Chapter 161 Fan Ruoruo: Fan Xian is not allowed to be included in the Fan family tree! (13)
Two days later, Yanshikou.
Three months ago, the Khan of the Northern Barbarians and the Chanyu of the Western Hu were cut into pieces here.
Now, someone else is going to be tortured to death.
The one being tortured to death was the Dark Lord of the Inspection Institute and the most poisonous person in the world.
The people had just heard that the Inspection Office had been abolished by order of the Regent, and they were immediately cheered.
Because according to folk legends, the Inspection Office is a gloomy and cruel office that eats people without leaving any bones.
This government office was best at forcing confessions by torture and killing people without warning.
The government office now stationed in the courtyard of the Inspection Institute is said to be called Luowang, and its main function is to gather military intelligence.
The leader of Luowang was an old slave who served His Royal Highness the Regent in his childhood, named Zhao Gao.
Chen Pingping, who was executed by lingchi at Yanshikou today, was also the last director of the Inspection Institute.
Another person who was executed by lingchi was Fei Jie, the head of the Third Division of the Inspection Institute.
The official who supervised the execution was Fan Xian, the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple and the last Commissioner of the Inspection Institute.
At the execution ground, Eunuch Hou was reading out Chen Pingping's crimes.
These crimes were all personally assessed by Emperor Qing, and the first few were added by Emperor Qing himself.
"First, since the fifth year of the Qingli reign, the rebels have secretly sent aphrodisiacs into the palace, defiling it..."
"Second, the traitor repeatedly instigated and bribed the princes, causing my father and I to turn against each other..."
"Third, the traitors have sent the Sixth Division of the Inspection Bureau to plot to assassinate me in the Xuankong Temple..."
"Fourth, the traitor stabbed me in front of me, he is extremely treasonous and insane..."
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Fan Xian suppressed his grief, he had already made up his mind to complete the sentence.
If someone has to do this, then he is the most suitable person to do it.
The two who were tortured to death were his uncle Chen Pingping, who treated him as his own nephew, and his master Fei Jie, who taught him skills throughout his life.
Fan Jian specifically warned him that he must complete the sentence and obey the imperial edict.
If you can't help but want revenge, you must wait for Wuzhu to come back.
The Inspection Institute was wiped out, and Fan Xian no longer had any power. Taking revenge would be tantamount to seeking death.
Two people who were tortured to death were: one had a big belly and the other was skinny.
After Eunuch Hou finished reading out the charges against the two men, the people watching became even more outraged.
The crimes of these two people are so bold that it is no wonder that even the Inspection Office was uprooted.
Fan Xian came to Chen Pingping and Fei Jie with tears in his eyes and looked at the two old people helplessly.
Chen Pingping is a eunuch, and now everyone can see it.
There were all kinds of emotions in the crowd, including pity, horror, disgust and disgust.
"Dean, teacher, I will definitely avenge you."
Fan Xian lowered his voice and assured the two old men.
Fei Jie said lovingly, "Fan Xian, don't seek revenge."
"Wait for Wuzhu to come back and let him take you to another continent, far away from here."
Chen Pingping seemed oblivious to everything happening in the outside world and just showed a tired smile.
"Fei Jie is right. You can't avenge this."
"Your Majesty may have another trump card, and Li Changan is even more unfathomable."
"Don't get involved in the affairs of Qing Country or this continent anymore."
Fan Xian lowered his voice and said, "We will go to the temple and find the strongest helper."
Chen Pingping shook his head painfully, "We are leaving. Listen to Fan Jian more and don't try to be stubborn."
He glanced at the dozen or so old men from the Inspection Institute, including Murong Yan and Xuan Jiu, who were kneeling in the distance.
Those people were now filled with righteous indignation and tears were streaming down their faces. They had to watch the slow execution of Chen Pingping and Fei Jie.
In the end, Fan Xian suppressed his grief and threw down the execution order. Chen Pingping and Fei Jie were cut into pieces.
Then, the old man from the Inspection Institute was beheaded and displayed to the public, and the Inspection Institute was completely destroyed from then on!
In the imperial city far away, Emperor Qing was also watching all this from a high place.
"Without the Inspection Office, my hands and feet will be broken."
"The regent, a king with more power than the emperor, Li Changan is really imaginative!"
"Si Xiang, I have never suffered such humiliation since I ascended the throne!"
When saying this, Emperor Qing himself felt that it was familiar.
At that time, he felt humiliated when he had to give Li Changan extra gifts.
At that time, he said to himself, just bear with it, it is only a temporary humiliation.
But he could not have imagined that the more tolerant he was, the more aggressive Li Changan would become!
Now Lin Ruofu has been given the title of Regent and is openly riding on his head!
And because of his status as a grandmaster, no one in the court opposed it!
Yes, who dares to object!
The Grand Master is not a human being at all!
Kill people with a snap of the fingers, no matter you are an ordinary person or a ninth-rank master!
"Your Majesty, if you also reveal your Grandmaster status, Li Changan will never dare to be so presumptuous."
