Reborn as the Regent's Beloved

“I’m afraid… after Xiao Qingyin wakes up, she will join forces with Feng Mingjing to take revenge on me. I’m taking precautions.” Xiao Fengyi frowned.

"Yes, I will arrange it for you as soon as possible." After saying that, Ye Si disappeared into the fading night like a flash of lightning.

After he left, Xiao Fengyi tidied up her desk and prepared to go back to her room to rest.

She went into the room to freshen up before going to the old lady's room to pay her respects.

Upon entering the room, she saw Feng Xingye standing in the pitch-black room, holding a secret letter she had personally written behind her back.

Xiao Fengyi frowned. Could it be that he recognized the handwriting, or that Ye Si was being followed?

She pretended not to know and curtsied, saying, "Your Highness, the day for the acupuncture treatment has not yet arrived, why have you come again?"

Feng Xingye turned around, holding up the secret letter in his hand, and asked decisively, "Xiao Fengyi, did you write this letter accusing Feng Mingjing of selling official positions? The handwriting is very familiar."

Does he recognize his own handwriting?

In the dim, cold light, Xiao Fengyi stood with her head down in front of the door and said in a deep voice, "This humble girl is unaware of the Seventh Prince's practice of selling official positions, let alone writing you a secret letter."

Her calm and detached demeanor only fueled Feng Xingye's suspicions.

The man walked up to her, pinched her chin with his fingertips, and asked mockingly, "Xiao Fengyi, you really don't know why you sent the Liu family's spy camp to deliver the secret letter to my residence? Your lie is rather clumsy!"

The man calmly recounted Ye Si's background, causing Xiao Fengyi's pupils to shrink in astonishment. Sure enough, nothing could be hidden; Ye Si had exposed his identity.

Ignoring the pain in her chin from being pinched, Xiao Fengyi calmly met the man's gaze and asked, "How did you know about my grandmother's spy camp?"

The spy battalion was trained by the grandmother, so they were always presented to the outside world as Liu's retainers.

Feng Xingye approached Xiao Fengyi, "Have you forgotten what I do for a living?"

Yes, he is the Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armies, the Great Cloud War God. It should be easy for him to find out about other commanders.

Feng Xingye added, "The guards in your spy camp aren't very skilled either. If I hadn't told the guards from Prince Zhao's mansion to show mercy, he might already be dead."

Souls lost under the blade.

Xiao Fengyi's breathing quickened as she recalled Ye Si's handsome face, making the once quiet dormitory feel warm.

She looked into Feng Xingye's aggressive eyes and asked, "So what do you want? Do you want me to tell you how I found out about the Seventh Prince selling official positions, or do you want me to hand over the spy camp?"

Hmph, these men are asking her all sorts of questions, just to get something out of her. She used to think Feng Xingye was a good person.

She was really wrong.

Xiao Fengyi, who is extremely wary, always thinks of the worst in everything. Having experienced the wickedness of human nature, she has no choice but to assume the worst about everyone.

Feng Xingye originally didn't mean anything by it; he just wanted to ask Feng Mingjing about selling official positions. However, seeing Xiao Fengyi's guarded demeanor gave him the urge to tease her.

He deliberately pinched Xiao Fengyi's chin tightly, "That's right, you are my fiancée now, which means that everything you have belongs to me. You belong to me, your spy camp belongs to me, your thoughts belong to me, and nothing can be hidden from me."

How can you be so domineering!

Xiao Fengyi hated this feeling of being controlled the most, and finally burst out in front of Feng Xingye, "Your Highness Prince Zhao, we didn't agree on this. It was just a cooperative relationship. I'm not really marrying you. Why are you going back on your word?"

Feng Xingye deliberately moved closer to her delicate nose and whispered, "Did I say we were fake? Even if we are fake, we can still make it real. Miss Xiao, don't be so tense."

Although the man had a pleasant bamboo leaf scent, Xiao Fengyi was still uncomfortable with his sudden closeness. She desperately tried to back away and pushed away the man's wrist that was gripping her chin.

"Let me go!"

Feng Xingye could tell that Xiao Fengyi was angry and scared, so he stopped playing around and immediately let her go.

Xiao Fengyi thought he wouldn't let go of her, so she struggled desperately backward.

Between the two, one let go unexpectedly, and the other was unaware that the other was about to let go. Just like that, Xiao Fengyi leaned towards the canopy bed and almost bumped her head.

Seeing this, Feng Xingye hugged the person and threw them onto the bed, asking, "Are you alright?"

After hearing the thumping sounds, Xiao Fengyi finally got out of bed.

She had just gotten up when the man pulled her back, startling Xiao Fengyi who cried out, "Your Highness Prince Zhao, we are not married! We are not a couple!"

She has always been calm, and even when she was drugged by Lao Qi in the cave, she never showed the panic she is now.

When Feng Xingye saw her like this, he stopped testing her and helped her up from the bed. "Alright, let's get down to business."

After he finished speaking, he ignored Xiao Fengyi and stood up to walk to the bedside, waiting for Xiao Fengyi to get dressed.

Xiao Fengyi took a deep breath, feeling a suffocating sensation as if she were walking on thin ice. Although Feng Xingye had saved her from danger many times, she had just realized that he was just a man, and a powerful and influential one at that, even more difficult to deal with than Feng Mingjing.

Having been reborn, she boarded Feng Xingye's pirate ship in order to take down her enemy from her previous life, Feng Mingjing—a move akin to seeking help from a tiger. But now, there's no turning back; she has no choice but to continue cooperating with him.

After adjusting her collarbone and tidying her hair, Xiao Fengyi walked to the man's side and bowed, saying, "Your Highness, I will tell you whatever you wish to ask."

Feng Xingye, with his back to her and not turning around, adopted a businesslike demeanor, holding up the secret letter in his hand and asking, "I just want to know if the person selling official positions is really Feng Mingjing? How did you know?"

Xiao Fengyi didn't know how to explain it; she couldn't very well say that this was something that had already happened before her rebirth.

She lowered her head and made up a story: "Your Highness, I can guarantee that the person behind the sale of official positions is definitely Feng Mingjing. As for how I know this?" At this point, the woman clearly paused, "When I was kidnapped by Feng Mingjing, he fed me Xia Huichun. He thought I couldn't hear, so he told his subordinates, and I heard everything."

Feng Xingye didn't turn around, but instead tilted his head and asked, "Really?"

Xiao Fengyi affirmed, "Every word is true, and... the little girl knows that the Seventh Prince will frame someone else for this."

"Who?"

Xiao Fengyi took a deep breath and looked at the bright light outside the window. "The Seventh Prince will frame the Eighth Prince for selling official positions, making the Eighth Prince a thorn in the side of all those who have studied hard!"

Feng Xingye was silent for a moment, then finally turned around and asked, "Xiao Fengyi, did you really hear all of this from the Seventh Prince?"