Chu Wang Fei

by Ning er

  Chu Fei Yang smiled cheerfully. His smile was like a spring breeze as it streaked across his eyes, showing that he was not faking it. But then, he said some words that angered Yun Qian Meng, "Aren't I in the middle of getting rid of trouble? Unless, you want to be part of the Unification Marriage?"

  During yesterday's private discussions with the Northern Qi, the topic of a Unification Marriage was brought up. Otherwise, Emperor Yu Qian would not have had all the officials of third rank and higher to bring their womenfolk to this kind of important banquet.

  Only a very select set of high officials were present in yesterday's discussion, the other ministers naturally did not know about this matter.

  Qu Fei Qing lightly pushed Yun Qian Meng, whispering in her ear, "Go!"

  Chu Fei Yang was definitely being serious because otherwise, with his status, Emperor Yu Qian would not be against it even if he wanted the Northern Qi's Princess.

  Those who had looked to be openly and secretly planning to obstruct the proceedings before were all blocked off by Chu Fei Yang. His intention was clear to all of heaven and earth. It made Qu Fei Qing happy for Yun Qian Meng.

  Yun Qian Meng did not expect Chu Fei Yang to say those words. Even though she had long suspected it, she had not expected that she would be involved in it. Apparently, her marriage to Chu Fei Yang seemed to be quite necessary now.

  Knitting her elegant eyebrows, her teeth lightly bit into her red lip, but Yun Qian Meng eventually took one step forward, then followed Chu Fei Yang and knelt in front of the Emperor in front of everybody present.

  Emperor Yu Qian leisurely spoke, "Yun Clan's Yun xiaojie is dignified in behavior and appearance, and she is moral in conduct. Today she is betrothed to Chu xiang to be an upright wife, so the Emperor decrees."

  These simple words sealed Yun Qian Meng's life.

  Emperor Yu Qian had just finished speaking when everybody all around spoke their congratulations.

  "Congratulation to Chu xiang and Yun xiaojie, it is a match made in heaven."

  "Congratulations to wangye, for your pretty granddaughter-in-law."

  Nobody could see Yun Qian Meng's appearance so they all lied through their teeth, it was truly a funny sight.

  Yun Qian Meng was assisted back to her seat by a palace maid. After she sat down, she noticed that compared to before, her cheeks felt hotter while her whole body felt weaker.

  All the other xiaojie's hateful and jealous looks turned to today's lucky winner. Each person gritted their teeth, they could not understand, how did somebody, who only appeared only at the end and whose body was sick, obtain the first prize and become Chu Fei Yang's wife?

  A group of people looked at Hai Tian with pity. Hai Tian could not even look at Yun Qian Meng, the anger in her heart did not dissipate. The coldness in her eyes made people cower in fear yet she endured it all and remained in her seat, in order to maintain the disposition befitting a junzhu.

  "Emperor, since it is like this, then one good thing became two. May the Emperor grant this prince's long-cherished wish." Qi Jing Xuan said when he stood.

  Emperor Yu Qian smiled to Qi Jing Xuan and said, "Let Eldest Prince speak his request. If it is within my power, then naturally I will agree to the Eldest Prince's wish."

  At Emperor Yu Qian's frankness, Qi Jing Xuan said, "This prince has fallen in love with Hai Tian junzhu. May the Emperor to allow Hai Tian junzhu to marry into the Northern Qi."

  His words were even more shocking than Chu Fei Yang's asking for a decree of marriage.

  Chu Fei Yang was Western Chu's Minister of the Right, Yun Qian Meng being married to him was of great benefit to her.

  Qi Jing Xuan was Northern Qi's eldest prince. If Hai Tian were to go, the path of a Unification Marriage would be a road of no return.

  Hai Tian could not help swaying. Gripping her seat firmly, she gave an imploring look to Hai wang.

  A look of malice appeared in Hai wang's eyes as an aura of death emanated faintly from his scholarly face yet his eyes still contained a look of understanding. He did not speak, and only waited for Emperor Yu Qian's reaction.

  Emperor Yu Qian hesitated for a moment, then said with some chagrin, "Hai Tian junzhu is Hai wang's beloved daughter. Junzhu has lived a life of luxury, I am afraid she would not be able to endure the hardships of the long trip."

  With these words, he turned it down gracefully.