Emperor Qing said with a determined look, "How can we easily show our cards to others? The one who laughs last is the winner!"
"The fighting power between the Grandmasters is almost the same. If I want to defeat Li Changan in the end, I must hide first."
"What's more, I still need to use him to fight against Wu Zhu, Ku He, and Si Gu Jian."
"Li Changan is too famous, and it is easy for him to become arrogant. Being young and frivolous will lead to big losses!"
Hong Sixiang was a little worried. Without the Inspection Office, the current Emperor had almost lost control of the country.
Because Li Changan revealed his identity as the Grand Master first, almost all the ministers in the court had to act according to his wishes.
I never expected that the once powerful leader would end up losing power.
One month later, Northern Qi Imperial Palace.
The Queen Mother of Northern Qi and Zhan Doudou were staring at the news of Nan Qing's arrival in amazement.
As they watched, they exclaimed "Ah" from time to time.
Haitang Duoduo couldn't resist her curiosity, so she stood on tiptoe and craned her neck to look.
Zhan Doudou said in surprise, "Mother, did Li Changan rebel or not?"
"You said he didn't rebel, but this regent has more power than the emperor!"
"He can control everything the emperor can control, and he also has the power to veto the emperor's decisions!"
Queen Mother Wei was also shocked. "You said he rebelled, but he is not the emperor."
"His title is still the King of Qin, but he has the additional title of Regent."
"When attending court, I sit on equal footing with the emperor, with no distinction of superiority or inferiority."
"It's called, brothers are friendly and respectful, two saints reign, sharing the world!"
Zhan Doudou blinked her innocent eyes and said, "Is this still the aggressive, suspicious and stubborn Emperor Qing?"
"I originally thought that Li Changan only bullied women, but I didn't expect that he would go even further in bullying men."
Queen Mother Wei nodded slightly, "So this is what I thought..."
Zhan Doudou frowned slightly, "How did mother know that Li Changan only bullies women?"
Queen Mother Wei's expression froze for a moment, then she said naturally, "Of course it was the intelligence from the Imperial Guards."
"Doudou, Li Changan is indeed a grandmaster, so Nanqing now has three grandmasters." Zhan Doudou said with some concern, "I wonder if Ye Liuyun's injury has healed.
If the three Grand Masters defeat the Imperial Master and Si Gu Jian one by one, wouldn't we and Dongyi City be in danger?"
Queen Mother Wei could only sigh, "In this world, the one who decides the situation is still the Grand Master."
"Although we are at the top of the dynasty, we cannot compare to the influence of the Grand Master."
In August of the sixth year of the Qingli period, the Fan family held a ancestor worship ceremony.
Fan Jian and his family sat in a carriage and headed to the Fan Family Ancestral Hall outside the city.
What Fan Xian said about being included in the family tree will happen today.
Anyway, he has almost fallen out with the emperor, so it is impossible for him to have the surname Li.
Since the royal family cannot give you a title, will you never have a reliable surname for your entire life?
Everything was in turmoil, Chen Pingping and Fei Jie were cut into pieces, and Fan Xian was depressed for a while.
Thinking that he could finally enter the ancestral hall today, a smile remained on his face.
Fan Sizhe's eyes were evasive and he didn't say a word the whole way because he felt guilty.
He knew very well that Fan Xian's current position was very awkward, because he might stand against His Majesty and the Regent at any time.
Your Majesty killed Ye Qingmei. Ye Qingmei's servant Wu Zhu, who is also a grandmaster, will definitely seek revenge on Your Majesty.
Wu Zhu will definitely come to find Fan Xian, and Fan Xian may follow Chen Pingping's footsteps and become a rebel at any time.
In Fan Sizhe's opinion, Fan Xian might drag the Fan family into an irretrievable situation at any time!
So, a few days ago, Fan Sizhe secretly went to find Fan Ruoruo.
His elder sister, the Princess of Qin, the regent's principal wife, was already the most powerful woman in the Kingdom of Qing.
The two discussed for a long time and decided not to allow Fan Xian to drag the Fan family into the abyss, so Fan Xian could not enter the Fan family tree.
After leaving the Kyoto city gate and heading west along the official road, we finally arrived at a farm, the ancestral property of the Fan family.
There were already more than thirty horse-drawn carriages parked in the yard outside the clan temple. The Fan family was a large family in itself.
The current head of the Fan family, Minister of Revenue Fan Jian, stood at the steps of the clan ancestral hall.
The leading figures of each branch of the Fan clan had already gotten off the carriages and were standing outside the ancestral hall in order of seniority, followed by hundreds of younger generations and their families.
Thirty years ago, the Fan family was already one of the largest families in Beijing, and Fan Jian's branch was just a weak branch.
It was because Fan Jian’s mother worked as a wet nurse for the Prince Cheng’s Mansion that this family became very successful and Fan Jian became the patriarch.
Fan Jian had a lot of worries in the past year. First, his daughter fell out with him, and then there was a break between his two old friends, Emperor Qing and Chen Pingping.
He looked at everything in front of him calmly, but a feeling of warmth and pleasure surged in his heart.
