The Lin clan occupies important positions in Wuzhou.

Over the years, Lin Ruofu has been obsessed with the court, and he has not deliberately helped the clan in his hometown in Wuzhou, but under the strong wings of this prime minister, the Lin family has become the speaker of the entire Wuzhou.

Lin Wuzhou!

This title is the most beautiful praise given by the local people of Wuzhou to Lin Ruofu, who has been in the officialdom of Qingguo for decades.

Female officials, corrupt officials, thieves who steal the country...

Although Lin Ruofu has not received more praise in the Qingguo court.

But in Wuzhou, you won't hear anyone say that this former prime minister is not right at all, whether it is a scholar who walked out of the high gate, or a peddler in the alley, even if there are several famous Qinlou Chu Pavilions in Xicheng, the wonderful girls in them are very respectful of us Lin Xiangye.

If you count Lin Ruofu's life, he has indeed done too many amazing things.

Champion and first.

was born in a poor family, but in the end, he ranked first among the civil ministers, and he has been in the phase for decades.

The eldest princess was stunned.

These things have created Lin Ruofu's supreme prestige in Wuzhou.

Lu Ze was half-lying on the soft couch in the house, and the fireplace not far away was steaming, making the temperature in the house extremely pleasant.

Outside the window is goose feather snow.

Tiangong seems to be very beautiful, in the afternoon of the second day when Lu Ze and his party arrived in Wuzhou, the sky that was originally clear and cloudless was suddenly shrouded in dark clouds, and in just one day, the entire Wuzhou City was covered with snow.

Lu Ze squinted his eyes and listened to the whirring wind outside constantly blowing on the window spirit.

He hummed a little song to himself, very pleasantly: "You are sad to part, I will burn incense..."

And sitting in the old chair opposite Lu Ze was Lin Ruofu.

If there were people from the Kyoto court here, they would definitely be surprised when they saw Lin Ruofu.

In less than two years, Lin Xiangye, who returned to his hometown to retire, this big man who was once a great minister in Qingguo, became such a country man, his hair was combed haphazardly behind his head, and he was wearing a light-colored thin clothes, and his spirit was like two people compared to that time in Kyoto.

After having breakfast, Weng and his son-in-law came here to rest.

No one in the entire Lin clan dared to come here to disturb, although some people in the family vaguely knew that this time it was not only the two Lin Gongzi who returned to their hometown, but the person who was related to the entire Lin family seemed to have also come to Wuzhou.

"Now that Kyoto is in an eventful season, His Royal Highness and Wan'er should not come to Wuzhou."

The private father-in-law didn't pay much attention to the etiquette.

If it were Lin Ruofu in Kyoto, he would never speak so directly.

Lu Ze also found the rules too cumbersome to be very annoying, and listening to his father-in-law's words, he gradually opened his eyes.

Lu Ze yawned boredly, originally planned to take Wan'er around Wuzhou for a good time, as his annual leave, but now the heavy snow is actually said to be a good fall, fortunately they arrived at the boundary of Wuzhou two days ago.

"Although there are many things, the strings in people's hearts cannot be tightened all the time."

"After all, the court returns to the court, and life returns to life."

Lin Ruofu seemed to be surprised by Lu Ze's statement, and only laughed out loud after a long time.

Although there is no intrigue in Kyoto in the past, Lu Ze's old man gradually shows a trace of old age, but after his mentality is relaxed, he doesn't have to think about so many things, and it is actually a kind of luck to be able to live like this.

Lin Ruofu quickly stopped laughing and looked at Lu Ze silently.

For some reason, he vaguely felt that Lu Ze at this time might be his most real state, and it was hard to imagine that this future emperor of Qingguo would actually say what he just said.

"Life?"

In this way, it is very abrupt to connect with Lu Ze's identity.

But Lin Ruofu prefers to put the future of the Lin family in the hands of this person who seems to be a little "popular".

At this moment, Lin Ruofu thought a lot.

Strictly speaking, Lu Ze is actually not a good match for Wan'er, because his identity is too special.

But things finally evolved into what they are now, after Lin Ruofu knew that His Majesty intended to let him retreat, he very decisively handed over the future of the entire Lin family to Lu Ze, which was definitely a big gamble even for Lin Ruofu.

Lu Ze chatted with his father-in-law, and there were enthusiastic shouts from the courtyard not far away.

