Chapter 228 I won't make things difficult for you
He was never a good person!
Lanxiang added in her heart.
The eldest princess was still not satisfied after laughing, so she raised her orchid finger and pinched the sachet she made in the morning and dipped it in some pearl powder.
Place it on a low-temperature stove, turn it slightly to warm it, then gently apply it on the back of your hand, and say with a smile while taking care of your hands.
"Ah, don't you think Fan Xian is quite interesting?"
Lanxiang nodded.
"If Your Highness finds it interesting, then it is interesting."
The eldest princess looked at the back of her hand, not knowing what she was thinking of. Her smile gradually faded and she became inexplicably unhappy, with a very melancholy tone.
"Speaking of which, I am Wan'er's mother. Why didn't he come to see me after he entered the palace?"
"..."
"Princess, have you forgotten? It was you who said you didn't want to see him, saying you were afraid he would get bored."
The eldest princess suddenly smiled again, looked at Lanxiang and spoke with interest.
"But now I think it would be interesting to meet him."
"..."
After thinking for a while, the princess asked.
"Did they leave from Ning Cairen?"
"Yes, Your Highness. According to their speed, they should have reached the Queen Mother's bedroom by now."
The eldest princess spoke bluntly.
"I want to see him."
Lanxiang was about to nod, but suddenly paused and asked nervously.
"Um...Your Highness only saw Fan Xian...right?"
The eldest princess was stunned for a moment and looked at her with amusement.
"Or else, you want me to meet him too?"
Lanxiang waved her hands frantically.
"No, no, no, no, I was the one who said too much. This is the arrangement."
After saying that, he bowed, nodded, took a few steps back, then turned and left.
The eldest princess smiled and shook her head and stopped looking at her. After rubbing the sachet lightly on the back of her hand twice, the eldest princess felt something in her heart.
"Wait a moment!"
Lanxiang was startled, stopped, turned around and looked at the princess nervously.
You can't have changed your mind, no.
The eldest princess didn't even look at him and spoke softly.
"Such an interesting thing cannot be done by only Fan Xian."
As she spoke, the princess looked at Lanxiang, who held her breath for a moment.
"Call Xiao Yi."
Lanxiang breathed a sigh of relief instantly. It was so scary. It was okay then. She nodded quickly.
"Yes!"
The eldest princess didn't notice her little thoughts. After thinking about it, she gave her a special reminder.
"Let him take his bow and arrows."
……
The long corridor in front of the Queen Mother's bedroom.
Mei Cheng'an and the other two were stopped fifty meters in front of the gate and waited for Eunuch Hou to go in and report.
After vomiting and barely recovering his strength, Fan Xian hugged his arms and looked at Mei Chengan with sidelong glances.
"Why do I feel like you, bastard, knew this was going to happen?"
"When Mr. Ning said you were a weak scholar and you admitted it quietly, I felt something was wrong.
"Tell me, did you expect this?!"
Upon hearing this, Fan Ruoruo, who was standing by, also looked at Mei Chengan, although she felt that the possibility was not high.
Of course Mei Cheng'an couldn't admit it. He just stood with his hands behind his back and sneered when he heard the words.
"What nonsense are you talking about? This is my first time in the harem too. How can I predict this in advance?"
"It was just a coincidence. I was too lazy to tell Ning Cairen more at the time. It doesn't make any sense."
"Also, can you be polite in front of your sister? You are talking dirty and your manners are so poor!"
"..."
Fan Xian subconsciously looked at his sister.
Fan Ruoruo was nodding silently when she heard the expected answer, but she was a little puzzled when she heard the last sentence.
How come she was dragged into the matter between the two men?
But thinking back, the word my brother said was indeed a bit vulgar.
Thinking of this, Fan Ruoruo forced out a slightly awkward smile in response to Fan Xian's gaze.
"..."
Fan Xian coughed lightly and touched his nose. The best way to divert embarrassment was to divert attention, so he looked at Mei Chengan again.
"Stop giving me… I tried to change the subject, but you kept stirring up trouble. What should I say?"
"This can't be a coincidence, right? To mess with me, Minnong even came out. Do you dare to say that you didn't do it on purpose?"
Mei Chengan shrugged and said indifferently.
"I did it on purpose!"
"..."
You admit it now? Why don't you continue to quibble? Why don't you play by the rules?
Fan Xian, who was ready to sneer, twitched his mouth, paused, and snorted.
"Just admit it. If that's the case, don't blame me for looking for a chance to retaliate against you later. After all, you were the one who did the wrong first..."
"You wait."
Mei Chengan interrupted him directly.
“Who was unjust first?”
Fan Xian was stunned for a few seconds, then he laughed. "Haha, what? You want to regret it? It's too late! You just admitted it yourself, and we all heard it, right Ruoruo?"
Upon hearing this, Fan Ruoruo nodded heavily and said "hmm".
"I heard it all! Brother Mei admitted it himself!"
Strictly speaking, she was actually involved in fanning the flames, but she was maliciously guided by Mei Chengan without knowing it.
Brother Mei is so hateful, he’s gone too far!
If not now, when will you stand firmly with me and fight against those who do evil?
Fan Xian gave his sister a thumbs up and looked at Mei Cheng'an with a raised corner of his mouth.
"Look, tut, what else do you have to say now?"
