Chapter 20: To Receive or Not to Receive, It’s Not a Question

Fan Xian lowered his head and came in front of the Wang family’s young lady, looking carefully until he made the wailing woman look very uncomfortable before saying seriously, “Do you know how to write the word shame?”

Miss Wang was stunned and stared hard into Fan Xian’s eyes through clenched teeth, she would be sad and disappointed and angry when the king said she was not ashamed, but she was more aggrieved in her heart, that’s why she ran up to the king’s mansion today to seek justice from the king, but the little Lord Fan in front of her saying she was not ashamed made her a little hard to accept.

Fan Xian straightened up and gave a wink to the nervous subordinates of the Wang Mansion beside him, causing them to retreat a bit farther away before he opened his mouth to the Wang Clan’s young lady and asked, “Could it be that you think that this kind of disturbance today is quite justified?”

“I just don’t know, the king and I only met once at my uncle’s residence, how come I don’t know shame!” Miss Wang Jia bit her lip, her eyes red like a rabbit ready to pounce out and bite, staring irritably into Fan Xian’s eyes, saying, “Yesterday, I didn’t dare to utter a single word at the banquet, and I didn’t dare to say a single word, and as a result, I landed up with a comment that His Highness is shameless, so I’m going to come today to make a scene, so that Your Highness can see what a true shamelessness looks like. ”

Fan Xian felt slightly different in his heart, but he didn’t bother to probe deeper, he just couldn’t see that a Prince was actually forced by both the Palace and an unruly woman to close the door, and this is why he showed up, ready to discipline the woman on behalf of the King’s Grand Metropolitan Governor – only at this time his mind was struck by a thought, but he thought of another seemingly good way out.

Being silently watched by Fan Xian’s quiet gaze, Miss Wang’s voice became lower and lower as she spoke, gradually giving vent to no more. In her heart, she felt that she had really seen a ghost, how to see the other side of this young dignitary, her own momentum immediately disappeared without a trace, how to cheer herself up, she did not dare to yell at the other side.

In fact, it is still a problem of potential, now Fan Xian’s high official position, within the Qing country, is absolutely no one doubts that the first person behind His Majesty, plus two years ago, after a stunning shot to break the sad little arrows, he had a breakthrough in his heart, and has long stood firmly in the realm of the ninth grade, vaguely become a first-rate figure under the great master.

The power and the momentum add up, even if the opposite side is Wang Da Dudu, or even the stern and resolute Yan Xiaoyi back then, Fan Xian will not have the slightest idea of giving in, now there is no box beside him, he thinks that he can also fight with the Yan Xiaoyi of that year, let alone the other side is a delicate woman who can only splash around.

Moreover, he has been immersed in the affairs of the Supervisory Yuan for many years, and then how bright and gentle his face is, he will always bring a trace of coldness which is deeply embedded in it, and this kind of coldness is the most terrifying feeling for a woman like Miss Wang Jia.

Therefore, facing Fan Xian, Miss Wang was scared for no reason, and no longer had the momentum of stepping on the stone lion and cursing the royal residence, but gradually lowered her head and pitifully looked at the closed door behind her, thinking that she had made a huge mistake by following the other party into the royal residence.

Fan Xian, however, as if he did not see her expression at all, opened his own mouth and spoke sternly, including what he had seen and heard at the western city gate of Kyoto, the scandalous behavior in front of the royal residence, and the whip marks on the old housekeeper’s face, and the more he spoke, the colder the words became, and the more mean-spirited the tone became, as if he wanted to humiliate the young lady of the Wang family into a stone crack.

At this time, the scene is very wonderful, including the royal housekeeper, including all the subordinates are far away to avoid away, the king and the princess is even more cunningly shrink in the backyard refused to come out to welcome the guests, the gate inside the open space next to the rockery, it is Fan Xian and the Wang family miss the two first time to meet the guests.

The idea of two guests having a soulful re-education behind the gates of the royal residence seemed a bit preposterous.

After severely reprimanding the Wang family’s young lady with the sharpest words, Fan Xian was in a much more comfortable mood, but when he saw the other party’s lowered head, and her annoyed and ashamed expression, he felt a trace of strangeness – this official family’s young lady’s sassiness was really a very repulsive point, but at this moment, he actually seemed to know that his own sassiness was wrong? was wrong?

