Chapter 174 – Entering and exiting the building with tenderness

First time father, and in his wife’s lap looking for a long time missing tenderness, Fan Xian this sleep is extremely peaceful, until the sunrise to wake up, the moment he woke up, the corner of his lips even with a cozy smile.

Opened his eyes, found that Wan Er has not in the side, estimated that should be to see his daughter, he could not help but touch the head, smiled, thought now he is also a father of people, do things, thinking about the problem, always have to be more appropriate and stable is good. Thinking like this, will be the days of Kyoto’s death strife to the back of the mind, gloomy mood for a long time, rare cheerful a few points.

Just dawn, urging him to return to the sinister world, Fan Xian sighed, in the maid’s service under the casual wash some, put on the official clothes into the flower hall, but also refused to eat seriously, carrying a bowl of bird’s nest congee into the east room, looking at their own is still in a deep sleep in the daughter, one side to eat one side and wan’er sisi said a few jokes, and then go to his father, liu’s, and then go out of the house to the palace and go.

The streets of Kyoto were still in a solemn atmosphere, but with His Majesty returning to the capital unharmed, the people of Kyoto were much more stable, and the pedestrians on the streets gradually increased. Fan Xian watched this scene through the window of the car and felt a slight sense of peace in his heart.

After walking through the palace gates and down the long corridor, he came to the imperial study and, not surprisingly, saw the diligent Emperor reading a scroll while wearing a single coat. Fan Xian was slightly stunned, saluted and stood up, waiting silently at the side, using his afterglow to peek at the emperor’s expression.

At first glance, he was taken aback, for he realized that the corners of His Majesty’s lips were tinged with an elusive smile, naturally revealing a sense of relief, not unlike the lonely look of yesterday’s Heavenly Father and Son after they had been brutalized by each other. Fan Xian was a bit confused in his mind, thinking that he was a bit happy because he had just given birth to a precious daughter, but where did the emperor’s happiness come from?

Thinking about this, for last night was summoned to enter the palace of Chen Dean, Fan Xian more admire, probably only that old cripple can coax his majesty to be so happy, even seems to have forgotten the successive tragedies.

The emperor put down the medals, raised his head, looked at Fan Xian and said gently, “There is no court meeting today, why did you come to the palace so early?”

Kyoto first settled, the six ministry officials shut off the escape escape, wounded dead, should still be in the military control, to the forbidden army as the main, the Kyoto government for the store, to maintain the general order of the Kyoto, naturally, there is no way to convene a big dynasty according to the old rules. But Fan Xian heart some strange, secretly think now the situation is so tense, the palace do not know how many things to deal with, even if the emperor wants to immediately stripped of his own supervisory duties, but as a close minister, always have to go to the palace to share the worry is, do you dare to close the door in the house to live a small life?

He said: “The rebels will be ambushed, but there is still some instability in various places. I thought carefully, only afraid that your majesty will have an explanation, so I hurriedly came into the palace.”

The emperor laughed and said, “You just gave birth to a maiden, and you didn’t say that you would stay in the palace for a while longer. Is it hard not to be a really busy life?”

Fan Xian laughed, knowing that it must be what Chen Pingping said to his majesty last night, and said, “When I get off duty, I’ll go back to the mansion for more hugs.”

“You’re not a minister under the door of the Central Book, when did I give you a scheduled duty?” The emperor glared at him and said, “Having a child and still being so careless, where is the appearance of being a father.”

Fan Xian was stunned, and only then did he understand His Majesty’s meaning, which seemed to be that he was ready to let himself go home to nurse his child. This is what he hoped for in his heart, but listening to the emperor’s harsh rebuttal, the heart is a little depressed, secretly slandered, on the subject of being a father of this kind of thing, although he is the first time, but I think must be much better than the emperor, but also do not look at Chengqian and the oldest two what happened to ……

Thought of the two brothers, then thought of Cheng Qian at this time in the East Palace waiting for death, but he just gave birth to a daughter, the face of the expression will begin to strange up, lips slightly moving, do not know how to should the emperor’s words.

