Feng Yu Jiu Tian - Volume 11 - Chapter 6

Chapter 6

If it wasn’t for God’s will, then how would his soul have drifted into the body of the fake Crown Prince of Xi Lei – An He.

If it wasn’t for the help of the Gods, then he would never have met and loved Rong Tian nor would they be together again despite countless obstacles.

Feng Ming expressed a sense of happiness, while Lie Zhong Liu was shaking his head at the other end. He faced Feng Ming and said, “Duke Ming seems to not understand what I mean.”

“I understand.”

“When I said ‘God’s Will,’ I meant to talk about the consequences of Xi Lei King and Duke Ming’s encounter.”

This sentence seems a bit familiar...

Feng Ming suddenly remembered that time when he knew Rong Tian won’t have an heir to the throne and that Tong Er would inherit it, he had said, “The two of us together will bring a very serious consequence.” The result of that conversation provoked Rong Tian; he was furious and gave him the cold shoulder for some time.

This time...could Lie Zhong Liu also feel the same way....

Feng Ming felt uncomfortable as he glanced over at Rong Tian, he slightly smiled as he said, “This...shouldn’t have any consequences, right?”

Please, don’t ever say that two men being together will not be for a long term.

Otherwise, whether or not you are Xi Lei’s Prime Minister, Rong Tian will be very upset with you.

I will also be...

Zi Yan frowned at the conversation and directly spoke, “If there is something Prime Minister would like to say, please do so.”

Lie Zhong Liu smiled as he responded, “If Duke Ming was not with him, even if Xi Lei King has great ambitions, he may not have such a broad vision, with a plan to conquer the world.” His long slender finger pointed toward the dining room, “Just by observing the moving chairs situation just now, I dare to say, the Grace Order, no matter where the origin of it is from, it was definitely created because of Duke Ming. This is because compared to Xi Lei King, Duke Ming’s trait of fairness is very special.”

Rong Tian silently agreed with this one point.

Feng Ming had never judged people on their class or origin, which is different from the nobles from the eleven kingdoms. In his eyes, he rarely takes noticed of the label and birth status of a person.

In the past, when Feng Ming was in the meeting hall, if he was not against the majority and didn’t give his proposal of electing people beyond noble status, giving Rong Tian a huge realization, then perhaps the Grace Order would not have been created.

Lie Zhong Liu’s guess was not mistaken, the Grace Order, was indeed because of Feng Ming.

“That is ...obvious.” Feng Ming knew Lie Zhong Liu had no plans of saying something unpleasant so he was a bit relieved. After hearing his words of praise, Feng Ming was very pleased as he straightened himself up, “I am a very fair person. If Prime Minister needs to find someone to justify something in the future, you can come speak with me.”

Feng Ming’s smug expression was extremely cute that everyone along with Lie Zhong Liu couldn’t hold back their laughter.

Rong Tian pulled him to the side, pinched his nose and chuckled a bit as he scolded, “You’re getting carried away.”

“Just now you said only half of it, what is the other half?”

Once the laughter ceased, Lie Zhong Liu slowly explained, “If Duke Ming did not meet Xi Lei King, then the consequences would be even more worrisome.”

FM: What’s there to worry about?

LZL: White is the cleanest of all the colors, but is also the most likely to be contaminated and damaged. If Xi Lei King was not beside him then Duke Ming would no longer retain himself. Please think about it, Duke Ming, if you were to grow up in a different kingdom, having the blood of Li nation, falling into the hands of the King of Li, Ruo Yan, even the way he loves you would be different from Xi Lei’s King, who is concerned about your feelings and understands your thoughts. If we consider Ruo Yan’s personality, he will find whichever possible method to rasp your spirit until you agree to his thousands needs. At that time, would you be as carefree as you are like this?

Thinking about that possibility, Feng Ming felt a sudden cold chill down his body.

In his mind, the sudden image of a person who looked like him was called to the bedroom by Ruo Yan, later tortured for no reason, his body being invaded to the point that blood would flow nonstop.

Lie Er laughed loudly, “That’s right, it’s Xi Lei King who cannot leave Duke Ming’s side and Duke Ming who can’t leave either, which is good. But why did Prime Minister sigh about it a while ago?”

LZL: I sighed because God is unfair. Many people who are suffering and yet not a single person has a bit of a similar trait like Duke Ming.

The mixed feelings he felt inside could not be easily expressed to everyone.

He sighed loudly as he turned himself. Just like Feng Ming and Rong Tian, he pulled up his sleeves and carried his chair towards the dining room.

