Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 840 - 842: Escape from the Wolf’s Den (4)

Chapter 840: Chapter 842: Escape from the Wolf’s Den (4)

She was just leading her peaceful life, so why should they bully her? First, it was Du Yongzhi, and now this man who claimed to be some heir apparent. The man’s face was full of sleaze, disgusting to even look at. On what grounds did he kidnap her here? By what right did he casually touch her face?

Nangong Jin wiped the tears off Fei’er’s face, and seeing that she’d stopped crying, was now staring at him with raging, furious eyes. That pair of eyes, clearly delineated between black and white, were filled with anger, which suddenly amused him. Pinching Fei’er’s still chubby baby fat cheeks, he said provocatively, "Why do you keep looking at me? Have you fallen for me? Hehe, I’ll let you have a good look in a moment!"

With that, he ordered four maids to help her take a bath.

Fei’er was brought to a warm pavilion, where several maids untied the ropes on her body and began to strip her, plunging her into the bath tub and scrubbing her down.

Cai Fei was a conservative girl; even though those washing her were maids, the same as her, women, the idea of being stripped bare and exposed before others and having them handle her so unscrupulously filled her with such shame and anger that she wanted to bite her own tongue. She screamed and resisted, cursing loudly as they washed her.

The crown prince of Guangling, Nangong Jin, sat beside the stone table in the courtyard, leisurely sipping warming room wine. The cries coming from the room excited him greatly; this little lady was not only as beautiful as a heavenly fairy but also had a fiery temper. She was absolutely to his liking...

Just as he was mulling this over, an attendant of the Guangling prince came in and said, "Your humble servant greets Your Highness, the Crown Prince. His Highness, your father, has summoned you."

Upon hearing that his father wanted to see him, Nangong Jin said unwillingly, "What does father want with me at this late hour?"

The attendant replied, "It is said that the Prince’s illness has worsened. The King is too busy with alchemy to leave, and he has asked for Your Highness to pay the Prince a visit..."

Nangong Jin’s face turned pale. He had yet to enjoy the company of that beautiful young woman; how could he bear to leave now? Besides, he had just drunk some strong liquor.

He hesitated for a moment, glanced at the red gauze window, and said, "Wait for me a while, I’ll be there after I finish up here!"

To his surprise, the attendant dropped to his knees with a splash, hugged his legs, and pleaded, "Your Highness, please have mercy on your servant. If Your Highness is late, the King will be furious, and both Your Highness and your servant’s behinds will pay the price. Moreover, both the King Jin’s Mansion and the victor’s mansion have sent people; only our Guangling prince’s mansion has yet to. If this reaches Empress Jin’s ears, with her pettiness, she is sure to hold a grudge and look for an opportunity to retaliate. Your Highness, it’s best to take care of the important matters first. The young lady in your room isn’t going anywhere; you can still enjoy her company after seeing the Prince..."

Nangong Jin, who feared his father, dare not disobey, so he quickly made his way to Bell-Chiming Courtyard, where the Guangling King resided!

After being scrubbed clean, Fei’er was pulled out of the bath tub. A maid draped a thin gauze dress over her and seated her on the couch.

"The Crown Prince has gone out on some business; he’ll come back later to visit you. It would be best for you to stay quiet and not cause trouble. If the Crown Prince gets annoyed, it’s really no joke..."

Having said that, he left one maid to serve, and the rest of the people went out.

Fei’er sat on the edge of the bed, her heart pounding furiously, wishing she could sprout wings and fly away from here.

The maid said that beast would come back later, if he returned, would she then be doomed? No, she must quickly find a way to escape from this place...

Nangong Jin arrived at the Bell-Chiming Courtyard of the Guangling King, indeed, as the attendant had said, he was to visit the Prince at the Crown Prince’s Mansion.

It was a sensitive time, the Prince’s arm was crippled, and he was in a state of complete despair. Furthermore, hearing of King Qin’s victorious battle, he grew even more depressed and fell ill from rage. The Prince’s ascent to the throne was now hopeless, everyone knew it well. Nobody wanted to visit a soon-to-be-deposed Prince and displease the future King Qin, yet they were coerced by Jin Guifei’s lewd power. Jin Guifei was a vindictive person; if they slighted the Prince today, she might well have found an opportunity to deal with them before King Qin even ascended the throne. Therefore, despite the court ministers’ extreme reluctance, they had no choice but to pay a visit to the Crown Prince’s Mansion...

With the Prince’s weak health, Court Judge Yao Yuanpan said he needed rest and quiet. Hence, all the court officials and royal nobles lingered only briefly in the courtyard of the Crown Prince’s Mansion before each of them took their leave and went out.

After leaving the Crown Prince’s Mansion, Nangong Jin was in a hurry to go home, but before he could leave through the mansion’s door, he ran into Empress Dowager Ji’s nephew, Young Master Ji. Young Master Ji was a licentious dandy who spent his days indulging in pleasures, sleeping with women, and gambling with dogs. He was much like Nangong Jin, and thus they were very close. Seeing Nangong Jin, he insisted on dragging him to the pleasure quarters to dally with a courtesan named Luwu.

Nangong Jin, unable to decline due to his friend’s insistence, and also curious about what the alluring Luwu was like, followed him. After all, the young beauty he had hidden at home was not going anywhere, and he would eventually have his way with her, sooner or later!

Once they reached the pleasure quarters, he found the courtesan Luwu was overrated; she didn’t even have half the charms of his own treasured beauty. So, after watching Young Master Ji enter Luwu’s room, he slipped away, got into his carriage, and hurried home.

When he returned to Feixue Courtyard, it was already late at night. The maid servants who served here had all gone to rest; only two maids were dozing off on the beauty lean-backs in the corridor, keeping the night vigil. The lights in the warm pavilion had been extinguished, suggesting that the little beauty had already gone to sleep.

Inside the unlit warm pavilion, dark and gloomy under the dim moonlight, he saw a person curled up on the couch, facing inward and sound asleep.

Nangong Jin, overjoyed, hustled to the front of the couch and quickly shed his clothes.

What he found, however, wasn’t as delightful as he had imagined, which instantly killed his mood. Standing up, he lit the sheep horn lamp on the desk with a firelighter and shockingly discovered that the person lying on the bed was one of his own maids. The maid’s face was deathly pale as she lay on the couch, with blood still flowing from her head, having fallen into a deep coma. Beside the pillow was a Jade Ruyi, used for resting one’s head, now broken. And the young beauty he had gone to great lengths to abduct was nowhere to be found!

"Damn it!"

He bellowed, bursting out of the room, and yelled at the two maids on duty, "Where has the young lady gone?"