Chapter 868: Taking Care of Her

Since the temple fair that day.

The Fifth Prince asks the Commandery Princess out almost every two days.

At first, Princess Hai Feng was somewhat reserved.

After a few days of playing together.

She opened up a lot and was willing to open her heart to Fifth Master.

However, in her heart, she only considered Fifth Master as a close buddy and a good friend.

There were no romantic feelings.

But, whenever she looked at his face, she couldn’t help but feel a certain flutter in her heart.

Back and forth.

Even Hai Feng herself was unsure if she had really fallen for him.

This evening.

Hai Feng and Fifth Master were chatting and laughing as they walked in from outside.

They happened to run into Prince Jin head-on.

Seeing it was getting late, Fifth Master saluted Prince Jin and returned to the palace.

Leaving only Prince Jin and his daughter.

Once inside the courtyard, Prince Jin asked.

"Fengfeng, how do you find this Fifth Prince?"

Hai Feng first nodded, then shook her head.

Prince Jin was a bit puzzled.

"What do you mean by nodding and shaking your head?"

Hai Feng then asked.

"What does father mean by ’how do you find him’?"

"Of course, I mean do you think marrying the Fifth Prince is okay?!" Prince Jin said bluntly.

Hai Feng was stunned on the spot.

"Marry him?!"

Prince Jin nodded.

"Why? Haven’t you been quite happy with Fifth Master these past few days?"

"Father is quite pleased with this marriage!"

"Firstly, the Fifth Prince is indeed good, and secondly, you would be the Main Wife if you marry him!"

"That’s much better than being a concubine to the Emperor!"

The more Prince Jin spoke, the more satisfied he became.

Yet, Hai Feng’s brow furrowed tighter and tighter.

"But..."

"But he... I... I...?!"

Prince Jin was puzzled.

"You don’t like him?"

Hai Feng quickly nodded.

"No, I don’t like him!"

Prince Jin frowned deeply, very puzzled.

"If you don’t like him, why do you still go out with him?!"

Hai Feng responded without thinking.

"Because it’s fun to be with him!"

Prince Jin nodded heavily.

"Isn’t that it? Fengfeng!"

"This is exactly what liking someone is! How could you be happy being with someone you don’t like?!"

Hai Feng felt something was amiss with this reasoning, but... it seemed not quite wrong either.

Still doubtful, with furrowed brows.

"Really?!"

"Of course, how would your father deceive you!"

Hai Feng: "..."

...

Outside the guesthouse.

Ye Tang, who was patrolling the area.

These days, she has personally seen Fifth Master running back and forth, very busy.

If one still doesn’t understand his intentions.

They are truly a fool!

This evening, she saw Fifth Master coming out of the Commandery Princess’s courtyard again.

Ye Tang smiled and greeted him.

"Fifth Prince comes here every day; you truly are at ease!"

Fifth Prince’s expression turned awkward at her words but quickly concealed it, then responded with a smile.

"General Ye, glad to see you’re well!"

Ye Tang somewhat despised him.

In her eyes, neither Fifth Master nor Sixth Master were good people.

Her elder brother’s sister, Xia Caiying, was harmed by these two!

Yang Chenyi had told her about what happened.

But it is said that Sixth Master was also set up that time.

After all, no one is foolish.

Such a cliché trick as a hero saving the damsel in distress could be thought of with their toes.

The mastermind is probably this Fifth Prince who always appears elegant and bright in front of people.

Now...

Is he scheming after Princess Hai Feng again?

However, what confused Ye Tang was this.

Princess Hai Feng can be excused.

A sixteen-year-old little girl, no matter how smart, is just entering the age of innocence.

It’s normal to not understand anything, to be muddle-headed.

But why does Prince Jin also approve like this?

It seemed as if he couldn’t wait for his daughter to marry into the Great Chu?

Couldn’t marry into the Imperial Palace, so changed to the Fifth Prince?

Ye Tang smiled slightly.

"Fifth Master has skills!"

"One doesn’t work? Then switch to another!"

"But... last time’s hero saving the beauty didn’t work; what are you planning to use this time?"

"The bitter precedent or... the strategy of appealing to the heart?"

Fifth Master’s face immediately changed.

"What is General Ye talking about? I don’t understand what you mean!"

"I just come here leisurely, to see the Commandery Princess!"

"General Ye should refrain from making random assumptions, after all..."

With that, he looked down at her with an air of superiority, as if saying, ’You are just a small general.’

Ye Tang lowered her head, curled her lips, with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes.

"Assumption?"

"Whether it’s an assumption, doesn’t Fifth Master know well himself?"

Fifth Master’s face turned even paler.

At this moment, his mind was racing.

’How could she know, how could she know that the hero saving the beauty was my idea?!’

If this spreads, and the Xia Family finds out.

In future this...

No way! Absolutely not, this matter must not be known to the Xia Family!

After thinking a bit, he softened his tone and said to Ye Tang.

"I wonder if I did something wrong, causing General Ye to misunderstand?"

"Otherwise, why would General Ye speak such words?!"

Ye Tang was disgusted by this two-faced character of his.

Not wanting to entangle further, she casually replied while shaking her head.

"I’m just guessing blindly, speaking casually, Fifth Prince need not take it to heart!"

After saying this, she bowed and took her leave.

Fifth Master returned to the palace absent-mindedly.

He was unsettled in his heart, ’Random guess?’

Impossible, how could she guess it so accurately; she must know something?!

However...

Miss Xia, it really wasn’t me who harmed her.

Everyone was watching, weren’t they?

Not once did I appear throughout, even if there’s biting, it can’t bite me.

Therefore...

All the blame still has to be borne by Sixth Brother.

Fifth Master sneered coldly.

"Sixth Brother! Mother never let you feel the slightest pressure since childhood!"

"This time, this burden? It’s also for you to learn and grow!"

"Therefore, I absolutely won’t, and can’t, clarify for you!!"

"Just carry it well!"

But...

That little Fifth Rank General Ye Tang knows too much.

It seems she knows about all these things!

Thinking this, Fifth Master narrowed his eyes.

’No way! I must come up with a plan to deal with her!’

’Otherwise, she’s like a landmine with a lit fuse, ready to explode at any time!!’

...

Ye Tang didn’t know what Fifth Master was thinking.

In fact.

She had no intention of spreading it around.

Unfortunately, not saying doesn’t mean others will let it go!

Another two days passed.

Fifth Master continued to visit diligently, leaving satisfied!

His attitude remained exactly the same as before.

Looking closely, there’s something different, a subtle hint of scheming in his eyes.

However, Ye Tang was not afraid.

The Thirty-Six Stratagems, you’re not the only one who knows!

Although exhausting the source beneath the cauldron is good, but think again.

Between someone with countless combat experience and one who only theorizes on paper, who would fear whom?!

This day.

Ye Tang routinely went to see King Western Xia to check on his illness.

Somehow, having just arrived a few days ago, King Western Xia fell ill.

Rumor has it that he’s bedridden, unable to get up.

As the general assigned by the court to protect King Western Xia’s safety.

Of course, she wouldn’t stand by idly; she must go to visit him.