Chapter 61 boots in the small
Fan Xian looked at the little girl will want to escape, a pull Hongcheng’s sleeve, ready to play the second son over the wall to go, unexpectedly at this moment a subordinate do not know where to drill out, bitter face to the two salute said: “Shizi master, the king knows you out, let you go to see him.”
Hearing this, Shi Zi Li Hong Cheng sucked in a mouthful of cool air, bitter to the core, regretful to the core, but there was nothing he could do about it, so he went ahead of him, only to look at Fan Xian twice before he left, and let out a bitter smile, the emotions within indescribably complex.
Fan Xian naturally understood that this son of a master was still holding a grudge against himself for breaking up his marriage with Ruo Ruo, but there was nothing he could do about it, so he could only shake his head.
At the bottom of the stone steps outside the courtyard, he and Roujia were the only ones left. Fan Xian knew that he could no longer run away, smiled gently, looked at Hong Cheng’s figure and said, “What a refined noble gentleman your brother was back then, how did he become like this now.”
Zojia see him open his mouth to speak with himself, the small face is full of suppressed joy, slightly stuttered and said, “…… off …… a long time …… every day cursing …… more and more like dad.”
Fan Xian was stunned, thinking that indeed, looking at the Shizi through the doorway, did not put him down, but saw that he was not the same tolerance and put down with people in the general power field, this kind of character is naturally inherited by King Jing, the so-called struggle, can win and can lose, this is the right thing to do.
He made a gesture, asked the county princess when the first to go.
Roujia pulled her own jacket under the big red jacket, slightly shyly lowered her head, and walked slowly in front of her.
Fan Xian followed behind her, walking on one side, sizing up this girl who was gradually spitting out her stamens, looking at the soft strands of silk on her temples in the wind, his heart slightly stirring.
“Sister Zojia, has there been anything new in the women’s school lately?”
“Brother Idle, no.”
“Roujia sister ……”
“Brother Idle ……”
The two have a hitch to talk, Zojia sister shouted more and more smoothly, that little girl’s idle brother is never stopped, just like this slowly walking towards the former House, all the way through the Cold Garden, walking through the cold path, walking through the pavilions of the remnants of the snow, the waterlogged wigwam puddle.
The princess Roujia walked with her head down, answered in a low voice, but couldn’t help but look back from time to time, and then twisted back like she was frightened.
Fan Xian sighed in his heart, accelerated a few steps, walked to her side, and walked side by side with her.
Feeling the presence of the young man beside her, County Mistress Roujia was taken aback, her entire walking posture stiffening a bit as she pinched the tips of her fingers on her jacket with a slight force.
Fan Xian smiled and said, “This world is really marvelous, at that time, how could I have thought that you were my cousin, this “Brother Idle” was apt.”
When these words came out, County Mistress Roujia’s heart was flustered, her small face surged out a few reddish dusks, and she no longer spoke, but just remained silent. This pair of cousins know very well, Fan Xian this statement why – Qing law written in the understanding, like their relationship, do not pay attention to Fan Xian whether or not there is that mind, but …… is ultimately impossible.
Zojia county princess since the age of twelve years old after the first time to see Fan Xian, the little girl’s mind is all on the other side of the body, whether it is in the king’s house under the grape arbor, Fan House of the autumn grass garden, Cangshan’s courtyard, she always like to look at the Fan Xian.
The little girl love, in Fan Xian after the marriage has not faded, although she did not dare to go to ask his father, but always saved the future has the possibility of special double wives, but who knows later on in Kyoto even stormed out so big news – idle brother is his own cousin!
From that day on, Roujia knew that this matter was impossible, but how could two years of love fade away in one day, and when she saw her favorite brother Idle this morning, she was flustered for a while, and when she heard Fan Xian say this, she knew that the other party was reminding her.
But Roujia county princess after all is a only fourteen years old little girl family, listening to Fan Xian so gentle but serious reminder, she did not such as the general Kyoto powerful woman that turned her head to grudgingly glaring at him, also did not coldly grunt …… just buried her head even lower, even more refused to speak.
A crystal clear teardrop hung down from under her long eyelashes and dripped onto the lapis lazuli board at her feet.
Fan Xian’s jaw dropped, and once he saw a girl cry, he didn’t know what to do.
Zojia walked forward again, and Fan Xian hurriedly followed behind.
The whole way, Zoujia cried with her head bowed, but she stubbornly bit her lip and refused to make any sound.
Fan Xian felt pity, love, and anger, and was at a loss as to how to explain, when he suddenly realized that Zoujia had stopped walking and was looking back at herself seriously.
Fan Xian smiled, and stretched out his fingers, popping the teardrops off the little girl’s face.
Roujia was still as supple as she had been in previous years, and looked at Fan Xian with a fixed gaze, saying, “Brother Idle, I beg you for something.”
