Pei Ji's expression was sincere and his words were sincere.
Li Yuan couldn't help but stand up and personally helped him up."Xuan Zhen, I have an old friend like you, and the Great Tang has an official like you.”
"What's there to worry about?"
"Since you're not feeling well, I'll have the imperial physician personally treat you after I return to the palace. Remember, you are the true treasure of the Great Tang.”
Pei Ji listened to Li Yuan's concerned words.
She stood up straight with a touched expression. At the same time, she heaved a sigh of relief.
Li Yuan looked at Pei Hao who was kneeling on the ground and said,""Get up, why are you still kneeling? Your father is old, don't make him angry in the future.”
"Jiancheng has been dealing with disaster relief recently, so they still need a few runners.”
"If your father agrees, you should go to Jiancheng and do some things under him. Otherwise, you will end up as a silkpants and make your father worry for you.”
Pei Hao was stunned.
He knelt there, not knowing what to do.
Pei Ji understood what he meant and hurriedly said,"Hao 'er, why aren't you kowtowing to His Majesty? His Majesty is giving you a great gift by letting you work under King Xi.”
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Pei Hao knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times.
In his opinion, Li Yuan was decisive in killing. It was already a gift from Li Yuan that he could keep his life. Now, Li Yuan actually wanted him to follow Li Jiancheng.
Although Li Jiancheng's position as Crown Prince had been abolished, he was still Li Yuan's eldest son, who had been conferred the title of King Xi by Li Yuan.
It was a relationship that others could not curry favor with even if they cried and begged.
Li Yuan also said,"Xuanzhen, our Great Tang does not kneel. Let him rise. Besides, a man's knees are filled with gold.”
Li Yuan never cared about Pei Hao.
It was just that he was the one to knock Pei Ji down.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to the Pei Manor personally today.
Pei Ji smiled and said," Your Majesty, you met Hao 'er when he was young. Speaking of which, you're his elder. You kowtow to him."”
"That's fine. Besides, he contradicted you previously.”
Pei Ji's words were flawless.
After Pei Hao stood up, he secretly looked at Li Yuan in fear.
He only felt that Li Yuan was like a huge mountain just by sitting there. No one dared to approach him. He even felt pressured to breathe.
Only such a person could be an important figure, and only such a person could become the Emperor of the Great Tang.
Li Yuan did not refute Pei Ji's attempt to get close to him. He had not expected Pei Ji to retreat so quickly and give up the power in his hands.
Moreover, Pei Ji had indeed made great contributions back then.
Now, it was understandable to give Pei Ji's son some benefits.
Li Yuan's gaze landed on Pei Yuan Feng. He looked at Pei Ji and said,"Xuan Zhen, when I passed by your garden just now, I saw a cooling tree. Once this cooling tree is mined, it will be worth ten thousand gold.”
"It's enough to pay the taxes of a province of the Great Tang.”
"This matter, this one is prepared to hand it over to Yun Feng. If you have nothing to do, you can also help him check it out to prevent him from making a mistake. This kind of thing, this one still trusts you more.”
Mining the cooling trees?
Could those worthless grass and leaves be worth a state's tax?
Was Li Yuan joking?
Pei Yunfeng blinked his eyes and did not know what to say. He was the one who transplanted the Cool Tree back. In other words, he had guarded the treasure mountain for so many years without knowing it?
Pei Ji didn't know what the cooling tree was.
After all, he had been an official for many years. He quickly pulled Pei Yunfeng and said,"What are you waiting for? Quickly thank His Majesty for entrusting you with such an important task.”
Li Yuan gently touched the dragon pendant on his waist.
He stood up and gently patted Pei Ji's shoulder before saying,"It's getting late. Zhen has to return to the palace. Today's matter is only in this room.”
"I understand." Pei Ji nodded solemnly.”
Li Yuan brought Eunuch Lin and left the Pei Manor.
After boarding the royal carriage, Eunuch Lin turned to look at the Pei Residence. He thought that the Emperor's methods were becoming more and more brilliant.
Just a few words.
A trivial matter.
The hidden danger in the court was resolved and Pei Ji took the initiative to withdraw.
Pei Ji was probably still deeply grateful at this moment.
In the main hall of the Pei Residence.
Pei Ji sat there and looked at Pei Yuanfeng and Pei Hao.
Pei Hao lowered his head and said," Father, I was wrong. I shouldn't have used your name to cause trouble outside and made you give up your official position."”
Pei Ji's gaze landed on Pei Hao and he sighed.""After this matter, it's good that you can grow up. His Majesty doesn't care about your mistakes.”
"Father will also tell you that you must never mention anything about what happened in the Qingfeng Restaurant today.”
"That Chu Youwei isn't someone you can get close to, understand?”
"I understand." Pei Hao nodded solemnly.”
" You don't understand." Pei Ji stared at him and said," What I want you to do is to avoid Chu Youwei and take a detour."”
"You should rest well tonight. Tomorrow, bring the gift to the residence of Prince Xi to pay your respects, understand?”
"There's not much I can help you with. If you want others to look up to you, you need to be able to stand on your own. His Majesty letting you follow King Xi is a gift and also a test.”
When Pei Hao heard Pei Ji's words, he silently made up his mind and retreated.
Pei Yunfeng then said,"Father, if the matter of Mount Qingliang is really as His Majesty said, I will be able to establish myself in the Ministry of Revenue this time."”
"Moreover, I feel that your resignation this time is not a bad thing.”
"I heard a few people chatting at the Ministry of Revenue. After Liu Wenjing got drunk, she waved her sword and said that she wanted to kill you. Xiao Yu, Liu Gang, and the others seemed to want to join forces.”
"Now that you've withdrawn from the court, you can retain some of your relationship with the Emperor. I think that this is also the Emperor's good intentions. He doesn't want you to lose face and preserve your dignity!”
Pei Yunfeng's words moved Pei Ji.
Pei Ji's lips buzzed for a long time as he thought about all the things that had happened in the imperial court. Liu Wenjing was definitely not lying when she said that she wanted to kill him when she was drunk.
Then…
In the court today, His Majesty had just deposed the Crown Prince.
He rushed to the Pei residence without stopping.
She really left the palace for him.
Otherwise, how could he explain it?
Thinking of this, Pei Ji hurriedly took a few steps forward. Tears flowed from his eyes as he knelt down towards the palace and said,"This humble subject thanks Your Majesty for your good intentions.”
"This lowly subject understands Your Majesty's intentions!”
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