Chapter 64: Twin Sisters Flower

  After Guliyaer left, Fu Xi asked what they had talked about.

  She gazed at him, his bright and white face, with a clear and cold handsome appearance; his deep and mysterious eyes, with an enchanting color; those dense eyebrows, high nose, and perfect lip shape, although still looking young, but subtly revealing nobility and elegance.

  Qing Sang had never seen Xiao Wei, but after listening to Guliya's description, he felt that she should be a woman with a unique temperament. Moreover, Guliya repeatedly emphasized that Fu Xi looked exactly like Xiao Wei, which made Qing Sang very curious and couldn't help but stare at Fu Xi for a long time.

  Fu Xi felt uneasy all over his body as he was stared at by Qing Sang, and he looked at Qing Sang strangely, asking: "Hey, what are you looking at?"

  "I think you're really handsome, no wonder that Jialuo has been drooling over you!" Qing Sang exclaimed in admiration.

  Fu Xi's face turned red, her heart skipped a beat, she felt some joy but couldn't express it, and mockingly said: "You really are shameless!"

  Qingsang saw his red face and ears, burst out laughing, and wanted to tease him.

  Qing Sang suddenly leaned in close to Fu Xi, her face only a finger's distance away from his, and smiled sweetly: "I'm looking at my husband, what's there to be shy about?"

  A wave of fragrance wafted into Xū Hè's nostrils, making him feel suffocated. Qīng Sāng's beautiful eyes sparkled with a clever light, and that enigmatic smile made his heart skip beats, causing him to swallow hard, his mind racing like a deer in flight. His mouth, however, refused to back down, saying: "Your face is really thick-skinned." After speaking, his gaze darted elsewhere, not daring to stare at Qīng Sāng again.

  Qing Sang covered her mouth and laughed. "Hehehe" was laughing hard, but was choked by her own saliva, after laughing was a fit of violent coughing.

  "Look at you, served you right!" Xiu Hei suddenly heard Qing Sang coughing violently after turning his head away. He turned back to see her condition and knew she was choked by his own saliva. He felt both angry and amused, but when he saw her small face turn red from coughing, he also felt a bit heartbroken. He stretched out his hand to pat her back.

  Seeing her coughing had subsided a bit, he then poured a cup of water for her to moisten her throat.

  "Thank you." Qing Sang took a sip of water and felt a bit better, then asked: "What did King Rong want with you?"

  "He wants me to go to the Dam Tribe to train a team with a special mission," said Fu Xi.

  "Special Forces?" Qing Sang blurted out, and as soon as she finished speaking, she felt like she had misspoken, and for a moment, didn't know what to do.

  "What is a special soldier?" Fu Xi looked at Qing Sang with a strange expression.

  "It's soldiers who have undergone special training and are executing special tasks."

  "This name is great, from now on this team will be called Special Forces. Rong Wang asked me to think of a name for this team and I was having a headache, didn't expect you to come up with such a good name casually. Hehe, you're really talented, a genius." Xiu Xi said with great liking.

  She was thus praised as a talented woman, but Qing Sang truly felt that she didn't deserve it.

  "Are you really going to teach those barbarians all that you've learned?" Qing Sang knew that Huo Ran thought Xiang Xi had grown up in General Xiang's mansion since childhood and must have learned a lot about military strategy, which was why he was sent to train the soldiers. She thought that with Xiang Xi's hatred for the Northern Barbarians, he would not be wholehearted in teaching them, which would arouse Huo Ran's suspicion, and couldn't help but ask anxiously.

  "Of course not, but I'll also be careful and won't reveal any weaknesses, so don't worry!" Fu Xi said in a low voice. Seeing Qing Sang still looking at him with some concern, he added: "I naturally wouldn't teach them the new formations that our Xuan Army has come up with over the past few years. I'll just teach them some old ones, and even if they figure it out, I'll just say that I haven't learned the new ones yet, and brush it off as a city cat's trick."

  Qingsang didn't understand anything about fighting, but hearing Fuxi say so, he thought it was also feasible. After all, Fuxi hadn't really been on the battlefield before, and later became the lost prince of Beijun, so it was normal that he hadn't seen or learned some new formations. Only then did he slightly put his mind at ease.

