Chapter 196 Jumping into the Lake (Two Chapters in One)
Emperor Yongjia appeased Feng Ke and sent someone to investigate. The person he sent out didn't even need to investigate, as the matter had already become a hot topic in the capital.
When the Fifth Prince goes to Linglong Pavilion, he can prevent other guests from entering, but he will not clear the streets.
He is a prince, not a crown prince, and certainly not an emperor. In small places outside the capital, he would be treated like an emperor, but in the capital, there are many people above him who care about style, so it is not his turn.
So outside Linglong Pavilion that day, it wasn’t just people from the two princes’ mansions and Linglong Pavilion who saw him scolding the Third Prince’s wife.
There were also people from nearby shops, passers-by, and even beggars who saw the rich carriage and chased it to beg for food!
The people of the capital city had sharp eyes. They could recognize at a glance which family's carriage it was and which family's emblem it was. Even if it was a woman who seldom went out on the streets, they could guess which family's lady or daughter belonged to based on the servants' attire.
What's more, the princes were not only the emperor's sons, they were also the mascots of the dynasty. During festivals, they would pray and light lanterns on behalf of the emperor, under the euphemism of sharing happiness with the people.
Therefore, except for the younger ones, the other princes are familiar faces, especially the fifth prince. Among the princes, he likes shopping and the hustle and bustle the most.
That day, whether standing in the open or hiding in the dark, the crowd watched a great show.
It is uncommon for a brother-in-law to scold his sister-in-law in an ordinary family, but they happened to see it, and it happened to be in the emperor's family.
Seeing the excitement and talking about this matter when I got home, my wife became excited and said, "Oh my God, this is true?"
Go tell my sister-in-law, my sister, my sister-in-law, and my cousin!
In less than half a day, the entire capital knew everything that should and shouldn't be known.
This speed is even faster than that of the Jinyiwei.
The emperor was the last to know.
Emperor Yongjia's face turned pale and he called the fifth prince over and gave him a scolding.
Originally, everyone thought that the matter would be over after a scolding, but no one expected that the news about the Feng Mansion would spread before the Fifth Prince came out of the palace and even entered the mansion.
Feng Yalan committed suicide!
Don't ever think that suicide is a trivial matter. For wealthy families, an unmarried girl committing suicide, whether dead or alive, is a shameful matter that can affect the marriages of other sisters.
Therefore, even if a daughter really committed suicide, it would be kept secret and no one except those in the mansion would know about it.
The news of Feng Yalan's suicide was the first to be reported. It seemed that there was a hand behind the scenes pushing her to do so.
Feng Ke!
Feng Yalan did not die and was rescued in time.
The Queen sent a nanny of high status in the palace to visit Miss Feng Wu. The nanny came back and told the Queen that there was a deep mark on Miss Feng Wu's neck.
Miss Feng Wu wanted to commit suicide because she couldn't bear to see her family members suffer humiliation with her.
After her death, the marriage was over. The Feng family was still the family of Prime Minister Feng, and the family of the Third Prince's wife, not the family of the Fifth Prince's concubine.
Therefore, when Feng Ke asked to see Emperor Yongjia again and asked to cancel the engagement, Emperor Yongjia agreed.
The engagement between the Fifth Prince and Miss Feng Wu came to an end, and from then on, they had nothing to do with each other in terms of marriage.
Miss Feng Wu did not continue to discuss marriage. Instead, shortly after breaking off the engagement, she went to Zizhu Temple, saying that she would stay there for a while. Who knows whether she would be able to come back in the future.
However, Princess Jiarou was practicing in Zizhu Temple, and the ladies of wealthy families would often go there. Therefore, Zizhu Temple had a very good reputation. No matter how long Miss Feng Wu lived in Zizhu Temple, as long as she did not become a nun, her reputation would not be affected by the cancellation of the engagement when she came back.
But the fifth prince was not so lucky.
He was confined to his house for a year by Emperor Yongjia!
Being grounded for a year, for a fighter who is fighting in the ever-changing arena, this means exiting the stage and being eliminated!
Upon hearing this news, the Third Prince laughed heartily and handed a walnut-sized night-shining pearl to Feng Jiahe: "My beloved, I am sorry for the injustice done to you."
Feng Jiahe didn't expect that this time she accidentally knocked Lao Wu out of the game.
"I hope you can remember it."
The Third Prince pulled her into his arms and said softly, "I know all the kindness you've shown me, and I'll remember it for the rest of my life."
Feng Jiahe's heart was throbbing, and her eyes were red. "I only hope that one day you will take that position, and that you will not forget the grievances I have endured for you."
The Third Prince kissed her lips tenderly, "How could I forget, my Queen?"
The word "Empress" completely pleased Feng Jiahe. She never envied those princesses or eldest princesses. Although she was not born into the royal family, she could be a queen or a queen mother.
