Chapter 116 — Ben Wang Said He Would Be Responsible for You (1/2)
“Nothing.” Xiao Xi said again, “Feng Lingran, do you remember what happened last night?”
Feng Lingran’s eyes darkened and suddenly he asked back, “What happened last night?”
Feng Lingran asked her what happened, but it was hard to explain. After all, Feng Lingran is not the great Deity right now, and it seems that he does not remember what the great Deity did.
“You drove Yun Ni Junzhu out of the capital.”
After saying so, Xiao Xi watched as astonishment flash through Feng Lingran’s eyes. Just as Xiao Xi thought of it, Feng Lingran immediately returned to normal, as if the time he did not remember anything before never happened. Looking at Feng Lingran as he quickly curbed the emotions showing in his eyes, Xiao Xi felt that Feng Lingran should have noticed his abnormality.
“What else happened?” Feng Lingran asked.
“I drank too much last night, and you took me home…”
Xiao Xi did not continue talking, trailing off her words to create some suspense. But, seeing Feng Lingran’s clear eyes, with not a hint of surprise, doubts clouded her heart. Did Feng Lingran remember what happened afterwards? Or was the person who appeared in her room last night not Feng Lingran at all?
Xiao Xi waited for a moment, but Feng Lingran did not speak. It seemed that he had lost interest in what she said.
“You don’t want to know what happened next?”
“Ben Wang said he would be responsible for you.”
Xiao Xi’s eyes glimmered, the Feng Lingran in front of her appeared magnanimous right now. He meant that whatever he did to her next, it didn’t matter, because he would be responsible for her.
Xiao Xi and Feng Lingran had dinner, when suddenly Xiao Xi thought of something.
“Feng Lingran, I have something I want to ask you for help with.”
“What is it?”
“Back then, at Nanling, I gave the Huo Yi grass and the Ye Nan pearl to Wan Siyu, but he did not uphold his promise to me. Now, I want him to return the Huo Yi grass to me.”
Xiao Xi knows very well of the importance of the Huo Yi grass for Leng Yuhan, whether if it wasfor JiuZhou City or not, has nothing to do with her. She just wants to live a safe life.
“Huo Yi grass?” Feng Lingran’s profound black eyes looked at Xiao Xi. “What’s the use of this Huo Yi grass you want?”
Sure enough, nothing can be concealed from Feng Lingran.
But… Xiao Xi did not want to tell Feng Lingran about returning the Huo Yi grass to Nangong Yin. He was the Regent of Eastern Jin. Yun Beimo andFeng Lingran even discussed about the fat meat which is JiuZhou City. If Leng Yuhan is really a person of JiuZhou City, then this Huo Yi grass, Feng Lingran would never allow her to give it to Nangong Yin.
To go one step further, the plague in JiuZhou City, even if it is to be conquered in the future, it will still require the Huo Yi grass to completely eradicate the plague in JiuZhou City.
“I stole it from Nanling at the risk of my life. Shouldn’t it be returned to me?”
“It should, Ben Wang will take back the Huo Yi grass from Wan Siyu’s hand.”
Xiao Xi did not expect Feng Lingran to promise her so quickly. She grabbed Feng Lingran’s arm and said with a smile, “Feng Lingran, it’s very kind of you.”
Feng Lingran looked at Xiao Xi’s delicate little face smiling like a flower, and his eyes softened into a gentle expression.
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“Lingran, am I getting this correctly? You came all the way here from the capital by horse, just so you could get the Huo Yi grass of that little fox back from me?”
“The Huo Yi grass is hers. Shouldn’t you give it back since you broke your promise?”
Feng Lingran’s black eyes are cold, and the words spoken by his thin lips are even colder.
Wan Siyu’s eyes flashed and he touched the side of his nose. “That little snow wolf did not get the disease again. It doesn’t need the Huo Yi grass.”
Moreover, the real reason why he deceived the little fox to go to Nanling’s Imperial Palace was not for the Huo Yi grass, but rather, it was for the Jindan.
As long as that little fox swallowed the Jindan, Feng Lingran would be saved. Wan Siyu also knew that Nangong Yin would help the little fox get the Jindan. The Jindan in Nanling was always intended for the spirit fox. However, for so many years, the spirit fox never appeared, but no one could have guessed that it would appear in Eastern Jin’s Regent Palace.
A sharp light like the glint of a thrown knife passed by, Wan Siyu could hardly dare to look at Feng Lingran’s eyes. He took out a long brocade box from his sleeve, and in it lay the Huo Yi grass that was being well preserved.
Wan Siyu’s fingers stroked the brocade box, feeling somewhat reluctant to give the Huo Yi grass to Feng Lingran.
“Lingran, this Huo Yi grass is very precious, even Nanling only have one such plant left. Moreover, there is a plague happening in JiuZhou City right now. Several officials under JiuZhou City’s Lord are looking for this Huo Yi grass, if they found out that the Huo Yi grass is in the Regent’s palace, I am afraid that the little fox will be in danger.”
By implication, the safest option will be to leave the Huo Yi grass with him, leaving Xiao Xi free of unwanted incidents.
Feng Lingran reached out and grabbed the Huo Yi grass from Wan Siyu’s hand.
“You need not worry about the affairs of the Regent’s Palace. The safety of Xi’er is assured by Ben Wang.”
Wan Siyu stares wide eyed. What did Feng Lingran call that little fox?
Xi’er?
Do Feng Lingran really like that little fox? How could he call her in such an intimate manner?
Feng Lingran comes and goes like lightning.
Wan Siyu watched Feng Lingran leave with gloomy eyes, a dark smile pulled at the corners of his mouth, “Lingran, it seems that after all, you are unwilling to be cruel to that little fox, even if the cold blight flare up, you couldn’t disregard her life and death, taking care when it was time to suck her blood. If this continues, the cold blight in your body may never be cleared up. That little fox should know of your secret of having cold blight by now, are you not afraid that she will tell the world the secret of your cold blight? Aish~ it seems that this matter needs to be dealt by this Gongzi. Even if you end up hating me, that’s fine! In my eyes, she’s just a medicine to save your life.”
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