Du Wei followed Karina back to her residence. Karina wiped away her tears and changed her clothes. After getting familiar with her dress, she came out to see Du Wei again. She treated Du Wei with respectful and formal etiquette.
Every move he made showed his respect for Du Wei.
Although Du Wei didn't care much about this, Karina's attitude this time was extremely serious: "Teacher, this is what my father told me before he was alive. Because from now on, you are no longer just my teacher. My father is no longer here."
, My brother is young. From now on, you are the biggest pillar of this empire!"
Du Wei looked at the solemn expression on the child's face and could only sigh.
After sitting down, Karina's personal officer Lan Lan personally brought tea. Du Wei and Lan Lan looked at each other and immediately avoided each other, while Lan Lan's eyes seemed vaguely embarrassed. This was Du Wei's night visit that day.
The first meeting between the two after the palace.
From now on, it seems that Lan Lan has kept her promise and has not revealed the secret. Even the little princess has been concealed by her.
Du Wei threw a look full of deep gratitude, but Lanlan lowered her head to avoid it and quickly retreated.
"Teacher." When there were only two people left in the room, Karina spoke. Her young face was full of worry: "I have been waiting for you day and night, and finally I have you back. Now this situation...
"
Du Wei immediately interrupted her: "There is nothing bad about the current situation." Du Wei said calmly: "The situation in the northern war situation is gradually improving and has stabilized. Although there is a national mourning within the empire, the foundation is still very solid.
Yes, no one took the opportunity to cause trouble. I think the situation in the imperial capital is quite stable..."
Karina seemed to curl her lips and glanced at Du Wei dissatisfied: "Teacher, when you taught me, you told me that everything should be taken precautions! You don't have to say such boring prevarications to me! Brother,
He... his father just passed away, and my brother started to behave a little bit randomly!"
Du Wei smiled and said warmly: "Charlie is young after all. He has just taken over the power. He is inevitably a little impatient and lacks some experience in handling things. This is also true..."
"Humph, but what about that high-ranking inspector? Does the teacher plan to let him seduce his brother's heart when he comes back this time?" Karina was a little anxious.
Du Wei spread his hands and smiled faintly: "Your Highness, I am now a foreign minister. Don't forget, I have no actual position in the imperial capital. I only served as the dean of the Imperial Military Academy. Other than that, I have no other posts.
There are other actual duties. My official title is now Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Front Theater. According to imperial practice, generals in command cannot interfere in the empire's national affairs."
Karina also frowned deeply, thinking of this: "Well, that's what I said, but brother, he should still be willing to listen to you."
After Du Wei heard this, he just sneered and said nothing. Karina was a little impatient because of his smile: "Teacher, did I say something wrong?"
Du Wei shook his head, but asked her: "Your Majesty, do you think the current His Majesty is still the same person as before?"
Sure enough, Karina was stunned for a moment and sighed dejectedly: "Yes, brother...he has changed a lot."
Du Wei then slowly said: "Young people are always a little rebellious. Now, if I go to accuse or advise him face to face, it will probably arouse his rebellious thoughts, and the effect will not be good. I always have to
It's just a matter of circumlocution. Huh, that high-ranking inspector is just doing what he wants, and it's not really a clever method."
After a pause, Du Wei looked at the worried little princess, feeling a little unbearable, and said softly: "Okay, Karina. Now that I'm back, I can't watch him do whatever he wants. Your father left me a message.
No matter what, I will save this country."
"So, what can you do?"
Du Wei thought for a while, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he smiled coldly: "Humph, didn't I just say that the high-ranking police officer was just following his own interests, and his methods were not very clever. However, in the imperial capital,
The other prisons all looked at the strength of his family and were unwilling to provoke him. They were not really afraid of him! He suddenly jumped from a local governor to the position of deputy minister of state. Could it be that other people were just afraid of him?
Are you really not dissatisfied at all? It’s just that there is no one to take the lead now. Moreover, for the sake of Princess Delly and General Alpay’s power, everyone is unwilling to offend him easily, and no one is willing to be the leader.
