Joy of Life

Chapter 1176: Loneliness in the Night Palace

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(Yes, I said a lot of sincere words yesterday, and then there was a call for delisting in the SMS box of the starting point. I am very pleased with the strength of the struggle of the people-comfortable ghost, no matter how reactionary I am, I will not It will not be reduced to the level of Carrefour.

However, I can only shrug my shoulders and not bow. As the big villain, of course I have to play this role well.

Every time there are many happy things in life, Heibelly's words about Haitang make me very happy. I will post it to the public area later, please play with it.

I can't talk nonsense anymore, because some readers have expressed strong dissatisfaction, well, I don't like to talk, I'm just wordy, and I'm really upset, can I? mourning. )

The chill outside Guangxin Palace seeped in. They tried to forcefully change the name of the palace to Chang'e's sister's residence, but the red candles were on the side, the warm fragrance rose, the alcohol was strong, and the spring was full. It's just a delusion.

Fan Xian watched the eldest princess and Wan'er speak softly, and the smiles on his face gradually increased, and he was no longer as vigilant and awkward as before when he entered the palace.

The eldest princess is still as beautiful and attractive as before, even though Fan Xian knew what Hong Zhu said, but besides the shock, it was more of a strong displeasure with the crown prince—at least at this moment. Looking at this number one beauty in the Qing Dynasty, the young son-in-law couldn't feel much disgust in his heart.

Of course, this emotion is a wonderful thing in itself. He gently put down the wine glass, laughed at himself, and thought to himself, the eldest princess is not a poor person.

poor person must have something mean.

Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess is the most beloved young daughter of the Empress Dowager, and a powerful person whom the Emperor has relied on for ten years. Especially for Fan Xian, this beautiful woman in palace costume hides a poisonous snake-like letter under her soft appearance. , a liquid that kills without blood...

At the age of twelve, Fan Xian ushered in the first assassination of the eldest princess. After entering Beijing, the two sides were even more intertwined in conspiracy and bloodshed, unable to extricate themselves. It's just that in the past few years, Fan Xian's power has gradually expanded, but the Eldest Princess' strength has been weakening day by day. The Eldest Princess has long admitted that her son-in-law is her truly worthy opponent, but...

Fan Xian's two most direct conflicts in the Qing Kingdom, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, were actually nothing but pawns thrown out by the Eldest Princess. Fan Xian clearly knew that the real enemy of the entire world at this point in his rebirth was In front of this beauty in palace costume.

The eldest princess is the most powerful opponent of Fan Xian's family, so in the past few years, the Overwatch Council has concentrated all the intelligence centers in Xinyang and Guangxin Palace. Fan Xian knew the princess, even better than herself.

This is a problem on the psychological level. He can sensitively perceive that the eldest princess had complicated visions for that woman back then, and even...for that deformed emotion. Otherwise, it cannot explain the fall of the Ye Family from the Qing Dynasty. The weird political landscape that followed.

Hateful people must also have pitiful places.

It's just that Fan Xian will not show any mercy to the eldest princess. In this regard, he is more indifferent and ruthless than anyone else in the world, just like the saying that has been said countless times in the past-you will know when you are drunk, and you will only know it after death. Fate is important—he wants to live, and whoever doesn't want him to live must die in front of him.

"How is Jiangnan?"

The eldest princess lightly stretched her jade arms, and slowly put down the wine glass. It was winter. Although there was a bamboo charcoal stove in the palace, the temperature was not too high after all. The clothes still cover the undulating curves of her body and the ubiquitous charm.

At this time Wan'er was already asleep, the maids carefully came out from the apse to answer their orders, then exited the hall and closed the door. Fan Xian frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything to stop him. After all, the eldest princess was her mother, so it was inconvenient for him to talk too much.

"Jiangnan is quite nice, with nice scenery and nice characters." Fan Xian replied with a smile, "If you have leisure time, mother, when will you go to Hangzhou to see it?"

Although it was extremely awkward to say the word mother, there was nothing he could do.

"I went there a few years ago, but the scenery is still the same now, but the characters are quite different. Why should I go again?"

The Eldest Princess left the table and walked out of the hall, saying sarcastically, this naturally refers to the internal treasury that belonged to her, but now Fan Xian has taken it all over.

