Chapter 62 Those …… broken things in the palace

In Shufang Palace, Yi Gui Concubine’s eyebrows were smiling as she looked at the two people at the desk. Fan Xian was staring at Li Chengping as he copied a book, not many people in the palace cared what the content of the book was, but the key lay above this staring word, the key lay in the teacher-student relationship between Fan Xian and Li Chengping.

Yi Gui Concubine was not a calculating and powerful noblewoman, on the contrary, in the middle of this eerie palace, she had always retained the detachment and openness that she had when she was a yellow-flower girl, and because of her purity and truth, she had been favored by His Majesty and had given birth to the third imperial son.

With the Qing Emperor’s style of not caring about men and women, when the Empress gave birth to the Crown Prince, I’m afraid that there is no preparation to have another child, so it can be seen, Yi Gui Concubine’s nature of mind, really cast the Emperor’s temperament.

It is the rest of the palace is the same, always feel that the birth of Liu’s concubine, all day long full of energy, charming and lively, let a person look at the body and mind will be comfortable, and that yard in the same Ning Cailian, are in the palace in the alternative, but she is the alternative more pleasing to the people.

So even if the empress dowager because of the liu fan clan relatives power reason, for the third prince has not been how very close, but for yi gui concubine also did not have any bad words – as we all know, yi gui concubine under the imperial court is very wide, treating people very thick, never what harm to people’s minds, this is the palace in the ten years in the result of silence.

However, not being willing to calculate and not having any harmful thoughts did not mean that Yi Gui Concubine really did not have her own calculations in her heart, or else she would not have taken the opportunity of Fan Xian’s rescue of the Third Prince to let the Third Prince pay tribute to Fan Xian as his teacher, and would have opened up the resources of the Palace of Shufang to Fan Xian.

She knew how important Fan Xian was to Shufang Palace, so she had always intentionally enlisted him when no one else was around. The royal family had always kept a close eye on the relatives, but Fan Xian had a complex identity that straddled the three sides of the relatives, courtiers, and the royal family, and the people in the palace couldn’t say much about Shufang Palace’s dealings with Fan Xian.

–The more secure Fan Xian’s position in the dynasty, the more secure Sufang Palace’s position in the emperor’s mind.

Only occasionally when she thought about Fan Xian’s power and holy favor, Yi Gui Concubine’s heart would always be a little surprised that His Majesty, the Emperor, favored this illegitimate son of his too much.

Because of Fan Xian’s great favor, Yi Gui Concubine was not unaware of some kind of danger, but that kind of vigilance could never be declared, so she kept silent and remained bright and charming until Fan Xian returned to the clan, and only then did she really confirm Fan Xian’s mind, and from the depths of her heart, unlimited gratitude welled up.

So at this moment, she looked at the scene of Fan Xian and her own son sitting side by side at the desk with immense pleasure.

“I heard that you bumped into someone on the long corridor behind the palace earlier.”

Yi Gui Concubine’s personal palace maid, Qing’er, had received a windfall from within the palace, so she hurriedly told her master. Yi Gui Concubine’s heart moved slightly as she gently beckoned Fan Xian to the side room, opening her eyes and asking very seriously.

Fan Xian rubbed his somewhat sore fingertips and said with a smile, “That lackey Hong Zhu, he’s getting more and more licentious now, he actually didn’t salute when he saw me, and he was walking with his nostrils looking at the road, so I taught him a lesson on behalf of His Majesty.”

Looking at the road with his nostrils, this is an interesting and playful description, Yi Gui Concubine also couldn’t help but laugh, but immediately restrained her laughter and said softly, “Little Eunuch Hong is now a popular person in the palace, the chief eunuch of the Eastern Palace, and it seems that his majesty is quite in favor of him, and is preparing to let him return to the Imperial Study Room.”

