Chapter 132 – Who Can Grow Tantalizing?

Hearing these words, Wang Fei instantly stopped saying anything more. She and Fan Xian both knew that after the Three Riders entered the capital, the Empress Dowager’s seemingly chaotic and hasty decrees had gradually revealed their effects at this point in time.

Of course, the reason why those several decrees will bring such a big restriction to the eldest prince, also because the empress dowager saw clearly the real character of her eldest grandson – disregard the birth mother and strive for interests, in the empress dowager’s view, Fan Xian may be such a sinister character, the eldest prince, absolutely not.

“Tanyu Gong made such a big commotion in Kyoto in just one night, so it shows that even though the inner court has control of the Fan Mansion and has its eye on the Supervisory Yuan, you still have your abilities.” Wangfei frowned slightly and said, “So I don’t understand ……”

“Don’t understand what?” Without waiting for the Wangfei to continue, Fan Xian shook his head and said, “To resolve this matter, it must be resolved from the palace, and even if you make a fuss outside the palace for a longer time, you will not be able to touch the root. To enter the palace to resolve this matter, you must need your majesty’s help.”

He quietly looked at the Wangfei’s face and said, “Of course, His Highness also needs my help, there are some obscene things that he doesn’t care to do or can’t do, after all, someone needs to do it.”

The princess smiled and said slowly, “You misunderstand me. By not understanding, I mean, why have you not known the two good news that you should know the most up to this point?”

“What good news?” Fan Xian was slightly surprised.

“The situation in the palace is much better than you thought.” Wangfei bowed her head slightly and said, “Because the family members you care about are reacting much faster than you thought.”

The pupils of Fan Xian’s eyes shrunk slightly. His own father, wife, and relatives were controlled by the inner court, which was why he had allowed himself to be trapped in darkness after returning to the capital from his thousand-mile journey to the eastern mountains. Because he didn’t dare to risk contacting the courtyard, he could only secretly contact the forces left behind by his father-in-law within the past few days, and he only had a general understanding of the situation at home. At this time, listening to the princess said, only to know that the idea of the empress dowager, and not fully realized …… a thought of this, his heart slightly moved, no reason to give birth to some expectations.

Wangfei seriously said, “Indeed there are soldiers into the Fan House, ready to copy the family, but Fan Shangshu is not in the house …… that day the three riders into the capital, Shangshu adults from the palace out, then did not return to the house, but directly received by the Prince of Jing in the royal residence.”

“Prince Jing?” Fan Xian was greatly shocked, “Are you saying that my father has been staying in the royal residence for the past few days? Why is there no wind outside?”

The Wangfei said, “The Fan Mansion has been sealed, so naturally, no news can be spread from within. Prince Jing is, after all, the Empress Dowager’s own son, and since His Majesty has already gone, the old man has to give some face to this only son, so now it’s just the Kyoto government and the inner court jointly monitoring the outside, but they don’t dare to rush into the mansion. ……”

Fan Xian was stunned and then said with a cold smile, “What dares not, what face …… is only that the Empress Dowager thought she could control everything in Kyoto, and without catching me, how could she rush to deal with my family.”

“When the posthumous edict is destroyed and you are removed from the public master, the Empress Dowager will dare to take action.”

Fan Xian smiled, “Any more good news?”

“That Sisi girl …… who was on the verge of giving birth,” the princess said, “went to the Fan Manor with County Lord Chen and the Lin family’s eldest young master more than ten days ago.”

Fan Xian frowned slightly.

“On that day, the Empress Dowager issued a decree to summon your family to the palace, but the eunuch who went to announce the decree ended up pouncing.” Wangfei said calmly, “Because Miss Sisi was not in the palace at all, and there was no trace of this girl in the Fan Manor.”

“It’s equivalent to saying that Miss Sisi disappeared more than ten days ago.” The princess looked at Fan Xian with a hint of admiration in her eyes, “That’s why I don’t understand what exactly you’re worried about now when you’ve made such proper arrangements beforehand, my lord.”

