Vol 2 Chapter 70 (1/2)
Chapter 70: King Jing’s Declaration
Fan Xian looked around Finding no one else, he decided to sit down on a rock He took the kettle offered by the old gardener and took a few gulps without any coardener about planting flowers and plants Since Fan Xian didn’t know anything about gardening, the gardener’s colorful descriptions proved to be rather novel But he becaht about leaving, but chose not to after thinking about the even hed
Hearing Fan Xian’s sigh, the gardener asked out of curiosity, ”Young sir, what’s troubling you?”
”The royal ” Fan Xian blinked To hiardener was but a servant There was no way a mere servant would be interested in poetry
As Fan Xian expected, the gardener nodded his head ”Co poetry is for people with tooout of it They really are a bunch of stupid pigs”
Fan Xian was taken aback for an instant, thinking, ”Didn’t he just insult hih ”Stupid pigs indeed” He finally realized so up poetry again
After the poetry gathering ended, all the guests went back As for what happened after that, nobody in the capital knew until the following day
That night, King Jing’s household was having its usual dinner The Crown Prince got ready to go to the Drunken Ie himself, but was called back by the housekeeper He sat unco with his sister, waited to be reprimanded by their father
King Jing sat at the head of the table A with Fan Xian that afternoon in the garden Looking at his ever-indulgent son, a wave of anger ca! You waste all your days in those places!”
Crown Prince Li Hongcheng knew ”stupid pig” was his father’s catchphrase Without getting upset, he sry today?”
King Jing gave a ”Humph” in reply and ceased his outburst He then asked, ”You held another one of those poetry gatherings today?”
Li Hongcheng was surprised for a moment and answered affirmatively with another sheepish smile He knew his father wasn’t very fond of those scholarly events But in order for hiather talented scholars for the second prince, they were necessary Unexpectedly, King Jing didn’t get angry Instead, he asked, ”During today’s poetry gathering, there was a kid wearing chestnut-colored clothes Who was that?”
There were soremember all of them?
King Jing frowned After thinking about the boy’s notable features for a long tiirl”
Li Hongcheng let out a chuckle He kneho to He answered immediately, ”That must be the one from Fan Manor”
King Jing raised his eyebrows in surprise, revealing a trace of viciousness ”What?” he shouted ”You mean that’s Fan Jian’s son? The one in Danzhou? I’ll be dah he himself isn’t much to look at!”
Princess Ruo Jia blushed in embarrassment as she listened to her father spew out profanity But at the same time, she was curious Just what kind of person was thelooked at his father with soood that there were no servants around However, he quickly changed his ’s vocabulary He quickly asked, ”Why do you ask about him, father?”
”Why?” King Jing g