Shanhe Festival 284. Deep Love - Need a Slap

"What? These two beasts!" Feng Huai Ting gritted his teeth and said angrily. The reason why the Feng family was loyal to Mo Jingqi was not without reason. In the past, the Feng family almost experienced a catastrophe, and it was Mo Jingqi, who was still a prince at the time, who helped. No matter how people criticized Mo Jingqi's behavior, he definitely saved the Feng family and its huge foundation. It was precisely because of this that Feng Huai Ting drove Feng Zhiyao, who was close to Prince Ding, out of the family, not just because he was afraid of being suspected by the royal family. Even though the Feng family knew that Mo Jingqi was harmed by Mo Jingli, they still joined him. In the eyes of Feng Huaiting, who was a businessman but still maintained a certain degree of integrity, he was seen as an ungrateful beast.

Mo Xiuyao glanced at the silent queen with a half-smile, and said with a faint smile: "Master Feng, don't be angry. After all, your son is also concerned about the lives of all the people in the Feng family." Of course, his instigation was indispensable. He didn't feel sorry to hand over most of the Feng family to Mo Jingli. Money can be made at any time, but the person who makes money... The two legitimate sons of the Feng family are enough to maintain the status quo, and the one who is truly capable is the one in front of him. It was in his hands that the Feng family gained its current reputation and wealth.

The industries under the Dingwang Mansion are numerous and varied. He no longer trusts Han Mingyue, and Han Mingxi and Leng Haoyu are gradually struggling to cope with them. Moreover, the development of the Northwest has gradually begun to fall into a bottleneck after these years, and he really needs business talents. So... what is one Feng family? With enough talents, he will soon have two, three or even ten Feng families. Although the Mo family is not good at business, they have never lacked money, because they are better at making money from others.

Feng Huaiting was able to make the Feng family flourish under his hands, so he was naturally not a stupid person. He smiled helplessly and said, "I'm afraid that King Li has long been eyeing the Feng family's industry." The Feng family is the people of the previous emperor, which is something many people know. Although Mo Jingli is not as suspicious as Mo Jingqi, he will definitely not let the Feng family escape from his control. Not to mention the coveted wealth of the Feng family. This time, it is better to say that it was caused by the wealth of the Feng family rather than the incident of Feng Zhiyao.

Mo Xiuyao smiled but did not answer. He liked talking to smart people.

"Your Highness, Concubine Liu requests to see you." Zhuo Jing reported in a deep voice at the moon-shaped door.

Mo Xiuyao smiled at Feng Huaiting and said, "Isn't he here now? Is Feng San here?"

Zhuo Jing looked at everyone with some embarrassment, nodded and said: "Yes, but the third master Feng..." It was a bit unsightly.

"What's wrong with him?" Two voices said in unison. Before they finished speaking, they looked at each other with a somewhat awkward expression on their faces. Ye Li smiled and patted the Queen's hand, and said with a faint smile: "It shouldn't be a big deal if Zhuo Jing said so." But it is inevitable to suffer a little. Ye Li certainly won't say that Mo Xiuyao sent Qin Feng to take Feng Huaiting away in advance just to deal with Feng Zhiyao. This time, Feng Zhiyao caused a lot of things, which made His Royal Highness Ding Wang particularly unhappy. If Feng San had said it directly in advance, it would have been just a matter of talking to Mo Xiuyao. As a result, so many things have happened now, and the prince is of course unhappy.

"Let's go and see how brave Concubine Liu is who dares to detain my people." Everyone present, except Ye Li and Mo Xiaobao, couldn't help but shudder at the coldness in his tone. Including the youngest Leng Junhan, who cleverly hid his little head in Ye Li's arms. Ye Li picked up Leng Junhan and stood up. Mo Xiuyao glanced at the kid buried in his wife's arms, snorted softly, and reached out to pick him up. Leng Junhan was half hanging in the air, staring blankly at someone with white hair, pouting his little mouth and stretching his little hand to Ye Li, "Auntie, hold me..."

Beside him, Zhuo Jing looked at the little boy in Mo Xiuyao's arms with admiration: Who said Leng Haoyu's son is timid? This boy is obviously ambitious and courageous.

Mo Xiaobao also sweated. Leng Xiaodai would not be killed by his father. This was his first future subordinate...

