Chapter 303 (2/2)
”Are you afraid of being reported by the guys in the Overwatch Council? I've h all of those situations basically unscathed If all of the reports about me were saved to this date, they could fill the entire iht face ”He's calling me uncle, which is per”
”Your Majesty has approved it?” Fan Xian was a bit surprised
Chen Pingping turned his head and glanced at hiyi during the Northern Expedition, and His Majesty alion It was Lady Ning's attentive care that helped him to recover, after which time they had a son, the Great Prince ”
Fan Xian had heard this story before, and he knew that it was this sli cavalry to the northern region and rescued the in that desperate situation With h his , ”You ood relationshi+p with Lady Ning, have you?”
”At that time the situation was so miserable, and we had to run for our lives We had left deep impressions on each other, and later become very close You know, in that situation, we couldn't afford to let a captive be with us e tried to escape When they were trying to kill Lady Ning, I said so to rescue her, which is why she's always respectful towards hed ”It turns out that you are her savior”
Chen Pingping closed his eyes and said with pensive slowness, ”His Majesty was injured at the time His body was hard like a piece of wood He could not move at all Someone had to clean his body and take care of his bodily functions, and apparently, no one is better suited than a gentle and careful wo was about to move into the imperial palace, and it had caused a disturbancebecause His Highness had never married back then, and yet all of sudden, this fe to move into the palace The Eain, right?”
Chen Pingping laughed, and more and more wrinkles appeared on his face ”I wasn't that powerful back then Actually, your , as finally perhed and said: ”No wonderin other people's business”
”She enjoyed doing that,” said Chen Pingping Suddenly he paused: ”Butit wasn't really intruding on other people's affairs, because sohness finally rimaced behind him, and said, ”I aenerations”
”You should listen to these stories It will be good for you” Chen Pingping said with a cunning smile on his face, ”At least you kno that in imperial palace, there is so?” Fan Xian shook his head: ”Just a sratitude truly last that long?”
Chen Pingping said: ”Dongyi woh They love loved ones and hate wicked people…And besides, about thirteen years ago, she did a lot to allow your e…and because of that, she offended the queen mother, who demoted her to the role of 'The Talented,' from which she has never coreat prince doesn't want to fight for the throne?”
There was indifference in Chen Pingping's voice ”He is a wise e, he chose to escape, and it's probably because of his reat prince is est prince”
Fan Xian reh suddenly asked, ”Does Lady Ning know aboutspoke ”Let's assume you have all the cards in your hands You shouldn't use all the cards at once Always keep a few cards up your sleeves ”
”Does His Highness know that I know?”
”No, he doesn't”
”Is it cheating?”
”It's okay If His Highness did not ask about it, it isn't our place to tell, as we are just the courtiers”
The young hed like two foxes
”What happened to the offending second prince?”
”Have you reached your target?”
”A total of 17 officials were caught altogether, so one However, I can't touch anyone in the Ministry of Officials” Fan Xian was counting on his fingers ”The Cui fa to the news fro to extend their pohich will make it easy for us to take theet is Cui fa in the court, His Highness will make a final decision This will be hard for the second prince to turn around”
”Will my family be in trouble?”
”Do you care if you lose the title of baron?”
