"Why do you have time to enter the palace to see me today?"

The emperor raised his head and glanced at Fan Xian with a smile, his eyes were gentle with a hint of teasing, it seemed that a month had passed since the incident, and His Majesty's mood had calmed down a lot.

Fan Xian's heart was a trace of fear for no reason, and he smiled bitterly and was speechless, although this month's holiday was given by His Majesty's personal decree, but he did not enter the palace for a whole month, and he did not face the saint, and he was indeed a little unreasonable, obviously hearing the unhappiness of Emperor Laozi, he was a little unsure of how to deal with it.

didn't enter the palace because of the coldness and fear in his heart, yes, since he knew that the emperor was the great master, Fan Xian, who had always been bold, finally understood what it was like to be afraid, especially the silence and tolerance of His Majesty these days, which made him even more vigilant. If he could, he would rather never enter the palace again and never see the face of Emperor Laozi again.

The gentler and more frightened, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, moistened his dry throat, and whispered what he asked for when he entered the palace, and said it sincerely. It's just that he didn't mention the name of the crown prince Li Chengqian, and only talked about the matter, and persuaded the emperor that His Majesty could be extrajudicial when dealing with the rebellion.

The victor is always tolerant, and the Majesty who has died a lot of family members is becoming more and more lenient, Fan Xian thought so in his heart, and he was as confident and strong as the Majesty, and he should not worry about the problem of chūn wind blowing and being born.

However, to his surprise, the face of the emperor gradually sank, as if he didn't expect Fan Xian to enter the palace once, what he asked for was this, his eyes flashed with a thick chill, Fan Xian secretly looked at the eyes of Emperor Laozi, and secretly said that it was bad.

But even if it is bad, he still insists on his opinion, not only what Li Chengqian entrusted before he died, but also about his own courage, if it weren't for such a thing that made him find a trace of courage in himself, I am afraid that he will not dare to enter the palace again, so he must insist.

............ It is precisely because of this persistence that today's imperial study is very lively and terrifying. Eunuch Yao and the little eunuchs on duty who were guarding outside the imperial study were frightened by the angry scolding sound coming from the room, and they didn't know what Lord Xiao Fan had done to make His Majesty the Emperor so angry.

Everyone listened nervously and fearfully outside the imperial study, it was the sound of the teacup falling to the ground and shattering the bones, and then the sound of Xiao Fan kowtowing, the scolding of His Majesty, and the dispute between the two people.

Eunuch Yao's face remained unchanged, but his heart was rolling in huge waves, and he secretly said that Lord Xiao Fan was really bold, and he actually dared to fight with His Majesty in person, and he couldn't help but be a little worried about what would happen after a while, staring at the door cautiously, secretly wondering if he should quickly inform the two scholars of the middle school under the door, now that so many people have died in this palace today, among the living people, there are only a few people who can be qualified to mediate the dispute between His Majesty and the Duke of Xuan.

It didn't take long for the two doors of the imperial study to be pushed open, and Fan Xian walked out quickly, with a sense of anger on his face, and he didn't look at the eunuch who bowed his head outside, and left the palace with a flick of his sleeves, but as soon as he left the palace and got into the carriage, the anger and injustice on his face suddenly disappeared, and there was a calm between his eyebrows and eyes, and he was slightly worried.

Of course, His Majesty the Emperor severely reprimanded Fan Xian, and any emperor, even the most forgiving ones, did not have the slightest sympathy for the enemies who dared to seize the supreme power of the world. Fan Xian should think clearly about this, but he didn't understand why he still had to fight for such a game.

Returning to the mansion, there has been no news in the palace, and there is no will to reprimand, Fan Xian became more and more uneasy in his heart, secretly thinking that the emperor Lao Tzu probably guessed his intentions, so he also played a trick for himself. But he didn't have any way, so he had to use the identity of the inspector to write a few secret songs, and handed them to the palace one after another, trying to anger the emperor again.

After a few more years, the palace finally decided on how to deal with the rebellion. Fan Xian was holding the edict in the mansion, shocked and surprised, he never thought that after he had an argument with His Majesty in the imperial study, His Majesty really listened to him, and raised the butcher's knife high, but it fell gently.

More than 1,000 arrested rebel officials and some unacquitted people were sentenced to beheading, while the women and children implicated were largely punished lightly.

It was the rebels who surrendered at the end, and His Majesty the Emperor only chose generals above a certain level to kill, while those ordinary soldiers were scattered and sent to various borders to fight for the country as death row prisoners, taking the meaning of meritorious service.

In the end, it was calculated that more than 2,000 people died because of the rebellion, but this was much beyond Fan Xian's best judgment, especially the families of those prisoners who should have died according to Qinglu, most of them were demoted to a lower level, which made him feel very good for a while.

