It was already obvious that Situ Ce wanted to re-appoint Fu Qingchu. Although the ministers were dissatisfied, with Wu Changqin in front of them, the ministers did not dare to openly confront him even if they had objections.
"Shang Shu, if things continue like this, Fu Qingchu will definitely be above you and me!" Cui Ju said angrily as he looked at his clan brother.
"Yes, Minister, we can't sit idly by and let a prostitute cover the sky with one hand." Another official from the Ministry of Personnel also agreed.
"If Fu Qingchu is allowed to become powerful, it will be a great shame and humiliation for us!" the servant of the minister shot Chen Anliang.
The various ministries in the Shangshu Province spoke to each other, causing Cui Qi to have a headache. He frowned and closed his eyes, listening to people scolding him from Fu Zhao to Fu Zhonghua, and from Fu Zhonghua to Fu Qingchu.
Everyone cursed for a while, then stopped when they saw Cui Qi closing his eyes and dozing off, and cautiously shouted: "Shang Shu, please say something."
Cui Qi raised his eyes and looked at everyone, frowned and asked, "Is one woman worthy of you being so angry?"
"Are we going to sit idly by and ignore it?" Cui Ju looked at his clan brother unwillingly.
"You only have Fu Qingchu in your eyes. Let me ask you, how did Fu Qingchu become the student of Zhongshushe?"
After hearing this, everyone suddenly did not dare to speak.
How Fu Qingchu became a member of Zhongshushe was of course promoted by Situ Ce.
Cui Qi looked at the people who were filled with indignation just now and were now silent, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. Speaking of which, this group of people is really not as good as Fu Qingchu.
King Jin's careful efforts to win over her didn't make her sway even a little bit. As soon as the group heard about Situ Ce, they didn't dare to speak.
"Since Your Majesty praises her so much, why do you need to get into trouble? Besides, her ability is obvious to everyone. If you continue to obstruct her by saying that women can't go to the temple, Wu Zhongcheng will be a lesson to you all." Cui Qi said in a deep voice.
"But we and the Fu family have always been like fire and water. If Fu Qingchu has more wings in the future, won't we become her prey?" Cui Ju frowned.
Cui Qi turned to look at his clan brother, frowned and said impatiently: "Don't you understand me? If your Majesty wants to reuse him, then reuse him, don't seek death."
With that said, Cui Qi stood up and left, leaving everyone looking at each other in confusion, neither leaving nor staying.
"Cui Shilang, what does Cui Shangshu mean?" Chen Anliang looked at Cui Qi's back and frowned in confusion.
Cui Ju also frowned in confusion and turned to look at Chen Anliang, "What will happen if His Majesty keeps re-employing Fu Qingchu?"
"I will definitely take revenge on you and me." Chen Anliang said matter-of-factly.
Cui Ju shook his head, "If that's the case, she can just be a concubine in the harem and enjoy the pillow breeze. There is no need to come to the front court."
Having said that, Chen Anliang also calmed down, "What does the minister mean, does your majesty really want to use her as a man?"
Cui Ju frowned and thought for a long time, then smiled and said: "You can do a lot of things in the court."
"How wrong?"
Cui Ju smiled and said nothing. He now understood what the clan brother had not finished saying. If Situ Ce wants to be reused, then reuse her. It would be best if she becomes so powerful that she can even overwhelm Cheng An.
Then, those that are rough are easy to break, and those that are bright are easy to stain.
…
When Cui Qi returned home, before he could sit down, a servant came to report that the young lady had returned from the palace. He locked himself in the room and refused to open the door no matter how he was called.
Hearing this, Cui Qi felt helpless, probably because he had hit a wall with Situ Ce.
He followed his servants to his daughter's room, where his wife Zhou stood anxiously outside the door. He stepped forward to comfort his wife, and then knocked on the door gently: "Xi'er, open the door for your father's sake."
No one in the room answered, so he turned to his wife, "How long has it been since there was no response?"
Mrs. Zhou looked anxious, "It's been a while, but I can't get away. I'm about to ask someone to knock him away."
Cui Qi's heart tightened and he hurriedly urged his servants, "Hurry!"
Several sturdy servants rushed forward and banged against the door. The moment the door opened, the smell of blood that hit her face was almost nauseating. Mrs. Zhou hurriedly ran to the bed and saw her daughter putting a hand into the basin, full of blood. Bloody basin.
"ah--"
Mrs. Zhou screamed, hurriedly stepped forward, took her daughter's hand out of the basin, and shouted, "Go and call the doctor!"
Cui Yunxi was awakened by her mother. Seeing that her mother was so wronged, she cried: "Mom, don't worry about me, just let me go."
Mrs. Li covered her daughter's wound with her sleeve and cried so hard, "Why are you doing this? You are taking my mother's life!"
Seeing her mother crying, Cui Yunxi's eyes suddenly turned red, feeling extremely aggrieved, "The whole capital knows that I was promised to Situ Ce. Now that he is married and doesn't want me anymore, I am just living as a joke to others. I might as well die." Forget it."
"He's not the only man in the world!" Zhou cried, "Why are you so stupid, my son?"
Zhou held her daughter and cried until her heart broke. Cui Qi stood aside, looking at her daughter, feeling distressed and angry at the same time, "My parents are the ones who suffer the consequences of my body and skin. You are willing to live and die for a man. What are you doing to me and your mother?" Land? How can you be like my Cui’s daughter if you don’t cherish yourself so much!”
Hearing this, Cui Yunxi felt like her internal organs were being torn apart by sharp claws, and the pain was so painful that she almost couldn't breathe. She burst into tears, "It was my daughter who was unfilial and brought shame to her father."
