Chapter 41 (1/2)

Fan Manor stood on the east side of the city, soht of the i officials and nobles lived; commoners were rarely seen, and so the streets appeared much quieter On the cold and cheerless street, a mansion stood every thirty meters Outside the entrance to each mansion, a stone lion lay peacefully The dozen or so lions stood guard, staring hat ale that rolled down the street

The black carriage passed slowly by, drawing little attention fro Fan Manor, it turned with a little difficulty into a side alley, coate

Fan Xian pulled the curtain on the carriage aside Taking Teng Zijing's hand, he stepped down froe There was no expression on his face, and as he surveyed his surroundings he gave an alate creaked open, and the servants calances, seereet hih the gate with Teng Zijing The servants let out a sigh and began to unload the luggage that filled the carriage

Within the gate, a youngas he ushered thearden in the courtyard, with neatly-grooant sight, and as the old women saw the a word, re neatly in formation

As they carried on, still yet to reach the inner courtyard, Fan Xian couldn't help but let out a sigh of awe at the sight of all the splendor of this old rander than the estate in Danzhou With such a grand mansion in one of the most expensive areas of the capital, it seereat influence

Entering such a grand residence as this would e ordinary person feel flustered and anxious, not daring to say a word for fear of putting a foot wrong

But Fan Xian was not any person He had lived two in torlds; he had died and been reborn And so he felt rather more at ease He was accusto with the social attitudes of his previous life, he didn't see anything wrong with it If anything, he thought his father was the one who ought to be asharandeur of Fan Manor did not perturb hi around the h there was perhaps a hint of shyness in his s more As he surveyed the scene, he let out a lohistle of astonish , he stroked its branches with his hand As he strolled over an arch bridge, he peered at the goldfish that swam in the shalloaters beneath It appeared that he did as he pleased

The servants of the manor could not help but look upon hiss they heard were good, so h it was hard to describe in words

As they approached the inner courtyard, Teng Zijing spoke in a low voice ”Young o any further Yousecretly harbored so Fan Xian sees of status He felt he had to say soles that went on inside Fan Manor, but the words could not leave his lips It felt impetuous to do so, and he had no idea hoord it

Fan Xian could tell that he was deep in thought Moved, he clasped his hands respectfully and bowed slightly ”Don't worry, Mister Teng,” he said, asking hi that he e the day's later affairs at such athat this handso it, he relaxed slightly and sservant-girl took the place of the youngwoman Fan Xian followed her into the rear courtyard

Aa brass basin, walked up to them and curtsied She washed his face with pleasantly ater

Fan Xian remained silent as he washed his hands He returned the towel and thanked her