Chapter 700
The Fan manor's carriage moved along the path leading out of the city . It had just left the western city gate when it turned toward the country estate in the distance, enveloped by the light of dusk . He entered the Palace in the morning and returned to the manor after midday, but Fan Xian did not waste any time . He immediately boarded the carriage with Wan'er and went to the country estate in the outskirts of the city .
An edict had come from the Palace the previous night that had completely ended the surveillance on Fan manor . Everyone had thought that the cold war between the Emperor and Fan Xian had ended . Unexpectedly, after Fan Xian entered the Palace to see the Emperor, no news of his rise came from the Palace . There wasn't even a related edict . Putting aside what the officials and various factions were guessing, the Fan manor's carriage just going out like this still surprised many people .
What surprised people more was that this Fan manor carriage went through the Jingdou gate inspection smoothly . It was not inspected at all . Was the Emperor not worried that Sir Fan junior would leave Jingdou in a fit of anger? Although the royal family did not have a habit of children getting angry and leaving the home, the scene on the execution field, as well as the conflict these days, had made people confused as to Fan Xian's response .
Many people were worried that Fan Xian would leave Jingdou . Clearly, the Emperor was not worried . Otherwise, he would not have removed all of the surveillance outside the Fan manor or given Fan Xian such freedom .
"My sister is in the palace, and the Emperor's edict has gone out . Those subordinates and family that depend on me to live are all in Jingdou . How can I leave?" Fan Xian tilted his head and looked at autumn scenery outside Jingdou basked in dusk's light . Quietly, he said, "We'll bring back Xiao Hua and Liangzi and live our lives happily at home . "
Lin Wan'er's heart trembled slightly . She was not sure if these words came from Fan Xian's heart or if he meant something else . If staying in the Fan manor and being a man of leisure was the Emperor's order, then Lin Wan'er knew very well why Fan Xian was forced to accept this edict . When the Fan manor opened its doors earlier, they had immediately received bad news .
That day, the first decision Lin Wan'er made was to have Teng Zi Jing take the young lady and young master to the Fan country estate outside the city because she was worried about what could happen . She had planned to quietly send the children back to Danzhou . Now, news had just arrived from the country estate that after the carriage reached the country estate, they were unable to leave again .
There wasn't an army waiting for him . Instead, a eunuch was there waiting . Under these circumstances, Teng Zi Jing did not dare act impudently . If he did quietly send the young master and lady back to Danzhou, who knew what would happen on the way? Perhaps the court would actually turn hostile, seize the two children, and take them into the Palace, just like Fan Ruoruo .
Fan Xian's brows furrowed . "In the end, we still underestimated the meticulous nature of the Emperor's thoughts . Counting backward, the day you decided to send the children back to Danzhou, things had just gone wrong in the royal study . Chen Pingping had just been sent to the Overwatch Council . At that time, the Emperor was heavily injured, yet he still did not forget our children . "
A cold smile rose to the corners of his lips . The benevolence of the Emperor is mighty indeed . We officials should really thank him . "
"It's my fault for not making thorough arrangements . At that time, I shouldn't have sent them to the country estate first . I should have thought of a way to send them straight to Danzhou . " A darkness flashed across her brows . She also had not expected for her Uncle Emperor to be so severe as to not even pass up on two children .
"At that time, the most you could do was make contact with the First Bureau . My people are all scattered outside Jingdou . There was no way to send them to Danzhou . " Fan Xian gently pulled over her thin shoulders and said comfortingly, "You've worked hard these few days, and you've worried enough . This has nothing to do with you . Our Emperor even dares to make use of the Temple, much less two children . "
"What exactly did you talk about with the Chengping in the Palace?" Lin Wan'er sighed and thought that although they were trapped in Jingdou, the Emperor had not really shown his power . However, this faint threat was enough to stop Fan Xian and her acting rashly . Thus, she changed the subject and continued with her previous question . Since she knew of the choosing of the concubines, she guessed the Emperor's intentions . As clever as she was, she still wanted to hear from Fan Xian Shufang Palace's reaction .
