I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 46 Formal Meeting with Fan Xian
The spring is warm and the sunshine is gentle. The spring breeze blows deeply into people's clothes. The late spring wind naturally does not have the strength of spring chill. It brushes gently like an invisible little hand, which is very comfortable.

In the afternoon, under the swaying willows.

After hearing the news from Li Hongcheng, Li Chengzong waved his hand and continued to play chess with Zhao Huai'en. Lu Jun and Fan Wujiu next to them watched for a while, felt bored, and started talking about the meaning of scriptures, which was a bit sleep-inducing. In addition, with the breeze blowing and the sun shining, their heads gradually became dizzy, so they simply stopped playing chess and fell asleep.

He slept until the end of the afternoon, and headed straight to Liujing River with his younger brother who had been playing outside for most of the day, as well as Zhao Huai'en and a few others.
Liujing River is probably at its busiest near dusk. In addition to the talented scholars, wealthy merchants, and children of famous families who come here for fun, there are also peddlers hawking their wares along the street, pedestrians and horses, sedan chairs dressed in blue, and all kinds of vendors.

The younger brother seemed to have never seen the world before. He kept chattering along the way, looking here and there, and from time to time he would say, "Third brother, look at that girl. She has no clothes on and her shoulders are so white."

Li Chengzong was puzzled. Didn't you get beaten up for sneaking into a brothel? Why did you act like you had never seen it before?

"Third brother, why are you walking so fast?"

Seeing Li Chengzong's increasingly faster pace, Li Chengping quickly started to jog, no longer paying attention to anything else.

When they arrived at the lakeshore, Li Chengzong picked up his younger brother and they all jumped directly onto the boat.

The boat swayed slightly. Except for the little brother, all the people present were at least eighth-rank masters. In an instant, the sound of swords being unsheathed was heard from the pleasure boat.

"Master." Zhao Huai'en called out vigilantly.

Li Chengzong shook his head and walked straight in with his younger brother and guards.

"Meet the Third Prince."

Si Lili bowed gracefully, glanced at the young man among the group, and asked, "Who is this?"

"Are you the famous Si Lili in Kyoto?"

Li Chengping stared at Si Lili without blinking, his eyes full of curiosity.

After all, you are still young and don’t know how to appreciate the charm of beauty.

Li Chengzong slapped his younger brother on the back of the head.

"Call sister-in-law."

Li Chengping looked up at his third brother, was stunned for a moment, then bowed respectfully and said, "Little brother Li Chengping greets the third sister-in-law."

Without Li Chengzong's reminder, Zhao Huai'en and the others immediately performed the salute.

"I have met the mistress."

Even though Si Lili was the most popular courtesan in Kyoto, good at entertaining guests, eloquent, and had excellent social skills, she didn't know how to respond to this situation for a moment, and looked at Li Chengzong with a pretty face like a peach blossom.

"Okay, you don't have to be polite. Take Xiao Si out to play and I'll send him back home later."

Li Chengzong said, patting his little brother and reminding him: "It's not safe here on the bank of the Liujing River. Don't run around, or I won't take you out to play again in the future."

"Don't worry, Third Brother, I promise to be obedient."

Li Chengping smiled and said, "Third sister-in-law, I'm going to go out and play first."

Si Lili blushed and nodded: "Your Highness, you can go by yourself."

As soon as the younger brother and Zhao Huai'en left, Si Lili sighed softly, feeling happy but also a little resentful.

How could she bear to let go of this enemy who was like this? How could she bear to let go of him?

"Why are you sighing?"

"nothing."

Si Lili shook her head and changed the subject, "The Fourth Prince is so young, why did you bring him to this place of fireworks? You really don't act like a brother at all."

"He sneaked out to the brothel the other day and got beaten. Now I'm fulfilling his wish. Am I not a good brother? And I brought him here to have a good look. If he finds it boring after watching it, he won't sneak out again, so that he won't get beaten again."

As they were chatting, a maid came in.

