by La Mi Tu
“About the matter of the throne; see how Feng Cang didn’t say anything and pretended like he was a gentleman. In fact, his heart had long been wanting this piece of meat. It was not convenient for him to come forward. He sent his little sister to come play the family card. Yi er, ah, the Feng siblings are way smarter than you!”
Lin Ke Xin’s words made Wanyan Yi prostate himself in admiration. In the end, she’s indeed his consort mother. Every sentence hit the core. Feng Cang sent his little sister to the palace to get love from emperor father. This pair of sibling are too vicious, despicable and without any sense of shame!
“However, this is your chance. You can get a bit closer to Feng Qi Qi and create moments to let everyone think that there’s something between you. When the time is right, the uncooked rice is cooked, even if Feng Qi Qi doesn’t want, but others would think you’re a couple. She also wouldn’t be able to overturn these facts and could only follow you! After all…the most important thing of a woman is chastity.”
While saying this, Lin Ke Xin exposed a wicked smile. Corresponding to her, Wanyan Yi also laughed darkly. Anyway, it’s just a woman! Even if she’s the number one beauty of the world, pressed under the body, she’s also such a simple thing!
No matter how hard the outsiders were calculating, Feng Cang and Murong Qi Qi were very calm.
Xia Yun Xi had plotted actively to breathe the same air under the same sky as Feng Cang, but she didn’t expect that this involved party was no longer in the wangfu. Instead, he’d taken advantage of the night and sneaked into Long Autumn palace.
“How come you came?” Seeing Feng Cang, Murong Qi Qi was very happy. Although her words were indifferent, but her body language betrayed her heart. Not waiting for Feng Cang to come in front of her, Murong Qi Qi directly jumped into his arms.
“I missed you!”
Feng Cang’s words were very simple. His actions were more direct. One hand was around Murong Qi Qi. The other hand held her chin. He looked carefully for a long time.
“Mm, the complexion is not bad!”
“How do you want me to be? To weep endlessly and waste my feelings because of Xia Yun Xi?” Murong Qi Qi liked the clean taste from Feng Cang’s body. The feeling in his arms was very good. So warm, so safe.
Originally, it was already night, but Murong Qi Qi’s heart felt like it missed something. She’d delayed going to sleep. Only when Feng Cang came, did she realise that she’d been waiting for him.
“Haha, originally I thought that after Qing Qing left me, Qing Qing would have no thought for tea or rice and would be restless at night. Now, seeing Qing Qing living so comfortable without me, really let people be sad. Ay, pity my heart for thinking of you, couldn’t sleep and even jumped over the wall to sleep with you. However, you being like this makes my heart so sad…Forget it, I better go back!”
No thought for tea or rice: have no appetite
Feng Cang turned and wanted to leave, but was hugged from behind by Murong Qi Qi, “Not allowed to leave!”
“Qing Qing doesn’t think of me, doesn’t miss me and doesn’t love me. What meaning does it have if I stay…”
For the first time, Murong Qi Qi found out that this man had a great potential for acting. Presumably, in this world, only Feng Cang could act cute so naturally, boldly and self-confidently.
“How is it that I didn’t miss you?! I was separated for just a day from you; my head, my heart are both full of your shadow!”
Murong Qi Qi’s soft love words spread from behind Feng Cang, making him laugh. He turned and lifted Murong Qi Qi, “I also missed you, Qing Qing!”
Inside the chamber, the light went out. Outside the chamber, a black shadow left and went to the imperial study.
“Really? Nan Lin wang entered princess Zhen Guo’s chamber and didn’t come out again?”
“Answering emperor, this underling waited for an hour. Feng Cang didn’t leave…”
Before, the person in black didn’t know why the emperor would let him keep watch outside of Long Autumn palace. Now, seeing such results, he somewhat understood. Nan Lin wang committing incest with his own little sister? This was truly too shocking! However, the master on the top didn’t speak. The person in black also didn’t open his mouth. He only reported to Wanyan Lie what he had seen.
“Good! Good!” Wanyan Lie’s mood was very good. Feng Cang didn’t leave, this meant that between these two people, the canal was formed (the deed is done). This brat was not bad. He knew how to seize an opportunity! Ay, if in the past, he also had half of Feng Cang’s courage, it would’ve been great!
