Chu Wang Fei

by Ning er

  Even Qu Fei Qing looked at Wu Qin Qin because of that. Seeing her red faced, eyes that showed anger, and her body shaking from Su Qian Yue's words, it seemed like she was really angry with the injustice that had befallen Yun Qian Meng.

  Yun Qian Meng lightly tapped Wu Qin Qin's hand, then turned to Su Qian Yue. Cold rays reflected from her dark smiling eyes, making Su Qian Yue instantly nervous.

  "Recently, Su xiaojie has been visiting Chen wangfu quite often. I suppose your intentions are quite obvious now that Su xiaojie's reason for treating Qian Meng as an enemy is likely because of the previous Emperor's decree of marriage." Since she had already come to Chen wangfu, Yun Qian Meng naturally would not be afraid of talking about the decree in the past.

  Moreover, when they were given the marriage, Yun Qian Meng was just a mere baby. She had not had any relations with Chen wang. It had all been based on the decision of their elders. Compared to Su Qian Yue, who wholeheartedly wanted to enter Chen wangfu, Yun Qian Meng had not no control over the circumstances.

  After the statement, the xiaojie who thought similarly glared at Su Qian Yue, immediately changing the atmosphere in this small space. Su Qian Yue grew so angry that she wished she could just push and scratch Yun Qian Meng's beautiful face.

  "At the last Imperial Banquet, it was really the fault of my lack of deliberation. I hope for of Yun xiaojie's forgiveness." Qi Ling'er slowly said. Her expression was filled with kind smile. She seemed totally unaffected by Su Qian Yue's words a while ago and was just sincerely apologizing to Yun Qian Meng.

  Since she apologized in front of everyone, Yun Qian Meng knew that she was waiting for her to say words of forgiveness; otherwise, she would end up rather unreasonable and petty-minded in front of everyone.

  Thus, she also smiled and said generously, "Princess is being too serious, Qian Meng did not take it seriously. I hope that Princess would not take offense."

  "Even if you say so, I still feel rather sorry. If it wasn't because of my curiosity, Chu xiang wouldn't have asked the Emperor for the decree. How about this? I can ask the Emperor to ask Western Chu's Emperor for a favor, and let him take back the order." Qi Ling'er slightly frowned. Her eyes seemed to be filled with remorse and suggested this solution after thinking for a while.

  But after Yun Qian Meng heard it, she coldly laughed in her heart.

  Qi Ling'er's methods were really much more high-end than Su Qian Yue!

  While making it clear to everyone that Yun Qian Meng had unwillingly accepted the marriage, she also implied that she would be willing to try to give Yun Qian Meng her freedom back.

  If Yun Qian Meng agreed, then she would be granting everyone's wish, but would then be hurting Chu Fei Yang's kindness.

  If she did not agree, then she would make more enemies for herself, and those daughters who were in love with Chu Fei Yang would hate her even more.

  With a simple suggestion, the Princess was able to embody so many meanings. And each level of her words trapped Yun Qian Meng even more. She was really worthy of being a princess of the Imperial Family; her methods and arguments were a whole lot better than Su Qian Yue's.

  But the present Yun Qian Meng was not the same as the cowardly girl from before. How could she, who had fought almost a hundred battles and had dealt with drug dealers, be unable to handle this kind of situation?

  Yun Qian Meng smiled at Qi Ling'er, who was in high spirits, and said surely, "Princess is troubling herself too much. It's just that the elders and the matchmaker's arrangements have already been completed. Moreover, it was a marriage granted by the Emperor, Qian Meng would naturally accept it happily. I apologize for causing Princess to trouble herself so much for Qian Meng."

  With just a statement, Yun Qian Meng not only answered Qi Ling'er, but also lowered the spirits of the xiaojie who were hoping for something.

  "Oh! There's a colorful butterfly there! Yun xiaojie, let's go and catch the butterfly!" Wu Qin Qin suddenly spoke. She did not wait for anyone to react before she pulled Yun Qian Meng out of the garden and towards the rocky little road along the pond.

  The view along way was really appealing. The pond was glowed with the rays of sunlight, various flowers were planted beside the rocky road, and a rock garden surrounded them. Undoubtedly, Chen wangfu was rather beautiful and peculiar. But if one was not familiar with Chen wangfu, they might have already lost their way in the rockery.

