Chapter 89 She is the one and only Jiang Fenghua

Lingyun Villa.

When Jiang Fenghua appeared at Lingyun Manor dressed as a man, Tan Wanqing was completely stunned. How did she manage to come here with Prince Heng? A few days ago, she sent a message saying that she would meet with her soon, but she didn't expect it to be so soon.

Xie Shang saw Tan Wanqing staring at Jiang Fenghua in disbelief, "Master Tan knows her."

Tan Wanqing's voice choked with emotion, "This young man seems familiar. Have we met somewhere before?"

Jiang Fenghua just wanted to roll her eyes. Tan Wanqing was putting on an act again. She said in a deep voice, "I don't know you."

Tan Wanqing directly lifted Jiang Fenghua's chin to examine her Adam's apple, and then looked at her ear piercings. "You are a woman, so we must have met before."

Jiang Fenghua quickly hid behind Xie Shang, "Who did Your Highness bring me to see? Why did she touch me like that? I don't know her."

Xie Shang looked puzzled. "Where did Master Tan see my queen before?"

Tan Wanqing then realized her rudeness. "So you are Princess Heng. I apologize for my rudeness. To tell you the truth, the year my sister had her accident, which was three years ago, I was helped by a girl. At that time, I was almost killed. If she hadn't given me some money, a bottle of medicine, and some dry food, I would have died."

Jiang Fenghua suddenly remembered, "Three years ago, wasn't it in Xinghua Village? I accompanied my parents back to our hometown to pay respects to our ancestors. There seemed to be a girl covered in blood, but she was covered in blood so much that you couldn't see her face clearly. Was that you? She looked so pitiful, it's still fresh in my memory."

Overjoyed, Tan Wanqing knelt down before Jiang Fenghua and said, “It’s me. I’ve finally met you. If it weren’t for your help, I wouldn’t be alive today, and I wouldn’t be able to avenge my sister. Please accept my three bows, my benefactor.”

Without hesitation, she kowtowed three times to Jiang Fenghua.

Jiang Fenghua quickly said, "Miss Tan, please get up. I didn't help you much; it was just a small favor, nothing to mention. I'm just glad to see you alright."

Tan Wanqing quickly stood up and took the initiative to pull Jiang Fenghua along. "It was the Princess's kindness that saved Wanqing. Later, by chance, I used the money you gave me to do some business. Perhaps it was because of the Princess's good fortune, but I've had a smooth journey so far. I bought this manor and named it Lingyun Manor. I just hope that one day I can see my benefactor again. The people here are all pitiful people I've helped and taken in over the past three years. These children are all orphans..."

She then introduced her to Jiang Fenghua, who bowed to her with her hands clasped in respect, saying, "Miss Tan is truly righteous; Fenghua admires her."

“Your Highness, you see, there are still many good people in the world, such as a woman like Tan Wanqing, who is not only kind-hearted but also very gentle,” Jiang Fenghua said to Xie Shang.

Xie Shang recalled the ruthlessness she displayed when she killed Yang Jing, and the way Yang Jing died, and he felt a chill run down his spine. Did she want to make sure that Yang Jing could never be a man again in his next life? How could such a woman be considered kind and gentle?

The thought alone sends chills down my spine.

He said, "It's truly a coincidence that my wife and I came to see Master Tan. It was actually my wife's idea, we wanted to..."

They explained their purpose, and Tan Wanqing was extremely excited. "Does the Princess mean that setting up a relief center means giving home to homeless women like us?"

Seeing that she had overdone it and was so embarrassed that she could have dug a three-foot-deep hole in the ground, Jiang Fenghua slowly said, "More or less! I only had this idea. If I want to put it into practice, I need my prince's help. After all, the prince is providing the money. This place of Master Tan is quite a good location. No wonder the prince brought me here."

"To be honest, our Lingyun Manor has been struggling to survive for a long time. More and more children need to eat, and we rely on the women to do laundry and mending to earn some money to exchange for food and make a living. I can also lead people to escort goods, but it is impractical for women to escort goods and we suffer losses. This world is too harsh on us women." Tan Wanqing said with a look of helplessness.

Jiang Fenghua said, "If we find them some work, wouldn't that solve their livelihood problem?"

“They are all pitiful women who don’t know anything. And these children, they were abandoned by their families because they couldn’t afford to raise them. Nobody wants them. They don’t know anything… At least staying here gives them shelter from the wind and rain.”

Xie Shang said, "You yourself are struggling to make a living, why do you still take them in? If things get really bad, you can get married, it doesn't have to be like this."

