Chapter 285: The Prince's Mansion

The Prince Xin Mansion was not within the Imperial City but was built in the Southern District. After Han Li and the others traveled by carriage for an hour, they finally arrived at the street entrance of the Southern District. Net

The architectural style of the Southern District was clearly different from the residential style of the Eastern District where the Qin residence was located; most of them were regular, standardized buildings.

For the people living here, the size and style of their residences made their official rank and status clear at a glance.

The residences here were all built by the government and were strictly allocated to officials according to their rank and title. No one dared to expand or renovate them at will, otherwise, they would commit the crime of exceeding the regulations.

And Prince Xin, as a royal relative with a princely title, naturally had one of the best residences in the Southern District.

The area of his mansion was even half as large again as the Qin residence, which could be called a behemoth of a house.

When the carriage stopped in front of the Prince Xin Mansion, Han Li saw this mansion at a glance and immediately felt the aura of great nobility that only existed in the mortal world.

This mansion gate was about five or six zhang high and three or four zhang wide, wrapped in thick yellow copper skin, and the gate surface was inlaid with dozens of huge door nails, making the gate extremely luxurious and solemn.

And on both sides of the nearly zhang-high stone steps, there was a ferocious bronze lion statue, polished to shine, bright all over, and very eye-catching!

But what made people feel the majesty of the Prince Xin Mansion the most were the sixteen fully armed guards standing on the steps outside the gate. These people were specially borrowed by Prince Xin from the Imperial City Guard Camp to prevent any accidents from happening due to the large crowd.

The steward of the Prince Xin Mansion was a lean little old man, who was greeting every new guest on the steps with a smile on behalf of his master, Prince Xin, not daring to neglect any guest.

At this time, dozens of carriages of all sizes had stopped in front of the mansion gate, almost occupying the entire open space in front of the mansion.

On the huge bluestone steps in front of the gate, there were five or six guests who had not yet entered the mansion, chatting with each other, all dressed in beautiful clothes and moving gracefully; they all seemed to be people of no low status.

Seeing all this, Qin Yan straightened his clothes and stepped out of the carriage steadily.

After Han Li vigilantly looked around and found no cultivators, he felt relieved and stepped out.

As for those young masters and young ladies of the Qin family, they had stepped out as soon as the carriage stopped. They were now standing in front of the mansion, discussing something excitedly.

Han Li looked at the guests still on the steps, but found that besides the juniors of the Qin family, other guests also brought young people like children and nephews to this place to varying degrees.

"Could it be that they were all invited by the so-called little prince, or was it that the Prince Xin Mansion deliberately gathered these young people here under this name?" Han Li thought for a while, felt he had no clue, and glanced at Qin Yan.

He saw that his brows were also tightly locked, obviously somewhat surprised by this.

"Grandfather, let's enter the mansion! The little prince and the others are waiting for us!"

A Qin family young master of sixteen or seventeen years old, seeing that his grandfather had been standing near the carriage without moving a step, couldn't help but say this under the encouragement of other brothers and sisters, fearing that he would be scolded by Qin Yan.

"Hmm, I know. Everyone, let's go in!"

To everyone's surprise, after Qin Yan heard this, he nodded casually and agreed with a kind expression. This really made this person feel flattered! He couldn't help but excitedly return to the other peers.

But before Qin Yan could take them over, the mansion steward, after dealing with another guest, immediately saw the Qin family group. He immediately greeted them with a full face of smiles. And as soon as he reached them, he said enthusiastically:

"Master Qin, you have finally come! My Prince has been mentioning you for several days, saying why you haven't come to the mansion to sit for several days. Hurry into the mansion! When the Prince sees Master Qin, he will definitely be overjoyed!"

"Hehe, it's not that recently..."

This Prince's Mansion steward was really not an ordinary smooth talker; with just a few words, he made the listener feel warm all over!

Qin Yan couldn't help but laugh and chatted with the steward with a natural expression.

However, because other guests were arriving at the Prince's Mansion one after another, this person didn't say a few words to Qin Yan before letting the Qin Yan group into the mansion. After apologizing, he hurriedly went outside the mansion again.

Although Han Li had been standing by Qin Yan's side without saying a word. But at this moment, looking at the steward's back, a trace of confusion flashed across his face.

For some reason, Han Li clearly didn't sense any spiritual energy fluctuations on this person, but when this steward approached, Han Li suddenly felt a trace of hair-raising, as if he were being approached by some terrifying monster. This made Han Li extremely uncomfortable!

Although Han Li didn't know why this was, he, who had always been very confident in his feelings, immediately put this Prince's Mansion steward on the list of people he must be careful about and suspect.

"Nephew Han, let's go! I'll introduce you to a few uncles you haven't met yet!" Qin Yan saw the steward leave and said to Han Li with a smile.

