Chapter 73.2

Side Consort Hu, dressed in a cyan dress, followed Tao Hong as a maid.

Seeing Tao Hong talking and laughing with the gatekeeper at the back door, her heart pounded, but luckily they soon came out.

The two went out onto the street where the manor was located and walked into the crowd. During this period, the two visited the fruit shop and the grocery store. According to what Tao Hong said to others, they were ordered by the side consort to buy some gadgets and toys for the little princess to play with.

Then a horse cart passed by. The two women, appearing to be tired from walking, visited a place that had carts for rental and hired one to take them. After mingling and driving through the city for a while longer, the pair turned and exited the city gates.

The further their mule cart travelled, the more desolate it became. There was a nearby temple but it wasn’t very popular. Side Consort Hu had made an appointment with her ‘old friend’ to meet here.

After entering the temple, she first burned some incense sticks then donated some money before Tao Hong suggested finding a room to rest.

This temple was located in a remote area, and it was usually a place where poor people came. Usually, very few people would ask to borrow a room. Throughout the morning, there was only a single family asking to borrow a room. It was a young couple with a baby. They said that the child was sick and needed a place to rest. The abbot of the temple pitied them, so lent them a room to stay temporarily.

In such a small place, there were not many rooms, and there were only two or three rooms available to the public. The room for Side Consort Hu was arranged next to the family of three.

There was a table, chairs and a bed in the shabbily furnished room, but there was nothing else.

Feng Heizi stared at Side Consort Hu's fair face and his gaze became heated.

"I haven't seen you in a long time. Mingyu has become more and more radiant."

Side Consort Hu looked at him, sullen. "Why do you want to see me? If you have something to say, then say it. I don't have time for chit-chat."

Feng Heizi had experienced escaping from prison, not daring to appear before the masses, and had changed dramatically from his old self.

He used to be stocky, built like a small mountain. Now, he was still big, but he had become more skinny, with edges and corners, looking more vicious.

"Yes, who would have thought that Mingyu from Yihong Courtyard back then, flew to the sky and became a qinwang's side consort. To be honest, if it wasn’t because I was really desperate, I wouldn't have come to you today. I just want you to consider how a husband and wife for a day share 100 days of grace and help me.”

Side Consort Hu automatically scolded as if struck by lightning, “You have such big dog guts! You dare to talk nonsense, believe it or not, this consort wants your life!”

Feng Heizi just looked at her with a smile. As he smiled, he clapped his hands "How intimidating. Worthy of being a side consort in a prince’s residence. As for being scared, yes this little one was a bit intimidated but the one who should be more afraid is you, right? That year, the nobleman had made sure you were a clean virgin before redeeming you. If the prince finds out that you were actually a woman who’d lost her chastity, can you still be Her Highness, Side Consort Hu? Plus, if I were to count the days, the little princess you bore for His Highness should be around that time. If I told him that the child was mine, guess what would happen…"

"Feng Heizi, I tell you, you can't scare this consort. It was His Highness who broke my bud that day. It has nothing to do with you," bluffed Side Consort Hu.

"You have a red spot the size of a fingernail at your groin."

This sentence made Side Consort Hu's colour completely change. In such a private place, even her closest maid didn't know about it, but Feng Heizi knew. Could it really be…?

"You suddenly fainted after you entered that day. It was because I had knocked you out. You were probably suspicious in your heart. Otherwise, why bother to come here, looking like this?"

Feng Heizi then recounted everything that happened that day in great detail. If he didn’t provide enough proof and details, he wouldn’t be able to win the trust of the other party.

It turned out that he was entrusted by Yan'er to destroy Yaoniang's reputation. Yan'er's heart was much more poisonous than that of ordinary girls. What she confessed to the Yao Family was a lie. She had wanted Yaoniang to appear in a place like Liuxiang to destroy her reputation.

She asked Feng Heizi to drag an unconscious Yaoniang into a brothel, find a room with guests and throw her inside.

This way, when it was time to kick her out of the family, she wouldn’t need to worry about the Su Family's face or Yao Cheng's intervention when he found out.

After Yan'er tricked Yaoniang into Liuxiang, she ran away. It was Feng Heizi who came from behind and knocked her out.

Generally, business was not done during the day, but there would always be exceptions. There were very few guests that day. That day, there was only one room with guests. Feng Heizi had carried an unconscious Yaoniang into the brothel. This situation may be shocking elsewhere, but it was not uncommon in Goulan Yard, because there were always new girls who were not obedient. The madam would then hire a thug to teach her a lesson.

