Vol 2 Chapter 228 (1/2)
Chapter 228: Killing in the Alley
”He who is without mercy may not necessarily be a true hero, but a realrepeated it slowly to herself, that ordinary-looking sh the wooden teentle, distant smile appeared on Fan Xian's face He cupped his hands and returned her greeting ”Lady Si, when did you arrive in Shangjing?”
”Thank you for your concern I arrived three days ago The journey was peaceful” Si Lili's eyes dropped She was still wearing the thin light-green garment she wore on her journey It ar a cold
Fan Xian exchanged so watched calht seness between the two of theaze Fan Xian felt soht him to this temple to meet Si Lili? And where were those old palacenot knoas a foreign envoy, who should have kept miles away from the woman as the object of the Emperor's desires?
”This is where I live,” explained Haitang, seeing Fan Xian's puzzlement ”Lili cannot enter the palace easily, so His Majesty has asked hed bitterly, then thought of so that Si Lili had once said The tomen had first met and become friends in the royal palace of Northern Qi He suddenly thought of so - could it be that Ku He also lived in the royal palace? Although the temple was rather remote, Fan Xian still felt some apprehension ”I shall wait for you outside,” he said after exchanging a feords with the in the courtyard outside
After he had left, Haitang looked at Si Lili There was a ht hi to say to him?”
Si Lili lifted her head, and a hint of frustration showed in her beautiful face ”I told you I did not want to see him,” she said softly, ”and I presume that he does not wish to see me either Now he is outside, and I still don't kno to reproach you Haitang, you are a troublemaker, even if you are Ku He's disciple You shouldn'tsmiled calmly ”What is there to fear? His Majesty is not a narrow-radually filled the air in another elegant, neat rooreen teasight
”Why did you bring ed at the small table, his brorinkled; worries had finally appeared on his elegant face He had done his ut Xiao En; Si Lili was a hot potato thrown into his hands
”I was talking about Yan Bingyun before,” said Haitang with a smile ”I wanted to see whether you were polluted by the secular world, Master Fan”
”'Polluted by the secular world' is an odd thing to say”
”Master Fan, don't tellseemed astonished
Fan Xian's heart skipped a beat He didn't respond, and si, have you ? Si Lili was simply the criminal who I escorted on her journey It was si between us”
”You havecalmly ”The reason I invited you toI need your help with”
”What is it?” asked Fan Xian, getting straight to the point
Haitang s that vexed His Majesty when you last stayed in the palace”
Fan Xian looked at her Her ordinary-looking face had a way ofpeople feel cl
oser to her ”Clearly, His Majesty did not want you to know of his frustration”
Haitang adjusted her right sleeve with her left hand, grasping a teacup with her fingers and bringing it to her lips She sipped gently from it ”His Majesty did not want you to know at first But I have been his close friend for a long time, and save forto help him deal with this matter”
”I don't understand” Fan Xian, of course, had guessed what the young Emperor was distressed about He s the palace from all levels of society, why does the E at the current situation, since Si Lili can only stay with you for the tier will not allow her to enter the palace
”Master Fan, do you think that there is so behind this?”