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Jun Linyan was still holding her even after they got into the carriage.Lady Northern Feng and Feng Xun exchanged looks, and the lady was astonished!Watching the carriage drive away with Feng acting as the coachman himself, Lady Northern Feng said, “They, they…”

Feng Xun nodded.

Lady Northern Feng was still in a trance-like state even after they got into their own carriage.

“This can’t be happening… It just can’t…” Lady Northern Feng rubbed her forehead, which was starting to throb painfully. “This is Jun Linyuan we’re talking about here…”

In the Junwu Empire, the name Jun Linyuan was synonymous with transcendence, and was unmatched and omnipotent.

Feng Xun rubbed his nose. “I didn’t believe it myself at first, but… Boss Jun likes her, so what can we do?”

Lady Northern Feng sounded on edge. “What do you mean ‘what can we do’? His Royal Highness isn’t a good choice for her!”

Feng Xun looked at Lady Northern Feng in bewilderment. “Mum, are you against it?”

Lady Northern Feng stared at Feng Xun as if she was looking at an idiot. “Of course I am! Don’t tell me you like the idea.”

Feng Xun looked confused. “But, Mum, didn’t you tell Xiao Wu to get along well with Boss Jun and cherish this great patron?”

“That’s not the same thing!” Lady Northern Feng was a little agitated. “You do know who His Royal Highness is, right? He’s going to be our future emperor.”

“Of course he is.”

Lady Northern Feng went on. “I have no doubt that he’ll be the most competent emperor, who will lead us into a new and prosperous era. Someone like that will be a great ruler, but not a great husband.”

Feng Xun glared at her. “Why can’t Boss Jun be a great husband?”

Lady Northern Feng snorted and asked grumpily, “Tell me, is he going to fill his palace with concubines?”

Feng Xun said, “Well… that’s a common thing for emperors, no?”

Lady Northern Feng said, “Yes, it is. So, do you want your sister to spend her life crying in her bedchamber alone until morning?”

Feng Xun said, “Well… don’t you think you’re thinking a little too far ahead?”

Lady Northern Feng replied, “My silly son, a person without distant care will encounter immediate sorrow!”

Feng Xun rubbed his nose. “But Xiao Wu is a beautiful girl.”

Lady Northern Feng snorted. “Xiao Wu certainly is, but men always want something new, and their love never lasts. Plus, with someone as talented and prominent as Jun Linyuan, women will only throw themselves at him.

“And there’s the empress dowager. Do you think she’ll stop sending women to Jun Linyuan’s bed?”

Feng Xun rubbed his nose.

Lady Northern Feng added, “Not to mention that Zuo Qingluan. Everyone has been going on and on about Zuo Qingluan being the perfect match for His Royal Highness. I don’t know who started saying it, but the news has been spreading more and more over the years.”

Feng Xun couldn’t agree more.

Lady Northern Feng put on a long face. “I wonder what Xiao Wu thinks about the whole thing… but she seems quite level-headed.”

Feng Xun nodded. “I thought Xiao Wu was into Boss Jun before, but I was mistaken. Xiao Wu can’t get far away from him enough.”

Lady Northern Feng said, “That’s the right thing to do. You, hurry up.”

“Huh?”

Lady Northern Feng pushed Feng Xun out of the carriage. “The two of them are alone in that carriage, and that’s not appropriate at all! This won’t do Xiao Wu’s reputation any good if she doesn’t want to marry him. So, go ride with them. Quickly.”

Feng Xun wanted to say no, for Boss Jun was so frightening; he didn’t want this job.

However, his mother could be just as frightening when she got mad. Feng Xun was conflicted.

Meanwhile, in the carriage up ahead, Feng Wu and Jun Linyuan were in a stalemate.

Looking up from where she was lying in his arms, Feng Wu could see Jun Linyuan’s dark, straight eyebrows, sparkling black eyes, and fair cheeks. He looked as handsome as a god.

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That face was so tempting and breathtaking.One’s resolve would waver just by looking at it. They would forget to say no and be lost in it.

No!