However, she remembered one thing.
"Master, I've been married for so long, but I haven't been able to give birth to a son or daughter for you. However, I've taken a liking to two ladies from prominent families. When you're free, I'd like to invite them over so you can take a look at them."
The Third Prince frowned slightly, hiding the smile on his face. He pushed Feng Jiahe away and said unhappily, "You and I have been husband and wife for such a long time, don't you know that I am not good at this? Besides, you and I are still young, and it's not like we can't wait. Father and Mother haven't said anything, but you can't sit still. What's the matter? Do you think I'm an eyesore and want to force someone on me?"
Feng Jiahe didn't want to send someone to the Third Prince, she just wanted to test him.
If she wanted to force someone in, she would have brought Lang Yuyu into the house long ago, and all the bad things that happened later would not have happened.
She shook the Third Prince's arm coquettishly: "How could I find you annoying? I wish you could stay in my room every day. I just find my belly not doing well."
The Third Prince embraced her again and said, "Why can't you live up to your expectations? In my heart, you are so good. I wouldn't even look down on those pretentious ladies. I wouldn't even consider the Nine Heavens Fairies. In this world, I only want two things. Do you know what they are?"
Feng Jiahe shook her head.
The Third Prince said softly, "You and the world."
......
The two of them hugged each other tightly. After an unknown amount of time, the eunuch's voice rang out from outside the door: "Third Master, Yang Zhuangyuan is here."
The Third Prince shouted, "Get out!"
Feng Jiahe quickly broke free from his arms: "Master, business is more important."
The Third Prince sighed helplessly: "When there are no more troubles, I wish I could be free from them. I just want to be with you."
As he said this, he buried his head in Feng Jiahe's arms.
Feng Jiahe smiled and pushed him away: "Master, there is still a lot of time, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future, go and get down to business."
The Third Prince was reluctant to leave: "As you wish, Queen."
Feng Jiahe smiled, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and watched the third prince leave.
Walking out of the yard, the reluctance in the eyes of the Third Prince disappeared. He let out a breath of foul air. He was so annoyed. This bitch actually dared to test him. She was worried that his mother would ask his father to arrange a marriage for him and appoint another concubine, so she wanted to strike first.
If it weren't for your Feng family, I would have made my beloved woman my concubine long ago.
Feng Jiahe, this bitch, if she didn’t have a good father, she wouldn’t even be as good as Qiu Jun’s hair!
You can’t have children, haha, of course you can’t have children, I just don’t want to have one with you!
The third prince met Yang Shengqiu in the pavilion by the lake.
The weather has turned cooler, and the pavilion is windy on all sides, so it feels chilly standing inside.
But the third prince felt that this was the safest place in the entire prince's palace, because no one could hide here, there was no need to worry about eavesdropping on the walls, and Feng Jiahe's hands could not reach here.
An eagle landed on the railing, its gaze majestic.
The eunuch wanted to shoo the eagle away, but he didn't dare get close. Yang Shengqiu saw this and said, "Why would you strike an ordinary bird and have its feathers and blood scattered across the plains? This bird has the power to soar into the sky, yet it's also adept at taking advantage of momentum to launch a surprise attack. It's the king of birds. That it's landed alone in the Third Master's mansion today is a good omen."
Upon hearing this, the eunuch's mind raced, and he immediately knelt on the ground: "The divine bird has arrived, great luck, your servant congratulates Your Highness, congratulations Your Highness!"
The third prince was stunned at first, then he burst into laughter.
The fifth brother was defeated, leaving only the useless fourth brother. What is there to be afraid of?
He walked over, patted Yang Shengqiu on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your good words, hahahaha!"
The eunuch had good eyesight and quickly went to the kitchen to get chicken, duck, fish and meat. The eagle was not restrained, but ate as if it was back home, flapped its wings and flew around the lake, then landed on the railing again. As if it could understand human words, it watched the discussion between the third prince and Yang Shengqiu attentively. Even after Yang Shengqiu left, the eagle still did not leave. When the third prince walked up to it and wanted to reach out to touch it, it flew away, circled above the third prince's head, and flew away into the distance.
The eunuch hurriedly said, "Third Master, the eagle just flew over your head, as if it was measuring your size for a crown."
Crown?
The prince's crown?
A crown to be made for the prince?
crown!
The third prince was overwhelmed with emotions and could not calm down for a long time.
Out of his sight, the eagle landed in front of the window and looked at the people who were eating.
Zhao Shiqing: "Are you back from eating? Did you find a new meal ticket?"
Xiaoguai ate so much that his belly was bulging. No, he had to go fly around again. If he continued like this, he would become as fat as the orange cat. Have you seen a fat eagle? No, so he had to go to digest the food.
