While Hua Manting was chatting with Su Yian in the courtyard behind Sanwei Bookstore, Wen Zhuiyu, who was living in Kyoto, also welcomed an old friend.

He is Yu Dingzhi, Minister of Rites of Wu State!

Yu Dingzhi's face was a little dark.

But in such a night, warm rain is pretending that it is not clear.

He happily welcomed Yu Dingzhi to the study room, cooked a pot of tea, leaned over, and looked at Yu Dingzhi's face carefully, making Yu Dingzhi's heart tighten:

"What? I have a flower on my face?"

Wen Zhuoyu grinned and said, "Old Yu, your face looks better than a flower!"

"Get out of here!"

Yu Dingzhi glared at Wen Zhuoyu fiercely, "I haven't seen you for many years? You are now a first-rank official in the cabinet, so why are you still so careless?!"

Laughing in warm rain.

"Old Yu, you are still so serious, boring, boring!"

"It's boring! Why don't you ask someone to prepare wine and good food?"

"Hahahaha..." Wen Zhuoyu laughed again, "Of course the wine and food are easy to say. We have just come back from the court and have not had enough food yet... wait for a moment."

Wen Zhuoyu got up, walked out of the study, gave a few instructions to the butler in the mansion and then turned around and walked back.

"I remember in Dongxu City back then... we were all in our early twenties at that time, and we were in our prime!"

The water in the pot was boiling, and the tea was boiled in warm rain and then said, "I still remember that winter, you, me, and Xia Liu, the boy from Xia Mansion, took Miao Qiuqin, the little girl from Miao family, to Xiangsiju on the banks of Xiangsi Lake, and had a meal of snow-carved deer antler!"

"That taste... tsk tsk tsk tsk, I dare say that the only snow dish stewed by Li Xiangsi from Xiangsiju in the whole Dongxu City is the most beautiful!"

“By the way,”

Wen Zhuoyu looked up at Yu Dingzhi, "How about that guy Xia Liu and Miao Qiuqin now?"

Yu Dingzhi glanced at Wen Zhuoyu: "The eldest son of Duke Xia's mansion, of course, has a bright future!"

"Xia Liu is now the Minister of War of Wu... Miao Qiuqin married him... Do you regret it?"

Wen Zhuoyu was stunned for a few breaths when he heard this, and grinned: "I didn't expect this, but speaking of it, Qiuqin married him to be a good match."

"Are you pretending to be stupid?!"

Yu Dingzhi glared at Wen Zhuoyu again: "Who didn't know that the person Miao Qiuqin liked was you!"

"Let me ask you, Qiuqin is also the daughter of the General's Mansion!"

"We need family background, knowledge, and talents. Back then, they were also one of the four famous beauties in our Kyoto!"

"You poor scholar, that is, an aide to the Prince's East Palace, Qiuqin doesn't care. What are you afraid of?"

"What are you running?"

Wen Zhuoyu turned off the fire, poured two cups of tea, handed over one cup, and shook his head:

“What I like is freedom!”

"Just like you are now? Forty-year-old! Are you free?"

"After you left Dongxu City, Qiuqin has been waiting for you!"

"She knew you like to eat the snow-cargo stewed deer antlers stewed by Li Xiangsi. She stayed in Xiangsiju for three months and learned to make that dish... When she learned to be excited and wanted to stew it for you, you ran away!"

"Do you know how sad Qiuqin was at that time?"

"But they are still waiting for you!"

"You all ran to the Uighurs, and news came that you married a Uighur girl..."

"Warm boiling rain, warm boiling rain, you are really not a person!"

"After hearing about this, Qiuqin heard that she cried after closing the door for three days... After more than a year, she married Xia Liu."

"By the way, I'll come to Ningguo this time, Xia Liu asked me to bring you a word."

Wen Zhuoyu waved his hand when he heard this, "Don't say it!"

But Yu Dingzhi said:

"He said that one day, he will attack Ningguo, seize you, dig out your heart and see why he is so cruel!"

"Also, he will thank you in person!"

"Thank you for running away and letting him marry such a good wife as Qiuqin!"

Wen Zhuiyu smiled bitterly.

No explanation.

Because some things cannot be explained.

"How many children do they...have?"

"They gave birth to a son and a daughter."

"The eldest son is eighteen years old, named Xia An, who serves in the Northern Palace Army and is now the commander of a thousand men."

"My daughter is sixteen, named Xia Hua, the close disciple of the Lord of Tianyin Pavilion, and one of the seven swords in Tianshan."

Yu Dingzhi picked up the teacup and looked up at Wen Zhuoyu: "Actually, now I think it's much better for Qiuqin to marry Xia Liu than to marry you!"

"You... If you say you are indifferent to fame and fortune, you are now the chief minister of Ningguo."

"If you are pursuing fame and fortune, the emperor saw you three times back then. If you stayed in Wu, you will be the first-rank official now!"

"So, sometimes I wonder, what are you doing when you go around in circles?"

"In Wu Kingdom, you have already achieved success and fame!"

"You will have a happy home, at least not like you are now, with old friends coming to the door, without a hostess, and not even a cook!"

"I heard that you have a daughter, but your daughter seems to be very dissatisfied with you... If you stay in Dongxu City..."

Wen Zhuoyu waved his hand again and interrupted Yu Dingzhi's words:

"You used to persuade me to be useless, but now you still say that these are still useless."

"This is roughly called fate. I... don't have that good fate."

"By the way, I've been in Kyoto for nearly a month. You know, I'm so busy, so I'm slow. Since everyone is an old friend, I think you will understand it too."

Yu Dingzhi took a sip of tea and put down the teacup, "I can't understand it!"

"Yunshuxian, you stolen the dog you guarded by was stealed and slaughtered and stewed."

"Old Yun has been worried about this matter, so why don't you apologize when you see him?"

"Your Highness, Your Highness, you were young at that time. You took Your Highness to steal Old Yun's dog... Your Highness still remembers the smell of dog meat. Should you go and see me?"

"You have had a meal at my house for a month, so forget it, just feed the dog!"

"You are not a ruthless person, why do you do such a ruthless thing?"

Wen Zhuiyu grinned:

"The last half of your last sentence is wrong!"

"I am indeed not a ruthless person. If I want to say that I have done something ruthless, it is also about Qiuqin."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince brings you here. If you come to Ningguo for exchanges and travel, I, Wen Zhuoyu, will definitely take time to entertain you even if I am busy."

"But your motivation for coming is wrong!"

"Ningguo destroyed the Yongguo in the 27th year of Jingtai and occupied Wuyaguan, which has been almost forty years."

"Wuyaguan is of course the territory of Ningguo!"

“Is this necessary negotiation?”

"His Royal Highness needs a credit, but it cannot be based on the ceasing of land in Ningguo!"

"Didn't Wu just watch Ning Guo's national strength decline and be bullied?"

"If there was no Kyoto Incident last year, and if there was no fall of Ji Tai and his group, His Royal Highness the Prince would have succeeded in this trip!"

"But it's different now!"

"Now it is the Regent Li Chen'an who holds the power of Ningguo! I believe that over the past few days, you should have a certain understanding of the Regent."

"Tell me, what should I say if I go to see His Highness the Crown Prince?"

"I think you should persuade His Highness the Crown Prince to give up this idea and form an alliance with Ningguo to cut off his arm, so that it is the best strategy!"

Yu Dingzhi slowly narrowed his eyes.

After a while, I asked:
Chapter completed!