RMACAUH Chapter 47
by VolareWei Xiaofeng was furious, “Then you can’t just steal my things so overbearing.”
“Your things? Is your name engraved on it? Just saying it’s yours? Who can testify that it’s yours?” The young man looked at the shop assistant beside him, whose expression was unfriendly.
“You tell me, whose thing is this, after all?”
The shop assistant forced a dry laugh, “This, this is hard to say. But these two customers did see it first and paid for it.”
“What’s hard to say? I’ll have you say it again!”
“You, yours, it’s your thing.” The shop assistant was scared to death. Who in Guangling didn’t know the name of Ling Yifu? He couldn’t risk losing big for something small, ending up losing his shop.
“Did you hear that? The shop assistant said it’s mine.” The young man looked smug, wrapping the pearl hairpin in a silk handkerchief and stuffing it into his sleeve.
“Someone.” Feng Yue called out in a low,Sound voice.
Two guards who had been hidden in the shadows strode into the shop, bowing to Feng Yue.
“Your Highness!”
“Tie up this trouble maker and notify the The Chief Secretary to come and take him away.”
The young man’s eyes widened in fear, “You, you are the Guangling Prince?”
Upon hearing this, everyone in the shop knelt on the ground.
“Take out the thing in his sleeve.” Feng Yue ordered.
The guard took out the pearl hairpin from his sleeve again. Feng Yue threw the handkerchief in front of him and, in front of him, put the hairpin on Wei Xiaofeng’s head.
“It’s beautiful. My *fu lang* has a good eye.”
Wei Xiaofeng smiled brightly, touching the hairpin on his head. He glanced at the captured young man. Although his crime didn’t warrant such punishment, Wei Xiaofeng vaguely guessed that since it was related to Ling Yifu, Feng Yue wanted to use him to probe Ling Yifu’s true strength.
The young man was scared for a while, but seemed to have thought of something and quickly calmed down.
“You dare to arrest me?”
“Why wouldn’t this Prince dare to arrest you?”
“As the saying goes, a strong dragon can’t suppress a local snake. In Guangling, even the Heavenly King is useless!”
“What big words!”
“I know you, Guangling Prince. Although you’re a prince on the surface, you’re just a The King of Idleness relegated here by the emperor, powerless and without influence. Do you really think I’m afraid of you?”
“Slap him.”
“Yes, Your Highness.” The guard didn’t hold back, and two loud slaps were heard. The young man received two slaps, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, and his cheeks instantly swelled up.
Feng Yue’s eyes were sharp as a hawk, filled with murderous intent as he stared at him. “What are you? How dare you talk to this Prince like that?”
“You… you…” The young man, probably spoiled since childhood, was so scared that tears welled up in his eyes.
“You say Ling Yifu can manipulate everything and isn’t afraid of this Prince. This Prince will see if he has the power to save you from my hands! Take him away!”
In broad daylight, the guards took the young man away in front of everyone.
“Want to go somewhere else?” Feng Yue turned around, shedding his coldness, took Wei Xiaofeng’s hand, and turned to leave.
As the two walked out of the jewelry shop, Wei Xiaofeng felt a little dizzy. “Feng Yue, I want to go back. I’m a little tired.”
“Tired?”
He was usually full of energy. Perhaps the earlier incident had brought bad luck, and he had lost his interest.
“Okay, then we’ll go out next time. Let’s go home.”
“Yeah.”
The Administration was located in the most conspicuous place in the city. Two stone brave troops sculptures outside were lifelike. The door was made of golden silk nanmu, carved with auspicious cloud patterns, shining brightly under the sunlight, like gold flowing in the water, extravagant and luxurious.
Even the door was so impressive, let alone the interior, which was truly carved beams and painted pillars, magnificent and resplendent. Further inside, there was a different world. The back was a private residence, occupying hundreds of acres in the city center, with jade buildings and jade pavilions that even the imperial palace didn’t necessarily have so beautiful.
Where did this look like a Yamen? It was clearly decorated as his own home!
