Chapter 27: The East Wind Blows
Listening to Fan Xian’s words in a chilling voice, Lin Wan’er’s heart flinched, knowing that her husband, who had remained calm since returning to his residence, had actually been annoyed to the extreme in his heart. She gently placed a bowl of warm tea in front of Fan Xian and said in a harmonious voice, “Ruo Ruo is still in the medical center, why don’t we let her return to the residence first in the next two days and not show her face outside.”
Fan Xian shook his head and said, “My sister values the practice of medicine above all else, so don’t bother her with this matter, I’ll handle it myself. If He Zongwei is relying on His Majesty’s decree, then he’s going to get close to her, which is exactly what I want.”
Roujia’s heart was turning a hundred times at this time, thinking only of returning to the palace to see her father, and then letting him go into the palace to deal with this matter, she rose and blessed herself, and hastened out of the palace to go home.
After she left, Fan Xian and Wan Er exchanged glances.
“You’re also a little too cunning, you actually purposely said it in front of Zojia, isn’t this forcing Prince Jing to enter the palace to argue?”
“His Majesty hasn’t been in the palace for a long time, and I forced His Majesty to enter the palace for the sake of their brotherly harmony, so His Majesty should be thanking me.” Fan Xian shook his head and said, a touch of annoyance in his words.
Lin Wan’er frowned and said, “But the emperor’s uncle knows that you can’t possibly agree to this marriage.”
Fan Xian was a bit out of his mind and sighed before saying, “In these two years, His Majesty has been really green-eyed towards He Zongwei, and he genuinely hopes that I will be able to live in peace with the Ducha Academy, and always thinks that since Ruo Ruo doesn’t like Hongcheng, he should always like He Zongwei, the great …… only… …son, but did not store any bad intentions.”
The world’s good intentions to do bad examples of many, wise as the Qing emperor can not be an exception, Fan Xian can sympathize with the emperor’s heart, but can not hold back on that toad’s contempt, the history of the most disdain for the three words of the great talent, and thus came out.
A tea cold.
Fan Xian stroked his hair, no longer seeing a trace of anger on his face, “His Majesty gave me harsh words, he wants to protect He Zongwei, I don’t want to turn my back on the palace at this time of the year, and He Zongwei has been pretending to be a grandson these past two years when he touches me, so I can’t find a reason to strike.”
Wan Er said softly, “His Majesty just wants you and Lord He to be able to get along peacefully in the court, but he didn’t expect that it would touch your scales.”
“I’m not the son of heaven, not a dragon, I don’t have any reverse scales.” Fan Xian said, “But for the sake of Ruo Ruo’s marriage, I made such a big fuss that year, even moving Bitter Lotus to Nan Qing, if His Majesty thought that he could control my life and surroundings, then he thought wrong.”
Fan Xian said with slight sarcasm, “His Majesty is truly optimistic about this marriage, but if I resist to the end, he has no choice but to withdraw his decree. It’s just that …… the charge of resisting the decree is not a light one, and who knows what he’s trying to chip away from the Supervisory Yuan or the inner treasury again.”
In fact, Fan Xian really misunderstood the emperor’s meaning this time, although His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Kingdom is the first person in the world, he is just an ordinary person, after knowing the news of Fan Ruoruo’s return to the capital, the Emperor’s heart was moved, and naturally associated with He Zongwei, who has not yet been married, he thought that King Jing’s side had long been out of the question, and naturally willing to let His Highness’ ministers have a heavenly match between them.
He Zongwei is the older young man, Fan Ruo Ruo is the older young woman, His Majesty the Emperor thought he was doing a good deed, just faintly asked to see if this thing can be done, and thought that Anzhi should be able to understand my heart, but I did not expect his reaction, but actually in the imperial study in the face of the charge up.
The emperor did not rule Fan Xian a roar in front of the imperial court of the crime of disrespect, has been extra-legal grace, how he could not understand, Anzhi you are loyal ministers, He Zongwei is also a great loyal ministers, two loyal ministers marriage, is really a piece of praise for thousands of years of beauty, why are you so angry and out of sorts?