“I was already a dead person, and I only managed to survive until now because of some kind people.” Her eyes were filled with tears. “I was already harmed by that man surnamed Yang. Who would want to marry a withered woman like me? Besides, I swore long ago that I would never marry in this life. Rather than living such a meaningless life, why don’t I do something meaningful? I thought too highly of myself, thinking I could save everyone and help everyone out. I never expected to end up with such a painful experience.”

Jiang Fenghua empathized deeply; she truly felt miserable. Women like Hu Jiaoniang, even after marriage, didn't have an easy life. Now, with three children, it was probably even harder, but she couldn't bear to abandon them.

"Your Highness," Jiang Fenghua stared at Xie Shang, "from now on, please don't buy me any jewelry or clothes anymore. I'll tell my second sister not to send me anything either, and to give them silver instead."

“Fool, if everyone thinks like that, their lives will be even harder.” Xie Shang knew that it was the incompetence of the government and the royal family that caused so many people in the world to be unable to survive. If everyone had food to eat, who would abandon their child? If men knew how to respect their wives, Hu Jiaoniang would not be subjected to domestic violence and bullied by her evil mother-in-law.

If there were fewer villains like Yang Jing, no women would be harmed.

As a prince, he should not only handle the cases of the Jingzhao Prefecture well, but also care about the people and serve them.

Jiang Fenghua naturally knew who was the easiest to earn money from: noble ladies like herself. It was precisely because of their spending that the common people could make a living.

He and Su Tingwan had been together for several years. She only took from Xie Shang. She wanted to be a noblewoman and enjoy life. Gradually, Xie Shang would understand what kind of wife he needed.

After the incident at Lingyun Manor, Xie Shang will be even more determined to be a good prince, and Jiang Fenghua will become his ideal wife.

The beauty trap cannot be used for a long time. After all, there are countless beauties in the world, and he will eventually get tired of them. To make Xie Shang fall in love with her completely, the best approach is to win his heart and respect her as his legal wife from the bottom of his heart.

Jiang Fenghua was modeled after Empress Zhangsun of the previous dynasty, and even a hundred years later, her deeds are still talked about by the people.

Even though she had selfish motives in planning this, if she could use those motives to do something within her power, it would be a win-win situation. Thinking about it that way, she did her best.

In the days that followed, Xie Shang and Jiang Fenghua were almost inseparable. Centered around Lingyun Manor, they rented out neighboring manors to expand their business. Jiang Fenghua also went to her second sister and hired some experienced embroiderers from the Jin family to teach talented women embroidery techniques. Good embroidery could be exchanged for silver at the Jin family.

The Jin family is indeed a business-savvy family, and Jin Ji is also shrewd. Embroidery from the Central Plains can be sold for high prices in the Western Regions and other places, and can even be exchanged for gold. So there is no need to worry about not having a market. The only concern is that the embroiderers' skills are not good enough.

Knowing that Prince Heng was doing this, Jiang Shaofu volunteered to organize students of good character to take turns teaching the children, and Lingyun Manor was named Jishan Hall.

Xie Shang was inspired by this and realized that these children in the countryside were not unintelligent from a young age, but rather they were not given the opportunity to show their intelligence. However, if they wanted the opportunity, they had to fight for it themselves, and everyone was equal.

Whether they want to learn martial arts or medicine, they can. He can also recommend any boy who is thirteen years old to go to the military camp for training. He also reported this to the emperor, just to prevent people with ulterior motives from using it to make a fuss and accuse him of raising a private army.

It was Jiang Huai who reminded him of this matter, and he felt he had to be careful. Xie Shang started visiting the Jiang family more and more frequently.

For a time, Prince Heng and his wife were extremely busy, and Xie Shang became increasingly busy, with more opportunities to visit the emperor in the palace. As a result, the couple were often separated.

Tan Wanqing and Lin Yuxiao laughed at her for shooting herself in the foot, but she said that life is long and if you are always together, you will get tired of each other. Couples should maintain an appropriate distance and mystery.

She didn't care. In her previous life, Xie Shang spent the entire year with Su Tingwan, traveling across rivers and mountains and tasting all the delicacies in the world, while she stayed in the small world of the Hengwang Mansion, wallowing in self-pity and waiting bitterly.

She needs a vast world, but she will not relive the life Su Tingwan once lived, because she is not a substitute for Su Tingwan; she is the one and only Jiang Fenghua.

She wondered: if Xie Shang could choose, would he rather accompany her to do these meaningful things, or accompany Su Tingwan to travel the world freely and unrestrained?

Unfortunately, he will never know.