Chapter 74 – The Origin of Fan Sanbao

Returning to the capital in January, Fan Xian sniffed very clearly and understood a few things, the most important of which were, of course, the words that the Second Prince had once said to him in private. He admitted that the second prince’s analysis and judgment was very correct, and that if the situation went on like this, his own situation would become extremely awkward and uncertain.

Although Qing’s silent and popular Emperor had been ruthlessly provoking his sons to fight with each other over the past few years, this kind of fighting had to be kept within certain limits. Because although he was cold and tough, he wasn’t a pervert, as long as he wasn’t a pervert father, he wouldn’t stand by and watch his sons kill each other to the end.

The former second prince, now Fan Xian, in fact, are just the emperor used to sharpen the crown prince of the grinding stone, if the crown prince of this new sword in these two pieces of grinding stone broken, the emperor thought that will not hesitate to change, A corner to corner competition, has always been so intense.

The Crown Prince is doing well nowadays, although there is not much opportunity to utilize his light and heat, that knife is dusty in its sheath and not seeing the light of day – but this Crown Prince is obviously not a weak person, it is just that the opportunities to shine in previous years have been taken away by his own brothers. The knife, if it had remained sheathed, would instead have reassured His Majesty’s pleasure, for this choice of the Crown Prince was smart enough to have a wisdom of forbearance.

The Emperor had been watching all of this indifferently, he wanted to see the hearts of his sons clearly, so he had been giving the Crown Prince many chances, enough time. If the Crown Prince had just waited stoically, the Emperor did not see fit to make a great change.

And not changing, for Fan Xian, was something that was simply unacceptable, how many years later, once the Crown Prince ascended the throne and the Empress became the Empress Dowager, what would Fan Xian do? As Lao Er said, the one who should really be anxious now should be Fan Xian.

But the Emperor would not allow Fan Xian to do something too out of the ordinary, although Fan Xian had never understood why the Emperor had remained silent, but at a certain moment, he suddenly thought of a sentence, he could not remember whether it was Chen Pingping or his father or his father-in-law who had once said a sentence, a very important sentence.

The emperor is suspicious, the emperor is sensitive, but …… the emperor wants to seek too much, he wants to seek the great unification of the world, he wants to seek the most honorable name above the history.

However, if you want to always be glorious, the Qing emperor naturally want to care about the history of their own evaluation, if the change of the crown prince, this thing in the history books will be on his virtue ability to carry out a torture, if his own son killed each other, it is more will leave a colorful one.

Fan Xian put down the teacup in his hand and sucked in a breath of cool air, finally understanding the reason for the emperor’s silence. The emperor had always hoped that the matter of taking over the throne could be resolved peacefully, and that the kingdom of Daqing could be handed down in a peaceful manner.

As an emperor, there were only two things that he wanted, one was territory, and the other was the name of the ages.

The emperor refused to give up on either.

A cold smile flashed out of the corner of Fan Xian’s eye as he muttered to himself, “Throwing one’s own sons into the jungle to educate them, and in the end trying to twist his sons, who have turned into bloodthirsty beasts, back into the orbit of humanity, this emperor, thinking a little too beautifully.”

Imperial power struggle in the emperor’s strong suppression and secretly state gradually slowed down, and Fan Xian will not allow the situation to slow down, he must prompt the emperor to make up his mind earlier.

When he was in Jiangnan, Fan Xian had already guessed that the old man in the garden of Chen had the same idea as his own, and was also using various methods to influence the emperor’s thoughts, with the intention of letting the emperor make up his mind earlier.

However, what he didn’t know was that Chen Pingping had skillfully woven a big net, including the real cause of death of Master San Shi, the relationship between Junshan Society and the Princess …… so many heavy bombs, all of which failed to make the Emperor really make up his mind to solve these things.

So Chen Pingping chose the most ruthless move, which was utilized by Fan Xian without Chen Pingping’s knowledge.

