Chapter 69 Icebreaker as Jade

The snow in Kyoto stops and comes down again, not like the Northern Qi’s snow situation in the capital city is free and dry, and not like the Tanyu state that is absolutely no rain or snow to bother, but like the Jiangnan’s spring rain is as lingering as annoying. Fan Xian some annoyed to reach out and brush away the snow particles on the hair, looking at the entrance of the Royal Palace of the eldest prince said: “Eat a meal, why is this so nervous?”

In fact, the Grand Prince was not wrong, if the name on the post is not the name of the Grand Princess of Beiqi, Fan Xian need not say whether he will sneak out early or not, even if he comes or not is not a certain thing.

Fan Xian thought bitterly, “Why did you call me, a member of the Fan family, to come to a gathering of your royal brothers? He really didn’t want to come, firstly, he didn’t want to see the second prince and his wife in an unknown situation, and secondly, he was thinking about those sinister things, if the prince, the object of his own sinister thoughts, continued to talk to him gently, what should he do?

Without him to speak, his wife had already stood in front of the Grand Prince with a smile on her face and said a few words with a cheeky grin before the two of them walked side by side towards the Prince’s residence.

Fan Xian looked at this scene of brother and sister love, thinking that this brother is not a cousin, the heart of the acid slightly made, where there is the possibility of not entering the residence?

The Prince of Harmony’s residence, Fan Xian has not come too many times, a with the residence naturally wait for someone to sit down, Fan Xian to look around, did not see the side of the people, then put his heart down.

On the other side of the Wan Er is and long time not met the big brother hot to say something, Fan Xian is sitting alone in the hall bored, also lazy to go to interject, half closed his eyes to recuperate, just beside the words are always in his ears drilling, one time is the Wan Er is teasing the big prince after the marriage look, one time is the big prince in the Jiangnan asked Wan Er can be accustomed to, Fan Xian has not bullied him, how is the scenery of the Jiangnan? What kind of government office is Hangzhou?

When Wan Er explained clearly to the Grand Prince, Hangzhou will not have anything to do with the government office, Fan Xian can not help but yawn, feel bored, think this pair of siblings fake is also an important figure in the royal family, a person or once led the army to kill the general, how to talk to the sky, and the vine family daughter-in-law of those three aunts and six grandmothers about the same?

Just as he was slandering, he suddenly felt a breeze blowing behind him, he opened his eyes vigilantly and looked back, only to see a young beauty dressed in gorgeous clothes lifting the curtain and entering.

Fan Xian was slightly stunned, stared at a beaded flower stuck above the woman’s clouded temples, smiled, and said, “Greetings, Your Highness.”

The visitor was none other than the Grand Princess of Northern Qi, now the Prince Consort of Harmony. This exotic noblewoman married into the Southern Qing Dynasty, Fan Xian was the envoy on the road, and the two of them traveled all the way for thousands of miles, so naturally, they were more familiar with each other than others.

Just since the great prince and her marriage, Fan Xian and her natural inconvenience to keep in touch, that is, each other secretly certain promises are basically not what the practice of the margins, not seen for a long time, actually feel a little strange, after the first salute, Fan Xian will not know what to say.

Lin Wan’er saw Wangfei come out, also hurriedly stood up and saluted, but was forced by this Wangfei to call her sister-in-law according to the folk rules.

Wangfei looks dignified, especially in the corner of the eyes of the eyebrows through a stock of atmosphere, let a person look at the kissable and delightful, just at this time that pair of serene eyes turn and then stared at the Fan Xian, through a hint of color: “Many days do not see the young master, I do not know that the young master has been good recently?”

Fan Xian and her opposite towards, has long seen this woman’s eyes soft in the silk of the gas and anger, plus two sentences in a row, the little lord bombarded over, of course, know the other side of the gas, but he is clear, of course, the princess’s resentment has nothing to do with men and women, and is not really complaining about their own send relatives back to their own country will be less to meet and communicate, I’m afraid that the goat onion alley things … … ..!

He subconsciously glanced at the face of the grand prince, found that guy actually still can force calm, also had to cover up the embarrassment and laughed: “The big princess said this …… or as in the past days call me Fan Xian’s good, or …… call brother-in-law? ”

Although this joke is not funny, but Fan Xian speech between the name is very well-prepared, he still respectfully called each other for the princess, which used to be called in the old days, one let the other side to think about the old love of the day, and he knew that the princess listening to this name will be a lot of heart gas smooth.

