The most powerful person in the Federation is, of course, His Excellency President Seagal.
The Vice President, the Speaker of the Federal Governing Council, the Director of the FBI, the National Security Advisor, and the mysterious Director of the Charter Office, these are all big men standing by the President's side and standing at the pinnacle of federal power.
The chief executives of the various districts and the governors of big states like Ross are also very great people, but the most prestigious in the hearts of the federal people is the old man from the Lee family in Philadelphia.
Outside of the political structure of the Federation, the Seven Great Families hidden in the shadows have enough strength to stand against the above-mentioned great figures, especially those like the Xilin Zhong Family, who have been stationed in the frontiers of the universe for generations and are similar to warlords. figure.
The most mysterious and low-key Tai family in the Seven Great Families has been in charge of a woman all these years. After she got engaged to the previous head of the Tai family at the Double Moon Festival Ball at Ewha University, that woman has been in her teenage years until she is still young. Gradually, she should be the most powerful woman in this federation, no one.
Especially when the Tai family is now gradually stepping into the foreground, the existence of this lady seems to be so important, and every decision she makes may affect the future of the entire federation.
After becoming friends with Tai Zhiyuan, Xu Le knew the history of the Tai family and the family's status in the federation. He once wondered what kind of person the powerful Mrs. Tai was. Coming to the capital and entering Nutshell, especially the experience of being imprisoned and released from prison in the past two days, made him most truly feel the terrifying influence of the Tai family on the Federation, so this curiosity was even stronger.
Sitting in the black car, sitting on the electric car, looking at the lake and mountains, and the ivy rain corridor, Xu Le's mood was not at all relaxed, because he knew that he was going to see the lady soon, and he was in his heart. He kept wondering what kind of person Mrs. Tai should be.
No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't understand it until he came to the terrace and saw the woman under the parasol, who was smiling at Zou Yu's wrist movements at the white table... He suddenly understood that Mrs. Tai should be like this. There is nothing special about the ordinary and peaceful face because of the passing of time.
No matter what people in the federation think, if Madam Tai is like this, then a woman like this is Madam Tai.
Secretary Shen politely pulled away the chair next to Zou Yu and motioned Xu Le to sit down. Then he went to Mrs. Tai's side, pulled the chair to the back, and sat down quietly, not paying any attention to the blazing heat outside the parasol. In the morning sunshine, he caressed his hands silently, keeping a suitable distance from the three people under the umbrella.
Xu Le felt that his lumbar vertebrae seemed to be rusted, and it seemed a little difficult to sit down. It was obviously a scene of afternoon tea on the terrace by the lake, but the presence of the woman across the table made the air a little more disturbing. atmosphere of.
This is naturally not because afternoon tea was moved to the morning, but because of the lady's identity.
This is the taste of power.
Taking the tea cup handed over by Zou Yu next to him, Xu Le subconsciously turned his head and saw that Zou Yu was quietly distributing the tea, every movement was so natural and graceful. Xu Le had seen this girl many times, but he never imagined that Zou Yu would be so pure, so quiet, so peaceful.
After Xu Le was seated, the lady across the table didn't speak. Instead, she held a small teacup of Guna porcelain, took a slow sip, squinted at the lake under the terrace, and seemed to be thinking about something long-term. .
Xu Le was silent for a moment, then took a sip from the teacup that Zou Yu handed over. There was no food at the local prosecutor's office, and he didn't drink much water all morning. The key is that the air on the terrace has become a little bit because of the smell of power. The shape is dry and strong, and his throat is a little dry.
He finally understood why Zou Yu was able to reveal the political collusion behind the laboratory data the night before yesterday. She often accompanies Mrs. Tai to afternoon tea, and the girl who has been trained under this kind of pressure should not be an ordinary person in the first place.
It's just that drinking this kind of tea is too depressing. Xu Le lowered his head slightly, put down the teacup, and thought to himself, could it be that Zou Yu's ruthlessness and madness outside is because he was too depressed in front of Mrs. Tai? In an instant, he thought of Mrs. Tai's afternoon tea. I was afraid that many people in the federation would not be able to drink it. Zou Yu had been drinking tea with Mrs. for so many years and met so many people and things. I really like Zou Yu and want her to marry Tai Zhiyuan...
However, today's Zou Yu has become an unmarried mother, the fetus in the womb is growing healthily, and his identity is the father of that child.
Thinking of this, Xu Le's mood became a little weird, but when he thought of Deputy Minister Zou, he could see at a glance that he was taking the blame for others, and the wisdom of the lady in front of him could naturally tell, not to mention that he was in the worst position. At the beginning, I called Tai Zhiyuan to report the matter.
