by Ning er
Thus, all the xiaojie pitied Wu Qin Qin for her encounter, but also rejoiced over one less opponent.
Wu furen had not anticipated that in her absence, Yuan de taifei had already come to this decision. Yuan Qing Zhou's reputation as a playboy was known even by the children of the capital. Wu furen felt as if her heart had been sliced by a knife at the thought of her daughter marrying this kind of person.
She originally thought that Chu xiang's words would be a turning point, but Yuan de taifei had crushed her hopes without any consideration. But Wu Qin Qin's reputation was already harmed in the public's eyes, the only way to save her daughter now was to marry her to Yuan Qing Zhou.
Thinking it over, Wu furen gnashed her teeth, but was still not able to think of another solution. She could only nod stiffly in spite of Wu Qin Qin's pleading.
Yuan de taifei was finally relieved. She then had Jiang mama help Wu Qin Qin sit beside her and said kindly, "You're already someone who is about to be a bride, why are you still crying like this?"
Looking at Yuan de taifei, who was wiping off her tears for her, Wu Qin Qin could not help but tremble as coldness sprang up from her body. She felt that the woman in front of her was really scary, she was not even able to say any words of rejection through her fear.
Wu furen suddenly spoke, "Taifei, Qin Qin was framed! Please, taifei, find the suspect for Qin Qin!"
Wu furen thought that this time, Yuan de taifei would back her daughter up. But her words unexpectedly gained her a cold glare from Yuan de taifei as the cold voice resounded throughout the garden, "Wu xiaojie has always possessed upright conduct. If anyone dares to spread any rumors, they would be an enemy of Han Guo Gongfu and Chen wangfu!"
Afterwards, Yuan de taifei ignored Wu furen, as she was annoyed by Wu furen for not knowing what to do at the right time.
A while ago, she had already promised the position of the main wife of Han Guo Gongfu's future master to that moral degenerate Wu Qin Qin to give face to Wu Guo Gongfu. Otherwise, how could a woman like Wu Qin Qin even enter the doors of Han Guo Gongfu?
Moreover, she had already explained to everyone a while ago that Wu Qin Qin and Yuan Qing Zhou were in love with each other. If she changed her explanation now, then would she not be contradicting herself?
Wu furen realized that Yuan de taifei did not want to wash the injustice away for Wu Qin Qin and turned livid with rage. But it had already been made clear that if she did not let go of the matter, then she would be offending Yuan de taifei in public. In the future, if Qin Qin really married into Han Guo Gongfu, she might suffer the consequences , so Wu furen docily became quiet.
"Since it is so, then bengong congratulates Yuan de taifei, Chen wang, Yuan gongzi, and Wu xiaojie! On the day of your wedding, bengong will surely send a grand gift." Qi Jing Yuan and all the other people from Northern Qi stood up and left Chen wangfu after Qi Jing Yuan's words.
The other gongzi and xiaojie also followed suit right after and congratulated them. But seeing the teary and woeful Wu Qin Qin and the unwilling Yuan Qing Zhou, they knew that they should not stay in the place too long. Thus everyone started to ask to take their leave from Yuan de taifei and rode their respective carriages home.
Qu Fei Qing held on to Yun Qian Meng's hand and the two of them stood in front of xiangfu's carriage. Qu Fei Qing's clever and lively eyes looked around before she moved closer to Yun Qian Meng, and whispered, "Meng'er, it was you who placed the jade pendant inside Wu xiaojie's pouch, right?"
Hearing that, Yun Qian Meng looked at Qu Fei Qing with a smile then slowly said, "Does biaojie think that what I did was wrong?"
Qu Fei Qing immediately shook her head, then said passionately, "That Wu Qin Qin didn't have any good intentions towards you from the start. She even tried to frame you! You were just protecting yourself. But remember to tell me before doing anything next time, so that I won't make any mistakes and will be able to coordinating better with you."
Afterwards, Qu Fei Qing naughtily stuck out her tongue. Her smooth and fair face blushed unconsciously.
Yun Qian Meng was amused at Qu Fei Qing's words, but she also knew that Qu Fei Qing was afraid that she might not be able to handle the situation on her own. Thus, she nodded and the two of them went to their respective carriages after talking for a short while.