Although the big princess of north qi married the big prince of south qing, and not very insulting to their own identity, but after all, it is married to a foreign country, and at that time the background of the marriage is the two countries of the war south of the victory and the end of the qing, so this marriage for the north qi people, especially for the big princess herself seems a little less honorable.

Not to mention the fact that the Grand Prince was sealed as a Prince of Harmony, and what does it mean to be a Prince of Harmony and a Prince of Harmony? Every time he thought of the grand prince’s kingly name, Fan Xian couldn’t help but laugh, thinking that the emperor’s old man was indeed a very sour and vindictive fellow, and that the grand princess only hated the Prince Consort of Harmony’s name.

As expected, the princess heard the three words of the Grand Princess was stunned, she lived in Nanqing for nearly two years, married a good man, living a good life, but …… after all, in a foreign land, although she strictly forbade the servants in the mansion to address themselves with the full title, but it has also been a long time that no one has ever called her a princess.

The color of the Princess’s eyes instantly softened as she looked at Fan Xian with a slight smile, temporarily giving up on the idea of finding trouble with him.

Lin Wan’er and the Grand Prince were both smart people, of course, they could hear that in the previous two sentences, Fan Xian and the Wang Concubine had engaged in some sort of trial and error, and could not help but look at each other, unable to help but shake their heads, thinking that these two were really tired.

The four of them took their seats and made small talk for but a few sentences, Fan Xian couldn’t help but twist his head and look in the direction of the gate, shaking his head and saying, “I told you that I came early today, but Wan’er had to rush me.”

“The people are all here, just waiting for you.” The Grand Prince glanced at him and said, “You, the newly promoted prince, have a great face, making two princes wait for you.”

Fan Xian was slightly stunned.

“His Highness the Crown Prince won’t be coming today.” The eldest prince explained, saying that Chengqian had already sent a heavy gift over, while the second prince, the second imperial consort and Hongcheng’s siblings had long since sat in the back garden at this point.

The crown prince does not come to let Fan Xian’s heart a lot of ease, he is also clear that this is a very normal thing, the identity of the crown prince is different, is the country of the Crown Prince, although the position of the two years seems to be a little shaken, but the position is still high in the princes above, the royal family gatherings, please certainly want to invite him, but he is also not convenient to come over.

Wan Er was surprised and said, “Second brother, they have arrived, so why are we still sitting here?”

This was not a stupid thing to ask, but rather a deliberate attempt to weaken the adverse effect on the atmosphere in the hall when the Grand Imperial Prince spoke those words. Listening to Wan Er speak, the Grand Prince smiled and said, “Let’s go over there.” Then he glanced at Fan Xian.

Fan Xian let out a bitter smile, thinking, “I’ve come all the way, are you still afraid that I’ll play a big game of making a scene in the royal residence and beating up the second highness? Thinking on one side, he got up and walked towards the back garden with Wan Er.

The grand prince and his wife shook their heads at the same time, thinking that this guy Fan Xian really didn’t have the self-consciousness of being a guest, and also followed and marched towards the back garden, only when they left the hall, the crown princess thought of Fan Xian and her own royal master’s private collusion, and couldn’t help but frown, and on the side of the grand prince sighed, and his heart trembled a little bit.

This king’s residence is the previous year season by imperial decree to build, mainly for the two countries used in marriage, in order to reflect the face of the Qing Dynasty, the king’s residence is repaired without economizing, specializing in luxury, occupies an extremely vast area, a line of people to the garden to walk for a long time, only to look far away from a flower hall near the lake, which vaguely transmit the sound of talking.

The lake is not big, today’s weather is slightly better than yesterday, the water surface above the thin sheet of ice broken, but there is no method of swinging away, along with the lake water, reflecting the sky layer of clouds in the light gray light, looks like a myriad of pieces of jewels.

And that flower hall is also extraordinarily exquisite, the three sides of the lake black wooden window panes sealed extremely well, inside and hanging with the wind blocking cotton curtains, partial in the middle of the position of about half a person high, opened a thin narrow mouth, the top set with the inner library of the production of the finest glass.

Such a design, not only can let the cold wind on the lake interfere with the young nobles’ interest, but also through the window to enjoy the beauty of the winter, quite see the thought.

Fan Xian looked and smiled, “I like this place.”

“If you like it, come more often in the future, it’s not like you’re an outsider.” The eldest prince’s eyes looked at the front, not knowing if there was a deeper meaning to the word outsider, and said, “This mansion had to be more grand initially. Just I don’t like, good thing the princess has a clever mind, modified a lot, long ago is not the original appearance. If you really like it, you need to go and pay your respects to her.”