Over the decades, it was unknown how much manpower and resources had been used, and how much of the people’s hard-earned money had been plundered.
At this moment, a slightly plump guard in armor hurried towards a House.
The House was very elegant. Ling Yifu was entertaining guests when he suddenly saw the person rushing in, his face instantly turning cold.
“Who taught you to be so unruly?”
“Sir! There’s an emergency!”
“What emergency could make you barge in regardless? At most, the sky is falling, and those who stand tall will hold it up.”
“Ren Xiu Young Master has been arrested.”
Hearing this, Ling Yifu put the tea he had picked up back down. “Who arrested him?”
“It was the Guangling Prince.”
“Doesn’t he know that Ren Xiu is my lady’s younger brother?”
“Ren Xiu Young Master said so, but the Guangling Prince said…”
“Said what?”
“He said that he wanted to see if you really had the ability to bring Ren Xiu Young Master back from his hands.”
Ling Yifu slammed the table and stood up, coldly sneering, “The Noble man has been in the capital for too long and doesn’t understand the rules of the Foreign country. He still thinks he’s the Guangling Prince who was highly praised in the capital. Gather the troops and go meet this Guangling Prince. I’ll see what he’s capable of!”
Wei Xiaofeng fell asleep again after returning. Feng Yue always felt that he was a little strange. When asked where he felt uncomfortable, he couldn’t say, only saying that he was always tired and wanted to sleep, probably from spring drowsiness.
Feng Yue didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Although it was spring drowsiness, he was too sleepy, and the contrast before and after was great.
“Steward Zhao, where did the attending doctor go?”
“He went to the city to buy medicinal herbs, saying that the previous medicinal herbs were almost used up and needed to be replenished.”
“If he comes back, bring him to see the princess. She’s been feeling weak lately and doesn’t have a good appetite.”
“Okay!”
“Find a maidservant to take good care of her. This Prince has some things to take care of.”
Feng Yue took a deep look at Wei Xiaofeng, got up, and walked out of the house. This used to be the Governor-General’s mansion, and there was a very hidden dungeon, dark, damp, and cold, with no light penetrating it.
The torture instruments left inside were already covered in rust, but they could still be used after being sanded.
Feng Yue walked to the innermost room by the light of the fire. He saw Ren Xiu hanging high, already whipped several times. He was Delicate and fainted after a few hits.
Seeing Feng Yue coming over, the guard watching the dungeon moved a stool over. “Your Highness, please sit down.”
“Fainted?” Feng Yue sat on the stool and glanced at him like a dead object.
“Does Your Highness want to wake him up?”
“Use cold water to splash him awake.”
The guard scooped cold water and splashed it on Ren Xiu’s face. Ren Xiu woke up from a brief coma.
Seeing the gorgeously dressed and handsome Young Master in front of him, he thought he was an easy-going master, but he didn’t expect him to be a deadly King of the silence!
“Your Highness, I was wrong, please, let me go!”
Feng Yue took the tea handed by the guard, sipped it lightly, and sighed. “Actually, this Prince doesn’t need to bother with a young man like you. But since you brought up your brother-in-law’s name, the nature is different.”
“If you let me go now, I can still plead with my brother-in-law and won’t make things difficult for Your Highness!”
“Oh? How do you mean?”
“Does Your Highness know Dusi Shen Yitang? He has tens of thousands of troops! Even you, as a Prince, can’t do anything to him!”
“So, Shen Yitang and your brother-in-law are in cahoots?”
“Exactly!”
“Hahahaha…” Feng Yue laughed loudly.
“What are you laughing at, Your Highness?”
“Laughing at you for dying imminently, still not seeing the situation clearly, not repenting. Continue hitting him, but leave him a breath. Dead people have no value.”
Feng Yue got up and left the dungeon. The city was full of Ling’s spies. Presumably, he was almost here, right?
He had just walked out of the dungeon when he saw Mu Yunhua jogging to meet him.
“Lord, there are hundreds of guards in armor blocking the gate, all carrying weapons. I don’t know what they want to do?”
