Chapter 160 When the eunuchs and maids in the palace saw Fang Chen and the two men, they quickly stood aside with their heads lowered. One of the maids seemed to have thought of something suddenly, and a look of surprise appeared on her face, and she kept turning her head to look.
When a eunuch beside her saw this, he pinched her arm and whispered: "What are you doing? Don't offend Fang Guogong and harm us!"
The little palace maid was in pain, with a look of pain on her face.
At this moment, a boy about five years old ran over from a distance, bumped into the eunuch, and glared at him: "How dare you bully my sister Xiangzhen!"
"Ouch!"
The eunuch didn't notice that he was hurt by being hit, and couldn't help but let out a low cry, which immediately attracted the attention of Fang Chen and Li Daoye.
The five-year-old boy was wearing brocade clothes, but the clothes were obviously old and there were many traces of mending on them. In addition, there were some wounds everywhere on the boy's face.
Some were bruises that seemed to be several days old and were swelling, others were slightly new, and there were a few scars that had scabbed over.
"You bastard..."
The eunuch subconsciously wanted to wave, but he suddenly thought of something and quickly turned around to look. This sight made him shiver with fear.
At this moment, the palace maid named Xiangzhen suddenly pulled the boy to kneel on the ground. The eunuch also fell to the ground in fright, trembling uncontrollably.
"Slave, this slave pays homage to Duke Fang."
The voices of several people were trembling.
Only the little boy didn't say anything, he just looked at Fang Chen with curious eyes.
"Are you...the seventeenth prince?"
Fang Chen thought for a while and said.
He made his judgment based on the other party's age and some characteristics. He vaguely remembered that when he was defeated in the Three Realms Mountain, Xia Xuanji gave birth to another son.
It's just that this son's background was a bit special. His mother was just a little palace maid. She passed away not long after giving birth to the seventeenth prince.
"Are you Duke Fang?"
Seventeenth Prince Xia Yuan asked.
"Seventeenth Master, you must use honorifics!"
Xiangzhen reminded quickly, her eyes full of worry, as if she was afraid that Fang Chen would be angry because of Xia Yuan's rudeness.
"Yes, Sister Xiangzhen."
Xia Yuan nodded, and then asked again in honorific terms: "Are you Duke Fang?"
"Ah."
Fang Chen smiled and nodded, "Get up and talk."
"okay."
Xia Yuan stood up immediately. Only the eunuch's legs were a little weak and he lowered his head with a guilty look on his face.
At the same time, when Eunuch You saw the movement not far away, he immediately ran over and saluted with an anxious expression:
"Mr. Fang Guogong, did these slaves rush into you?"
He couldn't help but glance at Xia Yuan from the corner of his eye, feeling a little surprised and uncertain in his heart.
"Why did your slave want to beat and scold a prince just now?"
Fang Chen smiled lightly.
When the little eunuch heard this, he howled miserably in his heart and fell to his knees on the ground, his body trembling violently: "I was wrong, I was wrong. Please forgive me, Duke Fang!"
Xia Yuan stared at this scene blankly, with a look of surprise gradually appearing in his eyes. How could these ferocious slaves be less courageous than mice in front of Fang Chen?
Thinking of the things he occasionally heard about Fang Chen, Xia Yuan's eyes gradually became curious, and he couldn't help but look at Fang Chen quietly.
Eunuch You's expression froze, he glanced at Xia Yuan, and then whispered: "My lord, let me tell you the truth... The origin of the seventeenth prince is not orthodox. His mother was just a little maid in the palace. She gave birth to seventeenth prince." The prince died of illness not long after, so..."
"So he doesn't have any foundation in the palace, and some concubines will secretly suppress him, right? You who are slaves will naturally become a knife in their hands."
Fang Chen smiled.
"My slave wouldn't dare!"
Eunuch You quickly knelt on the ground and his voice trembled: "Not only did I not join in with them, but I also helped the seventeenth prince with some small favors before."
"Yes, Eunuch You is a nice person. He gave me a bun, otherwise Sister Xiangzhen and I would have been hungry all night."
Xia Yuan nodded and testified for Eunuch You.
At this moment, Eunuch You had tears in his eyes and he wished he could kowtow to Xia Yuan a hundred times on the spot! "As a prince, sometimes you still don't have enough to eat?"
Mr. Li Dao was slightly Chen smiled lightly and said: "There was once a person who was very similar to him. When he was a child, he often didn't have enough to eat. Don't look at the grandeur of this palace. If you could see through it, you would find that it is very dirty."
This sentence, logically speaking, is extremely rebellious.
Eunuch You and others turned pale with fright, but none of them said a word. Fang Chen was probably the only one in the entire Daxia who had the qualifications to stand in the palace and say such a thing.
"Is there anyone who looks like me?"
Xia Yuan was a little surprised: "Apart from me and Sister Xiangzhen, is there anyone else in this palace who is as hungry as me?"
"Yes, that's your third brother."
Fang Chen smiled.
"Third brother..."
Xia Yuan was a little confused.
"The year you were born, he went to Qingsong Country to serve as a hostage. You have never met him once."
Fang Chen said.
"I see……"
Xia Yuan nodded his little head.
"Like you, his mother was also a palace maid, and she died soon after giving birth to him."
Fang Chen smiled lightly.
Xia Yuan's expression changed slightly.
Xiangzhen didn't know what Fang Chen meant by saying this, and she looked a little panicked, while Eunuch You seemed to have thought of something, with a flash of disbelief in his eyes.
The way he looked at Xia Yuan had changed.
"It rained some time ago, and many people saw special scenes in the sky. Did you see it? I remember you didn't go for spirit testing, right?"
Fang Chen smiled.
"Yes, sister Xiangzhen and I were locked up on the day of the soul testing."
Xia Yuan nodded, and then said: "That day I saw nine elephants in the sky, they were very, very big!"
He stretched out his hand and made a gesture, but his short hands couldn't do anything good.
"Those who can see visions have more or less talent in cultivation."
Li Daoye reminded.
Fang Chen smiled, raised his hand slightly, and the soul-detecting bell flew out and rose in the wind. In an instant, a soul-detecting bell about ten feet high fell in front of everyone.
The surrounding maids and eunuchs were all frightened, because Fang Chen's methods were exactly the same as those of the immortal master back then! "hiss--"
"Fang Guogong actually has a spiritual bell!?"
"As I said, he has been accepted by a big sect."
Many concubines stood in the distance and looked secretly. Seeing this scene, they couldn't help but gasped and whispered.
When they found out that the person Fang Chen wanted to test was Xia Yuan, the expressions of several of the concubines became extremely strange.
"Come on, come up and knock."
Fang Chen smiled at Xia Yuan.
Xiangzhen's face showed excitement and she whispered: "Seventeenth Master, this is the opportunity given to you by Fang Guogong. You should quickly take action to detect spirits."
Xia Yuan vaguely understood something, took a deep breath, stepped forward and punched.
"clang--"
The clear and melodious bell rang, which made Li Guozhu and others who were discussing the crown prince in the palace look shocked. They were all too familiar with this bell! "Someone is testing spirits!?"
"Are there any immortal masters who want to accept disciples?"
All the civil and military officials looked at each other in shock.
"The sound seemed to be in the palace."
The fifth prince looked solemn. He immediately stood up and walked towards the door: "Go over and have a look."
A large group of civil and military officials followed immediately.
(End of this chapter)