RMACAUH Chapter 56
by VolareChapter 56 Chapter 56 I will kill this person for you, so that in this life…
Wei Xiaofeng was also very excited to see Feng Xilan again.
They didn’t have much time, and there was no time for reminiscing about the past, Wei Xiaofeng took his hand: “Come with me.”
“Okay.” Feng Xilan nodded and followed Wei Xiaofeng along a secluded path in the backyard.
Along the path all the way to the pavilion at the waist of the peak, Feng Xilan saw a slender and tall figure standing with his back to him from afar, talking in a low voice to the guards beside him.
Feng Xilan couldn’t restrain his joy any longer and quickly stepped forward and shouted, “Brother Yue! Is it really you?!”
Hearing his voice, Feng Yue turned his head sharply and smiled at him: “Alan, it’s been three years.”
Tears welled up in Feng Xilan’s eyes: “Yes, it’s been three years, your children are so big, so cute.”
Feng Yue asked Mu Yunhua to guard nearby and not let anyone approach easily. He asked Feng Xilan to sit down and kept the matter short.
“How is your situation with the Prince now?”
Feng Xilan pursed his lips, his eyes reddening, and remained silent.
Seeing his silence, Feng Yue understood that he was not doing well, and he was afraid that no one would listen to the grievances in his heart.
“If Si Ming treats you badly, you should prepare early, don’t waste your time and energy on a man who is not worth it.”
Feng Xilan clenched his fists: “Although I understand the principle, I can’t control my fate now.”
“Fate is something you fight for.”
“How can I fight? In this place in Nan Zhao, I have no power, no influence, and no connections.”
Feng Yue frowned: “The Alan I know shouldn’t be like this.”
Feng Xilan was a little collapse: “Then what do you think I should be like? Brother Yue, you think too highly of me. I am just an ordinary brother, I am not you.”
Feng Yue felt that he had been numbed by the frustration of these three years, and had lost his fighting spirit and courage to resist.
“Alan, do you still want to go back?”
Hearing this question, a glimmer of anticipation flashed in Feng Xilan’s eyes: “Can I still go back?”
“You just need to tell me, do you want to or not?”
“I want to, of course I want to!”
“Then don’t give up so easily, the only person who can save you is yourself.”
Feng Xilan’s heart tightened, and he swallowed the bitterness in his throat: “Please Brother Yue, give me some advice.”
“Si Mo is not favored, everyone in Nan Zhao knows, now the biggest variable in Nan Zhao is all tied to this person.”
“Him?” Feng Xilan remembered the letter Feng Yue left him before he got married, which also mentioned being wary of Si Mo. He really couldn’t see what ability this person had to rebel against the current Nan Zhao King?
“Don’t underestimate Si Mo’s shrewdness and ambition,” Feng Yue paused for a while and said, “Use everything you can, don’t put your fate in the hands of others. Alan, you can understand what I’m saying.”
“Are you asking me to cooperate with Si Mo?”
“Cooperation is just a pretense, haven’t you ever thought about the day when it will be your turn to sit on the position above ten thousand people?”
Feng Xilan’s heart skipped a beat, and he stared at Feng Yue with wide eyes.
He really hadn’t thought about it. How could a brother have such great ambitions? But Feng Yue brought up this kind of thing.
This is also why, among so many brothers and sisters, he and Feng Yue were so close.
From childhood, those lang jun around him looked down on brothers, thinking that brothers were neither as brave as men nor as gentle as women, but Feng Yue was different. In his eyes, there was no distinction between brothers and lang jun. He taught him how to ride horses and shoot arrows, and practice boxing, and he never thought that he couldn’t do it just because he was a brother.
“Brother Yue, I am a brother…”
“Brothers are also men, it’s just the prejudice of the world. Not to mention brothers, the capable ones live there. Even if a woman has the ability, she can do it, so why can’t you do it?”
“I…” Feng Xilan choked with emotion and was speechless for a moment.
A good drum doesn’t need to be hit hard, Feng Yue no longer persuaded him, “Go back and think about it carefully, when you think about it, we will decide how to proceed next.”
Feng Xilan wiped the tears from his eyes: “Brother Yue, when will you and Xiaofeng go back?”
