Joy of Life: Starting from Teacher Fan Xian

Chapter 91 Fan Xian's Plan

"What? Are you going to say bad things about my brother again?" Fan Ruoruo said impatiently.

Ye Ling'er had calmed down, but when she heard the gentle Miss Fan speak so harshly, she said, "Your brother wrote a really good poem. You brought him to Prince Jing's mansion, probably to take advantage of the opportunity to grab some fame so that you can marry Sister Lin."

"You said before that you didn't like it in the first place. Isn't that contradictory?" Ye Ling'er continued.

Fan Ruoruo snorted coldly, thinking that Miss Ye's words were ridiculous in addition to her manly tactics. She retorted, "My brother is very talented and has a reputation. So what? Is it for him to marry your sister Lin? There are so many things in this world that rely on reputation. Miss Ye is too self-righteous."

Ye Ling'er knew that she couldn't win the argument with the sharp-tongued talented woman in front of her, so she said directly, "I don't want to talk to you about this. Just tell me whether what you said before, that Fan Xian didn't want to marry Sister Lin, is credible?"

"Of course it's credible." Fan Ruoruo said without hesitation.

But as soon as these words came out, they were denied by a strong male voice: "It's not credible."

Fan Xian had just come out of the toilet and saw this scene when he passed by the pavilion. He was immediately glad that he had stopped his sister from acting on her own initiative.

The Princess of the Lin Mansion was most likely the Chicken Leg Girl that he had been thinking about. Fan Xian thought that he must find a suitable way to meet her and verify it.

"Fan Xian?" Ye Ling'er's anger had just subsided, but it surged up again. She questioned Fan Ruoruo, "Fan Xian has admitted it, and you still said that he doesn't want to marry my sister Lin."

Fan Ruoruo stamped her feet. She was actually being undone by her brother. She glared at him angrily and said, "Brother, you can tell her yourself. My sister has gone to look for her husband."

As soon as Fan Xian saw this young lady from the Ye family, he knew that she was a young girl who was ignorant of the sufferings of the world, otherwise she would not have provoked his clever sister.

It is useless to talk about benevolence and righteousness to deal with such people. You have to speak directly and clearly so that she will think she is right.

"Miss Ye, can I meet Princess Wan'er?" Fan Xian stated his intention directly.

Ye Linger naturally refused. Seeing that the young master of the Fan family did not use any pretentious words with him, she softened her tone and said, "Sister Lin doesn't like you, so why force it?"

"I'm not forcing you. I'm going to discuss breaking off the engagement with Princess Wan'er." Fan Xian chuckled. They had to meet each other.

Ye Ling'er had never expected Fan Xian to say this. She was slightly stunned, then she reacted and said, "That won't work either. Just cancel the engagement."

Fan Xian's face suddenly turned dark, and he wondered what was wrong with him, to say such irresponsible words and to really treat the arranged marriage as a joke?
After calming himself down, Fan Xian said in a gentle voice, "The Fan family is weak. If we can get the support of the princess, we will undoubtedly have a better chance of canceling the engagement. So it is necessary to discuss this with the princess."

Ye Linger thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense. She said, "But I still need to talk to Sister Lin about it. Sister Lin must agree to meet me first."

Fan Xian smiled and said, "Of course, I look forward to hearing from Miss Ye."

This farce finally ended, and Fan Xian had to admit that it was too tiring to talk, but as long as the words were to the point, communication was still easy.

Although his plan was a bit deceptive, it was ultimately the most reliable way to see the princess.

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In the hall of Prince Jing's mansion, Prince Jing, who loves gardening, couldn't help cursing when he saw Lin Ruo: "My son is a fool, how come you are also a fool? Saying this to that stupid boy from the Guo family, aren't you clearly placing yourself in the Prince's party?"

"If you can avoid standing still, then don't stand still. Don't learn from my stupid son."

Li Zhi kept calling Li Hongcheng a fool, and still not feeling satisfied, he shook the teacup on the table.

Lin Ruo smiled, knowing that Prince Jing seemed irritable and casual on the surface, but was actually an extremely shrewd person, so he patiently explained: "That's what I said, but does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince dare to accept me?"

Li Zhi immediately thought of the mystery and said with a smile, "You are still smart, I take back the word stupid pig I just used."

Everyone knows that this Lord of the Censorate has made countless enemies in the court, and even many of the Crown Prince's followers have been killed by him.

Even if the Crown Prince could put aside the past grudges and reconcile with Lin Ruo, the ministers in the court would never agree. For example, the Minister of Rites Guo Youzhi would be the first to jump out and oppose it.

In the past few years, he has been played around by this young man many times.

The prince was not a smart man, but he would not do something foolish enough to demolish the City God Temple and build a Land God Temple for a single person, thus losing the greater good for the sake of the smaller one.

After all, if he hooked up with Lin Ruo, he would offend most of the people in the court.

"In that case, accompany me to visit the vegetable garden." Li Zhi felt relieved and spoke much more softly.

Lin Ruo nodded, but said, "Let me make it clear in advance that I will not help the prince hoe the fields."

"Who cares? I'm afraid you'll destroy the seedlings." Li Zhi said with disdain.

As the two were about to leave, Princess Roujia came running over, adjusting her skirt with subtle movements, and then she calmed her face before leisurely entering the hall, bowing and saying, "Roujia greets you, sir."

"The princess has grown taller." Lin Ruo said with a gentle smile.

