Yuan Hongdao frowned, and listened to the prime minister's soft voice: "I have been in the court for too long, and I don't know how many people I have offended. I have two sons and a daughter. I originally expected Gong'er to become a weapon, but unexpectedly, I have suffered such a calamity. Only Dabao and Chen'er... have to make arrangements for them."
Yuan Hongdao frowned again: "It's just such a change, it seems to be a little more violent."
Lin Ruofu's eyes suddenly softened: "As a father, you don't need to cherish yourself too much. If you talk about seizing the throne, your majesty is in his prime, I'm afraid you and I will be dead by then, so why worry so much." He continued Asked: "Are you sure it's Si Gu's hand?"
Yuan Hongdao nodded: "Yes."
Lin Ruofu took a deep breath: "Sometimes I find that the power in my hand can't be exchanged for anything... But since the Fan family and the Overwatch Council have secretly communicated with each other for so many years, I think that if the old man is added, they should not refuse. "
Yuan Hongdao smiled and said: "Fan Shilang, relying on his relationship with His Majesty, made every effort to facilitate this marriage, presumably because he has long expected the boss."
Lin Ruofu smiled and said, "In a few days, I want to see that Fan Xian with my own eyes to see if he is worthy of my daughter."
Yuan Hongdao said again: "The eldest princess..."
Knowing that the chancellor's second son died abnormally and had an inescapable relationship with the Eldest Princess' plan, Ai Hongdao carefully mentioned her name.
"Li Yunrui asked Wu Bo'an to organize the first assassination, which is a strategy that kills three birds with one stone. Killing Fan Xian, she can regain the power of the internal treasury. If you want to move Gong'er, she can use this as a rope to firmly hold my Xiangfu. It's tied to her body. It's just that she didn't expect that Fan Xian was not so easy to kill, and Wu Bo'an, a bitch, died with my child." Two cold lights burst out in Lin Ruofu's eyes: "But she still has The most important part is that she has calculated His Majesty's thoughts. Even if Cheng Jushu and his party were able to escape from the capital, she would have falsely passed on my order to let Fang Xiu be killed in Cangzhou. Northern Qi killed people."
Yuan Hongdao frowned and said, "It turns out that the Eldest Princess guessed correctly that His Majesty wanted to make a big move."
Lin Ruofu shook his head: "Your Majesty's Northern Expedition didn't complete all the achievements, and he has always been brooding about it. The eldest princess gave him such a good excuse now. Even if His Majesty doesn't like her to make her own decisions, I still have to accept her. It's just that the peace agreement back then The matter is too complicated, His Majesty will at most seize a few small countries this time, and show Bei Qi some color."
Yuan Hongdao sighed, "The Eldest Princess is astonishingly clever, it's really hard to deal with."
Lin Ruofu slowly closed his eyes, and said, "I never thought of dealing with her...Leave it to the juniors."
"Yes, my lord."
At this moment, there was a noise outside the study room. I don't know who dared to make such noise in the middle of the night, but looking at the expressions of the prime minister and Yuan Hongdao, it was obvious who was outside. The door was pushed open, and a fat man in his twenties walked in. The old women and servants behind him didn't hold back, and hurriedly stood outside the study to plead guilty to the prime minister. The Prime Minister's Mansion has strict rules, and anyone who enters the study privately without the permission of the Prime Minister will be severely punished. Lin Ruofu waved his hand to signal that he understood, then looked at the big fat man tenderly and said softly, "Dabao, why are you being so misbehaving?"
The big fat man named Dabao has wide eyebrows, his eyes are a little staring, and he seems to have some problems with his brain development. But when he heard Lin Ruofu's words, he immediately calmed down, and said shyly, "Dabao is good, but my younger brother hasn't come back yet."
This is Lin Ruofu's eldest son. He had an illness when he was a child, and he became what he is now. He has always only had an IQ of three or four years old, so he rarely goes out. Everyone in the capital sympathized with what happened to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and did not mention this matter much. Dabao was usually the closest to Lin Gong, but he hadn't seen his younger brother for the past two days, so he became irritable.
Lin Ruofu groaned in his heart, and it hurt like a knife. He clutched his chest and calmed down for a long time before softly persuading him: "Er Bao has gone out and will be back in a few days. Da Bao is good, go to sleep."
Dabao finally calmed down, with a somewhat naive smile on his face, and was led to sleep in the backyard by the old mothers.
After a while of silence, Lin Ruofu said coldly: "I only have one son and one daughter, and Dabao looks like this. Brother Yuan, what do you think I should do?"
Yuan Hongdao frowned: "For the sake of the eldest son, it is not a good idea for Miss Chen to marry Fan Xian. After all, it seems that it is difficult for Mr. Fan to escape political strife, and it will be extremely difficult to live a stable life in the future. If the eldest son is entrusted to It's not too convenient for Miss Chen."
Lin Ruofu shook his head, and there was a chill in his words: "As long as his surname is Fan, he is doomed to escape from these nets, so I would rather he be a cruel and merciless person, so as to keep Chen'er and her elder brother safe forever..."
