Chapter 410 Between You and Me
As soon as Su Feng and Sheng Fei stepped into the courtyard, they heard Nangong Ming announce the removal of Princess Yu Sui's identity and power, and both of them were stunned.
"Father!" Su Feng immediately stepped forward to object, "Sui Sui just got back! How could you..."
"Go and erase all the names from the register and the ancestral hall." Nangong Ming ignored him and continued to instruct the elders of the clan, "Tell Sui Sui to go to the hall to recarve her name first thing tomorrow morning."
"Father!" Su Feng tried to enter the house, but was stopped by Cao Yan and the others.
Madam Sheng noticed Sheng Fei standing at the courtyard gate without moving forward, and then whispered, "Since Your Highness has made your decision, I will also back down."
She looked at the old woman who was waiting to the side. The old woman bowed her head and accepted the order, removing the Formless Serpent from Chu Jin's body.
Madam Sheng then bowed her head to Nangong Ming before turning and walking outside. She said to her son, who was standing silently at the courtyard gate, "Let's go."
Sheng Fei had been unconscious since last night due to the doctor's examination, and had only recently woken up when Su Feng went to find him.
Knowing that his emotional outbursts over the years were due to the possession of Madam Su's formless snake, Sheng Fei found it unbelievable and even doubted its authenticity.
He also regretted almost killing Mu Mengbai back then, but reason and impulse can never go hand in hand. When he regretted it, another emotion would quickly take over, making him feel angry and impatient, so he would stop thinking about anything else.
If the Serpent of No Form were to actively control him, it would be obvious and quickly discovered. However, the Serpent of No Form hides within him, behaving itself quietly. At most, it amplifies his anger and impatience, enticing him to vent all his negative emotions in his struggle with Gu Gan, subtly influencing his every word and action.
When Sheng Fei woke up, he listened to people explaining things to him with serious expressions, but he inexplicably found it absurd and funny.
I was completely unaware that I had been possessed by this disgusting farm stuff for years!
He asked Lady Su what she was after, and people replied that she was paving the way for the princess and eliminating her most competitive rival in advance.
Would Madam Su go to such lengths for her?
It wasn't for Nangong Sui, but for her eldest daughter!
Sheng Fei followed his mother halfway before suddenly stopping, turning around and leaving.
"Where are you going?" Madam Sheng asked in surprise.
Sheng Fei did not answer.
A maid stepped forward and said to Madam Sheng, "Madam, it seems that the young master is going to see the princess."
Madam Sheng frowned and looked back, and the maid quickly corrected herself: "We're going to find the Second Miss."
"Go follow him," Madam Sheng instructed another low-level sorcerer. "Make sure nothing else happens to him."
...
The officials from the Prince's Palace arrived at Yu Sui's side before Sheng Fei and conveyed Nangong Ming's orders to Yu Sui.
When Yu Sui looked at the group of elderly officials in front of him and solemnly announced the revocation of the Nangong surname, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
That's about all Nangong Ming can do to her.
To others, the surname Nangong represents honor and power, which is indeed very important, but to Yu Sui, it means nothing.
The officer in charge of the announcement paused, his mouth agape, momentarily forgetting what he was going to say.
Did the princess laugh out of anger?
Others harbored their grievances inwardly, but did not show it on their faces.
In just a short while, Yu Sui laughed until tears streamed down her face, and even the mute woman looked at the girl in surprise.
...This is truly the first time I've seen the princess smile so happily.
"Go on," Yu Sui said, suppressing a laugh and waving to the official in charge.
The official composed himself, cleared his throat, and continued, "His Highness wants us to inform Miss that her name will be re-engraved in the hall first thing tomorrow morning."
“I’m not going.” Yu Sui said, wiping away tears of laughter. “Since Father has taken back the Nangong surname, I can decide what my surname and name are from now on.”
The official reminded her, "Second Miss, we need to record new names in the ancestral hall tomorrow."
