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

Chapter 2: Long-legged maid, come and receive your reward

Even after handing over his trump card, Fan Xian still did not let down his guard against the prince, and subtly observed his expression when he heard the news.

The acting skill reward that the system just gave out just happened to come in handy.

Li Chengqian, who was obviously familiar with the plot, had a look of four parts surprise, three parts astonishment, two parts doubt, and one part expectation. This was exactly the expression that Fan Xian thought the prince should have.

"Aunt would actually collude with my second brother?" Li Chengqian's acting skills exploded, with a look of disbelief on his face: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Do you think you know the princess well?" Fan Xian asked back.

In the eyes of many people.

The eldest princess used to be a member of the prince's faction.

Including Fan Xian, who was shocked when he first learned that the eldest princess and the second prince were in collusion.

Not to mention the victim Li Chengqian, whose speechlessness at the moment proved that he was completely unaware of the matter.

Fan Xian put aside most of his suspicions about the prince and explained, "This is what Shen Zhong, the Jinyiwei of Northern Qi, told me before he died. They are the ones who have been secretly dealing with Northern Qi for a long time."

【Successfully ate the melon! 】

[The second prince conspired with the eldest princess to secretly smuggle with Northern Qi.]

[Level: Upper middle]

[Reward skill: People-reading (elementary)]

[Just look at the person and judge whether he has bad intentions. You can upgrade your development capabilities later! ]

Li Chengqian looked at Fan Xian.

【Fan Xian】

[Strength: Unknown]

[Potential: Unknown]

[No malicious intent, cooperation is possible]

[He urgently needs to use the power of the royal family to fight against the royal family's parasites.]

Li Chengqian was secretly pleased, but his expression was still filled with anger after being betrayed. "It must be that madman who bewitched my aunt with his lies. Fan Xian, tell me the whole story, and I will personally investigate the case for you."

Seeing this, Fan Xian finally gave in and handed over the matter of the smuggling base Shijia Town to the Crown Prince, and also told him about how the Second Prince had captured Teng Zijing's wife and children and threatened him with Fan Sizhe and Fei Jie.

"Don't worry, I will take care of all these things for you."

Li Chengqian held Fan Xian's shoulder and said earnestly, "With me here, my crazy second brother won't dare to go crazy."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Fan Xian clasped his fists in return and said, "Your Highness only needs to focus on investigating Shijia Town. Let me do the rescue myself."

He didn't understand why the Crown Prince would help him deal with the Second Prince just so he could use the smuggling incident to gain an upper hand over him in front of Emperor Qing.

But why would he agree to help save Teng Zijing's wife and children, something that has no benefit to the prince?

"What do you think is more important, the clues to Shijia Town or Teng Zijing's wife and children?"

Li Chengqian asked back.

Fan Xian frowned, "Teng Zijing is my friend. To me, the latter is more important, but to Your Highness, isn't it more important to have evidence against the Second Prince?"

Li Chengqian shook his head, "Equally important."

"You should have guessed it. Given my second brother's character, he might massacre Shijia Town in order to destroy the evidence. For me, saving a group of people is saving people, and saving a mother and child is also saving people, because I don't want our little fight to become an unwarranted disaster for the people."

After saying this, Li Chengqian got off the carriage, leaving Fan Xian a little dazed.

Yan Bingyun and Wang Qinian asked about Master Fan's condition with concern.

But Fan Xian was still thinking, muttering: "Our Crown Prince seems to be a little different."

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Qingguo.

Outside the Imperial Study Room.

The head of the Supervisory Council, Chen Pingping, sat in a wheelchair with a gloomy face. Next to him was the furious Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Fan Jian, who was clamoring to return his son to him.

The two had just had a big fight over Fan Xian, with Fan Jian accusing Chen Pingping of poor protection and demanding his life be paid for.

"One life is not enough. Before I die, I ask for a balance between good and evil."

Chen Pingping held the wheelchair handles tightly with both hands and said, "On the eve of the news of Fan Xian's death, the prince left the capital."

Upon hearing this, Fan Jian's face changed drastically, and he quickly stepped closer to Chen Pingping, "Speak clearly!"

