CHAPTER 406: CHAPTER 408: RUMORS AS FIERCE AS TIGERS

Feng Bailing had a dream.

In the dream, it was that night when she had drunk alcohol and was carried into a room in a daze.

A man walked in.

In the night, the man’s pupils turned blood red.

The man ripped her clothes, and when he entered, she felt a tearing pain in her body.

She wanted to push him away but was utterly powerless, the man’s body burning hot; and when she opened her eyes again, the man had turned into a purple gold giant dragon.

"Feng Bailing, you stole my child, return my child to me."

The purple gold giant dragon, with eyes red, opened its dragon maw and swallowed her whole.

It was already dawning.

Feng Bailing suddenly woke up and turned around, stunned.

She stared at her own hands and feet, her mood spelled out by a huge "awkward."

How could they be so bold; her hand ungracefully hung around Dugu Wu’s neck, and as for her legs, they were even worse, wrapped around Dugu Wu’s waist like vines, with half of her body pressing on top of Dugu Wu.

Dugu Wu was breathing evenly, still asleep.

Feng Bailing held her breath, tiptoeing around...

Suddenly, Dugu Wu’s eyebrows tightened as he felt a soft hand scratching somewhere around his waist; he subconsciously moved his body.

Before he could react, Feng Bailing, nimble and agile, slipped into his arms like a slick mudfish, shoving his long legs and arms onto herself.

It was a flurry of movements fierce as a tiger.

Finally, Dugu Wu couldn’t help it, opened his eyes, and this was the scene he woke up to.

"Prince, how could you hold me while sleeping?"

Feng Bailing pouted in a wronged manner, and Dugu Wu saw that his own hands and feet were resting on Feng Bailing.

Dugu Wu’s lips twitched.

He had slept well last night; sleeping with Feng Bailing had somehow cured his years of light sleeping.

In the morning, he was awoken by the mumbling dreams of the little woman beside him.

He had wanted to see how this woman would react upon waking up and seeing her own sleeping position, but who knew Feng Bailing would take the initiative to play the victim first.

"You are my Princess Consort, so what’s wrong with me holding you while I sleep? After all, I’m inconvenienced, just standing there? Attend to me as I rise from bed, I cannot move."

Dugu Wu simply lay flat, pressing on Feng Bailing as if it were his right.

Feng Bailing had never seen such a shameless person; even the disabled are right?

She was exasperated, trying to push Dugu Wu away, but at that moment, Feng Bailing stiffened all over.

There was something hard at her abdomen.

A man on waking in the morning... is not to be trifled with.

Just as Feng Bailing was flustered, she heard the door being pushed open with a bang.

Someone rushed in.

"Dugu... sorry."

The person who came in saw the scene that burned the eyes, almost biting their tongue, and hurriedly rushed out.

When Hong Xuan stepped out, she saw Feng Xiaoli wearing a peach-colored sleep robe, coming over with Hei Dian.

Seeing Hong Xuan, Feng Xiaoli’s sparkling big eyes lit up.

"Aunt Hong Xuan."

Hong Xuan, seeing Feng Xiaoli, smiled broadly, lifted her up, and kissed her chubby little face.

"Xiao Li, I’ve brought you lots, gifts, things to eat and play with."

Catching sight of Dugu Xiaojin who had just returned from morning practice, dressed in training clothes, Hong Xuan chuckled twice.

"You two don’t go in, your dad and mom are working hard to make you little brothers and sisters."

Tsk tsk, she’d only been gone for a short while, and Dugu had already hooked up with Feng Bailing.

She does find Feng Bailing slightly more amiable now, being with Dugu Wu is better than waiting for Nalan Yan’er after all. Even if Feng Bailing is not good at other things, she is certainly capable of bearing children - just look how adorable Xiao Li is, and then look at Nalan Yan’er’s son and daughter.

Tsk~ Bearing children is a skill.