  Wu Qin Qin forcefully pulled Yun Qian Meng and ran forward. Only until she was really tired did she stop running. Bent over and gasping for breath, she shook her hands toward Yun Qian Meng and said, "I can't take it anymore. I'm too tired to run, that butterfly flew too fast."

  Yun Qian Meng suspiciously looked at Wu Qin Qin. If Wu Qin Qin had intentionally fabricated catching a butterfly to free her from the situation, why would she still continue the charade when there was no one else here?

  At that moment, a seven colored butterfly flew past them.

  "Haha! It flew back! Just see how I'm gonna catch you!" Wu Qin Qin had not expected that she would be able to catch it without any effort. She happily straightened her body to try to go catch the butterfly. But after moving her hands in the air for a while, she realized that she had not brought her fan with her. Looking at her empty hands, Wu Qin Qin was rather impatient and did not know what to do.

  "How would I catch the butterfly without a fan? I think I'll go back and get it. Yun xiaojie, could you please stay here and guard that butterfly for me?" Wu Qin Qin quickly said and went back using their previous route.

  Yun Qian Meng frowned. She thought deeply after seeing Wu Qin Qin's familiarity to the place.

  But Yun Qian Meng feel that it was inappropriate for her to be alone in this place. She thus moved her feet and planned to go back to the garden, but right after the first a step, an arm stretched out from behind a rock. Before Yun Qian Meng could react, her thin wrist had already been grabbed, then the person forcefully pulled her behind a fake boulder.

  Yun Qian Meng went out of balance and fell into the person's arms. She hit a warm chest and seeing the four-clawed dragon figure on the robe, she immediately knew who the person was. She quickly stretched her arms to push the person away, and distance herself. She then raised her eyes and looked at the person coldly, "What has brought wangye to hide in this place?"

  Chen wang had not expected that Yun Qian Meng would be so repulsed and could not help the tight knitting of his brows. But facing the cold yet beautiful face, he could not force himself to be cold. He followed her words and said, "This is Chen wangfu, why shouldn't benwang be here?"

  "Since that is so, then chennu asks for your leave to depart." Yun Qian Meng indifferently bowed towards Chen wang and quickly moved back, fully intending to leave the first.

  But Chen wang had already foreseen her move and caught her wrist once again. He then pulled her towards his chest and instantly doing away with the gap Yun Qian Meng had put between them. The coldness in his heart had now been replaced by rage and he held her wrist even tighter.

  Although Yun Qian Meng felt pain from her arm, but she still retained her cold expression. She raised her cold and calm eyes and looked at the somewhat angry Chen wang, mocking him, "What is wangye doing? Doesn't wangye know that I am already Chu xiang's fiance? I would ask wangye to please show some respect, so as to not complicate things."

  But after hearing Yun Qian Meng's words, Chen wang exerted even greater force and pulled her into his arms more. He then held her waist with one hand to restrict her movements while his other pressed onto the back of Yun Qian Meng's head, pressing her face to his chest, as he said, "Don't marry him!"

  Yun Qian Meng knew that she surely would not be able to escape from Chen wang by herself. Thus, to prevent Chen wang from doing any more extreme actions, she made concessions and stayed quietly in his arms and answered, "Wangye is funny. Why would I reject the good marriage the Emperor has granted to me?" while thinking of possible ways to get away.

  "What do you know? Do you really kno
w him? Do you know about his past? Do you know what kind of person that man really is? You dare marry him without even knowing anything? Yun Qian Meng, is your brain even functioning, or is it that you won't let go of any man with high rank?" unexpectedly, Yun Qian Meng's words caused Jiang Mu Chen to scream. The hands on her waist also tightened, making it diffucult for her to breathe, but she endured the difficulty because she did not want to show weakness in front of Chen wang.

  Chen wang's words made Yun Qian Meng look down upon him even more. The person who asked to break the engagement before was now pointing at another person and hurling abuse. This kind of man was really funny! Did he not know that doing this would only make her hate him more? What right did he have to criticize someone else?

  Seeing that Yun Qian Meng was quietly staying in his arms, Chen wang's expression slightly relaxed, and his tone also calmed down, but his stubbornly biased mindset still showed hatred towards Chu Fei Yang. "If you cancel the engagement now, I can give you the same thing."

