Rong Yi was greatly alarmed and quickly supported him, asking, "Are you injured?"
Fu Chengfeng: "I can assure you that my body was in excellent condition before receiving your punch."
Upon hearing Fu Chengfeng's response, Rong Yi felt extremely embarrassed and angrily said, "I'm sorry. I got too immersed in the moment and genuinely believed my hands lacked the strength to truss a chicken1. I hammered you too hard."
Not only did she hit him too hard, but her punch would have broken more than half of his ribs if he had not had any internal energy to protect his body. Inwardly, Fu Chengfeng grumbled vehemently, but on the surface, he gracefully said, "It's alright. I can handle this injury. Have you already recovered from the effects of the Terrifying Dragon Leaf inside you? I remember you mentioned earlier that losing your martial arts skills was true."
"Really? I don't remember saying that."
Fu Chengfeng, full of exasperation, knocked her head with his knuckles and said, "Don't pretend to be confused with me."
"Oh," Rong Yi pouted, lowering her head as she spoke awkwardly, "I pretended to have lost all my martial arts skills so that you could treat me like the old Rong Yi I used to be."
"Do you like me from before or now?"
This girl... Didn't she know that he had just confessed to her? Her reaction was too calm. Fu Chengfeng secretly sighed and said, "I like them both."
"But your tone sounds so forced."
“……”
"Are you afraid that I'll hit you, so you say things that go against your will to fool me?"
“……”
"What you did was wise. If you had answered that you didn't like it just now, you would have vomited blood and died by now."
“……”
"So, for the sake of the rest of your life, I suggest you continue fooling me for a lifetime."
"... let's change the topic."
"Is this a bad topic?"
"This is a good topic, but I have even better ones, such as when you formed an alliance with the Kaoshan Wang2 and why your martial arts are still intact after being severely hit by the Terrifying Dragon Leaf."
"Fu Chengfeng, you're really a spoilsport."
“……”
"But I like it."
Feeling a warmth in his heart, Fu Chengfeng pulled Rong Yi into his arms, saying, "Yi-er, if we don't talk about the most important things, it will soon be dark."
"What does it matter anyway? We can still chat after dark."
"We won't chat after dark. We have more important things to do."
"What is it?"
"You'll find out after dark."
Rong Yi blinked. She didn't seem to have any plans for tonight. Did he have any plans?
Suddenly, Rong Yi recalled a particularly dark and windy night and immediately understood what he meant. A blush crept across her cheeks.
"Let's get down to business," Rong Yi took the time to calm her mind and ensure that her tone was normal before telling the whole story.
After Imperial Brother and I were captured by Kaoshan Wang2's men and taken to Murong Mansion, we met with Mr Shi Er. He told me that Kaoshan Wang2 had long suspected Qin Mu'an of having ulterior motives, but didn't exactly know what he was up to, so Kaoshan Wang2 had planted a spy within Qin Mu'an's special team. When Qin Mu'an brought me and the Imperial Brother to Jinling City, Kaoshan Wang2's spy had already taken our portraits and reported the situation along the way to Kaoshan Wang2. Kaoshan Wang2 didn't recognise me, but he couldn't help but recognise Imperial Brother. As soon as he saw his portrait, he realised that Qin Mu'an's plot was far beyond his imagination. Therefore, he immediately wrote a letter of confession letter for Mr Shi Er to deliver to Imperial Brother."
Speaking of this, Rong Yi reached into her bosom and pulled out a letter, handing it to Fu Chengfeng, saying, "Here you go. Everything you want to know is inside."
Fu Chengfeng opened the letter and read it carefully, immediately coming to a sudden realisation. It turned out that Kaoshan Wang2 had indeed harboured sinister intentions, but that was over a decade ago when he considered Chu Murong to be a worthless boy whom he could replace. However, when he arrived at the Jinling fiefdom and learned about Chu Murong's background, he no longer dared to make any reckless moves. Besides, Chu Murong's achievements in governance over the past ten years were obvious to all. Lord Kaoshan had long since given up on such thoughts, only wishing to live leisurely as a nobleman in Jinling.
About three years ago, Qin Mu'an joined his ranks and subsequently introduced him to Yun Nitian. Yun Nitian repeatedly tried to persuade him to get involved in the affairs of the jianghu, but he refused each time. Later, Qin Mu'an also joined Yun Nitian's persuasion camp. What surprised him even more was that Yun Nitian and Qin Mu'an managed to find Mr Shi Er to create the 'Terrifying Dragon Leaves'.
"If King Kaoshan doesn't want to rebel, then why did he capture you?" Fu Chengfeng still had doubts.
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Rong Yi explained, "The person who wanted to capture me was my Fu Huang3. He wanted to order my return, so he issued the wanted order. Coincidentally, Mr Shi Er needed a reason to delay the production of more 'Terrifying Dragon Leaves,' and Yun Nitian hoped to restrain you through me. Kaoshan Wang2 also wanted Qin Mu'an and Yun Nitian to believe that he had been persuaded by them. Therefore, he followed Yun Nitian's advice and instructed Qin Mu'an to capture me with the Terrifying Dragon Leaves."
"All the other reasons are still understandable, but there are many ways your Fu Huang3 could have taken if he wanted to order you to return, so why did he resort to the odd method of posting a wanted notice?"