She glanced at Fan Xian, everyone in the palace had mapped out Hong Zhu’s jinxing resume clearly through their own means, and all knew that Hong Zhu was working as an errand boy in the Imperial Study Room, and was about to climb up the ladder when it was one of Fan Xian’s undercurrents that caused Hong Zhu to lose his errand, and be expelled to the Eastern Palace.

Yi Gui Concubine knew that Fan Xian and Hong Zhu did not see eye to eye, but now that Hong Zhu had climbed back up in the Eastern Palace, and His Majesty seemed to have some regrets about the move he made back then, she had to give Fan Xian a reminder that, although he was not afraid of big eunuchs like this one, as an outsider, he had to be on guard against these eunuchs blowing the wind in the palace.

Fan Xian shook his head and laughed coldly, “How can it be so simple for such a small lackey who condones his family brother’s strongholding of the people’s fields to want to return to the imperial study?”

After a little deliberation, she softly said, “Why do you need to bother with a lackey? If he really went back to the imperial study, the grudge between the two sides is deep, also afraid that it is not convenient …… Besides, the palace is rumored, this little Eunuch Hong is Eunuch Hong’s whoever, your status is after all a courtier.”

The eunuchs of the Qing Dynasty has always been little status, since the founding of the country will be strictly prohibited eunuchs to interfere in political affairs, the lighter expelled from the palace, the heavier canes on the spot to die, just the founding of the country for decades, there are always one or two deviations, and has always been outside the Hall of Containing Light to feed the spirit of the old eunuch of that Hong, naturally, is such a special character.

This old eunuch also don’t know how many years in the palace, deeply trusted by the empress dowager and his majesty, but also a mysterious and extremely strong, if Hong Zhu is really Hong old eunuch who, I’m afraid that Fan Xian also want to be afraid of three times. But of course, Fan Xian was clear about the reason for this, and couldn’t help but laugh, but it was impossible to tell Yi Gui Concubine about it, so he just smiled and said, “Auntie, you don’t need to worry about it, I have my own measure.”

Seeing that he didn’t care, Yi Gui Concubine couldn’t help but persuade him for a few more sentences, but seeing that it had little effect, she went into the back bedroom, not bothering to talk to this stubborn child of her mother’s family.

Fan Xian also came to the old three table side said a few words what, then in the old three reluctant eyes left Shufang Palace.

Today Wan Er will stay in the Empress Dowager’s Hall of Containing Light, do not know that this stay is a few days, Fan Xian husband and wife into the palace, but only one person to go back, walking in the palace Shenwu Gate that long gloomy doorway, he is alone, looking at the blurred shadows behind him, the heart of the boss is not happy, on the one hand, is the feeling that the Wan Er is really extremely favored in the royal family, on the other hand, is in the dark scolding, that old woman only know the grandparents and grandchildren to enjoy the love, but Where did you think of your own little couple is also a long time goodbye.

He was full of displeasure out of the palace, but looked at the palace is laughing at himself, not good temper: “Since the founding of the country, the forbidden army commander and minister of the guards, there are not a few people like you every day to guard the door of the palace …… This is not the time of marching and fighting, this is the peace and prosperity, guarding in the Palace door, is ready to see who laughs?”

The Grand Prince converged his smile, snorted coldly and said, “What jokes can you watch? Do you think it’s a shame that Chen Maidou didn’t come back to the palace with you? Don’t forget, that sister of mine was raised in the palace since she was young, and you seem to have long forgotten that.”

Fan Xian had met with the eldest prince two or three times after he returned to the capital, only that there were always outsiders around, it was not good to say something personal, and although under the affectionate care of Chen Pingping and Caijun Ning, the two brothers had long formed an alliance that did not need to be expressed, but after all, the eldest prince was in a different position, he was the elder brother of all the princes, and was not willing to watch His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the second one just be played by Fan Xian step by step to the point of demoralization, so there was still some divide between the two people There was still a bit of a divide.

