"The border war is urgent, and it is not surprising that the emperor will be like this." I reluctantly smiled at Li Quan.

"The emperor will bother your father-in-law to take good care of it in the future, when it is cold, remember to remind the emperor to wear more clothes, when the weather is hot, remember to prepare more ice cubes in the imperial study, the emperor likes to drink tea in the afternoon, the tea can not be too hot, nor too cold, just the entrance can be, and the emperor used to be ......"

"Prime Minister!" Li Quan suddenly interrupted my self-talk with a nervous expression, and his tone was stern, "This is the palace, some words should be said carefully." ”

I was slightly stunned, then laughed at myself.

"I just want to ask my father-in-law to take care of the two peonies behind the rockery in the imperial garden, and the emperor cherishes nothing more than this."

Realizing that he had misunderstood my words, Li Quanquan was slightly embarrassed, and hurriedly confessed to me, I waved my hand, and did not take the matter to heart.

After all, even the Ninety-Five Venerable has untouchable softness and pain.

"I ...... That's it. I sighed suddenly, and prepared to leave with a strained face, "Ben Xiang left first, you go in and serve the emperor, you don't have to send each other, Ben Xiang ...... It's good to walk alone. ”

I don't know why, from the moment I left the imperial study, Li Quan thought I was weird, but he couldn't say what was weird for a while.

After staring at me for a long time, Li Quan hesitated and agreed, and stood at the door of the imperial study and watched me leave.

After a busy day, I wiped out the darkness and returned to my mansion.

This time, there was no one waiting for me to return at the door, only the snow that rolled down from the treetops and fell cold.

I didn't sigh much, but directly locked myself in the study, and worked hard to deal with official business in it, until dawn, because my brain was a little confused, I lay on the bookcase and took a nap.

Early the next morning, I deliberately waited in a small corner at the bend next to the palace gate, and it was not until Mrs. Pei's carriage appeared that I got out of the carriage without a hurry and had a "chance encounter" with Pei Lu.

"Master Taifu." I saluted him.

Pei Lu saw that it was me, and politely replied, "Shen Xiang." ”

The guards at the gate of the palace were stunned.

On weekdays, I can't wait to tear off a piece of meat from each other, and when I get together, I either mock each other, or smirk at each other, today, at the gate of the palace, I actually politely greeted each other.

Isn't this a sign that Qin and Qi are finally going to fight?

For the first time, Pei Lu and I walked together on the long palace road in the palace, and there was no slander and dislike for each other, and there were no conflicts between the two parties, but it was very calm.

Tacit calm.

Harmony, tranquility.

That is, this time, I can't help but think that if Pei Lu and I are just ordinary officials, and we don't have to face the emperor head-on and be his pawns in the balance of fighting, then we may be able to become mentors and friends.

Pei Lu knows too many things, and he is too profound, he is really a teacher who is too fascinating, his methods and angles of looking at problems are so meaningful, and he is even more profound in the way of being an official.

The patriarchs of the three dynasties are really very comparable.

"Master Taifu, when we walk into this door, we will have to face the civil and military officials inside, I don't know that last night, Lord Taifu has already figured out how to deal with it?"

I stopped to look at Pei Lu, but he was extraordinarily calm.

Thousands of winds and frosts have been experienced, and what is in front of him is just a small corner of thousands of winds and frosts, he really doesn't need to be nervous, and there is no need to be afraid.

Unlike me, although I am calm on the outside, I am nervous on the inside.

This is the gap between me and him, the gap honed by the years.

"Hasn't Shen Xiang already thought about it? Otherwise, how would you come to see the old man yesterday? Pei Lu looked at me, and in his eyes was the praise and love of a senior for a junior.

He rarely looked at me like that, though I had felt it before.

"Yes, it's all guessed by adults, but the burden on my body is really heavy." I sighed with a mixture of truth and falsehood, and took a step to the side and asked him to go first, "Master Taifu, please." ”

Such a rare courtesy from me made Pei Lu a little uncomfortable, but after all, he was a veteran-level figure, and since I intended to be humble, he couldn't help but leave.

"Okay." Pei Lu nodded with a rare smile, walked in front of me with his sleeves, and walked into the hall first.

I immediately followed, and followed him into the main hall.

"Shhh Love books

Pei Lu and I came in like this, and all the ministers in the palace gasped almost at the same time, they looked at Pei Lu and me in a daze, and then looked at each other, neither of them understood why Pei Lu and I were so abnormal today.

"The two of them...... Did you get any message? ”

"Nope."

"What about you?"

"I don't know, what's going on?"

