Chapter 59: A Cup of Light Tea to Know Cold and Warmth

In the morning, she has come to the Fan House, the brain has been messed up into a muddle, a moment of shame in their own a daughter, but is not ashamed, come to the House on their own to see, a moment and is thinking of the father at home long pouting look, the heart of the anxiety to the extreme. In her heart, the most panicked corner was occupied by Fan Xian’s appearance.

It had been three years since she had seen little Lord Fan, although the maids had heard some rumors from the outside from time to time, and then talked about them in the room. Sun Knitting Knit knows that the other party has been doing extremely well these three years, having a pair of children, harmony at home, and there is no problem in the imperial court, so her heart is comforted to the extreme. Sun Knit’s heart is want to see Fan Xian, but she also knows that if really meet with little Lord Fan, is also extremely rude things, a time, really cut, still messy, both hope that the other party is willing to take the time to summon, on the one hand, but also hope that the other party is really not in the house, their own quiet back to the good.

Tea on the long table slightly cool, and a maid up for a change, which has been changed for the fourth tea, from the morning withered to this time, the Fan House did not treat the Miss Sun family, Fuji everyone from the medical center back, it began to slightly respectful, and very calmly chat with her gossip, together a total of a few hours, the woman’s mouth words are not the same.

Sun knitted knit know that this woman is the Fan residence in charge of the woman, also dare not treat lightly, just heard that the morning county princess is not in the residence, her heart has been relieved. Everyone knows that the young master’s house on the county lady is the most gentle and friendly, never express any opinion on things between the outside world, just a force to preside over the Hangzhou will, for the poor people of Qing some benefits, benevolent heart, all the people admire, just Sun Knitting know the rumors in the capital, so there is always some fear.

Waiting for a long time, Vine everyone’s only said that the Sheriff went to the palace, the master and go to do business, not in the house, no host family hospitality, please Miss Sun more understanding. Sun knitted knit but has long been sharp-eyed to watch an official playing from the garden side in and out, guessed that small Fan Lord is probably hiding in the back garden and refused to see their own, faint disappointment, they will get up to say goodbye, who knows that Fuji big partial does not pick up on her words.

After a short while, Fan Ruoruo Ruoruo walked into the side hall, Sun knitted knitting hurriedly rose to salute. The two women sized each other up and said a few words in a gentle manner, and Fan Ruo Ruo then softly said what Fan Xian had told her.

Sun knitted her heart full of joy, thinking that if young Lord Fan was willing to come the day after tomorrow, that would naturally be excellent, so she hurriedly thanked her, and after a few words of politeness with each other, she wanted to say goodbye and leave.

Fan Ruoruo will be the girl’s joy of the faint melancholy see clearly, can not help but in the heart sighed, thought brother caused love debt is really too much, can not help but said softly: “elder brother will be in the back garden, just men and women are not good to come out to meet, please understand the girl his painstaking heart.”

Sun knitted her body a shock, from the Miss Fan family suddenly came out of this extra sentence tasted out some other meaning, seems to vaguely grasp the little Lord Fan’s pain and pity for their own feelings, cheeks slightly red, the heart is grateful, a deep blessing and went.

Fan Ruo Ruo looked at the girl’s back and couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh, turning her head, but then she caught sight of Fan Xian’s sneaky demeanor and laughed, “What are you looking at when the people are gone?” After a pause, she added, “But she understands what you mean, and by the looks of it, she’s grateful beyond belief.”

Speaking of this section, she couldn’t help but give Fan Xian a rare glare and said, “You, can you not be so meticulous? You seem to be thinking for Ms. Sun, but you don’t know how you’re letting her fall into it.”

As soon as these words came out, Ruo Ruo realized that her words seemed to breathe a phantom air, and with a startled heart, she hastened to cover it up and said with a smile, “There’s something else I forgot to tell you, we all misheard earlier.”

Fan Xian didn’t care about the words, but just sighed with a bitter smile, “When did being a good person become a bad thing?”

After successfully avoiding Miss Sun and placating his sister, Fan Xian was idle again, stilted on his legs, looking at the letter written by Shi Yanli and Su Wenmao while humming something softly there. Dongyi city side of the mission is still dilly-dallying, four Gu Jian estimates that can still hold out for two more days, he is not in a hurry, in Kyoto for another six or seven days can not hurt, has not been a long time to deal with their own personal affairs, just can be used with the heart.

Su Wenmo’s position in the three major workshops of the Minbei inner treasury has become more and more solid, with that Ren Shaoan’s clan as a helper, coupled with the close cooperation between the Supervisory Yuan and the inner treasury transit division, the second comic relief, has now become the number one in the three major workshops. Of course, this was mainly because he represented Fan Xian’s will.

