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Pei Jun shook his head helplessly. Did he really have no blessing to be promoted to right prime minister?

Just as Pei Jun sighed, hundreds of palace guards guarding the Empress Dowager Cui Xiaofu's carriage stopped in front of the right prime minister's mansion.

Today is the fifth day of the first lunar month, and it is the day for the Cui family to worship their ancestors. The always deserted Prime Minister's Mansion suddenly became lively. Nearly a hundred important officials of the Cui family who were officials in Chang'an rushed to the Cui Mansion with their family members.

The Cui family's ancestral hall is located in Qinghe County, Shandong, but there is a spiritual hall built in the back garden of the Prime Minister's Mansion, which is specially used for worshiping the Cui family in Chang'an who cannot return to their hometown to worship their ancestors.

The procedures for worshiping ancestors are complicated, and these miscellaneous matters are arranged by Cui Xian, who is about to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Cui Yuan is unable to move, and a child will come to carry him to worship him.

However, Cui Yuan would not go anywhere at this time. He was lying in the ward, receiving an important member of the Cui family, the uninvited Queen Mother Cui Xiaofu.

Since receiving a letter from Zhang Huan, Cui Yuan knew that Zhang Huan would not cooperate with Pei Jun's plan to seize the prestige, which means that he would not take the opportunity to occupy Fengxiang or even Guanzhong, which made him worry. Although he had strongly opposed the entry of the royal family into the cabinet, he gave in front of the core interests of the Cui family. Therefore, he played wonderful chess and kept wandering around and even a little left-leaning Li Mian successfully won over.

"The younger sister can remember that she is from the Cui family, which makes my brother very pleased. In the past, my brother was a little mean to you, and that was because he was afraid that others would criticize our Cui family. I hope my sister can understand my brother's painstaking efforts."

Cui Yuan's tone was extremely sincere. Cui Xiaofu's sudden arrival made him realize something. He didn't ask Li Mian to favor him. As long as Li Mian was neutral, he would have a way to stop Pei Jun's plan. The most important figure among them was the Queen Mother Cui Xiaofu who had been kept cold by him.

He knew that Li Mian was loyal to the empress dowager, which means that Cui Xiaofu's attitude would determine Li Mian's crucial vote. Now Cui Xiaofu is coming uninvited. Could her real purpose be to make conditions?

Cui Yuan’s premonition was not wrong. Today, Cui Xiaofu did not come to worship her ancestors. The day after tomorrow is the New Year’s Day. The agenda of the New Year’s Day is still planned by Cui Yuan for the time being. She no longer wants to become a puppet in the big court. She wants to use the New Year’s Day to show her existence, which must be revised on the agenda.

Although Cui Xiaofu is from the Cui family, the Cui family does not represent her interests. Her interests lie in the royal family. So if Cui Yuan does not agree to her conditions, Li Mian will vote to Pei Jun without hesitation. This is Cui Xiaofu's biggest weapon. After hearing the seemingly sincere explanation of the elder brother, she smiled faintly and said, "I may forget the past, maybe I will remember it very clearly. It depends on how the elder brother will do it in the future."

Cui Yuan didn't speak for a long time. He pondered for a long time and suddenly said, "I can give you the right power, but this power cannot exceed the power of the late emperor."

Cui Xiaofu shook her head, "Not enough! Pei Jun also promised me the qualification to attend the cabinet meeting. I gave you the opportunity because you are my brother."

"Little sister!" Cui Yuan frowned and blamed dissatisfiedly: "Why are you so willful? It is related to the fundamental interests of my Cui family. How could you be tempted by Pei Jun's flies and forget that you are from the Cui family?"

"People from the Cui family?" Cui Xiaofu sneered, "The Ai family is now the Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty. Today is a special visit to Cui's Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister is seriously ill, the Ai family will consider letting Pei's Prime Minister take over as the Right Prime Minister, and the Left Prime Minister Ai family will recommend the Crown Prince Secretary Li Mian as the role."

"You!" Cui Yuan saw her so heartless, he was furious and stared at her angrily. Cui Xiaofu stood up calmly, "The Ai family will give the Prime Minister some time to consider it. Now the Ai family returns to the palace. If the Prime Minister does not reply before tomorrow morning, then the Ai family will go to discuss the arrangements of the grand dynasty with Pei. Cui will respect himself!"

After Cui Xiaofu finished speaking, she turned around gracefully and left Cui Yuan's room. Before she could walk out of the room, Cui Yuan suddenly sighed, "Okay! I promised your conditions."

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On the seventh day of the first lunar month of the third year of Xuanren, the New Year dynasty kicked off. This was a court meeting that changed the power pattern of the Tang Dynasty. Cui Yuan attended the court meeting for the last time. In the previous cabinet vote, Cui Yu, the Minister of Personnel, was officially promoted to the right prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and the Empress Dowager Cui Xiaofu also attended the cabinet meeting for the first time. Before the vote for the right prime minister, she proposed to appease Zhu Li in Shu and ease the current war crisis. She proposed to appoint Zhu Li as the governor of Jiannan and the general of Huaihua, while Zhu Li's younger brother Zhu Tao was appointed Yinqing Guanglu Dafu. At the same time, Cui Xiaofu proposed to appoint Zhang Huan, the governor of Longyou, as the Duke of Tianbao County, and actually enfeoffed 1,500 households.
Chapter completed!