I do not know if the emperor is not from his look in the see something strange, face also slightly changed under, but did not explain about the plot to rebel in the follow-up processing, said faintly: “this day in the palace do not need to wait for you, you go back first. The first day when the father, always have to use some heart ……” slightly pause, the emperor suddenly side of the head, want to be thinking about what, a moment later said slowly: “tomorrow let the morning maiden hold child into the palace to me look.”

Fan Xian hurriedly thanked the grace, also see this mood has become poor up, got the will, hurriedly quit the imperial study. Once out of the imperial study, was Yao eunuch stopped, probably also got the news of the Fan family have happy, and even respectfully congratulate. Fan Xian did not have time to chat with this eunuch, handed a red envelope over, but suddenly thought of a Tsubaki thing, they lowered their voices and asked the palace eunuchs and ladies who were arrested, as well as the inner court’s expert guards, how to deal with.

Though the real settling of scores, should be the situation after the big set of things, but the disposition of the palace has always been much faster than outside the palace, even if it has not yet been done, His Majesty should be drawn up the statute, Fan Xian heart is a little worried, and took the opportunity to ask His Majesty’s side of the close eunuchs.

Worried in his heart, he did not show a trace of anxiety on his face, and asked the question as lightly as possible, only pretending to be concerned as a supervisory minister should be. Eunuch Yao knew the identity of this young lord, and even more so, he knew the other party’s future power, so naturally he would not be too concerned, and chose the important few Tsubaki dispositions to say.

Fan Xian originally wanted to ask about the situation in the Eastern Palace, but after careful consideration, he kept his mouth shut.

After saying goodbye to Eunuch Yao, he was a bit stunned and couldn’t return to his senses for a while. What shocked him was that His Majesty was so lenient with the eunuchs and palace maids, unlike what he had suspected, not to mention Hong Zhu, the head eunuch who apparently did nothing, but also the sisters in the Hall of Containing Light, the newly promoted eunuchs in the East Palace, and the palace maids in the Palace of Guangxin, who basically didn’t kill a few people, and most of them kept their lives, and were only preparing to drive a group of people out of the palace.

Fan Xian shook his head as he walked towards the outside of the palace, thinking to himself, “Is the sun coming out of the west today? How did His Majesty suddenly become such a gentle figure? Suddenly, he thought about the emperor’s dark face last night, and then the gentle conversation between His Majesty and himself earlier, and couldn’t help but speculate, could it be that this one, after being greatly stimulated, had finally figured something out and started to accumulate blessings for himself and for the future generations of the Li family’s kingdom and mountain?

The fact is actually not far from his guess, the emperor is not a person who kills indiscriminately, not to mention the good killers, but just the temperament of the firmness and severity, do not avoid killing just. Like those underlings in the palace, just listen to the orders of the Empress Dowager, and the plot against the deep, and the emperor does not care to cut the grass to get rid of the root …… plus the Prince and the second prince with the death of the attitude of resistance, so that the emperor’s state of mind, there have been some subtle changes.

The next day Fan Xian and Lin Wan Er carried that little girl into the palace, the emperor for the first time in front of the two showed an elder should be benevolent appearance, holding that baby girl looked carefully for a long time, the mood is excellent. When the emperor used his fingers to caress the baby girl’s eye brows, Fan Xian was really a little frightened, in the Hall of Light, he knew what degree the emperor’s old man’s fingers were powerful.

However, the emperor seemed to be extremely fond of this girl, and especially fond of this girl’s eyebrows. Fan Xian watched this scene, his heart muttered, guessing that his majesty is not starting to remember some traces of that year again, right?

While he was thinking about this, the emperor asked him to carry the child to the palaces to show those ladies, and left Wan’er behind. Fan Xian was slightly stunned, and without saying anything, he complied with the order and went. Now that there was no mistress in the palace, the reward for sending the child naturally could not be said for a while, so it was left to be dealt with at a later date. But when Ning Cai Ren carried the child, she said that she wanted the palace to send a mama and nursemaid, but was firmly rejected by Fan Xian, which made Ning Cai Ren and Yi Gui Concubine on the side a bit puzzled.

