715 A Co The Emperor Alone 5 (1/2)
At night, the little building gloith light A large nuarden froic All kinds of dishes, fruits, and stea The Emperor and Fan Xian talked and s They chatted ahile that wodom and between the Emperor and Fan Xian, re everything
What should have been the start of a massacre became a last supper between father and son Fan Xian are of this and accepted it It was impossible for one person to start a two-person battle Since he had already endured for so long beforesuch a brave and ruthless decision, what difference could one ht make? Most importantly, just as the Emperor said earlier as he easily broke his set up and walked away, since it was a battle between two people, tiiven for the Emperor to do that which he had already ih time?
”Your Majesty, Mistress Ruoruo has come to bid you farewell,” Eunuch Yao said respectfully as he stood below the small table with his head bowed
”Let her colanced at Fan Xian to show hiust of chilly wind carrying snowflakes swirled into the building An icy looking woman followed the wind in Her steps were steady, and her expression was cal She bowed shallowly in front of the Emperor It was Fan Ruoruo
After she bid farewell to the Eirl, who had been under house arrest in the Palace for a number of months, slowly turned and looked calmly at her older brother Gradually, a faint wetness appeared in her eyes
Fan Xian stood and shook his head with a slight s”
So, Fan Ruoruo did not cry She bit her bottoed to force a s ti tiain since Fan Xian returned froyi After Fan Xian returned to the capital, he had only seen that autumn rainfall At that time, Fan Ruoruo was already under house arrest in the Palace as a hostage to control hiently held his sister's slender shoulders and gave her a hug By her ear, he quietly said, ”Be good Be filial toward father andbackward It see child o in Danzhou who couldn't even speak clearly
Fan Ruoruoher leave the Palace Her brother and the Es she trusted most in her life were her brother's lessons and plans, so she had no suspicions at all She just cal recovered its silence However, it was not silent for long With an aard expression, Eunuch Yao announced, ”The Third Prince is here, just outside the building I couldn't stop him”
Neither the Emperor or Fan Xian had expected for the Third Prince to appear at this ti Palace would not be able to hold back this youth
The Third Prince entered the building and bowed toward the Es, father Greetings, teacher…”
Strangely, the Third Prince turned and left after saying these words Without any care to etiquette and rules, he left behind the Emperor and Fan Xian, who had sunk into silence Naturally, both of them had clearly seen the Third Prince's expression earlier and saw that the child's eyes were already red Presu
The Eave a smile filled with complicated elimmer of disappointment, but there was also a trace of ad had co today to send Fan Xian off Such affection and daring aligned ith the Eht?” Fan Xian asked
”You taught hi I've always admired about you I've also never seen you treat hiardless of whether it is the officials in court, your subordinates, or evento stand on your side,” the Emperor said
Fan Xian was silent for a moment He then said, ”That is probably because I always treat the for the third time and calmly said, ”Someone outside the Palace has sent the book Sir Fan junior needed and a sword”
It was the sword of the Wei Emperor It was quietly placed in front of Fan Xian on the table The book was a list of crimes committed by the He faction, written by previous members of the Overwatch Council for use in the Emperor's edicts in future days
Eunuch Yao stood in front of the Emperor and calmly narrated what happened outside the Palace Naturally, the internal court had a nudou, but there was no need to specially investigate the disturbances in Jingdou to know about it
The I on the snowy ground outside the Palace cryingthe Eivable murderer Fan Xian was not a fanatical dou were all powerful members of the He faction As for the Imperial Censors that were just pedantic, they were still living just fine
Other than these Imperial Censors, the civil officials in various departan to co to exert pressure on the Royal Palace All of this was because the court had been shocked by the massacre that had happened They felt a boundless and endless fear Thus, they had to make a stand
After Fan Xian entered the Royal Palace from the Hall of Governmental Affairs, many of the court officials waited outside the Royal Palace They aiting for the Eht, yet the Royal Palace reed and fearful Was the E of the affection between father and son after Fan Xian had done such a hair-raising and bloody thing and would not punish him severely?