  Hearing this, Yun Qian Meng felt her heart freeze and she could not help but coldly laugh in her mind.

  'The same thing?' What an easy solution.

  She really wanted to know what could be worth exchanging her for. Did Chen wang not know how great a damage his self-opinionated idea could bring to a woman?

  Yun Qian Meng pushed Chen wang away with all the force she could muster, putting some distance between them and coldly laughed, "I'm afraid I can not do as you wish."

  It seemed like Chen wang had also expected this kind of reply from Yun Qian Meng. But this time, rather than getting angry, he laughed a very scary laugh. He then replied with gloomy expression, "Do you really think that I would let you marry him so easily?"

  Chapter 102: Part 1: Private Exchange of Personal Belongings, Causing Xiaojie to Pass Out | Chu Wang Fei

  "Then. Let's. Just. Wait. And. See." Yun Qian Meng stared at those cold eyes, pausing at each word.

  After hearing Yun Qian Meng's response, Chen wang's whole body immediately turned fierce, his arms abruptly tightened up, quickly lowered down his head facing Yun Qian Meng's beautiful face, then mumbled, "What if I granted you the title of the main wife?"

  But Yun Qian Meng immediately lowered her right hand, a silvery light flashed out from her sleeve. She immediately pressed it against Chen wang's waist, as she responded coldly, "Wangye, please behave yourself."

  When she spoke, she had exerted more strength with her hand and the dagger pressed directly against Chen wang's waist.

  Jiang Mu Chen had not expected that Yun Qian Meng would carry a dagger on her and had been caught off guard. He was being threatened by a woman, yet he did not get angry, but only looked at Yun Qian Meng's utterly cold face. He could not bear it anymore and slowly released her, but his words still would not allow Yun Qian Meng to get away, "If you reject me now, you will regret it in the future."

  "Wangye, you are too severe. But one thing that I'll never regret is the withdrawal of the marriage agreement with you, wangye." The dagger in Yun Qian Meng's hand was once again pressed against Chen wang's flower inlaid jade brocade belt. The sharp dagger gradually scratched the belt, indicating that it would soon pierce through to Chen wang's waist.

  Chen wang's heart was suddenly angered at her words, and he immediately regretted releasing her. His long arm stretched out, wanting to grab Yun Qian Meng again, but a hand suddenly appeared and grabbed him instead. The huge hand was slender and pretty, its joints appeared to be like the most amazing gifts from the heavens, but the blue veins were sprouting out from this hand, and the knuckles even turned white, showing that the hand was exerting a large amount of force.

  Despite being grabbed by the wrist, Chen wang's face remained emotionless, the corner of his mouth exposing a grim smiling expression. He then turned around to look at the person behind him, only to see Chu Fei Yang bearing the expression of someone who had rushed into the narrowly spaced rock garden. Chen wang's face grew darker and he immediately said in a cold voice, "I have rarely seen Chu xiang being anxious like this. Apparently, Yun xiaojie must be Chu xiang's weak spot."

  But right after he spoke those words, the circular jade embedded into the belt around his waist split in two, half had separated itself from the belt as it fell onto the ground, indicating the amount of strength Yun Qian Meng exerted. But despite this, it still could not vanish the anger that raged in Yun Qian Meng's heart. The force in her hand was increasingly heavier and had already punctured Chen wang's outer clothing, gradually piercing inside…

  Chen wang had not expected that Yun Qian Meng would dare to hurt him, or maybe because of Chu Fei Yang's support, she had become absolutely unrestrained. Thinking that the two of them would soon become a married couple, Chen wang was infuriated, and immediately he rambled, "For Chu xiang to head over here so quickly, you must have guessed that some incident had already happened in this rock garden."

  With only this simple statement, if it were to spread, Yun Qian Meng's reputation as an honorable lady would be ruined.

  But facing this kind of threat, Yun Qian Meng and Chu Fei Yang were not jarred even the slightest bit, and Yun Qian Meng only coldly laughed, then simply said, "If wangye really intended for the others to know, you might have done it already. Why would you even secretly hide in this rock garden? Now that you have intended to ruin my reputation as a woman, wouldn't you fear that all the people in the world will laugh at you with such a nasty behavior?"

