Have you not seen the beauty of the parasol trees? One line of verse filled all of Jinling with them. I mourn that you cannot see them, and wish for their leaves and blossoms to be together.
Wei Chen, the foolish crown prince of Great Wei, had the current empress's arms around him and palace maids fluttering about him.
But what did any of that have to do with him, a fool? He couldn't grasp the romance and schemes of the world. His little head could only think about growing flowers at home.
"Your Highness, you care for all the people!"
"You are extraordinarily gifted!"
"You are exceptionally handsome!"
*Sniffle.*
"Mother, that old eunuch sounds so fake. Who is he talking about?"
There was a cluster of flowers in the imperial garden called You Don't See Me.
When the leaves fell, the flowers were gone. When the flowers bloomed, the leaves were gone.
"That's so sad."
From then on, the flower-loving boy Wei Chen wanted only to grow flowers. His mother had no choice but to say, "If you can't cultivate people for a hundred years, then cultivate trees for ten."
"Mother, how can I make these flowers and leaves meet?"
"Where rain and sun meet."
Ten years later.
But the truth could not stay hidden forever. The crown prince's stand-in failed to appear at the enthronement ceremony.
The ministers looked at the crown prince on the dragon throne, drooling with a vacant stare, and were furious.
"Heaven means to destroy Great Wei!"
"The crown prince is a fool. How can he rule a nation?"
"You fool! Even if he is your only heir, you shouldn't make an idiot emperor. Do you want the million people of Great Wei buried with you?"
Flowers bloomed and fell again. The crown prince still hadn't gotten better, but the You Don't See Me that had grown alongside him had somehow, somehow turned into a person, and a breathtakingly handsome man at that.
Wei Chen: Σ(????)?!!!
"Your Majesty, I have come."
To make the You Don't See Me flowers and leaves meet, Wei Chen set out in search of the legendary place where rain and sun met. For the first time, he displayed an emperor's overbearing authority: he moved the capital.
Where rain and sun met, leaves could stay green all year, and flowers could bloom for a long time.
Even a fool had a wish: for flowers and leaves to remain together.
Even a flower spirit had a heart: he wished to ease his beloved's worries.
Theme: Have you not seen the beauty of the parasol trees? One line of verse filled all of Jinling with them. I mourn that you cannot see them, and wish for their leaves and blossoms to be together.
