Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 1182 - 1182 56 Reading History for 3000 Years

Chapter 1182: Chapter 56: Reading History for 3000 Years, Understanding the Dao over 90,000 Li [2-in-1]_2 Chapter 1182: Chapter 56: Reading History for 3000 Years, Understanding the Dao over 90,000 Li [2-in-1]_2 But he had just finished apologizing to his brothers when a series of new messages came in one after another.

The Dark Guards were coming.

The Heavenly Clothes were coming as well.

And many generals were going to attend.

Upon sighing, Meng Fang increased the originally planned single table to ten, creating a grand lineup that could now match the twenty tables set up in the courtyard.

Yet the Emperor and his family also arrived, and those who were originally supposed to sit at the main table naturally moved to another table, giving up their seats to the Qin Emperor and his family of three.

Dressed in casual clothes, His Majesty entered without any airs of an Emperor.

“Just as old brothers, bringing my wife along for a visit, to find some wine to drink, today we won’t return unless drunk.”

The Emperor laughed heartily, appearing amiable and refreshed.

And the Empress, just like a friend’s wife, brought gifts and warmly engaged in conversation with Rou Er, showing extreme cordiality.

That evening.

Qing Ming the Revered, Green Wolf the Revered, the Emperor and Empress, Meng Fang and his wife, along with Bu Changkong, seven people gathered around one table.

They simply sat according to their friendships, disregarding customs like women not sitting at the table…

It was truly a banquet drunk in the most ordinary and habitual manner.

Yet this meal had profound implications and its significance was even more substantial.

After that night, Meng Fang’s personal life became utterly peaceful.

There may have once been those who harbored intentions.

But now, whether acquainted or not, related or not, everyone became much more honest!

It was said that during the family banquet, Qing Ming the Revered and Green Wolf the Revered took the seats of honor and second in command, while the main seat was left to Meng Fang.

Even the mighty Emperor and Empress, unlike Bu Changkong who sat in the third guest seat, were merely in the fourth and fifth.

Who would dare make trouble then?

Aren’t all those who were officials clever people?

This banquet clearly was Qing Ming the Revered supporting Meng Fang, and its deeper purpose was perhaps even to warn His Majesty!

Even the Emperor was warned, others who would not see and trouble Meng Fang…

Well, there’s really no need for Qing Ming the Revered to lower himself to intervene personally.

Hehe, didn’t you see Bu Changkong also sitting there?

Just casually, a rebellion could be sparked.

The entire family being executed was such an easy, easy matter!

…

After the Qin Emperor unified the land, that year he changed the calendar to Unified, establishing the inaugural year.

Great Qin also entered an era of recuperation from that year.

Meng Fang quietly lived out his days with his wife, and when bored, even dug up a few acres in their yard to grow vegetables.

This sparked the interest of a group of guards, and thus the entire Duke of the Kingdom’s estate became personal farmland.

Here a patch of verdant green, there a patch of bright yellow, and they often competed over this.

Not competing in martial arts or cultivation, but in per-acre yield, competing over whose crops and vegetables tasted better and looked more pleasing to the eye.

When further idle, they would drink, gamble, and play together.

Sometimes, if truly bored, they would even split into factions and have a brawl.

Whenever this took place, Meng Fang would watch with a smile, leaning on his hoe, enjoying the excitement and drama of the spectacle.

He neither interfered nor participated, utterly letting them be.

And during even more leisurely times, Meng Fang would accompany his wife, playing chess, gardening, or chatting.

This side of Meng Fang gave the old soldiers a profoundly reliable feeling: Our Duke of the Kingdom, even if he spent his entire life with his wife, would seemingly never tire of it, never get annoyed.

Unconstrained flower viewing, outings, hunting, avoiding the summer heat… in any case, they did whatever felt comfortable.

Externally, he kept his doors firmly closed year-round, cared not for worldly affairs, governmental affairs, nor affairs of the state.

Even when people sought him out, he ignored them.

“I have retired for many years, I do not meddle in various disputes, everything is up to you all.”

“Whether big or small, whether related or not. You all enjoy glory, possess wealth, partake in court life, embroiled in struggles; even if problems arise later, that’s normal.”

“What I needed to do, I had already done before I retired.”

“I hope you all can grant me some peace, and not disturb me further.”

The gates of the Duke of the Kingdom’s duchy were always firmly closed, but it was the side and back doors that were often open, a clear sign of detachment visible to anyone.

Well, if Meng Fang still had some entanglements externally, it was probably because of these old fellows by his side, each a stubborn old bachelor. As their leader, Meng Fang naturally had to be concerned about their marital matters, and he was quite urgent about it, pushing them to meet potential matches daily.

But this approach indeed made these old fellows bothered and headachy.

Even the least among us possesses Earth Level cultivation, living for hundreds of years is no problem, can’t you just live your own life well?

Could you?

Day by day, year by year the leisurely days passed.

Over a dozen years flickered by in an instant, and various places in Great Qin gradually settled down.

In fact, throughout these years, the aftermath of various nations persisted, but it never amounted to much.

Among them, the most sensational was the restoration attempted by Bai Yihwen, a loyal minister of Great Yan.

This restoration made quite a stir in the lands of Yan at the time.

Bai Yihwen had planned this restoration for a long time, even contacted external branches of the Chu Country royal family like Xiang Ba, as well as strong factions from various places, such as Chen Guang, Wu Sheng, Liu Ji, and others. Initially, his efforts really did create an atmosphere of imminent downfall.

But these uprisings and rebellions were all quelled by Wu Tiejun and others.

Only those few leaders remained unaccounted for, seemingly gathering together to form an underground factional force.