After saying this, he immediately regained his composure. After walking to the desk, he opened the sand curtain, looked at the general trend of the world behind the scenes, and began to frown and remain silent. His eyes occasionally glanced in the direction of Dongyi City, but most of them stayed in the north of Qing Kingdom, those intricate little vassal states between Qing Kingdom and Northern Qi.
After a long time, Lin Ruofu frowned and said, "I have to come up with a strategy right away. Although it may not be a big battle, and the two sides may not have direct contact, if the northern counties want to transport food and horses to those small countries, they must be prepared in advance. .”
Yuan Hongdao responded, and then he heard the prime minister start to cough, coughing so fast, it seemed that some water glinted from the corner of his eyes. The prime minister stood with his hands behind his back in front of the map, frowning and planning, as if he didn't lose a biological son today. Looking at his back, Yuan Hongdao sighed in his heart, a little moved and apologetic, thinking that although Ruofu was rich and powerful in his life, he didn't have any comfortable days.
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All of these things happened in one day, and no one knew what these undercurrent transactions or quarrels meant. The meeting between Si Nan Bo Fan Jian and Chen Pingping, the private meeting between the prime minister and the eldest princess, and the entire court, the people who knew these two things would not exceed Fan Xian's ten fingers.
So Fan Xian didn't know that his future had been arranged on a golden road.
If the past few months after entering Beijing were like the darkness before dawn, with thick black like sticky ink smearing his facial features, making him feel stressed and unable to relax, then the following days suddenly seemed like a god brought a basin. The water came and splashed on his face, not only made him feel extremely refreshed and at ease, but also made him extremely sober.
These days, he has been hypnotizing himself that the death of his second brother-in-law has nothing to do with him. Only in this way can he face Lin Wan'er, who is the most difficult for him to face at this time. Ever since Lin Wan'er found out about her second brother's death, her spirits had been a little low. Although the siblings hadn't seen each other a few times, they were connected by flesh and blood, so they felt a little sad after all. Fan Xian saw these things in his eyes, and felt a little uncomfortable, although the second uncle was the murderer behind the scenes who wanted to kill him—he sometimes felt that he was a bit cold-blooded and sick, because if he heard about the Fan Sizhe died, maybe he wouldn't feel the slightest bit of sadness.
Of course, the current situation is different. The Liu family seems to have acquiesced in the current situation. The Liu family in Kyoto also smelled something unusual and gave the Liu family enough information for reference. Stop Fan Sizhe from wandering around the capital with Fan Xian.
What reassured Fan Xian the most was that no one seemed to suspect that he had something to do with the death of the prime minister's second son, including the prime minister. In fact, he and Prince Jing were a little worried about this matter. Wu Bo'an and Lin Gong hid it so covertly that even the Overwatch Council couldn't find it out for a while, so who else could find it except the four masters in the world? As long as no one knew the relationship between Fan Xian and Wu Zhu, no one would have thought that Fan Xian would be related to Lin Gong's death.
What was even more unexpected to Fan Xian was that after multiple messages, he vaguely received a message from the prime minister's mansion that the prime minister expressed a certain degree of approval for the marriage in October, just as Fan Xian kept wondering if it was the old man with gray hair. When someone gave away a black-haired man and was really disheartened, the old and cunning Sinan Bo Fan Jian understood the reason behind this matter before anyone in the court and the public: the Prime Minister and the East Palace or the eldest princess did not know why. This is Lin Ruofu looking for a new investment direction, perhaps it is a sign that the political center of the prime minister's mansion has begun to shift to the second prince.
The two assassinations, one after the other, shook the sky of Kyoto like two spring thunders, but there was no rain after the spring thunders, and things gradually faded away, but the prime minister seemed to be heartbroken and became sad. Some are disheartened and lazy, and seldom go to court due to illness. The crippled Dean Chen didn't go to court very much, he just stayed in the yard and occasionally issued a few orders. Thinking of this, Fan Xian always wondered why Chen Pingping didn't summon him after returning to Beijing. He didn't know at this time that the old cripple had already played voyeurism in the dungeon. What was even more confusing was that since Chen Pingping had returned to Beijing, where did Fei Jie go
In any case, after this short but tragic confrontation, all parties in the DPRK and China paid the price of a few lives and rebuilt a somewhat fragile balance. Some people accepted the changes that had to be accepted, such as the change of control of the internal treasury after a few years, and some people began to look for another way to protect themselves and their families, such as the prime minister. These changes are undoubtedly extremely beneficial to Fan Xian, at least he doesn't have to worry too much about his personal safety.
Only then did he write a letter to his grandmother who was far away in Danzhou, telling the old man that he had a good life in the capital, and asked her not to worry too much.
After spring comes summer. Although this is nonsense, for Fan Xian, who has worked so hard to get a foothold in the capital, his life has finally become less rainy and more sunny and happy. , seems to be slowly waving to himself over there.
Summer is here, will the day of big wedding in autumn be far behind
(The end of the second volume "In Kyoto")
Volume 3 Cangshan Snow