by La Mi Tu
Murong Qi Qi’s answer was somewhat unexpected to Feng Cang. If it was any ordinary person, he/she will certainly get to the bottom of it. Especially women, they always dig up new things to fill their own curiosity. However, Murong Qi Qi was very different.
Originally, Feng Cang wanted to confess everything. After hearing Murong Qi Qi’s last sentence, Feng Cang’s mood turned very better. Since she regarded him as a treasure and want to slowly dig and slowly find out everything, then he would let her. As long as she’s happy, everything is alright.
When Murong Qi Qi regarded Feng Cang as a treasure and want to personally explore; how would she know that in Feng Cang’s eyes, she’s also a huge treasure? Mysterious, full of temptation. Every time, she could bring people different surprises. He also liked to explore; constantly discovering her other side and also enjoy this process.
There were three days of rest after the knockout competition. All the contestants of Bei Zhou who were formed at last moment passed. This made the citizens of Yongzhou very happy. It happened that it was nearly new year. The citizens who were busy for the whole year were now resting at home. They did the lion dance and dragon dance on the streets to celebrate Bei Zhou got through the knockout competition.
In contrast to the happiness of Bei Zhou’s citizen, not long after, Helan Lian Yi went back to the house of embassy, he received a secret report from Nan Feng.
“What?!”
After seeing the content in the secret report, Helan Lian Yi froze there.
“The emperor died? Imperial noble concubine has gone crazy? The crown prince ascended the throne! His highness the prince has been imprisoned? How could this be?!”
When he left Nan Feng, it was Helan Min who personally sent him out of the palace. Although at that time, Helan Min felt somewhat uncomfortable, but it was a minor illness. The imperial physician also said that there was no problem. As for the emperor Ming Feng Jing, his body was indeed not so good. However, Helan Min already let the imperial physician use heavy medicine on him. He would’ve been able to stay alive for two or three more years. Why such a big change happened in just a mere month?
Helan Lian Yi didn’t believe the content of the secret report a bit. He suspected someone faked it. This letter was certainly forged! Until after Helan Lian Yi carefully checked the wax seal on the opening of the letter- it was indeed the orchid flower of Helan family- did Helan Lian Yi believe this letter was real.
Unimaginable! Wasn’t Min Yue Cheng in Xi Qi being a hostage? Why did he appear in Nan Feng? Who helped Ming Yue Cheng? Who was so daring (who had such a big gut)?
Time didn’t allow Helan Lian Yi to think about so many questions. He must mobilize his money at the sixteen states of You Yun and rush back to Nan Feng! Now, imperial noble consort’s only son Ming Yue Hui is still in the hands of Ming Yue Cheng. He must spend money to recruit soldiers and buy horses and form an alliance with the officials at court to deal with Ming Yue Cheng!
To recruit soldiers and buy horse: to raise a large army
Ming Yue Hui is their Helan family’s hope to prosperity. Only if Ming Yue Hui becomes the emperor could their family’s interest be guaranteed. As for this Ming Yue Cheng, he is truly a pest. He has become a hostage for ten years already, but his ambition of a wolf hasn’t destroyed yet. He actually went back to court, controlled the situation and won the battle to turn over his luck. How could this be?!
Thinking till here, Helan Lian Yi linked the matter of Nan Feng’s emperor Ming Feng Jing dying and imperial noble consort Helan Min Yue’s craziness to Ming Yue Cheng. How did he return to the country? Why did he suddenly return to the country? And why did he return so coincidentally at the same time the emperor died? Could there still be Ming Yue Cheng’s people at court? All of these were done by Ming Yue Cheng?
Now Helan Lian Yi is very sure that these matters certainly have something to do with Ming Yue Cheng. Immediately after Long Duo packed, he bid farewell to Feng Cang. The two hurried out of the city.
Although it’s snowing and the road were difficult to ride on, but Helan Lian Yi knew clearly that this matter couldn’t end like this. It’s related to his interest. So, even if the weather was bad, he grabbed the time and hurried back to Nan Feng.
It’s just, when they got out of Yongzhou – they haven even rode ten miles- a group of people surrounded them. The ones at the lead were the man with a scar and the shorty.
