TFWYH – Chapter 778 A Good Deal

Su Yangyu and the other onlookers stared at the scene before them as if they had seen a ghost.

The figure of “Tang Wan” gradually grew taller.

In just a few moments, a handsome young man with red lips and white teeth stood before them.

Wiping away his tears, Tang Fengji said pitifully,

“That fake immortal Ling Shang already knew before we set out that Tang Wan wouldn’t return, so he persuaded Mother Empress to bring me along for precisely this moment.

“I didn’t want this either! Being left alone in the Heavenly Dynasty terrifies me! I almost got killed just now! Waaaah…”

The Empress of Feng Country had two daughters and four sons.

Tang Fengji was her youngest child in her old age.

Although he was Tang Wan’s uncle by seniority, he was only two years older than she was.

The Empress had always been rather fond of him, and even in a nation where women held power, he had lived a comfortable life.

But who could have known that his eldest sister had a daughter living outside the country?

Now that the Empress had a granddaughter, all her sons had to step aside.

Without even asking his opinion, she had simply packed him up and handed him over to the National Preceptor to bring to the Heavenly Dynasty.

Sob…

He was terrified, alright?

The men here didn’t act like men, and the women didn’t act like women.

He wanted to go home!

Everyone looked speechlessly at this full-grown man crying like a delicate maiden.

Everyone except Ling Yu.

He took a step forward, suppressing the rage that was on the verge of exploding from his chest, and asked once more,

“Where is Tang Wan?”

Anyone could see that Ling Yu was only moments away from losing control.

Tang Fengji had always been good at reading people’s expressions.

Naturally, he did not miss the chilling murderous intent in Ling Yu’s eyes.

He immediately forgot about crying and hurriedly answered,

“I don’t know! That fake immortal Ling Shang is as cunning as a fox. He never told me the route at all…”

But then he saw Ling Yu draw the sword from the Shadow Master’s waist.

Startled out of his wits, he hurriedly added,

“B-but I can guess how he left! I’ll tell you—just don’t kill me!

“I’m your wife’s imperial uncle, which makes me your imperial uncle too! If you kill me, Tang Wan will be upset!”

“Speak!” Ling Yu roared.

“I am! I’m speaking!”

Tang Fengji felt utterly miserable.

All he knew were bone-shrinking techniques and disguise arts.

He knew nothing else and possessed absolutely no combat ability.

When under another’s roof, one had no choice but to bow one’s head.

Before long, he revealed everything he knew.

…

Ling Shang truly was a fox spirit who had cultivated for a thousand years.

While attending the palace banquet the previous night, he had already stationed people at an inn five miles outside the capital.

After entering the inn, eight identical carriages departed shortly afterward, each heading in a different direction.

And not only that—

Inside every carriage sat a woman wearing a veil, each with a figure identical to Tang Wan’s.

Inside one of those carriages, Murong Hong lifted the curtain and watched the five increasingly distant carriages.

Turning to look at Ling Shang, who was calmly entertaining himself with a game of chess, he frowned.

“National Preceptor, are we really leaving just like this and abandoning the Fourth Prince?”

After all, he was still a prince.

Weren’t they afraid that his weak scholar son-in-law might vent his anger on the poor man?

Placing another chess piece on the board, Ling Shang answered indifferently,

“He is, after all, Wan-niang’s close relative. If Ling Yu truly loves Wan-niang, he will not harm the Fourth Prince.”

…

So you’re gambling with the Fourth Prince’s life?

Was a prince really worth so little in your eyes?

As though reading Murong Hong’s thoughts, Ling Shang smiled faintly.

“With Wan-niang in hand, would Her Majesty still care about a mere Fourth Prince?

“Or rather, if sacrificing one Fourth Prince could bring back the Imperial Daughter of Feng Country, I believe Her Majesty would consider that an extremely worthwhile exchange.”