Feng Wu shoved Jun Linyuan away, then swiftly rolled out of his arms. However, with the blood loss and her exhausted mental power, the result of her action was —

With a loud thump, Feng Wu hit the wall of the carriage, which bounced her back into Jun Linyuan’s arms.

“Pfft —”

The crown prince had kept his face straight, but seeing this, he snickered, and the smile reached his eyes.

“Are you playing hard to get now?” Jun Linyuan glanced at Feng Wu in an insouciant manner.

Feng Wu’s cheeks flushed with anger. “No, I’m not!”

Jun Linyuan said, “Didn’t you just throw yourself into my arms?”

Feng Wu’s face turned redder. “No! I didn’t! I didn’t do that!”

Seeing her squirm around in his arms like a little hamster, Jun Linyuan couldn’t help but chuckled again.

Outside, Feng, who was driving the carriage, smiled as well.

The crown prince had been poker-faced since he was little, and as a strict and serious royal prince, he had never laughed like this before.

The crown prince was the same around other people, but when Feng Wu was around, he seemed like a different person – like a real person.

Feng looked up at the sky.

A flock of white birds flew overhead. The sky was clear and bright, and the air smelled pure and fresh.

It was so good to be young.

Inside, Feng Wu wasn’t aware of Feng’s emotions. She was busy glaring at Jun Linyuan with flushed cheeks.

Jun Linyuan, on the other hand, crossed his arms and looked very proud. “You owe me one.”

Hearing that, Feng Wu, who had buried her head in Jun Linyuan’s arms like an ostrich, looked up instantly at those words and asked in a serious tone, “How do I owe you one?”

Jun Linyuan flicked Feng Wu’s forehead with a finger. “If I hadn’t rescued you in time, you’d already be mentally crippled now.”

Feng Wu mumbled, “I didn’t ask you to save me.”

Jun Linyuan glanced at Feng Wu with a half-smile. “So, do you want me to take you back to the Xuanyuan Mansion?”

Feng Wu: !!!

Jun Linyuan’s expression was casual as he looked at her. Feng Wu gritted her teeth and realized that she had to answer that question.

She could only snort feebly. “Fine. Whatever you say.”

With her head lowered and the way she bit her lower lip pitifully like a puppy dog, the girl looked especially adorable.

The crown prince’s big, warm palm was about to land on her head, when she just happened to raise it.

Smack!

His palm made contact with her head with a crisp sound.

Feng Wu covered her head. “Why did you hit me?!”

Jun Linyuan was speechless.

Ahem. Of course he wouldn’t tell her that he had only been about to rub her head. The girl would become too complacent if she knew that. Hmph!

“Why did you hit me?!” Feng Wu pressed.

The crown prince had no choice but to change the subject.

“Give it to me.” He stretched out his hand.

“What?” Feng Wu looked baffled.

With his bright black eyes, Jun Linyuan stared at Feng Wu without blinking. “That old man’s private collection.”

Feng Wu’s stomach lurched!

Those were all real treasures, which she had plans for!

Ever since she paid those hitmen to kill Zuo Qingliu, she had almost no money left. She was broke.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.” Feng Wu snorted, then looked away.

“Feng, take us back to the Xuanyuan Mansion.”

Leaning against the carriage wall, Jun Linyuan raised his eyebrows slightly. His face was already breathtakingly beautiful, and this expression only added to it.

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However, in Feng Wu’s eyes, this guy was the most abominable!He was such a boor!

Feng carried out all of Jun Linyuan’s commands without question. In one swift movement, the carriage turned 180 degrees around on the narrow road.

Jun Linyuan was quite capable of doing something like sending Feng Wu back to the Xuanyuan family!

Feng Wu caught Jun Linyuan’s hand right away and gave him a pleading look.

Jun Linyuan raised his chin proudly, and his well-defined profile was breathtaking.

He glanced at Feng Wu, then raised his voice and complained to the coachman, “Why are we moving so slowly?”

Whoosh —

Instantly, the carriage picked up speed, as if it had grown wings!

Feng Wu grunted, lost her balance, and fell into Jun Linyuan’s arms head first. Thump —

Her head smashed into Jun Linyuan’s chin.

