Vol 2 Chapter 302 (2/2)
The carriage drove out the southern gate of the capital When they reached the countryside, there were far less people there The Qinian Group and guards of the Fan manor were all aardly exposed They felt bewildered, and looked at each other in confusion Their boss just walked behind the carriage, following the trails left by the carriage up a mountain
They were closer to the mountain now, and the path wasn't so narrow Still, it elicited the style that was codom's roads The mountainside was extremely pretty, and the lovely fields reached out beyond their very eyes In the yellow grass, wildflowers that still exuded life continued to thrive The trees, whose leaves had departed their boughs, spread across the fields It was an evocative picture Like an artist's painting, the trees were layered and scattered about everywhere, and it was a beautiful sight to behold
Wan'er and Ruoruo were sighing The view there was excellent, and for this, they wondered why no one hadood place such as this would be bought out by rich noblemen, or even the palace itself They would do so to build houses there But how co this narrow path, they could guess that they'd be arriving at a certain manor eventually Whoever lived there had to be pretty aweso Fan Xian create this aura of irls weren't very happy So, they closed theirout theto ade turned around There was a forest, and beyond its eaves lay a garden of sorts It looked like it would make the perfect residence for fairies All of a sudden, it was like they transcended a veil to show so, but it was laid out really well The short wood and bluestone coh it was not luxurious, a chain that rapped around a statue displayed to them its richness
”How is this, when cohed as he said
Lin Wan'er closed her open athered her composure froarden What are you being so cocky about?”
Fan Xian waved his hand and said, ”The owner of this place said he would give it toI don't like about this place, so I don't fancyspooked at what he had just said, she asked, ”What is there not to like about this place?”
”There are too ravitas Who could kno many beautiful wonored the two girls and signalled for the carriage to stop He diseirls fixed on hie fro his hands into a certain bush
The bush was like ic, as all of a sudden, soarb, and looked like a regular woodse and looked at Fan Xian for what seemed like half a day Then, after a while, he collapsed his sharp coiveness ”Master, I aive me”
”I don't blae”
The woodsman did not dare reply; he sie started arden The road was extree were able to guess that the security of this place ht as the security of the palace They could guess it was probably quite deadly Even if an entire garrison of troops desired to h
Of course, these two ladies were quite suess the name of ned this peculiar place
To own a place that was arden such as this, and have security that was as tight as this ho could it be aside from the leader of the Overwatch Council?
Behind the carriage, the two tea Dropping to their knees, they looked around and confirmed that they had already arrived Now that their er any need for them to follow
The Qinian Unit's today, Su Wenuard aardly nodded in return
”Weto his teaet this close to the leader's garden We have been blessed by the co the view of the garden
They were sitting on both sides of the grass field, laying around doing nothing of interest With straw hanging from their mouths, they observed the sky and yawned
The beautiful garden ned by Chen Pingping Aside frodom, the person with the second-most authority would be that crippled old 's position was too unique in the kingdom, and he always said that he was sick, and that hy he never attended court That is why he had the tiarden that was a while away from the capital His house in the city was practically e he
pretending he was sick And he was co he was sick Fan Xian had visited here a couple of times already, so it was only natural that he knew the way They arrived at the gate of the yard, in the yard, there were two big wooden words It read: ”Chen's Garden” It had been written by the previous Emperor, so it was quite the precious relic
He sao carriages stop outside the gate, and couldn't help but furrow his eyebrows He did not expect he'd be entertaining so 's lonely personality, and the horrible reputation the Overwatch Council had, the average officer wouldn't dreaoing to be, then?