  "You haven't told me what you and the Empress Dowager talked about yet?" Xú Xī asked.

  "Isn't it just women's gossip? Why are you like a woman, loving to listen to these things?" Qing Sang said with a smile.

  "I'm not worried about you? Worried that you'll let something slip and the Empress will find out." Fu Xi said angrily.

  "Haha!" Qing Sang burst out laughing and said while still chuckling: "You're worried about me? You little kid just take care of yourself!"

  Fu Xi suddenly became impatient and shouted: "What a kid, how old are you yourself, you're even younger than me, speaking without respect. I won't bother with you anymore." After that, Fu Xi was about to get up and leave.

  Seeing him being anxious and capricious, Qing Sang felt more and more that he was just a child, yet had to bear such heavy responsibilities.

  "Alright, alright. Is it not enough that I was wrong? Prince Dague." Seishiro grasped his wrist and coaxed.

  "That's more like it." Xiu Xi saw Qing Sang pulling him and apologized again, only then did he calm down and sat back beside the bed.

  Qing Sang smiled and said it wasn't a child, sometimes rainy and sometimes sunny.

  "Eh, didn't you used to stay in the military camp when you were young? Do you know Du Zheng?" Qing Sang was still full of curiosity towards Zhen Dage's mother, Xiao Wei, and asked. Moreover, she wanted to understand even more why Fu Xi looked like Xiao Wei, if Fu Xi really was Xiao Wei's child, then who was the one he saved when he was young?

  Fu Xi opened his big eyes and looked at her, saying: "How did you think of asking this?"

  "Just say whether you recognize it or not, and I'll tell you why I asked," said Qing Sang.

  Fu Xi was silent for a moment before saying, "I recognize him, he's my maternal grandfather."

  "Ah!" Qing Sang cried out in surprise.

  "What's wrong with you? How did you know him?" Xú Xī asked curiously.

  Qing Sang became even more puzzled, and asked again: "What is the name of that lady?" Not to mention Du Xiao Wei, Qing Sang felt inexplicably tense, as if the truth was getting closer and closer.

  "Mother's name is Xiaoxuan," said Fu Xi.

  Qing Sang felt even more tense and was speechless for a moment. Were Du Xiaowei and Du Xiaoyan the same person?

  "What's wrong with you, why would you think of asking me about my grandfather and mother?" Xiu Xi asked, seeing Qing Sang staring blankly ahead.

  Qing Sang regained his composure and asked again: "Do you know Du Xiaowei?"

  Fu Xi's expression changed, and he didn't make a sound for a long time. It wasn't until Qing Sang asked again that he said, "I know her, but she is our family's taboo. Since childhood, my grandparents and mother have never allowed us to mention her."

  Dù Xiǎowēi is indeed related to Fú Xī. Qīng Sāng seems to have mentioned something that Fú Xī didn't want to mention, and feels a bit guilty, so he grabs his sleeve, smiling and encouraging him.

  Fu Xi slowly began to talk about the past: "Du Xiaowei was my mother's twin sister, taken away by the Northern Rong before my mother married my father and later died in the Northern Rong. I didn't know I had such an aunt until one day when my mother, who rarely went out and always wore a plain face, suddenly put on a pink embroidered blouse and white pearl-pleated skirt, dressing up carefully. I only knew that my father, who had been away from home for a long time, was coming back. But for some reason, after seeing my mother in the backyard, he suddenly flew into a rage, shouting 'No matter what, you can never be Xiaowei, she is herself, and no one can replace her, even if they look exactly alike.' After that, my father left home again without changing his clothes. I asked my crying mother who Xiaowei was, but she just shook her head. Later, Honglian, the old servant who had been serving my mother since childhood, told me that Xiaowei was my mother's twin sister, taken away by the Rong people and died in the Northern Rong before I bought the Silver River System. From then on, my father never came back, and my mother became depressed and ill, passing away soon after. After my mother's death, I followed my father to the army, and I once asked my grandfather about Xiaowei, but he flew into a rage and forbade me from mentioning it again, so I didn't ask anymore."