This was supposed to be a happy event, but there had been too many deaths in the palace recently, so how could it not be happy? Ning Cai Ren’s louder laughter could not dilute the eerie flavor of the palace, and Yi Gui Concubine only smiled gently. On the contrary, Li Chengping, the third prince, was still injured, but he struggled to be hugged, and called out to his sister.

Fan Xian’s lips curled slightly, thinking that this kid is really precocious and scary, but this generation seems to be wrong somewhat outrageous. Somehow, he thought of his sister and Si Zhe who were far away in North Qi. The matter of Dadong Mountain involved three countries, and Bitter Lotus was bound to die, so he didn’t know if there would be any problems for the two of them over there.

Not stay long, Fan Xian held the child retired, into the imperial study to pick up his wife, to his majesty to say goodbye to return home. The Emperor allowed it after a brief moment of contemplation, adding that the matter of giving the name would be put off until later. Fan Xian knew that His Majesty had been busy dealing with governmental affairs in the past few days, but he didn’t realize that he still remembered these trivial matters, so he was a bit surprised.

After leaving the palace, Fan Xian did not ask Wan’er what exactly His Majesty had left her behind to say, but looking at his wife’s eyes, which were red and swollen again, it was clear in his heart that this conversation between uncle and niece was undoubtedly related to the death of the eldest princess and those two.

In the next month, in the emperor’s strong collection, the court six ministries, three courts and three divisions gradually back on track, scattered in the four fields of the rebel remnants of the army has also been eliminated, Ye Chong led the army triumphant return, the whole situation has been stabilized, Kyoto returned to the calm, the breath of this conspiracy to rebel, and finally gradually faded.

Fan Xian resigned from his position as supervisor early in the morning, and returned His Majesty’s seal on the night of the imperial return to the capital. Although he resigned or not, no one looks at him as a supervisor nowadays, who knows if the mistakes made in these small places will become a big disaster in the future, and a day late is one more day’s risk.

He is still doing back to the Supervisory Yuan of the Secretary, the internal treasury of the transfer, no longer need to pay attention to the problems of the dynasty. The government has its own two university scholar leading a group of ministers to take care of, the military has its own Privy Council to take care of, and he has nothing to do with. In this way, in addition to the words of Bingyun occasionally on the government to report a mission, Jiangnan Su Wenmao and Xia Qufei on time to the hospital report, there is nothing he needs to care about.

Just some of the interludes. For example, Xiao Yan Gongzi is how to survive, Fan Xian did not ask a word, he is not even want to go to the Supervisory Yuan, more do not want to ask those people upset questions. On the contrary, it is Xia Qufei letter said, Jiangnan that Ming old man in the news of the defeat of the Princess, hanged himself, very let Fan Xian emotionally.

Ming Qingda finally died, think of that year in Jiangnan and the old man wrestled for a long time, did not expect to die in this way, Fan Xian can not help but some confusion, thinking that when the old man hanged himself, perhaps with the white scarf that he gave him.

Maybe he was exhausted by the series of things in Kyoto, or maybe it was the old injury has been lingering, Fan Xian really sick, after recovering from the disease, just at home to hold children, coaxing his wife, filial piety to the old man, hiding in the small building into a unity, which cares about the outside of the building of the winds of the north and south-east and north-west, enjoying the family, so happy.

Kyoto gradually calm, those who survived the officials, in the mind after the initial settlement, and began to return to the usual years of drilling. Everyone knows that in this month, in the counter-insurgency affairs in the great Little Lord Fan seldom enter the palace, only at home to hold the child, not inevitably some wonder, some clever people, thought that his majesty has something else in mind. But then gradually came the news from the palace, it is said that His Majesty loves the little girl of Lord Fan’s family very much, even if Lord Fan recuperates for a month, it is also the grace given by His Majesty.

