Chapter 146: Arise
When Lin Wan'er thought about the scene now, she found it quite funny, so she started laughing too.
The two were laughing when Ye Ling'er pushed the door open and walked in.
"What are you guys talking about? You're laughing so happily."
Xiaoxi told Ye Ling'er about Li Roujia's coming when she just went upstairs. She and Li Roujia had known each other since childhood. Although their relationship was not as close as hers and Lin Wan'er, it was still pretty good, so she spoke very casually.
When Li Roujia saw her, her eyes lit up and she waved at her.
"Ye Ling'er, you've come just in time. Come here quickly. We were just talking about you."
Ye Ling'er was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and subconsciously looked at Lin Wan'er, but Lin Wan'er just smiled and said nothing, with no intention of explaining.
So Ye Ling'er walked towards the two of them with confusion, sat down on one side, looked at them and asked.
"Were you talking about me? What were you talking about?"
Li Roujia smiled.
"Just now my cousin told me that you and Fan Xian started fighting as soon as you met. I was so happy."
Ye Ling'er thought it was something serious, so she let out a scream and waved her hand.
"This matter is actually just a misunderstanding. At that time, I didn't know the relationship between Wan'er and Fan Xian, and I also heard some rumors among the people, so I didn't have a good impression of him. But now the misunderstanding has been resolved."
Li Roujia suddenly realized.
Lin Wan'er smiled.
"Our Ling'er is still so generous! She is worthy of being Miss Ye!"
Ye Ling'er smiled embarrassedly, then remembered something, quickly put away her smile, and looked at Lin Wan'er.
"Stop teasing me and focus on your family's Fan Xian first."
Lin Wan'er was startled at first, then blushed.
"What do you mean by our family or your family? Ling'er, don't talk nonsense."
Ye Ling'er was speechless. It was already this time and yet people still cared about these details.
It was Li Roujia who asked.
"What happened to Fan Xian?"
Ye Ling'er glanced at Li Roujia and thought that this was the key point. She didn't keep anyone in suspense and directly told her the rumor she had heard on the street.
"Guo Baokun of the Guo family was hit with a club last night. I heard that he was beaten badly. He wrote a complaint early this morning and submitted it to the Kyoto Prefecture. The perpetrator he sued is Fan Xian!"
"what?"
Lin Wan'er was shocked when she heard this.
"Was it Fan Xian who beat him?"
Li Roujia was also staring at Ye Ling'er and asked.
"And then? Did the Kyoto Prefecture accept the complaint?"
Ye Ling'er first said something to Lin Wan'er.
"Wan'er, don't be impatient and listen to me."
Then he looked at Li Roujia.
"Of course the Kyoto Prefecture accepted the call and quickly brought Fan Xian to the Kyoto Prefecture. It is said that even Guo Baokun, who was beaten so badly that he lay in bed and could not get up, was carried to the hall on a stretcher."
After listening to it, Li Roujia imagined it and found it funny for some reason, and she immediately laughed.
"Ah~ I still have to go to class even though it's like this, it's too miserable."
Ye Ling'er shrugged.
"That can't be helped. After all, he is the plaintiff. If he doesn't go to court, how can the Fan family let Fan Xian respond to the lawsuit?"
Li Roujia thought about it.
"Too."
Seeing that they were still chatting about these trivial things, Lin Wan'er asked anxiously.
"And then, Ling'er, how was the trial going? Was it finished? What was the result?"
Ye Ling'er looked at her and said.
"Don't worry, don't worry. The case has been tried. The plaintiff, the Guo family, has insufficient evidence, so Fan Xian is found not guilty."
Lin Wan'er breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that.
Li Roujia said.
"Since Fan Xian is fine, why are you still making your cousin worry?"
When Lin Wan'er heard this, she looked at Ye Ling'er again.
Ye Ling'er said with a depressed look on her face.
"That's why it's so weird. The Jingdu government has clearly ruled Fan Xian not guilty, but the rumors are still everywhere in the streets that Fan Xian beat up Guo Baokun in the street at night. I argued with them, but they said that the prefect said that there was insufficient evidence, not that he was cleared of suspicion. It must have been Fan Xian who beat him up. I was so angry that I kicked him away. Now the point is, he's not the only one saying this. Fan Xian's reputation has become even worse!"
After hearing this, Li Roujia felt that it was not a big deal.
"Let them say whatever they want. It will all be over in a couple of days. As long as Fan Xian is fine, that's fine. Don't you think so, cousin?"
Lin Wan'er nodded, but a trace of worry flashed in her eyes.
Ye Ling'er saw it and held Lin Wan'er's hand with some concern.
"Wan'er, are you okay?"
Lin Wan'er came back to her senses and smiled.
"I am fine."
……
Honglu Temple.
"Is this the end?"
Xin Qiwu asked.
Mei Chengan exclaimed.
"It's over."
Wang Sicheng was puzzled.
"That's not right. You've been talking for so long but you haven't mentioned the Crown Prince and the Second Prince. What were they doing?"
Xin Qiwu echoed.
"Yeah, why did you cut off the beginning and the end of your story?"
Mei Chengan smiled. "The Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and the Eunuch Hou have all shown up. With so many important figures on the scene, and the matter also involves the Supervisory Council, are you sure you want to listen? Okay, here's what's going on..."
