Chapter 131: The Secret Meeting in the Sheep Onion Alley

A posthumous edict caused chaos in the courtroom. The ministers gritted their teeth and resisted, as if everyone had seen this posthumous edict with their own eyes. However, through Grand Maester Shu’s words, it was clear to everyone that the posthumous edict that could at least name-check the Crown Prince off his horse was still in the hands of Tanya Duke Fan Xian.

And where exactly was young Lord Fan? For the time being, let’s not depict the magnificent scene in the Taiji Hall where swords were drawn and ready to spatter blood, the forces bent on helping the Crown Prince ascend the throne, including the Rapunzel, who lived behind the scenes, seemingly doing nothing, but actually being the root cause of the palace turmoil, were all sniffing around Kyoto, trying to find Fan Xian’s hiding place.

Seize Fan Xian, kill Fan Xian, crucify Fan Xian, destroyed the posthumous edict, then the court again chaotic can not be chaotic to where, Shu Hu two university scholar lost the last rely on, and then how strong, but also impossible to mobilize the civil ministers against the imperial power again.

Taiji hall only today formally announced Fan Xian is regicide culprit, treason big evil, and those forces outside the palace on Fan Xian’s pursuit of assassination has long been unknown for how many days. However, Kyoto was too big, and the resources of the Princess could even vaguely control Kyoto, but she was unable to find Fan Xian’s traces among the thousands of people.

There was no way for the Princess to stop Fan Xian from secretly meeting with Shu Wu the night before the Crown Prince ascended to the throne and doing so many things in secret.

No one knew where Fan Xian, exactly, was hiding.

A remote alley, a little far from the center of Kyoto’s imperial power, and not close to the most luxurious and rich mansions in Kyoto, however, it seemed exceptionally quiet. Those sad and frightened atmosphere of the people of Kyoto on the street could not enter this side of the alley, only a few green trees swaying freely in the early fall weather.

The alley is called Sheep Onion Alley, a very inconspicuous name.

At the end of the alley is a small courtyard, the courtyard is two years ago, I do not know who bought. Half a year ago, a woman with a few subordinates moved in. I don’t know what the woman’s status is, but she was able to purchase such a quiet courtyard. However, this half a year, no visitors have never come here.

Today, in the palace, there was a fight between you and me, but the culprit who triggered this incident was sitting leisurely under the tree in this courtyard, drinking hot tea and thinking about something.

Fan Xian wore a green cloth clothes, face slightly moved some hand, although not slightly reduce the heroic spirit, but let the whole person look more solid some. Fingers gently turn slightly hot cup, he suddenly frowned, to the side of the beautiful eyebrows, deep-set eyes beauty said: “In addition to the Prince of peace, who else knows you this courtyard?”

That beauty pursed her lips and shook her head, her large eyes filled with a look of curiosity and excitement. She wasn’t even scared at all when she looked at Fan Xian, the legendary regicide thief.

Yes, this small courtyard was the top-secret place that Fan Xian had secretly purchased and gifted to the Grand Prince a year ago to raise his daughter in a golden house.

And that look and feel and Qing dignified woman is very different beauty, naturally that follow the western army to return to the capital of the Western Hu a tribal princess, in Jiangnan troubled Fan idle a year long Mar Suo Suo girl.

Except for Deng Ziyue who handled the deal, no one knew that the one who bought this small courtyard was Fan Xian. And after this courtyard was presented to the Grand Prince, with the Grand Prince’s fear of shame, it was even more unlikely that he would publicize it around. So Fan Xian didn’t go back to the inn last night after stringing together the ministers, but chose to come to this small courtyard, not worrying at all about being guessed by the Princess’s side.

There were people watching all around the Fan Mansion and the Supervisory Court, and the Yan Mansion and Wang Qinian’s house were only watched by the inner court’s experts, so Fan Xian didn’t want to take any chances. Only this small courtyard in Sheep Onion Alley could guarantee his safety and also facilitate his contact with that key person.