Is it because you have something in mind? No one knew if the emperor had such a dark thought in his heart, but as Lin Wan’er said, Emperor Qing was an extremely tough king, if Fan Xian could beg nicely, perhaps there was still a chance to turn this matter around, but Fan Xian’s face to face confrontation was a firm determination of the emperor.
He would not allow anyone in the world to disobey his will, not even the most trusted and favored Fan Xian.
For a while, the news of the impending marriage between the Fan and He families spread throughout Kyoto, and although the palace had not yet issued an explicit decree, according to those who knew the inside information, the matter was already finalized and irrevocable.
The civil and military officials were surprised, but when they thought about it, the marriage was really beneficial to the court, and His Majesty was really a faraway holy heart. It was just that everyone knew Fan Xian’s attitude towards He Zongwei, and knew that he would oppose it, but no matter how powerful Fan Xian was, he was only a courtier after all, could he be more powerful than His Majesty?
After hearing that Grand Maester Hu had personally entered the Fan Mansion and persuaded Fan Xian to agree to the marriage, the rumor spread to the top of the heap.
Officials who had been extremely badly fixed by the Supervisory Court, people who were usually intimidated by Fan Xian’s power, all began to wait for the day Miss Fan married into the He Mansion, waiting to see the expression on young Lord Fan’s face when he swallowed a fly alive, ready to watch the best joke of all time.
Fan Xian’s performance since entering the capital was too perfect, giving too many people pressure, and the rare opportunity to see Little Lord Fan lose his temper and become angry and overwhelmed was something no one was willing to miss, so I don’t know how many people were secretly waving the flag for He Zongwei.
However, to everyone’s surprise, Fan Xian did nothing, neither entering the palace again to fight with the emperor, nor kicking down the door of the Capital Investigation Institute to beat up He Zongwei. Everyone was surprised, because the story of Fan Xian personally hitting He Zongwei with a black punch in his mansion back then was a gossip that had been circulating in Kyoto for a long time, and now Fan Xian was actually able to act so calmly when he was looking at his sister who was about to marry Lord He, could it be that young Lord Fan had changed his temperament?
Not two days later, everyone knew the reason for Fan Xian’s calmness, it turned out that this person was not at all prepared to put on a show for the entire court, but rather calmly sat on the sidelines, waiting to see other people’s jokes.
Seeing His Majesty the Emperor’s jokes.
The Prince of Jing, the younger brother of the Emperor, who had not entered the palace for two years and only knew how to hoe for fun, entered the palace late at night and had a big fight with His Majesty the Emperor. According to the eunuchs in the palace, the fight was unusually heated, and in the end, the Prince of Jing even threw down a celadon porcelain brush washer in the imperial study.
In the end, Prince Jing left angrily. Back then, the king didn’t win his own elder brother in a fight when he was a child, and it seems that he didn’t win the quarrel nowadays either.
But immediately after, the next day, Prince Jing went to the Metropolitan Court, without regard to the dignity of the king, pointing to He Zongwei is a scolding, scolded He Zongwei face dramatically changed, but only nodded his head again and again.
King Jing’s identity is too honorable, no matter whether it is the Taishang Temple, the inner court do not dare to control him, not to mention the Kyoto Prefecture, the City Gate Department of this kind of maintenance of law and order government offices.
Everyone just remembered at this time, more than three years ago, the palace seems to be vaguely decree, ready to let the Fan family miss married to the King of Jing’s son Li Hongcheng’s, so the people watching the show have stopped their mouths, fearing that the King of Jing one day hit their door.
This is exactly: Prince Jing made a big mess of the Metropolitan Police, the small male master’s wonderful hand to reverse Qiankun.
In the words of Fan Xian, who sits comfortably in his mansion, drinking tea and listening to the opera, the King of Jing is the best of both worlds! If the emperor wanted to mess up the marriage, he could find a character who was not afraid of the earth and the sky to rule him.
For this matter, of course, his majesty is very clear is Fan Xian in the dark bottom of the tampering, just he Jing Wang this brother does not have too good law, just let the court went to the king’s residence to read out the decree, the king of Jing a good reprimand, but can not come up with any real means to stop the king’s residence to loosen the soil digging wall.
