If it is an ordinary adult, chatting with a demented child who is only a few years old and wise, it may be easy to get bored. But Fan Xian was different. In the last years of Fan Xian's previous life, he was lying on the bed unable to move. In this life, when he practiced that strange overbearing formula, he often fell into a semi-vegetative state, so his patience is extremely good. The mentally handicapped brother-in-law felt sorry for him, so he could hold back his temper while laughing and chatting with Dabao.
In Fan Xian's mind, the slow-moving fat man beside him was much cuter and more trustworthy than other people in the capital.
"I said big brother, why is Dabao so fat, but you are so thin?" Dabao frowned, as if he was very troubled by this question.
Fan Xian responded with a wry smile: "First, you are my eldest brother, and I will be your brother-in-law in the future. Second, I am not thin, but Dabao is a bit fat."
Dabao shook his head, yawned, took a piece of Jiangnan soft cake from the table beside him, put it in his mouth, chewed hard, and said inarticulately: "Dabao is not fat, but just likes to eat."
Seeing that the prime minister hadn't conveyed his intentions, Fan Xian rolled his eyes and leaned into his brother-in-law's ear and said, "Dabao, when will I take you out to play?"
"Playing... What are you playing...?" Dabao said happily, "I want to play polo."
"Huh?" Fan Xian had a headache, thinking that he was really looking for something to do for himself. He originally thought that he would take his brother-in-law to spend the summer. By the way, he used this as an excuse to drag Wan'er out of the heavily guarded imperial courtyard. , who thought that this big fat brother-in-law actually wanted to play polo, so he quickly changed his words and said, "Dabao, do you want to hear a story?"
Dabao dilated his nostrils twice, took two breaths, and said cheerfully: "Good! Dabao likes listening to stories the most."
Then, in the garden of the prime minister’s house, a refreshing voice began to sound. This voice was telling a story. In the story, a beautiful Snow White and seven dwarves lived happily in a forest. One day Snow White went to pick little mushrooms...
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"Somewhat unexpected." Prime Minister Lin Ruofu looked over there from a distance through the window, smiled slightly and said, "Do you think he is pretending?"
Yuan Hongdao shook his head: "It's not like. Mr. Fan's smile is very sincere, it should be from the heart."
"Yeah." Lin Ruofu sighed, "Please come in."
After Fan Xian entered the prime minister's private residence, he had been a little nervous. When he entered the prime minister's private study, he saw the face of his future father-in-law for the first time. The death of his son is inseparable from himself. But his face was still respectful and extremely calm: "Meet Lin Shibo."
Naming is a very important thing. It is definitely not suitable to be called the prime minister, and it is not beautiful to be called the boss. Claiming that Shibo can not only bring the relationship between the Fan family and the Lin family closer, but also faintly show in advance the intimacy that this marriage will bring.
Lin Ruofu looked at Fan Xian's calm face, and was somewhat satisfied with the boy's performance. After a little consideration, he said, "I invite Mr. Fan to come today, and Mr. Fan understands what it means to come here."
Fan Xian hurriedly responded with a smile, "It's fine for Shibo to call my nephew by name."
Lin Ruofu nodded: "Fan Xian... Do you have any opinions on this marriage?"
Fan Xian wondered if he could have any opinions, but it was too late for him to be happy, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face involuntarily. Seeing his expression, Lin Ruofu felt more at ease in his heart, and smiled: "You also saw that after Gong'er left, I only have one son and one daughter. Chen'er is married to you, you must treat her well."
Fan Xian lowered his head and answered yes in a deep voice, without delay.
"People of the older generation will go someday." Lin Ruofu suddenly said in a clear voice, "If I take the liberty to say that one day in the future, I will entrust my son to you, do you have the responsibility?"
Fan Xian pondered for a while, stood up, clasped his fists together and bowed, "Of course."
"In the future, we will be considered a family, so I can explain some things in front of you." Lin Ruofu looked into the young man's eyes, as if he wanted to look into the depths of his heart, and said word by word: "Although I I seldom meet Wan'er, but she is my daughter after all. Her surname is Lin, so I have to consider it for the Lin family. Once the marriage is over, I believe Lord Sinanbo understands that our two families are a relationship of mutual prosperity. I hope that no matter whether you are in the government or in the opposition, you will keep your identity firmly in mind, and from now on, what you have to protect is not only the interests of the Fan family, but also the interests of the Lin family."
These words are indeed straightforward enough, but only in this way can it show that the prime minister has finally truly nodded his head towards this marriage. Fan Xian felt a burst of joy in his heart. Although marrying Wan'er was a matter for the palace to handle alone, but it would be more legitimate to get the approval of his father-in-law.
