FID – Chapter 257

So what if her status didn’t match?

As long as Feng Qingbai loved her, she would have the courage to stand by his side.

The girl did not look like she was depressed, so Feng Mohan put his mind at ease.

Feng Qingbai was not so foolish, and undercurrents surged under his eyes.

He could feel that Shengsheng was hiding something from him.

“Damn that old witch. She must have known we were in the imperial garden and came over especially to wait here and pretend to meet us by coincidence!”

The boy was still indignant and cursed. Liu Yusheng remembered something, “Consort Liu said just now that she’s Xiao Feng’s great aunt. What is this about? Is the Liu family your mother’s natal family?”

“Not quite her natal family, but they’re related.” Noticing that the young girl seemed unusually curious about the Liu family, Feng Qingbai slowly informed her. 

“Forty years ago, Liu’s family had twins, and they looked very beautiful. The older one was later married to the Yuan family, a prestigious family in the capital at the time, and the younger one was selected to enter the palace and became an imperial consort.

The one who married into the Yuan family is Feng Mohan’s grandmother. Back then, the Liu family was not the richest in the capital. The Yuan family supported them, and only then did they make their fortune step by step.

Eighteen years ago, Feng Mohan’s maternal grandfather and grandmother both passed away from serious illnesses, and the Liu family swallowed up all the Yuan family’s assets, which quickly elevated them to the top wealthy family in Nanling.

At that time,  Feng Mohan’s mother had already married into the Fourth Prince’s house, and she fell ill due to depression. Later, the Fourth Prince had an accident. His carriage fell off the cliff. The carriage was wrecked, and he died on the spot, which worsened her illness. In the end, she became bedridden and then died of childbirth.”

Feng Mohan hung his head beside him and did not say a word.

The past was the past, but when it was mentioned again, he still felt the pain in his heart.

Liu Yusheng raised her hand and stroked the boy’s head. It turned out that Xiao Feng was a posthumous child. Since childhood, he has been lacking affection.

“I have heard people say that when my parents were alive, they were very affectionate.” Hanging his head, the little boy whispered, “If they were still alive, they would have loved me too. Wouldn’t they, Aunt Liu?”

“Yes, if they were still around, they would have loved you too.” Liu Yusheng partly embraced the youngster into her arms and caressed his hair as she continued, “I once heard an old man say that when people die, they turn into stars in the sky, silently accompanying the people they love most. I think your parents must have turned into stars too, watching you from the sky.”

“There are so many stars in the sky. How do I know which one is them?” That was a fat lie. How could that be?

“The two brightest stars you can see, that’s them.”

The boy, leaning in the arms of the girl, felt sweet and warm. Even if he knew that she was only speaking words of comfort, he still shallowly curled his lips.

The coolness of his heart was surrounded by warmth.

If his mother was still around, her embrace must be the same as Aunt Liu’s, right?

Warm and gentle.

But he only felt it for a moment before he was pulled away.

Imperial Uncle was really an eyesore!

“Your Aunt Liu is soft-hearted, but don’t pretend to be pitiful and take advantage of her all day long. You are ten years old.” The man’s words were like a bludgeon that followed immediately after.

Feng Mohan looked down, and the villain in his heart gave the man a right hook and left hook. If you have the guts to criticize me, criticize Aunt Liu!

Feng Qingbai turned a blind eye to the accusations in his eyes and turned his head to teach his little girl, “Don’t fall for his tricks all the time. He is not that fragile. If you step on his front foot, he can continue to climb up and flutter in the wind right after. He is more indestructible than weeds.

“…” Liu Yusheng held her forehead, “He is still a child. There’s no need to be so harsh.”

“Ten years old is no longer young. When you were six years old, Uncle Liu had been watching all day to keep me from pestering you, keeping a watchful eye on the distance between men and women.” Feng Qingbai’s voice was faint, but he finally felt the crazy anxiety of Uncle Liu for the first time.

When Uncle Liu looked at him in those years, it must be the same as he looked at Feng Mohan today, which was particularly an eyesore.

He wanted to drive him away.

How dare he rub his head on Shengsheng’s shoulder!

Liu Yusheng shrank her neck and retreated silently. At her mental age, she treated Feng Mohan as a son, but her shell was really tender.

This time, the previous topic has been skewed. Moreover, she didn’t want the boy to be emotionally down again, so she no longer pursued Consort Liu’s matter.

Stroll around the mirror lake and eat some lotus seeds. By the time they were to leave the palace, evening was already underway.

Before leaving, Feng Mohan barely clung to Liu Yusheng’s side and almost walked with her step by step. “Aunt Liu, stay in the palace tonight. Don’t leave. There are many sleeping quarters in the palace, and you can stay in any room you want! Or why don’t you go back after dinner? Will you still come to see me tomorrow? If you can’t come, why don’t you ask uncle to take me out of the palace tomorrow, and I’ll come to see you at the royal residence?”

“Feng Mohan, you are the emperor. Don’t forget your identity.”

The line made Feng Mohan cave in and watch the man embrace the young girl as they drifted away.

“Xiao Feng, I’ll come to see you when I’m free.” In the end, the girl only had time to say this sentence to him.

Free, when would she be available?

How long did he have to wait?

That night, the boy, lying in front of the window of his bedchamber, looked at the stars for most of the night. He stretched his neck to look for the brightest two in the sky full of stars.

But no matter how he looked at them, the faces of his Imperial Uncle and Aunt Liu appeared on the two stars.

He simply did not know what his parents looked like. He wanted to miss them, but he could only miss two blank faces.

In addition, in fact, he did not really miss them much.

He was of royal blood, and with royal blood flowing in his veins, he was born with a fickle heart.

For people he had never met, never got along with, and never felt their care, even if they were his parents, he couldn’t call forth deeper feelings. 

However, whenever he was too lonely, he would think that he had parents. Then he would imagine how much his parents loved him.

But in the future, he could not always rely on missing them to soothe his loneliness.

He has Aunt Liu.

Rubbing his sore eyes, the youngster raised his hand and closed the window, no longer lingering on the stars in the sky.

He didn’t believe in ghosts and gods. He didn’t believe in nebulous things, but because of the words of the girl, he would gladly do such a silly thing.

Liu Yusheng had no knowledge of this incident.

After the dinner, she continued to refine the medicine recipe that was previously destroyed in the furnace by someone. While on it, she brought up the topic that was not completed in the daytime.

“The Liu family has made themselves known as Xiao Feng’s mother clan. They should have thought of many ways to pull Xiao Feng into their camp, right?”

No reply came.

Liu Yusheng looked up and saw the man with one hand on the edge of the table, gazing at her steadily.

“Why aren’t you saying anything? Why are you looking at me like this?” His eyes were strange.

“If you ask a question about me, I will be happy to answer.” He had been uncomfortable all day.

“He’s your nephew.” Liu Yusheng was between tears and laughter. “Besides, I’m asking about business.”

Feng Qingbai sighed lightly. If she knew what was going through his mind at the moment, he’d probably scare her. 

He had made himself look decent, but in his bones, he was still Axiu, who would get crazy when someone else touched her hair.