âWhy did the emperor send a secret guard? Could it be to come catch us in the act?!â After hearing Feng Cang, Murong Qi Qi immediately sat up excitedly. âIs he already on the way? What do we need to do?!â
Murong Qi Qi didnât notice that after Feng Cang saw this little woman being so excited about âcaught in the actâ, he reached out and pulled her into his arms, âWhat to do? Of course, itâs to do some things that would let people misunderstand!â
âCang...I am talking about serious things with you!â Murong Qi Qiâs face got hot. She reached out and grabbed Feng Cangâs restless big hand. âHow do you plan to deal with Xia Yun Xi?! Seeing her appearance, she seemed to be set on you!â
âDoesnât Qing Qing believe in me?â Feng Cang turned over and held Murong Qi Qi under his body...
âNot that I donât believe you...Iâm only worried that woman would use underhanded means...Mm, donât...Iâm talking with you!â
âI already let Ji Xiang watch over her. Nothing will happen!â Feng Cangâs lips fell on Murong Qi Qiâs earlobe. âXia Yun Xiâs emperor father and my mother are half-brother and sister (same father, different mothers). Her grandmother is my grandmotherâs junior sister. The one who poisoned my mother is her...â
The maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother of Feng Cang were emperor and empress of Dong Lu. Feng Cangâs maternal grandmother was a disciple of Peng Lai Island. Then, the maternal grandfather took maternal grandmotherâs junior sister. Maternal grandmother died, leaving FCâs mother. The junior sister poisoned FCâs mother with the fetal poison and gave birth to the current DLâs emperor Xia Jin.
âSo, she should call you cousin brother?â
âHehe, to be exact, weâre enemies...â
âWhy donât we catch her and use her to exchange the fetal poison in your body!â
âIf you donât concentrate, Iâll punish you!â
The person in black squatted outside Long Autumn palace and stared at the situation inside until morning. When the sky didnât turn bright yet, he heard a âsqueakâ sound. The door opened. Feng Cang came out of the chamber in full spirits. Before he left, he gently closed the door as if he was afraid to disturb Murong Qi Qiâs sweet dreams.
Sure enough, thereâs adultery! The person in black lamented very much in his heart. Thereâs too many horror things during these times! Big brother stayed in the little sisterâs room. If this thing gets out, it would be an explosive news, ah!
The person in black reported Feng Cangâs situation to Wanyan Lie. Hearing this news, Wanyan Lie was in a great mood. If Feng Cang didnât bother with the proper human relationship and really got together with Murong Qi Qi, then when will their child be born? Maybe, this child already existed now!
Thinking about the child, Wanyan Lie inexplicably got excited. If thereâs a child, what should he gift this child? At least, the childâs parents were brave. They did the thing he wanted to do in the past, but didnât dare to do it.
The person in black could feel the joy from the body of the man wearing a dragon robe in front of him. Although he didnât know where this joy came from, but the person in black kept his kneeling position, and didnât dare to have the slightest neglect.
âEmperor, itâs time for the morning court meeting!â Jing De came to Wanyan Lieâs side, dragging him from his feverish fantasy back to the reality.
âAlright!â Wanyan Lie tidied up his clothes. Before he left, he repeatedly reminded the person in black, âContinue keep watch. Report their interactions at any time to zhen.â1
During the morning court, the officials discovered that the emperorâs mood was very good today. From beginning to end, Wanyan Lie kept a touch of smile. Besides, his mind wandered several times. He needed Jing De to remind him before he got his mind back.
After the morning court, the officials gathered in groups of three and four. They wanted to know what good things had happened for such an abnormal behavior to appear in the always calm and collected Wanyan Lie.
Some people guessed that the emperor got a new favorite concubine and filled the vacancy Yue Lan Zhi left. Some people said it was because the treasury was full, which made the emperor happy. There were also people who said that Nan Lin wang2 and Dong Luâs princess Xia Yu Xiâs good matter was approaching. The emperor could get the fishery through a marriage alliance. That was why he was happy...
