Vol 2 Chapter 232 (1/2)
Chapter 232: The More The Merrier
The three weddings were three brief interludes, or at least that was how it seeht of the hidden possibilities, Fan Xian felt his blood run cold He was unsure what to say He was far away in a foreign land, and Wu Zhu - the only person he could truly speak freely with - had disappeared without a trace There was no way he could discuss this
Sos have to be talked over, but this could not be spoken of with anyone
To an observer's eyes, Fan Xian seeun tocapital The officials presuet ready for his sister's wedding, while also attee at the royal court No one knew that beneath Fan Xian's calm, even happy exterior, he had already rid hiun to follow the steps of a plan he had drawn up a long tiyun's had certainly been of assistance to Fan Xian He presumed that Yan was correct to so the impossible - but at the saet married, then as her brother, he wanted to rand, happy, blessed one Even if Li Hongcheng had gotten caught up in the Second Prince's attempts to usurp his position, for Ruoruo's sake, Fan Xian wanted to 's household
Of course, if Ruoruo did not want to get married, then that was an entirely different story
Having concluded his thoughts on the matter, Fan Xian was calm once more - at least on the surface
He had visited the palace twice over the past few days, e union between the two countries since their founding It was no s Fan Xian What made Fan Xian happy was the fact that, under pressure frohou had finally bowed their heads, and the spy agencies of both nations had oods iular channels in the co years As part of this plan, Fan Xian - as an iure in both the Overwatch Council and the palace treasury - was guaranteed to profit handsomely
In truth, this in itself did not h his plan needed financial support froreat as he had planned them to be What really made him happy was the fact that, since the channels needed to be changed, pressure would be put on exports fro the Eldest Princess's influence as a result
Fan Xian also understood that the reason the Eldest Princess was sitting by and watching all of this happen was because it was crucial that she cooperate with Shang Shanhu in rescuing Xiao En and his terrifying secret It seemed that this clearly showed that the Eldest Princess's own interests in the royal court of Qing were tied up with his This [1] would do, left Fan Xian rather surprised
And it was over those days that the ailing Yan Bingyun's capability for planning reatest extent When Fan Xian received his dossier, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of adyun's methods were simple, yet they were the safest, 's hidden strength within Northern Qi
The spies of the Kingdoyun controlled were deep undercover, like the oil-seller, or the attendants hidden in the royal palace, or even a number of officials There were also those orked more openly, such as
thesalesions of the south They were h the land, they would, naturally, feed infor As the days passed, overt and covert operatives throughout the nation all sprang into action The intelligence syste a for
Everything was prepared Now they si Shanhu to yun sat callanced at the cold-faced Yan Bingyun ”Master Yan, as you are my subordinate after all, could you not pull that face atto lick your boots,” was Yan Bingyun's cold but respectful reply
Fan Xian smiled He knew that he had been hidden in Northern Qi for four years, and had a number of different appearances At the tiifted scholar Yun, the young son of a seafaring h the halls of Qi's rich and powerful fa He was gifted in social intercourse, aided by money and power His stony-faced expression toward Fan Xian was because he was his co officer, rather than someone he wanted to charm
”They really are quite stupid in Northern Qi,” said Fan Xian, taking a sip fro you stay safely in the diplo If it were me, I wouldn't have swapped you even for ten divisions of troops” This was a quote froyun didn't recognize it, and had no reaction [2]
”Perhaps they thought that the royal court was already stupid enough to exchange Xiao En for yun still seemed rather despondent ”But for Northern Qi to have Xiao En back is of no great use Still trying to find a way to kill hihed ”Somebody once told me that a country is like a person It can never be a perfectto the ruler's moods There is a difference of opinion in the Northern Qi royal family, but it's only thanks to Ku He's brilliance that they re-i Shanhu weren't Xiao En's adopted son, then no one would dare to challenge the decision of the royal fayun frowned ”On the road north, you clearly had the chance to kill Xiao En, but you let hi, and you want to save him Then after he is rescued Really, it's quite rehed He couldn't tell a soul about the secret that Xiao En held, and as that was the case, the whole process was beginning to look rather absurd