Chapter 421: Where is that Jade Chapter?

As for third place, it was a girl from Mi Xiang Ju who received the reward; she was very happy, even a little surprised—if it weren't for that person's accident, what would it have to do with her?

"Miss Yun Miao Er, the Great Prince requests your presence." Just as everyone thought it was about to disperse, the girls from Mi Xiang Ju had already appeared on the round platform, followed by music and then dance.

But……

A guard's remark, just as things were about to get lively, instantly plunged everything into silence.

Jiang Yun Chu smiled and said, "Yun Miao Er, obedience is better than respect."

She stepped forward, no longer restraining the bell's sound; each step she took carried a clear, ringing tone, her white feet tapping the wooden boards—lotuses blossomed with every step, each step echoing, as if stirring everyone's hearts.

Ning Chengyan furrowed his brows, her internal energy……

He hadn't noticed before, nor even thought of it, but now her steps looked light, yet different from walking with internal energy.

What about her internal energy? Is she injured? What happened?

Ning Chengyan's heart asked three questions in a row, but no one could give him an answer, and he only grew more worried.

Although he had never seen her face, he knew this was Jiang Yun Chu; even without internal energy, he had never doubted that he had mistaken the person.

"Yun Miao Er requests an audience with the Great Prince." At that moment, the clear voice, not excited but calm, softly called out at the gate.

Su Jin also came up to the second floor, but upon reaching Room Number Two, seeing the person standing before the Great Prince's door, she slightly furrowed her brows and said nothing.

"Brother, what are you getting involved in for the fun of it?" Having walked into the private room, Su Jin let out a helpless sigh.

"Me getting involved for fun? Feng Su Jin, do you realize that if I hadn't come, Father himself would have dragged you back?" The young man who had just shouted the petition looked at Feng Su Jin's helpless expression.

This younger sister, spoiled rotten by her family, always dreaming up something new, has come all the way from the capital to this dilapidated West Xiang City.

"Don't you know your family is worried? Running away from home? All for a Xige?" As he spoke, he grew angrier.

Feng Su Jin sat in the chair, losing her usual coolness and instead showing a touch of indulgence; she paid no heed to her brother's words.

"I will not marry the Third Prince."

She has liked Xige since childhood; her family clearly knows this, so why force her to marry the Third Prince?

She refuses, plain and simple!

Upon hearing her family's discussion, she ran out; she only wants to marry Xige.

"Feng Su Jin, family matters involve Father's considerations; can you not be willful?" Feng Qing let out a helpless sigh.

"Willful? This is my lifelong nature; am I not allowed to make my own decisions?"

Feng Su Jin looked at her brother, who usually doted on her, now speaking such cold words; as she spoke, her voice trembled with tears, and her all-white attire made her appear even more fragile and pitiable.

Feng Qing let out a helpless sigh: "Su Jin, things aren't as simple as you think; the situation in Xijiang is shifting, our Feng family stands at the forefront of change, and many matters are beyond our control."

He also wishes his sister could get what she wants and be happy; the girl he has held in his palm and doted on since childhood—how could he bear to let go?

But, no!

The Third Prince has gained power, the Feng family has suffered successive setbacks—this is his warning; Su Jin, again……

"The greater good, the Feng family—you all say you love me, dote on me, yet for the sake of the Feng family you could sell me."

Feng Su Jin laughed; a girl pampered since childhood, as if she had encountered a great calamity, causing all her perceptions to become mistaken.

"Pa——"

A loud slap rang out in the private room.

"Feng Su Jin, you have enjoyed everything the Feng family has to offer since childhood; it's time for you to give back."

"It's just a matter of marrying the Third Prince."

Feng Su Jin stared in disbelief, one hand covering her face, looking at her now‑estranged older brother……

She did not anger; instead she softly laughed, "Good, really good—you all are forcing me."

"Feng Qing, you will regret this." She pushed open the door and ran straight out.

"Young Master, I'll go after the miss." The guard hurriedly said.

Feng Qing waved his hand, painfully covering his head, "Let her go."

The Feng family's little interlude—no one knows, or perhaps they do, but they just pretend not to.

In that middle private room, Jiang Yun Chu was invited in; the Great Prince leaned against a daybed, watching her enter, and said coldly, "Yun Miao Er."

Jiang Yun Chu narrowed her eyes, "I am the humble Yun Miao Er; I have paid my respects to the Great Prince."

The Great Prince looked at the person standing there, clad in black gauze, adding an air of mystery that sparked a desire to investigate.

"Come over." Xige did not move, merely speaking.

Seeing this, one person closed the outward‑opening window, then went out and shut the door as well.

They had already seen that this woman possessed no internal energy and would pose no threat to the Great Prince.

Moreover, that thin gauze could conceal nothing at all.

Jiang Yun Chu walked over step by step, without the slightest stiffness, her waist swaying, her jade feet treading lightly—like a boneless, delicate figure.

When she stood before the Great Prince, she asked, "Does the Great Prince require Miao Er's service?"

Her voice was weak, trembling slightly, as if she were a little afraid, and her body shuddered.

As Xige was about to reach out, he let his hand fall.

"Please knead my legs." He sighed, then slowly closed his eyes.

"Yes." Jiang Yun Chu let out a breath of relief, "Thank goodness……"

Those slender hands were clean and bare—no other woman's rouge, nothing else on them; the nails were filed round, the fingers long and fine.

Xige glanced, feeling the gauze veil a bit obstructive, wanting to see her face.

Whether intentional or not, the hand he had just extended came up empty.

Jiang Yun Chu gently pinched his thigh, cursing inwardly, "Where on earth is my identity token hidden?"

Something so important should definitely be carried on her person; she had just searched all around, but found nothing……

However, that tender white hand kept pressing on the acupoint, letting the Great Prince comfortably close his eyes.

Ning Chengyan's hand was clenched into a fist, looking, staring at the house in the very middle, its window closed; from any position, nothing could be seen.

Jiang Yun Chu could be certain, there was no jade token at his waist.

Where is that jade token?

Xige's vigilance has always been strong; let alone a stranger, even someone nearby approaching, he could not possibly fall asleep, but Jiang Yun Chu's hand has been continuously stimulating Xige's acupoints, this is a secret of the human body, containing no medicinal ingredients, is the most able to make people relax.