After stabbing my ex-boyfriend, I went traveling

Yan Bingyun was filled with helplessness.

Should he say that he was too suspicious? He really felt that many of the actions of this young marquis were sometimes meant to test him.

But every time he had this guess, he would soon feel that it was all his illusion.

Such as now.

Yan Bingyun was thinking, maybe what the young marquis just said was just a casual remark, without any deep meaning.

"I don't have any reason to be happy or not. I just think it's a bit ridiculous to suddenly appoint a commissioner. Fan Xian has done nothing and has never even been to Kyoto before. He is known as the illegitimate son of Si Nanbo. I have heard that Si Nanbo and Dean Chen have a good relationship, but is this 'good relationship' worthy of a commissioner position?"

At this time, many people in Kyoto should have the same idea.

If Yan Bingyun had not been chosen by Yang Mei as a companion for study when he was young, he would have been a strong contender for the position of Director of the Inspection Institute.

To put it bluntly, the position of Tisi is the position for the next director of the Inspection Institute.

Fan Xian is now the director, and after Chen Pingping retires, he will be the new director of the Inspection Institute.

"The Inspection Institute is your Majesty's Inspection Institute." Yang Mei said meaningfully.

Yan Bingyun seemed to be thinking about something.

……

When Yang Mei's team reached the outskirts of Nanqingjing, they met two other teams.

One group went into Kyoto, and the other group came out of Kyoto.

The three teams came from different directions and met on a narrow road.

Yan Bingyun got off the carriage to check the situation, and soon came back to report to Yang Mei: "Fei Jie received a mission to go to Northern Qi to reorganize the spy network. The other team is Fan Xian, who set out from Danzhou and just arrived here."

What a coincidence! Just now Yang Mei and Yan Bingyun were talking about Fan Xian in the car, and now they meet him face to face.

Whether it is Fan Xian or Fei Jie, their status is not as good as Yang Mei's, so they should come over and salute Yang Mei.

"I've met the Marquis."

In the past, Yang Mei was young, so everyone liked to call him Little Marquis. But this year he is already fifteen years old, and he can get rid of the word "little".

It has to be said that he was indeed somewhat curious about Fan Xian, so he lifted the curtain on the side of the carriage.

There were two men standing under the carriage directly in front of him.

Fei Jie was still the same; his gray hair and beard always looked dirty even after washing them.

The other one is Fan Xian.

Yang Mei looked him up and down.

He was wearing a dark blue suit that looked wrinkled, probably because of the long journey. He was slightly fat, with a dark complexion. The bangs on his forehead made him look childish, and the slightly crooked high ponytail on the upper part of his head made him look silly.

"Fan Xian?"

Fan Xian bowed again: "I am here."

The Director of the Inspection Institute is indeed a "minister", and he adapted to this identity quite quickly.

"Who taught you to tie your hair like this?" Yang Mei asked suddenly.

"Ah?" Fan Xian looked up in confusion. Could it be that this young marquis was a person who had extremely strict requirements when it came to his hair?

He couldn't help but turn his head to look at his teacher Fei Jie.

Fei Jie gave him a look, but Fan Xian didn't understand what it meant.

He had no choice but to speak again tentatively: "Since I was old enough to understand, I have tied my hair myself."

Yang Mei nodded without comment: "Fan Xian, do you know that you have some connection with me?"

Fan Xian was even more confused than before. He still didn't know the young marquis's name. What kind of relationship could they have?

"Wei Chen doesn't know."

Yang Mei did not continue talking about this topic and just lowered the curtain.

"I see you two are planning to reminisce about the past, right? Then I'll go ahead, so you don't have to see me off."

Yang Mei's team continued to move forward and would be able to enter Kyoto City before today's curfew.

Fan Xian looked at the convoy going away with a lot of questions in his mind, and he turned around suddenly.

"No, what does he mean? Why don't I understand?"

"Ha! Of course you don't understand, silly boy." Fei Jie pulled the corner of his mouth, "Didn't I go to Danzhou to be your teacher ten years ago? When I just arrived in Danzhou, something happened in Kyoto. The person just now was poisoned by the Western Region's highly toxic Spring Drunk, which is a very evil poison. But what's even more evil is that the person should have died within a cup of tea after being poisoned, but he didn't die!"

Fan Xian still didn't know what this had to do with him: "And then?"

"Then he called all the doctors in the Imperial Hospital, but none of them could detoxify him. Your Majesty thought of the Third Division of the Inspection Bureau, which is the department I lead."