“I won’t talk to you much today, I’m in a hurry to return to my residence to do my business.” Fan Xian looked at the Grand Prince’s expression and knew that this fierce military general and political virgin was ready to say something to himself, and waved his hand repeatedly.

The Grand Prince rebuked in a deep voice, “I don’t intend to teach you a lesson today over the matter of the Morning Maid, but just what exactly are you going to do with that woman in the north?”

Fan Xian was stunned, then realized that it was another domestic matter coming up, and couldn’t help but laugh bitterly, saying, “I say, Grand Imperial Prince, this is a domestic matter for my minister, and since Wan’er is married to me, there’s no need for you to worry about it anymore.”

Initially, he had some slight jealousy regarding the closeness of the Grand Prince and Wan Er, and when he caught the opportunity, he coldly shot back.

The Grand Prince was furious, forcibly suppressing his anger, saying, “Who is patient to care about you? It’s just that the Wangfei said that you haven’t gone to sit in this king’s residence after the New Year, and asked me to ask you if you don’t intend to come.”

The crown princess was naturally the Grand Princess of Northern Qi whom Fan Xian had personally escorted south. Fan Xian rubbed his head and said, “Your Highness’s residence, I naturally want to go, and it will be around the day after tomorrow.”

Seeing that he had responded, the Grand Imperial Prince nodded and no longer cared about him. Fan Xian suddenly thought of a pile of things and said, “I’ll bring Hong Cheng as well.”

The Grand Prince was slightly surprised and looked at him twice, thinking, “Wasn’t that boy Hongcheng grounded because of you?

Fan Xian didn’t explain, just frowned and said, “Then again, do you still want that mansion in Sheep Onion Lane or not? A Hu princess can’t just be left to mold in that courtyard, right?”

The Grand Prince choked, unable to speak for a long time.

Fan Xian watched this scene to confirm, when in the western expedition army on the way back to the capital, the great prince must have had countless nights of dew on the story with that Hu Princess Ma Suo Suo, just not good to stab each other, he arched his hand and then got on the black carriage.

When he returned to the Fan Mansion, entered the most secretive study in the garden triangle, confirmed that there were no eyes and ears around, that is, the tiger guards and the servants buried in the Fan Mansion of the Emperor are far away from this study, Fan Xian spread his legs and lay comfortably on a low couch, wearing a pair of feet in the inner library of the pure woolen socks, against the door of the study, resting to let the hot air vaporize, so that the aching and swollen feet to live happily.

The boots lay under the couch.

The note had been held in his hand.

The relationship between him and Hong Zhu was not known to anyone, not even Chen Pingping or his father, even Su Wenmao, who had personally dealt with the matters of Yingzhou, did not know that he was avenging Hong Zhu, and could not guess in this regard, Hong Zhu could be said to be the deepest nail that Fan Xian had buried in the palace.

Because of this, the two sides simply do not dare to risk establishing a conventional intelligence system between them, Hong Zhu have any news are very difficult to pass out of the palace.

Of course, the general news in the palace, there are a few big eunuchs that Yi Gui Concubine and Fan Xian made friends with to take care of, also not afraid of the ears and eyes do not get through. Since Hong Zhu took the risk of passing on a message to him, this message, is worth taking seriously, not to mention the hint of fear that he saw when he entered the palace a year ago, which made Fan Xian a bit curious about the content of this note.

Fan Xian looked at the note and couldn’t help but narrow his eyes slightly, and when he saw the end of it, he couldn’t suppress the horror in his heart and sat up directly from the couch!

When he started to read the note, he was still a bit unimpressed, thinking that Hong Zhu was too risky, but when he saw the end, he finally understood the hidden meaning of Hong Zhu’s words, and he couldn’t lie down any longer.

The note was very simple, the specific character pronouns, also used some Fan Xian and Hong Zhu at the very beginning of the discussion of the cryptic language, Fan Xian read very understandable.

The first paragraph was about the Prince’s odd habit of lifting up the garments of the palace maids and concubines, covering their heads and revealing only the naked lower half of their bodies.

