Chapter 87 Cheng Qian, Aunt is Back
The palace examination ended and Emperor Qing left.

The students knelt down and kowtowed to thank the emperor for his grace.

The ministers had already prepared polite words, and they were waiting for the newcomers who had caught the emperor’s attention, and they were trying to win them over and be polite to them.

Every party needs fresh blood. Who knows, these newcomers may be able to hold higher positions than them in the future?

Especially the top three in the palace examination: Yang Wanli, Fan Wujiu, and Li Anping.

They were even “treated kindly” by officials.

It’s a pity that these people don’t understand this.

The top two candidates in the imperial examination are already taken.

Li Chengqian, the real master behind them, left with satisfaction after having accomplished his mission.

Fan Xian walked in front of him and behind him. After they left the palace, Fan Xian joked, “Your Highness, this chess move is quite clever!”

“How come you see?”

Li Chengqian did not deny it and did not play dumb.

After all, Fan Xian is about to marry Lin Wan’er, and the financial power of the inner treasury will be handed over to him.

The eldest princess is about to return to the capital to completely break with him and even go against His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Until then.

Li Chengqian will confess more things to Fan Xian, including his identity as a time traveler:
Brother Fan.

We are all brothers.

My aunt wants to fuck me, please help me.
Fan Xian looked at Fan Ruoruo in Li Chengqian’s arms, and at the many good things he had done for the people:

“Fine.”

Back to the present.

Fan Xian made some inferences about the prince’s plan:

“Before, you let Shi Chanli become your disciple, and let Hou Jichang become my disciple, but you left the most outstanding talent Yang Wanli with nowhere to go. I believe you have anticipated what will happen today. He is the hidden chess piece you left for Qing Pavilion!”

Li Chengqian spread his hands and raised his eyebrows.

uh-huh.

You guessed it right.

Fan Xian smiled as if to say, “As you expected,” and followed the prince’s footsteps:
“What about Fan Wujiu?”

“You suspect he’s mine?”

“Not a suspicion.”

Fan Xian stopped and stared at the prince: “He is your man!”

Li Chengqian curled his lips and took a step forward: “Why do you think so?”

“Brother-in-law, don’t think you know me well!”

cousin.

Lin Wan’er.

As Lin Wan’er’s future husband, Fan Xian smacked his lips. The prince never mentioned Wan’er’s relationship before, but it turned out that Wan’er owed the prince too many favors in the matter of Prime Minister Lin.
After getting married, he and Wan’er became one, thanks to the kindness of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

He still doesn’t understand.
Fan Xian sighed:

“Okay, just consider it my blind guess. I thought it was your idea that Fan Wujiu broke up with the Second Prince and had his legs broken. After all, Fan Wujiu was the Second Prince’s retainer, if he hadn’t torn his face with Li Chengze like this.”

“Your Majesty, I’m afraid you won’t use him much, right?”

Li Chengqian imitated him and sighed:
“Fan Xian, you think too badly of me. Why can’t you think that it was Fan Wujiu who chose to break up the relationship in order to get away from his second brother who had no future, so that he could make a big splash in the palace examination and get the approval of His Majesty directly?”

Fan Xian was speechless. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that it was a cruel trick played by the Crown Prince on the Second Prince.

Li Chengqian was sweating profusely: “Am I such a scheming person in your heart?”

Fan Xian resisted the urge to roll his eyes:

“Is not it?”

Li Chengqian raised his fist as if to strike, but Fan Xian chuckled and dodged.

The two who were laughing and joking met Xie Bian and his group, who had gloomy faces.

They were all Li Chengze’s followers, responsible for dealing with Fan Wujiu.

Fan Xian covered his mouth with his fists and walked by trying not to laugh:

“They can’t touch Fan Wujiu now. If Li Chengze knew that he fired his own employees and got second place in the national exam to become a high-ranking official, what would his expression be? Layoffs are going to hit the aorta, hahaha!”

Li Chengqian walked away quickly, his puzzled expression seemed to say.

what are you saying?
I don’t understand!

Fan Xian curled his lips:

Just pretend!

After you and Ruoruo get married, I will tear off your vest!
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The Second Prince’s Mansion.

Li Chengze curled up in a chair, thinking about whether to execute or cripple Fan Wujiu after he was dragged back.

But thinking about it.

The body subconsciously felt a chill, just like when one has malaria. No matter how many quilts one covers oneself with or how much hot water one drinks, one cannot stop shivering.

“Why is Li Chengqian so difficult for me to handle?”

Li Chengze has been defeated time and time again, but he keeps fighting. Ever since the prince and Fan Xian joined forces, he seemed to have become unstoppable, like a different person.

No matter how hard Li Chengze tried, he couldn’t get any benefit from Li Chengqian.

