The painting depicts the scene of them having barbecue on the first night they arrived in Mingcheng. In the painting, Xin Wu is turning the barbecue for everyone. Because she is eating without a veil, her face is clearly depicted in the painting.
"What does this mean, Third Prince?"
Feng Ming did not take the letters handed to her by Feng Xiyun for the time being. She didn't know what was written in the letters, but just this painting made her very angry. It seemed that they were targeted on the first day they came here. She was complacent and thought that she was the one manipulating things behind the scenes. It turned out that she was just someone standing on the bridge watching the scenery.
The Third Prince still had that gentle and faint smile on his face, looking weak and harmless. His face, which was originally only three-point pretty, was now made to look six-point pretty by his delicate look. Unfortunately, Fengming was surrounded by beauties who were nine-point or ten-point pretty, so the Third Prince did not have the blessing of good looks compared to her. Therefore, Fengming did not buy his tricks and questioned him in a very unfriendly tone.
"Why are you so angry, Your Highness?"
"Heh, Third Prince, do you think I shouldn't be angry?"
Fengming was so angry that he laughed.
"This painting, well, this painting is indeed my fault, but I will explain it to Your Highness later. Your Highness, why don't you take a look at something else first."
The Third Prince even extended his hand to invite them. Feng Ming looked at him unfriendlyly, took the letters handed over by Feng Xiyun and Feng Yuyun and read them carefully. Fortunately, these did not shock her too much. Fortunately, her correspondence with Su Wei and others was usually handled by the secret guards and was not intercepted by these people.
These letters were between Sheng Jicheng and Uncle Xin Jiu. The most recent one was Uncle Xin Jiu's response to Fengming's visit to his house. It seemed that Uncle Xin Jiu wrote to Sheng Jicheng right after they left, but thankfully, he didn't reveal what Fengming had said. The oldest one dated back to Xinyi's fall from the cliff. Uncle Xin Jiu wrote to Sheng Jicheng, begging him not to harm his only daughter. It seemed that Uncle Xin Jiu had known for a long time that Sheng Jicheng was responsible for Xinyi's accident, and his expression of disbelief in front of her was all feigned. He was a cunning and treacherous man.
"Okay, we've finished reading. Prince Three, you can tell us what all this means now!"
After reading the letters between Sheng Jicheng and Xin Jiushu, Fengming had suppressed the anger he had felt after seeing the portrait, but his tone was still cold and distant.
"This king wants to cooperate with His Highness!"
"cooperate?"
"Yes, I think we have the same goal."
"Third Prince, you must be joking. How can we have the same goal or any cooperation? We are just tourists who were targeted when we arrived in Ming City."
Although Fengming said this, he already had some ideas in his heart. Considering the attitude of those princes towards Sheng Jicheng in the Dongyao Palace that day, the three princes might have guessed the purpose of their visit to Mingcheng, which was indeed consistent with their purpose.
"Haha, Princess, why do you have to force me to explain it so clearly? You are also a smart person."
Apart from the fact that the Third Prince's aura became serious and earnest when he was talking about cooperation, he always maintained a gentle and gentle look with a soft smile. However, because of that painting, Fengming now completely turned on the filter of disgust, thinking that this man was extremely hypocritical and had to pretend to be a greasy young master.
"Oh, I don't claim to be a smart person, but as a person, it's better to be humble."
The Third Prince was met with a cold rejection, knowing that Fengming would ignore him if he didn't explain himself clearly.
"Princess, please don't be angry. The portraits I drew on the day you first arrived in Mingcheng were indeed wrong, but it was an unintentional mistake. The barbecue restaurant you went to was also one of my intelligence points. Sheng Jicheng was there that day, so my subordinates were just following my orders and, while monitoring him, they also reported back on the other customers in the restaurant. It wasn't any intentional spying on you."
Feng Ming rolled his eyes inwardly. What a waste of time! Even though he was supposed to be monitoring Sheng Jicheng and the other people in the store, the others were still being monitored, and Xin Wu's identity was still exposed.
"As for my cousin's identity, don't worry, I'm the only one who knows it."
Cousin? What cousin?
Feng Ming glanced at the third prince before realizing, oh yes, Xin Wu was their cousin. Although they didn't know if the third prince was born to the queen, after all, considering their status, it was okay for them to call Xin Wu cousin.
But what he meant was that he didn't tell anyone that Xin Wu was still alive?
"Well, even though I've kept my cousin's identity a secret, it doesn't mean others won't know."
"Oh, really? Does anyone else know that Xin Wu is back?"
"Not now, but there might be soon. Your Highness, may I ask, are the rumors circulating in the city these days caused by someone arranged by my cousin?"
After Fengming heard this, he felt that the third prince was quite powerful.
"Yes, you guessed right."
"Then those storytellers started telling this story collectively. Was it arranged by my cousin?"
"yes."
"Then did you know that the storyteller you listened to recently was actually Sheng Jicheng's man?"
"I didn't know this morning, but I know now. Prince, are you trying to tell us that you've been sending people to monitor us all this time?"
Fengming's suppressed anger was aroused again by this question and answer. The more he looked at the Third Prince, the more annoying he became.
"Princess, you misunderstood. Aside from the portrait of you eating on the first day, I had no intention of monitoring you at any point. These are just inferences based on clues. Don't worry."
Feng Ming believed this. She could forgive someone for secretly drawing her portrait on the first night. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen in such a small shop? But if she could still be monitored from then on, her secret guards would be useless and they would all have to be retrained.
"Princess……"
"There's no need to say more, Third Prince. Just tell me what you want to cooperate on."
Seeing Fengming didn't speak, the third prince wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Fengming.
"Your Highness is straightforward, so I'll be frank. Since our goal is the same, to remove Sheng Jicheng from power, I hope we can cooperate. I also hope to gain your support as the representative of the Celestial Empire to support my second brother in becoming the Crown Prince!"
Oh, there’s also the story of their second prince involved here.
This sentence flashed through Fengming's mind. She originally thought that the Third Prince wanted to get rid of Sheng Jicheng and take the throne himself. She was also thinking that he might not be able to do it with his sickly appearance. Now that she knew it was for his second brother, the situation made more sense.
But she didn't know anything about them, while they had investigated everything behind her back, so should she cooperate with them?
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