I raised a son for Your Majesty and finally raised him as my own son.
Is this the most successful day of your life?
With a creak, the black wooden door opened and a gust of cold wind blew out, as if the ancestors of the Fan family were looking at their descendants coldly.
Fan Xian, dressed in cloth, came in the carriage, followed Fan Jian's gesture, and slowly walked forward between the two teams of men.
When the people in the Fan family saw Fan Xian, they couldn't help but widen their eyes in fear and surprise, and uttered countless exclamations.
"Fan Xian! Why is he here?"
"He doesn't have the blood of the Fan family."
"Yes, he is the son of His Majesty and Ye Qingmei."
"Without the blood of the Fan family, how can one be included in the family tree!"
At this time, Fan Jian was also surrounded by several old men.
These respected elders in the Fan family are all Fan Sizhe’s uncles.
"Yide... this is inappropriate."
Fan Jian smiled and said, "Second uncle, what's wrong?"
An old man lowered his voice and said, "This child... this child... is the son of His Majesty. He does not have any blood of the Fan family."
Afterwards, several elders expressed similar concerns, but they did not dare to speak too loudly for fear of disturbing the ancestors in the ancestral hall.
Everyone was dissatisfied and thought, since they are not descendants of the Fan family, why should they come to worship their ancestors?
These old people were also worried that His Majesty would bear a grudge against them if they did this.
Although Fan Jian had a warm smile, his attitude was very firm.
He exchanged his own son for Fan Xian's life, and even caused his wife to die of depression, all because of Fan Xian.
It is impossible for Xiao Ye's son to return to the royal family. Can't I give him a status?
"Everyone, what you said is just hearsay..."
Fan Jian responded to the elders' words with soft rebuttals.
Today, no matter what, he must get Fan Xian into the Fan family tree!
After all, Fan Jian was a second-rank minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and most of the other elders did not have official status, so of course they could not confront Fan Xian.
Seeing that the patriarch would not listen, no one dared to object.
"The ancestors have merits, and the clan has virtues."
“All things originate from heaven, and man originates from his ancestors.”
There was white smoke curling inside and outside the ancestral hall, with objects displayed on the top.
With the ups and downs of the chanting, the ancestor worship ceremony of the Fan clan officially began.
At this moment, a clear shout suddenly came from the entrance of the ancestral hall, "Wait!"
When everyone in the Fan Mansion looked back, they saw a graceful lady in a red-sleeved shirt and a red silk skirt woven with gold, walking into the Fan Jian Ancestral Hall supported by a maid.
Fan Ruoruo has been married for more than a year, so she shouldn't participate in the Fan family's ancestor worship.
However, Fan Ruoruo is now the regent's wife, so who would dare to question her arrival?
Everyone knows that the relationship between the empress and the emperor in the palace is not harmonious.
However, the Princess of Qin and the King of Qin have been engaged since childhood, and are now very much in love.
The Regent and Grand Master Li Changan is the most powerful person in Qing Kingdom!
Everyone looked at the five-clawed golden dragon on Fan Ruoruo's skirt in horror, and were so frightened that they dared not even breathe!
I have heard for a long time that His Royal Highness the Regent and His Majesty the Emperor both wear dragon robes.
Now that I have met the Princess of Qin in person, I can confirm this rumor!
At this moment, Fan Jian felt mixed emotions. He certainly knew why Fan Ruoruo came.
As a father and a high-ranking official of the second rank, he had to kneel down and kowtow in an orderly manner.
"Your servant Fan Jian, I pay my respects to the Princess of Qin!"
"Your Highness Fan Xian, here to greet the Princess of Qin!"
Afterwards, everyone in the Fan family bowed in unison, "Greetings to the Princess of Qin!"
Fan Sizhe knelt in the crowd, and the heavy stone in his heart finally fell.
As long as his sister comes, there will be no chance for Fan Xian to be included in the family tree.
He tilted his head to glance at Fan Jian and said, "It's fine if you just act like a bootlicker."
It would be fine to include your own son and wife, but you can't drag all nine clans into licking him!
Fan Ruoruo walked straight forward, lit three incense sticks for the ancestors of the Fan family, and then sat down in Fan Jian's seat.
Fan Xian didn't expect that Fan Ruoruo would come in person to stop him from entering the Fan family tree.
This sister really doesn’t want him to become a member of the Fan family?
That’s right, Fan Ruoruo would never allow Fan Xian to become a member of the Fan family.
Because Fan Xian and Wu Zhu are determined to go against Emperor Qing, and sooner or later they will be guilty of treason and the extermination of their entire clan.
Her husband Li Changan doesn't like Ye Qingmei, and is temporarily cooperating with Emperor Qing to make use of her, but he will never help Wu Zhu and Fan Xian.
Therefore, Fan Xian must not be allowed to implicate the Fan family.
"I came here today for only one thing."
"Fan Xian does not have the blood of the Fan family, so he cannot be included in the Fan family tree!"
PS: There are two more chapters at 18:. Joy of Life will be finished within ten chapters!
(End of this chapter)