In the hall of Prince Ding's Mansion, Concubine Liu Gui sat in a carved sandalwood chair with her eyes downcast in deep thought. Opposite her, the handsome and charming Third Master Feng was tied up and thrown into a chair. Behind Feng Zhiyao stood two tall men, one on each side, with introverted eyes and slightly protruding meridians in front of their temples. They were obviously masters of internal martial arts. Originally, Concubine Liu Gui would never bring Feng Zhiyao to Prince Ding's Mansion, after all, Feng Zhiyao was one of her bargaining chips. But after she arrived at Prince Ding's Mansion, she found that she could not enter the Mansion without Feng Zhiyao.

Feng Zhiyao leaned back in the chair, feeling very uncomfortable with the way he was tied up like a dumpling. He also felt the burning pain from being whipped several times. Feng Zhiyao, who had not been hurt for a long time, cursed in his heart, and the look he gave Liu Guifei became more vicious. He must kill this woman!

After waiting for a long time, Mo Xiuyao did not show up, and no one came to serve tea. However, Concubine Liu Guifei did not bother to find fault with the hospitality of the Ding Palace. Her delicate eyebrows were tightly knitted, as if she was thinking about something important.

"Prince, Princess..." The voices of guards and maids greeting each other came from outside the door. Concubine Liu raised her head with eyes lighting up, and she clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves.

Mo Xiuyao and Ye Li walked in side by side, with Mo Xiuyao holding a pink-skinned boy in white. Following Mo Xiuyao and Ye Li was Mo Xiaobao, the prince of Dingwang Mansion, who made Concubine Liu hate him so much. When Mo Xiaobao saw Concubine Liu, his eyes lit up and Concubine Liu felt bad. Before she could say anything, she heard Mo Xiaobao say happily, "Auntie, why are you here again?"

"Aunt?" Leng Junhan tilted his neck curiously to look at Concubine Liu Guifei, blinking in confusion. This aunt is very beautiful, and she doesn't look like the older aunt in the mansion at all.

"Stupid Leng Xiaodai, the older aunts in the mansion are called Mammy. This one is called Auntie." Mo Xiaobao said with contempt. Obviously, Leng Xiaodai accidentally asked his doubts. Listening to Mo Xiaobao's incoherent explanation, and looking at Concubine Liu's increasingly wonderful expression, Ye Li couldn't help but laugh secretly. Perhaps because he was suppressed too much by Mo Xiuyao, Mo Xiaobao's ability to talk nonsense can be said to be improved by a thousand times. Now even Ye Li can't tell whether he is serious or deliberately irritating.

"Prince Ding!" Concubine Liu Guifei's face turned black. If she continued talking, she was afraid that she would really not be able to help but beat up the little brat first.

Mo Xiuyao walked into the hall with a calm expression, and casually placed Leng Junhan on the chair next to Feng Zhiyao. He glanced at the two people standing behind Feng Zhiyao and said, "Get out."

The two men moved, but were horrified to find that they could not move at all. Not to mention doing anything to Feng Zhiyuan or the child who was staring at them curiously in the chair, they could not even move a finger. They seemed to be frozen in an instant. Obviously, King Ding's skills were higher than they imagined. Is this the strength of one of the four great masters? Sweat silently oozed from the foreheads of the two men, and slid down their foreheads quickly as if they were caught in heavy rain.

Mo Xiuyao snorted lightly, turned around and pulled Ye Li to the main seat and sat down.

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief after Mo Xiuyao walked several steps away. When they found that they could move, their bodies went limp and fell to the ground. Without Liu Guifei saying anything, they rolled and crawled out. Leng Junhan sat in the chair and waved happily at Mo Xiaobao. After receiving Mo Xiaobao's contemptuous roll of the eyes, he didn't care and curiously poked Feng Zhiyao who was tied up tightly beside him, "Hey... Uncle Feng, what's wrong with you?"

Feng Zhiyao smiled helplessly and looked at Ye Li for help. He didn't dare to ask Mo Xiuyao for help at this time, otherwise he would definitely not be happy to accept Mo Xiuyao's way of loosening his rope. Ye Li smiled with pursed lips, and a silver light shot out from her fingertips. Feng Zhiyao felt his arms cool and the ropes that were tied tightly around him loosened immediately. Looking back at the silver blade that was fixed on the wall three-quarters of the way into the wall, Feng Zhiyao's hair stood on end. Well, he couldn't afford to offend this person either.

"Feng San, are you okay?" Ye Li asked, looking at Feng Zhiyao's clothes that were torn by the whip and the bloodstains on them.

"It's okay." Feng Zhiyao shook his head. In fact, he was just whipped a few times. For someone like Feng Zhiyao who had been on the battlefield, it was not even a minor injury. It was just a loss of face.

"Prince Ding, this concubine..." Concubine Liu frowned and said anxiously.