Wan'er disee behind Fan Xian She took a look and noticed the insignia that adorned the other carriage She se”
Fan Xian was shocked
The old man had already coate He knew this young Fan Xian was different fro's most precious student He was also to be his successor As such, they did not dare to uests He was quiet and polite, and he told them, ”It is the eldest prince and Mister Qin of the Bureau of Military Affairs”
Fan Xian tilted his head and scratched his itchy neck The eldest prince and Master Qin? He knew that the latter was on his side, and he was an important officer in court What was most important, was that Master Qin had his father there - he was the ex-leader of the Ministry of War Now, he had become the leader of the Bureau of Military Affairs This entire fa to the dom The eldest prince had spent his last few years at war in the west, and he had a strong relation with the Qin fa'son the stone steps, but didn't rush to go in He ondering whether or not their visit had soh the army had always been in fine relations with the Overwatch Council, this was still quite the curious assehed, and resolved to not care about whether or not his travel was ht his wife and sister closer, and walked towards the yard He had beco here
Going past a beautiful, babbling brook, which was adorned with the most luxurious of decorations, they finally arrived at Chen Pingping's bosom of hospitality - the lobby Fan Xian did not wait for permission, and hastily walked inside He didn't think to say anything, but in the lobby he caught sight of Lady Sang Wen sitting in the corner, singing songs with a horrified face He laughed out loud and said, ”Now I know; the person as powerful enough to pull Lady Sang Wen away to sing for the Wen was not at the Bao Yue brothel because she was in the Chen Garden
Sang Wen was the er of the Bao Yue brothel, and the Overwatch Council's latestsongs for hi noises echoed across the lobby Chen Pingping, as sitting in the host's seat, widened his eyes Seeing these three young people unexpectedly approach, a certain warhtly stroked the grey fur blanket that lay across his legs He began laughing and said, ”Do you not mind that I have many women here? Why have you come today? It was okay for you to co that the wife and sister you have brought here to eat you alive?”
The two young people ere sitting on the guest's seat were frightened They turned their heads to gate of the lobby, and they were frozen together Then, Sang Wen stopped singing She possessed a grand smile, and she stood up to bow before the two ladies
Not long later, a person with casual clothing arrived Still, his presence bore the aura of a military man He stood up and politely bowed to Wan'er, who stood behind Fan Xian He then greeted Ruoruo Lastly, he ss, Master Fan”
Fan Xian had seen Qin Heng before, and he knew that his family was nice, and that even the E Kingdoreeted hih Qin Heng's rank was not higher than Fan Xian, they were aware of each other's position Therefore, there was no need for the nicely s here toIt has been a fortuitous day for me, indeed”
Fan Xian noticed that his smile was not a forced one He relaxed and felt soe each other with ain soether on this day, let us drink and talk”
Qin Heng laughed loudly, saying, ”Mister Fan is wonderful! You are a person who does things against the expectations of others You have not said a word about your apparent illness, and now you are suggesting that we go drink I would make a joke, but here I aping, as sitting on the host's seat He had a wry suests It all depends on whether or not our host is courteous enough to provide us with so said, ”You are richer than e, as the smile lay fixed on his face In his heart, however, he was shocked The officers always believed Fan Xian had a great fortune with the Overwatch Council due to the E But to see Fan Xian talk about Chen Pingping so casually, a person who everyone else feared, and have Chen Pingping respond so natural was a strange sight It seemed that the relationshi+p between the tas different fro appreciated by the E, but if he wanted to obtain coed on Chen Pingping It was only just now that Qin Heng realised Fan Xian would indeed one day take authority of the entire Overwatch Council If this was to be, then it was iood relationshi+p with Fan Xian, and not just to thefriendly with the rest of the Fan manor as well
In just a few sentences, he had already obtained a lot of infor had used this opportunity to show the military the relationshi+p between the in the future
The both of them chatted for a little more, and then, Fan Xian turned around to bow before the eldest prince
That movement was actually a little rude, but the people in the lobby were aware that when Fan Xian first met the eldest prince, it wasn't in the nicest of circuood friend of the eldest prince, so they did not , he didn't care much at all for ht the eldest prince was going to be mad, he tilted his head to take a look but was taken aback andbeside the eldest prince, laughing out loud in return to soh he knew Wan'er was raised in Ning Cai Ren's palace, which row up to the result of the a bond similar to a brother and sister, he was still annoyed andthis
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Fan Xian perked his ears to listen, and heard that the eldest prince was discussing the battles he fought in the west He was telling stories about his fight for horses against the Wu people The Qing Kingdom's people loved battles, and the eldest prince had been out there fighting for all these years He was much like a hero to the common folk Even Wan'er and Ruoruo looked fondly on hirew bitter He was thinking to himself, I… I… I am a pacifist If I wasn't, I'd happily ride into battle and iirls His heart was put into a badto reflect this Instead, he just laughed and approached the eldest prince He bowed He said, ”My nas, My Lord… oh, I mean my Great Prince”
The eldest prince saw Fan Xian and he already felt oppressed Now, he was hearing him talk like this, so he couldn't help but respond with, ”I must ask you, Fan Xian Have I offended you in any way? Every tiative about me” He turned his head to Wan'er and asked, ”Wan'er, what kind of husband did you end up with?”
