Vol 2 Chapter 258 (1/2)

Chapter 258

Chapter 258: Absurdities in the Rear House

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Fan Xian h He walked up and pushed at the door, and this ti open He understood what had happened Since he and his ere about to quarrel, there was no point in closing the entrance to the arena of their argunal to his wife that he had arrived, and there were matters to discuss in the bedroom

Theirs was a world in which round that Fan Xian, but since she had married into the Fan family, she was expected not to voice her dissatisfaction so directly But theiras husband and as unlike that of any norh Fan Xian could not free hiical level, he thoroughly respected women

In the end, it was all Fan Xian's own fault His sister was planning to run away froed it all alone, but he had perhaps made it worse

”Master” The servant girl Sisi covered her reeted hi and handed hi that he had already cleansed hi woh to himself Of course it wasn't just liirl whoardless of their different stations, now mocked his valor as she looked upon the scene of their domestic drama

Lin Wan'er was lying on the bed, covered by a light quilt pulled up to her chest Her black hair cascaded loosely down to her shoulders, and she looked as if she had just woken up Her big eyes looked around the rooreeting hier that Fan Xian had expected She stuck up her delicate nose and groaned slightly ”My lord, I did not coreet you Please do not take offense”

Fan Xian saw her teeth behind her lips, white as rice and delicate as porcelain He s, concealed nothing, and said nothing He placed a hand under the cover, taking her slightly cold hand and squeezing it In their many months apart, he had missed the touch of her soft, dainty hands

At that point, Sisi was still in the roolance, Fan Xian saw that Sisi was pretending to tidy up thein their direction He couldn't help but smile as he scolded her ”This woman does spoil you, doesn't she? And she's not afraid of needles Hurry up and get going, will you?”

Sisi laughed, bowed to herthe door behind her By chance, she happened upon Siqi, as bringing a tray of food back from the front house to serve to Wan'er She hurried to block her froirl who had followed Wan'er to Fan Manor when she married She was of the sa her block the path, she i, and couldn't help but give a wry s ”The youngto eat”

Sisi laughed ”Those just look like snacks to stave off hunger Aren't theya proper dinner in the front house? Besides the youngelse to eat”

Siqi thought the comment rather coquettish, especially as it involved her mistress It wasn't the sort of joke a servant should lared at Sisi, harru of the house

Sisi was somewhat stunned Then she realized the frivolousness of her words, stuck out her tongue, and followed after her A little while later, after a moment of silence in the side rooirls had reconciled

On the big bed, beneath the large blanket, Fan Xian stuck out his hand and untied the hair tied up on top

of his head At ho it free His mouth felt a little dry, and he took a sip froht for ait to her to drink

Wan'er gave hilance Her cheeks flushed as she sipped the tea She seerily bit him on the left arhtti How can you do such things?”

Fan Xian snickered and turned to e the soft skin of her upper arrow fonder, and we've been apart for so long Who would begrudge us a little tenderness?” He looked around and carried on his teasing ”Besides, if I weren't so iin to suspect what I was up to outside”

Hearing this, Lin Wan'er reue with her husband today How could she let hi her hypnotized, forgetting what she had even wanted to say to hiht about it, she felt sohtly haet I was going to ask you what that verse was supposed to mean”

Fan Xian licked his dry lips His elegant faceobscene about it Instead, there was a slightly sinister air to it He had always been active when it caht be thinking They could go to bed first, and talk later After an act of inti to their men, the ache in their heart quieted for a while But he knew that this matter would eventually co it up ”How could you not let me in? I've a mind to spank your bottom!”

Lin Wan'er leaned against his chest ”Spank me if you like You only bully me anyway”

”How can you say that?” said Fan Xian, laughing ”Are you angry atall the way back from Northern Qi?”

Lin Wan'er got up, half-crouching on the bed She undid her clothing, revealing her bare shoulders She stared at Fan Xian, and after a moment of silence, she spoke ”I wasn't happy before”

Even if the women of this world were jealous, it is unlikely that any of them would be so open about it as Lin Wan'er So Fan Xian was at so of a loss, unsure of how to respond for a moment He could only choose his words carefully ”What have you got to drink vinegar about? That verse was just so I wrote, but it's not what you think it is” [1]

”What do you ar'?” Lin Wan'er didn't understand what he meant

Fan Xian then finally re drinking vinegar in a suicide attehed and told her the story, but pretended that it was soo

After Lin Wan'er heard the tale, she sighed at Mada will But she also felt that the tale had been made up by her husband, perhaps written just so he could tell it to her; she couldn't help but feel rather angry ”I'ry person ants to control you completely Sisi and Siqi alant to come in here You don't need to tell me stories”

Fan Xian knew that his wife had gotten the wrong idea He laughed ”If you don't want to control ht way” Lin Wan'er, after all, had grown up in the palace, and didn't much understand the hidden affection in her husband's words ”If you're not jealous, then why didn't you let me come in before?”

Lin Wan'er was still half-kneeling on the bed She puffed out her cheeks and was quiet for a moment before she spoke ”Did you not know that that verse has already spread through the land? Everybody in the capital knows it The iain, and then he leaves

leaves for Northern Qi and breaks his vow for a woman”

”It's just one verse If you want to hear it, then I'll write one for you every day,” Fan Xian beamed

”Just one verse?” said Lin Wan'er quietly ”I hear that in Shangjing you walked around with that Haitang wo with her, wandering the streets on rainy nights It has become quite the story”

Fan Xian felt embittered He knew that the Emperor of Northern Qi must have spread this news, and as it spread from person to the next, it wouldready to explain when she interrupted hi, what is she like?”

Fan Xian was taken aback Of course, he could not praise Haitang to the heavens But for some unknown reason, he didn't want to lie to his wife either, and say that Haitang had not a single redeeh every ht for ais the last disciple of Ku He, grandmaster of Northern Qi She is a favorite of the Ereat stature within the palace Since our diplodo, then it is only natural that I should form a friendshi+p with such a person”

Lin Wan'er shook her head and sighed ”Haitang had no such reputation in the south, but now everyone knows of her position in the north This woman does her status allow her to become a concubine?”

Fan Xian was shocked This question had cohed ”I presuh If you weren't the kind of man you were, then she wouldn't pay you any notice But her status ry with you because you never think of the consequences of your actions, and you can't help but make trouble”

Fan Xian laughed ”I' to make her my concubine What consequences? Wan'er, don't be silly”

Lin Wan'er was rather shocked For so ”So you were planning to have your fun with her and then spurn her?” she scolded

Fan Xian waved a hand dish ”There was no fun, and there was no spurning!”

Lin Wan'er gazed at him suspiciously ”Really?” she asked ”Then why did you write her poetry to flirt with her?”

”Flirt?” Fan Xian was duht for a ed before leaving the capital, and all of the goings-on in Shangjing Then he shook his head ”Haitang is a highly accorandest people in the world As I was going to come into contact with her, it was only natural that I had to prepare my weapons”

Lin Wan'er frowned ”Are you telling me the truth?”

”I a ”When two countries are in conflict, then psychological warfare is paramount” [2]

Sohed ”Dear you are shameless indeed”