Fan Xian rode on the horse, his buttocks felt a little uncomfortable. He smiled and thought about the Second Highness before, and the familiar feeling still lingered in his heart. He naturally knew that this first meeting was the so-called time when the so-called shallow conversation cannot be deep. As for the internal treasury and other things, there was no need to mention it, it was just a meeting.
He turned to the branch of tender green river willow facing him, and asked Li Hongcheng who was beside him: "Your Highness the Second Highness just wants to see me today?"
Li Hongcheng replied with a smile: "He is your admirer, and you happened to be married to Princess Chen, so he used the name of his brother-in-law to see what a generation of poets looks like."
Fan Xian was startled, how could he have imagined such a reason, he smiled wryly and shook his head, and after a long while, he suddenly sighed and said, "Why does this Second Highness always look familiar to me?"
Li Hongcheng has been with him for several months, and he knew that he was tough in his bones and gentle on the surface, but he tried his best to maintain a calm appearance except for the occasional madness. He just met face to face."
Fan Xian smiled wryly and shook his head, thinking that although the second prince was handsome, he was not sister Lin after all, and he was not good at Long Yang, so why he could never forget him so much, he couldn't help but smiled a little.
At this time Li Hongcheng was looking at him curiously, and seeing him pursing his lips into a smile, he suddenly froze, stared blankly for a long time, and then murmured: "I know why you think His Highness the Second Highness looks familiar."
Fan Xian opened his eyes wide and asked curiously, "Why?"
Li Hongcheng made an expression that is used to vomiting: "Because you two sometimes like to smile shyly like girls."
Fan Xian was taken aback for a moment, quickly suppressed the smile on his lips, and said with a bitter face, "That's it?"
Looking at Fan Xian's beautiful face, Li Hongcheng felt a sudden chill, and said, "You two have similar auras, you really look like women."
"Bullshit." Fan Xian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and then his heart moved, maybe... that Second Highness really resembles him in some respects, he shook his head, drove away some shocking doubts that were lingering in his mind, and smiled again , The son felt disgusted again, so he waved his whip and urged the horse to run towards the capital.
All the way along the river, the horses were running fast, the spring breeze was blowing in, and the green willows by the river were also rushing in. Fan Xian didn't bother to hide, so he transported the domineering true energy to his face, full of shame, and shocked those willows. Open, let the horse be happy.
After a while, he separated the prince and the guards by a certain distance, and the horse was a little tired, and gradually slowed down. Sitting on the horse, Fan Xian subconsciously turned his head to look at the surface of the water. He saw that he had already detoured for a while, and came to a place where there were a lot of flower boats. In the distance, there was a flower boat that was dusty and was leaning against the bank desolately. Compared with the charming benefactors and colorful prostitute boats in the river, it is even more miserable.
Fan Xian narrowed his eyes slightly, and guessed that it must be Mrs. Si Ling's flower boat. There used to be the most popular woman in Kyoto and the most popular place in Kyoto on this flower boat, but now it has become like this. Seeing the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but think of Si Lili who is still living a miserable life in the prison of the Overwatch Council. After the spring, the Qing Dynasty court will let Si Lili go back to Northern Qi, and he happened to be this The host of this time, I don't know what it will be like when we meet again.
Back then in the prison, he used drugs, words, and psychological offensives to trick out from that woman that Wu Boan was the mastermind behind the assassination of him, and he had promised to let her go, and he had even sent a very poisonous oath. Originally, Fan Xian was not prepared to admit his guilt afterward, but he did not expect that things would turn out like this later.
The corners of his lips twitched slightly, and as Li Hongcheng said, he smiled very softly, thinking that he could count himself as a promise.
There was a rush of horseshoes behind him, Li Hongcheng also threw off the guards, and followed him alone. The two horses stopped at the water's edge at the same time, quietly watching the peaceful and prosperous scene in the lake, occasionally glancing at the decaying place. .
After a while, Li Hongcheng said softly: "The night you beat Guo Baokun, you drank with me on that flower boat."
Fan Xian smiled and said, "We still spent the night on that flower boat."
"Why?" Li Hongcheng glanced at him, and said, "Is it possible that you feel pity again now? Your status is different from mine now, not to mention Si Lili who is still in prison, but to talk about the many horrible things on the water. Man, if you are as happy every night as I am, I am afraid that the next day the palace will send the guards to beat you up."
Fan Xian responded with a wry smile: "I don't have these thoughts, I just feel something when I look at the flower boat."
"Wu Bo'an is not from your father-in-law." Li Hongcheng thought he didn't know these secrets, so he reminded him in a low voice.
"I know, the other party belongs to the Eldest Princess." Fan Xian replied softly, "But since the Eldest Princess is no longer in Beijing, I naturally don't bother to think about these issues."
"Don't forget that the eldest princess has a very good relationship with the empress, and she is the most favored by the empress dowager, and... the crown prince has always trusted her in these years." Li Hongcheng glanced at him quietly, as if he wanted to use these words to express something.
