Chapter 190: Deputy Commander Fan Meets the Emperor Overnight
When Fan Yong saw the emperor coming out, he immediately saluted: "Your Majesty!"
"Get up! My dear Fan, is there something urgent that requires you to see me so late?" The emperor leaned casually on the dragon throne and signaled Eunuch Zhuo with his eyes to get a stool for Fan Yong.
Fan Yong bowed again to thank the Emperor before settling neatly onto the stool, unpretentious. After all, he was the Emperor's favorite. If he continued to act cautiously in front of the Emperor, the Emperor would likely be quite upset. This was also the conclusion he had drawn from observing the old Marquis Zhao: everything should be done in moderation.
"There is an urgent matter for the Emperor to decide."
"Well! Go ahead!" The emperor was really sleepy at this moment, so he supported his head with his hands, looking like he was about to fall asleep at any moment.
Fan Yong glanced at the people around him, and the emperor immediately understood. He immediately and weakly ordered those who were not involved to leave. Even Eunuch Zhuo, who had set tea for the emperor and Fan Yong, left on his own accord. The entire hall was empty in an instant, but the emperor looked even more sleepy.
Seeing the emperor like this, Fan Yong thought to himself, "Once this news gets out, I guarantee the emperor won't be able to sleep tonight." "Someone wants me to present the emperor with a method for making salt from seawater."
When the emperor heard Fan Yong say this, he stood up immediately. What was there to be said about being tired? He could still work all night long. "Are you serious?"
Fan Yong nodded solemnly, "I dare not deceive Your Majesty."
The emperor excitedly stood up and walked around the hall, saying, "Ancestors bless us! Ancestors bless us!"
Fan Yong drank his tea silently, pretending not to notice the emperor's behavior. He didn't want to miss the sunrise tomorrow morning.
The emperor turned around twice, then forced himself to calm down. He returned to sit on the dragon throne and began to ask what he thought was the most important question: "Can salt made from seawater be eaten?"
However, the emperor's sitting posture this time was much straighter than before, which showed how happy he was.
"That person said yes!" The emperor asked seriously, and Fan Yong answered seriously without any embarrassment. He also didn't think about taking any credit.
"Who is that person?" Although the emperor had doubts about whether this matter could succeed, he was still eager to know where Fan Yong had found such a talent. After all, after so many years, at least someone had come up with a new idea.
Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, Fan Yong had the courage to joke, "Your Majesty, would you like to guess?"
When Fan Yong said this, the emperor's eyes flickered, but he wasn't angry. Young people are so honest and courageous. But he thought to himself that if Fan Yong said this, then he must be someone I know! Fan Yong had only returned this afternoon, and he hadn't mentioned it when he saw him.
It was impossible for him to have forgotten such an important matter. He must have received this news from someone he met after leaving the palace. Someone he met after leaving the palace! A figure suddenly flashed through the emperor's mind.
"Could it be Princess Funing?" The emperor said as his eyes widened. He himself was shocked by this idea. For a moment, he didn't know whether he hoped it was her or not.
The emperor's guess also surprised Fan Yong a little. He felt that the emperor was really good at guessing people's hearts. He thought so and did so, and immediately praised him: "The emperor is really amazing, he guessed it right on the first try."
The emperor stared at Fan Yong in disbelief, "Is it really Funing?"
Fan Yong nodded vigorously again.
The emperor was stunned for a moment, then surprised, and then could only complain helplessly: "Changyou is so lucky, he really gave birth to a good daughter for me."
Fan Yong almost spit out his tea this time. If he hadn't always remembered not to lose his manners in front of the palace, he would have spit out the tea. He silently complained in his heart, "Your Majesty, please listen to what you are saying. What do you mean by the good daughter that Lord Zhao gave birth to for you? That's someone else's daughter."
But there was no special emotion on his face. This kind of rebellious idea must not be known to anyone.
What Fan Yong didn't know was that the Emperor had only just begun to grow even more furious with the Third Prince. He was thinking about his brainless son, who was constantly pranking around in front of Funing. As a result, his attempts to find a son to marry into Funing's family were now impossible. Funing probably had a particularly bad impression of his son, and she had been hurt by men before.
He was not so shameless as to repay kindness with enmity and say that there was nothing good about his son who had so many women. The emperor could only sigh in his heart.
This led to the Emperor disliking the six princes in his harem for a long time, always finding excuses to scold them. Even the youngest prince was not spared.
But the one who suffered the most was the Third Prince. The Emperor would send people to scold him no matter what. Concubine Rong lost a lot of weight and her eyes were swollen from crying. She had never been so sad since she entered the palace to be selected as a concubine.
The emperor's actions caused the harem to be very quiet for a long time in the future. No one knew why the emperor was angry, so there was no way to circumvent this problem. They did not dare to act rashly, for fear of accidentally bumping into the gun.
Fan Yong didn't care what the emperor was thinking, and said this without any connection: "Princess Funing is a good person!"
"Oh? What do you mean?" The emperor looked at Fan Yong suspiciously.
Fan Yong recounted how they had come to this topic today. He didn't reveal that he was the one who revealed he was going to look for salt, only that he lamented the suffering of the people who had no salt to eat. Princess Funing then asked about it and then told him to report to the emperor. He also concealed the fact that he had always entered through the window.
The emperor had never thought that his subordinates could be so unreliable. He thought they were just drinking tea and chatting in the study, so he didn't ask about such details.
After the emperor listened to Fan Yong's account of the events, he was also stunned. He knew that people like Funing, born into prosperity, didn't know that ordinary people lived normal lives. But Funing was precious in that, despite not being in the mud, she was still willing to follow her heart, willing to do something for them, and willing to look down.
"She is quite kind. How could that bastard Sun Tu be willing to let his whole family bully her back then?"
The emperor was still unwilling to accept the fact when he talked about this matter. When the crime was exposed, he wanted to sentence the whole family to death, but Changyou insisted on stopping him, saying that it was not necessary.
The Emperor and Fan Yong whispered a lot, and when Fan Yong was about to leave, he asked him to secretly pass on his instructions to Judge Cheng, "The day after tomorrow, follow Fu Ning to the manor. Tell him to protect Fu Ning at all costs. If anything happens to Fu Ning, tell him to be careful of his nine clans."
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