Chapter 21 The Calculator

Even after being scolded for half a day by Wang Tiel blocking the main entrance of the Wang Fu, the king still perfectly maintained the image of a mature man, and had never uttered a single harsh word to that young lass in his conversation with Fan Xian so far. Although the other party was the daughter of the Governor of Yanjing, the Grand Prince was a genuine Prince, the gap between the identities could have made him not think too much, but he still tried his best to keep a calm mind.

For example, after hearing Fan Xian’s words, he didn’t follow suit to berate that girl for being an asshole, but merely frowned and said, “Who knows what you’re doing by taking her on as a student?”

“I don’t believe that you wouldn’t be able to guess.” Fan Xian smiled and said, “Of course it’s because I’m worried that the Wang family will have a baby cheetah after already having a tigress. If I can teach this Miss Wang family to be well-informed, well-mannered, and disciplined, what are you afraid of if you take her in?”

Round and round, Fan Xian was still urging the Grand Prince to take a side consort, and the Grand Prince said with slight anger, “I really don’t know where your usually admirable vision has gone, actually saying that this yellow-haired girl is any good choice.”

“Where is it bad?” Fan Xian restrained his smile and said with a straight face, “Without me reminding you, you should know that your roots are in the military. She is Wang Zhikun’s daughter, and if you take her as a side consort, your relationship with the military will definitely become even closer. Don’t forget that although you have high prestige in the military, the Western Conquest Army of that year has long since been broken up, it’s impossible for you to return to Dingzhou, and the post of the Grand Commander of the Forbidden Army has also been removed.”

“This is Father Emperor’s intention.” The Grand Prince’s expression chilled as he said, “I didn’t realize that your calculations were dialed just as loudly as Father’s.”

Fan Xian raised an eyebrow, sat straight down, and said, “His Majesty’s meaning is clear to anyone – there always has to be a woman in the royal household, always keeping an eye on the position of the crown princess. If you don’t want the king consort to be abolished, then it’s better to have Wang Tiel enter the palace than someone else.”

The Grand Prince stared at him suspiciously, wondering why Fan Xian’s meaning had shifted so drastically, adamantly believing that Wang Tiel was the best choice. Knowing that Wang Tiel’s background behind her was extremely deep, with the military’s Yanjing faction backing her up, coupled with His Majesty’s secret letting go, once this woman entered the palace, she would surely be an immediate threat to the position of the crown princess.

“The reason why I said that Wang Tiel is a good choice is because this girl family really likes you.” Fan Xian said, “And although this young lady’s character is a bit spirited and vicious, she is a girl who takes the route of big cuts and big kills, so such a person seems to be troublesome, but is actually better to deal with …… You don’t want the new side consort in the king’s mansion to be a person like the eldest princess back then, who is soft on the surface, but is actually powerful and incomparable in the shade. character.”

The great prince thought about it, and found that indeed this is the reason, Wang Tieliel this person, dare in the palace before the decree was issued, came to the king’s residence to make trouble, indeed is not a go yin charming route of the woman. Just he thought and thought, still frowned and said, “But she is just a fifteen year old yellow girl, she doesn’t know anything at all, in case she joins the king’s mansion and makes a mess with a chopper every day, what should we do?”

“We can’t openly resist His Majesty’s wishes,” Fan Xian looked him in the eye and softly persuaded, “But we can try to deal with it in a different way. As for whether or not Wang Tiel will make a scene in the future, it will depend on how well I, as a teacher, teach him, as well as how well the two of you cope.”

He took a sip of tea and suddenly felt that his heart was getting harder and harder, and after smiling to himself, he said, “It’s still the same old saying, Wang Tiel likes you, so as long as she enters the royal residence, she will definitely take you as her heaven. Whether a person is satisfied or not, mainly depends on what her wish is, if replaced by another family’s young lady, perhaps she won’t be satisfied if she doesn’t become the king’s consort, but I look at Wang Tiel, probably marrying you, she’ll be satisfied.”

The Grand Prince glanced at him noncommittally and said faintly, “Who are you to judge the mind of a daughter’s family so conclusively? If you really accept her into the house, once you make a mess of the family home, you’ll be the one to put an end to it?”

