The empress chuckled lightly: "It's a petty thing, so Li Xiu is always worried that you won't let go."
"This guy is just too thoughtful, otherwise he wouldn't have come to see me some time ago."
The empress said: "He did a good job this time. He can finally get rid of the entanglement with the Lu family and make great strides to realize his ambitions."
"So... Lu Zhi..."
The empress shook her head: "I didn't need to do anything. The emperor's uncle isolated her in the name of seizing power. From then on, she has never been able to make any waves."
The uncle the empress mentioned was Ying Ji, but Jiang Fan actually knew that the empress had always regarded him as a false father.
Now that Ying Ji is dead, it means that everything has settled, and Ding Lang finally got his wish and took control of the Za family.
"Ding Lang," Jiang Fan said, "and Ding Shaoan..."
The empress shook her head slightly: "I know. I knew it when Ding Shaoan from Qingyun Mountain saw my true appearance and fell. But I didn't expect that Ding Lang was still alive."
Jiang Fan looked at her: "If you, how will you deal with them?"
The empress said: "As I said before, I won't interfere with your people."
Jiang Fan nodded: "Ding Lang is in charge of the Za family, and I would like to seek an official position for him."
The corners of the empress' lips raised slightly: "Give him a chance?"
"Trust is not so easy in the world. He always has to prove something."
"Okay, what official?"
Jiang Fan smiled: "Diplomat."
"Dianke... Yang Dianke hasn't aged yet."
Jiang Fandao: "Of course not. It is impossible to completely delegate power to a person like Ding Lang, not to mention a major matter such as foreign exchanges that is easy to operate in secret. His role can be directed diplomacy."
The empress pointed to the east: "How about there?"
Jiang Fan clapped his hands: "It's really us, the father and the mother."
The empress said, "That's it, but are you sure he wants to serve as an official for the enemy who will destroy the country?"
"It doesn't matter whether he wants it or not. What if he doesn't do anything after taking advantage of it?"
The empress smiled: "It's just right for him to do certain things."
Jiang Fan blinked: "He is not a fool. In this regard, both brothers are equally smart."
The empress looked at him: "Ding Shaoan is different from him."
Jiang Fan couldn't help but laugh: "Tens of millions of silver and hundreds of thousands of soldiers are indeed treated differently."
The empress was also a little narrow-minded: "When you do something, you can't help but give me some benefits."
Jiang Fan poured wine and said with a smile: "But Ding Shaoan doesn't seem to have any intention of becoming an official."
The empress nodded: "It's a bit strange to be able to walk with you."
"Actually, it's just freedom. He doesn't want to bear too many burdens in his life. This is exactly the opposite of the emperor's uncle."
"It's a pity that you didn't plan to spare him. Tell me, what are you planning?" The empress was obviously a little curious about Jiang Fan's actions.
"Ocean, endless sea." Jiang Fan looked into the distance: "No one has truly realized the importance of the ocean. It is a strategy, a resource, and an endless secret..."
The empress stared at him: "This is what I said. In terms of time and space, you have a higher vision than me. I believe you, just go ahead and do it."
Jiang Fanta held up a cup and had a drink with her: "I just want to tell you that in the near future, the world will see the strategic significance of managing maritime borders."
"You know, I prefer to hear you talk further away."
Jiang Fan looked at the sparkling lake outside the window: "The ocean is too big. Seventy percent of this world is ocean. On the other side of the ocean, there are countless capitals and city-states, and many large and small civilizations will be born..."
The empress' eyes were also burning with light: "So this world is really big. When I learned this from you, I knew it was already much different from the rest of the world."
Jiang Fan looked at the stars outside the window: "Sooner or later, our gaze will reach the sea of stars..."
The empress smiled: "In your words, it's very romantic. But I'm afraid it will take a long, long time. Because you understand, even if you and I see the endless territory overseas, under such conditions, we will not be able to conquer it."
Jiang Fan understands that, let alone now, it may not be possible for a long time. Let alone overseas, in this historical period, due to many conditions, it is impossible to even have a country that is too vast. Whether it is conquered or governed in the future, it will face challenges. Many nearly unsolvable puzzles.
"But we have to have dreams. Let me tell you, people's dreams are the greatest. To put it simply, it's like climbing a mountain. If you want to climb to the top of the mountain, you may climb halfway up, but your goal is to climb halfway up. , the probability will only be lower..."
"That's true..."
The two of them talked and ate, under the starry sky, the passion unique to young people was overflowing, and the flowers of dreams bloomed quietly...
That night, the empress did not leave. But the two of them couldn't be happy either. Little Xixi squeezed in between them regardless of life or death and broke up.
This is a big deal. Mr. Jiang is infinitely depressed, and it seems that he needs to continue to train her, at least to let her learn not to pester him all the time.
Mr. Jiang was not in a good mood, but after a night's rest, the empress completely cleared away the gloom, and her eyes became clearer and firmer.
But what makes Jiang Fan happy is that she is also hiding from trouble and is planning to live among mortals for two or three days.
As for this matter, it comes from Taiyue.
Jiang Fan understood that there were two main things. First, because of myself.
Taiyue seemed to understand that the empress might not give them the face to allow him to go there again, so he did not issue any orders, but the harassment was not less. The three ministers had almost lived in Daqin recently, and they invited him to see him from time to time.
This old priest has no other skills, he is hard-wearing and has a good temper. No matter what kind of expression you give him, he doesn't care. He always talks to you slowly and calmly.
Facing such people is really a bit disturbing. You can't hit them, scold them, or drive them away. After all, they don't criticize you.
"How do you feel? He just stayed in Daqin on purpose." Jiang Fan analyzed.
The empress frowned and snorted softly: "You can also guess that your thing is just one of them. It can even be said to be an excuse. They have a lot to do and see."
Jiang Fan nodded: "Then let him harass you like this?"
The empress suddenly turned to look at him: "I think that to deal with shameless people, you have to send someone even more shameless."
Jiang Fan was stunned: "So, you still want to end my vacation."
"No, it's just fun to play with him. Just let him go."
Jiang Fan pinched his chin: "Yes, it's boring to just play by yourself..."
"As for the second thing," the empress looked at him sideways and said, "Prince Ji Zongyi caused it."
Jiang Fan was stunned, it was either him or his cheap dad.
"Enfessing?"
The empress stared at him: "Don't say that the prince came up with this sinister and evil idea."
Jiang Fan laughed and said, "Look what I'm doing."
The empress sneered: "You went to Taiyue and met the prince. I don't believe you didn't make some mistakes."
Jiang Fan scratched his head: "Okay, that's true..."
