The Proof of the Heavens Begins with The Legend of the Condor Heroes

Chapter 133 His Royal Highness
Unlike the young Lord Fan in the TV version, Fan Xian in the original novel always plans before doing anything and is much more treacherous.

However, it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that he is cold-hearted by nature. His actions fully embody the life philosophy of "If you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world."

In essence, they are both the same type of people, but compared to Fan Xian, who can only travel through time once.

With the "Universal Divine Dice" in his hand, Fang Hao can travel through the heavens and all realms and see more scenery.

Therefore, Fang Hao is much more free and easy than Fan Xian.

Unlike Fan Xian, who will have to completely integrate into this world sooner or later and have relatives, lovers, and friends, he will always be restricted in doing things and it will be difficult for him to be as free and unrestrained as Fang Hao.

"Fan Xian is here, the princess has something to do!" Fang Hao said with a chuckle.

Without the shield of the Second Prince in the original novel, even if the eldest princess wanted to take action against Fan Xian, it would be somewhat troublesome.

After all, as Ye Qingmei's son, Fan Xian has "six fathers" standing behind him!

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Kyoto, Sinanbo Mansion

Although Si Nanbo Fan Jian is only the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he has won the trust of Emperor Qing because he grew up with His Majesty.

In addition to controlling the financial power of the Ministry of Revenue, he also secretly commanded the "Tiger Guard", a group of elite soldiers who had experienced many battles for Emperor Qing.

Therefore, his official duties were very busy, but when he left the court that day and heard about what happened in Yishiju, he immediately called Fan Xian.

"If you want to inherit the inner treasury left by your mother, you must become famous and let His Majesty and Prime Minister Lin see your ability."

Fan Jian sat in the main seat, looking at the nominal "son" in front of him, with a complicated expression, "It's just that you shouldn't have anything to do with the princes."

Fan Xian did not refute Fan Jian's words because he knew that what Fan Jian said was right.

As the personal purse of Emperor Qing, the controller of the Neiku must be completely loyal to Emperor Qing.

This is also the reason why Emperor Qing wants to take back the eldest princess' power over the inner treasury.

It wasn’t that the princess did a bad job, but because she stretched her hand too far, which made Emperor Qing feel unhappy instinctively.

"Father, didn't you say that my marriage to Princess Chen only required His Majesty's nod?"

Fan Xian then asked, "Why do you still care about Prime Minister Lin's opinion?"

"Two reasons. First, Prime Minister Lin is Princess Chen's father after all. Second, his power in the court is much stronger than you think."

At this point, Fan Jian's tone slowed down and he said, "The essay 'On the Love of Lotus' you wrote today is pretty good. I think Lin Xiang's first impression of you should be pretty good."

Not only Prime Minister Lin, but also Emperor Qing should be very pleased.

The Qing Kingdom is a martial country and has always been called the southern barbarians by the Great Qi in the north. This is unacceptable to Emperor Qing, who wants to "rule the country with both civil and military achievements" and leave his name in history.

Fan Xian's "On the Love of Lotus" also touched the sore spot for Emperor Qing.

"Father." Fan Xian pondered for a moment and asked, "Is it a coincidence that I met the Second Prince today?"

Out of caution, Fan Xian still asked this question.

"Yes and no." Fan Jian said, "You may not know the status of His Royal Highness the Second Prince in the restaurants in Kyoto. He is not called the Four Great Guests for nothing. That is why all the major restaurants often invite His Royal Highness to taste and evaluate the food..."

"But - today's appointment at Yishiju was made by the shopkeeper Cui." Fan Jian's words were meaningful.

"Yishiju? Whose property is this?" Fan Xian immediately understood what Fan Jian meant.

"The Cui family in Kyoto, but the person behind the Cui family is that... Her Royal Highness the Princess." Fan Jian stopped there. "I see." Fan Xian understood.

The small Yishijuli gathered three forces at the same time. Even if Fan Sizhe did not take the initiative to cause trouble, his mother-in-law, whom he had never met, would definitely create other conflicts.

"Of course, this is just on the surface." Fan Jian said, "I can't guess what the Second Prince is thinking."

Speaking of the Second Prince, Fan Xian became more interested and asked, "Has the Second Prince always been so straightforward in his conduct?"

He couldn't help but think of what happened today when the Second Prince called Guo Baokun a "fool" and didn't even give the Minister of Rites any face at all.

"His Royal Highness the Second Prince is a very pragmatic person." When mentioning this prince, Fan Jian frowned instinctively.

"He was not interested in court battles, and rarely made friends with civil and military officials. He usually played the role of a firefighter."

"Fire captain?" Fan Xian chuckled and said, "What do you mean?"

It must be said that what Fan Xian saw and heard at Yishiju today, and his Royal Highness the Second Prince, really left a deep impression on him.

Not only his superb cooking skills, but also the guard named Xie Bian.

Fan Xian knew his own limitations, even though he had practiced domineering martial arts, was proficient in the art of poisoning and some small tricks developed by Wu Zhu.

Now he is no match for that guard.

"Do you remember the dam built near Danzhou?" Fan Jian asked.

There is a river passing through Danzhou and flowing into the sea, but the river changes its course every year and often causes floods.

Fan Xian remembered that the newly built dam was very well constructed. In the past two years, there had been no more floods in Danzhou.

"Of course I remember." Fan Xian raised his eyebrows and asked, "Could this be the work of the Second Prince?"

"The Danzhou Dam was designed by His Royal Highness the Second Prince himself." Fan Jian said with certainty.

"He does not form cliques or engage in private interests. Could it be that our Second Prince is a great saint?" Fan Xian joked.

"That's not the case." Fan Jian stood up and pointed to the garden in the Fan Mansion and said, "What do you think of the construction of our Fan Mansion?"

"It's exquisite and elegant, and it cost a lot of money." Fan Xian said.

"Yes, the Second Prince's mansion is ten times more luxurious than our Fan Mansion."

Fan Jian continued, "He is extravagant and loves pleasure. The imperial envoys of the Inspectorate have reported the Second Prince countless times for this, but our Second Prince has never changed."

"He has talents but also weaknesses. His Royal Highness the Second Prince is a man of great wisdom," Fan Xian said.

Fan Xian immediately thought of famous people in Earth's history such as Wang Jian, Xiao He, and Guo Ziyi, who were able to have a good ending because of self-defilement.

The second prince's actions are similar to those of some great men in history.

"It seems that you also understand that this is the Second Prince's brilliance. As long as he has the ability, he does not need to look at anyone's face before doing anything. For the Second Prince, as long as he is responsible to His Majesty, that is enough." Fan Jian said.

It's not just the Second Prince, he and Prime Minister Lin both do this.

Otherwise, as Prime Minister Lin Ruofu, why would he be so blatantly greedy for money? He was also forced to do so by Emperor Qing.

Even so, everyone was walking on thin ice when working under Emperor Qing.

Fang Hao is the only one as carefree and unrestrained as he is.

(End of this chapter)