If it was normally, Helan Lain Yi wouldn’t give these people money and would beat them. However, now it’s different from ordinary days. What he needs now is time. He can’t be delayed at this moment.
“Heroes, we’re merchants and are rushing home to pass the new year. Asking heroes to make things easy! This money is for heroes to eat and drink!”
Helan Lian Yi took out a silver pouch. He showed them that inside is full of gold. Then he threw the silver pouch at the shorty.
Being on business outside all the time, Helan Lian Yi was used to see bandits and robbers. Now, it’s end of the year. It’s the time were bandits would do evil things. So, Helan Lian Yi naturally regarded the man with the scar as the bandit leader and see their actions as ‘robbery’.
Seeing that Helan Lian Yi was still so naïve while death was near at hand, the shorty couldn’t help but laugh. He weighted the money in the pouch and then threw it back at Helan Lian Yi.
“Not enough?”
Helan Lian Yi was somewhat angry. The money in this pouch was enough for these people to live lavishly for a few years. They still think is not enough! Too greedy! It’s just that he has urgent matter and couldn’t be delayed on the road. Helan Lian Yi took out another silver pouch.
“Hero, this is all my money. Asking you to please make it easy! My old mother is sick at home. She’s still waiting for me to go home and take care of her. Asking heroes to be generous and let us go!”
Helan Lian Yi lied more smoothly than shitting. This l made the man with scar humph coldly.
“Young master Helan, didn’t your mother passe away a long time ago? How come you’ve gotten one more old mother now, ah? Could it be that young master Helan is illegitimate and not raised at home? That’s why your mother is still alive?”
“What did you say?!”
Although Helan Lian Yi wanted to settle this thing with money, but the other party clearly came looking for trouble. Helan Lian Yi didn’t intend to be so polite anymore. He pulled out his sword.
“Oh……”
The man with the scar chuckled and gestured. Ten people surrounded Helan Lian Yi’s group.
“Kill!”
Helan Lian Yi hasn’t understood the situation yet, when his head already fell on the ground. The blood sprinkled on the ground and instantly formed ice. Until death, Helan Lian Yi had his eyes open with a look full of disbelief. He didn’t understand who wanted to kill him. Why did they want to kill him?
After getting rid of Helan Lian Yi and Long Duo, the shorty found a garnet in the form a hand on Helan Lian Yi.
“Tie Xue, look, this must be the special access order!”
“Mm!”
Tie Xue looked at the garnet carefully and then nodded.
“Let’s go! Let’s bring it to miss!”
At night, before going to bed, Su Yue served Murong Qi Qi when she lied down. Su Mei came in with a small box in her hand.
“You got the thing?”
Murong Qi Qi’s hair hung loose on her chest. Her small hand caught the box Su Mei handed over. When she opened a piece of purple garnet lay in the box.
“Miss, look, this color is really beautiful!”
Su Mei stood at a side happily.
“Tie Xue just sent it! He’s still waiting outside for miss’s order!”
Before, Murong Qi Qi only heard about the special access order. Today seeing it, she couldn’t help but take it out and played with it in her hand for a while.
“Su Mei, give this thing to Tie Xue. Let him take over all of Helan Lian Yi’s shops. As for Helan Lian Yi’s money
at the money farm, transfer them immediately and guard them very well. In the future, these four Nan states is our territory.”
In a night, Nan Feng changed emperors. In a night, the four Nan stated and the business of Helan family also fell in the hands of other. It didn’t take long for this news to spread to Feng Cang.
“Wangye, who do you think have such ability? This subordinate let people investigate the situation of the four Nan states. They seemed to have seen Moyu’s people. Perhaps, Ming Yue Cheng was able to turn the table over because he got the support of Moyu. The things that happened to the emperor and imperial noble consort of Nan Feng is a bit too strange. The head of Moyu, Du Xiang Er, is an expert at using poisons……”
Nalan Xin stood respectfully next to Feng Cang.
“Moyu?”
Feng Cang laughed softly.
“Didn’t expect that Moyu will join hands with Ming Yue Cheng. It seemed that the goddaughter, who that old poison took in, is indeed a powerful character!”
