The Northern Qi Emperor was personally attending Sigu Jian's opening ceremony of the Sword Hut.
Although this was certainly the last time Sigu Jian appeared in the world, the Great Grandmaster's position was respected. Furthermore, this opening ceremony would determine the future ownership of Dongyi. For Northern Qi, it was very important. For the Northern Qi Emperor, as an Emperor, to deign to come was still a shocking matter.
Other than Fan Xian, who had already guessed it.
He narrowed his eyes behind the curtain and looked through the layers of gauze at the young but shrewd Northern Qi Emperor. He knew that Northern Qi would place great importance on Sigu Jian's death, particularly when the Qing Kingdom was powerful. If the Northern Qi people wanted to reverse the situation, they had to make a more powerful response.
The Northern Qi Emperor personally coming to persuade Sigu Jian represented Northern Qi's absolute sincerity. For an Emperor to leave his own capital and quietly come to a foreign country, who knew how much danger he had to take? This move was truly too daring. Even though Fan Xian had long guessed the Northern Qi Emperor's unconventional move when he was in Yanjing, seeing the Emperor appear beside the Sword Hut with his own eyes still made it difficult for him to suppress his shock and admiration.
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The mountain courtyard of the Sword Hut was quiet and secluded. Who knew how many aces of the Northern Qi court were hidden outside, as well as the defensive power of the Sword Hut. It seemed that no one had expected that in the center of the defense, the Qing Kingdom's Fan Xian, who worried the Northern Qi people the most, had already quietly snuck in. He was only a few steps away from their Emperor.
Given Fan Xian's strength, if he took a risk, he might actually be able to capture the Northern Qi Emperor in the front room. The problem was, even if he could control the Northern Qi Emperor, what problem could he solve? Furthermore, he had sensed long ago that there were countless aces hiding in the mountain courtyard. Outside this quiet and secluded room, there was a powerful figure slowly walking in.
The footsteps stopped outside the room. Fan Xian lowered his head and furrowed his brows. He sensed carefully, but he still could not grasp the other person's breathing rhythm. From this detail, he was certain that the newcomer was an ace no less powerful than him. In terms of control of his inner strength, he was even purer and more natural than him.
Other than the Northern Qi Emperor's martial teacher, Sir Lang Tiao, the head disciple of Tianyi Dao Sect, who else could have such a realm?
His grip on Si Lili's hand unconsciously tightened. He suddenly felt that his situation was absurd. His plan today had been too impulsive. If the Northern Qi Emperor came to Dongyi in disguise, he would certainly have a terrifying defensive power at his side. How could everything go smoothly? Perhaps it was because he held the Northern Qi Emperor's weakness that he acted so crazily.
If Lang Tiao walked into the room now, he would easily hear Si Lili's breathing, and the eunuch's guess would fall through. He would then discover Fan Xian's presence.
He turned his head and glanced at Si Lili. His eyes were full of probing and questioning. How could Si Lili not know what her enemy was thinking? Her eyes flickered, and she glared at him with extreme resentment.
At this time, the Northern Qi Emperor was still resting outside. If he knew that his favored concubine and the most despicable pretty boy were not 10 steps away from him, exchanging amorous and passionate glances, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood and have green light glowing from the top of his head.
Fan Xian smiled soundlessly. The corners of his lips pressed together slightly. His eyes blinked with a pleading expression. Si Lili gazed helplessly at this man. Countless thoughts ran through her mind. Her fingers twisted nervously for a long time. Finally, she couldn't resist her heart softening. She agreed to the request in his eyes and faintly sighed.
The Northern Qi Emperor's brows were tightly furrowed, thinking about something. Lang Tiao had just walked to the outside of the room to report something. The Northern Qi side all thought that Imperial Concubine Li was playing in the garden, so the room should be quiet. Unexpectedly, a sigh suddenly rang out from inside the room.
The tips of Fan Xian's brows twitched slightly.
Outside, the Northern Qi Emperor's tightly furrowed brows suddenly relaxed. He opened his eyes and gazed calmly behind the curtains.
