Chapter 308 Jiang Fenghua, the Eloquent One
Granny Wang was quick-witted. She hadn't expected the Crown Princess to be such an intelligent woman. Women in the palace who weren't intelligent wouldn't live long, and she trusted the Crown Princess.
She added, "If the Crown Princess is sleepy, she should go and take a nap."
Jiang Fenghua picked up the book again. "I'm not sleepy. I'll read for a while longer. You can go and do your work, Granny!"
After Granny Wang left, Jiang Fenghua picked up the manuscript that Lu Xuefei had given her and began to read it.
A moment later, Hongxiu led Lu Xuefei in, "This servant greets the Crown Princess."
Upon hearing the sound, Jiang Fenghua looked up from her book. With a smile on her lips, she said gently, "Miss Lu, please rise and have a seat!"
"Thank you, Crown Princess." Lu Xuefei sat down respectfully.
Jiang Fenghua had someone bring her a refreshing glass of chilled tea and asked with concern, "Is Miss Lu's injury any better?"
"It's all better now, thank you for your concern, Your Highness." She took a sip of tea, finding it sweet and refreshing. As she drank it, it felt as if all the heat in her body had dissipated. "This tea is really delicious."
"It's a herbal tea made from lotus leaves. It's good for clearing heat and relieving summer heat. Drink more."
Lu Xuefei didn't stand on ceremony. After drinking her fill of tea, she got up and knelt in front of Jiang Fenghua. "This servant has come to ask the Crown Princess to take me in."
Jiang Fenghua asked in confusion, "The matter at Chengguang Palace is over, and I didn't think about it that way. I know Miss Lu is upright, and it's thanks to Miss Lu's initiative in investigating the case that the East Palace has returned to peace." Most importantly, those two annoying people were driven away.
“The Crown Princess is kind and won’t say much, but the gossip in the palace never stops. Even if they don’t say anything, the way they look at me makes me feel like they’re looking at you, and they’re becoming more and more respectful to me,” Lu Xuefei said. “I don’t want to leave the palace yet; I want to stay with the Crown Princess.”
"Why do you follow me?"
“The Crown Princess said she wanted to see the manuscripts on laws that I’ve compiled. If I leave the palace and go home, the first thing I’ll do is get married. Also, I may never have the chance to see the Crown Princess again. I still want to compile a book of case studies so that I can show it to the Crown Prince if I have the opportunity in the future.” Lu Xuefei had already seen the manuscripts in the Crown Princess’s hand. She explained, “It’s not that I want to show off in front of the Crown Prince, but rather that the Crown Princess thinks it’s feasible before giving the Crown Prince a decision.”
Jiang Fenghua said, "I haven't had a chance to look at the manuscript you gave me yet. I just picked it up. If the Crown Prince also agrees to let you come to Chenxi Palace, I would like to learn about this subject from you."
"Really? Thank you, Your Highness." Lu Xuefei kowtowed. "As long as Your Highness doesn't think that Xuefei is scheming and trying to get close to the Crown Prince, this servant will do her best to serve Your Highness."
“I have no shortage of people to serve me in my palace, but I do lack a female tutor who understands the law.” Jiang Fenghua was also very interested.
In the evening, after finishing his work, the Crown Prince came to Chenxi Palace again.
Jiang Fenghua told him about Lu Xuefei's desire to go to Chenxi Palace and asked the Crown Prince for his opinion, since it was ultimately up to the Crown Prince whether or not to release her.
Xie Shang stared into her eyes and felt they were bright, and said gently, "Lu Xuefei told you everything about why she entered the palace, right?"
"That's true, I also quite like this girl. She's intelligent, thoughtful, and courageous. Her family background isn't bad either; she's the daughter of Lu Tingwei. She might be able to help Your Highness in the future. It's a real pity that the Crown Prince didn't marry her into the Eastern Palace."