“What else can they want to do? They want to dig at On the head.”
“Ah?”
“They have tens of thousands of troops, and we only have about six hundred.”
“Then let’s not confront them head-on.”
“Yeah, we have to take a different approach.”
“So what should we do now?”
“Where is Yuan Gonggong?”
“He’s helping to clean the yard in the front courtyard!”
“Take me over.”
Mu Yunhua led Feng Yue all the way to the front courtyard, boldly calling out, “Dad, your son is here!”
Yuan Gonggong put down the dead wood in his hand, patted the dust off his body, and stepped forward to bow to Feng Yue. “Your Highness.”
“Yuan Gonggong.”
“What are your orders, Your Highness?”
“Regardless of whether you are a spy sent by my mother or not, you have come with me all the way to this place, eating the king’s food and bearing the king’s worries. We are partners on the same boat. Do you agree?”
“Your Highness is too polite. You are the master, and I am the servant. How dare I call myself a partner? Your Highness can just order this old servant.”
“Come out with this Prince to deal with them. When this Prince tells you to arrest someone, you arrest them.”
“Hey, that’s simple.”
“Senior Brother, let this disciple go! Such a small matter doesn’t require you to take action.”
Feng Yue looked at the white-haired swordsman in front of him, thinking that he had followed him all the way, but had never met him like this.
Feng Yue thought for a moment and said, “How about this hero become a guest of the Prince’s mansion? Although your martial arts are strong, you still need food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. Having the identity of a guest can allow you to stay in the Prince’s mansion for a long time to practice your swordsmanship. You just need to help out when needed.”
The white-haired swordsman thought that this was not a bad idea. Cultivating swordsmanship cannot be achieved overnight, taking at least three to five years, or as long as ten years. He couldn’t just stay here for free.
“Yun Yu Mue from the Han Ya Fourteen Floor pays respects to Your Highness.”
“How much is your bounty for killing a person now? It’s okay if you don’t want to mention it.”
“Five hundred taels, of gold.”
“Then it’s really not easy for an ordinary person to hire you.”
Yun Yu Mue was afraid that he would go back on his word, so he added, “I am willing to be a guest of Your Highness’s mansion. I don’t need to give any extra silver. As long as I can stay here safely and concentrate on practicing swordsmanship, that’s enough.”
Feng Yue knew that he was making a profit, but he didn’t show it on his face. “Since you said that, then… it’s not good for this Prince to refuse.”
Yun Yu Mue happily bowed and followed Feng Yue out of the gate of the Prince’s mansion.
Mu Yunhua had been a little headache looking at the formation, but now with such a big weapon by his side, he was not afraid of anything!
At the end of the alley, there was an extremely luxurious soft sedan parked. The guards outside the sedan whispered something at the window. The curtain of the sedan was lifted, and the person in the sedan was wearing purple silk clothes, with a great manner!
Seeing Feng Yue, he neither got out of the sedan nor saluted.
“Lord Ling has come, why don’t you get out of the sedan to talk?”
Ling Yifu saw that he had only brought two people out, and found it funny. He didn’t know if he was fearless due to ignorance, or if he was so stupid that he was just a false name.
“Your Highness, I’m here to pick up someone. This person is named Ren Xiu, the seventh younger brother of my lady.”
“Are you talking about the young man who offended this Prince and stole my things?”
“Ren Xiu has a gentle nature and is knowledgeable and reasonable. How could he do such rude things as Your Highness said? It’s easy to fabricate charges! If Your Highness doesn’t hand over the person, this official will have to go in and search.”
Feng Yue smiled lightly. “Then Lord Ling, please, don’t you want to come in and search?”
Ling Yifu was annoyed by his attitude. No one had ever put him in their eyes like this before. Ling Yifu got out of the sedan and ordered, “Search for this official! Kill anyone who tries to stop you!”
“Lord Ling has such great official power!” Hearing this, he still wanted to go in and kill people.
