did he say, "Forget it, princess." Wei Huan... She was afraid that we would reveal about her and the princess, so she wanted to tie us up with them. But she was just a sidekick with no roots, and now that her husband was out of power, her family was in exile, and she was in danger—she had nothing to lose, so she didn't care who she was allied with, as long as someone was willing to help her. We're different. Your father and my eldest father..."

Dugu Shao's face changed suddenly, and he said angrily: "Your eldest father, your eldest father, when can you not mention your eldest father? Your family is really so good to you, why did your sister and you end up in this field." In order to take you out of the palace, what excuse is hard to find, I have to curse your aunt. They don't see you as a pawn, so why should you work for them?"

Cui Mingde frowned and looked at her solemnly: "You think so?"

Dugu Shao was seen by her as weak-hearted, put his hands flat on the case, and muttered, "Otherwise?"

Cui Mingde closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said lightly when he opened them again: "It's true that they said that. I'm really just a pawn. But as you said, who is not in the game now, a pawn of a human being? My eldest father was already a servant of the Ministry of Officials, and he had the merit of planning for the first emperor, and his qualifications and knowledge were not enough to enter the phase, but he was made a assassin because the court was unwilling to use more scholars. Ji's father's name is all over the world, and he was also rejected by the first emperor because of the tiredness of his surname. and the late Yong princess Pei's... If it is said that my grandfather did not let my sister marry into the heavenly family because he regarded us as chess pieces, then how can the Pei family be? Isn't she a chess piece? My Cui family's thousand-year-old fame does not depend on one person or one person's own strength, but on the efforts of generations of ancestors to work together and support each other, so that we have today's foundation, without the Cui clan's prestige, the children of the clan, the poor cannot study, the lowly do not know etiquette, the rich and young relatives and friends, and the expensive have no direct friends, do you think it is a good thing? It is your family, if your father was not born in Guanlong, he can get the court training of the ancestors, the official is exempted, and he joins the army as an official? If it weren't for the accumulation of generations, would your family have so many guest girls for you to send and practice? Without your family's prestige, you would have been able to fight cocks and lackeys with the generals' disciples when you were young, and calmly discuss the soldiers? If you weren't the daughter of the Dugu clan, the Queen Mother wouldn't even give you this kick and bow envoy, and would still try in vain to lead the troops! Since we were born as the sons of a big clan and enjoy the glory of clan prestige, we should naturally plan for our own family and always put our family first. What's more, the Father has treated me... It's really loved. ”

Dugu Shao was silent for a long time before he said softly: "But everything is family first, when will it be your turn?"

Cui Mingde lowered his eyes and said, "I'm not that stupid. It's you, so don't have much to do with the two of them in the future. ”

Dugu Shao was surprised and said: "The new emperor has sued the temple to inherit the heir, the queen mother is in the dynasty, and the king of Luling is the country again, just her, what kind of storm can be turned over?"

Cui Mingde said lightly: "Do you know Chen Shuozhen?"

Dugu Shao was taken aback, and glanced at Cui Mingde thoughtfully: "That thief in Muzhou, she has been dead for more than 20 years, and I heard that the first emperor ordered her limbs to be cut to pieces, her nose and eyes removed, and then she was killed with a cane." ”

Cui Mingde said: "It doesn't matter if she dies or not, but before she made a rebellion, she called herself 'Emperor Wenjia', practiced the throne as a woman, and led thousands of chaotic people to conquer Muzhou. ”

Dugu Shao said: "This thing... What does it have to do with us?"

Cui Mingde said word by word: "What if the Queen Mother also wants to follow suit?"

Dugu Shao sat up straight in shock: "The Queen Mother wants to oppose her son? Cui Mingde glared at him fiercely, and said stupidly: "You said that the heart of the Queen Mother is not only the Queen Mother, I believe it, and now she is in the dynasty to weigh the system, like Han Zhilu and Dou." But you want to say that Chen Shuozhen ... I don't believe it. What credentials do you have?"

Cui Mingde said: "The monks invited from the Penglai Hall are not only copying scriptures for the first emperor and King Yong, but also preaching for the queen mother. The Queen Mother also asked me to accompany me because I knew a little about the scriptures, and asked me several times if there were any female Buddhas and female Taoist ancestors. Princess Changle newly offered Jiamai, and the Queen Mother was very happy, rewarding the princess, so that those who found Jiamai everywhere could offer it. The queen mother's side has always been favored by telling secrets, and now she is favored in the palace, and even in the palace. ”

Dugu Shao said: "Except for the female Buddha, I know what you said." But these are just ordinary things to consolidate authority..."

Cui Mingde sighed: "You also said that the new emperor has been established, the empress dowager is in the dynasty, she has been in power for decades, and the foundation has been consolidated, where is the authority consolidated at this time? The empress dowager has openly come to the court, proclaimed herself to be a me, ordered the construction of the guard, sent the police into the palace, and the document is called the edict, and if you go further, where else can you go? The abolition of the king of Luling and the ascension of the new emperor to the throne are just the beginning, and now it is an eventful time." ”

She knew that Dugu Shao had always looked very aggressive, but in fact, she had quite a success in her heart, so she didn't say much, but Dugu Shao was not surprised: "If it's really as you said, Li Er... Could we have guessed the Queen Mother's thoughts? If we can make a contribution at this moment..."

Cui Mingde said sharply: "Ashao!"

Dugu Shao smiled and said: "I know what you want to say, since men are inferior to women, men are noble and women are cheap, how can you tolerate a woman doing such a thing? But have you thought about it, your Cui family's thousand-year-old lintel, and then it is in decline, and the clan is also a generation of children, called a momentary prosperity, and even caused the dissatisfaction of the first emperor. If you only want the status you have now, why did you have to attach yourself to the Queen Mother in the first place? Now that you are already attached to the Queen Mother, and you have the heart of both ends, you are not afraid that the Queen Mother will have a grudge in her heart?"

Cui Mingde frowned, and urged: "You can directly join the Queen Mother." ”

Dugu Shao shook his head: "There are too many people who have to be used by the Queen Mother, my little girl, I can be a juju envoy, it is already the top of the sky." On the contrary, it is Li Er, she has no one there, so it is easy to get one of me, how can there be no reason not to reuse it? Don't underestimate her, I think she is also very assertive sometimes. ”

Cui Mingde sighed: "I've never underestimated her, I'm just... underestimated Wei Huan. ”

Dugu Shao looked at her with burning eyes: "Are you underestimating Wei Huan, or do you not believe that she and Li Er can really be together?"

Cui Mingde avoided Dugu Shao's gaze: "In fact, if you really want to lead the troops to fight and fulfill your wishes, the best way is not to get involved in these battles, but to choose one of your father's generals to join the family, and follow Princess Pingyang in the future. ”

Dugu Shao was silent for a long time before he smiled and said, "The method you said is certainly very good, but... I don't like it. ”(. Just love the net)