Jun Linyuan didn’t seem affected at all. Feng Wu, on the other hand, had tears in her eyes from the pain, and kept gasping.

But the pain was the last thing on her mind now. Grabbing Jun Linyuan’s hand, she said, “Tell Feng to stop now!”

At this speed, they would reach the Xuanyuan Mansion in a matter of minutes.

However, that arrogant look stayed on Jun Linyuan’s god-like, handsome face, and he only glanced at Feng Wu.

Feng Wu could only give in. “Fine, fine. You want a share of the spoils? You can have it!”

She then searched her space with her mental power, and realized that all ten items were real treasures.

What else could they be? Old Master Xuanyuan had been furious when he realized that they had been stolen.

Parting with any of them would break his heart!

Feng Wu was at the disadvantage here, however, and she could only take a lamp out, which she handed to Jun Linyuan.

It was a corniced lamp with nine dangling beads. Despite its ordinary appearance, it contained a formation. Holding this lamp, one would always find their way inside any common formation.

A rough calculation convinced Feng Wu that this lamp was quite valuable. It was worth ten houses at least, courtyards included.

Yet it was the least valuable of the ten items, which was why Feng Wu had picked it out for Jun Linyuan.

The crown prince only darted an indifferent look at Feng Wu, and couldn’t be bothered to take the lamp.

Feng Wu could only quietly put the lamp down next to Jun Linyuan.

Staring at Feng Wu with his brooding black eyes, Jun Linyuan said in a deep, husky voice, “Is that all?”

Feng Wu wanted to say yes, but it didn’t take a genius to figure out that losing an item like this wouldn’t have driven Old Master Xuanyuan mad.

Gritting her teeth, Feng Wu felt heartbroken over what she had to do, but she had no choice but to take out the second least valuable item. “There you go.”

It was a box of pills. They were top quality Supreme Level breakthrough pills, and there was a whole box of them, which had probably been prepared for the most important children of the Xuanyuan clan.

Jun Linyuan gestured at her, telling her to put it on the side. “Keep going.”

Feng Wu was so furious that smoke was practically coming out of her ears. “Your Royal Highness, you’re being greedy here. I only have a few items, and I’ve already given you two. You —”

Jun Linyuan said, “Feng, are we taking a walk or what?”

Instantly, the carriage picked up speed, and cold wind made a whooshing sound in their ears.

Feng Wu: !!!

“Alright! I don’t like it, but I’ll give you another one!”

Feng Wu took out a third one.

However, with the third came the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth… Feng Wu kept taking more things out until she was completely pissed!

Because there were only three items left!

The first one was Fallen Star Stone, an essential material for forging the Fallen Star Sword.

The second piece was flexible armor made from gold wire. It would be perfect for the beautiful lady.

And the third piece was that mysterious stone. Feng Wu had a hunch that it had something to do with the broken star piece.

“I don’t have anything left! I don’t! Hand me over to the Xuanyuan family if you want!” Hopeless, Feng Wu gave up altogether. She glared at Jun Linyuan!

Jun Linyuan stared at Feng Wu with his brooding eyes which reminded one of the starry sky. He didn’t blink.His eyes were so bright that they seemed to see through one’s deepest secrets. It was impossible to hide anything from him.

Feng Wu gritted her teeth. “I don’t have anything left. You only arrived afterward. Even if we should divide the spoils between us, you’re already getting a very big share.”

Jun Linyuan wouldn’t be persuaded. His face was still as good-looking as a god’s, but a dark storm was brooding in his eyes.

He reached out and let his wide sleeve gently slide over the so-called treasures.

Crack, crack, crack —

There came the sound of things breaking apart.

Feng Wu’s eyes widened involuntarily when she saw this.

No way!

She watched as the treasures that she had forced herself to give away turned to ash as Jun Linyuan’s sleeve brushed over them.

They were all gone! Every single one of them!

“Jun Linyuan!” Feng Wu stared at Jun Linyuan in disbelief.

He had pressed her so hard just then that she thought he wanted his share of the spoils. She had been complaining in her head, but as it turned out —

“You wastrel! Do you have any idea how much these treasures are worth? You’ve destroyed them all! All of them…” Feng Wu was almost in tears.

