Joy of Life: The melon-eating prince sees through Fan Xian's fake death

Chapter 10: The princes fight, Li Chengze is defeated
"haven't seen you for a long time?"

Fan Xian sneered and stared at the Second Prince. "I was assassinated by Yan Xiaoyi on the way to Northern Qi, and by Xie Bian on the way back from Northern Qi. Your Highness missed me so much that he sent his subordinates to meet me many times. It can't be considered a long time since we last met, right?"

"The person who united with the Princess to try to assassinate me time and again was you!"

Li Chengze kept smiling and didn't respond, but his eyes didn't give in.

"Fan Xian, first understand your current situation. The owner of Baoyue Tower is your brother Fan Sizhe, and you are here right now. If this matter gets out, it will spread to the officials in the court and to His Majesty."

Li Chengze touched his ear, smiled and shook his head, "That must be so unpleasant to hear."

"If I say that I have nothing to do with Baoyue Tower, few people will believe it." Fan Xian smiled noncommittally and glared at Fan Sizhe beside him. His stupid younger brother had caused a big disaster and left evidence, and he now had to clean up his mess.

If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had not informed Fan Xian in advance about General Li Chengze, he would have been caught off guard.

The round-headed Fan Sizhe knew that he was in trouble, so he hung his head and dared not look at his brother.

"Actually, human trafficking is just a small matter."

Li Chengze sat down leisurely, "Fan Xian, you faked your own death and deceived the emperor, which is a real capital crime!"

After saying that, Li Chengze picked a grape and put it into his mouth to taste it, while also appreciating Fan Xian's slightly flustered expression at the moment.

That's it.

That's the look.

Fan Xian, ah Fan Xian, even though you have the talent for poetry like an immortal, even though you will hold financial power.

But you have fallen into my long-planned scheme, and you were defeated by me in the end!
Li Chengze suppressed his smile, but when he saw Fan Xian remained silent, he felt a surge of joy at victory.

"Fan Xian, even at this moment, I am still very tolerant."

Li Chengze stood up and walked in front of Fan Xian. "As long as you make friends with me, I will immediately release the mother and son of the Teng family. I can also write off the troubles of Baoyue Tower and your brother. As long as you put aside everything and choose to be my friend, all these troubles will be nothing!"

"Not a big deal?" Fan Xian sneered, and also stood up, scolding angrily: "Don't tell me that Teng Zijing's death, the human trafficking of Baoyue Tower, forcing women into prostitution, their deaths, their grievances, are not a big deal?"

Li Chengze's face was calm, and he even smiled. "Compared to you, they are nothing. I don't care about them. I care about you. As long as you are willing to form an alliance with me, these people can survive."

"There are two choices. Either reconcile with me," Li Chengze said viciously, "or die!"

"I won't reconcile!" Fan Xian had completely seen through the Second Prince's true colors. He gritted his teeth in extreme anger and said, "Li Chengze, we are not the same kind of people. You and I are destined to be enemies!"

Can't get it?
Then destroy it.

Li Chengze grinned and nodded, stepping back. From behind him came several high-ranking guards, drawing their swords and walking towards Fan Xian, "I want to see where you get the confidence from? If you become my enemy, you are doomed to live a life worse than death!"

There was a flurry of footsteps coming from downstairs of Baoyue Tower, and Li Chengze's smile shifted to Fan Xian's face.

"The Kyoto Prefecture is investigating the case, and anyone who stands in the way will be killed!"

Li Chengze suddenly pulled open the curtain.

Many black-clad officers broke into the building with knives and surrounded the men brought by the Second Prince, as well as the few remaining stewards and Yuan Meng in Baoyue Tower!

"what's the situation?"

Yuan Meng was sweating profusely.

She was just helping the second prince.

How did this group of people come and surround the Second Prince’s men?

There was a sound outside the door, and the person walking towards her was none other than Li Chengqian.

The aggressive Kyoto government officials all bowed deeply and shouted in unison: "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!!!"

"Prince? Your Highness?"