“I’ll do it.” Fan Xian shrugged his shoulders and said, “Regarding the mind of a daughter’s family, there is no second man in the world who understands it better than I do, and this is something you should have faith in me.”

The Grand Prince was stunned, thinking that Fan Xian’s words weren’t a boast, just by looking at that stone book alone, I don’t know how many little girls have been charmed to death, and then looking at his glorious record in this life, not only did he charm his own most beloved morning sister to death, but even the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Dao of Northern Qi was charmed out of her wits, so one would know that there must be some truth in his judgment.

“I just don’t understand why Ms. Wang must stare at me, knowing that we only met once that day during Shi Fei’s banquet.” The Grand Prince stared at Fan Xian and said, “To fall in love after seeing only one side, if the object is a demonic creature like you, there are a few possibilities.”

“Women and men are two kinds of creatures.” Fan Xian patted his shoulder compassionately and said, “Don’t think about it if you, a hanyou, can’t figure it out.”

The Grand Prince spat in some annoyance, then whirled around to think of a question, “For a busy powerhouse like you to accept Wang Tiel as a female student is certainly not just because of me.”

Fan Xian laughed a little awkwardly and said, “You’ve seen it all, so why ask? You have to know that I’m not like you, I have nothing but Black Riders at hand, it’s always not wrong to get on better terms with the military’s grand old man, I don’t want a second old Qin family that hates me to the bone to appear in the future.”

After the Grand Prince froze, he sighed and said, “Ye Chong family’s girl has always listened to you, now even Wang Zhikun’s daughter you won’t let go, really ……”

“That sounds awkward.” Fan Xian rubbed his nose and scolded with a laugh, “I’m not an animal, these two are your brothers’ housemates, so you can’t talk nonsense.”

“But they are also both your female students.” With a deep smile, the Grand Prince said, “Together with Hongcheng in Dingzhou, although Father has been strictly forbidding you to participate in the military, but after doing the math, soon you will be hanging out with the three major armies, your math is no worse than Father’s.”

“You underestimate me, although in the past, that guy Yan Bingyun once said that I seem to be conquering the world through conquering women in my life ……, but with the two road side armies coupled with the Ye family’s strength, I won’t be so stupid as to intend to delude myself into trying to influence anything with just two schoolgirls.” Fan Xian smiled, “But making relations with the military better, I’m certainly willing to do so.”

As he said these words, Fan Xian’s mood was actually somewhat complicated. It had been five years since he had come to Kyoto, entered the incredibly complicated Kyoto officialdom, and influenced the world’s general situation, but his efforts to reach out to the Qing military had invariably fallen flat. Although His Majesty’s guard against him seemed to have lightened considerably, and had made Li Hongcheng, who was a good friend of his, the general of Dingzhou, it would still be extremely difficult for Fan Xian to penetrate the military with his own forces.

For example, the Jiaozhou naval division, Fan Xian once through the help of Xu Mocai, gradually arranged his own close friends into the interior, ready to wait for the old Qin family mutiny, secretly take over the strength of the Jiaozhou naval division. However, it did not occur to him that His Majesty did not spare this subtle change at all, and directly knocked Xu Maocai off his mortal coil-although for Fan Xian’s sake, His Majesty was extremely merciful and left Xu Maocai alive, the entire Jiaozhou Maritime Division was getting farther and farther away from the palm of Fan Xian’s hand.

And Fan Xian has been left in Jiaozhou Hou Jichang, also because of this matter, do two years of useless, wasted a lot of time, in the official road, traveling more and more difficult, now more than far from Yang Wanli in the Ministry of Public Works within the reputation, and even compared to have been appointed as governor of Suzhou Cheng Jialin, are much worse.

Hou Jichang is Fan’s four sons, Fan Xian’s most appreciated person, so will be the key to the Jiaozhou entrusted to him, did not expect Fan Xian a chess move wrong, but caused this year and He Zongwei Qiqi Kyoto talent, now can only be in the remote Jiaozhou simmering with the reputation of the government.

His Majesty the Emperor now favors and trusts Fan Xian beyond measure, but still guards against him entering the military, a fact that makes Fan Xian’s heart drum a little, wondering if His Majesty the Emperor knows something, or if His Majesty has nightmares from time to time because of that tsubo thing from twenty years ago, plus the fact that Xu Maocai was an old man from the Quanzhou naval division back then, and so he is still on guard against Fan Xian as his son.

