Chapter 59: A cup of light tea knows the warmth and coldness

Sun Pin'er sat in the side hall in a hurry. She sat very properly, wearing water-blue clothes, fresh and elegant, unlike a guest, and was a little cautious. In the morning, she had already arrived at the Fan Mansion, and her mind was already in a mess. She was embarrassed and angry at her daughter's house. She even came to the house to ask for a meeting without any shame. She was thinking about the father's sigh at home, and she felt extremely anxious. But in her heart, the most panicked corner was occupied by Fan Xian's appearance.

It has been three years since I saw Lord Xiao Fan. Although the maids often heard rumors from outside and said in the room, Sun Pin'er knew that the other party had a very good life in the past three years. He had a pair of children, and the family was harmonious, and there was no problem in the court. He comforted her heart to the extreme. Sun Pin'er wanted to see Fan Xian in her heart, but she also knew that it would be extremely unceremonious if she really met Lord Xiao Fan. For a while, she was really unable to cut it off and messed up. She hoped that the other party would be willing to summon him, and on the other hand, she hoped that the other party would really not be in the mansion and would go back quietly.

The tea on the long table was slightly cold, and another maid came up to change another dish. The fourth dish had been replaced. From the time I sat down in the morning until now, the Fan Mansion did not treat the lady of the Sun family coldly. After Teng came back from the clinic, he began to be a little respectful and chatted with her very calmly. After talking for a few hours, the woman's words did not have the same repetition.

Sun Pin'er knew that this woman was the woman in charge of the Fan Mansion and did not dare to treat her lightly. However, she was relieved when she heard that Princess Chen was not in the mansion. Everyone knew that the princess was the most gentle and friendly lady in the young master's mansion. She never expressed any opinions on external affairs. She just presided over the Hangzhou meeting to seek some benefits for the poor people of Qing State. She admired her kindness very much. But Sun Pin'er knew the rumors in the capital, so she was always a little scared.

After waiting for a long time, Teng everyone said that the princess went to the palace, and the prince went to do the job again. He was not in the mansion and had no host to entertain him. Please be more considerate. Sun Pin'er had already looked at the officials with sharp eyes and went in and out of the garden. He had guessed that Mr. Xiao Fan probably was hiding in the back garden and refused to see him. He was disappointed and wanted to get up to say goodbye, but Teng everyone was not willing to accept her.

Sun Pin'er was slightly stunned and guessed that the back garden was discussing what she had arrived, so she sat down calmly.

After a while, Fan Ruoru walked into the border hall. Sun Pin'er quickly stood up to salute. The two women looked at each other and said something softly. Fan Ruoru said softly what Fan Xian said.

Sun Pin'er was full of joy and thought that if Lord Xiao Fan was willing to come in the future, it would be great. He quickly thanked each other and said a few more polite words. Then he wanted to say goodbye and left.

Fan Ruoru saw the girl's faint melancholy with joy and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, thinking that her brother had caused too much love debt, and couldn't help but say softly: "Brother is in the back garden. It's just that there is a difference between men and women, so it's not easy to come out to meet. Please understand his painstaking efforts."

Sun Pin'er's body was shocked, and she suddenly felt something else from the words of Miss Fan's family. She seemed to have vaguely grasped the difficulties of Lord Fan and her pity for herself. Her cheeks were slightly red, and she was grateful in her heart, and she was very blessed and she left with a deep blessing.

Fan Ruoru looked at the girl's back. He couldn't help but smile bitterly, turned his head, but saw Fan Xian's sneaky look and said with a smile: "Everyone has left, why are you looking at?" He paused and said: "But she understands what you mean, but she is grateful for her appearance."

Speaking of this section, she couldn't help but glared at Fan Xian with a rare glance and said, "You, can you not be so careful? It seems that you are considering Miss Sun. I don't know how to get her deeper into it."

As soon as he said this, Ruoru realized that his words seemed to exude a sense of faint aura. He was shocked and hurriedly covered up and said with a smile: "I forgot to tell you something, we have all heard it wrong before."

Fan Xian didn't care about this sentence, but just smiled bitterly and sighed: "When will it be a good person become a bad thing?"

After successfully avoiding the Miss Sun family and comforting her sister, Fan Xian got idle again, crossed his legs, and watched Shi Chanli and Su Wenmao write letters, while humming something softly there. The delegation in Dongyi City was still rubbing, and Sigu Jian thought he could last for another two days, so he was not in a hurry. It would be okay to stay in Kyoto for another six or seven days. It had been a long time since he had handled his own personal affairs carefully, and he could just use his heart.