“Go back and tell the Prince,” Yu Sui said with a smile, “I will not be included in the Nangong family’s register or ancestral hall.”
The official was stunned, unsure what to say for a moment. The others dared not speak either, but they all thought to themselves that the princess must be furious to say such a thing.
Not being included in the Nangong family's register and ancestral hall is no different from saying you're not a member of the Nangong family.
The official had no choice but to return and report.
They hadn't been gone long when Sheng Fei arrived. Yu Sui was at the door instructing the mute woman and the others to clear out the invitations and gifts intended for the princess of the royal palace.
If A-Jing hadn't reminded her, Yu Sui wouldn't have noticed that there was someone standing outside the door.
Yu Sui walked past the others toward Sheng Fei outside the door, and said in surprise, "Are you in such a hurry to show off to me?"
Sheng Xun: "..."
How come I never realized before that she could be so infuriating with just her words!
When Yu Sui approached, Sheng Fei noticed the glistening tears on her eyelashes and paused in surprise.
Has she been crying?
Sheng Fei's heart was filled with mixed emotions.
"Go ahead and speak," Yu Sui said, waiting patiently for Sheng Fei to speak.
Sheng Fei took a deep breath and said, "You need to answer my questions properly so that I can plead with my father on your behalf and get him to change his mind."
"Why change it?" Yu Sui asked, puzzled. "I deliberately let my aunt cause trouble for them in order to get this opportunity."
"...What?" Sheng Fei was caught off guard by the truth in her words, as if he had been slapped in the face. "You did this on purpose?"
“Yes, I told Auntie that you were possessed by the Faceless Serpent. She will be very angry when she finds out and will cause trouble for my mother again.” Yu Sui explained to Sheng Fei happily, “Auntie is determined to make you the heir of the Prince’s Mansion. She will definitely not let this opportunity pass. The best way for Father to appease Auntie’s anger is to go along with Auntie’s wishes and change the heir.”
“My aunt led people over and injured my mother, then forced her to destroy her own phantom beast, successfully eliminating the formless serpent that was possessing me. Isn’t that great?”
Sheng Fei found it unbelievable. He had seen Yu Sui's arrogant demeanor before, but he had never seen her laugh so happily and joyfully, while the words that came out of her mouth were astonishingly sharp.
"Why is the Formless Serpent with you? Isn't it your mother's phantom beast?" Sheng Fei stared intently at Yu Sui, feeling annoyed that he knew nothing about it.
“When you were dying in the Lake of the Dead, it transferred to me,” Yu Sui said. “My aunt thought that my mother deliberately released the Formless Serpent to deal with you. On the contrary, the Formless Serpent escaped when my mother couldn’t control it. She was unable to take it back, which is why the Formless Serpent has been possessing you for many years. And because you went to Taiyi, you couldn’t recall it. So the fact that the Formless Serpent possessed you was just an accident.”
Accident?
Sheng Fei laughed angrily: "You call this an accident? Then why didn't you tell me sooner when you were in the Lake of the Dead?!"
The volume of her voice rose as she spoke, causing Ah Jing and the others who were standing at a distance to turn their heads and look over.
"Why are you yelling at me like that? Why should I tell you?" Yu Sui said unhappily. "Are we that close?"
Sheng Fei said coldly, "You don't even have the most basic feelings anymore?"
Yu Sui looked back with disdain: "Do you think the people who pointed at my nose and cursed me back then would believe what I said?"
“Fine, I’ll assume that you’ve become like this because of the Serpent of No Form.” Before Sheng Fei could finish speaking, Yu Sui impatiently interrupted him, “Don’t deceive yourself. The Serpent of No Form has no effect on me whatsoever. I just don’t like you, I hate you, and I want to see you suffer.”
Yu Sui looked directly at Sheng Fei and said, "I can tell you directly, just like what you said in the Lake of the Dead, you know for yourself whether you have been affected by the Serpent of No Form."