“You need to have a good relationship with the military, I don’t.”

The Grand Prince’s words pulled Fan Xian out of his contemplation, and he smiled somewhat reluctantly, saying, “But you need to maintain good relations with His Majesty. As for me, as long as His Majesty doesn’t obstruct it, not only do I want to have a good relationship with the military, but Wang Zhikun, these great old men of the military, want to befriend me just as much, and if I accept his daughter as a student, I’m just afraid that he’ll wake up in the middle of the night with a smile of joy.”

The Grand Prince raised an eyebrow, knowing that Fan Xian was speaking the truth. In today’s Qing Kingdom, purely in terms of power and position, there was no one more honorable than Fan Xian, plus the world knew that he was the flesh and blood of His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Kingdom and the Mistress of the Ye Family of that year, and with this relationship within, all the ministers and generals would subconsciously try to fawn over him.

After the two people finished these words, they were silent at the same time, the eldest prince was thinking somewhat helplessly, it seems that the matter of taking a side consort is difficult to be resolved, but Fan Xian was thinking, that the deepest suspicion of that emperor’s old man in the palace towards himself, when exactly will it be eliminated?

“Tell me about the matter in the west.” The eldest prince suddenly frowned and said with a straight face, “What exactly is going on with the Hu people, there has to be a reason for the huge increase in strength within these two years.”

“You’ll know in a couple days when the residence report is sent down.” Fan Xian had known that the Grand Prince would not be able to resist asking this question. The eldest prince had fought in the west for many years, and was incredibly familiar with that grassland, killing the Hu people with their wailing, and if His Majesty had not been worried that his eldest son would not be able to be reappointed for his achievements, he would not have transferred him back three years ago. Although the eldest prince has long returned to the capital, but a heart is still often floating in the grasslands, for the situation there, naturally very concerned.

Seeing that he refused to answer, the Grand Prince shook his head hopelessly and said, “Hongcheng has gotten better over the past two years, but the Hu people are ruthless and bloodthirsty, so you need to remind him of some more.”

After Fan Xian nodded, he suddenly frowned and asked seriously, “I have been fighting with Western Hu for several decades, and every time it seems to be a great advantage, and it looks like the problem can be completely solved, why is it that every time, the Hu people’s power is always like weeds after the spring breeze, and grows up again?”

The great prince for this problem is very right to speak, said: “that is because the grassland is too big, from the southern edge of the sky vein to the west, the endless prairie simply do not know the border, once I Daqing has an absolute advantage, they will be to the west to hide, where can be completely solved.”

“But this time I realized that the Western Hu Royal Court is not particularly far from Dingzhou City.” Fan Xian asked in disbelief.

The Grand Prince gave him a slightly mocking look and said, “The royal court of the Hu people is not the Kyoto or the Shangjing, and by the time we hit the past, they had long since moved into the depths of the grasslands …… It’s only because of the Hu people’s strength today that they dared to move their royal court not far from the border. ”

“Not to mention that I fought against the Hu people in the west all those years, only to say that twenty years ago, Father Emperor personally led the army of the country and went to the grassland, with the intention of sweeping clean the Hu people in one fell swoop, but unfortunately in the end it was still a lost cause.” The eldest prince said with some regret, “Lifting up the country’s forces, the king’s division pro-expedition, with father emperor’s heavenly military talent, still could not conquer the huans in one fell swoop, not to mention us people.”

When Fan Xian heard that twenty years ago, Emperor Qing led the king’s division on a personal expedition, his face had become grave, and he did not answer, for he remembered clearly that on that western expedition, his father, Lord Fan Jian, had accompanied him in the camp, and that it was in those days that a shocking change had taken place in Kyoto, a change which had put an end to a woman’s life, and which had given himself a second life, riding in a carriage, in the arms of his blind uncle, and went to Tanyuzhou.

