Vol 2 Chapter 68 (2/2)

The maidservant did as she was told

Meanwhile, on the other side of the lake, an uneasy silence had due to Guo Baokun'sFan Xian's status

Anger flashed in Crown Prince Jing's eyes This was no way for people to act in the presence of a prince He clenched his fist gently, wondering whether to teach this fellow a lesson, but when he looked at Fan Xian, he felt that he had the right response, and that it was best not to use his fists

Count Sinan had made Fan Xian attend the poetry contest for a siather soain the ”affections” of the eldest princess But Fan Xian seemed completely unworried People around hi after they had sent their verses to the pavilion, athe poem that Miss Fan had wrote to the Crown Prince

Glancing at it, the Crown Prince's eyes lit up ”Very good!” he exclaimed

The aide by his side looked it over and nodded his head ”Not bad at all, but” He felt that this poehtly abnor the relationshi+p between the crown prince's family and the Fan family, he kept silent

The people around hiether to see the words, written in sust the lake waters are calether The stea the walls of Danzhou I wish to cross, but have neither boat nor oar; o wise one, it would be a shaler, his followers jealous of his fish”

”A fine poe the people who crowded around, and the sound of his praise was especially loud, as if he wanted it to reach the other side of the lake ”She writes in such awe of the lake scenery It is a wonderful comment on nature”

Guo Baokun frowned ”The lake's so small You can't say that there's steam What's more, the Pond of Clouded Dreams is in the south, and Danzhou is by the sea Miss Fan only writes pretty words, but they are quite lacking”

Crown Prince Jing had taken a differentto cross with neither boat nor oar, a shaler whose folloere jealous of his fish Though it was vague, it showed the author was not resigned to secrecy, and wanted to take action It was the pattern of a poem in which the writer wished to offer their services He turned his head to look at Fan Xian, who sat calmly in a far-off area He wondered Perhaps he had written it?

But it was a fine poereed with Guo Baokun As the prince pondered, some people had already sent their comments to the other side of the lake, and Miss Fan's explanation had already come back

”A lake is a body of water, as is the sea Clouded Drearew up in Danzhou His heart is in the rivers and the ocean, so why not use it as one pleases? This poem ritten by my brother when he was ten I have copied it out today for everyone's enjoyment”

They paid no attention to the first part, but they finally understood that this poem was not written by Miss Fan but by the taciturn Fan Xian!

At that point, the scholars in the garden stopped looking at Fan Xian with contempt and confusion, but were filled with awe For Fan Xian to write such a poeenius?