  "Sorry!" Qing Sang saw the painful look on Fu Xi's face and felt that she had been so cruel to uncover the trauma of his childhood in order to seek the truth. She had just heard from Empress Dowager that when Xiao Wei was allowed to return home, she was also wearing a dress with that pattern. It seemed that the dress was Xiao Wei's favorite everyday attire. Fu Xi's mother had put on that same dress when her husband returned home, knowing he liked Xiao Wei, but unexpectedly didn't get his understanding. A woman who loved her husband wholeheartedly yet couldn't get his heart was truly pitiful. Qing Sang sighed inwardly.

  Fu Xi looked at Qing Sang's worried face and suddenly wrapped her in his arms, holding her very tightly, as if seeking a warmth and care.

  Qing Sang patted his back and said in a soft voice, "It's all over." At this moment, Qing Sang felt that Fu Xi was like a little friend who had been hurt, just like his own brother.

  "Du Xiaowei is the true king's mother." Qing Sang whispered in Fu Xi's ear.

  Fu Xi's body trembled slightly, gently pushing away Qing Sang, staring at her steadily and repeating: "You're telling the truth?"

  "Yes, it was said by the Empress Dowager herself." Qing Sang then told Fu Xi about what the Empress Dowager had briefly told her.

  "Who would have thought that the one I had sworn brotherhood with back then was actually my cousin. And who would have thought that Aunt's fate was so tragic. I must avenge her." Xiu He slapped the bedside heavily.

  "Be careful, disaster often comes from the mouth." Qing Sang warned with a start.

  As expected, the fragrance of grass outside the door was heard, and a loud inquiry was made outside the door. Only after hearing that everything was fine did he continue to stand guard with peace of mind.

  Fu Xi's heart was in a mess, he both hated this aunt who had never met and took away his father's love, ruining his mother's happiness, and deeply sympathized with her experience. With a troubled mind, he instructed Qing Sang to rest more, then got up and left.

  Qing Sang understood his feelings at this moment and didn't stop him.

  After Fu Xi left, Cao Xiang entered the house to serve him.

  "Grass fragrance, what's wrong with you?" Qing Sang asked.

  "Princess, Grass Fragrance is fine. It's just that occasionally it pulls on her back and hurts a bit. Doctor Zhu examined her and said there's nothing seriously wrong." Grass Fragrance replied as she carried a bowl of thin porridge to the bedside.

  "This rice was bought by the prince's servant yesterday from Duosai, the quality is not very good, Princess, please just drink some." Cao Xiang carefully fed Qing Sang a mouthful of porridge.

  "It doesn't matter, it's already good enough. Is the expenditure in the mansion sufficient?" Qing Sang knew that her dowry had been confiscated by Huo Ran, so she was very worried about the expenditure in the mansion. These Xuan Chao dishes were not cheap in Duosai City. Fu Xi was a big man after all, and as a general in Xuan Chao, he didn't understand these things, so it was still up to her to manage them properly.

  "Princess, just take care of your body and don't worry about these things. They will be taken care of by Chang An."

  "Are you all right?" Qing Sang saw that Cao Xiang was smiling, but the worry in her eyes was obvious. She knew that Cao Xiang wanted to reassure her, so she didn't press the issue and asked instead.

  "Hmm, yes, Chang An is basically fine now. He's just getting familiar with the major and minor matters of this mansion." Cao Xiang said.

  "Alright, alright. Let him come see me later. As long as you're all fine, I'll be at ease." Qing Sang said with a smile.

  The grass fragrance is very moved, and it's also her good fortune to meet such a master.

  After drinking the porridge, Cao Xiang asked: "Princess, Doctor Zhu has instructed that if you wake up, inform him immediately, do you...?"

  Qing Sang thought that Chu Lian was going to tell her about the baby, so she quickly said: "Go and invite them quickly!"

  Cao Xiang hastily retreated to invite Chu Lianyu. You can search for "Shu Nu Hua Guan Lu? Ha Shi Ba" on Baidu to find the latest updates of this book!