Shi Yanli was still traveling around the world, and five years had passed. The scholar of the year had already half helplessly and half casually accepted his fate of not having a career, if he was really willing, in fact, it was not difficult for Fan Xian to arrange a position for him, it was just that Shi Hanyanli knew clearly that in the heart of the door master, he was not the same as the other three sons, what he had to do was even more unseen, and also a little bit more important, for the sake of the intelligence system of Holding the Moon House as well as the matter of the turnover of silver and two, he was willing to give up For the sake of the information system and the silver turnover of the Moon House, he is willing to give up some very important things to help his own disciple.

Of course, nowadays, the proprietor of the Moon House, walks in the world, no one dares to disrespect him, Shi Yanli this businessman when, in fact, than Ji Chang, Wan Li this kind of officials to be too much dashing, today even if Fan Xian intention to let Shi Yanli re-entry into the civil service, this green house proprietor, I’m afraid that also want to think about it.

In fact, he is still not as good as Sang Wen to understand Fan Xian, Fan Xian in the world all over the construction of holding the moon building, the very beginning of the starting point, in fact, really is to pity the fate of those who are not in their own hands of the poor women, trying to hold the moon building to influence the lowest level of the profession from ancient times to the present day, do not ask for absolute justice, but at least to favor the formal some.

Fan Xian finished reading Shi Yanli’s letter, but couldn’t help but smile, look at those words in the letter, I’m afraid that Shi Yanli and Sang Wen this two people, can’t help but work together for many years together, after all, still have some faint feelings.

Shi Yanli wanted to ask Fan Xian to make the decision, but he didn’t dare to say so. Fan Xian thought it was really funny, he did not even think of sending these two to a pile, because from the beginning, he knew that Sang Wen’s side, there is a lonely jianghu guest, want to be a flower protector, I do not know how the situation is now Sang Wen’s side.

Sang Wen’s gentleness, Sang Wen’s lips, Sang Wen’s carefulness and understatement were all qualities that Fan Xian rejoiced in, or else he wouldn’t have taken her out of the building back then, and now that she and Shi Hanyanli were older, it seemed like it was time to think about these things as well.

Fan Xian thought like this while rubbing the letter in his hand into a snowflake, inclining his head and sitting in his chair in a daze. He had reckoned with the forces in his hands many times, but never had he pondered with such purposeful clarity as he did today – the inner treasury of the Supervisory Court was naturally the two most powerful weapons in his hands, but if His Majesty came down with a decree, it was estimated that at most 20-30% of the characters in the Supervisory Court would stand firmly behind Fan Xian.

“That lump of ice will probably stand in the center, and will definitely not resist the decree, but it shouldn’t deal with me either.” Fan Xian thought silently, would the friendship with Yan Bingyun stand up to the test in the future or not? Immediately afterward, he thought in his heart, the entire Supervisory Yuan, one place, three places, four places, his own control is the strongest, and truly able to follow his own to go through the mountain of swords and wear the sea of fire, in fact, is still only the qinian group of those people.

The inner treasury side, Fan Xian from a few years ago began to do the trick, he believes that if the future state of affairs has changed, he absolutely have a way to make a very strong reaction. Throwing his weight around, the Inner Vault was now a divine weapon that Fan Xian could use to fight against the Heavenly Might.

The loyalty of Shi Yanli and Su Wenmao was definitely trustworthy, and with the addition of Deng Ziyue, who was now in Xiliang, Fan Xian suddenly realized that the power in his hands had indeed become very large, and that there was a hidden tendency to break away from His Majesty the Emperor’s control.

No wonder the Emperor had begun experimenting with future dynastic arrangements.

A smile spread across Fan Xian’s lips, thinking that after all, His Majesty had not noticed that most crucial point, and that he should be able to support himself for some more years by going to fight him the day after tomorrow and confirming the protection of the power in his hands.

Just as he and Kaito had once said, this world was those old men’s as well as theirs, and it would be theirs in the end.

All they needed was time.

One day at the end of April, the spring flowers were not ruined by the summer wind, but were beaten to the ground by a sudden spring rain, and the flower trees of the various courtyards that stretched out on the long street of the southern city of Kyoto watched somewhat helplessly as their garments were torn into threads and strands by the seemingly gentle, but actually merciless, spring winds, and landed on the flagstone ground outside of the courtyard walls, where it was stepped upon by the hurried pedestrians who were passing by, and sunk deeply into the sludge, revealing only the edges of some of its powdery powder.

Kyoto Prefect Sun Jingxiu adult residence, is the south of the city on the street, not far from this residence through the back, is the Kyoto Prefectural Yamen, just the Yamen Hall opened on the other side, power and wealth of the quiet rely on each other, but do not interfere with each other.