Because of the Palace's silence and officials' concerns, the Iain knelt outside the Royal Palace
When the wind and rain desired to come, the pressure was ireat waves
Eunuch Yao's report did not change the atardless of whether it was the Emperor or Fan Xian, neither cared about the officials' pressure Besides, after tonight, one of theive some kind of explanation to the world
The Emperor smiled He raised his wine cup and slowly took a sip He then touched on a subject or two that had not been raised yet ”If you die, will the words you leave behind be able to control the crazy people under your coo?”
”You need to take a gamble that my words can control them Otherwise, if the world falls into chaos, it's not a scene you wish to see”
The E his eyes, he said, ”Are you not worried that I will kill you and not do what I prohtly He was silent for a moment before he calmly said, ”The promises of an Emperor cannot be chased back even by four horses”
”Four horses, not one” The Emperor se words back then, which is why I remember I just didn't think that you also knew of it”
The Ehed and said, ”In today's world, if the person in front of me was not you and instead was your ht to a fair battle”
Fan Xian ive her any justice back then”
The Eive her such a right because I knew that she would not use this world to threatenchip amble She would not bear to do that, but I would be able to bear it”
”I a to use the lives of everyone in the world to threaten you,” Fan Xian replied calmly ”This was the difference I spoke of earlier”
The Eain and said, ”That is why I don't understand Since you love this country and care for the people, how could you use it to threaten iveis that I have always been a shameless person who is afraid of death If truly forced into an i tothe world and Your Majesty's wild arave,” Fan Xian said with his head down ”Actually, I have been waiting for a person, but that person has still not returned I have no choice I can only fight desperately myself”
His were spoken with radually lit up He kneho Fan Xian aiting for In the Emperor's opinion, in the world at present, only that person could threaten his life and rule After the o, he had always maintained a faint fear toward that person's existence He even sent the last emissary from the Temple to the alley by the Fan manor
Even with this, Wu Zhu still did not die
”He won't coradually restrained In a slow voice, he said, ”It's been three years He wanted to find out who he was so he could return to the Temple If he truly returned to the Teain?”
Fan Xian nodded and accepted this truth sorrowfully If Uncle Wu Zhu still remained on this land, he would not be so passive in front of the E mutual destruction
”How did you make the Temple stand on your side back then?” Fan Xian furrowed his brows as he looked at the Eest questions
”I have never been to the Te tiradually falling into ruin The Temple never interferes in worldly affairs This is true” Asmile rose to the Emperor's lips ”However, the Temple has always quietly influenced this land It is unfortunate that I a to me Your mother and Lao Wu were people of the Teh Naturally, I kne to h and shook his head He had no choice but to feel admiration for the Emperor's powerful resolution In the eyes of the Ethe Northern Expedition, all the Meridians in er My eyes could not see, my ears could not hear, and my nose could not smell I was like a dead man However, my soul was hidden within that shattered shell, unable to escape and unable to find release” The Ean to narrate the events of the past ”It was like being in an endless darkness, enduring the torture of loneliness Such painthe E dihtly It was as if it was about to sink into the sea of darkness that had no release
”Other than oneself and the loneliness one can experience, nothing else was real,” the Eer trusted anyone else In order to achieve my purpose, I don't need family or friends”
”When I woke fro and Ning'er,” the Emperor said with narrowed eyes ”Thus, I had the 'er's safety”
”However, I never thought that Chen Pingping would betray ht shone through His tone was vaguely angry and sorrowful With aperson and caused things to be as they are today”
”You haven't experienced that kind of waking pain in the darkness, so you don't understand what I a”
”I have had such an experience” Fan Xian shook his head Naturally, he did not explain anything That had been a very, very long tio, an unfortunate event he had encountered in that other world ”However, I did not become someone like you It is personality that determines fate”
He abruptly narrowed his eyes and said, ”If Ye Qings be like now? Would they be better?”