Chapter 559: Don’t Come Looking for Me Even if You Miss Me!
”Why doesn’t anyone know? There must be that brat’s shadow guards around, hiding somewhere we can’t see, thinking that I don’t know what he’s doing!”
The man’s mumbles gradually faded away, and the shadow guards hiding in every corner of the other courtyard were dripping sweat from their foreheads, feeling extremely ashamed.
They not only knew that His Highness climbed over the wall every night, but they also listened to his deeds in the corner every day, the contents of which were indescribable.
If the Grandpa Liu were to know about it, they wondered if His Highness would be skinned.
Feng Qingbai, who had already entered the boudoir, glanced at a certain direction outside the wall in the darkness, with a faint smile on his lips.
He lifted the mosquito net curtain and found that the girl whom he thought was already asleep had her eyes wide open. They were shining faintly in the darkness, seemingly smiling as she watched him.
Feng Qingbai unconsciously whispered, “Why haven’t you slept yet?”
”I’ve been waiting for you.” The little girl stretched out two slender arms from the thin quilt. He bent down cooperatively, allowing her to hug him coquettishly. He also slipped into the quilt. “Feng Qingbai, I’ll be leaving in two days.
”Hmm,” he responded in a low nasal voice. Parting was imminent that was why she stayed awake and waited for him.
”Once we part, we won’t see each other for several months. What if you miss me?” The little girl rubbed against his arms, partly complaining and partly asking coquettishly.
”Shouldn’t you ask what if you miss me?”
”Yeah, didn’t I just ask what you would do if you missed me?” The girl opened her dark almond eyes, and he could make out the slyness in her eyes even when the surroundings were dark.
Like a little fox playing tricks.
Feng Qingbai smiled sullenly. “If I miss you, I’ll steal you back here and hide you in my room for my eyes only.”
”I’m not a private collection.” Liu Yusheng scolded him smilingly. This twisted idea he hid in the deepest part of his heart since childhood has never disappeared, right?
Steal her back so he could hide her.
After a pause, she pinched his chest and at the same time deliberately pinched a certain bump through his thin shirt, earning a stifled grunt from the man. “I haven’t seen you for around three days. What have you been doing?”
Feng Qingbai raised his eyebrows as he restrained her dishonest little hand with his big palm. “Is this torture to extract a confession?”
”If you don’t confess, there’s harsher torture waiting ahead!” The little girl bared her fangs.
”Harsher torture? Let me experience it. If I can’t bear it, I’ll confess. How about it?
”…” Was she really capable of torturing him harshly? Strip him off his clothes and seduce him? Liu Yusheng dove into the man’s chest and changed her approach to the soft conciliation mode. “Hmm, Feng Qingbai——”
The tail of her voice was prolonged. The ending was tactful, as if gently scratching someone’s heart.
Feng Qingbai reacted immediately. He closed his eyes and let out a breath of turbid air, conceding.
He rubbed the little girl into his arms vigorously, and suppressed his tone as much as possible. Still his voice remained unsteady, “I allocated a sum of money to Cao Bang some time ago and instructed them to do something.”
”What is it?”
”Shengsheng, I’ve already confessed, so don’t get to the bottom of it. Otherwise, you can subject me to that harsh torture.”
”…If I don’t do it, I’ll let Dad break your dog legs!”
Cunning wolf!
Revealing a part of it was equivalent to making her even more curious than not saying anything.
The man leaned over the girl and grinned.
His attack on his father-in-law’s side has been slightly effective. At least tonight, his third leg wouldn’t be broken.
In the future, he probably would no longer stop him from breaking in.
If there was a first, then there would be a second and a third. After a series of it, it would become a habit.
The girl still didn’t know that the backer she relied on the most has already begun to tilt.
Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and on the eve of their departure, Liu Zhixia went to the Imperial Study after handing over his duties in the Imperial Hanlin Academy.
Feng Qingbai and Feng Mohan were both there.
Seeing him coming, the eunuch waiting outside the door only made a routine announcement at the door before letting him in.
”Uncle Zhixia, come here quickly. I specially ordered the kitchen staff to prepare a celebratory banquet. I can’t leave the palace, so I can only toast with you here.” As soon as Zhixia entered the door, Feng Mohan pulled him to his side and sat down. He prepared a few side dishes and a jug of wine.
The faint smell of wine in the air was different from what he usually drank.
”Not nourishing wine?”
Feng Mohan rolled his eyes., “How could they be? I have to keep the nourishing wine for myself. It was especially given to me by Aunt Liu, and it’s a waste to use it to toast you. It’s not like you can’t get a drink of it outside.”
Was he wanting to drink nourishing wine? Dream on!
Liu Zhixia’s eyes twitched. He didn’t understand how a majestic emperor with such pettiness could pretend to be grand in court.
Behind the long desk opposite them, Feng Qingbai sorted out the reviewed files and approached.
The three sat in a corner and each held a cup.
”After returning to Yunzhou, you will have to stay there for a long time, which can be said as the starting and turning points of your career. I wish you a great future here.” Feng Qingbai downed his wine in one gulp.
Unaccustomed to the smell, he gave Feng Mohan a passing glance.
Feng Mohan immediately turned his head away.
He couldn’t do anything even if he was unaccustomed to it. No matter what, he would never take out his nourishing wine.
He couldn’t be blamed for their spoiled tongues.
”Excuse me.” Liu Zhixia drank his wine and put down the cup. “When the candidates were being selected, Prime Minister Zuo complained a lot. I am afraid that the court will be restless for a while after I leave. Can you manage it?”
When he was first selected, it was Feng Mohan and Feng Qingbai who argued his case, but his seniority was too shallow, and there were many people with objections in the court. That day Feng Qingbai’s appeasement of his grandfather and father was too much of an understatement.
Feng Qingbai replied with a smile, “The court is changing rapidly. This is not the first time and there is nothing that can’t be controlled. No matter how much they jump, they can’t jump high. Minister Zuo is an old wily fox, and he won’t let his manpower fall into my hands for nothing. There is no need for me to do much. He himself will press his hand down and wait for an opportunity the next time.”
Feng Mohan seconded, “Don’t you have me? The Son of Heaven never jokes. Unless they can pinpoint something that can change my decision, they won’t force me to alter my decree. Uncle Zhixia, when you arrive in Yunzhou, your life won’t be much easier than ours. People will keep an eye on you from all sides. When you make mistakes, be cautious and take care of yourself.”
Liu Zhixia nodded solemnly.
He was now on the same boat as Feng Mohan and Feng Qingbai. They were bound together for good or ill.
The hidden battle between them and Prime Minister Zuo had already started, and he knew what to do.
The three men sat down and drank wine, and decided on the direction they needed to go next.
The next day, the carriage of Xinliu Manor slowly left the capital.
Qian Wanjin was also at the gate of the city.
The difference this time was that his carriage was a little more charming and he felt a bit reluctant to part ways with someone.
”It might be three months before I come back.”
”Okay.”
”It could also be longer. There is no way to determine the time.”
”Okay.”
The woman responded to everything he said with ‘Okay’. Qian Wanjin got infuriated, as if a cat was scratching at his heart.
Damn it!
”And if you miss me, don’t come looking for me either!”
”That won’t work.” Shi Xianrou finally laughed softly and leaned forward to kiss the man’s face. “I can’t wait that long. Three months at most. If you don’t come back, I will come and find you.”
Peek-Aboo 
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