Chapter 53: Discussing Relatives and Merits
Qing Guo Kyoto three years ago a palace chaos, the palace masters died a large number of, but the relationship in the palace has become simple, the overall atmosphere has also become much more solemn and direct. Empress died, his majesty looks like there is no re-establishment of the idea of the queen, the empress dowager died, there is no longer an old woman sitting in a high position staring at those consorts, Shu Guifei very indifferently accepted the result of the death of her son, just in the cold palace fasting ceremony days, his majesty did not put her into the cold palace, has been regarded as extraordinarily merciful and open to grace.
Today’s palace, speak the most powerful woman, naturally, is the third prince’s biological mother Yi Gui concubine, and the eldest prince’s biological mother, Ning Fei, these two ladies in the palace change are hurt party, in the battle has formed a bleeding friendship, and collaborate to deal with matters in the palace, is considered to be harmonious and incomparable.
As for the matter of succession, which could affect the atmosphere of the harem the most, it was unlikely to cause any major problems at the moment. Although His Majesty has not yet established another crown prince, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the prince who is most likely to take over the kingdom of Qing in the future is naturally the third prince, Li Chengping.
Although the third prince is still young, just a thirteen or fourteen year old teenager, but the only two “elder brothers” that can threaten his position, the eldest prince is known to all, for the throne without the slightest prying heart, and half of his body in the East Barbarians City slave girl’s bloodline, but also let him in the succession of this matter, there is a natural difficulty.
There was also a potential rival, naturally Fan Xian. But after all, young Lord Fan was only an illegitimate son, and he was the Third Prince’s husband, and most crucially, looking at the movements over the years, young Lord Fan had not the slightest interest in that chair at all.
Of course, as for in the eyes of the ministers and the palace matrons, Fan Xian has no interest in it or not, this is still a question that deserves a good speculation, but at least in the present moment, the path of the third prince is bright, the help beside him is real, the trajectory of the whole country of Qing in the future is clear, so the atmosphere of the imperial palace is good, the unity of the small meeting is held every day, everyone’s essence is permeated with the flavor of upward mobility.
Fan Xian traveled all the way back to Kyoto when it was already the twilight of the day, and when he entered the deep palace, the whole sky was dark. He sat in the imperial study, touched his gently rumbling stomach, and couldn’t help but frown, thinking that he should have gone to the New Wind Pavilion earlier to fix some buns before entering the palace.
This is just a very wonderful idea, he is responsible for the important task of his majesty, since it is to return to the capital to report errands, where dare to stay outside the palace. When he was secretly annoyed, he suddenly saw two small eunuchs carrying a food box into the imperial study.
His Majesty was having his evening meal in the palace, so even if the inner court had informed him that Fan Xian had returned to the capital, he would not have been able to rush over at this time. Fan Xian looked at the contents of the food box in a daze, smiled, and said, “You know I haven’t eaten?”
Eunuch Yao generally accompanied His Majesty, and the head eunuch who stayed on duty outside the imperial study today was also an old acquaintance of Fan Xian’s, the very same Eunuch Dai who had made a great achievement in the palace mutiny.
Eunuch Dai looked at Fan Xian with a smile on his face and said, “The young master is anxious about the affairs of state, so I think he must have missed his meal, so let’s pick some snacks first. His Majesty is dining in the Harem at this time, so even if he wants to reward you with a bowl of rice with fish pennies, I’m afraid he won’t be able to make it in time.”
Fan Xian was not polite, and began to attack the contents of the food box. As a courtier, when His Majesty the Emperor was not present, he had sat in the imperial study, which would have been a head-killing offense, and to dine in the imperial study without asking for a decree was even more of a great disrespect, except that he had long since received a special decree, so he sat comfortably and ate without worry.
Eunuch Dai smiled on the side and thought, Little Lord Fan is not an ordinary courtier after all, and then thought of the things that have been spreading in the world recently. Little Lord Fan for the Qing Dynasty to establish a world of work, do not know how His Majesty will reward him, the reason why the head of the eunuch will be hot hot up, all because he knows that a large part of his future in the hands of His Majesty, there is a small part of the small Lord Fan is completely linked together.
His life in the palace had been smooth, until Fan Xian appeared, he began to have bad luck, began to rise again, because in the rebellion in Kyoto, he made a great effort, so now has become the deputy chief eunuch, status than when in the palace of Shu Guifei, the status of the more honorable and incomparable.
