Chapter 331 A toast to you
"How, how to use it, um, it's written inside."
After hesitating, Fan Xian looked at him with a slightly strange and flustered look, seeming to be hesitant to speak.
Mei Cheng'an held the medicine bag and turned it around between his fingertips. He smiled when he heard it, and then said "oh" and put the bag away.
"Okay, why are you looking at me like that? Let's get down to business. Besides the Red Sleeves Move, what other tasks did His Majesty assign you?"
Upon hearing this, Fan Xian lowered his eyes in embarrassment, thought for a moment and then let out a sigh, "Well, let's talk about business.
Picking up the teacup and taking a sip of tea, Fan Xian adjusted his mood and then spoke.
"Your Majesty told me to find a chance to kill Sean after I get Yan Bingyun back."
Mei Chengan raised his eyebrows.
"In the capital of Northern Qi?"
Fan Xian showed a hint of helplessness in his eyes and smiled bitterly.
"Yes."
Mei Cheng'an lowered his head and began tapping the table with his fingers again. This time he stopped after only a few taps and looked up.
"Any more?"
Fan Xian nodded.
"They said Sean is hiding a secret that is suspected to be related to the temple. Let's dig out the secret before we kill him."
Mei Chengan thought for a while and said.
"This is connected to the previous one, so just do it together. It counts as one task. Anything else?"
Fan Xian shook his head.
"No more. Oh, by the way, in order to avoid suspicion, the Overwatch Council will not help us with this mission. We can only rely on ourselves."
A hint of surprise flashed across Mei Cheng'an's eyes.
"Your Majesty said that?"
Fan Xian smiled bitterly again.
"Yes."
His eyes flashed, and Mei Chengan said lightly, then lowered his head and continued tapping the table.
Fan Xian looked at him for a moment and couldn't help but say.
"Don't you think this mission is outrageous?"
Mei Cheng'an paused, then looked up and smiled.
"It's outrageous, but what can we do? His Majesty told you to do so, and you don't dare to refuse.
Of course I'm not making fun of you. I wouldn't dare to do that either. Since I've accepted it, I can only bite the bullet and find a way to execute it."
"..."
After a moment's silence, Fan Xian shrugged.
"Nothing wrong."
"but…"
As soon as Mei Cheng'an changed the subject, Fan Xian's eyes lit up and he looked at him expectantly. He finally couldn't resist the urge to complain, come on!
"This mission is really too inhumane. They simply don't take our lives seriously!"
Fan Xian was so excited that he slapped the table lightly.
"That's right, that's exactly right! Oh, that's what I thought at the time. It's so damn inhumane!"
"so."
Mei Cheng calmed down and smiled slightly.
"His Majesty didn't emphasize to you that we must complete these tasks, did he? If not... that's fine."
"hiss…"
Fan Xian folded his arms, propped his chin up and thought about it.
"That's not the case..."
As he spoke, his expression suddenly became a little strange.
Seeing this, Mei Chengan asked curiously.
"What's wrong? What did you think of?"
"Oh, that's great. Can you help me analyze it?"
As he spoke, Fan Xian put down his hand and pressed his arm onto the table.
"His Majesty did not emphasize to me that the mission must be completed, but he... suddenly emphasized to me for no apparent reason...
Let me come back alive!
My father told me this, my teacher told me this, and even Chen Pingping told me this, and I didn't find it strange because the relationship is there.
But Your Majesty... you know what I mean, I have only met him a few times in total, and I am really confused.
I was still a little unsure at the time, and I asked him if it didn't matter whether the mission was completed or not, I had to come back alive.
And then guess what.
His Majesty suddenly became angry and said that I was asking questions even though I knew the answer. Then he said that this was his order and finally he angrily told me to get out.
I was almost scared to death at that time, and I ran away quickly. Oh my god, what a psycho.
Oh yes, there is one more thing. It turns out that Taiping Villa is my mother’s yard. It has a special meaning to me.
At that time, His Majesty asked me if I had anything else to say, and I directly asked him why he didn't say it in the palace but chose to say it there.
Then guess what His Majesty said, he was different from me there and in the palace. In the palace, we were the monarch and his subject, but there...
Later he suddenly stopped talking about it. He hooked me up at that time, and I was so upset, but when I asked him about it, he wouldn't say anything.
After I came out, this sentence kept lingering in my mind. I racked my brains but still couldn't figure out the difference.
He specifically chose my mother’s former residence and said it was different from the palace. He also specifically told me to come back alive. I really was...
Now you know why I told you that I felt like I was meeting a fake Majesty, haha, so fake that I almost doubted my life!"
After saying the last sentence with a wry smile, Fan Xian exhaled, shook his head helplessly, picked up the teacup and drank a sip of tea. After putting down the teacup, he pinched the rim of the cup with his right hand and turned it, propped up his chin with his left hand, tilted his head and spoke with a depressed look.
"Tell me, what on earth does he mean by this?"
Mei Cheng'an leaned against the carriage, supported his left knee with his arm, and looked down at the teacup in his right hand thoughtfully.
After a moment, he shook his head and spoke.
