"Actually, I saved her last time. She could have taken this opportunity to leave the court. Even if Dasheng Kingdom couldn't stay, she could have gone to Beiding Kingdom or Cangqi Kingdom. With her ability, she wanted to seek a career. It’s not difficult to have a shared life.”
"Then...why is she back again?" Cui Shaogong raised his eyes and asked confused.
She has been defeated and can save her life. Shouldn't she find a way for herself to continue living?
Jiang Lingfeng recalled that when he was in Ye Mansion, he asked Pei Qi whether it was worth risking everything in exchange for the peace of the world that was out of reach.
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"She said that I, Pei Qi, have been an official in the court for half my life. If I don't fight in the end, how can I be worthy of everything I have lost? So, she wants to come back."
Later, Jiang Lingfeng stopped talking about Pei Qi.
Cui Shaogong was stunned on the spot, his shaky head hanging in the air, and there was no emotion in his empty eyes.
For a long time, he laughed and said: "When it comes to matters involving the world, when will it be her turn as a woman to steal the spotlight... But there are very few men who are one-tenth as good as her."
The two people were so engrossed in chatting that they finally noticed that the sky was turning white. Jiang Lingfeng stood up and patted the dust and wrinkles on his clothes to make himself look as elegant as ever.
Cui Shaogong's drunkenness had mostly dissipated. He noticed Jiang Lingfeng's movements and tilted his head: "Leaving?"
"Well, let's go." Jiang Lingfeng turned around and looked at Captain Cui who was lying on the ground. Even though he was drunk and looked decadent, people could not ignore the fierceness in his bones.
Maybe it was because I had been charging on the battlefield for a long time, and it was firmly engraved on my body.
"Little Lieutenant Cui, I know that although you don't say it on your face, there is always a passion that is about to overflow from your chest. The Cui family has guarded the barren land on the frontier for generations, and is not afraid of soldiers and armor at all. Isn't it just for the sake of this land behind you? A vast land?"
"Now that foreign enemies have not been able to invade Dasheng, can you bear to watch the country you protect with all your strength be destroyed in the hands of the emperor who is about to succeed?"
"Cui Shaogong, you have to do something."
Jiang Lingfeng's words ended, and before Cui Shaogong could make a decision, he tiptoed and flew away from the Taiwei's Mansion.
Cui Shaogong got up from the ground, pressed his back against the sweet-scented osmanthus tree behind him, caught a fallen sweet-scented osmanthus at random, put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it.
Is there always something to do?
Then...it doesn't matter if he breaks a precept for this prosperous age.
Cui Shaogong, you know that Jiang Fengchuan is not the king you want, he is not.
Dad, please forgive my son for betraying your instructions...
I still want to see Dasheng, the bustling city.
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Early the next morning.
Since Rong Qin left yesterday, Pei Qi fell into a dazed sleep due to lack of physical strength, until he was woken up by the constant sound of footsteps outside, as well as the sound of rummaging through boxes and moving things.
"Yao Yue, Ying Yue..."
Pei Qi opened his mouth, endured the dryness and pain of his throat, and called Yaoyue in a low voice.
The next second, the door was opened from the outside. Pei Qi raised his eyes and saw that the person who came was not Yao Yue, but Xi Qing who was half leaning on the door and looking at her with raised eyebrows.
"I disappoint you. Your Yao Yue has been dragged away by Rong Qin because of his inability to protect the Lord. As for what will happen..." Xi Qing said half-way through his words, and said "tsk" twice with regret on his face, without saying anything else. And metaphor.
Being punished by Rong Qin, even if he did not die, he would not end well.
Unexpectedly, she had hurt Yao Yue with these stabs.
"I want to see Rong Qin..." Pei Qi pushed himself up and tried to sit up, but the injury on his waist was affected and he fell back with a cry of pain.
Xi Qing was afraid that her injury would become more serious, so he ran over quickly, stretched out his hand to help her up and leaned against the bed: "Rong Qin is not at home now. He went out early in the morning and won't be back for a while. If you If you want to see him, you probably have to wait until night."
"Don't move. Why don't you know the extent of your injuries?"
Xi Qing deliberately looked fierce, trying to make Pei Qi obedient.
Unexpectedly, Pei Qi couldn't help but laugh: "You have a gentle face and are not suitable for scaring people. The evil god Rong Qin has to come to do this."
"Yes, there's nothing I can do about you, little girl." Xi Qing was not annoyed by Pei Qi's ridicule. Instead, she smiled helplessly and sat next to her: "Is there anything uncomfortable about you?"
"With the great doctor Lao Xi taking care of me, I'll be fine anywhere." Pei Qi looked outside the door, noticed the various figures walking in a hurry, and asked doubtfully: "What are you doing outside?"
Xi Qing hesitated for a moment and opened his mouth: "Your wounds need to be treated at any time, and I have to stay by your side at all times. However, I have been living in Xingyuan before, taking care of a child full of strange poisons. I definitely can't take care of him at the same time." You two, Rong Qin asked me to move here with the child, and we will stay in Qingxinyuan until you recover from your injury."
child?
Full of strange poison?
That must be Xiaosi...
At this moment, Pei Qi's heart was shaking, and he wished he could rush out and meet Xiaosi immediately.
But in order not to make Xi Qing suspicious, she still suppressed her excitement and pretended to be surprised: "Why is a child full of strange poisons? Who is so vicious and wants to treat a child like this?"
"Don't worry about it. Just lie down and I'll go out to help." Xi Qing obviously didn't want to answer Pei Qi's question, so he settled her down and left.
It was inconvenient for him to stay in a woman's boudoir, not to mention that Pei Qi was Rong Qin's wife.
God knows how much Pei Qi wants to chase Xiaosi out to see Xiaosi who has always been in her heart. Although she is absolutely sure of Xiaosi's identity, if she doesn't confirm with her own eyes that Xiaosi is still safe, there will always be a problem in her heart.
There is also Yao Yue. I don’t know whether she is alive or dead now. Although Yao Yue is not related to her and is even a subordinate of her own enemy, she has stood in front of her in difficult situations.
What's more, he still hurt her.
Rong Qin was not in the palace, probably out to prepare for Jiang Fengchuan's ascension to the throne. In order to ensure nothing went wrong, he would definitely deal with possible variables first.
Although she had asked Duan Qianjun to go to Cui Shaogong for help in advance, Cui Shaogong had always been stubborn and difficult to persuade. Duan Qianjun happened to be the type of person he hated the most, so the success or failure of the matter was unknown.
I just hope Cui Shaogong can figure it out and understand what he is going to do now.
If she didn't hear the news later that Jiang Fengchuan had ascended the throne, pretending to be Ye Rou, enduring the humiliation, and suffering all the scars on her body would be meaningless.
But if it were another outcome, and Jiang Fengchuan did not ascend the throne, the day the Queen Mother came back would be her chance to clear the crown prince of poisoning the late emperor, and it would also be the chance for her, the guilty minister, to shed her infamy.
Rong Qin, I will let you return everything you have taken away step by step.
