ASTRP -Chapter 213 He Actually Wanted to See Feng Jingge

“Luckily, Prime Minister Feng was fortunate enough to survive. Otherwise, he might have also…”

Xiao Jinghan narrowed his eyes as he looked at Feng Qiancheng.

He had always thought Feng Qiancheng was merely a profit-driven man.

He never expected him to be someone so vicious.

Probably no one in the court knew his true face.

If Jin Ge hadn’t seen all of Miss Feng’s memories, even he himself would never have believed Feng Qiancheng was such a malicious person.

Xiao Jinghan even began to suspect that Feng Qiancheng was the kind of person who constantly hid in the shadows, secretly observing everything happening inside the palace.

At that moment, Eunuch Chen hurriedly ran over to Xiao Jinghan.

“Your Highness, His Majesty has fallen ill. He probably won’t be attending court today.”

Ill?

Yu’er had been perfectly fine yesterday.

How had he suddenly become sick?

Xiao Jinghan immediately stood up and headed toward Xiao Yu’s chambers.

As he passed Feng Qiancheng, he cast him a subtle glance.

Eunuch Chen explained the situation to the ministers before hastily chasing after Xiao Jinghan.

Meanwhile, inside the Prince’s Manor—

Feng Jingge roughly recounted everything she had learned in Wuxing Kingdom to Su Xiu and the others.

“I originally planned to come back and personally take revenge on Feng Qiancheng. I didn’t expect Shen Fufeng to strike first.”

“He probably heard what I said, so he retaliated against the Feng family instead.”

“But isn’t that even better?” Qing Shan said.

“That way, Her Highness doesn’t need to dirty her own hands.”

“You idiot!”

Ning An poked Qing Shan in the forehead.

“If Feng Qiancheng just dies like that, then who’s the Princess Consort supposed to question?”

“Besides, with Shen Fufeng’s skills, Feng Qiancheng shouldn’t have been capable of escaping at all.”

“You mean… Shen Fufeng deliberately let Feng Qiancheng go?”

“Qing Shan, you’ve finally become smart for once.”

That was what Feng Jingge thought too.

“If Shen Fufeng truly wanted Feng Qiancheng dead, there’s no way he could’ve escaped.”

“Then why didn’t he kill him?”

“Logically speaking, the person who deserves to die the most is Feng Qiancheng.”

Feng Jingge had previously discussed this issue with Xiao Jinghan.

Their conclusion was that Shen Fufeng probably wanted to use Feng Qiancheng for something.

Su Xiu suddenly spoke up.

“I know now!”

Everyone looked at him in confusion.

Feng Jingge rolled her eyes. “Know what?”

“I know why Shen Fufeng didn’t kill Feng Qiancheng.”

“Princess Consort, didn’t you say Feng Qiancheng knew about the Empress Dowager having an affair with another man outside the palace, and that he used this to control her?”

“I’m guessing Shen Fufeng wants to use this matter to make Feng Qiancheng threaten the Empress Dowager so he can profit from it.”

“As for what he wants the Empress Dowager to do…”

Su Xiu looked toward Feng Jingge. Though he didn’t say it aloud, everyone already knew the answer.

Shen Fufeng liked Feng Jingge.

But Feng Jingge had already married Xiao Jinghan, making Xiao Jinghan his greatest enemy.

Yet Shen Fufeng couldn’t deal with Xiao Jinghan directly.

So he intended to use the Empress Dowager against him instead.

Although the Empress Dowager herself was just an old woman without much martial ability, the strength of the Pei family behind her absolutely couldn’t be underestimated.

That was also one of the reasons Xiao Jinghan had never moved against the Empress Dowager.

“If the Pei family truly opposes the Prince, the Prince might not necessarily win,” Ning An said, causing everyone’s expressions to darken.

After all, Xiao Yu was still the Empress Dowager’s son.

At that moment, Zhiliao suddenly appeared.

“Princess Consort, the Prince requests your presence at the palace.”