"Hey, I heard about a big event recently, and I guess that the Prime Minister and the Taifu will be so abnormal today, it must have something to do with it."

"What's the big deal? Has something big happened lately? ”

"I haven't heard of anything big happening lately."

"Shhh......h It's about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"

"His Royal Highness the Prince? Isn't he a hostage in the Kingdom of Qi? ”

"What nonsense are you talking about, you don't want to live anymore? You still climbed to this position, don't you know what you can say and what you can't say? ”

"Offended, offended, slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue."

"I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seems to have suddenly disappeared mysteriously in Qi Kingdom, and he hasn't been found yet!"

"And the princess of the Qi country, I heard that she also disappeared with a piece, what do you say is going on in this Qi country? Did they deliberately hide His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, or did something really happen? ”

"Then there is no need to say, Qi Country is all wolf ambitions, this time it must be a provocation, hmph, I think then, our two countries should not form any alliance, how can they be trusted?"

"I can't see it, after all, this is a critical period, malicious slander, sowing discord, but biting off the head!"

"You!"

"The emperor has arrived!" A sharp voice suddenly pierced the air, and the palace immediately disappeared when Suo Suo's movement was heard, and everyone stood in their positions in an orderly manner, bowing their heads and waiting for Emperor Qin's arrival.

Peilu and I glanced at each other, and our minds were decided.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have anything new to tell me today?" Emperor Qin looked at the seemingly respectful civil and military officials under the jade steps with a smile on his face, with a friendly attitude and a clear voice, and seemed to be in a very good mood.

The ministers looked at each other, and almost everyone had doubts in their hearts.

Today, Taifu Pei is abnormal, Shen is abnormal, even the emperor is weird, what is going on?

"Your Majesty." I saw that the ministers couldn't bear it anymore, so I immediately stepped forward and asked the emperor for orders, "Yesterday, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wrote a letter to Wechen, saying that he missed the Wuxue fruit in the capital, and the friendship between Wechen and His Royal Highness, the emperor knows it, so ......"

I lifted my clothes and knelt down" Wechen implored the emperor to let Wechen personally take Wuxueguo to see His Royal Highness the Prince, and then meet with Qi Guogu to conquer the enemy army and share the emperor's worries. ”

Emperor Qin's face stiffened, and he looked at me for a long time without speaking.

I know what the emperor is thinking, and in fact it is exactly what he thinks.

"Your Majesty." Pei Lu also stood up at this time, and he said to the emperor, "Naturally, anyone can send this snowless fruit, but the matter of battlefield planning cannot be solved by just one person. ”

"From ancient times to the present, as long as there is a war, it will consume a lot of people's and financial resources, and there will be countless people who will be displaced and separated from their wives because of this. Although we are in alliance with the Qi State this time, the military strength is far greater than that of the Buda country, but after all, the two countries of Qin and Qi are both large countries with a vast territory, and the troops are scattered, and there are not many troops that can be called up at once. ”

Pei Lu rarely said so many things at once, which shows his approval of this matter, that is, the emperor has other plans in his heart, and he has to worry about Pei Lu's weight in the court.

Sure enough, before Pei Lu's words fell, several ministers stood up to support Pei Lu, some were impassioned, as if he was going to the battlefield, and some looked sad, as if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince couldn't eat the fruitless snow What a sad and indignant thing.

Of course, there are also those who behave normally, quote scriptures, and make sense.

Sometimes I really wonder if officials are all good at acting? Because so do I am.

If you fall down in the future, you may be able to make a living from it.

"Your Majesty." Ye Juezhi suddenly stood up and said to the emperor, "The prince is in a foreign country, it is inevitable that he will miss his homeland, and there is nothing inappropriate for Shen Xiang to send Wu Xueguo." ”

"Ye Qing's family also agrees with Shen Qing's proposal?" Seeing that Ye Juezhidu of the Chinese Party stood up, Emperor Qin's face suddenly fell, "Ye Qing's family, you have to know, Shen Qing is the prime minister of my Daqin, how many things do Daqin have to wait for her to deal with every day?" She runs out every day, and those who don't know think I'm incompetent! ”

"The emperor is wise." Ye Juezhi complimented: "Actually, Weichen also means this." ”

"As Prime Minister, Prime Minister Shen is busy with official business, and it is not easy to travel thousands of miles to Qi State, let alone the border war. Weichen feels that now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not in the palace, Shen Xiang, as the head of a hundred officials, is absolutely unable to go to the battlefield. However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is homesick, and I have an alliance with Qi State, so it is not impossible for Lord Shen Xiang to send Wuxue Fruit, and by the way, to discuss the war ahead. ”