"Master Fang's banquet is really precious. Even the tea, wine and pastries are so exquisite. He has changed several kinds. He is worthy of being the most favored master in the family of Gongqing. I am afraid that no one else can compare with him..."
"Mrs. Chen, are you drunk? Why are you talking nonsense?"
"Am I right? We are both the Ninth Duke. I think Your Majesty is more kind to Mr. Fang than to the Ouyang family. What do you think, Mrs. Ouyang?"
Fang Zilan stopped when she heard this and looked at Xiao Xuan'er. She whispered: "I have confirmed that Mrs. Chen and the Ouyang family are not unruly, otherwise I would not dare to arrange for them to sit together."
"I'm afraid this Mrs. Chen is not against the Ouyang family." Fang Zilan looked a little colder, "but she is deliberately looking for trouble." After she said that, she continued to read calmly.
Mrs. Ouyang smiled reluctantly, "They are all doing things for the imperial court, but they are just dedicated, there is no favor at all."
"Really?" Mrs. Chen rolled her eyes, "Why do I think there is something in Mrs. Ouyang's words?"
"There is no truth in what he said." The woman sitting on Mrs. Chen's left said, "Mrs. Ouyang's daughter is very proud. I heard that His Majesty promised her an official position. I am afraid that she may not lose to Mr. Fang in the future."
"Oh, you're talking about Miss Ouyang Zirou, right?" Mrs. Chen covered her face and chuckled, "I didn't expect that she could get an official position after hanging around with craftsmen every day. It's really amazing."
"But Miss Ouyang wants to be on par with Mr. Fang, but I'm afraid she's still far behind..." The woman sitting across from them was interrupted by Mrs. Chen as soon as she spoke, "What's so far behind? You don't know, do you?" , Miss Ouyang is very resourceful and has already caught up with Mr. Fang. It is hard to say whether she will step on Mr. Fang and go further in the future. "
The smile on Mrs. Ouyang's face was almost unbearable, "Mrs. Chen really praises my little girl too much. She always likes to make gadgets, but they are all unworthy of the stage. How can she be compared with Mr. Fang? I was scared when I heard that, It’s better to stop talking.”
"What is Mrs. Ouyang afraid of?" The woman opposite said with a smile: "Who doesn't know that the next head of the Ouyang family will be your son? Now even the daughter has to join the official position. With such a pair of children, we are afraid that we can't even dream of it. I can’t envy you.”
Mrs. Ouyang was told by everyone that she couldn't get off the stage, but Ouyang Zirou, who was sitting in the lower seat, was eating and drinking without realizing it until Fang Zitong next to her pushed her, "People are going to blame you, but you still..." Can you eat it?"
"What kind of fire?" Ouyang Zirou looked confused, and then said nonchalantly: "As long as my mother is here, even if there is any kind of fire, it can't burn me."
Fang Zitong glanced at Mrs. Ouyang's pale face and finally shook her head helplessly.
Shangguan Fei just smiled, "Master Fang, do you still remember what you said when Shangguan Min said that I could never stand up again in this life?"
"Remember. I poured cold water on you and asked you to take care of yourself." Fang Zilan frowned slightly, "As someone who can carefully lay out such a situation, I don't think you will hold grudges for such a sentence."
"I just think that Mr. Fang is praising me." A hint of bitterness flashed across Shangguan Fei's face, "I felt at that time that Mr. Fang was so transparent and cruel, so cruel that he wouldn't even give a child a glimmer of hope. I'm afraid it won't be easier than me. It's not easy to be an enemy of such a person."
"How many people in this world are really having an easy time?" Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "If the assassination failed, you moved the mind of the woman in the inner house. Shangguan Linglan Xu Xin has a relationship with you and Huo Sanniang, so the relationship between Shangguan Linglan and Xu Xin was moved. It’s much easier to take my life by hand, isn’t it?”
Shangguan Fei shook his head thoughtfully, "It's easy to be tempted by a woman, but it's not easy to be devoted to her."
Fang Zilan said with a cold expression: "What tricks did you use on Shangguan Linglan to make her fall in love with you? I'm not interested in knowing. I'm just curious, how would she react if she knew that she had become your scapegoat?"
Shangguan Fei's reaction was very dull, "Shangguan Linglan is just a chess piece, any reaction is insignificant."
A Wan, who was on the side, couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward and said: "Shangguan Fei, you are so cruel and ruthless at a young age, and you are actually able to kill your own family for the sake of power and status..."
"Shut up!" Shangguan Pi interrupted Awan coldly, "What do you know and come to scold me? My family, those Shangguan clans are worthy of me? Do you know how they treat me? I come from a lowly family in the Shangguan family. Everyone named Shangguan can boss me around. In their eyes, I am nothing more than an ant, so what does it matter if I am crushed to death? Now I want them to see, who is the ant?"
Awan retorted angrily: "What about Shangguan Linglan? She treats you sincerely, anyway..."
"Anyway, what?" Shangguan Fei smiled extremely sarcastically, "She is just because her grandmother died and there is no one to take care of her. She thought that I could take care of her, so she clung to me and treated her sincerely. That is what you women are capable of." Will believe it."
"How can a person like you be sincere?" A Wan was furious and was about to curse, but was stopped by Fang Zilan's look.
"It's almost dawn, I'm tired." Fang Zilan leaned back on the armrest of the main seat and said in a deep voice: "Shangguan Fei, how do you plan to end this matter?"
"After talking for so long, Mr. Fang finally got to the point." Shangguan Fei leaned back in his wheelchair, his lips curled up slightly, "This matter is a collusion between Shangguan Linglan and Huo Sanniang, internally and externally. Mr. Fang just wants to do this with Mr. Zhong Yao. Just say it. Firstly, the suspicion on Mr. Fang can be cleared, and secondly, if Mr. Fang lets me go this time, I will definitely help you build the Northern Protectorate in the future."
"You are very well informed." Fang Zilan pressed her forehead, her expression a bit colder, "If I let you go, will you let me go?"
Shangguan Fei was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Fang Zilan to ask such a question.
Just when he was about to say something, he heard her say in a cold voice: "Those of us who are on the opposite side have never been either you die or I live. You will not let me go, and I will naturally not let you go. I can't do this kind of thing when the woman who put the blame on me comes out to take the blame."
Shangguan Fei chuckled, "I thought Master Fang was decisive in killing, but I didn't expect that he would show mercy to women."
"Don't make any mistake, I am not merciful to women." Fang Zilan's expression became even colder, "I just don't want to let go of the real mastermind."
"Does Master Fang know how to assess the situation better than Master Zhong Yao?" Shangguan Fei only found it funny, "Master Zhong Yao knows how to weigh the pros and cons, but Master Fang doesn't know how to live in peace and contentment?"
