Heaven's Formula

However, this obstacle did not stop him.

He must find Shangguancai as soon as possible, and ask her about Li's whereabouts——

"In such a hurry, are you looking for me?"

Xia Fan couldn't help but pause, he turned his head to look, and found that Li Zheng was carrying a plate of dishes and hot porridge, and walked into the house from another door.

He quickly sat back on the bed, "I just want to go to the toilet..."

"Oh?" Li put the plate on the table and looked at him expressionlessly, "So you don't care about my life or death."

"I—that's not what I meant." Xia Fan twitched the corner of his mouth, and finally lost the battle. "Okay, I really want to find you."

Li Kankan's eyes gradually curved, "Well, it's more or less the same."

"Your clothes—" Xia Fan took the opportunity to shift the topic to the other party, "Where did they come from?"

At this moment, Li is actually wearing a short-sleeved long skirt, and the style is by no means the current mainstream in Qiguo, but rather an improved Hanfu from his previous life.The upper white and lower blue color scheme looks dignified yet lively. The Y-shaped collar at the neckline falls straight to the waist and connects with the high-waist belt, which undoubtedly sets off the slender figure of the fox demon.The blue skirt did not drag the floor, but was about half a foot off the ground, showing her feet, and the overall look was eye-catching.

"Your colleague... No, she is already a princess now. She gave it to me." Li replied, "It said it was a trial product in the palace, and she didn't need it, so she gave it to me."

No, the key is not the clothes - Xia Fan suddenly realized that although the clothes were really eye-catching, what really made Li complete was the pair of ears and tail.She didn't hide her fox demon characteristics, but showed them openly in front of her.

"Your ears..."

"Anyway, the other party has already discovered my true identity, so it doesn't make much sense to hide it." Li narrowed his eyes slightly, "I remember you said that you don't dislike furry things? If you dare to say that I am not good-looking now—— "

"No," Xia Fan quickly chose the correct answer, "You look better now than ever before."

Li's tail twitched, "Thank you for the compliment. By the way, the kitchen has always prepared hot food. Since you're awake, let's eat together."

She has become different from before.Xia Fan realized again.

Regardless of the smile or attitude...he couldn't say that Li was bad before, but sometimes he could faintly feel that for the fox demon, choosing to be with the alchemist was probably more about saving his master.

But at this moment, she is living for herself.

"By the way, the princess said that if you wake up, let me notify her immediately." Li handed a bowl of rice porridge in front of Xia Fan. "Looking at her attitude, it seems that she is trying to attract you."

"Pfft," Xia Fan almost choked on the porridge, "Solicitation?"

"I don't really understand the hypocrisy and politeness of your human beings. You can find out by talking to her yourself." Li Huanhuan said, "But no matter what choice you make, I am willing to accept it. If you want to stay in This place, then needless to say; if you want to go, I can take you anywhere you want - no matter how high the courtyard wall is, it can't stop a fox demon."

Wait, this is the other way around, shouldn't I be the one taking you away?

But seeing the radiant eyes of the other party, Xia Fan put back the objection on his lips, nodded calmly and said, "Then I will trouble you."

Chapter 76 Chips

The talks take place in the bedroom.

But when Shangguan Cai walked into the room, Xia Fan almost didn't recognize him.

She seemed to be a completely different person, and her facial features were no longer the flat ones before, but much more delicate and smaller, making her seem to have lost a year or two in age.It can be seen that the freckles and raised cheekbones on her previous face were all faked.The only thing that remains the same is the pair of willow-leaf eyebrows and raised eyes—or after the change in appearance, her eyebrows are more energetic than before.

But it feels... shorter too.

But thinking about her identity and her performance on the back mountain, Xia Fan decided to keep these thoughts in his heart.

"How, my bedroom is still comfortable?" Shangguan Cai spread his hands, "Especially that bed, I tried it, it is not worse than the one in the palace."

This opening remark made him twitch the corners of his mouth, "...is that your bed?"

"Don't worry, I have more than one bed, it doesn't hurt to let you lie down."

"Are you really a princess?"

"Bold!" The maid who walked in with her reprimanded, "How dare you speak to Her Royal Highness like this—"

It's just that before he finished speaking, Shangguan Cai's cold gaze interrupted the other party.

"So... I should stand up and salute first?" Xia Fan sighed.

"No, you are injured, and I can tell that you don't like those red tapes." Shangguan Cai sat down opposite him, "As for your question - yes, I am indeed the third princess of Qi Kingdom, Shangguan Cai is also a pseudonym. How about it, am I pretending to be an alchemist?"

"...impeccable."

"Thank you for the praise. My real name is Ning Wanjun, but you can continue to be called Shangguan when there are no outsiders. To be honest, I quite like the status of an eighth-rank alchemist."