"Heading north."

Chen Pingping had no expression on his face.

The slightly narrowed eyes conceal murderous intent.

Fan Jian's heart sank to the bottom and his expression was complicated.

"My two lords, please do not argue here. His Majesty will not see you."

Eunuch Hou came trotting over, bringing news that displeased Chen Pingping and Fan Jian. "Didn't His Majesty summon me to see him?"

"His Majesty fell silent after reading the second pigeon letter. He doesn't want to see anyone anymore."

Eunuch Hou bowed respectfully and handed the two important figures a note that read:

"Yan Bingyun stabbed Master Xiao Fan in the vitals with his sword from behind, killing him instantly."

Your Majesty is not seen.

Fan Jian could only push Chen Pingping out of the imperial study.

After thinking about it, the two realized that something was wrong. "Yan Bingyun always puts Qing Kingdom first. The duty of the Tiger Guards is to protect Fan Xian. How could he send back such strange news?"

"Could it be that he faked his death?"

Fan Jian immediately thought of the consequences, "But this is a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Chen Pingping groaned, "Whether it's true or not, Fan Xian is doomed to be doomed."

"Then suppress the news of the death!"

Fan Jian loves his son dearly.

Chen Pingping shook his head.

"On the contrary, we need to make a big fuss and find out why His Royal Highness left the city and what he did."

Having said this, the two looked at each other in silence.

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East Palace.

The first thing Li Chengqian did when he came back was to burn the paintings.

What he burned was the picture of a faceless beauty that he had painted in the past based on his fantasy about the princess.

Although each painting has no face, the beauty in the painting has a plump figure and a peachy temperament that few people have. However, the eldest princess is such a ceiling beauty. If this painting is discovered by someone with a keen eye.
"The princess is so beautiful, but it's a pity that she wants to rebel. This is not a punishment!"

Li Chengqian just wanted to sit on the throne safely and change his tragic ending in the original drama where he died suddenly due to rebellion.

The first step is to keep a distance from the eldest princess, even if she is the most beautiful woman in Joy of Life and is his nominal aunt without any blood relationship.

At least I have to wait until I become the eldest son, and then I can talk about it later.
The second step is to win over Fan Xian, cultivate forces that support him, and improve his own martial arts skills.

Prepare for future ascension to the throne.

The third step is to suppress other princes, especially the second prince who is about to rebel. He can even disguise himself in front of the eldest princess to obtain information about the rebellion, and then use Infernal Affairs to kill them.

They are the whetstones that Emperor Qing arranged for himself.

Then you have to grind it hard.

"Your Highness."

"This servant is here to serve you in bed."

It was the long-legged maid who came to claim the reward.

Li Chengqian looked her over. She was tall, with long, round and straight legs. She had the voluptuous body of a queen but a pure and lovely oval face. The contrast was very strong.

"What's your name?"

"Your Highness, my humble name is Qingzhu."

Li Chengqian hooked his finger, and Qingzhu immediately knelt and crawled over. He touched the latter's upturned head.

"Take off your clothes and bathe here."

"what?"

"I have mysophobia and like clean girls."

Qingzhu obediently completed the instructions, undressed under the other maids' attire, and entered the bathtub.

Li Chengqian stopped the maid who was putting the clothes away and said, "Give it to me."

"Your Highness, this is dirty"

"I won't say it a second time."

Li Chengqian turned the original flavor of Qingzhu over and over again, which made the maid beside him blush.

I really don't know why Qingzhu is so favored by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, even her underwear is caressed like this. Can you bear it tonight?

If only I could help bear the grace of God.
"Well, that's right." Li Chengqian put down Qingzhu's underwear.

In the eyes of the maid, he showed a look of delight, and looking at the green bamboo bathing behind the screen, his eyes became a little impatient. Is Your Highness so greedy?
"Your Highness, His Majesty has summoned you."

The eunuch outside the door knocked cautiously, not daring to disturb the Crown Prince's night of happiness.

"Just stay here and guard it."

Before going out, Li Chengqian handed Qingzhu's clothes to the blushing maid and asked her to wait here.

"Also, don't touch this pile of clothes."

(End of this chapter)