Chapter 39 Explanation
Yu Fei was imprisoned in the prince's bedroom.
She loved the palace which was usually luxurious, grand, warm and comfortable, but now when she looked around, it seemed like a gloomy execution ground where her life would be taken.
With a "bang", the heavy red door opened from the outside.
Yu Fei shrank back and looked up at the person who came.
Jing Cang came in slowly.
“Your Highness…”
She stood up, hesitating whether to go forward to greet him.
When she saw the familiar memorials and the large packet of saffron in his hands, her feet felt as if they were nailed by nails.
"Why don't you come over?" Jing Cang said sarcastically, "Take a good look at these to see if they are yours?"
He came closer and threw her at her feet.
Yu Fei thought he was going to throw it in her face, so she blocked it subconsciously. After the thing fell to the ground, she heard him sneer: "You still know how to be afraid?"
Yu Fei was speechless, and bent over to pick up the memorial and saffron.
Jing Cang stared at her and said in a cold voice: "Yu Fei, you are really capable. I told you not to discuss my marriage, but you turned around and submitted a marriage proposal on my behalf!"
Yu Fei was silent for a moment, then uttered the classic PUA quote: "I am doing this for your own good..."
Jing Cang laughed angrily, with an expression that said "she's not doing this for his own good but just wants to piss him off to death."
Yu Fei's mind raced. In this situation, even a fool would know that if she told him that she had exchanged him for the Yang family's death-proof golden medal, he would kill her with a knife.
He doesn't know yet that the dragon is ineffective, so she can fool him first.
Yu Fei clenched her palms and blinked, about to burst into tears. "I accidentally saw the marriage proposal you wrote for Yang Zhi, and thinking that lovers would finally get married, I helped her. After all, you have a grudge against her because she exposed me last time..."
Jing Cang sneered: "Do you have such a kind heart? If you did, you wouldn't have treated me like this!"
He was referring to the original owner's failed attempt to force him to break his legs and her taking advantage of his amnesia to poison him. Naturally, Yu Fei could not establish a character of truth, kindness and beauty.
She continued, "Of course not only that, Yang Zhi promised me that if I were to become the ruler of the Eastern Palace in the future, she would take good care of me." She paused, "You know that I am lazy and coquettish. I think it would be better for you to marry Yang Zhi than to find someone whose character you don't know. Anyway, you like her and want to marry her."
"When did I ever say that I like her and want to marry her?" Jing Cang asked back.
"You don't like her and don't want to marry her, so why did you write that memorial?" Yu Fei asked.
Jing Cang is dumb.
After a while, he said, "It was just a temporary measure in the past."
Yu Fei pretended not to understand, "Oh, you had a crush on her before, and you misunderstood her because of Yu Shuang's incident last time. I was kind enough to help you clear things up."
"I never had any intention." Jing Cang looked at her deeply, his eyes like a blade, as if he wanted to drill into her heart, and murmured, "You said you like me, how could you be so cruel as to do such a thing?"
Yu Fei glanced sideways, "You are the prince, and from now on you belong to the world and the harem, not just me."
The two of them were silent for a long time, and the air seemed to freeze.
Jing Cang glanced at the saffron in her hand and asked, "Why do you secretly use contraception?"
This question was much easier to answer than the previous one. Yu Fei said simply, "I'm afraid of death."
Jing Cang raised his eyebrows, "Are you afraid that I will kill you after I free the snake?"
Put yourself in their shoes. If it were you, wouldn't you be afraid? Yu Fei was terrified and wanted to run away as soon as possible, but he pretended to be calm. "You said that as long as I listen, I can have anything. I believe you and you won't do anything to me."
After complimenting him, she walked closer, half-knelt in front of him, took his hand and stroked her cheek, "I'm only fifteen, I'm afraid of getting pregnant and having a child, I'm not delaying the birth of the child on purpose. My mother died of illness shortly after giving birth to me, I'm really afraid..."
The original owner's mother died early due to illness, and the woman's affairs depended on fertility issues, so he couldn't find out anything.
Jing Cang caressed her soft skin. Ever since she had been avoiding him for no reason, her face had become thinner and thinner, like a bright flower withering. Would she be unable to sleep or eat, and her clothes become loose because of this?
Thinking of this, he helped her up and wanted to feel her waist.
Yu Fei seemed frightened and stepped back suddenly, and a golden bag fell out of his arms with a "bang".
"What is...?" Jing Cang heard the sound and it sounded like something like a token.
Yu Fei shook his head like a rattle, "Nothing." He stuffed the brocade bag deep into his clothes, "If you want to sleep, I'll accompany you..."
"Give it to me." Jing Cang interrupted, stretched out his slender palm, and said in a tone that did not allow for argument, "Since you have nothing, let me see it."
"It's just a family heirloom, nothing to see." Yu Fei declined and slowly stood up. "I'll show it to you tomorrow."
Jing Cang approached, "Give it to me now!"
He looked directly at her flustered expression, "Yu Fei, why don't you look in the mirror and see how guilty you look when you say 'nothing'."
Yu Fei clenched his palms and stepped back.
Jing Cang paused and spoke word by word: "If you don't listen, I will have someone take you to the East Palace torture chamber. There, I will wait for you to confess and I will punish you leniently. If you resist, I will punish you severely."
Yu Fei was in a state of confusion. She carried the Yang family's gold medal of immunity from death with her in case Jing Cang found out that the insect had lost its effect and turned against her, so that she could use it to save her life. Although she did not get the gift letter from the Yang family, she had done what she promised Yang Zhi, and Yang Zhi would not ignore her when she saw that she was in danger.
Jing Cang was cautious, fearing that he might be able to get the details of their deal out of Yang Zhi one day. Now that he was in a difficult situation, he decided to just lay his cards on the table.
Yu Fei thought about it and took out the brocade bag and handed it to Jing Cang.
Jing Cang originally thought that Yu Fei had gotten the token to leave the palace from somewhere and was looking for an opportunity to escape. Just as he was thinking about how to deal with her, he opened it and saw that it was the Yang family's golden medal of immunity from death!
He seemed to have fallen from the winter snow into the depths of an ice cellar. He glared at her coldly, "Yu Fei, explain why the Yang family's golden medal of immunity from death is in your hands?"