girl let me check

Chapter 344 Royal Sister
On the morning of the next day, Fang Weihan went to the military camp first and inspected the training situation of the East Palace Guards.

The Changyuan Iron Guards brought by Yang Fengqi were serious and responsible, perhaps to match the super high salary offered to them by Fang Weihan. They were very enthusiastic about their work.

Not only the officers of the Changyuan Iron Guard, but also the soldiers of these new armies.

Fang Weihan's salary for them reached eight taels of silver per month, far exceeding the salary of all the troops in Zhou Dynasty. This level of salary is even higher than the monthly salary of a ninth-grade official in the empire.

Of course, this is if they exclude gray income.

He finished the routine official duties and handed over the remaining less important parts to the paperwork in the Changyuan Iron Guard. Fang Weihan himself turned back to Changming City and headed to the East Palace where the imperial prince lived.

Due to the unexpected birth of Princess Changming, Changming East Palace, which was originally deserted in front of the palace, now has an endless stream of people coming and going outside the palace walls.

Since the training work of the East Palace Guards has not yet been fully started, the current East Palace Guards are managed by Fang Zun's Tiger Guards.

Fang Weihan showed his Baize Jade Talisman and was able to enter the East Palace.

This palace has been vacant for twenty years, and many of the floor tiles have cracks. Even after a rough cleaning, if you are careful, you can still find moss that has not been cleaned in the cracks of the bricks.

The desolate and dilapidated palace regained some vitality because of Fang Tang's arrival, like a new sprout growing from a dead tree.

As he approached the main hall of the East Palace, the Huben guards stationed at the gate recognized him, saluted respectfully, and prepared to pass the message inside.

Fang Weihan waved his hand to stop their behavior:

"Is Her Royal Highness meeting guests?"

As a martial arts cultivator who has ascended to the gods, Fang Weihan's hearing is much sharper than ordinary people.

From the closed thick door, he could faintly hear the conversation inside the palace.

Huben Wei replied respectfully: "Exactly."

"Who are you meeting?"

"He is from Wang Boguang Wangshe of the Uehara Wang family."

Wang Boguang?
Fang Weihan frowned and couldn't help but glance at the closed palace door.

Is he here to see Fang Tang?
"Since Her Royal Highness the Princess is meeting guests, I will wait here for a while."

Fang Weihan walked to the side of the palace wall and began to think about Wang Boguang's purpose here.

The emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not have many requirements for personal abilities. Among the many heirs to the throne, who would eventually become the emperor mainly depended on the attitude of the eight-surname family.

Which family will take the throne is actually equivalent to a disguised referendum of the eight surnames, and families that achieve their own political speculation will also receive preferential treatment during the emperor's reign.

This system has been running for a thousand years and has almost never made any mistakes. It has become a universal law for the succession of emperors in the Zhou Dynasty.

But these two recent times are a bit special.

The first is the handover between Fang Zun and Fang Tu. In fact, Fang Zun was not the first candidate for the crown prince at the beginning. He was not liked by Fang Tu, but he was elected to the throne by the Uehara Wang family against all opinions.

However, after more than ten years of accumulation of strength, Fang Zun has become quite capable. He keenly noticed the golden opportunity of conflict between the Uehara Wang family and the Lanling Xiao family, and gradually got rid of the influence of the Uehara Wang family and moved toward confrontation.

Uehara Wang's political investments went bankrupt.

And the other time... was the handover of the throne between Fang Tang and Fang Zun.

Since Fang Zun did not like women during his reign and had very few concubines in the harem, he only had two heirs after seventeen years of rule. However, the blood concentration of these two heirs is not up to par, and their personal ethics are lacking, making it difficult to convince all parties.

Seeing that Fang Zun's reign was getting longer day by day, he had no plans to have another child. The eight surnames had no choice but to contact the two kings of Qin and Jin first, but the major families who had concerns finally held back.

Even if the blood concentration is not high enough, one can still ascend the throne by force, but the price is that the reign time is greatly shortened. It takes a lot of political assets to support the emperor to ascend the throne, and no one wants to spend so many resources to help the guy who ascends the throne to be a short-lived ghost who reigns for less than ten years.

They are all waiting secretly to see if there will be a new candidate for the throne.

At this critical moment, Fang Tang appeared.

Just like Yun Shu's considerations when selecting his target, the major families soon discovered that Fang Tang had all the qualities that the Emperor of Zhou needed.

