Demon Wang's Golden Favorite Fei

by La Mi Tu

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  Gongzi: Young master/ also used to refer a famous unmarried man

  Wangfei: main wife of a wangye

  Wang/ wangye: prince pf the first rank

  Cefei/cewangfei: second ranked wife of a wangye

  Furen: One of the way in chinese to refer a wife

  Er: term of endearment

  Bengong: I, used by the females of the imperial family

  Benwang: I, used by a wangye

  Chapter 41: Forty Heads

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  The moment Longze Yu Er’s command fell, the imperial guards took out their shiny swords and rushed at Feng Cang.

  “Don’t even dare to hurt our family’s wangye1!”

  Not waiting for Ru Yi to open his mouth, a crescent knife came flying through the air and directly cut off the head of the imperial guard who was at the very front of the pack.

  ‘Dang……’ The head hit the ground. It even rolled a few times and became contaminated with dust. It also left a bright red trail of blood.

  “Ah! They killed someone!”

  A person in the crowd watching from afar saw this bloody scene, screamed and fainted.

  Longze Yu Er and Murong Xin Lian saw this scene, and they almost vomited.

  Then, a burst of hooves was heard. Ten black armored soldiers on tall horses appeared in front of Feng Cang.

  “Subordinates came late to the rescue, asking wangye for punishment!”

  Wangye? Which sort of wangye is he? Longze Yu Er’s brain hadn’t gotten far when a string of shrill voices was heard. All the heads of the forty people who had surrounded Feng Cang reached the ground. Red blood sprayed onto Longze Yu Er’s face. She was so afraid that she began to scream.

  “You, you… …”

  Longze Yu Er’s voice was trembling. Her whole body also began to tremble.

  “Who are you?”

  “They are Nan Lin wang’s eagle troup!”

  Someone in the crowd saw the eagle head embroidered on the sleeves of the soldiers riding the horses and they immediately recognized the symbols.

  Nan Lin wang? Not only Longze Yu Er, everyone else present was in shock. That man in white with the gauze hat is the rumored Nan Lin wang Feng Cang? Is he the Nan Lin wang who people called the ‘God of War’ and who became famous throughout the four countries at just the age of fifteen?

  A gust of wind blew. It wanted to lift up the white gauze hat to let people see Feng Cang’s looks, but just as a perfect chin was exposed, Feng Cang stopped it.

  “Hehe… …”

  After his identity got exposed, Feng Cang chuckled. He pulled the gauze down over his face.

  “Ru Yi, if someone wanted to murder benwang2 in Bei Zhou, what kind of sin is that?”

  “Answering wangye, murdering an imperial family, the punishment is death on the spot and the execution of nine generations!

  Ru Yi’s voice is very loud. When it reached Longze Yu Er’s ear’s, it’s very piercing. Long has she heard that Nan Lin wang’s acts are out of ordinary. He is reckless. She didn’t expect that he would dare to kill Xi Liang’s imperial guards!

  “You, you don’t come over…….”

  The one who was just now so arrogant, and showed her strength by wanting to rob the ‘Gold thread dress’ in Feng Cang’s hands, her two rows of teeth were now beginning to tremble. She actually forgot that Bei Zhou’s missionaries had arrived at Xi Liang. Besides, Feng Cang had also brought along Bei Zhou’s most elite eagle troup. The behavior of just now was simply seeking death!

  “This ‘Gold thread dress’ indeed is very beautiful!”

  Feng Cang opened the wrapping of the ‘Gold thread dress’. Under the sunlight, the dress sparkled. The picture on the golden gauze came alive, making everyone who saw it surprised. They forgot about the bloody scene that had just occurred.

  “But… …,”, Feng Cang’s voice changed. “Only benwang’s wangfei3 has the right to wear such clothes. Princess, could it be that you want to be benwang’s wangfei?”

  At this moment, Longze Yu Er’s vision was completely attracted by the ‘Gold thread dress’. She didn’t pay any attention to Feng Cang’s words. It was only because of Murong Xin Lian pulling at her clothes that made her mind come back.

  “No! No! Bengong 4 doesn’t have such thoughts!”

  What a joke, letting her marry demon wang for a piece of clothing? She still wants to live a long life! The moment Longze Yu Er moved her legs, she fainted.

