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The emperor turned to Wei Shao and said:

"Although you don't value external things, you still have to have what you need. Your queen has worked hard for the empire over the years and has made great contributions. You shouldn't be wronged. I heard from Adrian that you are still studying. How about this, I will arrange a sinecure for you in the parliament. You can go and take a look when you are free. After graduation, you can directly work in the House of Commons.

The Imperial Senate is an important decision-making body, while the House of Commons is a good place for some aristocratic male insects. It is mainly responsible for reviewing, discussing and making decisions on trivial bills submitted by local governments.

Wei Shao turned his head and glanced at Fei Luo. Fei Luo did not show any expression. He went over a series of examples of kings and ministers fighting in ancient times in his mind and chose to agree: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Not long after leaving the palace and returning home, Philo received a message.

Rudel: [His Majesty sent Admiral Otto to the Xinghai area for a period of ten years. The Eighth Army was divided into two parts. One part followed Admiral Otto to the Xinghai area, and the other part... was incorporated into the Seventh Army and handed over to the Fourth Prince for management. 】

Philo was originally sitting and chatting with Wei Shao, but he stood up suddenly after receiving the message.

Wei Shao took a look and his expression changed slightly.

The Xinghai area is one of the most famous chaotic areas in the empire, but this chaos is different from the abandoned planet where Philo was born and raised.

The Xinghai area is one of the regions with the strongest slave culture left over from the previous country. The imperial government seems to have generously granted autonomy, but in fact it has been entangled for hundreds of years, and successive emperors have wanted to solve this major problem.

Unfortunately, the civil servants and generals sent by the government were replaced one after another, but there was no significant effect. The local big landlords and old aristocrats occupied the mountains and became kings, and the people only recognized power but not officials.

Anyone with a discerning eye knew that this was a thankless job, and Wei Shao was certainly no fool.

What frightened him even more was that not long after Philo's internal news spread, the official news was released that Admiral Otto's general would be promoted to a higher rank and be granted the title of Duke in a month.

...Wei Shao didn’t even dare to think about what would happen if he accepted the emperor’s “gift” today.

Philo clenched his fists suddenly: "Isn't that enough..."

The 19th Army has been separated from the 8th Army. Isn’t that enough?

Wei Shao understood the implication of his words, and felt a little heavy: "Emperors have always been like this since ancient times."

He wanted to conquer all the territories, but was also afraid that the ministers he sent out would become powerful and independent.

Philo stood up directly: "I want to go to the palace to meet His Majesty."

Wei Shao's hands were quicker than his brain and he grabbed his wrist directly: "Don't go!"

Philo stared at him motionlessly.

Wei Shao said in a deep voice: "Philo, the general the emperor wants to suppress is not Admiral Otto, but you. If you go today, it will be you who will go to the Xinghai area, and by then you may not be able to take even half of the 19th Army with you."

"I know," Philo took a deep breath, "but I can't just watch the admiral suffer this for me."

"..." For a moment, Wei Shao even wanted to ask him if he had ever thought about me.

"If you go now, it will only confirm His Majesty's suspicion. He always feels that there is an inseparable connection between the Eighth Army and the Nineteenth Army. As an emperor, he can turn a blind eye to his subjects standing on his side, but he absolutely cannot do that between subjects."

Philo finally fell silent. He leaned back on the sofa, covered his forehead with the back of his hand, and closed his eyes tiredly.

Wei Shao sat down beside him, leaned over and took his hand that was on his forehead and held it in his palm: "If I had known you earlier, I would not have allowed you to join the army."

Wei Shao was never a great man. He just hoped that everyone around him would be well.

He admired Philo and was proud of him, but he felt even more sorry for the fact that Philo was often in pain and had a hard time making any progress.

Philo didn't say anything, but just leaned his head on his shoulder, in a manner that was less than a lover but more than a friend.

Wei Shao wanted to hold him in his arms directly, but he was worried that his action was too rash.

At this moment, he couldn't help but blame and even hate Ji Peiyan in his heart.

Speak of the devil, and he appeared. As soon as Ji Peiyan's face flashed through his mind, Ji Peiyan sent him a voice message.

Wei Shao took a glance and wanted to block him directly with a sour look on his face, but Ji Peiyan sent him a long string of messages while dialing the voice message, asking him to answer the call.

Wei Shao didn't want to deliberately avoid Fei Luo to answer the phone, but Ji Peiyan was really special.

