I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 39: The Origin of Fan Xian
The fourth year of Qingli, spring!

For the world, this year is destined to be a different year, because from this year on, all kinds of big dramas will begin.

Li Chengzong did not pay special attention to Fan Xian's affairs, but matters related to Fan Xian came to him.

Today is the day when the house arrest expires. Li Chengzong had just packed up and prepared to go to Zuixianju when Eunuch Hou came to the palace.

"Your Highness, His Majesty is going on an incognito tour and asked you to accompany him to the Qing Temple."

"The old man is alone?"

"Princess Chen is accompanying us."

"It seems that Fan Xian is going to Kyoto today. I want to go and take a look in advance. What do you want me to do?"

"This...I don't know."

"Okay, let's go take a look."

Li Chengzong nodded and ordered, "Huai En, go prepare the carriage. Oh, and call Fan Wujiu. Didn't he fail the exam again? Let's go and relax."

"Yes, Patriarch." Zhao Huai'en couldn't help but smile.

Before, when Fan Wujiu failed the exam, everyone would comfort him. But now, when they heard that he was related to the Spring Exam, everyone in the government couldn't help but want to laugh. Of course, everyone still admired Fan Wujiu's perseverance.

Not long after, the carriage was ready and Eunuch Hou drove out of the palace.

After walking for a while, Eunuch Hou was waiting to pick up Fan Xian, so Li Chengzong and the other two got out of the carriage and headed towards the Qing Temple while chatting.

When passing by a small alley, Li Chengzong suddenly saw a palace maid hurriedly entering a small courtyard.

Judging from the breathing and footsteps, he is someone who does not know martial arts.

The originally vague memory suddenly became clear.

People must learn to adapt to the times. Ye Qingmei wanted the times to adapt to her, but was ultimately bitten back by the times.

Li Chengzong did not have such lofty ideals as her, but some things would be fine if they were not encountered, but since they were encountered, he still had to take care of them.

"No help, stop the car."

The carriage stopped at the gate of the courtyard, and the three of them got out and pushed the door open to enter the courtyard.

The leading female historian was stunned for a moment, then quickly bowed and said, "Greetings, Third Prince."

Li Chengzong ignored her and looked at the palace maid who was about to change clothes in the courtyard, "Is there anyone who is unwilling to do what is happening today?"

There was silence in the yard.

Li Chengzong sighed silently, there was no more pity in his eyes, he turned around and prepared to leave.

I was given the opportunity, but I couldn't seize it. I deserve to die.

"Your Highness, I don't want to."

Li Chengzong turned his head, and two words suddenly popped up in his mind. He smiled and said, "Do you know what you are going to do today?"

"I am going out of the palace to do some shopping today. I don't know what I am going to do, but I think it is not a good thing."

Li Chengzong hummed, "Go to the palace to find Xingzhi, she will arrange for you."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

The young palace maid kowtowed three times, stood up and ran out as if escaping. However, before she even left the courtyard, she was forced back with a knife.

There were quite a few people coming, all with heavy footsteps and long breaths. The sound of leather and metal rubbing against each other could be heard as they walked. They were a team of imperial guards coming from the courtyard next door.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to the Third Prince."

The leading imperial guard clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid your action is inappropriate."

"So it's General Xu."

Li Chengzong greeted him, glanced at the imperial guards holding knives, and said with a smile: "General Xu, I haven't seen you for a year, and now you don't even give me any face?"

This General Xu, whose surname is Xu and whose given name is Qingyun, is the commander of the imperial guards in front of the palace. He is an absolute confidant of Emperor Qing and is quite familiar with Li Chengzong.

"I don't dare."

Xu Qingyun was startled and said quickly, "Let him go."

The released palace maid knelt down and kowtowed again before hurriedly running towards Prince Ding's palace.

When the palace maids in the yard saw this, they all knelt down, but Li Chengzong didn't care and just walked away.

