Lin Ze, who returned to his house, no longer showed the previous playful color on his face, and his face was very uncertain.

After this negotiation with Lin Renquan, Lin Ze found that he and the people of the feudal era had a big difference fundamentally.

And Lin Ze felt that today's meeting could be seen as another form of demonstration, although all this was hidden under the veil of kinship shown by Lin Renquan, but from his words, Lin Ze still felt that something was wrong here, or a demonstration.

In today's conversation, although Lin Renquan did not mention any emperor, as long as you think about it carefully, many things in this actually have the shadow of the emperor.

Not to mention anything else, just by transferring the army of nearly 100,000 people in his hands to the vicinity of Kyoto, it was not Lin Renquan who did it, and only the emperor could do it.

"It seems that the Xuanwu Legion and the Yellow Dragon Legion in Kyoto have made the Emperor feel threatened, so he can't wait to transfer an army directly under him outside the Lingwai to deter the Xuanwu Legion and the Yellow Dragon Legion!" Lin Ze thought secretly in his heart.

The strength of the Xuanwu Legion and the Yellow Dragon Legion is between 200,000 and 300,000, while the Praetorian Guard in Kyoto is only 150,000, which is relatively weak.

Before, because of the actions of Confucianism, Emperor Yan Hao easily did not dare to speak out in the court, so he had no ability to change this situation, but now that the threat of Confucianism to the emperor has been temporarily lifted, the emperor has enough time to solve the threat of the Xuanwu Legion and the Yellow Dragon Legion.

Of course, in fact, the emperor now has the best excuse, that is, to send the Yellow Dragon Legion and the Xuanwu Legion to Qingzhou to exterminate the rebels, so that these two threats will be lifted.

It's a pity that although Emperor Yan Hao has a lot of city government, he is not a powerful emperor in essence, otherwise he would not let Confucianism calculate so easily.

After the beast tide crisis came, the first thing Emperor Yan Hao thought about in his heart was how to ensure his own safety, so the matter of transferring the Yellow Dragon Legion and the Xuanwu Legion out to exterminate the Qingzhou rebels was denied.

Since the Xuanwu Legion and the Yellow Dragon Legion cannot be expelled for the time being, then other strengths will be introduced to resist, and the army in Lin Ze's hands is one of the things that Emperor Yan Hao values.

However, Lin Ze was not the only one that Emperor Yan Hao fancied, not even the highest, Lin Ze was directly ranked last.

After all, Lin Ze is too young, only eighteen years old, Emperor Yan Hao is not very relieved, and Lin Ze's loyalty has not been confirmed by the emperor, and Lin Ze is the bait used by Yan Hao to seduce Confucianism, and the emperor will not choose Lin Ze until the last moment.

In the end, after all, the army in Lin Ze's hands has only been established for less than a year, and it is inherently more untrustworthy than other armies, so Lin Ze is not the first choice in the emperor's heart.

Lin Renquan also knew this in his heart, but after all, Lin Ze was his grandson, and he was still the most capable grandson, so Lin Renquan wanted to help Lin Ze and let him lead the army into Kyoto.

It's a pity that it all ended with Lin Ze's refusal.

"Also, at tonight's banquet, there are quite a few high-ranking officials who came, and every top family in Kyoto has personnel to come. It stands to reason that the Hou Mansion does not have such a big face, and it can be seen that there is also an emperor at work here. In doing so, he is nothing more than to show himself his great strength, hinting that he has today's achievements, or in other words, if he wants to achieve higher achievements in the future, then he must obey the emperor's command in his future actions, and he must conform to the emperor's grand strategic plan.

Although the emperor promised to give himself ten years to unify the entire Eighteen Sha City, what if he hadn't completed this task after ten years?

In the hearts of the people of Chu State, Emperor Yan Hao is not very good, but only after seeing it in person will you really understand that Yan Hao, the emperor, is actually very powerful.

Combined with the appearance of Kong Yu and the Yu brothers tonight, Lin Ze already understood Emperor Yan Hao's calculations in his heart.

"It seems that the emperor wants me to become an enemy of Confucianism and the Seven Princes! Hehe, does the emperor want to divert the attention of Confucianism?"

Thinking of this, Lin Ze felt a little funny in his heart.

"Okay, Confucianism, the Seven Princes, and the Emperor, if you want to come, then come! I think I'm young, I think there's only a ragtag army around me, I think I can easily take me, hehe, then come on, see who is the real weakling! I want to calculate myself, hehe, I don't know if most of the people who are drowned know how to water, I'm afraid that in the end you will end up with a disgraced end. Lin Ze's eyes looked in the direction of the palace, and the corners of his mouth were filled with a hint of sneer.......