An old man and a young man, working together for the same purpose, quietly planning, wanting to play with the mood of the Emperor of Qing, utilizing this monarch’s suspiciousness and hidden deep-seated good envy in order to achieve the purpose that the two of them wanted. In this world, there were not many people like Chen Pingping and Fan Xian who understood the heart of Emperor Qing, and even fewer who dared to conspire to ruffle the mood of Emperor Qing – all said and done, it only showed that the leaders of the Supervisory Yuan were ruthless characters who did not want to lose their lives and face.

It was just that Chen Pingping’s purpose was far more than just getting the Crown Prince out of office; at this point, he was thinking farther ahead and attempting to be wilder than Fan Xian.

The first month was coming to an end, and Fan Xian’s trip back to the capital was also coming to an end, his subordinates were preparing for their return to Jiangnan, and he seized the last time to accompany his father and Chen Pingping for a few days, both of them were already old, and it was really a bit too much for him not to be able to fulfill his filial piety for a long period of time in Jiangnan.

And Dabao from Tanyu to Hangzhou to Wuzhou, accompanied the Lin Xiangshang master after a new year, also returned to Kyoto, Fan Xian naturally want to accompany his big brother-in-law in Kyoto to take a good stroll, the big fool and two fools are happy to play, but the time is a little tight, inevitably gave birth to some feelings of panic.

In this tightly arranged schedule, Fan Si Zhe along with Deng Zi Yue left the second level of the team, once again north, the northern road of the Chamber of Commerce needs this talented young man to take care of, leave the capital for a long time, it is always bad. Fan Xian since the confirmation of that thing, the feeling for the north is in some kind of dilemma, although for his younger siblings in the north of the safety of the more bottom, but …… subconsciously want to avoid what, so did not let Si Zhe to the Emperor of Northern Qi to bring a secret letter.

The other people in the Qi Nian group were also busy individually, Hong Changqing went to Jiangnan ahead of time with Fan Xian’s warrant, which was a very important matter, and Fan Xian asked him to inform Su Wenmao to get ready, and make sure to strike a perfect time gap to swallow the Ming family as a whole before that incident in the palace broke out and the news spread to Jiangnan.

The two uncles and nephews, Mu Tie and Mu Feng’er, were also busy with official business in Kyoto and could not follow Fan Xian at all times, and Xiao Yan was busy coordinating day-to-day affairs in the Supervisory Yuan and dodging the introduction of marriage by the ladies of the powerful nobles in Kyoto.

On this day, Fan Xian was taking Dabao to eat in Wang Qinian’s courtyard, when he suddenly thought of poor Yan Bingyun, and then he thought of the words that the Grand Princess had whispered to himself that day in the Prince of Heping’s Mansion, and he couldn’t help but shake his head.

If Yan Bingyun really wants to marry Miss Shen, it’s really a difficult task, firstly, it needs the nod of His Majesty in the palace, and secondly, Miss Shen needs a suitable identity, the Great Princess is a good friend of Miss Shen when she was in the capital, so naturally, she gave this troublesome matter to Fan Xian to deal with.

Fan Xian was only good at breaking marriages in his life, where he was good at matchmaking, sighing and chucking the dishes on his plate.

Wang Qinian was squatting next to him smoking a stick, watching his lordship’s face not look too good, he coughed twice and asked, “The flavor isn’t right?”

Dabao sat next to Fan Xian, chewing endlessly and said, “It’s delicious ……”

Fan Xian pointed his chopsticks at the plate and said, “If you make the sliced fish like this, it’s as good as the chef in the building, so of course it tastes great.” This building was naturally the Moon Embracing Building. Wang Qinian was praised by the adults, smiled, the wrinkles on his face became deeper and deeper.

In the middle of the conversation, a twelve or thirteen year old girl came out from the inner room with a plate, put it on the table in a regular manner, too shy to salute, and ran back with small steps.

Fan Xian looked at the girl’s back and sighed: “Old Wang, you look like an old elm tree, how did you give birth to such a watery girl?”

