The two sat together for lunch, Qiao Songyu wanted to inquire about Zhang Zhidao, but had no intention of eating, so he looked at Pei Rongbai several times before speaking, and then said:

"That... the officer who came to you just now is younger than you?"

Pei Rongbai looked at him suspiciously, and nodded, "Yeah." It's not just small, it's several grades small!

"Oh, I think so. If the official position is bigger than you, you can't let people wait." Before Qiao Songyu finished speaking, Pei Rongbai couldn't help laughing, with helplessness and doting in his eyes, and said:

"Ma'am, how many people in the imperial court are older than me?"

Qiao Songyu: ...

The official is amazing!

"Hehe, hehe, yes." Qiao Songyu laughed dryly, trying to break into the topic but failed, so she just bowed her head and ate silently.

After a while, Pei Rongbai finished eating, and said to Qiao Songyu: "Madam, I'll go see Zhang Zhidao first, you take it easy."

"Okay." Qiao Songyu actually didn't have much interest in eating, he just wanted to know what was going on with Zhang Zhidao.Seeing Pei Rongbai walking away, he sullenly poked the delicate rice in the bowl with his chopsticks.

"Ma'am, is today's meal not to your liking?" the butler Pei Ji stepped forward and asked.

"It's not..." Qiao Songyu looked at Pei Ji and suddenly remembered that Pei Rongbai is the person Pei Rongbai trusts the most, so he should know who Zhang Zhidao is, right?He looked at the gentle and thin man in his forties, and asked, "By the way, who is that Zhang Zhidao just now, Pei Ji, do you know?"

Pei Ji didn't have any big reaction, and said with a flat expression: "He is the young minister of Honglu Temple, and he came to intercede with the master."

"Intercede, what are you talking about?" Qiao Songyu asked curiously. At the end, he laughed twice and said, "I'm just curious. If it's inconvenient to say, you don't have to."

Pei Ji didn't have any taboos, and said: "It's okay to tell my wife. A few months ago, someone in the court wrote a letter to slander the master. This person's name is Li Zhonghe.Accusing Your Majesty Yuyu of listening to flattering ministers for four years, you should review yourself..."

"There are such people..." Qiao Songyu was very surprised that there were such honest officials!

"Yes, this person has evil intentions and is disrespectful to His Majesty, so His Majesty sentenced their whole family to exile." Pei Ji said flatly, with a bit of disdain in his tone."After this person was exiled, he died on the road, and this Zhang Zhidao was his brother-in-law, so he came to intercede for him."

"He's dead, what more do you ask for?"

"Naturally, he pleaded for his wife and son. Zhang Zhidao also understands that if he continues to be exiled, Li Zhonghe will not be the only one who dies for no apparent reason."

Qiao Songyu finally understood the whole story, and she couldn't help feeling horrified—Pei Rongbai, a bastard, is so narrow-minded.He died for no reason, isn't this public revenge?And even the other party's wife and children are not spared, it is simply insane!

Qiao Songyu was suddenly filled with righteous indignation, wishing to rush to Pei Rongbai and scold him, but after thinking about it carefully, he had to stay by his side for a long time as His Majesty's eyeliner, lack of forbearance in small matters upsets great plans, Li Zhonghe's matter, his ownBeg for mercy, maybe there will be a turnaround.

He waited patiently for a while, but Pei Rongbai came back soon, so he didn't make him wait for too long.

Seeing Qiao Songyu sitting there in a daze, Pei Rongbai asked with a smile, "Ma'am, are you waiting for me to come back?"

Seeing his handsome face, Qiao Songyu felt an indescribable disgust in her heart, only felt that although this person had a good skin, he had a heart like a snake and a scorpion. If she hadn't been entrusted by His Majesty, she really couldn't talk to him face to face.He nodded and said: "Just now Pei Ji told me about Zhang Zhidao, Zhang Zhidao came to intercede, did you agree?"

Pei Rongbai knew for a long time that he asked Pei Ji about Zhang Zhidao, and now he was not surprised to hear him ask such a question. While pouring himself a cup of hot tea, he said: "Madam, is this going to interfere with the affairs of the court?"