Eunuch Dai will occasionally be full of fear to think, if he has been in Shu Guifei Palace on duty, now I’m afraid that has become a member of the cold Palace, or even already dead. Thinking of this section, he couldn’t help but glance back from the corner of his eye, this little eunuch who was following him now was also a popular person in the imperial study at first, but unfortunately, he later served his master in the eastern palace, and although he hadn’t committed any crimes, his status was already in tatters.
Fan Xian put down his chopsticks and spoke gently with Eunuch Dai before slowly turning his gaze to his rear, looking at the young eunuch who was becoming more and more composed, yet the pimples on his face were still clear and unmistakable, and calmly said, “You actually haven’t died yet, somewhat out of this official’s expectation.”
Hong Zhu was full of respect, bowed to Fan Xian, and replied, “Back to the words of the young eunuch, the slave was blessed with the holy grace, and only came out of the cold palace a year ago.”
“In the future, remember to serve His Majesty more attentively.” Fan Xian said in a nonchalant manner and stopped talking.
Eunuch Dai saw that his mood was a bit low, and after casually flattering him, he led Hong Zhu out of the imperial study, thinking in his heart that there had always been rumors in the palace that this little Eunuch Hong was at odds with young Lord Fan, and that it was young Lord Fan who kicked this little guy to the Eastern Palace back then, and today it seemed to be true.
His heart could not help but sneer three times, secretly thought Hong Zhu this person, back then, even if there is the old male Hong took care of, still can not defeat the small eunuch from outside the palace to reach over the hand, now the old male Hong has died, Hong Zhu’s position in the palace can be awkward to a great extent.
Eunuch Dai did not notice that when he left the imperial study, Fan Xian and Hong Zhu looked at each other with mutual concern in their eyes, and then gently nodded their heads in a way that was not easy to notice.
The imperial study was quiet, and Fan Xian combed through his thoughts in silence. Hongzhu from the cold palace is a matter of course, this kid has always been very pleasing to the nobles of the palace, in the rebellion, on the surface Hongzhu has no knowledge, the rise of this is a matter of course. Of course, in this matter, Fan Xian is also a lot of detours, to Hong Zhu out of some energy.
As for the three years of entanglement with each other, Fan Xian has no longer think about it, at least the little eunuch has helped himself too much, from the sentiment, always owe each other, rather than each other owe themselves.
Just like this thought, the imperial study outside came a burst of rapid footsteps, hidden lights from the glass window end, illuminated the dark night, toward this side drifted over.
Fan Xian hurriedly withdrew his stretched arms and stood up to greet His Majesty.
The door to the Imperial Study Room was pushed open, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Kingdom of Qing, dressed in a bright yellow single garment, strode in, his slightly thin cheeks calm, with only the gray hairs on his temples revealing his true age and the fact that he had lost too much of his mind and soul over the years.
The eunuchs serving him did not enter, and Eunuch Yao cleverly closed the door of the imperial study tightly at the back, leaving the emperor and Fan Xian alone in the entire imperial study.
The emperor sat comfortably on the soft couch, his hands rubbing his knees, his eyes looking at Fan Xian, and suddenly laughed out loud.
Fan Xian was confused by this string of laughter and stood in place somewhat awkwardly.
The emperor shook his head and said, “You’re very good.”
Since he was very good, why did he shake his head? Fan Xian let out a bitter laugh and took out the secret casket that had been prepared by the courtyard beside him and placed it on the low table in the middle of the soft couch.
The emperor opened the box and read it carefully. Inside this box are all the preliminary results of the negotiations between Nanqing and Dongyi City, as well as the bottom line of Dongyi City analyzed by the Supervisory Yuan, as well as the map of the territory of Dongyi City and the detailed distribution of the people and finances of Dongyi City.
The matter of Dongyi City had long shocked the entire world. Responsible for the negotiation mission, including Fan Xian himself, and the palace in Kyoto to maintain a daily exchange of details of the negotiations, the emperor for the details of the negotiations is very clear, but after all, the two places are far apart, really want to grasp the first-hand situation, but also really need to Fan Xian back to the capital to do a face to face report.
The emperor slowly put down the hands of the scrolls, stood up, walked to the imperial study of a wall, pull open the curtain hanging on the wall.
