Demon Wang's Golden Favorite Fei

by La Mi Tu

  “Martial arts. I don’t know martial arts,” Murong Qi Qi answered honestly.

  After hearing this, Wanyan Bao Zhu pretended to be surprised and put her hand before her mouth.

  “Doesn’t have any martial arts? Then, isn’t that a rubbish? Aiya, bengong3 is straightforward, big sister don’t take it too hard!”

  Feng Cang couldn’t help but frown at Wanyan Bao Zhu’s words. He has never had other ideas just because Murong Qi Qi doesn’t have martial arts. He loves Murong Qi Qi. He loves her for being her and not because of the benefits she can bring him. Those are just added values!

  Love shouldn’t be a bargain and also doesn’t need those added gorgeous adornments.

  Having this person at his side is better than anything! Besides, he is a man. Protecting his wife and children is something he should do. As long as he loves her, even if Murong Qi Qi doesn’t know anything, he wouldn’t mind. He decided that his marriage is not the goddamn business of others!

  Some of the rumors about Murong Qi Qi had long spread to Yanjing. Now that Murong Qi Qi admitted in public that she didn’t know any martial arts, the officials below couldn’t help but begin to murmur.

  Doesn’t have martial arts, doesn’t have literary talent; she doesn’t have anything, but has been promised to Feng Cang. Dongfang Lan was very unsatisfied. Plus, the fact that she saw Feng Cang protectiveness towards Murong Qi Qi and also let her live inside Tingsong Building, the package in her heart was already as big as the sea. She bore with it for a few days just to embarrass Murong Qi Qi today. That’s why Dongfang Lan didn’t stop Wanyan Bao Zhu.

  Since Murong Qi Qi admitted in public that she didn’t have any martial arts, Wanyan Bao Zhu raised her chin proudly.

  She is already a level four martial artist. Soon, she will enter the blue level five. No matter if it’s ability, family background or appearance, no one could be compared to her. Only she is worthy to be next to Feng Cang. As for Murong Qi Qi who doesn’t have anything, she can only be a rubbish to warm the bed. Where is she eligible to be Nan Lin wangfei?!

  Wanyan Bao Zhu’s provocation is like a child’s grudge in Murong Qi Qi’s eyes. No matter how beautiful this butterfly is, it also needs the flower to be willing to bloom, ah! What’s the meaning of having an unrequited love? It’s simply a journey where an idiot goddess will grow.

  Seeing Wanyan Bao Zhu’s proud face, Murong Qi Qi’s brain moved and thought of a way to make her angry, but it needed Feng Cang’s coordination.

  “Wangye4, aside from female work, cooking, taking care of the household and a loyal heart, Qi Qi doesn’t know any other thing and also doesn’t have any other thing, will you be dissatisfied with Qi Qi?”

  Murong Qi Qi didn’t directly answer Wanyan Bao Zhu, instead she looked pale-faced at Feng Cang, acting as if Feng Cang said a ‘no’, she would be completely disheartened. That delicate and pitiful appearance made people couldn’t help but love!

  “Qing Qing, how can benwang5 be dissatisfied with you?!”

  Hearing Murong Qi Qi, Feng Cang immediately showed his attitude. He come to her side and lovingly grabbed her hand.

  “Can it be that Qing Qing forgot about the assassination night? If it wasn’t because of Qing Qing took care of benwang without resting, how would benwang recover so fast?! The whole journey, Qing Qing took care of benwang’s necessities of life. Every day, you did it full of dedication and didn’t slack off for a moment. All of this, benwang took in my eyes and remembers in my heart. How is benwang a superficial person?!”

  The moment Murong Qi Qi listened to this, her whole body got a layer of goose bumps, but her face showed a look of happiness.

  Say she could act, now she feels that Feng Cang can act even more. What is taking care of him without resting? What is taking care of his necessities of life, full of dedication during the whole journey? How come those words, no matter how you listen to them, would make people think they had an affair……

  Just a few words from Feng Cang directly put Wanyan Bao Zhu into the category of ‘superficial’. Hearing that they were so intimate on the journey made Wanyan Bao Zhu so angry that she stomped her feet. She turned and pulled Dongfang Lan’s sleeves.

  “Grandmother, see how Cang gege6 is talking!”

  “Cang er7, what did you just say? Did somebody go to assassinate you? When? Did you get injured?!”

