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Chapter 193 Concubine Yigui’s speculations about the princess and Fan Jian as soon as she met her
Time soon came to the next day, and Yigui Concubine came directly to Guangxin Palace. When Li Yunrui learned that Yigui Concubine was visiting, he was very surprised, but he still got up and went to see Yigui Concubine.

When the two met, they exchanged greetings for a few words, and then got down to business.

"Elder Princess, to be honest, I came to visit today because I have something I want to discuss with you. Yesterday my sister came to the palace to look for me, and she told me..." said Yigui Concubine.

"What? Did I hear you correctly? You said you want Fan Ruoruo to be Yan Que's concubine? Haha, let's not say whether Yan Que will agree to it. I'm afraid Fan Jian will be the first to disagree, right?" Li Yunrui said

"Eldest Princess, to be honest, my brother-in-law really doesn't know about this yet, but Ruorona girl has already agreed, and our family has also agreed." Yigui said.

After hearing this, Li Yunrui suddenly became serious. She didn't care whether Ruoruo agreed or not. What she cared about was the sentence after Yi Gui's concubine, which meant that all this was the intention of the Liu family.

"Oh? This is very interesting. I am very curious. What method did you use to get the daughter of the Fan family to agree?" Li Yunrui asked
Yi Guibin smiled and said nothing after hearing this. She also knew very well that Li Yunrui was not asking about Ruoruo's affairs, but about their Liu family's affairs.

"Forget it, since it's not convenient for you to say, I won't ask. Let's talk about what we can. I want to know why your family does this?"

"You have been in the palace all year round. I don't think you don't know my current situation. It is no exaggeration to say that your Majesty will know everything about what you and I said when we met today."

"Under such circumstances, you suddenly came to my door, which really surprised me." Li Yunrui said

"Eldest Princess, why do you ask questions knowingly? Your situation is not good. Is our family's situation any better?"

"Our family is only superficially beautiful now. In fact, it has been criticized by the public for a long time. Even if our family loses dignity and marries my sister to Fan Jian, it is just drinking poison to quench thirst."

"You can't tell when it will happen? When the wall falls and everyone pushes it down, the consequences will be worrying, so our family has to start looking for a way out, and you are the way out that our family has chosen." Yigui said

"Huh? This is somewhat believable, but if it is just like this, it is not enough for me to abandon the prince and choose to support your son." Li Yunrui said

"Eldest Princess, since you have said this, I might as well say it straight. The reason why our family is so feared is actually because our prestige in the military is too high."

"If you have the support of our family, then our family's power in the army will naturally be used by you. With the addition of the forbidden army led by Yan, what else can't you accomplish?"

"The most important thing is that you don't have to support my son." Yigui said

"Haha, what you said is really good. Even I can't help but feel moved. However, the matter is so big that we can't rush it. We need to take our time."

"Besides, we have to wait for His Majesty's reaction regarding our meeting today. The most important thing is that Xiao Que has not returned to Beijing yet. I have to ask his opinion on this matter first." Li Yunrui said.

"Well, that's natural, that's natural, eldest princess, now that we've finished talking about this, I'll leave first." After hearing this, Concubine Yi Gui stood up and left with a smile on her face.

The eldest princess did not make any extra moves, but signaled her female officer to see her off. After sending Yigui concubine away, the smile on Li Yunrui's face slowly disappeared.

Her brows sometimes furrowed, and sometimes returned to normal. Just like her, there was Yigui. Her face was calm at this time, but in fact, she had already begun to think in her heart.

After returning to her dormitory, she no longer suppressed her expression. She was actually quite satisfied with this meeting. After all, she had not planned to succeed in the first place.

This time it was just a test. If Li Yunrui rejected him directly, then the matter would be considered dirty and the dream would be over.

But since Li Yunrui didn't refuse directly, it meant that there was still a chance. Li Yunrui was moved. This was a good start for her.

At this time, in the imperial study room, Emperor Qing also heard about the meeting between the two.