“We will stay for a while, we will leave for Guangling after the middle of July at the latest, but my identity is not suitable to stay here for a long time, lest things change.”
“Okay, I got it.” Feng Xilan nodded solemnly.
Feng Yue looked at him with pity. Compared with the Alan more than three years ago, the change was too great, and the temperament was completely different.
“You rush back to the palace first, if you disappear for too long, they will suspect you.”
Feng Xilan reluctantly glanced at Xiaofeng and Feng Yue before slowly getting up: “Then I’ll go back first, how will we meet next time?”
Feng Yue: “Don’t worry, I will find a way to contact you.”
Feng Xilan smiled and stretched out his hand to hug Ying’er, and Ying’er opened his lotus arms and let him hug him.
“Ying’er, call Alan uncle.”
At this time, Ying’er seemed very obedient and shouted in a milky voice: “Uncle Alan.”
“Good boy, Ying’er is so cute.” After hugging Ying’er for a while, Feng Xilan returned Ying’er to Xiaofeng and said, “I should go.”
Xiaofeng’s heart tightened, and he grabbed his hand: “Alan, you have to be happy, A Yue and I will definitely help you.”
This sentence gave Feng Xilan great encouragement, and a warm current flowed through his heart. He smiled knowingly, nodded, and his thin figure quickly disappeared before their eyes.
If they hadn’t come, Feng Xilan felt that he was going to drown in this rotten swamp and could not survive.
But they came and extended their hands to him. No one would refuse such a hand that could pull him out of the swamp. This represented new hope and rebirth.
His hurried footsteps betrayed his panic and excitement. When he was about to arrive at the palace, a figure suddenly came out from behind a stone scene and softly called out: “Where is Sister-in-law Alan going?”
Feng Xilan was about to scold him for being nosy, but when he thought of Feng Yue’s words, he swallowed back the words that rolled to his throat.
“I just felt bored and walked around, didn’t you come out too?”
“I also feel bored and want to come out and walk around.” Si Mo approached him step by step.
Feng Xilan took two steps back with a guilty conscience, and blocked him with his hand with great resistance: “Stay away from me!”
Si Mo sneered: “Just getting a little closer, Sister-in-law Alan can’t stand it? Actually, I think we can get closer to each other in normal times.”
“You are presumptuous!” Feng Xilan couldn’t help but slap him, hitting him hard, and one side of Si Mo’s face instantly turned red.
“Besides saying these words to me, can’t you say anything else?” Si Mo frowned and gently stroked his aching face, “Sister-in-law Alan is so cruel! It hurts me so much!”
“I don’t want to argue with animals!” Feng Xilan turned around and closed his eyes embarrassedly. He couldn’t do it! He simply couldn’t do it!
He hated this person!
He couldn’t wait to kill him!
“Feng Xilan!” Si Mo suddenly grabbed his wrist, the ease and debauchery just now were no longer pretended, his face was full of ferocity and evil spirit, “I know who you met, ha… You don’t want your life, doesn’t that Guangling Prince want his life either? Tell me if I report to Father that the Guangling Prince came to Nan Zhao without invitation, hahaha… Do you think he can leave alive?”
“How do you know?” Feng Xilan was in a panic.
“Of course I know.” His eyes were watching him every moment, where he went, what he did, whether he was sad or happy, he knew.
“What do you want?”
“Ah~ Then I have to think carefully, what can I do to you? Sister-in-law Alan, tell me, what can I do to you?”
He looked like a scoundrel and a libertine, very annoying, but Feng Xilan couldn’t beat him, which made him hate him even more.
Seeing him biting his lip, his eyes were red, and he was staring at him hatefully, Si Mo’s heart ached again.
He was not allowed to get close to him normally, but he cried when he changed to a libertine appearance to get close to him. Anyway, he was not allowed to get close to him in any way, so how could he have a chance?
“I was just joking with you, I won’t report it, and don’t cry.”
“Which eye saw me crying?” Feng Xilan sniffed, tears falling involuntarily.
Si Mo was startled and turned his back: “I didn’t see it with both eyes, I really didn’t see it.”
Feng Xilan was both angry and hated, raised his foot and kicked him on the butt, turned around and ran.