He became afraid and didn’t even dare to dream of snatching Li Chengqian’s position as crown prince. He only wanted to defeat the prince, even just once.

Only by proving to His Majesty that he, Li Chengze, is still qualified to be a grindstone, can he be worth living.
“Your Highness.”

Xie Bian and his group returned empty-handed.

Li Chengze’s face was gloomy: “Where are they?”

Xie Bian and others lowered their heads, and finally told the reason hesitantly.

It turned out that they were full of murderous intent, holding sharp weapons, waiting outside the palace for Fan Wujiu.

I saw with my own eyes that many officials pushed Fan Wujiu out with their own hands in order to please him.

He is just a dog that the Second Prince doesn’t want? Does he deserve it?!
Xie Bian and others then realized:
Fan Wujiu ranked second in the palace examination.

Became one of the first officials of Qing Pavilion.

The future is limitless!
Li Chengze blushed.

If Fan Xian were here, he would think of a hellish joke:
An accountant who didn’t want to falsify accounts and launder money for the company was fired by his boss. As a result, he took the national examination and became a glorious national cadre and an important official in the tax bureau. In the end, he turned around and closed down the company that fired him, which made people very happy.

The first step to succeed in getting a job is to kill your unscrupulous former boss.

Could it be that this great wronged person is Li Chengze?

do not forget.

Fan Wujiu’s sword skills are also very fast!

Li Chengze grabbed Xie Bian’s collar, his eyes bloodshot, and roared: “Why! Why did he betray me! Am I, Li Chengze, not as good as a finger of Li Chengqian!!!”

Xie Bian cried and laughed: “Your Highness, I am not Fan Wujiu”

Li Chengze suddenly realized, let go of his hand in frustration, and slumped in the chair: “Bring me a pen and paper, I want to write a letter to tell my father that Fan Wujiu is Li Chengqian’s loyal dog, don’t use him! Who I can’t get, no one else can get!! “

When Xie Bian turned around to get a pen and paper, he sighed imperceptibly:

Your Highness, no wonder Fan Wujiu mocks you like this.
It’s your fault!

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Qing Pavilion. This highest power agency that replaced the prime minister system was located in the palace, not far from the imperial study, in order to facilitate the needs of Emperor Qing to work in several locations. Sometimes the Grand Secretary had to be called directly to meet the emperor.

Very efficient.

Facing the first three students promoted from the imperial examination, Emperor Qing did not let down his guard against them, especially after receiving the letter presented by Li Chengze. This little report made Emperor Qing feel wary.

He specially summoned three people to come because he wanted to test them.

Emperor Qing’s eyes swept over Yang Wanli, Li Anping, and Fan Wujiu, whose leg injury had not yet healed. He first pointed out the number one scholar Yang Wanli and asked:

“Yang Wanli, you seem to respect the prince quite a lot? You even took the lead in kneeling before the prince in the examination room? Why, do you admire him very much?”

Yang Wanli knelt down without any arrogance.

“Your Majesty, I have studied the books of sages since I was young. The only purpose of studying is to be loyal to the king and serve the country. Although His Royal Highness is the crown prince, he stood up for me and other students. I am really moved, so I kneel down to thank you.”

Emperor Qing’s smile disappeared instantly:

“So you are loyal to your king and your country. Which king are you loyal to?”

Yang Wanli would not lie. He did have a great debt of gratitude to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. However, the Confucianism he had been exposed to since childhood taught him to be loyal to his emperor and his country. So this emperor could be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future. Now…
“Of course it’s your Majesty. Your Majesty is the Holy Lord of Daqing. I am only loyal to your Majesty.”

Emperor Qing’s expression then relaxed, but when Yang Wanli lowered his head, beads of sweat fell.

Yang Wanli, who always tells the truth, just asked himself, is what he said true?

otherwise.

If you have to choose between the conflicting orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Your Majesty.

Yang Wanli really couldn’t be loyal to the emperor.
after all.

The prince is also considered a king.

In this way, it doesn’t count as violating Confucian etiquette?
Yang Wanli could only PUA himself to offset the guilt in his heart.

After listening to his story, Emperor Qing also made a judgment and turned to look at the runner-up sitting in the wheelchair:
“Fan Wujiu, the way you sit in the wheelchair and the remarks you made in the palace that were laughed at by the ministers as a vicious plot, make me feel that you are like a human being…”

Emperor Qing glanced at Fan Wujiu and said, “You and Chen Pingping are somewhat similar.”

Fan Wujiu supported himself on his wheelchair and bowed: “President Chen is a pillar of the Qing Dynasty. How dare a humble minister like me, a firefly, compete with the bright moon?”