Under the curtain was a large map of the entire world, which depicted the various county roads clearly, and even the coastline to the east and south was drawn in great detail. This map included not only the boundaries of Qing, but also the lands of Northern Qi and Dong Yi City.
When Fan Xian first entered the Imperial Study Room to deliberate, he sat with the ministers and scholars, and had seen this map before, and knew that Qing’s rulers and ministers were passionate about expanding their borders. Only at that time, the emperor was accompanied by three princes, but now two of them had disappeared.
The emperor’s steady palm moved on the map, although the light inside the imperial study was bright, but after all, it was not the shadowless lamp in the operating room, wherever his palm moved to on the map, it was dark, like a black arrow, containing countless power, representing hundreds of thousands of armies, with full killing intent.
The palm landed on top of Dongyi City and the vassal states on the four sides, and gently patted, the emperor did not turn his head, and calmly said, “Without spending a single soldier, I own this place. Fan Xian, how do you think I should reward you?”
“The negotiations are not yet over, there is still internal strife within the Sword Lodge, those princes and dukes of the vassal states are only going to turn against me, and the most crucial thing is the matter of stationing troops, I don’t know if it will cause a backlash from Dongyi City in the future.”
Fan Xian smiled and answered, he could see that although the emperor was calm at this time, but deep inside the joy was unable to hide, this emperor who wanted to unify the world and establish the immortal career of 10,000 generations, spent decades of time, finally cleared the bitter lotus and the four gu swords of the two major rivals, took the first step in the journey of 10,000 miles, that kind of pleasure can not be camouflaged in any way.
“How is the Four Gu Swords doing?” The Emperor turned around and smiled, not continuing to bring up the issue of the reward, but instead asked about a matter he was most concerned about.
“His entire body is paralyzed, and he will definitely die within three months.” Fan Xian answered extremely quickly, without a hint of procrastination.
The emperor sighed softly after a moment of contemplation, “It’s all going to die. Only that I really admire this Demented Sword, after receiving a scattering hand from Uncle Liuyun Shi, and being struck by me, he actually managed to live for so long, this person’s physical strength is really the most powerful one amongst the few of us.”
These words naturally excluded Five Bamboos.
Fan Xian’s eyes twitched slightly as he said softly, “It is also fortunate that the Four Gu Swords did not die, only he was able to suppress those strong men in the Sword Lodge, if he had not nodded his head, I’m afraid that this negotiation would only have been impossible to succeed.”
The emperor laughed and didn’t say anything, he had always been a bit confused about this son of his as well, this statement was speaking in favor of the Four Gu Swords? What was the point of speaking in favor of a dying Great Master?
After Fan Xian thought about it, he added, “In my opinion, this negotiation, I’m afraid that we will only have to talk about next year, and by that time, the Four Gu Swords will be long dead, but since he set the tone and spread it to the four fields, I’m sure that the disciples in the Sword Lodge won’t dare to defy it.”
“Will Wang XIII Lang take over as the master of the Sword Lodge?” The emperor suddenly opened his mouth and asked, for this emperor, how Fan Xian’s personal relationship with Wang Xii Lang was, he didn’t care at all, what he cared about was that, in the future, to truly control the boundaries of Dong Yi City, the master of the Sword Lodge, had to be someone who could be controlled.
And that young disciple of the Sword Lodge called Wang XIII Lang, who was extremely entangled with Nan Qing, was first and foremost a person who could be controlled, regardless of his abilities.
Fan Xian’s heart tightened, his mind spinning rapidly as he said, “The opening ceremony of the hut has been delayed by a month, and no one has said anything about it, but I haven’t inquired as to who exactly the Four Gu Swords are planning to hand over the sword hut to.”
“No need to inquire.” The Emperor’s face sank, “If Dongyi City sincerely returns to me, the owner of the Sword Hut must be appointed by me. Regardless of who the Four Guards Sword chooses, if I don’t nod my head and seal it, it will not work.”
Fan Xian lips slightly bitter, he was originally worried about the four Gu Jian forcibly picked out the identity of the shadow, let him become the second generation of the master of the sword hut, now it seems that should be worried about other issues, his majesty this practice, very much like the year enthroned the head of the lama style.
But think carefully is also right, even if the Qing country in the future to the city of Dongyi stationed officials, stationed troops, but in the heart of the residents of Dongyi city, the real master of the sword hut children, this point in the agreement between the two countries should be written, the Qing country in fifty years, will not be the pattern of the city of Dongyi to make big changes.
