The Four Winds City in Kyoto, Yue Kingdom.
There is a quite quiet alley just opposite the Imperial College.
The alley is called Osmanthus Alley.
It is the season when the sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant. Walking in this sweet-scented osmanthus alley, the rich scent of sweet-scented osmanthus hits your face.
There is a three-entry courtyard at the east end of Osmanthus Alley.
There is the largest osmanthus tree in the entire street in the yard.
It was the home of Wei Xuanmo, a great scholar of the Yue Kingdom.
It's late at night now.
There were no pedestrians in the streets and alleys.
Only a few of the sweet-scented osmanthus trees fell quietly.
But there was still a light on in the pavilion under the osmanthus tree in Wei Xuanmo's backyard.
Two people were sitting under the lamp.
There were several plates of side dishes and a jug of wine on the stone table.
Wine is still an extremely rare painting spring in Yue country.
Huapingchun was not sold to Yue State, and even in Ning State it was extremely limited.
In the country of Yue, those who could drink Hua Ping Chun were naturally either rich or noble.
Although Wei Xuanmo was a great scholar in the Yue Kingdom, he was not rich.
Disciple Zhao Hanyue respectfully gave him a jar, but he was reluctant to drink it. The jar of wine is still hidden under the bed in his room. He hopes to wait until his brother comes back to take it out and treat him to a drink.
Therefore, the altar painting Pingchun on this table does not belong to him.
But Qiao Zitong brought it!
Qiao Zitong also brought the dishes!
Wei Xuanmo looked at the wine jar, then looked up at Qiao Zitong, "Are you going to give me money for drinking this wine?"
Qiao Zitong smiled slightly, opened the mud seal, poured two bowls of wine and handed one over, "Although my son brewed the wine, I haven't seen my son yet... You have to pay money for drinking!"
Wei Xuanmo shrugged his nose, swallowed, picked up the wine bowl and took a sip.
Shut up.
Squint.
It took three breaths before he swallowed the sip of wine.
He smacked his mouth and said, "Good wine! It is indeed a real Huapingchun!"
"Are you really not in a hurry to go to Ningguo to meet your son?"
"He's so good!"
"And you... you finally found him with great difficulty. No matter what I think about it, I think it is more important for you to meet him than to stay in this country!"
Qiao Zitong did not comment.
He smoothed the short strand of beard on his chin and said calmly: "After all, we haven't seen each other for nearly twenty years. It doesn't matter if we wait for another year and a half."
Wei Xuanmo had some doubts in his eyes, but did not ask further questions.
He took another sip of wine, put down the wine bowl, pondered for three breaths, and asked in a low voice:
"Since the emperor can no longer be cured, the sixth prince is not as good as your son...according to my understanding of the sixth prince..."
After a pause, Wei Xuanmo thought about it and said again:
"The emperor thinks that the prince is weak, and thinks that the fourth prince is too ambitious... I have taught them all, and I know a little bit about them."
"Actually, I think it is best for the fourth prince to succeed to the throne. Although he has some contacts with Zen Buddhism, Zen Buddhism is the state religion of Yue after all. It is a blessing for a country that there is no separation between the state religion and the emperor!"
"But the Sixth Prince...his character..."
Wei Xuanmo shook his head and did not express his conclusion.
But this conclusion is already very clear.
Qiao Zitong was still smiling. He looked at Wei Xuanmo and said, "Is this why you decided to leave Yue?"
"Don't you think highly of the Yue Kingdom after the Sixth Prince ascends the throne?"
Wei Xuanmo showed a wry smile, "I am from Yue after all, and I hope that the country of Yue will be peaceful and peaceful..."
"I'm going to Ningguo now. I received my brother's suggestion. I also want to see if Ningguo will change as my brother said."
"That is, to see what kind of path your son will lead Ning Guo on."
"Come on... I am only a scholar, but I am also self-aware."
"In the temple, I don't have much say. When it comes to the inheritance of the throne...I don't even dare to speak out."