Unknowingly, Hong Xuan had started to reverse her impression of Feng Bailing.

"Miss Hong Xuan, don’t lead the children astray."

Feng Bailing opened the door, her face full of headache.

Both Hong Xuan and Lu Yin were blabbermouths; whatever they knew, it wouldn’t be surprising if by the next day, everyone in Prince Shun’s Mansion knew about it.

Turning her head, Dugu Wu had already changed his clothes, looking respectable.

"What brings you here so early in the morning?"

Dugu Wu’s demeanor was indifferent, as if the shameless person from before was not him at all.

Hong Xuan along with Dongfang Yong and Feng Luochen had just returned from out of town; if it weren’t for something important, she wouldn’t have barged into Wu Courtyard so early in the morning.

A quarter hour later, in the study, Dugu Wu, Feng Bailing, Hong Xuan, and Lu Yin were all present.

Feng Bailing was somewhat surprised that Dugu Wu had called her to join as well.

Hong Xuan’s trip was specifically to investigate the source of Heartbreak Grass.

Heartbreak Grass was not common in Great Chu; if it made its way into Chu City, it must have come through mercenaries.

"Two months ago, someone bought a batch of Heartbreak Grass from a major Mercenary Corps. I spent some effort to find out that the ultimate buyer was someone from the Grandmaster Mansion."

"Now, that’s interesting. Two months ago, the Grandmaster hadn’t died yet. There are neither too many nor too few people in the Grandmaster Mansion. Could it be..."

Lu Yin glanced at Dugu Wu.

"Poisoning Emperor Yongye would not have been to Nalan Yan’er’s benefit. However, we still need to keep an eye on the Grandmaster Mansion, which has been quiet lately."

Feng Bailing spoke pragmatically.

"There’s something else as well, I heard outside..."

Hong Xuan hesitated.

"Don’t dilly-dally, there are no strangers here."

Dugu Wu said sternly.

Hong Xuan and Lu Yin both subconsciously glanced at Feng Bailing. Feng Bailing felt a slight stir in her heart. Was Dugu Wu acknowledging her as one of his own?

"There’s a rumor going around that Dugu Wu, the Ninth Prince of Great Chu, has been impotent and his cultivation has plummeted since he injured his leg. This was even after he was forced to marry the ugly niece of Emperor Bei Qi, all to win Bei Qi’s support."

Hong Xuan spoke with a stiff upper lip.

Dugu Wu’s face changed.

"Nonsense."

Feng Bailing was the first to disagree.

Dugu Wu’s leg was injured, not that part, and besides, if he were impotent, then that night... she blurted out.

"Yeah, when I saw him this morning, I thought the same thing, those people just love to talk nonsense. Feng Bailing, you’ll need to work harder both in bed and out. Strive to get a good ranking at the Competition Among Ten Countries, and have a few more children. Then, those people won’t dare to talk nonsense."

Hong Xuan said bluntly.

Feng Bailing’s face turned red - this Hong Xuan was toxic!

"My reputation does not need others to defend it."

Dugu Wu’s face darkened.

This must have something to do with Xiao Junci.

He would eventually render Xiao Junci impotent and send him a cartful of ugly monsters.

Dugu Wu did not realize that more than being mocked as impotent, he was angrier at the fact that Xiao Junci, knowing Feng Bailing’s true appearance, still spread rumors that she was ugly.

His own person, and Xiao Junci dared to judge and discuss.

"By the way, Miss Hong Xuan, since you are back, where is my Third Uncle?"

Feng Bailing had only seen Hong Xuan and couldn’t help but wonder.

"Dongfang Yong? He came back with us, but he went to Shuiyue Temple early in the morning, said he was going to visit Nalan Chun. Speaking of which, Dongfang Yong really wears his heart on his sleeve for Nalan Chun; I heard over the years he has spent all his savings on her medical treatment."

Hong Xuan thought for a moment and said.