Chapter 71: Poetry Gathering at Prince Jing's Mansion, The Law of the Dark Jungle for Travelers (13, please subscribe!)
Fan Xian did receive a poem, but that poem was only barely presentable.

Although he was a liberal arts student in his previous life, he was good at appreciating and discussing poetry, but he did not have the ability to write good poems himself.

If Li Changan wasn't there, he would have immediately become famous by just writing a famous poem.

As long as he has literary fame, someone will naturally come to clear his name.

When power is in hand, there will always be great scholars debating the classics. Fan Xian understands this principle very well.

But with Li Changan, or the time traveler behind Li Changan, Fan Xian really doesn't have the courage to do that.

"In that case, thank you, Mr. Guo."

Guo Baokun changed the subject and told Fan Xian another piece of news that shocked him.

"With His Royal Highness Prince Yong present at today's poetry gathering, the influence will be even greater!"

Fan Xian said in surprise, "Your Highness Prince Yong... why is he here?"

Li Changan is Fan Xian's biggest taboo at the moment, and he subconsciously wants to avoid this person.

Before coming to Kyoto, he had made up his mind not to reveal his identity as a time traveler.

If he really wants to be exposed, he must obtain power and force equal to Li Changan. It will be safest to expose himself at that time.

However, for Fan Xian now, it is simply impossible to have equal power with a prince.

The suspicion between time travelers is mutual. If Li Changan had just traveled through time when Fan Xian was at the peak of his career, he would never reveal his identity as a time traveler.

This chain of suspicion between time travelers is a bit like the law of the dark jungle: whoever gains great power first will definitely not be able to emerge.

If both of them are powerless, or if they are moving forward in parallel, have similar ideas and personalities, they may even tell each other their identities.

But now Li Changan owns the Hulong Villa and has hundreds of masters under his command. Not only is he a literary giant, he also has the power of life and death to suppress the world's martial arts world.

What's more, Li Chang'an would often exterminate any sect that did not obey the imperial court in the martial arts world, which Fan Xian felt was too cruel.

The information Wuzhu overheard on Mount Dadong indicated that Prince Yong was most likely a puppet, and the time traveler behind him might be even more powerful and ruthless.

Fan Xian is a smart man. He can figure out the pros and cons of this matter, so he decides to hide his identity as a time traveler.

Li Changan had figured this out when he was a child. Between him and Fan Xian, whoever gained enormous power and wealth first would be able to enjoy the greatest benefits of a time traveler.

Li Changan is a very pragmatic person. Although he pretends to obey Emperor Qing but actually disobeys him, he thinks that there is nothing wrong with Emperor Qing's plan to eliminate the Grand Master and seek to unify the world.

He felt that Ye Qingmei's behavior was a bit childish. The beautiful declaration at the gate of the Inspection Institute was as ridiculous as posting a sign at the gate of the East Factory in the Ming Dynasty saying "Maintain judicial justice, everyone is equal in the Ming Dynasty".

The secret service agency was the most powerful arm in maintaining feudal imperial power, and its internal power structure was far less stable than the system of three provinces and six ministries.

Fan Xian suddenly gained enormous power with a badge of the Ministry of Revenue. Fan Jian, a childhood friend of Emperor Qing, took him more than ten years to climb to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Li Changan's Luowang is similar to the Inspection Institute. The purpose of establishing Luowang is to fight for power and to replace Emperor Qing one day.

Seeing Fan Xian in a daze, with a country bumpkin look, Guo Baokun's sense of superiority became even stronger.

"Brother Fan, you don't know this."

"A poetry gathering can only have influence if it can invite great men of literature to comment. His Royal Highness Prince Yong is not someone that ordinary people can invite."

"Prince Jing begged Prince Jing earnestly, and Prince Jing invited Prince Yong to come.

Just take out that poem today. His Royal Highness Prince Yong is a literary giant and will not make a mistake."

Fan Xian didn't want to provoke Li Changan, but he didn't expect to meet him so soon.

But now that they have arrived at the gate of Prince Jing's Mansion, there is no time to retreat.

After entering Prince Jing's Mansion, Guo Baokun cordially introduced Fan Xian to the scholars and talented women.

"Please don't believe the rumors out there. I know Brother Fan's character very well. He is definitely not someone who disrespects the law."

"What happened on the day Fan Xian entered the city was that the brothel girl had a hysterical attack and mistook the wrong person. It was all a misunderstanding."

As expected, all the women showed looks of wariness and disgust and stayed away from him.

Among the women, a girl in red clenched her fists and was about to rush up to beat Fan Xian.

Lin Wan'er hurriedly pulled her aside and said, "Ling'er, there's no need. Fan Xian is an insignificant person. There's no need to get angry over him."

"Listen to me, the best way to deal with this is to just pretend he doesn't exist.

I will go see the two uncles first, please don't be impulsive."

Ye Ling'er always listened to Lin Wan'er, so she could only put away her fists and sit down angrily.

