Chapter 42: Feng Er should not have noticed [Seeking follow-up reading]

In the afternoon, Shi Fengque, who had just chased Shi Fan away, felt aggrieved. He looked at Taohuayan who was cleaning up the mess and said angrily:

"You said you didn't want to sell me, but you always speak for him. You have no conscience. I will go to your father's coffin and cry for him later."

The more I say this, the more I feel wronged.

It is clear that these few relatives are the only ones she cares about, but every one of them wants to sell her out for fame and fortune. Doesn't this mean that her whole life is destined to be sold back and forth?
Seeing her tearful eyes about to cry, Shi Fengguan turned around and said in a complicated tone: "Aunt, do you know why that Liu Hou is so persistent in pursuing you?"

Shi Fengque raised his head with childish eyes and said sadly, "Isn't it just for the good color on my face? All men are like this. I will scratch my face when I return to the palace to avoid them worrying about it."

"..."

Shi Fengguan felt that speaking directly would hurt her face, so he tactfully brought up the past:

"Little aunt, do you remember when you were young and sad, Jingzong asked grandpa to find the blood of the tortoise and phoenix for you all over the world?"

"remember."

Shi Fengque wiped the back of his hand, his tone even more aggrieved: "Actually I just missed home, I just said it casually when he asked, I was so young at that time, how could I understand the passage of time, and later I advised him many times but he didn't listen, and in the end I was labeled as a troublemaker for nothing."

"What if I said..."

Shi Fengguan suppressed his uneasiness and said, "My dear aunt, your bad name was not in vain."

"what?"

Shi Fengque stood there in a daze with his watery eyes open.

"In the thirteenth year of Wanzhen, my grandfather, who received a secret report from the imperial guards, found the traces of the four spiritual objects in a mountain stream three hundred miles west of Hongguan. He went there in person, fought day and night, and finally obtained the Phoenix Blood. He was about to return at night to present it to Emperor Jingzong, but——"

“He hesitated on the way.”

"Maybe my aunt doesn't understand, but my grandfather and my father had already figured it out. The so-called request for the blood of phoenixes and tortoise spirits from all over the world for your words is just an excuse for the old emperor to use you. He wants to be immortal and stay young forever."

"Even building the Phoenix Palace for you and doting on you in every way was so absurd, and it was just to show the world that his power was not declining under the premise that the Eastern Palace was becoming more powerful. These may be excuses made by grandfather and father. It is undeniable that they did have selfish motives in front of the Phoenix Blood."

“So in the end, Grandpa and my father did not give the Phoenix Blood to the Emperor. Instead, we tested it privately and finally decided to give the Phoenix Blood to my father to cleanse his martial arts foundation so that he would have the opportunity to impact the outside world in the future.”

As he was telling the story, Shi Fengguan's eyes gradually shifted away, for he was afraid of seeing the possible indignation and grievance in his aunt's eyes.

After all, in name only, the phoenix blood was found for Shi Fengque, but in the end, his father and grandfather secretly took it away and kept it a secret from her for many years.

"Since you told me all this, the Phoenix Blood shouldn't be on my brother."

Shi Fengque looked her over and spoke with suspicion:
"Brother gave you the Phoenix Blood later? But when I asked about your situation in the palace, everyone said that your Kung Fu was so mediocre—"

"..."

Shi Fengguan's peach blossom eyes were filled with helplessness. He tried to use reason to make this aunt understand what it meant to keep a low profile: "Phoenix blood, little aunt, if you don't hide it, what if others guess it?"

Shi Fengque thought about it and it seemed to be true, but it did not stop her from mumbling: "No wonder he looks more and more like a girl. Phoenix blood, Phoenix blood, just hearing the name doesn't sound masculine at all."

"..."

With her peach blossom eyes tightly closed, Shi Fengguan wanted to tell her the truth, but was afraid that she would not be able to accept it immediately, so he could only talk about something else first:
"Anyway, my mother happened to be pregnant with me at that time, and my father felt that his understanding of martial arts was not enough, so he discussed with my grandfather to give me the phoenix blood."

"Then came the 'Six Feudatories Rebellion'. Jingzong went to the southwest. Originally, my father wanted us to join Suzong since our roots were in Guanzhong. But my grandfather was a mature man and thought that we shouldn't put all our eggs in one basket."

"So the Shi family split into two branches. Grandpa took my second uncle to the southwest, and my father followed Emperor Suzong back to Guanzhong. After that, things went wrong and both families fell into decline."

"I have been worried for years, afraid that grandpa would tell my second uncle and the others about the phoenix blood. Now it seems that grandpa is not tight-lipped, but he did keep a trick to let Shi Fan and the others think that the phoenix blood is in you, my aunt." "..."

After listening to it, Shi Fengque silently digested it for a long time. Then she seemed to understand and looked up at Shi Fengguan:
"You are telling this to my aunt now, do you want to -"

"That's right, let's go, aunt."

Shi Fengguan couldn't contain his excitement:
"You are the one my father was most worried about when he was alive. He knows your situation in the palace and tried his best to make more contributions to ask Emperor Suzong to take you out of the palace. I have stayed in Beijing for so many years just for this. Now is the opportunity. Let's go out of Beijing and find a place to hide our identities. After ten years, even the court will not dare to embarrass us again."

"..."

Shi Fengque stared at her in a daze, tears streaming down his face.

"Sister-in-law?"

Shi Fengguan felt uneasy.

"Feng'er——"

A woman who was a few fingers shorter than her but much more voluptuous came forward and hugged her in her arms: "My aunt loves you for a reason. I am both sad and happy now, but I can't drag you down."

"Aunt——"

"obedient."

Shi Fengque wiped her tears and said with a forced smile: "I don't have any martial arts skills. If you leave the capital, you will be a burden. Others may use me to control you. Will I be alive by then?"

As she said this, she quickly took Shi Fengguan's hand and walked towards her residence: "Don't worry, after you leave, I will go back to the palace and never come out again. Those people can't make things difficult for me. Anyway, I have nothing, how can they kill me?"

"……no."

Shi Fengguan didn't believe her words at all.

If Wei hadn't discovered it at the beginning, my aunt might have been in trouble. In front of the four spiritual objects, most people would go crazy.

"real."

Seeing that she was worried, Shi Fengque gritted his teeth and revealed a little:

"Commander Wei is an upright person. He was the one who helped me when Marquis Liu tried to force me to marry him through the Queen Mother. Don't worry, if my aunt has any difficulties, she will ask him for help."

"..."

Another person with the surname Wei.

There was a dazed look in Taohua's eyes. They had only known each other for a short time, so why should they be so close friends? Instead, she felt like a villain and she owed him a lot of kindness without realizing it.

Shi Fengque packed his luggage quickly, feeling nervous inside.

Feng'er shouldn't have noticed anything, right?

No, there is a huge age gap between her and that man... If it weren't for those cunning eyes that are always wandering around, no one would believe it.

Not long after.

Looking back at the West Palace, Shi Fengguan, who was carrying his luggage, was full of confusion.

Got to go?
The long-awaited departure has finally arrived, but why is it like this? Why don’t I feel relieved at all?
(End of this chapter)