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Fan Sheng lowered his head even farther. “Big Brother, we were wrong. You already gave us a scolding a few days ago. But when you went into the palace today... D-did the Lord Emperor hand down punishment?”
“We?” Fan Long let out a cold laugh. “The only one who caused trouble here was you. Third Brother was led along by you, and I was implicated by you!”
Fan Sheng did not dare talk back.
Outsiders all said that Deputy Commander Fan had a fierce, explosive temper, but in front of his eldest brother, he was as docile as a lamb.
“The Lord Emperor had no wish to see you, so I went into the palace today to plead on your behalf. In the end, I came back having taken the punishment myself,” said Fan Long. “That old ba and his son both submitted memorials, and both mentioned you. Though they didn’t directly accuse you of aiding evil, you were on assignment in Qingding City and still slipped off to Baishajue on your own to beat people up for Cen Boqing, and the man you tried to beat just so happened to be the special envoy handling the case for the State of Chiyan! Hah!”
Fan Sheng could not help but say, “Big Brother, I only wanted to repay Cen Boqing’s favor. I thought that fellow He was just some outsider. I had no idea he was working on the elixir of youth case, otherwise...”
The day Zhongsun Mou was abducted, his intestines had practically turned green with regret.
“An outsider? An outsider Cen...
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