Fan Xian looked back at the crown princess and smiled without saying anything.

The eldest prince was slightly proud, said: “People say I’m afraid of the interior or not, how also, anyway, what she likes, I always have to get it for her, let’s just say that this along the flower hall of a circle of glass, it cost me a lot of silver ……”

Wangfei listening to this heart like, in front of Fan Xian couple and some can not hang face, quietly gouge him a glance.

The eldest prince laughed and changed the topic: “Speaking of this glass, it is really expensive, speaking of which, you are now also the head of the inner treasury, and in the future to change the glass, you can sell me a little cheaper.”

Fan Xian begged for forgiveness, “Your Highness, please spare me, you’re a great general and a king, but you still have this glass in your eyes? Don’t talk about cheap, if you want anything from the inner treasury, write me a letter and I’ll get it for you.”

On the contrary, the Grand Prince was not pleased, shaking his head, “The inner treasury is important, you earn silver for the court to spend on the river labor side suffering, but do not dare to eat the benefits here.”

Fan Xian knows that the great palace is such a loyal character, also not surprised, said with a smile, “just you take the glass to please the great princess, I’m afraid that in the future will have to spend a lot of money.”

The great prince is different: “How to say? Could it be that I have used less glass in this courtyard?”

The crown princess hid her mouth and smiled on the side and did not say anything.

Fan Xian scoffed and said: “The big princess since childhood but grew up in the north qi palace …… you are not to go to the palace shopped, the top of the big hall of a sliver with all the glass, the sky light can be penetrated into the reflection to the lapis lazuli jade platform and the platform beside the water white fish.”

The great prince was astonished, sighed: “In the past just heard, thought that it is impossible to be so exaggerated, the princess has not talked with me …… is it even true?” He tsked and sighed, his heart gave birth to other thoughts, secretly thought that the royal family of Northern Qi is so luxurious, no wonder the national strength is weakening day by day, unbearable, just this word in front of his wife’s face is not very convenient to say, only to swallowed down.

Fan Xian said that earlier, he also fell into the memories of the trip to North Qi, he is extremely willing to appreciate the spectacular or beautiful to the extreme, so for the impression of the upper capital city has been extremely good …… Of course, the girl in the city is also good, involuntarily the corners of the lips will begin to spread a strange smile.

Wangfei also began to miss the scenery of her homeland at this time.

Lin Wan’er looked at the smile at the corner of Fan Xian’s lips, couldn’t help but purse her lips and hummed.

Then this each have mind into the flower hall, the hall two men and one woman three people have long welcomed over, it is the second prince and Hong Cheng brother and sister two people.

Zojia County Lord affectionately shouted the sound of Wan’er sister, Wan’er affectionately shouted the sound of the second brother, Hongcheng affectionately shouted the sound of the Anzhi, a few people on the lake scenery and the south to send a tribute to the fruit of the chat up, chatting very peacefully at ease, as if the years in Kyoto and did not happen in the general of those things, as if the Fan Xian and the second prince is really really close to can not be close to the two brothers.

This is the natural ability of the royal family’s children, isn’t it?

Fan Xian sighed in his heart while listening to the crowd, he knew what the real intention of the Grand Prince’s banquet today was, and he was also worried that Hong Cheng would step onto the Second Prince’s boat again …… It was just that although he was also very good at conversations such as this one where he was disguising his true nature, he still wasn’t as comfortable with it as the ones who had been living in the royal family since they were young.

He sued and pissed himself away.

Right next to the corner of a small courtyard not far from the flower hall, Fan Xian, who had been brought here by a servant, looked with a startled expression at the girl who had come out of it, the one whose eyes were as bright as jade, without a trace of impurity.

Fan Xian waved his hand for the servant to leave, and looked at Ye Ling’er, who was full of shock, her hand still on the waist of her skirt jacket, and said with amusement and anger: ”Girl, don’t you pay attention to your appearance, don’t you know to organize yourself in the inner room before coming out? What’s the point of letting the subordinates look at you.”

Ye Ling’er cover mouth a smile, said: “I’m this appearance, master ……”

Once the words were out, the two froze at the same time, fell into silence, they only remembered at this time, this year did not see, Ye Ling’er has long been married, noble princess, no longer the year that pestered Fan Xian fights of the barbaric little girl, and Fan Xian …… can still be her master?