That girl was Wang Qinian’s daughter, and the one Fan Xian had once terrorized Wang Qinian with in a letter. Wang Qinian was shocked and said with a bitter smile, “She’s still small, I can’t see if she’ll be pretty or not.”

Fan Xian laughed out loud and said, “I’m afraid, who would dare to rob your family’s daughter by force nowadays?”

This is true, although Wang Qinian insisted that he didn’t take over the position of master of the eight departments, but most people in Kyoto knew that he was Fan Xian’s closest confidant, and at this level of relationship, regardless of the six ministries, three divisions and three yards, no one dared to underestimate him, much less to offend him.

Dabao suddenly smiled and said, “This girl is pretty.”

At this time it is Fan Xian’s turn to be alarmed, secretly if the great-uncle suddenly spring heart, must marry the old Wang’s girl how to do? Of course he wouldn’t agree to it, but how to appease this one?

Fortunately, Dabao was still a child of six or seven years old, and could not possibly think of those places; he just froze with his chopsticks, and didn’t even notice that the grease in his mouth had slipped down, not knowing what he was thinking.

Fan Xian picked up the wet towel at hand and wiped the grease away from Dabao’s lips, asking curiously, “What are you thinking about?”

Dabao slightly inclined his head, the smile on his face gradually froze, revealing a hint of resignation and sadness that was usually extremely difficult to see on his face, eating and saying, “Erbao …… likes …… pretty girls. ”

Fan Xian’s heart dimmed, the hand holding the towel stiffened, not knowing what to comfort. Wang Qinian listened on the sidelines but was a bit curious, knocking his tobacco stick into the stone mill at his feet and asked, “Uncle young master, who is Erbao?”

“Erbao is my younger brother, very smart.” A proud smile blossomed on Dabao’s face, however this smile immediately turned into a child’s sadness, “But …… he died.”

Wang Qinian and Fan Xian stood in the corner of the courtyard plucking each other’s tobacco pouches, the green smoke lingered and the leaf stench was smoky. Wang Qinian looked back at Lin Dabao who was playing with his own little girl, and asked in a lowered voice, “So Erbao is the young master of Lin Gong, Lin Gong was killed by the people of Dongyi City for more than two years, but …… I heard that the mansion has been hiding it from the young master of Dabao, where did he know about it?”

Fan Xian spat out a mouthful of bitter spittle, and after a moment of silence said, “I told him …… that although he is demented, I have always treated him like a normal person. He and the Lin Gong brothers are extremely affectionate, and this matter has been hidden from him, and I am not comfortable in my heart.”

“Nothing will go wrong, right?” Wang Qinian said carefully.

“What could go wrong? I told him two years ago.” Fan Xian pursed his dry lips and said quietly, “Dabao is just that his intellect is not fully developed, just like an overgrown child, but it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t know anything …… There’s a lookout stone on the Nanzhao side, and I don’t want to have more questioning Di Bao around.”

After saying this, he glanced at Dabao and realized that Dabao was squatting beside the Wang family’s girl and digging earthworms. His gaze instantly softened, with more than a hint of pity and a faint hint of apology.

Right at this moment, the wooden door of the Wang family’s mansion was knocked on, and the visitor knocked extremely hard and sharply, not knowing what was going on.

Fan Xian and Wang Qinian looked at each other and frowned. As soon as Wang Qinian stepped forward to open the door, a man rushed in, rushing to Fan Xian’s face and exclaiming, “Congratulations, my lord, congratulations, my lord!”

Fan Xian was bluffed by this person, and when he fixed his eyes on him, it turned out to be Fuji Zijing, and he couldn’t help but scold, “What is it that’s so alarming, didn’t I tell you to go back to the field and read books to prepare for the martial arts test in the spring? How to run back to the capital again?”

He is single-mindedly want to let Fuji Zijing to be able to embark on the career path, it is not a loss for the other party since Tanyu State will be picked up their own heart after serving and that a handicapped leg, however, Fuji Zijing this person and Wang Qinian’s nature of mind is extremely similar to the officialdom although there is a love for the life of the Fan Xian side of the more love, coupled with the military book of those who really can not look into the six strategies, so in the field of the village in the book for three days, and then ran back.

