Chapter 354 (2/2)

While they were facing off, his heart was filled with panic. He did not know what was happening with Feng Yu Heng’s eyes. It was as though they had the power to bewitch people and see through people’s innermost thoughts. Staring straight at him, they went straight through his pupils and into his brain.

Xuan Tian Ye was suspicious. He almost suspected whether or not this girl knew some witchcraft; however, he did not know that Feng Yu Heng was just using a psychological method to increase the effect on his mind. From there, she used her eyes to convey a message that caused Xuan Tian Ye to feel this odd pressure.

This standoff caused Feng Jin Yuan to feel shocked. He seemed to have understood that the third prince had just lost to an inexperienced 13-year-old little girl. In everyone’s eyes, Prince Xiang, who was like a powerful and stern deity, had clearly been defeated by Feng Yu Heng!

Feng Jin Yuan was not the only one to feel extremely shocked, as Kang Yi also felt that way. She repeatedly told herself that she had to have people report more information about county princess Ji An after she returned to the manor. She had to know everything about this girl!

At this time, Xuan Tian Ye was finally unable to endure the atmosphere. He was the first to speak and said: “I wonder why younger sister has come to visit. What is the matter?”

Feng Yu Heng raised the corner of her lip, and she looked as though this person was about to feign ignorance. That was also fine.

She simply did not mention the matter of Mei Xiang. Instead, she only jutted out her little chin and asked him: “A-Heng is itching to exercise today and wanted to come and find third brother to practice martial arts. I wonder if third brother is able to give me some face?” Before Xuan Tian Ye could speak, she immediately added: “The sun today is quite nice. I came quite a distance, so I trust third brother won’t send me away, right? Let us fight quicker. I heard that concubine An has a pair of extremely interesting emerald hummingbirds. I was thinking of going into the palace after to take a look.”

Xuan Tian Ye was startled. The matter of the emeralds throwing poison had happened a long time ago. He originally thought that it would become a grand disaster for the Northwest army; however, he did not think that Feng Yu Heng would go and actually save all of those soldiers. After the fact, he felt that it was a pity, but the opposition did not find any clues, which allowed him to let out a sigh of relief.

However, he did not think that Feng Yu Heng would not just bring Mei Xiang’s corpse. She also brought up concubine An’s emerald hummingbirds. Could it be that she knew about that matter?

But he immediately calmed down. What could she do even if she knew? Speaking frankly, it was nothing more than a guess. Even if she received a confession from concubine An, it was fine. Concubine An was a lunatic. Who would believe something that a lunatic said?

Xuan Tian Ye’s expression visibly relaxed. Looking at Feng Yu Heng, he began smiling, “Since younger sister is interested, this prince must give you some face. Since you came up with the idea, just tell me, how do you want to compete?”

Feng Yu Heng smiled and replied: “Any method is fine. I will not choose.”

Xuan Tian Ye nodded, as his eyes went to the whip in Feng Yu Heng’s hand, “Since younger sister brought a whip, let us compete with weapons. You are proficient with a whip, and I am proficient with a sword. Although I have the advantage in sharpness, when it comes to killing, younger sister has the advantage. With these two balancing each other out, neither of us is at a disadvantage.”

Feng Yu Heng giggled so hard that her belly began to hurt. When she straightened herself out, she pointed at Xuan Tian Ye and said: “Third brother is a grown man, yet you weasel about trying to have a fair match with a little girl. You even have the gall to say that neither of us is at a disadvantage. Truly amusing.”

Xuan Tian Ye blushed a deep red from what she said. He wanted to say that taking a step back was fine. After all, she was a young child; however, before he could say anything, he heard Feng Yu Heng loudly say: “Good! Competing with weapons is fine! Whip against sword. This sort of match up is quite interesting as well. Then third brother, tell me. What should we bet on?”

“Bet?” Intuition told Xuan Tian Ye that Feng Yu Heng’s trick would be in this bet. He had made mental preparations and began to think about how he could take the initiative, thus he said: “Although you and I are county princess and prince, since you wish to bet, we cannot be too unconventional. Let’s just do as the civilians do and bet with silver!”

“Silver?” Feng Yu Heng appeared shocked then immediately smiled, “Third brother is joking. If we are to bet, it must be with gold. Wouldn’t using silver be a loss of status?”

Xuan Tian Ye pondered a little, “That’s also fine. Then let’s bet on gold. Un…” He gritted his teeth, “Ten thousand taels of gold!”

“Hahaha!” Feng Yu Heng laughed once more. This time, she laughed even more arrogantly than before.

It was not just her. Even the Cheng shi sisters could not hold back their laughter; however, after receiving a warning look from Feng Jin Yuan, they gradually stopped laughing.

“What are you laughing for?” Xuan Tian Ye was puzzled.

Kang Yi helplessly sighed and kindly reminded: “My Lord, when county princess bets with gold, it is always in the millions of taels. Normally… it is five million taels.”

“What?” Xuan Tian Ye shouted. He then recalled Kang Yi being scammed of five million taels of gold by Xuan Tian Ming. He then recalled Feng Yu Heng scamming Ru Jia of five million taels of gold. Speaking like this, of course, ten thousand taels of gold would cause her to laugh her head off.

But… even more, could he even afford it?

He had already spent most of his wealth on raising an army. The reason he still had ten thousand taels of gold was because someone took the initiative to give it to him before the end of the year, and he did not have time to spend it yet, thus he dared to make a bet with Feng Yu Heng. But if it was five million taels, he truly could not afford that.

His attendant reminded him: “My Lord, what is wrong with agreeing? You will not lose.” In the eyes of the servants, Prince Xiang had great skills. Fighting a 13-year-old child, would that not be child’s play?

But Feng Yu Heng said: “No good. Since it’s a bet, we must first take out what we have and place it out in the open. An empty bet is no fun.”

Xuan Tian Ye was out of ideas and simply shrugged: “How about you tell me, what should we bet on?”

Feng Yu Heng was waiting for him to say this, as she immediately said in a loud voice: “How about we bet with our lives!”