There were two guards standing at the gate, and Iverine and I passed by them, and their heads were not tilted, which also made me feel a little different, they seemed to be very serious and determined to carry out their duties, and they did not want to talk to each other when my guards were bored, and I could talk to me when I passed through the gate, but they made me feel a little bored compared to the Earl's Court where I had been before.

There were quite a few guards around the gate, and I didn't pay much attention to them and went into the house, and then went straight back to the room Hilmy had arranged for me.

After returning to the room, there was silence for a while, and Ewinni asked, "Aren't you going to dinner?"

"What? Are you hungry?"

"No, it's just that it's usually time for you to eat. Ewinni replied, "Why don't you eat today?"

"No matter what, there's no need to eat when time is up, right? Haha, I'm not hungry yet. I smiled and rubbed it on the spatial ring, then took out a thick stack of reports from the light, these are the things that Larry Vi and the others have put together, I need to study them carefully, "If you are hungry, you can go to Sylmy, she will arrange it, if you can't find your way, just grab a maid and ask." ”

"I'm not hungry. Iwinni shook her head and said, "Is Nia more restrained because she is a guest at someone else's house?"

"You're right. I looked a little surprised, "I am really surprised that you can understand this meaning, yes, it is incomprehensible for humans to be too casual as guests in other people's homes, and there is naturally no problem in normal times, but Hilmy's family is the Duke of the Empire, the palace of the Minister of Finance, and they can't be too rude." ”

"Is eating rude?"

"Not really, but as a guest, of course, it is more appropriate to wait for the host's invitation, probably Hilmy will come back to us for dinner later, let's eat the report first." "I'm really not hungry, and most of my thoughts are now focused on the report in my hand and the conversation I had with Prince West this morning.

"It's more troublesome than I thought. I sighed and sat down on the couch, and began to flip through the reports, and Iwinni came up to help me adjust the lampshade on the side of the candlestick to make the room brighter.

"Thank you. "To put it simply, I completely focused on it, these reports are only collected today, and because of the short time, most of them are essays and transcriptions, and finally a simple screening report, otherwise it would be a waste of time to organize it clean and tidy? and it will also affect the timeliness of the report.

Most of it records some recent events and political forces, for this point Laryvi investigated very clearly, and the efficiency is also very high, several more famous noble ministers are all recorded on it, they belong to the forces on that side, there is a very clear division, and from this preliminary report, it is obvious that the power of the second prince and the third prince is less than that of the eldest prince, especially the third prince, his power is even more bleak and terrible.

"Huh?" I looked at the account of West, and found that it was a little different from what I said I had seen West.

"This West, it seems to be very hidden. I muttered to myself and looked up at Evannie, who was also looking at me, but she didn't speak and remained silent, with a puzzled look in her eyes, and I answered her directly, "The information Larevi has gathered shows that this West has very little power in his hands, only a third of the people we saw in the morning. ”

"The report includes Robolovsky Benjamin, an old minister, and the reports that Larevy has collected show that he has been with him since he was a child. I held my chin and pondered for a while, and even on the personality side, it didn't seem that the description of Larivi was not what I said I said about seeing the shrewd West, "The character of Vest Ellman written here is different, it seems that we see more shrewd and capable, and what Larivy has found is a weak and incompetent guy, which can be said to be useless." ”

"It doesn't have a big impact, doesn't it mean that the rumors are not credible? We have seen the real Buddha-figure today. Ywinni said.

"No, you can't say that, it's a big impact, and it can prove where his true strength is. I looked at Ivine, raised my right hand and stretched out two fingers and said, "There are only two possibilities, either he is usually acting and hiding his abilities, or he is acting when he saw me...... Make yourself appear strong. ”

"Does it make a difference?" Evine obviously didn't understand this easily, "and besides, if he really has this ability, he doesn't need to be very strong in front of you, right?"

Indeed, if the incompetence he usually shows is his nature, and when he meets me, he acts shrewdly, then it is obviously not incompetent.

