Zhang Qian Ding got up early in the morning, had his breakfast, greeted his parents and went to the Songhe Restaurant.
After the big change, Zhang Qian Ding, the former playboy, had changed a lot. He broke up with his friends, begged his father to buy the Songhe Restaurant for him and began to work as a shopkeeper day in and day out. It was as if he was a different person.
Today, Zhang Qianding is still the same as before. When he arrives at the Songhe Restaurant, he subconsciously walks to a certain window seat on the first floor. When he has nothing to do, he always likes to sit on the window sill, looking at the traffic on the street below and drifting off.
Today, however, this regular old seat was already occupied.
“Mr. Zhang, would you like to come and have a drink?” One of the people occupying the usual seat raised his gla*s and said.
Zhang Qian Ding went over and sat down, saying slowly, “No need for a drink, it hurts my stomach this early in the morning. Moreover, I have long since given up drinking, so I’m afraid Your Highness, the Sixth Prince, will be disappointed.”
“Hahahahahaha ——” Sixth Prince Feng Chaonan laughed abruptly, slapping his palm on the table incessantly, spilling the wine in his other hand.
“This is not like you at all, Zhang Qian Ding Zhang Gongzi, I heard that you once drank wine with someone at Fei Yin House all night long until dawn, now how come you are so —— so ——” The sixth prince seemed unable to think of any words to describe Zhang Qian Ding’s current situation.
“Drinking is a mistake, Zhang has long tried the dangers of this first hand. I am still thinking about it, but I am also very concerned about it, so I have asked the sixth prince to see the effect.” Zhang Qian Ding said slowly, his face still unchanged.
“Is it the drinking or the other things that are wrong? Duke Zhang.” At this moment, another person at the wine table, a man dressed as a blue-shirted scholar who had not spoken, said.
“This one is?” Zhang Qian Ding looked at the man who had spoken.
“I am Han Wenxin.”
“Han Gongzi ——,” Zhang Qianding said in a dazed manner, “So Han Wenxin Han Gongzi from Shanhe Academy, I’ve heard a lot about you. Then again, I do not know, what is the misunderstanding, only to make Han Gongzi ashamed to be swept away.”
The Mountain River Academy was the centre of everyone’s attention in the Divine Capital City. This was something that even the Northern Zhou Imperial Palace was not as good as the Mountain River Academy. As Han Wenxin, who had exceptionally graduated early from Shanhe Academy, the reason for his early graduation was raked up in less than half a day.
The content of Qing Yu’s gathering of true qi and raising his voice at that time was listened to by at least hundreds of people, and it could not be hidden at all.
Faced with Zhang Qianding’s explicit mockery, Han Wenxin’s face did not show the slightest hint of anger, instead he smiled and said, “I just did what I thought was the right choice.”
“Yes, Mr. Han made the right choice,” said the Sixth Prince, “now it is your turn to make a choice, Zhang Qian Ding, or rather, the Medicine Master.”
The Sixth Prince’s gaze was haunted, staring intently at the fop across from him, who had been transformed in a short time, to see how he should behave.
To his dismay, Zhang Qian Ding remained calm and collected, without any of the panic he wanted to see, and asked, “So, Sixth Prince, is that correct?”
With this question, Zhang Qian Ding was undoubtedly admitting his identity.
“Naturally.” The Sixth Prince replied in a domineering manner.
“Moreover, since this prince was allowed to find you first, then you should know what happens when you refuse the right choice.”
“In the end, it’s just a choice without a choice.” Zhang Qian Ding shook his head and lost his smile.
“In that case, then my subordinate will meet Your Sixth Highness.”
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“I never thought that the first one to find the Medicine Master would be Feng Chaonan,” Feng Jiu said as he looked at the letter in his hand, “Feng Chaonan is so wealthy and powerful that he is the most powerful of all the imperial princes, but he would still be interested in such a dirty deal.”
Among the imperial princes, the sixth prince, Feng Chaonan, and the eighth prince, Feng Qiwu, were the most powerful. The Sixth Prince’s mother was a noble concubine second only to the Empress in the harem, and she came from the Si family, one of the eight great families of the Central Plains, which had influence throughout Northern Zhou.
The eighth prince’s mother is the empress of the current dynasty, who seems to have no intention to fight for the throne, but due to the favor of the Northern Zhou emperor and this “great aura of righteousness”, invariably, he has pulled in far more capital than the other prince’s sons, and is instead the one who has the highest call to become the crown prince among all the prince’s sons.
“Normal. The Sixth Prince’s success is also due to the Si family, and his defeat is also due to the Si family. The Si family is so powerful that it is scorned by the emperor. Throughout the dynasties, foreign relatives have been scorned by the emperor, not to mention the fact that the sixth prince has been able to turn the clouds into rain and gather countless hearts. The Emperor is still in the prime of his life and is not yet ready to die. On the contrary, Feng Qiwu, who does nothing, is loved by the emperor.” Across from Feng Jiu, Qing Yu said.
Originally, in the nine states of the Central Plains, except for the Central State where the imperial family was located, the heads of the other states’ lineages were collectively known as the eight great lineages. However, three hundred years ago, the Northern Zhou was established and occupied the northern states of Yan and Yun. The Yan family, the head of the Yan state, was directly destroyed by the Northern Zhou, while the Si family of the Yun state, more aware of the times, defected to the Northern Zhou and survived by marriage with the then Northern Zhou royal family.
During these three hundred years, the Si family, with its family background as one of the eight great families, continued to grow in the Northern Zhou. Today, it is already one with the Northern Zhou, and is greatly scorned by successive Northern Zhou emperors.
“Feng Chaonan should also have realised this and started to consciously break ties with the Si family in the open. If he does not break it, he will never have a chance to ascend to the crown prince’s throne unless he revolts.”
“But the power he has been operating for so many years would be difficult to continue to maintain without the support of the Si family, so he needs a new source of wealth. At this time, the Longevity San is the timely pillow delivered to him when he dozes off. Moreover, a dirty deal also has a dirty advantage, precisely because it is not visible, so he can take advantage of the situation to cut his power and turn it to the dark side, reducing the emperor’s scorn for him.”
Qing Yu gave a dissection, laying out the purpose of Feng Chaonan’s trip all in the open, making Feng Jiu stare in awe.
“Unexpectedly, this golden cicada of ours has, in turn, indirectly helped the sixth imperial brother a lot.” After listening to Qing Yu’s analysis, Feng Jiu sighed helplessly.
“He has also indirectly helped us,” Qing Yu shook his head, “The reduction of Feng Chaonan’s power still leaves a lot of vacancies on the surface, we can take advantage of the Medicine Master to secretly hold these vacancies in our hands.”
“Moreover, with Feng Chaonan’s power weakened, Feng Qiuwu will not be able to stop it. Just wait, I reckon you’ll be able to ride the wave soon. After all, you, who are also a core student of the Mountain River Academy, are the best person to check Feng Qiwu.”
A counterweight to Feng Qiwu? The implication in Qing Yu’s words was not yet complete, causing Feng Jiu to think deeply.
“Brother Meng you mean —— Father!!!” Feng Jiu exclaimed in surprise.
“The emperor is suspicious, since the Si family will be scorned, why wouldn’t the Mountain River Academy ——“
