After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

The full moon is in the sky.

Bailu Academy, located in the northern suburb of Dongxu City, looked extremely deserted under the moonlight.

There is a lantern hanging on the not-so-tall archway.

solitary.

Even the four big characters of Bailu Academy on the archway are not fully illuminated.

It was even darker in the huge academy, only a small courtyard in the corner was still lit with a lantern at the moment.

The lantern was hung on an old pagoda tree.

There was a low stone table under the tree, and there were two old people sitting in front of the table. There was a jar of wine and three dishes on the table.

Hua Manting was wearing a blue sackcloth and sitting across from Old Master Qiu Chenqiu.

He picked up the wine jar and slapped open the mud seal, poured two bowls of wine and passed one over.

"After thinking about it for 40 years, watching it for 40 years, have you figured it out? Have you read it?"

Qiu Chen took the wine bowl and took a big sip, then answered the question: "Good wine!"

"It's not Liquan, what's the name of this wine?"

Hua Manting grinned: "Hua Ping Chun!"

Qiu Chen was slightly taken aback, "Is it named Huaping Lake in Guangling City?"

"Exactly!"

"So, this wine is also brewed by Li Chenan?"

Hua Manting raised his eyebrows, and crossed his legs to make himself more comfortable: "It seems that you have really kept your ears shut all these years."

Qiu Chen took another sip, "You're not entirely right, at least the old man still remembers Huaping Lake, and he also knows about Li Chen'an."

Hua Manting raised his eyes: "Do you know all of his poems?"

"I know, although there is no student in this White Deer Academy, the old man still has a book boy. Shi Xian's poems are so famous, my book boy admires him so much that he writes and reads every day, old man Naturally I will know."

Hua Manting pondered for three breaths, "Then what do you think of his poems and essays?"

Qiu Chen stroked his long beard and nodded slightly: "Naturally it's excellent, it can indeed be called a poet fairy, especially that piece "The Charcoal Seller"."

Hua Manting picked up the wine bowl with one stroke, and the two took a sip at each other.

"He still has an identity, the regent of Ningguo, how much do you know about his ability to govern the country?"

Qiu Chen put down the wine bowl and shook his head:

"I don't know at all, and I don't want to know. After all, he has passed away. Knowing it will only increase troubles."

After saying this, Qiu Chen said again:
"You came from Ningguo just to persuade me to leave this White Deer Academy?"

Hua Manting nodded: "I'm worried that no one will know if you die here."

Qiu Chen grinned and said indifferently: "Where is the bone not buried? I think it would be good to die here."

Hua Manting was noncommittal:
"There are not many people I admire in my life, and you Qiu Chen is one of them."

He slowly stood up and looked up at the moon, "Over 40 years ago, you came to Ningguo from Yueguo. I remember we met for the first time by the Huaping Lake in Guangling City."

"You stayed in Ning country for about a year, and I stayed with you for about a year, and then...you came to Wu country."

"You stayed in Wu country again."

"I still remember that I came to Wu to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival three times, and I came in second three times!"

Hua Manting turned around and looked at Qiu Chen, "You have won the first place three times!"

"The Eldest Princess Wu Wen loves you with all her heart, and you also have a deep love for Wu Wen... This should be a good story in the world, but the Ji Shufang found out your identity as the Privy Council of the Yue Kingdom!"

"Of course Emperor Wu can't let the eldest princess marry a spy chief of the Yue Kingdom. He didn't kill you. This should be the eldest princess' request for you."

Qiu Chen looked up at Hua Manting, and the corner of his mouth curled up: "It seems that you still put your heart into me."

"Since you know that I am a member of the Privy Council of Yue State, how dare you invite me to Ning State?"

Hua Manting shook his head: "I am not inviting you to Ningguo."

"Then what the hell are you thinking?"

Hua Manting returned to the table, sat down, leaned over, and said with a smile, "Look at what you said."

"When I came to Wu, I did have some things to do. I didn't stop by to see you. It was one of my original plans."

Qiu Chen turned his head away, and laughed at himself: "I'm a lonely old man, what's there to see?"

"Don't say it, you old man still looks a little bit tasteful."

"Get down to business," Hua Manting lowered his voice, and his expression became serious.

Qiu Chen looked at Hua Manting again, "What else is there to do?"

"Listen to me to tell a story about the past."

"In the spring of 20 years ago, you went to the Jianjian Building!"

When Qiu Chen heard this, his heart was shocked, his old eyes fixed on Hua Manting, "What else do you know?"

Hua Manting grinned: "Don't be nervous, with our friendship for so many years, of course I won't tell this matter."

"In the spring of that year, Wu Xichen did not return to Xijian Tower for a long time. His younger brother Wu Ximiao officially took over as the owner of Xijian Tower, and Wu Wen, the owner of Tianyin Pavilion, also went to Xijian Tower!"

Qiu Chen's eyes were narrowed, and his hands were quietly placed under the table.

Under the table, there is a sword hidden!

Hua Manting didn't seem to know it, he whispered again:

"In the spring of that year, Lu Chuqi, the owner of Ningguo's Mushan Sword, and Dongfanghong, the head of Songshan Sword Academy, went to Xijianlou. Of course they went to congratulate Wu Ximiao, but no one expected that you would I went secretly."

"It's nothing if you go."

"Because you didn't go to Jianshan Mountain where Xijian Tower is located, but a valley under Jianshan Mountain, so no one actually knows that you have been there, except the eldest princess Wu Wen!"

"You stayed in that deep valley for a few days, and then went back separately. The eldest princess found out that she was pregnant when she returned to the sky!"

Qiu Chen's gaze became colder and colder, but Hua Manting's face remained calm.

"It's nothing to be ashamed of!"

"No one should have known about this, but Wu Wen started to retreat after returning to Tianshan. She gave birth to a baby boy. When the baby boy was only ten months old, Wu Wen took the baby down to the sky... "

"She was too eager to share this joy with you."

"It should be here. Your family was reunited for a few days, but Emperor Wu knew about it."

"You were thrown into prison. Wu Wen took that child to the Jianjian Building, but was ambushed before reaching the Jianjian Tower. Wu Wen was seriously injured. Your child...was ordered to be executed by Emperor Wu of course!"

"If Wu Wen didn't force you to die, you wouldn't be alive now!"

Qiu Chen took a deep breath, "I don't want to hear you say this!"

"No, what I want to tell you is that your and Wu Wen's child is not dead!"

Qiu Chen's eyes widened suddenly, his old eyes were full of disbelief!
Because the ambush was led by the great master Mo Wangchen himself with the masters of Jishufang!

Even Wu Wen was seriously injured, and there was absolutely no chance of the child surviving.

But Hua Manting actually said that the child was not dead...

Qiu Chen's body was trembling, "He, is he still alive?"

"Well, alive and kicking."

"He, where is he?"

"In Ningguo, I studied under Lu Chuqi."

"...what's his name now?"

"His name is Amu!"

"Who saved him?"

Hua Manting picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp, raised his eyes, and said two words:
"Xi Wei!" (End of this chapter)