ASTRP -Chapter 196 The Maid Who Caused Feng Jingge’s Death Was Someone Feng Qiancheng Once Saved

“Even bathed together with me—have you forgotten all of that too?”

“If you’ve forgotten, I can always tell the prince waiting outside.”

Feng Jingge immediately stood up and shoved Shen Nan aside.

Shen Nan frowned deeply and struggled for quite a while before managing to get back up.

Feng Jingge felt a trace of pity again.

She felt stifled inside.

But since she occupied the original owner’s body, she had no way to avoid it.

Because she understood clearly that she couldn’t just accept all the benefits while refusing to bear the consequences.

“Say whatever you want. I’ve already made myself clear. What you choose to do is your own business.”

Shen Nan took a long time to recover before slowly sitting up.

“Even your personality has changed… The Feng Jingge who cried when anxious, laughed when happy, and never cared about the occasion… where did she go?”

Shen Nan tilted his head and looked at Feng Jingge.

“You… who are you exactly?”

Feng Jingge immediately stepped back.

Before coming here, she and Xiao Jinghan had discussed it thoroughly—they absolutely could not let anyone know she wasn’t the real eldest miss of the Feng family.

Because even if she told the truth, no one would believe her. It would only stimulate people further.

But… it seemed like he had noticed?

He and the original owner belonged to two different countries and lived far apart. They shouldn’t have met many times.

They had only exchanged letters. So how had he realized it?

“My memory loss made me forget many things. After waking up and meeting different people, naturally my personality changed somewhat.”

Shen Nan let out a soft laugh.

“You said you’d stay here for a long time. How long?”

“Two months. So you have plenty of time to think.”

“Jingge, before, you said you wanted to overturn Jing Nation together with me. Have you forgotten that too?”

“And our original plan—that was a secret shared only between the two of us.”

“Not even my elder brother knew. Do you really not remember any of it?”

Feng Jingge froze for a moment before exhaling slowly.

“I don’t remember any of what you said. But honestly… do you really think you and I could overthrow Jing Nation?”

“And I truly don’t understand what this so-called original plan was supposed to be.”

Shen Nan pressed a hand against his chest.

He said the original plan had actually been very simple.

But before the time came to put it into action, all news from Feng Jingge had suddenly stopped.

Wu Xing Nation was famous for raising gu insects, but after being annexed into Jing Nation, all gu insects had been burned and destroyed.

Still, he had slowly begun raising them again.

“When the emperor forced my sister to her death, Wu Xing Nation should have taken revenge.”

“But I knew revenge was impossible. So I thought—since the emperor slept with my sister, then the men of Wu Xing Nation should sleep with his concubines.”

He laughed coldly, making no attempt to hide his thoughts.

Completely treating Feng Jingge as one of his own.

“I want the emperor to watch his own concubines being defiled, then force them to slit their throats in front of him!”

“And if they refuse to die… I’ll kill them myself.”

“So you wanted to rebel using gu insects?”

“And the gu insect you placed on me—was that also meant to kill me?”

Shen Nan clenched his cloak tightly.

His knuckles turned pale white.

“I… I…”

Before he could finish speaking, large tears rolled down his face.

“I never wanted you to die… I just… I said it already. If it succeeded, I would never trouble Jing Nation again.”

“But you couldn’t accept my methods of revenge… I only threatened you a little. Really… I never intended to kill you.”

Feng Jingge suddenly felt she had caught the truth behind the original owner jumping into the pond to commit suicide.

Could it have been because of this?

In the original owner’s life, she must have suffered from depression for a very long time before finally giving up on living.

“At that time, if I refused to accept it, it was probably because I didn’t want you hurting innocent people.”

“Maybe… I just wanted you to live well.”

Shen Nan coughed repeatedly, clutching his chest, unable to form a complete sentence.

The eunuch hurried inside.

“Miss Feng, please let His Highness rest for a while!”

Feng Jingge thought about it and agreed.

After all, there was still plenty of time. There was no need to force every answer out on the first day.

That would only make things frightening.

As Feng Jingge turned to leave, Shen Nan suddenly grabbed her hand.

“Can you stay with me for a little while?”

Feng Jingge honestly didn’t want to stay at all.

Her heart was with Xiao Jinghan.

She had already been inside for more than half an hour, and she worried Xiao Jinghan would grow anxious waiting outside.

But Shen Nan had already been helped back onto the bed by the eunuchs. The wrist of the hand he extended looked so thin it seemed it could snap with the slightest squeeze.

Feng Jingge had no choice.

There had to be negotiations. The problems had to be resolved eventually.

If she acted too heartless now, it would serve no purpose.

So Feng Jingge stayed.

The eunuch explained that because the prince’s sleep was poor, he couldn’t sleep for long periods.

So whenever his body became especially exhausted, he needed to sleep whenever possible—or he wouldn’t be able to endure it.

Shen Nan closed his eyes beneath the heavy blanket while Feng Jingge sat beside him.

Before long, Shen Nan fell deeply asleep.

Looking at the man before her, Feng Jingge kept wondering whether the late emperor of Jing Nation had accomplished more merits than sins—or more sins than merits.

Although the original owner had been frail since childhood, her mind had always been meticulous. When she saw someone bringing her poisoned medicine back then, what kind of emotions had she felt?

Actually, before leaving the prince’s manor earlier, Xiao Jinghan had instructed Zhi Liao to investigate A’Xiu.

A’Xiu was the personal maid who had served the original owner during her bedridden years.

That maid had stayed by her side for ten years and was extremely close to her.

Most importantly, she wasn’t an ordinary maid.

She was someone Feng Qiancheng had personally saved and specifically left to serve her.

That changed the nature of things completely.

Just as Feng Jingge was thinking this, Shen Nan—still holding her hand—suddenly began trembling violently.

His brows knitted tightly as though he hadn’t awakened yet.

Then blood started flowing from his nose.

“Hey… hey… hey!”

Feng Jingge hurriedly patted him awake. The moment he opened his eyes, he vomited a huge mouthful of blood.

It splattered directly onto Feng Jingge’s skirt.

“Someone come quickly! Hurry!”

Feng Jingge clearly saw movement beneath the skin of his neck, as though some kind of insect was trying to crawl out.

She was so startled her entire body went numb.

Because she had never seen anything like this before.

The insect quickly moved toward Shen Nan’s nose. Shen Nan immediately covered his nose tightly.

“Get back inside… I’m not dead yet!”

“What are you trying to run away for?!”

He gripped Feng Jingge’s hand desperately.

“Everything I’ve done was for you… you owe me far too much!”

“I suffered for you… hurt for you… even gave up my flesh and blood for you…”

Then he let out a low roar, released her hand, and curled himself toward the inside of the bed.

His ragged breathing revealed just how much pain he was in.

The eunuchs and imperial physicians rushed in frantically.

Shen Nan shouted loudly, “Get her out… make her leave!”

The eunuch pushed Feng Jingge toward the door.

“Miss Feng, our prince is in too much pain. He doesn’t want you seeing him like this. Please step outside first!”

Feng Jingge didn’t leave immediately. Instead, she said to Shen Nan:

“Stop raising gu insects anymore!”

“I don’t need your protection. Protect yourself first!”

But no one in the room listened to her.

Feng Jingge thought bitterly—this was Wu Xing Nation after all.

Naturally, no one here would listen to her.

In the end, the eunuchs still pushed her out of the room.