"Your Highness the Third Prince, calm down. My little junior sister is extremely timid. Don't scare her," Kong Ze advised.
Under Kong Ze's dissuasion, Dongfang Yuan seemed to regain some sense and gradually calmed down.
Feng Yunshu still looked at him innocently, pouting, "Alas, these days, one isn't even allowed to tell stories... Your Highness the Third Prince looks as if he's going to eat someone. It's really terrifying."
"Since Your Highness the Third Prince refuses to answer this commoner girl's question, I'll just give the answer myself."
"In the story, the biological parents were so cruel as to abandon their child. Then, out of self - interest, they tried to take the child back and disrupt the child's current happy life. How innocent that child is!"
At this point, Feng Yunshu sneered playfully, "She was just a child abandoned by her biological parents. Fortunately, she was adopted by a kind - hearted person. Otherwise, she would surely have starved to death on the street."
Dongfang Yuan stared intently at the strange woman in front of him, as if trying to see through her heart and uncover her true identity behind this unfamiliar face.
However, Feng Yunshu skillfully changed the subject. Looking at Kong Ze, she said, "Senior brother, I'm hungry. When are you going to take me to eat something delicious? Hurry up and finish your business. My little kitten is hungry too... Right, little pig?"
Xiaoling was immediately startled: Hmm? When did I become a "little pig"?
"Meow..."
Xiaoling wanted to protest innocently but was forced to bow to reality and cooperate obediently.
Kong Ze couldn't help laughing, "Alright. After all these years of cultivation, the only thing you're good at is eating. Do you think your senior brother would let you go hungry? Go out and stroll around for a while. It'll be over soon."
"Okay then." Feng Yunshu shrugged. Before leaving the hall, she glanced at Dongfang Yuan and said, "Your Highness the Third Prince, this commoner girl will take her leave first."
With that, Feng Yunshu left the hall with Xiaoling in her arms.
"Master, you're amazing! Just now, the Third Prince's face turned green. And the way he was so excited, it seemed like he was going to eat someone! It was really scary..."
Xiaoling started chattering, "I seriously suspect that this Third Prince has some psychological problems. When it comes to his feelings for the original owner, he's too macho and too paranoid. His paranoia is almost distorted."
"Who knows? Most likely he does," Feng Yunshu shrugged.
"I'm just venting some anger for the original owner. She died so unjustly, while he's living such a prosperous life. Besides, if he hadn't so easily believed Feng Manshu's words back then, things wouldn't have turned out like this."
"After all, every cause has its effect. A pitiable person must have something hateful about them."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Xiaoling nodded quickly in agreement, "Master, I find that you've been speaking more and more sensibly and profoundly recently! You're quite like Master back then!"
"Oh, really? Maybe your master will soon understand the Tao and ascend directly. Haha..."
"Hey, wait. Master, what did you call me just now? Little pig? Why did I become a little pig? Can you change the name..."
Inside the hall, Dongfang Yuan watched Feng Yunshu leave. He stood there in a daze for quite a while.
"Your Highness the Third Prince, if I may be so bold to say, no matter how close you and Princess Helan were in the past, she is now Princess Helan. A broken mirror is hard to mend. It would be better for Your Highness to let go earlier."
"Let go?!" Dongfang Yuan's emotions flared up again, "It's easy for you, the national master, to say. You've probably never truly loved someone, have you? How can you expect me to let go?!"
"I watched her marry Helan Yanting with my own eyes. Now that Helan Yanting is in trouble, I don't mind that she's already married. I just want her to come back to me! I must find her!"
Kong Ze could clearly see his obsession. All mortals have the seven emotions and six desires, which is inevitable. He had said all he wanted to say and didn't want to say any more.
Just then, a royal guard from the palace rushed into the front hall. "National Master, Your Highness the Third Prince, His Majesty urgently summons Your Highness the Third Prince back to the palace to prepare for an immediate expedition to the front line. There must be no delay!"
"Is it going to start so soon?" Dongfang Yuan frowned. He had no choice but to obey Dongfang Chuan's order.
"National Master, I'll take my leave first. If you have any news about Yunshu, please inform me immediately by carrier pigeon."
"Okay. Your Highness will surely be in danger on this expedition. Please be more careful."
Kong Ze watched Dongfang Yuan calmly, seeing off this paranoid Third Prince.
After Dongfang Yuan left, Feng Yunshu returned to the front hall.
"Third senior brother, is he gone? I just heard him say that His Majesty has ordered the Third Prince and the Crown Prince to go on an expedition immediately, right?"
Kong Ze nodded, "Yes. It seems that war is imminent."
"In your opinion, Third senior brother, will Dan Country or Yuan Country win this great war?"
"According to the information from my divination, the outcome of this war will most likely be a truce."
"A truce?"
Kong Ze nodded, "Yes. I can only divine a general result. As for whether there will be any changes, I don't know."
"Third senior brother, if you're done here, could you do me a favor?"
"What is it?"
Then, Feng Yunshu told Kong Ze in detail about the deal she made with the Young King of Hell in the Underworld. Kong Ze couldn't help laughing and crying after hearing it.
"Among the Three Realms, you're probably the only one who can talk to this Young King of Hell. You're both still so childish."
"So now, we need to find a way to build a temple for him, promote the abilities of the King of Hell, and let the surrounding people offer him some incense. We can directly provide incense and yellow paper for free. Anyway, money is not a problem."
Kong Ze nodded, "Don't worry. This is easy. Leave it to me."
With that, Kong Ze looked at Feng Yunshu's new face and then at the "cat" Xiaoling in her arms. He couldn't help smiling, "You're quite clever. No wonder Master used to say that you're not completely useless. You're very smart, but you just use your brain for pranks."
Feng Yunshu tilted her head proudly and smiled, "I'm not playing pranks. I'm doing something serious! Third senior brother, don't I look cute with this chubby face now? And Xiaoling looks so interesting in this cat form, doesn't she?"
"Yes, yes, yes. You're right. You're very cute!"
"Oh, right. Third senior brother, there's something else that I find really strange."
"What's wrong?"
"I always feel like someone is staring at me, but the person has no ill - will. It seems like they're protecting me."
As she said this, Feng Yunshu looked thoughtfully at a lush tree outside the front hall. "Could it be that the prince sent someone to secretly protect me?" She didn't say this out loud but used her spiritual power to transmit the message to Kong Ze.
Kong Ze followed her gaze and looked at the tree. He couldn't help smiling, "If so, shouldn't you feel at ease, little junior sister? This means that Prince Helan is safe and sound now."
"At ease? Hehe, I am at ease. But Helan Yanting dared to hide such a big thing from me. Anyway, this matter is not over. I must let him know the consequences of hiding the truth!"
After saying that, Feng Yunshu thoughtfully sneered with a hint of malicious fun.
"Since the prince is still closely watching me, I don't need to look for him. I must find something to do. Hehe..."