Fan Xian’s face was calm and unchanged, but inwardly he was in shock. Si Si had gone to the Fan manor and then reported her whereabouts, who had arranged this? Could it be father? Could it be that father knew the news of His Majesty’s assassination more than ten days ago …… and thus deduced the events that followed and made extremely proper arrangements?

“It wasn’t me.” Fan Xian’s face was a bit ugly, “I also don’t know who picked up that Si Si girl and where she went.”

Wangfei was taken aback, looking at him half unable to speak, also tasting the great strangeness behind this matter. Just who …… would arrange this matter for Fan Xian so many days in advance?

Seeing that the Fan family had concealed the news of Si Si’s disappearance for the past ten days, it was obvious that they knew the inside story. Fan Xian also understood this, so he was no longer worried about Si Si’s safety, but was in some sort of confusion. He glanced at the crown princess and saw the shock in the woman’s eyes.

“Old cripple.”

“Dean Chen.”

The same answer surfaced in the hearts of the two, but extrapolating from this might have touched on some very absurd and exaggerated fact, so the two knowingly did not continue to discuss it in depth. Fan Xian frowned slightly and said, “The residence is on good terms with the dean, and with Kyoto in such a mess lately, I was unable to return to the courtyard and found it to be in a state of disarray as well, so I wonder if the crown princess has any idea as to why such a situation has arisen.”

The crown princess looked at him and said after a moment of silence, “Everyone in the capital knows that once His Majesty is gone, Dean Chen’s next move is the key. I don’t believe that Her Highness the Princess would not have thought of this. On the first day, the Empress Dowager summoned President Chen to the palace ……”

“I always thought that he had entered the palace, but then I never heard anything before I realized that something was fishy.” Fan Xian waved his hand and said, “Even if the Thirteen City Gates Division strictly controlled the flow of news between inside and outside the city, it’s not so bad that the Chen Garden on the outskirts of the capital has been sealed off as an isolated island.”

His eyebrows wrinkled, returned to the capital for a few days, can only secretly contact with the hospital in some of the subordinates, for the hospital details do not know much, but also can feel, the Supervisory Yuan now because of the news that the Tiji plotting rebellion, become a little panic, and should be sitting in the Supervisory Yuan of Chen Pingping, for some reason, was not by the Empress Dowager’s decree to enter the capital.

“Could it be that the news of poisoning is true?” Fan Xian thought in his heart.

Wangfei didn’t know what was going through his mind, but coincidentally sighed, “I’m afraid the news of the poisoning is true.”

Fan Xian’s heart tightened slightly, with the defense force of the Supervisory Court, how could someone poison Chen Pingping’s tea? They all said that it was the work of that master poisoner from Dongyi City ……

“At first, I had thought that it was Lord Dean who had used the matter of the poisoning to take himself out of the dispute in the court.” He closed his eyes slightly and said, “If the matter of the poisoning is true, this matter is in trouble.”

“It’s already out of big trouble.” Wangfei looked at him and said quietly, “The Empress Dowager still has quite a bit of trust in Dean Chen, but the poisoning is too coincidental, so I’m only afraid that the old man will have some thoughts in his heart. If the Empress Dowager didn’t think that President Chen would be on your side, I’m only afraid that she wouldn’t have been so determined to choose the Crown Prince without being in the middle, leaving any wiggle room for maneuvering.”

Fan Xian nodded, himself and others would suspect Chen Pingping’s poisoning, the empress dowager would naturally suspect it as well, suspicion is like a thorn in the side that will cause people more and more pain, the empress dowager was so suspicious of Chen Pingping’s head that she would of course use the greatest strength to suppress the Supervisory Yuan.

