It turns out that the Emperor knew the Crown Prince's rebellion was a setup. The Emperor had always favored the Crown Prince to inherit the throne, and imprisoning the Crown Prince was just a cover-up; in reality, he had never restricted the Crown Prince's freedom.
For the past three years, the Crown Prince has been training troops and secretly cultivating his own power.
After the Crown Prince ascended the throne, he immediately recalled the people of the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion. Su Fengcheng presented the drawn map of the vast land, and the new emperor bestowed great honors upon Su Fengcheng. Su Fengcheng became the emperor's right-hand man and was favored by him from then on. Feng Weier also became a first-rank lady.
However, because of his close relationship with the Third Prince, the Duke of Dingguo lost the Emperor's favor and his status declined. Su Fengcheng held a grudge about what happened back then. Although he would not kick someone when they were down, he would not help the Duke of Dingguo's family.
The original owner of this body came of age shortly after Su Fengcheng left the capital. However, noble families arranged marriages from childhood, and it was difficult to find a suitable family for the time being. Therefore, she had to marry Chen Yaozu, the son of the Vice Minister of War.
At first, Chen Yaozu was wary of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion and treated the original owner very well. However, in less than half a year, his true nature was revealed. He married concubines one after another and often frequented brothels.
The original owner returned to the Duke of Dingguo's mansion to complain, and the Duke of Dingguo reprimanded the Vice Minister of War, which made Chen Yaozu restrain himself. However, Chen Yaozu disliked the original owner even more because of this.
Chen Yaozu had only been quiet for a few days when one of the maids stole the letter that the original owner had placed in her makeup box and gave it to Chen Yaozu.
When Chen Yaozu saw the letter Su Fengcheng had written to the original owner, arguing that she was unfaithful, he berated her for not being a proper wife and threatened that if she returned to the Duke of Dingguo's mansion, he would publish the letter and let everyone see what kind of daughter the Duke of Dingguo's mansion had raised.
The original owner didn't want everyone to know about her affair with Su Fengcheng, so she could only swallow her anger. Seeing that no one was restraining him, Chen Yaozu became even more outrageous.
As the Duke of Dingguo's mansion gradually lost power, the people in the Vice Minister of War's mansion began to fawn over the powerful and flatter the weak, and the original owner's life became worse day by day.
After Feng Weier followed Su Fengcheng into the capital, she began to attend the social events hosted by the ladies. Although she was a first-rank lady and never lacked people to flatter her, she often heard ladies who did not get along with her comparing her to Su Fengcheng's former fiancée, Han Lingxi.
They said she came from the countryside, was uncouth and vulgar, and was not as well-mannered as Han Lingxi. They said she only knew medicine, which was not respectable, and was not as proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting as Han Lingxi.
Although Feng Wei'er outwardly appears to look down on proper young ladies from respectable families, she is actually insecure and resentful because she often hears people say that she is inferior to Han Lingxi.
Although Feng Wei'er had never met Han Lingxi, she still disliked Han Lingxi very much. She disliked everything about Han Lingxi, including the fact that Han Lingxi was once Su Fengcheng's fiancée. Was it because of the comparison with Han Lingxi that Su Fengcheng also felt that she was not as good as Han Lingxi?
One time, Su Fengcheng was drunk and incoherently called out Han Lingxi's name, which Feng Weier overheard. Feng Weier finally couldn't stand it anymore.
She found Chen Yaozu and made a deal with him: if Chen Yaozu killed Han Lingxi, she would help him become the Minister of War.
Chen Yaozu had long since grown tired of Han Lingxi and had no feelings for her whatsoever. If it weren't for the fact that she was the daughter of the Duke of Dingguo, he would have divorced her long ago.
Her greatest value was being able to exchange her life for an official position, and Chen Yaozu agreed without hesitation.
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