Watching the carriage gradually disappear into the alley, the deputy general beside Xu Qingyun lowered his voice and suggested: "Commander, should we go and capture it? Otherwise, we won't be able to explain to His Majesty."

Xu Qingyun said coldly: "Okay, go catch him yourself, I don't know anything."

This sentence silenced the deputy general. After a long while, he spoke again: "Commander, we are the imperial guards and we only obey your majesty."

"Damn it, I don't know, why do you tell me?"

Xu Qingyun shouted and cursed, they were ordered to ensure Fan Xian's safe entry into the Fan Mansion, these palace maids with evil intentions should have been killed, but the person who showed up was the Third Prince, the most favored by His Majesty.

This Third Prince is a ninth-rank master, what can he do?
Moreover, based on his understanding of the Third Prince, if he released the palace maid, the Third Prince would certainly plead for them, and at most he would demote them. But if he didn't release the palace maid, the Third Prince would never let it go.

Choose the lesser of two evils.

In fact, it was just as Xu Qingyun expected.

When Li Chengzong arrived at the main hall of the Qing Temple, the first thing he said was: "Father, when I came here, I met the maids in the harem. They seemed to want to throw dirty water on Fan Xian and ruin his reputation. However, one of the maids was innocent, so I decided to let her go. At that time, your guards didn't give me any face at all..."

Emperor Qing interrupted, "Didn't he let him go in the end?"

"It seems like you know everything. So how do you plan to deal with Xu Qingyun?"

"Are you afraid that I'll kill him?"

"It's because of me, after all."

"Hmph, I'll give it to you, kid."

Emperor Qing was quite satisfied that Li Chengzong did not show mercy and saved all the palace maids, so he was willing to give his son face and spare Xu Qingyun's life.

"Thank you, Father."

Li Chengzong immediately took a pear from the altar and handed it to Emperor Qing, saying with a smile, "It's quite sweet, try it."

"Can you behave yourself, kid?"

Emperor Qing sighed helplessly, but still took the pear handed to him by his son and took a bite, then asked, "By the way, who do you think sent the maidservants from the harem to block the road?"

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, the eldest princess, or my second brother, they are all possible. I prefer the eldest princess." "Tell me about it."

"Men naturally have their own pride. Only women would resort to such sissy tactics."

"Where do you get such weird words from!"

Emperor Qing looked his son up and down, as if he was doubting whether he was his own son. Finally, he asked happily, "If it were you, what would you do?"

Li Chengzong said without thinking, "Why do I need an inner treasury? There are so many things to do every day, only you don't think it's a trouble."

Emperor Qing then remembered that his son had no interest in the throne, let alone a mere inner treasury. If he really cared about power and wealth, he would not have given his own property to him just like that.

"I forgot about your lazy nature."

Emperor Qing shook his head and smiled, "If you were Li Yunrui, the Crown Prince, or the Second Brother, what would you do?"

Li Chengzong took a bite of the pear, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Others' things are others' things after all. If I were them, I would build an industry that is not inferior to the inner treasury."

Emperor Qing hummed in appreciation and suddenly asked, "Are you really not interested in my position?"

"You are so boring. You are still trying to test me."

In fact, Emperor Qing was not testing him this time. He just had a sudden thought. Unfortunately, Li Chengzong did not believe him and said depressedly, "Just tell me, what do you need to believe that I have no interest in your throne?"

Emperor Qing opened his mouth and finally uttered three words angrily.

"It's worthless!"

Seeing that his father looked like he didn't want to pay any attention to him, Li Chengzong didn't bother to argue with Emperor Qing. He just picked up a fruit offering and started strolling around while eating.

Although I have been to Qing Temple in previous years, I have never taken a close look at it. Now I think it is quite good. At least the figure paintings in the main hall are worth seeing.

He looked here and there, and from time to time he exclaimed in amazement at the painter's superb skills, which made Emperor Qing, who was resting his mind, feel a little irritated.

"What are you doing swaying around? It makes me dizzy."

