67: Fan Xian enters Beijing! Kyoto beauties are so open! (25

Chapter 67: Fan Xian Enters the Capital! Kyoto Beauties Are So Open! (25)

The next morning.

Under the protection of the elite Red Armor Army, Fan Xian finally entered the bustling capital city of Southern Qing.

Visiting a big city for the first time, Fan Xian poked his head out of the carriage window, curiously observing the crowded streets of Kyoto.

The carriage wound through the streets and alleys, stopping at a narrow alleyway.

Eunuch Hou, dressed in plain clothes, took small steps to stop the Red Armor cavalry. He opened the imperial decree from Emperor Qing in his hand and showed it to the cavalry leader.

Fan Xian looked out from the carriage. In the alley, there was only the old man holding the scroll. The Red Armor Army, Old Zhao, and Old Zhang had all withdrawn.

“The guards have other important duties. This humble one will escort Young Master Fan back to the manor!”

Hearing the old man speak, he seemed to be from the Fan Family. Although Fan Xian found it strange, he didn't say anything, perhaps large families had many rules.

At this moment, Fan Xian couldn't guess that Eunuch Hou was taking him to Qing Temple to meet Emperor Qing.

At the turn of the alley, on the side of the road that Fan Xian's carriage had to pass, there was an abandoned courtyard.

Several Female Officials who had left the palace for purchases, and two common women in ordinary clothes, were helping each other undress.

These women were of above-average looks, but their figures were one more curvaceous than the last.

They all possessed martial arts, and their movements were very nimble. Soon, they helped each other remove their outer garments, leaving only their bulging, swaying bustiers.

“The Red Cavalry has been relieved. When the carriage passes, we will immediately rush the carriage, understood?”

Hearing the Female Official's command, the women responded in unison, “Understood!”

At this moment, a squad of Imperial Guards leaped into the courtyard's backyard.

“These women are going to ambush Eunuch Hou's carriage. Be clean about it, and finish quickly!”

Just then, their vision suddenly went dark, as a graceful black-clad woman flashed past.

Jing Ni didn't use a sword; she wielded a short blade, striking directly at vital points, killing all of the Imperial Guards before they could react.

Although this operation was simple, it was absolutely confidential, so Jing Ni personally carried it out.

To prevent Lin Wan'er from marrying Fan Xian, Li Chang'an's goal temporarily aligned with Li Yunrui's.

The plan for the Female Officials to ambush the carriage, she would help make it happen.

In the original story, the Female Officials were brutally dealt with by the Imperial Guards, and The Eldest Princess's plan fell through.

Now, Jing Ni's intervention filled this crucial gap.

Afterward, Jing Ni quietly came to the corner, watching the Female Officials who were ready to act.

“Fan Xian has so many enemies. Your Highness doesn't need to set up a special scheme; she can just guide the situation.”

“These women are dressed provocatively to ruin Fan Xian's reputation.”

“The blame for me killing these Imperial Guards will likely fall on The Eldest Princess, Your Highness.”

Eunuch Hou drove the carriage slowly past the courtyard gate, when he suddenly heard urgent footsteps.

He turned his head to look and nearly had his soul scared out of him!

He saw eight scantily clad women rushing out of the courtyard gate.

Fan Xian also heard the commotion. From the carriage window, he saw pairs of pale, swaying figures charging towards him!

He couldn't help but exclaim, “Old man, what! What is going on?!”

The Female Official with the highest martial arts had already kicked Eunuch Hou off the carriage.

If Wang Qinian saw this scene, he probably would never believe Eunuch Hou was a Great Grandmaster again.

Eunuch Hou scrambled up from the ground, watching as the carriage was shattered by a palm strike from the Female Official!

“Young Master Fan, this old servant has no idea… This, this, this… Oh dear…”

Immediately after, Fan Xian was tightly embraced by the Female Official with the highest martial arts, and then the other women together pulled him off the carriage!

Fan Xian was dizzy from being squeezed by the human pile. He knew this was definitely a trick. “Overbearing True Qi!”

He sent a Female Official flying with a palm strike, but was immediately subdued by the other Female Officials, his hands and feet pinned down.

