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

Chapter 43: The Begonia Remains the Same
Fan Xian shrugged and imitated him, laughing naturally and casually. His laugh was wild and arrogant. This was the sense of control that naturally arose when one had the life and death of a person in his hands.

Li Chengze's pupils trembled, he swallowed his saliva, and repeated the question three times: "What kind of poison is it?"

"Fan Xian?"

"What kind of poison is that!"

A family dinner instantly turned into a life-and-death situation.

The eldest princess of Northern Qi was afraid at first, but now she was watching with great interest. It would be a good thing for Northern Qi if the prince of Daqing could die.

Lin Wan'er was only worried about Fan Xian, and the eldest prince just turned around to look at the prince's expression. Seeing that Li Chengqian didn't even raise his head, he didn't feel comfortable saying anything.

In the mansion, the only person who might be a little worried is Ye Linger.

That worry was also because he was afraid that if he died, he would be held responsible, and the Ye family would be held responsible.

Li Chengze looked pale:
"Antidote, where is the antidote?"

Fan Xianlei stood up, walked to Li Chengze, and patted his shoulder:

"Life and death are determined by fate, so just be positive. I learned this from you before, and it really comes in handy now."

Li Chengze grabbed his arm with his backhand, and his mind, which had been fooled, was panicked and sweaty: "What are you going to do?"

Fan Xian laughed, let go of his arm, pointed at Li Chengze's nose and laughed: "Second Prince, I was just joking with you, is it that serious?"

The second prince breathed a sigh of relief.

But then he saw Fan Xian take out the red medicine bottle from his waist, and his heart was in suspense again:
"What is this?"

Fan Xian handed the "pill" to the Second Prince:

"I said this is the antidote, do you dare to believe it?"

Li Chengze gasped for breath and looked at Fan Xian with extremely resentful eyes. This was a joke on him. This was a joke on the life of that prince.

But none of the brothers of the eldest prince and the crown prince spoke out to stop him.
Fan Xian smiled and took Lin Wan'er's hand and left.

Even the Grand Princess of Northern Qi smiled and said it was wonderful.

When the eldest prince accompanied her away, Li Chengze held the pill and asked his eldest brother for help:
"Brother, brother, we are brothers. Why don't you help me speak up and ask Fan Xian what he means?"

The eldest prince glanced at the Crown Prince, then looked at Li Chengze and patted him on the shoulder:

"This time, just bow your head, admit your mistake, and take it as a lesson."

Done.

The eldest prince walked away.

Then Li Chengqian took Fan Ruoruo's hand and was asked as he passed by him:
"Your Highness, can I take this medicine?"

"Second brother, please stop worrying about me, especially about the people around me."

Li Chengqian looked at the Second Prince and said, "If you promise not to fight with me again, or not to fight in such a despicable way, then I will intercede for you to Fan Xian."

Li Chengze was furious and snorted coldly: "What I took may not be poison. If I don't fight with you, it will be a poison that will cut me into pieces!"

"Then you can do as you please."

Li Chengqian took Fan Ruoruo away, leaving the second prince isolated and helpless.

Two carriages were traveling side by side on the road outside the Princess's Mansion. They were the sedan chairs for the Crown Prince and Fan Xian, two beautiful couples.

"Fan Xian, you are so mean. You scared my usually dignified second brother into that state."

Li Chengqian and Fan Ruoruo were riding in the same car, and they spoke to each other through the curtain.

Fan Ruoruo's red lips curled up slightly, and a look of joy appeared on her face.

She had been unhappy with the Second Prince for a long time. Today she saw him frightened like this.

Quiet!

In the next carriage, Fan Xian and Lin Wan'er were riding together and also responded with a smile:
"It's just a scare."

"What you gave me was not poison?" Li Chengqian asked back.

"Yes."

Fan Xian nodded, and the last pill he gave was a highly toxic poison.

But whether to eat it or not depends on Li Chengze's choice.

Li Chengqian laughed and changed the subject lightly:
"In the matter of Baoyue Tower, in order to clear up the rumors for me, you even used the power of the Overwatch Council to spread the news that I was assassinated. But this also brought the faction dispute to the surface. Do you know the impact this result will have in the future?"

Fan Xian replied:

"Hey, Your Highness, I didn't do this for you. I used the Overwatch Council to clear my name. If someone heard me using the back door to visit a brothel for you, I would be so embarrassed!"

Li Chengqian snorted and laughed:
"You still feel ashamed? When so many people in the Censorate pointed at your nose and scolded you, you didn't even bother to explain."

Fan Xian chuckled.

Lin Wan'er and Fan Ruoruo listened beside the two of them and gradually understood their intentions.

Since the Second Prince can attack frequently, they can also counter his moves.

Fan Xian changed the topic and said:
"But what His Royal Highness said is also right. The factional strife has been mentioned, which is not a good thing for us. At least in the eyes of the ministers, the investigation of corruption has become a personal grudge between me and Li Chengze. They will not think that we want to do practical things and really want to eliminate corruption."

Li Chengqian did not hesitate to let Fan Ruoruo hear their conversation and said casually:

"But I assisted you in promoting the investigation of corruption in the court. In the eyes of His Majesty, I wanted to make public the smuggling between my second brother and aunt and Northern Qi, so that the ministers could criticize me."

Fan Xian was ashamed. He had not expected the Crown Prince to be so straightforward. He looked at Lin Wan'er, whose eyes were wide open. This matter had not been mentioned in court yet. The women of the various families had only just learned about it. This also made them understand. No wonder the Second Prince would go against them:

"No one dares to guess what you think, Your Highness, but when I punish corruption, I naturally want to make the ministers believe that I really want to do practical things, not to be an enemy of Li Chengze. If I want to achieve this goal, what should I do?"

Fan Xian asked this question to test the Crown Prince's intentions. Did he want to drag him on board to deal with the Second Prince together, or did he really want to do something to punish the corrupt and eliminate the evil and clean up the dirt for the Kingdom of Qing? If it was the former, he would definitely not give an answer, but would hesitate and evade the question.

But Li Chengqian answered:

"Then you have to find a corrupt official."

"Giant Corruption?"

Fan Xian was somewhat puzzled: "What does Your Highness the Crown Prince mean?"

Li Chengqian stopped talking and did not continue. Instead, he took Fan Ruoruo's hand and prepared to leave: "You will know what I mean later. I will send Ruoruo home first, and you and Wan'er can slowly reminisce about the past. By the way, sister Wan'er, those things in Northern Qi are just rumors. Don't be angry with Fan Xian!"

Let you test me?
I'll leave a pit for you, jump into it yourself.

Fan Xian's mouth twitched as he watched the prince's carriage go away. He then looked at Wan'er beside him and gave her a fake smile.
"Wang, Wang Qinian, where are we going?"

Fan Xian quickly interrupted.

Wang Qinian turned around and said, "Chen Yuan."

It was not until the carriage came to ask the person who was drawing the curtains that the crabapple tree remained the same that Old Wang could not bear to look at it and turned his head away:

"Hey, it's over."

The one who really felt that he was doomed was Li Chengze.

He was still staying in the princess's residence, considering whether to take the "antidote" given by Fan Xian.

Just as he was about to raise his hand to put the pill into his mouth, Ye Ling'er ran over from behind and stopped him from taking it:
"That's the real poison!"

(End of this chapter)