In addition to being very good, I wondered why His Majesty did this, and if it was really because of the role played by his own advice, why did he lose his temper so much that day in the imperial study?

............ In fact, the conflict between the emperor and Xiao Fan in the imperial study has already shocked the whole of Kyoto, after all, there are many people in the palace, and it is impossible to hide this matter from everyone, so long before the edict of His Majesty, most of the officials knew the inside story of this matter.

Although the officials have their own camps, they know that if the crown prince ascends the throne, he may not escape death. But after all, everyone has been an official in the same dynasty for many years, and there is always a sad feeling of hurting things, especially those innocent family members who are implicated in this matter, so when they see His Majesty's edict of extreme generosity, they all sigh a little.

In particular, the two foremen of the middle school are full of praise for His Majesty's will, and they praise the saints in their hearts, the king of mercy, this is the foundation of the achievement of the world, and the disciples and grandchildren of Zhuang Mohan deeply believe it.

And why is His Majesty the Emperor so lenient? Of course, it is the role played by Lord Xiao Fan. Regardless of personal honor and disgrace, Lord Xiao Fan bravely admonished him in the imperial study, although he did not gamble with his net worth, but he also took a considerable risk.

Thinking about this, the Kyoto government and the wild couldn't help but think highly of Fan Xian a few times, and felt that this adult was really worthy of being the successor of the Zhuang family, and his actions were quite ancient. And those who escaped to death were secretly grateful to Fan Xian, and for a while, Fan Xian's name was resounding again in Kyoto City.

He was originally an idol in the hearts of the world's scholars, but because of the identity of the Supervision Yuan and the palace's jǐng for Lin Xiangye, he gradually distanced himself from Qingliu, but his reputation among the people was still quite good, and after this major event, the officials also admired him very much.

After all, not everyone dares to do anything with His Majesty the Emperor, especially when it comes to rebellion, even the scholars of Shuwu University are silent.

Fan Xian didn't expect that this matter would bring so many benefits to himself, he originally just wanted to give Li Chengqian a distraction, and by the way, provoke the emperor to see if he could give way to Lao Tzu, who was extremely fearful to him, be kind, and let himself go.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor had already seen his thoughts, and he played such a hand to arch Fan Xian again, even if he wanted to resign, it was impossible.

Fan Xian had a calm face in the mansion, looked at his daughter, and thought to himself, he really had a lot of love, but he still couldn't understand why His Majesty sent him such a great brilliance with both hands, thinking about it, he was a little annoyed, he slapped the table and stood up, gritted his teeth and said: "Even His Majesty I dare to enter the palace to see him, are you still afraid to see him?"

Fan Xiaohua'er's eyes were closed tightly, but she was not frightened to cry by this loud noise, but Wan'er and Sisi next to her were startled, and they didn't know what he was doing with such a big temper, so they quickly picked up the child.

............ After the Kyoto rebellion, Fan Xian, the secretary of the Supervisory Yuan, returned to the Supervisory Yuan for the first time, and all the subordinates bowed respectfully to greet each other with a very serious expression, and through countless events in the past few years, it was proved that the entire upper and lower levels of the Supervisory Yuan had fully accepted the future dean, and were deeply convinced by his methods.

Fan Xian sat in the dark room, wiped his hands with a wet towel, tore off the black cloth and glanced at the palace not far away, and shook his head. Chen Pingping was not there, but he couldn't go to Chen Yuan immediately, so he summoned several leaders from the Eight Divisions, asked about the recent situation, and then left Yan Bingyun behind.

Hearing his question, Yan Bingyun shook his head and said, "Lord Wang has no news yet, as for Hong Changqing's people, a few people have come back one after another, but he himself is missing, and the seven tiger guards brought by Gundam should have all been killed by Sigu Sword on Dadong Mountain." ”

Fan Xian's eyebrows gradually wrinkled, and his heart was extremely uncomfortable, according to the theory, Wang Qinian, this old man was so slippery, how could he die quietly on Dadong Mountain? Even if the great grandmaster fought a terrible battle, he always had to leave a corpse, and the Supervision Yuan knew that Wang Qinian was his first cronie, so he should not miss it. As for Hong Changqing and Gundam, he was not even a little sure in his heart, thinking that it was probably true.

As soon as he thought of this, his mood suddenly became depressed, so he stopped staying in the supervision courtyard, went out and got into the carriage, and went directly out of Kyoto and rushed to Chen Yuan.

Between the green meadows outside Chen Yuan, the usual murderous organs were no longer there, Fan Xian sat in the carriage and thought, it should be the Qin family sent the Kyoto garrison to clean it up when they came to clean it up. Waiting for the carriage to stop outside Chen Yuan, Fan Xianxing got out of the carriage and looked at the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Where is this still the gorgeous to the extreme, the world's unique Chen Garden, only to see the broken walls and ruins, dry ponds and broken mountains, weeping poplars and willows, the traces of fire smoke and roasting are very miserable.