"Detoxified?"

Fei Jie shook his head: "No, I've already said that Spring Drunk is also a rare and deadly poison in the Western Regions. In Nanqing, no one knows how to cure it! I'm already the best at poison techniques in Nanqing."

Fan Xian began to understand a little: "So at that time, I should have sent a pigeon to call you back to Kyoto to help the young marquis detoxify. Even if I couldn't detoxify him completely, I should have asked you to find a way to suppress him. But you didn't go back to Kyoto at that time..."

Fei Jie clapped his hands and said, "That's exactly what happened! No one informed me of this at the time. I only found out about it after I returned to Kyoto!"

Ten years have passed, and Fei Jie still feels upset when he thinks back to this incident.

"Is he an unpopular marquis?" Fan Xian asked.

"How is that possible? He is treated better in the palace than the crown prince!" Fei Jie raised his voice.

Fan Xian was dispirited for a second: "That means I haven't even entered Kyoto yet, and I've already offended a marquis!"

Fei Jie sighed and patted his shoulder.

"What can we do? Anyway, just remember one thing, after entering Kyoto, be careful with what you say and do. But you don't have to worry too much, judging from the way that person looked just now, he probably won't pick on you."

Fan Xian forced a smile: "I hope so."

……

"What do you think of Fan Xian?" Yang Mei asked Yan Bingyun.

"The time is too short, and we can't see anything deeper. On the surface, he is just a silly boy from the country." Yan Bingyun said as objectively as possible.

Yang Mei shrugged her shoulders: "I have a feeling that our Kyoto is going to be lively."

"Just because there's one more Fan Xian?"

Yang Mei smiled: "Yes, it's because there is one more Fan Xian."

Yan Bingyun paused, then mentioned another person: "That regent of Northern Qi, are you really together?"

Yang Mei looked at him with some surprise: "You're actually gossiping too? But there's nothing to hide. We're just together."

Yan Bingyun pondered for a while and said, "I can't see through Zhan Congrong. He looks like an idle prince, but how can an idle prince become the regent? So he is hiding his incompetence?"

"Zhan Congrong was appointed the regent by the old emperor of Northern Qi. Apparently, the old emperor had some understanding of his true abilities. Five years ago, during the war between Northern Qi and Western Hu, a ghost-faced general suddenly appeared in Northern Qi.

This man never took off his mask until the end of the war."

Yan Bingyun had also heard of that battle: "Are you saying that Zhan Congrong is the ghost-faced general?"

Yang Mei smiled and nodded: "It's just that the old emperor never thought until his death that Zhan Congrong had no sense of belonging to Northern Qi. Now the young emperor and the queen mother of Northern Qi can no longer use any thing, event or person to control him.

Otherwise, if he leads his army to fight against our Nanqing, it will be hard to say who will win or lose."

Yan Bingyun opened his mouth and said, "If you say so, why doesn't he just follow us to Nanqing? Why would he still be the regent of Beiqi?"

Yang Mei looked at the city gate that was just a stone's throw away and said casually, "I'd rather take the salary that falls from the sky. And he must have an identity that matches mine."

The position of regent is already the highest in the world, any higher position would mean an attempt to usurp the throne.

But Yang Mei is only a marquis now, and there is still room for him to rise.

Only love between two people with equal strength can last long, and it’s good like this now.

……

Yang Mei no longer lives in the palace, but has built a marquisate not far from the prime minister's residence.

Since he has his own mansion, he cannot favor one over the other. Lin Wan'er also has her own princess mansion.

Yang Mei returned to Kyoto. Although he did not greet Lin Wan'er in advance, he still wanted to visit his sister first.

Unexpectedly, the result was empty-handed.

Yang Mei sat in the flower hall of the Princess's Mansion drinking tea: "Wan'er has an appointment with someone else today?"

He thought about it and realized that there were many noble ladies in Kyoto, but the only one who was good friends with Lin Wan'er was Ye Ling'er from the Ye family. So, if she had an appointment with anyone, it would only be with Ye Ling'er.

The housekeeper of the Princess's Mansion was transferred from the Prime Minister's Mansion. When he heard Yang Mei's question, he bowed and answered: "My Lord, it was not Miss Ye who made an appointment with the Princess today, but she was taken to the temple by someone in the palace."

The housekeeper secretly glanced at Yang Mei's expression, and then he said in a low voice: "My Lord, if I am not mistaken, that is the eunuch beside His Majesty."

