Wangfu Shenyuan

Among the men who were intoxicated by the aroma of wine and rouge, Xia An sat anxiously next to Fang Xiatong, looking around constantly, for fear that someone might come and take him away.

Fang Xiatong took the time to drink, looked at his younger brother's frightened appearance, and couldn't help but sneered: "Since you are afraid of him, why dare you follow me? Are you worried about me, or about him?"

"I'm worried about both of you." Xia An raised his neck and drank the wine. "Ahem, what is this?"

Fang Xia laughed together: "I don't know, isn't this the wine that those two young men poured for you just now?"

Xia An smacked his lips: "It's not wine, it's sweeter than water. Let me taste yours." He wanted to get Fang Xiatong's cup, but Fang Xiatong avoided it.

"Hey, don't hurt me. If the prince knows that I asked you to drink here, I will definitely get dozens of boards."

"It's really you who made it bad." Xia An smiled and said, "Can you drink here? I should really tell Brother Lu about your affair outside."

"What am I having an affair with?" Wasn't it just eating some tofu.

"I wonder if Ma will be lucky enough to hear about the affairs of the young master of the Fang family?" Ma Qicheng came in from the outside, followed by a beautiful young lady. "Do you mind if I have someone to accompany you?"

Fang Xiatong and Xia An stood up at the same time, the former said with a smile: "I don't care, I'm just envious."

Ma Qicheng likes people in the same way: "What are you envious of? I'll treat you tonight. You can choose whichever Young Master Fang likes." As he spoke, his eyes glanced at Xia An.

"Don't pick, my brother is watching here, but he doesn't dare to have fun." Fang Xia unobtrusively blocked Ma Qicheng's sight.

Ma Qicheng said: "They are all bloody men, why is the second young master Fang so cautious. Why don't you let me be your guide to this way, and I will tell you to know the wonderful feeling between this man and man tonight, which is comparable to that of a woman." It's much more comfortable there.

"Hey, that's not okay." Fang Xiatong is young, but he has already cultivated a smooth temper in the business field. "Let me formally introduce to Brother Ma. My younger brother is the precious grandson of Master Huangfu in Huangfu's mansion, the only son of his only daughter. He is usually kept in the garden like something precious, and he refuses to let him out easily."

Ma Qicheng's eyes lit up: "But Huangfu Wen from the Suzhou Granary Family?"

Xia An nodded slightly: "It's my grandfather."

"It turned out to be the young master of the Huangfu family." Ma Qicheng held up his wine glass and said, "I really don't know Taishan. I didn't expect that the Fang family and the Huangfu family still have this in-law. No wonder you don't have to worry about it, Young Master Fang." Food. Come, let me offer you a toast, if there was any disrespect before, just smile away the grudge."

The three talked and laughed at Yan Yan, talking extremely speculatively.Xia An doesn't talk much, but Ma Qicheng always compliments him from time to time to get him to talk, and Xia An also has his own unique views on business, so he doesn't miss the point when he speaks.

After finalizing the quantity and time, Ma Qicheng left with the satisfaction that the deal was concluded and the regret that Xia An could be seen from afar but not played with.

It was hard to go back home in the middle of the night, so the two brothers of the Fang family found a clean inn in the capital to stay.

"So it turns out that Rongli has been doing business with Ma Qicheng through you." Xia An couldn't sleep, he was excited that he could further intervene in Rongli's affairs.

Fang Xiatong dropped a white piece, raised his eyes and said, "You really betrayed our Fang family, how could anyone be so eager to turn it down like you?"

"What did I post?" Xia An objected.

"Well, don't you deny it. You don't know, your prince told me very proudly that you couldn't be locked up even if you were locked up, so he tried every means to come out to help him. I didn't believe it at first, but you don't say anything today. Just throw Fang'er away, and come to the capital with me to join in the fun. Sigh, I really can't help my brother."

Xia An blushed a lot, and complained in his heart that Rongli told Fang Xiatong everything, which made him how to behave in Fangfu in the future. "What exactly do we want to get from Maqi City? Food has been scarce for the past two years. Why do we keep supplying him with food? If we sell it to private traders, the price will more than double." Xia An decisively changed the subject.

Fang Xiatong knew that Xia An was thin-skinned, so he didn't want to tease him too much, so he said, "Can we fight without food and grass?"

"War? The second prince is going to fight?"

"It will be around the year after year. Two years of catastrophe, the emperor has no food left, but we have fed the second prince's soldiers and horses. Do you think he can let go of such a good opportunity?" Fang Xia At the same time, he ate a few sunspots that were besieged to death.

Where is Xia An's heart on the chessboard, he just found an excuse to talk to Fang Xiatong. "The second prince's food and grass are sufficient, how about Rongli?"

Fang Xia gave Xia An a white look: "You are also the master of the financial power under the prince, so you really don't know any useful information. Does the prince seem to be someone who starves himself to feed others?"

"What kind of financial power is just to help him manage some shops. I don't know how many shops he still holds. I don't even know what my elder brother does for him, let alone other things." Xia An said half-annoyed and half-sarcastically.