“It seems that Qin Heng’s first task after leading the Kyoto guard division was to watch over to Chen Garden, no wonder there has been no news out of the garden.” Fan Xian frowned more and more tightly, the Qin family’s army does not enter Kyoto for a day, the palace will not be a big turmoil, but Chen Pingping that old cripple, is also Fan Xian’s most worried about the person, if the poisoning thing is true, the Chen garden that the defense force is strong again, able to withstand the attack of the Qing’s elite troops?

“It must be grasped more tightly.” Fan Xian bowed his head and said, “Please tell the king that there are times when he needs to make up his mind.”

“What about my mother-in-law?” The crown princess looked at him and had to demand a tangible commitment from this young Lord Fan.

“I’ll guarantee the safety of Talented Lady Ning.” Fan Xian said word for word, “All I want is the king’s resolve. He must understand that although the forbidden army is under his control, there are always the cronies of the Yan Grand Capital Governor from back in the day, and when time passes and the Empress Dowager replaces him from the position of the forbidden army’s commander, he …… and I will just wait to eat shit.”

Eating shit was a very rude term, but the crown princess didn’t have any aversion to it because she understood that the situation today was indeed shit. She looked at Fan Xian’s disguised face and was a bit puzzled, heavy deep palace, all under the control of the inner court, how could he, Fan Xian, dare to say that he could guarantee the safety of Crown Princess Ning?

However, she understood that county princess Chen was also in the palace now, and Fan Xian would never sacrifice his wife’s life with a big falsehood.

“The Thirteen City Gate Department is the key.” Wangfei pulled Fan Xian’s teacup in front of her and said softly, “To stop the armies loyal to the Empress Dowager from entering the capital, the person in this position must be on our side.”

Fan Xian’s heart broadened slightly, knowing that the woman across from him had finally decided to persuade her husband to carry out a palace change before she would begin discussing these specific matters. He deliberated for a moment before saying, “As you know, I’ve never had any friendship with the military, and on the side of the City Gate Department, I don’t know how to begin.”

The princess sighed, “His Majesty’s western expedition army back then was dispersed long ago, and he doesn’t have much of his own forces in Kyoto, it’s far inferior to the Qin Ye two families.” She paused and said, “Of course, if Dean Chen is in the capital, I think there must be a way to influence the Thirteen City Gate Department.”

“Don’t mention this.” Hearing Chen Pingping’s name, Fan Xian suppressed the chill in his heart and shook his head, “In that case, we must hurry and settle the matter in the palace before the city gates open wide.”

“The difficulty is too great.” The princess stared into his eyes.

Fan Xian pulled back the teacup in front of her and said in a low voice, “There is only one teapot, but there are too many teacups, don’t fix your eyes on the Qin family’s army, think about the Ye family, Ye Chongxian’s captivity isn’t far from the capital, and although the Empress Dowager has decreed that he should return to Dingzhou, who knows if the several thousand hu-beating generals have actually left yet.”

Wangfei bit her lower lip, her heart startled.

Fan Xian raised his head and said calmly, “Lao Er’s mind is simple, he will push the Crown Prince to the throne for the time being, but in this pot of tea in Kyoto, he wants a portion of it, and if the Ye family behind him doesn’t come into the capital, what qualifications does he have to speak?”

“Of course, all of this is something that happened at the nod of that mother-in-law of mine.” Fan Xian rubbed his temples and said, “Her Highness the eldest princess is different from the empress dowager, she is a woman who worships military power, and she wouldn’t mind if she had to kill a few thousand people to stabilize the dynasty.”

The princess slowly stood up after a moment of silence, looked at Fan Xian and said, “In the end, it’s going to be a big kill.”

“A bloodless coup is always just a perfect vision or an extreme chance.” Fan Xian said, “Even though I’m an extremely lucky person, I don’t dare to pin this matter on luck. Especially since Her Highness the Eldest Princess has prepared such a crazy plan, I don’t think she’ll be so compassionate that she’ll watch us screw around inside the palace without moving her troops.”

