Chapter 10: Ruonan JieJie.

"Your Highness is it true that people of the same tribe shouldn't get married?"Han Shuo asked curiously as he placed the tray of food on the bedside table.

"Who told you?"

"Ruonan JieJie."

There was such a rule but only the Obsidian Bear Tribe followed and emphasized the rule. The Azure Crane Tribe believed that as long as people were from different families, different backgrounds with different surnames then they didn't share a common forefather so they could marry but actually Feng Yuan said he had never seen any of the Azure Crane Tribe marrying someone from their own tribe.

"Did the palace maids bully you again?"Feng Yuan asked in concern.

"Yes they tried but Ruonan JieJie defended me."

"Ruonan JieJie oh Ruonan JieJie. You only met her today yet you've already started calling her such endearing names. Why don't you call me such sweet names too?"

"What do you want me to call you then?"

"Feng Yuan ge-ge ,"Feng Yuan said in a soft and tender womanly voice.

"Feng Yuan ge-ge? It should be more like Devil Feng Yuan."

"How am I a devil? Aren't I accomodating you for free and still paying you? You eat my meals for free... And you call me a devil. Anyway I'm used to people's fake love .When I was the Crown Prince people praised me. I didn't actually think there would come a day people would treat me this way. ,"Feng Yuan spoke in a wistful tone,his face frowning like someone about to cry.

"Feng Yuan ge-ge, don't cry,"Han Shuo pulled him into a hug .

For once,Feng Yuan was able to soften Han Shuo's heart by playing the vulnerable one. Han Shuo was born with total empathy so he couldn't bear to see someone having an emotional breakdown. Feng Yuan was pleased to know that the whole seeking sympathy thing was the easiest way to soften Han Shuo's heart.

Han Ship ended up meeting Feng Yuan's demands that day just to cheer him up.

In the middle of the night when everything and everyone was dead silent,Feng Yuan sat in a lotus position in his bed and suppressed the poison with the remaining Inner Energy. His eyes were closed with furrowed eyes and a grimacing face. His face muscles suddenly became relaxed when he felt a sufficient flow of energy being channelled into his body from the back.

"My Lord in a few weeks you'll be able to start practicing your swordsmanship."

"Then why my am I so weak?"

"Your strength will be regained when you reach your weakest point."

The girl who had just addressed him walked over and turned around facing Feng Yuan.

"Ruonan JieJie,"Feng Yuan called her teasingly.

Jiang Ruonan was wearing a closely fitted black dress displaying a typical aura of a female assassin.

"Your attendant must have fallen for me,"Jiang Ruonan smiled proudly.

"He just finds you helpful so he's practically trying to win you over. That aside,when you said you would deal with Feng Liang in your own way I didn't expect you to do something big. I really underestimated you,"Feng Yuan said with a smug expression.

"I'm usually infallible when it comes to carrying out such important tasks."

Zhao Ruonan infiltrated the palace some years ago as a young maid by the name Jiang Ruonan. She was hardworking and extremely talented in cooking, embroidery and singing enabling her to earn the favour of her masters and became the most perfect head of kitchen maids that every maid envied and looked up to.

Her brother Zhao Yunxi also infiltrated the palace as a groundsman by the name Chen Yunxi. On the day of the Hunting Competition,Chen Yunxi happened to be chosen by Feng Liang's attendant to assist in the hunt. Jiang Ruonan disguised herself as her brother and on the time of leaving the hunting ground,they secretly exchanged positions and Jiang Ruonan became part of the huntsmen. Before Feng Liang presented the prey ,she handed over the prey to another huntsman so that the blame wouldn't fall on her.

"You're very meticulous,"Feng Yuan complimented her.

"Who is our next target?"

"Father Emperor."

"How will we do that?"

"My Father Emperor adores Consort Liu the most. Consort Liu secretly likes Viscount Qingfeng and Viscount Qingfeng is just like a flag without a pole,with no one to rely on. All the other officials look down on him and so I'm sure he must be looking for a way to become well connected and rise up politically."

"Viscount Qingfeng is that young viscount Ye Minglan who lost his wife a few years ago?"

"That's him."

"You want us to match him with Consort Liu and make His Majesty suffer the same fate of unrequited love?"

"Smart."

"I can imitate someone's handwriting perfectly so I can forge a few letters between them but I don't know if I can get access to that Viscount's handwriting."

Viscount Qingfeng was a great poet. He had written Feng Yuan some poems in the past during his birthday banquets and award ceremonies. Feng Yuan gave Jiang Ruonan one of the poems as a sample to use to practice imitating Viscount Qingfeng's handwriting. From there she would impersonate him and write to Consort Liu.