Xiaoguai flapped his wings and flew away. Zhen Wuduo asked, "Xiaoguai hasn't been seen all day. Where did you take him?"
Zhao Shiqing raised three fingers: "It seems the food is good."
Ling Bo snorted: "He is very picky about food now. Ordinary families can't afford to feed him."
The little demon was not convinced and hit Xiaoye in the face with her claws to express her dissatisfaction.
Why? Everyone goes out to visit friends, but no one treats me with delicious food and fish. Of course, I don’t like those things either.
In the next two days, Xiaoguai went to the Third Prince's Mansion almost every day, ate and drank to his heart's content, and then left.
The first thing the Third Prince did when he had some free time every day was to ask the eunuch beside him, "Has that eagle been here?"
If the eunuch answered "yes", the Third Prince would be relieved. If the eunuch said "no", the Third Prince would be worried and would order people to set up a big meal by the lake. Only after the eagle had a good meal and flew around the palace, the Third Prince would feel relieved.
This prince is still favored by the divine eagle. When this prince soars into the sky like an eagle, it will be the day of his crowning.
The affairs of the Third Prince's Mansion were passed on to Zhao Shiqing in bits and pieces from Xiaoguai's mouth.
The third prince has now begun to bypass Feng Ke and meet with Yang Shengqiu alone.
In other words, Yang Shengqiu's status in front of the third prince has been elevated.
He actually walked up to the Third Prince instead of following behind Feng Ke.
Zhao Shiqing also knew one thing, that is, the third prince did not like Feng Jiahe.
Of course, Xiaoguai didn’t say it, and Xiaoguai didn’t understand it. This was Zhao Shiqing’s own analysis.
She had met Feng Jiahe. Even if Feng Jiahe was not stunningly beautiful, she was definitely a beauty as beautiful as a flower.
The third prince doesn't like such a beautiful woman.
Zhao Shiqing sighed. Her grandfather said that women’s hearts are as unfathomable as the sea, and she felt that it was the same for men.
Before she returned to Prince Liang's mansion to attend the funeral, she thought that singing with the birds and snatching wild fruits with the monkeys in the mountains was the happiest thing.
When she was a child, she envied her master because her master was very beautiful. She thought that if she could be as beautiful as her master when she grew up, she would definitely be the happiest person.
Later, she and Ling Bo read storybooks, and they both agreed that if a good-looking man married a good-looking woman, they would live happily for the rest of their lives.
Zhao Shiqing sighed and ignored the annoying nose. The Third Prince was considered a good-looking man, and Feng Jiahe was so beautiful, but they were neither happy nor unhappy together. More importantly, the Third Prince obviously did not want to spend his whole life with Feng Jiahe.
Zhao Shiqing feels that growing up also has its downsides, and that is that many good things are gone.
When Zhao Shiqing met Xiao Zhen again, he told him about the third prince and Feng Jiahe.
"If Feng Jiahe wasn't Feng Ke's daughter, would the Third Prince treat her sincerely?"
Xiao Zhen said calmly, "If Feng Jiahe wasn't Feng Ke's daughter, she wouldn't be able to marry into the Third Prince's Mansion."
Zhao Shiqing was stunned: "So they are one willing to fight, the other willing to be beaten."
Xiao Zhen: "Before Feng Jiahe became the Third Prince's consort, she had already made preparations. The bond that connected her to the Third Prince was never love, but power."
Zhao Shiqing blinked: "Xiao Zhen, you are so mature. When I was your age, I was definitely not as mature as you. The tone of your voice is really like my uncle."
The corners of Xiao Zhen's mouth twitched. He and she were only three years apart, but it seemed like a whole generation apart.
Who made him live a lifetime longer than her?
Seeing that Xiao Zhen didn't respond, Zhao Shiqing continued, "Actually, you're fine like this. You don't need to change. I like it."
Before Xiao Zhen could react, Zhao Shiqing walked towards the door: "Grandpa, wait for me to go home for dinner. I'm leaving. See you another day."
After saying that, she ran away.
Looking at the disappearing figure, Xiao Zhen's mood took a long time to calm down.
She said: I like it very much.
Xiao Zhen curled his lips and smiled. This little girl was more frank, generous and lovely than he had imagined.
How could there be such a good girl in this world, and how could he meet such a good girl?
Xiao Zhen stood in front of the window and looked out. The lake was calm and peaceful.
He suddenly jumped up and shot straight into the lake like an arrow.
Da Zhuang was sitting by the lake watching wild ducks when he suddenly saw a figure falling into the lake. He stood up in astonishment, looked at the empty window, and then at the ripples in the lake. Did the young man jump in?
When Xiao Zhen's head appeared, he was already a shot away. Da Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and ran back, taking out a thick cloak.
Alas, I just found out today that the young master has the habit of jumping into the lake at any time.
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