Cui Qi looked at his daughter and felt the pain in his heart. Mrs. Zhou cried and cursed: "Are you still saying these things at this time to kill my daughter? If you don't want to see our mother and daughter, we will die together!"
"Aunt..." Cui Yunxi hugged her mother and cried bitterly.
Cui Qi felt distressed and anxious. He hurriedly stepped forward to check his daughter's injury. There was still blood coming out through his clothes. He quickly tightened the wound with his sleeves and asked his servants to rush the doctor.
After a while, the doctor came and worked for a while before he stopped the bleeding. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, the wound was not deep, and there was no danger to their lives. The Cui couple breathed a sigh of relief.
After her daughter fell asleep, Ms. Zhou said to Cui Qi with a worried look on her face: "My daughter's life has been saved this time, but she is a strong-willed girl. She must have something to think about after suffering such humiliation."
Cui Qi looked at his wife, "What do you mean?"
"Which emperor doesn't have the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard? By marrying our Yun Xi, you have wronged him. Without our Cui family, how can he secure this position?"
"Are you willing to kill yourself by saying this?" Cui Qi said angrily.
Mrs. Zhou snorted coldly, with a look full of contempt, "Now that his wings are strong, he doesn't want you as an uncle. Oh, I forgot, he has another uncle now, and he doesn't take us seriously anymore."
"Shut up!" Cui Qi raised his hand to hit him, but failed. "If you talk nonsense again, I will sew your mouth!"
"You beat me, beat me to death. If both of us are dead, you will be at peace!" Mrs. Zhou cried, "I have never seen such an ungrateful person! When he was in the palace, he didn't even dare to eat. I I did it every day and asked Xi'er to be sent to the palace, thinking that one day he would be kind to us, but I didn't expect that when we grow up and become the emperor, we are no longer needed, so we will be abandoned like worn out shoes.
"We didn't want anything to happen to him. He married a girl from the Cheng family. How come we, Xi'er, can't be concubines? We almost killed Xi'er, my poor son."
Zhou became more and more sad as he talked, and cried into Cui Qi's arms, "If I had known, I shouldn't have cared about his life or death."
Cui Qi felt helpless after hearing this. He hugged his wife and coaxed her in a harmonious voice: "Okay, okay, don't cry. You won't be able to hold your tongue when you cry. I will handle this matter myself. Take good care of Xi'er." .”
After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou stopped crying aggrievedly.
…
On the second day of the court meeting, Situ Ce came with Fu Qingchu as expected.
Fu Qingchu wore an apricot printed round-neck robe, a single snail bun on his head, and a few beads and flowers. He stood beside Situ Ce, looking steady and capable.
When the ministers knelt down, she did not have to kneel down. When the ministers stood up, she looked down at them from the Danchi platform. Although he is a minister, he is still a king.
Although the ministers had objections in their minds, yesterday's situation was still fresh in their minds, so they did not dare to say anything more. They just reported various matters, some of which were handled directly by Situ Ce, while others were assigned to various ministries for discussion and then reported to Cheng An.
It was no big deal. Situ Ce announced his withdrawal from the court. Cui Qi followed and stopped Situ Ce.
"What else does Shangshu have to do?" Situ Ce asked harmoniously.
Cui Qi glanced at Fu Qingchu and said with some hesitation: "I have some family matters that I want to discuss with His Majesty."
Situ Ce's heart sank. He probably knew what was going on. He sighed helplessly and turned to Fu Qingchu, "You go down first."
Fu Qingchu glanced at Cui Qi, lowered his head and said yes, then retreated first.
Situ Ce invited Cui Qi to sit down in the side hall of Qinzheng Hall, and then asked, "What is your uncle doing?"
Cui Qi looked at Situ Ce with a troubled expression on his face, "Yesterday Xi'er returned home and couldn't think about it for a moment, so she cut her wrists and committed suicide..."
"What?" Situ Ce stood up in shock and asked worriedly, "Is there anything serious now?"
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, there is no fear for your life." Cui Qi said in a deep voice, "Xi'er has been deeply affectionate and loyal to Your Majesty since childhood. Even if he learns that Your Majesty is married to the Queen, he is still willing to be by Your Majesty's side. I don't know who Xi'er is. What's wrong is that His Majesty is so disgusted with it..."
"Uncle, you are serious." Situ Ce quickly interrupted Cui Qi, and after thinking for a while, he said, "It's just that I only have brother-sister affection for Yun Xi. If I marry her into the palace, it will actually harm her."
Cui Qi sighed, "She is half dead now, and I don't know if it is good for her."
Situ Ce was speechless, only filled with guilt, "I'm sorry for her."
Cui Qi raised his eyes and looked at Situ Ce, with mixed feelings in his heart. The man in front of him was indeed not the little nephew who hugged his neck and cried when his sister passed away. He was now a full-fledged emperor.
"Your Majesty, it's not that Cui's daughter can't get married, it's just that Xi'er is too stubborn, and I'm really afraid that she might have another problem with her." Cui Qi looked distressed, hesitantly stood up and knelt in front of Situ Ce, "Also Your Majesty, please understand my father’s heart!”
Seeing this, Situ Ce was so frightened that he stood up and hurriedly helped his uncle up, his face full of guilt, "My uncle is doing this to shorten his nephew's life."
"I have no choice but to ask your Majesty for your understanding." After saying this, he knelt down again.
Situ Ce held on to Cui Qi tightly, "Uncle, you don't have to be like this," he thought for a while, "I'll make a decision after I visit my sister, do you think so?"
At this point, both sides have taken a step back.
Cui Qi looked embarrassed, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Situ Ce sighed, "I'll go see my cousin later."
