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

Chapter 15: Your son is willing to marry Fan Ruoruo!
Family dinner.

The four princes were waiting here and could only take their seats after Emperor Qing arrived. His Majesty summoned Fan Xian for a private talk before the banquet, which made the princes impatient.

"Your Highness, is Fan Xian your disciple? How could he have won the favor of His Majesty?"

Li Chengru is a talented general in the army. He is straightforward and never beats around the bush when speaking.

"Brother, you are joking. We are all capable officials of Daqing, not retainers."

Li Chengqian just finished speaking.

The second prince, who was leaning against the lake and playing with water, said sarcastically, "Your Majesty may not favor him. He may be severely punished. Is the crime of deceiving the emperor a trivial matter?"

The eldest and third princes looked at the crown prince, and Li Chengqian shook his head: "Second brother is narrow-minded, ignore him."

Li Chengze grasped the stone, wanting to throw it at the prince, but he held back.

"His Majesty is here!"

The four princes saluted respectfully.

Emperor Qing, wearing a long black robe, walked over slowly and took the chief seat. "Everyone, please sit down."

Following closely behind was Fan Xian, who had been caned in the imperial court. He was being supported by Eunuch Hou and walked over. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the imperial caning."

Li Chengze was unhappy. The crime of deceiving the emperor was just a caning in the court? That's it?

Li Chengqian glanced at his second brother, then smiled and watched Fan Xian take a seat with difficulty.

He clearly wasn't injured at all, but he acted as if he was almost disabled. What a superb acting!

"Today I will have dinner with you and listen to Fan Xian's trip to Northern Qi."

Emperor Qing looked around at the princes, raised his chopsticks happily, picked up a bunch of bean sprouts, and had a good appetite.

Fan Xian listed the things he had experienced in Northern Qi, including disrupting the Northern Qi government, inheriting Zhuang Mohan's collection of books, and using someone else's knife to kill Northern Qi Jinyiwei Shen Zhong, as well as the whereabouts of the temple that Emperor Qing wanted to know the most.

He did not do this to seek credit or reward, but to prepare for exposing the Second Prince by stacking up BUFFs. In case Emperor Qing got angry, he would not be furious because of these contributions.

"Yes, Fan Xian, do you have anything else to say?"

"Your Majesty, it is true."

Fan Xian knelt before Emperor Qing with a serious expression, and said, "Before Shen Zhong died, he told me a secret. Northern Qi and Qing have had smuggling dealings for a long time, and we are the ones who did it."

Li Chengze's face darkened and he stared at Fan Xian, warning him not to say any more.

"It's the eldest princess and the second prince!" Fan Xian said it anyway. Even though he had already learned from the crown prince that there was no evidence of catching the second prince smuggling, he still had to say it!

Li Chengze denied it in panic, and Emperor Qing threw the bowl and chopsticks in anger, looking furious.

Li Chengqian stood up in time and said, "Your Majesty, calm down. From what I know about my second brother, he would never do such a thing to steal the country for no reason. I am afraid that he was misled by a traitor. I hope Your Majesty can investigate this matter and clear my second brother's name!"

Li Chengze pursed his lips and wanted to kill the prince.

On the surface, he wanted to clear his name, but in reality, he wanted His Majesty to investigate him and add insult to injury!
He knelt down with a plop, "Your Majesty, I would never do such a thing! But Master Fan is a pillar of the Qing Kingdom, and he would not wrongly accuse me without evidence. Is there some misunderstanding here?"

What about evidence?
There's nothing you can do to him without it.

The look Li Chengze gave Fan Xian was half luck and half provocation.

"Fan Xian, you openly accuse the Second Prince of smuggling dealings with the enemy country. Do you have any concrete evidence?" Emperor Qing asked.

"Although Shen Zhong is dead, everything a person does in the world will leave traces. I can check it out!"

"Humph, that means there is no evidence. How dare you accuse the Second Prince without any evidence?"

