Chang'an is good

Chapter 658 Cui Wei talks
Li Suining first asked Cui Jing about Chang Kuo's entry into the palace today, and then talked about government affairs in a casual manner.

She spoke whatever she thought of, more like she was reviewing herself. The previous sentence often had little to do with the next one, but Cui Jing could always pick up her words smoothly and help her sort out everything without any sense of obstruction.

This made Li Suining feel particularly comfortable. As long as she thought that she would always have Cui Ling'an by her side in the future, she felt very relaxed, as if most of her fatigue had been relieved by him.

Seeing that she was not in a hurry to continue, Cui Jing said, "Today, the Meng family sent nearly a hundred jars of wine to the palace. It is said that it was shipped back from Jiangdu and is called Fengzhi Niang."

"More than a hundred jars." Li Suining supported his hands on his sides and looked at the night sky: "So many, how long will it take to drink..."

Did the winemaker still think that she could drink as well as before?

Did he always make wine when he was in Jiangdu?

Li Suining was absent-minded for a while.

Yu Zeng's body was collected by Meng Lie's men. Li Suining did not know where it was buried and never asked.

Li Suining remembered that he said his original name was Liu Mingke, and he was from Yanzhou. He was born in a family of minor officials. If he had not encountered a family change when he was young, he might have studied and become an official... He was very smart and learned things quickly.

After a long while, Li Suining said, "Then keep it and drink it slowly. When you feel happy one day, open a jar."

Cui Jing agreed: "Okay."

Li Suining then continued to talk to him about government affairs.

The summer night wind made people drowsy. Li Suining gradually felt sleepy, and then he simply leaned on Cui Jing's shoulders and arms to take a rest.

In the breeze tinged with the scent of summer flowers, Cui Jing slightly curled the corners of her mouth and tried her best to keep the shoulder she was leaning on straight enough but not stiff, so that she could lean steadily and feel more comfortable.

He turned his head slightly to look at her, and lowered his voice: "You must be tired these days."

"Hmm..." Li Suining's voice was still cheerful: "After this busy period, I want to secretly take a day off, a whole day."

Then he urged Cui Jing: "Go on, I'm listening."

"This is about Lingnan Road and Qianzhong Road. I'll tell you. Your Highness can take a look at it..." Cui Jing's voice was particularly sincere and pleasant in the night. He said slowly: "Perhaps General Xiao Min can be appointed as the governor of these two roads. Lingnan Road is vast and the forces are dispersed, but General Xiao has already explored the way and taken root. If someone else is appointed, he will have to start all over again. The forces and troops of Qianzhong Road are concentrated. If General Xiao is appointed as the military commander of Qianzhong Road, he can also intimidate and suppress the people of Lingnan Road, which will be beneficial to the subsequent gathering of the tribes in Lingnan."

"Li Yin's forces in Qianzhong Road must be completely eliminated. She Kui's son She Shao can be made the assistant officer of General Xiao, and work with the members of the Qianzhou Changsun clan to wipe out the remnants of Li Yin—"

"Although Lingnan is a barren and wild place, it is also close to the sea. When Lingnan returns to its original intention, we can build ships and go out to sea to explore new routes like Jiangdu did. If we find any, we can set up a maritime customs office like Jiangdu..."

Cui Jing said a lot, but did not hear any response from Li Suining. He turned his head and looked down, only to see that the man who claimed "I'm listening" had closed his eyes and fallen asleep, obviously he was really tired.

But her facial features were relaxed, and the corners of her mouth still retained a slight upward curve. It seemed that she was immersed in the great vision of the future national politics in her dream.

In the breeze, Cui Jing raised his hand, moved a few strands of hair from her cheek to the tip of her nose, and gently tucked them behind her ear.

He really wanted to sit with her like this for a while longer, but he was even more afraid that she would catch a cold. The ceremony would be in three days, and taking good care of her was one of his responsibilities.

Fortunately, he and she will have many years to sit quietly like this in the future.

When Cui Jing thought of this, his eyes were filled with a look of peace and contentment.

After a moment, Cui Jing carefully put one hand around Li Suining's waist and back, and held up her legs with the other hand, and picked her up safely from where she was.

Xier was inexplicably happy and excited upon seeing this, she pursed her lips and tried her best to suppress her smile, only giggling secretly in her heart, appearing calm and proper on the surface, as she followed Cui Jing into the inner hall.

Cui Jing bent down and gently placed Li Suining on the bed, and told Xier to only take off her shoes, boots, outer clothes and hairpins, and there was no need to wake her up to take a bath, and let her have a good sleep.