In the end, all kinds of rumors merged together and spread to Wanyan Yi. After hearing everyoneâs assumptions about Feng Cang and Xia Yun Xi, Wanyan Yi couldnât help but clench his fists. If emperor father really thought like this, then what should he do?
Inside Nan Lin wangfu,3 from the moment Xia Yun Xi had woken up early in the morning, she had been boiling chicken soup. The small fire burned slowly. When Feng Cang came back from the morning court; he would be able to drink a delicious chicken soup. While Xia Yun Xi fanned next to the small stove, she reveled in her own virtuousness.
Before, at White Cloud Restaurant, Murong Qi Qi said that Feng Cang liked virtuous women the most. Like her, not only was she virtuous, she also had a strong background, identity and such a rich dowry. Even if Feng Cang lit up the lanterns, he wouldnât be able to find another! Who wouldnât be attracted to her?!
âPrincess, wangye has returned!â Hong Ye trotted back and panted. The moment she reached Guanyu building, she reported to Xia Yun Xi the news sheâd acquired.
âReally?!â Xia Yun Xi was so happy, she almost knocked over the chicken soup. Feng Cang had returned. This was the time for her to show a good performance!
Xia Yun Xi let people bring the chicken soup out with a ladle and let a small palace maid hold it. After that, she was escorted by Hong Ye to Tingsong building
Only after personally going this time, did Xia Yun Xi discover that Guanyu building and Tingsong building were so far from each other. Although the winter was over and the spring had just began, but she was used to using a sedan for travel. When had she ever walked so far?
âStop...rest for a while. I canât walk anymore!â Xia Yun Xi sat on a stone bench. Her hands rubbed her legs. Why is Nan Lin wangfu so big, ah?! Till when does she have to walk before she could see Feng Cang, ah?!
Hong Ye squatted to massage Xia Yun Xiâs legs. All the way, Xia Yun Xi had been resting. The originally one-hour route was now more than two hours walk for her. Now, thereâs still a great distance between this area and Tingsong building. According to Xia Yun Xiâs way of walking, they may not even reach it tonight.
âPrincess, if you continue to rest, when the chicken soup reaches wangye, it would be cold!â
Hong Ye carefully reminded at a side. Hearing her mention the chicken soup, Xia Yun Xi immediately stood up. âRight, right, right, how could I forget that?! If the chicken soup gets cold, it wonât be tasty! Feng Cangâs body is not good, naturally he canât eat cold things! Hong Ye, letâs go, letâs quickly go!â
When Xia Yun Xi arrived at Tingsong building, her pair of legs were almost ruined. From young till now, Xia Yun Xi had never walked such a long way. This time, she broke this rule for Feng Cang.
Originally, Xia Yun Xi wanted to enter the place directly, but she was blocked by Ruyi. Knowing that it wouldnât be easy to see Feng Cang, Xia Yun Xi quickly adopted a gentle policy, âThis little brother, bothering you to go inside and inform wangye; say that Dong Luâs princess Yun is seeking a meeting.â
âWangye is dealing with the government affairs. He doesnât allow anyone to disturb him.â
âHowever, bengong4 has come a very long way to let wangye drink the soup bengong has personally boiled. This little brother, help a bit out and give a bit of convenience!â Xia Yun Xi gave Hong Ye a glance. Hong Ye immediately took out a silver ingot worth ten liang, and gave it to Ruyi.
Ruyi didnât reject and generously received the money. Originally, Xia Yun Xi thought that after getting the money, Ruyi would make way. She didnât expect that he would still block the way in front of her and didnât let her go in.