Si Mo stumbled, although he cursed in his mouth, he was very happy in his heart, “Feng Xilan, don’t go too far!”
Haha, hitting is hurting and scolding is love, he is still a little different to him.
*
In Chu Ting, the rainy season had just stopped, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Because the newly appointed Director of the Water Department is very talented, the Chu Ting area has suffered very few disasters in the past few years. Although it is inevitable that some fields and crops will be flooded, the people will be transferred on a large scale in advance and temporary residences will be provided.
After the Provincial Administration Department has calculated the damaged fields according to the household registration, the local officials will report to the court in time to reduce taxes and distribute disaster relief food.
A year ago, the Director of the Water Department caught a pest who cut corners, named Sun Changze, who used substandard materials to obtain a large amount of wealth, and was beheaded first and then played by the Director of the Water Department.
If he hadn’t been very responsible and well-governed, I’m afraid that year’s natural disaster would have turned into a man-made disaster.
The people of Chu Ting all praised him and shouted happily!
Faced with such a thief, he should be beheaded immediately, and no mercy should be shown.
After this incident, the Director of the Water Department was majestic and sacred in the eyes of all the people. As long as the Director of the Water Department spoke, there would definitely be a gathering response.
Now the situation in Chu Ting is very good, the water conservancy map has been completed and construction has begun. This dam starts from Xiushan, Sichuan, is more than 40 kilometers long, and the project is huge. If it goes well, it is expected to last for more than ten years.
At this time, an edict was issued from Beijing, and everyone had to dare to be angry but dare not speak.
The edict stated that the emperor cherished the weak body of the First Prince Feng Chao and specially appointed the Second Prince Feng Xiao as the Director of Water Affairs, and promoted the First Prince Feng Chao to the position of Grand Secretary, assisting him in completing the task of water management.
Now the sea is clear and the river is clear, and the world is peaceful, what is there to do?
Feng Chao accepted the edict and kowtowed to thank him, then silently turned around and returned to the Water Affairs Yamen, took off his mask, changed his official uniform, and prepared to go home.
Lin Huai served him to change his clothes while he was so angry that he wanted to cry.
“This emperor is so partial! Letting the Second Prince come over at this time is just to share the credit? These years, you have been coming and going in the wind and rain, not to mention getting sick, but you haven’t gained any good!”
Feng Chao pursed his lips tightly and did not speak, his mood was so heavy that he did not want to speak.
Then he heard Lin Huai complain: “If I had known this, I wouldn’t have taken this hard job in the first place, let whoever wants to do it do it!”
But Feng Chao looked serious and said: “These years are not entirely for these credits. Seeing the people living and working in peace and having hope for the future, I am also very happy. Ten miles of Qiluo Mingyue Tian, this is the greatest meaning and gain for me to manage the water.”
“The Father is the king of a country. He must have had many involuntary things in the first half of his life. Now that he is old and has made these decisions, it is understandable that he has hidden his selfishness without affecting the foundation.”
“You are just kind-hearted!”
“This palace is not kind-hearted, but I already have more important things in my heart.” Feng Chao didn’t know what he thought of, and smiled lightly, letting Lin Huai tie his waistband for him. He took the white jade hairpin and pulled up his black hair, and then left from the back door of the Water Department.
Walking through the long back alley, the stone road under his feet was very smooth after being washed by the earlier rain. The white walls and black tiles were the characteristic of the houses in Chu Ting. After looking at them for a long time, they felt very kind.
Because his home is also in these thousands of white walls and black tiles.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw a two-year-old girl rushing towards him, “Daddy!”
Feng Chao smiled happily and bent down to hug the girl in his arms: “Is Ying’er good today?”
“Ying’er is good~”
Chu Lingqiao was seeing a doctor for an old man in the yard. After reading it, he neatly wrote a prescription for him and did not charge him a consultation fee.
The old man thanked him again and again before getting up and leaving.
“Are you back? Are you hungry? I left you a bowl of chicken soup in the kitchen, I’ll get it for you.”
Chu Lingqiao put away the medicine box and walked towards him, lowering his head and kissing his lips.
Chu Ying stared with curious big eyes and raised her head to look, a pair of big hands covered her eyes, and she couldn’t see anything in front of her.
