Chapter 142
tiation between father and the Emperor. If you get father to concede, His Majesty won't be too angry."
Fan Xian shook his head. He thought of his father's mood that evening and knew how dedicated his father was to reclaim his mother's former business. Though he didn't know where this dedication had come from, it would be no easy task to get him to renounce this opportunity.
And he didn't want to renounce it either. After all, it was something his mother had left to him personally. Why would he let the royal family benefit from something that belonged to him? According to talk from the palace, after he had married Lin Wan'er, it would take a few years before he was managing things personally. But he wanted to familiarize himself with the process, so Fan Xian now handled the bookstore business. On one hand