Chapter 222 (2/2)
”Because the royal court paid too high a price for hi Qinian was an experienced member of the Overwatch Council, and knew her-ups of the Council than Fan Xian did ”If Master Yan knew that ere going to exchange him for Xiao En, perhaps he'd have killed hi until now”
Fan Xian seey of these Overwatch Council officials ”Could such a brilliant Council official really” he considered his wording for a long ti carefully ”Could he really be willing to sacrifice hi Qinian took a furtive look at wang Qinian, and saw the dazed look on his face ”I have much admiration for Master Yan,” he said respectfully, ”but an official of the Overwatch Council or an agent of the royal court should be prepared to sacrifice themselves for the nation the moment they enter the Council A spy of the Overwatch Council only believes in one thing, and for that goal, any oal?”
”All for the Kingdo Qinian's eyes
Fan Xian's finger unthinkingly traced out a character on the table When he hadcal position was soht as a javelin, with no part of his body touching the chair save for his buttocks As he was leaving, Fan Xian had finally realized that his feet were chained to the chair, and there was only one explanation for Yan Bingyun's posture
There was no part of his flesh that was intact, and he was bruised all over, so that was the only position he could choose
”All for the Kingdoroup of idealists”
A letter fro royal court to the diploh official channels There were, naturally, no secrets contained in the letter It simply stated that the diplomatic mission was to postpone their return until after the birthday celebrations of Eer of Northern Qi, and after events were concluded, they were then to return hos between the two countries had happened to overlap with the E with it And while he was in Shangjing, Fan Xian still had a few more matters to take care of, so he was happy to stay a few days longer That being said, he did miss his wife and his sister, and worried about them somewhat
”We will be representatives of the royal court for the Eood gift,” said vice-envoy Lin Jing, pondering aloud ”Perhaps one of us could take a stroll along Xiushui Street?”
Hearing the words ”Xiushui Street” reminded Fan Xian of the letter that the wine 's waters ran deep indeed The Eldest Princess could still exert control over the internal disorder of a foreign country fro to do with it
”So what shall we send?” Lin Jing had begun to worry about the gift
Fan Xian had already decided He waved his hand ”When the tiood scroll and that should be enough” It sounded arrogant, but the subordinates around him all nodded in unison The ier wrote poetry Everyone knew this If Fan Xian were to break his rule for the birthday of the Eesture indeed
But Fan Xian couldn't really write beautifully
wang Qinian began to set out another terrible idea ”Master Yan's identity in Northern Qi was as a gifted scholar, skilled in chess, the zither, painting and calligraphy He is indeed a rapher Last year, in Northern Qi, one of his scrolls could sell for a thousand taels If Master Fan coreats of the Kingdo have contributed to the present Would that not cause the E and Lin Wen both knew that wang Qinian was Fan Xian's trusted aide They thought his suggestion was quite good They knew of Master Yan's identity But they felt so was a little odd about the proposal, and they couldn't figure out what exactly it was
Fan Xian laughed and scolded him ”What kind of person is Master Yan? I'm afraid that the people of Northern Qi want to eat hi that we get hier as a birthday present The e We'd turn her birthday into her funeral”
wang Qinian was e only just realized the absurdity of his proposal ”If we can kill the E shamelessly, ”then that'd be quite a tale to tell”
Fan Xian didn't feel htless joke He fell silent in thought It was clear that if Yan Bingyun returned to Qing safely, it was very likely that - on the basis of his four years of work in Northern Qi and his past year's imprisonment - he would be immediately promoted within the Council His father Yan Ruohai was head of the Fourth Bureau, and the post of head of the First Bureau was still vacant The Council was clear: Director Chen was to award the position of head of the First Bureau to Yan Bingyun, the forot in the way, Fan Xian would gradually begin to take over the Council - once Chen Pingping died, that was And Fan Xian knew that day ht well come very soon
If Fan Xian wanted the Overwatch Council firht Bureaus under his control This was Fan Xian's biggest weakness Other than the Third and Eighth Bureaus, he had no trusted connections within the Overwatch Council He presuyun's friendshi+p, gaining the support of the First Bureau and the Fourth Bureau But to his surprise, at their first yun felt a secret hostility toward hiyun seemed not to want to hide his hostility, which htlyQinian reot up, and left the courtyard Behind hi at each other in dismay, unsure just where the chief diplohou's men People from the palace had already sent word, so the Imperial Guard responsible for the diploe over with those e as itstreets in the city A fine drizzle was falling from the sky, and for a moment, it hid the convoy's tracks
Today Fan Xian, co, was to , Provost of the Discipline Codo of spymasters was extremely mysterious