"Yes, don't worry, Commander-in-Chief." Xier responded in a low voice.

Cui Jing looked at the peaceful sleeping face quietly again before turning around and leaving.

Zhai Xi bowed and saw him off respectfully.

Preparations for the grand ceremony were underway everywhere in the palace. Most lights were on at this time, and the eunuchs and palace maids were busy but not chaotic coming in and out. Cui Jing had just left the palace when he saw that the door to the inner palace was locked.

After exiting the inner palace gate, there was a corridor leading directly out of the imperial city. Cui Jing had just walked a few dozen steps when he saw a tall figure standing quietly on the palace road under the moonlight. It was unknown how long he had been waiting here.

Seeing Cui Jing, the figure stepped forward and walked side by side with Cui Jing naturally, saying with a smile: "I have been waiting for a long time but have not seen the Grand Commander Cui leave the palace. I thought the Grand Commander would go to General Dian to rest tonight."

"What do you want from me?" Cui Jing usually didn't say any pleasantries.

"Nothing." Wei Shuyi chatted: "Since you returned to the capital, we haven't had time to catch up... I'm busy with court affairs every day, and you rarely have time to relax."

At this point, he sighed and asked, "Cui Ling'an, are you really determined to become the emperor's husband?"

Cui Jing did not evade the question and did not feel it was inappropriate: "I should be able to do well."

He was already learning how to do it, and he thought he would do a good job of it.

The tone was actually very serious. Wei Shuyi couldn't help but laugh. It was rare that he didn't tease or joke. After a while, he just said, "From childhood to adulthood, no matter what you do, you are very good at doing it without reservation."

Wei Shuyi called this a kind of "expertise".

Because he has always been firm and undoubted, he dares to speak without reservation. This is a skill that most people find difficult to master. At least Wei Shuyi believes that he does not have this skill.

Cui Jing was not in a hurry to talk, and just let Wei Shuyi continue talking. He did not believe what Wei Shuyi said, "there is nothing to worry about."

The two walked for more than ten steps before Wei Shuyi spoke again, but he asked slowly:

"Cui Ling'an, if you are curious about a person and want to know what secrets she is hiding, would you try to test her? If so, how would you choose to test her?"

This question sounds incoherent and abrupt.

In the past, Cui Jing would have ignored these useless words. He was never a person who liked to chat with others, especially Lord Wei Xiang, whose words were always full of traps.

He seldom shows curiosity or explores anyone.

But at this moment, Cui Jing answered Wei Shuyi's question in an uncharacteristic way.

"Unilateral probing, in my opinion, is a strategy to deal with the enemy."

He looked ahead, his voice without emotion or emotion, just saying, "If she wasn't an enemy, and I wanted to know her secret, then I should treat her with sincerity and honesty. When she is willing to trust me, the answer will be revealed."

The so-called probing is to know the secrets of the other party and hide yourself without revealing anything. But outside of the enemy, secrets are not used for probing, but for exchange.

Wei Shuyi was stunned for a moment, then there was a hint of disappointment in his smiling voice: "I haven't found the right way yet... I've taken the long way instead of the short way."

Perhaps his arrogance and offense were revealed from the moment the word "temptation" appeared in his mind and in his actions.

"From the first day we met, I offended her. No wonder she was on guard against me." Wei Shuyi looked at the long palace road, and his heart was also very long. This was the first time he talked about this long feeling with others.

"I always think about where I was slow and where I lost... Is it because my mother knew her long ago? Even though she had never seen me, she treated me as a junior from the beginning?"

"Or was it in Dayun Temple? When she was in danger, I didn't help her like you did?"

"Perhaps when something happens to the young master of the Chang family..."

He really thought a lot. Perhaps he was slow in everything. He always carefully calculated the gains and losses and whether it was necessary or not. Many times he looked at her and even analyzed her from the perspective of an outsider. Sometimes he felt that she did not need him to take the initiative to help her...

But now think about it, for many things, whether others need them or not is one thing, and whether you give them or not is another - especially when she first came back to this world, treating people and things was like crossing a river by feeling the stones, and there happened to be a man like this on the shore, spying on her and watching everything she did, even with a playful look at her at first.

And what was Cui Lingan doing? He accompanied her across the river. Even when he didn't know who she was or where she was going, he was already accompanying her.

She has important things to do and her own path to walk. She will never stop and look back at the past because of anything, and she has no time to get entangled with meaningless people and things.

She will only turn around and look at whoever follows her.

By the time he realized and tried to catch up, it was too late.

He missed the best opportunity to get closer to her, and he was more than just one step too late.

Wei Shuyi said seriously: "Cui Lingan, I am indeed not as good as you."