Lang Tiao's figure stopped outside the room. His shadow was reflected in the door.
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Si Lili tied her skirt as she walked out from behind the curtains. Flowing Cloud's hair was slightly messy, and her delicate face was slightly red. Her eyes, which seemed to speak, were slightly flustered, as if she had just done something shameful.
A cold light flashed through the Northern Qi Emperor's eyes. Coldly, he said, "So, you're here. Earlier, when the eunuch said you were in the garden, why didn't you make a sound?"
Facing this Emperor, Si Lili was not as happy or afraid as she was facing Fan Xian. She smiled unusually naturally and then sat in front of the dressing table. Facing the large mirror, she once again tidied her makeup and hair. Casually, she said, "Sometimes, how could I make a sound?"
Hiding behind the curtains, Fan Xian's heart thumped. He didn't know if he had taken the right risk or if Si Lili was as he imagined. These words carried a double meaning and pricked at him until he felt numb.
The Northern Qi Emperor laughed coldly and stood up. Walking behind Si Lili, he said, "Did you do something shameful that you don't dare let me know?"
Hearing these words, Fan Xian, who was hiding in the back, couldn't resist smiling bitterly. Unexpectedly, immediately after, Si Lili turned her head and rolled her eyes at the Emperor. Very gently, she said, "Who told you to come in like this? I was in the back. Of course, it was shameful. Did you prepare for someone else to see me?"
She left out at least two words in these words. Fan Xian looked at the gold-painted toilet beside him and immediately knew what Si Lili was saying. Involuntarily, his heart trembled slightly. He thought to himself that this female spy indeed had some ability to remain calm in the face of chaos.
The Northern Qi Emperor suddenly smiled. Looking at Si Lili's beautiful face, his heart jumped. He leaned down and pecked her red lips. Vaguely, he said, "I can't bear to let other people see the bright moon on your body."
This kiss was extremely domineering. Their lips and teeth intertwined and sucked for a long time. It wasn't until Si Lili was gasping for breath that the little Emperor reluctantly spat out her tongue. A look of lust suddenly appeared on his handsome face.
Watching this scene, Fan Xian's expression involuntarily became strange from behind the curtain. Fortunately, his state of mind was firm enough to control his breathing and heart rate and not let Lang Tiao, who was outside the room, notice. When he saw the Northern Qi Emperor reach his hand into Si Lili's clothes and grab that soft ball and knead it endlessly, he finally couldn't help but change his expression. His eyes widened. He didn't want to miss this scene for even a moment.
With great difficulty, this lively and fragrant scene came to an end. In particular, the strange interest contained in it was enough for Fan Xian to savor it.
No one knew what Lang Tiao quietly said outside the room, but the lust on the Northern Qi Emperor's face disappeared. Bending his head, he muttered a few words beside Si Lili's ear. His face was full of anger. He tidied up his messy clothes and walked out of the room.
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It was not until he confirmed the safety of the mountain residence did Fan Xian walk out in a flash. Staring at Si Lili's beautiful, red and tacky face, a strange smile rose to the corners of his lips.
Si Lili glared at him angrily and said, "What are you smiling about?"
"I've seen a live erotic scene. Can't I even smile?" Fan Xian sat down beside her.
"Sir Fan junior, what exactly are you doing here?" Si Lili stared into his eyes and quietly said, "You're not here to see me and the Emperor being intimate, are you?" After these words were said, for some reason, a glimmer of shyness appeared on this Northern Qi imperial consort's face.
Fan Xian acutely noticed this. His heart jumped. Smiling slightly, he said, "I had wanted to discuss some things with the Emperor in private. I didn't think that Sir Lang Tiao would stay close to me and have the same interest in eavesdropping. It's impossible to talk to the Emperor in private. It looks like I'll have to wait until night."
"Night?" Si Lili paled in shock. "Are you going to wait in my room until night?"