If the Kingdom of Qing did not even have the nominal right to appoint and dismiss, what kind of subjugation would Dong Yi City be?
“I will make this clear to the other side after I return to Dongyi.” Fan Xian didn’t give it any more thought and responded very directly.
“As long as the Sword Lodge bows its head, the rest of what small country merchant houses, there’s no need to consider them at all.” The emperor narrowed his eyes and said, “If Four Gu Swords was smart enough, he wouldn’t have messed something up before he died, and if he’s really an idiot, I’ll naturally give him a deep lesson.”
When the Son of Heaven is angry, the world bleeds. The lesson Emperor Qing was talking about was naturally the brazenly sending out troops to forcefully subjugate Dong Yi City by force.
Fan Xian did not pick up on this topic and asked directly, “If the Sword Lodge is settled, what about the City Lord’s Mansion?”
“Weren’t the people in the City Lord’s Mansion killed by the Four Gu Swords?” The Emperor stood next to the map and suddenly looked deeply at Fan Xian, “Actually, not only am I strange, the entire court feels a bit appalled after the great joy. Anzhi, this old thing, the Four Gu Swords, is extraordinarily green-eyed towards you, and I can’t imagine that he would really be able to suppress his madness and agree to this request of yours.”
Before traveling to Dong Yi City, Fan Xian and the emperor had argued for a long time in the palace. Because in the emperor’s opinion, even if the Four Gu Swords man died, he could not allow himself to guard Dongyi City for many years with a single sword, without a single soldier, without a single arrow, and thus surrendered to the Southern Qing. Fan Xian, however, insisted on his own opinion, and it took him a long time to convince Emperor Qing to let him give it a try.
The problem was, it actually succeeded in one try! This fact made the Qing Dynasty full of civil and military personnel surprised, and made the Emperor also feel happy, and even vaguely a little uneasy, because this bastard son of his had really given the world too many surprises.
The emperor’s old man’s gaze has suspicion, there is suspicion, Fan Xian but like to feel nothing, a bitter smile directly said: “I dare not take credit, if it is not my Daqing national strength is strong, four Gu Jian since the death of the city of Dongyi, only drop or broken two paths, but also will not be bowed down to my Daqing to soften.”
This is also true, any diplomatic negotiations, in fact, are rooted in the strength of the foundation. Now the world’s momentum is beginning to show, North Qi may have and South Qing to fight for many years of power, and Dongyi City to business to set up the border, the fundamental all not solid, such as duckweed in the water, such as light clouds in the sky, as long as the strong winds to come, it is a Ping chaotic cloud dispersion of the situation.
Under the pressure of the powerful military power of the Southern Qing Dynasty, Dongyi City did not have much choice. Fan Xian’s success this time should actually be the success of His Majesty, the Emperor of Qing, because under his rule was an extraordinarily powerful empire.
Fan Xian suddenly took a deep breath and said, “As you know, mother came out of Dongyi City back then, and the Four Gu Swords always had a few fragrant feelings for me.”
He knew that he couldn’t hide this from the Emperor and didn’t want to, so he simply said it in such a direct manner. As expected, His Majesty the Emperor was obviously very clear about Ye Qingmei’s past in Dongyi City back then, and after hearing these words, he just smiled slightly and said, “Indeed. What does he ask of you, Four Gu Swords?”
Fan Xian raised his head and said earnestly, “He wishes that the Dongyi City under the rule of Daqing is still the same Dongyi City as it is today.”
“I grant it.” The emperor waved his hand decisively, not waiting for Fan Xian to say anything else, and said directly, “The Dongyi City I want is the Dongyi City of today. If it becomes like that in Jiangnan, what do I want it for?”
Fan Xian’s heart was shocked, the problem he was most worried about, the problem Sigu Jian was most worried about, turned out to be not a problem at all in his majesty’s heart, what the emperor wanted was the current Dongyi City, this and overseas bulk stay easy, with a faint taste of merchant autonomy of Dongyi City.
Thinking about this, Fan Xian can’t help but give birth to endless admiration for the emperor’s son, only the extremely far-sighted emperor can tolerate such a situation, I’m afraid that his majesty’s heart and vision is broader than he imagined…….
