Joy of Life: Grandmaster of the Fan Family

The young emperor of Northern Qi, Zhan Doudou, is already over twenty years old.

If this happened in Fan Bin's era, being single and childless would not be considered surprising.

But in this day and age, a person over the age of twenty still has no heir.

It will undoubtedly be criticized.

Especially when this person was the emperor of Northern Qi, there must have been more gossip behind him.

Before the little prince Ruogu was born.

Even though the emperor was still young, Zhan Doudou had already felt the pressure in this regard.

She went to seek cooperation with Fan Bin at that time, partly to find a big backer for herself.

On the other hand, it is also because I want to resolve my own worries in this regard.

It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

After the little prince was born, there was only the imperial concubine Si Lili in the harem.

The civil and military officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty had doubts, and many ministers even wrote directly to the emperor, asking him to expand his harem.

But Zhan Doudou's heir was born.

Such remarks will naturally not be as harsh as before.

At that time, no one doubted the prince's background.

After all, the little emperor Zhan Doudou has just turned 20, and it is far from the time to burn his boats. It is natural for him to have a child at this age.

Unless the emperor has never had any children and suddenly has a child in his forties or fifties, people would become suspicious.

The little emperor would not do anything wrong himself, so he must have favored Si Lili.

Then the little prince was born.

Everything will come naturally...

There was no problem with this before, but now, Zhan Doudou’s female identity has been exposed.

She also said that the child, the little prince of Northern Qi today, crawled out of her belly.

That presents a problem.

It's impossible for their empress to give birth to a child by herself, right?

Si Lili, it is even more impossible for her to have such ability?
"Who is the prince's father?"

This problem was suddenly put before all the civil and military officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

They looked at each other but couldn't come up with an answer.

To be honest, it's not their fault. After all, the news came too suddenly and they were totally unprepared.

By the time they learned the news and wanted to inquire again, it was too late.

The Jinyiwei had already completely wiped out all the clues.

It was impossible for them to find any evidence at all.

In this case, everyone can only use their brains and guess?

Those who were able to sit in high positions in the Northern Qi court were not fools.

The little emperor exposed himself openly, not afraid at all that his identity would bring any trouble to the little prince.

That proves that either the little emperor is absolutely sure of winning against Doudou.

Either the identity of the little prince's father is extraordinary.

Combining the little prince's birthday, it is not difficult for them to calculate when the child was conceived.
Furthermore, it is easy for them to draw conclusions.

"When the Daqing delegation came to Beijing!"

When a minister came to this conclusion, not to mention others, even he himself subconsciously widened his eyes and opened his mouth as if he could swallow an egg.

"Ridiculous. This is ridiculous!"

"No matter what your majesty does, you wouldn't go so far as to do this."

Faced with this conclusion, it seems that no one is willing to accept it.

But in their hearts, they couldn't help but think about it.

Is it possible that it is true?

Even though they would never admit it, it is not groundless.

It is not difficult to communicate with the little emperor.

After all, there was a period of time when the little emperor was not in the palace at all, but hid away from the summer heat.

At that time, the eyes of the court would naturally not be on the little emperor.

Now that I think about it, everything has a traceable origin.

It is estimated that the reason why the little emperor chose to leave at that time was to give birth to a prince.

Compared to hiding inside the palace, the probability of being noticed is much smaller when hiding outside.

As it turned out, the little emperor was successful.

Since then, no one has doubted...

But before that, the little emperor did not hide out of the palace. It was not so easy for outsiders to enter the palace and have secret dealings with the little emperor.

This huge palace looks solemn and airtight.

In fact, to these famous ministers of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he was just a decoration.

There are holes everywhere in it, and messages everywhere.

If they wanted to, they could even find out what the little emperor had for dinner.
It is almost impossible for an ordinary man to pass through such a place without alerting others.

In other words, the person who could secretly communicate with their little emperor must be an extremely skilled master.

Ordinary ninth-grade ones are not enough.

The palace is heavily guarded. Although all kinds of rumors are circulating, it is another matter if an assassin wants to enter the palace to commit an assassination.

