Chapter 149 (1/2)

Young woreatly ena scene Fan Xian was, to put it sih will not to be moved by the palace's bestowals What wasthis ritual, that these rewards were naturally all being bestowed upon ”Princess Chen”, Lin Wan'er

Fan Xian's main concern was that his knees and lower back couldn't take all the kneeling required every tiift It made him think of Wu Zhu's quarterstaff

In a burst of joyous sounds of rituals and e between Fan and Lin farooan to leave Strangely that day, save for Prince Jing, all alone, no one drank to excess

Count Sinan, Fan Jian, watched as the newly married couple were escorted into their bridal cha that he had worried about the most today had not occurred It seemed that the Crown Prince and the Second Prince also knew that on the day of his son's wedding, co to attend the ritual without careful consideration of status could cause alarm in the palace and conflict with Fan Xian

But the Crown Prince and the Second Prince had still sent people to deliver heavy gifts

Evening cairls, arrived at their new home The place was illuminated by red lanterns, with auspicious symbols plastered everywhere, all in a festive brilliant red color

When he arrived, Fan Xian was finally able to relax Soirls were his own, so, and some were the older ones who had followed Lin Wan'er fro master

He entered the roo sathered outside the door, bowed to the need couple Wan'er quickly handed her lady-in-waiting Si Qi a small sum of

”Si Qi, you , his brows for a Y shape

Si Qi looked so about the traditional exchange of cups of wine between bride and grooht of the hand on Lin Wan'er's knee, and waved iirls hid their laughter and quickly left the bridal cha the wooden door

Only Fan Xian and Wan'er were left

”Come out You don't want me to beat you” To Lin Wan'er's surprise, Fan Xian spoke coldly Sure enough, Fan Sizhe's fat figure wriggled out from underneath the bed and fled the room, his head lowered

Fan Xian frowned ”I wouldn't mind if the chagled, her head covered in a red veil ”The chaht: the top of the chaold lacquer, the inside filled with aro around, he saw no one else, just the silent flickering of the red candles He chuckled and walked towards her, taking hold of her slightly cold hands froht of Wu Zhu If that grandmaster had hidden in the corner as he always liked to, and once the neere doing the things that needs do on the bed, and he had seen that shadow in the corner, it would probably scare him out of his wits He cleared his throat quickly ”Uncle, are you there?” he said quietly

Uncle was not there

Lin Wan'er, her hand in his, was is that were about to happen Hearing him suddenly call out ”uncle”, she couldn't help but be perplexed ”Huh?”

”It's nothing” Fan Xian ss have settled down, I'll show you”

”Oh” Lin Wan'er was confused and had no idea what he was talking about

”My bride” Fan Xian had not used the traditional rod to lift the red veil over Wan'er's head, but had instead softly lifted it with it grasped between his fingers He watched the red cloth slowly lift to expose the young woman's head, lowered and bashful, with a soft chin like white jade, and above that a pair of soft lips, a tiny, pointed nose, and a nervously closed pair of eyes with a set of gently treradually darkened, and Fan Xian sat slightly nervously on the bed, the thu his bride's smooth cheek

”Ahehing, then the sound of a sword being unsheathed by one of Fan Xian's bodyguards There was a groan, and finally, an alar out of the door His long red gown floated behind hiht

He could not see who this visitor was His wrist tre the persons hands clapping his shoulders Spontaneously, he took out his needles, jabbing them into his opponent's shoulders The needle-tip was coated with a powerful poison, and it was unlikely that the opponent would be able to le step