Chapter 30: The King of Jing Speaks
Fan Xian looked around and realized that no one was around, so he simply found a rock and sat down, taking the water pot that the old flower farmer handed over, and not minding it, he took a few sips and casually chatted with him about planting flowers and grasses. He basically knows nothing about this area, so listening to the flower farmer’s colorful explanation, some fresh, but listen to more, also a little bored, would like to leave, but thought of that even more boring poetry, or just, sighed.
Hearing this male son sighing, flower farmer curiously asked: “male son why not happy?”
“The royal poetry meeting, it’s boring.” Fan Xian winked at him, thinking that the other party was just a servant and would definitely not be interested in the poetry fair.
Sure enough, Flower Farmer nodded solemnly, “Chanting poems and composing pairs are things that only idlers do, and they can’t be exchanged for a bowl of rice, what stupid pigs.”
Fan Xian was stunned, thinking, “Doesn’t this mean he’s scolding himself as well? Immediately, his heart fluttered and he laughed out loud, “Stupid pigs indeed.” He finally figured out certain things, and the matter of chanting poetry was waved away.
After the poetry meeting dispersed, everyone went home or skipped out on their own, and as for what happened afterward, it wasn’t until the next day that it spread throughout the entire Kyoto.
That evening, the daily family banquet at King Jing’s mansion, the World Son was prepared to go to the Drunken Immortal Residence to have a fling, but he was invited back by the old housekeeper, and sat somewhat uncomfortably at the dinner table, waiting with his sister for his father’s admonishment.
Prince Jing was sitting at the head of the table, and he was actually the old flower farmer that Fan Xian had been chatting with for half a day in the nursery in the afternoon. He looked down at his son, who had always pretended to be a flirt, and scolded him with anger from somewhere, “You stupid pig! Day after day, you only go to those places!”
World Son Li Hongcheng knew that the word stupid pig was his father’s mantra, so he did not get too angry, and responded with a bitter smile, “And what is father angry about today?”
Prince Jing grunted and didn’t continue to be angry, asking, “What poetry meeting did you have again today?”
Li Hongcheng was stunned and answered yes with a bitter smile, he knew that his father didn’t like these literati things, but he himself wanted to pull in the Beijing Chinese for the second prince, these things always needed to be done. Out of his surprise, King Jing did not get angry, but instead interested in asking: “There is a kid who came to the poetry meeting today, wearing a light maroon colored singlet, who’s kid is that?”
Li Hongcheng thought to himself that the people who came today were mixed, which he remembered so much.
King Jing frowned, seemed to be thinking about that person’s features, after holding back half a day said, “That kid was very pretty, like a woman.”
Li Hongcheng puffed and smiled, knowing who his father was talking about, and hurriedly replied, “What you’re talking about, must be the one from the Fan House.”
King Jing raised his eyebrows, actually revealing a few hints of ferocity as he stormed out, “What? You’re saying he’s that son of Fan Jian’s in Tanyu State? I’ll be damned, with Fan Jian’s appearance, how dare he give birth to such a beautiful son!”
County Lord Zojia was listening to her father’s foul language from the side, her face reddened with shame, but she was also very interested in what kind of person that man that Sister Ruo Ruo had been worshipping like a master teacher was. Li Hongcheng glanced at his father with some annoyance, thinking that it was fortunate that there were no subordinates around, but on second thought, the subordinates should have gotten used to King Jing’s mouth a long time ago, and he hurriedly asked, “What is father-sama asking about that young man for?”
“Do what?” King Jing grunted twice, after he bumped into Fan Xian who didn’t know his identity in the afternoon, he felt that the other party had some face, but he could never recall it, and because Fan Xian hated poetry sessions, yet he was able to listen to him talk about his favorite way of dill art for half a day, so he was somewhat fond of that boy. But he did not expect that that pretty boy, actually is Fan Jian’s son, heart a fire, continued to teach, “You have to learn that …… what is his name?”
“Fan Xian.”
“Learn from that Fan Xian, don’t look at him from an unorthodox background, but his vision is still very good.” King Jing sighed, looked at his son and lectured, “Fan Xian, this person, can talk to a flower farmer for half a day, but you are too self-respecting of your status, you must know that self-respecting this kind of character is really very unsuitable for those things you are doing now.”
Shizi Li Hongcheng knew that he was befriending the second prince, of course, could not hide the surface of the loyal and irascible, in fact, shrewd and incomparable father, hurriedly answered yes. After eating, the son was preparing to go back to his study to read in order to make his father’s heart happier, which expected King Jing to ponder for a long time but said, “Weren’t you just about to go to the Drunken Immortal Residence?”
Drunken Immortal Residence is not a restaurant, but a green house, a word difference, but a world of difference, the son of the heart was tight, hurriedly even said dare not. Prince Jing stared at his eyes and scolded, “Manly man, go if you want to go, don’t be so unresponsive.” After saying this, he shouted for someone to kick him out.
Li Hongcheng until sitting in the elegant seat of the Drunken Immortal Residence, hugging the most popular purveyor in Kyoto, Miss Yuan Meng, was still a bit cold thinking why his father king suddenly changed his nature today.
Late at night in King Jing’s mansion, King Jing while drinking wine, while cursing: “Dog day guilty of bitch, when the favorite bubble brothel, actually also gave birth to such a beautiful seed, the old son also let his son to go to the bubble to go, in the future also embrace a beautiful grandchildren.”
King Jing forced his son to visit prostitutes for the time being, let’s not talk about the family affairs, first of all, Fan Xian to wait for the poem will be dispersed, early drilled into the sedan chair, and Fuji Zijing and a few guards will be in a place. After the poem will be dispersed, the crowd to the Fan family children of that poem is discussing a lot, see Fan House sedan chair, some scholar will come up to say goodbye to him, Fan Xian rushed down, one by one, smile send away, and instructed the guards to send Ruo Ruo back to the house.
Fan Ruo Ruo nodded to him before getting into the sedan chair. Fan Xian knew that that matter had already been arranged, and with his spirits lifted, he began to make arrangements for the evening.
“Guo Baokun must be living in the Shangshu residence, and will be entering the palace every approximately three days, called a compiler, but in reality, the crown prince’s companion.”
Fan Xian frowned, “How old is the Crown Prince this year, and he still needs to be a companion reader?”
“The Crown Prince is the Empress’s own child, ranking third amongst the Imperial sons, and is eighteen years old this year.”
Fan Xian said in amusement, “An eighteen year old adult, what does he need a companion reader for.”
Fuji Zijing laughed bitterly, “It’s just playfulness, so he’s looking for some people to accompany him blatantly.”
“Could it be that the emperor doesn’t care either?”
“This …… villain is not clear.”
From the other day after the incident at the restaurant, Fan Xian was worried that Guo Baokun would not be able to swallow his heart and would have some underhanded tactics, so he instructed Fuji Jing to poke around, and also found out a few of the places that Guo Baokun often went to and the route he took to get home.
Today on top of the poetry meeting, that surnamed Guo’s little piker words with barbs, Fan Xian even if the temperament is good, can only keep the surface smile, deep inside is still very annoyed. It was only at this time that he realized that he had asked Fuji Zijing to find out about those things, but he had subconsciously prepared himself to be bullied by Guo Xiaopifu, rather than worrying about being bullied by Guo Xiaopifu.