“What is it? As long as I can do it.” Fan Xian said seriously.
“I know that …… Ruoruo sister and brother’s marriage was something you found a way to break up.” Roujia lowered her head, her fingertips twisting her jacket, straightening the corner of that pale pink jacket with countless troublesome wrinkles.
Fan Xian was stunned, not realizing that this little girl’s family would see this matter so clearly, “What?”
Zojia made a modest blessing, and said in a fine, childish voice: “In the future, the palace will definitely want to give Zojia an appointment for marriage …… If Zojia is not happy about it, please ask brother Idle to take more care of it.”
The marriage between powerful nobles in Kyoto involved too many political deals, Fan Xian’s marriage, Fan Ruo Ruo’s unfulfilled marriage, were all like this, and with the status of the county princess of Rou Jia, her marriage would naturally be arranged by the nobles in the palace, and even the Empress Dowager herself.
Fan Xian opened his mouth wide, but after a long time, he nodded his head in a disheveled manner, knowing that he had been forced to pick up an extremely heavy burden. This world, really odd some, the other people are in the matchmaking, but only their own, just like the strongest marriage breakers.
After Roujia finished her sentence, she saw him nodding his head, and seemed to have used up all the courage she had gathered earlier, so she was suddenly sad again, and after giving him a deep look, she turned her head and carried her skirt, accelerating her speed to the front of the house, and no longer paying any attention to Fan Xian.
Fan Xian in the back rubbing the back of the head looking at the figure of County Lord Roujia, looking at her lowered head, looking at her still cry without saying a word, the feeling in the heart is really not good, thinking that this little girl family, really a more than a trouble.
Palace Taiji Hall back of the long corridor, remote to the back of the high palace wall, and the palace wall under a plant of winter trees. The palace is tightly guarded, especially close to the inner palace, it is strictly forbidden to make noise, more unlikely that someone will do anything too reckless here.
But those who walk around the palace maids and eunuchs, at this time to see the promenade under the young official who is stretching, do leg press exercise, but no one dares to go forward to scold, no one dares to remind what.
The inner palace could not have a young official inside, if there was, it would be only one person, and only he, who dared to be so dashing and comfortable in the palace as well.
A young official under the long corridor retracted his leg that was pressed on the big round column, looked back at the middle-aged eunuch who was full of twists and turns, wanting to laugh but not daring to, and scolded, ”Laughing my ass off! This palace is so big, naturally your legs will get sore, and I don’t know how you guys are so good at legwork.”
This young official was naturally Fan Xian, the fact that he was the emperor’s illegitimate son was known to the whole world, plus the fact that over the years the holy favor was unparalleled, and his relationship with all the nobles and great eunuchs in the palace was cordial, and he had even once nursed his injuries in the palace for a month, so the palace maids and eunuchs were all accustomed to his presence in the palace.
Only he had the guts to do radio gymnastics in the inner palace.
This day is to accompany Wan Er back to her mother’s palace, just into the palace, Wan Er will be the empress dowager stayed around, no longer refused to let go, said to stay the most painful granddaughter overnight, Fan Xian can do nothing but bring all kinds of gifts, to the various palaces, this back to the capital after the walk through a, and now again a, is really some boredom, so I watched for an empty space in the back of the taiji hall under the long corridor to rest his feet.
Accompanying him, holding a large pile of gift boxes of eunuchs is Dai eunuch, he heard Fan Xian scolded himself, not shocked but happy, said with a smile: “small Fan adults but the ninth grade masters, we these lackeys where can compare?”
Dai eunuch was also a very favorite of the saint, although it is Shu Guifei’s palace, to all the provinces to declare the important mission is he is doing, just because of his nephew’s relationship, but also involved in the struggle between Fan Xian and the second prince, will be released from the idle post, and then because of the assassination of the Temple of the Hanging Temple, hard to be driven to the side of the bureau, if consumed two years, I am afraid that will be dead without a straw mattress to cover the body.
All thanks to Fan Xian for his non-stop good words, the emperor remembered that he served well, which spared his life, so that he returned to the inner palace to do some idle work.
To Eunuch Dai, Fan Xian was his savior, even his half-master, a more important figure than Princess Shuji, so how dare he not serve him well?
The boots under Fan Xian’s feet were hot, so he simply didn’t pull them all the way up and shuffled toward the end of the corridor.
Eunuch Dai glanced at his feet and said with difficulty, “Sir, it’s better to be polite in the palace.”
Fan Xian glanced at him, was about to tease a few more, suddenly saw the end of the corridor came a few eunuchs, the head of one of the young, look a little familiar, face tilted up extremely high, all the arrogant flavor, behind a few small eunuchs half rickety body to follow, look like a slave of the slave.
“It’s little Eunuch Hong.” Eunuch Dai collected his spirit and quieted his breath, reminding behind Fan Xian.