The princess nodded and said, “I will pass on your meaning to the king.”

Fan Xian smiled and said without mercy, “Since you’re here at this time, it naturally means that the king will accept my meaning.”

This statement meant that the Grand Prince knew in his heart what Fan Xian wanted, and had only asked the crown princess to come to see just how many cards Fan Xian had in his hand and how much he could do. Having been poked through her disguise, the crown princess only laughed, then said, “Lord Tanya is becoming more and more confident nowadays, and when this Kyoto is in jeopardy, he is still able to talk and laugh so well.”

Fan Xian was silent for a moment and then said, “I do have confidence, as long as the armies of the Ye Qin two families are too late to enter the capital …… to me, this Kyoto is nothing more than an empty city.”

Yes, the most powerful figures in the entire world had been attracted to the Great Eastern Mountains by the radiant Emperor Qing. And now Fan Xian, although he had not yet recovered from his injuries, his heart and confidence had grown to the peak of his post-rebirth state.

The princess suddenly said with a beat, ”I am somewhat curious. Last night, Lord Tanya contacted the group of ministers to rise up in the temple today …… At this time, the palace is only a bloody and eerie scene.”

She stared into Fan Xian’s eyes, “Those few aged ministers have stood against the Empress Dowager because of you, and perhaps they will pay for it with their lives. And yet you are quietly watching on like this, I wonder if this is calmness or cold-bloodedness?”

The Wangfei smiled softly, “Sometimes I have to admire you, rawly picking countless people to stand up for you, to spill their blood, to throw their heads for your benefit …… If those ministers had thought through this point, in the moment of their deaths, would they have exclaimed that they had fallen for it?”

As the words came to this point, the corner of the princess’s lips carried a hint of ridicule, in her opinion, Fan Xian’s move was to force the crown prince to an extremely embarrassing and horrifying point, Fan Xian’s choice to string this matter together on the eve of his ascension to the throne was that he didn’t give everyone the chance to react, if the crown prince killed the ministers, he naturally trapped himself in the midst of inanity, and those ministers, it was as if they were using their own heads to cry out for Fan Xian.

Fan Xian’s face gradually calmed down. Today, the Taichi Palace Crown Prince’s ascension to the throne had been blocked, and it was indeed he who, with the help of his father-in-law in Wuzhou, had stirred up the two Grand Maestros to do so. As for the risk of this matter, it is not that he has not thought about it, and from a certain perspective, he is taking a …… risk with the lives of those truly brave civil ministers in the Taichi Hall.

This is indeed very risky, very selfish a choice, so in the face of the Wangfei’s ridicule, he did not refute anything, but only slowly said:” Theft has a way, the courtier also has a way, I used to be a very afraid of death, but only recently I thought of a clear reason, death has a heavier than the East Mountain, there is lighter than a feather, Hu Shu two university sergeant is willing to go for the right way in their hearts, this is their choice. ”

“Heavier than the Eastern Mountain, lighter than a feather?” Wangfei repeated this sentence, looking at Fan Xian’s face somewhat out of her mind, she vaguely felt that this time when she saw young Lord Fan again, this young man was still that gentle on the surface mixed with a stern killing heart, but in the root and bone, it seemed that some changes were taking place.

But she still couldn’t help but ask: “Since this is the case, why does His Excellency have to hide behind the curtain, but can’t be brave enough to make a sudden advance?”

“Suddenly appearing in the great hall, presenting the posthumous edict, and facing the siege of the inner court’s experts ……,” Fan Xian smiled somewhat bitterly, “This is indeed very handsome, but it seems to not get very good results.”

He restrained his smile and said with an unprecedented seriousness and earnestness, “Twenty days ago, on a meadow at the top of a high mountain, I learned something. From now on, I do not fear death, I still cherish life, but if I am destined to die, I hope to die a worthy death.”

The princess was silent.

