2001 Regretfully, Nanling Jinfan came to visit
The Ninth Prince was not the kind of person who would dither. Since he had decided to return to the capital, he would not feel reluctant any more. He instructed Zuo An to protect Feng Qingchen and left half of his secret guards behind. Then the Ninth Prince and Wang Jinling rode at full speed back to the capital.
For both public and private reasons, the Ninth Prince would not keep Wang Jinling.
As soon as he returned to the capital, the Ninth Prince was overwhelmed by a pile of official duties, much more than any other time. It was not that Wang Jinling and Fu Lin were deliberately making trouble for him, but there were some things that could only be decided by the emperor.
Before, there was a little emperor sitting on the throne, and Wang Jinling could still review memorials and handle government affairs on behalf of the little emperor as a regent. But now the emperor of Dongling is the Ninth Prince, and even if he did not hold a coronation ceremony, he is still the emperor, and Wang Jinling and Fu Lin cannot review on his behalf.
According to convention, when the emperor travels, memorials will be sent to the emperor for approval every day. The Ninth Prince is fine. He has been in Xuanyi Valley for nearly a month, completely ignoring the outside world and concentrating on chasing his wife, but...
No success yet.
Wang Jinling and Fu Lin felt sick just thinking about it. If they had known, they would not have let the Ninth Prince go. They had worked for nothing for a month. Especially Wang Jinling, he finally found an opportunity to go on a business trip, but he only stayed in Xuanyi Valley for one day and came back. Most of the time, he was on the road.
The Ninth Prince was extremely busy, and Feng Qingchen was not much better off. She had been recuperating in the Xuanyi Valley for nearly three months, and had been out of touch with the outside world for three months. She now had to understand what was happening outside as soon as possible so that she could make plans for the Fengli clan.
Want to have a safe delivery?
Others can do it, but Feng Qingchen cannot. Three months in Xuanyi Valley is already the limit. A woman without the protection of her father, brother or husband still has to do what she should do even if she is pregnant.
Fortunately, this time, the Ninth Prince brought Tong Jue with him. With Tong Jue around, it would be convenient for Feng Qingchen to use someone when he needed him.
Feng Qingchen's top priority is to confirm the matter between Feng Lizhi and Feng Liqingge. Feng Qingchen doesn't care and can't control what choice Feng Liqingge will make. What she cares about is Feng Lizhi.
Would he really betray the Fengli clan for Qingge?
Feng Qingchen was well aware of how united the Fengli people were. Although she had always been on guard against Feng Lizhi, she was unwilling to believe that Feng Lizhi would really betray her.
Feng Qingchen asked Tong Jue to contact the people on the grassland immediately and pass on the news from there as soon as possible.
Feng Qingchen's information network in various countries and cities is not as good as that of the Ninth Uncle, but on the grassland, it is definitely Feng Qingchen's world.
The grassland is mostly inhabited by nomadic peoples. Each tribe is very weak and depends on big countries for survival. They migrate frequently. All countries have no interest in the tribes on the grassland. Only Feng Qingchen had placed people there early on and did business with various tribes, connecting the forces on the grassland into a network.
Tong Yao is in the capital, remotely controlling the Fengli clan's industries in various places. The Fengli clan's largest industry at present is the one on the grassland. It is not difficult for Feng Qingchen to get news from there, and Tong Yao quickly brings the news.
Madam Min and Feng Li Qingge were indeed on the grassland, and had met up with Feng Lizhi. However, Feng Lizhi did not make any move, and the people who were monitoring Feng Lizhi did not know what Feng Lizhi was planning.
"Have someone keep a close eye on Youge." Feng Qingchen didn't believe that Feng Lizhi would betray his clan for Feng Liqingge and ignore his own son. If Feng Lizhi was really that cruel, he would have bowed to him and her.
"Yes." Tong Jue never asked Feng Qingchen the reason, as long as he followed the order.
"I want Madam Min to be alive." As for the others, Feng Qingchen did not mention them. Naturally, he did not care about their life or death, including Feng Li Qingge's children.
That child... She had given Qingge a chance. As long as she stayed contentedly with the child for the rest of her life, the child would grow up safely. But Feng Li Qingge refused to be content.
If Feng Li Qingge was forced, then she could easily escape once she arrived at Feng Lizhi's territory. With the people brought by Madam Min, they were definitely no match for Feng Lizhi.
Everything Feng Li Qingge did now was voluntary. Feng Qingchen knew that although Feng Lizhi was unwilling to let Qingge have a child out of wedlock, if the child was born, he would not really drown the child or ignore Feng Li Qingge and her child.
It’s not that she was too cruel, it’s that Qingge wasted the opportunity she gave her.
"Baby, don't blame me for being too bloody, and don't blame me for letting you be exposed to these things in the womb. It's true that you are different from others. In the future, you will definitely be more noble than others, and you will have a harder life than others." Feng Qingchen touched her belly and sighed softly.
No matter what the future holds for her and the Ninth Prince, the baby in her belly will belong to the Ninth Prince. She learned from the Valley Master that this might be the Ninth Prince's only child. In the future... everything that belongs to the Ninth Prince, everything that belongs to her, will belong to this child.
Call her vain or snobbish, but if one day the Ninth Prince wanted to give the world to her child, she would accept it on behalf of the child without hesitation.
Why would you want to be an ordinary person when you can be the master of this world?
Ordinary people could never climb to the top of this world. Just like she didn't have the Fengli Clan as a backing, she would never reach the height of Wang Jinling in her lifetime, let alone be on par with the Ninth Uncle, by slowly managing and accumulating.
In this world, it is not the case that more money means higher status. If it were not for this, Su Wenqing would not have...
Huh... Feng Qingchen took a deep breath and didn't think any further.
Whenever she thought of Su Wenqing, Feng Qingchen couldn't help crying, and her heart ached.
Even if the Ninth Prince didn't say it, she guessed that the figure who pounced on the Ghost King when he was about to kill them was Su Wenqing.
Su Wenqing died to save them!
Because of this, she couldn't blame the Ninth Prince for giving up on her. At that time, Su Wenqing was in more danger than she was. Unfortunately, she still failed to save Su Wenqing in the end. This was Feng Qingchen's biggest regret. Whenever she thought of it, she felt extremely regretful...
I wish I had not given the dagger to Su Wenqing at that time, and I wish I had tied Su Wenqing to a stone at that time, so that Su Wenqing would be safe. Unfortunately, knowing it earlier is priceless.
At the same time, Nanling Jinfan was lying on the bed, expressing the same sentiment as Feng Qingchen: Knowing it earlier is priceless.
If he had known this earlier, he would rather die at sea than be rescued by the Hundred Ghosts Palace.
"Ah..." Nanling Jinfan's face turned blue and his whole body was trembling with pain, but he was completely unable to move. Not only his lower body, but the part below the neck was also unable to move.
Not only was he unable to move, it felt like there were countless ants on his body, drilling into his flesh and bones, gnawing at his flesh.
"Go find Feng Qingchen and tell her that the Hundred Ghosts Palace... is exchanging." Nanling Jinfan was in so much pain that he couldn't even speak clearly, and he bit his tongue several times.
"Cousin..." Su Wan's face also turned pale. The person she least wanted to ask for help in her life was Feng Qingchen, but her cousin insisted that she go to Feng Qingchen to ask for help.
"Go, she's the only one...who can save me."
Nanling Jinfan spoke word by word with great effort. After he finished the last word, he vomited a pile of filth with a wow sound. If you look closely, you can see that there are many tiny worms wriggling in it...