FID – Chapter 440

  Chapter 440: Would Feng Qingbai Care About This?

  ”Patriarch, what are you planning to do? If you want to touch those three, I’m afraid it’s not that simple!”

  ”That’s right. Liu Yusheng and Xue Qinglian are living in the King’s Manor. With Feng Qingbai to protect them from the elements, we certainly can not hurt them. On Qian Wanjin’s side, the Qians family’s strength is roughly equal to our family. Furthermore, Qian Wanjin also has a good relationship with Feng Qingbai, and is engaged to Miss Shi of General Shi’s family. The two old foxes of the Qian family treasure Qian Wanjin even more. If we hurt him, the Qians and the Shis will join forces and fight to death with us. Our family is in the midst of a storm, so if you carry out something evil, you need to think twice before you act.”

  Although the two elders also wanted to vent their anger, they had concerns deep inside at the end of the day.

  Their most dreaded person was naturally Feng Qingbai. 

  The Liu family was now under close scrutiny, and their dark forces were almost immobile, making them restricted in what they could do.

  It was almost impossible for them to be as reckless as before.

  Otherwise, how could all the people that Consort Liu sent to Xinghua Village to dig out information never came out alive?

  Because the elite were trapped in the capital, they were even more afraid of passing important news through their channels, for fear of being intercepted. Hence, nobody was available at all.

  The ones who were sent out were insignificant minions who could not be trusted. Even those going to a small village in the mountains would accidentally slip.

  Liu Huai, of course, knew all these, so he gritted his teeth and laughed grimly: “We indeed can’t hurt these three, but there’d always be people we can. They’ve offended me, Liu Huai, and the Liu family. If we don’t let them learn a lesson and suffer pain, they will only disdain the Liu family in the future!”

  Shed blood and tears; only then would they fear.

  The Liu family was swaying in the midst of a raging storm, but this wasn’t something they could play rough with and despise.

  They had dominated the business circle in the capital for decades. Could they be intimidated by a few green lads now that they were old?

  Who else would fear the Liu family in the future?

  He couldn’t be a shrinking turtle either!

  ”Does Patriarch already have an idea in mind?” One of the elders asked.

  Liu Huai coldly narrowed his eyes, “Liu Yusheng brought a group of Liu family elders to the capital, and they’re staying in Feng Qingbai’s Manor. Feng Qingbai’s mind will be poured on Liu Yusheng. If his focus is here, he naturally will relax his attention there. If we want to gouge out Liu Yusheng’s meat, we don’t have to use a knife on her. If we can punish Liu Yusheng, it’s tantamount to punishing Qian Wanjin and Xue Qinglian both at the same time. They both revolve around Liu Yusheng!”

  That night, a servant of the Liu family made a mistake and was driven out of the house. He rushed out of the city and returned to his home village.

  When Feng Qingbai returned from the palace, it was almost midnight.

  The girl was already sleeping peacefully in her courtyard.

  He embraced her into his arms with the blanket, and absorbed her fragrant scent. Only then did it slightly relieve how he missed her for the day.

  Once the metropolitan civil service examination was over, he would free up some more time to spend with her.

  Instead of being in the same residence as he was now, he could only come to see her sleeping face whenever he was busy. Before she could wake up the next day, he needed to rush to court again.

  The load of government affairs was the most at the start of the year. Feng Mohan still couldn’t bear the burden, so he needed to do many things himself.

  He had to be busy.

  He knew she wouldn’t complain, but he would just apologize.

  After embracing the woman for a long time, Feng Qingbai reluctantly returned to Yuqing Courtyard with the heavy dew of midnight.

  Wei Zi immediately appeared by his side to report the movements of the Liu family elders and the whereabouts of Liu Yusheng throughout the day.

  Seeing that His Highness’s brows did not even move when he reported how the Liu family elders watered the vegetable patches with night soil, the corners of Wei Zi’s mouth twitched: “Your Highness, should I stop them? If someone comes to the door to pay you a visit, it won’t be favorable to you once word gets out.”

  The noblest King of Nanling’s Manor stank with an intoxicating odor. Once word of it spread, the manor would be disgraced. Who knew how many people would laugh at His Highness behind his back?

  He’d be laughed at for letting the Liu elders overturn the King’s Manor, for letting a few country bumpkins be the masters of the residence.

  ”No, let them be happy.” When Feng Qingbai imagined the picture of Grandpa and Grandma watering vegetables, a wisp of a smile flashed across his eyes. The two elders were most relaxed and happy when they were working on farming. They liked to see the harvest of the crops they served with their own hands

  As for gossip, would he, Feng Qingbai, care about this?

  Wei Zi retreated in defeat. He knew that the result would be like this.

  Since His Highness didn’t care, he had nothing to care about.

  Anyway, he didn’t need to show his face in front of people to entertain.

  ”Also, Miss Liu received a post sent by Liu Huai today, and went to The Qians Restaurant for an appointment with Xue Qinglian at dinner time. Qian Wanjin was also there.”

  ”The Liu family could no longer sit still and came knocking on the door?” Feng Qingbai sneered and hooked his lips, “Send more people to continue keeping an eye on the movement there. Liu Huai had been sailing with the wind for decades, and never suffered big setbacks. No one has ever disobeyed him, so I’m afraid he’d find it difficult to swallow his anger. There will definitely be some action.”

  ”Understood. What about on Miss Liu’s side?” There weren’t many people in the Shadow Guard Battalion, and the protection of the Liu family on the palace side would inevitably be relaxed.

  ”I’ll make other arrangements for this respect.”

  Wei Zi immediately thought of the sudden appearance of that mysterious man in black, and concluded that His Highness must have other secret forces in his hands.

  And even a personal attendant like him by His Highness’s side didn’t even know much about those forces.

  Let alone others.

  In this way, the Liu family would be more secure.

  The Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy stayed up all night to select the top ten among the 300 examinees.

  The next morning, the result was posted at the entrance of the examination hall.

  When the staff from the Ministry of Rites appeared with the list, there was already a sea of people in front of the bulletin wall.

  There were examinees, examinees’ families, fresh students, and people watching the fun.

  It could be said that the crowd was overflowing.

  As soon as they saw the arrival of the Ministry of Rites, the buzz in the crowd immediately exploded and boiled over.

  After the list was posted, the crowd surged and chaos broke out. There was even a picture of people trampling on people.

  The people who were crowded in the middle lifted their feet and were suspended in the air, sandwiched by the crowd.

  The Liu family also came early in the morning. The two elders were most anxious. The parents, Liu Dalin and Chen Xiulan, however, were much more calm. However, Chen Xiulan’s pinch on Liu Dalin’s arm was unusually hard. Liu Dalin was so pained, that he bared his teeth from time to time.

  Having experienced this kind of scene in Yunzhou before, Liu Yusheng was worried that her grandma would be squeezed and bumped, so she kept the two of them in the carriage and did not let them get out.

  Bringing them here was just a way for them to get together and see this madness when the list was released.

  The reaction of the examinees was even better than when they were in Yunzhou.

  Fu Yuzheng followed Liu Zhixia and nestled in the carriage.

  As one of this year’s candidates, Liu Zhixia’s reaction was the most uneventful in the family.

  It wasn’t because he didn’t care about his ranking. It was that he had finished the exam and settled down. Regardless of feeling nervous or not, it wouldn’t change the results.

  Then why should he be nervous?

  The list was posted there, and it wouldn’t run. Waiting until there were less people before seeing it was all the same.

  In his eyes, his family and Fu Yuzheng’s expressions and reactions were more interesting.