It’s just a bird.”
With that said, Du Wei leaned down, hugged the little princess gently, touched her hair, and smiled softly: "Do you still remember what I taught you back then? Human psychology is always xenophobic.
.In a fixed circle, an outsider suddenly breaks into the circle. The original people in the circle may not be very happy in their hearts. Now that I am back, it seems that I am the only one who can play the role of the leader. These days, I
I will meet with the big guys in the imperial capital to find out what they mean... Humph, that high-ranking inspector won't be proud for long."
"Also, the woman next to my brother now." Karina frowned.
Du Wei couldn't help but have a headache. Everything else was easy to talk about, but he couldn't interfere in this woman's matter. After all, in terms of status, he was a minister and Charlie was the emperor. Even if the other party betrayed his face, he would respect him.
But there is no reason for me to interfere with what kind of woman the little emperor likes.
After coming out of Karina, Du Wei went to see the little emperor again.
The meeting with the little emperor was not as harmonious as with Karina. After all, the former master and apprentice have become monarchs and ministers. Although Charlie still showed enough respect for Du Wei, he was also vaguely suppressing Du Wei.
It seemed that he was taking out his anger because Du Wei didn't dump him some time ago.
But now Du Wei's temper was surprisingly good. In front of Charlie, he was calm and didn't say much else, letting the child perform. He didn't even mention a word about Gao Cha's appointment as Vice Minister of State in the imperial capital.
Many people made slight remarks, and Charlie was originally prepared, thinking that Du Wei would definitely talk to him about this matter when he came back. But he didn't expect that Du Wei didn't even mention it a word.
Du Wei only said some words of encouragement to Charlie to express his condolences and cheer up as soon as possible. He also gave a few words of encouragement and warned Charlie to be a wise king, and finally left quickly.
Even frontline military affairs were not reported to Charlie.
Charlie had been worried for a day, and had planned a lot of words to deal with Du Wei. He also knew that rashly promoting Gao Cha to Deputy Minister of State was a bit of a joke. It's just that when a young man takes power, he can't control himself.
It's like a person who suddenly makes a huge fortune but can't control his tendency to spend money randomly.
He originally thought that Du Wei would accuse him. After all, Charlie was still very afraid of the teacher's power.
But Du Wei actually didn't mention it, and the words he had originally prepared were not used. Although he was a little depressed, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Du Wei quickly said goodbye and left. Then Du Wei did not leave the palace immediately, but went to the back to meet Princess Louise. Princess Louise looked a lot haggard. She and Prince Chen had a very good brother-sister relationship, and Chen
She was naturally very sad when the prince passed away. When Du Wei saw her, he only offered some words of comfort. However, he did not mention any serious matters of state affairs, and even took the initiative to talk about Hussein's outstanding performance on the front line. Only then did Du Wei
Princess Louise is in a slightly better mood.
By the time I finished meeting Princess Louise, it was already afternoon.
Du Wei didn't even eat lunch and stood at the door of the palace where Princess Louise lived. After thinking for a while, he was about to go home, but suddenly changed his mind.
He said to the palace attendants accompanying him: "I want to go to see Princess Delly, please lead the way."
The palace attendant was a little surprised. It seemed a bit inappropriate to meet the princess, and even if he wanted to meet the princess, he should meet the queen first.
But the person in front of him is no ordinary foreign minister, but the famous Tulip Duke. How dare he, a humble palace attendant, refuse? He can only lead the way.
Du Wei has not seen Princess Delly for a long time. Princess Delly has been living a very depressed life since she married into the royal family.
Originally, Prince Chen was not a lecherous person. He was very diligent in running the affairs of the country and spent most of his time in his study. When he had free time, he mostly spent it with his son and daughter.
Moreover, he and the queen were a couple in need, and they had a good relationship when he was a marginalized prince.
Therefore, although Princess Delly was very ambitious after marrying the Prince Regent, even though she wanted to compete for favor, she could only stay in the cold palace.
