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

Chapter 40 Sorry, my hand slipped!
Kill, kill, kill what?
kill!
The Princess of Northern Qi frowned in fear and quietly stepped back to hide behind the crowd.

Fan Ruoruo then asked:

"Can you tell me who Miss Ye wants to kill?"

Ye Linger looked up, a little impatient:

"Second prince."

The Princess of Northern Qi stared with her eyes wide open, and approached Fan Ruoruo in fear, thinking to herself: She even dared to kill the prince of the dynasty, this woman is so scary! I have to stay away from her! Ruoruo is gentle, friendly and easy to get along with!
did not expect.

Fan Ruoruo exuded a chill, and her beautiful face was expressionless:
"That's great. I want to kill him too. Do you want to join me?"

Princess of Northern Qi:? ! !

She jumped away from Fan Ruoruo like a frightened little rabbit. She wanted to hide behind the Crown Prince, but then she remembered that the two were a couple, and the prospective couple should have one mind. Besides, it was perfectly reasonable for the Crown Prince to kill the Second Prince!

The eldest princess of Northern Qi staggered, her face pale, and looked in horror at this group of Qing people who were ready to kill at any time.

Too sturdy
Li Chengqian saw the mental journey of this silly beauty and asked Fan Ruoruo to take care of her:
"Don't panic, Princess. Miss Ye and Ruoruo were just joking. Don't take it seriously."

Ye Ling'er: I'm not kidding.

Fan Ruoruo: Me too.

Princess:!

Li Chengqian smiled and shook his head: "Ruoruo, stop making trouble, take Her Highness the Princess into the mansion first, I will come over after talking to Miss Ye for a while."

Fan Ruoruo hummed softly and wanted to lead the princess into the house, but she smiled and took a step back to refuse. The two of them walked together from a distance, looking a little strange. They had been talking and laughing like old friends before, but this was not the case.
After the two girls left, Li Chengqian sat in front of Ye Ling'er and chatted with her:

"Miss Ye, I think your knife sharpening skills are not good enough, can I teach you?"

Ye Ling'er looked at the prince strangely and handed the knife to Li Chengqian.

Swish.

Swish.

Swish.

Li Chengqian sharpened the knife vigorously, polishing the blade until it was shiny and gradually sharp.

Ye Ling'er waited for a long time. Even when she called out to him, he remained silent:

"Your Highness, what do you mean by this? If you help me sharpen the knife to kill the Second Prince, you will become an accomplice."

Li Chengqian blew on the sharp blade: "Is it sharp enough?"

"enough."

"Then go ahead and kill him."

Ye Ling'er looked at the butcher knife stuffed in front of her and didn't take it for a while.

Li Chengqian threw the butcher knife at the beam, and it was deeply embedded in the extremely hard wooden beam, which showed how sharp it was:

"His neck is not as hard as the beam. This knife is fast enough and can kill people. You don't dare to kill him at all. Your so-called horizontal knife is just a posture to tell the Second Prince that you don't welcome him and tell everyone that you are dissatisfied. You hope that this can scare him away."

"You're just running away."

Ye Linger swallowed her saliva, and seeing that she couldn't hide it, she had to admit:
"Yes, I just don't dare to kill him. I don't even dare to escape from Kyoto, because that would be disobeying the emperor's order. The Ye family can't bear it. I am just running away!"

Li Chengqian looked at her and said nothing.

Ye Linger's emotions fluctuated greatly. She was so excited that she spoke without thinking:

"Do you think an arranged marriage is a good thing? Can everyone meet someone who truly loves her like Wan'er and Ruoruo? This is a major event in a woman's life that determines the rest of her life, but I have nothing to do with the Second Prince, and Wan'er also said that he is not a good person. If I don't want to get married, what else can I do except escape?"

Being praised for no apparent reason, Li Chengqian was secretly pleased. Envy of Ruoruo was equivalent to recognition of him, so he opened his mouth to test:

"If you really want to kill him, you can try every possible means. Fan Xian's poison is a sharp weapon that kills people invisibly."

