"Am I that obvious?"
Jiang Pengji raised her hand to touch her face and looked at Qiguan Rang with slight surprise.
"My lord's appearance … is just short of announcing it to the world. As long as one is not blind, anyone can see the clues. " Qiguan Rang sighed helplessly and said, "If my lord really wants Zixiao's good, you must distinguish between public and private interests. Don't be too biased toward Zixiao —"
Take the matter of the reservoir for example. Although it was a good thing to benefit the people, it was unreasonably linked to Wei Ci's name. It was inevitable that some narrow-minded people would have doubts. Could it be that the lord was especially concerned about this matter because Wei Ci had suggested it?
Once someone had such a thought, no matter how good Wei Ci's performance was, there would always be people who would question his ability out of jealousy.
This was an inevitable trend in the future!
No matter how wise and farsighted the lord was, there would be disputes where there were people.
The further the lord went, the more powerful she would be, the more talents she would recruit, and the more complicated the entanglement of interests within the group would be.
What was jealousy?
Harming a virtuous person was jealousy, harming a beauty was jealousy. In layman's terms, resentment towards those who had better wealth, talent, reputation, status, or circumstances than oneself was a psychological tendency to eliminate or destroy the superior status of others. It was also a part of human evil.
The more negative emotions accumulated, the more they were unable to be vented. They could easily become the driving force for destruction. If not, why would the ancients say, "A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind; a pile that rises from the shore will be turbulent; a person who walks higher than others will be criticized by others?"
Jealousy was rooted in the unsatisfied possessiveness.
Who could stand the feeling of having someone good and not having someone good?
What if one's heart was unbalanced?
Everyone should team up and work together to destroy the thing in his hands, pulling him to the same starting line as himself.
Qiguan Rang hoped that the young lord could realize this.
She valued and liked Wei Ci, in addition to Wei Ci's own talent, when put together, it might become a fatal poison.
"… But Wenzheng …"
Jiang Pengji seemed to want to say something, but Qiguan Rang knew what she was thinking before she finished.
"My lord, do you think you can protect Zixiao perfectly?" Qiguan Rang asked solemnly. Without waiting for her to answer, he said, "I can't."
Jiang Pengji's expression darkened. Qiguan Rang ignored her reaction and told her the truth bluntly.
"There's a limit to a person's strength. My lord is intelligent and quick-witted, how could you not know what this means? To put it bluntly, if my lord's subordinates were loyal to my lord and gave me advice, but on the other hand, they schemed against Zixiao. My lord, ask yourself, how many of them could you stop? Even if you kill this group of people, those who are jealous of him, those who hate him … will keep popping up. There is no end to killing people. "
Pledging loyalty to Jiang Pengji and getting rid of Wei Zixiao were not conflicting.
If Jiang Pengji, as the lord, could not be impartial and balance the internal conflicts of the forces, the hidden danger would erupt sooner or later.
Qiguan Rang was very worried that Wei Ci would become the key to breaking the balance.
Therefore, Qiguan Rang told Jiang Pengji something very realistic.
"If my lord really cares about Zixiao, you should think further and be more considerate." Qiguan Rang had initially wanted to remind his lord to pay attention to personal relationships. Now, he felt like an old father who was concerned about his daughter's puppy love. "Do you really want to exchange a moment of pleasure for a future of happiness?"
"Nothing has been set in stone yet." Jiang Pengji raised her hand and rubbed her brows. She curled her lips and said, "I understand what Wenzheng means. In the past, I treated everyone equally, but in the future, I have to distinguish between public and private interests, right? I know … for Zixiao's sake, I won't let others use me against me for no reason. "
To sum up Qiguan Rang's words, as the lord, it was not a problem for her to have unspoken rules with her counselor, but she must not be too biased towards him, lest others have imbalanced thoughts and destroy the internal stability of the forces … Rather than admonishing, it was better to say that he was reminding her not to be biased.
Who wouldn't feel disgusted with a lord like Zhou You?
If the other party was not Wei Ci but an ordinary man, Qiguan Rang could not be bothered to intervene in his lord's private affairs.
He was just a toy boy. If the lord liked him, she could tease him. If she didn't like him, she could just leave him to dry.
The problem was that the person was Wei Ci. Did he really think that it was so easy to achieve the best of both worlds?
"Then … can I make it public in the future?"
Jiang Pengji seriously considered Qiguan Rang's words.
Although she was a little wild and unrestrained, she was someone who had climbed her way from an ordinary soldier to the commander of the army.
To say that she did not have the heart to deceive others was even worse than lying through her teeth.
Qiguan Rang spoke too bluntly, but it was not without reason.
"What kind of public?" Qiguan Rang glanced at his lord. "The kind that will be announced to the world? Don't even think about it. "
Wei Ci was not alone. He still had the Wei family, who was related by blood to him.
Wei Ci did not have the heart, but the Wei family might not.
Jiang Pengji said, "There's no need to announce it to the world. It's probably … the kind where the people around you who you think highly of are aware of it?"
Qiguan Rang said mercilessly, "Listening to this, my lord seems to have some misunderstandings about us."
"Eh?"
"My lord's behavior is so obvious. Hanmei, Zhengtu, and the others are starting to suspect it. Is there a need to specially inform them?"
The military generals who lacked a brain realized it in hindsight.
Did the group of experienced counselors not know this in their hearts?
In general, everyone was still relatively optimistic. They even harbored a kind of indescribable sour mood — the daughter of a cabbage was finally going to harm the cabbages in other people's fenced vegetable fields. As long as their lord's side did not collapse, they were quite happy with this pair.
If not for Jiang Pengji's reliable performance over the years, everyone would not be so optimistic.
"My lord, think about it carefully …" Qiguan Rang let out a long sigh and immediately said, "Zixiao is not young anymore …"
"Huh? Zixiao is older than me by six years. "
"You're not young anymore. You should consider the problem of having an heir. If you have a young lord, it's good for the stability of the people. "
Jiang Pengji almost laughed when she heard this.
"Wenzheng, your daughter, Jinghui, is only seven or eight years old. Why does she already have the heart of an old father?"
She really did not dare to provoke the aunties and uncles who were forced into marriage.
Qiguan Rang looked at his lord faintly.
Although she was his lord, sometimes he could not help but want to kill her.
Weighing his own small body and his lord's combat power, he had no choice but to give up this tempting idea.
After talking to Qiguan Rang, Jiang Pengji was in a much better mood. Even the gloomy rain outside could not stop her sunny enthusiasm.
"My lord, did you encounter something good today?"
Feng Zhen teased. She was smiling like a cat that had stolen a fish.
Jiang Pengji opened her eyes wide and made up a story. "No, I had an interesting dream during my afternoon nap."
"A sweet dream?"
"Yes, one day, I will take out the federal allowances and bonuses that I have accumulated over the years and buy a farm that is bigger than the nine states and four seas!"
The ancient times were too troublesome. Their territory was not as big as a small farm owner's, but the things they considered were more complicated than a federal marshal's.
As a big boss of the federation, she also wanted to save face!
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