On the way back to Beijing, the news of the emperor's serious illness spread far and wide, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty made people panic.

At this time, it was close to the end of autumn, and it was a time of turmoil on the border between the north and the south, and several things were interspersed together, which naturally put Daqin in a predicament for a while.

Therefore, after returning to Beijing, Lin Weixu didn't even have time to take care of other things, so he entered the palace with Chi Yinghan.

Due to the emperor's serious illness, the national teacher has not yet returned to Beijing, so that these days, the government has been temporarily managed by the new crown prince Wen Cheng. When Lin Weixu entered the palace, Wen Chenggang just came out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and when he saw Lin Weixu, he didn't put on a posture of a prince, but just bowed his head to her slightly as before, "The National Teacher is back." ”

Lin Weixu wore a hat, nodded lightly and called him, and said, "I heard that Your Majesty is sick, and I and Chi Xiaohou came over to take a look." ”

At the mention of this, Wen Cheng's expression was a little solemn, but he still led them into the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Chi Yinghan half-held Lin Weixu's hand and looked at the people on the dragon couch, indeed as rumored to say, the emperor was lying unconscious on the dragon couch, his face was pale, as if he was terminally ill.

And Lin Weixu stood quietly for a long time, and asked, "What did the imperial doctor say?" ”

The Imperial Doctor said...... Let Hongu be mentally prepared. ”

Lin Weixu was silent for a while, did not comfort Wen Cheng, turned around and left.

Chi Yinghan took her hand in time and led her out of the hall.

Wen Cheng followed behind, looking at the two who suddenly became intimate, vaguely strange.

Out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Lin Weixu thought for a while, then turned his head back and asked Wen Cheng, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, has Your Majesty woken up during this time?" ”

Wen Cheng looked at Lin Weixu, who was wearing a white gauze hat, hesitated for a moment and replied: "My father woke up for a while two days ago, but he didn't explain anything. ”

Lin Weixu nodded and didn't say anything.

Out of the palace, on the way home, Lin Weixu sat in the carriage and pondered for a long time, and suddenly turned his head sideways and said to Chi Yinghan: "Yinghan, you have to go back to the south, hold the south, and leave the affairs of the court and China to me." ”

How could Chi Yinghan not understand Lin Weixu's thoughts, he immediately spoke sharply, "Do you know how many people in the court want to swallow your position as a national teacher right now?" Wen Qian was sent to the north at this time, and you still want to break me apart, how can you let me rest assured that you are alone in the face of those people? ”

Lin Weixu didn't think for a moment before saying, "I'm used to it." ”

Chi Yinghan also has a tenacious attitude: "I can't get used to it." ”

Lin Weixu blinked calmly, thought for a while and said, "Don't think too weakly about me, the position of national teacher is won by me, not that they want to get me down from this position." ”

"Also, I don't want to support you, I can't just care about the disputes between the DPRK and China, the north and south are in turmoil, Daqin needs you to go back to the south, only you and Wen Qian have defended the territory of Daqin, and I can settle down to fight against those forces in Beijing, otherwise, once there are internal and external troubles, it will only be innocent people who will suffer."

Chi Yinghan stared at her for a moment, "You said so much, have you ever thought that once I go back to the south, what will the prince do to you?" The crown prince is about to take power, you are his biggest obstacle at this time, once Wen Qian and I leave Beijing, it is hard to guarantee that he will respect you as much as he does now! ”

"No, Yinghan, you're wrong." Lin Weixu was calmer than ever, "Wen Cheng wants to take power, but he can't touch me, now that the emperor is seriously ill, the person who really has real power is not his crown prince, but me, the Great Qin National Teacher." ”

And all she has to do now is not to let her power fall apart.

"Lin Weixu, do you really don't understand or fake don't understand, I don't want you to be there every time you need company the most, I was incapable before, I can protect you now, do you understand?"

Lin Weixu's eyelashes opened slightly, his eyes stared blankly ahead, and after a while, he suddenly turned his head away, and said very calmly: "I don't need your protection, and I don't need anyone's protection." I've been able to come all these years on my own, and I can do it all the same. ”

"Yinghan, you and I are both smart people, you should understand what I mean by what I said to you."

Chi Yinghan looked at her for a long time, and finally spoke: "Fang is that I am not calm enough, I know that you have no intention of talking about this now, and I will not force you to make any choices." I promise you to go and guard the south, and I promise you that within half a month, I will definitely return. ”

Lin Weixu nodded, before she could say anything, Chi Yinghan hugged her gently, "Please also promise me slightly, in this half a month, you must be fine." ”

Lin Weixu said, "I'll be fine." ”

A few days after Chi Yinghan led his troops to the south, Lin Weixu used some means to grasp the fatal handle of some courtiers in the court, so that they had to obey her orders.

It is precisely because of this that at the court council two days later, Lin Weixu proposed to come to the regent to assist the prince in person, which caused an uproar in the court.

The courtiers on the side of the princelings naturally disagreed with this—

"Absurd, although Your Majesty is seriously ill, the crown prince is still the position of the prince, and the prince is in charge of the country, and the name is justified! How could the National Teacher interfere with the power of the state? ”

"Didn't the National Teacher want to take advantage of His Majesty's serious illness to seize power wantonly?"

But the DPRK and China are not all princelings, in addition to the courtiers who originally stood on the side of the national teacher, there are also several ministers who were secretly coerced by Lin Weixu and temporarily defected to the national teacher.

In this way, the DPRK and China will naturally form an antagonism.

And the princelings have not yet been full-fledged, so naturally they will not be the opponents of the national teachers.

In the end, Wen Cheng saw the situation clearly, and also followed Fu Su's previous explanation, and stood up and said: "Please don't forget, if it wasn't for the National Teacher to command Chi Xiaohou Ye to go to the south to guard in time this time, where would the peace and quiet argument come from at this time?" Although the palace is the crown prince, but has never been appointed by the father to such a big task, now the father is seriously ill, the north and south are in turmoil, and the national teacher has more experience in governance than the palace, and the national teacher acts as an agent to assist the palace to supervise the country, and the palace is more at ease than anyone else. ”

As soon as Wen Cheng's words came out, everyone in the court and China knew that the new prince had compromised with the power of the national teacher.

After all, it sounds good to assist the prince in supervising the country, but the real power lies with the national teacher, and it is not the national teacher who has the final say?

The emperor was seriously ill again, and now even the only prince who could compete with the national teacher had compromised, and the rest of the courtiers could only stomp their feet in anger.

A court meeting starts early in the morning and ends in the afternoon.

After the end of the court meeting, the ministers left from the political hall one after another, and Wen Cheng walked at the end and called Lin Weixu.

"Master Guoshi, can you take the time to walk with the Imperial Garden of the Palace?" Wen Cheng looked at Lin Weixu and smiled.