Of course, in King Jing’s view, his own son Li Hongcheng in Dingzhou waiting for Fan Ruo Ruo painstakingly waited for more than three years, the emperor actually turned his hand to let the Fan family miss promised to He Zongwei, which is the real shameless digging wall.
Fan Xian calmly watched the progress of this drama in the house, as long as the court’s order of marriage does not enter the house, he will have time to see more, although Prince Jing has not asked for a long time, but the status of the position here, his majesty always have to be afraid of his brother’s mood.
After some time, the situation in Kyoto has calmed down a lot. The palace and the Fan family, the King of Jing’s family are still in a tug of war, He Zongwei himself did not show any attitude, Fan Xian from the palace to obtain the first-hand news is that His Majesty has already face to face with him to put forward this marriage, this Lord He favors and insults, just calmly thanked the grace, expressed willingness.
Although the marriage of the Fan family’s young lady has a great impact, but after all, it does not affect the operation of the court, the problem is that behind this marriage, His Majesty’s meaning, as well as the future development of the harmony between the two houses of the court of the State of Qing, it is the matter of great importance.
There are more perceptive people perceive, his majesty and Fan Xian tug-of-war, not only is the face of the problem this simple, but also between the king and the minister of a oppression and counter-oppression. In this world, either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind.
His Majesty the Emperor is now trying to blow the east wind, but unexpectedly, he mistakenly beat the old war drum of Prince Jing.
It is already winter time, the cold air seems to condense, but it is loosened up a bit by the breath of the fireplace in the people’s house. Just by the icy cold west wind and the warmth of the fireplace of the ten thousand families intermingled, stayed in Qingzhou to recuperate Wang XIII Lang and Ye Ling’er finally returned to Kyoto.
Ye Ling’er, because of the second prince’s suicide by poison, had never been able to fully let go of her father, so she just sent a letter back to the Ye Mansion, and then lived in the Fan Mansion with Lin Wan’er as her companion.
Fan Xian had to personally go to the Privy Council to inform Ye Chong. After hearing the news, the number one person in the Qing military, he sighed sadly and patted Fan Xian’s shoulder without any further indication.
Ye Chong knew that his daughter was living in the Fan Mansion, so naturally there was no problem, but when he thought about the recent marriage of Fan Ruo Ruo, he couldn’t help but ask Fan Xian twice.
As the main envoy of the Privy Council, he did not understand why His Majesty had to disgrace Fan Xian, nor did he understand why Fan Xian had to keep putting up a hard fight – in his opinion, Lord He had already been appointed to the Central Committee of the Gate, and was worthy of Fan Ruo Ruo, and as long as Fan Xian nodded his head, the side of the King of Jing’s Mansion would not be able to find any reason to make trouble again, and all things would go smoothly.
It seems that everyone knows the emperor’s persistence, but they have overlooked Fan Xian’s persistence. What Fan Xian does not want to do in this life, no one can force him to do yet, even the emperor.
Fan Xian didn’t explain to Ye Chong, he just laughed twice and left the Privy Council. He didn’t return to his house, but got on a carriage and headed in the direction of the Imperial College.
His wife and that girl Ye Ling’er were gossiping in the mansion, but he was going to read the gossip – Ye Ling’er and Wang Thirteen Lang had already returned to the capital, and of course Hongcheng was back – this broken war drum of Prince Jing was about to be beaten by His Majesty, and he had to personally go out and burn this fire to go.
The carriage stopped when it reached the Dongchuan Road intersection, and Fan Xian went up to a restaurant not far from the bookstore, ordered a few small dishes, and ate slowly while looking in the direction of the bookstore. Opposite the Tanyu Bookstore was a medical center, named by Fan Xian himself and written by Shu Coriander.
