Chapter 283 Banquet

Feng Ying and others also received an invitation, but it was not sent by Song Yun.

Instead, he was Song Yun's vanguard, the grandson of the Duke of Zhenguo, and the one who attended the full-month ceremony for Yunxi's son.

Just then, Li Hongxin came to ask Feng Ying about her learning results.

Feng Ying asked Li Hongxin: "Should I go?"

Song Yun is still dreaming of becoming the crown prince, and his biggest rival is Prince Wu.

Because of Feng Ying's relationship with Lady Zhao and Concubine Gao, naturally, others thought they were King Wu's men.

King Wu also always gave Feng Ying gifts in his personal name.

I heard that a bet had been set up in the casino outside to see whether the person on King Wu's side would win the Xuanmen No. 1 Scholar or the person on King Qi's side. There were many people here, and Feng Ying was classified as a member of King Wu's side.

So this Fu Yunxi is clearly on the side of King Qi.

Li Hong thought, "My mansion also has an invitation, and I heard that people from Prince Wu's side are also there, and Prince Wu himself will go. After all, it is a happy event for the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, and everyone will give face to the Duke of Zhenguo."

The Duke's Mansion of Zhenguo is also an old Duke's Mansion.

However, when Emperor Taikang entered the city, the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion did not come forward to help Emperor Taikang, so when Emperor Taikang ascended the throne, the power of the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion was greatly weakened.

Emperor Taikang also sent an elderly Duke to lead the troops to fight. Although the army was not defeated in the end, the Duke fell off his horse while leading the troops in the fight and broke his head. Now he is no more than a few years old.

The prince of Zhenguo is a playboy.

When the Crown Prince got married, everyone said that he and his wife were a perfect match, a talented man and a beautiful woman, and that they were the object of everyone's blessings.

But within half a year, the prince took a concubine. That concubine had a short life. After she gave birth to his eldest son and died, he moved concubines into the courtyard one by one.

Trampling the dignity of the wife underfoot.

Gave birth to numerous children.

The Crown Prince's wife gave birth to her only son, Fu Yunxi, the grandson of the Duke of Zhenguo, seven years after their marriage.

Compared with the prince, Fu Yunxi's backyard is very clean. It is said that he didn't even have a concubine before he got married.

The people he interacts with are all outstanding children from aristocratic families, and he has a good reputation.

However, the emperor had intended to suppress their family in the early years, so Fu Yunxi did not gain any real benefits no matter how good her reputation was.

It was in the past two years. He had a good relationship with Song Yun since childhood, and now that Song Yun was recognized by the emperor, their relationship became even better.

The emperor loved Fu Yunxi and gave her a very respectable job in the imperial guards.

What’s more, Fu Yunxi married Sun Wanfang, the eldest daughter of the Imperial College’s chief academic officer.

Sun Wanfang has been famous since she was a child.

It's not that she has a reputation as a talented woman, but everyone who has met her says that she is gentle and polite, and is the perfect choice to be the mistress of the house.

Therefore, many families wanted to marry Sun Wanfang, especially those noble ladies. Who wouldn’t want a woman with a good reputation as their daughter-in-law?

However, the chief priest's family was a civil official, and because of their ordinary status, those noble families had no choice.

In the end, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion didn't care about his daughter-in-law's wealth and married her back.

Fu Yunxi and Sun Wanfang gave birth to the fourth generation of the Duke's Mansion one year after their marriage. During this period, Fu Yunxi did not take a concubine or find another woman. Even though the child is now one year old, Fu Yunxi still has no intention of taking a concubine.

That’s why everyone says that a woman should be like Sun Wanfang, virtuous, considerate, well-educated and well-mannered, in order to win her husband’s heart.

The loving look between the two of them was once a legend.

Li Hongxin gave Feng Ying a brief introduction to the situation of the Xiazhen Duke's Mansion.

Then he said, "I heard that the great grandson has found a foster father for his son. He will recognize the foster father during the full moon banquet. He invited so many people. I guess he wants everyone to be a witness."

Feng Ying was curious: "Who does this great-grandson have such a good relationship with that he would have to make such a grand ceremony to recognize a foster father?"

Li Hong thought: "Come to think of it, this person has some connection with you. Do you still remember Meng Ying, whom you asked me to save?"

Feng Ying nodded and said, "Of course I remember. She and her mother were so pitiful. She hasn't sent any news yet. I'm quite worried."

In fact, it’s not like there is no news at all.

News came from the Northwest that Leng Guangrong's wife was in good health and was already managing the affairs of the mansion for Leng Guangrong. This should mean that Meng Ying had arrived.

However, Feng Ying had only heard about it and had not received any letter from Meng Ying.

Feng Ying asked again: "What's the relationship with her?"

Li Hong thought to herself, "The man who has the best relationship with Fu Shisun is General Leng's only son and the nephew of Mrs. Shisun of Changsun Mansion, Leng Chaoyuan."

Feng Ying asked, "So, Leng Chaoyuan is on the side of Prince Qi? And the Changsun Mansion is also leaning towards Prince Qi?"

Li Hongxin shook her head and said, "No, the Changsun Mansion is still interested in Prince Wu. Although Changsun Yan is dead, it was Huo Nanfeng who killed her. The Changsun Mansion and Prince Qi are becoming more and more distant. Their family is selecting a young lady and is still planning to form a marriage alliance with Prince Wu."

"But Leng Chaoyuan is indeed the Prince of Qi's man. In recent months, he has been following the Prince of Qi to recruit talents from aristocratic families."

Feng Ying thought that was strange. Didn't Jin Lingzi control his nephew? Then why didn't he require his nephew to have the same political stance as them?

There is no answer.

After explaining the whole relationship, Feng Ying nodded.

Since everyone else is going, she might as well go.

She asked Yunniang to help her prepare a gift.

Then take Li Jidao out.

But the housekeeper said that there were not enough carriages at home.

There were not many people in the family, and they only had two horse-drawn carriages before, and they did not add any more after Feng Ying took over.

Usually she used one car and the other was idle. She knew that there were many people in Chang'an City recently and they were all busy with the Talent Selection Ceremony. It was also a good time to do business, so she lent one of the cars to the Feng brothers.

The rest was naturally for her own use.

The housekeeper said, "Mrs. Qin went out to pick up the car."

Second sister-in-law.

The Feng family originally wanted to divorce Qin, but Qin had been very well behaved recently and stopped beating or scolding the children, so the Feng family could not find any fault with her.

Feng Erlang loved his wife, so the Feng family didn't force him.

The matter has been shelved.

Feng Ying asked, "Where is she going to take the bus?"

"She didn't say that."

Feng Ying felt a little unhappy. Even if Qin needed a car, she should have hired one herself instead of using hers.

Never mind, just some trivial matters.

Feng Ying asked Li Linsen to find another car with a canopy and took Li Jidao out.

The more people were invited, the more people came. The roads around the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion were blocked off.

Feng Ying and Li Jidao got off the car and walked, in case the carriage was stuck in getting out.

On the way, they met Song Jie and Cui Chengfeng who were also walking.

Song Jie brought Gu Changqing and others, while Cui Chengfeng only brought two servants.

The two of them walked side by side, not too far away, but without speaking.

Li Jidao didn't talk to them because there were too many people.

She just looked at Cui Chengfeng a few more times and always felt that there was something different about the person in front of her, but she couldn't put her finger on it.

It seems that Cui Chengfeng before was pretending to be aloof, in fact he was like a child, but now Cui Chengfeng seems to be really aloof.

Li Jidao secretly raised his eyebrows, and then he heard Feng Ying call out, "Wulang, come here."