Chapter 43
Feng Wubai couldn't describe the scene just now in words. It felt like his faith had collapsed. Even if Nuwa were alive, she couldn't make up for the bad weather. He let Lan Yueming call him without any intention of paying attention to her. All he could hear were Bai Tiao's unbearable words.
Feng Wubai walked alone in the deserted street. He knew that Lan Yueming had been following him. He didn't know how long he had walked before he finally stopped. Feng Wubai turned around and met Lan Yueming's worried eyes. Perhaps he didn't want her to worry too much, so he smiled. However, that smile looked very bitter in Lan Yueming's eyes.
"Ayue, protect my sister. She is my life."
Lan Yueming was surprised that Feng Wubai suddenly said this, "I will protect the little girl even without you telling me."
"It's different. I believe you." Feng Wubai left this sentence and disappeared into the night.
It was pitch dark in the second half of the night and Lan Yueming stood there for a long time.
That night, Feng Wubai and his father stayed in the study for a long time, and did not come out until the next day. Both of them had dark circles under their eyes.
"Father, things are too urgent, please give me some rest."
Feng Nianxiang said solemnly: "It's okay. Did you remember what your father told you?"
Feng Wubai nodded. Feng Nianxiang looked at the dejected Feng Wubai and felt bad. He then sighed, "Wubai, do this well and our two families will be even."
Feng Wubai still didn't take the important things lightly. He was calm and honest with Feng Nianxiang, and replied seriously: "Don't worry, father. I won't mix anything else."
Feng Nianxiang patted Feng Wubai on the shoulder and left for the court.
Feng Huanhuan didn't know Feng Wubai had returned until noon. Feng Wubai had just taken a short nap and was heading towards Huanxin Garden. Along the way, he kept thinking whether he should tell his sister about Bai Tiao. To be honest, he couldn't say it, and he couldn't keep his face. But this was related to his sister's safety, so he had to tell her.
Feng Huanhuan saw Feng Wubai's dejected look from a distance, with no sign of joy at all. After all, they were siblings, and Feng Huanhuan quickly realized that her brother must have encountered a difficult problem.
"Brother? Brother? Brother?" Feng Huanhuan had already stood in front of Feng Wubai and called out. Feng Wubai's soul seemed to be hooked away, and he came back to his senses after calling out three times.
Feng Wubai was a little embarrassed, "Huan'er, I'm back."
"Yeah, I know." Feng Huanhuan asked again: "Brother? What's wrong with you?"
Feng Huanhuan's eyes clearly showed that Feng Wubai had something to say, and Feng Wubai did not continue to hide it, "Let's sit down and talk."
The two walked to the table under the wintersweet tree. Feicui saw Feng Wubai opening his mouth to speak but pursing his lips tightly, repeating this over and over again, so she asked to make tea. After Feicui left, Feng Huanhuan said, "Brother, can you tell me now?"
"No...I——" Feng Wubai's mouth was now full of contradictions. He was so angry that he took a deep breath, "Sister, I want to tell you...Bai Tiao she——"
"she----"
The corners of Feng Wubai's lips twitched violently. After a while of talking to her, Feng Huanhuan burst out laughing, "Brother, are you trying to say that Bai Tao doesn't treat me the way she appears to?"
Feng Wubai opened his eyes wide, and this time the corners of his lips were very sharp, almost blurting out: "How do you know?"
Feng Huanhuan covered her face and smiled again, "I discovered it a long time ago."
"What?" Feng Wubai was puzzled, "Then why didn't you tell your brother?"
"Hmm..." Feng Huanhuan thought for a moment, "Because I think my brother is not stupid, he will find out sooner or later. Besides, I think she treats my brother very well, so if I can act like that for the rest of my life, it's not a bad idea."
"What?" Feng Wubai shouted at the top of his lungs, "You still want me to lie to you for the rest of my life?"
