ASTRP -Chapter 110 The Prince Tricks Feng Jingge

Ning An did as instructed.

“You may leave first.”

“Yes.”

Ning An quickly slipped out of the room.

Once the door was shut, Xiao Jinghan stood up, picked up the towel soaking in the basin of hot water, and wrung it dry.

Then he used the warm towel to wipe Feng Jingge’s body.

“One day apart, and you’ve already turned yourself into this state. You even got angry with me and threw away the candied hawthorn I gave you!”

“In my opinion, you brought this upon yourself.”

As he wiped her down, Xiao Jinghan kept muttering under his breath.

In her sleep, Feng Jingge suddenly murmured, “Xiao Jinghan… tell me, why did I end up liking you?”

Xiao Jinghan’s hand froze.

Slowly lifting his eyes, he looked at “himself.”

“So many handsome guys liked me back in the modern world, and none of them moved my heart. Yet now I’ve actually fallen for an ancient man… an antique.”

Modern-world handsome guys?

A dark chill surfaced in Xiao Jinghan’s eyes.

Ancient man.

Antique?

His expression darkened further.

That was how she referred to him?

While he was still thinking about it, Feng Jingge continued mumbling in her sleep.

“What a pity… as a woman of the modern era, I can’t accept polygamy. Otherwise… maybe I really could date you.”

Xiao Jinghan’s heart tightened.

The hand gripping the towel clenched abruptly.

At that moment, his mother’s words before leaving echoed in his ears, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.

A moment later, his gaze settled on Feng Jingge’s face again.

He opened his mouth, intending to answer her sleepy murmurs.

He wanted to tell her that in this lifetime, he desired only one person for life.

But just as the words reached his lips, knocking sounded at the door.

The next moment, Qing Shan’s voice rang out.

“Miss Feng, the physician has arrived. We’re coming in now.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open.

Qing Shan dragged the physician to the bedside.

Xiao Jinghan stood up and gave up his spot so the physician could take Feng Jingge’s pulse.

The physician still remembered Feng Jingge’s instructions, and Qing Shan had also explained things on the way over.

Keeping a calm expression, he sat down, checked her pulse, then withdrew his hand.

“With this kind of weather, soaking in cold water and catching a chill that leads to fever is perfectly normal…”

Xiao Jinghan immediately caught the key point.

“Soaking in cold water?”

Qing Shan: “!!!”

It’s over!

It’s over!

The physician is about to let it slip!!!

Qing Shan hurriedly shot the physician meaningful looks, trying to signal him to patch things up quickly.

Unfortunately, the physician didn’t notice his frantic hints at all.

Without thinking, he directly replied, “That’s right!”

Qing Shan felt utter despair.

This physician was completely useless when it mattered!

At this rate, he was definitely going to get dragged down with him!

“When did this prince soak in cold water?”

Though Xiao Jinghan addressed the physician, his gaze landed squarely on Qing Shan.

The implication was obvious.

The physician answered directly, “Tonight.”

Xiao Jinghan pressed his lips together, his gaze on Qing Shan turning icy cold.

Qing Shan’s back had already gone cold, and even his legs were beginning to tremble.

Fixing his eyes on Qing Shan, Xiao Jinghan coldly called out, “Ning An.”

Ning An immediately appeared inside the room.

“Your Highness.”

Xiao Jinghan ordered coldly, “Ning An, accompany the physician to fetch and brew the medicine.”

“Yes.”

After responding, Ning An glanced toward the physician.

The physician looked at Xiao Jinghan with tightly furrowed brows and confusion in his eyes.

He hadn’t mentioned that “the prince” had been drugged, but…

Seeing Ning An looking at him, the physician finally withdrew his gaze and followed Ning An out of the room.

Once they reached the courtyard, the physician spoke up.

“How strange. Why do I feel like I saw the prince’s shadow in Miss Feng?”

“Especially the way she spoke just now. Her expression and tone were extremely similar to the prince’s.”

Ning An’s heart skipped a beat, but he answered calmly, “Perhaps this is what people call a husband-and-wife resemblance?”

The physician nodded.

“That must be it.”

Inside the room—

After Ning An and the physician left, Xiao Jinghan still hadn’t spoken.

Qing Shan hurriedly explained the entire situation from beginning to end.

After hearing everything, Xiao Jinghan remained silent.

The room was deathly quiet, and the oppressive atmosphere made Qing Shan feel as though he could barely breathe.

Only after a long while did Xiao Jinghan finally speak slowly.

“Did she discover Liu Qingqing had drugged her from the start? Or did she only realize it after being affected?”

Qing Shan answered truthfully, “Replying to Your Highness, Miss Feng didn’t say.”

“But in this subordinate’s opinion, it should be the former. Miss Feng knows medicine and can identify aphrodisiac incense.”

Xiao Jinghan said nothing.

Qing Shan didn’t dare make another sound either.

The strange atmosphere continued until Ning An returned with the medicine.

Ning An handed the bowl to Xiao Jinghan.

“Your Highness, the physician seems to have grown suspicious…”

Xiao Jinghan paused while taking the bowl.

“Suspicious of what?”

Ning An repeated the physician’s earlier remarks.

After listening, Xiao Jinghan merely replied lightly, “Be more careful from now on.”

Afterward, he dismissed both Qing Shan and Ning An, saying he would personally watch over Feng Jingge.

Once the two men left with lowered heads, Xiao Jinghan fed Feng Jingge the medicine.

After her fever finally subsided, he removed his outer robe, lay down beside her, and went to sleep.

The next morning—

Feng Jingge woke groggily, her entire body aching as though she had been run over by a cart.

Especially her chest—it felt as though a massive stone was pressing down on it, making it hard to breathe.

Frowning, she tried to turn over, only to realize she couldn’t move at all.

Feng Jingge opened her eyes—

And directly met a pair of dark eyes.

She instantly froze.

Xiao Jinghan curled his lips into a smile and softly called, “Wife.”

“…”

Feng Jingge finally snapped back to reality and leapt straight off the bed in shock.

She stared at “herself” in horror, her voice trembling as she stammered, “Y-you… you… you… why are you in my bed?!”

Xiao Jinghan slowly sat up, smiling leisurely.

“Looks like my wife has forgotten what happened last night?”

Feng Jingge: “????”

What happened last night?

What exactly happened between her and Xiao Jinghan???

Just as Feng Jingge was about to ask, she saw Xiao Jinghan looking at her with eyes full of tenderness.

That gaze was so suggestive it practically screamed intimacy.

At this point, if Feng Jingge still didn’t understand what had supposedly happened, she’d truly be an idiot!!!

But…

How exactly did she manage to do that to herself???

She had been drugged last night and out of control, so that was somewhat understandable.

But Xiao Jinghan was different.

He had been perfectly sober and rational.

So how exactly did he accept the idea of doing that with himself???

At this moment, Feng Jingge felt utterly chaotic inside, as though her worldview was on the verge of shattering.

Seeing her standing there blankly with such a complicated and indescribable expression, Xiao Jinghan knew she had believed his words.

A trace of amusement flashed quickly through his eyes before disappearing.

Then he spoke again.

“Wife, now your husband is—”

“Wait a second.”

The moment Feng Jingge heard the word “wife,” her head started hurting.

She truly couldn’t bear looking directly at this situation.

Seeing her own face calling her “wife” was honestly impossible to accept.