Chapter 69: Breaking the Ice

The snow in Kyoto stopped and fell again, not as free and straightforward as the snow in the Northern Qi Dynasty, nor as unhappy as Danzhou, but as lingering as the spring rain in Jiangnan, it was annoying. Fan Xian reached out to brush away the snow particles on his hair with some annoyance, and looked at the eldest prince at the door of the palace and said, "Why are you so nervous when you have a meal?"

In fact, the eldest prince was not wrong. If the signature on the post did not have the title of the Princess of Northern Qi, it would be not certain whether Fan Xian would leave in advance, even if he did not come or not.

Fan Xian thought with some pain: Why did you royal brothers call me, the Fan family, who came to the party? He really didn't want to come. First, he didn't want to see the second prince and his wife in an unknown situation. Second, he was thinking about those sinister things. If the prince, the person who was secretly contempt, continued to talk to him gently, what should he do?

Without his part, his wife stood in front of the eldest prince with a smile, and said a few words with a smile, and then the two walked side by side to the prince's mansion.

Fan Xian looked at the scene of deep brother-sister love and thought to himself that this brother is not his cousin. He felt sad in his heart. How could he not enter the mansion?

Fan Xian didn't come to the Prince's Mansion many times. As soon as he followed the mansion, someone naturally sat down. Fan Xian looked around and didn't see anyone around him, so he felt relieved.

On the other side, Wan'er was talking about something warmly. Fan Xian was sitting alone in the hall and was too bored to interrupt. He half-closed his eyes to rest, but the words beside him were always drilling into his ears. At the moment, Wan'er was teasing the appearance of the eldest prince after marriage, and at the moment, the eldest prince was asking Wan'er that she was still used to living in Jiangnan. If Fan Xian bullied him, what kind of scenery is in Jiangnan? What kind of yamen will Hangzhou be?

After Wan'er explained to the eldest prince that the Hangzhou Association had nothing to do with the Yamen, Fan Xian couldn't help but yawn, and felt bored. He thought that this brother and sister were also an important figure in the royal family. One of them was the general who once led the army to kill people. Why did he chat about it? It was similar to those of Teng's wife and aunts?

Just as he was complaining in his heart, he suddenly felt a breeze blowing behind him. He opened his eyes alertly and turned around. He saw a young beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes lifting the curtain.

Fan Xian was slightly stunned, stared at a bead of flower stuck on the woman's cloudy temples, laughed and said, "I've seen the princess."

The visitor was the Grand Princess of Northern Qi, and now the Princess of He, a foreign nobleman married into Nanqing, and Fan Xian was the envoy on the road. The two of them walked thousands of miles together. Naturally, they were more familiar with each other than others.

However, since the eldest prince got married to her, it was naturally inconvenient for Fan Xian to keep in touch with her. Even some of the secret acceptances of each other were basically no room for practice. I didn't see each other for a long time and felt a little unfamiliar. After the first day of the first day of the lunar month, Fan Xian didn't know what to say.

When Lin Wan'er saw the princess coming out, she quickly stood up and saluted, but the princess forced her to call her sister-in-law according to folk rules.

The princess looked dignified. Especially the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were filled with a grand atmosphere, which made people look nice and gratifying. However, the pair of Ning Jing turned their eyes and stared at Fan Xian again, revealing a strange look: "I haven't seen the young master for many days, I wonder if the young master is doing well recently?"

Fan Xian faced her opposite, and had already seen the soft and angry look in the woman's eyes. In addition, two sentences were followed by the young master, and of course he knew that the other party was angry. But he knew that the princess' resentment had nothing to do with the matter between men and women, nor was he really blamed himself for sending the marriage back to China and he rarely met and communicated. I was afraid that it was the matter of Yangcong Lane... I've posted it!

He subconsciously glanced at the eldest prince's face and found that the guy could even calm down. He had to hide his embarrassment and smiled: "What the eldest princess said...is better call me Fan Xian as before, or... call me brother-in-law?"

