Chapter 45: Miss Si Si
Fan Xian hadn’t expected Grandma to send Si Si, who was far away in Tanyu State, to Kyoto, and looking at this big girl, with whom he had spent several peaceful years, he was a little happy and had a little headache, not knowing what to arrange. Grandmother’s meaning was clear, it was for him to take Si Si into his room, and looking at Si Si’s appearance, it was estimated that she wouldn’t choose any other solution other than this path.
“Go rest first.” Fan Xian tried to look as gentle as possible.
However, Si Si still felt that the young master in front of her seemed to have become somewhat unfamiliar, after all, Fan Xian had undergone too many trials and struggles in Kyoto, and naturally, his heart had a few more strands of indescribable temperament on top of his composure.
Seeing Si Si’s somewhat uneasy look, Fan Xian said in amusement: ”This girl, what is she thinking about again? After you’ve had enough to eat and drink, young master will take you for a stroll in the capital.”
Si Si said in aggravation, “Si Si is here to serve the young master, not for him to serve.”
Fan Xian listened to that cool ah, in the end is and his childhood together with the woman, speak and do things directly a lot, where as in Kyoto Fan family of these maids in general, in front of their own even a atmosphere do not dare to utter, let alone face to refute their own meaning.
Fan Xian walked forward, gently patted her slightly thin face, said with a smile: “Cheng Cheng, let you serve, but even if you want to copy and grind ink, you have to wash first. This all sweaty and sour, others say red sleeves and night reading, you are ready to add some vinegar flavor to young master me?”
Qing Guo did not have the story of Mrs. Fang Xuan Ling drinking vinegar to make her mind clear, so no one could hear the playfulness in these words, and Fan Xian could not help but feel some regret for not getting the pearls before the swine.
Si Si was shy and embarrassed, she repeated her salute, and then went to freshen up under the guidance of the maids. The maids had already seen that this maid was very different from their own, so they were especially polite.
“This girl is Sisi, huh?”
Without the sour taste that Fan Xian had expected, Lin Wan’er’s face had only curiosity as she smiled and said, “In the past, I’ve always heard you say that Tanyuu’s eldest maid is much more diligent than Siqi, and today I’ve finally met her.”
After all, Qing Guo was still a world where men were superior to women, and although Lin Wan’er was a noble county princess, she didn’t seem to have too many thoughts or sensitivities, and besides, even if Fan Xian wanted to take concubines into his room in the future, did the hallowed county princess still have to taste it with those women? Fan Xian smiled, thinking that this matter fortunately had nothing to do with himself, or if he really upset the little tiger, would he still want his two arms?
“Marriage is the grave of love.” Fan Xian threw a sour word out, “So we have to walk around more, don’t become a pair of zombies.”
Lin Wan’er looked sad, deflated her mouth and said miserably, “I’m afraid of the cold.”
“The snow on Cangshan Mountain is good, and it’s especially good in the fall and winter.” Fan Xian smiled as he looked at his wife, tempting the other party like a travel agency employee, “Although the medicine your teacher dispensed for you is extremely effective, and the imperial doctors were pleasantly surprised after checking your pulse, the high altitude is great for your body.”
Lin Wan’er inclined her head and leaned into his embrace, gently rubbing it twice and said softly, “I still don’t understand what elevation means.”
“It means how many levels higher than the sea.” Fan Xian found this explanation a bit awkward.
“Still don’t understand.” Lin Wan’er said bitterly, “Don’t go, okay? I’m so afraid of climbing mountains, and I’m so afraid of the cold.”
Fan Xian said in a bad mood, “Look at how round your face is now, more exercise is never bad.”
Lin Wan’er suddenly broke up from his arms and said bitterly, “Last night, you said you liked me to be fatter!”
Fan Xian almost lost his laughter, but still forced himself to say with a straight face, “With the lights out, of course it’s better to be fatter, but in the daytime …… it’s better to be thinner.”
Lin Wan’er grunted in exasperation and walked in the corridor ahead of him. Fan Xian hurriedly followed. Also not face to look at her, just a step ahead of about, softly humming: “I like you most on the flesh, do not you know?”
In the palace in the fall, it was like a summer breeze blowing head-on, Lin Wan’er’s face was hot for a while, and within a few moments she reddened, stepped forward two steps, grasped Fan Xian’s hand, and said with a lowered head, “So many people are following behind you, and you’re not ashamed of it either.”
The two are in the palace, followed by a large number of maids and eunuchs, but those people have their heads down, away from Fan Xian Lin Wan’er is still some distance, think it is not heard what the two said earlier.
Fan Xian’s face was still facing straight ahead, and he said with a smile, “Mother, you need to learn from your husband, how to do many amazing things with the same expression.”
There was a subtext to this, but Wan Er could not quite understand it. Today the two into the palace is the first time after the wedding, those ladies saw Lin Wan’er came, holding the heart meat a shout, a gift to reward, Fan Xian is not to be rejected, just look at the ladies heartache pain Lin Wan’er’s appearance can not help but have some chills, this woman’s mother’s family is the royal family, in case of future conflicts between husband and wife, their own is not going to be dead without a place to die.
