Feng Yu Jiu Tian - Volume 5 - Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8

There was one thing Feng Ming wanted to ask Rong Tian, but he kept rolling around making Feng Ming forget what it was until the next morning.

"Don’t go." Feng Ming held onto the already dressed Rong Tian who was about to leave: "Two

of people that came to borrow food supply, I already met one them. So when will the beautiful person that you have always thought about coming?"

"According to report, he will be coming later today."

"Later today?" Feng Ming asked Rong Tian why does Lu Dan want to meet him.

"He didn’t request to meet you." Rong Tian almost loosen up the grip, but Feng Ming glared and threatened him to answer. Rong Tian said: "Duke Ming shouldn’t forget. Right now, I have changed location to the Crown Prince’s residence to deal with court affairs, Lu Dan will come to meet me. There’s something that I also want to meet him too..."

"What for?"

"Ha, though you’re not as beautiful as him, but you have to learn a few manners from him."

A pillow immediately made direct contact with Rong Tian’s face. Rong Tian placed the pillow back on the bed and quickly leave for his court meeting. Feng Ming was angry and threw the pillow, but it only hit the door.

While sitting in his room, he heard cries of a girl saying: “Please guards, don’t! I won’t do it again!”

Feng Ming wanted to go outside to see, but was stopped by Chiu Lan who told him to get dress

first as he can’t wander about naked.

Chiu Yue came into the room and showed them some jade and jewelry that used to belong to Feng Ming, but he didn’t like it anymore therefore they were stored away and later found to be missing.

Apparently the guards captured the thief and brought her in front of Feng Ming for him to deal with the situation.

Feng Ming asked what her name was and she replied trembling: “Cai Qing.”

Feng Ming asked if she was the one who stole all of those things. She asked for his forgiveness. Since she indirectly admitted to her wrongdoing, Feng Ming needed to punish her, but he never experience this before so he asked Tong Ling what he usually do with this type of issue.

"Since she had stolen Duke Ming’s items, it can’t be compared to other stealing within the palace, the punishment will be worse. It’s just Cai Qing has worked at the Crown Prince’s residence for some time and has never committed any wrongdoing." Tong Ling sighed and continued: "If according to Duke Ming’s words then we’ll follow through with the common punishment. No need for execution, just chop off both hands."

Feng Ming stunned in fear, he quickly turned to ask Chiu Yue: “So what exactly did she stole?” "A jaded bracelet, a gold longevity ring, a gemstone, a..."

”Those are all the things that I no longer need and will rot within the Crown Prince’s

residence....Because of these things and to chop off both hands of her would be outrageous.” He took the jade bracelet Chiu Yue was holding and gave it to Cai Qing, smiled and said: “Take it, this is what I give you. For a girl to love these things is nothing uncommon, but you shouldn’t steal.”

Cai Qing couldn’t believe what she heard.

Chiu Lan pulled Feng Ming’s sleeves and whispered in his ears, telling him that Cai Qing is just little maid who swept the area and if he were to forgive her, there will be chaos within the Crown Prince’s residence.

Chiu Xing agreed and tells Feng Ming that this issue is suspicious and need more investigating.

Rong Hu states that that is easy and he will do the interrogation that within one day she will

reveal everything. Cai Qing was scared that she grabbed hold of Feng Ming’s legs and told him that she was only confused that one moment and agreed to have her hands chop off, just don’t make her go to the interrogation room.

Rong Hu asked her why she would steal Duke Ming’s stuff when Chiu Lan and Chiu Yue’s jewelry aren’t little, beside they are female stuff so why steal male stuff.

Feng Ming asked thought about this and remembered that Rong Tian told him that there are people that tried to hurt him. However, he felt that if someone were to harm him then they should steal the things he is currently using and put spells or whether on them instead of stealing stuff that he had put aside. He asked Tong Ling how they found out that she stole his

stuff.

Tong Ling replied that while they were searching through the maids chamber room, they found her baby was wearing jewelry that did not belong to her/female jewelries so they questioned her about it. It’s also revealed that the jewelries were stolen not recently but from time to time when Feng Ming was kidnapped by Li Kingdom.

