Chapter 610 Jiang Fenghua Knows Xie Shang is the Emperor
Xie Shang returned to Jiang Fenghua's room after finishing his official duties. Lin Yu saw him enter and respectfully withdrew.
After Lin Yu left, she said to Xie Shang, "I've noticed that A Yu has changed."
Xie Shang took off his cloak, went to the stove to pour hot water to wash his hands and face before daring to approach Jiang Fenghua. "How has she changed?"
“She’s becoming more and more afraid of you, and her attitude has become more respectful,” Jiang Fenghua said.
Xie Shang remained noncommittal, "Are you feeling better?"
Jiang Fenghua coughed every now and then, and even after taking the medicine, she didn't feel any better. She said, "I'll get better slowly!"
She couldn't help but cough again after she finished speaking.
When Xie Shang heard her cough, he poured her some hot water, patted her back, and gently touched her forehead to check her temperature. He said with concern, "I'll have someone go and fetch a skilled doctor."
Jiang Fenghua took the water and drank it slowly. "Stay away from me, don't let the illness affect you."
She sat on the bed, covered with a blanket, and then moved further inside. Xie Shang noticed her little movement and smiled slightly, teasingly saying, "You made room for me!"
"No, I just don't want you to get sick from me if you get close to me, I..." Her cheeks grew redder and redder. She really should keep him busy, so he wouldn't be so improper.
Xie Shang smiled but remained silent. When they first got married, he caught a cold and passed it on to her. Both of them were unable to speak. They wrote messages to each other on paper. Although Jiang Fenghua was only pretending to please him at that time, he was still very happy that someone was willing to be sick with him.
He suddenly touched her lips with his fingertips, his obsidian-like eyes fixed on her face, as if he wanted to pounce on her. Jiang Fenghua shrank back in fright, "You really can't do that."
Xie Shang took off his clothes and sat down beside her, then hugged her in his arms. "I didn't originally intend to do anything reckless, but you brought it up and I started thinking about it."
Jiang Fenghua leaned her back against his chest. "Don't joke around. Being sick is very uncomfortable, and I don't want you to suffer too." For some reason, her heart suddenly raced, and she felt a ticklish sensation. She was becoming increasingly unable to resist even the slightest teasing from him.
Xie Shang didn't really intend to do anything to her; he was just teasing her.
She felt a sweet warmth in her heart, and her smile deepened. She realized that she really liked Xie Shang. She was moved by his earnestness in serving the people. When he flirted with her, her heart would race and she would even feel happy. She would also be happy when he cared about her.
Xie Shang was already exhausted, and he could only sleep peacefully next to Jiang Fenghua. He wrapped his arms around her waist and slowly drifted off to sleep.
Jiang Fenghua only dared to turn around after seeing that he hadn't moved for a long time. Only then did she realize that Xie Shang had really fallen asleep. Even in his deep sleep, his brows were furrowed, and she wondered what he was worried about.
She gently smoothed his brow, suppressing the discomfort in her throat, and avoided Xie Shang as she coughed again.
This time, her coughing did not wake him. Xie Shang slept soundly and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
She said softly, "You must have been very tired these days! Your father is proud to have a son like you who shares his burdens, and the people will also be grateful to you."
She had also slept all afternoon, and now she felt like coughing from time to time. Not wanting to disturb Xie Shang's sleep, she quietly got out of bed, covered him with the blanket, and put on her cloak. Only after making sure she was well covered up did she leave the room.
The entire inn was staffed by their people. Jiang Jinyan had booked the entire inn long ago. The innkeepers were a couple who were only responsible for preparing food for them each day. Of course, they didn't need to prepare the ingredients; they brought them themselves.
Everyone was exhausted these days, and Lin Feng and the others went straight to sleep as soon as they arrived at the inn.
Jiang Fenghua walked to the guest room on the first floor and saw soldiers guarding the door. She said, "It's so cold, why don't you all go to your rooms? Why are you guarding the door?"
The entire inn is guarded and patrolled by soldiers, so why are there soldiers stationed at the entrance as well?
The soldier said, "They're holding hardened criminals inside, so we can't let our guard down."
"Who's locked up inside?"
The soldier was also in a dilemma, not knowing how to explain, and Lord Jiang was not there.
When Jiang Fenghua and Xie Shang came to the inn, she was too ill to accompany Xie Shang to see Xie Yun, so she didn't know that Xie Yun and Xie Minmin were also in the inn.
She then noticed that soldiers were strictly guarding the doors of several rooms. When the soldiers did not answer, she asked again, "Are those rooms also filled with wanted criminals?"
The soldier replied, "Yes, sir."
Since she was a prisoner, there was nothing to see. Just as she was about to leave, Xie Minmin's voice suddenly came from inside the room, "Is that Empress Jiang outside the door?"
Jiang Fenghua was stunned. Who was Empress Jiang?
Immediately afterwards, another voice came from inside, "I am Xie Minmin. We have met before. We met at the Hengyang Palace and in front of the Wangyue Tower in Qingzhou City. Do you remember me? I know you have amnesia. I really did nothing wrong. They all misunderstood me. My father is the Prince Kang, and he and the Emperor are cousins. How could he be so cruel as to tie me up as well?"
Jiang Fenghua wondered, "Who is Xie Minmin?"
She said to the soldier, "Open the door, I want to go in and take a look."
The soldier said, "Lord Jiang has ordered that no one is allowed to see the prisoner."
"Am I not allowed to see Lord Jiang even though I am his sister?" she asked.
The soldiers still wouldn't let them through, saying, "You can't see them without orders from your superiors."
She couldn't see what was happening inside the room through the door. "Who are you? And who is this Empress Jiang you're talking about? Have we met before?"
“My name is Minmin. You must be Empress Jiang. Didn’t Xie Shang tell you that I am really the daughter of Prince Kang? Actually, I haven’t done anything wrong, but the Emperor had me imprisoned. I am innocent.”
Regardless of whether she was innocent or not, she knew that Jiang Fenghua had truly lost her memory and didn't remember her. It turned out that Jiang Fenghua still didn't know she was the Empress. What was Xie Shang up to? Why was he lying to her?
Jiang Fenghua seemed to remember the girl named Minmin.
She asked, "Who are you calling the emperor?"
“Xie Shang! He is the Emperor, don’t you know he is the Emperor?” Xie Minmin said again.
Jiang Fenghua was stunned, her mind unable to process what was happening. Perhaps it was because of her illness, but her brain seemed to have stopped thinking.
She forced the door open and saw the girl she had seen in front of the Moon Gazing Pavilion that day, bound hand and foot to the bed. "Why is it you?"
Xie Minmin said, "We've met before."
Xue Nu was also tied up on the other side. Jiang Fenghua remembered her too. "You're all in cahoots. You also kidnapped Bai Yuhan. So what did you want to do by deliberately appearing next to me that day?"
Xie Minmin's eyes darted around. "Didn't you know you were the Empress? You were with Xie Shang, and you never knew? So he's been lying to you all along. Why would he lie to you?"
At this moment, the soldier also called Jiang Jinyan over. He panicked when he heard Xie Minmin's words. How did she know Ruan Ruan?
Jiang Jinyan quickly said, "Ruan Ruan."
Jiang Fenghua was also bewildered. She stared at her older brother and asked, "Brother, is what she said true?"
Jiang Jinyan didn't know how to answer her, "We didn't mean to lie to you."
"If it wasn't intentional, then why did you do it?"
Jiang Jinyan didn't know how to answer her, so he remained silent.
Suddenly, Jiang Fenghua coughed violently, and a buzzing sound came from her ears, which meant that everyone was lying to her.
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