Chapter 4: Chapter 35

Sufeng froze, truly and completely frozen this time. He had always believed that he understood His Highness best; as long as His Highness frowned or waved a hand, he would be able to understand His Highness's meaning.

But at this moment, regarding His Highness's command, he found himself somewhat unable to believe his own ears.

And seeing Meng Fuying's actions inside the room, his eyes widened violently. He could guarantee that in all the years he had followed His Highness, this was the first time he had been so shocked.

His Highness wanted him to stand guard outside at a time like this and not let anyone in?

He tried to convince himself that His Highness simply didn't want anyone to see Miss Meng losing her composure, but in the end, he could not convince himself.

Because, if His Highness didn't want anyone to see Miss Meng losing her composure, he could simply take Miss Meng away.

By doing this, His Highness was clearly indulging Miss Meng in 'committing a crime'—committing a crime against the Empress!

He never knew that His Highness actually possessed such an evil and black-bellied side.

Fine, since it was his master's command, he naturally had to obey unconditionally.

However, at this moment, he actually wanted to stay and witness Miss Meng's world-shaking behavior.

Nevertheless, he believed that His Highness would absolutely not allow any other man to see Miss Meng's abnormal behavior, so His Highness's order to stop others from entering was both a way to prevent it and a way to send him away.

Inside the room at this moment.

Meng Fuying suddenly jumped up, startling both the Empress and the maid. The maid, who had just intended to pinch her forcefully, was so startled that she retreated several steps, nearly falling to the ground.

"Fuer, are you alright?" As expected of an Empress, she was indeed a seasoned professional. After the initial shock, she quickly calmed down, and a full smile spread across her face once more as she asked with an expression of deep concern.

In her heart, however, she thought that it was better if she had woken up; it seemed she should be fine. The imperial physician who prescribed the medicine had also said that the effects would manifest after two days.

Therefore, when the time came, no one would suspect her.

"Eh? Who are you?" Meng Fuying's eyes blinked slightly, her face full of confusion. Her voice carried a hint of silliness, and her expression took on a somewhat dim-witted look.

If it came to acting, she would never lose to these people from ancient times.

The Empress froze, and her heart sank slightly. *Has she gone mad already?* If that were the case, the Empress Dowager would certainly suspect her.

"I am the Empress. Does Fuer not remember me?" the Empress tested in a low voice once more.

"What kind of thing is an Empress? Is it tasty?" Meng Fuying's small mouth curled into a pout as she asked back with a silly expression.

The Empress's expression darkened slightly, but she had no choice but to soften her voice again, "Fuer, stop playing around..."

"Fuer? What 'Fuer'?" Meng Fuying blinked again, asking foolishly.

The Empress was stunned once more.

Seeing that Meng Fuying didn't even remember her, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Since she remembered nothing anyway, she would simply say that Meng Fuying had suddenly become like this. Even if the Empress Dowager suspected her, without evidence, she couldn't do anything about it.

"Fuer, come, this Palace will escort you to the Empress Dowager." Having made up her mind, the Empress moved to pull Meng Fuying, intending to take her there herself so that the Empress Dowager would have nothing to say.

Meng Fuying sneered inwardly. *Wanting to send me away so quickly? Hmph, I haven't even started yet.*

Seeing the Empress's outstretched hand, Meng Fuying struck it hard. The loud sound indicated the great force she used.

"I don't want to! I'm hungry! I want to eat!" Meng Fuying shouted in a tantrum, then quickly ran to the table. She picked up an expensive porcelain vase on the table and shouted excitedly, "Yay, there's a chicken leg!"

As she spoke, she pretended to bite down on the porcelain vase. Naturally, she couldn't bite it, so Meng Fuying casually tossed the vase onto the ground.

The person in the shadows couldn't help but twitch the corner of his lips. A chicken leg? In all his life, he had never seen such a large chicken leg.

"Ah!" The Empress cried out in heartache. That was something her father had transported from the South Seas years ago; it couldn't be found anywhere on this continent.

Fortunately, the little maid was quick-eyed and rushed forward, narrowly catching the vase.

"Empress, this servant caught it!" The maid turned around, and before she could even steady herself, she hurriedly sought credit from the Empress.

Meng Fuying quickly raised her foot and kicked toward the maid's leg, shouting discontentedly, "Don't steal my things! Don't steal my things!"

The maid had not been steady to begin with, and the kick was both fast and fierce. Under the force of that kick, the maid's body lunged straight forward.

*Clatter!* The expensive vase shattered in the maid's hands.

"You..." The Empress glared at her fiercely, her heart aching to death. She was just about to roar at the maid.

But then she saw Meng Fuying suddenly walk to her dressing table and pick up her favorite jade hairpin. The hairpin featured an exquisite butterfly.

"Butterfly, fly, fly!" As Meng Fuying's hand swung, the hairpin went up and down before falling to the ground and shattering into pieces.

With a grinning face, Meng Fuying began her assault on the other items.

"You—you, hurry up and stop her! Someone, hurry and stop her!" the Empress cried out in distress. Those items had been accumulated over many years.

A large portion had been brought to her by her father in previous years, and some were rewards from the Emperor when she was in favor; however, the Emperor rarely bestowed rewards upon her now.

"Yes!" The maids who had been waiting outside rushed in one after another, attempting to restrain Meng Fuying.

"Don't come over! Don't anyone come over!" Meng Fuying picked up the expensive items the Empress had just been flaunting one by one and continuously threw them at the maids.

One by one, they traced beautiful parabolas through the air before landing on the ground and shattering into fragments.

In just a brief moment, the expensive treasures that originally adorned the Empress's room were all destroyed by Meng Fuying.

Seeing the mess, the Empress was stunned...

"Catch her! Catch her for this Palace!" At this moment, the Empress could no longer care about her disguise or her usual dignified manner. She roared fiercely, wishing she could tear Meng Fuying into ten thousand pieces immediately.

Two maids, who appeared to have martial arts training, tried to step forward to subdue her, but just as they were about to catch her, they were suddenly and inexplicably struck by some unknown objects. Both of them fell to the ground.

For a moment, they were unable to get back up. It seemed they had fallen quite hard.

Meng Fuying's eyes flickered slightly. *Someone is hiding in the shadows helping me?*

Although she didn't know who it was, since they were helping her, there was no need to worry.

The corners of her lips curled slightly. Since someone was helping her, why not play even bigger? Heh.