Feng Jingge froze. “Why does he suddenly want me to enter the palace?”

“His Majesty is ill. The Prince asked you to come take a look.”

Feng Jingge asked no further questions and immediately prepared to head for the palace.

But the moment she stepped outside, she saw Shen Fufeng walking toward her.

Su Xiu widened his eyes.

“What’s he doing here?”

Qing Shan and Ning An immediately stepped in front of Feng Jingge.

“Princess Consort, be careful of hidden weapons from this man.”

The last time Shen Fufeng had even blown up part of the Prince’s Manor. They had no choice but to stay on guard.

Su Xiu was about to call over more shadow guards when Shen Fufeng, who was approaching, spoke first.

“You don’t need to be nervous. I’m not here to fight.”

“I have something to discuss with Jin Ge.”

Su Xiu snorted.

“Call her Princess Consort!”

“You swagger into our Prince’s Manor like this—what, do you think no one’s here?”

Shen Fufeng didn’t even spare Su Xiu a glance as he lightly retorted,

“Does this manor belong to you?”

“Or are you planning to replace Xiao Jinghan?”

“Hey, can’t you spit out anything decent—”

“If you have something to say, then say it. Otherwise, get out of the way!”

Xiao Jinghan had summoned her to the palace. Xiao Yu was definitely not just simply sick.

She had to get there quickly.

“Shen Fufeng, I still have matters to attend to.”

“If what you want isn’t important, then move aside.”

“And besides, there’s really nothing between us worth discussing.”

Shen Fufeng stared fixedly at Feng Jingge.

“There is. Feng Mingyue.”

“Jin Ge, you seem to be quite close with her, don’t you?”

“If you want her to stay alive, then come with me.”

“Princess Consort can’t go!”

“This bastard clearly has bad intentions!”

Ning An and Qing Shan spoke at the same time.

Even Zhiliao felt Shen Fufeng was plotting something.

But Feng Jingge had her own thoughts.

“Feng Mingyue is in your hands?”

“Yes. Actually, she’s the one who wanted to see you.”

“I originally intended to kill her.”

“But she kept begging me, hoping to meet you once before she died.”

“Since she treated you fairly well before, I agreed.”

Feng Jingge considered it carefully.

“How about this—I’ll go see her tonight. Right now isn’t possible.”

“Then I’ll kill her!”

“You…”

Feng Jingge suddenly wondered if the few of them together could overpower Shen Fufeng.

Shen Fufeng suddenly said,

“Jin Ge, don’t think your group can defeat me.”

“I, Shen Fufeng, never fight unprepared battles.”

“If you want to join forces with them against me, the only ones who’ll suffer losses are you.”

“And Feng Mingyue will definitely die.”

“Hmph!”

“Then let’s try it!”

Qing Shan couldn’t hold himself back and was about to make a move, but Feng Jingge stopped him.

Although the original host hadn’t gotten along very well with Feng Mingyue since childhood,

Feng Mingyue had only been sharp-tongued.

In reality, she had never truly harmed the original host.

And during this recent period, their relationship had indeed improved somewhat.

Moreover, Feng Jingge had always felt Feng Mingyue was hiding some secrets.

After thinking for a while, Feng Jingge finally agreed.

But she wasn’t going with Shen Fufeng.

“I can meet her, but you bring her here.”

“If you disagree, then forget it.”

“As for whether you kill her or not, that’s up to you.”

“After all, we’re not exactly close.”

She wasn’t stupid enough to go with Shen Fufeng.

What if she fell into one of his traps?

Shen Fufeng seemed to have anticipated Feng Jingge’s thoughts.

“How about this instead? I’ll bring her to the Feng residence. You can meet her there. What do you think?”

“Though now that everyone in the Feng family is dead, Jin Ge won’t be scared, right?”

“What a joke. I wasn’t the one who killed them. The one who should be afraid is you.”

“You bring her there first. I’ll arrive afterward.”

“Alright.”

After Shen Fufeng left, Feng Jingge didn’t waste any more time either.