"Well, Bai Tiao is really good at taking care of you, isn't she? She can take good care of you. If you can really rescue her from the Prime Minister's Mansion, she will stay by your side peacefully." Feng Huanhuan said seriously. She thought so from the bottom of her heart. Bai Tiao did so much just to sever her relationship with the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"I won't let her stay with me." Feng Wubai knew what Feng Huanhuan meant. If he hadn't heard what Bai Tiao said, perhaps there would have been a chance for things to turn around between them.
Feng Wubai's certainty made Feng Huanhuan feel that Feng Wubai knew something that she didn't, so she asked: "Brother, what happened? Or...what did you see?"
The way Feng Wubai pursed his lips made Feng Huanhuan more certain that Feng Wubai must have seen or known something. So she said, "What else can't be said now? Tell me, brother, what do you know?"
Feng Huanhuan wanted to give Feng Wubai a sense of security and peace of mind, so she did not ask urgently, but showed an indifferent and open-minded attitude.
Unexpectedly, this trick really worked. Feng Wubai hesitated for a long time, his face flushed, "I came back last night, and wanted to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to see Bai Tiao."
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"I see." Feng Huanhuan was indeed a little surprised and a little sad after hearing this. But until now, it seemed that nothing could make her mood fluctuate greatly, including Bai Tiao wanting to kill her.
"I don't blame her. She has her difficulties. I saw it when my brother came back." Feng Huanhuan said.
"In fact, she did this because she didn't trust me and also implicated my sister." Feng Wubai chuckled, "I came back from the Prime Minister's Mansion last night and went to find my father. I just came out this morning. Do you know what my father said to me?"
Feng Huanhuan waited for Feng Wubai to continue.
"Father said that even if Bai Tiao had nothing to do with me, the Shangshu Mansion would still save her life. This was to repay my aunt's favor. Father had long known about the Prime Minister's Mansion's activities, and he had left some things to ensure that Bai Tiao would escape unscathed. Therefore, Bai Tiao was completely outsmarted by her own cleverness when she did this. And I really don't understand why she wanted to kill Huan'er just to protect herself."
It turned out that his father had this trick up his sleeve. If Feng Wubai hadn't said it, Feng Huanhuan would have had no idea about it.
"She wants to kill me. I guess she knows something bad is going to happen in the Prime Minister's Mansion. My brother has been away from home, and she is afraid that you won't be able to save her in time. If something happens to me, my brother will immediately rush back to the capital on a fast horse of 800 miles. She is making double preparations, and no one can stand in her way."
After Feng Huanhuan said this, Feng Wubai was able to connect the dots. He didn't expect that Bai Tiao's thoughts would become so deep. What had she experienced over the years?
Feng Wubai frowned, as if he had a lot of things he couldn't figure out. Feng Huanhuan stretched out her hand to smooth out the deep wrinkles on her face, "Brother, Bai Tiao is not having an easy time in the Prime Minister's Mansion. If she were still the same Bai Tiao as before, she probably wouldn't be alive today, or she wouldn't be able to wait until now to marry you. So I say, if she can pretend to be with you for the rest of her life, I'll accept it."
"Huan'er, you know me." Feng Wubai raised his head, his eyes full of pain, "I won't allow my wife to be such a person. Even though, I like her very much."
Feng Huanhuan nodded. The Shangshu Mansion would never want such a mistress. She also sighed secretly. This Bai Tiao couldn't pretend for a little longer. Her body had already collapsed. There was really no need to poison her. Bai Tiao didn't trust her brother after all. Or maybe in other words, she was convinced that her brother would rescue her, but in these years in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she had long been accustomed to making preparations for both situations, which led to what happened today. It was God's will after all.
Feng Huanhuan didn't seem too sad, but instead tried to comfort Feng Wubai for a while.
"By the way, I almost forgot why Huan'er wanted to marry that prince from the Western Regions." Feng Wubai wanted to slap himself a few times for almost forgetting such a big thing.
Feng Huanhuan smiled and said, "I am an old acquaintance of the Prince of the Western Regions. I have met him before."