Cui Jing had no intention of comparing himself with him: "You are not inferior to me."

"It's not like you lost to me."

"Also, I guess she has never thought about the many reasons you just mentioned. Those are not the reasons." Cui Jing's voice was not heavy. When he mentioned "her", he always used such a gentle and rare tone: "Prime Minister Wei does not need to be so self-reflective and self-deprecating, and there is no need to look down on her."

Wei Shuyi listened quietly, walked with his hands behind his back, and raised his head slightly to look at the moon: "That's right. Only those who care will fall into it. Since you never care, you have never thought about it."

Cui Jing corrected: "It's also because of respect."

Wei Shuyi turned and looked at Cui Jing.

Cui Jing didn't look at him, but only looked ahead: "She admires, values ​​and respects Wei Xiang."

"Why should I elaborate on Wei Xiang's abilities?" Cui Jing said firmly, "So I think she has never looked at Wei Xiang with such a critical eye."

Some things are just not what they are, and there may not be so much mental journey involved.

Looking back on all my thoughts, I have only trapped myself.

Wei Shuyi put himself in the position of a loser and repeatedly reflected on himself, but this was unnecessary.

Wei Shuyi never lost, nor did he win, and she was not a picker. No one needed to reflect on themselves or others in this matter.

After a long while, Wei Shuyi finally sighed, "Cui Ling'an, you really understand her better than I do."

"But I really want her to choose."

There was a sense of self-deprecation in that light tone.

A person who has been at the top since childhood said that he hopes he can be chosen by others.

The disappointment was concealed in an instant. Wei Shuyi looked at Cui Jing again and sighed, "Cui Ling'an, you are also happy to be picked. You know how I feel, so why bother to comfort me like this?"

This "completely ungrateful" and "obstinate" remark made Cui Jing return to his old self: "...but I was chosen."

Wei Shuyi smiled slightly: "..."

Cui Jing: "I naturally feel like making sarcastic remarks and generously comforting those who have not been chosen."

Wei Shuyi: “…………”

Sure enough, Cui Ling'an did not let him go in the end.

Wei Shuyi also calmed down and said with a look of sudden realization: "I see. You are so uncharacteristically patient in comforting me, just to make me give up and let go."

"But Cui Ling'an, why do you think I chose to talk to you instead of confronting her?"

Cui Jing: "Because she won't pay attention to you on such a boring matter."

"...This is one reason." Wei Shuyi's smile froze for a moment, and then he said, "There is another reason - because I still have something in mind, I naturally dare not tell her clearly, so as not to ruin our relationship."

The words "aim" and "affection" undoubtedly sounded unpleasant and even harsh to Cui Jing.

"I do have regrets, but I have no regrets." Wei Shuyi smiled and said, "Cui Ling'an, from now on you will be your husband and I will be my good minister. From now on, I will follow her as a wise ruler and a virtuous minister. When we are alive, we will complement each other and create a prosperous era. A hundred years after our death, we will be recorded in the history books together and become a good story. Tell me, with such a life, what regrets do we have?"

There is more than one identity that can stay together in this world.

As Wei Shuyi was talking, he slowly stopped, turned towards Cui Jing, stretched out half his arm, and invited Cui Jing to shake hands, saying: "From now on, you and I will each take our own positions and do our own things, and cooperate happily and harmoniously. How about that?"

Cui Jing took a look at the hand that was clearly intended to cause trouble, and walked away without saying a word.

"I say, Cui Jing..." Wei Shuyi chased after him, "How can you, the future emperor's husband, be so narrow-minded?"

"You have no tolerance for others. This is absolutely unacceptable..."

"Didn't you just say that you can do a good job as the emperor's husband?"

"..."

Under the moonlight, the figures of the two and Wei Shuyi's laughter gradually disappeared at the end of the palace road.

It was late at night.

The bright moonlight sprinkled on the green grass leaves, and over the course of one night, it slowly condensed into crystal dewdrops.

As the dawn breeze blew, the dewdrops on the leaves trembled and slid down, and the morning sun came to collect them on time.

By evening, the wind had grown cooler, the clouds had grown denser, and suddenly there was a rumble of thunder, and a heavy rain came down with a crashing sound. The noisy sound of the rain extinguished the scorching heat, and a white mist rose from the ground.

The rain stopped the next day, and the entire capital city was washed clean and looked brand new. The banana leaves became greener, the sky became clearer, the glazed tiles became brighter, and the atmosphere between heaven and earth became more peaceful.

In this clear, bright, peaceful and harmonious environment, the coronation ceremony took place as scheduled.

See you tomorrow.
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