Not long after, Concubine Lu brought Feng Guang to the Empress Dowager.
More than ten years ago, the Feng family was also a leader among merchants. Feng Guang was successful at a young age. After marrying Xie Wan, with the support of the Xie family, he became even more ambitious and made the Feng family's business bigger and stronger. At one point, he was even selected as an imperial merchant.
However, after he presented Xie Wan to Marquis Quling because he was afraid of death or because he was greedy for power, he didn't think there was anything wrong at first.
He married a younger second wife, who gave birth to a son and a daughter for him. He lived a happy life. Just when he was about to forget Xie Wan and the child in her belly, the Feng family's business began to plummet.
Later, Feng Guang learned that Qu Linghou was behind this.
Marquis Quling did not support Feng Guang as Feng Guang had expected because he had offered his wife to him. On the contrary, Marquis Quling repeatedly suppressed Feng Guang.
What could Feng Guang do? No matter how well he did in business, he was still the lowest among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans.
How can a mere businessman fight against a great marquis?
He soon became a nobody, and not only that, he even fell into debt.
Seeing that he was in such a state of poverty, his ex-wife openly started looking for a strange man. Not only that, she also openly brought the strange man to their home.
Later, Feng Guang found out that the wild man had been secretly having an affair with his second wife for a long time, and even his children were not his.
Feng Guang was so angry that he beat his second wife. Later, the second wife left with her two children overnight, and he never saw them again.
He would occasionally think of Xie Wan, remembering that he and Xie Wan knew each other when they were young. If it were Xie Wan, she would definitely not abandon him at a time like this.
She wondered if this was retribution for abandoning her.
He would also think that it was because of Xie Wan that he had to go through all this.
It was Xie Wansheng's fault for being so attractive that he provoked the Marquis of Quling. As a businessman, what could he use to fight against him?
He simply had no choice.
Later, Feng Guang gradually accepted his fate and became a completely mediocre person.
Later, he married another wife, who used to be a servant in the Feng family. Although she was plain-looking, she was young, honest, and caring.
This wife later gave birth to a son and a daughter for him. He barely made a living relying on the money his wife earned from working for a wealthy family.
Feng Guang thought that this would be his life, but he didn't expect that one day, someone from the palace would come to him.
He didn't know that the current queen was his and Xie Wan's daughter. He was more afraid and uneasy in his heart. He really couldn't stand anything.
Although Queen Mother Zhao had been in dire straits recently, she had held a high position for a long time. When Feng Guang was looked at by her cloudy eyes, he was frightened and knelt down.
"Are you the Queen's biological father?" the Queen Mother asked. "It doesn't look like it."
The young Feng Guang was quite handsome, but after going through so much, Feng Guang now looks quite timid.
Feng Guang was puzzled. When did he become the queen's biological father?
He thought for a long time before he remembered Jiang Yi.
He had personally witnessed the fire that burned down the Quling Marquis Mansion more than a year ago. The anger that had been pent up in his heart for more than ten years finally dissipated, and he spat heavily at the Quling Marquis Mansion.
Of course, he didn't think of Jiang Yi at that time. He had long forgotten that he had such a daughter in this world.
He didn't even know that his daughter had been married to Marquis Wuding.
He had a vague resentment towards Xie Wan and her daughter.
But now I think of it.
He suddenly had a subtle feeling in his heart, both excited and afraid.
He was excited that his daughter became the queen. Does that mean he would be the father-in-law of the emperor in the future? With this status, he would be able to get whatever he wanted in the future.
What he was afraid of, of course, was what he had done to Xie Wan in the past, and he didn't know whether his daughter knew about it.
If you knew, would you hate him?
But Feng Guang felt that he was also innocent. After all, in that situation, if he didn't take the initiative to hand Xie Wan over, would Marquis Quling let him off?
He just made a wise decision.
His daughter wouldn't blame him, right?
Moreover, if he had not presented Xie Wan to Marquis Quling, his daughter would not have had such good luck. From this point of view, the queen should be grateful to him.
But in just a moment, all kinds of thoughts flashed through Feng Guang's mind.
Queen Mother Zhao looked at Concubine Lu, "Are you sure?"
Concubine Lu said, "Sure."
"Then let's arrange a time to bring the Queen to me," said the Queen Mother.
Concubine Lu agreed.
Concubine Lu brought Feng Guang to her palace and said to him warmly, "Father-in-law, please don't be polite. Please sit down first. I have something to say to you."
Feng Guang felt elated when Concubine Lu called him "Father-in-law of the Emperor" and he sat down next to her.
Concubine Lu said, "Your Majesty, you probably don't know that the Queen has had a very difficult time in the Quling Marquis's Mansion these past few years."
Feng Guang's heart skipped a beat.
"She's not the Marquis of Quling's child, so he naturally wouldn't treat her well. It's even a miracle that she survived." Concubine Lu told Feng Guang everything she had learned from Jiang Qi, and then said, "So the Queen probably resents you. If she knew you were her biological father and knew what you had done, I'm afraid..."
"I won't let you have an easy time."
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