It only took a very short time for the medical center under the auspices of Ms. Fan’s family to gain great acclaim throughout Kyoto. Her own medical skills were superb, and her fees were extremely low, regardless of whether the patient was noble or lowly, she just lined up a number to ask for a consultation and grabbed some medicine, and within a short time, she had won the praise of the common people of Kyoto. At this time, it would be twilight, there was still a long queue in the cold wind in front of the medical center, Lin Wan’er’s powerful family members sent from the Fan Mansion were maintaining order outside the center, distributing hot soup, and taking care of all the details in an extremely thorough manner.
Fan Xian squinted his eyes and looked at the place, and sure enough, he saw the official with a slightly darker complexion, if it wasn’t He Zongwei or who else? Being pressured by the palace, it was impossible for him to see He Zongwei and then beat the other side once, and he realized that He Zongwei was really smart, actually knowing that whoever spoke was a fake, and that only the nodding of Fan’s young lady herself was the real thing.
These recent days, after He Zongwei got off the court, he would actually come to the medical center to greet Fan Ruo Ruo before going home. The defense of men and women in Qing is not as strict as in Northern Qi, plus Fan Ruo Ruo originally practiced medicine on the street, it is impossible to be concerned about so much, so He Zongwei met with him according to etiquette, and no one could stop him. Now this has become a well-known news in Kyoto, and has already become a good story.
Fan Xian’s eyesight was so good that he could clearly see that his sister would occasionally have a word with He Zongwei while she was consulting. He was not surprised by this, because as early as five years ago at the One Stone Residence, he knew that his sister and He Zongwei were acquainted with each other, and that they should have met during the King Jing’s Palace Poetry Festival, when the Fan family’s young lady was a talented woman from Kyoto, and He Zongwei was a talented man from Kyoto, so the two of them naturally knew each other.
He sighed in his heart, thinking of all the changes in everyone in Kyoto over the years, he couldn’t help but feel a little distracted.
Back then, He Zongwei’s arrogance was not free, his face was as black as charcoal, even if he wanted to pat himself on the back, he also appeared to be so unnatural, so he was completely out of Fan Xian’s eyes, I didn’t expect a few years had passed, this person actually washed away his spirit and became so calm, in his heart, he might still be a little bit proud of himself, but in his behavior, he was a touch of arrogance, and he was so mature and fast, that it was really mind-boggling.
No wonder this person in his own deliberately discredited, still gained the support of most of the officials in the dynasty, as well as the favorite of the palace.
Fan idle sitting in the restaurant cold eyes watching, is to see this He Zongwei in the end have the patience in their own and the emperor’s old man in the tug of war, sudden surprise, to solve this deadlock.
At that moment, a rider came galloping down the street. Fan Xian put down his glass of wine, narrowed his eyes, and smiled, thinking that his surprise troops had finally arrived.
Li Hongcheng, the son of King Jing, had just returned to the capital to report on his duties, and had just come out of the palace without returning to the king’s mansion. He had not removed his armor and had not even brought a single soldier with him, so he asked where the medical center was located, and then came to the center single-handedly.
Fan Xian watched from afar from the restaurant, saw Li Hongcheng dismounted and He Zongwei calmly salute, and with Ruo Ruo said a few words, the distance is too far, don’t know the content of the speech, but you can see that the sister’s look is a few minutes to see the old man’s joy, but then, don’t know what Li Hongcheng said, but with Fan Ruo Ruo argued up.
Fan Xian’s heart was tight, stretched out half a head, his sister’s icy temperament is very well understood, thought Li Hongcheng this pig head is not said what is not decent words, the sister offended?
At this time, He Zongwei seems to go up to explain a few words, Li Hongcheng at this time is not even look at him a glance, directly instructed the Fan House of servants to close the door of the medical center, and then in the Fan Ruoruo slightly angry eyes, extremely unreasonable to grab her up, escorted to the horse!
In the sound of hoofbeats, the Prince of Jing, who was returning to the capital, grabbed the Fan family’s young lady and put her on a horse, then drove off in the direction of the Fan residence.
Leaving behind a street of dislodged jaws – there were no eyeglasses at that time of year.
Watching this scene, Fan Xian could not help but be dumbfounded, his face was very ugly, thinking that Hongcheng this kid is hard to get, a few years ago still only know to watch the poetry will play the elegant soak the bones of the wind, and now three years of fighting in Dingzhou, but will play the bully this set!
