ASTRP -Chapter 208 Jin Ge Learns the Whole Truth

They also said they had found a large number of corpses.

After hearing this, Shen Nan only felt the tightness and pain in his chest and abdomen worsen.

He nearly lost his footing, and A Zan quickly supported him.

“Your Highness… let’s rest outside and let the guards search instead!”

“Why didn’t you tell me about the abnormalities here?!”

“Your condition these past few days was truly…”

Shen Nan shoved A Zan away and walked deeper inside.

He wanted to be loved.
Wanted a woman who would obediently love him forever.

Because he understood the pain of separation.

“Feng Jingge!”

“Come out… I’ll tell you the truth. I was only saying those things.”

“I never truly meant to threaten you.”

“The gu worm I made you eat was only so I could sense when you were in danger… it would never pass through your body to harm others…”

He dropped to his knees.

“And I never truly wanted to hurt the people you care about… You can love your prince, love my brother… as long as you love me a little too…”

Tears streamed down Shen Nan’s face.

But he knew Feng Jingge was dead.

There was no use saying any of this now.

By instinct, he knew that had truly been another unfamiliar woman.

“I forced her to death… it was me…”

Shen Nan continued forward, then suddenly saw a gigantic worm that resembled a snake.

Its entire body was covered in white fur.

A Zan was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.

“Aiyo…”

He scrambled back up and shielded Shen Nan behind him.

“Your Highness… retreat immediately!”

But Shen Nan instantly spotted the arm inside the creature’s mouth.

His eyes widened.

Meanwhile, Feng Jingge was not dead.

After blood burst from the creature’s body, it sprayed directly into her and Xiao Jinghan’s eyes.

The blood seemed to have a numbing effect, and Feng Jingge immediately fell unconscious.

Within her dream, she once again saw the original host’s memories.

At that time, the original host was even younger—only around five years old.
Or rather, this should have been when the original host was eight years old!

In the back garden of the Feng residence, through little Feng Jingge’s perspective, Feng Qiancheng’s face still had no wrinkles then. He even looked rather handsome.

It was deep in the night.

Probably around midnight.

Feng Jingge could not understand what Feng Qiancheng was doing there at that hour, nor why little Feng Jingge was there.

Then she heard Feng Qiancheng say to the guard beside him:

“Take this jade pendant to the Empress Dowager.”

“And this medicine is for Feng Jingge. Mix it into her food.”

The guard only paused briefly before accepting the jade pendant and the medicine.

Feng Jingge went from confusion to complete shock, her entire body turning numb.

Even though she was dreaming, she felt unable to breathe, as if she were suffocating to death.

It was the agony of being betrayed by the person she trusted most.
She wanted to cry, yet could not.

Feng Qiancheng had harmed her…

And from the earlier memories of little Feng Jingge—

Feng Qiancheng had always wanted her dead?

Damn it!

Why would he do such a thing?

At that time Madam Feng was already dead. What threat could a mere child possibly pose to him?

Why wouldn’t he spare her?

She had only been eight years old then—weak and insignificant.

She had been little more than a useless existence.

So why did Feng Qiancheng want her dead?

She was his daughter!

In little Feng Jingge’s memories, Feng Qiancheng suddenly called out to stop the guard again.

“Wait.”

“Master, do you have any other orders?”

“I heard from the physician that if she consumes the entire dose, it will kill her.”

“She is still my daughter. Better to turn her into a cripple instead.”

“Aren’t you worried about future trouble, Master?”

“If the eldest miss learns the truth about her mother in the future, then…”

“A cripple suffers far more than the dead.”

“But her mother loved her.”

“If she simply dies and goes to see her mother, wouldn’t I become the excluded one instead?”

“So it’s better for her to remain paralyzed in bed.”

The guard nodded in agreement.

With a wave of Feng Qiancheng’s hand, the guard disappeared into the darkness.

Hearing this, Feng Jingge clenched her fists tightly.

Paralyzed… huh…

His so-called mercy was actually pure cruelty!

Then little Feng Jingge shifted slightly, and Feng Qiancheng immediately barked:

“Who’s there?!”

He rushed over and grabbed little Feng Jingge, who had just turned to run away.

Little Feng Jingge burst into loud sobs.

Feng Qiancheng covered her mouth and directly lifted the tiny child into the air.

Then he dragged little Feng Jingge behind a rock formation.

Under the darkness of the night, Feng Qiancheng’s face looked terrifying.

That enlarged face carrying a faint smile instantly became the greatest nightmare of little Feng Jingge’s childhood.

“My daughter, why are you here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?”

“Don’t cry. Father doesn’t like noisy children.”

Though he said this, his hand never left little Feng Jingge’s face.

With his other hand, he pulled a golden hairpin from her hair and mercilessly stabbed it into her hand.

Little Feng Jingge struggled again, tears pouring down even harder.

Then Feng Qiancheng waved the hairpin in front of Feng Jingge’s eyes.

“If you scream once, I’ll stab this hairpin straight into your eyes and blind you.”

Little Feng Jingge trembled violently.

Seeing this scene, Feng Jingge had already categorized Feng Qiancheng as nothing less than a beast.

Even tigers do not eat their own cubs.

What exactly was he doing?

Finally, Feng Qiancheng slowly loosened his grip.

“You saw everything just now?”

Feng Jingge shook her head.

Even as an eight-year-old child, Feng Jingge knew there were things she should say and things she should not.

But Feng Qiancheng was not someone who acted normally.

He frowned slightly and stabbed Feng Jingge again.

Yet he still would not allow her to cry.

An eight-year-old child was enduring suffering no child should ever endure.

“Very good… you didn’t cry out loud.”

“I’ll ask you again. Did you see everything just now?”

This time Feng Jingge panicked.

She wanted to shake her head, but judging from Feng Qiancheng’s earlier reaction, she could only nod.

“Yes…”

“Father was just playing a game with that guard.”

Feng Jingge had absolutely no idea what to say. She curled herself into a tiny ball.

Feng Qiancheng frowned slightly and continued stabbing her with the hairpin.

Feng Jingge held back her tears and dared neither cry nor dodge.

Feng Jingge could not imagine how much terror the little girl had endured.

Because even now, she herself found Feng Qiancheng horrifying.

“Do you want to play a game with Father?”

Feng Jingge shook her head.

Feng Qiancheng directly grabbed her throat and slammed her against the rocks.

At that moment, the guard returned.

After seeing Feng Jingge, she showed no reaction at all.

As if she were already used to it.

As though she already knew Feng Qiancheng’s nature.

And Feng Jingge seemed to understand something.

This beastly behavior of abusing children…

This was Feng Qiancheng’s true nature all along.

“Jingge, Father is going to feed you some medicine. Once you swallow it, run away, alright?”

“Run far, far away.”

Feng Jingge shook her head.

She was afraid she would be poisoned to death.

But Feng Qiancheng gave her no choice.

He pried open her mouth while extending his other hand.

The guard immediately placed a pill into Feng Qiancheng’s palm.

“After you eat it, you’ll forget everything.”

“Don’t worry. Father won’t kill you.”

“Father likes the look in your weak little eyes.”

“You’re not like your mother.”

“She thought that just because she was the Empress Dowager’s daughter, marrying me lowered her status.”