Mo Xiuyao raised his hand to stop her from speaking, but the words that came out of his beautiful thin lips made Concubine Liu Guifei feel cold all over. "Drag her out and give her ten whips before she speaks again." Just by meeting her face, Mo Xiuyao could clearly see the scars on Feng Zhiyao's body.

"Prince Ding, you..." Concubine Liu's face turned pale, "What did you say?"

Mo Xiuyao said indifferently: "Feng San is from my Dingwang Mansion. Even if he made a huge mistake, my Dingwang Mansion will bear the responsibility. When will it be your turn... to punish a small inner palace concubine? No matter what you have to say, you have to take this whipping." The guards outside the door heard the order and immediately came in and walked towards Concubine Liu without hesitation. The current concubine cannot be whipped? The consequences are very serious? The consequences are even more serious when the prince is angry! It happened that the prince was in a bad mood these days.

"Stop!" Concubine Liu shouted, "You can't touch me! I'm the imperial concubine!"

Mo Xiuyao curled his lips in disdain, "You are the late emperor's concubine. So what if I beat you? Who dares to save you? Your father? Mo Jingli?"

"I have something to tell you... It's something that will benefit Prince Ding's Mansion. You will regret it if you don't listen." Concubine Liu said anxiously, biting her lips which were a little dry due to fear.

"Drag it away and don't let me say it a second time." Mo Xiuyao said coldly.

Two guards quickly dragged Concubine Liu to the door. Concubine Liu was only good at some fancy moves, so she was no match for the two guards. She was dragged away without any resistance. Soon, the sound of a whip breaking through the air came from outside the door. Mo Xiaobao widened his eyes with curiosity, "Why isn't she screaming?"

Ye Li covered her face. Was it really okay to do this in front of the two children? Most importantly, why was it that not only Mo Xiaobao was poking his head out fearlessly, but even the usually well-behaved Leng Junhan was staring with curiosity and excitement? Was there really something wrong with her way of raising children? When Leng Haoyu and Murong Ting came back, how would she explain that their well-behaved son had become so cruel?

The ten lashes were actually very quick. In less than half of the lashes, Concubine Liu was dragged back to the chair she was sitting on. However, this time, her white clothes were stained with bright red bloodstains. Concubine Liu could no longer maintain her graceful sitting posture and could only lie powerlessly on the chair. She looked much more miserable than Feng Zhiyao.

Feng Zhiyao looked at Concubine Liu, who was even more miserable than himself, with a happy face, and suddenly felt that the wounds on his body were not so painful. However, when he met Shang Mo Xiuyao's half-smiley eyes, Feng Zhiyao immediately shrank back without courage. He was still more miserable than Concubine Liu, and he could foresee that the future waiting for him would definitely be disastrous and difficult.

"Now, you can speak." Mo Xiuyao seemed to be in a much better mood and said after taking a sip of tea.

Concubine Liu was shaking with pain, how could she say anything? She was not in pain compared to Feng Zhiyao, who had thick skin and flesh, and the guards of Prince Ding's mansion had no intention of letting her off during the ten whips. She was still able to sit here because the people who whipped her knew that she would still talk to the prince after the whipping, so they showed some mercy.

Concubine Liu was panting, watching Mo Xiuyao holding a teacup and passing it to Ye Li who was sitting next to him with a smile in his eyes. He didn't even give her a glance when he was talking to her, and she couldn't help but feel cold all over, "You are so cruel..."

Mo Xiuyao raised his eyebrows, "I am not here to listen to your nonsense."

After suffering so much, if Concubine Liu still didn't know that the previous tricks didn't work on Mo Xiuyao, then she really lived in vain for the past few decades. Gritting her teeth, Concubine Liu said: "I can help you take the three states bordering the northern part of Da Chu and Beirong without any effort."

"Oh?" Mo Xiuyao glanced sideways, looking at her suspiciously.

Seeing this, Concubine Liu Gui knew that Mo Xiuyao was interested and said in a deep voice: "But I have a condition."

Mo Xiuyao leaned back slightly, leaned on Ye Li and asked, "Tell me about it."

"I want you to marry me!"

"Puff——" Feng Zhiyao coughed repeatedly, looking at the woman opposite him with resentment. He hadn't drunk a sip of water for a whole day and night, and this woman actually made him get bitten!

Ye Li beside her couldn't help but fall back. Mo Xiuyao, who was leaning against her, had to sit up and turn around to hug her slender waist and pull her close to him. "Ali..." Ye Li smiled apologetically. She was not angry or distrustful of Mo Xiuyao, but was frightened by Concubine Liu. She had just been whipped ten times by Mo Xiuyao, but she still wanted to marry him. Wasn't she afraid that Mo Xiuyao would kill her after using her? Wasn't she asking for abuse? The reason why Concubine Liu didn't love Mo Jingqi was probably because Mo Jingqi was too good to her.