Today is not Sun Jingxiu’s birthday, but for his old mother’s eightieth birthday, is indeed an important day. Fan Ruo Ruo’s comment the day before that she had heard wrongly referred to this point. Sun House, the old lady is also a person with a grant in the body, and Sun Jingxiu and very little to do, so all the way to post a post, the officials always come to socialize a bit.

Today, although the entrance to the Sun House did not hang red ribbons and colored lamps, but also deliberately added some festive meaning up, the doorway to send gifts to a lot of people, but not many carriages to come, only to see the long street, those who housekeeper underlings, just very common gift list gift boxes sent to the House, but also on behalf of their own masters to say a few words of apology, and then away from the Sun House.

Some do not know the inside story of the lower level officials, watching this scene can not help but be a little surprised, thinking that the hall of Kyoto prefects birthday, always not to be cold into this, and the general power and wealth of the residence to do business when the bustling scene is far away.

The Kyoto government in charge of the entire Kyoto security livelihood, and deal with more than the ministries and Yamen, the princes of the various provinces, the adults, so the Kyoto government’s mission is difficult to do, but the status of the Kyoto government is also high, when the second prince to seize the throne, it is in the Kyoto government under the great effort, so in general, no which officials will be so do not give the face of the Kyoto government.

Today this scene is really some surprising, surrounded by those people at the corner of the door whispering, do not know what to talk about, but people occasionally think of the Kyoto Prefect Sun Jingxiu in the official rumors, and then feel that this is a very natural thing.

Sun Jingxiu his people, no doubt the entire Qing officialdom on the best luck of the people, he is not the official brand of the lift, but a scholar origin, since the beginning of his career, it is in the Kyoto government to do paperwork, this is to do half a lifetime, originally to his origin and no background, in such a critical place, I’m afraid to do another three lifetimes, can not rise to the Kyoto prefectural magistrate position.

However, during the six or seven years of the Qing Dynasty, the Crown Prince and the second prince seized the throne, and after Lord Fan entered the capital in the chaotic war, the Kyoto Prefectural Government, which is in a place of vitality, has become the first of the forces of all parties to fight for. Kyoto prefects and not like the various governors, governors, the emperor is far away, you can protect yourself, not to any one of the side of the emperor – the government will be in Kyoto, any forces will not let them go, Kyoto prefects must take a stand.

So, Mei Zhili was forced to leave, the second prince to help the Kyoto prefect was Fan Xian down, just five or six years, the Kyoto prefects fell several, and no official dares to dare to force this official position, so Sun Jingxiu, the editor of the Kyoto government, by chance to sit in the position of the Kyoto prefects.

In previous years, the Kyoto prefect, must be accompanied by the post of the court of the university scholar, just from the Mei Di Li after this rule will be messed up, to Sun Jingxiu, he is a bare bones Kyoto prefects, a should be title are not.

So in the official world, the hundred officials with a hint of jealousy and a hint of disdain to comment, Sun Jingxiu is the history of the best luck of the Kyoto prefects, but also the smallest power of the term of the Kyoto prefects, who knows when it will be jerked down to the stage.

However, Sun Jingxiu this person also has his strengths, long years of paperwork so that he is not good with the officials to walk around the exchange, but also not accustomed to go to the door under the middle of the book that a few university professors of the horse’s farts, a single-minded focus on political affairs, for the people of the serious, never outside the rumors in the heart.

It is also this kind of character, let Qingli seven years in the fall, did not see the so-called emperor’s last decree of him, accepted the empress dowager’s will, as far as possible, in Kyoto on Fan Xian wanted.

Things are hard to predict, things are hard to predict, who knew that His Majesty the Emperor was not dead? Who knew that little Lord Fan was a greatly loyal official? Every time he thought about this, Sun Jingxiu couldn’t help but be afraid. It was thanks to the good girl he raised that he found a backer in the court for the first time.

And it is the first high backer in the dynasty.

So the officials became even more jealous, and the rumor of selling his daughter for honor spread for who knows how long before it finally subsided under Fan Xian’s strong suppression. Three years passed, and the officials realized that the Fan House was not closely connected to the Kyoto House, and only then did they believe that the legend in the boudoir back then was just that, a legend, and that there was no follow up to the story.

It was also because of the belief that Little Lord Fan and the Kyoto House had no connection in terms of men and women that the front of the Sun House looked so cold today, even colder than the flowering trees along the street.

The governors of the various houses sent gifts, left the Sun House, but did not leave the South City, but very cleverly chose the end of the street at the end of a teahouse temporary rest. Day time is not yet to noon, this decoration is extremely luxurious teahouse will be lively, those who know in the past days of the stewards, meet greeted hands a smile, please into the seat together, not a moment will be filled with half of the teahouse.

Stewards of the smile is very strange, all through a share of unspoken strength, there is a faint disdain for the Kyoto House. The master of these stewards, either the six ministries in the hall of officials, or the three temples in the adults, some of them are the State Duke Lane side of the power and wealth, they are today only sent a gift, and the person did not come in person.