Fan Xian did not leave his seat, suffocated slightly, and respectfully said after a long while: "In this world, people are to be seen, and so are the scenery. , but it remains the same for thousands of years, and a person's life is short, but he can see the scene of change through the ages, this is what An Zhi thinks is the most important thing."

The eldest princess was startled, looked back at Fan Xian, tilted her head slightly, with a smile on her face, and said, "What do you want to persuade me?"

"An Zhi dare not." Fan Xian replied with a wry smile.

The eldest princess smiled slightly and said: "There are very few things in this world that you dare not do, but it is a very stupid thing to try to weaken my will with words."

In front of the empress dowager, Li Yunrui was a well-behaved and even a little stupid daughter; in front of the emperor, Li Yunrui was a precocious and even perverted assistant; in front of Lin Xiangye, Li Yunrui was a timid and even somewhat contrived beauty. In front of the princes, Li Yunrui is a gentle and even ecstatic woman. In front of his subordinates, Li Yunrui is a master who smiles and smiles, and waved his hands forever.

Only at this moment, in the Guangxin Palace, in front of her good son-in-law Fan Xian, Li Yunrui is nothing, she is just herself, the purest self, without any coquettish or cowardly cover-up, frankly Facing Fan Xian with his true self.

Perhaps the two of them knew well that the enemy was the one who knew them best, so there was no need for useless cover-ups.

So Fan Xian didn't smile shyly and gently, but said directly: "The man of time, the passer-by of a hundred generations, the man of heaven and earth, the reverse journey of all things, An Zhi dare not persuade you, but he feels that life is too short, and there is always something big." The happiness can be pursued... ”

Before he could finish speaking, the eldest princess cut off his words, and said coldly: "What is Shixian? He is no match for one knife or two. Open your eyes and see clearly who is standing in front of you. Don't always think that saying some sour words and smugly showing off a few seemingly philosophical words can solve all problems."

These words are ordinary, but the pride and disdain inside are extremely harsh. There is no outsider present at this time, and Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess is showing her truest side.

"Don't always think that women are animals whose sensibility trumps everything else." The eldest princess said indifferently: "You also said in your own writing that men are a mess. If this is the case, don't pretend to be a jade in front of me." .”

Fan Xian had nothing to say, so he could only listen with a wry smile.

The eldest princess walked to the gate of the palace, lifted the cotton curtain, stood on the stone steps, and looked at the quiet night of the palace around her.

Naturally, Fan Xian didn't want to continue sitting on the mat, so he stood up and walked out, wanting to hear what the mother-in-law wanted to say.

"See who is standing in front of you."

The eldest princess did not turn around, but her thin body in the cold wind made people feel palpitations for no reason, as if there were infinite crazy thoughts hidden in it.

"I'm not a stupid girl like Haitang." She said, "I thought that a good girl finally appeared in the north, but unexpectedly, she is still a vulgar girl."

Fan Xian was speechless, only had a wry smile, thinking who would dare to compare with you, in such a world where men are superior to women, it seems that only the eldest princess dares to do what others dare not, and dares to compete with men.

Compete with men in all respects.

Fan Xian vaguely understood that the eldest princess didn't take those things seriously at all, umm... yes, that's how it is, I'm about to cry.

He scratched his head in embarrassment. Facing such a woman, he actually felt constrained and didn't know how to deal with it.

"You should know why the queen mother announced you into the palace, and there is a banquet tonight." The eldest princess said calmly: "You and I know it well, so I won't talk about it, just cover up a little more, I don't want to let you The queen mother is too sad and disappointed."

Fan Xian bowed to the ground and said sincerely, "I will obey orders."

"Careful?" The corners of the eldest princess's lips curled up slowly, and the ruddy curve that was faintly visible under the night was particularly moving, "I have to admit that your ability has exceeded my previous expectations, and you... are her..." My son, I was even more surprised, no wonder in the past two years, I couldn't kill you, and I couldn't shake you, His Majesty doted on you, the old guys doted on you, it's just a pity... You are just a stinky man after all."

Fan Xian smiled and said, "This is a problem with hormones and secretion."

"He Er?" The eldest princess was startled slightly, and for the first time in those charming eyes there was a hint of doubt beyond firmness, but she immediately got rid of Fan Xian's deliberate creation, and said coldly: "You Like your mother, there are always so many new words."

Fan Xian's heart moved slightly, and he asked peacefully, "Have you met my mother?"

