Chapter 11: When is it necessary to avoid the summer heat?

If it was an ordinary adult, talking to a demented child with only a few years of wisdom, it might be easy to get bored. But Fan Xian was different. Fan Xian had spent those last years of his previous life lying in bed unable to move, and when he practiced that strange overbearing gong skill in this life, he often fell into a semi-vegetative state as well, so his patience was excellent, and coupled with the fact that he felt pity for this mentally retarded great-uncle in front of him, called Dabao, he could patiently smile while chatting with Dabao.

In Fan Xian’s mind, this big fat man beside him who was a bit slow to move was really much more lovable and trustworthy than the rest of the people in Kyoto.

“I say big brother, why is Dabao so fat but you’re so skinny?” Dabao frowned, seemingly troubled by this question.

Fan Xian responded with a bitter smile, “First, you’re my big brother, and I’ll be your brother-in-law in the future. Second, I’m not skinny, it’s just that Dabao is a bit fat.”

Dabao shook his head, yawned, and took a piece of Jiangnan’s soft cake from the table beside him and put it in his mouth, chewing vigorously and slurring his words, “Dabao is not fat, he just likes to eat.”

Seeing that the prime minister has not yet passed on his own meaning, Fan Xian’s eyes turned, came to his great-uncle’s ear and said, “Dabao ah, when will I take you out to play?”

“Play …… play what …… play?” Dabao said happily, “I want to play polo.”

“Huh?” Fan Xian had a headache, thinking that he was really looking for things to do for himself, this thought was to bring his great-uncle to spend the summer, and by the way, as an excuse, he also dragged Wan’er out of the forbidding royal compound, where did he think that this big fat uncle actually wanted to play polo, and hurriedly changed his words and said, “Dabao, do you want to listen to a story?”

Dabao’s nostrils flared and contracted twice, inhaled two breaths and said cheerfully, “Good! Dabao loves to listen to stories.”

So it was that in the garden of the Chancellor’s house, a refreshing voice began to sound, which was telling a story, which told of a very good-looking Snow White and seven dwarfs, living happily in a forest, and that one day Snow White went to pick small mushrooms ……

“Somewhat unexpected.” Chancellor Lin Ruofu looked over there from afar through the window and said with a slight smile, “Do you think he’s pretending?”

Yuan Hongdao shook his head, “Not like that. Seeing that Duke Fan’s face is full of smiles that are extremely sincere, it should be from the heart.”

“Hmm.” Lin Ruofu sighed, “Invite him in.”

Fan Xian had been a little nervous since he entered the private residence of the prime minister’s residence, and when he walked into the prime minister’s private study, he couldn’t help but see his future father-in-law’s face for the first time, and he couldn’t help but gently shiver with his right hand’s tailfinger; after all, the other party couldn’t help but have a hand in the death of his only sane son. However, his face remained respectful and calmly abnormal: “Greetings to Uncle Lin Shi.”

Addressing was a very delicate matter. Calling Lord Chancellor was definitely not appropriate, calling Boss Man was also not pretty, calling Shibe could both bring the Fan and Lin families closer together, and also vaguely show in advance the closeness that this marriage would bring.

Lin Ruofu looked at Fan Xian’s calm face, somewhat satisfied with this kid’s performance, and said after a little deliberation, “I invited Mr. Fan to come today, and I think Mr. Fan understands what it means.”

Fan Xian hurriedly smiled and responded, “It’s fine for Shibe to call my nephew by his name.”

Lin Ruofu nodded, “Fan Xian …… have you any opinions about this marriage?”

Fan Xian thought to himself what opinion could he have, he was too happy to be happy, a blush appeared involuntarily on his face. Seeing his expression, Lin Ruofu became more at ease deep down and smiled, “As you can see, after Gong’er’s departure, I only have this one son and one daughter, Chen’er is married to you, so you must treat her well.”

Fan Xian bowed his head and answered yes in a deep voice, without dragging his feet.

“The older generation, there will always be a day when they go.” Lin Ruofu suddenly said in a clear voice, “If I take the liberty of saying, if there is a day in the future when I want to entrust my son to you, do you have the commitment?”

Fan Xian pondered briefly, stood up, bowed with both fists clasped, and said, “Of course.”

“In the future, we will be considered family, so there are some things that I can say in front of you to make things clearer.” Lin Ruofu looked at the teenager’s eyes, as if he wanted to look into his heart, and said word by word: “Although I rarely meet Wan Er, she is after all my daughter, and since her surname is Lin, she has to think about the Lin family. Once the marriage is over, I believe Lord Sinanbo also understands that you and I are in a relationship of co-prosperity, I hope that in the future, no matter if you are in the imperial court or in the wild, you must remember your own identity, and from now on, what you have to protect is no longer just the Fan family, but also the interests of the Lin family.”

This was indeed blunt enough, but it was the only thing that showed that Lord Chancellor had finally truly nodded his head in regards to this marriage. Fan Xian’s heart surged with joy, although marrying Wan’er is a matter handled by the palace, but being able to get his father-in-law’s approval will naturally make it more legitimate.