Fan Xian frowned slightly, and without saying anything, he directly greeted him.
The two sides then faced each other in the middle of the corridor, and Fan Xian clearly looked at the pimples on the arrogant young eunuch’s face, and didn’t say a word, so he just stood still and looked at the other side indifferently.
Hong Zhu froze, he knew that Fan Xian was waiting for himself to salute him …… just that he is now already the chief eunuch of the Eastern Palace, and His Majesty will occasionally let him go to the Imperial Study Room to help do things recently, more than the year in the Imperial Study Room to hold the book of the more scenic, the palace who does not respect him? Even the court of the court into the palace is also polite to himself, in addition to Shu Da Da Shi, there has not been any minister, dare to wait for his first salute.
He knew Fan Xian, of course he knew that Fan Xian was not an ordinary minister, but when he looked at Fan Xian’s look of indifference mixed with disdain, his face turned red, and he refused to bow his head first.
The two sides stood in a stalemate.
The three or four small eunuchs who followed Hong Zhu were too low in rank, but they had never seen Fan Xian’s face at all, so they didn’t know that this young official was the powerful Little Lord Fan, and as they watched this scene, they were anxious to stand up for little Eunuch Hong, and said in a shrill voice, “This lord, how can you be wandering about in the palace’s forbidden land?”
Eunuch Dai hid behind Fan Xian and snickered, now he had long since lost his status back then, and had been oppressed by Hong Zhu and others in the palace in a bad way, at this time, when he saw those idiots on the other side wanting to offend Fan Xian, his heart was indescribably happy, and he was about to say something, but was stopped by Fan Xian with a wave of his hand.
Fan Xian smiled and looked at the several small eunuchs behind Hong Zhu, and said with amusement: “You haven’t been in the palace for long, have you? There aren’t many people in this palace who don’t recognize this official …… This official isn’t wandering around, just going to Shufang Palace to advance by decree.”
Sure enough, it is a couple of small eunuchs who have not been in the palace for long, actually did not hear the meaning of this, straightened their necks and said, “Good big guts, where is the Shufang Palace? Why are you staying in this corridor? Carefully little Eunuch Hong called the guards to beat you out!”
He was raising his master’s voice for him, but how did he know that he was causing trouble for his master, as expected, Hong Zhu saw the smile on Fan Xian’s face getting gentler and gentler, and his own face immediately changed, shocked, scared and annoyed, he turned back and scolded those little eunuchs twice, before he slowly bowed to Fan Xian and said, “Slave, I have met with Lord Little Fan.”
As soon as the four words Little Lord Fan came out, those few little eunuchs instantly knew …… they were finished! Looking at Fan Xian with horror on their faces, they hurriedly knelt down and begged for forgiveness.
Fan Xian is to see also lazy to look at those several small eunuchs, just staring at Hong Zhu’s face, sneered and said: “My father Fan Shangshu, so the world called me small Fan adults, you this lackey, and what kind of small Hong eunuch? If Eunuch Hong knows this, he will carefully peel your skin!”
Hong Zhu was filled with fear and hostility, staring hatefully at Fan Xian without saying a word.
“Palm yourself.” Fan Xian said with a frown.
Hong Zhu gritted his teeth and said, “I’m a slave of the Eastern Palace, and Lord Fan is a courtier, so I can’t control the palace, can I?”
Fan Xian didn’t say anything either, just looked at him coldly.
Forced by those two glances, Hong Zhu had no choice but to gently slap himself in the face.
This slap fell, Fan Xian behind the Dai eunuch is happy to open flowers, ready to night in the palace to publicize a good, while Hong Zhu behind a few small eunuchs is scared half dead, they all know the status of small Hong eunuch in the palace, how to know that just a word from the small Fan Lord, the small Hong eunuch can only beat his own mouth.
It seems …… that this little Eunuch Hong is really not as powerful as little Lord Fan.
Fan Xian sidestepped to the side, blocking Eunuch Dai’s line of sight, and took advantage of the opportunity of those several too small supervisors kneeling on the ground to make a wink to Hong Zhu.
Hong Zhu could see clearly, but his eyes were screaming, indicating that he really couldn’t find a convenient place to talk at this time.
Fan Xian nodded and said indifferently, “Get lost.”
So Hong Zhu flicked his sleeve, annoyed and ashamed, and led a few small eunuchs towards the end of the long corridor.
Watching this scene, Eunuch Dai smiled at Fan Xian and said, “Let this dog slave be arrogant again, relying on the fact that the Emperor and Empress both like him, and come as blindly as he can in the palace.”
Fan Xian laughed, “It is indeed not good to come blindly in the palace, and I still have to pay attention to my appearance when I go to Shufang Palace later.”
Not waiting for Eunuch Dai to say anything else in a righteous manner, he squatted down and pulled the boots under his feet upwards while stuffing the piece of paper he stepped on underneath his boots.