After the palace banquet, Feng Mansion.
As soon as Feng Quji arrived home, he saw Bai Yunying and... Bai Tui sitting in the hall!
Seeing Feng Quji coming back, Bai Tu stood up quickly: "Prime Minister!"
Feng Quji ignored him and walked straight to the top position without sitting down. He said calmly: "Why do you have time to come here, Lord Protector?"
Bai Tu glanced at Bai Yunying. Bai Yunying understood, smiled and said: "I asked my servant to invite Tui here. It's rare for the whole family to gather together today. Tui is an official in Xianyang alone. As an elder sister, I don't care who else loves him."
Bai Tu is actually the biological brother of Bai Yunying's mother! But it seems that the relationship with Feng Quji...
Feng Quji remained expressionless and turned to leave.
"Then you and your brother and sister will talk for a while. I still have political matters to deal with."
Bai Tu quickly stepped forward and bowed: "Prime Minister, today is the winter solstice. Bai Tai ordered people to bring some gifts from Xi County. I am alone in Xianyang and don't need many, so I came here to give some to the Prime Minister and my sister."
Feng Quji frowned slightly and refused: "We have everything in the house, so don't bother."
Bai Yunying hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over, and said with a smile: "This kid Bai Tai is serious. He brought him all the way from Xi County, so I'd better accept it."
Bai Tu also smiled and said: "Some of the products from Xi County are not valuable. I hope the Prime Minister will not refuse."
Feng Quji heard this and called the housekeeper in the mansion: "Zhou Liang, take the gifts brought by Lord Protector. Except for those that are lacking in the mansion, keep the rest and give them to Lord Protector to take back."
After that, he walked out without looking back.
After a while, Zhou Liang returned almost everything Bai Tu had brought. Zhou Liang had followed Feng Quji for decades and gained deep trust, so he naturally understood what "what was missing in the mansion" meant.
Bai Tu looked at the items he had brought but lacked some five dishes, and sighed helplessly: "The Prime Minister is still like this..."
Bai Yunying comforted him: "After so many years, you don't know his temper. It's not easy to order five dishes today, so don't take it personally."
A trace of fierceness flashed in Bai Tu's eyes.
"My sister also heard what I just said to my sister. Now that person is targeting the Bai family everywhere. Back then, our Bai family assisted Duke Mu to rule the world, and also assisted Duke Xian to implement the Wei Martingale Reform. We fought hard for the Qin Dynasty and conquered countless lands. Without me, the Bai family, How can the world today get..."
Seeing Bai Tui becoming more and more unscrupulous as he spoke, Bai Yunying quickly shouted: "Don't talk nonsense!"
Only then did Bai Tu realize that he was still in Prime Minister Feng's Mansion.
"Sister, don't blame me. It's just that the situation facing my Bai family is really worrying now. If the Prime Minister is willing to help my Bai family..."
Bai Yunying sighed softly: "I'm afraid this matter will not be easy. But don't worry, I will find an opportunity to persuade the Prime Minister."
Bai Tu said gratefully: "Thank you, sister."
Not long after, Bai Yunying came to the study and placed the hot tea in her hand in front of Feng Quji.
Feng Quji put down the book in his hand, picked up the cup, took a sip, and said, "Leaving?"
"Leave. Bai Tu said..."
Before Bai Yunying could tell Bai Tu's purpose, Feng Quji waved his hand and said, "I know his purpose, and I won't help him."
Bai Yunying hesitated to speak, but couldn't help but said: "After all, we are from the same clan, and Bai Tu is my biological brother..."
Feng Quji sighed.
"Even if you are your biological brother, I advise you to draw a clear line between you and the Bai family, otherwise all these years of forbearance will be in vain!"
Bai Yunying frowned and said, "Is it really so serious?"
"I have told you the truth a long time ago. The emperor was dissatisfied with the nobles of the aristocratic families when he was still alive, but he only tolerated them because of their great contributions to the Qin Dynasty. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, you can see clearly that the new emperor's What he did was completely different from that of the First Emperor, such as reducing corvee labor, checking out the land, and appointing new ministers... Although there is no name for reform now, there is the reality of reform."
"You don't know yet, the pacification of the Surabaya Rebellion was all decided by His Majesty. His actions were vigorous and resolute, and even I had to sigh, the First Emperor was nothing more than this when he was alive! Now that Jie'er and I are able to take care of ourselves, we have never opposed it. His Majesty."
Bai Yunying asked curiously: "You really have such a talent?"
Feng Quji nodded.
"So I advise you to draw a clear line between you and the Bai family. The fall of the Bai family is just a matter of time, it depends on when your majesty will take action. Although I am the right prime minister and Jie'er is the censor, I am afraid that I will be powerless by then. If you I don’t want to bring down the Feng family…”
Bai Yunying was silent for a moment.
After Bai Tu returned to his mansion, he thought for a long time.
Then pick up a pen and paper. Looking at the new paper promoted by the emperor on the table, Bai Tu's eyes narrowed and he no longer hesitated.
"White room!"
A man walked in with light steps, a scar running through the left side of his face.
"grown ups!"
"Go back to Yi County and give this letter to Bai Tai!"
"yes!"
Looking at Bai Jian going away, Bai Tu also let out a long sigh and said to himself: "The time has not come yet, so I still need to be patient."
Xi County.
It was early morning when Bai Jian arrived at Bai Tai's house.
The concierge obviously knew the killing god next to Bai Tu, and he hurriedly went to find Bai Tai.
At this time, Bai Tai was having sex with several women in the room and was very unhappy.
When he heard the concierge knocking on the door, he immediately became furious: "You bitch, you are tired of living. Didn't I tell you not to disturb me even if the emperor comes?!"
The concierge's heart trembled. Bai Tai spoke freely all day long in the mansion, and sometimes even asked his servants to randomly kidnap the children of good families in the county and call them "Zhao Fei". It was not unheard of to play the emperor for fun.
Being so arrogant, he was also worried that if it was leaked, not even the nine clans would be able to kill him. Therefore, except for the concierge, everyone in the mansion was locked up in the mansion all day long and was not allowed to step out of the mansion. The woman who got tired of playing the game even ordered her to be killed and abandoned in the wilderness.
From the county magistrate on down, most people in Xi County are from the Bai family. It is not an exaggeration to call him the emperor of Xi County.
The concierge said cautiously: "Sir, there is a letter from the master."
Bai Tai frowned when he heard this.
Bai Tai has been lawless since he was a child, but he is like a cat before his father. He has to consider whether to endure even a fart in front of Bai Tu.
After a long time, the sounds in the room gradually subsided, and Bai Tai opened the door and walked out.
Seeing Bai Tai, even the cold and heartless Bai Jian felt disgust in his heart: "You stay up all day and all night having fun, and you are not afraid of dying on a woman!" '
Then he handed the letter on his body to Bai Tai and stood aside.
Bai Tai took the letter, opened it and briefly read the contents, and said disdainfully: "Father is too careful. Who in Daqin dares to touch a hair of my Bai family!"
Bai Jian said coldly: "Young master, you still need to obey your orders and restrain yourself."
Bai Tai glanced at Bai Jian and cursed in his heart: "You are just my father's dog, but you dare to show your face in front of me." '
But there was a smile on his face and he said: "That's natural. If you go back and tell your father, I will definitely do it."
Bai Jian naturally knew what kind of person he was, but he only obeyed Bai Tu's orders. The words had been delivered, so he bowed and left without lingering.
Watching Bai Jian leave, Bai Tai's expression changed and he said to the servant at the door: "Go and call someone here."
