Chapter 6: Tired of New Silk by the River

Fan Xian rode on the horse, buttocks were choking some uncomfortable, smiled and thought about the previous second highness, the heart of that familiar feeling is still lingering. He is naturally clear, this first meeting is the so-called shallow words can not be deep, as for what the inner library and other things to mention also do not need to mention to go, just see a face.

He dialed to the face of the young green river willow, asked Li Hongcheng beside: “Today the second highness just want to meet me?”

Li Hongcheng smiled and replied, “He is your admirer, and it so happens that you have married County Princess Chen, so he took the opportunity to see his brother-in-law in the name of seeing what a generation of poetic immortals really looks like.”

Fan Xian was stunned, where would he have thought that it would be such an excuse, and shook his head with a bitter smile, and after a long while he suddenly sighed, “Why do I always look familiar to this Second Highness?”

Li Hongcheng had been friends with him for several months, and had known that he was tough in his bones and gentle on the surface, but apart from the occasional madness, he was barely able to maintain a calm and steady demeanor, and at this time, seeing that he was a bit lost in thought, he couldn’t help but wonder, “You should not have met with him before.”

Fan Xian smiled bitterly and shook his head, thinking that although the second prince was born beautiful, but after all, it is not sister Lin, he is not good at that mouth of Long Yang, how to each other so unforgettable, can not help but slightly shyly laughed out.

At this time, Li Hongcheng is looking at him curiously, see him pursed lips a smile, suddenly stunned, dull look half a day, before murmuring: “I know why you feel look at the second highness eyes familiar.”

Fan Xian’s eyes widened as he asked curiously, “Why?”

Li Hongcheng made the expression he was accustomed to vomiting, “Because both of you like to smile shyly like ladies sometimes.”

Fan Xian froze, hurriedly restraining the smile at the corner of his lips and said with a bitter face, “That’s it?”

Li Hongcheng looked at Fan Xian’s clear and beautiful face, and with a sudden chill, said, “The two of you also have some similar temperaments on your bodies, and are indeed very much like pussies.”

“Bullshit.” Fan Xian cried and laughed, and then his heart fluttered, perhaps …… that Second Highness is really similar to himself in some ways, he shook his head, chasing away a certain pile of shocking doubts that were hovering in his mind, and once again smiled faintly, nauseating the Shizi once more before he swung his horsewhip, urging his horse to gallop towards the capital city.

Along the way along the river, the horse traveling fast, the spring wind comes to the face, the river green willow also comes to the face, Fan Xian lazy to avoid, since the domineering true qi transportation to the face, all full of a thick face, will be those willows vibration away, indulge in the horse fast life.

Within a moment, he had left the Prince and the guards some distance away, and the horse was a bit tired and gradually slowed down. Fan Xian sat on the horse, subconsciously twisted his head to look towards the water, only to see that he had already circled around for a while, and came to a place where the flower boats were very concentrated, and in the distance there was a flower boat that had already been grayed out, and leaned against the bank in a very decrepit manner, which was even more miserable compared to the delicate people in the river, the colorful brothel boats.

Fan Xian narrowed his eyes slightly, guessing that it must be the courtesan’s courtesan boat, which used to have the most popular women in Kyoto, and was also the most popular place in Kyoto, but now it had become like this. Seeing the scene in front of him, he couldn’t help but think of the Si Li Li who is still in the prison of the Supervisory Yuan spending his days in misery, after the spring exams, the court of Qing will release Si Li Li to return to Beiqi, and he actually happens to be the organizer of this time, I don’t know when we meet again, what kind of appearance it will be like.

At first in the prison with drugs, with words, with psychological attack, only from the woman’s mouth swindled out of the assassination of their own behind the mastermind is Wu Bo’an, and their own at first promised to let her go, but also once made a very poisonous oath. Originally, Fan Xian was not prepared to recognize the account after the incident, but he did not expect things to turn out this way.

The corners of his lips slightly bloomed, and as Li Hongcheng said, he smiled very gently, thinking that he had promised.

Behind him came a rush of hoofbeats, Li Hongcheng also shook off the guards, single horse followed, two horses stopped at the same time on the waterfront, quietly looking at the lake’s peaceful scenery, occasionally glimpsing the place of decay.

After a while, Li Hongcheng said softly, “The night you beat Guo Baokun, it was at that flower boat that you drank with me.”

Fan Xian smiled and said, “We also spent the night on that courtesan boat.”

“What?” Li Hongcheng glanced at him and said, “It’s not like you’re feeling compassionate now, is it? Your status is different from mine nowadays, not to mention Siri Li Li who is still in jail, but let’s just say the many lovely people on this water, if you were to have nightly pleasures like me, I’m only afraid that the palace would send the great inner guards to beat you up the next day.”

Fan Xian smiled bitterly and responded, “Where do I have these thoughts, I just have occasional feelings when I look at that flower boat.”

“Wu Bo’an, is not your father-in-law’s person.” Li Hongcheng thought that he did not know these secret stories, so he reminded in a low voice.

“I know that the other party is the Eldest Princess’s person.” Fan Xian responded softly, “But since the Eldest Princess is no longer in the capital, I’m naturally too lazy to think about this.”

“Don’t forget that the Eldest Princess has an excellent relationship with the Empress, is most favored by the Empress Dowager, and …… all these years, the Crown Prince has always trusted her.” Li Hongcheng gave him a quiet look, as if he wanted to use these words to indicate something.

