Chapter 203 Going to the Overwatch Council
Outside the study.
Lin Dabao put his hands together and scooped up a handful of water from the basin. He looked down, then looked up at the sky and exclaimed.
"So shallow water isn't blue, but I've never seen the ocean."
Fan Xian, who had just come out of the study, heard this and laughed.
"I'll show you later."
Lin Dabao turned around and saw that it was Fan Xian. He let out a sigh, quickly put down the water in his hand, stood up and ran towards him, asking with a smile.
"Big brother, have you finished talking to my dad?"
Fan Xian said softly.
"Dabao, I'm going to marry your sister in the future. You are the older brother."
Lin Dabao exclaimed.
"Are you going to marry Wan'er?"
Fan Xian laughed.
"Yes."
Lin Dabao nodded repeatedly.
"Wan'er, she's very nice. She never scolds me. And, she, she, she even treated me to cakes."
"I'll treat you to cakes later, too."
"Really? Then, will you take me to see the sea?"
"bring!"
"Then, then, then, you must bring Wan'er with you."
"Don't worry about that. I can't leave Wan'er wherever I go."
"That's great."
……
Yuan Hongdao returned to the Lin residence and happened to see Lin Dabao pulling Fan Xian away in front of the study. He smiled unconsciously.
In the study room.
"Prime Minister, the message has been conveyed to the Crown Prince. His Highness did not say anything more."
Lin Ruofu hummed lightly.
"It's good that he knows."
Yuan Hongdao asked.
"Prime Minister, have you decided so quickly to entrust the future of the young lady and the Lin family to Fan Xian?"
Lin Ruofu picked up the teacup and did not answer directly, but talked about what he had seen and heard.
"I saw Fan Xian and Dabao together before."
"I saw it too."
“In fact, even the servants in our house would always look at Dabao with ridicule and disdain.
I know most of them look down on him and can't bear to talk to him.
But when Fan Xian is with him, his smile is genuine and comes from the heart."
Yuan Hongdao recalled the scene he had seen and laughed.
"Indeed, Fan Xian seems to really treat Dabao as a friend!"
"At that moment, I decided that if Gong'er's death had nothing to do with him, the Lin family would choose him as their future support!"
……
At the gate of Lin Mansion.
Fan Xian looked at Lin Dabao beside him and said softly.
"Okay, don't send me off. Go back. I'll come back another day."
Lin Dabao looked at him funny and suddenly said something.
"You weren't called by dad."
Fan Xian was stunned and a little confused when he heard this.
"what?"
Lin Dabao looked towards the mansion, then moved closer to him and spoke in a low voice.
“The people my father called over, they all don’t like to play with me.
They only smile at me when dad is around.
When Dad is not around, they will ignore me."
Fan Xian felt a little heavy in his heart.
"Have you told your father about this?"
"No."
Lin Dabao shook his head subconsciously, then somehow he suddenly became excited and waved his hands repeatedly.
"No, no, I'm telling you, you can't tell them. If you tell them, Dad will scold them, and they will definitely be very sad."
Hearing this, Fan Xian laughed and patted his shoulder.
"I came to Kyoto from Tanzhou and met many people and experienced many things, but I think you are cuter than most of them."
Lin Dabao thought about it and said in surprise.
"So, I'm fine?"
"Yes! Hello."
Lin Dabao laughed happily twice.
"Xiao Xianxian, then you must remember to come and play with me often!"
Fan Xian felt uncomfortable when he heard this name and replied subconsciously.
"I told you not to do this..."
Looking at Lin Dabao's innocent face, Fan Xian couldn't continue speaking. After a pause, he smiled with relief.
"Okay, I promise you."
Lin Dabao nodded.
"Then go home quickly, or else your father will scold you too!"
Fan Xian smiled and patted his arm.
"gone!"
He turned around, walked down the stairs and headed towards the street.
Lin Dabao looked at his back and suddenly shouted at him.
"Hey, remember, don't just pick up anything to eat on the street!"
Fan Xian turned around and waved at him.
"Know it!"
"Don't tread water, and don't grab other people's candy!"
"understood."
"Also, hey, remember, you must wear clothes when you go out!"
"Got it." "You, remember to use chopsticks when eating, not your hands!"
"Know it…"
As Fan Xian walked further away, the sound of this last sentence became inaudible.
……
Mei Cheng'an stayed in the Honglu Temple for another half an hour, and then set off for home at noon.
I returned to the courtyard, had just changed my clothes and was about to go for lunch when Wang Qinian came.
Mei Cheng'an waved his hand to let the maids leave and glanced at him.
"Oh, you've become smarter, Old Wang. You know to check the position of the jar before you land on it."
Wang Qinian chuckled.
"I learn from my mistakes. I can't keep falling into the same pit."
Mei Cheng'an clapped his hands twice.
"Hey, you're awesome, why are you here now? What's up?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Qinian quickly put away his smile and spoke seriously.
"There really is something going on. The Overwatch Council has received news that the Crown Prince has left the palace with his personal guards. Judging from the direction they are heading, he is heading to the Overwatch Council."
Mei Cheng'an didn't react for a moment.
"The Supervisory Council? What is the prince doing in the Supervisory Council..."