This made the other Qin family members standing on the other side of Qin Yan feel sour in their hearts, feeling that this head of the family was a bit too biased.

But Han Li just smiled in his heart, knowing that this was actually Qin Yan creating an opportunity for him to always stay with him, so he didn't decline and agreed.

Then he was led by Qin Yan into the main hall of the Prince Xin Mansion for receiving guests.

There were about a hundred people in the hall. Although it seemed like a lot of people, most of them were actually coming in groups of two or three. Of course, there were only two or three families like the Qin residence that came with seven or eight people at once.

At this time, Prince Xin had not appeared in the hall yet. It seemed that he would not show up until the guests had all arrived.

As soon as Qin Yan appeared at the entrance of the main hall, several families who were very familiar with him warmly greeted him to go over.

Qin Yan naturally responded to them one by one with cupped hands, and after scanning the hall, he apologized to others and walked toward an old man with a sickly face, sitting beside whom were a young man and a young woman.

The man had thick brows and big eyes, with a steady expression. The woman's appearance was ordinary, but a pair of big eyes were fiery, looking at the juniors behind Qin Yan several times without ceremony, and Han Li was naturally within her scanning range.

"Brother Hua, I didn't expect you, a great miracle doctor, to appear here too! I thought that with your temper, you would definitely decline to come to such an occasion." As soon as Qin Yan walked to the old man, he sat down without ceremony and teased him in a low voice.

"Cough! I really didn't want to come originally, but the Prince's favorite concubine's strange illness was actually cured by someone, which made me very curious. I wanted to see which expert had such a miraculous ability to bring the dead back to life!" The old man addressed as Brother Hua by Qin Yan didn't stand on ceremony at all, smiled slightly, and said lightly.

"Oh! So, the rumor that Prince Xin once asked you to treat his concubine's illness is not a rumor. Could it be that with your medical skills, you couldn't cure this illness?"

Han Li saw Qin Yan was extremely surprised; it seemed this old man's medical skills should be very famous in the Yue capital.

"Hehe, the illnesses in this world are strange and varied. With my medical skills, being able to have today's reputation is purely a fluke! What's strange about some incurable strange and difficult diseases?" The old man laughed indifferently, his mind seeming very open.

"But I still don't believe that there is a doctor in our Yue capital whose medical skills are higher than yours?" Qin Yan shook his head and said, looking like he believed in the old man's medical skills very much.

But when the Hua-surnamed old man heard this, he smiled faintly and didn't answer, but pointed to the man and woman beside him and said:

"Hua Nan, Hua Fang, you have seen them before. Come over and pay your respects to Grandpa Qin!"

The Hua-surnamed old man clearly had great majesty in the hearts of these two. As soon as he said this, the man and woman didn't have any hesitation and hurriedly came over to pay their respects to Qin Yan.

"Hehe, I didn't expect that your grandson and granddaughter would be so big after not seeing them for a few years. I don't have anything good on me, so this pair of inlaid emerald jade pendants will be a meeting gift for you!" Qin Yan said kindly while reaching into his clothes and taking out a pair of white jade pendants inlaid with green emeralds, which looked like valuable items at a glance.

The man was fine, although a trace of strange color flashed in his eyes, it disappeared quickly. But the woman had a face full of joy, staring at the jade pendants with fiery eyes!

"No ambition, since you want it, just take it! Brother Qin is not an outsider to our family!" The Hua-surnamed old man saw this and couldn't help but laugh and scold.

Hearing this, the man and woman dared to take the jade pendants from Qin Yan's hands, and the woman's expression was extremely excited.

"Besides this one, I have seen the other juniors behind you several times. Could this be the nephew who just arrived in the capital?" The old man finally turned his gaze to Han Li and looked him up and down with great interest.

"Yes, this is Han Li! A descendant of a senior of mine."

"Nephew Han, this is your Uncle Hua, one of the two great miracle doctors in the Yue capital. He is as famous as Dr. Ye, the imperial physician who specializes in treating the Emperor!" Qin Yan only then remembered that he hadn't introduced Han Li to this old brother yet.

"Hello, Uncle Hua!" Han Li said honestly to the other party.

"Hmm, not bad, not bad!" The Hua-surnamed old man really didn't see anything extraordinary about Han Li, so he just praised him casually.

But when he thought of the rumors related to this young man that had been circulating recently, he hesitated for a moment, but still reached into his bosom with a thin, withered hand and handed a small white bottle to Han Li.

"This is a bottle of Heart-Protecting Pills that I carefully prepared! Although I dare not say it can cure all diseases, it is more than enough for ordinary minor illnesses and injuries, so I will give it to Nephew Han for self-defense!"

As soon as the old man said this, Han Li immediately felt the envy and jealousy of the several Qin family children behind him, and Hua Nan and Hua Fang also revealed a look of surprise. Clearly, the reputation of this "Heart-Protecting Pill" was not small!

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