Seeing Ye Li's smile, Mo Xiuyao rubbed her contentedly, "Ah Li, what do you say?"

Ye Li raised her eyebrows. Shouldn't he handle this matter himself? What was the point of pushing it to her?

"Shouldn't the princess have the final say on matters such as taking a concubine?" Mo Xiuyao asked innocently.

Taking a concubine? Ye Li narrowed her eyes slightly, her voice calm and smiling, "Does the prince want to take a concubine?"

"I am a good husband, and my beloved concubine has the final say on matters concerning the harem." Mo Xiuyao said magnanimously.

"Prince Ding, I'm not talking about taking a concubine." Concubine Liu's face was livid. "I want you to marry me... as Concubine Ping!" Originally, she wanted to say that she wanted to marry the legitimate consort, but seeing the attitude of Prince Ding towards Ye Li, she knew that it was impossible. Concubine Liu decided to take a step back. As long as she became Prince Ding's concubine... then...

"Tsk..." Feng Zhiyao sneered, "Liu Guifei, you don't know, do you? This Pingfei treats the legitimate concubine the same way Guifei treats the empress. They are all concubines!"

Concubine Liu Gui's eyes became sharp, and she stared at Feng Zhiyao fiercely, "Feng San, shut your stinky mouth, or I will make you and her fall into disgrace together!"

Feng Zhiyao raised his eyebrows, "Disgraced? Like you, Concubine Liu? You came to the prince in person to ask him to take you as his concubine? Ah... let me think about it, the bargaining chip you used was the land of the three northern states of Great Chu. What is this behavior called... treason?"

Concubine Liu was shaking with anger. Just as she tried to stand up, she was unable to move because of the pain in her body. She took a few deep breaths to suppress the anger in her heart, and looked at Mo Xiuyao and said, "Prince Ding, what do you say?"

Mo Xiuyao said calmly: "This king never cares about the affairs of the inner house."

Feng Zhiyao smiled secretly, this is really interesting. Is there any inner house affairs in Prince Ding's mansion?

Concubine Liu felt that she understood what Mo Xiuyao meant, and that it was up to Ye Li to decide whether to marry her. This made Concubine Liu very dissatisfied, but since Mo Xiuyao had said so, Concubine Liu could only comfort herself that it was because of the Xu family's Prince Ding that he gave Ye Li face. She raised her chin slightly and looked at Ye Li proudly and said, "Miss Ye, you must understand the benefits of this palace to Prince Ding's Mansion and the Mo family army, right?"

Ye Li raised her eyebrows, stopped Mo Xiaobao who was about to jump up and down, and smiled faintly: "With Concubine Liu Gui's brain... she shouldn't be able to think of such a thing, right? I guess whose idea it was? Tan Jizhi?"

Seeing the gloomy face of Concubine Liu, Ye Li smiled and said, "Tan Jizhi is now in the hands of Prince Ding's Mansion. Concubine Liu thinks this is an interesting bargaining chip? But I should still thank you for providing such an interesting piece of information. In addition..." Seeing Concubine Liu trying to interrupt, Ye Li said in a low voice, "The three states that Concubine Liu mentioned are all bordered by the Northern Rong, and the border is thousands of miles long. Once the Mohist Army takes over, they will have to face the attack of the Northern Rong in front and the condemnation of the subjects of the Great Chu in the back. Concubine, do you want to help the Ding Palace or harm it?"

Concubine Liu opened her mouth but said nothing. She really didn't understand these things. She just thought about them after listening to Tan Jizhi's analysis.

"You...you are talking nonsense! How could the Mohist army be afraid of the Northern Rong and a group of common people?" Concubine Liu Gui said with a pale face.

Ye Li smiled and stopped talking. It was a waste of time to talk about public opinion with this woman who was crazy and didn't care about anything for a man. Lifting her hand and gently hooking the hair beside her ear, Ye Li looked at Concubine Liu and said indifferently: "It seems that Concubine Liu can't come up with any constructive ideas. Then please go back. If you don't have that ability, don't think about other people's men. If you really need it, there is a Qingfeng Pavilion in the west of the city."

"Ahem... ahem..." Feng Zhiyao put down his teacup with a distorted expression and looked at Ye Li in horror. Qingfeng Pavilion... that's a men's aphrodisiac, right? Princess, how do you know that? Hey...