  But Qi Jing Xuan smiled coldly. He was about to speak when he discovered Qi Jing Yuan beside him suddenly stand up to speak as well. "Since it is like this, then the status of Crown Princess will be given to junzhu."

  These words caused another uproar. If Hai Tian were to marry Qi Jing Xuan, at most she would only be a wangfei.

  But if she were to become Qi Jing Yuan's Crown Princess, in the future she could even become Empress of the whole nation. With this kind of lure, how could anybody resist?

  Waiting at the sidelines, Hai wang's eyes could not help but to faintly glow brighter.

  Qi Jing Xuan looked at this Cheng Yaojin* who suddenly popped up along the way. He glared at Qi Jing Yuan angrily, but Qi Jing Yuan remained looking peacefully at Emperor Yu Qian, so he could not display his anger outright in front of all the ministers and nobility of Western Chu so as not to lose propriety.

  "What does Hai wang think?" Emperor Yu Qian did not directly give an answer and instead turned to Hai wang with a tone of consultation.

  "My old boy Hai, I heard about Rui wang. It was your own clan's fellow that caused problems, since that is the case, this is making up for his error." Chu wang reminded everybody.

  Hai wang gave Hai Tian a profound look and in the end reluctantly spoke, "Emperor, your servant naturally gives consent."

  When she heard this, Hai Tian finally let out the breath she has been holding. Her whole body sat paralyzed, but the palace maids would not let her be and led her to the middle to receive the decree.

  "Hai Tian is a lady of filial piety and great virtue, she is talented and good-looking. Today, she is given the title of Princess He Shun , betrothed to Northern Qi's Crown Prince to become his Crown Princess, so the Emperor decrees."

  "Thank you… Emperor." Hai Tian's face was as white as paper and her voice trembled, but she had no choice except to lower her head and show gratitude.

  Hai wangfei had long welled up with tears. She looked at the daughter she had raised with her own hands become a sacrificial victim to a Unification Marriage, Hai wangfei could only feel heartache and was unable to bear it.

  Yun Qian Meng watched Emperor Yu Qian's actions with cold eyes. She felt that everything had been planned today, a pit was dug to make everybody jump in.

  The heat in her body would not dissipate, so Yun Qian Meng felt unbalanced and, could not help swaying a bti. Qu Fei Qing immediately yet carefully went to support her.

  The Empress Dowager saw this and sent Lan gugu to go to Yun Qian Meng's side and bring her to Fen Xiang Palace to temporarily rest.

  "I'm troubling gugu." Yun Qian Meng forced herself to be clear-headed as she walked towards Feng Xiang Palace's side chamber and thanked Lan gugu once she had sat down.

  "No trouble. Let nubi help xiaojie to the bed and rest for a while." As she said this she had been about to remove Yun Qian Meng's veil but was stopped. "Thank you gugu, Qian Meng will do it herself. Gugu should return to Empress Dowager."

  At Yun Qian Meng resistance, Lan gugu did not force her anymore. She left the chamber and gave the palace maids some orders, before returned quickly to the Imperial Garden.

  Yun Qian Meng sat upright beside the table still with her veil, then she slowly lifted it to take a breath.

  "What an unusual face." A joking voice said from beside her.

  Cheng Yaojin - a Chinese general, read more about him here. The entire phrase "Cheng Yaojin shows up suddenly along the way" is used when somebody comes along and wrecks all you plans.

  Chapter 99: Extremely Daring to Assault Someone Inside the Palace | Chu Wang Fei

  Hearing the un
familiar sound, Yun Qian Meng immediately became alert. She quickly stood up then moved back, keeping distance with the person despite the uneasiness of her body, and looked at the person in front of her.

  The person in front of her looked pretty decent in his elegant garment, but those eyes staring at her contained excessive lewdness, which was rather disgusted Yun Qian Meng.

  But what caught Yun Qian Meng's attention was that why would there be an unfamiliar young man here in the Empress Dowager's place?

  Noticing the man trying to hug her, Yun Qian Meng's eyes emitted cold rays. It was only because she was not feeling well that she had not been very alert a while ago. If she had reacted slower, she was afraid that she might have already been harassed by this playboy!

  The man looked at Yun Qian Meng up and down with frivolous eyes, then showed satisfaction and said, "You really are a beautiful lady! But if you could wash away the red dots on your face, you surely will be even more attractive."