Fan Xian closed his eyes for a long time and then said, “I am not risking the heads of those honorable civil ministers; if it were the eldest princess who was now in charge, I would choose a different way. But it is the Crown Prince who is now enthroned in the Taichi Hall, not the second eldest.”

He opened his eyes and said indifferently, “Lao Er is as cold as he can be underneath his amorality, on the contrary, I still have some confidence in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.”

“What confidence?”

“I have always believed that the Crown Prince is the gentlest of our brothers.” Fan Xian smiled gently, “The empress dowager is old and not murderous enough, and the crown prince …… is a good man, so I don’t think that the bloodshed you predicted will occur in the Taiji Hall today.”

Fan Xian sent a good guy card to that Crown Prince on the Taiji Hall. Feeling a bit baffled, the crown princess shook her head and prepared to leave.

Before he left, Fan Xian called out to her and summoned Marsoso out of the house again, urging the crown princess earnestly, “I won’t stay in one place in Kyoto, and I won’t be coming back to Sheep Onion Alley, but I’m worried about her safety. So I hope that you, the crown princess, will receive her back to the royal residence.”

The crown princess was slightly stunned, not realizing that what Fan Xian was thinking about at this moment was Marzoso’s safety, nor did she expect the other party to make such a request.

Marzoso also looked at Fan Xian in surprise.

Fan Xian said, ”The royal residence is the safest place in Kyoto today. It’s not just because the king has the Forbidden Army as a force in his hands, but you, the crown princess, should understand what I’m referring to.”

The Wangfei slowly bowed her head. This time, the chaos within the country of Qing had the shadow of a large outside force, and even if it was the Eldest Princess, she had to save two points of face for her foreign allies, and give a few points of face to the little Emperor of Northern Qi’s own sister.

The three of them walked to the wooden door of the small courtyard and parted with a salute. At the last moment, Fan Xian stared into the eyes of the crown princess and said, ”Earlier, the crown princess rebuked me with great righteousness, so at this time, I must remind the crown princess of something. You are now the king consort, then you must think of yourself as a person of the country of Qing, not a person of …… Qi.”

The Wangfei’s heart was slightly in awe, and she actually somewhat dared not look directly into Fan Xian’s deeply cold eyes.

At the beginning of autumn, it was slightly cool but not able to get into her bones, however, as the crown princess sat in the carriage, she felt that the wind seeping in through the curtains was actually that cold, so cold that she couldn’t help but shiver a few times.

Marcelle was placed in the second carriage. In fact, even if Fan Xian hadn’t asked her to take care of that bitter hu woman, it was still impossible for the crown princess to leave the woman unattended in Sheep Onion Lane. If that woman died, how could she explain to the king?

Wangfei shivered again. She was alone in the carriage, and she had enough time to reflect on Fan Xian’s last words. It was clear to her that it seemed like Fan Xian already had a whole plan for this whole thing, which was why he had reminded himself of it.

Regarding Fan Xian as a person, the Wangfei had traveled all the way from Beiqi to marry him, and had observed him carefully, and was well aware of his power, especially since the scene at the Taiji Hall today, where the swords were drawn, was actually a result of this person’s one-night waving of his sleeve, and the Wangfei couldn’t help but feel a hint of awe. Now those forces behind Fan Xian were being watched by the palace, unable to trespass, but he was still able to create such a big momentum, the Wangfei really wasn’t sure what kind of cards Fan Xian was hiding.

Therefore, she decided to stand firmly by the side of the king and behind Fan Xian. Such things as history always followed the victor.

The carriage returned to the royal residence, and the crown princess took Marzoso into the back garden. Calling her subordinates to settle this hu woman’s residence, she alone went to the lake and walked into the pavilion in the center of the lake. Half a year ago, this pavilion had once housed all the children of the royal family except the crown prince. And that short-lived peace in the family of the Son of Heaven had long since fizzled out due to Emperor Qing’s death.

His Majesty’s children were all looking for ways to put their siblings to death at this time.

