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Sensitive masters, now that they think about it carefully, there seems to be some slight similarities between the two's movements.And during this time, Bai Youlin was also outside, which is very intriguing.

"Where did you go just now?" Dongfang Jihua pretended to be casual and asked.

"I went to an inn." Bai Youlin replied.

"What are you doing at the inn?" Dongfang Jihua was puzzled.

Bai Youlin half-truthfully explained: "The owner of that inn is an old friend of Master. Before going down the mountain, Master asked me to visit this old man on his behalf."

"Then you can see someone?" Dongfang Jihua frowned, he didn't expect that Master had a good friend in Liucheng, didn't he say that all relatives and friends had passed away?

Bai Youlin shook his head: "I haven't seen anyone, the old man has closed the shop and left."

As he spoke, he sighed with regret: "At that time, Master thought that all his relatives and friends were dead, but he never thought that he would later hear that there was still one person alive. When he was very excited, he asked me to say hello to the old friend on his behalf. , but I failed his expectations."

"We will see you again in the future." Dongfang Jihua comforted, although he still had doubts, but at this moment he decided to trust Bai Youlin temporarily.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern." Seeing the look of trust in Dongfang Jihua's eyes, Bai Youlin felt complicated.

Dongfang Jihua can still trust him now, what about in the future?Maybe you will want to get rid of him.

"Clean up and go back to Beijing tomorrow." Dongfang Jihua patted Bai Youlin's shoulder.

"Yes."

Chapter 17

After experiencing Luo Siyu's incident, Bai Youlin finally understood Dongfang Jihua's intentions.The so-called understanding of people's sentiments is just a cover, the real purpose of Dongfang Jihua's trip to the south of the Yangtze River is to find the imperial decree.

"Youlin, do you know why I went to Jiangnan this time?"

In a daze, Bai Youlin heard Dongfang Jihua's voice in a trance, and he subconsciously raised his head to look at Dongfang Jihua. The moment the two eyes met, his mind suddenly became clear.

"Your Majesty came here to observe the sentiments of the people." Bai Youlin replied sternly, completely copying the rhetoric that Dongfang Jihua had come up with before to fool the civil and military officials of the court.

"You really are... oh." Dongfang Jihua shook his head and sighed, looking at Bai Youlin with obscure eyes, "You know that's not what I meant."

Junior brother, junior brother, do you really not understand my intentions or... are you deliberately pretending to be stupid?

"I'm stupid." Bai Youlin lowered his head, avoiding Dongfang Jihua's gaze calmly, "I hope His Majesty can guide you."

"Forget it, I'm just talking casually, you don't have to pay too much attention to it." The disappointment in his heart became more and more intense, Dongfang Jihua simply gave up communicating with Bai Youlin, leaned back, and began to close his eyes and rest his mind.

"Yes." Bai Youlin replied.

During the rest of the trip, the two had no communication.

As the days passed, the sound of wheels rolling over the ground could not be heard. Bai Youlin sat in a daze all day in the carriage, thinking about the people and things he encountered in Jiangnan, and thinking about his future way out.

It has been [-] years since returning to the capital, and Dongfang Jihua has piled up a lot of government affairs that have not been dealt with, and he is very busy once he returns to the capital. He used to pester Bai Youlin every day, but now he doesn't necessarily call Bai Youlin once in ten days and a half months.

Compared with the busyness of Dongfang Jihua, Bai Youlin is much more free. He only needs to run around the palace twice a day, and after the morning court, he can go home to drink tea, enjoy flowers and raise his children. His life is very uncomfortable.

However, in the eyes of others, his leisurely life has changed. Everyone said that General Bai had fallen out of favor and was no longer favored by the emperor.

"I don't know what these people think." When Bai Su reported the situation in the army to Bai Youlin, he mentioned these rumors to his generals by the way, and expressed his contempt for those officials who were gossips and gossips. Where's the life officer? I think it's similar to a gossip girl."

"Why bother with them, as long as we know what's going on." Bai Youlin flipped through the scroll in his hand and said indifferently.

"The general can take it easy." Bai Su smiled helplessly.

"If I don't see it, I won't live until now." Bai Youlin said lightly.

"By the way, my subordinates have received another piece of information." Bai Su's expression turned serious, "Yao Kingdom intends to establish diplomatic relations with Qing Kingdom, and their prince Bailining is already on his way to Qing Kingdom with his envoys. "

"Bailining?" Bai Youlin's hand flipping through the book paused, slightly surprised in his heart, "Why is he here?"

It is said that the monarchs of Qingyao and Qingguo are at odds, and the two sides do not like each other, and because Yaoguo is adjacent to Qingguo, but its capital is located in the snowy ice field, thousands of miles away from Qingguo, so Yaoguo usually communicates with Qingguo from different countries. .The two countries have not violated the river water for decades, why now Yao country suddenly wants to establish diplomatic relations with Qing country?What the hell are they up to?