"A communication from the teacher," he explained, adding, "A male insect."

He turned and went to the balcony.

Wei Shao said coldly: "If you have something to say, please say it quickly."

Ji Peiyan sighed softly: "You are really angry with me...I'm sorry about what happened last time."

Wei Shao: "If you called just to talk about this, forget it. I'm too lazy to listen."

Ji Peiyan said: "I promise not to blindly match Philo and Kweiyi in the future."

Wei Shao was so angry that he almost laughed: "Ji Peiyan, do you think I'm easy to fool because I'm young?"

"I know you don't believe me," Ji Peiyan said, "Let me be frank. After you took Fei Luo away that day, the progress bar moved."

"..." Wei Shao's eyes flashed with surprise, but he said nothing.

The credibility of Ji Peiyan's words is really not high.

"You don't have to believe it, but everything I said is true," Ji Peiyan paused, "I probably hope that you two can have a sweet and happy ending sooner rather than you do."

"I didn't call you today just to talk about this," Ji Peiyan's voice suddenly became a little guilty, "I sent him an email before to encourage Kewei to take the initiative."

Wei Shao keenly sensed that this might not be a good thing: "What email?"

"It has something to do with Philo's life experience," Ji Peiyan said in a heavy tone, "In order to create a sense of fate between the protagonists, I arranged a somewhat tortuous life experience for Philo."

Wasn’t the abandoned star episode fucking tortuous enough? !

Wei Shao wanted to pull Ji Peiyan out from the Star Network and beat him up: "...you say."

"Well... Philo's father was also a military woman, and quite awesome, but she was executed for treason. Philo was his only child who he secretly hid." Ji Peiyan added cautiously, "... and was engaged to Kweiyi."

Wei Shao closed his eyes and said, "Ji Peiyan, if I kill you, can I start this world over again?"

"..." Ji Peiyan swallowed his saliva, "I didn't expect that you would get involved with Philo. In the original plot, Rick Wei also found out about it later, but he didn't bring it up." But it's not certain now.

"How much did you say in the email you sent to Kvei?"

"Not much, just a hint. Based on my judgment of him, it is impossible for him to find evidence in the short term. After all, it has been so many years since that incident."

Wei Shao rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.

"Don't worry, I will be your and Philo's love security guard from now on, and I will resolutely escort your love."

Wei Shao: “…”

"So do you want to share with me how you two are getting along? The progress bar was growing so fast a while ago, but why has it suddenly stopped in the past few days? Do you want me to give you some advice?"

Wei Shao warned him: "Don't talk nonsense in front of him."

"How could that be possible?" Ji Peiyan pondered over the words. "But what do you mean by that? What do you mean by nonsense? Doesn't he know that you are interested in him? How did the progress bar move?"

"..." Wei Shao hung up the phone expressionlessly.

When he sat back down, his expression was probably quite obviously stinky, and Philo noticed it.

"What's wrong? Did the teacher say something to you?" Philo frowned slightly, "Why don't you go back to school as soon as possible."

Before Philo got into trouble, Wei Shao directly applied to leave school and study at home, which made Philo worried for a long time.

"It's okay, it's not important." Wei Shao smiled at Fei Luo and ruffled his soft hair. Just as he was about to speak, a message from Ji Peiyan popped up on the terminal.

[It’s going up!] What did you just do? Keep going! 】

Wei Shao: “…”

He directly blocked Ji Peiyan.

-

In the evening, he removed Ji Peiyan from the blacklist again.

Wei Shao: [What does that progress bar mean? 】

Ji Peiyan: [Progress bar of the love line. 】

Wei Shao: [……]

Wei Shao: [I know, what I mean is, under what circumstances will the progress bar go up? My liking for him has increased? 】

Ji Peiyan: [Well... based on my experience in writing, it’s hard to say. It doesn’t necessarily depend on how much you like each other, it could simply be a change in the nature of your relationship. 】

Wei Shao frowned: [For example? 】

[Let me give you an example. For example, I once wrote a book about a mad dog top and a cold-blooded bottom. In the end, the bottom did not fall in love with him, or did not love him very much, but they ended up together. This can be defined as the progress of the love line being 100%. 】

Wei Shao: ...

Ji Peiyan: [Of course, this is just an extreme case. You must be different, hahaha. 】

Wei Shao put him on the blacklist again.