Fang Xiatong threw the chess piece in his hand back into the chess box, clapped his hands and said: "I really believe that the lord is good to you, if there is even a little bit of bad, you have become a slave halfway, and you are such a person in the idle palace. Wherever you cannibalize, it is impossible to develop your current temperament."

"What kind of temper?" Xia An agreed with his elder brother's words in his heart. He tried to shrink himself before, and he only wanted to save his life in everything. Only when he went crazy because of Zheng Da at the beginning, he didn't have the courage to act.But Rongli peeled off his tortoise shell bit by bit, giving him a world where he can breathe freely.

"The temper that is dedicated to confronting people." Fang Xiatong said with a smile.

Xia An said: "Where is it?"

"I'm waiting to see the prince's reaction when he finds out you're going to the boy. Haha."

Stayed in Fang Mansion for a few days, during this period, Xia An carried Rong Fang with him every day, and let him sleep on his bed.He wholeheartedly wanted to teach Rong Fang how to speak, so he would call him "Father" as soon as possible, and drive away the strangeness and unreality between him and Rong Fang.

It's a pity that Rong Fang is one year old, and he still can't speak, only "Yiyi Yaya", and he doesn't know what he is mumbling about, Xia An is so worried that he can't sleep at night.

"You are too impatient, the child is only one year old." The old man couldn't stand it, how could he treat his precious grandson like a parrot all day long.

Xia An drank water to moisten his throat, frowned and said, "I heard from the nanny that I will be able to call people in July and August. Why can't Fang'er speak?"

"It's useless if you're in a hurry. Could it be that you can still force him to learn to speak?"

Xia An said: "I'll go back to the palace and ask the old genius doctor to come over and show him."

"Nonsense, it's not that the child can't speak at the age of four or five." The old man reprimanded.The nanny called Rong Fang carried Rong Fang down, and the old man continued: "If you don't know how to raise children, then don't do it, just watch the nannies take care of Fang'er. Don't nag Fang'er all day long." Yes, the old man is annoying to hear."

Xia An bowed his head: "I'm also in a hurry." He didn't want Rong Fang to be able to speak, so the first sentence directly called him a slave.Taking advantage of this time, he coaxed Rong Fang to call him 'Daddy' first.

"Is it time for you to go back to the palace?"

"Well, it's only two days. I figured out that this year's time for giving gifts to the palace is about to start, so I have to go back and watch."

Mr. Fang nodded: "Put the child here, you can rest assured. The old man will wait for you to pick him up again in peace."

For a moment, Xia An didn't understand why the old man would say that suddenly.He might come over in a few days.

But when Xia An returned to the palace, he realized that he really couldn't get out to visit Rong Fang.The oppressive and heavy atmosphere in the palace was like a miniature version of the court struggle, making everyone who tied their lives to the palace feel that their backs were being pressed so hard that they couldn't even breathe smoothly.

Xia An first went to the punishment hall to find Meng Yuanyi, the father-like supervisor who was always helping him.

"You want to intervene in the fight between the two concubines?" Meng Yuanyi said helplessly.Although he didn't like Xia An getting involved in this matter, but Xia An was in an important position, so how could he get away as he wanted, and get out as soon as he wanted.

"Director Meng, this slave will be fine. Don't worry." Every time Xia An came to Meng Yuanyi, he almost asked for help. Every time, Meng Yuanyi would never refuse him.Xia An was ashamed, but she had to say: "You can help the slave, just to lure the criminals involved in the poisoning case of Concubine Xi to point the finger at the concubine. You don't have to insist on it, it's better to show your head vaguely. Let Concubine Xi make her own guesses."

"...Okay, you go back."

Xia An hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, Director Meng. Xia An will never forget your friendship with Xia An."

"Forget it, I just consider it to be helping my son. If he is alive, he will be your age." Meng Yuanyi sighed, turned and went back to the room.

The prince entered the palace to guard the emperor's sick bed, and the princess hid in the Lanxi courtyard and did not take charge.The power of the entire palace fell into the hands of Concubine Xi. For the poisoning incident, Concubine Xi appointed several stewards and supervisors in a row, regardless of whether they were involved in the matter or not. Concubine Xi seized the opportunity and searched for These excuses remove the stumbling blocks that stand in the way.

The vacated position was naturally filled by her confidant. Xia An won a supervisor position that was not very prominent, but it was not bad.That turned out to be Director Qiu's position, managing the livestock of the palace. Xia An had talked to Director Qiu at Han Fuchao's place.

Concubine Xi can now place people from her natal family in the palace at will, so Xia An, a confidant who came here halfway, is not very "favored".The position of supervisor in charge of livestock does not have any real power. Speaking of it, it is not as powerful as Xia An's real power when he is the steward of the Aduyuan.

However, Concubine Xi did not take the opportunity to remove Xia An from her post of steward. Instead, she let him manage the livestock while also being in charge of controlling Aduyuan and Mingxuanyuan.

Thus, Xia An was equal to earning another supervisor position.