Du Wei followed Karina back to her residence. Karina wiped away her tears, changed another dress, and came out to see Du Wei again after getting familiar with the dress. He greeted 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 these things, Karina's attitude this time was very 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 gone. , my brother is still young. From now on, you are the biggest pillar of this empire!"
Looking at the serious expression on the child's face, Du Wei could only sigh.
After sitting down, Karina's personal lady, Lanlan, brought tea again. Du Wei and Lanlan met each other's eyes, and immediately avoided them, and Lanlan's eyes seemed vaguely embarrassed. This was the first meeting between the two after Du Wei's night visit to the palace that day.
From now on, Lan Lan kept her promise and did not reveal that secret, including the little princess, who was concealed by her.
Du Wei threw a grateful look full of deep meaning, but Lanlan lowered her head to avoid it, and quickly backed out.
"Teacher." Karina opened her mouth when there were only two people left in the room. Her young face was full of worry: "I have been looking forward to it day and night, and finally I have you back. Now this situation..."
Du Wei immediately interrupted her: "There is nothing wrong with the current situation." Du Wei said lightly: "The situation in the northern war is gradually improving and has stabilized. Although there are national mournings in the empire, the foundation is still very solid. Yes, no one took the opportunity to cause chaos. I think the situation in the imperial capital is fairly stable... "
Karina seemed to curl her lips, and looked at Du Wei with dissatisfaction: "Teacher, when you taught me, you told me that everything must be guarded against the lapse of time! You don't have to say such boring prevarication to me! Brother He... his father just passed away, and my brother started to mess around!"
Du Wei smiled, and said softly: "Charlie is young after all, and he is in power for the first time. It is inevitable that he is a little impatient and lacks experience in dealing with things. This is also true..."
"Hmph, but what about Gao Cha? Could it be that the teacher is going to let him bewitch your brother 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 serve as the dean of the Imperial Military Academy. Other than that, I don't hold any post." There are other actual positions. My official title is now the commander of the Eastern Front Theater, which is the practice of the empire. The commander-in-chief cannot interfere in the affairs of the empire."
Karina also frowned deeply. Thinking of this: "Well, that's what you said, but brother, he should still be willing to listen to you." After hearing this, Du Wei just sneered and remained silent. Karina was a little impatient with his smile: "Teacher, did I say something wrong?"
Du Wei shook his head, but asked her back: "Your Highness, what do you think, the current His Majesty, is he still the same as before?"
really. Karina was stunned for a moment, then sighed dejectedly: "That's right, brother... He has changed a lot."
Du Wei then slowly said: "Young people are always a little rebellious. At this moment, if I accuse or advise him face to face, it will probably arouse his rebellious thoughts instead, and the effect will not be good. Always It’s just a matter of insinuating. Hmph, that Gaocha is just doing what he likes, and it’s not a clever method.”
After a pause, Du Wei looked at the worried little princess, felt a little unbearable, and said softly: "Okay, Karina, since I'm back, I can't watch him mess around. Your father left me a message, No matter what, I will keep this country."
"So, what can you do?"
Du Wei thought for a while, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he smiled coldly: "Hmph, didn't I just say that that Gaocha just did what he liked, and his methods were not clever. However, in the imperial capital, The prisons in other places all looked at his family's strength and didn't want to provoke him. They were not really afraid of him! He suddenly jumped from the position of a local governor to the position of the deputy minister of state. Could it be that others Is there really no trace of dissatisfaction in my heart? It's just that there is no one to take the lead now. Moreover, for the sake of the power of Princess Delly and General Alpay, everyone is unwilling to offend him easily, and no one is willing to be a leader Just birds."
As he said that, Du Wei leaned down, hugged the little princess gently, stroked her hair, and said with a soft smile: "Do you still remember the things I taught you? Human psychology is always exclusive. A fixed circle suddenly broke into an outsider. 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 to play the leading role. These days, I I will meet with the bigwigs in the imperial capital to find out what they mean... Hmph, that Gaocha won't be proud for long."
"Also, the woman next to my brother now." Karina frowned.
Du Wei couldn't help but feel a little headache. It's easy to talk about other things, but he can't interfere with this woman's affairs. After all, in terms of identity, he is a minister, and Charlie is the emperor. Even if the other party sells their own face, respect themselves. But I have no reason to interfere with what kind of woman the little emperor likes.
After coming out from Karina, Du Wei went to meet the little emperor again.
