And at this time, the palace is in the heart of the palace.

In front of the window hung a delicate and ornate birdcage with a beautiful thrush imprisoned in the cage.

Wen Chengzheng was leaning on the windowsill, bowing his head slightly, and he stretched out his fingers to tease the thrush in the cage.

Tingyu, the personal guard behind him, reported: "Your Majesty, the national teacher has returned to Beijing." ”

"Did you go back today?"

Wen Cheng asked casually and fed the thrush himself.

Ting Yu bowed his head and said: "Yes, my subordinates personally saw that the National Teacher returned to Beijing and went back to the National Teacher's Mansion directly. ”

"Hmm......" Wen Cheng spread out the bird food in his palm, let the thrush bow his head and peck at it, thought for a while and said, "Let's invite the national teacher into the palace for dinner tomorrow, I haven't talked to the national teacher for a long time." ”

Ting Yu hesitated, after all, he was a guard who had grown up serving Wen Cheng since he was a child, and he was bolder, so he couldn't help but whisper: "Your Majesty, the national teacher has been playing abroad for two years, and now that he has returned to Beijing, not only do you not hold the national teacher accountable, but you also invite her to the palace for dinner, I am afraid that the outside world will ......."

When Wen Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Do you really think that Lin Weixu has just been out for the past two years?" ”

Tingyu speculated in confusion, but didn't dare to ask.

At this time, the feed in Wen Cheng's palm was also fed, Wen Cheng picked up the square handkerchief that was set aside, wiped his dirty fingers little by little, and continued: "That's just creating an illusion for the Manchu Dynasty to see. Many of the places she has been to in the past two years are in the remote area of Daqin, there is a perennial famine, and there are very few trade routes, but I sent people to visit and investigate the places she has been to, and almost every place is being built with water projects, what do you think Lin Weixu is planning? ”

Ting Yu hesitated and replied, "Win ...... What do the local people think? ”

Wen Chengwan smiled: "For the sake of the people in remote areas, lost the hearts of the people in the capital? Do you think Lin Weixu's brain is not good? ”

Ting Yu lowered his head again: "The subordinates are stupid. ”

"If it were my father, I would definitely think that she was gradually expanding her power. But I got a different answer from a letter, Lin Weixu's ambition is not limited to Daqin. ”

"Among the countries of Kyushu, the reason why Great Qin can rank as the second largest country has always relied on terrifying and powerful troops, but in fact, Great Qin's trade transportation is even worse than that of Beizhao, which ranks third. Lin Weixu wanted Great Qin to become stronger, so he would secretly act in the past two years, wanting to build a closed route to other countries. ”

"As for why don't you let the people in the capital know, to put it bluntly, which country does not have the eye of the enemy? If those countries think that our Great Qin National Teacher has really been doing nothing for the past two years, isn't it a way to hide his strength? When those water projects are completed, it would be good to catch them off guard. ”

After hearing this explanation, Tingyu suddenly had a feeling of sudden realization.

"It's the narrow-mindedness of the subordinates."

Wen Cheng didn't care about him, just looked at the feathered thrush in the cage, remembered something, and asked sideways, "Did you send a gift to Tiansi Pavilion?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, my subordinates have already sent it."

Wen Cheng stretched out his fingers and stroked the thrush's wings, and then asked, "What did Tianji say?" ”

Ting Yu replied truthfully: "Lin Tiansi is still the same as before, he only said to his subordinates, 'Thank you, Your Majesty for the reward'. ”

Wen Cheng was not in a hurry, and took down this delicate and beautiful birdcage, his attitude was still gentle and indifferent, "Send this thrush to Tiansi Pavilion tomorrow." ”

Wen Cheng has always been patient, and the same is true for his prey in the palm of his hand.

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When Lin Weixu returned to the National Teacher's Mansion, he wanted to go back to Muyuan to rest and think about other things, but it happened that Xu Bai had something to report to her, so Lin Weixu had to go back to the library first, and sat down to listen to Xu Bai's report while drinking tea.

Among the piles and piles reported by Xu Baiyu, there was a new thing that aroused Lin Weixu's attention.

According to Xu Bai, she went out to play for about a year, and the new emperor deposed the old minister of the previous dynasty and changed the title of a new minister.

I don't know his name, but I know that he is called blue.

This blue appearance is peculiar, no one in the Manchu Dynasty has ever seen him, not even the new emperor.

Only in key state affairs, will this blue-faced excerpt appear in the political hall.

And the content on the excerpt must have a strategic plan that can make the new emperor decide.

But then again, in the hundreds of years since the founding of Great Qin, he has never seen anything like this......

Therefore, during the long period of Lin Weixu's absence from Beijing, the people not only talked about her, the idle national teacher, but also discussed the newly sealed mysterious blue picture on weekdays.

The people's discussion of Lan Xiang is also positive and negative, some say that Lan Xiang is superior in key state affairs, and some people say that Lan Xiang is too much in his eyes, and he is even more arrogant than the former national teacher......

"Wait a minute......," Lin Weixu couldn't help but interrupt Xu Bai, "So I haven't done anything now, and I've already relied on this new appearance to make the people change their opinion of me, right?" ”

Xu Bai looked at the national teacher, and stopped talking: "This ......"

"You're trying to say I'm on par with this new looker?"

Xu Bai pondered and changed it to a more pleasant word, "My lord and him...... Neck and neck. ”

"Okay, as long as this person doesn't make a move that endangers Great Qin, the new emperor will be happy to seal whoever he likes, and I don't bother to care."

When Lin Weixu said this, just as he was about to let Xu Bai retreat, a guard came to report that the emperor had sent someone over to invite the national teacher to the palace for dinner tomorrow.

Lin Weixu was not surprised when she heard this, after all, she had been away from Beijing for so long, and she always had to enter the palace to give the emperor an explanation.

Therefore, Lin Weixu agreed.

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Tenskaku.

On this day, Lin Qingyou once again received a gift from the new emperor.

The gifts sent by the new emperor before were very valuable, and Lin Qingyou couldn't refuse, so she could only put those gifts into the Star Pavilion, but unlike before, this time His Majesty gave her a thrush.

Locked in a cage, it's alive and kicking, and it's especially beautiful.

Lin Qingyou was immediately attracted by this thrush.

Moreover, Lin Qingyou also learned from Tingyu, who came to give her a thrush, that Lin Weixu had just returned to Beijing today.

Tingyu said that His Majesty was afraid that Tiansi would miss his sister, so he specially asked him to talk to Tiansi.

Lin Qingyu watched Tingyu ride away on horseback and walk towards the Tiansi Pavilion.

She looked down at the ornate birdcage and looked at the caged thrush with an absent-minded look.