Fan Xian was a bit surprised, then frowned and said, “Do you know you’re wrong?”

Miss Wang Clan stubbornly didn’t answer, because these words of Fan Xian’s were just too piercing, especially this tone of bland acidic carving, completely like that of her elders, and after a moment, she blurted out, “You’re Sister Ye’s teacher, not mine!”

“Speaking of Ye Ling’er, I’ll have to remind you.” Fan Xian’s eyes narrowed, “Although she also galloped her horse in Kyoto, she never hurt anyone, and she would never whip an old man with a whip. She was indeed a very spiteful little girl back then, but her spitefulness was all directed at specific targets, not at the poor commoners …… The people of Kyoto liked her and gave in to her, not because of Marshal Ye’s background, but because she had a good heart.”

He looked at the Wang family lady with a cold smile and said, “If you want to learn Ye Ling’er, you have to wash all of these obnoxious scents from your body!”

“Who is Sister Ye …… being spiteful to?” Miss Wang Clan’s eyes were wide open, not noticing Fan Xian’s last remark.

Fan Xian was stunned and annoyed beyond measure, thinking to himself, who else could she be savage to but herself? He whirled his face down, and after a moment of deliberate silence, he said grimly, “Wanting to marry the king is not an easy thing to do……. You can’t change these faults in your body, not even a door.”

Miss Wang was startled by his expression, and subconsciously prepared to flee outside the royal residence, but when she heard the word marry, her heart burned like a fire – only she knew that her temper was really bad, and if she could change it, the teaching sisters sent by the palace these days wouldn’t have a headache of this kind! –To put it in a funny way, after Fan Xian’s flurry of sarcasm, this woman actually gained a bit more self-awareness.

“I’m willing to change.” Tears were all over her face.

“It’s easy to change your nature.” Fan Xian stared at her and smiled, “Worship me as your master, and I’ll sharpen all your thorns.”

Miss Wang’s heart chilled with fear and a hint of anger, thinking that although you are His Majesty’s illegitimate son and have unrivaled power in the world, you are after all only a young man in his twenties, how can you be so good as to be your teacher.

But she immediately thought, this person in front of her had been the Third Prince’s teacher, had been Sister Ye’s master, and despite his young age, he had already taken on two students, one of whom was his idol, and the other was supposed to be the future Emperor of Qing, and at this time he actually opened his mouth and was willing to take himself on as an apprentice?

Fan Xian did not give her any time to think, putting his hands behind his back and coldly traveling deeper into the Wang Mansion. The Miss Wang Clan clenched her teeth together, lifted her skirt up, and ran after her, running behind Fan Xian, her small-mindedness incomparable. She finally understood that Lord Little Fan’s willingness to accept herself as a student might be a genuine attempt to create an opportunity for her to enter the royal residence.

His Majesty was preparing for Lord Fan to return to the capital to convince the king to take a side consort, and this insider information had already spread, and the Wang Clan’s young lady knew that most of her hopes for entering this royal residence would have to be pinned on Fan Xian, so at this time, hearing that the other party was willing to take her as a student, there was no way she wouldn’t be happy.

When Fan Xian heard her footsteps, he didn’t turn around and said, “If you want to be my student, be prepared to be beaten by me.”

Miss Wang Jia was furious, thinking that she had lived such a long life, where would someone dare to beat her? But then she whirled around and thought of her happiness, and couldn’t help but shut her mouth sadly.

“Make amends to your family’s housekeeper, go and find those who were hit by your horse when entering the city, pay the medical bills and apologize.”

“Yes …… sir.”

“Don’t let me know that after you apologize, you have a vengeful mind and retaliate afterwards, and don’t let this kind of thing happen again in the future.”

“Yes, Mr. …… Sheng.”

“Tomorrow let General Shi send someone to send you to the Fan residence to receive ten lashes, and this first file will be forgotten.”

Wang family miss stupid in place, originally thought that he suppressed the anger, promised to apologize to the housekeeper, and went to appease those lowly commoners, is already to give enough face to the little Fan adults, where to know, this person actually …… really want to use the whip to beat themselves!