  Jiang Mu Chen immediately turned to look at Yun Qian Meng, his eagle-like sharp eyes were staring at her cold expression. Harbouring confusing thoughts when faced with her calmness, he grew angry but reluctantly so as he continued to allow this woman to humiliate him. Although he was quite unwilling, for a short moment, Jiang Mu Chen firmly stared at Yun Qian Meng before he took a step towards her but had suddenly been pulled back by Chu Fei Yang.

  Chu Fei Yang's seemed to have understood his intentions, Jiang Mu Chen's eyes shifted to him instead and stated with a cold smile, "Chu xiang, you are overly concerned with Yun xiaojie."

  And Chu Fei Yang just pursed his lips at Jiang Mu Chen continuously going too far. His gaze had formed into a thousand years cold ice, the air surrounding his body became dreadful as he coldly gazed at the evil smile on Jiang Mu Chen's face, before he slowly opened his mouth to speak, "Wangye, don't you think that your actions are too childish? Inciting disharmony between us, do you think Meng'er and I would fall into your trap?"

  Ultimately, Chu Fei Yang had very deliberately called Yun Qian Meng's name in such an intimate way. This caused Chen wang's expression to became even gloomier, his eyes exposing a malicious look, as if he dearly wanted to tear Chu Fei Yang's body into pieces.

  Instead of reacting with a grave expression, Chu Fei Yang relaxed his body and said, "A while ago when I came over here, I saw Yuan de taifei commanding her people to look for wangye. Now that your noble guests have arrived, doesn't wangye need to perform your duties as the host? Else, our guests might think that Western Chu's wangfu has no manners."

  Hearing Chu Fei Yang's rejoice in his misfortune, Chen wang glanced at Yun Qian Meng, then proceeded to say in a cold voice, "Since that is the case, then please proceed to the garden, Chu xiang."

  "Of course." Chu Fei Yang's lips curved up in a smile. His eyes flickered as he looked at Yun Qian Meng, then he left the rock garden with Chen wang.

  After they left, Yun Qian Meng bent at the waist to pick up the piece of jade that had fallen onto the ground, carefully pinched between her fingers. Soon after, she also walked out of the rock garden, but the direction she went in was the exact opposite of where Chu Fei Yang and Jiang Mu Chen had gone. She appeared to be returning through her original path towards the garden, yet from afar she saw Wu Qin Qin leading a group of ladies over.

  "Yun xiaojie, I've made you wait so long." Wu Qin Qin had already started to speak even before both parties had converged. Her choice of respectful words attracted the admiration of others., Wu Qin Qin had always kep
t a low profile so the people she came into contact with were not many. Moreover, when facing others she always had a smile on her face, and had never exhibited hostility against another. That, in addition to her noble background, gained her the friendship of a lot of ladies within a short time.

  "The scenery here is beautiful, you'll never feel time pass by so quickly. Wu xiaojie, you must be exhausted from running here and there." Yun Qian Meng's words seemed to contain a deeper meaning, even as she remarked indifferently.

  The smile in her eyes was infused with indecipherable insight, and Wu Qin Qin's heart suddenly trembled. She immediately lowered her head to look at her hands, when she the circular fan, she relaxed a bit, then smiled as she remarked, "When I returned earlier, I had told these ladies about the multi-colored butterfly, everyone was curious about it, so they accompanied me here."

  Just like the saying, "300 silver is not hidden here", Wu Qin Qin could not be any more transparent.

  However, Yun Qian Meng only maintained her shallow smile, without inquire further about her superfluous explanations, and somewhat regretfully replied, "Sorry to disappoint you, ladies, but the butterfly had already flown away up ahead."

  "What? It had actually flown away to the osmanthus forest?" Wu Qin Qin suddenly blurted out, causing a lot ladies to raise their eyebrows.

  After all, for the majority of the xiaojie present today, this would be their first time here at Chen wangfu. Even Su Qian Yue and Qu Jing Qing, who took advantage of being allowed by Yuan de taifei to frequently move about near Chen wangfu, they had not been aware of an osmanthus forest up ahead.

  The way Wu Qin Qin had described it so precisely at that moment made the others around her apprehensive. Even the expressions in their eyes as they were staring at Wu Qin Qin was as if she were a strange phenomenon.