Just thinking about the other meanings in these words, Fan Xian couldn't help but feel a little headache. The old man whom he met for the first time had obviously left the East Palace, but he didn't know if he was planning to lean on the second prince's side. Everyone in the world knows that both the Fan Mansion and Prince Jing's Mansion are supported by the Second Prince, but Fan Xian knows that his father has much more complicated thoughts in his heart.
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Let’s not gossip, let’s just say that after this trip to the prime minister’s mansion was successfully concluded, Lin Wan’er finally took a moment to enter the palace, and after a long time of filial piety in front of the empress dowager, she somehow persuaded the stern emperor’s uncle in the past , I got the will, I can finally leave the imperial courtyard and go shopping around.
Under the careful management of Fan Xian and the imperial doctors, Lin Wan'er's body has recovered very well, and she can go out for a long time. Although the root cause of the disease has not been eliminated, it is not a problem to hide in a small building all the time. So when he heard that the palace ban was finally lifted, Fan Xian was overjoyed, and early in the morning of the second day, he rushed to wait outside the imperial courtyard with the carriage and everything he had prepared.
I don't know how long I waited, but the courtyard finally became lively. First, a few guards led the way, then a few old ladies led the way, and a few pretty maids led the way. With support, Kui Kui walked out from inside.
Lin Wan'er was wearing a crisp white single dress, and on her head was a hat made of Longxi bamboo. This kind of hat was extremely light, and the lower edge of the hat was covered with a thin layer of light sand, which covered the sun and her eyes. With a clean and beautiful face, only the joy in the corners of his eyebrows and lips can be faintly seen.
Fan Xian went forward to meet him, but the old mothers became nervous when they saw the new uncle, and stood in front of the princess like a hero fighting a flood, looking at him viciously with several pairs of lightning-like eyes.
Fan Xian was furious, thinking that the young master would be bothered by you guys even if he was in a relationship, it really annoyed himself, so I will give you some laxatives, and your idle eyes will stare until you have a stomach ache to go to the toilet and can't come out!
Lin Wan'er glanced at him apologetically, but twisted the big maid beside her hard. Si Qi was in pain and almost cried out, thinking who did he offend again? But she understood what the young lady meant, and hurriedly stepped forward and said to the uncle: "Mr. Fan, let's go in two groups. See you at the Summer Resort in Xicheng."
The Summer Resort is a royal summer garden, about twenty miles west of Kyoto, if Lin Waner hadn't been out today, Fan Xian would not have the right to go in and enjoy the blessings.
Fan Xian snorted coldly, but he also knew that before getting married, if Wan'er and Wan'er were to ride in the same carriage, she might be ashamed and those old mothers would go crazy, so he stopped talking, but gave Ruoruo winks beside him. . Ruoruo understood, smiled slightly, walked to the side of the future sister-in-law, gently took Lin Wan'er's hand, said a few words, and then followed the other courtyard's group into the carriage in the palace.
"Brother, being a son-in-law... is really annoying." Fan Sizhe looked at Fan Xian sympathetically from the side.
"Autumn is coming soon." Fan Xian sighed, "It should be no problem for your sister to follow her sister-in-law. Those damn mothers will never think that lilies will bloom in the carriage."
"What is a lily?"
"A holy plant."
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They walked on both sides very early, and went out just after dawn, but when the convoy arrived at the summer resort, the sun had already woken up, and it was as warm as treating comrades, shining on everything on the earth with enthusiasm.
Fortunately, the royal palace has long considered these problems. The delicate royal family refused to accept the enthusiasm of the sun, so the villa was built beside the dense forest, next to the mountain and looking at the lake, shaded from the sun and facing the wind. Walking through the forest with the last breath of dryness, everyone was refreshed.
Fan Xian stood on the grass by the lake, looking at the scenery in front of him, he felt admiration in his heart, the farmhouse activities of the emperor's house were indeed different, and the living conditions were much higher than those of ordinary courtiers.
It is said that when they entered the Summer Resort, Ruoruo used some tricks, but they persuaded the royal guards to leave all the old women in Qianzhuang to drink tea and hit the horses. Only a thousand people were left by the lake Young people, the guards stood or sat on guard in the distance, and the maids rarely came out to play, chattering non-stop, which reduced the tranquility of the lake by three points, but there were no fish-eyes to disturb Qingxing, Fan Xian Still feel very comfortable.
After getting a little further away from the crowd, he gritted his teeth and put on a grimace to drive away the eldest maid, Si Qi. Fan Xian was finally able to stay alone with Wan'er for a while.
"It's really difficult." Fan Xian sighed, his right hand slid through the green grass like a snake, and grabbed Wan'er's soft little hand like lightning, but his face was still calmly looking at the lake, "I want to meet the girl One side is really difficult."
When her hand was caught, Lin Wan'er's face immediately turned red, and she lowered her head in shame, but she didn't pull her hand back, and only cursed in a low voice: "At this time, I came to call the girl again, and I don't know who is shameless every night. Climb walls and windows."