Wei Shu

Lu Shen stared at Wei Shu, his eyes as deep as a pool, unable to see to the bottom.

Wei Shu did not avoid his gaze and looked at him calmly.

She understood what Lu Shen meant.

Even though the other party only said a few words, Wei Shu had already heard the implication and understood the deeper meaning behind the words.

Her disappointment also came from this.

She was still in disbelief.

Or rather, I don’t want to believe it.

Because she knows the ambition of the Jin man.

In the past 20 years, this barbaric country has never stopped coveting the Song Dynasty, and there has never been a day when it has not planned to skin, bones, and cut off the Central Plains of China.

Someone in the court must have noticed this.After all, there was a group of the smartest people in the entire Song Dynasty gathered there, and it was impossible for them not to see the wolfish ambitions of their neighboring countries.

However, they opened their eyes but kept their mouths shut and said nothing about it.

Wei Shu believed that the reasons given by those who proposed an alliance with the Jin Kingdom must be extremely high-sounding and extremely defensible. She could even imagine these people shouting "For the sake of our Song Dynasty and for the sake of our thousands of people." "At that time, he looked like he was brave and loyal to the country.

They are all extremely smart people, and they know that before speaking, they need to make themselves invincible.

Wei Shu lowered her eyebrows and pondered for a moment, then finally opened her lips and expressed her guess:

"Marriage?"

The marriage between Song and Jin was the first thing that came to her mind to solidify the alliance between the two countries.

The moment she finished speaking, Lu Shen's eyes suddenly seemed to be ignited by something, and two extremely bright flames burst out.

However, after a breath, the bright light was extinguished, replaced by the indifference that Wei Shu was accustomed to seeing.

"The golden man does have this intention. The girl is really smart as ice and snow." Lu Shen nodded slightly, with the calm expression on his face as usual.

Wei Shu turned her head and looked out the window.

The sky was gloomy, and the distant ruins were blurred in the rain. The wind blew past, and the long grass undulated with the wind.

"It actually doesn't take much intelligence to guess these things." Wei Shu's voice was as cold as ever, without much emotion:

"Just think about the alliance between the two countries and the haunts of the noble daughter together, and you can understand it clearly."

There are girls from the royal family studying at Baishi Academy. The Jin people specifically proposed to go and observe. Naturally, they couldn't possibly want to see those young ladies from ordinary families, or they really wanted to build a girls' school based on the same example. Their The purpose can never be so simple.

Apart from these, the answer is ready to come out.

"Is the official family still in a state of conflict?" Wei Shu's eyes were still fixed on the window, and this question was like asking the whole court.

Lu Shen held up the tea cup, blew the foam floating on the surface, and said in a clear voice:

"It's true as the girl said, the official family hasn't made a decision yet. If that's not the case, why would the academy advance the entrance exam? Isn't it just that if two things collide, something will go wrong?" He smiled pointedly. With a sound, he raised the cup and took a sip of tea.

Wei Shu looked away from the window, looked at him steadily for a moment, and said calmly:
"Yes, officials are also human beings, and they also have kinship feelings that cannot be separated from each other. This is not surprising."

Today, he has no children, but he still has two daughters. There are also several princesses of the right age in the royal family. For the Song Dynasty royal family whose royal bloodline is already thin, every junior is extremely precious.

Under this premise, the academy will have a holiday in advance so that the people who come to observe the gold and the noble ladies of the clan can be staggered.

Firstly, it will not damage the moral integrity of men and women; secondly, if a marriage is really needed, the Jin people have never seen the noble girl with their own eyes and do not know her appearance, so the Song Dynasty royal family will have more room for maneuver.

The common people are ultimately inferior to their own flesh and blood. This selfishness of the emperor does not reach the point of indignation between humans and gods. However, Wei Shu always feels dazed every time she thinks about it.

Many years ago, in this capacity, she held the certificate of credence and married into the great emperor. The only difference was that she was a real princess, but the great Song Dynasty seemed to have other plans.

If King Zheng had such kindness back then, would Wei Shu's fate as the princess of Zheng have been different?
The corners of her lips curved slightly, and she put the thought aside and said, "There are more places for this year's entrance examination. I think that's why."

Lu Shen lowered his head and stared at the tea cup, and said "Huh": "There are indeed about forty more places. It is said that the academy's etiquette courses next year will be [-]% more than usual."

Wei Shu was not surprised at all. She picked up the water glass in front of her and said softly:
"This is also the intended meaning of the question. State affairs are not as good as family affairs, and not everyone can be accompanied by concubines. Of course, they have to be well managed. According to the national etiquette, having forty or so attendants is not really a problem. That’s too much.”

This is a marriage between countries. It is closely related to the dignity of a country and cannot be ignored.

"Since the entrance exam has been brought forward, will the start of school next year be brought forward accordingly?" Wei Shu asked after taking a sip of water.

Lu Shenxian had obtained the exact information. Hearing this, he glanced at Wei Shu and said with a smile:

"The girl is smart, and she guessed it right again. The start date of next year's school is indeed mentioned around the National Day, and we have to make up for the missed classes this year."

"Finally I got some good news." Wei Shu breathed a sigh of relief, put down the water glass, and smiled.

Lu Shen knew what she was talking about, so he raised the tea cup towards her and said with a half-smile:

"Then I would like to wish our Changfeng Battalion secret arrest officers to solve the case in one fell swoop and capture the real culprit, making their first contribution."

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On the day of the light snow, Bianjing was dry and cold with no snow. Only the north wind blew up the ground and stirred up the clouds in the sky.

In the Biaosheng Pavilion of Baishi Academy, several masters were sitting around in front of a major case, placing the excellent test papers they selected in front of them, waiting to take turns to grade the papers.

The north wind blows outside the window, and sometimes the cold wind penetrates the thick cotton curtain and makes a few high-pitched low whistles.

The large charcoal basin in the corner of the house was burning brightly, and the doors and windows were closed tightly to block out the cold winter. On the small table at the east end of the house, a pot of narcissus had already opened its buds, filling the green space with a faint fragrance.

"Although this year's test questions are not difficult, it is not easy to answer them well." A man with a slight beard said first.

His surname is Zhang, his given name is She, and his courtesy name is Zhiming. He is the deputy lecturer of the academy. He has upside-down eyebrows and slender eyes. He looks a bit bitter, but his demeanor is calm and composed, which makes up for his shortcomings in appearance.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, I can tell by looking at you that the papers you have are not good, otherwise your eyebrows would have turned upside down."

A loud voice sounded, and the speaker was an old man with white hair and beard. Although he was not young, he was very energetic. When he spoke, he had a proud look on his face, which he could not hide.