Fan Xian raised his brows. "Can't I? You have to know that I've never seen such a beautiful intimate scene before. When I get back to the Qing Kingdom, I'll use Cao Xueqin's pen name and write a story about the Northern Qi Emperor's private matters. I'm sure it'll sell better than Story of the Stone. The Danbo Bookstore will earn another large sum of money. I'll give you 20 percent as a tip. How about that? "
Si Lili smiled coldly. "Have you never been intimate with the princess before?"
Fan Xian finally couldn't help but laugh. Beaming with joy, he said, "The problem is, this is the first time I've seen something like lace."
"What is lace?" Si Lili asked with confusion, her large eyes wide open.
Fan Xian put away his smile and gazed calmly at her. Enunciating each word, he said, "I've always been curious. How exactly do two women do that? Looking at His Majesty's expression earlier, it seemed that he was very interested in your body. Could it be that he was born with this taste? "
Si Lili finally understood what he was saying. Her face suddenly became deathly pale. This was a great secret that the Northern Qi royal family had hidden for nearly 20 years. After Master Ku He's death, only a handful of people in the world knew about it. Suddenly hearing it from Fan Xian's mouth now, she couldn't help but be overwhelmed with shock.
"Is there an eternal secret in this world?" Fan Xian sniffed and smelled the faint scent of gold osmanthus in the room. Looking at Si Lili, he said quietly, "Especially for me. You three have taught me a lesson. Were you never afraid that I would guess this secret and use it to blackmail you?"
The shock in Si Lili's heart could not be dispelled. She only stared at Fan Xian's face in disbelief. She didn't hear what he was saying at all.
Seeing her terror and shock, Fan Xian comforted her in an even voice. "What does this have to do with you? There is no need to be so scared … I am just curious. Earlier, Lang Tiao was outside the room. Why didn't you point out that I was in the room? "
Si Lili was silent for a long time before she gradually digested the shock in her heart. Lowering her head and biting her lip, she said, "The Emperor and I were both in the room. I know your methods. Sir Lang Tiao probably didn't even have time to enter the room before you killed us both."
Fan Xian looked at her and shook his head. Seriously, he said, "You know that is not the reason. No matter what, I have to thank you."
Si Lili suddenly raised her head and looked at Fan Xian. "There is no need to thank me. I should be the one thanking you. Back then, on the road to the North, you saved my life. Later, you saved my brother's life. During these years, I have been in the Northern Qi Royal Palace. You have never tried to control me. No matter what, I cannot bear to see you be killed."
"Of course," she said with emphasis, "I will also not allow you to harm the Emperor."
"You are wrong about one thing," Fan Xian said. "You are only a noble consort. If I truly wanted to harm your Emperor, you would not be able to stop me."
He suddenly shook his head and sighed. "In the blink of an eye, four or five years have passed. I wonder how you are doing in Shangjing."
Speaking of which, the relationship between Fan Xian and Si Lili was incomparably complicated. It was impossible to explain it in a few words. However, what Si Lili said earlier was correct. Fan Xian and Si Lili had secretly reached an agreement to help her enter the Palace. He had never tried to control her.
"Although no one in the world knows about the agreement between us, since you have helped me get revenge, I will do my best to help you." Si Lili's expression suddenly became solemn. She stood and bowed to Fan Xian.
It seemed that Fan Xian had always endlessly reached all kinds of agreements with different women. Yan Bingyun said that he relied on conquering women to conquer the world. It was not a mockery. It truly existed.
That year, as the carriage traveled north, Fan Xian helped Si Lili understand the poison Chen Pingping had buried in her body. At the same time, he promised her that if he had the opportunity, he would help her get revenge for her family. Si Lili also agreed to become his spy in the Northern Qi Royal Palace.
Si Lili was a descendant of the Qing royal family. However, her grandfather had been tragically killed in the battle for the throne. Her parents had also died in the pursuit of the Qing court. Thus, she had grown up in Northern Qi's Shangjing.
The important military official who had betrayed Si Lili's grandfather and successfully helped the previous Qing Emperor ascend to the throne was the old Qin master who had died to Fan Xian's hands two years ago.
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Regardless of what his motive was, Fan Xian had fulfilled his promise and helped Si Lili get revenge. However, many years had passed. Si Lili was far away in the Northern Qi Palace. The Overwatch Council had no way of controlling her. Thus, Fan Xian was not sure if this woman still remembered the agreement from back then or if she would still help him.
