Vol 2 Chapter 70 (2/2)
runted a few times in annoyance When he ht the boy looked fa Fan Xian disliked the poetry gatherings, but he listened to King Jing talk about gardening for so long For that, King Jing took a liking to the boy But King Jing never expected that pretty boy would turn out to be Fan Jian’s son As anger swelled up in his heart, he kept on going ”You should learn from him… What’s his name?”
”Fan Xian”
”You should learn froree, but he does have a good eye for things” King Jing continued to educate his son ”That Fan Xian could talk for hours with a gardener And then there’s you, who puts so round Youis very inappropriate for what you are currently doing”
Crown Prince Li Hongcheng knew his deal with the second prince couldn’t fool his father hile appearing coarse on the outside, was extrereed in response After the o read in the study roo abruptly asked, ”Weren’t you planning on going to Drunken Immortal Tavern before?”
Drunken Iot nervous and began to express his unwillingness in a panic King Jing stared him in the eye and chided, ”You’re a o do it Don’t be so unaccountable” After he finished talking, King Jing called someone over and kicked out the prince
Li Hongcheng sat in Drunken I—the most popular entertainer in the capital—in his arly about why his father had acted so differently today
Late at night, at King Jing’s estate, King Jing cursed as he drank ”That rotten scoundrel Visiting whorehouses used to be his favorite pasti son? I’randson”
Te his own son to seek out prostitutes, Fan Xian went back to his sedan chair soon after the poetry gathering dispersed and uards There was plenty of chatter a the sedan chair of Fan Manor, a few scholars came up to bid farewell In return, Fan Xian hurriedly came down and sent theuards to escort Ruoruo back
Before Ruoruo got up to her sedan chair, she nodded towards Fan Xian, who knew ”it” had been arranged properly Suddenly feeling refreshed, he began to plan for that evening
”Guo Baokun oes to the palace once every three days He clai partner”
So partner? How old is he?”
”The prince is the son of the es He is eighteen”
Fan Xian laughed ”He’s an 18-year-old adult What does he need a reading partner for?”
”He likes slacking off,” Teng Zijing said, srantly found some people to keep him entertained”
”And the emperor doesn’t care?”
”That… I am not certain”
Ever since that incident at the restaurant, Fan Xian orried that Guo Baokun wouldn’t let things go and would be scheence, including the places Guo Baokun often visited and the route he took to return home
During today’s poetry gathering, that Guo fellow had made some barbed remarks As kind as Fan Xian was, all he could do was keep a fake ser burned deep inside him Only now did Fan Xian realize that he had subconsciously ordered Teng Zijing to gather intelligence so that he could harass Guo, not because he orried of being harassed himself