Yuan Meng's underwear was mostly wet. She stared at Li Chengqian, who was wearing a golden four-claw dragon robe and walking through a group of ferocious messengers. He was very majestic. He was completely different from the Confucian scholar who had just entered Baoyue Tower. It turned out that the person who could make Fan Xian bow his head was actually His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Pity.

No hook up.

Li Chengqian felt the burning gaze, but did not look back at all. Instead, he slowly walked towards the stairs to the room where Fan Xian and the second prince were confronting each other.

Li Chengze had already been waiting on the stairs, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Hey, second brother, we are brothers, no need to be polite."

Li Chengqian helped him up, demonstrating the friendship and respect between brothers to the fullest. Li Chengze escorted the prince into the room, with a cold look behind him, wondering why he was here.

Just at this moment Qingzhu followed the prince in. When passing by the Second Prince, he lowered his head and avoided his gaze, which made Li Chengze suspicious.

You didn’t tell me that he came to Baoyue Tower?
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【Successfully ate the melon! 】

[Eat melon: Fan Xian and the Second Prince confront each other in Baoyue Tower]

[Level: Lower Middle]

[Reward: Eloquence +10, cumulative ability: Silver tongue]

[I have mastered the art of language, and I never lose in arguments with others. My words are eloquent! ]

After Li Chengqian walked into the room, he sat down at the main table behind Fan Xian and patted him on the shoulder before sitting down at the table:

Don’t worry, I’m here to support you!

Fan Xian nodded in response, and Wang Qinian puffed out his chest after learning the inside story.

Li Chengze saw what was going on and stepped forward to ask:
"Your Highness, Fan Xian is guilty of deceiving the emperor, which is a capital crime. How dare you protect him?"

Li Chengqian played dumb, "Fan Xian? Isn't he really dead? Second brother, please don't scare me. Where is Fan Xian?"

Wang Qinian, who was hiding behind, laughed.

Even Qingzhu, who was standing behind Li Chengqian, lowered her head and couldn't help laughing.

Li Chengze narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Your Highness, what are you doing here?"

Li Chengqian sat down leisurely and drank tea. "The Kyoto Prefecture is investigating the Baoyue Tower human trafficking case. I came to see the excitement."

"Then do you know who owns the Baoyue Tower, which forces women of good families into prostitution and sells human beings?"

Li Chengze sneered and sat down together, confronting his brother.

Naturally, these trump cards have to be played one by one.

Aren't you pretending not to see Fan Xian?

Baoyue Tower is located here.

Can you still pretend not to see?

"Second brother."

Li Chengqian suddenly became worried and held Li Chengze's hand, "Could it be that this Baoyue Tower is your property? If you had told me earlier, I would have asked them to withdraw. How could you destroy your own brother's reputation?"

Li Chengze pulled his hand back, his feminine face changing from gloomy to bright, his chest rising and falling as he pointed at Fan Xian and roared, "This Baoyue Tower was built by his brother. It has nothing to do with him and the Fan family!"

Li Chengqian pretended to be stupid and looked up in thought, "Why do I remember that Miss Yuan Meng, the manager of Baoyue Tower, has a close relationship with Prince Hongcheng?"

"Hey, second brother!"

Li Chengqian moved closer to Li Chengze and said expectantly, "Isn't Hongcheng your man? Why don't you ask him to let me play with Miss Yuan Meng?"

Wang Qinian couldn't help laughing out loud, and even Fan Xian had a smile on his face. Once these words were spoken, the relationship between Li Chengze and Baoyue Tower became ambiguous.

"Don't joke, Your Highness. Yuan Meng is Hongcheng's woman and has nothing to do with me." Li Chengze forced a smile, but was broken by Li Chengqian's words.

"The people of Kyoto have a lot of imagination. If this triangle relationship gets out, second brother."

"People's words are scary."

Li Chengqian showed an innocent smile.

The corners of Li Chengze's mouth twitched, and his breathing became rapid. "Do you think I'm afraid of what people say?"

"Is not it?"

Li Chengqian tilted his head slightly.

Li Chengze took a deep breath, bowed his head heavily, and then raised it again, with a friendly smile on his face:

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is really good at judging people. I really am..."

　The second chapter will be updated at 12 noon. The next two chapters will be released at 12 o'clock.
　　
　
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