Feng Yue gave Yun Yu Mue a look without showing any sign. Just as those armored soldiers were about to rush in, Yun Yu Mue jumped onto the wall as agile as a swallow. Before they could react, he had already arrived in front of Ling Yifu, and the black iron sword was placed on Ling Yifu’s neck.
“Don’t move. This seat’s sword is very sharp. If you move again, your head and neck will move, and you won’t be able to put them back together.”
“You dare?!”
Feng Yue: “Mr. Yun specializes in relocating people’s heads. He even dared to kill me before. There’s nothing he wouldn’t dare to do. Lord Ling, don’t you want to go in and find someone? Don’t be impulsive. Come in with this Prince, and you’ll definitely see your beloved little brother-in-law, Ren Xiu.”
Ling Yifu was shocked and felt a chill rise up his spine as he thought of his ghostly figure just now.
Why was the news from the palace inaccurate?
Didn’t they say that he was a King of yin, powerless and without influence, and nothing to be afraid of?
He actually had such a powerful and ruthless character by his side!
“Mr. Yun, bring the person in.”
Those armored guards wanted to stop him, but Yun Yu Mue used a little force in his hand, and Ling Yifu’s neck bled.
Ling Yifu knew he was afraid when he felt the pain, “You retreat!”
Yun Yu Mue escorted the person into the house and followed Feng Yue to the dungeon. In the dungeon, the little brother-in-law and brother-in-law finally met.
“Brother-in-law! Save me!!” Ren Xiu wailed, wearing only his inner clothes, with whip marks all over his body. Where was his usual meticulous appearance? Now, his hair was disheveled, and his eyes were full of tears, looking extremely miserable.
Ling Yifu was ten years older than him, and had watched him grow up. Ren Xiu was well-behaved and pleased him, and he loved him very much.
Seeing him like this, he felt a pang of pain in his heart.
“Feng Yue!! How dare you use torture privately?!”
Feng Yue smiled cheerfully. “If it weren’t to lure you over, this Prince might have killed him long ago. What’s wrong with using torture privately? This Prince sees that he is arrogant and does whatever he wants. He must be used to being barbaric on weekdays. I’m helping you teach him a lesson so that he won’t be ignorant when he goes out in the future.”
“What exactly do you want?”
“This Prince has just arrived and doesn’t understand the rules here. But from now on, this Prince will have the final say in Guangling. Do you accept it?”
Ling Yifu couldn’t help but find it funny. “Your Highness is still too young. How dare you say such nonsense?”
“To be honest, this Prince is actually one year older than you. Lord Ling can sit in this position at a young age, covering the sky with one hand. You are truly an invincible iron fist!”
Ling Yifu was so angry that his face turned green. He was spouting nonsense, saying he was one year older than him! This person was clearly only twenty years old, a young man whose hair had just grown, and he dared to confront him head-on like this.
“Your Highness, you must think carefully.”
“This Prince is not good at using my brain. I would like to ask Lord Ling to explain the details carefully?”
Ling Yifu coldly snorted, “What’s the use of arresting me? The relationship is intricate and complicated. If I’m arrested, how many people’s jobs will be affected? Has Your Highness thought about it? If you still want to stay in Guangling, let me go, and we can discuss things slowly in the future!”
“Ah~” Feng Yue sighed, “This Prince finally knows who this young man learned his tone from. Lord Ling is really tireless in teaching, teaching so wonderfully!”
“Feng Yue!”
“Don’t shout! This Prince’s ears are very good,” Feng Yue ordered, “Go and find the documents that the Emperor bestowed on this Prince and let Lord Ling take a good look at them, so that he can hand over the land, fields, and account books to this Prince as soon as possible.”
The guard quickly handed over the documents, a large roll of bright yellow silk. Feng Yue shook it open, and one end of the scroll rolled to Ling Yifu’s feet. “The land and fields awarded to this Prince are carefully recorded inside. Lord Ling, please take a good look at them. Are these all of them? Are there any omissions? If there are any omissions, quickly make up for them now.”
“Feng Yue, don’t push people too far!”