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Er: term of endearment
Yuan: a wing of a residence
Wangye/wang: a prince of first rank
Wangfei: main consort of the prince of first rank
Gongzi: young master
Chapter 97: Cousin Brother, You This Beast (1)
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Hearing Feng Cang say that, Nalan Xin also laughed.
“Wangye1, in the past, Moyu’s Mozun wanted to marry Du Xian Er to you to let Moyu and our Fo Sheng Men become in-laws. If you didn’t refuse that years, maybe the two families would’ve been one family by now.”
“Oh……”
Feng Cang leant slightly back on the rattan chair. He smiled. His eyes were cold.
“No matter how good Du Xian Er is, how could she compare to my little wangfei2?! Although Mozun had the grace of saving my life, but I definitely won’t repay this grace with my own happiness. Besides, that year, that Du Xian Er was just a little girl. I don’t have pedophilia!”
When Feng Cang said ‘pedophilia’, Nalan Xin was surprised for a moment. Then he immediately understood. This is a new vocabulary wangye learned from Murong Qi Qi. Recently, wangye’s vocabulary enriched a lot. All of them were strange. It seemed that wangye is deeply influenced by little wangfei.
“That’s why you promised Mozun that for ten years, our Fo Sheng Men won’t touch Moyu. Keeping Moyu safe could also be considered repaying Mozun. It’s just, these past five years Moyu reached great development at the hands of Du Xian Er. It’s not the same as five years ago anymore. Wangye, among these four countries, the only one who has the power to contend with us is Moyu…….”
When mentioning Du Xian Er, Nalan Xin revealed a trace of admiration in his speech.
Although no one has seen Du Xian Er, but with only a girl’s power, increasing Moyu’s strength to more than a double and also increasing their scope of forces by don’t know how much, how could such a girl be ordinary? However, this Du Xian Er appears and disappears unpredictably. There’s a lot rumors about her, but the people who saw her and still are alive, are really very few.
“Wangye, a few days ago, Moyu’s Fang Jing came to Fo Sheng Men to find you. He wanted to buy Wing Chase Cliff and has been rejected by our people.”
“Wing Chase Cliff? What do they want to buy Wing Chase Cliff for?”
Feng Cang sat up. He got interested in that matter of Moyu wanting to buy Wind Chase Cliff.
“Before, wangfei mentioned Wind Chase Cliff and said the scenery there is not bad. She wants Wind Chase Cliff and built palace there.”
“Moyu wants to buy Wind Chase Cliff was for nothing more than because they took a fancy on the strategically situated and easy to defend location. Presumably, it’s Du Xian Er’s idea. Since wangfei took a fancy on Wind Chase Cliff, then I’ll reject them to avoid creating some conflicts later. What do you think?”
“Mm! Go, apologize to them. I already promised this place to wangfei and gave it to her. She usually doesn’t like jewelries and also didn’t ask me for anything. This is the first time she asked. How could I not agree? Besides, so far, I haven’t given her any decent gift. Since she took a fancy on it, naturally I should make her happy.”
Hearing Feng Cang mention Murong Qi Qi the moment he (FC) opens his mouth, Nalan shook his head smilingly.
“Before, when Jin Mo said wangye took wangfei as the meat of your heart, this subordinate didn’t believe it. This subordinate followed wangye for more than ten years and didn’t ever saw wangye put a girl in your heart. Now, seeing with my own eyes how wangye pampers wangfei, this subordinate finally understood that it could be considered that wangye found your fated soulmate.”
“What do you mean with it should be considered? It’s a fact!”
Feng Cang drank his medicine and put a candied date in his mouth.
“Nalan, now you and Jin Mo are making fun of me. When you find the woman of your heart, maybe you’ll be more out of your mind than me……”
“Haha! Under the care of your words, this subordinate hopes to meet my soulmate sooner!”
When Nalan Xin was about to leave, Feng Cang suddenly stopped him.
“Wangye has more orders?”
Seeing that Feng Cang’s expression was not right, Nalan Xin quickly asked.
“Investigate the matter of the four Nan states in secret. If it’s really Moyu, don’t take action. As for the matter of Du Xian Er, you must definitely not let wangfei know. I mean, the matter of Mozun once wanting to marry Du Xian Er to me, don’t let a word leak out……”
Feng Cang’s clumsy ‘cover up’, made Nalan Xin speechless.