Now that the small dining room had enough chairs, everyone positioned their seating. Chiu Lan and several maids covered the table with dishes of food. She looked around for a bit before smiling and asked, “How come no one is eating yet? Could it be that we are waiting for another guest?”

“What guest?”

“Of course there is another guest.” Chiu Lan turned herself to allow everyone to clearly see the person who came.

The beautiful slim figure was standing at the door, with phoenix eyes, two youthful blushing cheeks. The stunning beauty who came to visit was in fact Wei Chiu Niang.

Everyone was surprised.

Lie Zhong Liu quickly jumped up from his chair and rushed in front of Wei Chiu Niang, smiling until his eyes were like two threads. He rubbed his hands together and excitedly said, “My lady, you came? Heh, I saw that the sun had came up already and didn’t see you here yet so I thought that you...”

Wei Chiu Niang hated the most was his overbearing excitement and smiling face, she gave him a ferocious stare. “What did you think I was? If I’ve promised you then would I come, why would I disregard a promise?”

Lie Er was sitting beside Feng Ming, he leaned over and whispered to him, “No wonder he changed today, saying things like I don’t like touching hands and feet. It’s because he knew the tigress would come.”

Recalling Lie Zhong Liu’s pretend straight laced gentleman image a while ago, Feng Ming couldn’t help but reveal a smile.

He doesn’t know what method Lie Zhong Liu used to bring the hard-to-persuade Wei Chiu Niang to come willing and meet them.

“Haha. My lady sure is someone who keeps her promise. That’s right, you look very beautiful today compared to normal days, you must have spent some time preparing. Ah, but it’s lovely, a woman needs to dress up, but you are already a beautiful woman.”

Lie Zhong Liu led her over to dining room and helped her onto his chair. Since the number of chairs was enough earlier, once Wei Chiu Niang sat down, Lie Zhong Liu didn’t have any other place to sit.

Lie Zhong Liu didn’t care and just stood beside Wei Chiu Niang’s side while gallantly helped place a little pastry into her bowl, “My lady, are you hungry? This is not bad, please have a taste.”

WCN: Clearly you have not eaten it, how dare you lie and say that it tastes delicious.

Lie Zhong Liu happily endured it and quickly admitted his fault, “Yes, I’ve said something wrong, my lady is still the best. I’ve lied...however...however you can be mad at me, but you can never starve yourself.”

Wei Chiu Niang “hu” once more and snorted.

This time she picked up the chopsticks and savored the little stuffed pastries.

Lie Zhong Liu was observing her on the side and as she lightly chew and slowly swallowed, he was more excited than the person enjoying the food.

The couple was now the main focus of everyone in the room, under watchful eyes, Xi Lei’s Prime Minister’s ways of pleasing his wife made everyone’s hairs stand on end.

“Here, give this a try.” Waiting for Wei Chiu Niang to finish the other pastry, Lie Zhong Liu picked up another small one and carefully placed it into her bowl. “This seems to be a peach, lovely red color, have a taste. Eating a lot will help your skin be more youthful and beautiful.”

Lie Er shivered and whispered into Feng Ming’s ear, “Oh mother, this Lie Zhong Liu is even more nauseating than you and His Majesty.”

Even though his voice was low, but since they were all sitting at the same table with Rong Tian sitting next to Feng Ming, he could hear Lie Er’s rude remarks, causing him to raise his eyebrows immediately.

Feng Ming noticed this so he quickly reached under the table and held onto Rong Tian’s hand, motioning him not to frighten Lie Er anymore. Looking around for a bit, he revealed a smile on his face, “Don’t sit silently like this, let’s start eating.” He reached for the stuffed buns and gave it to Lie Er, “Lie Er, don’t say anymore nonsense and obediently eat this.”

Even as clueless as him, he felt that something was very wrong with Lie Er today. Only afraid that it might have something to do with the person Wei Chiu Niang mentioned the day before, “Yu Lang.”

Feng Ming really wanted to know the relationship between Lie Er and that person, but he felt it must be a sad past of Lie Er. Exposing a person's wound is not a good thing, not to mention someone who is close to him.

Every time he thinks about it, he has to hold back his curiosity.

Since Feng Ming opened up, everyone was already tempted by Chiu Lan’s cooking that their stomachs were growling. They each grabbed a pretty-looking pastry and started eating.

Zi Yan was sitting next to Lie Zhong Liu earlier and seeing him standing next to wife and accompanying her made him uneasy. He quickly stood up and said, “Prime Minister, please sit here.”