Immediately afterward, the emperor discussed with Fan Xian the details of bringing Eastern Barbarians into the territory, as well as the big problems that might arise, and the related countermeasures. At this time, the night was getting late, but the light in the imperial study was always so bright.
The map under the sky, in this father and son two people in the reference gradually changed the shape.
After a long time, the emperor rubbed some tired eyes, back to the head, once again gazed at the map. The map of the world has changed, but this map has not changed. The emperor said softly, “We’ll be making a new map again tomorrow.”
“Congratulations, Your Majesty.” Fan Xian said with a smile.
The emperor finally smiled at this moment, his palm suddenly slapped heavily on the top of the map, the large expanse of exotic territory painted green, and his bright yellow clothes all seemed to carry an unstoppable flavor of fortitude.
“This is the only piece of the world left.”
Fan Xian’s heart snapped.
The emperor brought up that earlier question for the second time, “Anzhi, how do you think I should reward you?”
There were many examples in history of people who had merited too much and were not allowed to die, and when these examples were unlucky, it was often because of these words. Because their merits are too big, have received too many rewards, so that the reward can’t be rewarded, it’s impossible to let the one on the dragon chair share half of the chair for those examples to sit on, so the examples invariably run towards the road of death.
Occasionally, there were examples of successful rebellions, but they were a minority after all.
Hearing this question, Fan Xian didn’t have the slightest feeling of trepidation, but only a bitter face and fell into a deep thought. Because his credit this time is not big, according to the previous self-reporting said, Dongyi city’s submission, in the final analysis, or the cause of the Qing country’s national strength, he is only a lead, is an excuse, is the four Gu sword used to persuade their own excuses.
As for the high merit of the Lord? Exempt, the emperor’s old man’s self-confidence narcissism is the first person since the beginning of time, he never worried about which subject which son can run in front of him in this life. A powerful emperor would have a strong enough tolerance for the people under the dragon chair.
But Fan Xian does have the example of the third affliction, that is, the reward is not rewarded, he is now a first-class public, sitting in the treasury Supervisory Yuan two treasures, the hands of the authority of the world accounted for one-third, and then let the emperor’s son to reward himself some what? Really as those who secretly guessed the mission of the king?
But he couldn’t not ask for a reward, the whole world was looking at Kyoto, if Fan Xian made the first merit, but didn’t have a good reward, I’m afraid that the courtiers would feel cold towards his majesty.
After a long time, Fan Xian suddenly laughed bitterly, looked at the emperor beside the map, scratched his head, and said mockingly, “Or else …… just seal the city of Dongyi to the microcosm?”
This is of course a joke, a heavenly joke, sealing the king is at best a tantalizingly idle king, really want to divide Dongyi City, that is to split the earth and seal the princes and lords!
The emperor also laughed, only his smile wasn’t as funny as Fan Xian imagined, instead it was permeated with an indescribable teasing flavor: “It seems that the Four Gu Swords are really as the Great Eastern Mountain says, bent on having you become that city lord.”
Fan Xian’s heart chilled, and he responded with a bitter smile, “That city lord doesn’t care anyway.”
“Change it.” The emperor didn’t even bother to pick up on his words, sitting down, taking a cup of warm tea and slowly sipping it, saying directly.
Fan Xian stood in front of the emperor’s body, his head hurt for half a day, and said tentatively, “But Dongyi City always needs to send someone to manage it, how …… about letting the Prince go as the city lord?”
Today’s Qing country, only the great prince a Prince, he himself has the Eastern barbarian bloodline, the identity of the noble, and if you want to subdue the heart of the Eastern barbarian army and people, the great prince to do the city of Eastern barbarian city’s city master, it is indeed an extremely wonderful chess.
“This matter …… will be discussed later.” The emperor’s brow furrowed, obviously somewhat moved by this proposal of Fan Xian’s, but more …… than anything else, he was uneasy.
“I am not to enter the middle book under the door.” Fan Xian suddenly grunted, “Staying in one place with those old men every day is boring to death.”
The emperor laughed and spoke, “Isn’t Lord He also in the Middle School under the Gate now? He is also a young man.”
