Chapter 94 (1/2)

After the killing on Niulan Street, Fan Xian had a nu had already left for the countryside to recuperate, and it was unclear whether he uards had received sufficient financial compensation, and even the relevant court departuards were buried in the tombs of the Fan Clan, just outside the capital; if Fan Xian were allowed to leave the city, he naturally would have gone and paid tribute

The bloody incident had taught hi in this world was no easy task, and it was not enough to siuests to banquets So he needed to have control of forces that belonged directly to hi Qinian, Fan Sizhe, and his own ed the period he spentOften half-awake, he felt that the zhenqi at the xueshan point in his spine was like a body of ater, co out every part of his body It seemed almost as if the volume and concentration of his zhenqi had increased to

sohth-level side two female assassins seemed almost inconceivable to hi and discovered that there was no one in the world who trained in the way that he did This realization had not htest Since he could kill an eighth-level er and his hidden crossbow, it showed that his zhenqi was extremely useful

He was different from others who had trained in martial arts in this world He did not hold to the idea that levels of ranking were insur the floor had shown hih, would the five grandmasters even pose a threat?

But he had not begun on the second badao scroll His gaze fell on the box tossed into a nook in the corner of the roootten about this item that his o find a key at some point

Si Lili, a key player in the assassination atte been arrested, but a decree had flashed across the city as quick as lightning The decree was issued froarded Fan Xian In the current context, the content of the decree seehly unusual

”In accordance with the will of Heaven, His Majesty the Emperor thus decrees” He watched the court eunuch's lips flap as he spoke, but he could not , as the proclae Kneeling in the lobby of Fan Manor, Fan Xian feared that the eunuch's spittle would land on his face, and watched uneasily as it pooled on the green floor tiles below him The imperial proclamation was finally read aloud in its entirety, and under Lady Liu's instruction, Fan Xian did as expected of hi out ”ain, and taking the proclaer at all, Lady Liu handed the eunuch a banknote worth a sum of silver, and, satisfied, he departed

”Where do I put this thing?” Fan Xian asked Lady Liu, clasping the edict in his hands ”I can't hold on to it forever”

Lady Liu laughed and took it from him ”We receive a lot of procla' There's a special room in the manor where we store them” Over the past few days, there had been what seemed like an odd harmony between Fan Xian and Lady Liu It was a product of the circu it would last

”To tell you the truth, I've studied the classics, but I couldn't make heads or tails of what that the eunuch said” Back in his bedroom, Fan Xian redressed the wound on his shoulder He looked at his sister, sitting at the desk next to hi that looked like a smile, yet was not

”Eunuch Dai is from Tiaozhou in the south His accent is so thick it's hard to tell what he's saying But these sorts of proclamations have come to the manor a lot over the past few years, so I can understand what they're talking about”

”What does it say?” asked Fan Xian, worried ”Why is it addressed tonot to respond directly ”The palace has bestowed h father hasn't risen in the ranks, Sizhe and I, and even Lady Liu, have received our own titles Now it looks like they have granted you a title too”

Fan Xian knew that Fan Sizhe, despite being nobody of any stature, had received a title usually given to cavalry officers But when it came to himself, he couldn't help but feel curious ”But I still haven't been itiive ive to me”

”That's correct That's why the procla eneives you the title of Functionary of Taichang Te Te Temple was a temple where people offered sacrifices to their ancestors, and although functionary was only an eighth-level official position, they could enter the Te as they pleased Since he had uessed at the identity of the nobles orshi+pping at the Te Since they were Wan'er's elders, and Wan'er had grown up in the palace, it seemed that the noble had been someone from the palace He couldn't be sure whether it was the Empress or the Eldest Princess In the past few days that he had visited Wan'er, she had seeles that would occur after theirabout it

So as thebehind all this? Fan Xian frowned as he pondered If that person could persuade the Emperor to make such a proclamation, they wanted to point out what had happened that day at the Te So as the idea behind it? Was it a show of goodwill? Or a show of force?

Fan Ruoruo looked at his pained face, deep in thought, and eventually could not stop herself fro at hi Temple it's a title that is always bestowed on anyone who beco a princess”

Fan Xian suddenly realized and laughed, so was finally confirmed Due to his injuries, it had been a while since he had been to the palace No doubt Wan'er orried about him after the incident—could that have made her illness worse? He suddenly felt bewildered; how could someone so exceptionally smart have the mother and father that they had?

”I asked you if you would helpthere yesterday Did you deliverto suppress the unease he felt