”No, I don't”
”Then there is nothing to worry about Don't worry Your father isthan anyone else, how could he let you suffer any losses” A thought ca said in a ruthless tone, ”While I wasn't in the capital, you had been called all the way fro about”
”Yeah That sounds like hi patted his wheel chair's arood dad”
Fan Xian did not like to hear such words He re hadn't expected this kid to be all that respectful toward Fan Jian, so he so a bit happy ”What did you co ave a reluctant s experience seeing what it is like for a lonely old man to keep dozens of beauties in his place”
All of sudden, he stops joking with the elderly man He became melancholy and asked: ”I've alanted to ask you a question”
”Go ahead”
”Are youreally a loyal courtier?” The question see took the question very seriously After a long while, he said carefully, ”I redomand you should know full well by now that noover you You s he allows you to…in a word, re loyal to His Majesty is equal to be loyal to yourself Therefore you must always remember this and be loyal to His Majesty
Does it mean to remain loyal to His Majesty or tointo this issue
”But you've taken early action this ti closed his eyes and said slowly: ”And due to your oay of doing things, your purposes have been revealed completely His Majesty doesn't know that you've found out the story of your life; he will be suspicious of your purpose”
Fan Xian fell silent, as he already knew that this was the biggest issue caused by the incident
”Do not worry Letsaid softly
Fan Xian was no longer worried about it He pushed the wheelchair, walking out of these beautiful but dreary woods The young radually leaving their shadows behind, but the wheels of the wheelchair were constantly rolling over the grounded shadows
The court was going to meet the next day on time Over the past few days, the father and son of Fan family pretended to be sick and failed to show up in the court , anticipating the raging storm of impeachment and denouncements from the ministers The o Minister of Revenue Fan Jian admitted his mistake and that Fan Sizhe, the black sheep of his family, behaved the way he did as a result of inappropriate family education Fan Xian had also sub punishment He also admitted that the homicide case occurred in Bao Yue brothel was due to his lack of supervision
However, the Fan faes At the end of day, no one had the evidence regarding the conspiracy against the capital official or of the killings in the rainy night Plus, these flawless actions were good enough to shut the tattler's up
Conversely, regarding Fan faainst the second prince, the opponent was having a hard ti the issues After all, Xie Bian was one of the Bajia Warriors who killed people outside of capital court and Xie Bian himself had died suddenly in prison All of the accusations pointed to the second prince
To the surprise of the courtiers, the defense by the second prince was not that strong All the counterattacks merely scratched the surface After a short while, everyone realized that the two sides reements; put another way, the second prince had ad on the dragon throne quietly and listening, and only showed an i punished opinions, and upon His Majesty's confirmation, this matter has finally come to a close
Fan Jian, the Minister of Revenue, didn't discipline his children properly and let the ahis many years of hard work, and as credit for the Shouju event, he was given ano salary for three years and seeing his nobility decreased by two ranks, while additionally, he should shut himself away to think over his mistakes
Commissioner of Overwatch Council and acade by dispatching soldiers without authority Although he had admitted his error and requested punishive His title of nobility was reanize books donated by Zhuang Mohan for the next three years
The Ministry of Justice had issued an arrest warrant for Fan Sizhe, the second son of Fan Jian, who had fled to avoid punishhout the country
The official of the capital had been diso to trial later
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Finally, the rulings for the second prince beca, his rank of nobility was lowered, and he would spend the next six s had finally coure out the s Nonetheless, for the father and son of Fan fah their ranks of nobility were either reduced or removed, which were indeed heavy punishments, they didn't suffer any substantial loss On the contrary, the second prince had lost many subordinates, and the prince himself would be under house arrest for 6 months These were such harsh punishments that everyone could clearly see that Fan family won the battle this round
However, people who lookedcoincidence in the rulings issued by His Majesty The descriptions of the offenses were vague, as ”wrongdoing” was noted for both Fan Xian and the second prince After all, engaging in wrongdoing was not a big issue for a Coh for a prince, it definitely was
The situation had changed in the imperial court It becaer had the favor of the Emperor, and at the same time, Fan Xian had never been called into the palace alone People started wondering: Did this ht, both lost? Furthermore, as a courtier, Fan Xian used to hold special favor of e was over?
However, Fan Xian had no reaction to any of these changes He see inside the school every day He worked alongside other staff organizing books Occasionally he would go to the Overwatch Council He even spent 2 days visiting the Bureau of military affairs and the General's mansion, and also went to visit empresses in the palace with Wan'er and his sister He even bu Palace where the great princess of Northern Qi was living te his visit to the imperial palace, he didn't see the emperor
On top of that, he had secretly discussed many issues with Xiaoyan Prince The dispensation of forces along the northern region s the palace treasury was put in place, and when the tiainst the Cui family, which would i and the second prince Regarding the Zhenqi in the body, he's taking it seriously He would see what Master Feijie was going to suggest so as to determine whether or not he should take medicine
And so the day went Before anybody realized it, a cold autu, and the well-delayed chrysantheun But Fan Xian had already put on layered clothing He was staring at the last piece of hopeless leaf with fear, and thought to himself, in this terrible weather, how could a fearless chrysanthe about their blossoms?