"Miss, Prince Jing sent me a poem written by Master Fan Xian, saying that Master Fan wants to see you. Would you like to see it?"

The maid was asking Si Lili, but she glanced at Li Chengzong imperceptibly, with a look that clearly showed a respectful inquiry.

Si Lili looked at Li Chengzong, but saw Li Chengzong looking at the maid who bowed and coughed lightly.

Li Chengzong came back to his senses: "Aren't you interested in him? Come and meet him."

Si Lili nodded and ordered, "Prepare a banquet and invite Master Fan Xian to come over for a chat."

The maid took the order and left. Li Chengzong immediately asked, "She looks unfamiliar. Did she just arrive?"

"She came to Kyoto with me, but you haven't seen her before."

It seems that this person is the secret agent arranged by the old man for Northern Qi.

Mission Impossible.

"What are you thinking?"

"Nothing." Li Chengzong shook his head, picked up the poem on the table, glanced at it, and handed it to Si Lili.

"The wind is strong and the sky is high, the monkeys are howling sadly, the sand is clear and the white birds are flying back...I am suffering from hardships, hatred and frost, and I have just put down my muddy wine cup."

Si Lili slowly recited the poem, her mind was shocked, and it took her a long time to recover. She smiled and said, "I never thought that this illegitimate son of the Fan family would be so talented!"

The power of poetry is a kind of spiritual shock. Even those who cannot write poetry and do not understand the rules of prosody will still feel their hair tingling uncontrollably when reading famous works handed down from generation to generation.

Just like when Li Chengzong was studying in his previous life, he was often shocked by the famous poems in the Chinese textbook, not to mention that Si Lili already knew some poetry and songs, so she was naturally shocked.

"It's no exaggeration to say that this poem is a masterpiece that will be passed down through the ages."

In the thousands of years of Chinese history, this poem about climbing a high mountain is one of the best seven-character poems. However, the artistic conception of this poem is not something that a teenager of eighteen or nineteen can write, so Li Chengzong did not comment on Fan Xian's talent.

"No wonder you said he could stir up the capital. Based on this poem alone, he must have become known as a talented scholar. But I'm very curious. Isn't he engaged to Princess Chen? Why is he here in Liujing River to seek pleasure? And why did he come to my pleasure boat on purpose?"

Thinking of the news sent by Li Hongcheng, Li Chengzong smiled and said, "He wants to cancel the engagement. The second brother guessed that he wanted to use me, so he chose your pleasure boat. However, the second brother didn't guess one thing. Fan Xian actually wanted to confirm whether I was from the same place as him. Unfortunately, Fan Xian guessed wrong."

Si Lili was confused.

"From what you said, you are related to the illegitimate child of the Fan family?"

"Yes, they are closely related, but I cannot tell you for the time being."

While Li Chengzong and Si Lili were talking about Fan Xian, Fan Xian and Li Hongcheng also entered Zuixianju. Fan Xian, who had never been to a brothel, was stunned by the various tricks of Zuixianju when he heard Li Hongcheng introduce the brothels there.

Of course, his main purpose today was not to visit the brothel, but to inquire about Guo Baokun's situation.

So while strolling around, Fan Xian inconspicuously inquired about the news and confirmed that Guo Baokun would be at Zuixianju tonight.

Next, he just had to wait for news from the pleasure boat.

It would be best if we could meet.

If he can't meet her, Fan Xian is also prepared to pick a girl from Zuixianju to serve as a witness for him.

Just when Fan Xian was thinking about which girl in Zuixianju he should choose if Si Lili refused to see him, a maid found him and Li Hongcheng.

"I pay my respects to His Highness, Master Fan."

"you are?"

"She is Miss Si Lili's maid. It looks like Brother Fan will get what he wants tonight."

Li Hongcheng smiled and asked, "Is the Third Prince on the pleasure boat?"

"The Third Prince is here."

"He didn't call me?"

