Chapter 21 (1/2)

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The two finallyup with the Flying Dragon Guard's search party Yan Xiaohan helped Fu Shen up onto his horse, sharing a ride as the Guard personally escorted the latter back to Hidden Orchid Villa

All the Guards halted their ate of the Villa Yan Xiaohan also dis and others who ca over, added a few directives like “pay attention to the wound” and “apply e his horse to leave

His figure was iht and di his face seeuilty, and utterly apologetic on the inside It wouldn't be unreasonable to say that so hiht to be invited into his ho an at-large descendant of the Jin family and both sides are well aware of the on Guard to be allowed in, it was the equivalent of sending a la done before would be an entirely futile waste of effort

”No need to sendwith a uiltiness ”I still have official business to tend to, and won't trouble you with it Please take very good care of yourself, Young Master Fu I'll see you again in the capital someday”

Fu Shen raised his hand in farewell to hiures as they disappeared at the end of thehis ar at him pensively ”Tsk, tsk, tsk You've only known each other for how long, and now you're gazing at hio?” he said with bland sarcasot, like you can't wait to have hi”

Fu Shen gave as good as he got ”No matter what else, he rescueduntil you'd finished drinking your tea and rested enough before you caone cold down there? You still have the face to 'tsk' h to be called the one who risked his life to save you is soo The doctor's been waiting inside for half a day already Get your wound checked out”

No one was in thelike that, and they all agreed to stay the night in the Villa before going back to the capital later Yi Siements for and took the woman and infant away Fu Shen stayed a few days more until the wound on his back scabbed over, only then taking up his horse and strutting down- his departure, he intentionally wound back to that open slope of orchids he'd seen that tietting the willpower to pluck one Facing the ith a sigh, he swiveled around and spurred his horse to leave

Recalling this scene after sopast – he thus suddenly understood the truth behind ”youth don't know the taste of sorrow, ed color when he returned to the Duke of Ying's Estate, and he got a good scolding fro on his own youth, Fu Shen didn't take his back-wound too seriously, laying on his sto up to be a lively champ once more

Noever, the situation in the capital was less than good The scope of the rebellion incident's involve wider and wider; it was not only those in the saated, but also those with a connection to the Prince of An It was even to the extent that Jin Yunfeng's followers and old friends were suffering its spread The E into a fowl of warning to the Prince of An, with Fu Tingxin and the rest's i stones thrown into a bottoe of their seats, each of theer

Fu Shen hadn't ever been in Court, but froxin about it, his mind was full of worries and concerns His worries led to hi his uncle about how he'd saved the Jin fa on his oould cause trouble for Fu Tingxin; his concerns were about how those tere so closely connected to it, that every day this incident wasn't tied up was another day they could not go free

As his mind wandered, someone fro that it came from outside and was an invitation for hie [2], during

Fu Shen took it and gave it a look His own naold-sprinkled sheet of paper with s out the title ”Colonel Yan of the Left Divine Martial Guard”

He sprang up, hurriedly went into his rooe his clothes and brush his hair, then headed out as soon as he was ready Though his face was deliberately taut, it still didn't conceal his exciteed the whole tinificent ability to make his soul fly after them with just one invitation?

Vivid Harmony was a well-known restaurant in the capital, the cook skilled in Huaiyang cuisine Fu Shen quickly climbed its steps, pushed open the door of a private roo screen, and had his eyes drawn to a figure clad in pale blue sitting upright within That so to turn his head towards the door to look at the same time

”Brother Yan!”

He s himself to have done so Yan Xiaohan looked hireet hi breeze brushi+ng one's face ”Please co Master Fu?”

”It's been fine Those were all minor injuries, they don'tthe tea the other poured for hioodspecial happen?”

Yan Xiaohan laughed ”Never I simply heard that you were back in the capital I should have prepared gifts and visited your Estate as thanks for your kindness in saving s difficult Being able to be friends with you is already rare enough, and Ion it I thought it over, then decided I would call you over to thank you in private”

Their ranks are as different as the earth and sky, their friendshi+p destined to be seen as iht this up tiain – perhaps he also wanted him to be low-key about this so as not to invoke criticis ”You're being so distant, Brother Yan You and I stayed in a cave deep in thestuff about identity and family status? Or am I, in your mind, a self-interested snob?”

Yan Xiaohan fully understood that Fu Shen was deliberately ta himself down He couldn't help but retreat a step toit up I'veMaster Fu”

He punished himself with a cup of tea instead of wine In the midst of their conversation, a waiter knocked on the door, then arranged the table full of dishes The ingredients used were not as expensive as those used in the Marquis of Gao Men's Estate [3], but they surpassed it in delicateness, the food light and nourishi+ng There's also no seafood or ive off that fishy, sheepy stench, and there's even a sweet, fruity drink in Fu Shen's cup

This banquet was sufficient enough to deduce Yan Xiaohan's intentions out of, and Fu Shen was naturally disinclined to brush off his kindness They chat as they dine, going on and on about anything and everything, theirnear a full shi+chen

Happily full of food and drink after noon came, when it came time to leave, Yan Xiaohan suddenly spoke to hiht, those i His Majesty is frequently asking questions, and the Departations—” He paused to nod at Fu Shen ”You who are trying to sneak so behind his back need to be careful”