I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 96: Double Standard Dog Fan Xian

It was early spring and the weather was warm, but the city of Kyoto was drenched in mourning, with scholars everywhere paying homage to the young poet Fan.

Many scholars thought that Fan Xian was really dead and were deeply saddened, but Fan Xian, who had faked his death, returned to Beijing right under their noses.

Because the Baoyue Tower had been properly handled, his sneaking back to the capital did not cause much trouble, but he was almost caught as an assassin.

Fan Xian met Emperor Qing and presented him with a blueprint of a compound bow. He also told Sean the news about the temple he had learned from him. Although he concealed a large part of it, Emperor Qing still pardoned him for the crime of deceiving the emperor.

After Fan Xian left the palace, Emperor Qing summoned Li Chengzong. No one knew what they talked about, but the father and son went to Taiping Villa. After that, Emperor Qing issued an edict to recall the eldest prince Li Chengru from the border.

The first day of February, the fifth year of the Qingli period.

Led by Crown Prince Li Chengqian, officials from the Ministry of Rites went to welcome the eldest prince who had returned to Beijing, as well as the eldest princess of Northern Qi, Zhan Pianpian, who had come to Kyoto to marry a foreign princess.

Seeing Xin Qiwu coming in from outside the city with an embarrassed look on his face, Li Chengzong glanced at the calm Old Second and didn't say much.

After waiting for a while, the two teams arrived outside the city gate, and naturally a confrontation was inevitable.

A strong wind suddenly blew, and even inside the city gate, one could hear the commotion outside.

Li Chengqian stretched out his hand to block the blowing sand, turned his head slightly to look at Li Chengzong, and said: "Third brother, you and eldest brother have always been close, why don't you go and persuade him?"

"No, Your Highness, I would be overstepping my authority if I went. This kind of thing requires you to personally take action."

"We are all brothers, why do we need to be so clear-cut? How about you come with me?"

Li Chengzong shook his head, "There still have to be rules."

Li Chengqian smiled, "Okay, Third Brother, Second Brother, Fourth Brother, wait a moment, I'll go check out the situation."

After the prince left, Li Chengze waited for a long time but no one came in, so he took out the cushions and threw one to Li Chengzong and Li Chengping respectively. Then he took off his shoes, squatted on the cushions, and turned his head to look outside the city.

"Second brother, third brother, it looks like our eldest brother is going to clash with the diplomatic corps. Why don't we go and persuade him?"

Hearing what Li Chengping said, Li Chengze replied: "We are here to pick someone up, not to stop a fight."

"Then why did the prince go there?"

"The prince is different from us."

"What's the difference?"

"The Crown Prince is the heir to the throne, and we are just princes. Although we are brothers, we are also subjects. This is why Third Brother did not accept the Crown Prince's invitation."

"Third brother, is that so?"

Li Chengzong nodded and suddenly said, "People who follow Fan Xian will become much braver."

Upon hearing this, Li Chengze turned around and said, "Why do you say that, Third Brother?"

Li Chengzong said with a smile: "Wang Qinian used to be very cautious, but now he even dares to kill the war horses under my brother's command. He must have become much bolder."

"Brother has returned from the battle, and Fan Xian's men actually dared to fight his warhorse. It looks like things are going to get out of hand."

"Second brother, you let the Northern Qi envoys collide with eldest brother's team, isn't it just to make them quarrel?"

Li Chengzong shook his head and smiled: "But in my opinion, there will be no quarrel between the two sides."

"As expected, nothing can be hidden from Third Brother. But given Big Brother's personality, I'm afraid he won't let Fan Xian off easily, right?"

"Make a bet?"

"Forget it, I won't bet with you." Li Chengze shook his head, feeling a little disappointed.

As soon as he finished speaking, drums started beating and ceremonial music began.

The three brothers Li Chengzong also stood up. They turned their heads slightly and saw Li Chengqian walking in holding Fan Xian in one hand and Li Chengru in the other.