"What could we talk about?" Fan Xian smiled meaninglessly . "Hong Zhu, that little eunuch, followed at my side the entire time . He had the Emperor's edict to send me out of the Palace, was Chengping and I going to kick him aside?"
There was an ambush in these words . For the sake of Hong Zhu's safety, Fan Xian had kept this secret close to his chest . Even the Third Prince did not know about the true relationship between him and Hong Zhu . Earlier, in Shufang Palace, the Third Prince had been very rude toward Hong Zhu .
"There is no need to be too worried . After all, Chengping has behaved very well these years . The Emperor will not be willing for the court to fall into chaos again just because of me . " Fan Xian's brows rose . "In front of Hong Zhu, I gave the Third Prince a good scolding . In any case, it'll probably be difficult for me to have an opportunity to enter the Palace in the future . I had to take the opportunity to scold him . It would be best if I could make Chengping actually angry at me . "
The carriage bumped gently along the road . In the sky to the west, the sun dragged out its long red tail and trailed a brush over a mountain close by . Then, it turned toward the head of a tall mountain they could see further in the distance .
"Who could this fool?" Lin Wan'er leaned into his embrace, feeling an unusually heavy mood . "Putting on a show for Hong Zhu, will the Emperor believe it?"
"Regardless of whether the Emperor believes it or not, I won't see Chengping in the future . I will also cut ties with Duke's Alley . It would be best if you don't enter the Palace much in the future either . " Fan Xian gently stroked her face . After a moment of silence, he said, "It is best if we don't implicate others in our business . "
Lin Wan'er calmly looked at him . "What do you want the Emperor to believe? That Chengping has no true affection for you? Don't forget that elder brother is still in Dongyi . As long as he doesn't have all you brothers gathered in the palace, the Emperor will not be at ease . Doesn't the choosing of the concubines make this clear?"
"Yes, severance . " Fan Xian gazed at his wife . "A true severance . Even if something happens to me, I don't want to implicate Chengping . That is what Chen Pingping did in the past . I also want to do this . However, I am not a person who sees far ahead, so I have prepared late . "
Lin Wan'er sighed helplessly and said, "According to what you have said, the Emperor still intends for Chengping to inherit . So, why have the choosing?"
"Just in case . Such a matter is easy to understand," Fan Xian said with a smile . "But, a pregnancy takes 10 months, and having children isn't so easy . The girls at the choosing are no more than 14 or 15 . They'll still have to wait a few years to be mothers . "
Speaking of this, Fan Xian sank deep into thought thinking about the problem of the Emperor's might . If one took careful count of the Emperor's age and given his Great Grandmaster Realm's body, the matter of men and women should not be too difficult . However, he was getting on in age . His essence might be lacking in vitality .
Fan Xian knew better than anyone when it came to the repercussions of the Tyrannical Martial Secret . In addition, based on the last conversation he had with Sigu Jian in Dongyi, Fan Xian was sure that there were no normal meridians in the Emperor's body anymore . Instead, it had become a channel or container without any stagnation . Only with this could he contain so much Tyrannical zhenqi in his body to pour what seemed like half a lake of zhenqi into Ku He's body on Dong Mountain, forcefully bloating a Great Grandmaster to death .
No matter how tyrannical, it was still the Tyrannical Way . With just a Way of the Emperor's name, how could it actually change in nature? Thinking of this, Fan Xian's brows rose slightly . He proved that the Emperor's physique was cold outside and hot inside, disturbing his nature through rest . He would probably have to take a few more Cold Fragrance Pills to balance everything out .
If there were no Cold Fragrance Pills, then eating more celery or things from the garlic family was also good . Fan Xian lowered his head slightly and thought of the Imperial Academy of Medicine's combined decision . He prayed to heaven that a Great Grandmaster's body was not different from that of a mortal's body .
Celery, garlic, and tofu products had powerful essence killing effects, particularly the first one . This knowledge was known, without a doubt, only to Fan Xian . The Imperial Academy of Medicine did not know . Hong Zhu did not know . Even the Emperor did not know . Whether or not Fan Xian's secret meddling would have any result, that would have to depend on whether heaven gave him a hand .
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