Chapter 55: Chapter 55

Feng Changge glanced at Bai Wanwan, who appeared as timid as ever whenever she saw him, and instantly lost all interest.

With a cold snort, he said distastefully, "Good that you know. Remember your place."

Then, without looking back, he flicked his sleeves and left.

After he walked away, Bai Wanwan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately, while touching her belly, she narrowed her eyes and smiled coldly.

Previously, she was determined to use Feng Wuchen to secure the position of Empress for herself, trampling over those women who mocked her.

But after the incident this time, she pondered all night and suddenly realized that her perspective had been too narrow.

Since she had been reborn, why couldn’t she be bolder?

In her past life, she understood a principle: it doesn’t matter if you’re a man or a woman; only those with power in their hands have the right to speak.

Although in this life, she’s walking the path of her past life, this time, as long as she can protect the son in her belly...

By then, leave the father and keep the son.

Perhaps the Emperor’s authority can be wielded to command the princes, mastering the world, it’s not impossible!

By then, let alone a mere Feng Wuchen.

Aren’t all the men in the world hers to choose from?

As she considered this mad thought, Bai Wanwan’s eyes filled with ambition.

Now things have reached this point; neither Bai Wanwan nor Feng Wuchen could disrupt Bai Susu’s and Feng Qiwu’s marriage anymore.

In fact, Bai Wanwan couldn’t wait for Bai Susu to hurry up and marry Feng Qiwu, just to be tortured to death by him soon.

By then, fate’s favor would surely return to her, the reborn one, right?

However, due to the scheming against the two princes, the Imperial City’s defenses had become exceptionally tight during this period.

Those who had entered the Daqin Imperial City early from other countries were also thoroughly investigated.

As a result, quite a few people with suspicious backgrounds were captured.

Seeing this, Feng Qingyang couldn’t help but feel more convinced of Feng Qiwu’s previous suspicions.

It seems the scheming against the eldest, the third, and the Bai Family wasn’t an accident.

For a moment, Feng Qingyang couldn’t help but angrily shout to Xia Ziyang, the leader of the Golden Scale Guards, "Investigate! Continue to thoroughly investigate! I want to see how many people those guys have planted in my Daqin Imperial City!"

Did they really think Da Qin was easy to bully?

Upon hearing this, Xia Ziyang immediately displayed a loyal expression and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I accept the order!"

Then, like a devoted fan, he secretly thought: Your Majesty, don’t blame me for betraying you secretly; compared to the strategizing Crown Prince, your reign as Emperor is too ordinary.

If the Crown Prince ascends to the throne, I wonder how prosperous Daqin would become!

This heavenly-chosen violet star, and you even want to destroy it out of jealousy, are indeed not fitting to be a wise king.

A wise bird chooses a tree to nest; since the Crown Prince will sooner or later ascend the throne, I choose to follow him now to serve the next Emperor of Daqin early.

However, that night Feng Qiwu didn’t go to Bai Susu’s room.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to go, but he had been too busy these days, and he wouldn’t allow anyone to cause trouble just as he and Bai Susu were about to become officially engaged and married, so he resolutely decided to rectify and settle things.

Since receiving the medical books, Bai Susu had been engrossed in them, so she didn’t have the energy to wonder if Feng Qiwu would come or not.

But when she returned to reality from the medical books, she would suddenly remember she forgot to praise Feng Qiwu in front of his Hidden Guards, so each time she returned from her immersion, she would hurriedly murmur a few glowing compliments about Feng Qiwu to avoid being settled accounts late.

After all, any small matter could cause a flaw in her image of deeply loving the Crown Prince.

And anyone daring enough to deceive Feng Qiwu might as well be dancing on their grave.

Clearly, she didn’t dare to seek death.

What Bai Susu didn’t know was that her casual praise and admiration were meticulously reported by the Hidden Guards to Feng Qiwu, with added subjective conjecture.

"Your Highness, today the Crown Princess Consort, after reading the ’Treatise on Epidemics,’ praised you as having the demeanor of ancient emperors Yao and Shun! No wonder the epidemic in Liuzhou was swiftly controlled years ago; it’s all thanks to your iron grip and expertise in the field!"

"Your Highness, the Crown Princess Consort said with disappointment upon waking up that you didn’t come last night; she must be missing you!"

"Your Highness, the Crown Princess Consort only ate a small bowl of rice at midday. From my observation, she must be missing you so much she’s lost her appetite. I believe, Your Highness, that visiting her might alleviate her longing!"

Upon hearing his subordinates’ report, Feng Qiwu naturally didn’t doubt the authenticity of their words.

Instead, he found their words quite reasonable.

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Susu indeed loves him to the point of being unable to extricate herself; having not seen him for less than a day, is she already missing him this much?

Tonight, no matter what is said, he must take the time to go see her to relieve her intense longing for him.

Thus, that evening, when Bai Susu was still staying up late to study the medical books, Feng Qiwu came.

However, this time, he didn’t alarm Bai Susu, but rather wanted to give her a surprise.

Standing silently behind the screen in the study, Feng Qiwu stared greedily at Bai Susu’s figure.

Unable to resist thinking: Even when she’s seriously reading, she moves his heart.

This slim back, this delicate neck, this sincere and focused expression while reading, all exude silent charm, like a fairy floating out from the book, hooking his heart, tempting his soul.

No wonder young gentlemen all over the Capital City praise Bai Susu as a talented lady of understanding and elegance.

Bai Susu, completely absorbed in the medical books, didn’t notice anything unusual.

After finishing the book on toxins, she exhaled with bright eyes.

The wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine is indeed profound and extensive.

Luckily she inherited the original owner’s photographic memory and had studied medicine before; otherwise, she could only mechanically memorize the contents without understanding them thoroughly.

Rubbing her neck, sore from prolonged bowing, Bai Susu stood up from the desk.

Then she started to do some simple exercise to ease the discomfort.

After stretching, Bai Susu suddenly remembered that she seemed to have forgotten to praise Feng Qiwu.

So her eyes rolled slightly, as she sighed lightly, "It seems Shu Kuang won’t come over tonight either, and I’m going to sleep alone again."

After speaking, she put the medical books back on the shelf and prepared to go to the bedroom to rest.

But what she didn’t expect was that as soon as she turned around, she faced a familiar figure.