"You're not—" Feng Wubai was interrupted by Feng Huanhuan before he could finish, "Brother, I went there voluntarily. I like the freedom there."
"Brother, I heard that the Western Region has the most beautiful sunset."
Feng Wubai looked at Feng Huanhuan and saw that she was longing for the Western Regions. What had Feng Huanhuan experienced during his absence? Did she really let go of that person?
These days, Feng Huanhuan's behavior made everyone think that she had forgotten the missing person, and even didn't want to mention it. Only Feicui knew that Feng Huanhuan kept that person hidden in her heart, and didn't want others to say anything bad about him.
Seeing that Feng Huanhuan didn't look sad, Feng Wubai didn't say much. He didn't want Feng Huanhuan to marry far away, especially to the Western Regions. But his father said that the Western Regions were willing to become a vassal state. If Feng Huanhuan didn't want to, the entire Feng Mansion was willing to resist the imperial order, but the end result was that the whole family could travel together. Before Feng Wubai met Feng Huanhuan, he thought that Feng Huanhuan didn't dare to disobey the imperial order and made sacrifices for the Feng Mansion. The fate of the Feng Mansion should not be borne by a woman, and Qingzhao should not be exchanged for a woman's marriage. Then what would be the meaning of the victory won by countless soldiers at the border with their blood? There would be no need to fight in the future. Wouldn't it be better to use the woman's marriage as a deal?
But Feng Huanhuan acted relaxed, especially with those yearning eyes, Feng Wubai stopped what he was about to say. Compared to marrying far away, compared to a bunch of people, it seemed that his sister's love was the most important.
In this way, Feng Huanhuan deceived everyone.
The days passed quickly, and Feng Huanhuan accompanied Feng Nianxiang and Feng Wubai every day. During this period, Wusun Xingyan would occasionally come to visit, and Feng Huanhuan never refused. In the eyes of Feng Nianxiang and Feng Wubai, they accepted that Feng Huanhuan really wanted to go to the Western Regions. And Wusun Xingyan would never come empty-handed, and would not stay in Feng Mansion for long after giving gifts. He would sit for a while and then leave tactfully. This behavior caused Feng Nianxiang and Feng Wubai to praise.
Just after sending Wusun Xingyan away, the servant came to pass on the message -
"Miss Bai from the Prime Minister's Mansion is visiting."
Feng Nianxiang and Feng Wubai looked at each other, and Feng Nianxiang left first, believing that the two siblings would handle the matter well. Seeing that Feng Wubai had no intention of leaving, Feng Huanhuan lowered her head and smiled, "Brother, you should go too, I'll go back to Huanxin Garden and wait for her."
"You are alone--" Feng Wubai hesitated to speak.
"Of course I can do it by myself. This is the Feng Mansion." Seeing that Feng Wubai had no intention of leaving, Feng Huanhuan almost pushed Feng Wubai on the back and shoved him out.
"Fei Cui, go back to Huan Xin Garden." Fei Cui held Feng Huan Huan's arm and walked back leisurely without speeding up. When they arrived, Bai Tiao had already been sitting in the yard waiting. Seeing Feng Huan Huan coming back, Bai Tiao stood up to greet her and held Feng Huan Huan's hand, "Huan Er, where have you been?"
Feng Huanhuan said, "Sister, I'm so sorry for waiting so long."
Bai Tiao: "No, I didn't wait long. How is Huan'er these days?"
"Sister, please sit down." Feng Huanhuan took Bai Tiao's hand and sat on the stone bench under the wintersweet tree.
When the white potato is ready, use the corner of your eye to signal the crabapple.
Haitang placed the gray wooden box beside her on the stone table. Baitiao carefully opened the gray wooden box, as if it contained some treasures, and was afraid that if it was accidentally bumped, it would lose its original value. Feng Huanhuan leaned her elbows on the stone table and watched Baitiao's every move quietly, without interrupting him. She just thought Baitiao's movements and expressions were very funny.
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