"The Third Prince never interferes with matters on the painted boat, and Miss Si Lili did not invite the Crown Prince."

Li Hongcheng felt a little regretful.

I can't watch the show tonight.

"In that case, Brother Fan, you can just let her go. I'm going to find my own happiness."

Fan Xian smiled and said, "Then Your Highness, I will take my leave first."

"Mr. Fan, please follow me."

Led by the maid, Fan Xian quickly boarded the pleasure boat and met the person he wanted to see.

"My humble self is Si Lili, nice to meet Master Fan."

Si Lili was naturally extremely beautiful, but in Fan Xian's eyes, she was only slightly inferior to his chicken leg girl.

He was also amazed, but he only looked at it for a moment or two, bowed in return, and then looked directly at Li Chengzong.

The look in his eyes was complicated, showing curiosity, surprise, etc., but there was no cautiousness or timidity that came from the difference in status, let alone any awe of the imperial power.

Fan Xian just looked at her without saying anything, as if Li Chengzong was the real beauty, and completely ignored Si Lili.

Li Chengzong knew that Fan Xian in the TV series was a good person, so he originally had a good impression of Fan Xian. Unfortunately, Qin Yu made him emo with a few words, and now he still feels a little unhappy when looking at Fan Xian.

"What are you looking at? If you have something to say, just say it."

Fan Xian said directly: "I wrote Red Mansions."

"Bah, you are so shameless."

Fan Xian burst into laughter immediately, leaving Si Lili bewildered. He was so happy to be scolded. Could it be that this illegitimate son of the Fan family has a masochistic tendency?

Just as Si Lili was puzzled, Fan Xian walked over and sat next to Li Chengzong, suggesting, "Have a drink?"

Li Chengzong was stunned, and the plot of the TV series instantly emerged in his mind.

Damn, this guy must have been drugged, but no one noticed?
Thinking this in his mind, Li Chengzong did not refuse. After all, he was already a grandmaster, and even Fei Jie could not knock him out, so naturally Fan Xian could not do it either.

"Then have a drink."

Fan Xian took the initiative to pour the wine and everything was normal. But when he was pouring wine for Si Lili, Li Chengzong discovered his little action.

He did not stop them. After all, the secret between them was not convenient for a third person to know.

The three of them raised their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

It has to be said that Fan Xian is worthy of being the apprentice of the poison master Fei Jie, and the drugs he prepared are extremely effective.

As soon as she put down her wine glass, Si Lili felt dizzy.

Seeing that she was about to fall backwards, Li Chengzong quickly caught her.

"Fan Xian, what do you mean?"

Li Chengzong hugged Si Lili and pretended to be angry.

Fan Xian looked apologetic and smiled awkwardly, "It's not good for a third person to know what happened between us. I can only ask Miss Si Lili to sleep for a while. I will apologize to you later."

"Hmph, I'll take her to the back cabin first."

Li Chengzong snorted coldly and carried Si Lili to the rear cabin.

As a secret agent of Northern Qi, she was naturally trained in the use of drugs and the like, and her body had developed drug resistance, so Si Lili woke up very quickly.

Then, a group of men and women carrying swords quietly entered the rear cabin.

"Fan Xian drugged me. He has a secret to discuss with Li Chengzong."

"Do you want to keep an eye on it?"

"Li Chengzong is a ninth-rank expert. He will find us once we get close. Do you want us to be exposed?"

Si Lili glared at the person who spoke and waved her hand: "You go down first. I'll ask Li Chengzong later to see if I can get something out of him."

After everyone left, Si Lili grabbed the pillow and said angrily, "You stinky man, Fan Xian drugged me and didn't care, you stinky man, you stinky man..."

While cursing, he punched the pillow with his little fists, using the pillow as Li Chengzong to vent his anger.

It took a long time before I calmed down.

Looking at the closed cabin door with curiosity in her eyes, Si Lili muttered to herself, "Even I can't listen, what on earth is Fan Xian going to say?"

(End of this chapter)