The Stunning Mad Empress: The Useless Third Miss - Chapter 32

Nan Gong Feng retracted the gentle smile from his face, revealing a domineering and sinister expression that brazenly confronted Xiao Qingcheng.

“If I grow strong, I will surely take revenge on Nan Gongyu and Xiao Qingxue. If the Nan Gong family loses Nan Gongyu, the throne of the Southern Kingdom will be your first stepping stone.

In this way, it will be mutually beneficial.

What happens in the future… depends on each person’s abilities!”

Xiao Qingcheng didn’t mince words or hide her feelings. Since her opponent was a master, it was better to be straightforward.

“Why are you so sure that I will agree to your terms?”

Nan Gong Feng narrowed his eyes and asked with a gloomy expression.

Xiao Qingcheng smiled confidently, a flash of dominance crossing her face: “Nan Gong Feng, do you believe that if you bear the sin of killing your own brother, people in the future will curse you to your face!

But if I take action, you will be spared countless troubles. With your future achievements, it will be too easy to marry a woman who matches you. If I don’t like you, your insistence will be in vain!”

“Not liking me? That’s truly rare.”

Nan Gong Feng now resumed his elegant and aloof demeanor, and smiled faintly:

“I will take these words for now. However, between Miss Xiao and me, we still need to exchange a token of engagement. If Miss Xiao fulfills her promise in the future, it will naturally be returned.”

The subtext of this statement was: If Xiao Qingcheng deceives him, everything will be nullified!

Xiao Qingcheng frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded: “Alright. But the blood jade left by my mother, I will take with me. The token will be chosen by me!”

“Master, master, you can’t agree! You can’t get engaged to that despicable man!”

Little Pearl anxiously interjected.

“Rest assured, this is just a temporary measure. Nan Gong Feng is a sly fox. If I don’t do something, I won’t be able to get rid of him for now.”

“Here is my personal jade pendant, take it first. This token… let’s consider it as an alliance of cooperation between you and me.”

Nan Gong Feng took off a milky white jade pendant from his robe and handed it to Xiao Qingcheng.

Xiao Qingcheng took it and glanced at it, nodding in appreciation: “It is indeed a fine jade. Compared to Xiao Qingxue’s so-called health-preserving pearl necklace… it is much better.”

“What will Miss Xiao offer as a token?”

Nan Gong Feng narrowed his eyes, curiously inquiring.

Xiao Qingcheng looked around, then stood up and picked a few petals from the tree branch behind her.

She then took out some medicinal powder from her small porcelain bottle and applied it to the petals.

“These petals will serve as the token!”

“Preservative powder?”

Nan Gong Feng curiously looked at the white porcelain bottle in Xiao Qingcheng’s sleeve.

“Exactly! So, my gift shouldn’t be considered small, right?”

Nan Gong Feng shook his head: “Petals sprinkled with preservative powder are invaluable. As far as I know, only Master Mo Yun and his disciples can refine this preservative powder.

It seems, Miss Xiao really has some connection with Master Mo Yun.”

The last sentence was clearly a probe by Nan Gong Feng.

“Master, this despicable man is probing you!”

“Hmm, I know.”

After replying to Little Pearl , Xiao Qingcheng said to Nan Gong Feng: “Then, the first step is to ask Eldest Young Master Nan Gong to help break off the engagement and retrieve my mother’s dowry.”

“Miss Qingcheng easily took away a hundred thousand taels of dowry by herself. Where do you need my help?”

Nan Gong Feng carefully wrapped the petals in a handkerchief and then smiled gently.

“After the engagement is broken off, I will also need Eldest Young Master Nan Gong to personally send people to escort me to the Xiao family’s main residence.”

Xiao Qingcheng ignored Nan Gong Feng and continued on her own.

“As long as Miss Xiao has the fortune to live until that day, I will naturally do my best to help.”

With that, Nan Gong Feng got up and turned towards the courtyard gate.

“Gong San, prepare some food for Miss Xiao properly. I will go back and rest first.”

“Yes, my lord.”

Gong San’s eyes widened as he watched Nan Gong Feng, who was smiling, carefully tucking the petals given by Xiao Qingcheng into his pocket, almost dropping his jaw.

“Ahem, Miss Xiao is really something. She poisoned our master and yet can still sit here calmly.”

Gong San put down the food box and spoke coldly.

Xiao Qingcheng rolled her eyes: “Indeed, the master and the servant are a match!”

Gong San, with a gloomy face, turned and left.

“Master, this despicable man has impure intentions!”

“Of course! Compared to your noble Esteemed One, he is indeed too cunning.”

Little Pearl looked at Xiao Qingcheng, who was eating on her own, and quickly approached, forgetting about the food and asking, “So, Master, do you think the Esteemed One is better or this despicable man?”

At that moment, Qianxin, perched on a distant tree branch, slightly jolted, and his hands behind his back unconsciously tightened.

Xiao Qingcheng frowned, thought for a moment, and then said, “It’s different. Qianxin is a benefactor to me. Nan Gong Feng is just a partner in cooperation. Once the cooperation ends, we clear the debts and no longer interact.”

“So you prefer the Esteemed One?”

Xiao Qingcheng hesitated for a moment and replied, “I don’t dislike him, at least!”

“Yay! Yay!”

“What are you cheering for? If you don’t eat, it will all go into my stomach!”

…

Qianxin, watching this scene from a distance, curled his lips into a smile: “Just as Nan Gong Feng said, whether Cheng’er can safely get through these few days… depends on your own abilities.”

At this moment, on the other side,

Xiao Qingxue and Xiao Qingqing, who had been humiliated, supported Lin Fen back to the backyard, while Xiao Feng stayed to entertain Nan Gongyu.

“Mother, today the eldest young master of the Nan Gong family helped that waste everywhere.”

As soon as they entered Lin Fen’s main house, Xiao Qingxue couldn’t hold back her anger.

Xiao Qingqing, standing nearby, also had a gloomy expression: “I carefully observed that fool Xiao Qingcheng today. Clearly… she is different from before.”

Lin Fen sat on the soft couch, dismissed the servants, and then, holding a tea cup, frowned deeply and spoke: “Qingqing, tell me, where is she different?”

Xiao Qingqing followed and sat down, recalling the scene in the parlor earlier, and hesitantly spoke: “Today’s Xiao Qingcheng was overly quiet. Moreover, I carefully observed her facial expressions.

It seems… she is not as foolish as before!”

Xiao Qingxue, standing nearby, coldly snorted and spoke disdainfully: “How could that be possible? That fool was just scared. We were discussing the matter of breaking off her engagement today, but she just acted like a simpleton, only knowing how to eat snacks and drink tea.”

Lin Fen frowned and did not pay attention to Xiao Qingxue. Instead, she sighed, somewhat irritably throwing the tea cup back onto the table.

“Qingqing is right. I also feel something is not quite right.”

Xiao Qingqing followed suit: “Mother, I heard that… Yulu tea can detoxify and suppress poison. Therefore, Yulu tea is a rare treasure worth its weight in gold.”