zChapter 1150 - A Shrewd Plan (1/2)
Chunyu Ling went to Yu Palace, the maid Tian Ping did not enter in the end, stopping outside the palace gates. She pulled Chunyu Ling and said: “It’s not that This Servant does not have any courage, but if both of us enter, there is no way to ask for help if something happens. If Madam insists on entering, then This Servant will go and report to the General.”
Chunyu Ling pulled out of Tian Ping’s grip, an annoyed expression on her face: “Just leave if you want to, there is no need to tell me. You only acknowledge the General as your Master, to me, you’re only surveillance which he put next to me. It might be possible that you wish for me to enter and never come out, as long as I am dead, the General can marry again, don’t think I do not know the relationship between the two of you.” After saying this, she walked forward with huge steps, knocking on the large gates of Yu Palace.
Seeing this, Tian Ping hid quickly, but she saw that once the large gates of Yu Palace opened, the people inside did not ask anything, allowing the person in directly. Her heart thumped once and she realised that this seemed to be a plot, how could it be that easy to enter Yu Palace, the other party was clearly waiting for Chunyu Ling to step into the trap herself.
Tian Ping stamped her foot, an expression of hatred appearing on her face, just like what Chunyu Ling said, she really wanted this Master to die so it would be possible for her to obtain a proper status from the General. But if Chunyu Ling wanted to die, it should not be in this way, what if she gets tortured and interrogated once she entered and revealed the hiding place of the General? That place was the only place of refuge they have in Da Shun’s capital, once it got destroyed, they could only be exposed in the open.
Until now, Tian Ping did not understand why Chunyu Ling was so interested in the matters related to Princess Yu and even stayed outside for a few days in order to listen to the story. She needed to report this matter to the General quickly to prevent something serious from happening.
Chunyu Ling also felt that she entered Yu Palace too easily, but the people of Yu Palace did not plan to hide anything from her as well, speaking to her as they led her to the courtyard where Feng Yuheng was in: “Our Princess has waited for you for many days, please enter! Princess is a good person, you will not be in danger.”
Chunyu Ling finally met Feng Yuheng while harbouring suspicion, at this moment, Feng Yuheng was sitting in front of a tiger cage in the courtyard, holding a section of bamboo in her hand to feed the large white tiger in the cage. That tiger saw the Chunyu Ling came, it frowned first then roared fiercely, scaring Chunyu Ling until she backed up immediately, if not for a servant holding her up, she would have sat on the ground.
Feng Yuheng reached into the cage and grabbed the back of the white tiger, the tiger which had been very fierce just now flopped down immediately, using its head to rub Feng Yuheng’s palm, acting just like a cat, then Feng Yuheng was heard saying: “Xiao Bai, be good, do not scare the guest.” Then she said to the servant who was supporting Chunyu Ling: “You can leave! I have something to say to the guest.”
With this instruction. It was not just that one servant, everyone in this courtyard left, including Wang Chuan and Huang Quan. That was when Feng Yuheng gestured towards Chunyu Ling: “Come.” Then she pointed at a chair next to her, “Come over and sit, the tea had always been prepared, I will pour tea for you.”
She poured tea for Chunyu Ling personally, but Chunyu Ling stopped five steps away from that tiger cage, not daring to move forward. The fragrance of the tea poured by Feng Yuheng entered her nose and she could not help but breathe in deeply, making a fair assessment: “This tea is so fragrant, whether it is in Da Shun or Zong Sui, I have never drank such good tea.” As someone who lived two lives, her first life was as the first daughter of the Left Prime Minister’s manor, what she ate and used was naturally of the best quality. In the current life, she was the First Miss of the Zong Sui General’s manor and still ate and used the best. But Chunyu Ling had never smelled such a good tea fragrance and could not help but look in Feng Yuheng’s direction a few times.
“This is tea dried using a special method, it is known as Bi Luo Chun, something which is frequently drank in my past place.” She waved her hand towards Chunyu Ling again: “Come over, Xiao Bao does not hurt people, it just likes to make empty threats.”
These words were heard by Xiao Bai and it roared loudly in dissatisfaction. As expected, this scared Chunyu Ling again, but Feng Yuheng was unperturbed by this. She even told Xiao Bai: “You scared my guest. I managed to invite this guest after much effort, if she is scared away because of you, I will definitely teach you a lesson.”
As if Xiao Bai could understand human language, it rolled its eyes and looked at Chunyu Ling again, finally lying down completely and sleeping soundly as if everything outside the cage had nothing to do with it, but those minutely moving ears hinted to them, once Feng Yuheng was in anger, it can immediately burst open the cage and run out to save its Master from danger.
“Look, it’s very obedient.” Feng Yuheng pointed at Xiao Bao, then smiled at Chunyu Ling, “Come over, if you don’t come, the tea will turn cold. Didn’t you say this tea is very fragrant? If fragrant tea is not drunk quickly, it would be a waste.”
In the end, Chunyu Ling’s curiosity towards the person in front of her won over her fear for that white tiger, so after weighing them against each other a few times, she still walked towards Feng Yuheng, sitting opposite her. Drinking a mouthful of Bi Luo Chun, she could not help but nod, “This is good tea.”