Yun Qian Meng alighted a stool to go up her carriage. But as she opened the curtain, she immediately saw a familiar dark expression. She then quickly lowered the curtains and told Mu Chun, who had yet to go up the carriage, "Mu Chun, let's go and accompany biaojie."
"You dare?" a voice that was soft yet full of anger came from inside the carriage. The voice was rather ingenious, as only Yun Qian Meng, who was nearest to the carriage, could hear it. Mu Chun, who was still on the ground, totally did not notice that there was another person inside the carriage.
Yun Qian Meng tried to step on the stool again to unhesitatingly move away from the carriage, but the shameless voice sounded again, "If you'd prefer that I went to xiangfu at midnight, you can surely leave now."
Yun Qian Meng was annoyed, but she still stopped her attempt to leave and ordered Mu Chun, "I want for a bit in quiescence, go sit in biaojie's carriage for a while."
Mu Chun did not understand Yun Qian Meng's order, but she had never disobeyed Yun Qian Meng. Thus, she nodded and watched Yun Qian Meng enter the carriage before she turned and proceeded to Fu Guo Gongfu's carriage.
Yun Qian Meng glanced at Chu Fei Yang then sat beside the carriage exit and closed her eyes to rest them.
Seeing her ignoring him, Chu Fei Yang's anger slowly faded, then he moved to sit beside Yun Qian Meng. Chu Fei Yang felt that the soft and graceful face in front of him showed a unique confidence and stubbornness. The long and thick slightly curled eyelashes produced a light shadow on Yun Qian Meng's face. The small and delicate nose, the small red lips, everything made Chu Fei Yang relaxed and happy. He followed his heart and slowly lowered his head...
Even with her eyes closed, she had already felt Chu Fei Yang approach her, but she simply kept her eyes close. When she felt a hot air slowly getting closer to her face, her delicate brows knitted. She could not help open her eyes then, and saw that Chu Fei Yang was staring at her. He had not stopped moving just because she had opened her eyes and was still slowly lowering his head. Rather, a hint of laughter appeared in his eyes when she opened hers, making Yun Qian Meng feel embarrassed and angry as she stared back at Chu Fei Yang.
"You're awake? You don't want to sleep anymore?" Chu Fei Yang said with his lips less than an inch apart from Yun Qian Meng's face. His tone was amused and teasing, but his dark eyes contained some seriousness.
Yun Qian Meng awkwardly moved her body then unnaturally coughed as she steadied the emotions that Chu Fei Yang had stirred. Clearing her voice, she asked, "Why are you here?"
Chu Fei Yang somewhat disappointedly sat back when she had easily regained her calmness, but his eyes still stared at Yun Qian Meng's slightly opened lips and coldly said, "You were really too bold today."
Yun Qian Meng's shifted her gaze towards Chu Fei Yang. His face was cold with no trace of the smile he usually wore so she also put on a serious expression and retorted coldlyt, "Bold? If I hadn't been that bold, then today, the person people would be pointing at would be me. That Wu Qin Qin approached me with ill intentions. If I didn't act upon it today, I might have already been framed by her."
Yun Qian Meng did not notice the anger in her tone as she spoke to Chu Fei Yang. The coldness in Chu Fei Yang's face melted at Yun Qian Meng not hiding her anger in front of him, and his eyes were filled with the love for her.
"But do you know how risky this was? What if you didn't succeed?" although Chu Fei Yang understood Yun Qian Meng's unfavorable situation, he did not agree to her going into danger herself, especially in front of Chen wang, who had intentions for her! Every time Chu Fei Yang thought of Chen wang using violence against her in the rock garden, he could not suppress the anger in his heart. If he had not suppres
sed his anger then, he might have already fought with Jiang Mu Chen right then and there.
But Yun Qian Meng lightly shook her head and said, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
"But what about me? Aren't you afraid of worrying me?" Chu Fei Yang asked with burning rage. Yun Qian Meng's words had irritated Chu Fei Yang and then held her shoulders, firmly gripping her body so that she could only look at him.
Yun Qian Meng was shocked. She never thought of hearing something like this from Chu Fei Yang. Her heartbeats sped up uncontrollably. Being stared at by Chu Fei Yang's love-filled eyes made Yun Qian Meng blush and got the urge to look away from Chu Fei Yang, much unlike her usual confident self. But Chu Fei Yang had already decided to not let her get away with it this time, so he did not allow Yun Qian Meng to hide from him and instead closely stared at her eyes, letting her see all of his fears through them.