He went to another room to take over two chairs, one for him and the other for Chiu Lan.

After eating for a while, the delicious pastries had been wiped out about 90%. Unconsciously, they began discussing about national affairs.

“Prime Minister, according to what you said yesterday, we should temporarily withhold our plans on returning to Xi Lei. This is a brilliant plan, but I have something to ask Prime Minister.” Qian Lin finished eating the last roll in his hand, wiped his mouth, and was the first person to begin the topic.

“Go ahead.”

“If we can’t temporarily regain the throne, then we can’t head back to Xi Lei. If so, then where should we be heading to?”

Once this issue was brought up, they all nodded in unison.

Because of Lie Zhong Liu, they had suddenly changed their plan. After a long night of resting and the excitement had passed, this was the first important question that came to mind.

The world is large, where should they head to now?

Lie Zhong Liu personally helped pour a cup of hot tea for Wei Chiu Niang, “My lady, drink a bit of warm tea to ease your throat.” He then turned to look at Qian Lin with appreciation and asked, “According to you, what should we do next?”

Feng Ming secretly applauded.

He was afraid that Lie Zhong Liu would raise the question and requested him to answer it. At this moment, there is another person, Qian Lin, who doesn’t know when to be scared, catching the interest of Lie Zhong Liu, and now being asked questions.

The more he thought about it, the more pleased he was that he couldn’t help sneaking a giggle.

Rong Tian who was observing him carefully, immediately understood what was going on in his little head. His big palm stretched out under the table and pinched Feng Ming’s leg as well as caressing it.

Qian Lin and Zi Yan were both personally selected as confidants by Rong Tian. They were of course very talented. After carefully pondering for a moment, he did not answer the question but immediately asked Lie Zhong Liu instead, “Prime Minister has been to Yue Zhong city many times, you should be very familiar with this place. Would Prime Minister happen to have a map of this city?”

Lie Zhong Liu was stunned for a moment, his eyes seemed to be smiling, he nodded at Qian Lin, “Not bad.” He reached into his robes, pulled out a roll of cloth, and spread it across the table in front of him. It was a map of the city.

This map was very different from the map they saw yesterday.

Feng Ming leaned over to look, his eyes widened to their limit. This map was drawn using seven different colors with fine lines and complexity. It was a fine piece of art. He leaned back and whispered to Rong Tian, “Our Prime Minister is even more amazing than Doraemon. He can pull out anything he wants from inside his sleeves.”

Rong Tian lowered his voice to reply, “He must have guessed that someone would ask about Yue Zhong City and if they do, then he would need the map of it. This map, I would guess that he spent last night drawing it. This person is filled with strategies, definitely not someone we dare to look down upon.” He then asked, “Doraemon is from which nation?”

“Probably from a ‘Miao (cat)’ nation,” Feng Ming stuck out his cute little tongue and sat back in his chair as he continued to listen to the national affairs discussion.

Qian Lin pointed at a thin blue line on Lie Zhong Liu’s map, “I have surveyed this area for many days now, but have never seen this route.”

Lie Zhong Liu calmly explained, “For you to not see it is not something strange. This blue color marks the secret tunnels of Yue Zhong. If no one is there to point the way, even those who have lived here for many years may not find the entrance. Not to mention that you just surveyed this area for a few times.”

Qian Lin was startled, “What? How can a small city like Yue Zhong have a complex infrastructure?”

Qian Lin narrowed his eyes and closely examined the sophisticated blue line, pointing to an area on the map, “Look here, the tunnels also lead outside the city. Gosh, a huge tunnel route like this must have taken a long time to create.”

Wei Chiu Niang seems very familiar with the surprising expressions, she coldly explained, “This was created ever since Yue Zhong city was built. There was much effort put into it, but unfortunately the tunnel route has not gone into use.”

Along with Rong Hu, Zi Yan stood up side by side next to him and carefully looked at the map, “The person who built this place must harbor great ambitions with intentions to use it as a military fortress in the future. Look, the city has a natural barrier to rely on the forest in the front. Beyond the forest and mountains is Aman River, while behind Yue Zhong would go straight to Xi Lei.”

“Ah, so it’s to deal with Xi Lei...” After Rong Hu said that, he felt uneasy, his voice stopped as he looked up at Wei Chiu Niang.