In the second paragraph, the handwriting was written with some trembling, and it was obvious that Hong Zhu was also afraid when he wrote it.

It was written that during the year when Fan Xian left Kyoto, the Prince’s body gradually got better, and his philandering disease seemed to have been cured, but his habit of having sex remained unchanged, and there were several times when the Prince was a little drunk, he vaguely listened to the word “aunt” when he was in the throes of his soul.

Auntie?

Auntie!

If limited to these two paragraphs, Fan Xian can only confirm through this information that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has infinite leisure for the beautiful face and perfect body of Her Royal Highness the Princess, although it is a little perverted, but for Fan Xian who had experienced countless baptisms of fat and water in his previous life, it is really nothing.

What really made Fan Xian jump up from his couch was the third paragraph of Hong Zhu’s letter, which consisted of only one sentence.

He said that in the past few months, the Crown Prince had seldom gotten close to the palace maids and concubines in the Eastern Palace, and that he was in good spirits.

The very simple, even uninteresting last sentence to the average person, but it frightened Fan Xian to death. Although this piece of paper was written in a cryptic manner, in the eyes of those who had the heart, they still knew who they were talking about, and Hong Zhu must have seen something, or heard something, but didn’t dare to write it on the paper at all ……

Auntie? Fan Xian walked sharply around the study for several times, his lips were a bit dry, and finally stood in front of the short collapse, rubbing his hands together and destroying the paper into shreds, his face was extremely odd, and only after a long time did he curse in a low voice: “You fucking think you’re Yang Chou!”

Fan Xian was dumb, he was completely dumb, although Mr. Jin and Mr. Zhongma had taught him that the two dirtiest places in the world were the palace and brothels, and the history of his previous life had also used the words “Dirty Tang and Stinking Han” to give him some psychological construction, but when he really knew about those things in the palace, he, the owner of the biggest brothel in Qing, still could not help but be jaw-droppingly shocked!

He went to the table and picked up a cup of cold tea and drank it, dousing the sense of shock and absurdity within him, and only with great difficulty did he calm down, he finally realized where Hong Zhu’s fear came from. Anyone who knew such a story of incest that would not be tolerated in the world, the first reaction would be the fear of being killed and silenced.

At the same time, he also knew why the Crown Prince had been so calm lately, so seemingly confident, it turned out …… that he had the certainty that the Eldest Princess would truly give up the Second Prince and turn to support himself.

But …… what if the Eldest Princess was playing with His Highness the Crown Prince’s feelings?

Fan Xian suddenly thought of this point and immediately shook his head again, giving himself a light slap. What on earth was he thinking about such a big matter? Did he even have to think for Lao Er? He had to get the most out of this news to be true.

However, his mind still couldn’t help but conjure up the kind of images in Guangxin Palace, and he couldn’t help but shiver.

His heart was indeed uncomfortable, on the one hand, he was inexplicably unworthy of the Princess, how could this first beauty of the Kingdom of Qing, the most beautiful woman without the slightest sign of fading beauty, use her own body as a weapon? Even though it was rumored that Her Royal Highness had raised a lot of face heads, Fan Xian still subconsciously didn’t want to believe this.

The second reason for the displeasure is that, no matter what, the Princess is her own mother-in-law, and the Crown Prince, this little son of a bitch, actually has a leg up with his own mother-in-law, so what about his own old husband’s hat in Wuzhou? What does one …… fucking count!

Fan Xian stood at the edge of the table fists slightly clenched hard, heart a burst of unreasonable anger, obviously is a piece of news that can be used by him to make a big fuss, directly put the crown prince screwed, but let him not happy at all, always feel that he was the crown prince took advantage of the sky.

At the same time, he was also a little annoyed at Hongzhu’s boldness, and the piece of paper that he stepped on at the foot of his boot at that time, he didn’t know if the little eunuchs who were kneeling on the ground had seen a corner of it, and if this matter was rumored to the public, it would be very difficult for Fan Xian to protect him.