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When I returned to my house, it was already the beginning of the lanterns, the night was getting darker, the evening breeze was blowing, and there was already a noticeable coolness on my body.

Shocked by this coolness, Lin Ze slowly calmed down, stood still, glanced at the room he lived in front of him, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.

Compared with the previous verbal battles, only home can give you real ease and warmth.

Thinking of this, Lin Ze walked towards the room with a relaxed expression.

Pushing open the door, several of the women in the room looked up.

Seeing that it was Lin Ze who came back, there was a happy look on his face.

Ping'er on the left stood up first, "Young master, you're back!"

Lin Ze nodded, walked to Ping'er's right-hand seat, and saw a pair of embroidery on the table in front of Ping'er.

Lin Ze took it and took a look, and soon saw that this was an embroidery of a mandarin duck playing in the water.

And sitting on the side of Shi Fangying is obviously playing the role of a guide, this embroidery is half completed, the two vivid mandarin ducks are very conspicuous, it looks like they are about to jump out, and now the whole work is only a few lotus leaves on the edge of the unfinished.

Looking at Lin Ze very carefully and then looking at the embroidery on his desk, Ping'er on the side immediately blushed like a red apple, and her head was directly lowered to her chest, if there was a hole in the ground at this time, Ping'er would 100% turn into it.

Looking at Ping'er's shy appearance, she couldn't help but smile in her mouth, she patted Lin Ze's right hand, and said lovingly: "Xuan'er, this is a woman's thing, you still don't want to look at it, Ping'er who didn't look at it was so shy that she almost got into the hole!"

Shi Fangying quipped, Ping'er on the side of the direct said really wanted to dig a hole in the ground and get in.

"Hehe, that's what Mother said!" Lin Ze looked at Ping'er, who was shy beside him, and put the embroidery in Ping'er's hand, and Ping'er quickly put it away.

"Xuan'er, are you tired today? I heard from the person in front of you that you drank a lot of wine at the banquet. Drinking hurts your body, Xuan'er, you should drink less in the future!" Shi Fangying said very heartbrokenly.

After untying the knot in her heart, Shi Fangying truly regained her mother's love.

"Well, don't worry, mother, my son knows!" Lin Ze was unprecedentedly coquettish, and Shi Fangying's kindness reminded him of the warmth of his mother's love again.

"That's good!" Shi Fangying nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Ping'er on the side and said, "Ping'er, you go and order, hurry up and let the kitchen cook a bowl of decanting soup." ”

"Yes, old woman!" Ping'er quickly ordered.

At this time, Lin Ze also sat next to Shi Fangying, and said with a smile: "Mother, in fact, there is no need to be so troublesome, my son used to drink with the soldiers in the barracks like this, don't look at my son today, it seems that he drinks a lot, in fact, because he drinks in a small cup, his son didn't drink much at all, and his son didn't get drunk!"

"Give me a bowl of sobering soup even if you're not drunk, you don't know that the stamina of wine is very strong!" Shi Fangying slapped Lin Ze lightly angrily, and her mother's care came spontaneously.

"Well, the son listens to his mother!" Lin Ze said with a smile.

"Oh, this mandarin duck is indeed beautifully embroidered. Lin Ze began to change the topic and talked about the embroidered picture in the basin that Ping'er put on the table.

"Yes, yes, it's really beautiful!" Shi Fangying said with a smile, her eyes full of praise.

"Ping'er is really good at embroidering, if you want to embroider a picture, you have to draw a good picture on the silk first, but, Ping'er directly got started, the best thing is that she showed off the embroidery picture like this, better than painting first, look at this embroidery picture, it is she embroidered, such an embroiderer, even the pseudo-mother I can't compare. If you come back a little later, we'll be able to finish her. ”

Shi Fangying really admired Ping'er's embroidery in her heart, so she didn't hide her praise at all.

"In this way, I bothered you!" Lin Ze said with a smile.

Shi Fangying can like Ping'er like this, Lin Ze is really happy in his heart.

Originally, Lin Ze thought that it would be difficult for Shi Fangying to accept Ping'er, after all, Ping'er was a beggar before, even if she counted the identity of the Later Tang Kingdom, she was now a wanted criminal.

But I couldn't imagine how Ping'er got Shi Fangying's love quickly, which made Lin Ze's heart finally feel relieved.

In fact, this is Lin Ze's mistake, when Ping'er was in the Later Tang Kingdom, after all, she was also born in a large family (her grandfather was the former household secretary of the Later Tang Kingdom), and her demeanor Shi Fangying knew at a glance that she was born in a large family.

Coupled with Ping'er's flattery, it's no wonder that Shi Fangying doesn't like her!