Fan Xian smiled and said: "You can say what you want to say directly. The second prince and I met for the first time, and there are some things that are naturally inconvenient to say. Since I got rid of the guards, I just want to talk to you in private."
The two horses walked forward slowly, and the heads of the horses occasionally rubbed against each other to express affection. Li Hongcheng pushed aside the green willow branches in front of him, and said softly:
"After you come back from Beiqi, you will probably be in charge of the internal treasury. Both the East Palace and the Second Prince need you. I think you understand this very well."
Fan Xian smiled and was speechless, listening to the other party continue talking.
"Although the East Palace is showing favor to you now, it is because the Eldest Princess left Beijing. Although I don't know why the Eldest Princess hates you so much, I know that in the heart of the East Palace, a thousand of you are worth a lot. It’s not worth the words of the eldest princess, so you can’t trust the East Palace.” Li Hongcheng said seriously: “You and I are family friends, and you and I are also friends, so I want to remind you that if you really want to fall, then Publicly or privately, I hope you can fall to that side."
He pointed to a lonely mountain on the other side of the cave. The back of the mountain was cut off by a forest, forming a word two.
"What a coincidence." Fan Xian followed his fingers and looked over, and shook his head with a wry smile: "Queuing up is a very stupid thing, Hongcheng, I advise you not to stand in line too early."
"It's not a coincidence, that's the other courtyard of His Highness the Second Highness." Li Hongcheng smiled and said, "Your statement is very similar to that of your father, but there are always many things to do in the world."
Fan Xian shook his head disapprovingly: "After seeing the second prince today, I feel very strange. Why does such a crystal-like person refuse to be a peaceful prince like Prince Jing?"
When Li Hongcheng heard him talking about his father, his eyes gradually turned cold, and his smile, which was as warm as a spring breeze, disappeared. You can avoid it. You should remember how the first emperor, that is, my grandfather, ascended to the throne. The two princes were assassinated on the same day. How smelly was the bloody wind in Kyoto at that time? If you could go back to the past , do you want to ask why those two people refused to let go?"
Fan Xian's heart turned cold, and he forced a smile to hide his inner emotions, and said, "It was not long after the founding of the country, and the current peaceful scene was different. If the second prince would give way, the East Palace might not be the same. You see, Prince Jing is in the mansion every day. Isn't it very happy to grow flowers and grass? The second prince can see that he really likes the way of literature, why can't he learn from your father?"
"You have seen Your Majesty, and you have seen the Eldest Princess. My father is the second in line, but you can see that he is already an old man." Li Hongcheng said with a half-smile: "Will it really be good to give in? There is always a feeling of sadness and resentment in my father's heart, although I don't know the reason, but I think it's not the dilapidated things of the emperor's house."
In fact, Prince Jing's son really guessed wrong the real reason why Prince Jing is now willing to work as a flower farmer.
Fan Xian frowned and said, "But you shouldn't be so close to the second prince. No matter from which point of view, he is the most unlikely person." Straightforward.
After Li Hongcheng heard this, he was slightly startled, and then a smile appeared on his face. Knowing that Fan Xian really regarded himself as a friend, he softly responded with emotion: "If the parents bring some desserts and put them in front of the children, we must first express If you want to eat by yourself, then when your parents distribute the food later, you will be the first to think of you."
Fan Xian smiled and said, "The second prince has been expressing his attitude."
"That's right." Li Hongcheng looked away from Fan Xian's face, looked at the veins of Cangshan Mountain that were faintly visible in the sky far away from the hill across the Liujing River, and said softly, "The late Emperor was lucky because he only had one son. , Your Majesty is considered lucky, because he only has three sons, but... after His Royal Highness returns, you don't know what problems will arise, so Second Highness, you must first express your attitude and strive for all the strength you can."
"I still don't understand why you chose him."
"It's a very simple reason." Li Hongcheng said with a smile, "I think he is more pleasing to the eye."
Fan Xian raised his brows, knowing that the words might be true or false, and he couldn't believe them all, but he just looked at the gentle smile of Prince Jing's son, without any expression on his face. He is not a noble person who wants to be alone. He knows that there are many things in this world that he cannot hide from, so from the very beginning, he never thought of hiding.
The man is alive, the word is happy - of course, there may be more things in this process.
Before entering the city, Li Hongcheng naturally said that he was going to sit in a certain building. Fan Xian was naturally too lazy to accompany him, so he raised his hand to say goodbye. At the time of saying goodbye, this prince who loves flamboyant careers said something with a half-smile : "The second prince wants to meet you first, because after the test, you probably won't be able to escape the prince's invitation."
Fan Xian shivered slightly, and heard a hint of information revealed in the other party's words. Although he is not qualified enough to mark the competition in the future, he will definitely guard at the Taixue and the Ministry of Rites.