The meeting with the little emperor was not as harmonious as being with Karina. After all, the former masters and apprentices have become monarchs and ministers. Although Charlie still showed enough respect to Du Wei, but there was a faint sense of suppressing Du Wei, as if to vent his anger for Du Wei not dumping him some time ago.
But now Du Wei's temper is surprisingly good. In front of Charlie, he is calm and doesn't say much else, letting the kid perform. Not to mention nothing about Gao Cha's appointment as the Deputy Minister of State - many people in the imperial capital complained about this matter, and Charlie was also prepared, thinking that Du Wei would definitely tell him about it when he came back. Unexpectedly, Du Wei didn't even mention a word.
Du Wei only said some words of comfort to Charlie to express his condolences and cheer up as soon as possible, and some words of encouragement, admonishing Charlie to be a wise king, etc., and finally left soon.
Even the military affairs on the front line were not reported to Charlie.
Charlie worried for a day. Originally, a lot of rhetoric was brewing to deal with Du Wei—he himself knew that it was a bit of nonsense to rashly promote Gao Cha to be the Deputy Minister of State. It's just that when a young man takes power at the beginning, he can't control himself. It's as if a person suddenly made a huge fortune, but he can't control his liking to spend money indiscriminately.
He also originally thought that Du Wei would question him about his teacher - after all, Charlie was still very afraid of the teacher's usual prestige.
But Du Wei didn't mention it. The words that he was planning to brew were useless, although he was a little depressed. But he was also relieved.
Du Wei left quickly, and then Du Wei did not leave the palace immediately, but went to the back to meet Princess Louise. Princess Louise has been haggard a lot, and the brother-sister relationship between her and Prince Chen is very good. When Prince Chen passed away, she was naturally very sad. When Du Wei saw her, he only offered some words of comfort, but he didn't mention any serious matters of state affairs. He also took the initiative to talk about some of Hussein's outstanding performances on the front line. This made Princess Louise feel a little better.
After seeing Princess Louise, it was already afternoon.
Du Wei didn't even eat lunch. He stood at the gate of the palace where Princess Louise lived, thought for a while, and was about to go home, but suddenly changed his mind.
He said to the court servants accompanying him: "I still have to visit Princess Delly, please lead the way."
The court attendant was a little surprised. It seems a little impolite to meet the princess. Moreover, even if you want to see you. It should also be to meet the queen first.
But this person in front of him is not an ordinary foreign minister, but the world-renowned Grand Duke Tulip. How could he, a mere court servant, dare to refuse? Can only lead the way.
Du Wei hasn't seen that Princess Delly for a long time. Since she married like a royal family, she heard that her life is very depressed.
Originally, Prince Chen was not a lecherous person, he was very diligent in governing the country, and spent most of his time in his study on weekdays. Occasionally, when I have free time, I mostly spend it with my son and daughter. Moreover, he and the queen were a couple in need, and they had a very good relationship when he was an excluded prince.
Therefore, although Princess Daili is ambitious after marrying the regent, even if she has the heart to compete for favor, she can only stick to the cold palace.
It is said that since she got married, in the past three years, the number of times Prince Chen spent the night with her can even be counted with two hands.
Unexpectedly, when Du Wei came to the gate of the palace where Princess Delly lived, there were maids and maids blocking the door, saying that the princess was too sad to see any guests.
Even Du Wei's name was reported here, and after the announcement, the reply inside was: The princess is sad and can't see the guests, please go back to Duke Tulip.
After hearing this, Du Wei was not angry. He stood at the door with his hands behind his back, looked at the sky, seemed to be thinking for a while, and then looked at the court lady with a smile on his face—he knew that these court maids who took care of Princess Delly, They must be the confidantes that Delly brought when she married in.
"In this case, I won't take the liberty to ask for a meeting." Du Wei looked at the court lady in front of him with a smile, and he could tell at a glance that the two seemingly indifferent girls in front of him were actually very skilled Female Earth Warrior: "However, I have a few words, please pass them on to Your Royal Highness, uh, just say..."
Du Wei's smile seemed a little shy, and his voice was very soft: "Please tell the princess, just say that I know that there is some unhappiness between me and Your Highness, and I will pretend that other things in the past have never happened. However, last year's That incident really disappointed me. Your Highness, you should know my temper. If I am very unhappy, I might do some unpleasant things. Well, these are just a few words Now, please go in and convey it now, I will stand here and wait for Wang Hao to reply."
