The Rich And Honorable ChangAn Chapter 67

Chapter 67

On the way back to the Capital, both of them practically spurred the horse to full speed. It took only half the regular time to get back to the capital.

Xu ChangAn once again returned to Xian Wang Residence, but his heart could not settle down. He had thought that he would never come back again after going out this time, but unexpectedly he still came back. And even though the trip had put an end to the big issues, but there was another thing that weighed on his mind. “Your Highness, do you need to go and see Nan Xi?” Nowadays, the Second Prince could not do anything. After all, should Xiao QingYan's play continue?

“This matter went too smoothly. I feel that there are some faults in some places. I'd better not turn my face over with her first and hold her steady first. You go back to the courtyard to rest; I'll be back in a minute.”

“Alright, Your Highness… Be careful.” If in the past Xu ChangAn was not worried, but now the Second Price had become like that. If that Nan Xi was really the Second Prince's people, he was afraid that in their life and death struggle, they would do something crazy.

“Rest assured.” From the beginning, Xiao QingYan was only careful and not afraid of this Nan Xi woman. She was just a poisonous woman who could not enter the stream by any means; not so formidable!

Nan Xi's identity was not a secret in Xian Wang Residence, and the incident of this time naturally implicated her. After the messenger from the Palace arrived, QinXin took the initiative to shut Nan Xi in an abandoned house, not letting anyone to come to serve her, and only gave her a little food every day.

When Xiao QingYan saw the Nan Xi, the person in front of him had changed completely from before. Her hair was messy, her face was waxy yellow, and there were several cracks on her lips, which made her look really in difficult position.

“Wangye, Wangye you are back at last!” At the moment when the gate opened, Nan Xi almost rolled and crawled in front of Xiao QingYan. Despite a moment of hesitation, Xiao QingYan tried hard to suppress his disgust and slowly put his hand on Nan Xi's head and said with heartache, “It's all right. It's all right, I'm back.”

“Wangye, Nan Xi was treated unjustly, Nan Xi was treated unjustly ah! Although Nan Xi's mother was from Southern Xinjiang, she grew up in Great Xiao and never regarded herself as a Southern Xinjiang's people. How could the Emperor overreacted because of a single person and denied everyone?” Nan Xi cried sadly, she really wanted to bawl for a bout. She would rather die straight away than lived through these days. From childhood to adulthood she had not suffered such grievances!

She was humiliated practically every day; eating things that even the dog would not eat! Moreover… moreover, he had not come to see her still!

Xiao QingYan accompanied the person for a bout of feigning civility, and pretended to put the residence's few slaves in order. After he temporarily pacified Nan Xi, Nan Xi was suddenly ill!

Xiaa QingYan did not know what tricks Nan Xi wanted to play, but he had no time to deal with her for the time being!

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The Emperor was in a good mood these days. With good health, he easily removed of a big wave of people blocking the way. With Xiao QingYan's great achievements in Feng Province, naturally a palace banquet to celebrate these things would be arranged.

Although Xu ChangAn, the male Wangfei was still hanging around here, his position did not even a bit swayed. But other people looked at Xiao QingYan in a different light; they were willing to go in together with him, even scouted out for their children's marriage. They did not even exclude marrying their right-aged daughter to the Wangfei as a Cefei. [T/N: @,@]

Compared with the past when their side was in quite isolation, Xu ChangAn hated this even more than the past. People around him came and went constantly, but they all wore a hypocritical face. Although the Emperor's mind was not clear, the relationship between Jing Wang with Xiao QingYu and Xiao QingYan was good. Whoever succeeded among these three people in the future, Xiao QingYan's position in the Great Xiao would not be shaken. All his life he would have been a Xian Wang with high power, wealthy, honorable and glorious, and even… There would be a more dignified status.

The Emperor looked at his son who he had been carefully trained since childhood. His son did not live up to his expectations but grew up to be a man with imposing attitude and treating matter with calm mind and earnest. Naturally, he felt relieved. But seeing Xu ChangAn at the side, he suddenly frowned slightly and sighed in his heart.

“As we all know, the Imperial Court made great contributions to the people in Feng Province, but you don't know that there was another person who truly contributed to the Feng Province's epidemic and solved the problem. The person is Xu ChangAn, the Xian Wangfei.” When the Emperor spoke, people naturally listened carefully. At this time, almost all eyes of the people gathered were on Xu ChangAn. Xu ChangAn was also inexplicably nervous. Why did the Emperor talk about this at this time?