“You are shameless!” Inside the secluded study of the Prince of Harmony’s residence, the Grand Chamberlain pointed at Fan Xian’s nose and cursed angrily in a trembling voice.

Across from him, Fan Xian showed no weakness and was filled with rage as he slapped off the Grand Prince’s finger and cursed, “You’re the one who’s shameless!”

When the Grand Imperial said that Fan Xian was shameless, he was naturally referring to the fact that he had actually brought that Miss Wang Clan into the palace and had driven her to the Princess’s residence, and that the conversation between Fan Xian and the Miss Wang Clan along the way was naturally clear to the Grand Imperial – Fan Xian had actually taken her on as a student to draw closer to the relationship with the Wang Clan, which had made him so furious and very puzzled!

These days, the palace had been secretly urging him to take a side consort, and even the person had already been picked out for him, and although the Grand Hall Master had forcibly resisted several times, in the end no one dared to challenge His Majesty’s authority head-on, and he was in an unusually grumpy mood.

Especially yesterday, the new Kyoto Guard Commander Shi Fei made a special trip to feast on the Grand Prince, this face he had to give no matter what, but how could he not expect, actually the feast had not yet passed three rounds, this Shi Fei actually acted like a matchmaker, and invited out the shy Wang family lady.

The great prince immediately know what’s going on, under the great anger whisked his sleeve away, a little face did not give Yanjing sent people to stay.

And there was nothing that made the Grand Prince angrier than the attitude Fan Xian had shown earlier. He had been annoyed these days, but always thought that when Fan Xian returned, this amazingly capable brother would be able to come up with a way to have the best of both worlds, withdraw from this marriage again, and make His Majesty the Emperor a little happier.

The scene at the entrance of the royal palace at the very beginning had made the great hall very pleasant, thinking that a brute like the Wang family’s young lady really needed a shady, carving fellow like Fan Xian to deal with, but how could he not have imagined that Fan Xian’s attitude would actually change drastically later on, bringing the Wang family’s young lady into the royal palace not to mention accepting the other party as a disciple!

“Where am I shameless!” The Grand Prince growled at Fan Xian, he had called Fan Xian shameless because the other party had dragged himself towards the abyss without regard for his brotherly love, not realizing that the other party would actually dare to call himself shameless.

“You’re not shameless?” Fan Xian looked furious, “What’s the point of tossing me into the middle of the shit in your own residence? You dare to offend His Majesty and the generals of Yanjing I, do you want me to follow suit? A yellow-haired girl, with the means of you two, when can’t you get rid of her easily? Still have to fart to fast horse summon to me, let me to deal with …… you two mouths forcibly dragging me into the water, is not it shameless!”

The Grand Prince choked on his words, unable to speak, and after discussing with the Crown Princess for more than ten days, he felt that in the current situation, it seemed that only Fan Xian could solve the problem, and indeed saved the idea of dragging him into the water. He coughed twice and apologized, “Anyway, father is also prepared to let you come to the mansion as a lobbyist, so I’ll pull you to my side first, so that we can quarrel better in the future.”

“Bah! I’m not a matchmaker.” Fan Xian cursed in a bad mood.

The Grand Prince said with a straight face, “But you are the Secretary of the Taishang Temple.”

Fan Xian was stunned, and shook his head hopelessly, the Head Secretary of the Imperial Standing Temple was in charge of the royal family’s clan matters, and regarding the marriages of the various princes, county kings, and princes of state, he really had to deal with it by himself.

The two people fell silent at the same time. After experiencing the Kyoto rebellion two years ago, this pair of brothers were no longer like back then, only relying on Chen Pingping and Ning Cai Ren’s relationship to stand side by side, but really had the camaraderie of killing the enemy together, the feeling of sharing the same life and death, and their feelings were so good that they couldn’t be any better in the past two years.

“What do you mean by accepting her as a student?” The Grand Prince stared into Fan Xian’s eyes and said, “You know I don’t want to take any side consorts.”

“Let’s not talk about that for now, let’s talk about that Wang family lady.” Fan Xian bowed his head and thought for a while before saying, “This girl’s family name is Wang Tiel, the precious daughter of Grand Governor Wang, and at the banquet yesterday, she wasn’t as out of sorts as she is today, so why are you scolding the other party for not knowing shame?”