Wanyan Lie’s ‘good’ surprised the person in black. What’s the matter with the emperor? Could it be that he had turned muddle-headed?! Siblings committing incest and the emperor actually said good? What’s Wanyan Lie’s meaning, ah?
“You can retreat! Right, the next few nights, you should continue to keep watch outside of princess Zhen Guo’s palace. Record what time Feng Cang enters and what time he leaves. Right, don’t let him discover! Go!”
Now, the person in black was completely confused. What’s the reason behind the emperor doing this? Could it be that he wanted to go catch them in the act? Could it be that emperor’s favorite candidate for the crown prince’s position wasn’t Feng Cang? That’s why he wanted to seize the scandal of the siblings and make a matter out of it?
Although countless thoughts caused an impact in his brain, but the person in black was well trained. He didn’t say any unnecessary words. Wanyan Lie’s words were a decree. He should just comply. After leaving the imperial study, the person in black continued to squat at Long Autumn palace, just outside Murong Qi Qi’s chamber.
“Tsk, tsk, Cang, that fly has returned again! Whose people do you think he is?!” Murong Qi Qi lay next to Feng Cang. From the moment the person in black had appeared, she knew. She just didn’t say anything. Just now, she’d thought he had left. She didn’t expect that he would return again. So hateful, ah!
“The secret guards of this palace are naturally the emperor’s people…” His mouth was answering Murong Qi Qi, but Feng Cang’s hand began to act dishonest…
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Wangfu: residence of the prince of first rank
Wangfei: main wife/consort of the prince of first rank
Bengong: this palace/ I, used by females of the imperial family
Wang/wangye: prince of first rank
Er: term of endearment
Chapter 147: Have No Sense Of Shame (1)
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“Why did the emperor send a secret guard? Could it be to come catch us in the act?!” After hearing Feng Cang, Murong Qi Qi immediately sat up excitedly. “Is he already on the way? What do we need to do?!”
Murong Qi Qi didn’t notice that after Feng Cang saw this little woman being so excited about ‘caught in the act’, he reached out and pulled her into his arms, “What to do? Of course, it’s to do some things that would let people misunderstand!”
“Cang…I am talking about serious things with you!” Murong Qi Qi’s face got hot. She reached out and grabbed Feng Cang’s restless big hand. “How do you plan to deal with Xia Yun Xi?! Seeing her appearance, she seemed to be set on you!”
“Doesn’t Qing Qing believe in me?” Feng Cang turned over and held Murong Qi Qi under his body…
“Not that I don’t believe you…I’m only worried that woman would use underhanded means…Mm, don’t…I’m talking with you!”
“I already let Ji Xiang watch over her. Nothing will happen!” Feng Cang’s lips fell on Murong Qi Qi’s earlobe. “Xia Yun Xi’s emperor father and my mother are half-brother and sister (same father, different mothers). Her grandmother is my grandmother’s junior sister. The one who poisoned my mother is her…”
The maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother of Feng Cang were emperor and empress of Dong Lu. Feng Cang’s maternal grandmother was a disciple of Peng Lai Island. Then, the maternal grandfather took maternal grandmother’s junior sister. Maternal
grandmother died, leaving FC’s mother. The junior sister poisoned FC’s mother with the fetal poison and gave birth to the current DL’s emperor Xia Jin.
“So, she should call you cousin brother?”
“Hehe, to be exact, we’re enemies…”
“Why don’t we catch her and use her to exchange the fetal poison in your body!”
“If you don’t concentrate, I’ll punish you!”
The person in black squatted outside Long Autumn palace and stared at the situation inside until morning. When the sky didn’t turn bright yet, he heard a “squeak” 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 Qi’s sweet dreams.
Sure enough, there’s adultery! The person in black lamented very much in his heart. There’s too many horror things during these times! Big brother stayed in the little sister’s room. If this thing gets out, it would be an explosive news, ah!
The person in black reported Feng Cang’s situation to Wanyan Lie. Hearing this news, Wanyan Lie was in a great mood. If Feng Cang didn’t 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 there’s a child, what should he gift this child? At least, the child’s parents were brave. They did the thing he wanted to do in the past, but didn’t 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 didn’t know where this joy came from, but the person in black kept his kneeling position, and didn’t dare to have the slightest neglect.