“It's me who told Imperial Father, and asked him to reward you well.” Xiao QingYan knew that Xu ChangAn, as a man without a background and became his own Wangfei, the pressure was not small. Now Xu ChangAn had made great contributions to the court and the people, Imperial Father would reward him, and they ought to look at the face of the people who make things difficult for him.

“Xian Wangfei, what reward do you want for such a great achievement? As long as you put it forward, Zhen (I) promise you. The monarch does not go back on his words.”

“ChangAn, go quickly.”

“Your Highness…” Xu ChangAn felt the blood in his whole body was boiling, which made him feel a sense of unrealistic; like he was dreaming now. He absolutely had no choice and did not know what to do.

Suddenly, the noise around him seemed to disappear. Xu ChangAn looked at Xiao QingYan's silly smile on his face and the expectation on the Emperor's face. Slowly, he stepped out and walked towards the Emperor step by step.

“Chen has nothing else to ask for but request for Your Majesty's decree to let Chen and His Highness separate. Thank Your Majesty the Emperor for granting my wish. Long live my Emperor, long live for a thousand of years.” Xu ChangAn dared not look at Xiao QingYan's expression at this time, but he saw the Emperor's expression clearly, as if relieved with joy. He did not guess the Emperor's mind, he really… did it all for Xiao QingYan. [T/N: TTATT]

“Zhen–”

“What are you talking about?!” Xiao QingYan thought that he had heard something wrong, but when he saw that Imperial Father was about to accept it, he hurried up and stopped the words of Imperial Father. He pulled up the person who was still kneeling on the ground and forced the person to explain that the words he had just said were wrong!

“Chen did not say anything wrong, the words that Chen spoke out just now are what Chen wishes in his heart, and hope Your Majesty can grant it!” Even if Xiao QingYan was beside him, Xu ChangAn dared not even look at him. He knew Xiao QingYan really liked him, but this was the Emperor's intention. None of them could resist the Emperor. Even if not now, they could not escape the end in the future.

The Emperor played such a chess game for Xiao QingYan and paid so much effort, how could the Emperor give up because of him? “Now that Xian Wangfei's mind has been decided, then…”

“Imperial Father! This is not what Imperial Sister-in-law thought at all! He's sick! His brain is muddled with nonsense! Imperial Father, when Imperial Elder Brother was wounded in the past, Er-chen once visited Imperial Elder Brother at the Xian Wang Residence, which at that time Er-chen learned that there was someone called Nan Xi lived in Imperial Elder Brother's residence, who gave Imperial Sister-in-law a kind of Gu poison unique to their Southern Xinjiang. Now, Imperial Sister-in-law is abnormal like this, he is surely controlled by that thing! That's not his real intention, not counting!”

“Nonsense! How can there be such an evil practice in this time? If it is true, then all the people in this world can be controlled by Southern Xinjiang, and then this land under heaven will not be in a mess today!” The emperor was half-dead angry with his beloved daughter; things were about to be done, why would this damned girl came out to throw it into disorder?

“Why not? Imperial Father, have you forgotten that you were poisoned by people of Southern Xinjiang a few days ago? You have suffered a lot, how can you not understand Imperial Sister-in-law at all? Come, people! Quickly send the Xian Wangfei back to Wang Residence. The highly skilled physician that this princess had invited before is still in the Capital City. Bring the people to the Xian Wang Residence to dispel the poison in Wangfei!” Xiao QingYue not only talking fast, but her movement did even slow down by half! As soon as she opened her mouth, she already went to help Xu ChangAn rise herself. Xiao QingYan at the side also helped out to take the person back as soon as possible.

The Emperor used his body being poisoned to clear up many obstacles. Now, how could he refute these things in front of all the civil and military officials when they were all his plans, which were simply a sheer fiction!

The Emperor watched the pair of children whom he valued highly left with Xu ChangAn, and his breath stifled in his chest, unable to press it down and let it out. He had no other choice but single out his point of attack to other people.

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On the way back, Xu ChangAn kept silent while Xiao QingYan kept a dark and calm face! Xiao QingYue saw the two people's appearance. She was merely enjoying watching a bustling scene at the side, her face did not look worried at all, but also occasionally said a few words of criticism.

“Imperial Elder Brother, have you been unkind to my Imperial Sister-in-law lately and have not paid enough attention to him? So you don't even know what he's thinking.”

“Imperial Sister-in-law, have you always liked to think about things in an overly suspicious way lately, and think all the way to bad places?”

“You shut up!” Xiao QingYan was not only shocked by Xu ChangAn's action, but also angry. Just when he could not find people to vent his anger on, Xiao QingYue right away came to deliver herself.