Rong Yi responded with a counter-question, "As someone who shares the same master, don't you know his style of doing things?"
"When he finished his apprenticeship, I hadn't yet become an apprentice. But I had heard about his way of doing things," Fu Chengfeng replied.
"Amplify the rumours you've heard a hundred times, and that's the real him."
“……” Is there such a daughter who talks about her biological father like this? Fu Chengfeng was momentarily speechless and then asked: "Didn't Mr Shi Er just say that he was kept inside the drum4?"
"That was his way of setting the mood."
"......" What does this have to do with setting the mood?
"He just pretends to be crazy and acts stupid, but he understands the whole thing the most."
What kind of habits are these? Fu Chengfeng broke out in heavy sweats and asked again, "So, what happened to your injury? Could it be that the Terrifying Dragon Leaf is fake?"
"It was true. However, Mr Shi Er had long since found a way to neutralise the effects of the Terrifying Dragon Leaf. When Qin Mu'an led his men laid siege to the Murong Mansion, the Terrifying Dragon Leaf within me and my Imperial Brother had already been neutralised, so we were able to create the illusion of being shot and killed."
"Then why didn't you tell me? At that time, I really thought that you..." Fu Chengfeng didn't say the rest of his words because as soon as he thought of that word, he found it hard to catch his breath.
Feeling a bit embarrassed, Rong Yi nestled into his embrace and said, "If I had told you, Yun Nitian and Qin Mu'an would have sensed something unusual, and we wouldn't have achieved our purpose of playing this act with Kaoshan Wang2."
"Has it been achieved now?"
"Er... I don't think so. I still can't figure out what those two people are really up to."
"I know a way to expose their purpose."
"What's the solution?"
"I'll tell you tonight."
Rongyi still wanted to ask more, but as soon as the words 'tonight' crossed her mind, she couldn't bring herself to ask.
He said he would reveal it tonight, so let's wait until then.
Rong Yi bit her lip and chuckled to herself.
But as night fell, Rong Yi couldn't laugh anymore.
After dinner, she finished dressing up early and waited anxiously in her room for a person to 'flip the tablet'. But that person appeared before her with a bundle on his back, saying he wanted to go with her to find the truth.
"Is this what you call important things we'll do at night? Sneaking out of Kaoshan Wangfu5 and rushing to Yue Manor overnight?" Rong gritted her teeth in anger.
"Um. We first met Yun Nitian at Moon Manor, so I guess after causing trouble in Jinling, they must have definitely gone there. Also, they thought you were already dead and concluded that after I killed Kaoshan Wang2, I would go to the Moon Manor to settle things with Yun Hengdong." Fu Chengfeng seemed oblivious to Rong Yi's seething anger and replied quite seriously.
Clenching her fists in the dark, Rong Yi suppressed the anger in her heart and asked, "Why didn't they assume you would kill them next after you killed Kaoshan Wang2?"
"Because Qin Mu'an - now Qin Muzhi - knows me very well. He knows that once I have a doubt, I will pursue it to the end. I will never kill him until I find the truth. Therefore, he has nothing to fear." After taking a breath, Fu Chengfeng added, "But this time, he was wrong. If I hadn't received your letter before going to the wangfu5, the second person I would have killed after killing Kaoshan Wang2 would have been Yun Nitian, and he would have been the third. Compared to the desire to avenge your death, what they're planning simply doesn't even enter my eyes. No matter what they plan, once I strike, everything will end."
Touched by his words, Rong Yi tightened her hands around his waist and pressed her cheek against his back.
The two rode together in the dark night, and Rong Yi once again asked, "What do you think they are up to?"
"It's a mess. All I know is that they wanted to kill you so that I would fall into the path of darkness and unleash my potential. But I don't know why they would do that. In theory, the stronger I get, the faster they should die. Liu Yidao said that the person I wanted to kill was the same person Yun Nitian wanted to kill. However, until now, I can't think of any common enemy with him." Fu Chengfeng was utterly puzzled.
Rong Yi also felt that the whole incident created by Yun Nitian and Qin Muzhi was completely unnecessary. If their only purpose was to have her killed in order to influence Fu Chengfeng, they could have easily let Liu Yidao take action, considering they didn't know about her martial arts abilities then. There was no need to use Kaoshan Wang2's military forces.
Surely their intention in approaching Kaoshan Wang2 was not just to kill her. Killing her should only be an added benefit. But if Kaoshan Wang2 was valuable to them, why did they watch Fu Chengfeng' seemingly kill' Kaoshan Wang2 right in front of them?🤔
Rong Yi shook her head in confusion, let out a weak sigh and urged, "Ride faster, please. I'm almost dying of curiosity. I wish I could dash to Moon Manor right away."
The corners of Fu Chengfeng's mouth twitched in amusement, and with a wave of his long whip, he said, "This commoner is at Your Imperial Majesty's command."
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I forgot to explain when Rong Yi said that Fu Chengfeng would 'flip the tablet'. She was referring to the custom of an Emperor of flipping the tablet to choose the person he would sleep with at night. Rong Yi imagined that she was the 'çoncubine' and Fu Chengfeng was the 'emperor'. 😏
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