Almost all the scholars were very polite to Fan Xian, and seemed to believe what Guo Baokun said.

Fan Xian couldn't help but sigh, this is the power of influence. With the endorsement of the son of the Minister of Rites, these people have to give face to Master Guo.

Fan Xian looked for a long time but didn't see Lin Wan'er, or even Fan Ruoruo. There were three empty seats at the top of the talented women's seats.

Among the three seats, one is for Fan Ruoruo. His sister has a high status in the literary circle in Beijing.

The inner hall of the palace.

Prince Jing, Prince Yong, the Second Prince, Lin Wan'er, Princess Roujia, and Fan Ruoruo were talking.

Fan Ruoruo and Li Changan came in the same car. The Fan family and the Prince Jing's family were old friends, so Li Changan brought her into the inner hall.

Li Chengze said politely, "Uncle Prince Jing, I am very grateful for hosting a poetry gathering in your precious place."

"Uncle Prince Yong, having you at a poetry gathering is what a poetry gathering is all about. Thank you so much!"

Scholars want to become famous at the poetry meeting, and the second prince also wants to recruit some talents to see if there are any outstanding scholars who can be used by him.

Of course, the Second Prince also has another important purpose today, which is to win over Fan Xian.

Fan Xian is not a simple person. It is very abnormal that His Majesty insists on granting Fan Xian a marriage and wants to marry Lin Wan'er to him.

Although the Second Prince did not help in Kyoto Prefecture that day, he had already shown his support for Fan Xian. It should not be difficult to win him over in person now.

Fan Xian's reputation has been ruined, but His Majesty has not cancelled the engagement, which shows that Fan Xian is a very important person and must be befriended.

The reason why Li Changan came was, of course, because Prince Jing and the Second Prince invited him, so he had to do them a favor.

Anyway, he is here, and just by sitting there he can enhance the quality of the entire poetry reading.

As for commenting on poetry, it is even simpler. The level of poetry is not high anyway, and the good and bad can be seen at a glance.

Li Changan came this time also to meet Fan Xian. In the original drama, Fan Xian first entered Kyoto, but he was very fierce and did not even kneel when he saw the emperor.

Now Fan Xian has suffered a setback as soon as he arrived in Kyoto. I wonder if he will still be as arrogant as before.

As for Lin Wan'er, the Second Prince invited her over to play, and also to test Lin Wan'er's attitude towards Fan Xian.

After all, the marriage between Lin Wan'er and Fan Xian is related to the ownership of the inner treasury, which is a matter of concern to all parties.

Lin Wan'er deliberately sat next to Li Changan and helped him when he was free.

"Uncle Prince Yong, you have been very busy since you returned to Kyoto."

Li Changan turned his head and met Lin Wan'er's half-smile.

Only then did he remember that he had not climbed through the window of Lin Wan'er's house in such a long time since returning to Kyoto.

Li Changan was very busy every day. He had to practice, pay attention to intelligence from all sides, and discuss swordplay with his concubines. He indeed forgot to go to see Lin Wan'er. "Yes, Wan'er, the king has many things to do and is busy every day."

Seeing Li Changan's serious expression, Lin Wan'er secretly pinched Li Changan's arm.

"Wan'er has also been studying poetry these years. I hope Uncle Prince Yong can give me more advice when he has time."

Li Changan said calmly, "Wan'er is very smart and can understand things at once. It's easy to talk to her."

Not long after, Li Hongcheng came in and said, "Father, Uncle Prince Yong, Second Prince, everyone for the poetry gathering is here."

Prince Jing patted Li Changan on the shoulder and said, "Third brother, thank you for your help today. I will take care of all the flowers and trees in your Hulong Villa."

Li Changan bowed and said, "Second brother, you are too polite. I will also take care of the bonsai in the room. Thank you!"

"Chengze, Wan'er, Ruoruo, Roujia, let's go."

Li Chengze stood up and walked out of the door with Li Changan, then whispered, "Uncle Yong Wang, I won't show up."

Li Changan frowned and asked, "Why?"

Li Chengze shook his hair and coughed twice, looking elegant and noble.

"Uncle Wang, you don't know this, but my nephew likes popularity, but he doesn't like people."

After hearing this, Li Changan kicked him on the butt without any hesitation.

"You little bastard, you're sneaking around all day, trying to be mysterious."

"You just like eating grapes, don't you? It doesn't matter where you eat them. Just follow me!"

Lin Wan'er smiled with her hands covering her mouth, "Second brother, you just deserve a beating. How can you be so popular without people?"

"You usually have to clear the streets just to eat hot pot, why don't you go out incognito? It's really disturbing the people for no reason."

Li Chengze felt the pain and grimaced helplessly. He could only follow Li Changan to the poetry reading.

"Wan'er, you are so heartless that you actually add insult to injury. Second brother has been looking for medicine for you since you were a child. I have eighty percent credit for your recovery from tuberculosis!"

Li Changan and Lin Wan'er's relationship was conducted in secret, so Yi Yanbing's affairs were naturally top secret.

