CHAPTER 174: CHAPTER 164: SEE YOU TONIGHT

Feng Qiwu paused for a moment at Bai Susu’s words.

The next moment he couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

"Susu, you are truly adorable." How fortunate he was to have met her?

Then he gently tapped Bai Susu’s elegant nose with his finger and smiled, "I understand, from now on, I’ll make sure to shower you with sweet words."

"Ahem, it’s not necessary, occasionally is enough."

She feared if Feng Qiwu said such things too often, she would lose the surprise in hearing them.

At this moment, Xiao Quanzi’s light cough echoed from outside the hall.

Feng Qiwu instantly looked displeased as he glanced over at him.

Is he really this oblivious?

Xiao Quanzi, feeling the killing intent in Feng Qiwu’s gaze, braced himself and stepped forward, "Your Highness, the two maids of the Crown Princess Consort sent me over to remind her she should return to the mansion; otherwise, if Prime Minister Bai inquires, it will be hard to explain, and if outsiders know, it will affect the reputation of the Crown Princess Consort."

After all, the Crown Princess Consort only brought two maids, but Prime Minister Bai did not accompany her.

So she can linger for a while, but cannot stay too long, or it will be hard to justify.

Feng Qiwu became displeased upon hearing this and frowned.

Susu came to the Eastern Palace to visit him during the day for the first time, and now she had to leave.

Bai Susu saw his furrowed brow and quickly comforted him in a gentle voice, "Alright, it’s getting late, I should go back and attend to my business, see you tonight?"

Only then did Feng Qiwu relax, nodding and instructing Xiao Quanzi, "Where’s Cheng Zhang? Have him drive Susu back."

"Yes, Your Highness!" Xiao Quanzi quickly nodded.

In his heart, however, he secretly thought: it seems the Crown Prince truly can’t do without the Crown Princess Consort.

Nevertheless, the most impressive is the Crown Princess Consort; not only she doesn’t fear the Crown Prince’s cold demeanor, but now she can even influence his moods.

Truly admirable.

...

When Chuntao and Nuanxia saw Bai Susu returning, they sighed in relief, "Miss!"

Then cautiously glanced at Feng Qiwu beside Bai Susu.

They were worried that the Crown Prince wouldn’t let her go.

Nighttime private meetings with no one knowing naturally don’t harm the Miss’s reputation.

But during broad daylight, with many seeing the Miss entering the Eastern Palace, if she doesn’t leave soon, it could attract gossip.

Luckily, the Crown Prince did not act recklessly.

Bai Susu smiled at them and said, "Let’s go, we should return."

"Mm!" They quickly nodded.

Feng Qiwu then said to Bai Susu, "I’ll escort you to the carriage."

"Alright!" Bai Susu responded with a smile.

After being helped onto the Crown Prince Mansion’s carriage by Feng Qiwu, Bai Susu smiled at him and said, "Alright, go and handle your business."

"Mm." Feng Qiwu nodded, and then repeatedly instructed Cheng Zhang to drive carefully.

Finally, he waved his hand, signaling Cheng Zhang to take Bai Susu back.

...

When Bai Susu returned to the Bai Mansion, the spoiled oranges Feng Qiwu helped her prepare were also delivered to the side hall by Ling Han.

Seeing this, Bai Susu immediately went over and started working.

Spring Peach and Warm Summer couldn’t help but ask, "Miss, what are you planning to do with these spoiled oranges? They can’t be eaten."

Bai Susu chuckled at this, "Don’t worry, I know they can’t be eaten."

"Then what are you going to do with these spoiled oranges? And what’s with the oil..." The two looked at her in confusion.

"You’ll find out soon, just come and help me first," Bai Susu said.

Then she gave each of them a pair of rubber gloves and asked them to help scrape off the mold on the spoiled oranges.

After putting on the gloves, Spring Peach and Warm Summer couldn’t help but show surprise.

"What are these gloves made of, they’re so light!"

"These are rubber gloves, which should be mass-produced in the future. In winter, you can use them for washing clothes and vegetables without worrying about freezing your hands," Bai Susu explained.

Then she picked up a spoiled orange and got busy.

Seeing this, Spring Peach and Warm Summer glanced at each other and immediately followed Bai Susu’s actions.

After scraping the mold off more than a hundred spoiled oranges, Bai Susu instructed them to grind rice and yams into juice and bring it to her.

Then she used the juice as a growth medium solution, pouring in the mold scraped earlier.

After finishing all this, she sighed in relief, "Now we just need to wait a week."

Then she spoke to the air, "Did you understand?"

Spring Peach and Warm Summer thought Bai Susu was talking to them and quickly nodded, "Understood, but Miss, what exactly are you doing?"

They really couldn’t comprehend what Miss was thinking.

Bai Susu didn’t explain that she wasn’t talking to them, just replied, "You’ll know soon enough."

Then she returned to the study to organize her insights from practicing medicine in the northwest last time.

...

Meanwhile, Feng Wuchen came back to the mansion and angrily smashed many things.

Damned Feng Qiwu!

He thought this time he could make the Emperor suspect him of having other intentions, thus not handing over the treasure.

But he didn’t expect Feng Qiwu to dismiss it with a simple remark of forgetting, and the Emperor accepted it!

Forget to mention?

He thought Feng Qiwu was exposed, couldn’t bluff his way through, and had to hand over the treasure.

And even if he did, so what?

Who knows if Feng Qiwu secretly kept some for himself?

Only the Emperor believes Feng Qiwu would hand over all the treasures.

He certainly didn’t believe it.

Bai Wanwan mentioned it was a fortune as large as a nation.

Feng Wuchen’s face darkened for a long while, then he narrowed his eyes.

Quickly, he walked to the desk, wrote a secret letter, and placed it in the bamboo tube tied to the pigeon pacing back and forth on the windowsill.

Now that Bai Wanwan became Feng Changge’s side consort, he couldn’t see her whenever he wanted and now had to rely on carrier pigeons to contact her.

But no matter what, Bai Wanwan, the woman with foresight ability, must be held firmly in his grasp.

If she shows any inclination to turn against Feng Changge... then she can’t blame him for being ruthless.

...

Bai Wanwan did not yet know Feng Qiwu had returned.

Because she was in the Eldest Prince’s Mansion, all external information she received came from Feng Changge and Feng Wuchen.

Feng Changge consulted his aides in the study right after the court session, he never came to find her, thus she knew nothing about Feng Qiwu’s return after suppressing the bandits.

At that moment, a familiar carrier pigeon flew over.

Bai Wanwan’s heart tightened, she quickly sent away the two maids beside her, grabbed the pigeon swiftly, and took out the letter from the bamboo tube.

Then she entered the bedroom and quickly opened the secret letter to read.