It is said that Prince Chen has spent the night at her place so many times in the past three years since she got married that he can even count them on two hands.
Unexpectedly, when Du Wei arrived at the door of the palace where Princess Delly lived, a palace maid blocked the door, saying that the princess was too sad and did not see the guests.
Even Du Wei's name was reported here. After the announcement, the reply was: The princess is in grief and cannot see the guests. Please ask Duke Tulip to go back.
Du Wei was not angry after hearing this. He stood at the door with his hands folded, looked at the sky, as if thinking for a while, and then looked at the palace maid with a smile. He knew that these palace maids who took care of Princess Delly would inevitably
They were all the confidants Delly brought with her when she got married.
"In this case, I won't take the liberty to ask for an interview." Du Wei looked at the palace lady in front of him with a smile. He could tell at a glance that the two seemingly inexperienced girls in front of him were actually very skilled.
Female Earth Warrior: "However, I have a few words to tell Her Royal Highness the Princess, uh, just say..."
Du Wei's smile seemed a little shy, and his voice was very soft: "Please tell the princess, just say, 'I know there is some unpleasantness between me and Your Highness, and I will pretend that other things in the past have not happened. But, last year,
That incident really disappointed me. Your Highness, you should know my temper. If I am unhappy, I might do something unpleasant.', Well, that's it.
Just a few words, please go in and convey your message now, I’ll stand here waiting for the princess’s reply.”
The palace maid looked at Du Wei with a surprised look on her face, thinking that this Tulip Duke was really brave, he actually dared to say such rude words to the princess?!
Du Wei was unfazed.
After a while, the palace maid inside ran all the way back and came to Du Wei. Her face was very ugly. She seemed to be a little panicked: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty asked me to ask you...ask you..."
"Ask me what?" Du Wei smiled broadly.
The maid gritted her teeth and said, "His Royal Highness asked, 'Mr. Duke Tulip, how can I be happier?'"
Du Wei did not look at the face of the palace maid, but looked at the sky, and said leisurely: "Don't talk about things that shouldn't be said, don't reach out for things that shouldn't be done, ignore things that shouldn't be done... Well, that's all."
After a pause, he glanced at the palace maid coldly: "I still have something to do, so I won't wait here for the princess's reply. You just need to bring my words to the princess and tell her whether your highness will agree or not.
In her own thoughts, I hope she will think about it deeply. Okay, that's it. I have other things to do, so I'll leave first."
After saying that, he left in such a swaggering manner!
The palace attendant who was following Du Wei had been standing far away just now, not daring to get too close. Seeing Du Wei leave, he quickly followed him.
As Du Wei walked away, he said calmly: "Did you hear what I just said to the princess's maid?"
"Uh... no! I don't dare to eavesdrop!" The palace waiter quickly shook his head.
Du Wei continued to stride forward: "When you go back, His Majesty will definitely ask you who I met and what I said in the palace when you followed me today. It doesn't matter. Just tell the truth."
The waiter had a wry smile on his face: "Sir, I really didn't hear what you just said. I was standing so far away..."
Du Wei then stopped. He frowned and looked at this guy: "Just say what you say. Don't think I don't know. You are standing there, downwind, with your ears erect on purpose."
The waiter's face turned pale and he was about to kneel down, but Du Wei regained his smile and pulled him up. But he put a gold coin into his hand: "Listen to me. Tell the truth, a
No word is allowed to be omitted!”
After Du Wei left the palace, the waiter returned to the little emperor and reported some of Du Wei's events in the palace today. Except at Princess Karina's place, the two closed the door and talked. The content of the conversation
Apart from the unknown, Du Wei did not hide other things from the palace waiter.
After talking about Du Wei's words and deeds with Princess Delly...
"Huh? Could it be that..." Charlie frowned and thought hard: "Listen to what this means, does Princess Delly have some ulterior motives that the teacher caught?
He stood up and took a few steps back and forth: "Other things in the past...what does that mean? Also, that thing last year? What happened last year?"