Fan Wujiu is a ninth-rank master, but his bearing is not as dignified as Yang Wanli’s. Years of being a slave have made him accustomed to submission. But even so, when Emperor Qing met him, he invited Gong Dian to accompany him.

The defensiveness was almost written on his face.

“Why did you break up with the Second Prince?”

Emperor Qing asked.

Fan Wujiu remained silent.

Emperor Qing changed the question:
“Have you already submitted to the prince privately?”

Fan Wujiu was silent again, but this time, he had to answer:

“Your Majesty, the reason why I broke up with the Second Prince was indeed because of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.”

“Oh?”

Emperor Qing was puzzled, how could he be so frank?

Fan Wujiu said again: “That’s because what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has done is consistent with what I have been trying to do after studying the books of sages, but His Royal Highness the Second Prince is only thinking about how to fight for the position of Crown Prince, and will do anything to achieve his goal. Disaster.”

He didn’t say out loud that it would bring disaster to the country and the people.

Because there are other people around.

But how could Emperor Qing not know what he meant?

Are you saying that Li Chengze smuggled with Northern Qi for profit?

“enough!”

Emperor Qing waved his sleeves, his face filled with anger: “If you want to prove that you are loyal to me, there is only one way. Are you willing to do it?”

“Your Majesty, please feel free to speak. I will do my best.”

“I heard that you studied for interest since you were young, and wielding swords and guns is just something other than interest. If so, I will satisfy you. Aren’t you a ninth-grade master?”

Emperor Qing narrowed his eyes and said, “I want you to give up your martial arts and from now on, just be a loyal and dutiful scholar for me!”

Fan Wujiu had a blank expression on his face, which was pale and powerless.

He gritted his teeth, raised his hand high, and smashed towards Dantian.
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Chen Garden.

Fan Xian and Lin Wan’er’s wedding date was approaching. As his adoptive father, Chen Pingping naturally received Fan Xian’s invitation, but he refused to accept it. He just looked at the son of an old friend, and a smile appeared on his face that had been lonely all his life:
“When the wedding begins, that person will also come back. You have to be careful.”

“I know.”

Fan Xian nodded.

The eldest princess is to him.

It’s a time bomb that can explode at any time.

But Chen Pingping put a “bulletproof vest” on him and gave him a lucky bag, asking him to open it after marriage:

“You have to be prepared in advance, because you will not only face threats from the eldest princess, but also from the crown prince.”

Fan Xian understood what Chen Pingping meant. Since the prince had chosen Fan Ruoruo as his princess consort, he had to be prepared to endure the revenge of the eldest princess, the enemy of the Fan family:

“President Chen, I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is ready.”

“You have so much confidence in him?”

Chen Pingping looked at Fan Xian with a smile, and the latter nodded.

Chen Pingping guessed everything without even needing to explain his opinion:
“Do you think that the Crown Prince’s silent placement of hidden agents around His Majesty is preparation?”

“.”

Chen Pingping shook his head: “Even you can see this kind of thing, how can our Majesty not see it?”

Fan Xian was somewhat puzzled: “If that’s the case, then why did His Majesty allow them to be the top three in the palace examination?”

Lin Wan’er stood aside obediently, somewhat amazed at the prince’s plan, and how he dared to act under the emperor’s nose.
Chen Pingping asked back: “Who do you think among these officials can be independent, ignorant of worldly affairs, loyal and dedicated to his work? Such a person can become an immortal.”

Fan Xian seemed to understand what he meant: “So, Your Majesty knows everything?”

Chen Pingping nodded:
“Your Highness the Crown Prince can do this, which means that His Majesty is turning a blind eye, or that His Majesty is very satisfied with His Highness the Crown Prince. If not, then the Princess will return to the court.”

“Return? To the court?”

Fan Xian was a little puzzled. Li Yunrui couldn’t even return to Kyoto, so how could he return to the court?

Chen Pingping ignored Fan Xian’s repeated question because of the answer to this question.

He dared not and could not say it.
“Have you thought about what you should do?”

Facing Chen Pingping’s question, Fan Xian did not answer immediately:

“Dean Chen, before I answer your question, I want to tell you one more secret of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Only in this way can I make the best choice under your advice.”

“Go ahead.”

Chen Pingping was a little curious about what it was about Li Chengqian that he couldn’t understand.

As a result, Fan Xian said the next sentence.

Chen Pingping and Lin Wan’er were so frightened:
“Your Highness, you may be a person of heavenly veins!”

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Kyoto is thousands of miles away.

The gates of Xinyang were wide open.

A huge carriage decorated with countless bright flowers was traveling on the Guandao Road.

On the carriage, the charming princess was holding a portrait of a handsome man:
“Chengqian, aunt, is back”

(End of this chapter)