She was from a humble background and had no power to back her up. The concentration of her blood is high enough to carry the world's destiny without dying, which is enough to recoup the additional investment in her. As long as Fang Tang's character and ability pass the test, she is already the perfect candidate for emperor.

In fact, it doesn't matter even if Fang Tang's personal qualities are a little inferior. Her other conditions are much better than those of the Qin and Jin kings, and she is already the only choice for the Zhou family.

I guess Wang Boguang came here to try to offer a price to reach a cooperation with Fang Tang.

Fang Weihan was leaning against the courtyard wall. It was midsummer, and the birds above his head were chirping noisily.

He knew Fang Tang, that stubborn princess would not accept any cooperation from the Uehara Wang family.

But that was her previous life.

After learning the truth about her mother's death, experiencing her father's betrayal, and now that the boundaries between life and death have been blurred, Fang Weihan is somewhat unsure of what kind of attitude she will adopt to face these things.

If Fang Tang really falls to the Uehara Wang family...

Fang Weihan's eyes narrowed.

The main door of the East Palace opened, and Wang Boguang came out, and was escorted off by Fang Tang himself.
Both of them had smiles on their faces, and they seemed to be having a great conversation just now.

"Wang Sheren, go slowly, I will be sent here."

Fang Tang stopped in front of the white stone pillars outside the door and nodded slightly to Wang Boguang.

"Thank you for sending me off, Your Highness. It seems that our opinions will not differ in the future."

Wang Boguang saluted, and his sweeping gaze also noticed Fang Weihan by the wall.

"Wei Chen retire."

He walked towards Fang Weihan and stood three steps in front of him.

"General Fang, you're fine."

Wang Boguang's eyes are narrow and slender, which look just right on a woman, but look a bit feminine and mean on a man. Coupled with his skin color, which is lighter than that of some women, no wonder people all over the world believe that the eldest son of the original Wang family has a male-female appearance.

It is quite in line with his character of a person who is determined to retaliate against others.

From Huanhualou to Shaxuyi, and then to Wang Zhongguang's incident, Wang Boguang had made many fatal revenges on Fang Weihan secretly, but he had resolved them one by one.

Wang Boguang has been quiet a lot lately, but Fang Weihan knows that after so many bad things happened to him, he will never let it go.

"Wangsheren."

Fang Weihan nodded and did not intend to pay attention to him.

This man is cunning and insidious, and I have no confidence that I can win a verbal confrontation with him. His younger brother died in his own hands, yet Wang Boguang could actually take the initiative to come over and talk to him with a cheerful face. His temperament alone was better than ninety-nine percent of the children of aristocratic families.

As the saying goes, too much talk leads to mistakes, so the best strategy is not to talk to him.

There are specialties in the art industry, and it is more appropriate to leave the job of playing chess with such people to my dear Wanwan.

He missed Wang Boguang and moved forward.

Behind him, Wang Boguang smiled flatly:

"General Fang, aren't you curious about what I said to Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

"So what if I'm curious? I'm curious, can Wang Sheren take the initiative to tell me?"

"Of course it doesn't matter. The general wants to know, and Bo Guang naturally knows but doesn't say anything."

Wang Boguang laughed.

"Or... if the general is curious about other things, you can ask me questions, and I will naturally give you the best advice."

He seemed to mean something.

"This saves the general the time to figure it out in secret, doesn't it?"

Fang Weihan turned around and looked at him coldly.

The atmosphere between the two gradually cooled down, and the peace just now disappeared in an instant. A slightly dissatisfied word sounded after him:

"His Royal Highness Prince Guangling, do you plan to let me stand here forever?"

He looked back and saw that Fang Tang had walked out of the palace door at some point, with a pair of phoenix eyes staring straight at him.

"Your Highness is joking."

Fang Weihan no longer looked at Wang Boguang, but turned and left, following Fang Tang into the main hall.

Wang Boguang looked at the backs of the two of them thoughtfully.

After a long while, he chuckled, shook his head and left.

"The appearance is the same but the spirit is different. It will be difficult to stay for a long time and it will definitely not be extended. Ridiculous..."

……

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In the main hall of the East Palace, Fang Weihan and Fang Tang sat opposite each other, with incense burning on the purple table in front of them. Mixed with the rising mist of scalding tea, the elegant fragrance hits your nostrils.

"Thank you so much, Your Highness, for rescuing us."

Fang Weihan thanked him in advance.

"If it weren't for Your Highness, I might still be arguing endlessly with Wang Boguang."

