Chapter 499 – The Ninth Lord Is Furious (1/2)
The Ninth Lord Is Furious
The Yu Palace’s carriage turned around and went toward the imperial daughter’s manor.
Xuan Tian Ming held his sleeping wife in his embrace and brushed her hair again and again. At the same time, Ban Zou told him about the things that had happened in the imperial daughter’s manor…
After two sticks of incense of time, the gate of the imperial daughter’s manor was kicked down once more. The imperial guards felt bitter but could not cry. After the gate had been partially destroyed by the Emperor’s kick, they finally managed to restore it. With the ninth prince kicking it, they figured it was most likely a total loss. The leader quickly gave the order: “Go order a new gate. Have them make it overnight.”
Just after the order was given, they looked into the yard and found that his Highness the ninth prince had already disappeared.
On this night, Xuan Tian Ming had come to the imperial daughter’s manor to look for someone. That person was Yao shi. Ban Zou had asked beforehand. Because Yao Xian had said that today was not a good day to move, Yao shi was still living in the imperial daughter’s manor.
His movements brought a wind with it, and he was enveloped in an aura of murderous intent. While walking, the plants that were quite a distance away from him also began to sway with the wind. The servants of the imperial daughter’s manor that usually were not very afraid suddenly recalled the rumors about the ninth prince that they had almost forgotten.
Not a single person dared to stop him. Until he rushed into Yao shi’s courtyard and whipped open the front door, not a single person dared to utter a sound.
There were servants kneeling everywhere, from the entrance to the bedroom door that had just been whipped open. Those that had kneeled did not dare stand up again. Everyone was wondering the same thing: Will the ninth prince kill the madam?
The past few days, the madam and the imperial daughter’s manor were in a bit of a conflict. It seemed that the madam had said a few outrageous things to the imperial daughter. They had heard a few of those words, and they caused the servants to feel as though the imperial daughter was being treated unfairly. The ninth prince doted on imperial daughter so much. Tonight… he must have come to settle a debt with the madam, right?
When Xuan Tian Ming whipped open the door, Yao shi was in the middle of sewing a decorative border on Zi Rui’s Autumn clothes. Being startled like this, the needle stabbed into her finger, and the green bamboo became dyed with blood.
Yao shi had always been cowardly. Xuan Tian Ming’s fierce aura caused her to fall from her chair and kneel on the ground. The maidservant at her side also kneeled, not daring to breathe at all.
The whip was dragged on the ground behind him, and the thorns nearly caused Yao shi to die of fright. The broken door fell to the ground and nearly dropped on the servant that was passing by. Yao shi immediately understood. With the way that she treated A-Heng, this ninth prince would not forgive her.
The room was dead silent. Xuan Tian Ming did not speak, and Yao shi’s group did not dare to speak. Like this, the two sides looked at each other. Yao shi looked at him, and Xuan Tian Ming glared at Yao shi.
Who knows how long passed before the whip on the ground finally moved. Yao shi dodged back as a conditioned respected, hiding behind Qing Lan. However, the whip that she dreaded did not land on her. In fact, it was not sent flying out. Xuan Tian Ming had just moved his wrist slightly, raising the whip just a little.
Yao shi’s face was pale, as she stared blankly at Xuan Tian Ming. She felt that the face hidden by the golden mask had already peaked in anger. Even if he was wearing a mask, there was no way of hiding the fury that had leaked out from behind the gold. Her horror grew more profound; however, she finally heard Xuan Tian Ming say- “Aside from hiding behind someone else, what else do you know?”
Once this was said, the indignation in Xuan Tian Ming’s heart could no longer be repressed. He pointed at Yao shi and accused this woman of doing things that a mother should not do. He said- “Do you know where this prince first met Heng Heng? It was in the mountains of the Northwest. Your daughter was drugged by someone and thrown into a mass grave. If it was not for meeting this prince, she would have died long ago. If she had died at that time, this prince will ask you, do you have the ability to settle this debt? Would you have the ability to get revenge? If you don’t what right do you have to have her call you mother? You suspected her medical abilities? They were indeed learned from a Persian master because she wanted for you three to be able to live a better life without dying of hunger or sickness. You suspect her martial arts? This prince taught them because this prince was interested in that girl and wanted her to be able to continue growing. You suspect that she is not your daughter? That’s right, she is indeed not the former Feng Yu Heng. Rather, she is a phoenix that has attained nirvana. She is a phoenix that is thoroughly disappointed with and thoroughly hates the Feng family. She has longed for this starting in the mountains of the Northwest. After being reborn from fire, she needed to spread her wings and fly back to the capital to get repaid for the suffering that you three have suffered. Unfortunately, her mother does not understand and even wants to help those that have caused her death once. Yao shi, just how many lives of fortune have you saved up to become her mother? And how many lives of fortune have you saved up to allow her to suffer such grief yet have her speak for you?”
Xuan Tian Ming desperately controlled his own emotions, doing his best to endure his urge to whip people. By the end, he did not even want to look at Yao shi’s face. He was just puzzled, could it be that Feng Jin Yuan’s ability to irritate people was contagious? Yao shi had lived with him for many years. Had she also become infected? Why did he see Feng Jin Yuan’s damned appearance when he looked at Yao shi’s face?
Half of the things that he said were true and half were false. He deliberately placed all of the things that Feng Yu Heng did not want to reveal on himself. He just wanted this woman to know just how hard her daughter had it in order to keep her safe.
He took a few deep breaths, as he had not yet finished speaking. He continued, telling Yao shi- “The Feng family courted death, and Feng Yu Heng had sorted their mess many times. Do you believe that if it was not for A-Heng’s contribution, the Feng family would have been able to escape the crisis caused by Qian Zhou’s attempted assassination of the Emperor? Feng Jin Yuan wasted the entire Feng family. Even the elder madam’s funeral was paid for by A-Heng! Even the 600 taels for the coffin were paid for by A-Heng, was that not enough? What other request do you have of her? Feng Jin Yuan tries time and time again to murder your children, but your daughter is soft-hearted and pardons him because he is her father. Yao shi, have you ever thought of the people that Feng Jin Yuan had hired to kill your children with their swords? Calling you madam is a respect toward you. If you do not want this respect, you are no different from the people in the Feng family. You feel that if you return to the Feng family now, you won’t be bullied, right? This prince will tell you that it is because your daughter paved the road for you. Don’t believe that there is nothing to worry about because this prince is not killing people anymore. This prince will tell you that not wanting to kill does not mean that I do not know how to kill. A perfectly good child is living in an imperial daughter’s manor that they had earned through their own merits, yet their own mother gives them attitude. Yao shi, you really are bold! You don’t recognize your own daughter? That’s fine, listen clearly for this prince. Feng Yu Heng is no longer your daughter. She is this prince’s princess. She is the Emperor’s daughter-in-law. In front of her, you are nothing! Look out for yourself.”