When Madam Feng arrived at Feng Wan'er's courtyard, she saw the servants standing there wiping away tears. From afar, she could hear her sister-in-law Shen's crying coming from inside the house. Madam Feng's heart skipped a beat, and she hurried into the house.

Upon entering the room, one could see Madam Feng sitting at the table, supported by her parents-in-law, the two Grand Secretaries, on either side. Her brother-in-law, Feng Zhongyi, stood by with his hands hanging down. Only Madam Shen was crying and wailing in the inner room.

After Madam Feng entered, Madam Zhao, the wife of the Prime Minister, saw Madam Feng enter and wiped her eyes, saying, "Eldest daughter, Wan'er has passed away. Go and arrange for people to be present, inform the relatives, and prepare the coffin and incense."

Madam Feng slammed her cane on the ground and said, "Send someone to the Song family to bring Feng Ruosu back. I want to ask her properly how my Wan'er went to their house and ended up falling into the water and getting so sick."

Zhao, the wife of the Prime Minister, quickly supported the old lady of the Feng family. Feng Ruosu was her eldest daughter, who had also suffered hardships in their hometown. At that time, the Prime Minister was still taking the imperial examination, and Feng Ruosu, at a young age, helped the family with various chores, embroidering with the adults to sell for money to support her father's travel expenses. Zhao actually felt very sorry for her eldest daughter, Feng Ruosu, but Feng Ruosu was too timid. After marrying into the Song family, she did whatever the Song family told her to do. Even if they called her back and explained things to her in detail, she wouldn't listen to them. She only thought about her husband and children.

Upon hearing the old lady's words, Madam Zhao quickly reassured her, "Mother, I will arrange for someone to go and bring Ruosu back."

Tears streamed down the old lady's face as she said, "My Wan'er, she's still so young and hasn't even married yet! Wan'er, you're going to kill this old woman!"

Chief Minister Feng had already arranged for a familiar imperial physician to come to his home to wait for him, all for the sake of his elderly mother. She was easily agitated by such a life-or-death situation and could cause problems.

The old lady couldn't catch her breath, and everyone in the room was in a flurry of activity. Chief Minister Feng summoned the imperial physician, who administered acupuncture, and the old lady finally caught her breath.

Feng Wan'er of the Feng family was quite famous among the noble ladies in the capital. A few days ago, it was heard that Feng Wan'er had caught a cold, and no one expected that she would suddenly pass away. On the same day, the Feng family transported Feng Wan'er's coffin out of the Feng family in the capital and sent it to her ancestral home in the south by trusted confidants. Feng Wan'er was an unmarried woman, and if she wanted to enjoy incense offerings after her death, she could only be buried in the ancestral grave in her ancestral home.

Not long after the Feng family steward escorted Feng Wan'er's coffin out of the city, another group of people quietly left the capital. Thirty miles from the capital, there was a dilapidated nunnery where the Feng family rested.

The carriage carrying Feng Wan'er's coffin was placed in a small courtyard of the nunnery. The group of people following closely behind replaced Feng Wan'er's body with the skeleton of a woman, and then took Feng Wan'er in the carriage and headed towards Lingnan.

Zhang Zhaozhi was puzzled as to why Xu Di wanted to get involved with the Feng family. After thinking about it for a long time without figuring it out, he went to the backyard to find his elder brother, Zhang Zhaocheng.

Zhang Zhaocheng said, "Don't you understand the identity of our Yuyuan family? In the future, we will return to our own home. Since we are going home, we will always need someone to help us. If we can make some good connections now, it may be a great help in the future."

Zhang Zhaozhi suddenly realized and said, "That's why I say Di Ge'er's brain is really sharp; he can think so far ahead when doing things."

Zhang Zhaocheng sighed and said, "We have to think about it. The lives of our families are tied to Yuyuan. After this incident, the Feng family will keep their distance from the Third Prince. Even if they can't stand with us in the future, they will at least offer some help because they wanted to help us today."

Zhang Zhaozhi said, "Brother, I've been wanting to go to Yuezhou for the past few days. Should we visit the Shen family this time?"

Zhang Zhaocheng said, "A few days ago I received a letter from my brother-in-law saying that Xiao Jiu plans to learn business from you. Since Xiao Jiu is willing to learn, then you should teach her wholeheartedly. Xiao Jiu has been hanging out with people since she was little, so she's not an ordinary girl. You can treat her like you would Di Ge and the others. Also, my brother-in-law said that after Xiao Jiu gets married, her husband might be sent to Yuezhou. You should go and guide him first. In the future, Xiao Jiu will rely on you to take care of her in Yuezhou."

Zhang Zhaozhi said, "I will go there in the next few days. The Feng family girl has already been sent to the Shen family. After I get there, I will first visit the Shen family to see how the Feng family girl is doing, and then I will do other things."

Zhang Zhaocheng said, "The Shen family is a prominent local family that has been operating in the Lingnan region for generations. Their intricate relationships are beyond your ability to unravel. Once you arrive, just be on good terms with the Shen family. As for the gifts they offer you, you must not accept them. This favor is not something our Zhang family can accept; it should be given to Di Ge'er."

Zhang Zhaozhi nodded in agreement, and seeing that his elder brother had no further instructions, he turned and went to his own courtyard to prepare his luggage.

After Feng Wan'er was taken out of the coffin, she was taken along and hurried towards Lingnan.

The group was led by people that Feng Wan'er's mother, Madam Shen, had transferred from her own estate. These people were all from the Shen family who had followed her in the past. They were not well-known in the capital and were all Madam Shen's confidants. After receiving the letter from Feng Wan'er's mother, they exchanged Feng Wan'er at a nunnery on the outskirts of the capital and headed to the Shen family in Lingnan with the group. On the way, they found a place to brew medicine and fed it to Feng Wan'er. Feng Wan'er slowly regained consciousness. In the following days, as the weather warmed up, Feng Wan'er was able to sit in the carriage and look at the scenery outside the window.

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