Not only the emperor of Daqing would be assassinated, but the young emperor of Northern Qi was no exception.

Therefore, there are many masters in the palace, and there are also elite Jinyiwei guarding it.

If one wants to avoid the sight of these masters, one must have skills far beyond those of an ordinary ninth-grade master.

Above the ninth rank, there is even the Grand Master.

After such a screening, there were not many candidates who could stay in the capital of Northern Qi.

According to what they knew, there were only five or six of them in total.

The national teacher Ku He, the saint Haitang Duoduo, and the ninth-grade Langtao.

Then, there was Fan Bin, the fifth grandmaster in the world, and Fan Xian, who had already broken through to the ninth rank at that time.

Even if they are unwilling to admit it in their hearts.

Looking closely at the five candidates, they could easily eliminate two.

The first is the Begonia.

Although Saint Begonia spent the most time in the palace, she was the least likely to be suspected.

But she is a woman.

Two women can't give birth to a child?

Therefore, the suspicion of Saint Haitang Duoduo can be easily ruled out.

Then there is the national teacher Ku He.

Among the civil and military officials of Northern Qi, many people did not like what the Imperial Master Ku He did. But this did not mean that they did not admire the character of their own Imperial Master.

Do you think their national teacher could do such a thing?

Even if you kill them, they won't believe it.

After excluding these two, the remaining three are very likely to be suspects.

Although Lang Tao is a generation older than the little emperor, he is still a man after all, and a young man at that.

He is highly suspicious.

Even in terms of his status, he can indeed help the little emperor to a certain extent.

Judging from these points of view, the probability of wolf peach is not small.

But when the civil and military officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty really discussed this matter, they always felt that it was not the case.

Putting Wolf Peach and the Little Emperor together, they don't match in any way.

Instead, it was the Fan brothers.

These two brothers are not only skilled in martial arts, but also have impeccable looks.

They have good character, ability, and good looks... Even though they belong to different camps, we can look at these two brothers from their perspective.

They also sincerely felt that the two brothers were quite attractive to girls.

Especially when thinking about the chaos that Northern Qi fell into after Fan Bin broke through to the Grandmaster level.

At that time, Northern Qi and Daqing were in confrontation.

As Fan Bin broke through and became a Grandmaster, the original balance was completely broken.

There were three masters in the entire Qing Kingdom.

From the perspective of the Northern Qi Dynasty at that time, their elite army had just suffered a defeat, and Shangshanhu, who was like a god of war, almost lost his life.

Fan Bin, who was manipulating all this behind the scenes, broke through and became a grandmaster.

This is God's will to destroy the Great Qi.

It was also at that time that many Northern Qi officials secretly wrote letters to Daqing, expressing their desire to surrender.

It is true that they are fence-sitters, but they were able to make such a decision at the time, which was obviously after careful consideration.

At that time, they seemed to have seen the end of Northern Qi.

Unexpectedly, the situation turned around in the end.

Fan Bin, who was about to overwhelm the Great Qi, ended up staying in Qi for 10 months.

They didn't leave until the little prince gave birth.

Considering that Daqing had been destroyed at that time, Fan Bin became the monarch of the Huaxia Empire.

Everything happened just as planned. The dynasty had just changed over there, and the identity of the Northern Qi Empress was exposed here.

Is it possible to say that all this is just a coincidence, regardless of whether others believe it or not?
Anyway, many civil and military officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty did not believe it.

"The little prince Ruogu is the son of the invincible Grandmaster Fan Bin!"

Although many civil and military officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty had already guessed the truth of the matter.

But they didn't dare say it out loud.

After all, this matter is too bizarre and too unbelievable.

To be honest, it is even a bit humiliating to the country.

The little prince has the blood of people from other countries flowing in his veins. Just thinking about it makes people feel a chill down their spine.

But what can they do?

The little prince's mother is the current empress and the most noble person in Northern Qi.

Moreover, the empress at this time was not just a figurehead like in previous years. At that time, Zhan Doudou had no power at all.