Su Wenmao's position in the three major wards of Neiku in northern Fujian has become increasingly stable. With the help of Ren Shaoan's tribe, and the close cooperation between the Supervision Office and the Neiku Transfer Department, the second supporting actor in the area at that time has now become the number one among the three major wards. Of course, this is mainly because he represents Fan Xian's will.

Shi Chanli is still traveling around the world. Five years have passed. The scholar back then has half helpless and half accepted his fate of not being able to do career. If he really wants to, it is not difficult for Fan Xian to arrange a position for him. But Shi Chanli is clear that in the heart of the sect master, he is different from the other three sons, and what he wants to do is even more shameful and more important. For the sake of Baoyuelou's intelligence system and silver turnover matters, he is willing to give up some very important things and help his sect master.

Of course, the owner of Baoyuelou is walking around the world, and no one dares to disrespect him. Shi Chanli, a businessman, is actually much more casual than Ji Chang and Wanli. Even if Fan Xian intends to let Shi Chanli re-enter the officialdom today, the owner of the brothel will have to think about it very well.

In fact, he is not as good as Sang Wen to understand Fan Xian. Fan Xian built the Baoyue Tower in various places in the world. The initial starting point was actually to pity those poor women whose fate was not in his hands. He tried to use the Baoyue Tower to influence the lowest profession from ancient times to the present, not seeking absolute justice, but at least he had to be more formal.

After reading Shi Chanli's letter, Fan Xian couldn't help laughing. Looking at the words in the letter, he was afraid that Shi Chanli and Sang Wen would not help but work together for many years, and finally developed some faint feelings.

Shi Chanli wanted to ask Fan Xian to make the decision, but he didn't dare to say it clearly. Fan Xian thought this was really fun, and he never thought of sending these two people to a pile. Because from the beginning, he knew that there was a lonely gangster beside Sang Wen, who was determined to be a flower protector, and he didn't know what was going on around Sang Wen now.

Sang Wen's gentleness, Sang Wen's lips, Sang Wen's carefulness and low-key are all characteristics of Fan Xian's joy. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been taken out of the building back then. Now she and Shi Chanli are old, and it seems that they should consider these things.

While thinking like this, Fan Xian rubbed the letters in his hand into snowflakes, tilted his head, and sat in a daze in his chair. He had calculated the forces in his hands many times, but he had never thought clearly like today - the inner treasury of the Supervision Bureau is naturally the two most powerful weapons in his hands, but if His Majesty's order comes down, at most two or three percent of the people in the Supervision Bureau will stand firmly behind Fan Xian.

"That piece of ice lump will probably stand in the middle. It will definitely not resist the order, but it should not deal with me." Fan Xian thought silently, will his friendship with Yan Bingyun stand the test in the future? Then he thought to himself that the entire Supervisory Office has the strongest control, and the only people who can truly follow him to the sea of ​​swords and fires.

On the side of the Neiku, Fan Xian has been tampering with the matter a few years ago. He believes that if things change in the future, he will definitely have a way to make a strong reaction and be afraid of the weapons. The Neiku is now a magic weapon that Fan Xian can use to fight against Tianwei.

The loyalty of Shi Chanli and Su Wenmao is definitely worthy of trust. In addition, in Deng Ziyue, Xiliang, Fan Xian suddenly realized that the power in his hands was indeed very large, and he had a vague tendency to escape from the control of His Majesty the Emperor.

No wonder the emperor began to experiment with future government arrangements.

A smile appeared on Fan Xian's lips. He thought that after all, His Majesty still didn't find the most critical point. He went to fight with him the next day and confirmed the power in his hands to protect it. He should be able to support more years.

Just as he and Haitang once said, this world belongs to those old people, and in the final analysis it will be theirs.

All they need is time.

One day at the end of April, the spring flowers were not scattered by the heat breeze, but were scattered to the ground by a sudden spring rain. The flowers and trees in the courtyards stretched out from the long street of Kyoto South Castle, looked helplessly at their clothes being looked gentle. In fact, the ruthless spring breeze was torn into threads and fell on the stone floor outside the courtyard wall. They were trampled by pedestrians coming and going, and were deeply trapped in the sludge, revealing only some pink edges.

The residence of the Kyoto Prefecture Lord Sun Jingxiu is on the street in Nancheng. It is not far from the residence. It is the Kyoto Prefecture Office. The entrance of the yamen is open on the other side, and the tranquility of power and wealth depend on each other, but does not disturb each other.

Today is not Sun Jingxiu's birthday, but to celebrate his old mother's 80th birthday. It is indeed an important day. Fan Ruoruo's mistaken words the day before yesterday refers to this point. The old lady of the Sun family also has an imperial decree in her place, and Sun Jingxiu rarely does things, so whenever she posts from all walks of life, officials always come to socialize.