He was silent at the table for a long time, and finally got rid of that ridiculous sense of defeat and anger, took two deep breaths, and decided that he should still make good use of this amazing news.

Just ……

If you can’t talk to Hong Zhu face to face and start from within the palace, there is also no method at all to maximize the impact of this matter, it’s always impossible to let the eight divisions of the Supervisory Yuan go back to the marketplace to spread rumors.

The Princess is having an affair with the Crown Prince? Fan Xian didn’t want to risk His Majesty’s wrath, the Empress Dowager’s annoyance, and the risk of clearing out the Inspection Yuan by throwing out these rumors; he had to let the Emperor or the Empress Dowager, personally discover this scandal within the palace!

He made up his mind that he must arrange a plan properly, and at the same time, he must rush to agree on all the details of the plan’s implementation with the Hongzhu duo before he left the capital.

And when it came to words like plan and intrigue, Fan Xian, who was good at sniping and petty tactics, didn’t have too much confidence, and he immediately thought of his most capable assistant, the white-robed gongzi. So he immediately walked out of the study and directly crossed the back garden to get on the carriage, so much so that he didn’t even hear the sound of the proclamation of the decree coming from the front residence of the Fan mansion at the back.

When the carriage arrived at the gray and black square building of the Supervisory Academy, Fan Xian hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, his leather boots stepping on the remaining snow piled up on both sides of the Tianhe Avenue, making a giggling sound.

As he made his way to the courtyard, the officials of the Supervisory Yuan who bumped into him face to face saluted and made way with shocked faces. These officials looked at the gloomy face and hurried pace of Lord Titus, and thought in their hearts that they did not know which big shot in the capital was going to have bad luck again.

Pushing the door into the secret room, it was no surprise to see a young official in plain thick clothes sitting behind the table next to the black cloth by the window. In the entire Supervisory Academy, the only one who didn’t like to wear official clothes and was qualified to do so was the current head of the four quarters, the Supervisory Academy’s plenipotentiary acting figure, Yan Bingyun, the young Yan Gongzi.

Fan Xian threw the lotus garment draped over his body onto a chair, closed the door behind him, frowned as he looked at the black cloth on the window, and walked directly to the window, pulling the piece of black cloth off.

The light of the sky outside and the reflection of the remaining snow flooded into the gloomy room brightly at once. The sudden intensification of light caused Yan Bingyun’s eyes to be stung for a moment, and he subconsciously raised his hand to block it.

“It’s not like you’re Dean Chen.” Fan Xian frowned and said, “There’s no need to always hide yourself in the dark.”

Yan Bingyun put her hand down and shook her head somewhat helplessly. This black cloth had been resting on the window of this secret room for some years, and had become the most chic scenery of the Supervisory Academy, so who would dare to move it easily? It was also only the Tishee adults who would be so oblivious to President Chen’s intentions.

Fan Xian looked at Yan Bingyun’s somewhat pale face and haggard complexion, and couldn’t help but shake his head. Nowadays, Chen Pingping didn’t care much about the Supervisory Academy, and he himself was too lazy to care about it, so everything was piled up on Yan Bingyun alone, and looking at his appearance, he was afraid that he hadn’t had a good night’s sleep for many days. Fan Xian’s heart felt a faint apology.

He walked to the window, squinted at the distant imperial city, and said, “What exactly does it mean for the dean to cover it with such a black cloth?”

Yan Bingyun did not speak.

Fan Xian looked at the lofty palace city in the distance, and suddenly had a twinge of doubt about his decision to come to the Supervisory Academy to look for Yan Bingyun; that matter involved the dignity of the royal family and the future of the Qing Kingdom, and little Duke Yan, as always, had always taken the imperial court’s interests as the supreme criterion.

He looked back at Yan Bingyun and really didn’t dare to take that risk.