There was still some time for dinner. Every time Feng Chao came back, he had all kinds of soup to fill his stomach. These were all medicinal diet soups that Dr. Chu had worked hard to make for him. Because he always changed the taste and used different ingredients, he never got tired of eating them all these years.
Chu Lingqiao took advantage of his drinking soup and wrote prescriptions on the other end of the table, inadvertently glanced at him a few times, and could still see the disappointment between his eyebrows.
“How was your day?” Chu Lingqiao asked him.
Feng Chao drank the soup slowly and methodically, paused for a while, and then said astringently: “A letter came from the main family, wanting my second brother to come and help me.”
The pen in Chu Lingqiao’s hand paused, and a surge of anger blocked his heart, “Your father is really doing inhuman things!”
Feng Chao sighed for a long time: “Forget it, now I just want to know how my mother died back then, and I don’t want to fight for the rest.”
Chu Lingqiao got up and sat next to him, picked up the bowl and fed him the remaining chicken soup, “Your body is not good, remember not to think too much, um… Actually, I have saved a lot of money these years, there is no problem in supporting the family.”
Feng Chao couldn’t help but smile, “I just saw you giving free medical treatment to people, how much can you earn?”
“Charge more for the rich, and charge less or no for the poor, isn’t this balanced?”
“Oh~ No wonder you charged such a high consultation fee when you treated me before!”
Chu Lingqiao was embarrassed for a while, “Isn’t it all yours now?”
“Really?”
“Of course it’s true, I don’t have much use for so much money, now I have you and Ying’er, naturally I want to use it on you and Ying’er.”
Feng Chao hooked his neck with both hands, his eyebrows rippling with a bright smile: “Dr. Chu is really a good family man.”
Chu Lingqiao’s eyes were gentle and said: “When your family affairs are settled, I want to take you and Ying’er around the world to practice medicine, if you are tired of the wandering days, we will find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters to settle down, what do you think?”
“Whatever Dr. Chu says is good, anyway, wherever you go in the future, I will go.”
Chu Lingqiao was overjoyed and hugged him tightly in his arms: “Chao’er…”
*
It had been five days since I last saw Feng Yue, and Feng Xilan was worrying about how to find him when he found a note in the snacks sent by Qingzhu.
He originally didn’t like to eat these snacks, but for some reason, today the kitchen made several kinds of snacks that were popular in Beijing, as if he was sure he would eat them when he saw them.
“Qingzhu, who gave you these snacks?”
“Recently, a new kitchen came to the mansion. They can make many styles. She heard that the Prince’s Consort came from Beijing, so she specially made these snacks and ordered me to let you taste them.”
So that’s it!
Feng Xilan couldn’t help but smile: “It’s very delicious, go to the box and take some taels of reward money.”
“Yes.”
After Qingzhu went out, Feng Xilan carefully looked at the address written on it. It was a famous teahouse in the city.
He had dinner early, changed into a lighter casual dress, and took a carriage out of the palace.
When he arrived outside the teahouse, he saw that the carriage was full of alleys on both sides. The coachman had to let him get off first and found a place farther away to stop.
Walking to the teahouse, he heard the guests passing by discussing fiercely that a famous opera troupe from the Great Yuan had arrived here in the teahouse tonight. The stage in the middle of the teahouse had been set up, waiting to start after Youshi.
So the teahouse was full tonight. When Feng Xilan was hesitating, a waiter suddenly ran out of the crowd, “Excuse me, are you Mr. Alan?”
Mr. Alan?
Feng Xilan immediately replied: “Yes.”
“Your friend has been here for a long time, I will take you there.”
“Thank you.”
Feng Xilan took Qingya to the elegant room on the second floor of the teahouse, only to see Feng Yue and Xiaofeng sitting by the small window in front of the table, eating tea and laughing, while waiting for him to come over.
“Alan, come here!” Xiaofeng waved to him and asked him to sit down.
Feng Xilan didn’t feel like an outsider, and felt more cordial when he saw them again, so he happily sat next to Xiaofeng.
“Qingya, you go out and guard, I will call you if anything happens.”