Fan Xian smiled and said, “Just say whatever you want to say, the second prince and I met for the first time, there are some things that are naturally inconvenient to say, and since I got rid of the guards, I just want to talk to you privately.”

The two horses slowly walked forward, occasionally rubbing between their heads to indicate intimacy. Li Hongcheng set aside the green willow branches in front of him and said softly:

“After you return from Beiqi, you will probably be in charge of the inner treasury; both the Eastern Palace and the Second Prince need you, and I think you yourself understand this very well.”

Fan Xian smiled and was speechless, listening to the other party continue speaking.

“Although the Eastern Palace is showing you favor now, it is because the Eldest Princess left the capital, and although I am not sure why the Eldest Princess hates you so much, I know that in the Eastern Palace’s mind, a thousand of you would not be worth the Eldest Princess’s word, so you cannot trust the Eastern Palace.” Li Hongcheng said very seriously, “You and my family have been friends for generations, and I am considered a friend to you, so I have to remind you that if you really have to fall down, in public and in private, I hope that you will fall that way.”

He pointed to a solitary mountain on the opposite bank of the cave, which was disconnected by a forest behind it, forming exactly the word two.

“What a coincidence.” Fan Xian followed his finger and shook his head with a bitter smile, “Queuing up is supposed to be a stupid thing, Hong Cheng, I advise you not to stand in line too early either.”

“It’s not a coincidence, that’s the Second Highness’s separate courtyard.” Li Hongcheng smiled, “Your statement is very similar to father’s, but there are always many things to do in the world.”

Fan Xian shook his head disapprovingly, “After meeting the Second Prince today, I feel marvelous, such a crystal-like person, why is it that he refuses to be a peaceful prince like King Jing?”

Hearing him talk about his father, Li Hongcheng’s eyes gradually turned cold, the smile that was as warm as the spring breeze on the day of his residence also disappeared, and he faintly said, “In the house of the son of heaven, there are no private matters, and there are a lot of things that you can’t avoid just because you want to. You should remember how the late emperor, my grandfather, ascended to the throne back then. Two princes, brutally assassinated within the same day, how fishy was the bloody rain in Kyoto at that time? If you could go back in time, wouldn’t you also ask why those two were not allowed?”

Fan Xian’s heart chilled, he barely smiled to hide his inner emotions, and said, “At that time, the country had not long been founded, and it was different from the current peaceful scene, so if the second prince was willing to give way, the Eastern Palace wouldn’t see how it would be. You see King Jing planting flowers and grasses in his mansion every day, isn’t he also very happy? The second prince can see that he really likes the way of literature, why can’t he learn from your father?”

“You’ve seen His Majesty, and you’ve seen the eldest princess, my father is second in line, yet you can see that he already looks like an old man.” Li Hongcheng said with a wry smile, “Will backing down really lead to good results? My father’s heart always has an aura of sadness and resentment, although I don’t know what the reason is, I think it’s not these broken things in the Son of Heaven’s family.”

In fact, Prince Jing really guessed wrongly the real reason why King Jing was now willingly working as a flower farmer.

Fan Xian frowned, “But you shouldn’t be following the Second Prince so closely, no matter which way you look at it, he’s the least likely one.” In fact, given his friendship with Li Hongcheng, at this point, these words already seemed too deep and straightforward.

When Li Hongcheng heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then a smile surfaced on his face, knowing that Fan Xian truly considered himself a friend, and was softly moved to respond, “If the parents take some desserts and place them in front of the children, we must first make it clear that we want to go and eat them, and then it will be later on when the parents distribute the food that they will first think of you.”

Fan Xian smiled, “Second Prince is tantamount to always making a statement.”

“Not bad.” Li Hongcheng’s gaze left Fan Xian’s face and looked across the small mountains across the Flowing Crystal River at the vein of Cang Mountain that was faintly visible under the sky in the extreme distance, and he said softly, “The late emperor was fortunate because he only had one son, and His Majesty is considered fortunate because he only had three sons, but …… wait until the great palace comes back After that, I don’t know what problems will arise, so Second Highness, you must first show your attitude and fight for all the power you can.”

“I still don’t understand why you chose him.”

“A very simple reason.” Li Hongcheng smiled and said, “I see him as a bit more agreeable.”

Fan Xian raised an eyebrow, knowing that this was perhaps true or false on a scale of three to seven and not to be believed in its entirety, and simply gazed at the gentle smile of this Prince Jing’s gentle smile, his face devoid of expression. He was not a noble and pure person who had the luxury of being alone, knowing that there were many things in this world that he could not hide from, so from the very beginning, he had not even thought of hiding.

Men in the world, the word fast – of course, in the process, there may be some more things.

Before entering the city, Li Hongcheng naturally said that he wanted to go and sit in so-and-so building, Fan Xian naturally didn’t bother to accompany him, and raised his hand to bid farewell, and right at the time of bidding farewell, this flower-loving business world son said with a smile or a laugh, “Today, the second prince wants to preemptively meet with you because after the meeting examination, probably you can’t escape the prince’s invitation.”

Fan Xian flinched slightly, hearing a hint of information revealed in the other party’s words, that the day after tomorrow, although he was not senior enough to judge the papers, he would definitely be guarding both the Imperial College and the Ministry of Rites.