Yun Qian Meng understood the anger, worry, sorry, and love… that she had never experienced before. Suddenly, she felt very puzzled.
She now felt a bit apologetic in her heart. She opened her lips for a while, then said, "Sorry."
Even before her voice faded, Yun Qian Meng was forced into a warm chest. Her body was then hugged tightly as she heard Chu Fei Yang's voice filled with insecurity, "How could I be relieved to see you fight all alone? Meng'er, can't you try to believe in me?"
Listening to his strong heartbeat, the sentence, "Can't you try to believe me?" kept echoing in Yun Qian Meng's ears.
Thinking of everything that had happened ever since they met, it was impossible to say that her feelings for Chu Fei Yang had not changed.
But after being a part of various plots and schemes, how could she easily trust others?
Hearing Chu Fei Yang murmur now, Yun Qian Meng felt really sorry for him. Was she too cold and calm? Too cold and calm that she had even hurt his feelings?
Maybe she should try let her guard down around him. If she would really stay in this alternate universe for the rest of her life, if she were to really spend her life with the man in front of her, then she at least needed to learn more about him and stop hiding from him.
Removing all her coldness, Yun Qian Meng quietly stayed in his lap and answered his question, "I will."
Chu Fei Yang thought that he might have heard wrong and immediately pulled them apart to confirm, with surprise, while his eyes now contained unlimited joy, "Are you serious?"
Seeing Chu Fei Yang, who rarely showed emotion on his face, like this, Yun Qian Meng smiled and nodded, "Of course. When have I lied?"
Chu Fei Yang's expression turned dark as he murmured, "Do you consider the times you have lied few?"
A while ago, in Chen wangfu, did she really think that he had not noticed? This little fox had already set up a plot and was only waiting for the enemy to slowly fall into her trap.
Afterwards, she even innocently pushed away all the responsibilities, causing unspeakable pain to both Wu furen and Wu xiaojie.
Yun Qian Meng pouted at his questioning and denied, "I did those for…"
Before she was able to complete her sentence, her mouth had already been covered by Chu Fei Yang's thin lips.
Discerning Eyes - while it can be taken to mean that, the specific characters (火眼金睛) (lit. "golden-gaze fiery-eyes") refers to an ability given to Sun Wukong in Journey to the West which enables him to recognize demons. not really super relevant but it seemed interesting to share ;)
Chapter 104: Part 2 | Chu Wang Fei
The next day, at the Feng He Yuan.
"Mama, when you are at Su fu, just don't mind the comments from the sister-in-law and the old madame. You have to restrain yourself and wait until I give birth to a son, then let's see if they still dare to disrespect you in the future." Su Qing coldly remarked while caressing her round and bulging belly as Wang mama was about to step out of the gate.
For these past few days, the people from her maiden home seldom came to visit her. Su Qing clearly understood that her sister-in-law must have objected when she sent Pan Lan to become her brother's concubine.
But, after all, they were all part of her family, and at urgent and important moment like this, Su Qing still preferred to believe in her own brother and sister-in-law. She would definitely never make use of the midwife Liu Han Yu prepared for her.
As a result, she had urged Wang mama that no matter how angry she was, she must endure it for the sake of this child. She only hoped she would give birth to a male baby, then the throne to becoming the xiangfu's furen would be easily obtained, and it would be an end to the happy days of sluts like Yun Qian Meng.
Wang mama had been at Su Qing's side for a very long time now, she certainly understood that if they did not lie low, they would risk other people playing dirty tricks on them during Su Qing's child delivery.
Wang mama immediately turned around, smiling as she pacified Su Qing, "Furen, you need not worry about this old servant, this old servant knows what she ought to do! Currently, the most important thing furen should do right now is to calm your mind, don't worry too much about these trivial matters."
Having witnessed Wang mama's thorough thinking, Su Qing felt relieved and nodded her head, afterwhich she closed her eyes wearily.
By the doorway of xiangfu, a horse carriage stopped by the corner. Mi mama, who was standing in front of the horse carriage, immediately lifted up the hanging screen when she saw Wang mama leading a group yatou out the main gate. She waved her hands commanding the other servants of xiangfu to carry the soft couch out, afterwhich she allowed Ying Xia and Yuan Dong to go ahead and carefully help the person out of the carriage.