  Dongfang Lan didn’t pay attention to the unhappiness of her granddaughter. Now she is most concerned about Feng Cang’s safety. Once she heard that the only blood left by her beloved daughter had encountered an assassination attempt, Dongfang Lan became anxious.

  “What happened?”

  “Empress mother, it’s like this.”

  Emperor Wanyan Lie saw that his empress mother got angry, and worried that she would hurt her body from anger, quickly told her what happened.

  “Zhen8 already sent people to investigate this matter. Empress mother, be assured. Zhen will definitely find the culprit!”

  When Wanyan Lie said ‘culprit’, Murong Qi Qi obviously sensed the coldness in Feng Cang. Could it be that he already knew who the culprit was? Why didn’t he say it in public? Or was there another hidden motive?

  Previously, Murong Qi Qi had looked at some information about Feng Cang. The information said that because Feng Cang was especially liked by Wanyan Lie, he once had the idea of dethroning the crown prince and let Feng Cang become the crown prince instead.

  Although in the end that matter hadn’t succeeded, but the relationship between crown prince Wanyan Hong and Feng Cang became very awkward. It was also said that Wanyan Hong has a deep-rooted hatred towards this Nan Lin wang who took his emperor father’s love. Could this matter be done by the crown prince? But, second prince Wanyan Yi is also a popular contender for the crown prince’s possiton. Maybe he wanted to frame the crown prince……

  It seemed that Feng Cang wasn’t as bright as he looked like. Raised in the imperial family and being in such a sensitive position must’ve been really hard on him.

  Murong Qi Qi’s fingertips gently tapped Feng Cang’s palm to let him not think too much. Sensing Murong Qi Qi’s concern, Feng Cang’s heart felt warm. He squeezed Murong Qi Qi’s hand to let her not worry, but the words coming out of his mouth were cornier.

  “Grandmother, I’m fine. It’s all thank to princess Zhao Yang taking care of me the whole journey. Speaking of it, she is my lucky star. Since the assassination attempt, benwang was safe after going to live in her tent. No other accidents happened after that.”

  Only now did Dongfang Lan see where the problem lay. Originally, she thought that the two were clear as water. She didn’t think that they had actually lived in the same carriage and tent.

  Now it’s impossible to return Murong Qi Qi or promise her to another. Besides, Feng Cang already has feelings for Murong Qi Qi. If she forcefully breaks them apart, she fears that Feng Cang wouldn’t agree.

  At this point, Dongfang Lan is in a dilemma.

  If she agrees, her heart will be troubled because of Murong Qi Qi’s identity. If she opposes, then she will get the name of being a betrayer. After all, Murong Qi Qi came to form a marriage alliance. Said it uglier, she came to chongxi for Feng Cang. She can’t go too overboard. This involves the politics of the two countries.

  Chongxi: arrange a wedding for a very ill young man with the hope that the ’event of great joy’ will drive away his bad luck and hasten his recovery

  Moreover, something happened to all of the former women sent to Feng Cang. This time, Murong Qi Qi and Feng Cang stayed together for so long, but she is unscathed. Maybe her bazi can suppress the killing in Feng Cang’s bazi……

  Bazi: eight characters representing the year, month, day and hour of one’s birth. Every one of them has two characters which form eight characters. A bazi is used in fortune telling.

  Could it be that this is fate? Dongfang Lan is not happy and not willing to resign to this fate.

  However, Feng family’s bloodline needs to contin
ue. Feng Cang is already twenty-five. Other men at his age already have sons and daughters. Only Feng Cang, while marrying one, he would curse one, making it now that nobody dares to marry him. Could it be that she really needs to let Murong Qi Qi enter Feng family? Let the future children of Feng family have the enemy’s blood in them?

  In just a moment, Dongfang Lan thought about a lot. The grandson in front of her, is the grandchild she loves the most. This child lost his parents at ten and also suffered from calculations of others which ruined his body. Very hard, he became an adult, but getting a granddaughter-in-law is so difficult…….

  Looking at Murong Qi Qi again; her skin is ordinary, her ability is ordinary, everything is ordinary. No matter how she looked at it, Murong Qi Qi is not worthy of Feng Cang. But she has entered Feng Cang’s eyes and also nothing happened to her when she stayed beside Feng Cang. Could it be that it’s enemies who will fall in love with each other?