"You are disgusted with me now, so why don't you ask me to come before?"

Emperor Qing's eyes widened, and he suddenly remembered something, and said, "Come to think of it, you have come to the Qing Temple many times, but I have never seen you kneeling down to worship."

“Dad, be more confident and remove the word “as if”. I have never kneeled down to worship you.”

“Why don’t you kneel down?”

"I don't believe there are gods in this world, so why should I kneel down and worship these images?"

“Don’t believe in God?!”

Emperor Qing was stunned. "Since you don't believe in ghosts and gods, why do you kneel down and kowtow sincerely every time you worship your ancestors, and pray to the ancestors to bless your mother and the queen mother with good health?"

Humph, I've never seen this bastard pray to his ancestors for good health even once.

“That’s different.”

Li Chengzong didn't say what the difference was, and Emperor Qing didn't ask, and the father and son fell silent again.

Soon, Eunuch Hou arrived.

"Your Majesty, Master Fan Xian has arrived at the Qing Temple."

Emperor Qing nodded, "Tell the palace that all citizens of Qing can enter the temple to worship, but they don't have to enter the main hall."

Eunuch Hou hurried down to convey Emperor Qing's intention, and happened to see Gong Dian and Fan Xian fighting each other and then closing the door.

When Eunuch Hou returned to the main hall again, Emperor Qing was already standing at the gate of the main hall, looking at the figure entering the Qing Temple from afar.

As a fellow Grandmaster, Li Chengzong naturally knew that he could only see a blurry figure standing here, and he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Since you want to see this son so much, why don't you go and see him directly?"

Although not many people know Fan Xian's true identity, Eunuch Hou has served Emperor Qing for many years and must know it very well.

It can be seen from the TV series that as Emperor Qing's personal eunuch, if he didn't know Fan Xian's true identity, how could he be so polite, even humble, to Fan Xian from beginning to end, just an illegitimate son of an earl's mansion.

When Eunuch Hou heard this, he was shocked and his legs went weak. He thought to himself, "My Third Prince, you really dare to say anything."

But what puzzled him was how Li Chengzong knew Fan Xian's true identity.

Emperor Qing was not surprised at all, but he said calmly with a hint of annoyance: "Your mother really told you everything. You only need to know about this matter, don't spread it to others."

"Am I the kind of person who can't keep a tight lid on things?"

Li Chengzong rolled his eyes and asked, "Are you really not going to take a look?"

"We'll see each other sooner or later, there's no need to rush."

"Is it necessary for you to arrange this today?"

Li Chengzong complained: "You even called me to come along."

"Since you know Fan Xian's identity, you should also know your relationship with him. Are you not interested in him?" Emperor Qing was puzzled.

Speaking of which, there is indeed some connection between him and Fan Xian.

Although he was born due to the system's setting, if you really think about it, it was actually Ye Qingmei who directly caused his birth.

When Qin Yu married Emperor Qing, she didn't even have sex on her wedding night, so it was naturally impossible for her to get pregnant with him.

Later, Ye Qingmei persuaded Qin Yu that a woman can live without a man but cannot live without a child.

So the two of them decided to drug Emperor Qing.

Although Emperor Qing is a grandmaster and can resist poisons, he has no way to deal with aphrodisiacs.

Next... ten thousand words are omitted here.

Anyway, those who understand will understand.

That's why he is about the same age as Fan Xian, and they were born only three days apart.

This is also why Emperor Qing was not surprised, but Eunuch Hou was very surprised that Li Chengzong knew Fan Xian’s true identity.

Because no matter how hard Eunuch Hou tried, he would never have imagined such a thing.

However, Emperor Qing was very clear that, under the influence of Ye Qingmei, Qin Yu had always regarded this matter as something to be proud of, so he was not surprised when he told his son about it.

Although both are sleeping, there is a big difference between active and passive.

Especially since Emperor Qing is the emperor above everyone else.

That's why there was a hint of anger in Emperor Qing's tone before.

(End of this chapter)