The princess sighed, sat down by the window, and said to the man who had been standing guard in the pavilion, “Is there any news coming from the prince’s side?”

That person respectfully responded, “There are some small movements on the side of the forbidden army, but I heard from the vice general that the king is on duty guarding the palace walls, so he should be able to suppress those people.”

That person was wearing a very ordinary clothes, should be a housekeeper or something like that, he spoke to the princess also extremely respectful, but between his eyebrows always showed a kind of subordinate should not have the temperament. He said softly, “Princess, did you see that person earlier?”

Princess? The person who would address the princess in such a natural manner could only be a Qi!

The Crown Princess nodded in silence, and after a long time suddenly spoke, “For the time being, remain calm with the Eldest Princess’s side, and don’t say anything.”

The man frowned slightly and said, “My subordinate was under strict orders from His Majesty to help Her Highness the Elder Princess control the situation in the Kingdom of Qing, and now that Fan Xian has shown his tracks, of course we must inform Her Highness the Elder Princess.”

The Princess looked at him and slowly said, “I don’t know exactly what the Upper Capital thinks, but I only know that Fan Xian cannot die for the time being now.”

From this conversation, it could be discovered that the original housekeeper-like man was actually a spy sent by Northern Qi to Kyoto, an important person responsible for liaising with the Princess’s side in the midst of this Southern Qing civil unrest. With a slightly cold face, this person looked at the Princess and said, “Your Highness, please remember that you are a citizen of Da Qi, don’t be reckless.”

Princess Wang looked at him with a cold smile and said, “I’m looking out for you, if Fan Xian really dies, do you think His Majesty will spare you?”

The man sucked in a breath of cold air, not understanding what this meant. But in detail, that little emperor of his own Northern Qi, His Majesty, is indeed quite attached to Fan Xian, but …… if he wants to fulfill His Majesty’s wishes, what if Fan Xian doesn’t die? He said in a deep voice, ”His Majesty has strict orders that the Kingdom of Qing must be in great chaos. And His Majesty believes that that person Chen Pingping will definitely be shady until the end. If Fan Xian doesn’t die, Chen Pingping, Fan Jian, and that ex-philosopher far away in Wuzhou won’t go crazy.”

“After Emperor Qing’s death, the only truly powerful figures left in the Kingdom of Qing are Eldest Princess Li Yunrui and these three old men.” The man’s head was deathly lowered, his speech getting faster and faster, “Nowadays, the Empress Dowager of the Qing State’s domestic court is keeping an eye on Chen Pingping and Fan Jian, making it impossible for them to move lightly. But once something really happens to Fan Xian, I’m afraid that the Qing imperial family won’t be able to suppress these two ……”

“As long as Southern Qing really goes haywire, in the end, no matter who wins or loses, it will be beneficial to me, Da Qi.” The man lowered his head and said, “Emperor Qing’s death is one of the sources of chaos; Fan Xian’s death will ignite that last fire.”

“Is this the meaning of the Brocade Guards, or His Majesty’s meaning?” Princess Wang’s gaze fluttered a bit.

“This matter is not in the hands of the Commander of Wei, it is all dictated by His Majesty’s holy heart. Although His Majesty did not say so explicitly, his meaning is clear, and he must have envisioned Fan Xian dying.”

“Then which side does my Daqi favor to win?”

The man raised his head and said after a moment of silence, “The side that favors Fan Xian wins. That’s why Fan Xian must die.”

“Why?” The Wangfei asked in surprise, “Even if the king assists him, but he can’t defeat the strong armies of the Ye and Qin families.”

“My subordinate doesn’t dare to presume the heart of the Holy Spirit.” The man said calmly, “But I think it should be that His Majesty has confidence in Chen Pingping.”