  “Ah, her courage is just like that……”

  Feng Cang put away the ‘Gold thread dress’. He no longer bothered with Longze Yu Er and Murong Xin Lian. Instead, he turned and cupped his hands in obeisance to Fang Tong: “I’m sorry for dirtying Jue Se Fang’s store. Benwang will apologize to Guang Hua gongzi5 here!”

  “No need, no need. This is red for a good start! It’s a good sign!”

  Fang Tong’s eyes took in all of Feng Cang’s actions. In his heart, he’s raising his thumbs up for this wangye. Presumably, only such a person could match with his miss!

  Fang Tong’s words couldn’t help but let Ru Yi look once more at this shopkeeper of Jue Se Fang. This person really was interesting. If it were anyone else, they would’ve already been trembling with fright. He actually said that this is red for a good start. This Jue Se Fang’s really interesting.

  “Shopkeeper has good measure! As for compensation, benwang will look after Jue Se Fang in the future! In the future, if someone comes searching for trouble at Jue Se Fang, then they are against benwang and is against benwang’s eagle troup!”

  Feng Cang’s voice is not loud, but these words reached everyone’s ears. Jue Se Fang got Feng Cang as their backing, even if Longze Yu Er wanted to touch Jue Se Fang, she wouldn’t be able to…….

  “Thanking wangye!”

  Understanding that Feng Cang is protecting Jue Se Fang, Fang Tong bowed to Feng Cang.

  In just one afternoon, Nan Lin wang Feng Cang and the matter of Feng Cang cutting off the heads of the imperial guards spread throughout Xi Liang. At the same time, inside Cui Zhu yuan6 Murong Qi Qi also received the dress and jewelries Feng Yu brought in. It was as she had guessed. It’s ‘Autumn flower’ and ‘Gold thread dress’.

  “How beautiful!”

  Even though Feng Yu is a middle-aged woman, after seeing these things, she couldn’t seem to put them down. She couldn’t help but say in admiration: “If given the chance, I really want to see that Guang Hua gongzi! How fine a person can be to have such an exquisite heart to be able to design such beautiful ornaments!”

  When Feng Yu said that, Su Mei and Su Yue only laughed. The Guang Hua gongzi everyone is searching for is precisely Murong household’sthird miss, ah!

  “Zeze, princess, look!”

  Feng Yu carefully picked up golden crown.

  “How beautiful, ah! Really beautiful. Princess, you will become the most beautiful person at the banquet!”

  “It’s indeed very beautiful!”

  Murong Qi Qi didn’t show much happiness like Feng Yu. Such stuff, she can get it just with a movement of her fingers. It’s her own design. She has long become bored from touching it.

  Murong Qi Qi’s plain expression made Feng Yu love this future wangfei even more. If it’s an ordinary girl, seeing Tong Bao Zhai’s jewelries, she would surely be tempted. This princess Zhao Yang remained unaffected. Really a posture of someone grand! She is well matched with wangye!

  At the palace, right at this moment, Longze Yu Er is kneeling in front of Longze Yu. Duanmu Qing is exculpating for her daughter.

  “You… …”

  Longze Yu looked at Longze Yu Er with some hate for iron not becoming steel.

  Hate for iron not becoming steel: feel resentful/resentment

  “Anybody else you mess with would be alright. You actually go provoke that bad star?! Could it be that you don’t know his rumors? How come I gave birth to such a stupid daughter?!”

  “Emperor, appease your anger! This time, Yu Er really
did wrong, but Feng Cang shouldn’t have killed inside the capital, ah! This is Xi Qi country, it’s Xi Liang. It’s not their Bei Zhou! Who gave him the gall?!”

  Duanmu Qing knew that this wasn’t Longze Yu Er’s fault. It would have been alright if she had stolen someone else’s dress. So you can’t blame her for stealing from Feng Cang. Feng Cang didn’t say his identity. In short, it’s Feng Cang’s fault!

  Hearing Duanmu Qing say such ‘bad words’, Longze Yu’s finger pointed towards the sky. He didn’t know what to say anymore.

  “Stupid! She is stupid, why do you follow her and also become stupid?! Is Feng Cang someone to mess with? Not mentioning the killing of forty people, if he wanted to hold Yu Er accountable for today, zhen7 will not protect her!”

