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Chapter 285 The Vitality of the Empire
After seeing off the queen, Wu Wei and Lan Meng's expressions became extremely dignified.

"Wu Wei, something is wrong, no, it is very wrong."

Wu Wei nodded slowly.

"Can you judge whether what the queen said just now is true or not?"

"She's telling the truth, but it's not possible to judge whether what she knows is true."

In an ordinary small world, Wu Wei can instantly retrieve information.

But in today's empire, if Wu Wei lets go, what monsters will be drawn out.

Wu Wei didn't dare to be too presumptuous, and could only analyze through information.

Even so, Wu Wei has vaguely reached a terrible conclusion.

"Wu Wei, what we said about being a queen is true, but the conclusion she drew must be wrong."

Lan Meng looked at Wu Wei, and said solemnly, "The queen said that Ye Yang was forced to rebel by the emperor. In my opinion, I'm afraid this is a play, and Wumai is being deceived."

"No, not only Wumai, but the entire empire has been calculated, and their goal is the entire empire."

Wu Wei has also straightened out the entire logical line at this moment, and his thinking is consistent with Lan Meng.

The queen's layout is too small, so she only focused on the pornographic news.

He won't make that mistake.

"I thought Ye Yang and the little emperor were rivals, but now it seems that they are real partners. Interesting, really interesting, these two people are actually on the same side."

"What's their purpose?" Lan Meng wasn't asking Wu Wei, but was talking to herself, and when she was talking, she had already reached a conclusion: "Ye Yang gained military power through this scene. The little emperor stepped onto the stage through this scene. Ye Yang was in charge of the army, the emperor controlled the court, and with every piece of literature and military, the entire empire changed masters in an instant."

At the end, Lan Meng's eyes narrowed, and her whole body felt shuddering.

"Thousands of years, there have been countless careerists trying to subvert the empire, but these two people are definitely the closest to success."

Even if she finds out about their ambitions, no one will believe her if she tells it.

"Just now, Ye Yang was still acting in front of me. Terrible acting skills, so deep in the city. Wu Wei, I want to fight back, and I want to let them know that the Lan family can't be manipulated by them."

"Don't worry about this moment. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles. Mengmeng, your previous investigation of the two of them is obviously too superficial. We need to know more detailed information about them. Also, find out who asked the queen to come looking for you. your."

Lan Meng also reacted: "Is there someone behind the queen?"

"The little emperor and Ye Yang are indeed hiding very deeply, but I believe that the empire will not lack smart people. How many of the princes in the court can climb up are idiots? You can't understand some things, but not necessarily all of them. People can't understand it, but those who can understand it may not have the ability to fight against the little emperor and Ye Yang, maybe they are waiting for you to come to ask for advice."

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that a scholar can know the affairs of the world without going out.

Those top strategists, although they don't have the power to restrain a chicken, have their own strategies in their chests. As long as they meet a wise master, they can fly to the sky.

Of course, in today's empire, such a counselor should not be waiting to turn the tide.

After all, we have to adapt measures to local conditions.

Wu Wei judged that if someone had seen something wrong between the little emperor and Ye Yang in advance, it should be one or several people in the court.

They are full of wisdom, but they have no soldiers in their hands, no wealth in their families, and they can't even prove their guesses, so they can only guide the queen to see Lan Meng, and use the strength of Wumai to expose the whole conspiracy.

Lan Meng understood Wu Wei's meaning, and immediately ordered to go down to investigate who the queen had met in the past three days.

Soon, Lan Meng received a reply. Once the Lan family is fully mobilized, few people can hide in front of the Lan family.

Lan Meng got an unexpected candidate.

"It's Uncle Guo."

"Uncle Guo?"

Wu Wei didn't expect this answer either.

Since the establishment of the constitutional monarchy in the empire, the emperor has become a decoration, needless to say the uncle of the country.

But the empire has a strict order that once one becomes a relative of the emperor, the official position of the relative cannot exceed the seventh rank.

In other words, at most one county can only be in charge.

This is done in order to prevent the rise of foreign relatives and avoid giving the emperor a chance to regain power.

"Uncle Guo Chu Wendong, 67 years old this year, is an idle official in Qingshui Yamen in Chaozhong. He just drinks tea and reads the news every day. It is basically equivalent to the state taking money to support him. In the unified examination, Chu Wendong is the champion of the main star, topping the list, and the most promising new political star in the empire."

