The night is as cool as water, and everything is silent.

In the Taiwei Mansion, even the subordinates who had finished patrolling had already fallen asleep.

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

There is a large osmanthus tree there, which is in full bloom in August.

He threw the jar under the tree, and then the whole person fell down, leaning against a large boulder raised under the tree, and the blue-green wrench finger was held up in front of his eyes, and the bright moonlight shone through the wrench, shining into his trance-like eyes.

"I believe that Cui Xiaotai has never belonged to any of these three categories of people."

"Dasheng is full of devastation in your thoughts, and the peaceful and prosperous world is also in your thoughts."

"Are you really willing to watch?"

I...... Are you really willing to watch......

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

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

At that time, the border was in turmoil, and the court was not at peace, so the little national teacher who was similar to him hurriedly came to the Taiwei Mansion, saying that he wanted to see his father, but he was the last one who came to the appointment.

He chatted with Pei Qi for only two sentences, and he understood what Pei Qi meant, to put it bluntly, he came to seek the help of the Taiwei Mansion and use the military power.

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

She angrily pointed at his heart and reprimanded: "In vain, you are a generation of military ministers, full of heroic spirit, killing enemies everywhere on the battlefield, even if you are embattled, you don't show the slightest cowardice, but you don't want to give this courage to the court." ”

"Even if your Cui family has not been involved in the court for several generations, if Dasheng one day is ruined by the chaos of ministers and thieves, and even breaks himself, no matter how your Cui family pretends to be high, who will look at it?"

"Well, finches...... I know the ambition of Honghao! ”

The ambition of Honghao?

But you Pei Qi have been struggling in this officialdom for so long, what have you changed?

In the end, it was not that the Pei family was on the cusp, and he was named a criminal minister, and even the people and subjects that you had to protect even if you worked hard ended up scolding you with blood.

But......

He obviously protected the Cui family very well, and never lived up to his father's expectations, but he always felt that something had not yet been realized.

What is it......

"Daddy......"

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

After a long time, his hand fell, and he lifted the wine jar beside him, high above his head, and poured it into his mouth in large gulps.

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

It was not until the wine in the jar was dry that he could no longer pour it out that he threw the jar away and lay on his side on the stone and gently closed his eyes.

What the hell is he going to do......

"Captain Cui, the weather is cold, aren't you afraid of getting caught by the wind when you sleep here?"

Just as he was sleeping in a daze, a bright and casual voice sounded in his ears, and he opened his eyes, only to catch a glimpse of a graceful white-clothed figure beside him.

He moved, turned over, and slurred, "Today...... I'm still ...... in this Taiwei Mansion Belch...... It's really lively, even the Second Highness is here......"

Jiang Lingfeng sat lazily beside him, stretched out a hand on his shoulder, and somewhere he got out of a jar of wine, and opened his mouth to drink it.

He patted Cui Shaogong's shoulder: "Cui Xiaotai seems to have something on his mind." ”

"Knowingly asked." Cui Shaogong tore off the hand on his shoulder, turned around and lay on the stone again: "Didn't you come to me for Jiang Fengchuan's business......

was ruthlessly poked on the spot, Jiang Lingfeng was obviously a little embarrassed.

This guy really can't afford to joke.

"Since you've already guessed it, then I won't sell it." Jiang Lingfeng stretched his legs and adjusted them into a relatively comfortable posture: "Seeing you drinking here alone, I know that your heart must still be struggling." Otherwise, let me tell you the story of Pei Qi. ”

"Pei Qi ......?" Cui Shaogong laughed disdainfully: "What story can she have, it is nothing more than that she is full of the nobility of the people of Limin, do you want to compare me with her, and then belittle me?" ”

"Hmph...... No way......"

Jiang Lingfeng smiled dumbly.

Who would have thought that the cold and extraordinary Cui Xiaotai would be a dead tsundere after drinking?

Jiang Lingfeng sorted out the language, and then began to speak:

"Pei Qi used to be the same as you, she entered the court, and she also had a family mission."

"My friendship with her, huh...... When I was very young, I didn't like to be taken care of in the palace, so I slipped out of the dog hole in the cold palace every day to play, and the same way, Pei Qi too. ”

"I made an appointment with her that we would come out of the house together at dusk every day, and then go on a tour of the mountains and rivers to see the scenery of the imperial capital."

But then one day, she was discovered by Mr. Pei, and then ...... She frequently missed appointments, and even had no news. ”

"Finally, eight years later, I saw her again in officialdom. But she was already dressed in court clothes, and there was a kind of thoughtfulness between her words and deeds that made me at a loss, and she had to think twice before she said a word, which made me feel that our relationship had become very estranged. ”

"One day, I was drunk, like ......" Jiang Lingfeng said, turned his head to look at Cui Shaogong, who was drunk, and then smiled and continued: "Just like you." ”

"I found Pei Qi and talked to her a lot with the strength of wine, but I can't remember exactly what it was, probably those ...... Ask her why she didn't say goodbye and deliberately kept her distance from me. ”

"She said that I am the prince and one of the people vying for the throne, and as a courtier, there is the Pei family behind her, she must be careful in her actions in the court, and it is naturally better to have less contact with a person of noble status like me."

"The Pei family sent her to the court in order for her to help the Pei family win a place, and what she did must put the Pei family first."

"It wasn't until I removed the identity of the prince and left the palace that our relationship gradually recovered as before."

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

"To pacify the riots and displaced people, to suppress bandits in Xuanzhou, and even to become a military advisor at the border pass, she has made countless contributions. Until one time, when she came back from a private visit with the emperor, she had never drunk a drop of alcohol, but she was also a little drunk. ”

"I remember very clearly, she said to me in a daze, Jiang Ling Feng, do you know, I have never been out of the imperial capital, I don't know that outside the imperial capital, it turns out that the people are not living well......"

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

At the same time, she gradually forgot her original purpose of entering the court, just for the Pei family and to glorify the lintel."