Chapter 73 (1/2)

This wasn’t

the first time Xia Fen has entered the palace, compared to the other children

of influential families, the palace was almost his second home

The emperor

led a banquet at the Qifu palace with the officials and other influential

fa in the rear palace with

the imperial concubines, princesses and the mothers and wives of officials The

banquet had just begun, after the emperor and the crown prince saw the court

councillors, they saw Xia Fen behind wang Yun Feng

The emperor

beckoned Xia Fen forward, good-naturedly asking him about his studies Xia Fen

had already long ago experienced the stringent rules of the imperial palace, he

exceedingly understood this emperor was not as harmless as he appeared on the

surface

On the contrary, when the eently and

softly,a knife,

preparing to stab you once at any time Before Xia Fen entered the palace he

had been warned repeated by his parents nu his lips, his

heart had long before tensed He honestly and sincerely replied about all his

perforhed heartily:

“My fond wang, you as a literary official actually cannot teach your son well,

this is a serious mistake ah”

wang Yun

Feng koed, only saying: “To feed without teaching is the father's fault,

the emperor is correct”

The emperor

rubbed the top of the crown prince’s head: “I hear you stil haven’t given your

first son a formal personal name?”

“Yes”

The emperor

grunted, pondering a while: “Then ill give him a name on your behalf

Surna Crown prince, tell me what you think?”

The crown

prince bowed respectfully: “Father e’s

good fortune I your son thank you on behalf of Zi Feng for your grace” He

stopped talking, then he koed

wang Yun

Feng i ko to

thank the emperor for his favour

The emperor

put on such a show, everyone also knew this was toZi

Feng’s

identity With the crown prince taking the lead in the thanks, some day in the

future this wang Zi Feng will be a member of the crown prince’s inner

ministerial circle, common people would not dare to make an issue of his

status

Every time

to celebrate new year, the eeneral pardons, at the same

time bestoards on hundreds of officials After his son was conferred a

na, from fifth rank was promoted to forth rank imperial censor

supervisor, even though he wasn’t promoted back to his previous third rank, it pacified

a lot of people

After an

hour Xia Ling Mei, at the e heard the palace eunuch read the

imperial decree, felt sad temporarily The females in the Xia family were all

tranquil and natural, clearly again expecting this outcost the

influential fa had offended before, some people found

it difficult to avoid showing a trace of obscured hatred, however, everyone

were females of wealthy families who had seen the matters of the world, theirand laughing again in

the s and dance celebrations Out of the corner of her eye

Xia Ling Mei looked at the eh position, the other person did not

give her a little attention Up until before she left the palace, then did she

see the empress trusted palace maid, the other person quietly delivered a short

sentence: “The position of iht, please may

Lord wang re and honest”

Xia Ling

Mei hand tensed, turning around, she bowed in the direction of the Feng Xian

Palace

Leaving the

palace, the curtain of darkness had just been drawn

Inside the

carriage, wang Yun Feng was just unable to tolerate fro vexed at the

stubbornness to wang Zi Feng’s own correct name: “Remember, from now on if

soain, you must strictly remind the other person,

you’re now called wang Zi Feng”

wang Zi

Feng puffed out his cheeks: “Xia Fen is better”

wang Yun

Feng frowned: “You want to be punished?”

“No”

“Then

listen to your dad”

“Humph!”

Xia Ling

Mei got in the carriage, laughing she said: “Being called a name for nearly

seven years, it can’t just be changed right away Why not in the future in

front of outsiders, no , in

private, you parents will call you `Fen Er`, all right?”

wang Zi

Feng thew hiainst her

belly: “In the future younger brother or sister will also call me older brother

Fen”

wang Yun

Feng was so his son

away fro Mei’s body: “Then your nickname will be `Fen Er`” After

all, he had asked the e city

for the disaster relief, si

fa trouble His son, naturallyHe

won’t say, this also stops the ru

Mei being chronically ill and unable to give birth, even though this rumour had

now already been broken, however he did not want Xia Ling Mei to again be

wronged even a little bit As for hi and ridicules he had

suffered before, were in the past, he won’t say, she also will not know

On new

year’s eve, the whole family offered sacrifice to the ancestors, ate a new year

family dinner, and handed red envelopes to the family servants, it was rare for

it to be so lively

The old

housekeeper’s spirit was all the higher than before When he was busy every

day, he would walk and sway his hips at the sainally wanted

to invite a theatrical troupe to perforht of new

year’s eve It was ist all the

official residences in Beiding city, the wang residence was the most cheerless,

not only was its master closed off completely, even the servants did not dare

to relax and smile in front of him, at that time the old housekeeper would

invite a theatrical troupe, singing fro,

right until the sound of the new year bell rang, then would be announce his

phony liveliness can stop

But this

year themaster, there were two morehad a rare relaxed and satisfied expression Xia Ling Mei

without thinking just cancelled the troupe, getting someone to buy quite a lot

of fireworks

Waiting

until the fireworks from over at the palace exploded and echoed in the sky,

wang Zi Feng also grabbed hold of a thick and solid large incense stick,

sliding along he lit ten fireworks, `pop, pop, pop` he almost dyed the darkness