So everyone knew what to do.

The Empress Dowager’s new funeral, the capital is all white, according to the ritual stop all entertainment and recreation, restaurants have to close for a month, the Fan House of joy, naturally, can not make a big, the door a red lantern do not dare to hang, how can not see the joy, but every day at dusk, there are always some officials sneak into the Fan House, leaving gifts, without saying a word and then go.

Fan’s father and son received the gifts in a muffled voice, but for those officials to entrust the matter, simply do not bother to pay attention. They know clearly, why in this kind of serious and tense time, those officials still have to risk sending gifts to go through the door – after the counter-insurgency, the officials who used to follow the Crown Prince, the second prince and the eldest princess were taken down a large number of people, all of them were locked up in the prison of the Supervisory Yuan, and some of them who did not have a firm enough stance on the matter of Kyoto were also kicked out of the palace government office with a stroke of a pen by the emperor, the whole of the Six ministries, plus the east of the east mountain road Jiangnan Road, even empty out a few hundred positions to.

Cats love fishy, dogs love shit, officials of course love the most official position, the hundreds of positions smoked their eyes, where there is still too much to worry about. Palace changes are too big, many of the doorway between the elderly are broken, most people and the Dingzhou army has no relationship, and no one dares to give the cold-faced big prince gift, it happens to be a small Fan Da Zhen female gave them a great gift opportunity, naturally, can not be missed.

After a month, Kyoto was finally settled. About the ministries, temples, hospitals and the southeast two road in the empty position, the door under the Central Book of the province drew up a list, picking the year in the spring exams in the candidate officials to fill in many of them, most of them are still considered to be good and capable of the people. Those who were written in the name of the officials overjoyed, thought they gave the gift to the Fan family played a role, was not selected, then secretly annoyed, home preparation of silver is too little, small Fan adults really do not see.

That very day, Fan Xian held the child, one side lowered his head to tease the little girl’s tender red thin lips, on the other hand, said to his father, “But I didn’t say a word.”

Fan Shangshu drank a mouthful of sour syrup and said with a smile, “I’ll be resigning soon, so who’s patient enough to go into the palace and say it?”

“Little flower, little flower ……” Fan Xian smiled at his father, and again lowered his head to coax the child, this January every day to hold the girl, really really more and more love.

Fan Shangshu glanced at him, suddenly opened his mouth and said, “Although His Majesty has a decree to let you recuperate, but you also raised a month, the yamen of the Supervisory Yuan has not even been there for a day …… What exactly are you hiding from?”

Fan Xian’s heart was shaken, fearing that his father would see what was on his mind, he smiled and said, “Hurriedly hiding when I can, after marrying Wan’er, I haven’t had these days of leisure except for the time when I was injured at the Hanging Temple.”

At the mention of the Hanging Temple, the corners of his lips quivered slightly, but he did not let his father notice.

In fact, the fact that he had been hiding in the mansion for the past month, refusing to go to the Supervisory Court, was really only for one reason – he was terrified of running into Chen Pingping. If he did run into Chen Pingping, he was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to resist asking the other party something, confirming certain things. Although the old cripple would still choose to remain silent and cut off out of love for himself, but how on earth should the young and old get along when they really met? There were a lot of things that the emperor did not understand, but Fan Xian gradually saw clearly, only the clearer he saw, the colder his heart was, the more worried he was.

This kind of leisure a few days, Kyoto’s autumn is more and more thick, the sky is also more and more cool, Kyoto is also more and more stable, the palace is also more and more calm, most of the eunuchs and palace maidens have survived, to continue their life of serving people. Reinstated Dai eunuch secretly passed the word, said small Fan Lord asked those who are alive, some dead, but also extremely touched to say, the world is only a small Fan Lord will be these poor people so care, and think of how the year’s own clouds ……

Asked some of the names of people is actually just a front, Fan Xian just want to finally confirm the disposition of Hong Zhu, however, Dai Gonggong said another news, but let his expression condensed.