Wang mama originally planned to lead the yatou inside the horse carriage, only to see Mi mama who she rarely met busy handling some matters beside the main gate of xiangfu. She felt curious for a moment, as she led the yatou ahead. Forcing a fake smile, she said, "Mi mama, what are you in a hurry for? I have rarely seen you these days, could it be that our eldest xiaojie has driven you away from the xiangfu?"
Meanwhile, Mi mama, who seemed to have anticipated that Wang mama would come over, slowly turned, her eyes gently watching Wang mama, as she said indifferently, "Oh, it's actually you, Wang mama. Don't you need to wait on Su yiniang today?"
Hearing 'Su yiniang' said with more emphasis, Wang mama's smile disappeared from her face and her eyes exposed an ominous glint. But thinking back to Su Qing possibly giving birth to a son, these sluts would be weeping in the future. She temporarily concealed her anger as she continued in her peculiar voice, "Our yininag will be giving birth soon. If she gives birth to a son for the xiangfu, how will your xiaojie react to that?"
Mi mama was not in the mood to argue with Wang mama and she only commanded Ying Xia and Yuan Dong to be more careful. Her body seemed to be intentionally blocking Wang mama, as if she was hiding something.
Wang mama was already quite curious about her affairs, but seeing Mi mama trying to conceal something, she felt even more suspicious. She quickly gave a meaningful look at those yatou behind her, in an instant, they surrounded Mi mama as started to ask questions, causing Mi mama unable to attend to her tasks at hand and lost sight of Wang mama.
At having one less hindrance, Wang mama took large strides and stretched out her neck to look inside the horse carriage. She saw Ying Xia and Yuan Dong supporting an old woman fifty years of age slowly out of the horse carriage. But when the old woman saw Wang mama's face, cold rays immediately radiated out from her eyes. Like a murderous spirit had rushed towards her, Wang mama quickly shrank back in fright, with a hand against her chest. She could not understand why that old woman had given her such a fierceful look, aiming a frightening expression the first time they met. She was quite frightened by the eyes of that crippled old woman.
"Wang mama, what are you doing? Don't you see that this is the eldest xiaojie's horse carriage? Who allowed a yininag's servant like you to inspect it?" pulling Wang mama's sleeves Mi mama remarked angrily after she shook off the yatou when she had discove
red Wang mama's disrespectful behavior.
Wang mama sneered, afterwhich she coldly laughed and said, "At first I thought that you were hiding something nice, however, it was just a crippled old woman. Why would you be nervous about that? Why, is our mighty xiaojie starting to do good deeds? Leading beggars inside xiangfu, is she not worried about bringing disgrace to xiangfu's reputation?"
"Wang mama, it seems that someone of your eminence is surely apt to forget, don't you recognize me?" a slow and distinct voice echoed behind Wang mama.
It took Wang mama a while to distinguish the owner of this voice, but the sole sentence raised her suspicions. She could not help but look at the seated old woman again, carefully observing her figure and expression.
But this old woman seemed to be around sixty or seventy years of age and a cripple. Although the her clothes seemed neat, her face and white hair had the appearance of someone who was not from a great family.
Wang mama only knew distinguished people, how could she recognize such wretched old woman? She only rolled her eyes at Xia mama and arrogantly said, "Old fool, you might have recognized the wrong person, why don't you take a look at this place, there's simply no way for you to recognize someone."
Facing an arrogant servant like Wang mama, Ying Xia and Yuan Dong showed angry on their faces, but Xia mama's face did not seem to be annoyed, she just humbly replied, "It has been more than ten years, is Su yininag still doing well? Seeing Wang mama with such authority, Su yiniang must have obtained great favor from xiangye. I really feel pity for our young master who died young. As soon as he was born, he was drowned inside a bucket of manure by a ruthless person! Wang mama, look how unfair the way of the world is. Why would a kindhearted furen and the pitiful young master suffer from such unfortunate event? And those bad people even got away with it! Oh, right, I heard that Su yiniang is currently pregnant, being able to live freely after harming others, will the unborn child be affected by the mother and be born as a wicked child?"
