Of course, Fu Xiaoguan didn't know that the fat old man was frantically buying land in Wu Dynasty.
He didn't even know how much money his fat father had.
The next morning, he got up early, washed up, and went straight to the palace with Xu Xinyan.
The matter of Yu Wenshu cannot be brought up in the Golden Palace. He needs to ask His Majesty's opinion in advance before His Majesty enters the Chengtian Palace.
After entering the palace, he went straight to the imperial study.
The door of the imperial study had not yet opened. He stood in front of the door, waiting patiently. His eyes fell on this huge palace, and he suddenly felt that such a place was too empty.
So what’s so good about being an emperor?
Every day I am entangled in worldly affairs, and even if I have some free time, I can only move around under the sky in the four corners within these high walls.
Want to get drunk at Sifanglou?
Want to go to the beautiful teahouse?
Want to travel around this huge country?
These have become luxuries. Even if one holds the power of a country, one does not know that this power is actually a cage.
But there are countless such things and people throughout the dynasties.
Once they get into this cage and their range of activities is limited to these high walls, have they ever thought about breaking free?
I don’t think I would think about it, because absolute power makes people absolutely intoxicated.
When the yellow robe was put on them, they were already lost.
The eldest prince Yu Wentian was lucky. He failed to break into this cage, but now he has been reborn on the eastern border and found the meaning of his existence.
The fourth prince, Yu Wenshu, was in a sad state. He tried to break in and struggled desperately, but was hit by the power on his head, which directly cut off his future path. At such a young age, he could no longer see the vast sky.
Will he be sentenced to death by His Majesty?
Fu Xiaoguan did not think about this problem, nor did he sympathize with Yu Wenshu. As he said to Yu Wenshu twice: If you do something wrong, you will have to pay a price!
He looked up at the gray sky. Last night, Yu Wenshu said that he would come to pick me up after the sun came out tomorrow... He wanted to see the sun again, and wanted to walk in the sun like a free man for the last time, but the day seemed a little gloomy.
So you can't see the sun whenever you want, and maybe he will spend his whole life missing the sunshine.
Emperor Xuan's sedan chair arrived at the Imperial Study, and Fu Xiaoguan hurried to greet him. Eunuch Jia looked at him thoughtfully, then turned and bowed to the sedan chair, saying, "Your Majesty, Earl Ding'an is waiting here."
“…Get off the sedan chair!”
Emperor Xuan got off the dragon chariot, Eunuch Jia opened the door of the imperial study, and the father-in-law and son-in-law walked in.
"Your Majesty, I report that Yu Wenshu was escorted back to Nanjing last night. It is already late, and I cannot trouble Your Majesty by coming. Therefore, I have placed Yu Wenshu with Hongxiuzhao. I am seeking to see Your Majesty today to inquire about your opinion."
Emperor Xuan was silent for a moment. "This evil son...what are his last wishes?"
"He asked me to pick him up later because he was very tired these days and wanted to sleep a little longer."
Emperor Xuan was stunned, obviously not expecting such a request in Yu Wenshu.
"He didn't ask you to come and beg me to forgive him?"
"Your Majesty, this... really doesn't exist."
Emperor Xuan was amused. "So he has some self-awareness and has saved some face for himself..." He took a deep breath and walked out of the imperial study with his hands behind his back. "Then let him get some sleep. At 9:00 PM, bring him to the imperial study to see me!"
Fu Xiaoguan bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, I obey your order!"
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The dragon chariot set off again towards Chengtian Palace. Fu Xiaoguan was silent for a moment, then walked out of the palace, got on the carriage, and said to Xu Xinyan, "Let's go to Sifang Tower."
“…So early?”
Fu Xiaoguan grinned and said, "Let's prepare it early and treat him to a round of drinks. That's about all I can do for him."
"good!"
Xu Xinyan drove the carriage straight to Sifanglou and knocked on the door. The shopkeeper rubbed his sleepy eyes and took a look... "Hey, Lord Ding'an, would you like to have breakfast?"
Fu Xiaoguan was delighted. "Prepare a table full of the best dishes. Remember, it must be a full table. I only give you one hour!"
The shopkeeper opened his mouth in shock for a moment, "I'll go get all the cooks right away!"
Fu Xiaoguan got on the carriage again and left. The shopkeeper stared at the blurry shadow in a daze, not knowing what big thing would happen, but knowing that something big would definitely happen.
Fu Xiaoguan went directly to Qinhuai River. Time was too tight, and Yu Wenshu couldn't think about sleeping any longer.
The sky gradually brightened, the green sky, green water, and green willows merged into one, and the pleasure boat waving with red sleeves was right on the shore, like a touch of red embellishing the whole.
There were many people guarding the pleasure boat. Fu Xiaoguan stepped directly onto the boat and, under the guidance of the soldier ant from last night, went to the second floor and knocked on Yu Wenshu's door.
"Is the sun out?"
"I'm afraid it's going to be a cloudy day today."
“…Oh, what a pity.”
Yu Wenshu took the bag handed to him by Fu Xiaoguan, turned around, went in to change his clothes, and after a quick wash, came out, "He wants to see me so early?"
Fu Xiaoguan smiled slightly and said, "No later than 9:00 p.m."
"It's only the morning of the 11th hour."
"I think Jinling is quite beautiful, so I took the initiative to show you around."
Yu Wenshu suddenly grinned and shook his head. "It would be so great if we were friends..." He took a deep breath and looked out the window. "To be honest, I'm much more familiar with Jinling than you, a small landlord by the river. But today, I really need you to take me to see it."
"Where do you want to go?"
"Lanting Collection."
"good."
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The carriage drove towards Lantingji.
In the carriage, Yu Wenshu lifted the curtain, his eyes fixed outside the window, as if he wanted to memorize this already familiar scene in his mind again.
"Come to think of it, I've rarely seen what Jinling City looks like this early in the morning... So this is what it looks like."
Jinling City has woken up from its dream, and most of the breakfast shops on the streets are open. There are shouts, cheers, adults scolding children, children crying, and so on.
Fu Xiaoguan smiled slightly and said, "Do you think it's vivid?"
"It was just a little noisy."
“But that’s life.”
“Yes, this is life.”
Yu Wenshu suddenly turned around and asked, "Will this delay your work?"
"No problem."
"That's good. I remember there's a breakfast shop up ahead called Mankouxiang. The steamed cakes there are pretty good. Want to try it?"
"Okay, let's go try it."
Xu Xinyan parked the carriage at the door of Mankouxiang, and Fu Xiaoguan and Yu Wenshu walked in.
He ordered a tray of steamed cakes, a tray of crystal buns, and a bowl of century egg and lean meat porridge.
Fu Xiaoguan ordered two dishes at random, and the two of them sat down and started eating.
"About three years ago... Chen Zuojun bought some for me to eat."
"You still remember this after all this time. It seems you really care about Chen Zuojun."
“…Not really.”
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