The court lady looked at Du Wei in surprise, thinking that the Duke of Tulip was really bold, and dared to say such rude words to the princess? !
Du Wei was not in a hurry.
After a while, the maid inside trotted all the way back and came to Du Wei, her face was very ugly, as if she was a little flustered: "My Highness, Your Highness asked me to ask you...ask you..."
"Ask me what?" Du Wei smiled.
The maid gritted her teeth: "Your Highness asked Lord Tulip, how can I be happier?"
Du Wei didn't look at the maid's face, but just looked at the sky, and said leisurely: "Don't say what you shouldn't say, and don't stretch your hand when you shouldn't. Don't care about what you shouldn't...well, that's all."
paused. He just glanced at the 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 say, Your Highness, she agrees or not. It's all up to her to read it." In the meantime, I hope she will think about it for herself. Well, that's all, I still have things to do. Let's go first. "
finished. How could he leave so swaggeringly!
The court attendant who was following Du Wei had been standing far away just now, not daring to get too close. Seeing Du Wei leaving, he quickly followed.
As Du Wei walked, he said calmly, "Did you hear what I said to the concubine's maid just now?"
"Uh... no! I dare not eavesdrop!" The court attendant quickly shook his head.
Du Wei continued to stride forward: "You go back. His Majesty will definitely ask you. You followed me today. Who did I meet in the palace and what did I say. It doesn't matter, you just tell the truth."
The waiter had a wry smile on his face: "Sir, I really didn't hear what you just said, I stood so far away..."
Du Wei just stopped, frowned, and looked at this guy: "If you tell me what you want to say, just say it. Don't think I don't know, you are standing there, but you are facing the wind, and you are deliberately pricking your ears."
The waiter's face turned pale, and he was about to kneel down, but Du Wei recovered his smiling face, pulled him up, and stuffed a gold coin into his hand: "Listen to me, tell the truth, a word Don't miss it!"
After Du Wei left the palace, the waiter returned to the little emperor and reported some things that Du Wei had done in the palace today. Except for Princess Karina, the two of them closed the door and talked. Apart from being unable to know, Du Wei did not hide anything from the court attendant.
After talking about Du Wei's words and deeds with Princess Delly...
"Huh? Could it be..." Charlie frowned and thought hard: "What do you mean by this, is it possible that Princess Delly has something ulterior motive that the teacher has 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 found Chike, the head of the palace guards, and asked him carefully.
Chick frowned: "Your Majesty... last year..."
"Oh?" Charlie looked at his father's most trusted direct line: "It seems that you know something about what happened last year?"
"I'm not sure. One thing did happen last year, but I don't know what it has to do with Princess Delly." Chick said seriously: "Besides, that thing, the late king issued a password at that time, Only a few people know about it. As far as I know, the only ones who know about it are the late king, the Duke of Tulip, the court magician, and me. The late king strictly ordered that no word be revealed..."
"Nonsense! Now I'm asking you, do you dare not say it?" Charlie said angrily.
Chick struggled a bit. After all, he was loyal to the royal family. Since the regent died of illness, his loyalty was transferred to the little emperor without reservation. The head guard sighed and lowered his voice: "The time last year Do you still remember the New Year's dinner, Your Majesty?"
How could Charlie forget? !
At that dinner party, he admired Muse in his heart at that time, and invited Muse to dance the first dance as the emperor, but he was rejected by the other party for such an honor, which made him always brood.
"Dinner? What's the matter?"
"At the dinner party, Duke Tulip once left the venue..."
"Well, I remember." Charlie nodded: "He was sent by his father to ask him to discuss something later."
"The fact is: at that time, someone faked the order and deceived Lord Tulip to the back, and then there was an assassination! Fortunately, Lord Tulip was very powerful. Although he was seriously ill at the time, he still carried out the assassination. Just a slight injury."
Charlie was startled, his eyes widened: "Assassination?!"
The little emperor's eyes suddenly changed, he jumped up and sat down again. That look, but obviously trying harder to think about something.
"What is your purpose in doing this?"
After returning to the Duke's mansion, Du Wei faced a special guest in the study.
Wrapped in a blanket, the old man unceremoniously occupied the most comfortable chair behind the desk in Du Wei's study. Du Wei himself could only sit in the guest chair.
Lan Haiyue sighed and asked this question. Du Wei didn't answer right away, but just squinted at the old man and said, "Can you please stop acting like this. Anyway, you are also a holy rank powerhouse, so don't act like a careless old man."