  Dongfang Lan hesitated and was silent for a long time. Only when Wanyan Bao Zhu called her, did she come out of a daze.

  “Just now, princess said you have a loyal heart. Did aijia9?”

  Dongfang Lan looked at Murong Qi Qi with sharp eyes.

  “You didn’t hear wrong.”

  “Then aijia asks you, are you now Xi Qi’s citizen or are you Bei Zhou’s citizen? If there’s conflict between the two countries, on which side will you stand?”

  Dongfang Lan’s words were very aggressive. Everyone could see that shes making things difficult for Murong Qi Qi.

  “Answering empress dowager, no matter if it’s Xi Qi or Bei Zhou, they have nothing to do with me.”

  Murong Qi Qi’s magnanimous answer made people breath out loudly. Have nothing to do with her? What does this mean? Dongfang Lan frowned, but unexpectedly, Murong Qi Qi has more to say.

  “I only stand by wangye’s side. What wangye choose, I’ll choose.”

  A perfect answer, throwing the ball at Feng Cang. Now Feng Cang couldn’t help but love this little woman more! She knows how to stand in the shade of the big tree and throw all the problems to him, let him face them. Does this woman believe in him or does she only find them too troubling?

  “En,” Dongfang Lan nodded. No matter if Murong Qi Qi answered Xi Qi or Bei Zhou, she will leave something for people to use against her. Only answering like this is the best. It seems that she isn’t so stupid after all.

  If her heart is really thinking like that and sees Feng Cang as the sky, then Dongfang Lan will be at ease. It’s just that she (DL) doesn’t know if her (MQQ) mouth is saying something, but her heart is thinking otherwise.

  She is not a stubborn old lady. She spent one day to get to know about Murong Qi Qi. She (MQQ) is also a pitiful child! It’s just that no matter what, Murong Qi Qi is Murong Tai’s daughter. It’s also a fact that Feng Xie was defeated at Murong Tai’s hands!

  For so many years, Dongfang Lan often dreamed about Wanyan Ming Yue. Dreaming about her with Feng Xie carrying their child while standing full of blood in front of her and saying: “Empress mother needs to get revenge for Ming Yue! Needs to get revenge for Ming Yue!”

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  Wangfei: main wife/consort of the prince of first rank

  Wangfu: residence of the prince of first rank

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

  Wangye: prince of the first rank

  Benwang: I, used by the prince of first rank

  Gege: big brother

  Er: term of endearment

  Zhen: I, used by an emperor

  Aijia: I, used by an empress dowager

  Chapter 68: The Empress Dowager’s Harsh Conditions (2)

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  That year, after the battle on Yangdang Mountain, Feng Xie committed suicide by cutting his throat and Ming Yue also committed suicide. Together with the child in her belly, the family of three burned into flames. Not even a whole corpse was left.

  Every time she thought about her daughter and son-in-law’s tragic experience and the unborn grandchild’s pitiful fate, Dongfang Lan’s heart burned with thick hatred. Hatred towards Xi Qi! Hatred towards Murong Tai!

  Dongfang Lan knew in her heart that Murong Qi Qi was innocent, but was her Ming Yue also not innocent?! Was her unborn grandchild also not innocent?! In this world, there are no innocent people. There are only people involved in right and wrong. Does it even matter if there are innocent people?!

  “Princess Zhao Yang saying that, aijia1 can then be at ease. This time’s tournament between the four countries is being held in the Bei four states. I heard that princess’s fourth little sister is a contestant. Since princess’s whole heart is Cang er’s2, then aijia will look forward to princess’s performance at the tournament of the four countries.”

  In c60, You Yun was mentioned. You Yun is split into sixteen states. Each of the four countries have four states. It’s the place where the countries connect.

  “If princess is really protecting Cang er’s interest wholeheartedly, then this time Bei Zhou should get first place. After Bei Zhou gets first place, aijia will hold the wedding between princess and Cang er. What does princess think?”

  It’s old ginger that’s hot. Even Murong Qi Qi wanted to clap at Dongfang Lan’s proposal, not to mention Wanyan Bao Zhu and Mu Yu Die.

  Old ginger is hotter than a young one: people with experience are more difficult to deal with

  Only when Bei Zhou wins first place, can she and Feng Cang marry. If Bei Zhou doesn’t win, then their marriage would be dashed. Where she came from is where she should go back.