The Grand Prince was stunned and said, “Although this woman is rumored to have a bad temperament, I have only met her once, and as a prince, how could I presume to criticize the daughter of a great general.”

Fan Xian smiled to himself and said, “I knew you weren’t this kind of person. These words are gossip that the palace’s teaching sisters have passed on to Miss Wang’s ears through the Wang family’s maids, which is why she came to make this mess today. It’s obvious that the palace just wants her to come and make a scene, to make a scene that is known all over the city, and to make the princess secretly sulk.”

He raised his head and looked at the Grand Prince and said, “After all, she is the daughter of the king’s family, her status is honorable enough, and as you know, ever since the Great Eastern Mountain, the attitude of my Southern Qing dynasty and countryside towards Northern Qi has already undergone a major shift, and everyone’s attitude towards the royal consort is not as good as it used to be.”

The eldest prince nodded in silence, the crown princess was not very willing to go out of the house these past two years, in fact, she was also unwilling to bear the hostile gazes of the ordinary people of Qing, Northern Qi was involved in the plot to assassinate his majesty, this kind of hatred, no one could tear it off.

“So if this matter really becomes a scandal, and His Majesty directly appoints the marriage, I’m only afraid that the entire court will support it, and the crown princess must abdicate.”

“A full dynasty?” The eldest prince frowned and retorted, “This Wang girl doesn’t have a great reputation.”

Fan Xian sneered and said, “What are you? You are the eldest son of the royal family, the only prince capable of leading the Northern Expedition, you are the pride of my Daqing, it is not necessary to say that you are a Wang girl, as long as you can make your royal consort change from a Northern Qi to a Qing person, even if it is a sow, these ministers, the literati, and the people, will all carry it into the mansion for you.”

The Great Prince’s heart chilled, and he seemed to see a large white sow tied to a bar, covered with red cloth and ribbons, being carried into the royal residence amidst the sound of trumpets and suona.

“I’ve already figured out on the way, this thing can’t be stopped whether it’s you or me, because we’re just two people, how can we fight against the whole imperial court?” Fan Xian said with a self-deprecating smile, “You want to refuse the marriage and make His Majesty happy at the same time, it’s impossible.”

The Grand Prince sat down somewhat disheveled, completely lacking the bravery and courage he had felt when he had marched out to Western Hu, and muttered to himself, “Is it really necessary to take a side consort?”

“If you don’t want things to get out of hand, and His Majesty to be enraged and directly abolish your family’s royal consort on the basis of jealousy of not having a queen or some such asshole reason, then taking a side consort is a given, or at least it can be dragged out for a while.” Fan Xian looked at him compassionately, thinking that the prince who leads the army is really much more upset than himself, and said in relief, “Look at the ministers in this dynasty, who are not three wives and four concubines, even Shu Wu, that old man, also has a few aunts in their twenties in the mansion on the shelf. Wangfei is a reasonable person, the matter of side consort, she will not be overly concerned.”

“Three wives and four concubines, how come I don’t see you take a few more in?” The eldest prince said in annoyance and then fell silent, knowing that the matter of the side consort could not be dragged on, and also knowing that Fan Xian deliberately did not make it clear that the so-called side consort was in fact a preparation for the abolition of the crown princess in the future.

Although the Grand Prince and the Crown Princess were a political marriage during the honeymoon period between the two countries, the two were in harmony and had an excellent relationship, so if they were to really abolish the Crown Princess, he would not be able to accept it in any case.

“Although Wang Tiel and I only met for the first time today, we said a few words.” Seeing the change in the Grand Prince’s expression, Fan Xian said in a harmonious voice, “If we want to take a side consort, she is the best choice, otherwise my attitude wouldn’t have changed so much.”

“On this ……” the Grand Prince stood up with a huff, and after all, he was still of a forgiving nature, holding back from scolding the woman.

Fan Xian said with a bitter smile, “I know that this young lady’s disposition is really a bit of a jerk, if it’s not for the sake of your future family’s peace and quiet, what would I do with accepting her as a student? Do you think I’ve eaten too much and have nothing to do? Don’t forget, I have the word idle in my name, but I am extremely busy.”