He quickly called for Chike, the head of the palace guards, and asked him carefully.
Chike frowned: "Your Majesty... last year..."
"Oh?" Charlie looked at the direct descendant whom his father trusted most during his lifetime: "It seems that you know something about what happened last year?"
"I'm not sure. Something did happen last year, but I don't know what it has to do with Princess Delly." Chike said sternly: "Moreover, the late king issued a hush-hush order about that matter. Only
Only a few people know about it. As of now, the only ones I know about it are the late king, Duke Tulip, the court magician, and me. The late king strictly ordered not to reveal even a single word..."
"Nonsense! Now that I'm asking you, do you dare not to say anything?" Charlie said angrily.
Chike struggled for a moment. After all, he was loyal to the royal family. Since the regent died of illness, his loyalty has been transferred to the young emperor without reservation. The head guard sighed and lowered his voice: "That time last year
Your Majesty, do you still remember the New Year’s dinner?”
How could Charlie forget?!
At that dinner, he admired the Muse in his heart and invited the Muse to dance the first dance as the emperor. However, such honor was actually rejected by the other party, which made him always resentful.
"Dinner party? What happened?"
"During the dinner, Duke Tulip once left the venue..."
"Yes, I remember." Charlie nodded: "My father sent someone to ask him to go back to discuss something."
"The fact is: someone faked the order and deceived Duke Tulip into the back, and then an assassination took place! Fortunately, Duke Tulip was very powerful. Although he was seriously ill at the time, he still managed to kill the assassin, but suffered a few injuries.
It’s just a minor injury.”
Charlie was shocked and his eyes widened: "Assassination?!!"
The little emperor's eyes suddenly changed. He jumped up and sat down again. But in his eyes, he was obviously thinking hard about something.
"What's your purpose for doing this?"
After returning to the Duke's Palace, Du Wei faced a special guest in his study.
The old man was wrapped in a blanket and unceremoniously occupied the most comfortable chair behind the desk in Du Wei's study, but Du Wei himself could only sit on the guest chair.
Lan Haiyue sighed and asked this question. Du Wei did not answer immediately. He just glanced at the old man sideways and said, "Can you please stop acting like this? You are also a saint-level strongman, so don't do it."
He is like an old man who has never experienced anything."
"I'm old, I'm used to it." Lan Haiyue smiled lightly, but tightened the blanket tightly: "I'm different from you, your body is much stronger than mine. I'm not good at martial arts in the first place. It's normal for me to be weaker.
."
Du Wei snorted and stopped talking nonsense with this guy: "What did you ask me just now?"
"You know that the palace attendant next to you is the eyes and ears of the Little Emperor's faction."
"Isn't this obvious? I am a foreign minister running back and forth in the palace. The people around me will definitely report it when they return." Du Wei curled his lips.
"Then you deliberately said those words to Princess Dai Li's men in front of that person, and you wanted them to spread to the little emperor's ears?" Lan Haiyue looked at Du Wei with a smile.
"Not bad." Du Wei nodded and admitted.
The old man sighed: "You... are too cunning."
Du Wei smiled as expected: "I can't help it... The little emperor is getting older, and after taking power, he seems to have become more and more willful. But he always thinks he is smart and likes to do some clever tricks.
If I lie to him and tell him directly that Princess Dai Li is not a good person and tell him that Gao Cha and his family have no good intentions, I'm afraid he won't believe it. Especially now, when he wants to praise Gao Cha! Hum!
He only believes in himself, as a kid, he is too strong."
"So you deliberately played this trick. Is it too obvious? Even idiots know that the palace attendant next to you is the eyes and ears, and you still said those words in front of him." Lan Haiyue shook his head.
"If it were Chen...of course I wouldn't use such a clumsy trick." When Du Wei said this, his eyes twitched and seemed a little sad, but then he sighed: "Unfortunately, the little emperor's IQ is limited. If I play
The child's knowledge is too deep, and I'm afraid he won't be able to understand it. This little trick not only achieved my purpose of spreading the message, but also made the little emperor "feel smart" to discover something. In this way, this matter is not something I told him.