These stewards gathered in the teahouse, not the first time to return to the house to resume, also shows that these princes and officials, the heart is very clear, today the Sun House to do birthday, in the end, on behalf of what.

Sun Jingxiu confused ah …… This is the common idea of the civil and military officials, since the door under the Chinese book of the University of He has penetrated the wind, naturally, the Palace that thought, you do not hurry to ask for resignation, but also at this moment to do what the birthday banquet?

Want to see the attitude of the palace? Want to see the official wind? Or do you want to see what?

Just these powerful officials, also do not want to do things too far, so let the stewards after the gift, or in the Sun House near the stakeout, because they do not know what will happen in the end, to be precise, their hearts are still a little afraid of has been quiet for nearly two years that rumor is true or not.

They didn’t know if Tantalizing Duke Fan Xian would personally arrive today or not, and logically speaking, with Fan Xian’s status, the Kyoto government should not be alarmed by his errands, but the officials were all treacherous and cunning, and they still needed to make a final confirmation.

“Whose sedan chair is that?” A steward who was talking about the wind and snow, suddenly narrowed his eyes and saw a large sedan chair passing by the entrance of the Sun Mansion, looking at the number of people and curtain decorations, the grade should not be low, and asked curiously.

Kyoto prefectural magistrate replacement, is still in the stage of blowing the wind, but all officials know, this is just red He Zongwei adults, the first time in the support of His Majesty, independently complete a great impact of personnel mobilization, so all the ministries of the officials are extremely smart to stand in the back of the He Zongwei, who will not be at this time of the year, to block in front of the He adults.

Today’s birthday banquet is a good time to stand in line, who are willing to get close to the young and gentle He Da Da Shi, so the doorway of the Sun House is cold and clear to this. At this moment, a somewhat eye-catching sedan chair stopped at the entrance of the Sun Mansion.

The steward of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice’s family laughed and scolded, “I guess it’s which one of the mansions that doesn’t participate in political affairs.”

The Minister of the Ministry of Ministries was extremely close to He Zongwei and knew the inner workings of this matter, so he hadn’t even thought of coming, and even this steward’s tone was somewhat faintly mocking.

Who knew that one of the stewards shook his head and said, “It’s not right, it looks like the Duke Liu’s residence.”

At these words, the few stewards who came over from the State Duke Lane to deliver gifts, hurriedly walked to the railing, looked at it for a long time, his face gradually changed, but he didn’t say anything to the people beside him, nervously glanced at each other, and while the rest of the stewards didn’t react to it, he sneakily slipped down the stairs.

The rest of the stewards in the teahouse, did not notice this side of the movement, just curious, has not been much involved in political affairs of the Duke of Liu, how would condescend to descend to the face of the Sun family?

Immediately after, another eight-carried sedan chair slowly from the direction of the north city over, landed in the doorway of the Sun House, can be seen from afar, Kyoto Prefect Sun Jingxiu just received the Duke of the country into the house, at this time and climbed out of the ass, are about to be shocked softly to the ground.

A steward on the teahouse shouted shrilly, “It’s Old Prince Jing!”

Upon these words, an eerie and quiet atmosphere enveloped the teahouse that was previously very noisy, all the stewards stopped speaking and began to quickly do math in their heads, gauging what this shocking scene in front of them actually meant.

Some smart people, already by Liu Guo Gong and Prince Jing, these two honored figures that would never appear in the Kyoto residence, associated to another big shot, face abruptly became white, quietly went down the teahouse.

And the remaining stewards, still staring nervously at the entrance of the Sun House, seems to be some do not believe their eyes, do not believe that Sun Jingxiu this old lone head, able to invite these two out to give their own momentum.

Just at this moment, two inconspicuous black carriages along the street of the southern city, smoothly driving, driving through the tea house, stopped in front of the Sun House.

The black carriages were inconspicuous and piercing. The faces of the people in the teahouse all turned white, watching the young lord walk down the carriage, and even more embarrassingly seeing the county princess in gorgeous clothes also slowly going up the steps with the help of the lord …….

In an instant, the teahouse became incredibly quiet, and all of the stewards rushed down the stairs with the swiftness of a thunderbolt, rushing towards their own mansions.

They must notify their own masters, Little Lord Fan is here, County Princess Chen is here, Prince Jing is here, Duke Liu is here …… Which one are you? Still not hurrying! Even if Lord Tanya just wants to slap He Zongwei’s face, you still have to go and watch with a smile on your face, don’t you?

Most of the officials who have nothing to do with their own vaguely guessed that the young master went to the Sun House is for what, the heart of the shock, can not help but also some small excitement, this Kyoto, has been too peaceful for too long, to see how the young Lord Fan to bully the university professors and ministries of the adults, but also out of a good good show.