  “Emperor, you being like this, is it not like letting another’s backbone be more impressive than yours?!”

  Duanmu Qing is somewhat dissatisfied with Longze Yu’s fuss. The other party is just a wangye of different surname. How could he be more noble than the emperor of Bei Zhou?

  Feng Cang’s surname is Feng. The imperial family of Bei Zhou’s surname is Wanyan. Most of the time, the title of wangye is bestowed on the princes of the imperial family. A wangye of a different surname usually has a lower status than those with the imperial family’s surname.

  “Idiot! Zhen wondered why Yu Er is so stupid, it’s because she has such a mother as you! You think well about it!”

  Longze Yu swung his sleeve and left Qing Luan Palace.

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  Wangye/wang: prince of the first rank

  Benwang: I, used by a wangye

  Wangfei: main wife of a wangye

  Bengong: I, used by the females of the imeperial family

  Gongzi: young master/ also used to describe a famous unmarried man

  Yuan: a part of a residence

  Zhen: I, used by an emperor

  Chapter 42: Double Ninth Imperial Feast

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  “Empress mother……”

  Longze Yu Er climbed to the empress’ side, full of grievances.

  “Empress mother, doesn’t emperor father love Yu Er anymore?”

  “Yu Er, endure it a little longer. After empress mother gives birth to a little brother, he will become the crown prince and then emperor, and nobody would dare bully us anymore!”

  Duanmu Qing gently patted her daughter’s back.

  After hearing Duanmu Qing’s words, Longze Yu Er pushed her away.

  “Crown prince, crown prince, crown prince! In your eyes, in your heart, there’s only little brother. You only want a son; you don’t care about me, this daughter! Since you like sons so much, why didn’t you just strangle me to death when you gave birth to me?!”

  “Yu Er, what are you saying?”

  Seeing her daughter’s unfamiliar side, Duanmu Qing was frightened. She wanted to reach out to wipe away the tears in Longze Yu Er’s eyes, but her hand was pushed aside.

  “I despise you. I despise you all! I hate you all!”

  Longze Yu Er rushed out crying. Duanmu Qing went limp on the ground. Why, why didn’t Yu Er understand her difficulties of being a mother… …. Duanmu Qing stroked her belly. Both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh. Both are her children. She must protect them.

  Both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh: both are of equal importance

  “Baby, because of you, big sister got angry with empress mother. After you grow up, you must protect big sister, do you understand?”

  Inside Piao Xue Palace, Murong Xue Lian was eating grapes in small chunks. One hand’s on her belly. She had passed six months safely. Three more months and this child would come into the world. Murong Xue Lian had let an imperial physician look at it in secret. He said it’s a prince which made her very happy.

  When this child is born, she must let him become the crown prince! Definitely!

  Hu Po came in quietly. She let all the other palace maid retreat. She went to Murong Xue Lian’s back to massage her.

  “Niangniang1, empress niangniang is one month pregnant and that one in Jing wangfu2 is also pregnant.”

  “What?”

  Murong Xue Lian had a grape seed in her mouth. She couldn’t swallow it and couldn’t spit it out. It’s choking her, very uncomfortable.

  “Are you sure?”

  “Sure.”

  Murong Xue Lian, who had been in a great mood, immediately had clouds in her expression.

  “That hen who couldn’t lay a egg got pregnant. Really hateful! Also, that bitch wants to fight with bengong3. Could it be that she’s dreaming that the child in her belly will get the place of crown prince for Longze Jing Tian? Humph!”

  “Niangniang, what do we do?”

  “Let bengong think. Bengong needs to think well about it.”

  Murong Xue Lian finally spat out the seed. Long red nails on her slender finger touched her belly.

  “Since these two want to fight with bengong, then don’t blame bengong for being ruthless!”

  The viciousness that flashed through Murong Xue Lian’s beautiful face frightened even Hu Po, who had followed her for many years.

  “Come here!”

  Murong Xin Lian also commanded Hu Po with her finger. She whispered in Hu Po’s ears: “Let a rumor out, let the one in Qing Luan Palace know that Jing wang’s4 cefei5 is pregnant. Bengong wants them to have a dogfight.”

  “Niangniang is wise!”

