Chapter 17 (1/2)

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The ‘Hidden Orchid Villa' was a famed location within Huanren County's Geinal owner had been a refined scholar of the previous dynasty who held the position of Grand Chancellor, and after he stepped down from the post, he purchased this mountain home in the suburbs of the capital to enjoy his retire love for orchids and planted all kinds of rare breeds of the the place its name

After his death, his faeneration being convicted of the crime of bribery, and the Hidden Orchid Villa was included, becoovernmental property Later on, the Late E, Fu Jian, and it would becoenerations since

Huanren County was only a few dozen li apart from the capital, theit a good spot for hunting It just so happened that the ate rich sons were extre up the Mountain to have fun on a hunt They bugged and wheedled Fu Shen into doing it until he was co no choice but to dispatch family servants up there beforehand to tidy up and clean in preparation for the guests' welcome Lady Qin was enormously unhappy with this andthat he was a fop that was destroying the fa out and entertaining, and with her being beyond annoying, he was just about planning to ready his weapons and find some small matter to explode over when it was reported to the fa

Fu Tingxin wasn't dissi Lady Qin down and allowing Fu Shen to go out and have fun in confidence and peace His return had Fu Shen even xin had no children at his knees and Fu Shen had grown up beside hier martial arts and literary skills by hand – he was even closer to him than his own father

“Uncle” Fu Shen was uncouthly seated on top of the table in Fu Tingxin's study, swinging his legs back and forth “Fall and winter are exactly the seasons where border defense is critical Why did you co through everything to find so his head as he replied “There's so in the Court”

“About the assistant Minister of Legislature, Jin Yunfeng, getting iuessed

Fu Tingxin abruptly stood up “Where did you learn that?!”

“Fro Lords who trarinned “I' before, but how could I still not?”

Fu Tingxin held his forehead “Shen'er, take your uncle's advice: don't ever sain It's really stupid”

“……”

Fu Tingxin bluntly thren his luggage without a care, uncouthly taking a seat on the writing desk just as Fu Shen was “How do you see this matter?” he asked in a lowered voice

“Me?” Fu Shen responded “I… just see it as whatever”

Fu Tingxin slapped hirily

Fu Shen was pitched forward fro like he'd been treated unjustly “I was listening to it like it was just so to do with our fa was apprehended due to involvezhe Vessel Conductor [3] Han Yuan He was the assistant Minister of Legislature, after all, and that's a position a lot like the Grand Chancellor With Han Yuan on the outside and him in the Court, they could coordinate for a two-front attack, and all'd be well on their end…”

It ith these few sentences that Fu Tingxin knew that he was just blurting out some made-up bunk and he simply couldn't take it anyh once et out of it depends entirely on you

Jiangsu Vessel Conductor Han Yuan was in the same location as the East Sea Naval Coion is a part of the Prince of An's fiefdo routed out, not only is Sa Zhi to retire froht to dissolve the Prince of An's fiefdo?” Fu Shen asked

“The reason he was apprehended was because he repeatedly expressed opposition to the dissolution of the fiefdo the Emperor not to be ruinous to those on his side This itself wasn't any kind of major crime, in accordance to his position The real trouble was that he was once a lecturer at the Hanlin Acadeht the Prince of An With a relationshi+p level like that, why do you think the E hi with Han Yuan's conspiracy on the very surface, but in actuality, he wanted to retake the Prince of An's fiefdo the opportunity to beat down the Southeast Navy,” Fu Shen replied “That's because vassal Princes scattered around outside and high-ranking officials that defend the borders… are two big scourges hidden within to hixin felt a prick in heart froes', and held his hand over his chest with a forced smile “You're certainly very direct, my dear eldest nephew”

Fu Shen didn't catch his joke at all, fixing Fu Tingxin with a cauterizing stare “I just remembered that we have sos, don't we?”

“You're going off-course,” Fu Tingxin quickly dispelled his apprehensions “I came back to plead for leniency for Mr Jin I was study partners with the Prince of Su back then, and with us all having had good teacher-student relationshi+ps, I can't just sit back while this goes on without saying a word”

Fu Shen was definitely not fooled “I' who have the ‘good teacher-student relationshi+p' It's no good for hiht? Howto be willing to pay back that debt? If he can't afford it, is he going to sell hixin wasn't irritated by the jab “Good question I suggest asking him the next time you see him,” he replied with a cool head

“Tsk, tsk You two have once again dug a pit in wait forinto such pits “I'ht your bachelorism yourself!”

Truthfully, all of them knew that this was a joke that could never couarded the border, and the Prince of Su was a vassal Prince; the tere ill-fated They didn't even dare get too close to each other in front of others, let alone get legitixin lifted his hand and pat hi “So so I can duo off on row up so you never need to face these things you can do nothing about”

Fu Shen was unconcerned, his tone flippant “I' to keepthe Tartars As an unimportant servant, the Emperor's careful watch won't land onhis childish statexin swatted hiot a few letters in a trunk Go find theing through the boxes with a grudge

Fu Tingxin watched his back with a faint smile, a bit of imperceptible distress within that expression Little brat, he thought, teaching you from soit' looet it, the young will be young My big brother and I are still here, aren't we?

In the fall of the eighteenth year of Yuantai, the waves and winds were still

No one could have ever anticipated how fickle Mother Nature was, nor how fate toyed with people

In the nineteenth year of Yuantai, Fu Tingzhong was assassinated by the Eastern Tartars The following year, Fu Tingxin died on the battlefield of Northern Xinjiang The sahteen-year-old Fu Shen put on armor, left the capital, and set foot on the northern warzone

In the twenty-fifth year of Yuantai, Fu Shen got injured, returned to the capital, and was sanctioned a e by the Yuantai Emperor

There was a complete mess in the study that day In that conversation that only an uncle and nephe of, the fraght, an uncle's hopes and strokes of luck, and a youngster's prattling ination

Regardless of how deeply bitter and hateful he'd be in the days ahead, Fu Shen was still a naïve and brash young rich kid at this point, and his heart could not hold in darkness and soleo out and play, so he brought hisof scoundrels up Ge close to Fu Shen were a few of the younger generations of influential faranted, and many others from wealthy militaristic families These half-adults danced with blades and played with sticks during the day and couldn't recite a single quatrain suiting a beautiful lady, to say nothing of one suiting a ‘noblerown ' the orchids, took a short pause for rest and lunch, and upon hearing provisions were done being prepped in the afternoon, were i and joyfully dive into the mountain

There were no vicious ani water deer, hares, and pheasants, with so around on occasion Fu Shen slowly drove his steed into the woods, pulling back his bow and taking ai His archery skills had been honed within the Northern Yan Ar used to do in little birds and bunnies was a bit overkill Just as he was getting bored, a burst of rustling noises suddenly caht side of the forest ahead of hi iave each other a look across a good distance, si their bows at a shadow in the underbrush