Outside the house, Fleur stood honestly under the eaves, her head hanging very low, and she couldn't see what the look on her face was.

The atmosphere in the ancestral hall is very strict.

"Get on your knees." I only heard Mrs. Cui's momentum, and shouted in a deep voice.

Cui Yongxin didn't dare to be tough, he didn't know how, he remembered the scene when he made a mistake when he was a child and was taught a lesson by his mother's ears, and he didn't feel a little trance, and glanced at his mother's gray sideburns.

I couldn't help but feel a sour in my heart, and honestly knelt down on the mat, hanging my head, not wanting Mrs. Cui to see his expression.

Seeing that her son was quite obedient, Mrs. Cui's heart was light, she was afraid that this eldest son would also have a big heart, and he wouldn't listen to his own words at all and not take himself seriously.

Now it seems that since he can kneel so neatly, and he doesn't die in front of himself to save face, even if there is still salvation.

"The boss has grand ambitions, and he is very relieved, just the same, he must not participate in the battle for the storage position, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince frequently shows favor in the future, he cannot let the boss pull the Cui family to stand in advance."

"You need to know, the world is impermanent, we are just ordinary people, we will never know, who will stand in the end with a smile, you just need to firmly remember that the Cui family is the emperor's courtiers, and our Cui family will always be loyal to the emperor!" Mrs. Cui didn't say a word of nonsense, and immediately recited her deceased husband's last words aloud.

Her tone was calm and indifferent, not participating in personal feelings at all, but it showed the strength of these last words, as well as the foresight of Old Man Cui.

I saw Cui Yongxin suddenly raise his head, his eyes wide open, and he looked at his mother in disbelief.

Old Mrs. Cui looked at his appearance of being poked at the center, and secretly sighed that these nine girls were really the lucky stars of the family, a seemingly unintentional word, but it really reminded herself that it was really a word to wake up the person in the dream.

It's just that looking at the frightened appearance of the eldest son, he wants to rein in the precipice, and he doesn't know if it's too late?

She looked at the eldest son's faintly water-colored eyes, and said emotionally to the eldest son kneeling in front of her: "Son, my mother has never said these words to you, these are your father's last words, my mother has remembered it in her heart for more than ten years, and she always thinks that it is better not to use it." ”

"I really didn't expect that your father had a long-term view, and he expected you to be honest with your mother, have you already surrendered to His Royal Highness the Prince?"

Cui Yongxin said in his heart that it was stormy and turbulent, and it was not an exaggeration to say that the waves were turbulent.

He really didn't expect that his most secret heart, his father, who died early, could see it more than ten years ago, and the way was broken!

"The Cui family is the emperor's courtiers, and we will always be loyal to the emperor only!" Cui Yongxin muttered this sentence and asked suddenly, "Why didn't my mother say it earlier?" ”

Old Madam Cui was shocked and asked in a trembling voice: "My son, you are already"

"Don't panic, I haven't come that far, my son hasn't met and talked to His Royal Highness the Prince, but there are some unclear meanings in my heart, if I quit now, and only be a courtier loyal to the emperor, will it be a little late?

"In this way, it is bound to offend His Royal Highness the Prince, and in the future, if he ascends to the throne, the Cui family will be in danger!" Cui Yongxin said a little excitedly.

The heart that Mrs. Cui had just lifted was put back in her stomach, she stretched out her hand to signal her eldest son to stand up, and persuaded bitterly: "Son, have you ever thought about it, if you stand on the side of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now, then what these older princes think of you, let's not care for the time being, but what thoughts will he have in his heart today, have you ever thought about it?" ”

As soon as she saw that Cui Yongxin couldn't help but want to argue, she raised her hand to stop it, and continued to speak to herself: "The Holy Lord is getting older this year, and seeing that the courtiers who should be loyal to him are one by two, allegiance to the young prince, intending to hold him high, can he feel good in his heart?" Can you be allowed to do that? ”

"You need to know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as long as he does not ascend the throne for a day, he will always be the prince of this country!"

"As for what this prince means, you are an honor student of Pengfei Academy, so you don't need your mother to explain it to you again, right?"

"Mother asks you a question now, how many adult princes are there in the Holy Majesty today? Who are those who are outstanding and can't help but be impressed? ”

"And those princes already have courtiers behind them? Mother asks you again, you touch your conscience and say, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is among his brothers, is his conduct and conspiracy the most outstanding? ”

Mrs. Cui can say such profound words, which is rare among the old ladies of the capital family, and what she said is to the point.

Sentence by sentence, Cui Yongxin's face turned blue and white, his hands and feet were cold, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He is an important minister in the court, holding the money bag of the Dajing Dynasty, and he knows the situation of these princes best.

