Ning Chuchu has not been asleep all night.

Of course, everyone in Yunjiye, even Xiao Baozi, who had to sleep even if he couldn't stop thunder, was not asleep.

Ning Chuchu is in a wing room on the east side.

Sitting opposite her was Huaipingshan, who had been simply bandaged by Xiao Wu and had been deprived of martial arts!

This is her biological grandfather!

The old man who used to be in Duke Huai's mansion is even older now.

But the look in his old eyes was not completely desperate.

"Grandpa is old."

"Actually, I should have died long ago."

"I just can't let go of you brother and sister, so I survived until now."

"You...you forgot what your grandfather said to you when you and the prince came to the Duke's mansion!"

"Grandpa asked you to maintain a calm relationship with Li Chenan... but you just trapped yourself."

"Grandpa originally hoped to have a good conversation with Mrs. Fan. I thought that facing the current situation, I would like to ask Mrs. Fan to take charge of the overall situation and help your brother as the emperor. "

"But what my grandfather didn't expect was... she disagreed."

"What can she do if she doesn't agree with her grandfather? It's not easy for the prince to be in the Eastern Palace for so many years. He finally has to make it happen, but Fan Taohua still hopes to welcome the eldest son to return to the throne."

"Grandpa would not lose, because when Fan Taohua fought in Huaishan County, she met Xi Wei, who had already entered the grandmaster!"

"The two of them have similar skills, but Xi Wei has the help of the Red Flame Army, while Fan Taohua's Shenwu Army was sent to the palace by her."

"So Fan Taohua was defeated, and Xi Wei could have killed her, but in the end she let her go."

"Grandpa thought Fan Taohua needed the power from her grandfather to deal with Xi Wei, but she would rather die than surrender."

"She is still the same Fan Taohua."

"And my grandfather never expected to lose to Li Chenan... Before he lost all the money, your two uncles probably have led their troops into the city."

Ning Chuchu shed two lines of tears for her grandfather’s current situation, and for her grandfather’s so many things she has done for her brother and herself over the years.

However, she did not care whether her brother could be the emperor, but asked:

"Is the death of Queen Lu really the mother's death?"

Huaipingshan had no answer.

"Who is Li Chenan?"

Huaipingshan still had no answer.

"Who is that Miss Xiao?"

Huai Pingshan suddenly smiled: "These are actually not important, do you really want to know?"

"Yes!" Ning Chuchu nodded.

"Come here."

Ning Chuchu walked over and bent down.

Huaipingshan whispered: "If the prince cannot ascend the throne to the emperor, tell him to let him go to the ancestral place of Huai's family... where your uncle is."

After saying this, Huai Pingshan pulled out the sword from Ning Chuchu's waist.

He penetrated his chest with a sword, and in Ning Chuchu's shocked eyes, he smiled slightly:

"Tell him not to lose weight... Just be fatter... People and animals are harmless, okay!"

Huai Pingshan's head drooped, and he was full of reluctance and regret.

...

...

No matter how long the night is, dawn will always come.

On October 17, 23rd year of Zhaohua, the autumn rain that had lasted for several days stopped and it was dawn.

Hua Manting closed an ancient book on the table and pounded her legs all night and felt very numb.

He stood up, opened the door with a creak, walked out the door, looked at the blue sky, and sniffed the fresh air after being washed by the autumn rain.

A new day is coming again.

The rain will eventually clear.

At this moment, a carrier pigeon flew over and landed on his shoulder.

A small note was tied to the legs of the pigeon.

He took it down and opened it to see...

He took a deep breath suddenly, held his breath before exhaling for a long time, and then looked up at the sky with his hands on his back, looking at him for a long time.

Su Muxin is behind him.

"Teacher, is it a matter of Kyoto?"

Hua Manting shook his head and walked towards the yard.

At this moment, Su Muxin suddenly found that the teacher's back was hunched.

He no longer walked straight as before.

He walked very slowly.

Even a little staggering!

As he went ahead, his back became more and more hunched, so he became a little old man.

Only then did Su Muxin remember that the teacher was actually very old.

Flowers came to a peach tree.

Of course, there are no flowers in this late autumn, and there are not even a single leaf.

It's bare.

Swaying slightly in the morning breeze of late autumn, it seems a little cold.

Hua Manting stretched out a hand, touched the peach tree, and whispered: "You guy..."

"You guys...!"

"Is it worth it?"

"Teacher, what happened?"

"Fan Taohua is dead."

"Shang Di is dead."

"Changsun Jinghong is also dead."

"And Wu Xichen, he died in Yue State."

"Ji Tai is dead, Huaipingshan is dead, Duke Yan, Duke Luo, Duke Cheng and Duke Qi... Even if he does not die, he will never have the glory of the past."

"These old guys are dead, and this world... belongs to young men like you."

Su Mu was shocked!

"Teacher... are all Xi Wei doing?"

Hua Manting pondered for a moment, "Some are, some are not... For example, Xi Wei didn't want Shang Di, Changsun Jinghong and Fan Taohua to die."

"For there is justice in their hearts, but the justice they hold on to is different, but they are all selfless."

"The real damn thing is the five major lords' mansions!"

“…Why?”

"The five major governments occupy the most profitable livelihoods in Ningguo, but they don't have to pay Ningguo a penny of taxes!"

"They are the biggest borers!"

"They enjoy supreme rights but fail to fulfill the obligations they should have done. This is... unfair!"

Su Muxin pursed her lips and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Teacher, who are you?"

Hua Manting turned around and looked at his disciple, with a smile on his sad face:

"The teacher is the teacher."

"A teacher, preaching, teaching, and solving doubts... is not limited to the knowledge in books, but occasionally pursues a strategy to save the country."

"That is what Li Chen'an said, carved on the stone tablet, establish a heart for the heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, and create peace for all generations."

"You... go outside the palace to see it. If you see Li Chen'an, bring him a word."

"good!"
To be continued...