Although Lin Ruofu didn't go out, he seemed to know what was going on, glanced at Lu Ze, and said gently: "Wan'er and Dabao are both returning to their hometown in Wuzhou for the first time, and the brothers and sisters in the clan have held the two of them in the sky.

Lu Ze followed and smiled: "Lin Xianggao."

The two of them gradually began to talk about the affairs of the court.

Lin Ruofu thought of the old people in the court, a trace of deep remembrance appeared on his face, and when he was occasionally alone in the room, he would also think about these eventful years in Kyoto, which in his decades of years, engraved unforgettable memories.

"Except for the unfathomable Your Majesty, there are only three people I am afraid of in Qingguo, the Manchu Dynasty."

Lu Ze listened to his father-in-law's words, and took the initiative to speak: "The Dean Chen of the Supervision Yuan is one, and it should be the Si Nanbo of the Fan family, I don't know who this last person is?"

Lin Ruofu smiled, his eyebrows raised slightly, and his tone was a little surprised: "Oh?"

"It's not surprising that His Royal Highness can guess Chen Pingping, but how did Fan Jian, who has always been inconspicuous and leaky, guess it?"

Lu Ze got up, came to the window, and looked through the window screen as the snow outside became heavier and heavier.

His voice echoed through the room.

"Si Nanbo and his father are brothers who grew up together in King Cheng's mansion, and the reason why Qingguo has been able to support one battle after another over the years has a lot to do with Fan Jian's grasp of the household money bag."

Lin Ruofu was even more surprised in his heart, obviously he didn't expect Lu Ze to even know such a secret thing back then.

Unconsciously, a flash of melancholy flashed in his eyes.

Lu Ze seemed to know what the old man was thinking at the moment, he turned his head, with a smile on his face, very kind: "Isn't my father-in-law worried about the incident sixteen years ago?"

Lin Ruofu sighed, he didn't expect Lu Ze to say it so directly.

At the beginning, the bloody night in Kyoto shocked the entire Qingguo, countless princes and nobles were killed and their heads fell to the ground, and even the eggs in many famous mansions were shaken yellow, and in that bloody night, the queen's mother family was the first.

Lu Ze shook his head: "I didn't take the past to heart."

The queen reminded Lu Ze from time to time not to forget that the power of the East Palace is now based on the bones of countless relatives, Lu Ze admits this fact, and his various actions will naturally not be affected by this kind of thing.

But the old things of the past inevitably affect future generations.

At least the people on Fan Xian's side were very unhappy to see Lu Ze ascend to that position, and Lu Ze never regarded people like Chen Pingping and Fan Jian as his help, Lu Ze couldn't even trust Emperor Qing's father, let alone those who had old grudges.

Lin Ruofu knew that Lu Ze was telling the truth, and nodded silently.

For many things that happened in Beijing back then, even he, a big man who had been sitting firmly in the court for many years, couldn't help but be a little shocked after he noticed all this, what he wanted to see was naturally that Lu Ze could smoothly ascend to that position, and among them, it was naturally good to be able to have fewer incidents.

Mainly, Lin Ruofu also knows a thing or two about the IQ of the queen in the palace.

"My father-in-law hasn't said yet, but who is the third person?"

The two of them continued to talk about the topic they had just had.

Lin Ruofu opened his mouth and said, "It's the old man of the Qin family."

Lu Ze nodded, not surprised: "Although the old man of the Qin family has rarely been to the court over the years, in the final analysis, it is also the official history of the Privy Council, and he is considered to be in the army

The number one person, his protégés are all over the army."

Lin Ruofu stared at Lu Ze and suddenly smiled: "But at this time, I suddenly felt that His Highness might be more terrifying than them."

Lu Ze's brows furrowed, and he was very puzzled: "Where do you say this?"

"Intuition."

Lin Ruofu said no more.

It's just that he remembered the afternoon when he met Lu Ze in Kyoto, and after returning to Wuzhou, Lin Ruofu was able to gradually figure out some of the flavors, and Lu Ze seemed to show many surprising things in many things in Kyoto.

"Before I left Kyoto, there were arrangements, so there were only a handful of people in the civil official line who went to the East Palace."

"Please forgive Your Highness for this."

Lu Ze nodded slightly.

He naturally knew that these old fathers-in-law were not weak in the court, even if he, the backbone, was forced to leave Kyoto, but there were still many really usable people under his command, but only a handful of these people were invested in Lu Ze's command, and Lu Ze had already known that it was the old man of Wuzhou.

