Chapter 274: Chapter 266: Why Not Appoint a Crown Prince

’Just moments ago, he had also grabbed her wrist, but she had immediately pulled it back.’

Jin Xiao’an swallowed the snack in his mouth and chased after his Young Master. Seeing him standing dazed at the bottom of the stairs, he asked in confusion, "Young Master, what’s wrong? What are you spacing out for?"

Meng Nan snapped out of it and shook his head, trying to cast off the jealousy that had just welled up from the bottom of his heart. He gave a bitter smile. "It’s nothing. Let’s go."

’Jealousy? What right did he have to be jealous?’

’He was the Young Master of the Meng Family, wealthy and powerful, but so what? He couldn’t give Bai Zhi the life she wanted.’

’He couldn’t, but Hu Feng could.’

’He couldn’t abandon his family, couldn’t cast aside his status, and certainly couldn’t stay forever in a rundown little town like this, living a simple, ordinary life.’

’His life path had been determined from the moment he was born. He was powerless to change any of it.’

Standing at the entrance to the private room, he did his best to hide the anguish on his face, making himself appear as carefree and unrestrained as usual.

He lifted the beaded curtain to the private room. Inside the spacious room, Hu Feng was standing by the window looking at the street scene below, while Bai Zhi was sitting at the table pouring tea. When she saw him enter, she quickly called out, "Hurry, come sit. This tea is quite good."

Meng Nan sat down beside her and took the hot tea she offered. He brought it to his nose, sniffed, and slowly shook his head. "This isn’t fresh tea. It must be aged tea from last year, or even the year before."

Bai Zhi didn’t know much about tea. She had rarely drunk it before, and after arriving in this world, she drank even less.

"Is that so? I don’t really know much about it, I can’t tell the difference just by smelling it." She took a delicate sip of the tea but still couldn’t taste whether it was good or bad. It just suddenly reminded her of a type of tea she had drunk before—not particularly tasty, but very fragrant.

"Meng Nan, have you ever had jasmine tea?"

Meng Nan shook his head. "I haven’t, but I’ve heard of it. It’s mostly something young ladies enjoy. If you want to drink some, I can have someone procure some for you."

Bai Zhi quickly waved her hands. "No, no, it’s fine. I was just asking. I don’t usually drink much tea anyway. It’s the kind of thing I can’t really appreciate."

Hu Feng glanced sideways at Bai Zhi but said nothing. He turned, walked to her other side, and sat down. He looked up at Meng Nan. "Your Meng Family must be a major family in the Capital City, right?"

Meng Nan nodded distractedly. "Mm, I suppose you could say that."

At the side, Jin Xiao’an quickly jumped in, "What do you mean, ’I suppose’? The Meng Family is the head of the Four Great Families of the Capital City! If that doesn’t count as a major family, then what does?"

At the mention of the Four Great Families, something flashed through Hu Feng’s mind. It was too fast; he tried his best to grasp it, but he couldn’t catch anything. It was gone in an instant.

Bai Zhi asked with a curious expression, "How major are we talking? More powerful than the nobles?"

Jin Xiao’an proudly lifted his chin, a smug grin on his face. "While not more powerful than the high royalty, they are far more powerful than ordinary nobles. You should know, my Young Master’s aunt is the current Emperor’s most favored concubine, Lady Shufei."

Bai Zhi recalled the imperial proclamation she had seen in town a while ago. "That can’t be right. If Lady Shufei is the Emperor’s most favored concubine, then why did the Emperor make Chun Fei the empress? And not make the Lady empress?"

’She didn’t know why, but she really shouldn’t have asked that question. How could she have just blurted it out like that?’

Before Jin Xiao’an and Meng Nan could answer, she quickly added, "You don’t have to answer. I was just asking on a whim."

Meng Nan waved his hand. "It’s fine. It’s not some great secret. Anyone who’s from the Capital City knows about it. There’s no harm in talking about it."

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