Xiao QingYan was angry, but Xiao QingYue would not comply with him. Instead, she did not give face and directly said, “Now you know to shut me up? If I keep silent, your Wangfei will be gone.”

“You… I'll settle with you when I get back!” The first word was his helplessness with Xiao QingYue, but the latter words, his tone was quite fierce but directed to Xu ChangAn.

Xu ChangAn's words then were spoken with a courage that was brought up with difficulty. After being thrown in disorder by Xiao QingYue, he was now in a state of despair and had no idea what to do.

Xu ChangAn thought when they arrived at Wang Residence, Xiao QingYan would be scolding him and then asking why he did it. But when they arrived at the residence, Xiao QingYan did nothing but seemed to have been waiting for someone.

“Imperial Elder Brother…”

“Didn't you say you're going to have some highly skilled physician to come over, where is the person? Why haven't arrived yet?” When he was still in Feng Province, Xiao QingYan wanted to have Xu ChangAn's body to be examined, whether that thing in his body was harmful or not. Although Xiao QingYue's words moment ago were more likely to be nonsense, but it did not matter if someone actually came over to examine. Xiao QingYue did not expect her Imperial Elder Brother to remember her nonsense, so she had to laugh a few times and then confessed, “That's my lie.”

“Which sentence are lies?” Saying Xu ChangAn is sick or saying to make the highly skilled physician come over?

“… It's all lies.”

“You lied to Imperial Father!”

“So what? Anyway, even if Imperial Father knew it, he won't really treat me like that? Can't he really punish me for cheating the monarch?” Xiao QingYue took it for granted that she sat down and poured herself a cup of tea. After a sip, she complained again: “Imperial Elder Brother, you are too bad to your Wangfei. There are also too few attending servants.”

Not even a maidservant who served tea and delivered water. What was this meant?

“Now that your so-called highly skilled physician is a sheer fiction, you should hurry back to the Palace!”

“Imperial Elder Brother, may I stay with you for one night?” Having spoiled Imperial Father's good plan, even if Xiao QingYue's mouth was brave, but her heart was still having a guilty conscience. She was afraid of being punished after returning to the Palace, so she simply decided to stay here. It might possibly drag on, but after a long time, Imperial Father should be less angry?

Knowing Xiao QingYue's mind, Xiao QingYan agreed to let her stay, but he let people took her to the other courtyard. When there were only two people in the room, Xiao QingYan slowly eased his face, let the Xu ChangAn, who dared not face him to look at him well.

“I know what you're thinking. Rest assured, as long as I'm Xian Wang, you're the Xian Wangfei. If someday… Humph! The rules are dead, the people are alive[1]! If I really ascend the throne someday, whether my Empress is a man or a woman, no one else needs to make decisions for me!” Xiao QingYan was not really stupid! When they were still in Feng Province, after Imperial Father suddenly recovered from his illness which had a relation with the Southern Xinjiang, he felt strange. Later, as he thought about it, he had this idea in his heart. Then when he recalled the words that Imperial Father had taught him in front of his Imperial Mother's spirit tablet, he was immediately enlightened!

“I guessed Imperial Father's mind, but I did not think about how he would treat you. Today I just want to let you shine in front of all the civil and military officials, but I didn't expect you to suddenly give me such a move! You almost scared me to death, you know?”

“The monarch's words are to be taken seriously! If it weren't for that girl QingYue to suddenly came up with an idea… In a word, no matter what happens in the future, you should consult with me. You are absolutely not allowed to make your own opinions! People often say that when the mind is agitated, the body suffered. All day long you let your imagination run wild, no wonder you are not healthy!”

“I'm much better…”

“Since you know you're a lot better, you should take care of it. Do you want to make your health worse?”

“No, I understood.”

“Humph! You're just saying that to go through the motions with me. What did I just say? Did you really listen to me?” Xiao QingYan looked at ChangAn, who dared not even look at him. Although Xiao QingYan's mouth was blaming, in fact, his heart was more distressed. He knew Xu ChangAn's feelings. Since Xu ChangAn liked him so much, how could he say the separation word?

ChangAn probably did not want to be a drag on him. –“En, I got it.” Xu ChangAn felt that the words he responded to seemed to be covered up by the thunderous heartbeat in his chest! When he thought that Xiao QingYan would become the Emperor one day, he had only one idea in his mind: he had to separate himself from this man. However, he never thought that Xiao QingYan should say that.

Xiao QingYan was something he dared not dream of! In this world, to actually have such a good person, treating him good like this…

Footnote:

[1] rules are dead, people are alive meant that there are no rules that are completely rigorous. If a person is flexible, he can find many loopholes in the rules.

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