"Where is Fan Xian?" Ye Ling'er pretended to stand up. Even though she didn't dare, she had to pretend to be brave.

"He'll be there in a moment."

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Fan Mansion.

The matter of the Fan family suspected of opening the Baoyue Tower has been reported to His Majesty by the Censorate, but Emperor Qing has not taken any action, as if he is waiting for a good show. Fan Xian and Fan Jian do not want to make things too big, so they pretend to be sick and do not attend the court, which causes criticism from the ministers.

The Second Prince was very anxious. This was the perfect opportunity to embarrass Fan Xian. How could he let Fan Xian and his father get away with it by pretending to be sick? He specially invited the imperial physician to the Fan Mansion to examine the two of them, but he could not find out anything and concluded that they were not pretending to be sick.

Fan Xian was coughing in his wheelchair, seemingly pretending to be sick, but his domineering Qi was already showing signs of being out of control:

"Deng Ziyue, how is the news I asked you to spread?"

Deng Ziyue bowed:
"I have already followed your instructions and spread the story of the assassination of the prince in Baoyue Tower throughout Kyoto. I have added some spice to the story and made it sound like the prince was sympathetic to the people. When he passed by Baoyue Tower and saw someone screaming for help, he bravely went into the building to save the person, but was stabbed instead. This is strange."

Wang Qinian interrupted:

“Can the people believe it?”

Fan Xian shook his head. "No matter what the people think of His Royal Highness, as long as the ministers know that there is a factional struggle behind this matter, it will be fine."

Deng Ziyue nodded:
"We have also spread another piece of information among the people. The missing Baoyue Tower housekeeper Yuan Meng had a close relationship with Crown Prince Hongcheng, and Crown Prince Hongcheng was a close friend of the Second Prince."

Wang Qinian suddenly realized and gave a thumbs up: "Your Excellency is wise."

Fan Xian shook his head:

"If this is the case, the corruption investigation will become a factional struggle in the eyes of the ministers. I, Fan Xian, am pretending to be righteous, but my true intention is to be an enemy of Li Chengze. This matter has both advantages and disadvantages. Only by presenting sufficient evidence in front of Your Majesty can the outcome of this game be determined."

Wang Qinian nodded in agreement. Deng Ziyue saw Fan Xian leaving and asked anxiously:
"My Lord, your 'illness' is not healed yet, you can't go out and see people, it's ridiculous!"

Fan Xian asked back:
"Is there anything wrong with letting the officials of Kyoto think I'm a little ridiculous?"

Deng Ziyue's eyes lit up and he suddenly understood: "Great!"

Before leaving, Fan Xian warned:

"Old Deng, please go back. The news about Yuan Meng and Prince Hongcheng continues to spread. What they want is the officialdom, and what I want is the people's hearts."

Deng Ziyue followed his orders. When Fan Xian arrived at the Princess's residence, he saw the Crown Prince and Ye Ling'er talking to each other, with a strange expression on their faces:
"You guys are waiting for me?"

Li Chengqian stood up and pointed at Ye Linger:
"She said she doesn't want to marry the second prince and wants to kill him. Do you have any way to help her?"

Fan Xian looked at Ye Ling'er, who hesitated and neither nodded nor shook her head.

But when Fan Xian took out the real poison, she hesitated:
"Even if I hate engagements, I can't kill people. If I kill someone, I'll just die, but what about the Ye family?"

Fan Xian also understood the Crown Prince's intention:

"Where is the second prince?"

"What about the mansion?"

Fan Xian felt something was wrong, so he broke into the mansion with Li Chengqian and Ye Ling'er, and saw the Second Prince trying to sow discord between them in front of Lin Wan'er, intending to destroy their relationship and engagement.

Fan Xian was furious and threw the wheelchair at Li Chengze, but the latter escaped and patted his chest and blew his bangs.

"Sorry, my hand slipped!"

(End of this chapter)