"It's nothing to worry about. If His Highness Prince Guangling feels sorry for you, you only need to remember my feelings."

From Fang Weihan's perspective, the noble girl looked relaxed and contented, waving her hands like a proud and luxurious little peacock.

But what he didn't know was that when he saw Wang Boguang attacking him just now, the girl said those words almost without thinking.

It is not a careful decision after weighing the pros and cons, but a subconscious action without thinking.

Why is this?

It was the same last time in front of the palace, and it's the same this time. It's as if I can't bear to let him feel a little wronged...

Fang Tangzai looked at the strange vassal king in front of him carefully.

She is pretty good-looking, and can barely catch my eye. But Fang Tang doesn't think he is someone who can fall in love with others at first sight.

Could it be because of that broken notebook?

Fang Tang frowned slightly.

On the notebook that only he could see, the task of "making Prince Fang Weihan of Guangling fall in love with you" was prominently written there.

Is this thing affecting my mind?
Her eyes darkened completely and she clenched her teeth.

Nothing can influence my mind or influence my decision, not even your extraordinary power!

Don’t you want me to really fall in love with this Fang Weihan? Then I will not grant your wishes!

The girl thought indifferently.

Fang Weihan said: "Your Highness, I came here today to..."

"Don't call me Your Highness from now on, it's too harsh."

Fang Tang interrupted him.

The girl looked directly into his eyes, with an elusive look in her pupils that made him difficult to fathom.

"Since you serve as the guard of the East Palace and I live in the East Palace, we will be working together under the same roof in the future."

"Where do you rank in the clan?"

Fang Weihan hesitated for a moment: "...Ninth."

"My seniority is not easy to calculate, but since I am the Crown Prince, I should regard myself as the elder. In this case, I will call you Ninth Brother from now on, and you can call me Imperial Sister."

Fang Tang said with a smile.

Huang...sister?

The corners of Fang Weihan's mouth twitched slightly.

It was a good thing that Yun Shu was not here now, otherwise she would most likely be rolling on the floor laughing.

"Sister Royal."

Fang Weihan's imperial sister's call was quite forced.

Looking at this beautiful face that was both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time, all kinds of past experiences appeared before his eyes, and then quietly disappeared into clouds.

After all, she is not the person she remembers... The Princess Taiping who calls her teacher is just her in a parallel world, and the little girl who calls her daddy might just be a fantasy.

After a tragic incident, Yun Shu's power was exhausted and he fell into a deep sleep. He lost one of his best students, and also lost a lovely daughter.

She didn't even have time to say goodbye. She had waited for him for more than ten years, but in the end she only got a few brief apologies.

It's not fair to her...

When that incident happened, Fang Weihan was too shocked and did not think deeply about the meaning behind it. But in retrospect, everything fell into place.

When Tangtang said goodbye to her for the last time that day, she said that her mother was taking her to a place far, far away. This might be referring to Empress Ji's attempt to take her back to Nanyang.

But all of this was ultimately turned into extravagant hopes due to Fang Yuan's actions. Her mother was imprisoned and became a victim in the political struggle along with the Ji family in Nanyang.

Fang Yuan, who tried to gain power through his relatives, became disheartened and eventually became a puppet under the control of the family. He completely gave up in the great pain and became addicted to pleasure and paralyzed himself.

And for this daughter who is not like him, he can choose to kill her ruthlessly.

The fire in Changming Beigong burned for five hundred years, and the girl was reborn from Nirvana, but after all, she was not the person she knew.

Sandalwood curls and cicadas chirp. The silent summer is filled with heat waves.

He stared at Fang Tang's face, feeling a little distracted for a moment.

Naturally, the changes in the person in front of him cannot escape Fang Tang's perception.

He seemed to become very sad in an instant...as if he had lost something important.

Why is he looking at me with this expression?
Has he... seen me before? Or do I look like someone he once knew?

Countless thoughts were mixed in the girl's mind.

The cicadas are noisy and the sandalwood is pungent. In the noisy summer day, the girl was tightly wrapped in the cold.

She looked into his eyes and wanted to say something, but her throat suddenly choked.

The heart beats slightly, and the sour feeling flows through the body as the blood flows.

Is this grievance or anger? Or is it both?
"Call me imperial sister, you seem unhappy?"

Fang Tang twitched the corners of his mouth, showing an expression that looked like a smile.

"No."

He was stunned for only a moment, and Fang Weihan quickly came back to his senses.

He hides his emotions very well:
"Sister Royal."

This sound is much more natural.

(End of this chapter)