So under broad daylight, Feng Heizi helped Yaoniang into the room. He had thought that he’d need to provide an explanation, but the guest was asleep. Afraid that Yaoniang would cause trouble when she woke up, he drugged her with some medicine from the brothel that was for disobedient prostitutes. Then, he threw the person onto the bed and went out.

Fearing something would go wrong he hid across the hall and watched. What he didn’t expect was to see a sneaky Mingyu.

The next thing happened as expected. Feng Heizi was afraid that Hu Mingyu would disturb the scene, so he knocked her out from behind. But he temporarily became lustful and became the civet cat exchanged with the crown prince¹.

Feng Heizi had long coveted Hu Mingyu. The thugs from the brothel all yearned for her, but it was a pity that the madam saw her as a cash cow. Naturally, she wasn’t someone they could contaminate.

Fearing that things would go awry, Feng Heizi also drugged Hu Mingyu. So a pair on the bed, a pair off the bed, and the two pairs of wild mandarin ducks were a feast for the eyes.

After that, Feng Heizi threw Hu Mingyu onto the guest's bed. This way, even if Hu Mingyu lost her virginity, she would not think of him. But he threw Yaoniang into a back alley.

Of course, he also realized that there was something wrong with the guest, but it was the first time he did this kind of thing. Flustered, how could he bother to care so much?

…

Following Feng Heizi's remarks, Side Consort Hu's face turned pale. It was a kind of translucent white mixed with a deathly gray.

Feng Heizi glanced at her and said, "I had taken your body, and I have always liked you. I have also kept this secret in my heart for a long time. If it weren't for a catastrophe, I wouldn't have come to you. You don’t have it easy. How could I bear to ruin your good life?"

Side Consort Hu sneered. "Since you like me, why did you come to hurt me? You should go coax your beloved. Neither of you is a good thing. A woman who harmed her sister-in-law, and a man who helped her scheme succeed. You even dragged me into the water."

Knowing that the other party believed all this, Feng Heizi was happy. He pretended to say, "That girl is indeed a bit of a mess, but I still want to marry her. I want to marry you the most, but you aren’t willing to be with me, and I also can't support you. But I do like you. Anyways, you do look good, that Su Yaoniang is what I’d call a rare beauty…"

Speaking of this, Feng Heizi still had a bit of regret on his face. But the other party was in too much of a shock to notice anything. Feng Heizi wanted to coax his old lover, so he thought hard about what he could say. Naturally, he didn't notice the other party's abnormality.

"…I obviously got the chance, but I chose you and abandoned her. My feelings for you are like the sun and moon, forever there…" This Feng Heizi worked as a thug in the brothel and often spent his time around prostitutes. Since the women enjoyed listening to honeyed words, this youngster naturally cultivated a sweet mouth.

Actually, how could he not want Yaoniang? But he was afraid that something would go wrong because then he’d be entangled in a mess. Yan'er wasn’t worth the loss. Feng Heizi wanted to marry Yan'er when he was very young, but Mrs. Li's harshness and contempt became a wall that he couldn't get past. She had become his obsession.

This was why he later coaxed Yan'er to destroy her body, then had Widow Feng come to propose marriage.

Seeing Side Consort Hu with her head lowered in silence, Feng Heizi slowly leaned forward.

First, he wrapped his arms around her waist. Seeing that she did not resist, one of his hands roamed up while the other travelled south, going straight to the point.

Feng Heizi knew how to be comfortable with a woman. Seeing that the other's body has softened, he went to kiss her little mouth. Side Consort Hu tried to push him away, but how could she be stronger than a man. Being held and bitten, the man’s breath filled her nose. Feng Heizi's body did not smell good and felt even a little sweaty, but she didn't have any strength at the moment.

Feng Heizi carried her to the bed and the pair of wild mandarin ducks turned this clean place upside down.

One had been chaste for a long time, while the other had gone for many days without tasting women. The two were equally matched. When Feng Heizi saw that he had caused a dignified side consort of a prince to turn into such a lewd state, he felt proud inside. He renewed his strength.

Finally, the war drums ceased, and Feng Heizi's veins bulged on his forehead. At this moment, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

He looked at the other party in shock. A gurgling noise came from his throat, and the other party's hand firmly covered his mouth. With her legs clamped around him, he couldn’t move.

"You know too much!"