Could it really be like what Jin Mo said; that in the future, their wangye will be someone who’s afraid of his wife? Thinking about their wangye’s shaking the world and legendary reputation, now for such a small matter is ‘begging’ him. From the bottom of his heart, Nalan Xin thought that love and marriage were fearful things. He must not provoke those two things, lest to become the same as Feng Cang.
“Wangye, don’t worry. Wangfei won’t get to know wangye’s past. You’re still the most perfect person in wangfei’s heart.”
“Hmm……that’s good! That’s good!”
After saying twice ‘good’, did Feng Cang let out a breath of relief. He’s very clear about this little woman’s overbearing possessiveness and also enjoying it very much! He didn’t want other people or matters about other people to interfere between them!
After resting for three days, it’s finally the day of the finals. Early in the morning, Feng Cang came to Murong Qi Qi’s room. Seeing Feng Cang, Su Mei wanted to go inside and report, but she was stopped by Feng Cang.
“Did your miss woke up?”
“No, in the winter miss usually slept in.”
Su Mei shook her head.
“Let her sleep some more! I’ll wait here.”
Feng Cang wanted to wait outside. Su Mei saw that it was such cold weather. It’s not good to let Feng Cang wait outside in the cold. So, she lifted the curtain and invited Feng Cang in.
Inside the room, incense was lit. Faint fragrance of flower, very fresh too smell. After getting to know Murong Qi Qi, Feng Cang knew she likes natural things. For example, this incense. It’s made from something called ‘lavender’. It’s said to have a calming effect. Murong Qi Qi taught Su Yue how to make it. These have been made by Su Yue.
“Wangye, please wait for a moment!”
Su Yue said that in a low voice.
“Miss’s wake up mood is very heavy. Can’t disturb her otherwise, her mood will be bad for the while day.”
“Alright!”
Feng Cang also lowered his voice and gestured that he understood.
Su Mei and Su Yue saw that Feng Cang was being so considerate, they glanced at each other and smiled. They quietly retreated.
Feng Cang quietly sat on a chair next to the bed. He silently looked at the sleeping Murong Qi Qi; rosy cheeks and red lips. The usually lively eyes are now closed. The lon
g eyelashes moved following the rhythm of the breathing. They looked like two small fans, gently fanning, leaving a thick shadow at the lower lash line.
Murong Qi Qi was not well behaved while sleeping. Two hands were outside of the bedding. One hand was in a fist next to her head. The other hand was also in a fist on her chest. She looked like a new born baby, huddled together.
Feng Cang kept in mind that Su Yue said to let Murong Qi Qi wake up naturally. Obviously, he loves her very much and wanted to wake her up with a kiss, but Murong Qi Qi has gloomy mood while waking up not naturally. She would then be unhappy the whole day. So, he didn’t dare to make any sound and only looked greedily at Murong Qi Qi while also fighting back his urge of wanting to kiss her.
After waiting for a very long time, finally, Murong Qi Qi made a sound and rubbed her eyes. Her brows furrowed and her mouth muttered a bit. Feng Cang thought that Murong Qi Qi woke up. He didn’t expect that the little woman on the bed would curl up her legs, turned the other side and continued to sleep soundly.
Her small mouth was slightly open like two red rose petals blooming under the tall and straight bridge of Murong Qi Qi’s nose. How beautiful! Feng Cang couldn’t help but admire in his heart.
He didn’t know why, but the ordinary Murong Qi Qi in everyone’s eyes, in his eyes turned more and more beautiful. Sometimes Feng Cang would really feel like as how Jin Mo said it; she’s Xi Shi in a lover’s eyes. If it wasn’t like that, how come the more he looked at her, the more he loved her. The more he looked, the more reluctant he was to let her go……
Xi Shi: one of the four beauties of China.
After waiting till one more incense stick burned, did Murong Qi Qi slowly wake up. She slowly opened her eyes and softly asked: “Su Yue, what time is it?”
Hearing Murong Qi Qi’s voice, Su Yue quickly answered.
“Miss, it’s sishi (9-11am)”
“Sishi? Nine o’clock!”