“Well, even if, as Your Majesty said, Fan Xian died, Kyoto was in chaos, and in the end, President Chen borrowed the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals ……,” the Wangfei frowned prettily, and said with a slight sneer, “The eldest princess’s side lost in power, and these people behind Fan Xian re took charge of the Qing Dynasty. So what? I’m only afraid that it’s not as good as if Fan Xian were alive …… If they win, with Fan Xian’s good relationship with our dynasty, this world will only be peaceful for decades.”

The man looked at the princess in a daze and said after a long time, “Princess, could it be that you really don’t understand what His Majesty means?”

“What meaning?” The princess frowned slightly.

The man said softly, “Everyone’s eyes are fixed on the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, the Third Prince, and Fan Xian. …… But if the chaos really turns into a pot of porridge after …… the Prince is in charge of the forbidden army soldiers and horses, plus he has always been friendly with Fan Xian, President Chen regards him as his son and nephew, and Shangshu Fan is hurt by his son. son and nephew, Fan Shangshu hurt his son’s pain …… how it seems that the king’s chances are the greatest.”

Wangfei’s body shook, sucked in a mouthful of cool air, looked at the top of the man’s head, and only then did she realize that the emperor’s younger brother, who was far away in the Upper Capital City, was calculating such a sinister and terrible deal in his mind. The emperor’s younger brother in the Shangjing City was by no means just trying to kill his counterpart in the dragon chair, because one Qing Emperor died and another was reborn, and as long as the power of the Qing Kingdom remained intact, there would still be no qualitative change in the general situation between the three kingdoms of the world.

And if it is really the great prince of the Qing State who succeeds …… the throne He married the great princess of Beiqi, with the blood of Dongyi City flowing in his body, in the future, the Qing State, will it still be this aggressive Qing State today?

Wangfei held her forehead, a shock deep inside, she did not know that her brother, who was young and green at his age, had such a deep city, and would embroider so much lace to his liking outside of this net.

“The king …… won’t do it.” She sighed as she stroked her forehead.

The man said grimly, “If Fan Xian dies at the hands of the Elder Princess, the king will probably despair of his own brothers, and grief, sometimes, is a force that can spur ambition.”

“No.” The princess suddenly raised her head and said with determination, “You don’t understand, and neither does His Majesty, what kind of person His Majesty really is. Fan Xian can’t die, I don’t care what the plans for the Upper Capital are, but at least Fan Xian’s whereabouts can’t be revealed from me.”

The man looked at the princess with a slightly pitying apologetic glance, knowing that if this matter really happened, and the king knew in the future that the princess had betrayed Fan Xian, there would only be big problems between husband and wife, so it was no wonder that the king’s consort firmly refused to allow this discussion. Just …… he bowed his head and saluted, “I am sorry princess, this matter is the sole responsibility of the minister, earlier when the carriage left Sheep Onion Lane, I have already notified the side of the eldest princess of Qing.”

The Princess’s body shook, staring incredulously at the man, her gaze swiftly looking through the window to the clear and lonesome sky outside the royal residence, wondering if Fan Xian would still be able to save his life.

Fan Xian was a very careful man, or else he wouldn’t have allowed the Wangfei to take the Miss Masoso away. But after all, he couldn’t have imagined that the crown princess had already seen herself as half of Qing, yet she was still surrounded by pure Qi. Especially with his relationship with the young Emperor of Northern Qi, even if the Northern Qi side was involved in the plot to assassinate Emperor Qing, he still thought that the Northern Qi side would not target himself.

Therefore, he stayed in the courtyard of Sheep Onion Lane for a while longer, until the sky gradually turned dark, he wore a very unusual hat, walked out of the courtyard, marched out of the entrance of the lane, and walked towards the direction of one of the Supervisory Courts in the arch of white streamers between those residential houses.

He decided to take the risk to find Mu Tie. Because the silence of the Chen Garden outside of Kyoto made him feel a hint of inauspiciousness. Perhaps everyone under the sky would think that Chen Pingping was still holding back, still waiting, but Fan Xian didn’t think so. Distance produced beauty and mystery, and Fan Xian, who was incredibly close to the crippled old man, clearly knew that Chen Pingping was already old and did not have long to live, and at such a moment, he was really worried about Chen Yuan’s well-being.

