Chapter 126: The Face Hurts from Being Hit
He Zongwei bowed to Li Hongcheng who was sitting in the main seat and asked for instructions.
Li Hongcheng had no objection and gestured with his hand.
"please."
He Zongwei built up his emotions, coordinated his body movements, and spoke loudly.
"Looking eastward to Yuntian Shore..."
……
backyard.
“…Wearing white clothes and walking on the cold frost, don’t say you are alone and far away, there are green mountains to see you off.
After He Zongwei finished reading, the crowd cheered loudly. Fan Xian remained silent. After He Zongwei sat down with a happy look on his face, Fan Xian commented that He Zongwei was quite arrogant when he wrote the poem. He asked him if he had ever thought that he would become someone else's retainer and fawn on others to survive. He Zongwei said that Fan Xian had a sharp tongue and asked him if he could write a good poem.
After saying this, the servant stood up and left, and another servant took over.
"Fan Xian said, 'Let's do it directly.' Before he walked to the front of the hall and started writing a poem, he suddenly wanted to make a bet with Guo Baokun and He Zongwei. If Guo Baokun and He Zongwei could write a better poem after he finished writing this one, he would never write poetry again in his life. The prince reminded Fan Xian that he wrote a poem every ten steps, and advised him to think more about it and not rush to write. Fan Xian said that he didn't find the person he wanted to find, and he was in a bad mood, so he planned to write directly. After that, he picked up the pen and started writing."
The second prince asked about Mei Chengan.
"Who does he want to see?"
"..."
Li Roujia and Lin Wan'er also looked over.
Mei Chengan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Don't look at me. How do I know who he's looking for? Also, aren't you focusing on the wrong thing? This is the main point! Shouldn't the main point be what kind of poem he will write? The main event is coming soon, but you're focusing on who he wants to find?"
The second prince didn't believe it and laughed.
"Tell me about it. Maybe I can find it for him."
Lin Wan'er also stared at Mei Cheng'an.
Li Roujia said coquettishly.
"Brother Cheng'an, if you know anything, just tell me. He is your friend, so you must know."
"..."
You are so good, Roujia, you love gossip more than you love me, right? You just ruined my stage like that?
Mei Chengan had no choice but to find another excuse.
"This is someone's privacy, I can't talk about it."
The second prince laughed.
"You're pretending to be ignorant and making excuses. This makes me even more curious. Don't talk about privacy. If it was a private matter, Fan Xian wouldn't have said it in public. He doesn't mind. What do you mind? Just tell me if you know."
Mei Cheng'an was speechless. Why are you coming towards me? What have I done to offend anyone?
That was Fan Xian's own business, so he could speak out whatever he wanted. What did he say? Besides, Lin Wan'er was still here. He knew the details, but according to common sense, he shouldn't have known them.
Without knowing the details, given his identity, it was simply outrageous and completely unreasonable for him to reveal in front of Lin Wan'er that Fan Xian wanted to find another girl!
Mei Cheng'an winked at the Second Prince, glanced at Lin Wan'er calmly, and asked with gritted teeth with a forced smile.
"Your Highness, are you sure you want to hear it?"
The second prince was stunned for a moment, subconsciously glanced at Lin Wan'er, and narrowed his eyes. Mei Cheng'an meant that it was inconvenient to say it in front of Wan'er? Could it be... The second prince looked at Mei Cheng'an and asked with his eyes.
Mei Cheng'an nodded barely perceptibly.
The second prince understood and spoke.
"I'm just asking casually. The messenger has arrived. Let's first listen to what poem Fan Xian wrote."
The second prince's turn of events was very abrupt. Lin Wan'er saw the eye contact between the two and had some guesses in her mind.
Lin Wan'er didn't say anything, but Li Roujia was unhappy. She had whetted her appetite so much, and now she didn't want to listen? That wouldn't do, so she spoke directly to the Second Prince.
"Don't be impatient, second brother. We have already waited a long time, so it doesn't matter if we wait a little longer."
Then he looked at Mei Chengan.
"Brother Cheng'an, I want to hear it, please tell me quickly."
Mei Cheng'an wanted to cry but had no tears. "Wife, wife, the knife is hanging, and you have untied the rope. Are you trying to murder your husband?"
Just when he was about to give his wife a hint with his eyes, Lin Wan'er suddenly spoke.
"Mr. Mei, please tell me. I am also curious about who Fan Xian came to the Prince Jing's Mansion to see. You don't have to worry about my presence. Fan Xian does not hide anything and he certainly doesn't mind me hearing it. If you are worried that Fan Xian will blame you later, just say that I forced you to tell me. Now you don't have to worry about anything."
"..."
The second prince was happy.
"Wan'er, now that you've said this, I, as your brother, have to lend a hand. I'll take my share of the responsibility for forcing you to do this. Stop hiding it and just speak up."
"..."
Mei Cheng'an rolled his eyes at the second prince, you traitor who goes back on his word!
The second prince spread his hands, indicating that he had done his best.
Just say it, you guys have already found an excuse for me.
Mei Chengan shrugged.
"You forced me to say this. The series of consequences caused by this have nothing to do with me. In fact, it's nothing. When Fan Xian came to Beijing, he happened to see a girl eating chicken legs under the incense table in the side hall of the Qing Temple, and then..."
