The two people fighting were none other than General Yu Chunqiu of the Southern Frontier Army and his only wife, Peng Yuyan!
The two men took the hot towels, wiped their faces, and sat down at the coffee table. After the maids left, Yu Chunqiu stroked his short beard and asked with a frown, "The eldest prince has gone east, and the fifth prince has no intention of becoming the crown prince. Does that leave only the fourth prince?"
This seemed like nonsense, but Peng Yuyan smiled slightly: "Noble Concubine Shang is now the queen."
"Madam, what do you mean...?"
"The world is unpredictable. Who knows what Queen Shang is thinking?"
As she spoke, she raised her head. There was a dark scar on her forehead that even her bangs could not cover it. Her eyes were not big, but very bright.
She looked at Yu Chunqiu and continued, "Think about it, if the Fourth Prince really became the Crown Prince, shouldn't Concubine An's status be elevated? But why did His Majesty appoint Concubine Shang as Empress after the Queen Mother passed away?"
"Since the Crown Prince hasn't been appointed yet, and since there's no Empress in the Imperial Concubine's harem, why doesn't Your Majesty wait until a Crown Prince is appointed before canonizing his mother as Empress?"
"Also, regarding what the eldest prince did in the imperial mausoleum, I still stand by my opinion. He really did it, but because of Your Majesty's mercy, this statement has been made."
"The eldest prince has no chance of becoming the crown prince, but what about the fifth prince? With Empress Shang holding him back in the harem, even if Noble Concubine An has the Xue family's support, with Empress Shang's tactics, I'm afraid she won't be able to make any waves."
Yu Chunqiu listened carefully, thought for a moment, and then asked, "According to your opinion, the two letters from the Fourth Prince and the Sixth Prince...?"
"I burned it! I even killed the two people who delivered the letter!"
Yu Chunqiu was startled, but Peng Yuyan laughed: "My husband, that Fu Xiaoguan is not an easy person to deal with."
"Think carefully about Fu Xiaoguan's rise to power. It may seem absurd, and there may even be many coincidences involved, but that's not the case."
"Others think he's a pawn in His Majesty's hands, but in my eyes, he's a knife in His Majesty's hand! He struck down Prince Hui with one blow, and then he struck down the Fei and Shi clans with another. On the surface, it seems the Fei and Shi clans are fish His Majesty is using the eldest prince as bait, but that's not the case."
"One of the reasons I believe the First Prince is serious about the matter of the Imperial Mausoleum is that Yan Beixi pushed for the First Prince to go east. The First Prince wants to go east, but not now. He must obtain the crown prince position before leaving Shangjing, but His Majesty has no intention of appointing a crown prince. He understands that after leaving Shangjing, he will lose control of the situation there, so he can only rebel!"
"The Fei and Shi clans were forced into this. They were forced by Official Fu to stand by the Crown Prince's side. Old Man Shi and Old Man Fei were both intelligent men, but Official Fu dealt them a blow. It wasn't fatal, but it made them impetuous and lost their composure. Coupled with the Crown Prince's originally thought-about foolproof plan, they made a mistake and ended up in their current situation."
Peng Yuyan paused, looked at Yu Chunqiu seriously, and said, "My husband, killing Fu Xiaoguan is not difficult. The difficult part is that after killing him, we will have no choice but to go into exile. Xiping is still in the capital. That is the restriction imposed by His Majesty on you. You have to believe me on this matter. I am afraid that in His Majesty's heart, Fu Xiaoguan's importance exceeds that of our General's Mansion!"
Yu Chunqiu couldn't believe it, thinking that he was a royal relative after all, and that Fu Xiaoguan was just a small landlord. Besides, he was different from Prince Hui. He was shouldering the heavy responsibility of guarding the south, and the weight of his responsibility was beyond the reach of a scholar!
"I knew you didn't believe it. Think again about the rumors about the Ninth Princess and Fu Xiaoguan. If they were false, why would the Ninth Princess go to the Wu Dynasty with Fu Xiaoguan?"
"In that case, he can only be a prince consort, but it is said that his relationship with Dong Shulan is almost settled."
"You're wrong again. Rules can be changed, just like Prince Hui stayed in Shangjing."
"So... I have to pay a visit to Her Royal Highness the Ninth Princess?"
"No, I'm more interested in Fu Xiaoguan!"
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The drizzling spring rain moistened the green of the Cangxi Plain.
The convoy arrived at Cangxi Post Station at 3:00 p.m. It was still early, but they couldn't go any further. The next stop would be a hundred miles away, and that place was called Border Town!
Yu Wenjun and Dong Shulan were standing in the drizzle holding colorful paper umbrellas. Fu Xiaoguan did not hold an umbrella. He looked at the vast green fields before him and the southern border army camp vaguely visible in the distance. He thought that this place was suitable for a large-scale battle, but it was not a good place for defense.
Yu Wenyun and Dong Shulan walked towards the meadow, very happy, as happy as birds out of a cage.
There were many wild flowers blooming in the meadow, and they were washed extremely beautifully by the spring rain.
Those students seemed to be obsessed with Fu Xiaoguan's question. Faced with this situation, no one was interested in writing a poem.
They were actually very smart. They understood Fu Xiaoguan's current identity and also understood that if their answer to that question could satisfy Fu Xiaoguan and make him remember their names, then their future would be promising.
Fu Xiaoguan is not only the Imperial Counselor and the Grand Secretary of the Secretariat, he is also a visiting professor at the Jixia Academy!
Fu Xiaoguan himself did not seem to realize this. At this moment, he just felt that the drizzle on his face was very comfortable, and the fresh air with a faint scent of grass and soil was very pleasant to smell.
Of course, there were also two girls holding two colorful paper umbrellas and admiring the wild flowers on the meadow in front, which made him feel even more comfortable.
It’s been a whole year since I came into this world!
Very good, everything is fine.
After all, I have integrated into this world, and it seems that I have done some insignificant but far-reaching things.
None of these matters. What matters is that in this life, I finally have women I like and women who like me!
Spring rain brings new green and a new journey in life.
What does the future look like?
I hope it looks like what we see now.
They are happy, and I am happy too.
He walked towards the two women and found that they were squatting and watching an early spring butterfly resting among the flowers.
The butterfly flapped its wings and flew off to another cluster of flowers. The two girls immediately laughed and laughed. Dong Shulan said, "It's a pity that it hasn't emerged from its cocoon yet."
"What's so beautiful about a cocoon breaking out? I heard this butterfly was transformed from an insect... Shulan, how can an insect crawling on the ground turn into such a beautiful butterfly?"
Dong Shulan pouted and said, "How would I know? This is the mystery of everything in the world."
"As the ancients said, a butterfly emerges from its cocoon, reborn from the ashes. This is how beauty is achieved."
Fu Xiaoguan laughed when he heard it, and the two girls stood up suddenly in surprise. Dong Shulan rolled her eyes at him, and Yu Wenjun glared at him, as if she thought his words were a bit childish, and she couldn't help feeling embarrassed.
Fu Xiaoguan turned and left, leaving behind a sentence: "Outside the dust, the cicada sheds its skin, and the butterfly dreams of the land of water and clouds."
What's the meaning?
Dong Shulan and Yu Wenyun looked at each other, confused.
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