Just think of the other meaning of these words, Fan Xian also can’t help but have some headaches, this first meeting of the old man has obviously shed the East Palace, but I do not know whether it is ready to rely on the side of the second prince. The world all say, Fan House and Jing Wang House are the second prince’s help, but Fan Xian is clear, his father’s heart can be much more complicated.

Idle matters less to recount, only to say that after the successful conclusion of this Xiangfu trip, Lin Wan’er finally watched an empty into a trip to the palace, in front of the Empress Dowager filial piety half a day, and somehow persuade the past days of an iron face of the emperor’s uncle, got the decree, and finally can leave the royal family home, go around to shop.

Lin Wan Er’s body in Fan Xian and the imperial doctors are careful handling, recovered extremely well, has long been able to go out for a walk, although the root of the disease has not been removed, but always hide into a small building into a unity is not a thing, so I heard that the palace finally opened the ban, Fan Xian overjoyed, the second day of the morning with a carriage and a should be ready to do things, rushed to the royal courtyard outside waiting.

I don’t know how long to wait, the courtyard finally bustled, first a few guards at the head, after a few old maids lead, there are a few pretty-looking girls to open the way, and at the end, Lin Wan’er in the big girl ring four qi’s support, style from the inside came out.

Lin Wan Er is wearing a fresh white single skirt, wearing a Longxi bamboo hat on her head, this kind of hat is very light, the lower edge of the hat is a thin layer of light sand, shading the sunlight, but also covered her beautiful face, only vaguely visible in the eyes and lips in the joy.

Fan Xian greeted the front, the old maids saw the new aunt began to tense up, as heroic as the flood resistance blocked in front of the princess, several pairs of electric-like eyes, looked at him viciously.

Fan Xian was furious, and thought that the little master to talk about a love but also be disturbed by you guys, really annoyed himself, and then give you some laxatives, idle eyes such as electricity, glaring at you bellyache into the toilet can not come out!

Lin Wan’er gave him a slightly apologetic look, but in her hands, she twisted the big maid beside her with force. The fourth qi ate the pain, almost screamed out, thinking who did he offend again? But she understood what the young lady meant, and hurriedly stepped forward to say to her aunt, “Mr. Fan, let’s go in two groups, and meet again at the West City Summer Resort.”

The summer resort manor was a royal summer garden, about twenty miles west of Kyoto, and if Lin Wan’er hadn’t traveled today, Fan Xian wouldn’t have had the qualifications to go in and enjoy himself.

Fan Xian snorted coldly, but he also knew that before the wedding, if he sat in a carriage with Wan Er, he was afraid that she would be ashamed and the old maids would go crazy, so he didn’t say anything more, but gave Ruo Ruo at his side a wink. Ruoruo will understand, a slight smile, walked to the future sister-in-law’s side, gently pulling Lin Wan’er’s hand, said a few words of what, and then along with a line of people from the other house, on the carriage in the palace.

“Brother, being an extra horse harnessed by the side of a team …… is really a very annoying thing.” Fan Si Zhe looked at Fan Xian sympathetically from the side.

“Fall will come soon.” Fan Xian sighed, “It shouldn’t be a problem to have your sister follow her sister-in-law, and those damned old moms won’t be able to think that lilies will bloom in the carriage as well.”

“What is a lily?”

“A holy plant.”

The two sides left extremely early, just after dawn, but by the time the caravan arrived at the summer palace, the sun had also awakened early, warming up immensely like a comrade, and shining enthusiastically on everything on the earth.

The good thing is that the royal palace has long considered these problems, the delicate royals have refused to accept the passion of the sun, so the mountain villa was built in the side of the dense forest, neighboring the mountain and looking at the lake, shading the sun and welcoming the wind, the lake is calm, but the wind is still blowing, taking away the last trace of dryness in the forest, and returning to the people with a piece of refreshing.

Fan Xian stood on the grass by the lake, looking at the scenery in front of him, the heart is so marvelous, this son of God’s family farm activities are really not the same, the life treatment compared to the general subjects is really too high on too much.

That is to say into the summer estate, I do not know if Ruoruo made what trick, actually said the royal guards, will be a few wives all stay in the front of the estate to drink tea to play the horse hanging to go, this lake only left a cadre of young people, the guards or stand or sit in the far side of the guards, the maids rarely come out to play a trip, chattering non-stop, but the lake is a three-point reduction in the quiet, but there is no fish-eyed beads in the side of disturbing the clear happiness, Fan Xian! Fan Xian still felt very comfortable.

After getting farther away from the crowd and gritting his teeth and making faces to drive away the eldest maid, Siqi, Fan Xian was finally able to spend some time alone with Wan’er.

“It’s so hard.” Fan Xian sighed, his right hand burrowed through the green grass like a snake, grabbing Wan Er’s soft hand like lightning, but his face was still calmly looking at the lake, “It’s really hard to meet a girl.”

Her hand was caught, Lin Wan Er’s face immediately reddened, shyly lowered her head, but didn’t pull her hand back, only spat in a low voice, “It’s time to call the girl again, and I don’t know who has no face to climb the wall and turn over the window every night.”