"Back to Your Majesty, because there were people guarding the time, our people didn't have the chance to get close. I don't know what was said, and Concubine Yi's face was expressionless when she came out, so..." Eunuch Hou
"It seems that this matter is not a big deal. By the way, I remember you told me before that Fan Jian's wife always comes to the palace these days?" Emperor Qing suddenly said.
"Yes, Your Majesty, Mrs. Fan has come three times in the past seven days." Mr. Hou said

"Huh? It's interesting, it's really interesting. Send an order to Chen Pingping to check her whereabouts for me. Also, let Fan Jian come to the palace to see her." Emperor Qing said directly
After hearing this, Eunuch Hou naturally bowed and exited the imperial study. After arranging for people to find Fan Jian, he walked to the inspection institute himself.

As soon as he left the palace, Li Yunrui and Yi Guifei received the news, but they did not take any unnecessary action, but waited for the news in silence.

When Fan Jian learned that His Majesty had summoned him, he didn't think much about it and quickly followed the visitor into the palace.

"Your Majesty, Fan Jian, bow to your Majesty." As soon as Fan Jian arrived at the Imperial Study Room, he immediately began to salute.

"Okay, come here, I'll give you a seat. I don't have any other big business to call you here today. I just want to ask you, what have you been busy with recently, why are you so busy?" Emperor Qing asked

"Your Majesty, since my son went to Northern Qi, I have been looking at the accounts of the internal treasury for previous years, plus the previous errands of the Ministry of Revenue, so..." Fan Jian stopped after speaking.

And the reason why he did this was naturally because he understood this Majesty. The Majesty in front of him would never say useless words, and every word he said had a meaning.

So when he didn't know what happened, he would naturally tell his difficulties first, so as to have a buffer time.

"Well, it's really hard for you, but it's okay for you to be so busy all the time. After all, although this national matter is important, the family cannot ignore it."

"Let's do this. I'll give you three days' leave. You can go back and have a good rest." Emperor Qing said.
"This, yes, I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness." Fan Jian was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then began to express his gratitude.He already understood what was going on. It was a problem at home, so he didn't say any polite words, but thanked him directly.

At this time, his thoughts changed rapidly. What happened at home?How can he actually allow His Majesty to give him three days of leave to deal with it?Could it be that his son got into trouble again?
When Fan Jian thought of this, he had no intention of wasting any more time, so after saluting, he immediately got up and left the imperial study, and soon left the palace.

Emperor Qing looked at Fan Jian's leaving figure with a solemn expression and didn't know what he was thinking.

Fan Jian, who had doubts in his heart, quickly returned home, and upon his return, he called Liu Ruyu and his two children into the study.

Fan Jian sat behind the desk, looking at the three people in front of him, without speaking.

The three people's mentality at this time was also different. Liu Ruyu was well prepared and confident, while Ruoruo pretended to be calm and kept comforting herself.

Only Versace was the simplest, because he didn't know what was happening.

"Don't you three have anything to say?" Fan Jian said suddenly
"Master, what's wrong with you? What did His Majesty say to you? What happened?" Liu Ruyu said

"Shut up. You don't need to know what His Majesty said. You just need to tell me, what have you been doing recently? And you two, tell me one by one!" Fan Jian said with a serious face.

"Oh, sir, look at you, okay, okay, I'm telling you, isn't it okay? Haven't I been busy lately, looking for Ruoruo's in-laws?"

"It's not like you don't know what happened before. The last time I took Ruoruo back, it turned out that among our family, Ruoruo didn't like any of them, so aren't I still looking for them?" Liu Ruyu said

"Auntie, it's not my daughter who is picky, it's really those people. Forget it, just don't say anything." Ruoruo said.
"Huh? Ruoruo, what do you mean by this? What do you mean by not telling? Which of my nephews is not a top-notch talent? Why are you so speechless?" Liu Ruyu stopped as soon as he heard this.

"Auntie, don't you know what's going on? Do you really not know what their virtues are? Do you want me to tell you all in front of my father?" Ruoruo said.
"Ruoruo you? Okay, okay, forget it if you don't like those nephews of mine. Then, what is your reason for the ones my sister introduced specially?" Liu Ruyu asked
"Auntie, the reason is the same as the previous ones. I don't want to say more." Ruoruo said directly.
"I, Master, can you say something? Is it easy for you to say something to me? I kindly found a husband for her, but now I have ended up like this?" Liu Ruyu said dissatisfied.

