Ningguo, Jade City.
The first day of March, night.
A crescent moon hangs high in the night sky, and there are stars in the night sky.
A light lit up in the small courtyard behind Taiyuan University that had been silent for more than a year.
That was the original courtyard full of flowers in Taiyuan Academy.
At this moment, there are four dishes and a pot of wine on the stone table in the yard.
There are three people sitting at the table.
One is Hua Manting, who is covered in dust.
The other one is Mei Fangxi, the dean of Taiyuan University today.
There is another one, he is Wen Boyu, the chief minister of Ningguo's cabinet!
Wen Boyu poured three glasses of wine, looked up at Hua Manting, and asked with a worried look:
"He hasn't come out yet, but you're back... Is he in danger inside?"
Hua Manting picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, then sighed slightly:
"No one can guarantee whether he can come out. As for the danger... he has been in danger ever since the female sword was lost!"
Mei Fangxi frowned slightly. Last spring, the regent entered Shuzhou.
Entrusted by Hua Manting, he went to the top of the West Mountain on April 21, the 24th year of Zhaohua!
He saw with his own eyes that Jishan Temple was reduced to ruins in the fireworks.
Like many people, he thought that the Regent and Zhongli Ruoshui were buried in those ruins, but he did not expect that this spring, news came that the Regent had gone to Wu State and entered the Forgetting Platform of Xijian Tower. information.
When the news reached Kyoto, he clearly remembered that the people in Kyoto were excited.
The people cheered that the regent was still alive, but were sad after knowing that Wangqingtai was a desperate place.
Even the students at Taiyuan University were absent-minded in those days.
Beside the stone tablet in front of the archway of Taiyuan College, many students stopped to watch and ponder again.
Li Chenan has left Ningguo for more than a year, but his influence in Ningguo has not weakened, but is stronger than before.
why is that?
This is the change that his new policies have brought to Ningguo in more than a year!
Businessmen and craftsmen, two originally lowly classes with no social status, have turned around in just over a year!
They walked in the sunshine now.
They straightened their backs openly and openly, opened more workshops and started bigger businesses!
Under the leadership of Wen Boiyu, the imperial court still did not intervene in this matter, and even increased its support, which made the entire Ningguo business more active than ever before.
Wen Boyu said, this is the light of hope!
Li Chenan abolished the recommendation system, and there was only one way to become an official - the imperial examination!
The Qiu Wei held in Changle City last year was the fairest and most impartial scientific examination that Mei Fangxi had seen in the past few decades.
In this autumn, many young people from not so good family backgrounds stand out!
They have no background.
They achieved class crossing with their true talents.
Now, they have been sent down by the officials to serve as officials in various places.
I still remember that when these young officials left Kyoto, they would all come to the stone tablet in front of the archway of Taiyuan University to take another look at the words on it, and kneel down to worship the person who said these words!
Li Chenan died on the top of the Western Mountain, but he was still like a bright light guiding the way forward for those young people.
It also illuminated a bright road for the people of Ningguo!
People remember him from the bottom of their hearts.
That's why when the news that he was still alive reached Kyoto, it had such a huge impact.
But when people knew that he had gone deep into that desperate place and that it would be difficult for him to come out in his lifetime, people's mood became depressed again.
After all, everyone hopes that light will last forever.
As a result, some people even set up a longevity tablet for Li Chenan.
What we hope for, of course, is that he can come out and come back safely, and then stand on this temple to make the future of the people of Ningguo more prosperous.
Of course, Mei Fangxi also hopes that Li Chenan can return safely.
At this moment, he leaned over and looked at Hua Manting's slightly tired face.
"Since the female sword is lost and he can get it from Zhongli Garden, this person must be very powerful in martial arts, and you shouldn't come back!"
Hua Manting also looked at Mei Fangxi with a little regret in her eyes:
"But I have to come back, but you don't have to worry too much, because there is someone who cares more about Li Chenan's life and death than me!"
"who?"
Wen Boyu and Mei Fangxi asked in unison.
"Li Chenan's mother... Princess Yun'an!"
When Hua Manting said these words, Wen Boyu was only slightly startled, but Mei Fangxi was immediately shocked.
"Princess Yun'an is still alive?"
"Of course, the princess and the princess are still alive and well. It's just that the princess Qiao Zitong has some matters in the country of Yue and she can't get away for the time being. But the princess of Yun'an has already gone to the country of Wu and returned to her hometown."
"Li Chenan is really the son of Princess Yun'an?"
Hua Manting nodded, "This can't be wrong."
Mei Fangxi picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, "That's great!"
It would be great!
This sentence contains many meanings.
For example, the real reason why the emperor ordered everyone to be executed when he got into the carriage and waited in the mansion will be revealed to the world!
For example, the reason for the death of Queen Lu, and whether the eldest son of the emperor was Xiao Wu, etc.
These dusty past may one day be revealed.
Of course, Princess Yun'an and his wife have remained anonymous for so many years. Since Hua Manting dares to entrust Li Chenan's life and death to her, this means that they have more power than Hua Manting!
Wen Boyu and Mei Fangxi both knew Hua Manting very well. If he didn't trust Princess Yun'an, he would definitely not come back even if the sky of Ning State fell.
"You have to come back...do you know whose hands the female sword fell into?"
Wen Zhuiyu poured the wine and asked again.
Hua Manting nodded.
"who is it?"
Hua Manting stood up and stood under the peach tree in the yard.
He held the wine glass in one hand and touched the peach tree with the other.
There are two or three peach blossoms blooming on the peach trees.
It was a little hazy under the light, just like Fan Taohua standing under the moonlight and stars.
"I wrongly blamed Fan Taohua!"
"Now I understand why Fan Taohua didn't see Li Chenan for a long time when he entered Kyoto!"
Wen Boyu frowned slightly. He looked at Hua Manting's somewhat lonely back and asked, "Why?"
"She is hesitating, hesitating, she has not made up her mind!"
Hua Manting turned around, leaned her back against the peach tree, and said again:
"In March of the year before last, I went to Guangling City and had a long talk with Wu Xichen."
"Wu Xichen said that Li Chenan is very likely to master the Fu Er Zhou Tian Jue... because this kid has a high level of understanding and a firm mind."
"Of course, it's only very possible."
"I stayed in Guangling City for more than a month, not just to get to know Li Chenan, but because Princess Yun'an came to Guangling City."
"That was March 20th, the 23rd year of Zhaohua."
"Fan Taohua has also returned to Guangling City!"
"We cooked and drank on a boat in Huaping Lake for three days and three nights!"
"We have decided on something..."