It's easier for him to believe it than it is for me to tell him directly if he 'discovers' it by himself."
After a pause, Du Wei said slowly: "As for my purpose is very simple, you old man, don't you still understand? Humph!"
That's true...
After the little emperor heard those words, he would naturally ask: What happened last year?
Very good, then, he checked as the emperor. Although Prince Chen had issued a hush-hush order, Charlie is now the emperor! He can easily find out what happened last year: he was assassinated!
So, next, the little emperor will definitely think: Why is Princess Delly so afraid of Du Wei's assassination? Could it be that Princess Delly was behind the assassination...
Apart from anything else, as a princess, she was actually involved in the assassination of an important official of the empire...
You ask, can the emperor still trust this kind of person? Can he still trust this kind of family?
Continue to think further: Why did Princess Del Rey assassinate Duke Tulip? Is there any deep hatred between the two?
Is it because the two families are political enemies?
Or... what reason did Delly have to be caught by the Tulip Duke and wanted to kill her? What kind of shady reason did she have?
In this way, the little emperor Charlie could easily have a slight grudge against the Gaocha family in his heart. In the recent harmonious relationship, Du Wei used this silent method to cut a rift.
Come.
Du Wei said with a smile: "The little emperor just likes to be smart. There are some things that I directly say will not work well. I deliberately pretend to be accidentally discovered by him, but he believes it instead."
He sighed again, his tone a little lonely: "It's sad to say that... Chen is such a smart guy, if he were alive, I wouldn't use such low-level children's tricks. Alas... It's hard to find an opponent.
...This guy died at the wrong time."
Lan Haiyue snorted: "You feel uncomfortable when he is alive. You feel sad when he dies."
Du Wei was stunned for a moment, but nodded, with a sad tone: "Yes, that's true."
The old man and the young man sat across from each other for a while, and Du Wei asked another question: "Old man...Old Bai, he finally left you. Do you really not know where he went?"
"I don't know." Lan Haiyue shook his head: "Before he left, he seemed to be looking for something. You know, if he doesn't tell me, I won't be able to find out even if I ask."
Du Wei smiled bitterly: "I really hope he can be here now."
"Why?"
"I..." Du Wei shook his head: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to return to the northern frontline in the short term."
He shook his head vigorously and looked at Lan Haiyue: "Old man, I told you about the Snow Mountain. Aren't you sad at all?"
"Why am I sad?" Lan Haiyue snorted: "At my age, I can see everything."
Even though he said this, there was still a trace of sadness that could not be concealed in the old man's eyes.
"Okay then." Du Wei smiled bitterly: "I will send someone to take you back. In the next few days, I will visit you to ask for advice."
Lan Haiyue smiled: "Oh?"
"Philip is far away in the northwest." Du Wei spread his hands: "When I come back now, I have a lot of problems. I don't even have anyone to discuss it with. Philip is my most trusted staff member. He is not with me. You are his
Teacher. I have no choice but to look for you. Besides... no matter what I say, you can be regarded as senior brothers in terms of status."
After sending Lan Haiyue away, Du Wei also truly rested.
Since he returned to the imperial capital last night, he went to the palace early in the morning. It was already evening when he came back, and he invited Lan Haiyue to discuss it for a long time. It was already late at night.
After a busy day, he didn't even eat a bite of food. He was already very hungry and finally breathed out. As soon as he walked out of the study, he saw Vivian running towards him and almost ran into Du Wei's arms.
inside.
Du Wei gently hugged Vivian in his arms, but Vivian exclaimed and almost jumped up: "Ah! Don't, don't hold me!"
"What's wrong?" Du Wei smiled and looked at his little woman tenderly: "I haven't been back for many days. Don't you miss me? Don't you like me hugging you?"
Vivian's pretty face turned red, her eyes looking at Du Wei were full of longing, but a little shy: "Ah, no, no, no."