The five half brothers gathered together for the first time, but the scene was not harmonious.

Mainly, Fan Xian fought against the second brother together with the prince.

Although the Second Brother did not send anyone to assassinate Fan Xian on his way back to Beijing because of Li Chengzong's intervention, Fan Xian was very smart. He secretly returned to Beijing and learned about the Baoyue Tower. He knew that it was the Second Brother who wanted to frame him, but Li Chengzong just resolved it.

Of course, in addition to the incident at Baoyue Tower, there was another very important reason, which was the fire in Shijia Town, and Fan Xian already knew about it and believed that it was done by the Second Brother.

After a confrontation, Fan Xian was about to say goodbye and leave when the eunuch in the palace brought the Emperor Qing's decree, asking Fan Xian and the other princes to enter the palace.

Imperial study, pavilion.

Li Chengru asked about Fan Xian's situation according to the plot. After listening to the verbal confrontation between the second brother and the prince, he turned to Li Chengzong and said with a smile: "Third brother, congratulations. I was unable to attend your wedding. I will make up for my part later."

"Brother, you are being polite. What you need now is not just one portion."

Li Chengru was a little confused.

"Look, you didn't come to my wedding, and you didn't attend the birth of my child. That means you're short of three gifts."

"Shouldn't there be two parts for marriage and birth of a child?"

"I have two children, so you have to give them two gifts." Li Chengzong said as a matter of course.

"That's true."

Li Chengru smiled and was about to continue speaking when Emperor Qing arrived.

"Meet the Emperor." x4
Emperor Qing paused, looked at Li Chengzong and said, "I heard that you went to the Queen Mother before you came. Why didn't you bring Jingxiu and Jingyue with you?"

The Li royal family of Qing Kingdom started with Li Chengzong and consists of Cheng, Jing, Ji, Shi... Li Chengzong's two children, a son named Li Jingxiu and a daughter named Li Jingyue, were names given by Emperor Qing.

Emperor Qing was particularly fond of these two children. After all, judging from the circumstances of that day, it could be said that the two children were born under his orders. At least that was the case in Emperor Qing's eyes. Therefore, the two children had special meaning to him.

"The child is still young, it's inconvenient to bring him here, and I can't take care of him by myself."

After listening to Li Chengzong's explanation, Emperor Qing reluctantly accepted it, walked to the top seat and sat down, looked at the eldest brother and said with a smile: "Li Chengru, you are in good spirits." "I haven't seen you for many years, how is your father?"

"You won't die, sit down!"

As Emperor Qing finished speaking, Fan Xian was also supported by Eunuch Hou and walked over. He looked like he was severely beaten, but in fact he was faking his death.

The eldest brother sat at the top right, followed by Li Chengzong and Li Chengping.

The prince sat on the left, followed by the second son and Fan Xian.

"Haha, let's have a meal together today and listen to Fan Xian's trip to Northern Qi and find out what strange stories he had." Emperor Qing said and called out to Fan Xian.

At the same time, the food was served on the table and Li Chengzong started eating right away. He planned to finish eating early and go hug his daughter.

"Your Majesty, the Northern Qi delegation successfully brought Yan Bingyun back to Kyoto. In Northern Qi, Shen Zhong died at the hands of Shang Shanhu, and the political situation is somewhat turbulent."

Emperor Qing suppressed the smile on his face and said solemnly: "I only care about the situation of the temple."

Fan Xian turned his head to look at Emperor Qing and said, "Before he died, Sean revealed that the temple really exists, in the snowy plains of the Far North."

"Is there really a temple?" asked the second brother.

"Sean said yes."

Hearing this, Emperor Qing groaned and said, "Whether it really exists or not, we can only know it by seeing it."

"The Far North is separated from Northern Qi after all, so it's not very convenient."

Li Chengru said this based on the actual situation.