Although this joke is not funny, Fan Xian’s words are very particular. He still respectfully calls the other party a princess. This is used as an old name, one makes the other party think about the old love of the day. The other is that he knows that the princess will be much more at ease when she hears this title.

Although the eldest princess of Northern Qi married the eldest prince of Nanqing and did not insult her identity, she married a foreign country after all. Moreover, the background of the marriage was that the war between the two countries ended with the victory of Nanqing, so this marriage seemed a bit unlucky for the people of Northern Qi, especially the eldest princess herself.

What's more, the eldest prince is named the prince and the prince. What does it mean? Whenever I think of the eldest prince's title, Fan Xian couldn't help but laugh, thinking that the emperor is indeed a very sarcastic guy, and the eldest princess is afraid that he will hate the prince's name to death.

As expected, the princess was stunned when she heard the word "The Grand Princess". She had lived in Nanqing for nearly two years and married a good man and lived a good life. However... After all, she was in a foreign land, although she strictly forbidden the servants in the mansion to call herself with her full name, perhaps no one had called her princess for a long time.

The princess's eyes suddenly softened, she looked at Fan Xian with a smile, and temporarily gave up the idea of ​​causing trouble for him.

Lin Wan'er and the eldest prince are both smart people. Of course, they heard the previous two sentences, Fan Xian and the princess conducted some tests, and couldn't help but look at each other, and couldn't help but shake their heads, feeling that these two were really tired.

After only a few words of gossip, Fan Xian couldn't help but turn his head and look at the direction of the door, shook his head and said, "I said I came early today, Wan'er insisted on urging me."

"There are all people, I'll wait for you." The eldest prince glanced at him and said, "You new princes have a great face, let the two princes wait for you."

Fan Xian was slightly stunned.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince will not come today." The eldest prince explained, saying that Chengqian had already sent a heavy gift, and the second prince, the second prince, the second prince and Hongcheng brother and sister had already sat in the back garden.

The prince did not come and made Fan Xian feel much more relaxed. He also knew that this was a normal thing. The prince's identity was different. He was the crown prince of the country. Although his position seemed a bit shaken in the past two years, his ranking was still higher than the princes. If the royal family gathered, he would definitely invite him, but it was not convenient for him to come.

Wan'er said in surprise: "Second brother and the others have arrived, so why are we still sitting here?"

This is not a stupid thing to ask. It is a deliberate weakening of the adverse effects on the atmosphere in the hall when the eldest prince said that. The eldest prince listened to Wan'er's words and said with a smile: "Let's go here."

Then he glanced at Fan Xian.

Fan Xian smiled bitterly, thinking that he had come. Are you still afraid that I would make a big fuss about the palace and beat the second prince? While thinking, he got up and took Wan'er to the back garden.

The eldest prince and his wife shook their heads at the same time, thinking that Fan Xian was really not as a guest. They followed him to the back garden. However, when they left the hall, the princess thought of Fan Xian’s private activities with her prince, and couldn’t help frowning. The eldest prince sighed and his heart trembled.

This royal palace was built under the imperial edict in the previous year. It was mainly used for marriage between the two countries, in order to reflect the face of the Qing Kingdom. The royal palace was built without any qualities, specializing in luxury, and occupied an extremely vast area. The group walked into the garden for a long time before looking at a flower hall near the lake. The sound of speech came from inside.

The lake is not big. The weather is slightly better today than yesterday. The ground is thinner and the ice is broken, but there is no way to spread. As the lake water undulates, it reflects the faint gray light in the clouds above the sky, looking like countless gems.

The flower hall is also particularly exquisite. The black wooden panes on the three sides facing the lake are well sealed. There is a wind-proof cotton curtain hanging inside. It is about half a person in the middle, and a narrow hole is opened, with high-quality glass produced in the inner warehouse.

This design can not only allow the cold wind on the lake to disturb the interest of young noble people, but also allow you to enjoy the beautiful scenery in winter through the window, which is quite thoughtful.

Fan Xian looked at it and laughed: "I like this place."