“Okay, Little Prince.” Qingya quietly looked at the legendary Guangling Prince and Guangling Princess Consort, and was only amazed that they were indeed extraordinary in temperament, and standing in the crowd, they had a sense of standing out from the crowd.
At this time, the play downstairs had already started.
Feng Yue poured him a cup of tea and asked him: “Have you figured it out these days?”
“Yes.” Feng Xilan nodded: “I understand, I can’t go on like this anymore, putting my fate in the hands of others.”
Feng Yue couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard him say this: “It’s great that you can understand, then next I will tell you how to plan things.”
“Brother Yue, tell me.”
“Nan Zhao King has a younger brother, named Si Qianliu. He is stationed on the border of Nan Zhao all year round, and holds the position of a garrison captain. Although this garrison captain has no real power now, there is no problem for him to mobilize a thousand guards.”
After hearing this, Feng Xilan felt too dangerous: “Si Chang reported to the court that there were only three camps, but he actually privately raised tens of thousands of soldiers, and the Dali Metropolitan Command is also used by him. Si Qianliu’s thousand guards are probably not very useful.”
“My ships are in the nearby sea area, there are five hundred guards, I can temporarily lend you to act, you find a way to let Si Mo rebel against Si Qianliu, bribe the Dali Maritime Trade Office, once Si Mo and Si Qianliu intend to rebel, I will let my men take a boat south, cooperate internally and externally, and catch him by surprise.”
“Si Mo…” Feng Xilan swallowed with some trepidation, his face full of resistance.
“I know that Si Mo is an evil person, but if you are afraid of him, he will become more and more arrogant. When Si Chang is rebelled, I will kill this person for you, so that you will have no fear in this life.”
“The chaos in Nan Zhao, if it alarms the court…”
Feng Yue sneered: “Isn’t that even better? There are indeed a few capable old generals in the court. By the time they come to respond, the rebellion will be reversed, and the matter will be settled. And at this time, the defense in Beijing must be extremely weak, so I can take the opportunity to raise troops and enter Beijing.”
Feng Xilan’s heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Feng Yue with wide eyes, “You, you want to…”
“It’s what you think.”
He didn’t know that Feng Yue had such ambition and courage. That free and unrestrained person also wanted to compete for the imperial power.
“Brother Yue, why do you have to have this throne? Isn’t it good in Guangling? If you don’t do it well, you will be written into the history books as a traitorous official, and you will be infamous for thousands of years.”
“History books are written by the victors. When I ascend the throne, I can let them write whatever I want. If my second brother ascends the throne, who knows how he will let the historians arrange me!”
“Pfft…” Feng Xilan couldn’t help laughing out loud, “You’re right.”
“Don’t be afraid, I will take care of everything. If you fail, I can still take you away from here and go to Guangling, and they can’t do anything about it.”
“Brother Yue, I’m not afraid.” A shining light rekindled in Feng Xilan’s eyes, sweeping away the previous haze and depression, “Then I will act according to what you said, I know what to do, Si Mo, I will no longer be afraid of him.”
After watching the play, Feng Xilan nonchalantly took Qingya into the carriage and returned to the palace.
Qingya looked uneasy, hesitant to speak.
Feng Xilan glanced at him, his tone extremely heavy: “Now you and I are on the same boat, being loyal to me is your only way to survive, do you understand the stakes?”
Qingya immediately knelt down: “Qingya will never betray the Little Prince.”
Feng Xilan helped him up, using both soft and hard tactics, “You also know that now I have no one to use except you, and there is no one I can trust. Qingya, if one day I can succeed, I will definitely not treat you badly.”
Qingya smiled and said: “I know, the Little Prince is a very affectionate person, my life was given by the Little Prince, I used to suffer a lot, anyone could come and step on me, but after following you, I lived like a human being, I will never forget this kindness.”
Feng Xilan was moved by these words. The difference between people is really big. For example, Qingzhu is another kind of posture.
*
On the carriage returning to the inn, Wei Xiaofeng ate fruits and snacks, recalling Alan’s appearance before, he couldn’t help but worry: “Alan must have endured a lot, can he really…”
“He can.” Feng Yue said very firmly, “You don’t know how strong people’s desire to survive is, he will bravely fight for a future he wants.”