Chapter Sixty-eight Just like a river of spring waters flowing eastward (III)
Word Number：244
Author：一曲雨霖铃
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Release Time：2025-09-28
He spake thus: “From dawn till dusk I ponder in a thousand lines, yet at last the clouds part and the moon shines bright. Who knoweth that by the river the wind sways the willows, tender and graceful, but is it not but a vain display? Parting bringeth sorrow still, how much harder when once it was a journey of joy. In the deep of night I lie and listen to wind and rain; each sound proclaimeth again that noble ministers bear lofty hearts.” Now it is told: Without the walls of Chang’an, where the green hills stretch northward and willow catkins drift about, the Empress herself led the civil and military officials to bid farewell unto Wei Yuanzhong and his companions. The banishment of Wei Yuanzhong was at first to shield the brothers Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi; yet all men knew their loyalty, thus the Empress deigned to send them forth from Luoyang with her own presence. The Empress said: “In days past thy devotion was for state and people, and thou hast rendered great service. Though in thine old age thou hast erred, yet after repentance thou remainest a worthy minister.” When she had spoken, the Empress glanced toward Shangguan Wan’er, who thereupon poured fine wine for each of them. All thanked her grace and drank. When Wei Yuanzhong took the cup, grief rent his heart; he said to the Empress: “I am aged. Now I go to Lingnan
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