Fan House servants and servants of the medical center, as well as waiting to see the sick people are also dumbfounded, but these Fan House servants of course know what has happened recently, what the King’s House has been in trouble recently, the Fan House and the King’s House relationship is too good, these people will be as if they did not even see this scene.
The one who was most dumbfounded was, of course, Lord He Zongwei, who had always maintained his poise and temperament. When the doctor’s office was closed and the people gradually dispersed, Mr. He stood alone in front of the doctor’s office, looking at the street in a daze. He didn’t dare to go to Fan’s residence because he was afraid that Fan Xian would really beat himself up, so he could only watch helplessly by himself. This scene looked really bleak to the extreme.
Fan Xian slowly came back to his senses and regained his composure, realizing that Li Hongcheng would never mess around, and only acted so forcefully because he was furious after learning the news on the road. If Fan Xian were to choose his own brother-in-law, Li Hongcheng, who had broken off his love affair and reformed his mind, would certainly be much better than He Zongwei. At this thought, a smile surfaced on Fan Xian’s cheeks.
“Please ask Lord He to come up and sit down.” He slowly rested his wine cup on the table and instructed Mu Feng’er behind him.
Not long afterward, He Zongwei came up to the restaurant with a frown on his face and sat down opposite Fan Xian. This was the first time in many years that these two had met in private. Fan Xian gently twirled the small wine glass with his fingers, knowing that there were palace eyes downstairs, presumably the followers that His Majesty had rewarded He Zongwei with his gracious decree, but not caring much about it.
“Eat.” Fan Xian raised his chopsticks.
Although He Zongwei didn’t know why Lord Fan had summoned him here, he wasn’t afraid and started eating the food in an extremely honorable manner, and judging by this style, he wouldn’t even drop his chopsticks if Fan Xian didn’t call out to him to stop.
Watching this scene, Fan Xian’s heart was a bit appreciative of this person. There weren’t many people in the world who could be so natural under his own gaze, especially since this person knew that he hated him so much.
After the dishes were finished, Fan Xian calmly opened his mouth and said, “Mr. He has been coming to the medical center for the past few days, so I, as an elder brother, would like to thank him.”
“Young lord is polite.” He Zongwei responded with a slight astringent smile.
Fan Xian raised an eyebrow and said, “You also watched the scene earlier, and you should be clear about the attitude of the Jing Wang family.”
He Zongwei slowly said after a slight loss of concentration, “Young lord is a good tactician.”
“This has nothing to do with means.” Fan Xian looked at him and said directly, “I haven’t had a chance to sit down and talk with you, but today is a rare opportunity, so I’ll tell you directly that it’s not possible, so you should just die.”
He Zongwei’s slightly darkened face flinched, and after a long time he said with extreme sincerity, “Young lord, Zongwei knows …… himself.”
Fan Xian inclined his head to listen to the other’s words, one ear going in and the other coming out.
He Zongwei very sincerely stated his admiration for Fan Ruo Ruo, explained what he had done over the years, and very humbly hoped that Fan Xian would give himself a chance.
“I have no opinion.” Fan Xian said, “Right now it’s the Jing Wang Palace that has a problem with this matter.”
“But the last time the palace appointed King Jing’s son, he was blocked by the young lord.” He Zongwei was not the least bit disconcerted, slightly lowering his curtains, an insistent light flashing in his eyes.
“Water to cover earth, will to burn, if I can block it once, I can block it a second time.” These words were somewhat treacherous, but Fan Xian said them to He Zongwei’s face, bullying him into not daring to use them to go to the palace and sue himself, “Don’t think that just because His Majesty has said something to you, you can be delusional. Or perhaps Lord He thinks that if he can please Ruo Ruo, he can bypass me as his elder brother?”
“You also know that I hate you so much that you don’t really care about offending me one more time. But I must remind you that there are degrees of offense, and if you offend me severely, I will really bring a chopper to your residence to forage for you.”
Fan Xian reminded the other party seriously.