  She, Murong Qi Qi, is just a powerless woman without martial arts and without any inner force. She can’t participate in the tournament, but now Dongfang Lan is binding the tournament to her marriage. It’s completely making things difficult for her! It seems that this empress dowager really doesn’t like her!

  “Grandmother……”

  “Cang er, this is aijia’s biggest concession. Do you understand?” not waiting for Feng Cang to continue, Dongfang Lan interrupted him. This was her bottom line. Even if it’s Feng Cang, she can’t help!

  That’s right. Her heart was uncomfortable letting the enemy’s daughter marry her only grandchild from her daughter. This was a very difficult choice for the empress dowager who had lost her beloved daughter. Even if she’s making things difficult for Murong Qi Qi, she also needed to see if Murong Qi Qi was worthy of Feng Cang.

  After Feng Cang was interrupted, Wanyan Lie couldn’t bear to see his nephew suffer, so he immediately helped him out: “Empress mother, can this matter not be a bit more flexible? Princess Zhao Yang came to form a marriage alliance. This is a matter that all the four countries know about. If we are too harsh, I’m afraid that it’ll affect the relationship with Xi Qi. Besides, zhen3 sees that this princess is very good and Cang er is also interested in her, why don’t we let them be?! Moreover, princess doesn’t have martial arts, ah……”

  “No!”

  Wanyan Lie’s plea was like putting oil on fire. Dongfang Lan immediately rejected it. If it wasn’t because she took into consideration that Murong Qi Qi was a princess from Xi Qi who had come to form a marriage alliance, she would have let people beat her out of here. The pain of losing a daughter, a white-haired person sending a black-haired person away, was not a mattter that others understood!

  “Aijia doesn’t need a useless granddaughter-in-law. Feng family also doesn’t need an incompetent female master. If princess Zhao Yang is incompetent, then please yield!”

  Dongfang Lan’s words spread throughout Taiji Hall. Everyone was silently looking at Murong Qi Qi and waiting for this princess’s reaction. The empress dowager making things difficult was understandable. It’s just that they don’t know if this princess would accept or go back to Xi Qi crying……

  Just as everyone started waiting, Feng Cang’s cold voice reached everyone’s ears: “Grandmother, if I can’t marry princess Zhao Yang, I will rather stay alone till I die.”

  “You, y
ou……”

  Feng Cang’s words made all the anger in Dongfang Lan’s heart get stuck in her throat. She almost suffocated. Wanyan Bao Zhu quickly patted Dongfang Lan’s back.

  “Cang gege4, look how you made imperial grandmother angry like this……”

  Wanyan Bao Zhu hadn’t finished speaking when she felt Feng Cang’s cold glare, making her shiver and immediately shut up. How could she have forgotten Feng Cang’s personality?

  “Cang er, you are really too insensible!”

  Dongfang Lan didn’t expect that Feng Cang would be so persistent. In this world, is there not every type of women? He actually wants to choose the enemy’s daughter! Is this not wanting to angry her to death?!

  “Grandmother, my mind is set. Aside from princess Zhao Yang, I will not marry someone else. Moreover, in this life, I will only have her as my woman.”

  Feng Cang’s words were not only an oath, it was also his promise towards Murong Qi Qi.

  A whole lifetime, one pair of people? Murong Qi Qi looked up at Feng Cang’s firm face. Did he really mean this? Why? Why did he say that? Didn’t all men in this world have three wives and four concubines? In the past, Feng Xie only had princess Ming Yue as his only woman. Besides, he also made a promise on the wedding day, that in this life, he would only have her as his woman. Could it be that Feng Cang inherited Feng Xie’s commitment to love?

  “Very well! Very well!”

  Dongfang Lan was very angry. Feng Cang actually used that to blackmail her. Really opposing her!

  “You want to marry her? Alright, hand over your tiger tally and peel off your position of wangye!”

  tiger tally

  Tiger tally: a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required

  Dongfang Lan’s words made everyone shocked. Feng Cang has been in charge of the tiger tally for many years. Now empress dowager is being like this, could she be forcing him to hand over the military power? Moreover, peeling him off his position of wangye5, doesn’t this mean she’s demoting Feng Cang to commoner status?