Chapter 322 (1/2)
”The best ti But for so his father so calm and collected, he felt himself relax and was not as anxious as he had been in the hed at himself, and tossed aside the crutch fro down on a chair
”Be careful of your injury” Fan Jian shook his head disapprovingly
Fan Xian sently rubbed his chest There was a faint pain inside, but with the care of Sir Fei, it was almost all better
”Tell ently stroked his long, flowing beard The generally-serious Minister, at this moment, seemed to be have the ease of a man with a plan
Fan Xian paused and furrowed his brow in thought for a long time He then realized that he had indeed been overly panicked—what exactly was he afraid of?
He organized his lurking worries in his mind and sincerely replied, ”Once this news spreads out, naturally, the discussions of the people will be abnormally turbulent Once the palace knows of my past, who kno they will deal with it?”
”How they'll deal with it?” Fan Jian laughed coldly ”Do you think that up until now, no one in the palace knew of your past?”
Fan Xian was silent for a while; he knew his father was right The Emperor would know better than anyone he was a descendent of the Ye fa her attitude at the Winter Solstice lauessed she probably already knew Theit from the rest of the world
”They wanted to hide it from the world, but now they can't hide it anye,” Fan Xian said calmly ”Furthermore, if the empress finds out I am a descendent of the Ye fa to what you have said, the Ye family and her have an immovable hatred between them”
Fan Jian shook his head and said coolly, ”You don't need to worry about the empress
That woman is the weakest empress in history What you need to consider is whether or not the Crown Prince will be persuaded by her to act against you”
The power of the eo, been codou's streets ran red with blood The usually-modest Fan Jian had played an important role, so he knew better than anyone that the empress would not be able to make much trouble
”The Crown Prince” A small sent man Given your current position and power, he only hopes you will maintain the balance He won't actively pull you out because of what happened that year”
Fan Xian slightly lowered his head, and said three words after a moment: ”The Eldest Princess?”
Everyone knew that the Ye fa royal family and was the current palace treasury Back then, in order to forcefully collect froreatest merchant fa ones: rebellion Now that there was suddenly a legendary orphan of the Ye faated?
Even if there were no investigation, in the eyes of many people, the Ye family was one that the royal family would have to remove from the root This was the rule in history, and no one could hide from it
Once the news that Fan Xian was a descendent of the Ye family spread out, the Eldest Princess would certainlythe sa the Ye family fortune was considered the royal fas, Fan Xian could count hi meteoric success in his career
Of course, the other half of Fan Xian's past was also very extraordinary, so he didn't have to worry about theto kill him In fact, the other party would not even consider hiainst But what annoyed him was that no one knew about this matter!
If the mother and son in the palace wanted to hide it forever, then they could only treat Fan Xian purely as a descendent of the Ye family Under the pressure of public opinion, they would have Fan Xian let go of the palace treasury… and even the Overwatch Council However, for Fan Xian—who had alreadythe power in his hands would be very dangerous
”The Eldest Princess?” Fan Jian replied without any expression on his face ”If she's clever enough, she will just observe this ti”
”Why?”
”Because of the Eradually understood what his father h he didn't knohat plans the Emperor wouldto lift the veil on this issue After knowing this matter, he expected that the Emperor would react er and wildness
The Emperor and Fan Xian were both people who liked to have everything in their control and hated to have these things, which were out of their control, happen And so the Eht would be to find out who had revealed the secret If the Eldest Princess chose this moment to attack Fan Xian with this, the Emperor would do his best to protect Fan Xian, and his suspicions towards the Eldest Princess's distancing would deepen
”Right now you are the Commissioner of the Overwatch Council,” Fan Jian said quietly, ”and after half a year of work you now hold sufficient power in your hands Frodou, whether it iswe do is to help you stabilize the foundation beneath your feet… now that you are a heavy stone, ould you be afraid of a light breeze? Don't worry—those winds can no longer move you”
Fan Xian remained silent, with other worries in his heart
”Of course, there are heaven-sent winds in this world,” Fan Xian mocked ”What you are afraid of is just the attitude of the palace But the eer and the Emperor are both aware of this matter—at ive you the cold shoulder for a couple of days How this matter will develop will depend on the Emperor's attitude”
Finally, this old veteran schemer, the Minister of Revenue, said, ”With the incidence of the Hanging Temple, the Emperor believes in your loyalty and of course will be biased towards you… right now you are not yet recovered so the Emperor will remember what you did For your past to be revealed now, the Emperor will do his best to consider you—no matter the interests of the royal family, or the pressure of the empress, the Crown Prince, or even the Eldest Princess and dowager e the Emperor from that strike, the till cancel out,” Fan Jian smiled coldly ”So that is why I say this is the best time I don't need to tell you this, and you will understand these things in court Perhaps in a few years, the Eer think fondly of your rescue—then it would be difficult for you to use it to balance out your identity Your past could only be revealed within these few days, not earlier… and not later”
The best ti truth of these words and a bitter s trouble to the family”
The Fan fah this was arranged by the Eot out of hand, the Emperor would certainly deny it Only the Fan Manor would be implicated
Fan Jian slowly closed his eyes and hid the smile at the corner of his lips ”Silly child,” he said slowly, ”if you won't ainst me, doesn't that prove you are the descendent of the Ye family?”
Fan Xian opened his eyes wide and said a moment later, ”You ?”
”Of course,” Fan Jian shed, ”Such a pity, I had thought that since it wouldn't have an impact, I could use this opportunity—”
”Use this opportunity to overturn the Ye fahter ”No wonder you were so nervous earlier: you had big plans Child, why does the case need to be overturned in public? The Emperor already overturned the case for the Ye faht now, this is just the left-over ripples”
Fan Xian shook his head and spoke in a lowered voice, ”The Ye fa to say that he orried this ht to harm him to discover the royal blood in him But just as the words were about to pass his lips, he suddenly realized what he was about to say and stopped
Fan Xian and his father had never openly discussed his connection to the E clear the matter, to do their best to maintain the current harmonious scene
Fan Jian understood what his son wanted to say and sank into silence He sighed after a long time ”That matter… you should hide it in your heart As to whether or not other people guess it, what does it matter? I… I will clearly say, Director Chen has probably been waiting eagerly for this to happen Once the rudou, he will certainly use the power he holds to suppress them, and so confirm the truth of these ruuess your past, to have the people get used to… the rumors of your past”
Fan Xian was silent He knew that his father's projection was very logical The old cripple's actions were not difficult to understand Only by forcefully restricting the rudom believe them This was a very clever tactic As for the fact that he was an illegitimate child of the Emperor…
Fan Xian suddenly felt very tired ”What, exactly, does Chen Pingping want to do?” he asked his father listlessly