âWangye said that he doesnât want to see anyone.â
âYou...â Seeing Ruyi receive an advantage and not give a convenience, made Xia Yun Xiâs face turn red. âBengong is princess Yun. Itâs your majesty who let me move into Nan Lin wangfu! Youâre only a slave. Blocking bengong here, what kind of ability is that?! Get out of the way, bengong wants to see Feng Cang!â
âAlthough Iâm a slave, but Iâm wangyeâs slave and only listen to wangyeâs orders.â
Ruyiâs puffed face made Xia Yun Xi very angry. âBengong boiled the chicken soup that wangye loves the most. You use all sort of excuses to not let bengong see wangye. Later, when the chicken soup gets cold, would you be able to bear responsibility?!â
Hearing Xia Yun Xi say that made Ruyi laugh just once.
âWho said our wangye loves chicken soup the most? If our wangye touched chicken meat, his whole body would get an allergy. In this life, he hates chicken the most, not to mention chicken soup. In this wangfu, there isnât even one living chicken! Princess, where did you hear this? Haha, fortunately I blocked you. If you went inside, the moment wangye sees that itâs chicken soup, he would certainly turn the table over and think that you wanted to harm him!â
Ruyiâs half true and half false words stopped Xia Yun Xi, âWhat? Wangye canât eat chicken?â
âI wonât lie to you! If I let you in, and because of this soup, wangye gets annoyed, I would also be punished.â
After Ruyi said this, Xia Yun Xi began to somewhat believe it. It was clear that someone wanted to sabotage her!
Thinking till here, Xia Yun Xi turned her head and glared at Hong Ye. Hong Ye was startled and immediately knelt in front of her, âPrincess, this slave really heard it from this wangfuâs people. Even if this slave has a very big gut, but this slave wouldnât dare to fool princess, ah!â
âItâs really not you?â If you said that Xia Yun Xiâs heart was a calm water, then Ruyiâs words were like a small stone. Throwing it and with a âsplashâ, a circle of ripples would appear.
âPrincess, this slave, like princess had just entered wangfu not long ago. How would this slave know that wangye is allergic to chicken?! This slave followed you for so many years, presumably princess knows more than anyone what kind of person this slave is!â
Although Hong Ye had followed Xia Yun Xi since little and was her confidante, but after meeting with Feng Cangâs matter, Xia Yun Xi would still lose her reasoning. Immediately, two slaps went to Hong Yeâs delicate face, âLowly slave! You set up bengong! Fortunately, this little brother told bengong the truth, otherwise, wouldnât bengong have harmed wangye!â
âThis slave is innocent, ah! Princess, this slave is innocent!â Hong Ye wore two red handprints, her mouth kept shouting âinnocentâ and her head knocked heavily on the ground. It so happened that this place had a stone road. Hong Ye only knocked three or four times, which made her head already swell up like a purple bag.
Hong Ye kept shouting âinnocentâ. Her intonation was tearful. Xia Yun Xi wasnât moved because of this. Her eyes stared at Tingsong building. She wanted to make trouble to cause Feng Cang to come out.
It was just, Xia Yun xi calculated wrong. Feng Cang knew that she was about to come, so he had long left wangfu. Now, it was only Xia Yun Xi standing foolishly outside Tingsong building.
After waiting for a long time, not a sound came out of the building. Xia Yun Xi got anxious. She had sacrificed Hong Ye for Feng Cang. Hong Yeâs head was already broken because of the knocks. Could this still not move Feng Cang? He refused to come out and take one glance at her?
Although it had been some time since sheâd arrived at Bei Zhou, but Xia Yun Xi didnât even get to see Feng Cangâs face. So, sheâd boiled chicken soup and brought it over. She didnât think that this message was wangfuâs slaves fooling her.
Xia Yun Xi knew that Hong Ye was not to blame. However, to see Feng Cang once, she couldnât not use the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemyâs confidence. Xia Yun Xi wanted to let Feng Cang know through punishing Hong Ye, that as long as the matter was related to him, she would fully protect him and she hoped to move Feng Cangâs heart. However, it seemed that Feng Cang doesnât allow himself to be pushed around.