"It would be more convenient if Northern Qi disappeared from the world."

Li Chengqian looked at everyone and complimented them, but Emperor Qing just smiled faintly and continued to ask Fan Xian: "Fan Xian, anything else?"

"Your Majesty, it is true."

Fan Xian said, with an expression of hatred for evil, and knelt down and said, "Before Shen Zhong died, he told me that the Jinyiwei of Northern Qi had been engaged in smuggling with our country for many years, and the ones who did this on our side were the eldest princess and the second prince."

As I said, although everyone knew that the second prince was smuggling with Northern Qi, such a thing could not be brought up in public, so the second prince knelt down and apologized. The prince appeared to be helping and pleading, but in fact he was adding fuel to the fire and making trouble.

"Fan Xian, you openly cite the Second Prince and the Princess as evidence. Do you have any witnesses or physical evidence?"

"Shen Zhong is the witness."

"What about people?"

"Even though a person is dead, the things he did can always be found out."

"The person is dead, and there is no evidence. How dare you accuse the Second Prince? Who are you?"

"I am the Supervisor of the Censorate, and I have the duty to enforce the law and wipe out the treacherous and corrupt officials."

Emperor Qing snorted coldly, "Say it again."

"I am the Commissioner of the Censorate, and I have the duty to enforce the law and wield the sword to eliminate the treacherous and corrupt." Fan Xian emphasized his tone and took out his badge of the Commissioner of the Censorate.

Then, Emperor Qing threw the inspector's badge into the lake behind him. The eldest brother Li Chengru stood up to plead for Fan Xian, followed by the crown prince, the second brother, and Li Chengping. Only Li Chengzong continued to eat and drink.

"Li Chengzong, don't you have anything to say?"

"What are you talking about? It's just smuggling. Why waste so much manpower and resources to investigate it? Didn't Second Brother plead guilty and make amends?"

Li Chengzong put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Father, I'm almost done eating."

Fan Xian was completely confused.

He never expected Li Chengzong to say that.

You know, smuggling is a serious violation of the law, how could it be so lightly treated? !

Fan Xian looked at the smiling Li Chengzong with indescribable disappointment on his face.

Emperor Qing saw Li Chengzong standing up, so he also stood up and said, "I'm almost there, let's go, I'll go see Jingxiu and Jingyue too."

Seeing that the two were about to leave, Fan Xian kicked the stool away.

"Your Majesty, I beg you to investigate the eldest princess Li Yunrui and the second prince Li Chengze strictly for the sake of the people of the world and the laws of Qing Kingdom!"

Emperor Qing turned around and said angrily: "You have no evidence, it's all lies!"

"How can there be any evidence without investigation?"

Emperor Qing took two deep breaths and said slowly, "I really went easy on you."

"There are countless innocent souls in this case, and the crime is unforgivable. I hope Your Majesty will conduct a thorough investigation!"

Emperor Qing turned and left, while Li Chengzong looked at Fan Xian, who was kneeling on the ground begging, with a rather disdainful expression.

Although he said he would crack down on smuggling, he himself cooperated with the young emperor of Northern Qi in smuggling.

He said he would crack down on smuggling, but in fact it was because Li Yunrui wanted to kill him, and the Second Brother was in collusion with Li Yunrui and had also plotted against him, so he wanted to take revenge on Li Yunrui and the Second Brother.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with Fan Xian catching Lao Er and Li Yunrui smuggling and using the smuggling incident for revenge, but that kind of attitude of doing things for the country and the people is really disgusting.

If it was really for the sake of the people of the world and the laws of Qing Dynasty, why did you cooperate with the young emperor of Northern Qi in smuggling?

They say one thing and do another.

In modern terms, it is a typical double-standard dog.

By the way, when I watched the drama before, why didn’t I notice that Fan Xian was hypocritical, but instead thought he was the embodiment of justice?
Li Chengzong left with this doubt...

(End of this chapter)