“What are you talking about, Lord Ling? Is it about how a strong dragon can’t suppress a local snake?” Feng Yue couldn’t help but laugh. “Do you think this Prince is easily frightened? To tell you the truth, the bigger the waves, the happier this Prince is. This little storm of yours is nothing to this Prince.”
Ling Yifu saw his arrogant and domineering eyebrows and eyes and was really not afraid at all. Only then did he begin to weigh the pros and cons.
Presumably, he has more than one master by his side. Otherwise, how could he be so mad?
Ling Yifu glanced at the bright yellow dragon-patterned scroll on the ground with dissatisfaction. “Guangling has a vast territory, and the handover of this land and fields is very complicated. There are as many account books accumulated in the Yamen as there are in a study. I will ask people to sort them out when I go back, and send them to Your Highness in a month.”
“Lord Ling, since you’ve come, why don’t you stay here for a few days before leaving?”
“What do you mean by this?!”
“Come on, prepare a prison cell for Lord Ling as well. Make the straw mat thicker so that Lord Ling can sleep peacefully at night.”
“Feng Yue, how dare you treat a court official like this? What right do you have?! If you arrest me, someone will immediately impeach you. When the Emperor punishes you and strips you of your title, I’ll see how arrogant you can be?!”
Hearing this, Feng Yue laughed loudly, “Hahahaha… It’s really funny!”
“You…”
“Don’t shout! This Prince’s ears work very well,” Feng Yue ordered, “Let people bring this Prince’s reward document come, let Ling adult properly give a look. Hand over to this Prince properly the manor and land.”
The guard locked Ling Yifu into a cell opposite Ren Xiu, so that they could see each other every time they opened their eyes.
Feng Yue put away the bright yellow scroll, coldly sneered, and left the dungeon.
At this time, Mu Yunhua came to report again, “Lord, those hundreds of armored soldiers are still guarding outside.”
“If they have the leisure to guard, then let them guard. There are still several doors to enter and exit for business. Let them do business through the west and south gates.”
“Yes, Lord.”
Yesterday, the moon was hazy and Damn yellow, Like what a hairy moon like that, it was the precursor of rain. Like showering, then so be it.
After finishing these things, it was past noon. He didn’t know if Xiaofeng had eaten or if he was better.
Feng Yue walked to the yard where he was temporarily staying, and from a distance, he saw Butler Zhao and the doctor standing on the corridor, discussing something.
Seeing him coming over, Butler Zhao was as happy as an old father, loudly shouting, “Your Highness! Oh, Your Highness, you’re finally back.”
“What’s wrong?”
“Hehe…” Butler Zhao smiled contentedly like an old father, “Our Prince’s Mansion is about to have a little The prince!”
Feng Yue thought he had misheard and was stunned for a few breaths before he realized, “Are you saying…”
“Yes! princess is already more than two months pregnant! The doctor has taken her pulse and found that the fetal heart is a little unstable. After all, she has traveled such a long distance and has been through so much, so her body is inevitably a little weak. The doctor has already prescribed Fetal stimulation medicine and is going out to get the medicine.”
Feng Yue was about to be overwhelmed by this great surprise. He quickly ran into the house. Wei Xiaofeng was sitting at the table eating snacks. Seeing Feng Yue coming back, Wei Xiaofeng threw himself into his arms and cried ‘wah’.
The sound of crying broke Feng Yue’s heart. He gently rubbed his hair, comforting, “It’s okay, it’s okay, why are you crying?”
“The doctor said, said there’s a little baby in my belly.”
“Yeah, I already know.” Feng Yue looked guilty. “I’ve made you suffer. It’s been too hard on this road.”
“I don’t know, how could there be a little baby? I haven’t prepared yet…”
“I’ll prepare these things in the future. You just need to be happy.”
“I feel like I’m still an Don’t stingy, how am I going to be a dad?”
Feng Yue hugged him, coaxing him until Xiaofeng’s emotions stabilized.
“Feng Yue, don’t misunderstand. It’s not that I don’t want a little baby, I’m just afraid that I won’t do a good job.”
“I’m the same. I’m a dad for the first time too.”