Chen Garden was on the outskirts of Kyoto, there were no high city walls palace walls, even if the five hundred black riders were not far from the garden, how could they withstand the Qing military’s offensive?

His mood was a little anxious, so he didn’t pay too much attention to the environment around him, so much so that when his ears twitched and he heard the sound of hooves coming from a certain street corner in the distance, he realized – his own whereabouts, for the first time, had finally been caught by the Princess.

Fan Xian turned around and immediately saw with his professional eyes three stalkers following him not far in front of him on his right hand side.

He frowned and turned toward an alley behind him, attempting to disappear between the overlapping homes of Kyoto before closing in.

And the three stalkers followed undaunted.

Fan Xian turned around, and his left hand transformed into a palm slash across the throat of the nearest man. Only a bone-cracking sound was heard, and the man fell limp to the ground. Immediately afterward, he kicked the second man in his lower nether regions, and with a gouge of his left hand, a concealed crossbow flew from his sleeve, stabbing into the eye sockets of the third man.

It was a very light strike, clean, clear, and yet fast, not giving those three men any time to send out any warning signals.

But Fan Xian was clear that there must still be the Elder Princess’s men beside him, so he didn’t linger, sticking his left hand to the green stone wall beside him and preparing to roll over onto the eaves.

Right at this moment, a man flew over from the sky, and an iron palm the size of a bushel covered towards Fan Xian’s face!

The wind of the palm was like a knife, causing Fan Xian’s eyes to squint slightly and his face to ache. It was only then that he realized that he had been a bit generous with his words with the princess in the courtyard earlier. Yes, the world’s top experts were all destroyed on Da Dong Mountain, yet Kyoto was a place of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and the military’s experts were still coming out of the woodwork.

For example, this palm that came at this time was already at least at the level of the eighth rank.

Fan Xian’s eyes narrowed, and he flipped his palm to meet it, his palms facing each other without a sound, as if they were stuck in one place. In the next instant, he took a deep breath, his back knee slightly loosened, and silk dust shook out from underneath his cloth shoes.

There was a muffled sound!

That military expert’s wrist bone was shattered, his arm bone was shattered, his sternum bone was shattered, and his entire person was sent flying towards the sky by an overwhelming force that could not be resisted!

Spewing blood and wearing an incredulous expression on his face, the military expert flew away in a tragic shock, as if he couldn’t understand how a young man who looked so gentle could possess a domineering power that was very different from his temperament!

Fan Xian calmly withdrew his palms and coughed twice, feeling a sharp tearing pain in his left chest, knowing that the heavy trauma Yan Xiaoyi had left behind for him was starting to kick in again at this point.

He knew that he couldn’t fight for long, and that he had to immediately break away from the pursuit on the part of the Elder Princess. However, with a palm strike that sent that expert flying, his person was also blocked for an instant.

It was in an instant that the entire alley was surrounded.

Fan Xian squinted and discerned that the people apprehending him included the troops of the Kyoto Guard Division stationed within the capital, people from the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and more than a few of the Kyoto Prefecture’s good officials, while a few eunuchs from the inner court stood at the back.

It seemed that all the powerful yamen in Kyoto, except for his own Supervisory Court, had sent people.

Watching this scene, Fan Xian sighed in his heart, knowing that no matter how sadly it ended at the Taiji Hall, but at least at the moment, the palace had already confirmed his treasonous crime of murdering His Majesty, and he had already become an evil thief that everyone had to put to death.

However, he did not have a trace of fear, nor did he have the sad feeling of a tiger falling after being injured, he just calmly looked at all this.

Even Yan Xiaoyi couldn’t kill him, who else in this world could leave Fan Xian behind?