"The emperor has imprisoned the crown prince and the fourth prince, but he did not send the fourth prince's mother and concubine into the cold palace."
"The crime of treason is a grave crime!"
"This means that the fourth prince can no longer stand up under normal circumstances."
"But Concubine Yun is fine, then the General's Mansion will be fine!"
"The emperor transferred General Han Sanwu to the northeastern border to prevent the Great Wilderness from invading the border... In my opinion, this is leaving a sharp knife for the fourth prince!"
"The sixth prince really ascends the throne and becomes the emperor...if that sword strikes Kyoto,"
Wei Xuanmo let out a long sigh and shook his head, "Isn't this a ridiculous decision?"
"So much so that I even wonder if there is something wrong with the emperor's brain!"
Qiao Zitong listened to Wei Xuanmo's words silently, and he suddenly smiled:
"The emperor was poisoned. Although there is no cure for the poison, his brain is not broken yet."
Wei Xuanmo glanced at Qiao Zitong doubtfully, "Then what do you think?"
Qiao Zitong did not answer, but asked:
"Your Highness Princess Hanyue, do you think she will really go to Daoshan?"
Wei Xuanmo nodded:
"Don't underestimate Princess Hanyue!"
"Although she is passionately devoted to your son, she knows better than anyone else when it comes to matters as important as the survival of the country."
Qiao Zitong immediately laughed:
"That's right."
"...So what you asked me to tell her is that you want her to go to Daoshan?"
Qiao Zitong pondered for a moment and whispered:
"Yes, I hope she can go to Knife Mountain and borrow all the knives hidden on Knife Mountain!"
Wei Xuanmo leaned over and asked extremely worriedly:
"But the Yue Congress is in chaos!"
"Only after great chaos can we achieve great governance..."
Qiao Zitong picked up the wine bowl and took another sip, and then said:
"As for why I did this, after you went to Ningguo, you met Xiao Chuanting in Yujing City, and he will tell you!"
Wei Xuanmo was startled, "Xiao Chuanting? That great pen-maker from Yongguo? Is he still alive?"
"Of course! He's just very old. I guess you can meet him at Hua Manting's house."
Wei Xuanmo looked at Qiao Zitong deeply, "If your father hadn't saved my life...I would never have helped you."
"Now I have regrets. I don't know what you will do to the country of Yue...but it doesn't look like a beautiful one at the moment!"
"So I have to leave early tomorrow morning, otherwise...I am worried that I will regret it and go to the palace to tell the emperor all this!"
Qiao Zitong also looked at Wei Xuanmo, but there was no warning in his eyes, but a look of indifference and peace.
"You will live a good life and retire in Yujing City, you will see it!"
"If the Zen sect of the Yue Kingdom is not extinguished and the remnants of the Five Poison Sect are not eradicated, the Yue Kingdom will never get better!"
Naturally, these two simple sentences from Qiao Zitong did not dispel Wei Xuanmo's doubts. He asked again:
"I just don't understand. How good would it be for you to go back to your garden and do business and make money? Why do you want to participate in the government of Yue?"
Qiao Zitong looked up at the night outside the pavilion and said calmly:
"Just think that I am bored."
Wei Xuanmo took a deep breath, and after a moment he asked very seriously:
"In order to let your son annex the country of Yue?"
Qiao Zitong took another sip from the wine bowl and shook his head, "Didn't you say that Princess Hanyue has both courage and wisdom? So what do you think about Princess Hanyue becoming emperor...?"
Wei Xuanmo was shocked!
"...she is a princess!"
"How can a woman ascend the throne and become an emperor?!"
Qiao Zitong put down the wine bowl, looked at Wei Xuanmo, and asked seriously:
"Women, why can't they be emperor?!"
Wei Xuanmo's expression suddenly changed, and he seemed to understand a lot at this moment!
"...The Huo and Huo Yigui next to the Sixth Prince are the people you placed beside him?"
