643 Separate Challenges (1/2)
The emotions Fan Xian had to express had already been expressed The things he should feel regret, grief, and determination for had already turned into new slurry in his mind His sister had also talked about the true reason she had coraves The group of people quickly clidou On the carriage, he listened intently to his sister's narration about what exactly happened at the radually loosened The ined It couldn't be considered a big deal
Any istrate should have been a major deal In Fan Xian's eyes, these clashes in officialdom truly did not matter much and were only a little troubleso She only said she was here to visit the princess According to Teng's wife, looking at young lady Sun's gaze, she'll probably coain” Fan Ruoruo lowered her voice ”Sister-in-laent into the palace There was no one in charge in thethat her identity is sensitive, they ca for me”
”What's sensitive about it?” Fan Xian raised his brows and said unnaturally ”Sun Pin'er's is not much older than Rou Jia It's not improper for her to come to the manor to chat with you two”
”That's not what I h her brother's unease at once ”It's just that Sun Jingxiu is putting on a birthday banquet in a couple days If he invites you to go, he will personally give you an invitation In no ould it be up to his unwed daughter to coiveafraid of me I destroyed his life's reputation Besides, he is only a third-rank official Even if he's putting on a big show, the bother shouldn't fall onto ask of you” Fan Ruoruo lowered her head in thought She then said, ”I just don't knohat troublesohtly These few yi and had paid less attention to Jingdou, so he didn't knohat unusualHowever, there ide peace, and the Qing court was unusually calm How could so for a bit, he lifted the curtain and gave Mu Feng'er a 'er understood and rode his horse closer to the carriage Lowering his head, he listened to Fan Xian's quiet orders and repeatedly nodded his head
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The group of carriages entered Jingdou and went around into a side alley by the streets in the south of the city Quietly, they stopped by a corner door Fan Xian clilanced around Like a thief, he sneakily entered the door After entering the garden, he didn't rush to the side hall to see the young lady of the Sun faesture and ducked into the third quiet study
Fan Ruoruo looked at hie, her brother had been concerned about the overno directly to her to clear things up, so as he hiding?
Fan Xian watched his sister's state ofsirl It is a bit inappropriate for hter and said, ”You're afraid of that? If you really understood that there are differences between o, you wouldn't have hidden in young lady Sun's boudoir for sothis, her face couldn't help but blush slightly with e her eyes at her brother, she asked with a giggle, ”Not only me, but even sister-in-law and Sisi were later curious of how exactly you slept those few nights in young lady Sun's boudoir?”
Fan Xian did not shed helplessly and said, ”For such a clear-as-ice and clean-as-jade young lady to be troubled by these rumors is already my bad Each time I think of it, I always feel so this to make fun of me It is very unkind of you”
Fan Ruoruo respected her brother a lot Upon hearing these words, she quickly restrained herself and fell silent No matter what, she could not brush away the curiosity in her heart During the Jingdou Rebellion, Fan Xian hid in the boudoir of the governovernhts to enter the capital At the sadou's favorite legend
Many people speculated on the relationshi+p between Sir Fan junior and the young lady of Sun Jingxiu Why would that girl take such a risk and betray her father to help Fan Xian? Why did Sir Fan junior put a great deal of effort in protecting Sun Jingxiu afterward? He seemed to only ree He helped hiistrate and made sure he was not implicated in the rebellion
Even Fan Xian did not know the story of how those few nights had becoe to everyone He orried that this would iirl trouble When the rury and had asked the Overwatch Council to investigate In the end, the investigation concluded with a serving girl in the Jingdou government
Since it was the other party's household that had carelessly allowed the ruet out, there wasn't any way for Fan Xian to deal with it He just paid particular attention to his connection with the Jingdou government There had barely been any coxiu probably knehat Fan Xian was thinking and was deeply touched Other than interactions in an official capacity, he had never even sent an invite to the Fan 'er brought his uncle Mu Tie in When Fan Ruoruo heard the knocking on the door, she moved into the back room
Fan Xian looked at the sweaty face of the head of the First Bureau, Mu Tie, and his dark coh yi, if there is any major movement in the capital, you should still notify me quickly”
Mu Tie had already learned fro to ask about the istrate and had been prepared Hearing the faint displeasure in his voice, his throat dried up He didn't try to explain anything He just put the prepared files onto Fan Xian's table
Fan Xian picked up the files and read theradually furrowed A hed
These few yi and there had indeed been xiu, but the lives of a few other officials had been wretched The Ministry of Revenue and Ministry of Appointate these officials As for the specific , there were ati as one investigated deep enough, no matter the reason, one would always be able to find so secretly investigated by a few alliedto endure an insufferable pressure The so-called stor They were probably unable to hold up for er The officialdom was the most sensitive The civil and martial officials sensed the arrival of the storm Even if they didn't strike while they were down, they watched with cold eyes
No wonder Sun Jingxiu would suddenly think to host a birthday banquet He probably wasn't sure of the Palace's intentions, whether it was just a routine check or if they were going to use thisa birthday banquet would allow him to clearly see the attitude of the Palace
Fan Xian shook his head He thought this h he had stood on the wrong side of the Jingdou rebellion, it was just a mistake of skill It was precisely such a temperament that allowed the Emperor to tolerate him for three more years Yet, it was also precisely this temperament that made it so he still did not understand what the Palace was trying to do He was delusional enough to think he could continue in the ilance, Fan Xian saw the underlying reason for the disturbance in officialdoxiu, were coreat deed At the beginning, he had stood against the Emperor's posthu the Jingdou rebellion and were suspected of being opportunists The Eht time to settle the accounts Three years was not too late
The court had long been stabilized Given the Emperor's ruthless personality, how could he tolerate these despicable officials who had swayed in the past?
Mu Tie saw that Fan Xian was lost in thought and sed to soothe his throat He then carefully rean with the Ministry of Revenue and Ministry of Appointation That would only have been done after the Hall of Govern the Coovernment ainst the E lady of the Sun fa hostile against the Emperor Furtheristrate Even if the Exiu from his position, he wouldn't kill him to do so Since this was the case, he would let the Emperor express some of the resentment he still had left
Suddenly, his mind turned He remembered that the Exiu He shouldn't be going back on his word so quickly Even if he was, he had been cautious of his face and shouldn't have had the Hall of Government Affairs make an appearance
He furrowed his brows and asked, ”Has Hu the Scholar said anything about this matter?”
Hu the Scholar headed the Hall of Governh the Hall of Governs should be expressed through Hu the Scholar's lanced at hi after drinking too overnment increased”
Everyone in the Overwatch Council and Fan wei of the Hall of Governmental Affairs No one dared to express any admiration, respect, or other such positive cohed coldly and said, ”Just one sentence after drinking and he is able to cause the dou such worry This Sir He is indeed quite iiven the Ewei, he was just using his own xiu was tactful, he would probably have long resigned his post by now It was clear that this Jingdou istrate was not so clever and did not understand this layer oftilanced at hio forward to tidy the files on the table He only said, ”Since you are going to the Sun manor, you only need to re”
”I know, I know You talk too much” Fan Xian waved his hand irritably and had the uncle and nephew leave the room