Cao Mengde was indeed a hero of his generation; if Liu Bei had died in Changbanpo, perhaps the restoration of the world would be just around the corner, and perhaps a new dynasty would be about to come. If Zhuge Liang was a Wei Chen, following the reborn dynasty from one ending to another, and witnessing the prosperity rising from the ashes, how should the poets of later generations sing about it?
Maybe the great unification is true, maybe the prosperous age is true, but none of this is what Zhuge Liang wants. Fulong's will only needs a close friend, no ifs.
(This is a deceptive, weird and slightly gloomy semi-fictional story. The so-called semi-fictional means that it looks very fictional, but it is no longer fictional at the end XD. The main CP is probably Cao Liang, but in fact it is always Xuan Liang. It is so confusing that the characters in the Wei Palace have CPs, such as Shuang Xun, Chen Qun, Sima Yi, etc., CPs can be arranged and combined...)