Here, Bai Youlin couldn't figure out what Yaoguo wanted to do, while Dongfang Jihua was also thinking about Yaoguo's intention to do this.Although there are many doubts in his heart, as the king of a country, Dongfang Jihua still has to entertain Yao Kingdom's envoys. After all, he does not stretch out his hands to hit smiling people, not to mention that Yao Kingdom is not a small country, if they are offended, the result will definitely not be good.

On the day when Yao Kingdom's envoys arrived in Qing Kingdom, Dongfang Jihua, in order to demonstrate Qing Kingdom's warm and generous hospitality, specially held a banquet in the palace to welcome Yao Kingdom's envoys.

Bai Youlin didn't want to attend this kind of banquet, but Dongfang Jihua couldn't get used to him spending all day in the mansion, so he insisted on calling him out.Bai Youlin had no choice but to obediently come to the banquet and sit as a sculpture.

"General Bai?" A slightly unfamiliar voice rang in his ears, Bai Youlin turned his head to look over, and an unfamiliar face came into his eyes.

Countless names flashed through his mind, but he still couldn't match the other person's face with his own memory. Bai Youlin lowered his eyes and turned his head indifferently, showing no intention of paying attention to the other person.

Although he hadn't put his mind on court officials for a long time, Bai Youlin could basically guess the identities of the people around him.It's nothing more than the newly promoted confidant of the emperor, other than that, don't think about it.

"General Bai is still as indifferent as ever." The person next to him didn't take Bai Youlin's indifference to heart at all. After he finished feeling, he turned his head to the other side and started communicating with other people.

Bai Youlin didn't seem to hear the man's words, and drank the wine by himself.

The banquet has not yet started, and all the officials are sitting in their seats, waiting for the emperor's arrival.Everyone came early, and the waiting process was too long and boring, so all the officials present began to whisper to each other, and the meeting was suddenly noisy.

Just when the officials were getting restless, the emperor and the Crown Prince of Yao Kingdom appeared together, followed by a child about seven or eight years old.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" All the officials hurriedly knelt down to salute.

"Be flat."

"I wait and thank Your Majesty Long En!"

Dongfang Jihua sat in his seat, and glanced at the civil and military officials below. When he saw Bai Youlin with a calm face, his eyes gradually became complicated. If it wasn't for the prince of Yao Kingdom beside him, his facial expression would probably be It will be more exciting than eyes.

Just now, just before Dongfang Jihua met with Prince Yao, he received a piece of news that made him extremely angry: his most beloved and trusted junior was actually the one who rescued the fugitive Luo Siyu, and The younger brother actually colluded with the rebel party!

After silently saying to calm down many times in his heart, Dongfang Jihua finally tamed his expression. He moved his eyes away from Bai Youlin, turned to look at Bai Lining, and asked with a smile: "What do you think of this banquet, Your Highness?" ?”

"The grandeur, I am amazed." Bailining complimented with a smile, "Your Majesty is so troublesome, I am really ashamed."

Hearing Bailining's words, although Dongfang Jihua felt very relieved in his heart, he still maintained a humble appearance on the surface: "The prince is serious, you are a distinguished guest, and I should treat you with a feast."

After the two complimented each other, the banquet officially began.

Dongfang Jihua and Bailining sat on the top and watched the song and dance performance while drinking. The two chatted and laughed from time to time, and got along extremely well.

"I have heard that His Highness the Crown Prince can write a pen to secure the world, and can mount a horse to determine the world. He is a rare and unrivaled genius!" Dongfang Jihua suddenly felt emotional.

"Your Majesty praises me, I'm not that powerful." Bailining shook his head helplessly, "I'm just an ordinary person, but the common people like heroes, and some facts are exaggerated."

"His Royal Highness, there is no need to be modest. Whether you are exaggerating or not, it is an indisputable fact that you have great talent." Dongfang Jihua continued to greet Bailining politely.

"Don't dare, how can I compare with your country's General Bai in terms of talent and ability?" Bailining laughed, "Everyone knows the name of General Bai's God of War! When will I be lucky enough to meet him."

Hearing Bai Lining mentioning Bai Youlin, the arc of Dongfang Jihua's mouth almost couldn't hold on. He took a subtle look at the place where Bai Youlin was, and tried to fake a smile and said: "He is at this banquet, if His Royal Highness wants to see If he does, I can send someone to call him over right away."

After finishing speaking, Dongfang Jihua called Eunuch Li to his side and told him to call Bai Youlin over.

"The minister bows to His Majesty."

Bai Youlin came very quickly, and he arrived before Dongfang Jihua finished his glass of wine.Before leaning over to salute, he caught a glimpse of the fleeting ferocity in Dongfang Jihua's eyes, which made him feel ominous.

"Aiqing, please get up quickly!" Dongfang Jihua walked up to Bai Youlin with a smile, and stretched out his hand to help Bai Youlin up.In front of outsiders, he still has to look good.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Bai Youlin stood up as he said.

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