The corner of Wu Wei's mouth curled up.

That's right.

"How was he left idle?"

"More than 20 years ago, Chu Wendong was already a member of the second rank, and he was only one step away from entering the cabinet. However, at that time, there was a colleague who was competing with him, who was the nephew of the prime minister. At the most critical moment of the competition, Chu Wendong's daughter and His Majesty the Emperor is said to have fallen in love at first sight, and you can imagine what happened next."

Wu Wei nodded.

This is by design.

"Let's go, meet Chu Wendong and see what he wants to say to you."

Wu Wei accompanied Lan Meng to meet Chu Wendong in private.

But Chu Wendong could only see Lan Meng, not Wu Wei at all.

Seeing Lan Meng suddenly appearing from his house, Chu Wendong didn't have any doubts, but gave Lan Meng his hands.

"I have met Patriarch Lan."

Lan Meng glanced at Chu Wendong, who didn't look old, and then at the antique tea table behind Chu Wendong, with some understanding.

"Are you waiting for me?"

"Yes, Patriarch Lan came earlier than I expected."

"I have always known Uncle Guo's name, but Uncle Guo is also better than I imagined."

Chu Wendong smiled wryly: "Based on Patriarch Lan's experience, among the people Patriarch Lan has met, Chu's middle-of-the-road appearance is just normal and not worthy of praise."

"I did think so before, but the fact that Uncle Guo was able to let the queen pass on those words to me is enough to prove that Uncle Guo is not just a middle-aged man. Well, let's not say polite words, Uncle Guo, we Let’s get to the point.”

"Please sit down Patriarch Lan, Chumou must know everything and say everything."

Lan Meng sat in Chu Wendong's conversation and went straight to the point: "How did you discover the relationship between Ye Yang and the emperor?"

"Listen to his words, watch his actions, and then deduce the beneficiary from the final result. Certain things are naturally not difficult to judge."

"Where do you listen to his words and watch his actions?"

"I watch the news broadcast every day."

Lan Meng was a little speechless, and even more admirable.

Lan Tian used to have this habit.

When she was young, Lan Meng thought it was a waste of time, and she couldn't calm down to watch the fake news in her eyes.

Later she discussed this issue with Wu Wei, and Wu Wei said a word that changed her life.

"The significance of watching "News Network" is that you must know what the country wants you to know."

Really outstanding politicians, top businessmen, and even those scholars who are full of economics, they will definitely pay attention to "News Network".

If you want to be at the forefront of the times and always be a trendsetter, this is something you must pay attention to.

However, how much useful information can be extracted from the information of "News Network" is another realm.

Lan Meng boasted that at Chu Wendong's age, he might not be able to extract such information that could affect the political situation of the empire.

So she praised it sincerely: "Amazing."

"Miao Zan, the head of the Lan family, the reason why I can draw conclusions is because I know more than others. When the little girl came home, I mentioned some things, and I learned about them by accident. It is because all kinds of things are too Only when I was too suspicious, I connected these things, and finally came to a conclusion that I couldn't believe."

Lan Meng nodded.

What Chu Wendong said was the truth, she could hear it, and thought it made sense.

Indeed, it was impossible for outsiders to know about the news that the empress was still a virgin, and that the emperor and the empress seemed to fall in love at first sight, but they ignored the empress afterwards, so it was impossible for outsiders to know.

Only Chu Wendong has such convenient conditions.

Even so, this still proved Chu Wendong's ability.

"The little girl thinks that the emperor is a homosexual, and she married her to deceive others. The person the emperor really likes is Ye Yang, and Ye Yang is a straight man. He couldn't bear the emperor's harassment and wanted to rebel."

"What do you think, Uncle Guo?"

"Half true, half false. At least, Ye Yang wanted to rebel, definitely not because he couldn't bear the emperor's harassment. In addition, the emperor is probably not a homosexual."

"Then how do you explain that the queen is still a virgin?"

Chu Wendong hesitated to speak.

"Uncle Guo has something to say, since you have chosen to let the queen tell me everything, you should have unreserved trust in me."

Chu Wendong finally made up his mind, and the news he revealed really surprised Lan Meng:

"I have observed carefully for many years, the emperor—I am afraid it is a woman disguised as a man."