His Majesty the Emperor has a total of four sons, a prince and three emperors, from a side to prove that he is not a womanizer. Also coincidentally, so many ladies in the palace actually didn’t have a princess, so Lin Wan’er, who was raised in the palace since she was a child, naturally became the favorite of the ladies.
Lin Wan Er was accustomed to staying in the palace, so she was naturally not as formal and nervous as Fan Xian was when he first entered the palace, but rather like playing in the backyard of her family’s home. Fan Xian was infected by this, and the eldest princess, whom he was most jealous of, had now returned to her fiefdom, Xinyang, so he also put his heart at ease and walked around the palace with her. Earlier, when he talked about going to Cangshan Mountain for a vacation, Fan Xian had already mentioned it when he met with the Empress and got the approval of this noble person in the palace.
Unexpectedly, Wan’er was a little fuddy-duddy who was afraid of the cold.
But this matter Fan Xian’s mind has been set, especially after the turn of the year, the exchange of prisoners between Qing and Northern Qi will officially begin. The Supervisory Yuan side through Wang Qinian passed the word, seems to be some of this matter and his own involvement, so he needs a quieter place to deal with some things, to prepare for some things.
It’s just a pity that this time when he entered the palace, he didn’t see the emperor’s uncle. Lin Wan Er was a bit disappointed, but Fan Xian’s calm face hid some other emotions.
A line of caravan departed from Fan Mansion with great vigor, and today Lin Xiang also came to send off his beloved daughter, so the scene appeared to be bigger and bigger. The street pedestrians look at this procession is also pointing, after all, a few days ago Fan Lin two families marriage, the wedding scene is already shocked half of the Kyoto, did not think that only a few days, the Fan family, that “Poetry Fairy” son has made such a mess.
“Why do you have to leave the capital just after the wedding?” There is an old man in the crowd with his hands behind his back, frowning, asked: “Today’s young people, relying on the family’s wealth, they only know how to play around, this Fan Gongzi heard is also the Imperial College’s Fengzheng, how to go to the Cangshan Mountain again?”
“Look, don’t you understand?” A young man next to him scoffed: “Mr. Fan’s honeymoon is called a honeymoon, and he has to choose that secluded place to go.”
“What do you mean by honeymoon?” A sister-in-law became interested.
“It means life is as sweet as honey.” Another poor sourpuss who was obviously related to the Fan Mansion through seven hundred turns scoffed, “Don’t even know that, it’s a new word invented by Mr. Fan.”
Sister-in-law got angry: “This word is weird, what’s there to know. Besides, what’s a honeymoon, since we’re choosing a secluded place to stay for a few days, it’s still not clear that we’re just trying to have a quiet, happy time so we can give birth to a big, fat boy.”
Sitting on the carriage leaving Kyoto, on the left side was Lin Wan’er, who was shrinking in her fur like a cat, looking at Fan Xian with a smile in her spring-like eyes, and on the left side was Fan Ruo Ruo, who was gentle and courteous and reserved, peeling an orange, picking the white threads on the flesh with care, and then sending the petals into Fan Xian’s lips.
Fan Xian half closed his eyes, a squint glanced at Lin Wan’er’s expression, could not help but frown and said, “It’s only fall, how can you be afraid of the cold and afraid of this?”
Lin Wan’er smiled cheekily, climbed up, came over to his side, opened her mouth and came over, teasing Fan Xian with a light shake of his heart. However, he heard her say to Ruo Ruo, “Good sister, reward me with a bite of orange.”
Fan Ruo Ruo smiled faintly and said, “Sister-in-law, you can’t eat oranges with this illness, it will catch fire.”
Lin Wan’er said with a sad face, “It can be annoying.”
Fan Xian hard didn’t understand the name calling between his wife and sister, and asked, “One shouts sister, one shouts sister-in-law, what kind of shouting is this?”
Lin Wan’er spat out her tongue and said, “Shouting sister got used to it, before.”
Fan Ruo Ruo also couldn’t help but laugh, pointing at her elder brother’s nose and saying, “Before you guys got married, my brother told me to shout sister-in-law, so I’m used to shouting it as well.”
Fan Xian shook his head helplessly. The carriage was already warm, plus the mountain road was slightly bumpy after leaving the capital, so it was extremely easy for people to get sleepy, Lin Wan’er gradually leaned on Fan Xian’s shoulder, and Ruo Ruo also propped up her jaw and leaned against the wall of the carriage to refresh herself.
The carriage suddenly shook a bit, waking up Wan Er on Fan Xian’s shoulder, she rubbed her eyes and said, “Are we there yet?”
“How could it be so fast?” Fan Xian smiled and shook his head, “Although Cangshan Beiyi isn’t as good as the palace’s Beiyi, it’s still on the mountainside, and it’s a three day walk from the capital.”
Lin Wan’er looked at him calmly and asked, “What was the reason for leaving the capital in such a hurry after the wedding besides recuperating from your illness?”
Fan Xian knew that he couldn’t hide this from her, and wasn’t going to hide it either, and smiled and answered, “Your two brothers sent people to the residence every day, and I was really scared, so of course I had to go and hide. Taking sides at this time is a very foolish thing to do no matter which side you stand on.”