What? It's related to the Supervisory Commission? What the hell is the Supervisory Commission? If it involves the Supervisory Commission, it's a big deal!
Xin Qiwu was startled and interrupted him quickly.
"Just wait a moment."
Mei Cheng'an immediately shut up and smiled without saying anything.
Xin Qiwu looked at Wang Sicheng.
"Hey, are you still listening?"
Wang Sicheng shook his head like a rattle.
Xin Qiwu Dao.
"What a coincidence. I suddenly lost interest too. I don't want to listen anymore."
Mei Chengan smiled.
"You really don't want to listen? Why don't you listen to it? It's very interesting. It's like this..."
Xin Qiwu interrupted again.
"No! We really don't want to listen. Please stop talking. I still want to live a few more years."
Mei Cheng'an curled his lips and stood up.
"Hey, this is such an exciting story. It's a shame that you don't want to listen. Since you insist, forget it. If you change your mind, come to me anytime. I can tell you anytime."
Xin Qiwu reached out to stop him.
"Stop it, Cheng'an, you can't be like this. You are setting a trap for us."
Mei Chengan laughed out loud.
After returning to his workstation, Mei Cheng finished the work at hand and then quietly read the documents.
He didn't go home for lunch, but ate directly at the Honglu Temple. After all, he was more than an hour late in the morning and was seen by Eunuch Hou. To be on the safe side, Mei Cheng'an didn't plan to skip work in the afternoon.
The afternoon passed slowly.
At the beginning of the You hour, Mei Cheng'an set out for home.
……
That night
The Queen Mother's palace.
The eldest princess knelt down and replied.
"Fan Xian's various actions in the hall today have spread throughout Kyoto."
The Queen Mother sat high up and said as she heard this.
"I heard that Wanli Beiqiu was a frequent guest and beat someone up in the street. Fan Xian refused to plead guilty, and the Guo family was helpless. It was really lively."
The eldest princess said.
"Fan Xian is indeed a good poet, but he is too arrogant and unreasonable. Now everyone knows that he has committed crimes twice in the streets in just three days since he came to Beijing. If Wan'er marries such a man, I'm afraid..."
There was a pause.
"I'm afraid it will bring shame to the royal family!"
the Queen Mother asked.
"Do you still want to reject this marriage?"
The eldest princess replied.
"There is a difference between the monarch and his subjects. This person is not very respectful to the Crown Prince in the hall. If he is allowed to take charge of the inner treasury in the future, it may be a hidden danger."
The Queen Mother was very displeased to see that the eldest princess was still stubborn. She had obviously ignored her last warning and didn't take it to heart at all. The Queen Mother was too lazy to say more to her and sighed.
"I'm a little tired, you go down."
The princess bowed and then left.
The Queen Mother looked at the eldest princess' back and sighed again.
"Ah, this kid has always been unwilling to let Wan'er marry Fan Xian."
After thinking for a while, the Queen Mother spoke again.
"But what she said does make some sense. Fan Xian's reputation is indeed flawed now. I'm afraid this marriage is a little inappropriate."
Hong Sixiang tilted his head towards the Empress Dowager.
"The Queen Mother can issue an imperial decree to cancel this marriage."
The Queen Mother thought for a moment after hearing this and let out a sigh.
"Let's leave it to the Holy Judge."
……
Fan Mansion.
study.
Fan Jian looked puzzled.
"How dare you! Asking the Crown Prince about the assassination in Danzhou in front of so many people!"
Fan Xian replied casually.
"I wanted to know, so I asked, but he didn't say anything."
Fan Jian stared.
"Nonsense, it's strange that he can say that. Doing this will only make you look arrogant and domineering and not take the prince seriously. There is no point in doing this! You are offending the prince to death."
Compared with Fan Jian's serious expression, Fan Xian seemed very cynical and could even laugh after listening to it.
"I thought you would blame me for hitting Guo Baokun. I won't hide it from you. I hit Guo Baokun to slap the prince in the face. You are right. I was deliberately offending the prince by asking that question in the court.
Why do you think that as long as I don't offend him, we can live in peace?
Perhaps you forgot one thing. It was never me who started it first, but the prince! He had attacked me many times before, and this time he even arrested my friend to deal with me. I could have ignored him in the past, but this time he touched my bottom line.
A clay man still has some temper. If I don't slap them in the face, you would think I'm a vegetarian. But you don't have to worry, I'm not a fool. Since I dare to fight back, I have the confidence.
I have always speculated that my experiences before and after coming to Kyoto were all manipulated by a big hand behind the scenes. I guess that person is His Majesty. The appearance of Eunuch Hou today has further confirmed my speculation. His Majesty just wants me to fight with the Crown Prince, so I will do what he wants. No matter how the fight turns out, His Majesty will cover me. What am I afraid of?"
Fan Jian was speechless for a long time. He had not even expected many of what Fan Xian said. He had always thought that he had seized the opportunity to call Fan Xian to Kyoto, and that the engagement between Fan Xian and Lin Wan'er was also the compensation from His Majesty to Fan Xian.
Thinking about it carefully at this moment, he seemed to have thought of it all too simply. Now everything seemed to be shrouded in a shadow. He vaguely understood why Chen Pingping had always been reluctant to let Fan Xian come to Kyoto, and a feeling of regret arose spontaneously.
(End of this chapter)