"Okay, okay, Wan'er thanks you, second brother. I'll treat you to hotpot some other day so you don't have to go out on the street and harm the people's livelihoods."

Li Chengze shook his alpaca head and said, "Come to my house. I'll show you the alpaca that Uncle Prince Yong gave me. I guarantee you'll be amazed."

Several people walked out chatting and laughing. Li Chengze originally wanted to hide in the dark and then call Fan Xian over to have a chat, but now it seems he has to think of other ways.

When they arrived at the corridor where the poetry reading was held, Li Changan and Li Chengze both sat behind the curtain behind the main seat.

After all, it is the blood of the royal family, and it must be guaranteed to be sacred. Lin Wan'er and Princess Roujia are of a lower bloodline, so they sit at the top position of the talented women together with Fan Ruoruo.

After Li Changan and Li Chengze sat down, everyone except Lin Wan'er and Princess Roujia knelt on the ground.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Yong and His Royal Highness the Second Prince!"

Li Changan spotted Fan Xian in the crowd at a glance.

Name: Fan Xian

Age: 16 years old

Realm: Peak Seventh Level

Talents: Memory (fourth grade), Strategy (eighth grade), Business (eighth grade), Martial Arts (fifth grade)

Abilities: Go (eighth rank), assassination (eighth rank), poison (eighth rank), medicine (eighth rank), strategy (fourth rank), poetry (third rank)

Emotion: 0
The talent of memory is a weakened version of photographic memory. This powerful talent can allow some abilities to exceed the talent limit.

For example, Fan Xian has no talent for Go, and his Go ability should be at level six at best.

However, relying on the chess records he remembered from his previous life and his strong memory and learning abilities, he raised his Go skills to the eighth level.

The reason why Fan Xian stands out is not because he looks a bit rustic and a little fat.

It was because he was the only one who was hesitating whether to kneel or not.

Name: Guo Baokun
Age: 20 years old

Realm: None
Talent: Friendship (Level 3)

Abilities: Strategy (negative second rank), Friendship (sixth rank), Poetry (fifth rank)

Emotion: 50
Li Changan finally met the real person of Guo Baokun, a good general in the world, who is also an avid lover of poetry.

In addition to Lin Wan'er's social phobia, Li Changan's ability to see people the second time was negative.

The social skills of the negative second rank can be saved, but the political skills of the negative second rank are probably beyond repair.

Li Changan took a quick glance and found that most of the people present had an emotional value of around 30, and the fanatical female fans even had an emotional value of over 80.

Now Li Changan understands why it is so easy for celebrities to sleep with their fans.

The only one in the audience whose emotion value was less than 30 was the martial arts fanatic Ye Linger. After all, she didn't understand poetry.

Ye Ling'er just came here to play with Lin Wan'er, she doesn't know how to compose poetry.

Guo Baokun is very nervous today. The prince has given him a death order that Fan Xian must become famous at today's poetry meeting!
Of course Li Changan could see it and couldn't help but feel amused.

Because of his intervention, Li Yunrui's plan succeeded and the prince was held responsible, so Emperor Qing punished the prince by helping Fan Xian restore his reputation.

Guo Shao, who originally wanted to destroy Fan Xian's reputation at the poetry meeting, is now afraid that Fan Xian will cause trouble again and has become the person who cares about Fan Xian the most.

Mr. Guo was almost crying!
Because Fan Xian beside him was bending over and had not yet decided whether to kneel or not.

"Brother Fan, please, kneel down quickly!"

He had to kneel down when he saw the prince. This illegitimate boy didn’t even know the most basic rules!

The scholars were so nervous that they dared not even breathe. It was a very grand occasion to meet two princes at the same time.

Although they were nervous and cramped, these scholars were full of confidence and were determined to seize the opportunity to show their talents!
Since Fan Xian traveled through time, he has knelt before his grandmother and father, but he did not kneel when he met the Crown Prince and the Second Prince in Kyoto Prefecture.

So, in this situation, he really doesn't want to kneel down!
According to his personality, he really wanted to shout, "Your Highnesses, do you want to kneel?"

However, seeing a large number of people kneeling around him, Fan Xian's legs felt weak.

Li Changan is not only famous for his literary talent, but also a murderer. What's more troublesome is that he may be a puppet of the time traveler.

If I don't kneel, is it possible that my identity as a time traveler will be revealed...

Fan Xian is really a little frightened now.

Suddenly, a majestic voice erupted in the corridor!
"Who is the next station?"

Li Changan and Li Chengze turned their heads at the same time and saw that it was Xie Bian who scolded him out of habit.

Name: Xie Bian
Age: 35 years old

Realm: Ninth Rank Lower
Talent: Sword (Eighth Grade)

Abilities: Strategy (Level 3), Gourmet (Level 3)

Emotion: 10
Hearing this, Fan Xian almost blurted out, "Jing Ke, the envoy from the State of Yan!"
(End of this chapter)