  Being able to distinguish the red spots on her face right away, and that fact that he seemed to be a playboy, Yun Qian Meng knew that he was surely a lecherous man who stayed with women all year round. She calmly said, "If gongzi wishes to see beautiful ladies, why don't you go to the Imperial Garden? Since there's a party in the Imperial Garden, there are surely many elegant and beautiful ladies for gongzi to see."

  Hearing Yun Qian Meng's suggestion, envy and hatred flashed through the man's eyes. He then disappointedly said, "Those ladies aren't ones whom I could lay my hands on."

  Despite what he said, his eyes still flashed with lascivious rays. He stuck out his tongue and slowly licked his lips, making Yun Qian Meng feel rather uncomfortable and disgusted by it. Yun Qian Meng quickly went through the information of all the young men of the families and clans inside her head, trying to figure out the identity of this person.

  She knew of Yuan Qing Zhou, and the only other person who had the same habits as Yuan Qing Zhou aside from the Empress' brother, Ruan Family's Ruan Yu Xiao.

  Yun Qian Meng carefully observed his manner and bearing. Although this person had red lips and white teeth, he also had a pale white face, bulging cheek bones, deep set eyes, and a thin figure. The elegant robe on him not only did not bring him any demeanour and dignity that a young man from his family should have, but rather showed clearer that he was a lecher who has had too much sexual affairs.

  Even though this person's body did not seem like it could bear the burden of sexual intercourses, after seeing Yun Qian Meng's delicate figure, he showed a rather vulgar appearance. He stared at Yun Qian Meng with undisguised desire, wanting to immediately throw himself at the beautiful young lady before him.

  Yun Qian Meng held back her disgust and said calmly but coldly, "Ruan gongzi is the blood-related brother of the Empress. If gongzi took fancy to anyone, isn't it just a matter of a word from the Empress? You seem to be undervaluing yourself."

  Although she was already quite sure that the person in front of her was Ruan Yu Xiao, she still wanted to be certain of his identity, just in case.

  The person gave a snort of contempt and replied with disdain, "So what if I'm the brother of the Empress? I am still far short from Chu Fei Yang. Otherwise, he wouldn't be the one marrying you."

  He paused for a bit and closely stared at Yun Qian Meng with malicious intentions. Looking at Yun Qian Meng's blushing delicate face, his tone suddenly became excited, "But no matter how good Chu Fei Yang is, he would never have thought that the first man his fiancee would have is me!"

  Afterwards, contrary to the weak impression Ruan Yu Xiao gave off, he suddenly became a beast as he pushed himself towards Yun Qian Meng.

  But Yun Qian Meng had already been on guard against him. With a quick turn, Ruan Yu Xiao missed his target, while she had already gone behind him and smacked her right hand in between his neck and shoulder. The weak Ruan Yu Xiao fell to the floor without further struggels.

  Seeing Ruan Yu Xiao go down, Yun Qian Meng lost all her strength fell onto the stool. Looking at the man on the floor, Yun Qian Meng frowned. Even on a normal day it was already impossible for her to drag a man out without any help, much less in this situation where she was weak and there were maids guarding outside. If she went out like this, her reputation might be all ruined.

  But how did the Empress' brother hide in the Empress Dowager's heavily guarded palace? It was impossible for Ruan Yu Xiao, a gongzi who did not have any legitimate power, to have been able to do it by himself.

  It might be that the person behind this was now waiting outside to catch them. One only needed to open the door of the side chambers to catch the scene with Ruan Yu Xiao.

  There were indeed a lot of mysteries here in the Imperial Palace. There were also a number of people who wanted to implicate her. Everyone seemed to be suspicious, but there was only one thing that is sure: This incident was not done by the Empress Dowager.

  With the Empress Dowager's cleverness, she would not have let something like this happen to Yun Qian Meng in her palace. Despite the inherent danger of doing something this high risk, if it had succeeded, Yun Qian Meng would be doomed forever. The Empress Dowager, who was always careful and cautious, would not risk the future and destiny of the Qu Family just to get her.

  It was possibly that the Empress Dowager did not know about this; rather, even she might have been included in the plan.

  So, among all the people with intimate relationships in the palace, Yuan De Taifei, the Empress, Hai wang, Rong xian taifei, etc., who was the real culprit?

  "Hiss…" She felt slight pain from her ankle, before Yun Qian Meng collapsed onto the table as if all her strength was stripped from her. She did not even have the strength to lift her arms.