“Young Master Fan, this humble one has been waiting for you for a long time. Why did you take so long to come?!”

“Young Master Fan, come quickly and have fun! This humble one missed you so much!”

“Young Master, don't be so impatient!”

“Young Master, bite gently, it hurts, hurts, hurts…”

Jing Ni, observing from the shadows, opened her small mouth in surprise.

The women of this era were truly desperate!

Just then, a large crowd of common people suddenly appeared at the alley entrance.

A huge throng of men and women surged over. The extras The Eldest Princess had arranged long ago quickly attracted a large number of onlookers.

“Wow! Whose Young Master is this, openly indulging in debauchery in broad daylight?!”

“Young Master Fan? Which Fan Family?”

“What! The illegitimate son of Sinan Count Manor?!”

“What! Named Fan Xian, just entered the city today?!”

“What! How could Vice Minister Fan have such a preposterous son?!”

“I've been in Kyoto for over ten years and have never seen such a shameless person!”

Fan Xian was not violated; he was merely tightly enveloped by the Female Officials, unable to move.

Eunuch Hou tried to rescue him, but was kicked out again.

Seeing more and more common people gather, blocking the alley, Eunuch Hou was burning with anxiety!

Fortunately, the frantically gathering crowd attracted Imperial Guards patrolling nearby. This place was not far from Qing Temple, and the Emperor was in the temple.

Seeing the Imperial Guard experts arriving by scaling walls and leaping over roofs, the women surrounding Fan Xian immediately scattered like birds and beasts, retreating under the cover of the extras.

Fan Xian's face was covered in red lipstick marks, his upper body clothes were tattered, and his face and mouth still smelled fragrant.

His eyes were blank, and he looked utterly bewildered. The beauties of Kyoto were too open!

In Qing Temple.

Lin Wan'er was worshipping in the side hall. Emperor Qing had adopted her as his goddaughter four years ago, and this time brought her to worship at Qing Temple.

In the main hall, Emperor Qing grew more and more anxious as he waited.

Suddenly, Gong Dian strode in, “Your Majesty, something has happened to Young Master Fan!”

Emperor Qing's heart sank. Fan Xian was his son, his biological son whom he hadn't seen in sixteen years.

“Has someone tried to assassinate him?!”

Gong Dian didn't dare to delay and replied truthfully, “Eunuch Hou said that Young Master Fan was assaulted by eight scantily clad women.”

“The women were kissing and embracing Young Master Fan in the street, attracting a large crowd of common people. This matter has already spread throughout the city!”

Emperor Qing was furious upon hearing this, slamming the table in anger!

“Presumptuous!”

“Foolish!”

“Scoundrel!”

Gong Dian didn't know who Emperor Qing was scolding. The three words were increasingly severe, and he knelt on the ground, too terrified to get up.

“Gong Dian, how did you handle things! Where were the Imperial Guards responsible for clearing that street?!”

Gong Dian stammered, “They were all killed by the Female Officials!”

Emperor Qing let out a series of cold laughs in anger, “Good! What audacity!”

“To ruin Fan Xian's reputation, they even dared to kill Imperial Guards!”

Emperor Qing guessed that the biggest suspects for today's incident targeting Fan Xian were Li Yunrui and the Crown Prince.

“What about those women? To be able to kill a squad of Imperial Guards, they must at least be Seventh-Rank experts.”

“You all, surely you didn't fail to catch a single one?!”

Gong Dian quickly said, “Reporting to Your Majesty, two have already been captured. They aren't saying anything and are currently being interrogated.”

“But… there was one woman, whom this subject seems to have seen in the palace.”

At this moment, Eunuch Hou, disheveled, scurried into Qing Temple.

“Wuwuwu… Your Majesty, this old servant is incompetent.”

Emperor Qing pointed at him and cursed, “Stop crying, stop saying useless things!”

“Go quickly and investigate which Female Official left the palace for purchases today. Have the Inner Court arrest her first!”

Eunuch Hou hastily took his leave, leaving behind the enraged Emperor Qing, who kicked Gong Dian several times.

“Gong Dian is incompetent!”