Feng Ming suddenly asked Cai Qing about the child and how old she is...which is 19. Chiu Yue tells Feng Ming that being a maid in the palace is a sad life. Sometimes they meet an important someone coming into the palace and get pregnant hoping to be taken away and become a concubine.

Feng Ming then asked to see the child and find out who the father is as he wants to help Cai Qing and force the man to marry her.

Cai Qing refused to tell Feng Ming so he decided not to talk about it. Feng Ming also tells Rong Hu to drop the theft issue as everything should be cleared. Rong Hu agreed.

They brought over the child and Chiu Yue yelled out that it’s so cute!

So they bring the child over and both Chiu Yue and Chiu Xing wanted to hold him. The child’s name is Cai Jiang.

Chiu Lan asked if Cai Qing stole the jewelry for the little child to wear.

Cai Qing nodded her head: “All the elders in the palace said that if a child were to wear something that had been used from an important someone, that child will be safe.”

Chiu Lan asked Cai Qing again if there are other things that she stole because if they find out, Feng Ming won’t be able to save her again.

Cai Qing admitted that she only stole whatever is on the child. But have time stole pieces of meat from the kitchen to feed the child because she was worried about his health.

Feng Ming thought Cai Qing meant the kitchen Chiu Lan prepared his food and told Chiu Lan to

give a bit of dumplings to her. Chiu Yue tells Feng Ming that the kitchen Cai Qing talked about is the kitchen for maids. If anyone can wander through Feng Ming’s kitchen then he would have been poisoned already.

Everyone wanted to hold Cai Jiang. While holding him, Chiu Xing said that he looked like someone they know...The Great King.

Feng Ming was shocked and looked closely at Cai Jiang, but couldn’t see any resemblance. He looked up at Chiu Xing and noticed her smiling: “Chiu Xing...”

Cai Qing can’t believe that the maids dare tease Duke Ming. Feng Ming later suggested Cai

Qing to join them since they are short one person after Lie Er left, plus she can have leftovers for the child and Feng Ming will hand over some of his unwanted jewelry for him.

However, his maids tell Feng Ming that he needs to discuss this with the Great King and Rong Hu as well. Feng Ming states that it’s his idea so the Great King shouldn’t disagree about it.

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Chiu Lan then later ordered Cai Qing to help her prepare the meal for Feng Ming and the rest looked after Cai Jiang. After they left, Feng Ming tells his two maids who they think the father of Cai Jiang is. Feng Ming is still curious and wants to find out, but can’t directly ask Cai Qing about it.

Chiu Xing and Chiu Yue tell Feng Ming that if he finds the real father most of the time the father only keep the child and would kill off the mother and it would be best to just keep them here instead. Feng Ming thought that was cruel and state that with him here, he will definitely not allow that to happen.

They all begin to brainstorm who the father could be. Chiu Xing thinks it’s Young Master Tong.

Feng Ming asked if it’s truly that person. Tong Er does bad things and cause people to not like him but to think that he is the father of Cai Jiang is something Feng Ming can’t believe.

Chiu Yue tells Chiu Xing to stop talking nonsense, but Chiu Xing states that there are not many

important that enter the palace and even less for those who are of young age.

Chiu Yue mentioned to Chiu Xing how she would know that the father is a young person and not an old man.

Chiu Xing yelled back telling Chiu Yue that she must like old man and that Cai Qing must be into people like that too.

She later explained that Cai Jiang look like he’s two or three years old so it’s before the Great King’s coronation. During that time, young master Tong usually wanders around the Crown Prince’s residence so it’s quite a coincidence.

Feng Ming asked if there’s any evidence and they tell him how can there be evidence. At that

point Feng Ming wishes that they could be DNA testing to weave out the suspects.

Chiu Lan finished preparing the meal and asked Feng Ming if he wants to eat right now or wait for the Great King. At that moment, Rong Tian appears and said that Feng Ming will eat it with him and with a guest as well.

Behind Rong Tian is Lu Dan and he bows down and greets Feng Ming. Once he stood back up, all of Feng Ming’s gang stood frozen in awe.