Although there were no red ribbons and colorful lanterns hanging at the door of Sun's mansion today, they deliberately added some festive meaning. There were many people coming and giving gifts at the door, but not many carriages came. They only saw the butlers on the long street, just sent gift boxes to the mansion very normally, and said a few words to accuse their ancestors, and then left the Sun's mansion.

Some subordinate officials who didn't understand the inside story couldn't help but be surprised to see this scene, thinking that the prefect of Kyoto will never be as deserted as this, which is far from the lively scene of ordinary powerful mansions.

The Kyoto Prefecture is in charge of the public security and livelihood of the entire Kyoto. Most of the people dealing with it are government offices, princes and lords, so it is difficult to do the Kyoto Prefecture, but the Kyoto Prefecture has a high status. When the second prince fought for the throne, he put a lot of effort in the Kyoto Prefecture, so generally speaking, no official would be so disrespectful to give Kyoto Prefecture.

The scene today is really surprising. The people around the Kokmen whispered and didn't know what they were talking about. But people occasionally think of the rumors about Kyoto Prefect Sun Jingxiu in the officialdom, and then they think this is a very natural thing.

Sun Jingxiu is undoubtedly the most lucky person in the entire Qing Dynasty officialdom. He is not a genuine scholar, but a clerk. Since he became an official, he has worked in the Kyoto Prefecture for copywriting. This has been done for half his life. Originally, he has no background. In such a vital place, he is afraid that he will not be promoted to the position of Kyoto Prefecture for three more lives.

However, during the six or seven years of Qing Dynasty, the prince and the second prince competed for the throne. After Xiao Fan entered the capital, he fought in a turbulent battle. Kyoto Prefecture became the main competition among all forces. The Kyoto Prefecture is not like the governors of various fields, the prefectures of various places, and the emperors are far away. They can protect themselves without leaning against any prince. The prefecture is in Kyoto, and no force will let them go. Kyoto Prefecture needs to express their opinions.

So Mei Zhili was forced to leave. The Kyoto Prefecture Prime Minister who was helped to the stage was removed from office by Fan Xian. In just five or six years, the Kyoto Prefecture Prime Minister had fallen, and no official dared to pluck up the courage to force the position of this official position, so Sun Jingxiu, the editor of the Kyoto Prefecture, took the position of Kyoto Prefecture by chance.

In previous years, the Kyoto Prefecture must have been the Grand Secretary in the court. However, since Mei held the ritual, this rule became chaotic. By the time of Sun Jingxiu, he was a bachelor prefecture of Kyoto, and he had no titles.

So in the officialdom, all officials commented with a hint of jealousy and disdain that Sun Jingxiu was the most lucky prefect in history, but he was also the Kyoto prefect with the least power. Who knew when he would be taken off the stage?

However, Sun Jingxiu also has his strengths. His long-term copywriting work has made him not good at walking around and communicating with officials. He is not used to flattering the senior ministers of the Secretariat of the Secretariat. He devotes himself to government affairs and is honest and serious, and never keeps rumors outside in his heart.

It was this kind of personality that made him, who did not see the so-called emperor's will in the autumn of the seventh year of Qingli, accepted the order of the Empress Dowager and did his best to arrest Fan Xian in Kyoto.

Things in the world are hard to predict. Things in the world are hard to predict. Who knows that His Majesty the Emperor is not dead? Who knows that Lord Xiao Fan is actually a loyal minister! Whenever he thinks about this, Sun Jingxiu can't help but be afraid. It's thanks to him that he raised a good girl, which made him find a backer for the first time in the court.

And he is the highest backer in the court.

So the officials became even more jealous. The rumors of selling women for honor spread for a long time, and finally calmed down under Fan Xian's strong suppression. Three years passed, and the officials found that the Fan Mansion and Kyoto Mansion were not closely connected, so they believed that the legend in the boudoir was just a legend and there was no follow-up story.

It is precisely because I believe that Lord Xiao Fan has no relationship between men and women and Kyoto Mansion that today it seems so deserted in front of Sun Mansion, even more deserted than the flowers and trees on the street.

The officials from each of the prefectures gave gifts and left Sun's mansion, but did not leave Nancheng. Instead, they cleverly chose a teahouse at the end of the street to rest for a while. Before the day was noon, this extremely luxuriously decorated teahouse became lively. Those officials who had known in the past met and smiled, invited the CCP to sit in, and soon they sat half of the teahouse.