The pair of master and servant in front of him couldnât help but make Ruyi feel sick. He had never seen such a master. When meeting with things, she would let the slave block it! Seeing that Xia Yun Xi got impatient from waiting and wanted to rush inside, Ruyi pulled out his sword without a trace of politeness and stopped in front of Xia Yun Xi.
âPresumptuous!â Seeing Ruyi use his weapon, Xia Yun Xiâs expression turned dark, âDo you know who bengong is? You actually dared to use force on bengong!â
âYouâre a princess, but my master is wangye! Wangye said to not allow anyone to put one step inside Tingsong building; otherwise, kill without pardon! Princess, donât force me!â
From Xia Yun Xiâs point of view, Ruyi was just a slave. He was so humble, he couldnât even be compared to ants. Now, he was the fox exploiting the tigerâs might. He kept saying that it was Feng Cangâs meaning and blocked her outside of Tingsong building. This was obviously stopping her and not wanting her to see Feng Cang.
The fox exploiting the tigerâs might: use powerful connections to intimidate people
âGet out of the way! Bengong wants to see wangye!â Xia Yun Xi wasnât scared. Since she wasnât afraid of Ruyi, she wanted to force her way in. The next moment, a cool air appeared on her neck. It turned out that Ruyiâs sword was already on her neck. Just a bit closer wouldâve cut her beautiful throat and let her become a corpse.
The small palace maid whoâd carried the chicken soup, the moment she saw this situation, she was so scared that her hand drooped. The food tray in her hand fell on the ground. The chicken soup spilled and sprinkled all over the place.
âPrincess, donât get angry!â Hong Ye found that the momentum wasnât right. She quickly stood up and pulled Xia Yun Xi.
âPrincess, here is Bei Zhou. Everyone knows that Nan Lin wang is temperamental. If you offend him, maybe...,â Hong Ye didnât finish her sentence, but she told Xia Yun Xi the truth. This is Feng Cangâs territory. You, ah, should act a bit more leisurely. After all, there were so many rumors about Feng Cang. Even if he really killed Xia Yun Xi, at this time, no one would come save her.
âHumph!â Xia Yun Xi stomped and glared ferociously at Ruyi, âYou wait! When bengong becomes Nan Lin wangfei,5 bengong will let you see (suffer)!â
Ruyiâs obstruction made Xia Yun Xi even more determined to see Feng Cang and become his woman. Heâs just a small guard and dared to be so arrogant. She must become Feng Cangâs woman. By then, sheâll let Ruyi suffer and avenge for todayâs humiliation!
Xia Yun Xi left angrily. As she was leaving, she moved too quickly and stepped on her skirt. Like eating dogâs poop, she fell on the ground, making Ruyi laugh out loudly.
âPrincess!â Hong Ye and the small palace maid quickly stepped forward to support Xia Yun Xi. They didnât expect that the moment she got up, the first thing she did was give each one of them a slap in the face. Then, she turned her head and glared once at Ruyi.
âLetâs go!â
Xia Yun Xi had never received such humiliation. The one who gave her grimaces of displeasure was just a slave. How could the anger be eliminated from Xia Yun Xiâs heart?
After returning to Guanyu building, Xia Yun Xi was already tired half to death. Plus the fact that she was humiliated, made her angry and annoyed. Her charming face was very red.
âHong Ye, when will eldest senior brother and third senior brother arrive?â
âPrincess, sir Misha and sir Jia Lan must be on the way. Sir Misha is unable to move freely. Presumably, they will be delayed for some days.â
âHumph!â Xia Yun Xi threw the porcelain cup onto the ground. âWhen eldest senior brother and third senior brother arrive, I will let them see! Feng Cang is mine. No one can stop my determination to become Nan Lin wangfei! This man is mine. I will definitely not give up!â
Regardless of how ugly Xia Yun Xi cursed, Feng Cang couldnât even hear it. At this time, he was at Long Autumn palace, keeping Murong Qi Qi company.