  "Bitch! You dare do that to me? You don't want you live anymore, huh?" Suddenly, Ruan Yu Xiao, who had fainted a while ago, stood up from the floor, holding a silver needle in his hand.

  If Yun Qian Meng guessed correctly, Ruan Yu Xiao surely pierced her ankle with this needle just now.

  It had been able to let paralyze her immediately. She was afraid that Ruan Yu Xiao might have used something terrible on her.

  "Humph! You even dare use these filthy tricks in the Imperial Palace. If word of this spread, isn't Ruan gongzi afraid that the Empress might be punished by the Emperor?" Yun Qian Meng really had no strength, but she did not show weakness and answered rather strongly. Coldness emitted from her body, and Ruan Yu Xiao, who thought that she would be afraid, suddenly became afraid of her instead.

  But seeing Yun Qian Meng, who could not even move a finger, lying on the table, Ruan Yu Xiao laughed. His obscene eyes looked all over Yun Qian Meng and he even dared to pinch Yun Qian Meng's chin. When he touched the smooth and silky skin, he could not help but praise it. He then impatiently unbuttoned Yun Qian Meng's cloak, his eyes turning red. "You're indeed a well-bred lady from a prestigious family. This skin is well maintained, even better than those courtesans in the pleasure quarters. I would be so willing to die after this. Oh but, maybe the Empress Dowager will grant you to me to calm this issue. Stay obedient, little beauty! Otherwise, don't blame me for being ru-"

  Ruan Yu Xiao's eyes suddenly enlarged and his whole body fell back.

  Yun Qian Meng felt her shoulders warm again. The cloak that had fallen a while ago were placed back onto her shoulders. A pair of strong and warm hands helped her up and brought her against a chest.

  "Xi Lin!" Chu Fei Yang's cold voice echoed in Yun Qian Meng ears. A black shadow suddenly appeared in front of the two. A man in black knelt on one knee in front of them, awaiting Chu Fei Yang's orders.

  "Take off all his clothes and throw him in front of the city gate. Let him be unable to speak for the rest of his life!" Chu Fei Yang's voice was cold and merciless and in Yun Qian Meng's ears, she heard nothing but intense anger.

  Xi Lin acknowledged, then immediately lifted Ruan Yu Xiao by the collar and disappeared from the room.

  "You…" Yun Qian Meng not only felt weak, but she was even losing
her consciousness. Yun Qian Meng narrowed her eyes trying to raise her head and look at Chu Fei Yang, but saw a straight face with eyes emitting dangerous rays, totally different from his normal smiling and cunning appearance, yet it made Yun Qian Meng feel at ease.

  Chu Fei Yang lowered his head and looked at her. Her face was blushing and there were dots that she had intentionally put to look just like measles all over the body, which not only destroyed her beauty, but people would be afraid of getting infected and thus not dare to go near her. It seemed that she knew how to protect herself, so Chu Fei Yang's expression eased up and his stiff face relaxed. At her delicate appearance and her eyes half open, Chu Fei Yang felt his heart pounding. Without any explanation, he bent his knees and carried Yun Qian Meng in his arms.

  "Let me down!" although she was close to being unconscious right now, Yun Qian Meng could still feel what Chu Fei Yang was doing and she immediately wanted to stop him. Her brows slightly knitted, but it only added to her demeanor. She looked even more lively than her usual appearance that only politely smiled to people.

  Chu Fei Yang saw all her expressions, he closed his mouth and did not want to speak, but his tight arms around her reminded Yun Qian Meng that this man had been angry. His anger might need to be let out onto someone before he could calm down.

  "Is Yun Xiaojie resting inside?" Qu Fei Qing's voice unexpectedly came from outside.

  They heard the two maids guarding outside the room reply in the affirmative, it was then followed by the sounds of footsteps coming closer.

  Yun Qian Meng was alarmed. She looked at Chu Fei Yang anxiously, but she could not exert any effort now and could only open her eyes wide to tell him to leave. But her cute expression ended up just making Chu Fei Yang smile. Carrying her, he hid behind the screen so that the Empress Dowager's people would not see them.

  "Meng'er." Maybe in fear of disturbing Yun Qian Meng's rest, Qu Fei Qing did not bring any yatou in. But when she entered the room, it had been empty so she had worriedly called out.

  "Biaojie!" Yun Qian Meng tried to reply. Although her voice was soft, but it was rather clear in the silence.