"If you like it, come more often, you are not an outsider." The eldest prince looked at the front, wondering if the word "outsider" had a deeper meaning, and said, "This mansion was a little more grand at first, but I didn't like it. Fortunately, the princess had a lot of thoughts and modified it a lot. It was no longer what she was like. If you really like it, you have to worship her."

Fan Xian looked back at the princess, smiled and said nothing.

The eldest prince said a little proudly: "Others say I am afraid of my inner self or whatever, anyway, I always have to get it for her, so I said that the circle of glass along the flower hall cost me a lot of money..."

The princess liked this and felt a little embarrassed in front of Fan Xian and his wife, so she quietly gave him a look.

The eldest prince laughed and changed the topic: "When it comes to this glass, it's really expensive. Speaking of which, you are now the big leader of the inner warehousing territory. If you want to change the glass in the future, you have to sell it to me cheaper."

Fan Xian begged for mercy and said, "I say to you, your highness, just spare me. A great general, still keep this little glass in your eyes? Don't say anything like cheap, what do you want to do in the warehouse in the future? Write a letter and I'll buy it for you."

The eldest prince was displeased and shook his head and said, "The inner treasury is important. If you earn money for the court, you have to spend it on the side of the river workers. You dare not eat the benefits here."

Fan Xian knew that the Great Highness was such a loyal figure, and he was not surprised. He smiled and said, "You just use glass to please the Great Princess, I'm afraid you will spend a lot of money in the future."

The eldest prince said in a strange way: "How do you say it? Do I still use less glass in my yard?"

The princess covered her mouth and smiled and didn't say anything.

Fan Xian laughed and said, "The eldest princess grew up in the Northern Qi Palace since she was a child... You have never visited that palace. The roof of the hall is full of glass, and the sky can penetrate it, reflecting the bluestone jade platform and the clear water white fish next to the platform."

The eldest prince was shocked and sighed: "In the past, I just heard that it was impossible to be so exaggerated, and the princess never talked to me... Could it be true?" He sighed, and another thought came to his mind, thinking that the Northern Qi royal family was so luxurious. No wonder the national strength was weaker and vulnerable, but it was not very convenient to say this in front of his wife, so he had to swallow it.

Fan Xian said that before, and he was also trapped in the memories of his trip to Northern Qi. He was very willing to appreciate something spectacular or extremely beautiful, so he always had a very good impression of going to the capital... Of course, the girl in the city was also good, and a strange smile began to appear on the corners of his lips.

The princess also began to miss the scenery of her homeland at this time.

Lin Wan'er looked at the smile on the corner of Fan Xian's lips, couldn't help but pursed her lips and hummed.

So they all had their own thoughts and entered the flower hall. The two men and one women in the hall had already come over, and they were the second prince and Hongcheng brother and sister.

Princess Roujia called out to Sister Wan'er intimately, Wan'er called out to Second Brother, Hongcheng called out to Anzhi intimately, and the few of them chatted with Gongguo sent to the south with the lake view, and they chatted very peacefully, just like those things have not happened in Kyoto in the past few years, just like Fan Xian and the Second Prince are really two brothers who are so close that they can no longer kiss.

This is the natural ability of the children of the royal family?

Fan Xian sighed in his heart and listened to everyone's words. He knew what the eldest prince's real intention was to hold a banquet today, and he was also worried that Hongcheng would step onto the second prince's ship again... It was just like this kind of conversation that disguised his true face, although he was also good at it, he was still not as able to adapt to it like those who lived in the royal family since childhood.

He sued for mercy and ran away.

Then, next to a small courtyard corner not far from the flower hall, Fan Xian, who was brought here by his servant, was startled and looked at the girl's house that came out of it. The girl's house with bright eyes as jade and no trace of impurities.

Fan Xian waved his hand to let the servant leave, looking at Ye Ling'er, who was full of shock and his hand was still on his waist, and said funny and angry: "Miss's home, I don't pay attention to her appearance. I don't know if I have to sort it out in the inner room before coming out? What does the servant look like?"

Ye Ling'er covered her mouth and smiled, saying, "I'm just like this, master..."
Chapter completed!