The great prince did not notice Fan Xian’s somewhat odd look, slowly said: ”At that time, the old monarch was in mourning, and the Hu people were in civil unrest, so it was the best opportunity for my Daqing, and it was a real pity …… And the most baffling thing is that at that time, Marshal Ye was ordered to surrender the Kyoto guard and personally serve as the vanguard of the army, and the elite cavalry had already embellished the on the Western Hu royal court, and as long as the camp where Father is located holds out for another three days, it will be able to wipe out the Western Hu princes and nobles, but just at this time, the army suddenly stopped its westward march and instead retreated back within the country’s borders, which left a breath of fresh air for the Western Hu people.”

After Fan Xian was silent for a long while, he lifted his face and smiled at the Grand Prince, “The reason for the army’s withdrawal is very simple, I think that by that time, His Majesty already knew that news of the death of that mother-sama of mine.”

The heart of the Grand Prince trembled, and only then did he think of that great event that had been sealed away for many years, and looking at Fan Xian’s face as he forced himself to smile, the Grand Prince’s heart rose in pity, and he no longer continued with this topic.

After a long time, the Grand Prince coughed and turned the topic back to the beginning, saying, “Is it true that the Na Side Consort cannot be stopped?”

“No one dares to resist the decree, and all those who dared to go against His Majesty did not end up well.”

“Wang Tiel is really a good choice?”

“At least right now I can’t see a better choice.”

“Then …… what do I say to Wang Tiel?”

Fan Xian laughed out loud and said, “You don’t need to think about that, the Wangfei naturally has a way to clean up a little girl.”

As he was saying this, someone outside informed him that the crown princess and Miss Wang had come over. The Grand Prince and Fan Xian exchanged glances and both laughed bitterly. After those two women entered the room, Fan Xian stood up and saluted before observing the expressions on their faces imperceptibly, nodding secretly in his mind.

Wang Fei was still as calm and graceful as usual, but Wang Tiel’s face was slightly red and shy, not like the previous appearance, it looked like after being driven by Fan Xian to the side of the Wang Fei, this Wang family lady got some kind of promise.

Fan Xian secretly sighed in the bottom of his heart, knowing that the Wangfei is really powerful, has already grabbed the two big men before their own decision, has already made up his mind, in order to ensure their own interests, and was forced to make a seemingly concessionary choice.

It looked like later on, instead of the king needing to persuade the crown princess in a difficult manner, the crown princess would persuade the king to take the big picture into account and not to go against the wishes of his father in the palace. Fan Xian smiled, narrowed his eyes at this Wangfei, faintly said a few words of gossip, the Wangfei also smiled, the two people know in their hearts exactly what the other is thinking.

During the rebellion in Kyoto, the young emperor of Northern Qi intended for the eldest prince to take over the throne, so through the Jinyiwei spies sent beside the crown princess, he secretly revealed Fan Xian’s whereabouts to the eldest princess, nearly killing Fan Xian. But Fan Xian knows that this matter and the relationship with the princess is not very big, in order to the feelings between the couple of the eldest prince, he has not said this thing to the eldest prince, but he and the princess heart after all, there are still some lumps, so within these two years, there is not anything too deep to come and go.

Wang Fei heart to Fan Xian has been guilty until today, the two look at each other as a fox smile, only those past into a spring breeze, no trace.

Slightly gossip a few sentences, Fan Xian will get up to say goodbye, he brought the Wang family lady into the royal residence, of course, to take each other out, after all, the palace has not been appointed to marry, the Qing national winds again open, if you let Wang Tiel this nymphomaniac winking at the great prince, the rumors will be too ugly a bit.

Wang Fei pretend to stay rice, but the eyes flashed a clear light. Wang Tiel’er, however, foolishly really didn’t want to go, begging for mercy as she looked at Fan Xian.

“Go.” Fan Xian said.

“Master, where to?” Wang Tiel said naturally as she raised her head and looked at him in surprise.

Wang Tiel’s eyes were filled with annoyance and refused to speak.

Fan Xian immediately sank his face. Wang Tiel’er, for some reason, was just innately and incomparably afraid of little Lord Fan, and subconsciously stood up, gritting her teeth as she followed Fan Xian outside the mansion.

Walking along the road, Fan Xian had already seen the gleam in the eyes of the Wang Concubine, and as he looked at Wang Tieliel beside him, he couldn’t help but shake his head. Although this Wang’s young lady was unruly, if she really entered the royal residence, she would not be the Wang Fei’s rival, and she would not have much of a good life in the future. It was good to see that Wang Tiel’s background was strong enough, so she would not have a miserable life, and the king was not a person of that caliber either.