"There is still a difference, if it is the former, then he is powerful, just that scheming, no matter who the opponent is, you can't underestimate him. I pointed out the point, and continued to lower my head to study, but I was thinking more about the situation that puzzled me very much, because if he was the latter, it would be even more fearful of his abilities.

The latter, that is the embodiment of strength, try to ask a strong person to show weakness or weak to show the appearance of a strong person?

The fake weak may be ignored, but the really shrewd people will not ignore him, but the real weak will definitely be ignored! The "golden hand" and the "high wall" are an example! Unless the third prince has an inner ghost around him, the eldest prince and the second prince will never know that these two people are from the West camp for the rest of their lives. But who would plant an inner ghost next to a real weakling?

Maybe people who are extremely careful will, but the eldest prince and the second prince are obviously not such people, and their talents are still displayed on the battlefield and socially.

West wants to understand the form very clearly, understands the relationship between the various forces in the imperial capital, and knows his own shortcomings compared to the great prince, so he found me as soon as I arrived, and played an emotional card first, I don't believe that such a West is an incompetent person!

"Give me a little more time, give my friends a little time, and I will be able to gain a foothold in the imperial capital. "I'm not afraid of the intrigues between the government, although I haven't really dealt with the government, but in my previous life, as a government official, I knew a little bit about it.

On politics, there is no absolute winner, you have a big victory today, you have won all the face, but it is likely to be a big defeat tomorrow, the most important thing is to check and balance, use checks and balances to ensure the gap between each other, and then find the right opportunity to wipe out the enemy and cut the grass and eradicate the roots, in order to get a real victory.

Then I continued to read for almost an hour, reading all the information that Lary Vi had sorted out today, and I almost had a little understanding of the political situation in the entire imperial capital, at least on the surface, the "golden hand" - Yale Gerton, and the "high wall" - Lanta Gain and others were not people around West.

Either they are the inner ghosts around West, or they are the inner ghosts in Vest's hands, and according to the situation in the morning, it should be the latter.

"What I saw with West today seems to have made it much more difficult for me to choose. I shook my head and said, If it was before today, I would only join the camp of the eldest prince without hesitation after seeing the form, first of all, it was the camp that my family was already in, and secondly, it was also the camp that Hilmi's family was in.

But this meeting made me pay attention to the incompetent little prince written in this report, yes, the youngest son of Matthew Elman, who was so incapable in the first place. This man is terrible, that's my final conclusion, and being an enemy of West is not a good option.

"Knock knock. "And at this moment there was a knock on my door, it was the maid of the Maida family," Lord Lawrence, the third lady invites you to dinner. ”

I put down my report and looked up at Ivani on the side, motioning for her to pull the door open.

"Hello sir. ”

"What about my squire?" I said, standing up, walking towards the door, and asked the maid.

"Miss Three has not invited her, and we will arrange a separate dinner for Her Excellency Evine. ”

I tilted my head to Ywinnie and asked, "How's it going?"

"It's okay, apparently Hilmitry is alone with you. Ewinnie said calmly, "I'll just have to eat." ”

"That's good. I smiled and replied to the maid, "I'll be there in a moment, let me change my clothes." ”

"Yes, I'll report to the third lady. The maid saluted, took the door and left.

Hilmy is the third in the family, and she has two older sisters, the eldest sister, Saleen Meda, who is said to be married to a young and promising viscount in the southern El No Empire, and now the viscount seems to be also an earl, and her second sister, Joyce Meda, is still in the imperial capital, but I haven't met her yet.

I changed into another lighter garment, and left the room, and there stood two maids in the doorway, one to show me and Ewinnie.

This corridor is really big, I don't usually live here, if I come out in the middle of the night to walk around, there is a chance that I will get lost, I looked around and decided to remember the route clearly.

After a few steps, I parted from Ewinny around the corner, and after about five more turns, I was taken to an outdoor garden, which was about the backyard of the Earl's Court, and when I got there, my eyes lit up, it was so beautiful!