Tomorrow, the palace was going to publish an edict.

What the explicit edict said, Fan Xian knew in his heart that the purpose of His Majesty’s sacrifice was to abolish the crown prince, and the fact that this explicit edict had finally been issued proved only one thing, that the one in the Eastern Palace had …… perhaps that one had been gone for many days, and it was just that no one knew about it. Fan Xian lowered his head and sipped his tea, not saying a word, there was no sad look on his face, and he was calm to the point of palpitating.

Lin Wan’er looked at his demeanor from the sidelines, knowing that the man was thinking about something else, and asked carefully, “What’s wrong?”

“Tomorrow I’m going to enter the palace.” Fan Xian whispered to her, “There are some things to report to His Majesty.”

Lin Wan’er looked at him worriedly.

Fan Xian comforted, “It’s nothing major, just a promise of certain things to a person.”

The officials in Kyoto who were involved in the rebellion totaled more than three hundred and forty people, plus their subordinates and close friends and family members, His Majesty arrested a total of four thousand people this time, the prison of the Supervisory Yuan could not be shut down for a long time, the Ministry of Punishment and the Da Lisi were also full of people, and finally even the Western Academy of the Imperial College was also emptied out and used to imprison the criminals.

According to the Qing law, those who conspire to commit treason will be punished for nine clans, and even if there are cases of extrajudicial leniency, I am afraid that two to three thousand heads will be lost.

Fan Xian shook his head with a bitter smile, thinking that if it was his own, perhaps these two or three thousand heads will fall off, and what is the relationship between himself? Just …… live to today, has long lived to understand some reasoning, at least promised people things, always have to do is.

And from this month’s situation, His Majesty’s behavior is more and more gentle, Fan Xian heart have a few points of certainty, at least those women and children, should be able to live a few more. Not to mention the accumulation of blessings, let’s say that the Prince surrendered, at least let the soldiers and soldiers of the Kingdom of Qing live a few thousand more people, this heart, Fan Xian must return.

The next day early in the morning, Fan Xian will organize the official clothes, brain, and back to pick a piece of cloth into the arms, this piece of cloth is Fan Xiaohua full moon stepped on the red foot prints, at that time the whole family, all think Fan Xian acted a little strange, but did not think he just miss the custom many years ago …… and today to take this piece of cloth, naturally, is prepared to attack the The emperor’s heart to go also.

Ready, on the carriage, but unexpectedly saw the familiar person across the street is looking at himself with a smile. Fan Xian looked down at his black Supervisory Yuan official uniform, and then looked at the pure white clothes on that person, and said in a deep voice, “If I say I won’t go, I won’t go, and even if you pretend to be the White Impermanence every day to pull me, I still won’t go.”

Yan Bingyun walked over, indifferent face with a smile, said, “This is the meaning of the dean, I do this subordinate, of course, had to come every day to annoy you …… you this is to enter the palace? Since all of you can enter the palace, naturally you have to go back to the courtyard to handle the affairs of the courtyard, it’s not like you have to wait for the dean to go to the palace to ask for a decree.”

Fan Xian spat on the ground and suddenly thought of the matter of entering the palace today, frowned and whispered a few words in Yan Bingyun’s ear. Yan Bingyun looked at him in a slightly different way, thinking to himself that everyone can be punished for being a rebel, plus this matter was carried out in accordance with the Qing law, and His Majesty did not carry out any major strains, so why would Lord Titus enter the palace to admonish him?

He looked at Fan Xian like a monster, shook his head and said, “There are no random arrests in the courtyard, and those people are by no means aggrieved, I don’t understand, when did your heart become so gentle.”

In the eyes of these close associates or friends, Fan Xian’s gentle countenance had always hid a fierce and vicious heart, which was why Bingyun was so confused and frowning at him. Fan Xian was a little uncomfortable by his look and said with a slight sigh, “When you and the Shen family girl get married and have a child …… you’ll probably be able to understand.”