"No? You mean you don't miss me?"
"Ah, no! No!" Vivian was so anxious that she almost burst into tears.
Du Wei didn't dare to tease her anymore, so he hugged her gently, kissed her gently on the tip of her nose, and said softly: "You miss me, right?"
"Um……"
"You like me to hug you, right?" Du Wei smiled even deeper.
"...Well..." Vivian's eyes were almost watering, but she lowered her head and did not dare to look into Du Wei's eyes.
"You are already mine, why are you so shy?" Du Wei laughed and said, "Come on, give your husband a hug."
But as soon as he stretched out his hand, Vivian slipped out of Du Wei's arms like a little rabbit. Du Wei was about to pounce, but Vivian had already exclaimed, her face changed, and she cried sadly: "Ah! Pressure!"
, squashed! It’s all you!”
It turned out that she opened her coat and saw something wrapped in paper under her leather jacket. When she opened it, she found several pieces of exquisite cakes. Du Wei recognized the paper package as soon as he saw it.
They are pastries from a very famous shop in the Imperial City. That pastry is famous for its deliciousness and is very popular in the Imperial Capital. These pieces of cake were originally hidden under the clothes. Duvilla just pushed them hard in his arms.
Hug, but crushed.
"Yi?" Du Wei looked at Vivian's sad face and said with a smile: "What is this? Ah, I know, you are greedy, you hid these delicious things in your clothes, and you want to eat them behind my back.
?Hey, little silly girl, I didn’t abuse you. You can eat it if you like. Why hide it?"
Vivian pouted, with a look of grievance on her face, tears welling up in her eyes, and suddenly she said in a tearful tone: "You, come back...you said you haven't eaten for a whole day, I remember you like to eat, eat
This. I, I remember that you liked to eat this, so I went out to buy it on horseback. It was a hot place. I was afraid that it would get cold, so I hid it under my clothes in my arms... You..."
When Du Wei heard this, he was immediately moved. He thought that this little girl was riding a horse all the way, holding snacks in her arms, holding the reins with one hand, and covering things in her arms with the other. She was not afraid of falling off the horse.
As soon as he came up, Vivian hugged her tightly and said softly: "It's okay, it's okay. I like food. This thing can be eaten even if it is flattened."
After saying that, he grabbed the snacks in the paper bag and swallowed one in one bite.
Vivian was stunned for a moment: "You..."
"What am I?" Du Wei glared, and then smiled: "The things you got for me, let alone such delicious snacks, even if they are stones, I will open my mouth and swallow them!"
Vivian then chuckled, but stammered: "I, I won't let you eat, eat rocks!"
Du Wei pecked her little mouth again and said softly: "I know, you can't bear to part with it."
After a while, Du Wei ate all these things in two mouthfuls, and then asked: "Yi? Where is your sister?"
Only then did Vivian smile and look at Du Wei with a strange look in her eyes: "Sister, she is still angry with you."
It turns out that when Du Wei went north to fight, Qiao Qiao originally wanted to follow him, but in the end Du Wei strictly refused and no matter how hard Qiao Qiao tried, it still didn't work, which made Miss Qiao Qiao very dissatisfied.
After Du Wei came back last night, Qiao Qiao still hasn't shown up yet.
Seeing that Du Wei was in a daze, Vivian whispered sheepishly: "Actually, sister, she has stopped being angry a long time ago. You were in the palace during the day, sister, and she went to wait outside the palace in the afternoon. She has been waiting for you for a long time.
Finally, I came back alone. Sister, she prepared something, which she made with her own hands, for you."
Du Wei sighed, hugged Vivian in his arms, and suddenly whispered: "Hey, little silly girl. This time... after the regent's funeral, and some time later, we... let's hold the wedding."
"Wedding?" Vivian was startled, raised her head, and stared at Du Wei in surprise, with a shy blush on her cheeks.
"Yes, wedding." Du Wei nodded and hugged the person in his arms a little tighter.