Wan'er and the eldest prince were really close Seeing hih, she would not let it go She picked up a fruit from the table and shoved it in his mouth She then told hi like that when , thinking that brother-in-law sounded better So, he went to sit down next to Ruoruo A servant of Chen Pingping had already delivered some hot towels and hot tea He knew the eldest prince and Qin Heng had come here to speak with the crippled old man, so it had to be a matter of some importance Still, he sha the to discuss that which they desired to
Wan'er knew that outside the capital, the envoy fought for passage against the ar from the west The entire conflict was the result of Fan Xian's intervention, but she knehy he did so He already had the second prince in his sights, but to pick a fight and offend another prince seemed unnecessary She really did not want to see her husband have a conflict with her closest brother So, she started to pull at thee a peace
Everyone else could see her desire to do this, as well But they were just men, and men always have their times when they cannot see eye-to-eye with each other As a result, the eldest prince sinore her efforts Fan Xian si He asked hi that he would soon visit hislike he had just fallen asleep; slouched down in his wheelchair Even here in his luxurious ho on that decrepit wheelchair Why didn't he take to lying down on a co this, Wan'er was not sure what to do any at the entire scene The eldest prince, as a powerful fighter, and the young popular officer were bickering and quarreling like children It was an a felt as if he could not speak any more with Fan Xian The eldest prince then all of a sudden said, ”I heard that you were supposed to be really sick in bed, unable to attend court Even with the Ione to defend yourself and a present a case I did not expect that you would be here today…”
Fan Xian yawned and said, ”I will go to court to was shocked, thinking Fan Xian had stopped feigning his illness That meant tomorrow, there was to be a fair aed to Chen's Garden by the eldest prince to discuss so that was best not said in Fan Xian's presence
He did not want to say it, but the eldest prince was quite straightforward He politely spoke to Chen Pingping and said, ”Uncle, in regards to your second brother, please say so” He turned his head to look at Fan Xian, and then continued by saying, ”I don't care what has happened with court, but the ru about the capital seeiance to the second prince are incredibly srievous loss for the court”
In Qin Heng's heart, he said, You are such a straightnegative about his had reached a certain point, and with a wry s now said, ”Yes, Master The E, this will likely continue Then, things will becohed Those two did not ue The second prince's party had already been crushed and suffocated by the Overwatch Council It would be incredibly aard if he were to go out in public, so he had asked his big brother to help alleviate thesethe Qin family of the Bureau of Military Affairs The way they had co was a s his own corner, it was hi up the wood underneath Fan Xian's potIf Chen Pingping was to ask Fan Xian to cease his crushi+ng of the second prince, he had no choice but to adhere to that coot what he wanted out of the conflict The prefect of the Jingou government was fired, and the officers of the second prince had been removed from the Sixth Bureau Fan Xian didn't really care too h, was the way in which the eldest prince referenced Chen Pingping
He called Chen Pingping uncle!
Chen Pingping had a lot of power, but no matter how close he ith the Emperor, it was quite inappropriate for the eldest prince to refer to him as an uncle If this ca Jing, not so, Chen Pingping already opened his hed twice and said, ”We can talk about the second prince later I say…” He pointed towards Wan'er and Ruoruo and coughed twice again ”This is the first tiarden How come you have not said hello to your host?”
Actually, there weren'tEspecially since there were ends and stories that painted the character of Chen Pingping as sohttih Wan'er and Ruoruo's identities were really noble, facing a codom, they too were quite afraid This is why they quickly went to sit beside the eldest prince upon entering the lobby
At this ti the old man say this, Wan'er and Ruoruo had no choice but to stand up With a bitter face, they approached Chen Pingping and bowed
Chen Pingping laughed and said, ”What are you afraid of? Your mother, and your father, they aren't better people than I” He was referencing the eldest princess and the old evil Fan Jian Looking towards the eldest prince, he said, ”And about that which you were talking about, the person you really need to talk to has already arrived You need to talk to him directly And Little Princess and Lady Fan, could you help this oldto show to you irls and Sang Wen pushed the crippled old man's wheelchair out of the lobby Only Fan Xian, the eldest prince and Qin Heng re to think that this oldresponsible, and he had now just left his ho three beautiful woarden