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

Pei Qi sighed, gathered the shawl that had just fallen off because of his emotion, and then raised his eyes in Cui Shaogong's direction with a somewhat mocking tone: "You haven't always hated insidious and cunning people like Duan Qianjun, what's the matter?" You're going to stay in the same room with him for so long? ”

Hearing the ridicule in her words, Cui Shaogong frowned unhappily, and he didn't want to mention what happened just now, so he changed the topic: "You are on the cusp now, it is the time to employ people, Duan Qianjun's power should be very important to you." ”

"yes, it's important." Pei Qi did not deny his words, but he did not nod either, but changed his words: "But even if he cooperates with him, he will not allow the prince to leave the prison." ”

"Neither the crown prince nor Jiang Fengchuan is the best candidate for the new emperor for him. And now, there is already a Jiang Fengchuan who gives him a headache, will he still allow the prince to come out and stir up? ”

"So, what I'm going to do next, Duan Qianjun can't interfere."

After listening to Pei Qi's words, Cui Shaogong probably understood her intentions, so he didn't ask too much.

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

Cui Shaogong asked very seriously.

If Pei Qi came to him, even if Rong Qin found out her whereabouts in the imperial capital, as long as she was protected by the Taiwei Mansion, she would be safe and sound.

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

Pei Qi was stunned by the question.

Cui Shaogong at that time didn't seem to be in her consideration.

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

The spoonful of bitter medicine was just next to her mouth.

Pei Qi pursed his lips, don't look over and push the spoonful of medicine: "You put it first, I'll drink it later." ”

Then, she lowered her head, her eyes complicated.

"I went to Duan Qianjun because I had bargaining chips with him to use each other, and he would help me."

Pei Qi paused, and slowly said the reason: "Didn't Cui Xiaotaiwei once tell me that the Taiwei Mansion would not be contaminated with anything related to the court." At that time, I was embattled, and the people I had a relationship with didn't end well. Although the others of the Taiwei Mansion can't afford to provoke me, if you help me, the Taiwei Mansion will inevitably be in peace, you take the Cui family so seriously, you must not allow yourself to do this. ”

"So...... Cui Shaogong, you used to have such a strong attitude, and you never refused to help me at all, even if I was ambushed on all sides, I still couldn't afford to gamble on the way to find you. ”

She has asked for the help of the Taiwei Mansion countless times in the court, but in the end it all ended in failure, for Cui Shaogong, he has the sustenance of the Cui family for generations, and he will not let the Cui family go to risk anything.

She has also had this feeling, and like Cui Shaogong, she has also tried her best to protect the Pei family......

Before I knew that Pei Yunjiang gave her a blind life.

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

"And what about later? Why did you let Duan Qianjun and Jiang Ling Feng come to me again? Cui Shaogong asked again.

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

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

Pei Qi suddenly recalled her isolation and helplessness at that time, desperately looking for all the people who could help her, but in the end she found nothing, and her clear eyes became decadent: "If I don't come to you, Jiang Fengchuan will ascend the throne, and Dasheng will be gone......"

She pulled out a bitter smile forcefully: "At that time, I had no choice, Rong Qin was bound to win, you were the last bargaining chip, I could only rely on that slight possibility to find you." ”

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

In front of her, the national teacher who used to turn her hands into clouds has fallen to the point where she needs to curl up together to protect herself, but even so, she is still thinking about Dasheng.

Cui Shaogong has never seen her so vulnerable.

He walked over, propped his hands on the sides of Pei Qi's chair, and squatted down in front of Pei Qi.

Pei Qi kept his head down, and only then could he see her eyes clearly.

"You ......" In a trance, Pei Qi only felt that there was an extra figure in front of her, because she could guess that it was Cui Shaogong, so she didn't make much movement, just stared at the figure in front of her for some reason.

After a long time, Cui Shaogong's voice came, not as serious and cold as usual, and his tone was a little slow, clearly teasing, but it didn't mean to ridicule: "Isn't it an all-powerful national teacher, and you don't even have this confidence?" Didn't I go on the day of the palace banquet? ”

Didn't I go......

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

Yes, he came, so she could crawl out of the dim abyss again along the rope he had thrown down.

It's just that she doesn't understand.

"And 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 helped Pei Qi send his father's wrench, and then Jiang Lingfeng visited late at night and drank wine with him all night to tell Pei Qi about his past.

He listened to Jiang Lingfeng state how lofty and lofty Pei Qi's ambitions were, and how much she had done for Dasheng......

Jiang Lingfeng's mouth was gushing, and he couldn't stop it if he wanted to.

After comparison, he realized how unbearable the captain was.

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

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

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

Looks like he doesn't want to answer.

Pei Qi opened his mouth, took the medicine in, and swallowed it bitterly.

Forget it, if you don't want to say it, don't say it, anyway, Cui Shaogong is willing to help her, the result is good, and the rest doesn't matter.

"You Cui Shaogong's generation of loyal and righteous sons, full of blood, although you have been taught by your father to protect the Cui family from the bloody wind and rain in the court, but in the bottom of my heart, I also hope that Dasheng Guotai and the people will be safe." Halfway through the medicine, Cui Shaogong suddenly opened his mouth: "This is what Duan Qianjun said that day, I think, it should be taught by you." ”

"The Cui family has guarded the barren land over there for generations, and they are not afraid of the soldiers and armor, isn't it just for the sake of the land behind them? Now that the foreign enemy has not been able to invade Dasheng, can you bear to watch the country that you have protected with all your strength be buried in the hands of the emperor who will succeed to the throne? ”

"This is what Jiang Ling Feng said."

Seeing that the bowl of black medicine was at the bottom, Cui Shaogong put the bowl back on the table.

He stared at Pei Qi tightly: "In the final analysis, half of the entire Dasheng Kingdom has been guarded by my Cui family's ancestors for generations. The Cui family has been stationed at the border all the year round, and they do not allow foreign enemies to set foot in half a step, how can they tolerate Dasheng's internal collapse? ”

"Indeed, my ancestor Xun told me that the Cui family is not allowed to have any involvement with the court, but as Jiang Lingfeng said, the country that we protect with all our strength is as important as the Cui family."

"I can only fight, and I don't want to have it without the intrigue brains of your Korea-China people."

"On the contrary, Pei Qi, you are the best person who has stood tall in the court, so I will listen to you."

"Guarding Dasheng with you."