Shen Feng stared into Xue Linglong’s eyes.
When he saw Xue Linglong lowering her eyes slightly and avoiding his gaze, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
Wait a few more days?
I’m afraid that if I wait a few more days, the child I bring back won’t be the poor child anymore!
"Madam said I was a step too late. When I went to pick you up outside the palace just now, I had already sent someone to the Xue family. Calculating the time, they should be back by now."
"What?" Xue Linglong's face froze.
Then it suddenly dawned on me.
He raised his head and looked at Shen Feng with some disbelief, "You know everything?"
"Yes." Chen Feng didn't hide it anymore and nodded, "The day before you asked the maid to find me, I just learned that the child was missing."
If I say I don't feel sad, I'd be lying.
Chen Feng believed that he was far less cruel than the man in front of him, his former lover.
It was precisely because of his sadness that he behaved so inappropriately at the wedding banquet at the Marquis Yuchang's Mansion.
But he didn't have much time to grieve.
The large amounts of memories that flooded into my mind have diluted the sadness.
Right now, he has more important things to do.
Those memories seemed like a dream, but also like he had really experienced that life... He even remembered the feeling when the Northern Barbarians' cavalry cut off his head with a scimitar.
Oh, who could have thought that they, who had always worked for the Second Prince, would die so early.
Who could have thought that the Second Prince, who had long been destined to succeed the throne, would be defeated so easily by the barbarians.
And the people behind those barbarians...
It was the Queen Mother who doted on the Crown Prince and remembered the late Crown Prince on the surface, but secretly had already formed an alliance with the Second Prince.
Your Majesty, you hid it so well!
Shen Feng is not a smart person.
He couldn't figure out for the time being why his current situation was so different from what he remembered.
However, he was very clear that the Marquis of Jinyang Mansion was not as reliable as the Second Prince remembered. In fact, the Second Prince disliked him a little because of his previous trespassing into the villa.
In this case, there is no need to get closer.
After all, he now knows that the second prince will also be a loser in the power struggle in the future and is destined not to sit in that position!
The scene of being beheaded by a knife is too vivid in my memory.
Shen Feng didn't want to go through it again, so he decided in a short time that if he was going to surrender, he would surrender to the final winner.
He wants to surrender to the Queen Mother!
As for what to surrender...
Apart from some "prophecies" he gained through that memory, there were only Xue Linglong's fantastic ideas that seemed to not belong to this world.
As for the stepping stone, it is actually simple.
What he stuffed into his purse and asked Lord Peng to pass into the palace was a token inlaid with gems from the northern barbarians.
This was one of the items bestowed by the late emperor upon the Marquis of Jinyang when he made military achievements.
Chen Feng also knew that he was not a smart man and that he would definitely not be able to defeat the Queen Mother who won in the end. Therefore, when negotiating with the Peng family, he directly expressed his loyalty and said that he was willing to work for the Queen Mother.
He will become the most loyal dog to the Queen Mother.
As long as the Empress Dowager gives him a chance, he will be able to stand out and no longer be the shame of the capital and the object of everyone's ridicule. Then pull Xue Linglong out of Qionghua Palace.
He was willing to lead the entire Jinyang Marquisate to work for the Empress Dowager.
What Shen Feng said was not something he said against his will.
After all, the Queen Mother is the one who laughs last, and there is nothing wrong in working for her.
Perhaps because he spoke from the heart, things went more smoothly than he had imagined.
Just one day later, the Peng family sent someone to tell him that he could wait outside the palace gate and wait to pick up Xue Linglong back home!
It was going too smoothly, and Shen Feng was a little nervous.
But then he thought again, the news that he was cuckolded by the second prince was widely spread in the capital.
In addition, before he divorced Wei Yunlan, he married Xue Linglong as his concubine. After the divorce, he directly made Xue Linglong, who was born a concubine, his principal wife, which was also talked about by people.
The Queen Mother would be able to find out all this if she just asked.
The impression that he was infatuated with Xue Linglong had long been deeply rooted in people's minds.
There is nothing unreasonable about being willing to risk one's life for the sake of revenge for being cuckolded and to bring back the beloved who is trapped in the palace!
His feelings for Xue Linglong were no longer what they used to be, but the title of "infatuated" was very useful.
No matter what the Queen Mother thinks.
In short, Shen Feng has convinced himself.
As for the poor child that Xue Linglong lost...
It’s not like Shen Feng didn’t want to go look for him.
But the situation is chaotic everywhere, and the Marquis of Jinyang’s Mansion does not have enough manpower and money, so how can it be easy to get it back?
It’s better to serve the Queen Mother first.
When I gain the trust and reliance of the Queen Mother in the future and have enough power, why should I worry about not being able to find a lost child?
If you really can't find it...
He is still young.
Just have another one.
As far as he could remember, he only let Xue Linglong give birth to his children, and even so, he had two sons and one daughter.
Now... only more.
"Chen Lang, I just learned about the missing child not long ago." Xue Linglong carefully glanced at Chen Feng's face.
She has always been superior and somewhat contemptuous of Shen Feng in front of him.
This was the first time she felt uneasy in front of Shen Feng.
It was as if something was getting out of control.
"I have been trying to find a way to find the child's whereabouts, but you also know that I am trapped in the palace and cannot come out easily. Concubine Ling will not allow me to search for the child for me."
Xue Linglong tried hard to hold back her tears, rubbing her eyes and crying, "Chen Lang, I feel so miserable!"
"That's my daughter, born after ten months of pregnancy."
"As a mother, how can I not love my own child? When that child was lost, it was like a piece of flesh was cut out of my heart."
"I couldn't sleep at night. When I closed my eyes, all I could see was the child's little face and soft body."
Xue Linglong's shoulders were shaking from crying.
As for how much truth there is in this, only she knows.
Just when she pretended to cry and almost fainted, Shen Feng's hand finally fell on her shoulder.
He patted her twice and soothed her, "Don't cry and hurt yourself. I have a way to deal with the child. Today, the natural disaster has just passed, and there is a war in the north. There is a shortage of food everywhere, especially north of the capital. We may be able to form a caravan, sell some novelties to raise money, and then purchase some from places with relatively abundant food and transport it to states with food shortages..."
Chen Feng guided Xue Linglong little by little.
"I am a dull man, and I have to rely on you to come up with these ideas."
Xue Linglong frowned slightly.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in my mind and my frown relaxed again.
Got it, she thought of a way to make herself invincible, have a "talisman", and no one would dare to bully her anymore!
You never know, if you’re lucky you might even become a county lord or princess!
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