"Ruthless is not necessarily a real hero, how can Lianzi not be a husband?" Haitang repeated slowly, and the usual smile returned to Xuan's face, leading Fan Xian into the small temple wooden door.
"Lord Fan." Si Lili bowed his head, and Fan Xian returned the salute with a warm and distant smile, "When did Miss Si enter the capital?"
"Thanks to my lord, I entered Beijing three days ago. I have a safe trip, thank you for your concern." Si Lili slowly lowered her eyes. She was still wearing the lake green light shirt she had on the trip. It was already hot at this time, so she was naturally not afraid. catch a cold.
Fan Xian whispered a few more words to her.
Haitang watched calmly from the side, but a smile flashed in her eyes, how could the strangeness on the faces of these two people escape her gaze. Fan Xian also felt a little strange at this time, why did Haitang bring herself to the temple where Si Lili lived, and where were the palace nuns who had been serving Si Lili? Didn't Haitang know that as a foreign minister, it was appropriate to keep a distance of three thousand miles from the woman the Northern Qi Emperor wanted
"This is where I live." Haitang explained Fan Xian's doubts, "It's not convenient for Lili to enter the palace now, so Your Majesty asked me to take care of it for her."
Fan Xian smiled wryly, and then remembered that Si Lili had said that the two girls beside him were handkerchiefs in the Northern Qi Palace. He suddenly thought of one thing, could it be that Ku He also lived in the palace? Although the temple was remote, Fan Xian still had some taboos. He just chatted a few words and said to Haitang, "I'm waiting for the girl outside." Before Haitang and Si Lili could reply, he went out, in the courtyard outside wait.
After he went out, Haitang quietly glanced at Si Lili, and after a long silence, she suddenly said, "I'll bring him to you to have a look, do you have anything to say to him?"
Si Lili raised his head, a look of bewilderment flashed across that extremely charming face, and he said softly, "I said before, I don't want to see him, and I guess he doesn't want to see me either. I don't know how to blame you. Haitang, you are too nonsense, even if you are Ku He's disciple, you should do less of such taboo things."
Haitang smiled softly and said: "Just to see what you are afraid of, our Majesty is not a narrow-minded person."
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In another elegant and clean small room, wisps of fragrance gradually permeated the meditation room, and the tea on the table mixed with the amber color of the furniture made people feel very peaceful.
"Why on earth did you bring me to see Si Lili?" Fan Xian sat cross-legged on the other side of the coffee table, frowning, and finally there was some trouble on that clean and dusty face. Regarding Sean's matter, he was working hard to arrange it, but Si Lili was a hot potato.
"I said Yan Bingyun earlier." Haitang said with a smile: "I want to see if Mr. Fan is the same as ordinary filth in the world."
"The idea of turbidity is novel and absurd."
"Master Fan hasn't read The Story of the Stone?" Haitang seemed a little surprised.
Fan Xian's heart skipped a beat, and he didn't respond to this sentence. He just said with a wry smile, "Miss Haitang, have you misunderstood something? Miss Si Lili is just a key criminal I escorted along the way, and she is just a subject matter in the agreement. There is no connection between them."
"My lord has misunderstood me." Haitang said softly, "Today, my lord is invited to sit down in the humble house. I really need my lord's help with something."
"What is it?" Fan Xian said very directly.
Haitang said with a smile: "Actually, it is the matter that His Majesty was worried about when he left Lord Fan in the palace last time."
Fan Xian glanced at her and found that the girl's ordinary face could easily make people feel close, so he asked curiously: "Obviously, at that time, His Majesty didn't want you to know his troubles."
Haitang gently rolled up the sleeve of her right hand with her left hand, brought a small teacup to her lips with two fingers, took a sip slowly, and said: "Your Majesty really didn't want me to know at first, but his troubles have been with me for many years. Apart from me, there are not many people who are willing to help him solve this trouble in the Great Qi Dynasty."
"I have never understood." Fan Xian certainly guessed what the young emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty was worrying about at this time, and said with a smile: "Since the ruling and opposition parties have such great objections to Si Lili's entry into the palace, why did the emperor of your country still Do you want to go your own way? Looking at the current situation, since Si Lili can only temporarily stay at Miss Haitang's residence, the Empress Dowager will not allow her to enter the palace."
"Master Fan suspects that there is something hidden behind this matter?"
"That's right. I never believed that the Emperor's family had such a thing as feelings." For some reason, Fan Xian was slightly unhappy, and his words became much sharper.
Haitang was startled, stared at him quietly, and said after a while: "Emperors are human too, how can we be accurate about matters between men and women?"
Fan Xian shook his head, thinking of the emperors in the previous world, maybe Tang Xuanzong was a different kind, but in the end Yang Guifei still turned into a ray of fragrant soul in Maweipo
"Lord Fan is already married." Haitang said unintentionally.
