Did your mother leave you anything before she died?
Fu Xiaoguan was stunned, and followed Emperor Wen towards the old pine tree. After thinking about it, he found very little information about Xu Yunqing in his memory. Apart from leaving him a father, she didn't seem to have any other deep memories.
And even if his mother left him something, what does it have to do with him, the Emperor of the Wu Dynasty?
The two men sat down at the chess table, and a maid brought them tea and cakes.
"When my mother passed away, I was only... six years old. Ten years have already passed in the blink of an eye. As for material possessions, my mother really didn't leave me anything."
Emperor Wen was slightly disappointed. "Didn't she leave the jade pendant for you?"
"No, I do wear a jade pendant, but it was given to me by my fiancée, Yan Xiaolou, before she left... No, Your Majesty, why did my mother leave me a jade pendant? How do you know if she has that jade pendant or not?"
"In the 40th year of Taihe, the Yu Dynasty held the Mid-Autumn Lanting Poetry Gathering. I was still the Crown Prince at that time. That year, I went to the Yu Dynasty with Wen Xingzhou. It was at the Lanting Poetry Gathering that I met your mother..."
Emperor Wen seemed to be lost in memories of the scene at that time. His gaze fell on the depths of the sea of clouds. There was no longer the majesty of an emperor in his eyes, but beautiful memories of his first love.
"Xu Yunqing is the greatest pain in my heart in this life!"
"She is as beautiful as an orchid in a secluded valley, and her talent makes me admire her wholeheartedly."
"After the Mid-Autumn Poetry Festival, I should have returned to the Wu Dynasty, but I stayed because of Xu Yunqing and studied with her at the Jixia Academy."
"I am the Crown Prince of the Wu Dynasty. I have been to the palace of the Yu Dynasty and met with the late Emperor of the Yu Dynasty. I expressed my love for Xu Yunqing to him and wanted to ask him to act as a matchmaker and propose marriage to the Xu family according to the etiquette of the Yu Dynasty."
"I stayed in the academy for half a year, and that six months was the best time of my life."
"Yunqing didn't know I was the Crown Prince of the Wu Dynasty. We fell in love, and our memories were left in the mountains of books and the sea of learning at the Jixia Academy, as well as in the Pear Garden on Qingyou Island. Your mother said that the Pear Garden was beautiful, and every March when the pear blossoms bloomed, it was like a layer of snow falling on Qingyou Island. Unfortunately, I went there in August, but I did eat a lot of pears."
He suddenly turned to look at Fu Xiaoguan and said seriously, "Remember, a pear cannot be divided and eaten!"
"In the morning, we watched the sunrise fill the sky, and in the evening, we watched the sunset dye Weiyang Lake red."
"I thought she was my Crown Princess. I thought everything was settled, but I didn't expect Yun Qing's father to reject my proposal after learning that I was the Crown Prince of the Wu Dynasty."
"I personally visited him, but he refused to let me in. Yunqing was also confined to his house. I wandered around Jinling City for several days, but was ultimately not allowed to enter."
Fu Xiaoguan had already opened his mouth wide. This is not right!
He had heard from the Empress Dowager of the Yu Dynasty that Emperor Wen had indeed come to Jinling during the Mid-Autumn Festival of the 40th year of Taihe, and had indeed studied at the Jixia Academy for half a year.
But she didn't say that Emperor Wen was actually in love with her mother Xu Yunqing!
Of course, the old empress dowager also said this: She said she wanted Emperor Xuan to marry Xu Yunqing, but the late emperor did not agree. So it seems that Emperor Wen had already expressed his feelings to the late emperor at that time, which led to Emperor Xuan losing the opportunity to marry Xu Yunqing.
If there is nothing wrong with what Emperor Wen said, it also means that Xu Yunqing did not take a fancy to Emperor Xuan at that time, and of course, he did not take a fancy to the talented people of the Yu Dynasty such as Yan Shidao and Dong Kangping.
What role did that father...that fat man play in this?
Could it be that he got lucky?
"I gave your mother a jade pendant. It was different from other jade pendants. It was made of blood jade, a material only found in the Wu Dynasty. It had my name and your mother's name on it, so it was the only jade pendant in the world."
“I’ve never seen it.”
Emperor Wen heaved a long sigh, "Since you've never seen her, it means she never forgave me until her death!"
"Didn't Xu Shaoguang reject your proposal?"
"He did reject my proposal, but I once told Yunqing, I said... give me a year, and I will definitely come back to Jinling to marry you."
"Then what about my dad?"
Emperor Wen gave a bitter smile, but hesitated to speak.
"Do you know why I rescinded that order?"
Fu Xiaoguan shook his head.
"Because Mr. Fu came to Guanyun City three days ago, and we chatted for a long time here."
Then what?
What does this have to do with that decree?
"Princess Taiping must not marry you until the matter is clarified!"
"I haven't thought about marrying her either. Wait, you said earlier that you would definitely go to Jinling to marry Xu Yunqing. So, you broke your promise?"
Fu Xiaoguan found this kind of gossip very interesting.
He was not the original Fu Xiaoguan. Although he respected Xu Yunqing, he also wanted to know what had happened in the past.
Emperor Wen closed his eyes and after a long while, he said, "I was delayed by a year and a half because of the internal strife of the Wu Dynasty!"
"I went to Jinling again in the autumn of the 42nd year of the Taihe era of the Yu Dynasty. During this time, I wrote many letters to Yunqing, but never received a reply from her. When I returned to Jinling and she met me, I realized that she had never received those letters."
Fu Xiaoguan briefly recalled the monument in front of Xu Yunqing's tomb.
According to the time on the inscription, Fu Daguan met Xu Yunqing in the 41st year of Taihe, which was the second year after Emperor Wen returned to the Wu Dynasty... Did this fat guy take advantage of the opportunity?
"I went to the Xu residence again. This time, Yunqing's father let me in, but he still didn't agree to my proposal."
Fu Xiaoguan asked curiously, "Why doesn't he agree?"
"Because I am from the Wu Dynasty, and more importantly, because I am the future emperor!"
So Emperor Wen failed to marry Xu Yunqing, and Xu Yunqing married the fat man Fu Daguan in a fit of anger?
In this way, Mrs. Hu from Hongxiuzhao was right about at least one thing. She said that Yunqing never liked Mr. Fu from the beginning to the end!
This father's life is also tragic. He married such a beauty but failed to win her heart. It's really pitiful!
"So, this is the end of the story?"
Emperor Wen was very disappointed, as the story did not end like this.
"When your reputation spread to the Wu Dynasty, I asked someone to investigate all your information. I learned that you are Yun Qing's son. I... am overwhelmed with mixed emotions."
"If only you were born in the Wu Dynasty, I would have granted you a first-rank official position. Of course, even if you were from the Yu Dynasty, I promise you that what happened last night will never happen again."
It seems that Emperor Wen was a man who valued friendship and loyalty.
As the emperor of the Wu Dynasty, since he has personally made a promise to Fu Xiaoguan, no one in Guanyun City will dare to provoke Fu Xiaoguan again.
This is an unexpected thigh.
He was about to express his gratitude when Emperor Wen added, "The Fourth Prince of the Yu Dynasty sees you as a thorn in their side. Why don't you stay in the Wu Dynasty? You'd be in great danger in the Yu Dynasty, and I can't help you. Is that a good idea?"
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