After the eldest princess was silent for a while, she said, "Nonsense! She lived in Prince Cheng's mansion when she entered Beijing. How could she not have seen it? It's impossible not to see her."

Speaking of this, the eldest princess narrowed her eyes softly, and said slowly: "I admire her very much, you can even say that I am jealous of her, but in the end... I despise her very much."

Fan Xian frowned and said with a calm smile, "I don't think you have the qualifications."

This sentence is extremely bold, but Princess Pianchang was not angry at all, and said lightly: "In the eyes of many people, this is the case, even if I have assisted the emperor since I was young, and have done so many things for the Qing Kingdom, But... as long as you compare with your mother, no one thinks I'm the best one."

"But..." the eldest princess said indifferently, "I still look down on her."

Before Fan Xian could speak, she suddenly laughed nervously: "Because in the end...she died."

Fan Xian's heart twitched slightly, wondering if he could confirm the last truth in history today, but what the eldest princess said next made him a little disappointed.

"But Ben Gong is not dead." The eldest princess said coldly: "Who can predict the future, can Ben Gong do better than her?"

She turned around, stared at Fan Xian with those soft moon-like eyes, and said softly, "After all, she didn't rule the world, do you think I can do it?"

Watched by these two eyes, Fan Xian forced himself to remain calm. After a long silence, he said slowly, "In fact, when evaluating a person, it is not necessarily based on the territory and the records in the history books."

He suddenly thought of the letter he read on that rainy night, and said in a daze, "Like my mother, she didn't help me rule the world in the Daqing Dynasty, but who knows if she couldn't do it, or if she didn't bother to do it?"

The eldest princess was slightly taken aback, and finally a little slack appeared in her defense, and she said with a little bit of resentment: "If you can't do something, you will be disdainful? As you said before, life is only a few decades, and you want to imprint it for a long time. In the hearts of future generations, what can we rely on if we don’t rely on history books?”

"My mother... didn't leave a single word in the history books." Fan Xian took a deep look at the eldest princess and said, "I think you understand why. But it doesn't mean that she exists in this world. , whether it is the production of the internal treasury or the Overwatch Council, they are all telling the world... History books will one day be forgotten by people, and yellow paper will be swept into the trash, but the real changes to this world will always be preserved. go down."

The eldest princess was silent for a long time after hearing this, and then said softly: "You're right, I haven't brought about any real change in this world." She paused, and laughed at herself: "Except for making this world The boundaries between countries are constantly changing, and the land of Qing Kingdom is constantly expanding outward."

"It is to lay down thousands of miles of land, and after death, you will end up with a bun."

Fan Xian spoke earnestly. Although the eldest princess had ruthlessly satirized him countless times before, he still said these seemingly trite sentences.

The eldest princess stopped looking at him, looked at the quiet scene in the palace, and said: "Your thinking is different from most men in the world. Some men just look away because they are cowardly and incompetent. How calm and breezy... And a man like you who already has enough status and possibility, but doesn't want to make contributions and leave a name in the history books, it's really rare... and he has no guts."

Fan Xian replied with a smile: "Perhaps An Zhi knows that he doesn't have this kind of ability. It's not always possible to see someone as talented and bold as His Majesty."

After saying this, he carefully glanced at the eldest princess.

The eldest princess didn't look at him, but looked at every corner of the palace, as if she fell into a strange mood because of someone in Fan Xian's talk.

"Bengong is a person with a strong desire for power." After a long silence, she said, "But this does not mean that I like power. I just need power to achieve a certain desire, and this desire, you These people have no way of understanding."

Fan Xian lowered his head slightly.

The eldest princess suddenly raised her hand, took a few breaths of the heater, and acted as cute as a little girl. She smiled and said, "Women can also do things. I have always wanted to prove this. Why are men always taking advantage of me in this world?" Women? Why can't women take advantage of men?"

The most beautiful woman in the Qing Kingdom finally said to Fan Xian: "This is what I learned from your mother. And as I said, I despise your mother because she still...can't escape at the end. Open the fate of ordinary women being used by men."

"You go, I'm tired."

"There should be no second conversation like this."

Fan Xian bowed his head and saluted. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the gentle curve of the Eldest Princess. He thought about what the Eldest Princess said, and smiled slightly. The reaction after being exploited by men

The eldest princess looked at his back calmly, hoping that her words today could plant that poisonous flower in Fan Xian's heart.