As he was talking, he remembered what it was and a look of realization appeared on his face.
Ah, it turns out that the prince broke into the Overwatch Council today. This means that Chen Pingping and Yingzi are also returning to Kyoto today. To be honest, I miss them a lot after not seeing them for a long time.
Wang Qinian looked at Mei Chengan's expression and his heart moved.
"Master Mei, have you thought about why the Crown Prince went to the Overwatch Council?"
Mei Cheng'an came back to his senses and looked at him, then remembered that Wang Qinian was missing a lot of information, so he spoke briefly.
"Si Lili confessed that the man behind the scenes was Lin Gong."
Wang Qinian was stunned when he heard this. He knew that Lin Gong was dead, but he had not yet connected it with Si Lili's case.
So he couldn't understand why the prince went to the Censorate at this time for no apparent reason, after all, Lin Gong's body had already been taken away.
After filling in this piece of information, Wang Qinian quickly connected the whole thing together, and the purpose of the prince's visit to the Supervisory Council naturally became clear.
Wang Qinian's expression changed.
"That's terrible! The prince is obviously going after Si Lili. We need to inform Master Xiao Fan immediately."
"Notify me of what?"
Fan Xian's voice sounded at the right time. The two looked in the direction of the voice and saw Fan Xian who had just climbed over the wall and landed safely.
Mei Chengan rolled his eyes. You're used to climbing over the walls one by one, right? Is it so difficult to go through the main entrance?
Wang Qinian hurriedly bowed to Fan Xian.
"Master Xiao Fan."
Mei Cheng'an looked at Fan Xian and said.
"Why are you here at this time?"
Fan Xian walked towards the two of them and said with a smile.
"I just came out of Prime Minister Lin's residence. I have passed Prime Minister Lin's test. But things went a little too smoothly. It feels a little unreal to me. I feel uneasy if I don't discuss it with you."
Mei Cheng'an glanced at him and said with contempt when he heard this.
"Your mouth is almost stretched to the back of your ears, why are you so nervous? You came just in time, so I don't have to look for you again. Lao Wang brought me some news that concerns you."
Upon hearing this, Fan Xian looked at Wang Qinian curiously.
"Oh? News about me? Tell me about it."
Wang Qinian said.
"The prince suddenly left the palace and went to the Overwatch Council!"
Fan Xian was stunned for a moment.
"What is he doing in the Overwatch Council?"
He reacted as soon as I asked him.
"Oh, is he going after Si Lili?"
Wang Qinian was puzzled when he saw that there was no worry on his face.
"Aren't you worried at all, my Lord?"
Fan Xian shrugged with a relaxed look.
"There's nothing to worry about."
Wang Qinian said.
"Aren't you worried that the Crown Prince will get the truth about the night trial from Si Lili? If that happens, you will be suspected of murdering Lin Gong."
Fan Xian first glanced at Mei Cheng'an, then waved at Wang Qinian with a smile.
"I used to be worried, but now, I don't need to worry anymore."
He was indeed not worried. Not to mention whether the prince could get the details of that night from Si Lili, even if he did, what would that matter?
As for Emperor Qing, thanks to his fellow villager, he did not play dumb and spoke all the truth. Emperor Qing already knew the result that the prince wanted.
As for Lin Ruofu, if he had told Prime Minister Lin that he did not ask Si Lili about Lin Gong's name.
Then he might also need to worry that his father-in-law might suspect that he had lied throughout the whole story after learning the truth about the night trial.
However, in reality, the two of them never talked about the night trial at all during the whole process.
He believed that the highly possible scenario he proposed had completely convinced his father-in-law.
If his father-in-law still doubted him, he would not have urged him to get married with Lin Wan'er, or even entrusted the entire Lin family to him.
So he didn't panic at all.
Although Wang Qinian didn't know why Fan Xian was so confident, he didn't say anything more when he saw that he was confident.
However, Mei Chengan suddenly said to Fan Xian at this time.
"Don't be too confident. Let me remind you of one thing. Prime Minister Lin sent his adviser Yuan Hongdao to the Supervisory Council this morning to interrogate Si Lili. He even used some tricks. Si Lili insisted that she never revealed Lin Gong's name to you."
Fan Xian's expression changed.
"Methods? What methods? Didn't I tell them not to make things difficult for Si Lili? Didn't anyone stop them?"
Mei Chengan waved his hand.
"Minister Lin asked His Majesty for an oral order, how could we stop him? But I happened to be there at the time, so Si Lili was fine. I also comforted her afterwards. You don't have to worry about her losing trust in you and the Overwatch Council because of this."
Fan Xian said "oh", his fellow villager was still reliable, so he was no longer worried about Si Lili.
However, he did not expect that Lin Ruofu had secretly sent someone to interrogate Si Lili.
The most crucial thing is that Si Lili did not tell the result of Mr. Yuan's interrogation. He is now afraid that Lin Ruofu will give up his suspicion of him because of this, which will be a difficult problem.
If that's the case, the prince can't let him succeed and must stop him.
After thinking about it, Fan Xian looked at Wang Qinian and Mei Chengan.
"Let's go to the Overwatch Council!"
(End of this chapter)