Wei Chiu Niang still did not display any changes to her expression. She received Rong Hu’s direct gaze and replied, “Not bad, the year this city was secretly bought using a large sum of money was with intentions of dealing with Xi Lei. Unfortunately, Yong Yin royal family could not compare to the generation before, without ambition of fortifying the city, they still did not dare to take action. Until now, Yue Zhong became an abandoned city in a remote area. Ha, really interesting, isn’t it?”

Even though her mouth said it was interesting, her tone was inexplicably resentful.

After hearing this, everyone knew that her relationship with Yue Zhong is not a simple one.

Rong Tian remembered about someone, his pupils suddenly contracted, staring at Wei Chiu Niang. “May I ask what is the relationship between you and General Wei Qian?”

Hearing this name, Wei Chiu Niang revealed a wry smile as she replied, “He is my great grandfather.”

As the words were spoken, not only Rong Tian, but Feng Ming who was sitting next to him also suddenly shuddered.

The name of Wei Qian was heard many times when Rong Hu was lecturing him on the history of each nation.

The eleven kingdoms have been in disputes for over a century, brave heroes were appearing, one after another, all powerful, but the most impressive person was someone who was born a slave. With his many accomplishments, he had changed the fate of Yong Yin Kingdom. That person was General Wei Qian.

Yong Yin was a weak nation at that time, suffering from three neighboring kingdoms attacks, Wei Qian organized his army, leading 600 brave slaves into battle. With his military talents, they defeated the Tong Kingdom’s military troops.

The royal family of Yong Yin was in the palace at that time and preparing the white cloth to commit suicide. After receiving great news, Yong Yin King Yong Lian, rewarded Wei Qian for his great merit, regardless of his background, he promoted Wei Qian from a slave to a noble. Not only that he handed over the rest of Yong Yin military troops to Wei Qian.

This was in complete desperation.

Wei Qian did not disappoint Yong Lian. He lead the remaining troops of Yong Yin, relying on meager food for support, they used ambush, weapons, fire and water defense, distraction...all sort of various methods to defeat the three coalition of nation, and once again recovered that stable foundation of Yong Yin Kingdom.

He used war tactics, created many unthinkable strategic plans, using less people, but winning in extremely large number.

If one were to speak of military genius, then this past century, no one was able to come close to Wei Qian’s ability.

Even for someone as confident as Rong Tian, he would not dare to look down upon the name.

“I did not expect to encounter a descendant of someone who has become a mythical figure right here. Please excuse my rudeness. Besides Lady Wei, how many descendents does General Wei has and where are they right now?”

“I am the only one.” Wei Chiu Niang sneered, “Xi Lei King is planning to ask why a descendant of General Wei Qian would be sent to this remote, abandoned city, am I right?”

She can also be considered intelligent.

Indeed, this was the question Rong Tian had in mind, but did not dare to ask her directly.

The matter involving a legendary hero a century ago and with his only living descendant sitting in front of them, everyone’s attention was drawn in as they waited for her answer.

LZL: The matter regarding Yong Yin’s royal family and General Wei’s family is very complex. I also don’t know how to make it clear.

WCN: What’s so hard to say? It not that you don’t know how to make it clear, you just don’t want to say it so just shut up for me!”

Hearing this, Feng Ming was fretting inside like he suddenly realized something. He couldn’t help but let out a shocking cry.

Everyone heard it and turned their heads to gaze at him. “What is it?” Rong Tian asked.

“I...I seem to understand something.”

“What is it that you understand?”

“Haha.” Feng Ming smiled, revealing his cute dimples, “I just realized why Lady Wei was willing to come and eat breakfast with us this morning.”

Rong Tian sighed hopelessly, “This matter is so easy to understand, you’ve only now come to understand it?”

FM: Then you understand it? RT: Of course, I understand it.

They were both arguing about understanding the situation to the point the everyone else was confused after listening to them.

Chiu Lan asked, “Duke Ming, so what did the both of you understand? Why did Lady Wei suddenly come here to eat breakfast with us?”

Zi Yan chuckled, “If I’m not wrong, it must be...”

“Stop!” Lie Zhong Liu suddenly interrupted Zi Yan, waiting until everyone’s attention was on him did he gave an enigmatic smile, “How about we play a game.”

Chiu Yue loved most was playing games, she immediately was excited and asked in a crisp voice, “What kind of game?”

“Everyone will write their guesses on their palm and then we’ll reveal it together to see who guessed correctly and who guessed incorrectly.”

Chiu Yue’s bright smiling face immediately disappeared, “What’s so fun about this game, I can’t guess at all.”

Although she protested, the others were fond of this game.

Soon, the brush and ink were brought forth and everyone wrote their answer on their palms.