Fortunately, the scene in the room earlier had already confirmed that Si Lili was willing to help Fan Xian, at least as long as she didn't harm the Northern Qi Emperor. Although Fan Xian was the man who understood a woman's thoughts the best in the world, in the end, he came from Mars, and women came from Venus. He didn't completely grasp Si Lili's thoughts.
Earlier, Si Lili had helped him hide not only because she was grateful for his kindness in saving her life and the righteousness of revenge, but also because of some inexplicable and inexplicable emotions. This woman's background was strange. She had once used her identity as the top courtesan in Jingdou to hide and do spy work for Northern Qi. However, the only person who had truly had skin contact with her and could even be described as being in perfect harmony with her was Fan Xian.
Particularly on that moonlit night in the broken temple, the fragrance of golden osmanthus on the large bed wafted into the nose. The relationship between a man and a woman was as complicated as their bodies. No one knew exactly what had happened.
The path to a woman's heart was sex? Who said that? However, it seemed to make some sense. At least, Si Lili's gaze as she looked at Fan Xian was so complicated that it made one's hair stand on end.
Fan Xian was finally defeated by Si Lili's faint gaze. How could he forget the pleasure boat by the Liujing River, the carriage by the North Sea, the broken temple, the Li Pavilion, and this woman? He had always thought that this woman was different from all the other women in the world. She had great control over her future, so he had unconsciously kept his distance. However, this faint gaze made him finally understand that no matter how powerful a woman was, in the end, a woman.
In the Northern Qi Royal Palace … there was not a single real man. How could Si Lili endure that kind of loneliness? She didn't know how many times she had thought of Fan Xian's enchanting fingertips and that gentle yet chilling face. She had thought about it in a daze for many years, and it had become a mental barrier.
Fan Xian was silent and speechless. He gently held Si Lili's hand and looked into her eyes that could speak. He smiled slightly.
Si Lili suddenly remembered something and smiled bitterly. "The Emperor treats me very well. I would like to ask you for a favor."
"He wants to kill me. He's thought about it many times." Fan Xian gazed at Si Lili and said calmly, "I am a vengeful person, particularly since his plan for coming to Dongyi is too big. I cannot give it to them with both hands. Regardless of how the Qing royal family treated your family in the past, you are, after all, a Qing person. You cannot just watch as the two sides join hands and put pressure on the Qing Kingdom. "
"After my parents died, I no longer see myself as a Qing person." Si Lili slowly pulled her hand back from his and said, "I am just a normal and pitiful woman."
Fan Xian was silent for a moment. He then said seriously, "That's right. If I ask for your help in this matter, it would indeed be unreasonable. I just want to know how his discussion with Sigu Jian in the Sword Hut these two days went. "
The corners of Si Lili's lips twitched slightly. She smiled. "Perhaps you won't believe it if I say it, but Sigu Jian is so arrogant that the Emperor personally deigned to come and enter the Sword Hut for two days straight. Yet, he didn't even see this Great Grandmaster's face."
Fan Xian's brows twitched. He felt a great shock in his heart. He wondered to himself what had happened to Sigu Jian. The Northern Qi Emperor had come personally, yet he still refused to see him. Even if Sigu Jian had used Thirteenth Wang to express a portion of his attitude, the Northern Qi Emperor's arrival was clearly a weapon he could use to bargain.
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In a corner of the mountain courtyard, aces from Northern Qi and the Sword Hut were hidden everywhere. Among the flowers, the Northern Qi Emperor, who had been invited out by Lang Tiao, looked at the grass hut below the mountain gate with a wooden expression. The corners of his eyes twitched slightly. It was as if he felt boundless anger at Sigu Jian for refusing to see him.
"Thirteenth Wang wants to charge into the Sword Hut. It is clear that he wants to bring a message to Sigu Jian for the Qing Kingdom's Fan Xian," Lang Tiao said calmly to the side. "At this moment, Yun Zhilan's people are still blocking him outside. Although the disciples of the Sword Hut lean toward our court, they cannot kill Thirteenth Wang in broad daylight."
