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Chapter 11 Is reputation important? Lin Xiang wants to cancel the engagement

As the poetry reading at Prince Jing’s Mansion came to an end.

A month later, Li Chengping's name once again spread throughout the city of Kyoto.

Similarly, Fan Xian had no way of defending himself because of the incident of copying poems, and his reputation was completely ruined in the entire city of Kyoto.

Fan Mansion, backyard.

Fan Xian sat under the eaves, just like nothing had happened, basking in the sun comfortably.

At this time, Fan Ruoruo came back from outside with a dark face. Seeing Fan Xian's leisurely look, she became furious.

"Brother, everyone in Kyoto is scolding you now. Why don't you clarify it in person?" Fan Ruoruo said angrily.

"Why should I clarify? Isn't this good enough?" Fan Xian said lazily.

The first thing he did on this trip to Kyoto was to find out about the assassination in Tanzhou, and the other was to cancel the engagement and marry the "chicken leg girl" of his dreams.

Now, more than a month has passed, and the assassination has not only remained unclear, but has become even more confusing.

Although Fan Xian had always kept the matter of broken engagement in mind, he had no choice but to find a chance. What happened at this poetry event just happened to fit his idea.

"Is this good? Brother, your reputation is almost completely ruined now. You will no longer have a place in the literary world of Qing Kingdom!" Fan Ruoruo said angrily.

"It's just a reputation. Does it really matter?"

Fan Xian smiled faintly.

Now he has no lofty ambitions. He just wants to marry a wife, get some land, and live a leisurely life as a rich man.

"You...are simply hopeless!"

Fan Ruoruo left angrily after saying this.

at the same time.

Prince Wen's Palace.

Not long after returning from Prince Jing's Mansion, Li Chengping returned to his study to study as usual.

Just then, there was a knock on the door and Zhao Gao walked into the room with a wooden box in his arms.

"Your Highness, this is something that was just sent from Prince Jing's Mansion. He said it is the prize for this poetry gathering."

Zhao Gao said respectfully.

Li Chengping's eyes lit up and he quickly opened the box, revealing the books that were basically well preserved.

With a casual look, he could tell at a glance that these were all genuine heirlooms.

After counting carefully, I found that there were ten books in total.

"Interesting, it seems that this Prince Jing is quite a good person."

Li Chengping smiled faintly, took the book out of the box, turned around and put it on the bookshelf behind him.

He originally thought that he could finally have some peace and quiet, but who would have thought that before Zhao Gao left, a servant hurried into the room.

"Your Highness, the eunuch from the palace has arrived and is waiting in the front yard."

"This is coming pretty fast!"

Li Chengping was not surprised at all. He changed his clothes and went to the front yard.

"This old servant pays respect to His Majesty the Third Prince. His Majesty has ordered that Your Highness enter the palace to have a conversation."

"Thank you, eunuch. I will have someone prepare the carriage immediately."

"No need to trouble yourself. His Majesty has specially sent a car to wait outside the door. Your Highness, please follow me."

soon.

Following the instructions of Eunuch Hou, Li Chengping came to the imperial study.

When he walked in, Emperor Qing was sitting at a table, leaning against it. On top of it was a piece of rice paper, which contained the poem written by Li Chengping in Prince Jing's Mansion.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." Li Chengping bowed.

Emperor Qing came to his senses and waved enthusiastically, but Li Chengping kept his head down and remained indifferent.

"Third brother, you are good in every way, except that you are a little stupid because of studying. I will give you a privilege. You don't need to be polite when you see the emperor."

"Thank you, father, for your kindness." Li Chengping smiled on his cold face and his bent waist straightened instantly.

Hearing the change in the stiff address, Emperor Qing smiled on his cold face and waved his hand to call Li Chengping over.

"Third brother, you are really a hidden talent. It's only been a month and you have given me another surprise today!"

"Tell me, what reward do you want this time?"

Emperor Qing was very magnanimous.

"Your Majesty, I can't talk about rewards, I just want to read more books."

"If possible, I hope that Father can lend me some of the books in the Imperial Study."

Li Chengping stated his purpose without hesitation.

Wenyuan Pavilion and Imperial Study are two places.

Emperor Qing's imperial study has collected many classic reading materials left over from the former Wei Dynasty. If Li Chengping could finish reading all the books here, he felt that it would not be a problem for him to break through to the Grandmaster level in a matter of minutes.

"Haha, you have drawn my attention to me. Fine, I will agree to your condition in a few days."

"Eunuch Hou..."

Before Emperor Qing could finish his words, Eunuch Hou walked in from outside.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Lin is here and is asking for an audience outside the door."

"This old guy is really a killjoy, let him in!" Emperor Qing snorted in dissatisfaction.

"Father, I am not allowed to participate in government affairs. I'd better stay away for now."

Li Chengping turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Emperor Qing.

"It's okay, just stay. This is not the court anyway. You haven't violated the rules. Stay and see. Maybe there will be something interesting."

Emperor Qing said with a smile.

Li Chengping felt a little scared. Before he could say anything, Eunuch Hou had already walked into the house with Lin Ruofu.

This was also the first time that Li Chengping met the Prime Minister, the most powerful person in the entire Daqing Kingdom except for Emperor Qing!
"I see your Majesty!"

"No need to be so polite. Wait for the eunuch to allow me to take a seat." Emperor Qing said.

Soon, Eunuch Hou brought a chair and put it down.

Lin Ruofu just glanced at him indifferently, without sitting down, still maintaining the posture of saluting.

"Your Majesty, Fan Xian is a man of corrupt character and morality. He plagiarized other people's poems and seriously damaged the reputation of literature. I beg Your Majesty to cancel his engagement with Wan'er!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the imperial study suddenly became quiet.

Emperor Qing raised his head expressionlessly and looked at Lin Ruofu deeply: "What if I don't agree?"

Lin Ruofu didn't say a word. He fell to his knees with a thud and kowtowed three times to Emperor Qing.

"Your Majesty, if you don't agree, I will kneel and die here today!"

Lin Ruofu looked extremely determined.

When Emperor Qing arranged the marriage, he was somewhat unhappy, but unfortunately the emperor's order was difficult to disobey, so he could only swallow his anger.

He finally got the chance today, how could he let it go?
Emperor Qing said nothing. He glanced at Lin Ruofu and turned to look at Li Chengping who was standing beside him.

"Third brother, do you think this marriage should continue?"

This question surprised Lin Ruofu. He subconsciously raised his head and looked at Li Chengping with a bit of surprise in his eyes.

Perhaps he never imagined that the Third Prince, who ignored state affairs, could receive such favor from His Majesty!
"Father, I think we should ask Fan Xian for his opinion," said Li Chengping.

"That's right. Eunuch Hou, go to the Fan residence immediately to notify Fan Xian to enter the palace."

Eunuch Hou had strong execution ability, and soon Fan Xian was brought into the imperial study.

After entering the door, he bowed to Emperor Qing.

Emperor Qing didn't care about this rude attitude.

"Fan Xian, Prime Minister Lin just told me about your engagement with his daughter. What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)