The fire burned down the Chen Garden, leaving behind a mess, but at this time there was not much desolation, because several temporary brick and wood houses had already been built in the rear, and on the original site, there were already thousands of people and craftsmen were busy, which looked like a hot construction site.

Fan Xianshen walked through the construction site with one foot and one foot shallow, and finally came to the back of the original site of Chen Yuan, and found Chen Pingping, who was listening to the play under the service of more than a dozen beautiful maids, this old dog was dressed like a big landlord today, sitting on a low couch, squinting and enjoying, his feet were covered by blankets, although it was noisy outside, and this temporary residence was far from being comfortable, but looking at his expression, it was extremely happy.

The sound of stone cutting and bricklaying outside was extremely loud, suppressing all the sounds of singing here, Fan Xian walked in, frowned and said: "Where can you hear this clearly? You don't have a house in Beijing, why do you have to stay here? Chen Yuan will be repaired completely, it will take at least three months, are you going to spend three months here?"

Seeing him walk in, Chen Pingping laughed, the wrinkles of her smile bloomed like chrysanthemums, and each petal was full of strange smells.

Fan Xian was a little furious by this smile, and he didn't speak, sat down beside him, picked up the teacup and took a sip. Those Ruhua Jiao attendants, who were originally glued to Chen Pingping's side, of course knew that the little grandfather must have something serious to say when he came today, and he didn't look at Fan Xian with affection like he did in Rì, and withdrew quietly.

Outside, there was an official from the Supervision Yuan, but even the sound of repairing the garden stopped, and the ruins in front and behind the entire Chen Garden fell into silence.

Chen Pingping glanced at him, Fan Xian was stunned, leaned over, and fed him a cup in his hand. Chen Pingping moistened her throat before she spoke: "It's not easy to live in Kyoto, it's better to live in this broken garden." ”

It is not easy to live in Kyoto, this is the answer to Fan Xian's previous deliberately natural words, but there seems to be some other meaning hidden in it. Fan Xian suddenly became a little unnatural, knowing that this old cripple knew that he was coming here today, and he had something to ask the other party.

Without waiting for Fan Xian to speak, Chen Pingping said to herself: "There are countless beauties in my garden, you know." ”

Fan Xian nodded.

Chen Pingping coughed twice and continued: "I take them in, they don't have to serve other stinky men, they should be considered blessed, but a lonely old man like me every day must be a little unhappy in his heart, but he doesn't dare to reveal them in front of me." ”

Fan Xian thought to himself, of course this is the truth, except for the emperor Majesty, you are the most ruthless in the whole world, these teenage loli, mature women in their twenties, no matter how they are controlled by hormones, they dare not have any complaints.

"In the previous dynasty, there was a palace maid who had a grudge for too long, and as a result, the emperor was hanged alive. Chen Pingping touched her neck and said, "I don't want to die like this, so I have to find a way to make these girls in the garden more comfortable." ”

Fan Xian's heart moved, and he vaguely guessed what the old guy wanted to say.

"I'm very lenient with them, and even if they stare at you like a cucumber every time you come, I won't punish them. Chen Pingping yawned and said, "And the most desperate reason for them is that if they don't want to stay one day, I will expel her from the garden." ”

"Relaxation is the best way to maintain a garden. Chen Pingping looked at Fan Xian and said, "It is also the best way to maintain the safety of a family, so Your Majesty ...... It's been so gentle lately. ”

Fan Xian understood, probably Chen Pingping also used this method to persuade the emperor's majesty.

"But I can let them out of the garden at will, because there are too many unfortunate beauties in the world. Chen Pingping looked at Fan Xian and shook her head, "But His Majesty won't let you out, because there are only so many sons in total, and ...... Just two died. ”

The old cripple stretched out two fingers and looked at Fan Xian with a slight sneer: "Do you think that standing up for the prince and those rebellious ministers can really anger Your Majesty, and you can really let Your Majesty drive you away?"

"Don't think too beautifully, who can you hide from such a clumsy method? Your Majesty scolded you in the imperial study, not to blame you for interceding for those criminal ministers, but to blame you...... At this time, I want to run away. ”

Fan Xian sighed, thinking that he was afraid when he looked at the emperor now, how could he continue to stay in this Kyoto? Thinking of that incident, he lowered his voice and asked in distress: "Even if His Majesty saw through my careful thoughts, why did he play that play later?

"Grace and fame are shackles, and Your Majesty is reluctant to let you go. Chen Pingping coughed twice, suddenly laughed, and looked at Fan Xian's bitter gourd-like face very interestingly, "Haven't you thought about it...... Your Majesty is harming yourself, but also to fulfill your reputation, what is it for?"