Hearing Marzoso’s curious reply, Fan Xian’s brows furrowed a bit as he stood up from his chair and calmly looked at the back door that opened to the left of the alley.

This was because he heard someone marching towards this courtyard, and the person coming was clearly not the Grand Imperial Prince he was waiting for.

With several clangs and creaks, the wooden door of the nameless courtyard was unlocked and pushed open from the outside. Marzoso looked at this scene in surprise and couldn’t help but cover her mouth. The subordinates in this courtyard were all bought by the Fan family’s young master, and no outsider had ever come to this courtyard before. Who exactly was this person who had come?

She turned her head to look at Fan Xian and cried out in a low voice, “Young master, run!”

Fan Xian didn’t run, he just looked at the woman who picked up her steps at the back door and smiled, the emotions in his smile very complicated, then he bowed to the ground and said, “Greetings to the princess.”

The person who came was not the Prince of Harmony, but the Prince Consort of Harmony, the Grand Princess of Northern Qi.

The Grand Princess, her face calm and her eyes smiling, looked at Fan Xian silently like this, and after a long time, she bowed in a graceful manner and said, “Greetings to you, young lord.”

Fan Xian arched his hand and shook his head with a bitter smile, thinking to himself that he had waited for the Boss in the courtyard, but instead he had waited for this one. This showed to what extent the Grand Prince was afraid of his inner circle, to the extent that he had even reported his own little golden house to the Grand Princess.

“Suo Suo you go in first.” Fan Xian waved his hand, knowing that the crown princess was unwilling to see this Xi Hu Zhi Mei, and signaled for Ma Suo Suo to take refuge in the inner room.

The crown princess was single here, and although she was not deliberately disguised on her body, it was obvious that she had gone through some arrangements as well. Fan Xian quietly looked at her twice, reached out his hand to invite her to sit down, and said after a moment of silence, “The Wangfei is so bold, knowing that the palace must be watching the Prince of Harmony’s mansion, she actually dares to come here alone to meet with me.”

After contacting the civil ministers last night, the one Fan Xian most wanted to contact was the Grand Prince who held the forbidden army in his hands, however, it was rumored that Caitlin Ning had already been charged in the Hall of Containing Light, and there were many eyes of the inner court and Kyoto guards outside the Prince of Harmony’s Mansion, so Fan Xian found a wonderful way to leave a message in the Royal Mansion in the hope that the Grand Prince would be able to think of a way to contact himself.

However, it did not occur to him that it was the crown princess who had come today.

“Little Lord Fan is the heavenly-cast gallant ……” Wang Fei smiled and answered his words, “knowing that the forces in Kyoto are very anxious to claim the king, knowing that the crown prince is ascending to the throne today, Your Excellency is able to sit comfortably in a small gold courtyard and quietly watch the situation develop, I really don’t know whether Your Excellency is a person with a broad mind and a strong heart. Development, I really do not know your lordship is a plan, or at a loss.”

“It’s not true that I have a plan, but it’s also not true that I’m at a loss.” Fan Xian looked at the gentle face of the princess and said softly, “If I didn’t have an idea, why would I have alarmed the princess?”

Wangfei responded in a harmonious voice, “Now that the situation in the capital is critical, my prince is in charge of the forbidden guards and is absolutely unable to return to his home. So I’m afraid it would be a bit difficult for Little Lord Fan to meet with him. I just don’t know what difficulties Lord Little Fan has, so I hope Lord Little Fan won’t be offended if I take the liberty of coming to see him.”

Fan Xian fell into silence, and after a long time suddenly spoke, “Great Princess, now that I am a regicide and a rebel, since you dare to come to see me and ask me what the difficulties are, then you naturally understand what I mean.”

The princess’s eyes were slightly disorganized, and for a moment she didn’t know how to take this.

Fan Xian bowed his head and thought for a while, and moved half a foot closer to the wangfei’s body, and said softly, “I wonder if the wangfei still remembers what you and I said when we traveled south from Beiqi, both inside and outside the carriage?”