She immediately raised her head and looked at the night sky above the palace, rubbing her fingers slightly, as if recalling some kind of curve, frowning and thinking, which palace will the emperor's brother spend the night tonight

Without pity, without touch, without reflection, Fan Xian left Guangxin Palace very directly, and walked towards the city in front of the palace under the light of the eunuch's lantern.

His back was a little wet, not because of fear, but because of some very complicated emotions. He couldn't help thinking of the first time he entered Guangxin Palace to massage the eldest princess. At that time, he rested his fingers on the temple next to the beauty's hair, always worried about being assassinated in the palace.

Thinking about it now, Fan Xian was so politically naive back then.

Now, Fan Xian of course understands that politics is the most untouchable taboo in the world, which is dark, dirty, and bloody. It's just that he has been tightly embracing these things since he was born, so he must do it more thoroughly and hide it better than everyone else.

The eldest princess is very calm tonight. But Fan Xian knew that, just as the gentler the smile on his face, the stronger the killing intent in his heart, the calmer the eldest princess's expression was, the crazier she became....

Walking all the way to Qiancheng, watching the faint yellow lanterns swaying in front of him, Fan Xian calmly analyzed what he saw and heard that night. As for the poison that the eldest princess wanted to plant, Fan Xian himself It has already been planted, but it has been covered up very well.

How crazy will the eldest princess be? Is it as the old father-in-law in Wuzhou guessed? But Fan Xian still couldn't figure out where to find this kind of opportunity... He suddenly thought that the eldest princess didn't mention Lin Ruofu who was far away in Wuzhou tonight.

Judging from Fan Xian's understanding of that period of the past, the eldest princess may not necessarily be ruthless to Lin Xiangye. It is indeed a bit strange to be like this tonight. It seems that the woman's life has indeed changed in recent times.

"alternatives?"

Fan Xian frowned, and whispered to himself, he looked a bit like the second prince, but it was strange that he didn't look much like the emperor's father, on the contrary, he was the cowardly prince , but vaguely resembles the appearance of the emperor.

"My lord, what is it?" the eunuch who led the way asked flatteringly.

Fan Xian laughed and said, "Scrap."

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There is a special place to rest in the palace, which is quite far away from the inner palace.

When His Majesty the Emperor was busy with government affairs more than ten years ago, he often handled state affairs overnight. At that time, the prime ministers and ministers had to wait in the palace, and it was often too late to return to the mansion. Therefore, the emperor made a special decree to vacate an area in the former city for these ministers to rest. use.

It's just that the Qing Kingdom is now in a peaceful and prosperous age, and there are temporary worries, the palace is no longer as busy as it used to be, and this place has been quiet for a long time.

Until today, Fan Xian lived in and came in.

It didn't take long before Fan Xian left the house, walking quietly like a ghost under the shadow of the high city wall. He grabbed a handful of remnant snow under the palace wall, carefully wiped off the faint scent of fragrance on his fingers, accelerated his speed, and walked in the direction of Jiukesong.

It is indeed extremely risky to walk alone in the palace at night, but Fan Xian knew that if he really followed his normal thinking and went out in the dead of night, then the defense force in the palace would be the tightest.

Although it was already night, there were still many people in the palace who hadn't fallen asleep. It was safer to travel unexpectedly at night.

His destination is a corner of the imperial city, close to the Huanyifang on the other side of Jiukesong. This square area is still within the scope of the imperial city, and it was the location of the Huanyi Bureau when it was first built. It was only later that there were more and more eunuchs in the palace, and many residences were built along the Huanyi Bureau, and it gradually evolved into Residence of eunuchs.

Huanyifang also has access control leading to the outside of the palace. Although it is still guarded by the guards of the imperial army, after all, the eunuchs and maids live in a mixed environment, and the access control is much looser than other places. The ministers of the imperial concubine also often pass through this place.

Fan Xian's connection with Shufang Palace is basically through this channel.

But of course he didn't want to sneak out of the palace tonight, but to meet someone.

See Hong Zhu.

The architectural planning around the clothes room is very chaotic. Between the high palace wall and the inner vermilion wall, I don’t know how many houses have been built. It is a large area densely packed. When the sky shines at night, it looks dark, like a slum in Kyoto. Generally, compared with the magnificent and powerful palaces of those nobles, they look so shabby, but they don't have that terrible feeling of loneliness. (, If you want to know what happens next, please log in, there are more chapters, support the author, support the original!)