After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

Chapter 406
Yihong Building.

In the elegant small building by the Yudai River.

Shen Qiaodie, who has lived here for a month, was stunned after hearing Liang Manman's words!

"Sister, you said...he has left the capital?"

"Well, this news is from Xiao Wan, so I can't think of it wrong."

Shen Qiaodie's eyes were wide open. When she entered the capital, she was picked up by Wen Xiaowan and met the third prince here.

His Royal Highness the Third Prince said that if Brother Elder Emperor can change his mind, would you still be willing to rekindle the old relationship with him?

At that time, I was very happy to reply to the third prince: If His Highness can make it happen, the little girl will never forget His Highness's kindness!
These two months passed in a blink of an eye, and we waited for the news of his return from Shuangjiao Mountain to suppress bandits, and also waited for the changes in the capital.

But he didn't ascend the throne as emperor... This made her a little disappointed.

Then I heard that he became the regent of Ningguo!

There is no emperor in Ningguo!

Then his regent is actually the emperor!

This made her happy again.

So, she looked forward to this joy, she sat by the window every day and looked at the gurgling Yudai River outside the building, thinking that one day he would come here.

Thinking that he can get back together with himself.

Even if she can't be his queen, it would be great to be his concubine.

However, those trees by the Yudai River lost their leaves and became bare.

Snow came again, whitening those trees and freezing the Yudai River, but he kept coming.

Thought he was busy.

I heard he was really busy.

I still have a bit of expectation in my heart, I'm afraid he should come when he's done with his work.

But now...he has left the capital!
He must have gone to find Zhongli Ruoshui!
Shen Qiaodie closed her eyes, raised her head slightly, and took a deep breath. Only then did she realize that it was wishful thinking. Only now did she realize that since the moment the marriage certificate was bought back from Li Chenan at a price of 100 taels... In fact, There is no relationship between the two of them.

Perhaps that incident broke his heart.

Maybe Zhongli Ruoshui is too dazzling!
She thought of her father who was still lying on the bed in Guangling City, waiting for the news, and thought of Shen's mansion, which was once very beautiful in Guangling City, but now it is in decline.

She suddenly laughed at herself, realizing the innocence in her heart, and the absurdity of that fantasy——

He never thought of reuniting with himself!
He lied to himself!
Treat yourself like a clown!
I am afraid that I am like a humble speck of dust in his heart...not even a speck of dust!
I'm afraid he has forgotten that girl named Shen Qiaodie!

You are ruthless.

I am innocent!

Shen Qiaodie opened her eyes, looked at the white snow in the sun outside the window, and said:
"Thank you sister for taking care of me these days. Since he is gone, I should go too."

Liang Manman looked at her, and asked after five breaths: "Where are you going?"

"The world is so big, there is always a place for me, Shen Qiaodie."

"Since that's the case, you can go... This is a gift from the third prince, and the other third prince asked me to tell you something."

"What?"

"The past is like a cloud of smoke. Forget what should be forgotten!"

Shen Qiaodie got up, packed her bags, and after a long time replied to Liang Manman: "Okay!"

She took her maid, Yan'er, out of Yihonglou and also in the capital.

Standing outside the south gate of Yujing City, she looked back at the tall city wall, the loneliness on her face had completely disappeared, and her expression became firm.

"go!"

"Miss, shall we go back to Guangling City?"

"Go back and have a look."

"Then over there in the Huo Mansion...?"

"No, Huo family. When I was in Guangling City, I thought the Huo family was already very great, but after I came to Kyoto, I realized that the Huo family is actually nothing!"

"You still want me to be Huo Shufan's concubine!"

Shen Qiaodie looked at the huge gate of the capital, raised her eyebrows, and said:

"A businessman is a businessman after all, that is, more money, better food and better clothes to live in."

"But they are like ants in the face of power."

"So this trip to Kyoto is not in vain, at least this lady knows the importance of power!"

"Let's go!"

"...Where are you going?"

Maybe it was the glare of the sun reflecting the snow, Shen Qiaodie narrowed his eyes:

"Go to the country of Yue and join a distant relative of my Shen family!"

"He is also a merchant, an imperial merchant from the Yue Kingdom... Let's go to the City of Four Winds, maybe we can reopen a door!"