"I'm old, I'm used to it." Lan Haiyue smiled lightly, but tightened the blanket tightly on her body: "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 to be weaker." .”
Du Wei snorted, and stopped talking nonsense with this guy: "What did you ask me just now?"
"You know that the court attendant next to you is the little emperor's eyes and ears."
"Isn't this obvious? As a foreign minister, I run back and forth in the palace, and the people around me will definitely report when they return." Du Wei curled his lips.
"Then you purposely said those things in front of those eyes and ears. You said those words to Princess Delly's subordinates. Did you deliberately want these to reach the ears of the little emperor?" 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 really smiled: "I can't help it... The little emperor is getting older, and after taking power, he seems to be more self-willed. But he always thinks he is smart and likes to play some clever tricks. I If you tell him directly in front of him that Princess Delly is not a good person. Tell him that Gao Cha and his family have no good intentions. I am afraid he will not believe it. Especially now. When he wants to praise Gao Cha! —He only believes in himself. Kid, that's too strong."
"So you played this trick on purpose. Is it too obvious? An idiot knows that the court attendant next to him is the eyes and ears. You still said those words in front of him." Lan Haiyue shook her head.
"If it was Chen... of course I wouldn't use such a clumsy trick." When Du Wei said this, the corners of his eyes twitched, and he seemed a little sad, but then he sighed: "Unfortunately, the little emperor's IQ is limited. It's too deep, I'm afraid he won't be able to comprehend it. This little trick not only achieves my purpose of passing on the message, but also makes the little emperor think he's smart enough to discover something. In this way, it's not something I tell him. , but what he discovered by himself is easier to convince him than if I say it directly."
After a pause, Du Wei said slowly: "As for, my purpose is very simple, you old man, don't you understand? Hmph!"
That's right...
After the little emperor heard those words, he would naturally ask: What happened last year
Very good, then, as the emperor, he will check it out. Although Prince Chen issued a gag order at the beginning, Charlie is now the emperor! He can easily find out what happened last year: he was assassinated!
Then, next, the little emperor will definitely think: Du Wei was assassinated, why is Princess Dai Li so afraid of this matter? Could it be that Princess Delly was behind the assassination...
Among other things, as a princess, she was actually involved in the assassination of an important minister of the empire...
You said, can the emperor still trust such a person? Can you still trust this kind of family
Continue to think one step further: Why did Princess Delly assassinate Duke Tulip? Is there any deep hatred between the two
Is it because the two are political enemies
Or... what reason does Delly have to be caught by Duke Tulip, and she wants to kill her to silence her? What kind of shady trick is it
In this way, it is easy for the little emperor Charlie to have a slight grudge against the Gaocha family in his heart. In the recent harmonious relationship, Du Wei also used this silent method to cut a crack. Come.
Du Wei smiled and said: "The little emperor just likes to be smart. There are some things. I just said that the effect is not good. I deliberately pretended to be discovered by him accidentally, and he believed it instead."
He sighed again, and his tone was a little lonely: "Speaking of it, it makes people feel emotional... If Chen is such a smart guy, if he is alive, I will not use such low-level child tricks. Alas... opponents are hard to find... this Guy. It's not time to die."
Lan Haiyue snorted: "He is alive, you feel uncomfortable. He is dead. You hurt Du Wei for a moment, but nodded, with a sad tone: "Yes, that's right. " An old man and a young man sat opposite each other for a while, and Du Wei asked another question: "Old man... Old Bai him. In the end he left from you, you really don't 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 himself, I can't find out even if I ask."
Du Wei smiled bitterly: "Now, I really hope that he can be here."
"Why?"
"I..." Du Wei shook his head: "I'm afraid, in the short term, I won't be able to return to the northern front."
He shook his head vigorously and looked at Lan Haiyue: "Old man, I told you about Daxue Mountain. Are you not sad at all?"
"Why am I sad." Lan Haiyue snorted: "At my age, I can see everything."
Even though I said this, the old man's eyes were in the eyes. There was still a trace of sadness that could not be concealed.
"Okay then." Du Wei smiled wryly: "I'll send someone to take you back. In the next few days, I will visit you again."
Lan Haiyue smiled: "Oh?"
"Philip is far away in the northwest." Du Wei spread his hands: "I'm coming back now, and I have a lot of problems in my hands. I don't even have a person to discuss. Philip is my most trusted staff. He is not by my side, you are him Teacher Di, I have no choice but to find you. Besides...how can I say it, you can be regarded as a senior brother in terms of status."