Just when he lowered his head and thought silently, Mrs. Tai had withdrawn her gaze from the lake and smiled at his ordinary face, but still did not speak.
Xu Le put the teacup on the table, took a deep breath, raised his head, and looked back with a smile. The smile was not made on purpose, but just like he used to be in previous years, sincere and optimistic. render.
It seems that she did not expect that this young man who came to see her for the first time would have the courage to look at her. There was an imperceptible glimmer of light in Mrs. Tai's eyes, and the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes stretched a lot.
At this moment, Butler Jin came to the terrace with a pot of coffee and poured a cup for Xu Le.
Xu Le was a little surprised, bowed his head and nodded.
"Gata coffee, this is the caviar from the Caspian Sea." Mrs. Tai said with a smile, "I heard that you like it very much, so I specially prepared some today."
Xu Le was slightly startled, but did not expect that the first sentence the lady said today was actually this content. He is very familiar with the aroma of the coffee in the cup and the small plate of dim sum like black pearls on the table, because on many nights in the H1 area of the library of Ewha University in Linhai, he often used the green onions bought at the stall. The oil cakes and porridge were exchanged for Tai Zhiyuan's coffee and biscuits.
Mrs. Tai specially prepared this today, naturally she had heard it before. Xu Le immediately understood the meaning of Mrs. Tai's words. Secretary Shen sent someone to fish him out from the local prosecutor's office. It wasn't because the Tai family needed Xu Le or something. The lady just valued the friendship between her son and him. .
"Tai Zhiyuan doesn't have any friends. Except for Zou Yu, you are the only friend of his that I have met." Mrs. Tai said with a smile.
Xu Le took a sip of coffee, ate a caviar biscuit, and chatted to make up for the absolute hunger in his stomach. He laughed when he heard this. He believed that Mrs. Tai must not have heard something from Tai Zhiyuan, but It was Butler Jin who said that Tai Zhiyuan should know very well that he doesn't have any good feelings for this kind of extravagant biscuits that taste strange.
"I heard that you used to be a soldier in Donglin Region? When did you enter Ewha University?"
Terrace, tea. This is something that celebrities in the upper classes of the Federation like to do, but celebrities of different levels have different feelings. Presumably few people in the Federation are qualified to occupy half of the national park and make the background board for the tea party.
However, no matter what kind of tea, except for a very small number of drinking alone, it is a means of communication. What to drink is second, and the key is what to talk about.
Xu Le held a coffee cup and squinted his eyes, and the scenery of lakes and mountains poured in. Hearing his wife's question, he replied quietly and politely, "Ma'am, I am Ewha University who entered in the winter of the 65th year of the Xianli calendar."
"Oh? I think Tai Zhiyuan's father and I were also studying at Ewha University. How are the pear blossoms in the pear garden now?"
"It's beautiful." Xu Le replied, "I live next to the iron gate of Liyuan most of the time and take a lot of photos."
"I lived in the girls' apartment in Meiyuan at that time..."
Mrs. Tai, who had an ordinary face, said ordinary words without seeming to be tempted. This high-ranking family head of the Seven Great Families found the rhythm of the conversation by using the common point of Ewha University, and chatted with Xu Le with a smile, diluting the previous atmosphere on the terrace a lot.
Xu Le was a little distracted at this time, and then he realized that it had been almost two years since he escaped from Donglin District, and Meiyuan Apartment... He once waited for a little girl in the apartment downstairs in Xue Ye.
The gossip continued. The aloof lady across the table didn't deliberately appear approachable. She just looked at Xu Le calmly, the scrutiny in her eyes was completely hidden by the chengfu that had been cultivated for decades.
Xu Le also didn't feel like a spring breeze. He knew that the lady across the table was not a politician, and he didn't need to win the favor of voters, let alone maintain an image of being close to the people. Today, he can sit on the terrace, surrounded by the mountain breeze and the lake light. , not because of the data from the laboratory as capital, nor because of the good relationship between Tai Zhiyuan and himself, but because the lady opposite does not know why and wants to see herself.
After finishing the story of the Ewha campus, Mrs. Tai got up and left, Zou Yu followed behind her, found an opportunity to look back, glanced at Xu Le quietly, and made a strange expression.
Only Xu Le and Secretary Shen were left under the parasol on the terrace. Xu Le knew that the real conversation had just begun. Without the lady present, he felt that the air was instantly filled with a scent called relaxation, and the scenery of lakes and mountains began to reveal its true beauty.
Secretary Shen looked at him with a smile and asked, "Is the data still there?"
"exist."
"when are you giving it to me?"
Hearing the incomparably direct question from the other party, Xu Le's straight eyebrows straightened up, the smile on his face did not change at all, but his mood was a little weird.