Little girl Roujia's heart seemed to melt, her cheeks slightly flushed, and she stood in the hall at a loss.

At this moment, Li Hongcheng arrived a step slower, obviously worried about the instructions just given.

Upon seeing this boy, Li Zhi frowned and cursed: "You stupid pig, why are you here instead of flirting with your friends in the back garden?"

Li Hongcheng was somewhat speechless, but he was already used to his father's outspokenness, so his expression did not change much, and he smiled bitterly, "Father, calm down."

However, the simple Princess Roujia obviously found it hard to accept. Listening to her father swearing one after another, her face turned redder and she couldn't help but secretly glance at Lin Ruo. She felt so embarrassed that she had the urge to stamp her feet.

The four of them walked out of the hall and headed for the vegetable garden in the back garden. On the way, Ruoruo came slowly and hurriedly, bowed to them, and joined the team. Li Zhi's face suddenly turned ugly, and he criticized them in public: "Damn it, why did everyone come here when you came? Be careful not to trample my vegetable garden."

Fan Ruoruo covered her mouth and laughed, thinking that Prince Jing was still so funny.

Princess Roujia complained, "Daddy, please stop talking."

Seeing his daughter so embarrassed, Li Zhi finally calmed down his temper, coughed twice to ease the embarrassment, and chuckled, "Twelve years ago, I already had children by my side, and you were alone at that time. Twelve years later, my children have grown up, and I see you are still alone. Don't you have any thoughts of getting married?"

"I have been advising you for twelve years. Can you please listen to me? Do you really take it as a fart?" Li Zhi's temper suddenly became worse again.

When it comes to the issue of marriage, Lin Ruo is really speechless and can't say a word.

He never thought that he would suffer such an unexpected disaster when he came to his good friend's house.

Fan Ruoruo came out to help at the right time: "This kind of thing depends on fate."

Li Zhi was filled with hatred and cursed, "Look, they have even led that damned girl from Fan Jian's family astray."

Fan Ruoruo became angry, and Prince Jing scolded his father in front of her again.

Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "Otherwise, I will bear the grievance and marry Roujia to you."

When Princess Roujia heard this, her heart almost jumped out of her chest. Her little face turned red and she tugged at her father's sleeves, not daring to raise her head.

Li Hongcheng, with his ears pricked up, was shocked and thought to himself that his father sold his sister so quickly.

Fan Ruoruo became even angrier.

Lin Ruo also looked up in surprise, then calmed down and shook his head, "Not good."

"You think she's too young? Then wait two years until she grows up a little," Li Zhi said again.

Is this what I mean... Lin Ruo shook his head again and said firmly: "No."

Li Zhi snorted coldly, forcing himself to save face: "It's just talk, you really believe it, with the level of enemies you make, I'm afraid I'll go hungry twice in three days if I follow you."

Lin Ruo heaved a sigh of relief: "It's good that the prince knows."

Little girl Roujia was sad, but no one noticed.

His brother Li Hongcheng, who was standing next to him, secretly looked at the talented Miss Ruoruo whom he admired, and wondered why his father didn't mention this.

Arriving at the vegetable garden, Li Zhi discovered that Fan Xian had long been lying on his bamboo chair. He was furious and cursed, "Why are you back?"

Just now, when Fan Xian was squatting in the toilet, Li Zhi was working in the vegetable garden. They had just met once and they got along well. But when he heard that this handsome boy was also Fan Jian's son, Li Zhi cursed and drove him away.

Fan Xian stood up and bowed to everyone. After greeting everyone one by one, he said, "Reciting poems and composing couplets is too boring."

"Brother has just written a long poem and he's still boring." Fan Ruoruo calmed down and laughed.

Li Hongcheng also said dissatisfiedly: "Brother Fan is too modest." What he meant was that he was too good at pretending.

Li Zhi agreed with the boy's point of view and scolded him: "Reciting poems and writing couplets are things that only idiots would do. It's useless."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room turned grim.

Only Fan Xian laughed out loud, but then he was stunned and realized that he seemed to be among them.

Li Zhi coughed twice more and put his hands behind his back: "It's just a joke, don't take it personally."

"This is what the prince does." Lin Ruo said with a smile, watching him take a hoe and go into the vegetable garden to work.

The guests of the huge Jingwang Mansion poetry gathering found themselves ignored and left very quickly. Before the sun set, the back garden was empty.

When the sun really set, the last group of people left Prince Jing's Mansion.

After bidding farewell to his master, Teng Zijing drove the carriage back home.

Fan Xian sat in the carriage with his head down, thinking about his chicken leg girl and smiling.

Fan Ruoruo asked: "Brother, have you convinced Miss Ye?"

Fan Xian nodded: "If nothing unexpected happens, I will be able to meet the princess soon."

"What if Sister Ruolin is not the chicken leg girl?" Fan Ruoruo said again.

"It doesn't matter if I don't get married. I will definitely find the chicken leg girl. Even if she is already engaged, no matter which bastard has her, I will snatch her away." Fan Xian exclaimed in a domineering tone.

Fan Ruoruo smiled and said, "Brother's poems will probably become famous in Kyoto in a few days. Then, maybe the chicken leg girl will come to my door herself."

After spending a long time with Fan Xian, she also started to make some jokes. Ruoruo complained a little and said, "It's better to be with the master. If I stay with my brother, I will be led astray."

Fan Xian snorted, thinking that he might just be a little frivolous, but not a bad person.

(End of this chapter)