ASTRP -Chapter 28 Feng Jinge Really Doesn’t Want to Be the Cold Prince

She and Xiao Jinghan had indeed come out—but Feng Qiancheng was nowhere to be seen.

Feng Jinge took a few steps back, moving to stand shoulder to shoulder with Xiao Jinghan. Her gaze swept around, confirming that no one else was nearby.

Lowering her voice, she said, “Your Highness, could it be that he couldn’t wait and already—”

Before she could finish, a voice came from behind them.

“Your Highness!”

“Miss Feng!”

Both of them turned at the same time toward the sound.

Seeing who had arrived, Qing Shan spoke first, “Steward, have you seen Feng Qiancheng leave?”

The steward froze for a moment at the question. “Minister Feng fainted. I had someone carry him to a shaded place.”

The moment Qing Shan heard this, he burst out again, “So it was your doing! You—”

Feng Jinge coldly cut in with two words, “Lead the way.”

“Your Highness, Miss Feng, please follow this old servant.”

The steward turned and left the main hall, entering a side room nearby.

Feng Qiancheng lay unconscious on a couch, his eyes tightly shut. But his breathing was steady, and his complexion wasn’t pale at all.

The moment Feng Jinge saw him, she knew he was faking it.

Wearing Xiao Jinghan’s body, she left Xiao Jinghan behind and dismissed all the servants in the room.

Once the door was shut and even the servants outside had left, Feng Jinge was just about to remind Feng Qiancheng that everyone was gone and he could stop pretending—

But before she could speak, Feng Qiancheng suddenly opened his eyes, rolled off the couch, lifted his robe, and knelt.

“Your subordinate greets Your Highness.”

Feng Jinge glanced at him. “To lure me here, Minister Feng has really gone to great lengths.”

Feng Qiancheng’s face turned pale. “This subordinate knows his crime. This subordinate knows his fault.”

Trying to brush it off?

Hmph.

Feng Jinge’s eyes darkened. She had no intention of letting him off so easily.

“Oh? And what crime is that? What fault have you committed?”

Feng Qiancheng respectfully replied, “This subordinate failed to discipline his daughter, allowing her to offend Your Highness.”

“Offend?” Feng Jinge let out a chilling laugh. “Minister Feng, do you know what your precious daughter has actually done?”

A chill ran down Feng Qiancheng’s spine. The pressure from above felt like a mountain pressing onto his shoulders, making it hard to breathe.

He only knew about Feng Yunxiao snatching food—nothing else.

But the Prince’s words filled him with dread.

Could it be that the rebellious girl had not only grabbed food but also said something inappropriate to the Regent Prince?

As he was thinking this, a very familiar female voice rang in his ears—

“Your precious daughter called the Prince an adulterer.”

The moment Xiao Jinghan spoke—

Feng Qiancheng: ???

That voice…

Feng Jinge: ????

Wow. As expected of the Regent Prince—ruthless enough to insult even himself.

Feng Qiancheng slowly lifted his head and saw his eldest daughter also in the room, standing there with a cold expression.

His daughter stood tall, while he, the father, knelt on the ground.

No matter what, it was humiliating.

To cover his embarrassment, he snapped at “Feng Jinge,” “Shut up! The Prince is here—what right do you have to speak!”

Feng Jinge silently felt sorry for him, sighing inwardly: Minister Feng, you’re done for.

Xiao Jinghan looked at him coldly. “Rather than lecturing me, Minister Feng should think about how to explain this to the Prince.”

“The matter of Feng Yunxiao pointing at the Prince and calling him my adulterer…”

“What—?!”

Feng Qiancheng’s face instantly turned deathly pale. His body trembled as he stared in disbelief at “Feng Jinge.”

“What did you say?”

Rarely patient, Xiao Jinghan repeated it for him.

“Feng Yunxiao said the Prince is my adulterer.”

Feng Qiancheng trembled even harder.

But Xiao Jinghan had no intention of letting him off. “Did you hear clearly? If not, I can repeat it again.”

“…”

He wasn’t deaf—of course he heard it.

It was just…

Feng Qiancheng stared at his eldest daughter, lips trembling.

After a long while, he finally forced out, “That unfilial girl…”

Before he could finish, his eyes rolled back and he collapsed forward.

This time, no one moved to support him.

Bang!

Feng Jinge glanced at the fallen Feng Qiancheng, then turned to Xiao Jinghan and gave him a look: This time, he’s really fainted.

Xiao Jinghan returned a look: Send him back to the Feng residence.

Feng Jinge understood.

“Qing Shan.”

The door opened, and Qing Shan quickly stepped inside.

“Your Highness…”

He had just spoken two words when he saw Feng Qiancheng lying on the ground.

He froze.

Just outside, he had clearly heard Feng Qiancheng speaking. But now he was lying unconscious.

Was that… an illusion?

No one paid attention to his confusion.

Feng Jinge coldly ordered, “Have someone send Minister Feng back home.”

After giving the order, the two of them walked out one after the other.

Not long after they left, Su Xiu suddenly popped out of nowhere and ran into them.

Seeing the two, he hesitated for a moment, then looked at Feng Jinge and raised an eyebrow.

“Hungry? If you are, I’ll take you out to eat something good.”

Without hesitation, Feng Jinge asked, “What are we eating?”

Su Xiu grinned. “Anything. My treat.”

“And the two of you are just going to pretend I don’t exist?” Xiao Jinghan said coldly.

Su Xiu explained, “It’s not that I won’t take you—it’s just… in your current state, it’s not very convenient.”

He shifted his gaze back to Feng Jinge and raised an eyebrow. “Coming?”

Feng Jinge didn’t immediately answer. Instead, she quietly looked at Xiao Jinghan.

Xiao Jinghan glanced at both of them and said coldly, “Either you take me along, or don’t come back after you leave.”

“Forget it, I’ll just take a stroll to the kitchen.”

Feng Jinge was just about to say she’d go with him, but before the words left her mouth, Su Xiu had already disappeared in a flash.

When she looked again, he was nowhere to be seen.

He had already slipped away.

Feng Jinge silently cursed him in her heart—what a bully who fears the strong.

The moment Xiao Jinghan spoke, he didn’t dare make a sound.

“Hungry?” Xiao Jinghan’s voice came.

Feng Jinge nodded. “Mm. I’ve been hungry since I woke up.”

“Go back to your room. I’ll have someone send you some food later.”

Go back?

Feng Jinge refused outright. “Forget it, I’ll just go to the kitchen myself.”

Throwing that out, she prepared to slip away.

Xiao Jinghan didn’t stop her. He simply watched her leave, silently counting down in his mind.

Three.

Two…

Feng Jinge suddenly stopped.

She turned back to Xiao Jinghan and said, “On second thought… you’d better send it to my room.”

But Xiao Jinghan didn’t respond. He simply turned and walked away in the opposite direction.

Seeing him ignore her, Feng Jinge was furious.

Really furious.

She wanted to explode.

She wanted to curse him out loud…

But to maintain her cold and aloof persona, she had to hold it in.

If not for that persona, she would have gone straight to the kitchen already!

Persona!

Persona!

Everything was for the sake of that persona!

Feng Jinge inwardly wailed in misery.

Ahhh!

When could she finally be herself again?!

If she had to keep playing this cold, icy prince any longer, she might just go insane.