Joy of Life: Starting from Teacher Fan Xian

Chapter 103 Conversation between Brother and Sister
All those below the Grand Master are ants, and this statement has never been an empty reputation.

Ye Liuyun cut down half of a building with one sword, Si Gu Jian killed more than a hundred tiger guards with one move, and there was also Hong Sixiang, the ninth-rank top master in the palace. Who could have thought that in the battle of Dadong Mountain, Ku He, the national teacher of Northern Qi, beat him to ashes and turned him into a bloody mist with one palm.

Although there is only one realm between the Grand Master and the Ninth Rank, there is a world of difference between them, like the realm of gods and humans.

Wu Zhu is different from these grand masters. He cannot squander his true energy to create a magnificent scene of defeating thousands of enemies with one sword.

His every move was always simple and direct, no different from those of an ordinary person, the only difference was that when he stabbed with his sword, even a grandmaster would be destroyed.

When the grandmaster's true energy fell in front of him, it was just like an ordinary person's attack, and it was impossible to see how strong the visual effect was.

With a click, the iron rod slid down the bamboo surface, and the thick green bamboo split into two and fell to the sides, and Lin Ruo's figure in white also floated down. Wu Zhu chased closely, his eyes locked tightly in the black cloth, and the weapon with a sharp thorn like a fire stick pointed directly at the vital point of the person below.

Lin Ruo turned over and stepped on the thick green bamboo, moving in the forest for a while.

Suddenly, he used the bent green bamboo to gain strength, leaped up suddenly, and counterattacked the oncoming person.

Wuzhu fell from the sky above the bamboo forest, swinging the iron rod and hitting him on the head as if to educate a child.

Lin Ruo seized the opportunity and dodged sideways with extremely delicate movements, pushing out with his palms. The pure white true energy that appeared and disappeared created terrifying ripples that spread to the surroundings.

The huge bamboo forest suddenly began to sway as if blown by a strong wind. The bamboo trunks bent one after another, with the tips touching the ground and being flattened.

Wu Zhu tilted his head stiffly. The palm strike missed and the terrifying force that erupted exploded in his ears, but only made the tips of his ears tremble.

The powerful inner energy in his palms couldn't even cause the slightest change on his face.

The two men moved apart and each performed a few moves, just a swing, a palm, a stick hit, and a punch respectively.

The showdown between the strongest men is not based on fancy showmanship, but only on simple and efficient performance art and violent aesthetics.

……

Fan Xian finally noticed the movement in the bamboo forest. He pulled his sister's hand, eager to get away.

After walking a few steps, he stopped and looked back, as if thinking about something.

"not…"

"Brother, are you talking about Uncle Wuzhu?"

Fan Xian smiled and nodded. Apart from the secret of his two lives, he did not hide anything around him from his sister.

"Let's go back first. This is not the place for us to stay."

The two returned to the small courtyard in the manor to rest and found Fan Sizhe stretching lazily in the yard, looking extremely bored.

"Where did you two go?"

"Go out for a walk." Fan Xian replied, and then asked, "Is the master back?"

"I'm back early." Fan Sizhe said.

……

Under the dark and colorful night, deep in the palace, in the imperial study of Taiji Hall, Minghuang was bending over and reviewing memorials under the oil lamp.

"Your Majesty, it's time to rest." Eunuch Hou advised.

"I have finished reading the last one." Emperor Qing waved his hand, opened the envelope, and stared at the contents inside word by word. The hand that was tampering with the letter suddenly exerted force, causing wrinkles on the paper, and his eyebrows also wrinkled.

After a long while, Emperor Qing said calmly: "Please go to Guangxin Palace. I want to take a walk."

……

Night fell. Although it was far from being late for bedtime, it was still extremely inappropriate to walk around in the palace at this time.

Eunuch Hou had no idea what had happened to the emperor whom he had served for so many years, and that he actually wanted to visit Guangxin Palace after a long absence.

Guangxin Palace is the residence of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and Your Majesty has not been there for many years.

Compared to other darkened bedrooms, the quiet Guangxin Palace was brightly lit at this time, far from blending in with the environment.

Her Royal Highness the Princess seemed to have guessed something. The gate of Guangxin Palace opened a corner, and several palace maids waited behind the door with their heads lowered, ready to welcome the guests.

But when they saw that it was His Majesty who was to be welcomed, they could not suppress their panic and all knelt down beside him.

Emperor Qing glanced at the dragon chariot with an expressionless face, but the fear in his heart deepened.

"Your Majesty, your sister has greeted you."

Princess Li Yunrui was already outside the palace to greet him. She was wearing a simple palace dress and had a slight smile on her face. It was hard to tell that she was anything unusual. Emperor Qing rubbed his brows and asked, "You seem very happy today?"

"It's been a long time since I had a private chat with your Majesty." Li Yunrui's voice was low, soft, and indescribably pleasant to the ear.

"Let's talk inside. It's embarrassing to be outside." Emperor Qing said coldly.

Li Yunrui half raised her head, her smile faded a lot, but she still didn't care.