The two of them arrived at the main gate of the royal residence in a short while. I don’t know what kind of magic Fan Xian used, and this unruly woman said a few words, Wang Tieli is like a different person, honestly, timidly follow him, where there is still the previous foot on the stone lion, cursing appearance.

The main door of the royal residence was opened, and the butler sent it out, then hurriedly closed the door as if hiding from a ghost. Fan Xian laughed and cursed twice after being stunned, thinking that he had also become a fish in a pond, but then he turned his eyes to see Wang Tiel’s face full of anger and was about to curse the butler. Then he sunk his face down and gave a hmmm.

Wang Tiel immediately felt the cold intent beside her and shivered, hurriedly stopped her mouth and honestly walked down the steps, unusually unaccustomed to say something to that old housekeeper with whip marks on his face.

The old housekeeper was terrified. Thinking to himself when did his own young lady change her temper? Next to him, the family generals of the Wang family and Shi family were also scared silly, thinking to themselves that the legend of Lord Little Fan was that he was a student of Lord Fei Jie, so could it be that he had given the young lady some kind of medicine that had turned her into this appearance.

Wang Tiel was like a white rabbit at this moment.

All the people at the entrance of the Wang family house were looking at Fan Xian like he was a god, thinking that Little Lord Fan really lived up to his name, no wonder His Majesty let him pose as a tai fu a few years ago to teach the third prince, this kind of teaching and educating is really a bit of a godsend.

The generals and stewards of the Wang family thanked Fan Xian profusely and then left the main gate of the Wang residence with their young ladies. Fan Xian watched the pedestrians disappear into the streets before shaking his head and boarding his carriage.

Mu Feng’er, who was now the head of the Qi Nian group, but was still the same good-natured young man in his bones as he was back then, swallowed and asked in a small voice, ”My lord, what has happened? How did that mother …… become like this?”

“It’s simple.” Fan Xian sat in the carriage, eyes closed, “If she doesn’t listen, I’ll spank her, I’ll let the king marry another woman, I’m the head secretary of the Taishang Temple, how could she not believe me?”

“So stupid?” Mu Feng’er said contemptuously, everyone knows that when it comes to the Grand Palace’s consort, where is the matter that can be decided by the Taishang Temple’s main secretary, this matter must be nodded by His Majesty the Emperor.

“If she’s not a fool, why would the princess be willing to let her enter the palace.” Fan Xian closed his eyes and mumbled, feeling tired, this kind of thing he is dead and do not want to dip again, if not and the big prince friendship, he should have long gone to the palace to hand over the work, and then go back to his own house to tease the children to go.

Half an hour has passed, there is still no movement in the imperial study. The eunuchs somewhat helplessly guarded outside the room, Eunuch Yao glanced at the goat’s milk and small snacks that the person beside him was carrying, and couldn’t help but frown as he realized that the things were almost cold.

That little eunuch glanced at the door of the imperial study room, thinking to himself who is His Majesty talking to, actually talking for such a long time. Eunuch Yao also glanced at the door of that room, thinking to himself that it would be better if he didn’t bother that father and son talking.

Other than that new little eunuch, the others were not surprised by the situation at hand. His Majesty had a lot of work to do and rarely summoned his subjects alone for more than a quarter of an hour, but Lord Little Fan was an exception.

In the past two years, whenever Lord Fan entered the palace, His Majesty would always chat with him for half an hour in the imperial study, and not only about affairs of state, there were even a few times when Eunuch Yao heard His Majesty and Fan Xian arguing about the names of the two youngest children of the Fan family.

Fan Xian was the only one in the entire world who had this honor and favor.

The situation inside the imperial study was different from what the eunuchs thought. His Majesty the Emperor of Qing looked at Fan Xian who was sitting on his lower hand and opened his mouth to ask: “My intention has been decided, Wang Tieli is always going to enter the royal residence, you don’t need to care about these idle matters …… Speaking of marriage, some days ago, Yan Bingyun has already married that woman, and the Merchants’ Money Bank, when are you going to give an account of it to me? ”

Fan Xian’s eyes changed slightly, hurriedly bowed his head to hide it.