After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

Ningguo Kyoto.

Tai Academy backyard.

A lonely lamp, a pot of new tea, two people.

Zhong Lisu sat opposite Hua Manting, his face full of worry.

After he heard something said by Li Wenhan on Peach Blossom Mountain in Guangling City, he rushed to Kyoto without stopping and went to Dingguo Hou Mansion.

However, his father Zhong Lipo was not at the house.

No one knows where he went.

This made Zhong Lisu even more uneasy.

He came to Tai Academy and found Hua Manting.

He took a cup of tea from Hua Manting, but didn't take a sip.

"Are you... are you Xi Wei?"

Hua Manting smiled slightly, looked up at Zhong Lisu, and asked, "Why do you think I'm Xi Wei?"

"Because in March two years ago, my mother quietly went back to Guangling City. I heard that Princess Yun'an was also in Guangling City at that time, and you just happened to appear in Guangling City!"

Hua Manting picked up the teacup and blew it, "It doesn't matter if I'm scoffing or not,"

He raised his eyes to look at Zhong Lisu again, "Since you have come to the capital, I think Li Wenhan told you something."

"The old man wants to know, what is your attitude now?"

Zhong Lisu pondered for three breaths, he already understood the meaning of Hua Manting's words, and he also understood the meaning of Li Wenhan's cryptic words on Peach Blossom Mountain.

But there's still a lot he doesn't understand—

"Why would father do that?"

"It doesn't make sense at all!"

"The relationship between father and mother is well known in the world, and it can be called a legend..."

"Now the Dingguohou's Mansion is more stable than ever before. Even if Li Chenan is not the emperor and Xiao Wu is the emperor, he will definitely not be able to do anything to the Dingguohou's Mansion."

"And Dingguohou's Mansion itself does not have any dissenting intentions!"

"I just want to know, my father... why did he do these things?!"

Hua Manting pondered for three breaths, put down the tea cup and looked at Zhonglisu:
"Emotions are like peach blossoms. They are beautiful when they are in full bloom, but they are gradually disliked when they wither. When all the petals fall to the ground and only the bare branches are left...it no longer attracts attention. It was even hated."

"So there are very few unbreakable feelings, especially love!"

"But people all have desires."

"The size of the desire is usually determined by the position or identity."

"The Zhongli Mansion used to be able to establish the country, but now..."

"If a crown is suddenly placed in front of you... you can reach out and pick up the crown and put it on your head. From then on, you will have supreme power and status."

"Can you refuse such a temptation?"

"How many people can be sober in the world like your mother?"

Zhong Lisu was startled, he opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.

Looking at the world, what is the greatest power?
It's imperial power!
With imperial power, you have the world, and you have millions of subjects!
You can put your ideals into practice!
It can also easily satisfy all kinds of desires you need!

Why is there conflict in the world?

Isn't it just for the supreme power?

If this crown is really placed in front of him, can he remain indifferent?
It seems impossible!

No, definitely not!

In this world, there is only one exception.

He is Li Chenan!

At this moment when Hua Lao Daru asked this question, Zhonglisu had roughly understood it, but he still found it ridiculous:

"You mean... my father, he still wants to rebel and become emperor?"

"He is already 63 years old!"

"The Marquis of Dingguo's Mansion is also a transcendent existence in Ningguo!"

"President Wen also proposed to appoint my father as general last time, but he refused."

"How did he have the idea of ​​being an emperor?"

Hua Manting kept looking at Zhong Lisu.

He is now convinced that Zhongli Su really doesn't know the origin of Zhongli Mansion.

After Hua Manting slowly told Zhong Lisu about the cause and effect, Zhong Lisu seemed to have been struck by lightning.

He was beyond shocked.

He stared at Hua Manting with his eyes wide open in disbelief.

"……This is impossible!"

Hua Manting smiled slightly, "It's really impossible, but the authorities are obsessed!"

"Your mother tried hard to persuade your father, but what happened?"

"In the end, your father not only didn't look back, but..." "Hey..." Hua Manting sighed, "It's too late for this old man, otherwise, why would your mother die so unwillingly!"

Zhong Lisu's mind was in a mess.

He didn't believe that Zhongli Mansion was a descendant of that Dali Empire.

This is simply ridiculous!

He also couldn't believe that his father would kill his mother!

Nearly 40 years have passed since I can remember things, and there has never been a single quarrel between father and mother.

How could the father do this?

"This is impossible!"

"Why not?"

"..." Zhong Lisu choked, and then Hua Manting said again:
"In all dynasties, in order to become emperor, father and son killed each other, is it rare for brothers to turn against each other?"

"Not uncommon!"

"No matter how loving a couple is, it's hard to resist the temptation from the outside."

"Actually, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. Since you are here, the old man still asks you, how do you choose?"

Zhong Lisu picked up the teacup and took a big sip.

He stood up, and suddenly laughed: "It's been a thousand years, what kind of nonsense is there for the descendants of the royal family of the Dali Empire!"

"I have been in Guangling City for a long time, and I am used to this kind of life now."

"I only hope that Li Chen'an can cure my daughter's illness, and that they can be friends for a hundred years..."

"If Li Chen'an becomes the emperor of Ningguo, that's naturally the best. But if he doesn't want to, I won't object."

"As for what you said about my father..."

Zhong Lisu raised his head and looked at the peach tree beside the yard.

In this gentle night wind, a peach blossom fell.

By the time I return to the Peach Blossom Villa in Guangling City, I am afraid that all the peach blossoms in the garden have withered.

"When a flower wants to fall, let it fall."

"I just hope that no bad fruit will come out!"

"Dingguohou's Mansion... Since he is no longer Dingguohou's Mansion, Wen Shoufu can definitely ban it."

"But Zhongli Mansion, I still hope it can exist and last forever."

Hua Manting also stood up.

He also went to the peach tree and picked up the fallen peach blossoms.

"It depends on whether Li Chenan can return safely!"

Zhong Lishu's body froze, he understood the meaning of Hua Manting's words——

If Li Chen'an died on Wangqing Terrace.

If the father is really in Wangqingtai.

Father is the culprit!

The crime of killing the regent cannot be justified by banning a Dingguohou's mansion, and Zhongli's mansion must be implicated by it.

Zhong Lisu turned around, looked at Hua Manting, pondered for a moment, and said, "Aren't you worried about chaos in Shuzhou?"

Hua Manting grinned: "If Li Chenan dies, many people will be sad, including me!"

"If he is dead, it doesn't matter whether Ning Guocun exists or not. Do you think there are still people who care about the chaos in Shu Prefecture?"

Zhong Lisu withdrew his gaze, and walked up after a while, his voice was very lonely in the night wind:

"I see."

Hua Manting looked at Zhong Lisu's lonely back and sighed.

He looked at the peach tree again.

One of his hands landed on the trunk of the peach tree, and he murmured:
"When that peach blossom falls, it means that spring is coming to an end..."

"Yang Sixian!"

The door of the hut creaked open.

An old man with a broken arm came out.

"Hua Lao, what are your orders?"

"Help me send a letter to Su Muxin!"

"Also...go invite Cheng Jingting to have a cup of tea, his granddaughter Cheng Yiren is beside Zhongli Qiuyang...Guangling Navy, don't mess up!"

Yang Sixian bowed and asked:
"Hua Lao... the Regent... What should I do if there is a real danger?"

Hua Manting pondered for three breaths: "Princess Yun'an will go crazy, and the world will be in chaos!"

"Wen Zhuyu sent a letter to Emperor Wu."

"Emperor Wu is not a fool. Since he regained the imperial power, he should know how to do something." (End of this chapter)