LZL: Open up your palms out for me to see, you’ll get a penalty for wrong answer. One, two, three!”

They opened up their palms and glanced over to see the other person’s answer.

The palms of Rong Tian, Zi Yan, Rong Hu, Qian Lin, Lie Er had three words: The Grace Order. Feng Ming was lazy and only wrote “Grace” but the meaning was there.

Lie Zhong Liu tracked each palm and said, “Right...that is right...Not bad, Duke Ming also guessed correctly.”

Chiu Xing’s palm had the words, “breakfast.” Chiu Lan saw that everyone was staring at her so she explained herself, “I guessed this because Chiu Lan’s pastries are very delicious.”

Chiu Lan was very pleased, “Chiu Xing, if there is sometime you want to eat in the future, just tell me and I’ll make it for you.” What Chiu Lan wrote on her palm was her most honest answer, “I don’t know.”

Chiu Yue couldn’t come up with an answer so she casually drew a simple cat face, everyone laughed after seeing it.

Once the answer was revealed, Feng Ming was greatly disappointed and sighed, “I thought this time I was able to come up with something unique, I can’t believe the majority of you had already guessed it.”

Lie Er giggled, “I originally didn’t guess it, but after listening to Duke Ming and His Majesty discussion, whoever couldn’t think of it would be a fool. Even though General Wei Qian made lots of accomplishments, he was still born a slave. Yong Yin royal family must have taken him for granted. Relying on him to protect them, but after the matter subsided; they would ignore and hate the Wei family.”

His guess was pretty close.

When Wei Qian was still alive, who would have the courage to provoke him?

After Wei Qian’s death, Yong Yin Yong Lian also passed away. Once the new heir sat on the throne, the Wei family did not have anyone with the same ability as Wei Qian. Since then, even though Wei family was of noble status, the other nobles looked down upon them. The inter-relations between the Wei family who started out as slaves and other noble families were not many.

A family name who had rescue Yong Yin during its darkest time. After the death of Wei Qian, because of the strict hierarchy, they suffered countless injustice, so how can they not feel any grievances?

Therefore, the Grace Order that Rong Tian adopted will erase the caste system that valued a person’s origin. This is a medicine to ease Wei Chiu Niang’s suffering.

No wonder she finally softened her attitude and was willing to visit them.

Up until now, Wei Chiu Niang’s sudden appearance has a satisfactory explanation. Qian Lin no longer posed the question he had earlier and started discussing about Yue Zhong’s current location and defense infrastructure.

“Is this city really something that General Wei Qian had built?” Qian Lin looked at the map and exclaimed in admiration. “The more I look at this map, the more impressed I am by him. The inside and outside are connected, coordinating with distance for mutual aid. As long as this city is under proper command, it can become a sufficient barrier, defending against thousands of troops during a siege.”

Zi Yan also nodded in agreement, “If we didn’t have the help of Prime Minister to open the gates, I’m afraid that we won’t be able to invade it.”

Lie Zhong Liu desperately winked at Zi Yan, but unfortunately, it was too late.

When bringing up this matter, Wei Chiu Niang was fuming with anger that she used her elbow and struck Lie Zhong Liu in his abdomen.

Lie Zhong Liu gave a soft whimper, holding his abdomen while revealing a painful expression, but did not dare to yell out in pain, fearing that other people will know that his wife gave him a heavy blow.

Chiu Yue saw that and secretly laughed in amusement.

Men are usually afraid of their wives, but for their wives to punch and kick them is something rare to see.

Zi Yan knew that he said something he shouldn’t have, causing Lie Zhong Liu to have a beating so he quickly changed the subject, hoping to recover the situation, “For Yue Zhong to have a unique geographical advantage like this, along with an underground tunnel is enough to serve as a sturdy base. According to Prime Minister, this place can be like a base waiting for the world to change drastically, waiting for Ruo Yan to be surrounded and weakened by other nations, will we take action, overtake the chaotic Xi Lei and then defeat Ruo Yan. Am I right?”

What he said was right and everyone nodded in agreement.

Lie Zhong Liu did not answer, only directing his eyes away from Rong Tian.

Rong Tian’s piercing eyes did not allow his direct stare, he sighed, “Listen here my subordinates, I command you to listen to Prime Minister’s order. No matter what kind of plans Prime Minister sets, please don’t hesitate to make arrangements.”

He took the jade that was hanging on his waist and gave it to Lie Zhong Liu as he spoke with complete certainty, “This is a token.”