Eunuch Hou naturally would not have nothing better to do than to invite the princess to the temple. The one who actually gave the order was his master, Emperor Qing.

So why would Emperor Qing suddenly do this?

Yang Mei thought for a moment, then stood up and said, "If that's the case, let Wan'er go to my house tomorrow."

Yang Mei took her people out of the Princess's Mansion and then went to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

As the prime minister of the current dynasty and in charge of six ministries, Lin Ruofu could be said to be very well-informed.

At this moment, Lin Ruofu said to Yang Mei with a rather heavy expression, "Your Majesty, I intend to marry Wan'er to Fan Xian, and at the same time, I will give the inner treasury to Fan Xian as Wan'er's dowry."

"Our emperor is becoming more and more shameless." Yang Mei sneered without any scruples, "This inner treasury is mine now. He wants to give my things to others with just one sentence?!"

"The inner treasury now belongs to the royal family. To put it bluntly, it belongs to your majesty." Lin Ruofu curled his lips.

"But the inner treasury once belonged to Ye Qingmei personally, and it was only a cooperative relationship with the Nanqing royal family. Now he can give it to whoever he wants." Yang Mei sneered, "I know all about Fan Xian's true identity. Isn't he the son of our Majesty and Ye Qingmei? He thinks that the inner treasury was founded by Ye Qingmei, and it is only natural to hand it over to her son now.

But he didn't think about the fact that the Neiku today, except for the name, has all its industries upgraded under my leadership and is now very different from before.

Now you want to get something for nothing and pick my 'peaches'!"

Lin Ruofu sighed. His position as prime minister was naturally very high, but he was still a subject after all.

It is said that if the king wants his subjects to die, the subjects have to die.

If His Majesty insists on granting the marriage, then they can only passively accept it and then find a way to cancel the engagement.

"We don't know what kind of person Fan Xian is. If he is our friend instead of our enemy, then things will be much easier to resolve."

Yang Mei poured a cup of tea and brought it to Lin Ruofu: "Dad, don't worry. We can fight back if an enemy comes. We can block the flood with earth. Fan Xian has just arrived in Beijing, so there is still a long way to go."

It was almost noon the next day when Lin Wan'er arrived at the Marquis' Mansion.

As soon as she entered the room, she ran over happily and hugged Yang Mei's arm: "Brother, you are finally back! You have been away from Beijing for a long time this time!"

Yang Mei patted her hand gently: "I'll take you with me next time."

Lin Wan'er's eyes lit up all of a sudden: "Really?!"

"Why would I lie to you?"

Lin Wan'er looked so happy that she was crazy. She was even counting on her fingers where she wanted to go and what delicacies she wanted to eat.

Yang Mei let her be happy there, and when Lin Wan'er finally stopped being so excited, he asked, "Did you go to the temple yesterday?"

"Yes." Lin Wan'er took the initiative to recount in detail what happened yesterday without Yang Mei asking any more questions.

"Your Majesty left the palace incognito to go to the temple yesterday. I didn't know why he brought me along, especially when he told me not to be restrained and to walk around after we arrived at the temple. This made me even more confused.

But later, I met a young man in the temple who looked about the same age as us."

Lin Wan'er's expression was a little hesitant. "When your majesty travels, the roads he passes through are cleared, and there is no way that outsiders can break into the temple. So there is only one possibility, that is, your majesty knows who this young man is, and deliberately let him in."

"Who do you think that boy is?"

Hearing Yang Mei's question, Lin Wan'er couldn't help but have tears in her eyes. "Brother, Dad told me that His Majesty wants to grant me a marriage. I think that young man is the son that Sima Bo has been raising in Danzhou - Fan Xian, right?"

Yang Mei frowned, her face a little cold: "Did he bully you?"

"That's not the case, but I don't want to marry him." Lin Wan'er clenched her fists and said, "It's not just because I don't like him, but also because of the inner treasury. I've seen how much effort my brother has put into the inner treasury. How can it be given away to someone else as if it were a joke?"

Yang Mei reached out and gently loosened her tightly clenched fist: "Wan'er, don't worry, as long as you don't want to get married, no one can force you. Our Wan'er was born a darling of heaven, and naturally she should choose a man who suits her best according to her own wishes. Of course, if you accidentally choose a scumbag, don't blame your brother for breaking up the couple."

Lin Wan'er burst into laughter and all her worries disappeared immediately.