Vol 2 Chapter 217 (1/2)
Chapter 217: Chang Ninghou’s Mansion
Fan Xian maintained his stoic expression He'd expected this to happen The apparent purpose of today's trip to Xiushui Street was in fact secondary to itshow the palace treasury's businesses were run in the north So Fan Xian was not surprised to hear Shopkeeper Sheng address him so respectfully The palace treasury was still under the Eldest Princess's control, after all It was quite possible that some of the Eldest Princess's trusted aides were hidden in Northern Qi
Fan Xian was convinced that the Eldest Princess would send people to find hih he wasn't sure why This wasn't only intuition; it was also a conviction about the people of Qing The people of Qing, no iven to self-confidence and arrogance The Eldest Princess was focused on freeing Xiao En and undoubtedly had an ulterior motive for it If it wasn't to do with the secret he held about the te Shanhu, hiled away his days in Shangjing Xiao En had now been sent into the interior of the country, and the Eldest Princess wanted to break him out Naturally, she would try to hter's husband and the chief diplomat
But the term ”son-in-law” had struck him as soht have war Huairen had dared to call him ”son-in-law” directly, then he must have been a trusted aide of the Eldest Princess Fan Xian looked at hi Huairen said nothing and merely handed him a letter
Sitting in the carriage, Fan Xian felt the letter inside his sleeve He had not had tiht Once the day's business was concluded, he had to deal with it Next to hi Qinian, a talented tracker, and Gao Da, a powerful warrior But he lacked so his current situation and analyzing information
He couldn't help but think of those students he had picked out during the civil service exams They had probably all been sent away to take up their positions by now But while they may have been talented administrators, that didn'tinvolved in such conspiracies Even if he had wanted to train shi+ Chanli, there hadn't been enough tiet Yan Bingyun freed quickly, he was sure it would no doubt be a great help to the palace's plans
At thatQinian respectfully passed hilanced at him It turned out to be a banknote worth 500 taels of silver He frowned ”What's this?”
”Colassware shop”
Fan Xian looked at hiain and smiled ”Coive soer Guards”
500 taels of silver was quite a large sum of money, but Fan Xian didn't look twice at it Only someone from a rich family like the Fan family could have cultivated such a habit Fan Sizhe was nowan income of tens of thousands of tael a year, so he had no reason to care about such a suardsI am in awe”
Fan Xian knew that he didn't really admire his honest practices; perhaps it was hed and said nothing Neither did anybody else for the rest of the journey The carriage 's cal to an area where h officials and nobles resided and stopped outside the gate to the
There were so capital The spring wind blew throu
gh the branches of the trees in every h the canopy of leaves Fan Xian stood by the side of the carriage, looking at the long stretch of road and the stone lions that sat outside the grand facades of the buildings For soht of the first tie stopped outside Chang Ninghou's gate, protected by the Imperial Guards There was no sinning to peek out of the shadows Marquis Ning's servants, looking at the carriage stopped outside the manor, seemed unsure of what to do - were they supposed to welcome them in, or hurry in and inform their master?