These words were just words, of course, the emperor would not let Fan Xian give up the authority of the Supervisory Yuan and enter the Middle Book under the Gate, breaking his own arrangements for the future of Qing. Just hearing the emperor’s words, Fan Xian’s face immediately surfaced in front of his eyes outside the Tantalizing Medical Center, the face of that detestable minister who guarded Ruo Ruo every day, and he said with a cold smile, “If your majesty really wants to reward me for anything, I’d like to ask your majesty to reward me with two decrees.”
Regarding the matter of the appointed marriage, Fan Xian and the emperor had been fighting a cold war for most of the year, at this time, as soon as Fan Xian opened his mouth, the emperor knew what he wanted to say and thought, “You kid actually dare to hold your merits hostage and ask for favors? His face turned ugly.
“One decree for Ruo Ruo, one decree for Rou Jia.” Fan Xian said in a low voice, “Please allow the Emperor to allow them to choose their own son-in-laws.”
The emperor looked at him coldly, and after a long time, he suddenly spoke, “I will allow you in the matter of Roujia! But your sister’s marriage, I forbid it!”
Fan Xian as a great anger, but in his heart is a calm, he knows the emperor’s son in this matter always refused to let go, because the other side is to borrow this matter, will be completely suppressed, unless they let go, with father and son, the king and the court’s intention to plead with the other side, the other side will not let go.
This is gambling, and not just gambling, the emperor wants to completely master Fan Xian, let Fan Xian in front of their own completely bowed down, because the emperor has been very clear feeling, his son and other sons are not the same, there are too many traces of his mother.
The emperor had always clearly felt that his son was different from his other sons, and that there were too many traces of his mother. The dead sons were respectful on the surface, but secretly they were thinking of things worse than dogs and pigs, while An Zhi had a hint of a refusal to be honest from the bottom of his bones. Although the emperor appreciated Fan Xian’s “red sincerity”, he wanted to turn this red sincerity into “red loyalty”.
“This matter does not need to be repeated.” The emperor stared at Fan Xian with a cold face, and suddenly thought of something, and smiled slightly, “It is indeed a bit unreasonable to reward you for today’s achievement with a decree from Roujia, but …… I remember that you are still only the supervisory court’s chief of staff today?”
Fan Xian’s heart fluttered, knowing that the meat of the show had come, but his face was confused.
“Chen Pingping that old dog doesn’t care about anything anyway, so you’ll just succeed the post of dean, and also let that old guy have a good rest.” The emperor looked at him with slight mockery and said, “In his early twenties, I let you take up the post of dean of the supervisory institute, which can be considered as a high grace and generosity, you still don’t hurry up to thank you for your kindness?”
Fan Xian was indeed still only the supervisory institute’s director, but after so many years, under Chen Pingping’s deliberate cultivation and decentralization, he had already grasped the entire supervisory institute, so what was the difference between the director and the supervisory institute? The emperor actually used such a natural promotion to send off his achievements in Dongyi City and blocked his thoughts of breaking the marriage, which was really a bit unkind.
The corners of Fan Xian’s lips twitched twice, seemingly annoyed and wanting to speak out in disrespect, but in the end, he suppressed his emotions, made a haphazard salute, thanked him for his grace, and resigned from the palace and left. The emperor smiled in the imperial study, and was not displeased by his son’s rudeness.
That night Fan Xian went back to his own residence, and did not go to do the second thing immediately afterward, because through the conversation within the imperial study, his mood had lightened up, at least that seemingly omnipotent His Majesty, the Emperor, was not able to grasp the subtle movements of the entire world, and in the struggle of temperament and character, he was allowed to win another game.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, his feet soaked in boiling hot water, slightly relieving his sleepiness. Lin Wan’er’s face was full of tiredness, leaned on his shoulder and said, “You didn’t know to say a word when you came back, there was no preparation at all in the house, the subordinates were all asleep and you refused to wake them up.”
“Take a slight break for a few days, I still have to go to Dong Yi City to preside.” Fan Xian gently held his wife’s hand and said with a smile, “Too busy for that.”
“I also don’t know who gave you this name.” Lin Wan’er yawned, clearly a woman who had given birth to a child, but her face still carried a childish look that was hard to wash away, especially her round cheeks, which amused Fan Xian.
He gently pinched his wife’s cheeks and said with a smile, “Except for that one, who would take such a tasteless name.”
“Why are you so excited today?” Lin Wan’er suddenly let out an ouch.
Fan Xian said smugly, “I begged a good official today, so tomorrow, my lord, I’ll go out of the city and into the garden to drive people away!”