This bad thing is related to Miss Feng the Third, and also to Miss Feng the Fourth, the legitimate daughter of the third branch of the family.
These two cousins are about the same age and are already of marriageable age.
Miss Feng was already engaged to her mother, Mrs. Feng's, nephew, who was also Miss Feng's cousin.
This year, however, her cousin wanted to break off the engagement. He tried all sorts of methods: hunger strike, running away from home, throwing tantrums, visiting brothels and gambling dens. But Mrs. Feng just wouldn't agree. She felt that her nephew was doing it on purpose, because he wasn't that kind of person to begin with.
Miss Feng and her cousin were childhood sweethearts and had long been deeply in love. When her cousin suddenly wanted to break off the engagement, she was naturally devastated and remained depressed for several months. She then accidentally discovered that her cousin was having an affair with her cousin, Miss Feng, and that everything her cousin did was because of Miss Feng.
Miss Feng the Third was always the most favored at home, and she couldn't stand this. She was almost ready to take a knife and kill Miss Feng the Fourth.
The two sisters have been frequently at odds and even fighting over the past month, and both have been punished.
Then, the cousin made a pact with Miss Feng Si to elope, but Miss Feng San found out and reported it to the elders, and Miss Feng Si was imprisoned.
During this period, the atmosphere in the Feng family's inner quarters was very tense because of this matter. Therefore, the head of the family, Master Feng, who was also the headmaster of Taizhou Academy, asked his wife to bring all the female relatives to Qiyun Temple to stay for a few days, copy scriptures, chant Buddhist prayers, and participate in morning and evening prayers to calm their restless hearts.
So the Yun family brought the person along.
She brought along her two younger siblings, as well as seven daughters from the third branch of the family, both legitimate and illegitimate.
Despite being confined to her home, Miss Feng Si remained under house arrest, with someone specifically assigned to supervise her.
Of these seven girls, the eldest and fifth daughters were born to Madam Feng and belonged to the first wife's family. The second, third, and sixth daughters belonged to the second wife's family. Only the deceased third daughter was a legitimate daughter. The other two were illegitimate daughters of the second master Feng. The eighth daughter was a legitimate daughter of the third wife's family, and the seventh daughter was an illegitimate daughter of the third wife's family.
Last night, Madam Feng the Second took Miss Feng the Third to Madam Yun's room. The mother and daughter poured out their grievances to Madam Yun. Apart from that, everything else was normal.
They had been staying at Qiyun Temple for three days, and nothing unusual had happened in the previous few days.
After learning the basic situation, Gu Xin called over Feng Er and Feng Liu, who lived next door to Feng San.
These two sisters were the half-sisters of the deceased, Miss Feng San. The second branch of the family only had Miss Feng San as their legitimate daughter, and the second and sixth daughters always yielded to Miss Feng San in everything, following her lead without question.
"Greetings, Princess Xin Xin!" The two sisters stepped forward and bowed.
In terms of etiquette, the Feng family girls were impeccable; their manners were even more impeccable than Gu Xin's usual manners in the palace.
"What time did you go to sleep last night?" Gu Xin asked.
“Your Highness, I’ve been on my monthly period these past few days, so I’ve been going to bed early every night. I finish my evening prayers around 5 PM and then I rest,” Miss Feng replied.
“Last night I chatted with my fifth sister for a while. When I went back to my room to rest, the light in my second sister’s room was already off, and my mother and third sister were still with my aunt. After I went back to my room, I rested. I don’t know the exact time,” Miss Feng Liu replied after thinking for a moment.
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