The man illuminated by the candlelight had shed the humility and cowardice he usually pretended to have. He looked dignified and his face was as handsome as an immortal, which made Cheng Ruolan obsessed with him for a moment.
Feng Yi noticed her burning gaze, frowned, and a hint of disgust flashed in his eyes.
"What did General Cheng say?"
Those few cold words brought Cheng Ruolan back her wandering thoughts, and her heart ached unbearably.
She lowered her eyes, quickly collected her thoughts, and put the tray down.
"Fifth Prince, please eat the cold noodles first. They won't taste good if they clump together."
She leaned closer intentionally, and her collar opened slightly as if unintentionally, revealing a slender neck.
The disgust in Feng Yi's eyes could no longer be suppressed. He frowned, and the fingers holding the porcelain bottle suddenly tensed up, and the knuckles turned white.
If he hadn't remembered that she was General Cheng's only daughter, he would have killed her with a sword the first time she expressed her love for him.
Perhaps it was her compassion at that time that led her to misunderstand and do something even more excessive and disgusting now.
Cheng Ruolan always felt that she was more beautiful than the average woman, and because of her father, he would definitely not reject her.
But his indifference towards her these days forced her to take a gamble.
As long as it's over tonight!
He will definitely know how good she is!
"What news did General Cheng convey?"
His eyes were pitch black, like unfathomable cold pools, enough to swallow a person in one glance.
Cheng Ruolan's heart skipped a beat.
She had previously instructed the maid to change the incense in the incense burner, and deliberately wore clothes that could reveal her slender white neck, but unexpectedly, he remained indifferent!
A mixture of frustration, shame, anger, and rage quickly rose and spread in my heart...
Her suspicious gaze shifted to the incense burner, and she was shocked to discover that there was no smoke at all in the incense burner, which should have been burning with incense.
Did he find out?
When this thought came to her mind, she bit her lip.
"Fifth Prince, can't you see my good side at all?"
Feng Yi was so restless that his handsome face, as handsome as a sculpture, was covered with a layer of gloom.
"General Cheng's kindness to me is deeply appreciated. If I succeed in the future, I will certainly thank General Cheng."
The corners of Cheng Ruolan's eyes were red, and her eyes were full of accusations and grievances.
"Fifth Prince, do you know why so many people in the court are not optimistic about you, but your father has always recognized you?"
Feng Yi's eyes were dim, and the moment the candle flame burst, Cheng Ruolan vaguely saw the murderous intent rising in his eyes. For a moment, her neck felt like someone was strangling her, and she even forgot to breathe.
"You are indeed General Cheng's only daughter!"
Feng Yi was very annoyed by the smell on her body. He stood up as if avoiding a snake or scorpion, staring at her without any warmth in his eyes.
That look magnified Cheng Ruolan's resentment and fear infinitely, and her face turned as pale as paper.
"But General Cheng is not a brainless man!"
"What's the meaning?"
Feng Yi slowly uttered two words, one after another: "Benefits!"
Driven by interests, General Cheng would choose him without reservation, simply because if he could ascend to the throne one day, the Cheng family would be credited with following the emperor, and the Cheng family, who had no son, could send Cheng Ruolan into the harem.
Once Cheng Ruolan has a child, the Cheng family will be able to rise to prominence. Otherwise, how could a cautious General Cheng allow Cheng Ruolan to "secretly" come to Dagan first?
"What benefits?"
These two words hit Cheng Ruolan's heart, making her clench her hands and even forget the humiliation she had just suffered.
"You should know better than me what General Cheng wants! If he was truly obsessed with love, how could he have become the great general of Southern Qi?"
Cheng Ruolan's face turned pale and blue, and her lips were bitten white by her.
"The Cheng family helped me, and I will repay them well. However, I will never marry a woman I don't love just because of this gratitude!"
The reason why he was chosen as a hostage and sent to Dagan was only because of the mistake his good father made when he was young!
It was obvious that his good father, the emperor, lost his moral integrity after drinking and forced himself on a palace maid, but afterwards he blamed everything on the palace maid.
He wanted to sentence the palace maid who "seduced" him to death, but was afraid that the historians would say he was cruel, so he finally threw this difficult problem to the queen.
In order to prevent his hands from being stained with blood, the queen gave him the palace and left the palace maid to fend for herself. She was allowed to be bullied and tortured by those palace servants who flattered the powerful until she was diagnosed with pregnancy.
Out of kindness and selfishness, the queen came to the maid's palace, invited an imperial physician for her, and arranged a nanny for her.
After Da Gan's defeat of Southern Qi, everyone in the palace was in danger. Someone suggested arranging a hostage to stabilize the diplomatic relations between the two countries and buy Southern Qi a chance to catch its breath.
So, the queen used the favor she had shown him to put pressure on his mother. His mother was just a palace maid, without the support of her family, so she had no choice but to send the young boy to the palace as a hostage...
Since he was a child, he hated his good father and the cannibalistic palace!
If he goes back, he will make his mother, who is looked down upon by everyone, become the queen mother respected by everyone, and let her enjoy the worship of everyone!
As for the hypocritical queen, he would also give her respect as a way to repay her false kindness in the past. Otherwise, he would not have been born safely.
A woman I don't love...
Cheng Ruolan silently murmured these words in her heart, feeling her heart grow heavier and heavier, and her whole body grow colder and colder.
"Do you love Qu Li so much? But she is the Princess of Chen!"
She is unwilling to accept it!
If that woman was someone else, she might not be so angry.
Why must it be Qu Li, the married woman?
"Shut up!"
At this moment, Feng Yi really had murderous intentions.
His hands had already grasped Cheng Ruolan's neck. With just a little force, he could easily break her neck, and his secret would be completely hidden in his heart.
A feeling of suffocation came over me, and my chest felt swollen and painful as if it were being stabbed by needles and knives.
However, there was no fear on Cheng Ruolan's face.
She grinned, "Prince Chen will never let go. Otherwise, with Qu Li's personality, she would have divorced him long ago! Even if Prince Chen finally divorced her, you two are destined not to be together! Impossible!"
"You're looking for death!"
The three words, which were spoken word by word, as if they were ground out from between lips and teeth, almost froze the air in the room.
Cheng Ruolan tried to dig into his hands, but she couldn't separate his iron-like hands at all. She could only stare at him with increasing pain and resentment.
"Fifth Prince!"
Just then, the secret guard came in and saw this scene. He clearly caught the murderous intent in his eyes and hurried forward to dissuade him.
"Fifth Prince, please let go quickly. If anything happens to Miss Cheng, General Cheng will definitely be furious!"
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