The current empress has already taken control of the imperial army and completely controlled the Imperial Guards, and even most of the court officials have been won over.

If the empress did not have such confidence, it would have been impossible for her to arrest so many officials at once.

You know, if the empress can't stabilize the situation at this time, there will be big trouble in the future.

Zhan Doudou not only did this, but also succeeded.

What does this mean?
This shows that the Northern Qi Dynasty is now completely under the control of the empress.

Those who dared to raise objections were also arrested at this time. The rest were either the empress's subordinates or the weak ones who chose to be fence-sitters at the time.

It is simply unrealistic to expect them to speak up for justice at this time.

They couldn't possibly have that kind of courage.

On the contrary, those who were arrested, led by Bao Bu Tong, were more principled.

Too bad they're not here now.

This is just the Northern Qi side. If we also take Daqing into consideration, it is now the Chinese Empire.

They dared not speak out anymore.

He was the invincible grandmaster who killed Emperor Qing and became famous in a battle at Mount Dadong.

Even the legendary temple messenger was like a child in the hands of that man.

Don't they know how much they are worth?

Go fight with the Empress of Northern Qi, go fight with the monarch of the Huaxia Empire, go fight with the invincible grandmaster.

Wouldn't that just make yourself uncomfortable?

Although the ministers who guessed the answer did not say it out loud, such rumors still spread throughout the Northern Qi Dynasty.

With the lessons learned from the past, everyone has now figured out what this rumor is all about.

In the past, they thought it was a rumor and that it was groundless.

Now it seems that all this was premeditated.

This man and woman seemed to have discussed it beforehand to pave the way for their precious son.

The officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty did not dare to speak out against it.

The empress is now in control of everything, and both Sean and Shen Zhong have become her lackeys.

These two do whatever the empress says.

No discount at all.

When I think of my colleagues who are now in jail.

The civil and military officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty dared not say anything.

Some of them even secretly felt lucky that they had had the foresight to recognize the talent and joined the empress's camp in advance.

Otherwise, wouldn't they be unable to receive this enormous wealth?
Just when everyone thought that this matter would proceed smoothly.

Unexpected changes occurred.

The incident started with a student studying at Kyoto Academy.

When the news that Xiao Ruogu was Fan Bin's son spread, almost all the students had made up their minds.

They wanted to wait for the empress to speak.

As long as the empress said that this was not true, they were going to support Zhan Doudou even if they could not accept a empress emotionally.

After all, this is just a special case.

The throne of the Northern Qi monarch will eventually fall to the crown prince.

But the Empress did not speak...

At that time, they also hoped that the officials in the court would speak up for justice.

But once again they were disappointed.

Those guys played deaf and dumb, and no one stood up at this time.

So much so that things have reached a dead end until now.

These students who are studying have a sense of righteousness in their hearts.

They believe that officialdom should be open and honest, and they believe that everyone should be upright.

But reality slapped them hard in the face.

It turned out that when the empress was unwilling, those gentlemen who shook their heads in front of them were just a bunch of yes-men.

Maybe there are some who would rather break than bend.

But the news they received was that those upright gentlemen who would rather break than bend were now all thrown into jail.

"What kind of world is this?"

"Our Great Qi has always been the leader among all nations, but now it has fallen to the point where treacherous parties run rampant, and the world is dark and dark."

"In order to protect our country, the men of Daqi fought to the death with Qing Gou. Many men shed their blood on the battlefield to keep Daqi alive. Now, in this court, there is a scandal that has tarnished the royal bloodline."

"Could it be that Northern Qi would have to recognize a child with Daqing blood as the emperor of Northern Qi?"

"Or does Your Majesty intend to use the beautiful land of Northern Qi as a dowry?"

The students' passionate speeches quickly resonated with others.

Soon after, many students, including many peddlers and hawkers, rushed to tell others.

Thinking of my deceased loved ones.

These people were united in their determination and would never allow a child with Daqing blood to become the emperor of Northern Qi.

This is a great disgrace.

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(End of this chapter)