Fan Xian's heart was cold, and he thought of a possibility that he had never thought of, and his whole body stiffened, and he sat on the edge of the collapse, shivering.

Seeing that he finally figured it out, Chen Pingping sighed, looked through the glass window of the temporary residence, looked at the construction site outside, and said slowly: "After so many people died, he finally figured it out, and it was not in vain that I spent so many years jīng god." ”

Fan Xian's lips trembled slightly, Huo Ran got up, looked at Chen Pingping and said, "What about the third child?"

"The third ...... He's still young after all. Chen Pingping lowered her eyes slightly and said: "Your Majesty will not make a prince, but if something happens and he leaves too early, choosing you to succeed is of course the best choice at the moment." ”

"My surname is Fan...... I have sacrificed to the ancestors of the Fan family!" Fan Xian's angry voice became higher and higher.

Chen Pingping glanced outside, frowned and said, "What are you doing with such a loud voice?" Not everything in the world can be reasoned by relying on the sound of the voice, and whoever has a big fist can take care of it...... His Majesty's fist is the biggest, and as for whether your surname Li or your surname Fan will be in the future, it is not a matter of his words. ”

Fan Xian sat down dejectedly, unexpectedly that the emperor's recent gentleness and generosity would hide such a big thing behind it.

"With His Majesty's current state, this matter may take many years to happen, maybe when the third child grows up, His Majesty likes him more than you, and this matter will pass away with the wind, anyway, no one knows except His Majesty, me and you. Chen Pingping didn't know what she thought of, her expression was slightly gloomy, and after looking at Fan Xian for a long time, she said: "You haven't entered the palace for a month, and you seem to have some opinions about Your Majesty...... Why hide?"

Why did you want to hide from the emperor, because of the fear in his heart, Fan Xian said quietly: "...... I'm afraid. ”

"What are you afraid of?" Chen Pingping looked at him and said slowly: "It's been four years, and you have confirmed your loyalty to Your Majesty, and you have gained a very rare trust, which was exchanged for the price of your almost death several times, and you should enjoy this trust with confidence." ”

Fan Xian was silent, after he entered Beijing from Shanzhou, he did almost die a few times, whether it was the Hanging Temple or the valley, or the incident of Dadong Mountain, no matter from which aspect, the emperor did not have the slightest suspicion about himself, just as the reason why His Majesty trusted Chen Pingping so much was because Chen Pingping had spared his life and saved His Majesty's life several times.

What kind of trust is the most solid?

"No matter what happens on the side, just talking about His Majesty's attitude towards you, you can say ...... It's not bad. If you think about it carefully, your majesty has had a lot of grace to you, and you should be grateful. ”

Fan Xian heard these four words but didn't think deeply, but think about the inner library, think about the Supervision Yuan, think about the many powers and trust in his hands, and compare with the crown prince and the second prince, Fan Xian knows that the emperor Lao Tzu is definitely not as simple as making up for the regret of not seeing him for sixteen years. Since ancient times, the emperor's family has been ruthless, not to mention that he is just an illegitimate child, the emperor has enough ways to understand what happened many years ago, but he chose the best path for Fan Xian.

"So I don't understand what you're afraid of, why you refuse to enter the palace, why you try your best to escape. Chen Pingping looked at him and said.

Fan Xian smiled bitterly, no matter how much His Majesty trusted himself and spoiled himself, but he was a generation of kings after all, not to mention the things that happened in the past few decades, only that his cold-blooded attitude towards the members of the royal family and his incomparably powerful means made him feel extremely frightened. Once His Majesty knows that he has a lot of things to hide from him, or even betray him, he will definitely tear off the relationship between father and son, the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and use thunderous means to deal with him.

Ever since he learned that His Majesty was a great master, Fan Xian began to worry about one thing - he had sneaked into the palace and stole the key in the Hanguang Palace...... If His Majesty was aware of this at the time, but has been holding back until now, what are you thinking? It doesn't matter if you smuggle with Northern Qi, it doesn't matter if you collect Wang Shisanlang, because the confident emperor doesn't care about these things at all, and he won't suspect Fan Xian's treason, but he won't allow anyone to hold that box in his hand, because that box can threaten him!

Fan Xian was sure of this, but he wasn't sure if the emperor knew that the box was in his hand...... There was a letter missing from the dark grid under the bed of Hanguang Palace, could it be that the emperor took it? So as soon as he entered the palace, he was frightened, not knowing where a large number of masters would emerge to kill him, and he was worried that the emperor would make a move and use the realm of a great grandmaster to slap himself into a pulp.

Now his grace is incomparable, Fan Xian can clearly see the emperor's intentions, but he is still worried and afraid, because he is not a child who dares to say that the emperor does not wear clothes, because Uncle Wuzhu has not returned.