Sheng Fei gritted his teeth and said, "It has possessed me for many years. Do you really think I haven't been affected by it at all?"
"That's your own business, it has nothing to do with me," Yu Sui said dismissively.
Sheng Fei, however, was determined to get an answer tonight: "You said you hate me because you think I'm going to compete with you for the position of heir?"
Yu Sui then smiled again and said, "Are you saying you want me to congratulate you?"
Sheng Fei, however, said with a grim expression, "I wouldn't stoop to such tactics to snatch it from you."
Yu Sui asked, "Third Brother, without mentioning what means you'll use to seize it, do you dare admit that you want this position?"
"What's there to be ashamed of?" This time, Sheng Fei looked directly into her eyes, his expression cold and unwavering. "I do want this position."
Yu Sui met Sheng Fei's calm gaze; perhaps this was the first time he had ever been so clear-headed.
The desire to become excellent and powerful is all for the purpose of becoming the most outstanding person and standing at the highest position.
Sheng Fei's philosophy was such, and he didn't see anything wrong with it. Although he had felt reluctant in the past because he would have to compete with someone who was too weak, now that Sheng Fei had discovered that the weak person he had imagined had sharp claws, he finally abandoned his hesitation and reluctance.
Tonight, Sheng Fei came to see Yu Sui because he didn't want his past self to waste any more time with her.
He composed himself and said coldly to Yu Sui, "From this day forward, everything between you and me is over. The relationship between you and me will remain the same as when you first came to the Prince's Mansion. There will be no further changes."
Yu Sui replied indifferently, "Whatever."
The two turned and left almost simultaneously.
The two figures, back to back and walking in different directions, finally separated themselves completely tonight.
If Sheng Fei had apologized to Yu Sui even once, the two of them wouldn't have ended up in such a life-or-death situation.
...
After watching the two young masters and ladies argue and leave, Wang Jin scratched his head and asked Qiao Yuande, "How much did you hear?"
“Not much.” Qiao Yuande was also scratching his head, looking quite troubled. “But it seems like the two of them have broken up.”
"Should we report this?" the two turned to ask A-Jing.
A-Jing walked into the courtyard: "I've already reported it."
Jiang Chi learned that Yu Sui and Sheng Fei had a fight and parted on bad terms. He looked up and saw that the Prince was still in Madam Su's room and had not come out yet. The others were already busy informing the outside world that the Princess of the Prince's Mansion had become the Second Miss of the Prince's Mansion.
Yu Sui didn't take Sheng Fei's arrival seriously, nor did she take Nangong Ming's threats and intimidation seriously. Nangong Ming wanted to see Yu Sui anxiously and pitifully beg him, but even if Yu Sui knelt down and begged, Nangong Ming wouldn't change his mind.
"Grandma, go check on my mother." Yu Sui yawned and walked into the bedroom. "See how badly she's injured."
The mute woman nodded in agreement, but when she looked up at the girl's back, a hint of hesitation appeared in her eyes.
Jiang Chi did not tell Nangong Ming about Yu Sui and Sheng Fei's quarrel. Nangong Ming, however, learned from the official in charge that Yu Sui said she would not be included in the Nangong family's register or ancestral hall.
Nangong Ming laughed when he heard this, saying that she wanted to start her own business.
The child got so angry that he said such things.
No one thought that Yu Sui would be indifferent to the surname "Nangong," because during the years she lived in the capital, she had worked hard every moment to protect the Nangong family.
In the eyes of others, Nangong Sui worked so hard so that she, as a person of the Ping Shu lineage, would be worthy of the status of a princess of the royal family and secure her position as the heir of the Nangong family.
Now, with just a single sentence, Nangong Ming has taken back everything from her, and the status and honors that belonged to Princess Nangong have also disappeared from Nangong Sui.
Nangong Ming didn't believe his youngest daughter could accept that his efforts of more than ten years could be erased like this. He was waiting for Yu Sui to come to him.
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