The Emperor's Phoenix: The Abandoned Concubine

The Ninth Prince's "good idea" was doomed to fail. It was not because Feng Qingchen was stingy and unwilling to give a "reward", but...

Feng Qingchen laughed so hard that she choked, and it took her a long time to recover. Not only did the Ninth Prince not get any reward, but he also had to carefully help Feng Qingchen calm down, for fear that she would overwhelm him.

It is extremely depressing for a person who is laughed at to appease the person who laughs at him. You can tell from the increasingly ugly expression on the Ninth Prince's face. Unfortunately, Feng Qingchen is not afraid of the Ninth Prince's face at all. She does not take his dark and cold face to heart at all and still laughs at herself.

"Have you laughed enough?" The Ninth Prince gritted his teeth and spoke each word with great emphasis.

"Enough, enough." Feng Qingchen covered her stomach with one hand and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the other: it was not that her sense of humour was too low, it was just that the awkward look on Ninth Prince's face when he was seriously asking for a reward was so funny.

"You..." If it were someone else, the Ninth Prince would have kicked him long ago, but this person was Feng Qingchen, so he had to keep it to himself even if he was full of dissatisfaction.

"Stop laughing."

"Okay, okay, I, I won't laugh, I won't laugh, I really won't laugh." Feng Qingchen stood up straight and leaned on the table behind her. It took her a long time to recover. Her pretty face looked even more bright and charming because of this smile. When the Ninth Prince turned around and saw her, he almost lost his mind.

"Ahem..." The Ninth Prince turned his head away, not daring to stare at Feng Qingchen, for fear that his mind would be distracted. He couldn't help himself and pushed Feng Qingchen on the table and did it.

Feng Qingchen didn't notice the change in the Ninth Uncle and mocked him for a long time. Feng Qingchen felt a little guilty and was afraid that the Ninth Uncle would pursue the matter, so she changed the subject and started talking about Lan Jingyang again.

"Do you think Lan Jingyang has already left the city?"

Although Feng Qingchen's topic was not to the Ninth Uncle's liking, it was better than thinking about that thing all the time, so the Ninth Uncle answered seriously: "No, he is definitely still in the city. It is impossible for him to leave the city without alerting anyone."

Neither Lan Jingyang nor Lian Cheng has that ability. The Ninth Prince is absolutely confident about this.

"Maybe there is a secret passage leading to the outside of the city somewhere. After all, he is from the previous dynasty and may know some unknown secret passages. Just like how he entered Beijing mysteriously in the first place." Feng Qingchen made a bold guess.

Of course, she hoped that someone would help Lan Jingyang. After all, if such a secret passage really existed, the high gates of Dongling Imperial City and the patrol soldiers all over the city would be a joke to Lan Jingyang.

"It's possible." The Ninth Prince's eyes changed slightly, and his voice became a little colder.

"If there really is a secret passage, then it will be troublesome. We have no idea where the exit or entrance is." Feng Qingchen frowned, thinking that the Ninth Uncle was as worried as she was.

The Ninth Prince did not let his emotions show and quickly returned to normal: "It's just a possibility. There are also troops stationed outside the city, and he will leave traces when he leaves the city."

"That means, even if there is a secret passage, he is still in the city and has not left?" Feng Qingchen asked.

The Ninth Prince nodded in agreement and added, "There is another possibility. He may be in the secret passage now."

"If he is in the secret passage, we won't find him at all. Let's not consider the secret passage for now and temporarily deny its existence. If there is no secret passage, where would Lan Jingyang be? We have searched the imperial city thoroughly, disturbing the people and making them panic. It is impossible that we can't find any trace of him." Feng Qingchen confirmed again that Lan Jingyang was definitely a rat and was really good at hiding.

"Not all places have been checked." For example, the Wang family mansion, the Cui family mansion, the Feng Mansion, and the mansions of those high-ranking officials and dukes.

Even though he was the Ninth Prince, he did not dare to have someone investigate easily. Offending one or two officials was no big deal, but if he offended all the civil and military officials in the court, even the emperor would not be able to bear it.

Feng Qingchen rolled his eyes at the Ninth Prince in annoyance: "Don't tell me that you don't have spies in those places."

"Of course there are." The Ninth Prince did not hide it: "It's just that not all places can be visited by spies. There is one Lu Shaolin in Dongling, so there is no guarantee that there won't be another one."

"Even if there is, Lan Jingyang will definitely not hide there. I can guess that you have placed spies in those people's homes, how could Lan Jingyang not guess it." Although Feng Qingchen did not like Lan Jingyang, he had to admit that Lan Jingyang was indeed good at seeking benefits and avoiding harm.

"There is one place where I will not place spies." said the Ninth Prince.

"Where?" Feng Qingchen asked.

The Ninth Prince gently uttered two words: "Your home!"

"My home? You said he was hiding in Feng Mansion? Impossible." Feng Qingchen shook his head without even thinking.

Just because Feng Lizhi can come in doesn't mean Lan Jingyang can hide in her house. Does he really think her house is a hotel where he can come in and go out as he pleases?

The Ninth Prince shook his head: "It's not the Feng Mansion, but another place."

"Another place?" Feng Qingchen thought for a moment and suddenly realized: "I know, the West Branch Branch."

"Yes." The Ninth Prince nodded approvingly.

"But Ling Tian lives there. Is Ling Tian crazy?" It is understandable that the retired emperor and Lan Jingyang are involved with each other, since they have a common enemy in the Ninth Prince, but what about Ling Tian?

Feng Qingchen couldn't understand why he, as a young master, didn't want to get involved in these matters because he thought his life was too long?

"Who knows? We'll find out if we go and take a look." If he really is there, then we can kill him all at once. If he isn't there, it's okay too, just consider it a wasted trip.

"Isn't it too late to go at this time? We might as well alert the enemy." It was already the middle of the night, and she really couldn't think of a reason to come to the house, let alone a reason to go out to the inner courtyard to check.

Although that was her place, it was lent to Ling Tian after all. If she came here shouting and killing, it would be a loss of face for Tianqiong Castle.

"It's too late today, tomorrow..." Early in the morning, Sha Lingtian was caught off guard.

"Then let's go early. In case these two really get involved, we can't let Lan Jingyang get away." Feng Qingchen rubbed his hands, ready to make a big move.

If Lan Jingyang really wanted to get involved with Ling Tian, ​​the Ninth Prince could directly accuse him of being an accomplice and deal with him, the young master, without having to go to Tianqiong Castle.

“Don’t worry, I will have someone watch him outside. If he is really there, he won’t be able to escape.” The Ninth Prince pursed his lips, a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

As for what kind of trouble killing Lan Jingyang would bring, the Ninth Prince would not consider it for the time being!

When the Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen were discussing how to quietly go to the western ward to investigate tomorrow, Lan Jingyang also found Ling Tian and asked Ling Tian to arrange for his departure.

"In just one day, he turned the entire imperial city upside down. The Ninth Prince is indeed extremely powerful." Lan Jingyang said this with three parts of envy and seven parts of jealousy.

Ling Tian laughed without commenting, a hint of contempt flashed in his eyes, but he also secretly hoped that one day he would be able to be like the Ninth Prince and command the support of hundreds of people in the martial arts world.

"It's not that we haven't found you yet." Ling Tian gave a subtle compliment. Lan Jingyang's eyes flashed with pride, but he said a few humble words and pretended to be deep: "It's safe outside now. On the contrary, you here might arouse the suspicion of the Ninth Uncle."

"You're leaving?" Ling Tian raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Is there any place in the Dongling Imperial City that is safer than Feng Qingchen’s villa?