After seeing off Lan Haiyue, Du Wei really took a rest.
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 again. After discussing for a long time, it was already late at night.
After a busy day, he didn't even eat a morsel of food. He was already very hungry. He finally let out a sigh of relief and walked out of the study. He saw Vivienne trotting towards him, almost crashing into Du Wei's arms. inside.
Du Wei gently embraced Vivian and hugged Vivian in his arms, but Vivian exclaimed and almost jumped up: "Ah! Don't, don't hug!"
"What's the matter?" 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?"
Vivienne's pretty face was flushed, looking at Du Wei's eyes full of longing, but she was a little shy: "Ah, no, no, no."
"No? You mean you don't want 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 gently hugged her, kissed her on the tip of her nose, and said softly, "You miss me, don't you?"
"Um… "
"You like me to hug you, don't you?" Du Wei smiled deeper.
"...um..." Vivienne's eyes were almost dripping water, but she lowered her head and dared not look into Du Wei's eyes. "They are already mine, so why be shy." Du Wei laughed: "Come on, give your husband a hug."
But as soon as she stretched out her hand, Vivienne flashed out of Du Wei's arms like a little rabbit, and Du Wei was about to pounce, but Vivienne had already exclaimed, her face changed, and she mourned: "Ah! , Squashed! It's all, it's all you!"
It turned out that she pulled off her coat, but saw that under her fur coat, it was something wrapped in paper. When she opened it, she found a few delicate pastries. When Du Wei saw the paper bag, he recognized it. It was a pastry from a very famous shop in the Imperial City. The pastry was famous for its deliciousness and was very popular in the Imperial City. These pieces, which had been hidden under the clothes, were crushed by Du Weila in his arms just now.
"Yi?" Du Wei looked at Vivienne with a sad face, and deliberately smiled: "What is this? Ah, I know, you are greedy, and you hide these delicious things in your clothes, trying to steal them behind my back." ? Oh, little silly girl, I didn’t abuse you, you can eat as you like, why hide it?”
Vivian pouted, her face full of grievances, tears rolled in her eyes, and she suddenly cried: "You, you come back... you said, you haven't eaten for a day, I remember you like to eat, eat this I, I remembered that you liked this, so I rode out to buy it. It was hot. I was afraid it would be cold, so I hid it under my clothes all the way... you... "
When Du Wei heard this, he was immediately moved, thinking that this little girl was riding a horse all the way, holding a snack in her arms, holding the rein with one hand, and holding the things in her arms with the other, she was not afraid of falling off the horse.
He hugged Vivienne tightly as soon as he went up, and said softly, "It's okay, it's okay. I like to eat. This thing can be eaten even if it is squashed."
After finishing speaking, he snatched the snacks in the paper bag and swallowed one in one gulp.
Vivian stared blankly for a moment: "You..."
"What me?" Du Wei stared, then smiled and said, "The thing you brought me, let alone such a delicious snack, even if it is a stone, I would open my mouth and swallow it!"
Only then did Vivienne chuckle, but stammered: "I, I won't give you to eat, eat stones!"
Du Wei pecked her little mouth again, and said softly: "I see, you are not willing."
After a while, Du Wei ate all these things in twos and threes, and then asked, "Yi? Where's your sister?"
Vivienne just smiled and looked at Du Wei with a strange look in her eyes: "Sister, she is still angry with you."
It turned out that when Du Wei went north to fight, Qiao Qiao originally wanted to follow, but in the end Du Wei strictly refused, no matter how soft and hard Qiao Qiao was, it would not work, which made Miss Qiao Qiao very dissatisfied.
After Du Wei came back last night, Qiao Qiao still hasn't shown up.
Seeing that Du Wei was in a daze, Vivian said in a low voice embarrassedly: "Actually, my sister has stopped being angry for a long time. You were in the palace during the day, sister, and she went outside the palace to wait in the afternoon. She has been waiting for you for a long time. In the end, she came back alone. Sister, she prepared something, which she made by herself, for you. "
Du Wei sighed, hugged Vivienne in his arms, and suddenly whispered: "Hey, little silly girl. This time... after the funeral of the regent, in a few days, we... let's hold the wedding."
"Marriage, wedding?" Vivian was startled, raised her head, and stared at Du Wei in surprise, her cheeks still blushing a little shyly.
"Well, wedding." Du Wei nodded, and hugged the person in his arms a little tighter.