A banquet was held in the Guangxin Palace. There were no palace maids serving in the deserted hall. In the dimly lit table, Eunuch Hou was also sent away.

Emperor Qing straightened his posture and showed his dignity when facing his subjects. In comparison, the eldest princess's gaze was very gentle.

Emperor Qing seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, and he sighed heavily, saying quietly, "Can't you just let go of these things?"

Li Yunrui smiled slightly, revealing her beauty, and picked up the dishes on the table in an orderly manner, and said softly: "I dare to ask, brother, can you put it down?"

"I have the final say on when to put down my things." Emperor Qing said sternly, "And those things do not belong to you."

"I have been guarding for my brother for so many years, but I am still an outsider." Li Yunrui laughed at herself, her bright eyes still the same, her beautiful face becoming more and more vivid and charming, "Brother, don't you like watching people fight? I have been helping you fight."

"Do I need you to fight? What I want is for you to be quiet and stop causing trouble." Seeing this lack of ambition, Emperor Qing began to get angry.

"You've been with the Queen for so many years, but you haven't learned any reserve or self-awareness. Are you going to snatch things from your own daughter?"

"No matter what it is, it is safest only if it falls into your own hands. Otherwise, it will be a hidden danger if it falls into anyone else's hands." Li Yunrui complained, very unconvinced, "Besides, I really don't like the kid from the Fan family."

"So this is your reason for colluding with outsiders?" Emperor Qing slammed the table angrily and looked over coldly.

"Wu Bo'an is your man. I will never forget it. Eleven years ago, it was you who asked him to sue Shu Wu for leaking the test questions and accusing him of cheating in the Spring Examination. No matter how much time has passed, I will remember it."

"In the Niulan Street assassination, I first suspected my two sons, and never suspected you, but you are like a madman, always causing me worry."

Li Yunrui stretched out her arms and said directly and coldly, "Even if I am a lunatic, am I not helping Your Majesty? You were defeated by Zhan Qingfeng and the Northern Expedition was not completed. How could I not know that this is my brother's eternal pain? So I have been trying to find ways to help him. Now, my brother is heading north and unifying the world is just around the corner."

"Are you really helping me?" Emperor Qing glared.

Li Yunrui's expression remained unchanged: "My sister has always been loyal to my brother."

Emperor Qing disagreed with this view at all, and said with a hint of sneer: "No, I think you put your own selfishness first and have abandoned my instructions. You have never put my considerations first. I asked you to be obedient, but you were disobedient and had no intention of obeying."

"I have turned a blind eye to this all these years. Are you so naive to think that I can't detect the dirty deeds behind your back?" Emperor Qing's voice suddenly became extremely cold and changed very quickly.

"Sister has never done anything to let her brother down?" Li Yunrui said with a reserved attitude.

Emperor Qing interrupted her, making her heart palpitate for no reason: "You disobeyed my order, which is against me, and you still say you have no apologies?"

"The sister is just making up for some of the bad decisions her brother made."

"Well, my sister really won't cry until she sees the coffin. You teamed up with outsiders to secretly do business with the national treasury and deliberately make money. Is this also to make up for my mistakes?"

All the crazy thoughts in Li Yunrui's heart were suppressed at this moment. She originally thought that her brother's accusation was limited to the Niulan Street case, but she never expected that even these secret activities would be dug out.

There was no need for Emperor Qing to point it out, and there was no need to say more, because she knew it very well.

Li Yunrui's face finally showed an unusual color, but the corners of his lips slowly smiled: "It turns out that my brother has been investigating my sister."

"If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. I have already given you a chance."

"Maybe when my brother encounters a crisis in the future, I can use this money to save him from danger." Li Yunrui said.

"Oh, why do I think you want to use this money to rebel?" Emperor Qing asked.

How could Emperor Qing not understand his sister? In front of the Queen Mother, she was a well-behaved and crying girl. In front of Lin Ruofu, she was a completely different kind of infatuated girl who acted very timidly. But in front of him, her precocious and perverted desires could not be hidden at all.

"I've had enough of all this and don't want to see any more changes."

"Then brother will announce it to the world and bring his sister to justice." After accepting the result, Li Yunrui appeared very calm, but this kind of calmness was very much like the calm before a storm.

"Do you think I dare not? This concerns the royal family's reputation. I just don't want to do anything extreme."

Emperor Qing looked at her, and the last bit of pity he had was gone. He said coldly, "My sister is ill. In this case, I will find someone to look after the inner treasury before it changes hands. Kyoto is not a good place to recuperate. You should go back to Xinyang tomorrow. When Chen'er gets married, I will consider the situation and bring you back."

Li Yunrui was silent for a while, then his eyes lit up, as if he was very satisfied with his brother's decision. He said with a gentle smile on his face, "I really want to know which official in the Supervisory Council solved the Niulan Street case. Such a person will definitely be your right-hand man in the future."

"Who do you think you are?"

Emperor Qing stood up and said the last sentence: "After you go to Xinyang, take good care of your health and don't go out unless necessary."

(End of this chapter)