FID – Chapter 297

She flipped the tea leaves to dry once, went to the living room with the man, and proceeded to brew a cup of tea for him.

The coiling plume of tea delivered a chic aroma into the tip of the nose, refreshing one’s spirits.

“This aroma is a little different from the ones you just dried.” The man held the cup of tea, blew, and the floating aroma scattered more.

Liu Yusheng smiled, “There is some difference. The tea for my family is the best.

The ones drying in the yard are samples. The tea that will be put on the market some time later is not as exquisite as the one you are drinking.”

The tea for her family was specially planted in her space and watered by spiritual spring water daily, so the taste and flavor was naturally different.

“You came back a little late today. Were you busy with palace affairs?” she asked.

He did not come back for lunch today, and it was almost noon before he sent someone back to inform her.

Obviously, there was a temporary matter to be dealt with.

Feng Qingbai shook his head and nodded again. “Not really busy. I should have returned on time, but when I came out of the palace, I met General Shi at the palace gate. It took some time talking with him.”

“General Shi? Xianrou’s father?”

“Yes, General Shi’s name is Shi Kewei. He used to be a squadron lieutenant, and he has been promoted to his present general position after repeatedly achieving victories in the battlefield. He is one rank lower than Qin Xiao.”

Speaking of Shi Kewei, Feng Qingbai revealed a rare moment of appreciation. “He is considered a veteran of the barracks. With his battle achievements, he was actually equal to Qin Xiao if you count them all up.

Unfortunately, during his initial years, his superiors always suppressed him in the barracks.”

“He rose to the general position with battle merits despite being suppressed makes him a rare talent indeed.”

The battle merits of generals were all fought back with blood and lives, which showed how formidable Shi Kewei was as a person on the battlefield.

Thinking of Shi Xianrou, she became a little curious about this person.

Shi Xianrou’s martial arts were even higher than Aunt Hong. Her aura in particular was more imposing and unconstrained than men. 

She wondered what kind of person General Shi was that he could raise such a daughter.

“When there’s an opportunity in the future, I’ll take you to meet him,” Feng Qingbai laughed and said, detecting the curiosity in the young girl’s eyes.

Then the girl wrinkled her nose at him. “If I want to see him, there’s no need for you to take me. I’ll go directly to the Shi Mansion and find Xianrou!”

Her response drew a chuckle from the man.

“You’re so powerful, then can you take me with you?”

“No problem!”

The afternoon passed undisturbed in the living room. Inside, there were occasional whispers of expectation, and chuckles sometimes rippled out.

That night, someone came from the palace.

The eunuch in civilian clothes was informed and hurriedly entered the royal residence with his head bowed.

At that time, Feng Qingbai was watching the girl packing tea in the Shengxiao Courtyard, and his eyes fluctuated for a moment when he heard that someone came from the palace.

“Someone came here at this hour. Xiao Feng must have sent him. Go and see. Nothing probably happened in the palace, right?” Liu Yusheng immediately frowned, showing worry.

“It’s not a big deal. I promised Feng Mohan at lunchtime to teach him how to deal with the questions of the powerful ministers in the courtroom tomorrow, but I came back a little late today and I forgot about it.”

Feng Qingbai stroked the girl’s hair and laughed. “I’ll be right back. If I come back late, you can go to bed first and don’t wait for me.”

“Who’s going to wait for you?” The young girl blushed. After hearing his words, that layer of worry dropped. “Go ahead. It’s late now. Go early and return early.”

“Okay.”

The moment Feng Qingbai walked out of the room, the smile on his face disappeared, and his eyes flashed coldly.

Feng Mohan knew very well that he did not like being disturbed at will. If it wasn’t urgent, he would never have sent someone to the royal residence to find him.

Something in the palace must have happened without his knowledge yet.

But this was almost impossible!

Similar to when previous forces infiltrated his royal residence, his eyes also infiltrated the palace everywhere.

Thus, whenever there was a movement in the palace, he would definitely receive notice first hand.

The young eunuch, who came, waited at the entrance of the courtyard. He looked scared and anxious, but did not dare to show it in front of the man.

“Servant Xiao Songzi from Qiande Palace greets Your Royal Highness! His Majesty has ordered me to come and seek Your Royal Highness. He wants to discuss an important matter with you. His Majesty asked me to ensure that you take the time to enter the palace immediately!”

Ensure, immediately!

The gloom in Feng Qingbai’s eyes intensified.

“Let’s go.”

“As you wish!”

The carriage sped away, almost at high speed, straight to the palace.

When Feng Qingbai arrived at Qiande Palace, the hall was already full of wreckage.

Feng Mohan was sitting on the ground panting and breathing heavily, his face utterly ugly.

When he heard footsteps, he raised his head and saw the man. Before he knew it, his eyes, that he had been holding back for a long time, reddened. “Imperial Uncle, that old witch simply deserves to die!”

“What happened?” Feng Qingbai entered the hall, sat down behind the long table, facing the little boy who was on the verge of tears on the ground.

Feng Mohan wiped his eyes, climbed up, and pulled out a book from the desk. “Here. This is the list that our spies in Qingning Palace stole and handed over after nightfall. Take a look.”

He flipped directly to the wrinkled page and pointed to the name on it.

Seeing the somewhat dazzling three words written in ink on the top, Feng Qingbai’s eyes immediately shrank.

Liu, Yu, Sheng.

Liu Yusheng!

With a slight force on his fingers, he tore off the page and held it into a ball in his palm. Feng Qingbai turned his head, looked straight through the walls of the palace in the direction of Qingning Palace, and said word for word.

“She’s looking for death!”

“That old witch, I initially thought she was trying to place a woman from the Liu family into the palace, so I left it at that. I never thought she would actually turn her attention to Aunt Liu!”

Feng Mohan gritted his teeth with red eyes. “Imperial Uncle, what should we do now?”

Feng Qingbai clenched his fists. The veins on the back of his hand were rippling, and it took him a long time to suppress it.

“In accordance with the laws of our dynasty, there’s no fault to pick with Shengsheng’s appearance on the draft list.”

Suppressing the urge to kill, Feng Qingbai forced himself to remain calm.

“Consort Liu’s main goal for taking this step is to create a rift between us. I’m afraid she believes that you have thoughts for your Aunt Liu…”

“Imperial Uncle, I am wronged! I swear I have absolutely no other thoughts about Aunt Liu! She is my aunt. She’s my Imperial Aunt!” Feng Mohan’s cold sweat was surging out.

That old, immortal witch! Why wasn’t she dead!

“Even if you have that thought, you don’t have the guts.”

“…”

“Provoking rifts is one thing. The second is to use this matter to distract us.

If I want to stop this, I’m bound to spend most of my energy trying to figure out how to get your Aunt Liu off the list. There should be something else going on behind our backs.”

“So, Aunt Liu is already in her sights and she’s going to start dealing with her.”

“What she really wants to deal with is us.”

“No matter who she is going to deal with, it is important to solve this matter of Aunt Liu first!

If I let Aunt Liu enter the palace, the whole world will say that I forcibly took away someone else’s woman and snatched her from your hands!

In the future, even if you are with Aunt Liu, her reputation will be criticized, and you will also be implicated!”

The old witch, she was so poisonous!

She poked at people’s weaknesses!