Mei Cheng'an looked at Fan Xian as if he were a fool and sneered.
"Not to mention that you provoked and mocked me in every way on the way to the palace, it is reasonable for me to retaliate against you."
"Just talking about Ning Cairen's place, which dog wanted to tell Ning Cairen about something and drag me into this while we were having dinner?"
"..."
The smile on Fan Xian's face froze.
Mei Cheng'an looked at him with a half-smile, put his hand behind his ear and turned his head towards Fan Xian.
"Come on, answer my question again. I didn't hear it clearly. Who was the first to do the unjust thing?"
Fan Xian: "..."
Fan Ruoruo: "..."
After waiting for a while without receiving any response, Mei Cheng'an put down his hand and sighed.
"Alas, I had hoped to shine like the moon, but the moon shines on the ditch. I thought that if I didn't care about it, he would come to his senses, but I didn't expect that not only did he not stop, but he even got worse."
"Even rabbits bite when they are angry, and clay figures can still get angry. No matter how good my temper is, facing that dog's repeated unjust actions, is there any problem in giving him a little punishment?"
"Besides, my so-called punishment is just to make him not waste food. Farmers work so hard to grow crops. I just want him to cherish food. What's wrong with me?"
"If you were a bystander, please judge for yourself. Did I really do anything wrong?"
Fan Ruoruo: "..."
Fan Xian's face turned red and purple, and he quietly returned to his original position, watching his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose. He didn't dare to look at his fellow villager anymore, let alone bark like a dog.
As for the fact that his fellow villagers called him a dog, he could only accept it with a pinch of his nose.
After hearing these words, the cause and effect became clear, and the right and wrong were obvious. Others might not know what he had done, but he himself did not know it either. He was indeed in the wrong, and he had no choice but to admit it.
This incident has caused a lot of embarrassment. Well, no one should blame anyone else. Let's just let it go. Why bother about so many things, bro?
Mei Cheng'an looked at the silent brother and sister with an inquiring look.
Fan Xian noticed his fellow villager's gaze, turned his head to the other side, and looked up at the sky over the eaves.
Fan Ruoruo reacted a little slowly, but quickly caught up with her brother's actions.
Mei Cheng'an couldn't help but curl his lips as he looked at the guilty brother and sister who moved in unison.
Then look away and look forward. Just stop there. If you go any further, it would be too much.
Fan Xian watched the bird for a while, and finally remembered the important matter. He lowered his head and pulled his sister's sleeve.
"Have you memorized the route?"
Fan Ruoruo turned around and first glanced at Mei Chengan. Seeing that he was no longer looking at her, she breathed a sigh of relief and answered.
"I remember everything from the entrance to the Queen Mother's bedroom."
Fan Xian nodded.
"Go back and draw a picture."
Fan Ruoruo smiled and nodded softly.
As they were talking, the figure of Eunuch Hou emerged from the door of the Empress Dowager's bedroom and walked towards them. Fan Xian quickly put down his arms and stood still. The three of them looked at him.
When he got closer, Eunuch Hou first looked at Mei Chengan.
"Mr. Mei, please follow me in first."
Mei Cheng'an was stunned when he heard this. After looking at Fan Xian, he nodded to Eunuch Hou and followed him towards the Empress Dowager's bedroom.
Fan Xian subconsciously thought that they were going to go in one by one, so he didn't think much about it and calmly watched them leave.
……
"Mei Cheng'an pays respect to the Queen Mother."
Mei Cheng'an knelt down and bowed to the silver-haired empress dowager on the high platform.
The Queen Mother's tone was very kind and amiable.
"Get up quickly."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
Mei Chengan stood up in response.
The Queen Mother said again.
"Come forward a little, and raise your head, so that I can have a good look at you."
Although Mei Cheng'an felt extremely embarrassed when he heard this, he could only take two steps forward and raised his head to look at the empress dowager with neither arrogance nor humility.
It must be said that it is a bit exaggerated that the Empress Dowager still has such a lot of hair at this age.
If the cattle and horses of modern times really saw this, they would be so envious that they would die.
Apart from this, there is nothing special about her. She is just an ordinary old lady.
Compared with the old lady, he was more interested in the humble and submissive old eunuch Hong Sixiang standing beside her.
Yu Guangzhong, the old eunuch had a pale, beardless face, deep eye sockets, and a face that made people shudder, but in Mei Chengan's eyes, it looked very kind.
Lu Zhangke, do you still remember Zhang Wuji by the Daming Lake?
As if he had noticed something, Hong Sixiang, who had been keeping his head down, suddenly raised his head and looked at him.
Mei Cheng'an was startled and quickly retracted his gaze, looking straight ahead. Lu Zhangke was nothing to him. This was a half-step grandmaster.
The Queen Mother stared at his face for a few seconds, then looked him up and down and nodded with satisfaction.
"Well, no wonder Roujia fell in love with you at first sight. You are indeed born with a good-looking appearance. She likes good-looking people."
Mei Cheng'an's face turned red when he heard this. He didn't know how to respond. This old lady was too straightforward.
The Queen Mother saw the young man blushing and smiled happily.
"Haha, young people are so thin-skinned, they can't hold it together before I even say anything.
Well, I won't embarrass you, so that Roujia won't say that I bullied you and come to torment me again."
……
Chapter 2 Later
(End of this chapter)
