1398 Bloodline, You Threaten Me
"Who are you?"
The man was dressed in linen clothes, looking clean and refreshing, with elegant and graceful manners. He had two strands of white hair on his temples and a face as white as jade, giving him a somewhat youthful look, making it difficult to tell his age.
"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is you. You stepped into the Yinsha Formation, why aren't you afraid?"
Feng Qingchen frowned and asked, "Why should I be afraid? Don't say you are just pretending. Even if there is a real ghost, I am not afraid."
"What courage. You are worthy of being the one chosen by Mr. Zhai. Since you are not afraid of my Yin Sha Formation, then I will give you a chance." His tone was arrogant, but not abrupt, as if he was destined to be like this.
"Give me a chance? Who are you?" Feng Qingchen was not intimidated by the other party, but he did not jump up and shout either.
She was sure that this man was no simple man, and she would not offend him if she could. She had endured so much over the years that her lungs were almost aching. She swore that after returning from Beiling, with the support of the Fengli clan, she would never endure it again.
If you endure for a long time, it will become a habit, just like she has lost her self after relying on the Ninth Prince for a long time.
The man's eyes flashed with admiration, and he said indifferently: "We are from the same ancestor, so who do you think I am?"
"You are joking, sir. Both my parents are dead. I grew up alone without the care of my clan members." Feng Qingchen answered cautiously. She would not reveal her identity just because of a word from the other party.
"Having no tribe to protect you doesn't mean you have no tribe. Little girl, you think you are hiding well, but in front of the real insider, you can't hide anything."
"What do you mean?" Feng Qingchen looked at the other person warily. This person must know something.
"You go out first." The man waved his hand. Li Ze retreated with his men without saying a word, and sent people to guard from a distance so that they could not hear the conversation inside and no one could come in.
"There is no one here now, what do you want to say?" Feng Qingchen was not afraid of the other party. The Ninth Prince and Xuan Shaoqi were both there, so she was not afraid.
The man paced around Feng Qingchen, shook his head and said, "What? What do you want to hear? Feng Qingchen, or should I call you Feng Lichen."
"What are you talking about? I don't understand." Feng Qingchen's shock was understandable, but he didn't dare to show it.
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Let me show you this." The man looked around and felt bored. He took out a jade token and gave it to Feng Qingchen: "Every direct descendant of Feng Li has one. You should be familiar with it."
The pattern on the jade token is the same as the Fengli King Token that Feng Qingchen received from Marshal Si, but the material of this jade is not as special as that of the token, and it does not have that ancient and heavy atmosphere.
"Who are you? Or what should I call you?" Feng Qingchen tightened her grip on the jade token. She had not thought that she would meet her own people so soon, and she was not ready yet.
"Finally you're not pretending anymore?" the man said jokingly, but Feng Qingchen didn't give him face and still had a cold face. The man didn't care and introduced himself: "My name is Feng Liyou. I should be your cousin, although we are a little distant."
"Cousin? How old are you?" Feng Qingchen looked doubtful. This man looked to be about the same age as his father.
"Ahem... According to seniority, you should call me cousin. According to age, I am more than enough to be your father." Feng Liyou's eyes never left Feng Qingchen while speaking.
The aura of Feng Li’s daughter, after so many years, I finally see it again!
"So, why are you here?" Feng Qingchen was not excited about recognizing her relatives. She was more suspicious about the other party's motive for appearing.
The time and place are too
Something is wrong.
"Why do you think old man Zhai gave you these private soldiers?" Feng Liyou said sarcastically.
"He lent my hand to the Ninth Uncle." This was Mr. Zhai's motive. Feng Qingchen knew it, but she still took it greedily.
"That's right, but did you give it to me?"
"Why should I give away my things?" Knowing that the other party was one of his clansmen, Feng Qingchen certainly would not back down.
She couldn't bring disgrace upon her father.
"Since you didn't give it to me, it's yours." If I had given it to you, they wouldn't have met today.
"Is this a test?" Feng Qingchen responded quickly. Feng Liyou did not deny it: "I have to know whether you are qualified to be a girl of the Fengli clan."
"So I have passed the test?" Feng Qingchen sneered. Seeing Feng Liyou nodded, Feng Qingchen said, "Before the test, did you ask me if I was willing to be a girl of the Fengli tribe?"
"What do you mean?" Feng Liyou's face darkened and he looked displeased.
"On the surface, what I mean is, before you tested me, did you ever think about whether I was willing to accept it? I inexplicably changed from an orphan to a girl of the Fengli tribe. Have you ever considered my feelings? You let me fend for myself, and after I grew up, you come to test me. Do you have the qualifications?" Feng Qingchen was aggressive and expressed all his dissatisfaction.
Before she had time to adapt to the change of identity, she was faced with a series of tests. Such tribesmen... never protected her, never brought her up, but wanted to test her. Why!
"Qualifications? What qualifications are you talking about? Just because you have half of the Fengli blood in your body, I am qualified to test you. Your feelings? How should I consider your feelings? How do I feel about the other half of your blood that comes from the pirate Lu family?" Feng Liyou's eyes flashed with contempt: "If you are not the legitimate daughter of Fengli, the Fengli clan will kill you with the other half of the pirate Lu family blood in your body. The blood of the nobles cannot be polluted."
"So, you dislike me?" Feng Qingchen's voice was as cold as ice.
"It's good that you know." Feng Liyou admitted generously. If Feng Qingchen didn't have the blood of a pirate in his body, the people of the clan wouldn't have had any disagreements after learning of Feng Qingchen's existence.
"In that case, I don't need your recognition. I have survived all these years, and I can live well on my own." There are no commoners in the upper class, and no gentry in the lower class.
In order to maintain the purity of their bloodline, the noble families have always only married into the gentry. Even if they are slightly less noble, they are still meritorious officials. They would never marry into the poor family, or even pirates who are worse than the poor.
The Wang, Xie, and Cui families became friends with each other, and the eldest son would only marry the eldest daughter. Even if the Fengli clan fell into decline, they would not marry the daughter of a pirate.
Her mother’s background was indeed not good, but so what? The Fengli clan was only in name.
"Don't you need our recognition? Without our recognition, you will only be wiped out. Don't think we can't do it. The strength that the Fengli clan has preserved is far beyond your imagination. Even if you are powerful and protected by a noble family, so what? In order to erase the stain of the Fengli clan and to maintain the pride of the Fengli clan, the Fengli clan can use the power of the entire clan to kill you. Do you think you have the ability to go against the entire clan?" If it was another woman, the Fengli clan would let it go, but...
The legitimate daughter of Fengli cannot do that. If the legitimate daughter of Fengli who has the mark cannot be used by the Fengli clan, she can only die!
"Are you threatening me?" Feng Qingchen understood very well that the world valued bloodline, and she could not fight against the whole world. This was their inheritance for thousands of years, and it would not change because of one person's words. And she, who had the blood of the Fengli clan, could not escape...