Lan Meng: "..."

Wu Wei also raised his eyebrows.

It is certainly not an easy task for a woman to disguise herself as a man to hide it from the world for so long.

But now that he is well-informed, he knows some secret techniques and secret treasures, which can hide it from the eyes of outsiders.

The Ying family has inherited it for thousands of years, and the emperor may have his own adventures and similar secret methods and treasures, which is not impossible to explain.

"I can't believe this conclusion, so I spent several years of observation, and finally I can only make such a conjecture, which is also the most reasonable conjecture. In this world, apart from me, the only one who knows about this matter is probably Ye Yang is gone."

Therefore, the emperor and Ye Yang have an alliance basis.

It's not just the queen's case.

Lan Meng glanced at Wu Wei, Wu Wei thought for a while, and showed his real body.

For some things, he wanted to communicate with Chu Wendong in person, at worst, he would just erase Chu Wendong's memory afterward.

Lan Meng's appearance did not exceed Chu Wendong's expectations, but Wu Wei's appearance frightened Chu Wendong.

Fortunately, Lan Meng took the initiative to introduce to him: "Mr. Wu, my best friend, I can absolutely trust you."

Only then did Chu Wendong calm down.

"I met Mr. Wu."

Wu Wei nodded and asked, "Uncle Guo, I want to ask, can the relationship between the emperor and Ye Yang be confirmed?"

"It should be possible. Feelings are the most beneficial weapon to tie two people together. If it is based on interests alone, the interests of the two are actually inconsistent in many aspects."

For example, if the Ying family is in power, it may not be able to tolerate the expansion of the Ye family.

But as long as there is true love, all this is not a problem.

"What does the uncle of the country ask for? Don't tell the uncle of our country that he is loyal to the empire?"

"Isn't it possible?"

Chu Wendong's feedback made Wu Wei look at him seriously.

He didn't realize that Chu Wendong was lying.

"It's really for the empire? Unexpectedly, Uncle Guo has passed the age of a passionate youth, and he can still do such a passionate thing."

"Patriotism is not only a matter for young people, but the life expectancy of the people in the empire has been greatly extended. At my age, I should be called a passionate young man." Chu Wendong smiled and continued: "The most important thing is, The empire has never failed me, so how can I fail the empire?"

Wu Wei thought of the information Lan Meng told him about Chu Wendong.

Chu Wendong's father was an ordinary imperial expedition soldier who died in battle on a different planet.

The expenses of their family from childhood to adulthood are all covered by the imperial pension.

This is what the empire should do.

Unexpectedly, the harvest was so rich.

"It's me and the Patriarch's villainous heart. We thought that Uncle Guo would take this opportunity to let Patriarch Lan pull the Prime Minister down."

The current prime minister is exactly the competitor who competed with Chu Wendong for the position in the cabinet.

If Wen Dong hadn't been designed by him at the beginning of the year and stepped into the pavilion first, then it is very likely that he is standing at the center of the empire and in charge of the empire's national destiny today.

This kind of great enmity is of course irreconcilable.

If Wu Wei was replaced by Chu Wendong, he also wanted revenge.

But Chu Wendong is a weirdo.

Or rather, a tall man.

"Honestly, I had that thought."

"Then why did you give up?"

"Because, I can afford to lose. I'm not as skilled as others, so of course I have to accept the bet. Otherwise, who am I?"

Wu Wei glanced at Lan Meng, which was somewhat different from the information Lan Meng gave him.

Lan Meng was also a little strange.

"Uncle Guo, as far as I know, you were half a stature ahead of the prime minister in terms of talent and achievements, right?"

"On the face of it, it does."

"Actually?"

"Of course I'm not as good as him, otherwise I should be standing in the cabinet today, not him. If you say a thousand words and ten thousand, you lose, you lose. Conspiracy and calculation are also part of strength. I have empty ambitions, but I haven't shown them." His ambition and ability are like that of Han Feizi back then, so what if he is famous all over the world? It is Prime Minister Li Si who really opened up the territory for the empire."

Wu Wei smiled.

"I was overthinking it."

The vitality of the empire comes from all aspects.

Never because of him alone.

There are so many heroes of the empire.

It was so then, and it is so today.

Seeing that Chu Wendong is so elegant, one can imagine the methods of the prime minister.

An empire cannot turn the sky over.

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