Wangfei was slightly stunned, and then smiled, “The agreement will naturally not be forgotten. Just this time and another time, now the situation in Kyoto is too dangerous, the king is relying on the hands of the forbidden army to support, if you really want to do great things, I’m afraid that the king is not able to do it. I’m a woman, I can’t promise.”

“Struggle to support?” Fan Xian laughed softly, “Is the princess talking about the change of guard in Kyoto yesterday?”

The crown princess fell silent.

Fan Xian sighed. Because of the replacement of the Kyoto guard division, this was considered to have stabbed himself in the vitals, and also stabbed the soft underbelly of the Grand Prince.

Most previously, the Kyoto guard division had been under the control of the Ye family, and then it had been held by Qin Heng, the leader of the second generation of the Qin family, for two years until a year ago, because of the valley sniping incident, His Majesty had used the issue as a pretext to cleanse the distribution of power in the dynasty, transferred Qin Heng to the Privy Council as a deputy envoy, and appointed Xie Su, the deputy marshal of the Grand Prince’s westward expeditionary army that year, as the commander of the Kyoto guards.

However, all of this has changed yesterday, the Empress Dowager stabilized the palace, the first decree, is the Xie Su directly removed, Qin Heng once again reappointed as Kyoto garrison commander!

Xie Su innocence was removed, just the great prince and because of the assassination of His Majesty, the forbidden army is under great pressure, simply can not speak. Moreover, the fierce general in the Western Conquest Army of that year, was in charge of the Kyoto guard division for only half a year, and was unable to form his own force, and the Qin family took it over again, so the Grand Prince and Xie Su had no way to do anything.

Fan Xian also had a headache. The control of the Kyoto garrison changed hands, not to mention the major event that Xu Mocai, the sailor of Jiaozhou, had suggested to himself, and it was as if the entire periphery of Kyoto’s military power had been controlled in the hands of the Qin family.

He glanced at the princess, frowned and said, “The Kyoto guard division is based in Yuantai, as long as the thirteen city gate divisions don’t have any problems, the …… that can solve the big situation in Kyoto is still the forbidden army.”

“I have never forgotten my promise with you, my lord.” Wangfei looked at him and said quietly, “However, you returned from the Great Eastern Mountains, but you don’t know what kind of a strict mold is in the palace in the capital today, and the king is still barely able to control the forbidden army nowadays, and that’s because the Empress Dowager’s old ancestor didn’t give a decree ……”

Fan Xian was silent.

The princess continued, “Why does the empress dowager feel comfortable letting my lord take charge of the forbidden army? It’s because she knows that the king is a straightforward person, and that he won’t stir up trouble or rebel ……”

Without waiting for the crown princess to finish, Fan Xian had already laughed, “The current situation is that someone in the palace is rebelling.”

The Wang Concubine laughed bitterly, “The problem is that whoever is sitting in the Taiji Palace is the one who is qualified to argue who is revolting. If Lord Tanya you were in the palace at this time, beside the empress dowager, reading that posthumous edict that has been proclaimed today, I can guarantee that my prince, would be your strongest supporter.”

“Take out the posthumous edict.” The princess suddenly opened her mouth to persuade, “No matter which way you look at it, if you make the posthumous edict public at this time, there is still a fight to be had, otherwise you can only remain passive.”

“No, there are a lot of people who haven’t moved yet, such as my mother in law ……,” Fan Xian said calmly, “The posthumous edict is on me, so I can at least keep things calm for a while, and once the posthumous edict does come out, then both sides can only tear their faces apart and go to war.”

Wang Fei said with a slight sneer, “It’s all at this time, is it possible that Your Excellency still wants to maintain a tantalizingly clear mind?”

Fan Xian scoffed to himself, “I am not a stupid person. The reason why I don’t publish the posthumous edict is actually one with the reason that Your Highness previously stated why Your Highness is silent …….”

He stared into the eyes of the crown princess and slowly said, “With Talented Lady Ning in the palace, of course the king can’t do anything, and don’t forget that my lady concubines are all in the palace as well, so if we really want to go to war in the open, the king and I can’t afford to take these losses.”