After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

Chapter 403
Royal study.

Li Chenan sat across from Nian Chengfeng and Wen Zhuyu's astonished eyes.

He directly ignored the countless questioning gazes from the two of them on his face, calmly took the fire folder and lit the tea stove:
"Don't ask, if you ask, I won't tell you that someone beat you!"

He raised his head, looked at Wen Zhuyu, and grinned: "You are Mr. Zhuyu?"

"Exactly... But, I guess you were beaten by a woman!"

Li Chenan raised his eyebrows, "It's not hard to guess!"

"Why did that Miss Xiao beat you? Is this difficult to guess?"

"You really can't guess this!"

"Then stop guessing and talk about business."

"Last night, I also stayed up all night, chatting all night in that shabby place full of flowers, all about you."

"They also gave me a detailed account of your thoughts on governing the country. I agree with some of your views, such as emphasizing industry and commerce, punishing corrupt officials, breaking down trade barriers between regions, and so on."

"But I have a question."

Li Chenan raised his hand: "Please speak!"

"Everything depends on man's efforts, and success depends on people."

"People have different attitudes, and they are all different. When too many officials first leave the academy and become an official, they are full of enthusiasm for serving the country and the people."

"But after these people become officials, most of them will forget their original intentions within two or three years."

"They no longer care about the suffering of the people under their rule, but care about the preferences of their superiors."

"They began to take away the fat and anointing of the people, and seek greater official positions in order to please their superiors."

"This is not just the case in Ningguo, it is the case in the whole world, in the thousand years of history!"

"That's why there is a saying that the dynasty is only 300 years old."

"What I want to ask you is...what's the solution to this disadvantage?"

Li Chenan twisted a pinch of tea and put it into the teapot, pondered for a moment, raised his eyes, and said: "This is the first thing I need to do urgently!"

"What's the matter?"

"legislation!"

Wen Zhuyu frowned: "What method?"

"The supreme constitution above the imperial power!"

"..."

Sitting around the stove to make tea, Li Chen'an talked eloquently, his words completely overturned the cognition of the two of them, and they were stunned.

……

……

From dawn to dusk, the snow still showed no sign of stopping.

In the backyard of the Taiyuan Academy, Hua Manting is restless today.

Even though he stayed up all night last night, he didn't feel tired at all.

He walked back and forth in the room, without any plans for the future of the chess game in his mind.

At this time, there was no world in his heart.

Only the girl on the little donkey.

And those hands holding that girl!
Those hands are so natural!
That girl is also very natural!

Hua Manting bowed his head, raised his steps, walked out of the room, and stood in the heavy snow at dusk.

Back then, Xiao Mantou was here, also in the heavy snow in this cold winter, and it was natural.

Naturally brewed wine.

Naturally drink with yourself.

Leave naturally.

Then it happened naturally.

I was 45 that year.

She is 21.

Now Li Chen'an is seventeen, and that girl is twenty.

She is Xiao Mantou's daughter, and she is her own daughter.

In the past 20 years, Xiao Mantou has never been to the capital, and she has never even left Wanxi Zhai!

And I have never been to Wanxi Zhai, and I didn't even send anyone to have a look at Wanxi Zhai.

Just because his identity cannot be revealed.

Not to mention any danger to them.

Unexpectedly, 20 years later, her daughter came to Kyoto.

She is as beautiful as her mother.

It's just that her character seems to be more stubborn than her mother.

Now she obviously has a crush on Li Chen'an... Li Chen'an must be enthroned as emperor!

If he is the emperor, then his daughter must be the empress!
Hua Manting's eyes slowly narrowed, but Zhongli Ruoshui was in front of his daughter. Li Chen'an had a deep affection for Zhongli Ruoshui, and even refused to wear the crown because of Zhongli Ruoshui.

Then, Zhongli Ruoshui must die!
He raised his head and looked up at the sky.

Heavy snow fell on his face, at this moment, he made up his mind.

"Peach Blossom, I'm sorry!"

At this moment, the gate of the fence in the courtyard creaked open.