Xia Fan has heard of the surname of the current royal family, and most people dare not call themselves this surname.

"Why does Your Highness pretend to be an alchemist, even disguising his appearance?" He asked puzzled, "I don't think it's possible that you came here specially for the affairs of Gaoshan County?"

Of course, he wouldn't take the other party's politeness seriously. In any case, it would never be wrong to call His Highness.

"Of course not. Before you investigated this matter, I didn't know anything about Gaoshan County. The reason I came here is very simple-this is my fiefdom."

The fief...or for the princess?

Xia Fan was very surprised.

"The canonized administrative order should have reached the boundary of Shenzhou. I just sneaked out of Gyeonggi one month in advance." The princess said relaxedly, "The news in the palace is strict, so there are only a handful of people who know my whereabouts."

"Your Highness!" the maid reminded in a low voice.

"If you're so free, why don't you make us a cup of tea?" She waved her hand.

The latter could only lower his head helplessly, "Yes."

"The purpose of sneaking away is to make a private visit on Weifu, so as to inspect the real appearance of your territory?" Xia Fan's curiosity also came up.

"What's so interesting about that? Observing from a personal point of view is also blind, like an ant spying on a phenomenon, and it's not much better than being coaxed by others." Shangguancai—or Ning Wanjun shook his head and said, "I want to really understand a A place can only be controlled completely. I don’t have so much time to waste, so before coming to Jinxia, ​​I went to Qingshan Town.”

Xia Fan was stunned, "Qingshan Town?"

"I watched a scholar examination and selected an alchemist to be my representative in the Privy Council." She stretched out a finger and pointed at Xia Fan, "And that person is you."

"I know you want to ask, why is it you? In fact, the reason is not that complicated. Your performance is outstanding enough, and you come from a casual family. You don't have much to do with the family, and your background is clean and traceable. This is the basic condition."

Ning Wanjun didn't wait for him to open his mouth, so he continued on his own, "But that's not enough. If a person is content with the status quo, and is even willing to enjoy the convenience and rights brought by the status of an alchemist, then sooner or later he will stand On the side of the Privy Council. So I replaced a newly promoted alchemist to observe your words and deeds closely-no one can do this part for you, I only believe what I see."

"And your performance exceeded my expectations."

At this time, the maid also brought up the brewed tea.

Xia Fan was the first to pick up a cup of tea, and even got a covert look from the maid.

"Is it good or bad?"

"If it's bad and beyond my expectation, you've already died in Gaoshan County Magistrate's Mansion." Ning Wanjun raised the corner of her mouth, "You really are very bold, and your temper is also extraordinary."

From the corner of Xia Fan's corner of the eye, Li, who was on the side, also nodded.

"I appreciate what you have done. Not everyone has the courage to dare to confront the Privy Council. In addition, I must also thank you. After all, you have not long been in Jinxia, ​​and you have removed an ugly scourge for my territory. If With you in the Privy Council, I will undoubtedly feel much more at ease in the future."

Xia Fan couldn't help frowning. Thinking about it now, couldn't it be that what she said at the time... were all tests in disguise?

"You didn't arrange this, did you?"

"Arranged decades ago? I don't have the ability to predict. It's just that as a royal family, I have more channels to understand the Privy Council, so I can naturally think farther."

This statement coincides with what Li said - "I don't know the situation in Gaoshan County, but I know the Privy Council."

The princess paused, "Don't doubt your role, Xia Fan. If I only found out about this after I officially arrived in Jinxia City, it might last for many years. Because I can't directly make alchemists take orders from me."

"Even if you can go to Shikaoli to select candidates in advance?"

"That's right, I can't let the alchemists of the second and third grades return from the capital to the local Privy Council. Besides, those people's every move will be followed by many eyes. It is the limit to adjust the ranking a little bit and choose a newcomer for me. .”

In other words, his ranking was not Ding at the beginning.

"You want to control the Privy Council?" Xia Fan asked.

"I want to control everything in my territory." She said without hesitation, "You just mentioned the true appearance of the territory, only in this way can we really know. As you can see, Jinxia City is not a rich place, There are only a handful of people I can bring, and with the restraint of the Privy Council, if I don't do this, I will only be an empty shell for a long time, and let the real ruler play in the hands of me. "

But isn't canonization a disguised form of devolution?After all, the East is not like the West, and the enfeoffments are comparable to China.Staying away from the imperial court means staying away from the center of power, finding a remote place at random, and enjoying the rest of your life with peace of mind. This is the state that a conferred should be.

Why did she want to truly take the fief as her own?

Xia Fan didn't know the specific reason, but one thing Xia Fan knew very well was that the other party had ambitions.