Xie Shang knew Jiang Fenghua's thoughts and deliberately said, "It's a pity that she doesn't like me. I only now realize that not everyone likes me. I never force anyone to do anything."
So, if Lu Xuefei agrees to enter the Crown Prince's Palace, he will accept it, right?
Xie Shang picked up the manuscript left by Lu Xuefei on the table and looked at it. "Why is Ruan Ruan interested in the law? Is there anything in this world that Ruan Ruan is not interested in, or that I don't know about?" He said this on purpose.
"Your Highness, please ask whatever you wish. I have said I would answer to the best of my knowledge." Jiang Fenghua knew what he wanted to ask and what doubts he had in mind, but she had already prepared her answer.
This matter needs to be laid out in the open to be explained clearly, and she needs to explain it in a way that leaves no room for error.
Xie Shang really didn't know how to ask. Thinking about Jiang Fenghua's behavior after marrying him, it was completely different from the Jiang Fenghua he knew now. She even pretended to be weak in front of him. Besides pretending to be weak, he couldn't think of anything else Jiang Fenghua was pretending to do in front of him. She seemed to be open and honest and did not deliberately hide anything.
"It's enough that I know Ruan Ruan is doing well," Xie Shang said, stroking her cheek. "Nothing else matters."
He didn't want to face the hidden side of Jiang Fenghua. This side of Jiang Fenghua was good, even if she used some harmless little tricks on him.
Jiang Fenghua knew that Su Tingwan's words had aroused his suspicion. He cared about her, and he cared even more about whether she was truly sincere towards him.
"Does Your Highness think I'm very clever?" She didn't want to plant a thorn in Xie Shang's heart. It might not hurt now, but what about in the future?
The best solution is to talk things out.
Xie Shang said, "Yes, Ruan Ruan is very smart."
"Does Your Highness think that Ruan Ruan is also very scheming? Su Tingwan's words made Your Highness suspicious of Ruan Ruan, so Your Highness took me horseback riding to test her. Your Highness saw that Ruan Ruan could ride a horse and even do some other things. Your Highness felt that you had never understood the real Ruan Ruan."
"I..." Xie Shang hesitated, only now realizing that Su Tingwan had completely deceived him. What about Jiang Fenghua?
Jiang Fenghua grew increasingly calm. "Your Highness wonders why I don't seem like a delicate woman from a scholarly family. It's clear that Your Highness loves me just the way I am. But I can tell Your Highness that I have never harmed anyone from beginning to end. I am still me." She had never intentionally harmed anyone. At most, she had lured others to harm her, tempted him to like her, and exposed the crimes of the Su family to him. She wanted to deal with the Su clan.
Xie Shang was stunned. He didn't deny it. It was already rare to be able to be so calm with her. This feeling made him feel very comfortable because a voice deep inside him told him that even if Jiang Fenghua had schemed against him, he still couldn't bear to blame her. He liked her, so he could tolerate her.
Just as he would tolerate Su Tingwan's harmless little temper tantrums.
He asked himself what kind of Jiang Fenghua he loved. He used to love her for her kindness and lack of guile, but she had hidden so much from him.
Jiang Fenghua took the initiative to close the door, then walked to Xie Shang's side. Her voice was calm and unhurried, "Actually, when the Emperor's decree of marriage was delivered to the Jiang family, the Jiang family was terrified. How could such a good thing fall into the hands of a schoolteacher's daughter? My father even considered defying the decree."
Xie Shang clenched his fingers upon hearing this, "Why defy the imperial decree?"
“What else could it be? Of course, he doesn’t want his daughter to marry His Highness.” Jiang Fenghua added, “My father was a teacher all his life. What does His Highness think of his knowledge?”
Jiang Fenghua gently and sincerely coaxed him, knowing he couldn't bear to part with her because Xie Shang had fallen in love with her.
"Grand Tutor Jiang's knowledge is naturally excellent," Xie Shang said with certainty.
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