“Emperor, it’s time for the morning court meeting!” Jing De came to Wanyan Lie’s side, dragging him from his feverish fantasy back to the reality.
“Alright!” Wanyan Lie tidied up his clothes. Before he left, he repeatedly reminded the person in black, “Continue keep watch. Report their interactions at any time to zhen.”1
During the morning court, the officials discovered that the emperor’s 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 Lu’s princess Xia Yu Xi’s 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 everyone’s assumptions about Feng Cang and Xia Yun Xi, Wanyan Yi couldn’t 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 wouldn’t be able to find another! Who wouldn’t be attracted to her?!
“Princess, wangye has returned!” Hong Ye trotted back and panted. The moment she reached Guanyu building, she reported to Xia Yun Xi the news she’d acquired.
“Really?!” 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?
“Stop…rest for a while. I can’t walk anymore!” 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 Xi’s 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, there’s still a great distance between this area and Tingsong building. According to Xia Yun Xi’s way of walking, they may not even reach it tonight.
“Princess, if you continue to rest, when the chicken soup reaches wangye, it would be cold!”
Hong Ye carefully reminded at a side. Hearing her mention the chicken soup, Xia Yun Xi immediately stood up. “Right, right, right, how could I forget that?! If the chicken soup gets cold, it won’t be tasty! Feng Cang’s body is not good, naturally he can’t eat cold things! Hong Ye, let’s go, let’s quickly go!”
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 wouldn’t be easy to see Feng Cang, Xia Yun Xi quickly adopted a gentle policy, “This little brother, bothering you to go inside and inform wangye; say that Dong Lu’s princess Yun is seeking a meeting.”
“Wangye is dealing with the government affairs. He doesn’t allow anyone to disturb him.”
“However, 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!” 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 didn’t reject and generously received the money. Originally, Xia Yun Xi thought that after getting the money, Ruyi would make way. She didn’t expect that he would still block the way in front of her and didn’t let her go in.
“Wangye said that he doesn’t want to see anyone.”
“You…” Seeing Ruyi receive an advantage and not give a convenience, made Xia Yun Xi’s face turn red. “Bengong is princess Yun. It’s your majesty who let me move into Nan Lin wangfu! You’re only a slave. Blocking bengong here, what kind of ability is that?! Get out of the way, bengong wants to see Feng Cang!”
“Although I’m a slave, but I’m wangye’s slave and only listen to wangye’s orders.”
Ruyi’s puffed face made Xia Yun Xi very angry. “Bengong 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?!”
Hearing Xia Yun Xi say that made Ruyi laugh just once.
“Who 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 isn’t even one living chicken! Princess, where did you hear this? Haha, fortunately I blocked you. If you went inside, the moment wangye sees that it’s chicken soup, he would certainly turn the table over and think that you wanted to harm him!”
Ruyi’s half true and half false words stopped Xia Yun Xi, “What? Wangye can’t eat chicken?”
“I won’t lie to you! If I let you in, and because of this soup, wangye gets annoyed, I would also be punished.”
After Ruyi said this, Xia Y
un 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, “Princess, this slave really heard it from this wangfu’s people. Even if this slave has a very big gut, but this slave wouldn’t dare to fool princess, ah!”
“It’s really not you?” If you said that Xia Yun Xi’s heart was a calm water, then Ruyi’s words were like a small stone. Throwing it and with a ‘splash’, a circle of ripples would appear.
“Princess, 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!”
Although Hong Ye had followed Xia Yun Xi since little and was her confidante, but after meeting with Feng Cang’s matter, Xia Yun Xi would still lose her reasoning. Immediately, two slaps went to Hong Ye’s delicate face, “Lowly slave! You set up bengong! Fortunately, this little brother told bengong the truth, otherwise, wouldn’t bengong have harmed wangye!”
“This slave is innocent, ah! Princess, this slave is innocent!” Hong Ye wore two red handprints, her mouth kept shouting ‘innocent’ 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 ‘innocent’. Her intonation was tearful. Xia Yun Xi wasn’t 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 Ye’s 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?