Fuji Zijing’s face looked ashamed, but immediately thought of that important thing, and said with great joy, “Young master, quickly return to the house, the master has returned, and the whole family is waiting for you.”

“What exactly happened?” Fan Xian frowned as he went over and held Dabao, preparing to go out and get into the car.

Fuji Zijing followed behind him, smiling, “Aunt Liu has it.”

Fan Xian froze, stood still and turned back, rubbing his head, “What? Could it be that I’m going to have more than one brother? Lord Father …… is truly extraordinary.”

Fuji Zijing was stunned, and it was only after a long while that he realized what he meant by that, anxiously explaining, “It’s not the madam, it’s the aunt who’s having one.”

Fan Xian never understood what this sentence actually meant, and after sitting in the carriage and tying Dabao’s clothes, he twisted his head and asked in annoyance, “Speak more clearly, even if it’s the Duke of State’s house that’s expecting, it’s not as if he’s so tense.”

Fuji Zijing couldn’t help but laugh out, saying, “It’s not the State Duke’s Mansion, it’s our own Mansion …… it’s Miss Sisi who’s expecting.”

Fan Xian froze, only then did he realize that although he had long ago accepted Si Si into his house, deep down he still regarded her as a sister girl, and really didn’t have any precise thoughts of a concubine. And very coincidentally, Si Si since childhood is Tanyu old house domesticated maid, there is no surname, and then into the capital, Si Zhe’s mother Liu because of similar circumstances, Si Si quite care, and finally simply let Si Si surname Liu.

Aunt Liu, Aunt Liu, the original …… said Si Si, no wonder Fan Xian for a moment some reaction.

“Si Si is actually pregnant?” Fan Xian said with a smile, “That is to hurry back to the mansion to see, this first pregnant woman’s temper has always been great, especially like her such a spirited girl, go late, I’m afraid to fall for a good while to complain.”

The carriage went out of the West City along the streets, heading towards the South City where the Fan Mansion was located.

Suddenly, there was a muffled sound from the carriage, as if someone had jumped up, foolishly letting their head make a close contact with the hard carriage.

A voice so loud and terrifying came out of the carriage, filled with shock and trepidation that it was actually audible to the pedestrians on half of the street.

“Si Si is pregnant! I’m going to be a father?”

Yes, student Fan Xian, who had been reborn into the world of Qing Guo and whose mental age should already be in his thirties when he counted on his fingers, was finally going to be a father. Biological transmission is always the second strongest need for instinctive control, so by all rights, Fan Xian, who was mature enough, should have shown a genuine joy that he could control when faced with this heavenly joy.

However, there was clearly something wrong with his behavior, for he was excited, excited beyond control, and at the same time terrified on top of his joy.

Sitting on the edge of Si Si’s bed, Fan Xian looked at the girl’s family, who was two years older than himself, like a fool. Si Si’s face was a little white, it seemed that she was starting to feel nervous after knowing that there was suddenly a little life in her stomach. Fan Xian looked at her somewhat dumbfounded and said, “How did you get pregnant?”

Wan Er sat at the end of the bed feeding Si Si, her face overflowing with joy. She had always wanted to give Fan Xian a child, but had just been unsuccessful, and now that Si Si was pregnant, the thought of Fan Xian having a descendant made her happy as a housewife. If in an ordinary family, perhaps a wife without a descendant would still feel some jealousy towards her concubine, but her status and Si Si’s status were so far apart that it was a bit foolish to eat such flavors.

As she listened to Fan Xian’s odd questioning, she couldn’t help but frown slightly and reprimanded, “How do you talk?”

Fan Xian giggled. He had been worrying about whether or not that person in the north would be pregnant with his own flesh and blood two days ago, and then suddenly found out that the woman beside him was pregnant, and this kind of emotional ups and downs, great worry and great joy, caused him to truly incarnate into Fan Sanbao.