For she had had plans for quite a few of the items. Some were for Chaoge, and some for Qiuling, Uncle Qiu, and the rest…

“Jun Linyuan, I’m going to kick your ass!” Feng Wu was infuriated.

However, his eyes were so frightening. They reminded her of a dark, raging storm as the scent of blood filled the air. One would shiver with fear when they looked at those eyes, and the next thing they knew, they were giving in…

“Aren’t you going to ask me why?” Jun Linyuan stared at her.

Despite being intimidated, Feng Wu wouldn’t let it drop. “Why?”

Jun Linyuan gave off a frightening energy. “Put yourself in such a dangerous situation again and there will be consequences.”

Feng Wu wanted to retort, but…

She couldn’t help but go over the entire incident in her head. Ever since she came up with a plan to get close to the Xuanyuan family, she had always been at a disadvantage, yet had taken action anyway.

Jun Linyuan’s cruel voice rang out in her ears. “You wanted information on that second broken star piece, didn’t you?”

Feng Wu gritted her teeth.

Jun Linyuan sounded disappointed. “Didn’t I tell you that I know where it is? Why didn’t you come to me?”

Feng Wu still said nothing.

Jun Linyuan jabbed Feng Wu’s forehead with a finger. “Do you know what kind of person Xuanyuan Kun is? He’s fought numerous wars and narrowly escaped death more times than you can count! He has more ruthlessness in his little finger than you have in your entire body, and capability-wise, you don’t stand a chance! Why would you provoke him? Do you have a death wish?!”

God knew how Jun Linyuan had felt when Feng Xun sent Mu the Sixth to fetch him earlier. His head had gone completely blank, and he almost tripped when he flew toward the Xuanyuan Mansion!

Feng Wu was almost in tears as Jun Linyuan jabbed her forehead, and she stared at Jun Linyuan with a pout.

With a stern look on his face, the crown prince scolded her. “Do you admit that you were wrong?!’

Feng Wu said, “Yes…”

The crown prince said, “Are you ashamed of yourself or not?”

Feng Wu said, “Yes, I am…”

Jun Linyuan asked, “Will you do it again?”

Feng Wu lowered her head and apologized like a little wife. “No, I won’t.”

Jun Linyuan grunted. The stubborn girl was always quick to admit her mistakes, but she would repeat them all over again as soon as he turned his head. She never learned!

Staring at Jun Linyuan, Feng Wu mumbled quietly, “But even if that’s the case, you didn’t have to destroy all my treasures… They were really expensive stuff!”

Jun Linyuan rolled his eyes at her. “You call them treasures?”

Feng Wu’s eyes lit up. “So, you’re going to compensate me for my loss, right?!”

Jun Linyuan flicked her forehead with his finger. “You money-grubber!”Feng Wu tugged at his wide sleeve. In order to obtain more benefits for Chaoge and the others, Feng Wu could forget all about her dignity. Getting what she wanted was her priority.

“Your Royal Highness, you’ll compensate me for my loss, won’t you?” Feng Wu swayed his arm back and forth.

“Your Royal Highness?” Jun Linyuan snorted.

“Brother Jun~” Feng Wu took the hint right away!

Jun Linyuan glanced at her, then gave a reluctant grunt.

Naturally, Feng Wu wouldn’t let such a great opportunity go to waste. She immediately took out that translucent stone and showed it to Jun Linyuan.

“Your Royal Highness… I mean, Brother Jun, have a look at this stone. Is there anything unusual about it?”

Jun Linyuan glanced at the stone, then turned his cold gaze to Feng Wu. The look in his eyes reminded one of the night sky, which was a mystery that couldn’t be comprehended.

Feng Wu looked confused.

Jun Linyuan snorted. “So, you really did hold something back.”

Instantly, Feng Wu realized what Jun Linyuan meant, and involuntarily tried to put the stone back into her pocket, but —

Jun Linyuan moved quickly and took action first as he grabbed the stone.

“Give it back to me!”

Feng Wu jumped up, trying to take it back.