"Okay, okay, we'll talk about these things later. Sizhe, let me ask you, what have you been doing recently?" Fan Jian waved his hand impatiently, and then asked
"Ah? Dad, haven't I done anything else recently? I've been busy with the bookstore. Don't you know? Ever since Fan Xian, oh no, eldest brother went to Beiqi, Dream of Red Mansions has been discontinued."

"Now the whole capital is urging me, and I am exhausted every day because of the urging." Versace said.

"Haha, okay, okay, okay, that's great. You are all doing business, right? Since you are all doing business, why would Your Majesty come to me?"

"You also gave me three days' leave to take care of my family affairs. Can any of you three explain to me what's going on? Has His Majesty wronged you?" Fan Jiandao
"This, Master, I really don't know this. You know me. Let alone the things that can attract His Majesty's attention, how can I dare to mess around with the current situation of our family?" Liu Ruyu said

Um?What you said makes sense, but His Majesty will not give me three days off to deal with family matters without any reason. Sizhe's bookstore is just a trivial matter and not worthy of Your Majesty's concern.

"And if Ruoruo is a woman who has not left the palace and has not left the palace recently, then this problem can only be caused by you. Please tell me carefully, where have you been during this time?" Fan Jiandao
"Ah? Sir, don't worry, let me think about it, let me think about it, I have been to the palace several times recently to find my sister and ask her to introduce some young men from aristocratic families to Ruoruo."

"Also, I went back to my parents' home and looked at my parents. It seemed like they hadn't gone anywhere else?" Liu Ruyu recalled.

"Huh? Wait, tell me how many times have you met your sister? How many times have you been there during this time? When did you go?" Fan Jian asked
"Well, let me think about it. First, I told my sister about Ruoruo about six days ago, and then four days ago, my sister found a few suitable ones and asked me to take a look. portrait."

"It was just yesterday. Ruoruo didn't like any of them, so I went to reply to my sister." Liu Ruyu slowly recalled
"Huh? That's all? Although you have been to the palace too many times, you still don't want to be beaten by His Majesty. No, except for Ruoruo's matter. What has Concubine Yigui been busy with recently?" Fan Jiandao
"Ah? Officer, are you doubting my sister? It's not like you don't know what she can do? Wait, she accidentally told me before that she wanted to see the eldest princess."

"No, it's not because of this, right?" Liu Ruyu said

"Huh? Meeting the eldest princess? What's the point of meeting the eldest princess? Everyone in the palace, except the prince, avoids the eldest princess. Why did your sister suddenly go to see the eldest princess?" Fan Jian asked

"This, I don't know this either. Why am I so embarrassed to ask about this kind of thing? Besides, even if I ask, she may not tell me?" Liu Ruyu said

After listening to Liu Ruyu's words, Fan Jian didn't speak again for a while, and Liu Ruyu and the other three naturally didn't speak either, and time passed slowly like this.

I don't know how much time passed, but Fan Jian suddenly said, "Ruoruo, Sizhe, you two go back first. Your mother and I have something to discuss."

Versace didn't say anything after hearing this, and was about to leave directly, while Ruoruo glanced at Liu Ruyu vaguely, and after receiving a reassuring look, she also followed out of the study.

After the two siblings went out, Fan Jiandao said, "Madam, your sister is still a little helpless in the end. She knows she can't do anything, so why do she want to get involved?"

"Huh? Master, what do you mean? Is it possible that my sister wants to let the Third Highness go? Isn't that impossible? The Crown Prince and the Second Prince's power is spread throughout the government and the public, and the Third Prince has no chance at all." Liu Ruyu said

"Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is no chance. She has been doing this all these years, but now why can't she think about it all of a sudden?"

"The reason why His Majesty asked me to go today is probably because he misunderstood that you were also involved, so he asked me to come back to deal with this matter. Why did your sister get involved at this time?" Fan Jian asked in confusion.
"Ah? This, Master, you are exaggerating. My sister is not a fool. There is no way she doesn't know how powerful this is."

"Besides, our family is now having to cross the river with a clay bodhisattva. How could she do it without any help?" Liu Ruyu said.

"Madam, who told you that you will end up seizing the heir, can't you assist the crown prince?" Fan Jian said solemnly.
(End of this chapter)