1.5 - Moving into the Palace/Who Are You?

A while later after explaining the situation to my cousin and my uncle (the crown prince and the emperor)...

The room was dead silence but the aura emanating from my cousin made me feel like a sledgehammer hammer pressed onto my chest. I looked at him and say "I know what both of you are thinking. But if either of you made a move, then I would feel as if the Feng family was let off too easily." I can still feel my cousins aura surging within the throne room so i do something i have never done before. I go up to my cousin and grab his hand then, in the most sickeningly sweet voice i can muster, i say "Cousin... please. Doing whatever you are thinking of will only taint your hands. Besides, aren't I fine now?" The trademark killing move I learned from observing Shi Qing while in the stronghold. She told me that when a man hears this voice, young or old, it brings the feeling of wanting to protect the fairer sex. At that time, I told her "Why would i ever need to do that when I have the most power within the stronghold. Who would dare say no to me?" But now... I threw away my pride and I felt like bugs were crawling on my skin. I was frightened by the sound of my own voice. 'Note to self. Never do that ever again.' Tears builtup in my eyes as I look at my pride float away like fleeting clouds. 'So long my pride. It was good to have while it was there.'

When my uncle saw the tears, he thought that I was wronged and immediately became softhearted and began to console me. "Aye... I'm sorry that I let you suffer for these past 4 years. The Feng head would tell me that you were silently recovering inside of your courtyard and were depressed. This is why I half belived that you... But it turned out that he had the audacity to lie to me, the Emperor." My uncle looked around for a eunuch and when he found him, he called him over. "Deliver this imperial edict to the fengs stating that Feng Li Ren be my adopted daughter now that she has recovered from her blindness and will be titled Princess Li Ren. She will be moving into the palace today."

"Right away, your majesty."

"Fei'er, take my niece to her courtyard, it should already be arranged when you get there. I have to prepare for Old Bastard Feng to barge into my palace demanding an explanation." My uncle drew a deep breathe, straightened his robes and took a walk to balance his mental state before facing this great buddha.

Long Fei looked at my uncle walk away while in deep thought.

I turned towards my cousin and ask "Is there anything that I need to prepare for now that I am moving to the palace?"

Long Fei finally turned around to look at me. But I saw his brows furrowed as if he was contemplating something. "Is something wr-"

"Who are you really?" Long Fei interrupted her coldly. His aura pressed down onto me and I felt that my organs being squeezed. I stared at him wide eyed in disbelief. 'How sensitive is this man towards me? How did he figure it out so fast?' "Don't bother trying to lie out of this. I won't work. I have been monitoring her situation for the last 4 years. Your change today is too drastic and... I could feel your bloodlust when you mentioned the Feng's so... I'll ask for the last time. Who exactly are you?"

I look at his eyes and see anger and... sorrow in them. I try to think of a way to tell him the truth but... it's impossible. If he doesn't believe me, he would either think I am crazy and kill me right away. Telling the truth is my only option though...

I take a deep breath and say, "Take me to my courtyard, I will tell you everything you want to know but you have to promise that no matter how absurd or farfetched it sounds, you will believe it. To be honest, I can hardly believe it myself. Also, keep whatever I say a secret from everyone, even from my uncle. Can you do this?"

His aura calms down a little while he thinks about it. He looks back at me and says "I want to know every last detail!" He then walks towards my courtyard and says "I don't have all day."

I feel my organs getting released from their stranglehold and I breathe a sigh of relief and look at my cousin walking so I run to catch up to him. By the time I catch up to him, i am breathing heavily and sweating everywhere. 'This body is too weak. Looks like I have to start exercising again in this life.'

Around 20 minutes later we arrived at my courtyard and he leads me to my room and tells me to sit on my bed. "Start from the beginning." He says with a commanding tone.

I take a deep breath and explained to him who I was and briefly touched on how I died and how I became the Feng Li Ren of this world. I even went over how I had a friend from my last life that had the same name as him and they even looked the same.

When I finished talking, the crown prince asked another question. "Your cultivation... How did you manage to unblock your meridians?"