Hua Manting stared, and saw a girl in a blue cotton padded jacket swaying in on a small black donkey.

Xiao Baozi jumped off the donkey's back and stood in front of Hua Manting, the corner of his mouth curled up, "Appreciate the snow?"

Hua Manting's face, which was still as cold as ice just now, was now rippling like a spring breeze, "It's true, it's not."

Xiao Baozi tilted his slender neck, "Educated Confucians speak differently, and I, who come from the mountains, can't understand me."

Hua Manting smiled kindly:
"It's cold outside, sit inside!"

"it is good!"

Xiao Baozi looked at the simple courtyard, followed Hua Manting into the cabin, sat in front of Hua Manting, and said:

"I heard that you and Chen'an are Wangnian friends. You and Chen'an are called brothers, so let's not be too estranged. I will call you brother too, how about it?"

Hua Manting's hand holding the teapot suddenly stopped in the air.

"……it is good."

"Brother," Baozi Xiao leaned over, "I was supposed to come to you a long time ago, but later... I had some conflicts in my heart, so I couldn't make up my mind, so I came a little later."

Hua Manting put the teapot on the stove and asked, "What's the matter?"

"That's right, I didn't come to Kyoto to find my biological parents."

"It was my disciples from Wanxizhai who wrote to say that they found a good employer, that is your brother Li Chen'an."

"So I decided to go out to the mountains and take a look. See what Li Chen'an is like. Don't fool my disciples."

"I met him at Shilipo, and we went to Shuangjiao Mountain for a walk together. After this walk, we came to Kyoto."

"Yan Jidao said that my master Xiao Mantou was also a legendary existence in the capital... I now roughly understand what he meant... He said that if he wants to know the story of the master, he will come to you."

"Brother, I don't really care about mother's story, I just wonder, do you know Xi Wei?"

"After all, the matter between her and Xi Wei should be very secret. If you know their story, you should know Xi Wei!"

Hua Manting pondered for three breaths and nodded.

Baozi Xiao asked again: "Is he... really a bad guy?"

In any case, it was his father after all.

After all, Baozi Xiao came here to find Hua Manting, and she expected to know what kind of person the real Xi Wei is from Hua Manting's mouth.

Hua Manting rubbed his hands, hesitated for five breaths, "Xi Wei...is not a good person."

Xiao Baozi's heart sank, and a look of disappointment appeared on his face.

Not a good guy, of course a bad guy.

"You are an adult, but as a father, he has never cared about your mother and daughter. From this point of view, he is not a good person."

"But I'm afraid you don't know his difficulties..."

The corner of Xiao Baozi's mouth twitched: "Why?"

"People live in this world to suffer. Brother, you don't need to whitewash him. I have heard a lot about him these days, but I didn't pay attention to it in the past."

"Okay, let's come and see you and find out what kind of person he is, that's enough."

Xiao Baozi stood up, Hua Manting immediately raised his head, his face was very nervous: "No, Xi Wei is not a bad person either!"

Baozi Xiao shrugged, and walked towards the door.

Hua Manting quickly stood up, and said again: "He is for Ningguo!"

Xiao Baozi turned his head, "In the name of righteousness?"

"Which is more important, the country or the family?"

"Li Chen'an is different!"

"When he was in Huaishan County, Li Chen'an said that if he couldn't even save Zhongli Ruoshui, how could he save the world!"

"This is the responsibility!"

"Xi Wei doesn't even dare to recognize his own wife and daughter. You say he is for Ningguo...do you believe it?"

Xiao Baozi walked out of this door.

"Brother, I guess you were also deceived by Xi Wei, but fortunately, you have nothing to lose, it's just that my mother's life is not worth living."

She walked into the heavy snow, and Hua Manting followed.

"girl……"

Xiao Baozi turned his back to him and waved: "The snow is too heavy, so I won't give it away."

"Brother, Chen An and I will come to see you some other day!"

"Or you can go to Plum Garden if you have time."

"I have to hurry back, don't let that fellow Wang Zhenghaoxuan eat the essence of dog meat!"

(End of this chapter)