Fan Xian froze for a moment, then thought of his wife at home, and the first meeting before the incense case in the Qing Temple, and a smile full of happiness appeared on the corner of his lips.
Haitang paid attention to his facial expression, sighed in her heart, and said with a smile on her face, "I heard that Master Fan and his wife are very close, if someone prevents you two from being together, what will you do?"
Fan Xian raised his eyebrows and didn't answer, but if anyone in this world dares to be caught between himself and Wan'er, he must be seeking his own death. Gradually, he seemed to understand the mood of the young emperor in the palace. —But thinking that the object of the other party's admiration is Si Lili, Fan Xian still feels a little strange in his heart—even though the agreement between him and Si Lili is only a relationship of mutual use.
Haitang's invitation was actually Fan Xian's wish. If Si Lili could not enter the palace, the only loss would be Qing's Overwatch Council. He just couldn't guess why the other party thought of looking for him.
Haitang said: "From the government to the public, no one is willing to help His Majesty welcome Si Lili into the palace. Your Excellency should be aware that there is something wrong with Lili's status in the south. After all, because of my status, I have no say in this matter. "
Fan Xian sneered, "She's working hard for you Northern Qi." Then he asked, "Do I have any right to speak? I'm just a foreign minister. After Wu crossed the river, this matter shouldn't have anything to do with me." gone."
Haitang smiled and said: "Your Majesty and I just want to use your wisdom, Mr. Fan."
Fan Xian couldn't help but laugh, and gently flattened the flying hair on the top of his head with his fingers, and said, "Miss Haitang really loves me."
Haitang said calmly: "Master Fan was originally an unknown person, but within a short period of time, he has become a generation of poets who have attracted the attention of the world. He is a powerful figure in the Southern Dynasty. If Mr. Fan is not wise, no one in this world will believe it."
"I will think of a way, but I don't know if it will work." Fan Xian took a few sips of tea and drank it in one gulp, and said coldly, "The key is the Queen Mother. If the Queen Mother is not willing, there is no way to succeed."
Haitang stood up and bowed slightly: "Thanks in advance."
"It seems that the girl and Si Lili have a strong bond." Fan Xian bowed in return, and said quietly, "If I ask the girl for help in the future, I hope the girl will remember the bond between you and me today."
Haitang responded blankly: "As long as it doesn't interfere with the government affairs of this country, I promise everything."
Fan Xian said: "Don't worry, what I want to ask you to do may never happen. If it happens, it's just an internal problem of our Qing Kingdom, and you don't need to go against the natural way you've been pursuing all your life."
"That's good." Haitang felt a little relieved.
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As the official envoy of the Southern Dynasty, Fan Xian had to be under the supervision of the Northern Qi court for all his actions in Shangjing. This was a tacit understanding and habit in the diplomatic affairs of both sides, so it was extremely difficult to have the opportunity to move freely. But today was an exception, because Fan Xian was walking with Miss Haitang, and Miss Haitang obviously didn't like the mice in Jinyiwei, so she walked with umbrellas all the way, seemingly strolling in the garden, but she threw away all the dark spots, believe those Jin Yiwei didn't have the guts to still follow the two after Haitang expressed obvious hostility.
After coming out of the wonderful little temple where the two girls lived, Fan Xian stretched his waist and found that there was no familiar Jin Yiwei at the corner of the street. With a happy smile on his face, he walked towards an alley at the corner of the street. walked in.
There was no sunshine after the rain, only the dewdrops that occasionally fell from the branches were blown by the breeze, and slid across his cheeks.
Thinking of Si Lili and the emperor, Fan Xian still didn't understand, but the topic Haitang mentioned just now made this seventeen-year-old man return to the capital with all his heart, back to his wife and sister, feeling homesick. It began to rise, and a warm feeling began to fill my chest.
Pedestrians occasionally pass by the alley, and some coolies are pushing carts and taking a shortcut to the work shop. Fan Xian walked slowly towards the alley with that gentle smile on his face.
A cart pushed over from behind him, and when it passed by, Fan Xian flipped his wrist, and stabbed the black dagger in his palm sideways!
With a muffled sound, the dagger plunged into the throat of the spy dressed as a coolie, and the cold blade pierced into the flesh, and the man fell to the ground instantly.
The next moment, Fan Xian was already stepping on the cart that was about to overturn, and he floated to the end of the alley like a shadow. With a poisonous needle between his fingers, he stuck it into a man's chest hole, and his left hand was pierced through the right armpit in a strange way. Out, three crossbow arrows were fired at once, nailing to death the other man who was full of astonishment.
With a backhand palm, the paralyzed and immobile man's cervical spine was chopped into pieces. Fan Xian took off his clothes, turned over, covered his head and face with the rain hat, covered his sunny smile, and pulled out the dead man's neck. The crossbow arrow walked out of the alley.