Emperor Qing leaned forward slightly, feeling a strong sense of oppression, "Who are you?"

Fan Xian thought again and again, but did not reveal his knowledge of his identity as a prince: "I am the Director of the Supervisory Council, and I have the responsibility to enforce the law and wipe out the treacherous and corrupt officials." Emperor Qing snorted coldly and knocked on the table. Eunuch Hou took Fan Xian's badge and handed it to His Majesty.

Fan Xian looked up and saw Emperor Qing shaking the token and throwing it into the lake behind him.

Sink to the bottom
Fan Xian lowered his head.

There is hatred in his eyes.

"Fan Xian even stopped my horse outside the city. It seems that this man has just such a temper. Your Majesty, please calm down." The eldest prince's ambiguous advice made all the princes become parrots, and they all calmed down in unison.

Li Chengqian glanced at the disappointed Fan Xian and shook his head imperceptibly.

We will discuss this matter later.

"You guys, do you have anything else?"

After being disturbed by Fan Xian's disturbance, Emperor Qing had lost interest in having a meal.

The second prince's eyes rolled, and he came up with a sinister plan. He knelt down and said, "I actually have a happy event today. Your Majesty, please consider it. Although Master Fan misunderstood me, he has made great contributions in his mission to Northern Qi, and he is also talented and has inherited Zhuang Mohan's legacy."

"From this we can see that the Fan family has a long history of learning. The daughter of the Fan family, Fan Ruoruo, is a rare talent known throughout Kyoto. Prince Hongcheng has not yet married, and he has admired Fan Ruoruo for a long time. Fan Xian and Wan'er are about to get married, so I think it would be better to double the happiness and make the couple closer, and create a marriage."

Hongcheng is the disciple of the Second Prince. If Fan Ruoruo marries Prince Hongcheng, Fan Xian will definitely be constrained. Moreover, Hongcheng is even more lustful than the Crown Prince. As a Crown Prince, the latter cannot bring himself to go to brothels, but he spends all day playing around in such places, and who knows how many diseases he has contracted.
Save traffic: Purely disgusting!
Fan Xian's expression suddenly changed: "Ruoruo is still young, so I haven't considered marriage yet."

"Li Chengze, you are really good at making surprise attacks." Emperor Qing clearly understood what the Second Prince meant, but he still spoke up: "This marriage, I."

"His Majesty."

Fan Xian was extremely worried, and just when the arrow was on the string, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stepped forward.

Li Chengqian risked interrupting Emperor Qing, but still asked: "I have been in love with Fan Ruoruo for a long time, can you marry her to me?"

Fan Xian was stunned.

The second prince was dumbfounded.

The eldest prince and the third prince looked at each other.

Emperor Qing looked at his own prince in surprise, somewhat puzzled, "When did you fall in love with Fan Ruoruo?"

The second prince's smile was somewhat forced. "Yes, how come I have never heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince talk about this before?"

Li Chengqian lied without thinking, "Ruoruo is talented and beautiful, a very good woman. Ever since I met her, I have secretly fallen in love with her, and I swear that I only want to marry her in this life."

Li Chengqian glanced at Fan Xian, then looked at His Majesty, and said sincerely.

"Your son is willing to marry the daughter of the Fan family, Fan Ruoruo!"

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Everyone was blinded.

Li Chengze didn't expect him to be so bold. In order to protect Fan Xian's sister, he tied Fan Xian and him on the same boat. Does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really have the guts to say anything?
Fan Xian was also wondering why the Crown Prince spoke up for him. Did he really have a crush on Ruoruo for a long time? Or was he just trying to save him and prevent Ruoruo from falling into the fire pit? No matter what, the Crown Prince was much better than Li Hongcheng. At least he acted like a good person.

Emperor Qing hesitated again and again, unable to put down the handkerchief he had raised, and looked at Li Chengqian and Fan Xian for a long time.

"I approve this marriage."

　First of all, it is impossible to send a woman, and Emperor Qing has other intentions for this action, which will be explained later.

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