"In my opinion, that person is Fan Xian," the Northern Qi Emperor said quietly as he closed his eyes.
Lang Tiao's brows furrowed slightly. He knew how difficult it was to provoke the Qing Kingdom's Fan Xian. If the Commander of the Brocade Guard, Wei Hua, had not been able to delay the Qing diplomatic group and allowed Fan Xian to arrive in Dongyi ahead of time, he probably had the power to destroy the Emperor's plan.
"Sigu Jian's attitude is too warm and unclear. I still cannot guess what he is thinking." The Northern Qi Emperor suddenly opened his eyes. Coldness surged through them. "There will be a major battle between our court and the Qing Kingdom. Once Fan Xian dies, the Qing Emperor will certainly send out troops in a rage. Dongyi will have no choice but to lean toward our court."
"Once the battle starts, how will we clean it up?" Lang Tiao furrowed his brows. "Even if Fan Xian dies in Dongyi, the Qing Emperor will certainly put this on our heads."
"What can Fan Xian do if he doesn't die?" The Northern Qi Emperor's gaze suddenly became perplexed. "Can he stop the battle from happening? My Qi Kingdom is not ready and should not provoke the Qing Kingdom. If I don't move, then Dongyi will certainly be swallowed up by the Qing Kingdom. At that time, my Qi Kingdom will be even weaker and will never be able to turn things around. "
Although young, the Northern Qi Emperor, who had meticulously planned everything, coldly said, "I had once placed my hopes on Fan Xian. Later on, I thought about it carefully. Those not of my race must have different intentions. In the end, he is the Qing Emperor's illegitimate child. How could he think for the Qi Kingdom? Particularly these few years, I have watched him closely and disregarded what he was thinking in Dingzhou. At the very least, I am certain of one thing. He is still far from being a match for the Qing Emperor. It is impossible for him to affect the Qing Emperor's ambitions. "
Lang Tiao fell silent. As the present head of Tianyi Dao, he was well aware of the Dingzhou and Qingzhou matters. Many Qing Mountain disciples had died at the hands of Fan Xian's Overwatch Council. A moment later, he quietly said, "I wonder what Duoduo will think."
A glimmer of confusion flashed through the little Emperor's eyes. "If aunt disciple was in my position, she would probably also kill Fan Xian."
The eunuch with the slightly sharp voice took small steps and hurried to their side. Lowering his voice, he reported, "I have already sent an edict to Imperial Consort Si, ordering her to come to the garden. The room is already empty."
"Friar He and the aces of the Sword Hut have already hidden their positions and are ready to act at any time," the eunuch reported in a trembling voice. The eunuch reported in a trembling voice. Entering the room to deliver the edict to Si Lili must have frightened him quite a bit.
Lang Tiao closed his eyes. When he opened them, they shone brightly and were immediately restrained. Slowly, he said, "I'm going."
The Northern Qi Emperor nodded slightly. He knew that if the person in the room was really Fan Xian, if Lang Tiao didn't personally act, Friar He and the warriors of the Sword Hut would not be able to keep him here.
Lang Tiao walked toward the room. The Northern Qi Emperor stood by the door of the mountain residence. Looking at the grass hut, he narrowed his eyes slightly. Countless complicated emotions flashed through his eyes. As an Emperor, there were always many things he had no choice but to do. Even if he had to be ruthless, he often had to be ruthless to himself.
Si Lili, led by the eunuch, came behind him. She glanced at the Emperor's figure with a glimmer of confusion.
The Northern Qi Emperor slowly turned around and looked at the woman he liked the most with a slight smile. He thought to himself that if it weren't for Si Lili's slightly tart tongue and the shyness of not seeing each other for a long time in the quiet room, he probably wouldn't have guessed that the brat would be so daring as to sneak into the mountain residence.
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I kept forgetting to howl. There was also a typo, so I howled while I was changing it. The last few chapters have been so hard to write. It will be even harder tomorrow.
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