Vol 2 Chapter 178 (2/2)
”You should at least tell hed sharply ”What a cautious youth you are Looks like you've guessed so to deal with you over those things”
Fan Xian suessed, it’s only natural for her to act against me That’s the only reason I can think of If it’s true, then, with ainst the Eastern Palace”
”Your ene suddenly said
Fan Xian wasn’t expecting to hear that term from the director, who then said, ”That's what your ically take the enehtly and tactically take theh His mother didn’t come up with that quote, but there was no way for the old cripple to know that
Cheng Pingping sht now is that you are overestiically You’re even afraid of the tied up when you do things Just the other day; even if you fought your way out of the Hall of Justice, do you think anyone would dare to hurt you? And when it comes to tactics, you consider too little If it weren’t for the Council cleaning up yourto the capital were enough to have you executed hundreds of tiently crossed his hands and said in a light voice, ”Don’t view the Eastern Palace as being too powerful In all of Qing, there is no true power That includes the Prime Minister and your father Fan Jian”
Fan Xian felt a bit enlightened ”Violence is true pohich is why only the military and the Overwatch Council are truly powerful”
Chen Pingping raised a hand and wagged his long, old finger ”Incorrect In Qing, only one individual holds true power”
Fan Xian lowered his head ”His Majesty”
”Correct His Majesty can ignore everything as long as he holds sovereignty over theall sorts of unrest, but he couldn't be bothered to even bat an eye”
Fan Xian chuckled ”A very leisurely e rubbed his dry hands and slowly said, ”The Overwatch Council belongs to His Majesty I’e on his behalf The same will be true of you in the future You must reping, the leader of the Overwatch Council, Qing’s special organization He wondered whether to question the old endary loyalty to the e around the pond for a while Perhaps the fish were tired of watching, as they sank and began to stir the sand on the bottom with their mouths
The other officials of the Council atching the Director and the newly-revealed Coo and interrupt their conversation Suddenly, Cheng Pingping sighed ”Tirown so much”
Fan Xian did a double take ”Why ‘yourwas that? Why not refer to ret that I don’t knohatsmiled ”There is only one portrait of your mother , drawn in secret by a former national master That master artist was almost killed by Sir Wu”
Fan Xian asked, ”Could that portrait be in the palace?”
Cheng Pingping didn’t answer him directly He only said faintly, ”As mentioned before, you don’t need to worry too much about the Eastern Palace The empress’s poas reduced quite a bit by His Majesty over twelve years ago”
Fan Xian knew the story of the capital’s bloody history He frowned ”Why didn’t His Majesty overthrow her?”
”She is still the mother of the Crown Prince, and she was liked by the eave a fake smile ”Where would our emperor find another empress as powerless and unwise as she?”
Fan Xian felt a chill as he realized that this emperor really was no pushover—just as he had sur didn’t know that was how Fan Xian described His Majesty The director said gently, ”Don’t worry about your identity being revealed The death of that infant sixteen years ago is an unchangeable fact in the eyes of the palace The unwise eainst you because she was taking the Crown Prince’s side At the time she didn’t know that you were the Cory at you for ping then becaet too close to those princes Did you think the nobles in the capital wouldn’t find out about youthe Second Prince on that boat?”
Fan Xian laughed nervously He didn’t think the e him because she feared the Second Prince At the time, he really did believe she knew his true identity