Ever since Feng Xie disguised himself and entered Long Autumn palace with Murong Qi Qi, he spent all his time accompanying Wanyan Ming Yue. Feng Xie wanted to make up for the many days and nights he had been separated from Wanyan Ming Yue. He also hoped that Wanyan Ming Yue would wake up quickly from the deep sleep and let their family be reunited.
Feng Xie was like this, and Feng Cang and Murong Qi Qi also thought like that. The two also freed as much time as possible to take turns and keep Wanyan Ming Yue company.
Murong Qi Qi and Jin Mo also prepared a herbal tea created specficially for Wanyan Ming Yue. Plus, Feng Xie personally fed liquid food to Wanyan Ming Yue.
Feng Cang coming to Long Autumn palace; firstly, was to accompany Murong Qi Qi. Secondly, was because he didnât want to see Xia Yun Xi. Now, Xia Yun had taken the imperial decree and moved into Nan Lin wangfu. If something happened to her, he would become the biggest suspect. So, Feng Cang temporarily hid from this âplagueâ.
However, today, Feng Cang calculated wrongly. Because after Xia Yun Xi hit the wall at Tingsong building, she rested for a while and then went to the palace. Her purpose was to find Murong Qi Qi.
After returning to Guanyu building, the more Xia Yun Xi thought about it, the angrier she got. Sheâs the dignified Dong Luâs princess. She was actually played by those servants of wangfu. Firstly, she got the wrong information. Then, a sword was directly put on her neck by Ruyi. This made her not be able to swallow this anger, no matter what.
However, now sheâs alone without any help in Bei Zhou and no one to support her. Feng Cang didnât even want to see her. This really made Xia Yun Xiâs heart hurt. In pain, Xia Yun Xi suddenly remembered Murong Qi Qi.
Regardless if the rumors from the outside were true or false; no matter if the relationship between Murong Qi Qi and Feng Cang was impossible to unravel, but at least, sheâs Feng Cangâs biological little sister. They had blood ties that couldnât be severed. If she could work on Murong Qi Qi and get Murong Qi Qiâs support, maybe, it would be easier to deal with Feng Cang.
Thinking till here, Xia Yun Xi soaked in a bath and washed away the tiredness from her body. She put on new clothes and went to the palace.
âPrincess, Xia Yun Xi is asking to see you!â
Murong Qi Qi had just come from the underground palace with Feng Cang. Su Mei came to them and said that Xia Yun Xi had arrived. The moment Murong Qi Qi heard this, she exchanged a glance with Feng Cang. This woman really travelled everywhere. She had actually come to Long Autumn palace.
âCang, isnât it better if you withdraw for a moment?! I fear that after that infatuated flower sees your âcountenance of a flower, face like a moonâ appearance, water would flood Long Autumn palace and make this place become full of saliva.â
Countenance like a flower, face like a moon: very beautiful
Murong Qi Qiâs words revealed a sour taste. She looked carefully at this manâs extraordinary and devilishly beautiful face. She sighed deeply. Why be so devilishly beautiful, ah? Fondling the flowers and trampling the grass everywhere. It would take a long time to shoot all those small flies away.
Fondle the flowers and trample the grass: womanize
How could Feng Cang not understand Murong Qi Qiâs gaze? He pulled her into his arms. A deep kiss locked her lips. He used action to express his true feelings.
Su Mei saw this couple kiss like there was no one around, and her face got red. Now, itâs during the day. Miss and guye6 are already like this...Cough, cough, really didnât pay attention to the location! At a side, thereâs still her, this unmarried girl! Theyâre not afraid to lead her astray!
âIs Qing Qing satisfied?â After a long time, Feng Cang let go of Murong Qi Qiâs lips. Looking at her swollen pinkish lips and her slight panting, Feng Cangâs finger brushed over Murong Qi Qiâs sideburn, âBe good! Wait for me at night!â
Feng Cangâs words let Su Meiâs face burn utterly red. Really, shy to death! Miss and guye are too much of that!