Upon hearing his tone, Qiao Songyu hurriedly went to look at him, saw that his eyelids were drooping, with no expression on his face, she froze in her heart, fearing that he might notice, she quickly softened her expression and said, "No, I just wanted to ask, I heard thisPeople slandered you and Your Majesty..."

"That's right." Pei Rongbai held the teacup in one hand, with a perceptible and dangerous smile on his handsome face, "Since it's against me, naturally I won't agree."

"But he himself is dead, what does this matter have to do with his wife and children?" Qiao Songyu said anxiously, "where it is possible to let people off, one should spare them, let alone you selling Zhang Zhidao's favor,He will also be grateful to you..."

Hearing what he said, Pei Rongbai smiled as if hearing a child's innocent words, shook his head and said, "Ma'am, you don't know something." He looked at Qiao Songyu and said, "My powerful minister has a good reputation, not to mention that no matter LiWhether Zhonghe's death was caused by me, Zhang Zhidao and Li Zhonghe's family all pinned the matter on me, they hate me, now Zhang Zhidao came to me to beg me, it was just a compromise, they will definitely hold a grudge against me,If there is a chance, he will definitely stab me in the back, what do you think?"

Qiao Songyu was dumbfounded, and after thinking for a while, she asked in confusion and surprise, "Didn't you do Li Zhonghe's death?"

Pei Rongbai laughed again, looking at Qiao Songyu, his eyes showed pampering: "I am so high and powerful that I no longer need to argue with a small supervisory censor, and because of my high and powerful position, I don't need to deal with a small supervisor in person.The little supervisory censor has started."

Qiao Songyu became more and more dazed.

Pei Rongbai just smiled quietly at his blankness.

Qiao Songyu thought for a while, and finally came to her senses, and said: "Then in the final analysis, Li Zhonghe's wife and children are innocent, and the crime is not as serious as his family members, so why don't you let them go?"

Pei Rongbai put down the teacup and looked at him leisurely: "Madam, are you begging me, or ordering me?"

"I..." Qiao Songyu was at a loss for words, after all he was not qualified to order Pei Rongbai, but he didn't want to ask him either.But if you don't ask him, Li Zhonghe's wife and children may also die unexpectedly. How many lives are there, and Li Zhonghe is still a loyal minister. Maybe His Majesty's original intention was not to punish Li Zhonghe, but because of Pei Rongbai's powerNothing to do.He had no choice but to say to Pei Rongbai, "I am indeed begging you..."

Pei Rongbai smiled lightly: "Then in what capacity are you begging me?"

Qiao Songyu really wanted to throw the apple in his hand at his face, but after thinking about it, he was saving Zhongliang now, so a sacrifice would be fine: "I beg you as your wife."

"Really?" Pei Rongbai drew his tone, as if he was very suspicious, at the end, he looked at him maliciously and said, "You can exercise your wife's rights, but you also have to exercise your wife's obligations."

"What obligation?" Qiao Songyu turned pale, he felt that Pei Rongbai might say something that made him want to beat him up.

"Come here and let me hug you." Pei Rongbai had a wicked smile on his lips, and looked at him with a pair of powerful peach blossom eyes.

Qiao Songyu blushed suddenly, he thought Pei Rongbai was going to say... But even if it was just a hug, he was of course very reluctant to let Pei Rongbai hug him, but he had no choice but to do so in the face of righteousness.He had no choice but to resign himself to his fate and walked forward, closing his eyes and opening his hands, with an awe-inspiring look of righteousness.

The next moment, he fell into a warm embrace. He opened his eyes subconsciously, and saw that the smile on the corner of Pei Rongbai's lips had become extremely gentle, and he was looking at him with doting eyes.

He was so frightened that he immediately closed his eyes again—how could this be!This treacherous minister is too good-looking!He obviously hated him, why did he feel that he became less annoying!

No way, Qiao Songyu, you're so obsessed, you need to be more sober!