“You've ruined my important plans!”

Afterward, Emperor Qing stormed out of the main hall, leaving Gong Dian drenched in sweat with his parting words.

“The Crown Prince paid ten thousand taels of gold for Prince Yong's painting, and I heard he gave it to you. You're quite fond of it!”

Gong Dian was instantly struck as if by lightning, kowtowing fiercely towards Emperor Qing's retreating figure.

“Your Majesty, this humble subject was foolish, this humble subject is terrified!”

“From now on, this humble subject will only have Your Majesty in his heart, and no other hobbies!”

Near the Kyoto Prefecture Yamen.

Two of the eight women arranged by Li Yunrui were caught by the Imperial Guards, while the rest escaped.

Among the escaped women, two common women were Li Yunrui's female death warriors.

They dispersed into the crowd and arrived near the Kyoto Prefecture Yamen.

Just as they reached the street corner, the two women were suddenly stopped by a female expert.

“The situation has changed. Relying solely on filing a complaint is no longer enough.”

“Raise an army for a thousand days, use it for an hour. Now Your Highness needs you to exert yourselves!”

“Your families will be cared for by the Junshan Society, enjoying lifelong wealth and prosperity.”

Eunuch Hou was The Eldest Princess's person; he relayed Emperor Qing's reaction to Li Yunrui immediately.

Li Yunrui hadn't expected Fan Xian to be so important in His Majesty's eyes.

However, Li Yunrui believed that no matter how important Fan Xian was, he could never surpass her own position in her imperial brother's heart.

After all, everything she had belonged to her imperial brother, and she could offer it to him at any time.

Therefore, Li Yunrui decided to activate her backup plan, determined to ruin Fan Xian's reputation!

After the expert left, the two women, tears in their eyes, exchanged glances.

“Let's go. Isn't the fate of a death warrior to die for their master one day?”

“The families of previous death warriors who perished all received land and gold and silver, living in great wealth and prosperity.”

The two women tore their clothes, crying loudly as they rushed to the entrance of the Kyoto Prefecture Yamen.

“Dong dong dong!”

The two women struck the drum of injustice, crying out loudly as they beat it.

“Injustice! This common woman has been wronged!”

“Fan Xian of Sinan Count Manor, defiled the innocence of this common woman and her sister in the street!”

“The Fan Family is powerful and influential, lawless and utterly devoid of conscience!”

News of Fan Xian's incident at the Qing Temple in Kyoto had not yet arrived, but a large crowd had already gathered at the entrance of the Kyoto Prefecture Yamen.

“The Fan Family? Isn't Young Master Fan only twelve years old?”

“Twelve years old and already so arrogant, even insulting two women in the street!”

“Prince Yong, Your Highness, was also fourteen when he forcibly took Si Lili back then…”

“Shhh shhh shhh! Don't talk nonsense!”

Fan Xian, a name never heard in Kyoto City, became the focus of the city.

With someone filing a complaint, Kyoto Prefect Mei Zhili opened court to hear the case, and the facts were clarified in a few words.

It merely stated that Fan Xian, seeing their sisters' outstanding beauty near Qing Temple, harbored ill intentions.

Therefore, Fan Xian had his Fan Family maids assist him in publicly humiliating the two sisters in the street.

Mei Zhili had presided over the Kyoto Prefecture Yamen for many years; how could he not discern the abnormality of this case, which greatly defied common sense?

Never had a profligate Young Master dared to humiliate women in the street. This matter was definitely not simple.

The waters of Kyoto were too deep, with too many powerful figures. Judicial and criminal matters often became tools for power struggles.

Mei Zhili, having lived through many years of mediating disputes, was very experienced.

“Guards, please invite Young Master Fan Xian of Sinan Count Manor for questioning, and be polite.”

Count Sinan, Fan Jian, was Emperor Qing's childhood friend, a Vice Minister who oversaw the Ministry of Revenue, and a prospective Minister of Revenue.

Although both were Third-Rank officials, Fan Jian's future and influence were much greater than Mei Zhili's... After Fan Xian was successfully rescued from the women by the Imperial Guards, Old Zhang and Old Zhao took him to the Fan Manor in a carriage.

