"Is he Cheng Fengrui?" Ye Feng asked.

"Yes."

Lin Feifei nodded and said, "I painted this picture for him myself. He thought I painted him too well, too realistically."

"It's really quite good," Ye Feng said.

Cheng Fengrui in the painting has sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, looks handsome and dashing, and exudes a scholarly air.

There is no doubt that Lin Feifei embellished Cheng Fengrui to some extent when painting this picture.

This is probably what people mean when they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

“Lowling told me about your husband,” Night Wind said.

"Really? Lord Luo, are you interested in my husband?" Lin Feifei asked.

“Yes, I’m very interested,” Ye Feng said with a smile.

Before Lin Feifei could ask any more questions, Ye Feng continued, "Luo Lin told me that when your husband Cheng Fengrui was alive, he tried to implement new policies, changed the traditional system of Nanhua City, abolished commoners and serfs, and promoted all people living at the bottom of society to city dwellers."

"Lowling also said that your husband established schools, forced the city's residents to learn to read and write, and also..."

Before Ye Feng could finish speaking, Lin Feifei shook her head and sighed, "It turns out that everything he did was wrong."

"Wrong? It's one thing for others to say that, but you actually think so too?" Ye Feng frowned.

In Ye Feng's view, what Cheng Fengrui did was absolutely correct and without any problems.

Cheng Fengrui possesses remarkably advanced vision; his thoughts and ideas are ahead of their time. If he succeeds, Nanhua City will become the most powerful and prosperous city in the entire Hongtian Empire.

But Cheng Fengrui failed; he died in an attack, an accident.

This is undoubtedly a very regrettable thing.

Upon learning of Cheng Fengrui's reforms and his death from Rowling, Ye Feng felt sorry for him.

Unexpectedly, Lin Feifei, a woman who deeply loved Cheng Fengrui, denied Cheng Fengrui's efforts, which surprised Ye Feng.

"Does Lord Luo think that what my husband did was right?" Lin Feifei asked.

“Without a doubt,” Night Wind said.

Lin Feifei shook her head, a look of sorrow on her face, and slowly said, "Do you know who the people who attacked our City Lord's Mansion back then were?"

"Who is it?" Ye Feng asked.

Lin Feifei clenched her two slender hands into fists, and said with a hint of hatred, "They are the commoners and serfs of Nanhua City!"

Upon hearing Lin Feifei's words, Ye Feng was greatly surprised.

Cheng Fengrui dedicated himself to improving the living conditions of commoners and serfs, and wholeheartedly cared for them.

In the end, Cheng Fengrui died at the hands of commoner serfs in Nanhua City.

If that's the case, then it's incredibly ironic!

Seemingly guessing what Ye Feng was thinking, Lin Feifei continued, "Eight years ago, on that night, hundreds of civilians and serfs broke into the city lord's mansion and vandalized it. Although they were just a mob, they caused us a great deal of chaos."

"The real killers were hidden among the commoners and serfs. They bribed them with money to cover for them. Once these foolish commoners and serfs created chaos, they suddenly attacked and killed my husband!"

"That night, a raging fire broke out in the city lord's mansion, killing and injuring hundreds, including my daughter..."

At this point, Lin Feifei sighed.

Looking at the night wind, Lin Feifei continued, "My husband only thinks about the common people and serfs. All the new policies he has implemented are for the benefit of the common people and serfs in Nanhua City. He wants to create a home where everyone can live and work in peace and harmony, and the common people and serfs are the biggest beneficiaries!"

"But what happened? Those commoners and serfs, for a little money, became accomplices and helped those assassins kill my husband."

"There is nothing more ironic in the world!"

Ye Feng finally understood why Lin Feifei overturned all of Cheng Fengrui's new policies after becoming the new city lord of Nanhua City.

Cheng Fengrui devoted himself to the common people of Nanhua City, but ended up dying because of them.

How could Lin Feifei not hate the common people and serfs in the city because of this?

She did not treat the commoners and serfs more harshly; she merely overturned Cheng Fengrui's new policies and abolished all the systems that benefited the commoners and serfs. This was already more than enough!

"I heard that you, Lord Luo, have implemented similar policies to my husband in Xinluo City, and even plan to abolish commoners and serfs, making them all free citizens?" Lin Feifei asked.

“That’s right,” Night Wind nodded.

"Please stop. In my opinion, this is the most foolish thing to do. Lord Luo, I know you are a patriot who cares about the people, but no matter how much you sacrifice for those commoners and serfs, they will not be grateful to you. They might even betray you for the smallest of petty gains!"

"Commoners and serfs should live at the bottom of society; this is their own choice!"

Lin Feifei said coldly, her expression equally ruthless.

After a long silence, Ye Feng suddenly said, "You're wrong. Although your husband died because of those commoners and serfs, they were merely being used. The people you should truly hate are the mastermind behind sending assassins to kill your husband, not those pitiful creatures who were being manipulated."

Before Lin Feifei could refute anything, Ye Feng continued, "Moreover, the reason your husband failed was because his considerations were incomplete. He rashly implemented the new policy without proper preparation, and he also lacked sufficient strength. This is the root cause of his failure."

"What do you mean?" Lin Feifei asked, puzzled.

Ye Feng chuckled and explained, "Let me put it this way: the various interests in Nanhua City combined are like a huge cake. The management led by the city lord, the wealthy merchants led by business elites, and the commoners and serfs living at the bottom all share this cake."

"The management received the most, the wealthy merchants received slightly less, and the common people and serfs received the least."

"The new policy implemented by your husband is to redistribute this pie, giving more to commoners and serfs. But the pie is only so big to begin with, so if more is given to commoners and serfs, the management and wealthy merchants will naturally get less than before."

"So, would these two groups be willing? Would they have no objections? They'd probably curse your husband day and night, wishing him an early death, because he's become an obstacle for them!"

“Even the other city lords will stand against your husband, because if the new policies in Nanhua City succeed, other cities will inevitably be affected!”

"If your husband doesn't handle these problems properly before rashly implementing new policies, who else but him will die?"