imperial psychologist

Chapter 281

Wei Shishi shook his head.

The two returned to the hall of the old house again. Wei Shishi told Bo Ling about the conversation between Guan Shan and a group of cabinet ministers in the Hall of Supreme Harmony a few days ago.

Bai Ling finally understood, no wonder the emperor didn't ask Shisi to ask him about what he had done in and out of the palace during this time. It dispelled the doubts of Zuoweiying that Emperor Jianxi cared about most.

However, Bai Ling's face gradually became gloomy.

She had heard the news about the turmoil in the northern border from Bai Yi not long ago, but when they were presented in front of her in such a concrete way, Bai Ling still felt a little unspeakably depressed.

She happened to be born during the longest period of global peace that mankind has experienced so far. Technological progress has brought material abundance, and universal prosperity has spread under different civilizations.

In his lifetime, Berlin never experienced war head-on.For her, it is a hell on earth that only exists in history textbooks, dictations of the older generation, various international news and memoirs.

Now the four states in the northern region of the Great Zhou are precarious, and the war seems to be on the verge of breaking out. It is not known where the fate of the whole country will flow, and the future of the individual seems even smaller...

"The map that Mr. Guan brought back roughly marked the strength of the Jin people, do you have it here at Fourteen?"

"No," Wei Shishi said softly, "but if necessary, I can bring it here tomorrow."

"If this requires you to take risks, then there is no need." Bo Ling added, and she sighed, "I just want to see how powerful the Jinren are..."

Wei Shishi could hear the worry in Bo Ling's tone. He frowned and thought for a while, then asked with some uncertainty, "...Are you afraid that they will hit Pingjing?"

Bo Ling grasped his sleeves tightly, "... such a thing has never happened before in history."

"...When?" Wei Shishi was a little surprised, "In my impression, no foreign race has ever penetrated into the hinterland of my Central Plains."

Berlin didn't answer.

She understands that this kind of thing is possible, but it has not yet appeared in this world line.

Think about those monks in Donglin Temple, think about Wang Jixuan and Zhang Yousheng's royal doctors... She seemed to see countless silverfish living in every joint of this empire, turning the errands in their hands into business.

Even if Pingjing is like this, how far the local officials will take Naka, Bai Ling doesn't want to think about it, but with such internal and external troubles, the picture of a big defeat can't help but appear before her eyes...

Bai Ling lowered his eyes, and asked after a while, "Is what the emperor asked you to do these days also related to the northern border?"

"Ah."

"Inconvenient to say?"

"……Um."

Bai Ling guessed the answer, she didn't speak for a while, leaning her elbows on the table, she just looked at Fourteen with her chin propped up.

Wei Shishi also looked at Bai Ling cautiously, "It's not that I don't want to say it, it's just that leaking secrets violates the imperial decree. It's dangerous for you to inquire about these things."

"I know." Bo Ling replied with a smile, raising his head, "Although you are the queen mother's secret guard, you must listen to the emperor's words... But if one day in the future, the queen mother and the emperor give you the opposite order, you have to How to do it?"

Wei Shishi was taken aback for a moment—Bai Ling seemed to be very keen on making such an embarrassing assumption recently.

He laughed dumbfounded, "You're here again."

Berlin didn't make any excuses either.

This question is very important, because at this moment she is still obsessed with her escape plan that has never been written down.

However, she could also understand why it was difficult for Fourteen to answer this question directly.

Bai Ling waited quietly——if Fourteen didn't want to talk, she didn't intend to ask.

After a long time, after serious and difficult thinking, Wei Shishi finally answered in a low voice, "...I don't know."

Bo Ling breathed a sigh of relief, to a certain extent, this answer is enough.

Wei Shishi thought back to that night in Chuxiu Palace, and secretly rejoiced that the worst thing didn't happen.

If Emperor Jianxi had murderous intentions towards Bo Ling at that time...

"Perhaps only after reaching that step, people will know their choice." Wei Shishi said softly.

……

On the west bank of Anhu Lake, there is a square table on a slender boat. Each side of the square table was originally big enough to accommodate two people, but at this moment only Zeng Jiuyan and Bai Yi are sitting opposite each other.

He never expected that Li Fengyu and Zhang Jingzhen did the same after Shizi specially greeted him a few days ago and said that it was not convenient to go out for fun during this time.

Early this morning, when Zeng Jiuyan was about to go out, he met young servants from these two families who came to the door at the same time, and they brought the same news--their sons were "unfortunately, occasionally feeling cold, so it is not suitable to go out".

At the stern of the boat are wine jars and fruit dishes—the amount was originally prepared for four or five people, but now it seems that there are obviously many more.

Especially after boarding the boat today, Bai Yicai said that he never drank alcohol.

This really made Zeng Jiuyan a little depressed. After all, in his understanding, drinking something like wine is just for fun, and drinking alone is a boring drink.

"This group of pigeons!" Zeng Jiuyan was still a little annoyed, he sat there with his arms folded, "It's just that Chen Yicong has been strictly controlled by his family recently, Li Fengyu and Zhang Jingzhen are not coming, I have spent all my money!"

Bai Yi laughed, "Maybe their family is also strict."

"Strict ass," Zeng Jiuyan said with a frown, "They are afraid of running into Princess Yining on the west side of the lake. As I said last time, we will drink and chat in the lake without going ashore. The lake is so open, Even if Yi Ning comes out by boat today, we can just run as soon as we see it from afar."

Only then did Bai Yi look at Zeng Jiuyan with some concern, "Aren't you going ashore today?"

Zeng Jiuyan was stunned for a moment, "...do you want to go ashore?"

"There are quite a lot of medicine fields in this generation, and I wanted to take a look at them at first," Bai Yi replied, "If it doesn't work, forget it."

Zeng Jiuyan pondered for a while.

"...Actually, if you really want to go, I will sacrifice my life to accompany Junzi."

Seeing the seriousness of the young man in front of him, Bai Yi was a little surprised, "...Uh, I heard that there are two princesses living in the Taoist temple in this mountain forest and practicing for a long time. What you call 'Yining' , is it one of these two?"

"Yes." Zeng Jiuyan nodded, "You may not know much about her, but we have all suffered from her anyway. She doesn't go down the mountain often, and usually only enters the palace during the New Year's Eve. Every year, the emperor We have to ask her to give us lectures on Taoism during the New Year’s Eve, one lecture lasts seven days, every day from Mao to You at night, during which time she has to fast... This old woman is really too ruthless.”

"Wait a minute," Bai Yi frowned, "How old is this Princess 'Yining' this year?"

"37." Zeng Jiuyan replied, "What do you think?"

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