Old Zhao said indignantly, “Young Master, someone is deliberately plotting against you!”

Fan Xian finally regained his composure, “Old Zhao, why did you two withdraw then?”

Old Zhao said, “The Red Armor knights saw the old man's warrant and ordered us to leave together. They are Imperial Guards, and we must obey.”

Fan Xian had spent over half a month with the two, becoming friends. Although the two old soldiers were a bit rigid, they were both very upright.

Old Zhang also said, “Young Master, the war between Great Qing and Northern Qi is imminent, and the capital will inevitably be chaotic.”

“We two brothers don't understand the affairs of the upper echelons, but from now on, when Young Master goes out, we will both stay by your side every step of the way.”

Fan Xian suddenly felt a surge of emotion. Kyoto was indeed a deep and treacherous place.

Before even reaching his doorstep, he had been subjected to a tumultuous honey trap.

Those beautiful women with bared chests could absolutely not have been interested in him; they must have been trying to ruin his reputation.

From this perspective, it was probably related to the imperial marriage. Could it be that Princess Yichen was unwilling to marry, and thus arranged for this?

But that Princess hadn't even met him, was she so arbitrarily unwilling to marry?

Fan Xian thought he was quite handsome. Compared to the national idol Li Chang'an, he was just a little more effeminate and slightly plump, not much different.

With a myriad of thoughts, what exactly was going on, he still needed to discuss it with his father, Fan Jian.

As the carriage arrived at the Fan Manor gate, before even entering, he heard rhythmic footsteps.

Fan Xian poked his head out of the carriage and saw more than a dozen Kyoto Prefecture yamen runners with steel sabers at their waists.

“The Kyoto Prefecture is handling a case. We request Young Master Fan Xian to come to the yamen for questioning!”

Fan Xian, who had grown up in Danzhou, couldn't help but feel his legs go weak.

Old Zhang and Old Zhao, being Tiger Guards, had seen the world and their Aura was not weak as they stood before the yamen runners.

“My Young Master has just arrived in the capital. What do you wish to question him about?”

The yamen runners replied truthfully, “Two women have accused Young Master Fan Xian of defiling their innocence in the street near Qing Temple.”

Upon hearing this, Fan Xian directly jumped out of the carriage.

“What! It was clearly several women who ruined my reputation, how can the wicked accuse first? Is there no justice left?!”

The experienced yamen runners didn't argue with Fan Xian. “Please rest assured, Young Master Fan. The Kyoto Prefecture always emphasizes evidence in its cases.”

“Your esteemed father is a high-ranking official in the court. It is unlikely anyone would dare to falsely accuse Young Master without reason.”

At this moment, Liu Ruyu walked out from the main gate. She had originally intended to give Fan Xian a hard time, but she hadn't expected him to be unable to even enter the gate.

After a few questions to clarify the situation, Liu Ruyu made a decisive move, “Fan Xian, the yamen runners are here. You should go to the Kyoto Prefecture first.”

This Aunt Liu, who remotely controlled the steward of the Fan Manor's annex in Danzhou, had caused Fan Xian quite a bit of trouble.

But in the current situation, Fan Xian knew nothing about Kyoto and could only listen to Liu Ruyu.

He touched the Surveillance Bureau's Commander's waist token in his 懷裡, feeling a bit of confidence in his heart.

Liu Ruyu continued to speak to the two guards, “You two, one of you go with Fan Xian to the Kyoto Prefecture, and the other quickly go to the Ministry of Revenue yamen to find the master.”

“Since there's a legal dispute involving the Fan Manor, let the master know immediately.”

Fan Xian took Old Zhao to the Kyoto Prefecture, while Old Zhang immediately rushed to the Ministry of Revenue yamen.

Given Liu Ruyu's background, she could have actually forcibly kept Fan Xian, waiting for Fan Jian to return to handle the matter.

However, at this stage, Liu Ruyu did not welcome Fan Xian into the manor.

“This concerns the Fan Manor's reputation, so I won't kick him while he's down.”

“This boy is truly a handful, causing such a big commotion right after entering the city!”