It's normal for people in the royal family to have ambitions, but it's not a good thing for him.

This level of power struggle is often a fight between gods, and in this era, don't want any human rights protection, he doesn't want to be a victim of political struggles at all.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, for your love, but I think it's an embarrassing task—"

"Don't rush to refuse, you haven't heard the reward yet, have you?"

Xia Fan remained unmoved, and the reward was nothing more than high officials and rich salary, but the premise was that he had the life to enjoy it.

Ning Wanjun took a sip of tea calmly, "What if I let you do whatever you want?"

He couldn't hold back for a moment, and sprayed out a mouthful of water foam.

Li Yi raised his tail.

Chapter 77 Sources of Confidence

"Presumptuous, it's really rude!" The maid clenched her hands into fists, obviously trying to restrain herself.

"I'm sorry..." Xia Fan put down his cup and wiped the corner of his mouth. This time it was indeed his fault. No matter how the other party thought of this sentence, he should have omitted the attributive, "You mean the Privy Council?"

The third princess opened her hands and raised her eyebrows slightly, "You can change it into whatever you want, as long as it doesn't conflict with my goal, you can use it for anything, and this is my reward!"

"Including interference in local government affairs?"

"Of course, if it wasn't like that, you wouldn't be able to let go and do what you want, right?"

"Your Highness!" the maid reminded again.

And the princess was indifferent.

It has to be said that this reward moved Xia Fan's heart.

He knew what this meant. If the princess just wanted to find an eyeliner, or install a force of her own in the Privy Council, then he could only be regarded as a pawn at best.However, if he were to take the helm of the Privy Council, or even intervene in the local government that was actually controlled by her, there would be a lot he could do.

Xia Fan couldn't help flashing the thankful faces of the old ladies of the Zhou family and Tian family, as well as his cheap master, Zhao Dahai.

Although he slandered his master a lot all the way, and felt that he didn't know many spells and was wary of evil spirits and the Privy Council, now that he thought about it, he realized that he had protected himself very well, even too well, for more than ten years.

"It's risky for you to do that."

"If you do it without risk, what's there to say? Anyone can do it." Ning Wanjun took it for granted, "It's like you stood up for the people of Gaoshan County and tracked down to the end. Isn't there Is it risky? It is commendable to do it knowing that there is a risk. If you can take a risk, why can't I?"

Xia Fan didn't know how to refute for a while.

"That's why you trust me?"

"I've always asked for traces but not my heart." Ning Wanjun folded her hands and leaned back on the chair back, "If you turn a blind eye to the source of the evil in Gaoshan County, or according to your own words, you only come here to study alchemy, then I will I really dare not let go to this point. In addition, I am also very curious, if you are in charge of the Jinxia Privy Council, what will it look like."

Xia Fan originally had many doubts and wanted to ask, but when he got to his lips, the phrase "Ask your traces, don't ask your heart" - Indeed, the various "what ifs" and "ifs" assumed now are meaningless, even if Getting a reassuring answer is just a word of mouth.Compared with the light answer on the mouth, the more important thing is to see how to do it in the future.

For him too, and for the princess too.

Thinking of this, Xia Fan laughed at himself, "I thought you would use your official position or money to win me over."

"Although the relationship formed by interests comes quickly, it also goes quickly, not to mention that it is easily replaced by more lucrative interests. However, although the relationship formed by trust is slow, it is not so easy to break." Ning Wanjun did not shy away. He said, "What's more, what you want to do does not conflict with my purpose. It can even be said that only I can give you enough room to display. Therefore, ensuring that I can control every corner of the fief is also protecting yourself. Interests."

It's hard to see that this is something a fifteen or six-year-old girl would say.

However, this also gave Xia Fan a little more confidence. At least the people he dealt with could be regarded as mature in thinking.

"What is your real purpose? It shouldn't be just for Jinxia City, right?"

After all, even if she doesn't do anything, this place can keep her safe for the rest of her life.

"You want to know? I can tell you." Ning Wanjun looked at him with interest, "But once you know, you won't be able to refuse me. At least now, you still have a chance to choose."

Xia Fan chose to skip it without hesitation, "...I won't listen."

"Alright." She seemed a little regretful, "Then what's your answer?"

"Let me think about it."

"I really don't know what is good or bad, thanks to His Highness treating each other with such courtesy—" the maid said, biting her lip.

"If you talk nonsense again, get the hell out of the door." The princess said angrily.

"Woo-yes."

Xia Fan glanced at Li, who responded with calm eyes.

She expressed her will, just as she had said before.

"In that case, I can try it first." He looked back at Ning Wanjun.

"It doesn't matter." The princess didn't care at all, "Once you have experienced the feeling of holding power, it is very unlikely that you will be able to go back."