  In Hu Po’s eyes flashed a strange light. Sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight is what this master is best at. It seems the calm life is now coming to an end……

  Sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight: watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted

  The ninth of September.

  The weather was neither cold nor warm. The sky was cloudless everywhere and in the palace, there’s goldenrod in full bloom. Everywhere, it’s shiny. With one look, it looked full of extravagance.

  Longze Yu was very serious about the marriage alliance between Bei Zhou and Xi Qi. That’s why this year’s double ninth festival was exceptionally grandiose. The officials have long arrived at the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the palace where the banquet is being held. Even the emperor, the empress and imperial noble consort have arrived.

  After waiting for half a day, Feng Cang and Murong Qi Qi, the two main characters haven’t yet arrived. Longze Yu’s expression looked somewhat bad. The people were just sitting around. The atmosphere’s a bit tense.

  No need to blame these people. After all, Nan Lin wang Feng Cang’s name is too big and his ways are also astonishing. Chopping the heads of forty imperial guards in the capital a while ago made most people admire him. After that, the emperor didn’t pursue the matter. This demonstrated the deterrence of this Bei Zhou’s wangye.

  It’s just this wangye is too arrogant. He actually let Xi Qi country’s officials wait for him alone. There’s also that princess Zhao Yang Murong Qi Qi. She actually also didn’t come! The officials couldn’t help but cast a variety of eyes again and again at Murong Tai.

  At this moment, Murong Tai also couldn’t sit still for much longer. He took out a handkerchief to wipe off his sweat. When he left, Murong Qi Qi was obviously already awake. He didn’t know why she still hadn’t arrived. If Longze Yu pursued the matter, then it’ll be troublesome.

  Murong Tai wished that he could hang Murong Qi Qi and beat her when she arrives. But these are just the thoughts deep in his heart. The truth is that he can’t and he has no way to deal with Murong Qi Qi.

  These past days, those people of Bei Zhou used Feng Cang’s name to go blatantly in and out of his residence. From time to time, they would make cutting remarks in Bei Zhou’s language about him. And also that cook. Every day, he made roasted lamb, making the whole residencebillow with smoke. Everywhere, there’s the smell of lamb, making him lose appetite for several days.

  All these made Murong Tai get headaches, but he couldn’t afford to
offend Feng Cang. So he can only endure. In his heart, he wished that Murong Qi Qi would get married, the sooner the better; once gone, gone for good.

  While everyone’s wondering what Nan Lin wang and princess Zhao Yang are doing, inside a carriage outside the palace, Murong Qi Qi finally woke up.

  Early in the morning, she had been dug out of bed by Feng Yu. Feng Yu said she must definitely beautify herself. The result was that while Murong Qi Qi was sleeping, she let Feng Yu bathe her, dress her ad then paint her body in balm. Then she (FY) put the ‘Gold thread dress’ on her (MQQ). Only after that did she (FY) began to make her (MQQ) hair and make-up.

  Murong Qi Qi swore she never knew a woman dressing and putting on make-up would take up so much time. Feng Yu had very skillful hands. Just a few turns with her black hair and a beautiful hairstyle appeared on her head, making Murong Qi Qi sigh in admiration.

  Just when Murong Qi Qi thought that everything was done, Feng Yu once again put her on the stool and continued to be busy with her hair. Finally, when the hair was done, Feng Yu began at her face.

  From beginning to end, Su Mei and Su Yue didn’t help. They only looked from the side. While they were looking, they will sighing in admiration at Feng Yu’s skillful hands, making Feng Yu more proud and she showed off even more.

  The whole process, Murong Qi Qi was half-awake, half-asleep. Several times when she was almost asleep, she would be woken up by Feng Yu. One time, it’s painting the eyebrows; one time, it’s adding blush; another time, it’s to smear rouge on the lips…….

  After seeing Feng Yu’s forehead covered with a layer of sweat, even if Murong Qi Qi was very tired, she endured it.

  This person was good to her from the bottom of her heart. She’s also doing this for her, so she can’t spoil Feng Yu’s heart. Murong Qi Qi’s body was put in front of a mirror after Feng Yu had finished. Su Mei took out a brush and painted a goldenrod on her forehead to match everything Feng Yu did to her.