"The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it; Walk above men, and the multitude will not."

"The towering tree of the East Palace has grown to a large scale, if all the people under my knees are invested in His Highness, then it will not only be difficult for the second prince to sit still, presumably... That person doesn't want to see that either."

"So, it's better to hide in the shadows."

Lu Ze didn't feel how disappointed.

Because in the final analysis, his current power on the surface is entrusted to Emperor Qing, and in the face of His Majesty, the most unfathomable emperor of Qingguo, even if Lin Ruofu has returned to Wuzhou, he does not dare to rashly use the influence left in the court to do something.

To some extent, this also illustrates the terribleness of Emperor Qing.

Characters like Lin Ruofu were so in awe of Emperor Qing that they didn't dare to hand over the power at hand to Lu Ze at will.

He needs His Majesty to believe that he is really supporting his old age when he returns to Wuzhou.

"Your Highness... Don't seem to be too disappointed?"

Lin Ruofu didn't see the superfluous emotional changes on Lu Ze's face, as if the power left behind by the Prime Minister's Mansion was not a big help, which made Lin Ruofu even more surprised, the self-confidence of this son-in-law of the East Palace, or conceit, had it come to such a point?

"Even if you can get the help of the civilian government, how much impact will it have on the current situation?" Lu Ze still chose to reveal the bottom to his father-in-law a little: "Your Majesty's eyes have always been on the military, no matter what the court looks like by the princes, in his opinion, it belongs to children."

Lu Ze said something to Lin Ruofu about the future changes in the court.

The latter's brows have been furrowed since the beginning, and only after a long time did he speak faintly: "Recently, there was news about Ye Liuyun in the south, Liuyun broke the floor with one palm, Your Majesty seems to be a little persecuted by the Ye family, Ye Chonggong and the brothers have been driven out of Kyoto one after another, and the most important thing is Yun Rui's side..."

Lin Ruofu didn't seem to expect that the current situation seemed to be going in the opposite direction.

And His Majesty was also driving everyone in that direction intentionally or unintentionally, Lin Ruofu looked at Lu Ze and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness can only stand in front of Your Majesty in the future, no matter what happens."

This should be the first time Lin Ruofu has spoken to Lu Ze in this tone.

It can be seen that he can't subconsciously give up the slightest disobedience to Emperor Qing in Kyoto.

At this time, the old man seemed to see Lu Ze's indifference to many things, and such an attitude was even slightly revealed in the face of the monarchy, which made Lin Ruofu inevitably have a panic in his heart.

Lu Ze smiled.

"No matter what."

"Father-in-law, you've already married your daughter anyway."

......

While Lu Ze was enjoying one of his few annual vacations, it didn't seem like there was much going on in Kyoto.

After the second prince and Ye Linger got married, they became much more stable.

Even the drunken immortal residence on the Liujing River didn't go much again, the sudden fall of the Ye family in Kyoto was undoubtedly extremely bad news for the second prince, but Li Chengze after marriage had some thoughts of not asking about the world.

It's just that no one knows that His Royal Highness the Second Prince is extremely uneasy because he received the news from the Yue family.

"Junshan Society..."

"Grandmaster Liuyun unexpectedly... So powerful?"

An organization called the Junshan Society gradually appeared in people's ears.

It's just that the only people who can learn this news are the top people in Qingguo, and in the recent period of time, there are rumors in Kyoto that the Ye family grandmaster has shown his supreme strength in the south, and the people of Kyoto have applauded, only to think that the great grandmaster is a legendary figure, and they can't wait to see it.

Only the people in the court felt that something was wrong.

During this time, the Ye family suffered from His Majesty's involuntary reduction of power, and the Kyoto garrison completely changed the court, and it is said that the palace commander also had something to do with the camp in the northern part of the expedition.

And what does it mean that Great Grandmaster Ye Liuyun chose to make a move at this time?

......

Lu Ze, who was in Wuzhou, also knew all kinds of news in Kyoto.

The old man, Lin Ruofu, sighed slightly: "I have been in Beijing for many years, and I have only seen Ye Liuyan once, but I think that this great master of Xianyun Yehe will not choose to make a move easily, I'm afraid it's not... What's going on?"

Lu Ze took a deep breath.

He felt that the curtain was about to open.