If you want to talk about academic talent, the prince should be the seventh prince Chengjun Wang, Qi Xuanlin, this person was born with brilliant literary talents, he has written books at the age of fourteen, and in the capital, he is most sought after by literati and scholars.

In terms of martial arts, it is naturally the third prince Qi Wangye, Qi Xuanhong, who is the most brave and good at fighting, in the southwest frontier, he has long been a great battle, swept through southern Jiangnan, and has always been the darling of the military bosses, among the adult princes of the saint, only he and the six princes were crowned princes.

And the hard-working Jin prince is not bad, this mother's concubine is a concubine, and in the heart of the saint, her status is second only to the current queen.

The power of the uncle's family is not weak, plus the prince of Jin, he has been helping the current saint to run errands for six or seven years, and often goes out on patrol for the saint's micro-service, two years ago in the Jiangnan corruption case, he was iron-faced and selfless, and even ignored the face of his uncle's family, and even beheaded one hundred and thirty-two corrupt officials.

The money obtained from the raid of the house actually made the treasury that could not make ends meet in an instant, and even if it became famous, the Holy Lord himself praised it: "My son is upright, and he is really a capable person who saves the world." ”

And Qi Xuanli, the king of Ruijun, and Qi Xuanqi, the sixteenth prince, these two princes have innocent and hearty personalities, and they are half a young man, they are all full of vitality, and they often accompany the king, and the saints have always been prosperous.

The most important thing is that although the age of the current saint is not young, his old man's body is still very healthy

The more Cui Yongxin thought about it, the more he felt that the cold air was rising from his backbone, and the more he looked at the situation comprehensively, the more he felt that cold sweat flowed from his body.

He began to move closer to His Royal Highness the Prince, that is, he only started three or four years ago, as far as he knew, his second brother's daughter-in-law's mother's family, as well as his eldest brother-in-law Bian Tingshi, were all from His Royal Highness the Prince.

And now the most useful staff around him, especially those who always speak in his ear for His Royal Highness the Prince, think about it carefully, isn't it from Jiazhou?

In this matter, it is vaguely inseparable from these two families.

"Could it be that he was calculated by the Zhou family and the Bian family?!" Coming to this conclusion, Cui Yongxin was shocked.

Isn't this similar to his idea of wanting to win over Ming Anhou, serve His Royal Highness the Prince, and take the opportunity to make a contribution in front of His Royal Highness the Prince?

At that moment, he really didn't know that there were still a few staff members around him who were inserted by the Zhou family and the Bian family, and even said that there were chess pieces planted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince around him!

Cui Yongxin still dares to hide anything from his mother? Hurriedly thought of what he thought, but he didn't expect it, but he had doubts, and he didn't dare to leave it behind and talk to Mrs. Cui in detail.

After hearing this, Mrs. Cui hated in her heart: "I should have resisted the decree with death in the first place, I should never have married that mourning star and entered the house, let's see, what has our Cui family been calculated into in the past ten years?" ”

But after all, she is old and has experienced a lot of things, no matter how resentful she is in her heart, her face is still the same.

She comforted her eldest son softly and said: "In the current situation, it's not too late to make amends, so the first thing you have to do now is to find out all the hidden lines of the chess pieces around you, and think of a way to deal with them all." ”

"As for the temporary shortage of manpower around here, you might as well beg your uncle, although he has already told Shi Shi to be at home, and your two cousins have also been released, but there are many people around him, as long as you bow your head and obey softly, he will definitely not help you, the nephew of your relatives."

Cui Yongxin thought that in the past, because of the different views of Ming Anhou and Qian Guifei, the uncles and nephews had different opinions, and they were angry about these, and now it seems that the eldest uncle is still right, it is really difficult to raise only women and villains!

I shouldn't rely on a woman to be promoted, this has been soaked for many years, and it almost made the Cui family drag the Cui family into the quagmire.

His uncle used to be a confidant of the saint, and he was the right governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he asked for help in the current situation, but it was just the right fit, as for bowing his head and obeying softness, it was a matter of the Cui family's century-old plan, and he was not afraid to kowtow and admit his mistakes.

Cui Yongxin responded without hesitation, "Don't worry, my son will go directly to my uncle's house tomorrow. ”

Cui Yongxin, an old man who has been immersed in officialdom for decades, was blinded by utilitarianism before, so that some people with a heart, the more they guide, the farther they go.

Now once he suddenly realized, then next, what to do and what not to do, his own heart is clear.

"Don't you want me to be on good terms with Ming Anhou? Then I will do it well, you know, Your Royal Highness the Prince, we really can't afford to offend, but I, Cui Yongxin, have also been an official for many years, what is called yang and yin, what is called void and tailed snake, then do you still understand its meaning? Cui Yongxin wanted to understand these twists and turns, and his face, which had been nervous, was finally relieved. R1152