ASTRP -Chapter 118 Soul Transmigration and Physical Transmigration

Xiao Jinghan asked again, “My mother came from a place called the twenty-first century. Madam, are you from there as well?”

Feng Jingge answered decisively, “Yes.”

Xiao Jinghan’s heart skipped a beat. “Then how did Madam come here?”

Feng Jingge pressed her lips together. “I came here through sleep.”

“Through sleep?”

Xiao Jinghan frowned, finding it rather absurd.

“Sounds ridiculous, right?”

Feng Jingge shrugged helplessly. “I think it’s ridiculous too, but that’s the truth.”

Xiao Jinghan pressed further. “Could Madam explain in more detail?”

“In more detail… I went to sleep at night, and when I opened my eyes, I was underwater. Then I fought with Your Highness, passed out, and when I woke up again, I had become you.”

Feng Jingge finished in one breath, but Xiao Jinghan still had doubts.

“A fight underwater?”

Xiao Jinghan vaguely recalled the events of that day. His eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at Feng Jingge with a smile tugging at his lips.

“You pushed me into the water, I grabbed your leg, and then you attacked me?”

The servants in the prince’s residence had suddenly started shouting that day.

“Splash!”

“Oh no! The Eldest Miss and the Regent Prince have fallen into the water!”

“Someone, hurry!!!”

Half-asleep, Feng Jingge suddenly heard the sound of something splashing into water before she could even react.

Icy lake water surged toward her from all directions, frantically pouring into her nose and mouth…

Feng Jingge abruptly opened her eyes. All she saw was endless water. It seemed someone had grabbed her foot, dragging her uncontrollably downward.

She lowered her head and indeed saw a person below her, gripping her ankle tightly.

The two of them were sinking rapidly…

If she didn’t escape quickly, she would probably die here.

Feng Jingge frowned and bent down, preparing to pry off the hand clutching her ankle one finger at a time.

But the moment her hand touched his, the man suddenly lifted his head, and an extraordinarily handsome yet sinister face crashed into her sight.

The man’s eyes were dark and vicious, overflowing with murderous intent.

The instant Feng Jingge realized he wanted to kill her, she didn’t hesitate in the slightest. Raising her left foot, she kicked straight toward his face.

You want to kill me?

To hell with you!

Seeing the incoming kick, Xiao Jinghan’s already grim expression instantly turned livid.

He reached out with one hand and effortlessly seized the foot she had kicked at him with, gripping it tightly.

A piercing pain shot through Feng Jingge’s ankle, as though it were about to be crushed.

Rage surged within her. Her gaze sharpened, and both hands attacked simultaneously, aiming directly for the man’s life.

Underwater, the two fought fiercely, every move intended to kill.

However…

Every deadly move she made was easily neutralized by the man.

What’s more, with her sharp eyes, Feng Jingge noticed something else.

The way the man looked at her had changed—from overwhelming killing intent at the start to astonishment… surprise… confusion… and finally curiosity.

As time passed, Feng Jingge’s stamina began to fail, and she gradually lost the upper hand.

Just when she thought she was doomed to die there, the man before her suddenly stopped fighting and abruptly toppled toward her.

Her eyes lit up with joy.

Heaven isn’t abandoning me after all!

She wrapped both arms around the man’s neck, preparing to send him to the afterlife—

But suddenly, a massive fishing net descended over their heads…

The two crashed heavily into each other.

Feng Jingge was directly knocked “flying” away.

Her soul left her body!

The moment she was knocked out of her body, Feng Jingge stared wide-eyed in horror.

She watched that body drift farther and farther away from her. She wanted to chase after it—

But as a soul, she had no control over herself and could only helplessly watch as that body and that damned man were hauled out of the water by the net.

Suddenly, a powerful suction force rushed toward her, and Feng Jingge was violently pulled away.

The next instant, she felt a familiar impact…

Then everything went black.

She lost consciousness…

When she woke up again, her soul was already inside Xiao Jinghan’s body…

Recalling the day they fell into the water, Feng Jingge hurriedly explained, “How could you blame me for attacking you?”

“You looked terrifying back then, like you were about to devour someone alive. Of course I had to fight back to save my life.”

“You entered Feng Jingge’s body first, and only afterward exchanged bodies with me?”

“Mm.”

“Then where did the real Feng Jingge go?”

Feng Jingge hesitated, her tone heavy. “She’s probably already dead.”

“And what was your real name?”

“It was also Feng Jingge.”

Xiao Jinghan looked surprised. “The two of you shared the same name?”

“No.” Feng Jingge shook her head. “It wasn’t just the name.”

“The face beneath her mask looked exactly like my original face.”

Beneath the mask?!

Hearing this, Xiao Jinghan unconsciously touched his own face.

The cold texture beneath his fingertips reminded him that this was not Feng Jingge’s true appearance.

Seeing this, Feng Jingge added, “Too much of a coincidence, isn’t it?”

“I think so too, but the world is full of strange things. Maybe it’s normal after all.”

“Your Highness, why don’t you tell me how your mother transmigrated here?”

Feng Jingge was extremely curious about Xiao Jinghan’s mother’s story.

Falling in love with an ancient emperor, marrying him, bearing his child… the process must have been full of twists and turns.

After all, emperors having harems of thousands wasn’t an exaggeration.

Xiao Jinghan looked at Feng Jingge for a moment before shifting his gaze out the window. His thoughts drifted far away as he slowly began unveiling the dust-covered past.

“My mother was somewhat different from you. When Father first met her, she was wearing strange clothing.”

“Her clothes were revealing, and she carried a very strange bag.”

Feng Jingge subconsciously blurted out, “Your mother transmigrated physically…”

Xiao Jinghan paused. “What do you mean?”

Feng Jingge immediately pulled out the explanation commonly used in transmigration novels.

“There are two types of transmigration: soul transmigration and physical transmigration.”

“Soul transmigration means your original body dies, and your soul enters the body of someone else who has just died. Physical transmigration means you cross over with your original body intact.”

“Like me—I’m a soul transmigrator.”

Xiao Jinghan nodded as though he half understood.

Feng Jingge continued, “Speaking of which, when your father met your mother, he was probably already married with children, right?”

“Mm.”

“When I was young, Mother loved to complain that Father had deceived her.”

“Mother had an unknown background and no family support. After entering the palace, she naturally suffered bullying from the women of the harem. Father had to manage state affairs while also protecting her.”

“But in the end, Mother still fell victim to the Empress’s schemes. The Empress’s maternal family was powerful, and even Father had to be wary of them. Mother suffered greatly because of it.”

“Perhaps because her heart had grown cold after that incident, Mother proposed leaving the palace. Father agreed and arranged a residence for her in the capital. Not long afterward, Mother became pregnant.”

“But then the residence suddenly caught fire. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished in time, so Mother was unharmed…”

“After that incident, Father moved Mother back into the Cold Palace within the imperial palace and stationed heavy guards around it.”

“I was born there, in the Cold Palace.”

“Though it was called the Cold Palace, the food, clothing, and furnishings there were no worse than the Empress’s.”

“Before I turned six, Mother’s health was still good.”