"Hearing the first part, I was thinking that it might be because you have become the god of poetry and His Majesty values talent, but after hearing what you said later, I don't think so anymore."
Fan Xian was not disappointed when he heard this. His fellow countryman was not a god who knew everything. Not to mention that he could not understand His Majesty's move, anyone would be confused. It was normal.
"Hey, why don't you just say what he wants to say directly? He has to act like a riddler and tell half of it, which is pure torture."
Mei Chengan smiled.
"Hey, do you think it's possible that His Majesty has a very good relationship with your mother, just like Chen Pingping, and treats you as a junior."
Fan Xian was stunned for a moment when he heard this. After thinking about it, he suddenly sat up straight, his eyes lighting up.
"Hiss~ Don't say that. If you put it that way, then everything makes sense. If His Majesty is very close to my mother, then it's not surprising that he treats me as a close junior.
Well… in the palace, they are the emperor and his subjects, but in my mother’s old house, they are close elders and juniors. At the same time, because of this relationship, it is reasonable that he doesn’t care about the mission but cares about my safety.”
Fan Xian became more and more excited as he spoke, and he clapped his hands violently after he finished speaking.
"That's right, that's right, it must be like this! Hahaha it makes sense, it all makes sense! It's all thanks to you, Lao Mei, you're so smart!"
Looking at the thumb waving in front of his eyes, Mei Chengan's mouth twitched. Why was he so excited?
This statement can barely explain these two points, but as long as he calms down and thinks carefully, it is still a bit inconsistent with Emperor Qing's words and deeds. For example, if this is true, Emperor Qing doesn't have to...
"But...if that's the case, then why didn't His Majesty just tell me directly? What's there to hide? Also, why did he suddenly get angry? What's there to be angry about?"
After the excitement, Fan Xian recovered and propped up his chin again to start a new round of worrying.
"..."
Okay, you calmed down pretty quickly.
Mei Cheng'an thought for a moment and then spoke.
"Maybe... you feel embarrassed or ashamed?"
Fan Xian was stunned for a moment and put down his arms.
"how to say?"
Mei Chengan rolled his eyes.
"Think about it, he is the emperor after all. The emperor is alone, and family affection is a burden to him, not to mention..."
Fan Xian understood immediately and took over the conversation directly.
"Not to mention me, the son of an old friend. Tsk, that's right. I guess he rarely says such intimate words. It can be seen from the fact that he can't even talk to his two sons in a friendly way.
Because he was not used to being intimate with others, he was embarrassed. Because of the embarrassment, he was too embarrassed to speak out. In addition, I didn’t understand at the time and kept asking him questions, so he got angry out of shame. "
As he spoke, Fan Xian suddenly became excited again.
"This time everything is truly clear to me. I have no more doubts. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. This is such a great feeling!"
Mei Cheng'an smiled helplessly and shook his head. Here it comes again.
Glancing at the empty teacup in his hand, he was about to reach out for the teapot to refill his cup of tea when Fan Xian suddenly picked it up first.
"I'll do it, I'll do it. You work so hard with your brain, how can I bother you to do such a small thing yourself?"
Mei Cheng'an looked at him with a helpless look, and had no choice but to take his hand back. It was not worth arguing about such a small matter.
Seeing that the teapot was almost full, Mei Cheng'an tapped the table with his finger to indicate that it was ready.
Fan Xian promptly collected the teapot, poured himself a cup, put the teapot down, and picked up the cup with both hands.
"Come on, come on, I'll toast you."
Mei Chengan glanced at his posture, rolled his eyes, clinked his cup with his hand, and said unhappily.
"It's useless to do this."
Fan Xian chuckled.
"Of course I should. You really helped me a lot in solving my doubts this time. I won't say anything else. It's all in the wine. Ugh, it's all in the tea. I've drank it. Please do as you please."
After saying this, he drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, very heroically.
"..."
Mei Cheng'an looked at the sip of tea in the small teacup, picked it up and put it to his mouth to take a sip, actually just touching his lips.
It's really not easy to enjoy such a small amount of tea casually. I dare not drink it because it will be gone easily if I am not careful.
Putting down the teacup, Fan Xian turned around, lifted the car curtain and looked inside.
"Where are we?"
Mei Cheng'an glanced outside, put down his teacup, turned around, lifted the car curtain and looked out.
At present, the delegation has passed the open area in front of the city gate and is walking on a narrow road. The road surface is relatively flat and not bumpy.
On the right side, which is Fan Xian's side, there is an unknown lake across the low vegetation on the roadside.
On the left side of Mei Cheng'an is a high slope. On the loess wall is a dense forest with clusters of tree shadows and a vast expanse of green.
After looking a few more times to rest his eyes, Mei Cheng'an lowered the car curtain and looked back at Fan Xian who was still observing outside the window.
"It's been less than an hour since we left. The delegation didn't move very fast. They only walked eight or nine miles at most. It's not very far."
Fan Xian said "oh" and took a few more glances before lowering the curtain, turning back to his seat, picking up the teapot and pouring tea.
"Come, I'll toast you again."
Mei Chengan was speechless.
"What's the reason?"
"Jing walked eight or nine miles."
"..."
……
(End of this chapter)