Suddenly, a snapping sound interrupted Mei Cheng'an's words, followed by the maid's exclamation.
"Miss, are you okay? Are you not burned?" "It's okay, it's okay!"
The noise came from Lin Wan'er's direction. The three of them looked over and saw that Lin Wan'er accidentally knocked over the teacup, and the tea spilled all over the table. Her maid was wiping the table.
Lin Wan'er blushed when everyone saw her, and she was extremely flustered.
"I, I, I, I didn't mean it."
Li Roujia thought that Lin Wan'er blushed because she accidentally spilled the tea and disturbed everyone's story, so she said nothing about it.
"Don't worry, cousin. Your clothes are not soaked, right? Do you need to change?"
Lin Wan'er waved her hands quickly.
"No, no, I'm fine, no need to bother."
After saying that, he looked at Mei Chengan.
"Mei, Mr. Mei, please continue."
Mei Cheng'an looked at her with a smile and continued.
"Then he fell in love with the girl at first sight, but he forgot to ask her name, so he called her the Chicken Leg Girl, and then..."
Another exclamation interrupted Mei Cheng'an's words, coming from that direction again.
The three of them looked over again.
This time it was not Lin Wan'er who made the noise, but her maid. She covered her mouth and kept looking at Lin Wan'er.
Qing Temple, the girl who stole the chicken legs, the more she listened, the more she sounded like her own young lady, plus the strange behavior of her young lady after she came out that day, all connected the dots. More importantly, she heard that Fan Xian fell in love with her young lady at first sight, and she couldn't help but scream out.
Lin Wan'er looked at her maid in panic, and when she noticed everyone's gazes, her face blushed even more.
The Second Prince narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Wan'er. His cousin and her servant were not behaving normally. There was something fishy.
Li Roujia's first reaction was a bit puzzled, wondering if people could still listen to the complete story.
Then I suddenly remembered that when Mei Cheng'an was treating my cousin, my cousin's maid said that my cousin could finally eat chicken legs openly. That meant that she had been eating them secretly before. Wait, a girl who ate chicken legs secretly...cousin...cousin...cousin...if that was the case, then it would be consistent with my cousin's previous reaction.
Li Roujia felt a little excited when she thought of this. The story between her cousin and Fan Xian felt like something from a novel. It was too unreal.
Mei Cheng'an was a little annoyed. He had expected to be interrupted the first time, as he was waiting for Lin Wan'er's reaction. But he was very upset when he was interrupted the second time, because he didn't expect that Lin Wan'er's maid would have a role in this.
"Should I continue then?"
Lin Wan'er was at a loss, and hearing these words was like finding a life-saving straw.
"Excuse me, please continue, sir."
The second prince raised his eyebrows. As expected, Wan'er felt the same as he did. When she heard that Fan Xian fell in love with another girl at first sight, she was not angry at all. She even wanted to listen more. It was abnormal, too abnormal. What was going on?
Mei Cheng'an adjusted his mood and continued.
"Then Fan Xian came to me and asked me to help him analyze who this girl with chicken legs is. I won't go into detail about the specific analysis process, but the conclusion is that the girl with chicken legs is from a wealthy family in Kyoto. Fan Xian said that the reason he was interested in this poetry gathering was because a lot of ladies from wealthy families would come here, and he wanted to find the girl with chicken legs. But obviously, the girl with chicken legs didn't show up here. That's it, I'm done."
After a pause, Mei Cheng'an added what he should say in his position.
"Don't worry, Princess. Fan Xian only met that chicken-legged girl once, and it was a short time, so he has a deep impression of her. I don't think he can find her either, and he should forget about her after a while."
The Second Prince glanced at Mei Cheng'an and said, "Don't try to make excuses for Fan Xian. Even a dog wouldn't believe what you said. Do you really think my sister is stupid? I don't think she would believe it."
Li Roujia wanted to open her mouth when she heard it, but she closed it after thinking about it. It was not a good idea to point this out in front of her cousin. Her cousin was thin-skinned and she had to consider her face.
Hehe, Brother Cheng'an, you're worrying too much. Fan Xian and my cousin are a perfect match just like us. I'm sorry I can't tell you the truth now. I'll tell you as soon as they leave!
Lin Wan'er felt strange after hearing Mei Cheng'an's last words, but she didn't know the details, so it was normal for her to make up for Fan Xian as a friend, but what should she say... She thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a suitable response, so...
"Um…"
Second Prince: "..."
The second prince covered his face with a slap and felt the pain. She believed it. She actually believed it. What a silly sister I am.
While a few people were talking, people who came to report the news started to line up. There were already three or four of them, and more people kept lining up behind them.
Mei Chengan suggested.
"Now that we have finished telling the story, shouldn't we listen to the poem written by Fan Xian?"
The second prince waved his hands, still covering his face. Lin Wan'er was distracted. Mei Cheng'an gave Li Roujia a look. Li Roujia nodded and signaled Xiao Tao, who was stopping the messenger, to let him go.
The first servant knelt down and said loudly.
"The wind is strong and the sky is high, and the monkeys are howling sadly."
Get up and change people.
"Nagisa Kiyosaka, the white bird, is flying back."
Change again.
"The endless fallen leaves rustle down."
Change.
"The endless Yangtze River rolls on."
The second prince suddenly put down his hands, revealing his face with bright eyes.
"What a poem!"
……
(End of this chapter)