The managers' smiles were very strange, all of which were tacit, and they also had a faint disdain for Kyoto Prefecture. The landlords of these managers were either the officials of the Sixth Ministry or the adults of the Three Temples, and some were the powerful people in the Gong's Alley. They all just gave gifts today, but the people did not come in person.

These officials gathered in the teahouse and did not return to the house to report their lives as soon as possible. This also shows that these princes and officials knew very well what the birthday of the Sun Mansion today represents.

Sun Jingxiu was confused... This is the common idea of ​​all civil and military officials. Since the Secretary of the Secretariat He, who is under the sect, had already heard the news, it was naturally the one in the palace who had the idea. You dare not even resign yourself, but you still have to hold a birthday party here?

Want to see the attitude in the palace? Want to see the news in the officialdom? Or do you want to see something?

But these powerful officials didn't want to do things too well, so after the managers gave the gift, they still stared near the Sun Mansion because they didn't know what would happen. To be precise, they were still a little afraid of whether the rumor that had been calm for nearly two years was true.

They didn't know if Fan Xian, the Duke of Danbo, would be here in person today. Logically speaking, as Fan Xian's identity, the Kyoto Prefecture should not alarm him, but the officials are all cunning people, so they still need to confirm it last.

"Whose sedan chair is that?" A manager who was talking about the romance suddenly narrowed his eyes. He saw a large sedan chair passing by the door of the Sun Mansion. Seeing the number of people and curtains, the grade should be quite low, he asked curiously.

The replacement of Kyoto Prefecture is still in the stage of storm, but all officials know that this is the first time that Lord He Zongwei, with the support of His Majesty, has independently completed a personnel transfer with great influence. Therefore, officials from all departments are very smart and stand behind He Zongwei, and no one will stand in front of Lord He at this time.

Today's birthday party is a good time to stand in a row. Everyone is willing to get close to the young and gentle Grand Secretary He, so the gate of Sun's mansion is so deserted. At this moment, a somewhat dazzling sedan chair stopped at the gate of Sun's mansion.

The manager of the Minister of Personnel laughed and scolded: "I guess it is the government that does not participate in the political affairs."

The Minister of Personnel and He Zongwei had a very good relationship. He knew the inside story of this matter well, so he never thought about coming. Even the tone of this manager was a little sarcastic.

Who knew that a manager shook his head and said, "What's wrong, it looks like he is at Duke Liu's mansion."

As soon as this was said, the managers who came to give gifts to the Duke Lane quickly walked to the railings. After a while, their faces gradually changed. However, they didn't say anything to the people beside them. They looked at each other nervously, and sneaked downstairs while the rest of the managers did not react.

The rest of the managers in the teahouse did not notice the movement here, but were just curious about how Duke Liu, who had never participated in political affairs, had been condescending to surrender to the nobles and give parents Sun's face?

Immediately afterwards, another eight-carrying sedan chair slowly walked over from the direction of the North City and landed at the gate of the Sun Mansion. You can see from afar that the Kyoto Prefecture Sun Jingxiu had just picked up the Duke into the mansion, but he crawled out again happily, almost softening to the ground.

A manager in the teahouse screamed: "It's Mr. Jing!"

As soon as these words came out, a strange and quiet atmosphere enveloped the teahouse that was still very noisy. All the managers stopped talking and began to quickly calculate in their minds, estimating what the shocking scene in front of them meant.

Some smart people have already been distinguished by Duke Liu and Prince Jing, two noble people who will never appear in Kyoto Prefecture. When they think of another big man, their faces suddenly turned pale and they quietly went downstairs to the teahouse.

The remaining officials were still staring at the door of the Sun Mansion nervously, as if they didn't believe their eyes, and did not believe that Sun Jingxiu, the old lonely man, could ask these two people to come out and add power to him.

At this moment, two inconspicuous black carriages drove smoothly along the streets of Nancheng, drove past the teahouse, and stopped in front of the Sun Mansion.

The black carriage was inconspicuous and dazzling. Everyone's faces turned pale in the teahouse. Seeing the young master walking off the carriage, they even embarrassedly saw the princess in her gorgeous clothes slowly climbing up the steps with the help of her...

In an instant, the teahouse became extremely quiet. All the managers rushed downstairs and rushed towards their own mansions with lightning speed.

They must notify their landlords, that Lord Xiao Fan is here, Princess Chen is here, Prince Jing is here, Duke Liu is here... Who are you? Why don't you go quickly! Even if Duke Dan Bo just wants to take He Zongwei's face, you still have to look at him with a smile, right?

For a time, the entire official residence of Kyoto Nancheng became in chaos, looking for clothes, venturing information, and re-preparing gifts. But all the officials had only one goal, that is, the Sun Mansion.
Chapter completed!