The master and servant got up and walked without looking back at the bustling capital.

……

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The winter sun is extremely rare.

The city of Yujing in the sunshine has become lively again these days.

More than a month has passed since the change in Kyoto, and it has been buried in the dust by the people's oil, salt, firewood and rice.

Today's bustle is due to the approaching New Year's Eve, but what's more, it is a series of good news from the court.

The eldest son of the emperor who came from Guangling City, although he did not ascend the throne as the emperor, but as the regent, he brought a new atmosphere to the court of Ningguo.

Those reform measures have not been concealed, so they have already been circulated in Kyoto.

It's just that those actions are really unimaginable. Although the people in Kyoto are talking about it, they don't know what it means.

They only know one thing -

The regent wants to put the imperial power under the law!
This... this is simply heaven-shaking!
How could he do such a thing?
What is an emperor?
It's the Son of Heaven!
He is the son sent by God to rule the world!

The person sitting on that dragon chair should have the supreme right!
But now, the regent has come up with a "constitution", saying that the emperor's words and deeds must also abide by this constitution...

The eldest son of the emperor dared to treat God's son like this...

"Isn't this a mess?"

"The emperor's words are still discussed through the cabinet. Does this mean that if the cabinet fails to pass the discussion, the emperor's words will not count?"

"Of course!"

In a tea garden under the sun, many tea drinkers gathered together and talked about the grand meeting in the palace yesterday.

Qian Lao sat at the table, stroked his long beard, and said with a red face:
"Do you think this heaven-defying move is really incredible?"

"This old man tells you, this is the great wisdom of the regent king!"

"The regent said that absolute power will inevitably lead to absolute corruption! Just think about Ji Tai, he is a model of power that has lost its restraint and has become a great example of greed!"

"The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Department of the Imperial City jointly ransacked his house. You would never have imagined how much money that old man corrupted!"

Everyone poked their heads out and asked curiously, "How much?"

"Is it tens of thousands of taels?"

"Cut, you don't take Cheng as a high-ranking official! In his position, he has corrupted at least 10 taels of ink!"

"So much? How many lifetimes will it take us ordinary people to earn 10 taels of silver?"

Qian Guodong smiled slightly: "Look at your little knowledge, let me tell you, Ji Tai has been in power for more than ten years, and he was greedy for [-] million taels of silver!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was startled, only the sound of "Hiss...!" resounded in the tea garden.

"This is the corruption of unfettered power!"

"So the regent's move not only created a precedent in history, but also put a cage on all the officials in the court...including the emperor!"

"If the minister is corrupt, he must be judged by the Ministry of Punishment or the law of Dali Temple!"

"...Then what if the emperor made a mistake?"

"If the emperor makes a mistake, the regent will say that he is guilty of the same crime as the common people!"

The crowd was silent again, and after a while, someone asked cautiously: "Old Qian, you...how did you know?"

Qian Guodong picked up the teacup and blew it, "Because Nian Chengfeng, Zhongshu Ling Nian Chengfeng, who was entrusted with an important task by the regent, was a classmate and a colleague of this old man!"

At this moment, another voice came: "But recently there was a rumor in Beijing that...that Xi Wei had an illegitimate daughter with that who, Xiao Mantou, the former owner of Wanxi Zhai."

"It is said that Xi Wei's illegitimate daughter is in the capital, right next to the regent... Everything that Xi Wei has done, including framing Shang Chehou's mansion 20 years ago, and murdering Empress Lu, causing the whereabouts of the eldest son to be unknown, etc. , it’s all for the purpose of helping the Regent to take the throne today…”

"The regent will become Xi Wei's son-in-law, and the two of them, Weng and son-in-law, will share this country... Regent, he is not the eldest son of the emperor!"

"They, they teamed up to steal the country!"

When Qian Lao heard this, he frowned and his heart sank, "Where did this rumor come from?"

"The villain doesn't know, but there is indeed such a saying in the market, and there are still many people who say it. I'm afraid it will be known all over the city in a few days."

Suddenly there was a wind.

Qian Guodong suddenly felt a chill.

He stood up with a serious expression: "You guys, don't spread rumors!"

"The old man will enter the palace to meet Mr. Nian!"

(End of this chapter)