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