Lu Ping rejected Lu Song and Ge without any courtesy. Her anger had reached its peak when Lu Song and his wife asked her to seduce the Sixth Prince again, but she didn't know how to vent it.
There was a sudden thunder in the afternoon of early summer, but it didn't rain. The air pressure was so low that it was hard to breathe. Lu Ping stood up, pointed at Lu Song and Ge and said, "You will be struck by lightning one day if you keep doing this. Think about the people who died in the Lu family! Lu Yao, Lu Yan, and even Lu Cuo, if it weren't for your greed, how could they have lost their lives at such a young age? Don't put all the blame on your children. If parents don't do that, your children can grow up in a healthy environment and won't be dragged down by you and lose their minds and can't tell right from wrong!"
She almost shouted these words, then turned and ran. With thunder in the sky, she gritted her teeth and ran out of the house and rushed to the street.
Ge was anxious and wanted to catch up with him. As soon as she stepped out of the hall, she saw a sharp lightning flash over her head, followed by a thunder rumble, right above her head, which reminded her of what Lu Ping had just said: If you keep doing this, you will be struck by lightning one day! Ge immediately retracted her steps, trembled violently, and dared not chase anyone anymore.
Lu Song was also furious. He didn't care what was on the table and swept it to the ground. He shouted, "No need to chase her! I want to see what she can do and where she can run to! If she has the ability, just run away and don't come back. If she comes back, I will tie her to the Sixth Prince's bed! She can't live in vain! She can't live in vain!"
Lu Song roared, almost going crazy. At this time, Lu Ping ran to the street despite the thunder, not caring about the direction, and even lost the maid who came out with her. When she finally stopped, she was so tired that she was about to explode. She couldn't run any further and could only rest under a big tree on the street.
This was her first time "running away from home". Although she knew that she could not escape from the capital and would have to return to the mansion eventually, Lu Ping, who had not been on the streets for a long time, felt that such an experience was extremely rare. Being able to breathe the air on the street was a luxury for her.
She looked up and around, not knowing where she was. There were many shops, but because of the sudden thunder in the sky, people thought it was going to rain soon, so there were no pedestrians. The only one or two people were also hurrying home with their heads down.
She saw an embroidery shop not far ahead, with people coming in and out and quite a few people. So she walked a few steps forward and recognized that it was the shop run by Feng Xiangrong, the third daughter of the Feng family. Many ladies came out of it, and the female assistants in the shop greeted and saw off the guests, and handed oil-paper umbrellas to everyone who didn't have a carriage, in case they didn't need to go in.
At this time, two young ladies from Yihao came towards her with their maids. Lu Ping subconsciously hid behind a tree and lowered her head, not wanting to attract too much attention. At this time, she heard the two young ladies chatting. One of them said, "The third young lady of the Feng family is really lucky. The Feng family has fallen into such a state, but she is not affected at all. The business is getting bigger and bigger. Not only in the capital, but also in Ji'an County."
"Yes! I heard that her aunt moved to Ji'an County with her. After Feng Jinyuan died, the aunt regained her freedom and became a noble lady in Ji'an County! But we can't envy her, because she has a good sister. With the protection of Princess Yu, it's not easy for her to live a bad life."
"But although they are both sisters, the fourth young lady of the Feng family is much worse. I heard that she has no contact with Princess Yu and their relationship is not good."
"So what? She has the Fifth Prince to protect her, so her life isn't that bad. But I still envy Miss Three, especially since she can settle down in Ji'an County. It's said that Ji'an County is a very special place, and the rules there are completely different from those in other provinces of Dashun. It's very fair and free, like a new world that everyone yearns for."
When the two talked about Ji'an County, Lu Ping could see the envy on her forehead. As the two gradually walked away, she recalled what she had just heard about Ji'an County and felt yearning for it. But what was the point of her yearning? As the daughter of the Lu family, would the Lu family allow her to live somewhere else? She had no freedom in her life. She was just running out to get some fresh air. Sooner or later, she would have to go back. She could not escape from the Lu family's palm, and she would never be able to escape for the rest of her life.
In the Crystal Courtyard, Fendai hit Xiaobao again. The child cried loudly, but did not run away. He still held Fendai's clothes tightly and looked at her eagerly. Fendai didn't have the heart to slap him for the last time. She looked at the child and asked in confusion: "Why don't you run away when I hit you like this? Why don't you hide when you see me?" As she spoke, she rolled up the child's sleeves. There were blue marks on his arm again, which were caused by her pinching.
"You are my sister." Xiaobao was not very fluent in speaking, and could only say very short sentences each time, but his meaning was clear. He tightly grasped the corner of Fendai's clothes and said, "Don't throw Xiaobao away."
Fendai's tears welled up all of a sudden, and her nose was sore that she couldn't control it. She hugged the child in her arms, tears streaming down her face, causing Xiaobao to cry too.
Dongying stood by and did not stop them. She just wanted Feng Fendai to regain some conscience and build more feelings with Xiaobao, and not be unhappy because Xiaobao looked more and more like Feng Jinyuan. Seeing the two siblings crying, she was happy in her heart. She knew that the Fifth Prince felt that Feng Fendai still had a conscience because Xiaobao was still here. She didn't know since when did Feng Fendai and the Fifth Prince have to rely on this child to maintain their relationship?
Finally, the two cried until they were tired and Xiaobao fell asleep. Dongying handed the child to the servant to take back to the room, then she went forward to help Fendai wipe her tears, chatting with her while wiping: "Miss, have you heard? Princess Wuyang is getting married at the end of this month."
Feng Fendai nodded. She had heard about this. She was marrying the king of ancient Shu. Although the place was far away, it sounded good. "Dashun now occupies many cities in ancient Shu. There are people from the Yao family there, so they will probably take care of her. With her temper..." She thought of Xuan Tiange who was often with Feng Yuheng, and smiled bitterly, "She shouldn't suffer any loss. Dongying, you see, time flies! They were all little girls back then! In the blink of an eye, everyone is getting married."
Dongying smiled and said, "Miss, don't worry. It will be your turn next year. Miss, you should also think about your own affairs. It's time to prepare your wedding dress."
"Wedding dress?" Thinking about it again, oh, she will be coming of age next year, how could she have forgotten all this? How much she had been looking forward to getting married when she was little! She wanted to leave the Feng Mansion and marry into a good, powerful family, one that could support her ambitions, one that would allow her to receive envious and respectful looks when she returns to the Feng Mansion again, one that would allow those people in the Feng Mansion to bow down before her and sing praises. But now she didn't have that mindset. Even though she was about to become the prince's principal wife, she had no place to show off. Without the Feng family, who would care about her? "There's no rush for a wedding dress," she said, "Just buy one from a ready-made clothing store before you get married. I don't care."
She really didn't care, as if everything had lost its fun. With the Tianwu Emperor giving up power and the Sixth Prince acting as regent, her former ambitions gradually subsided. Although she still felt unwilling, she knew she was powerless. In addition, after seeing the princes' struggle to seize power, she finally realized that her power was too weak. The Eighth Prince still needed his mother's help, and even after helping him to that extent, he still couldn't succeed. How could she be more powerful than the mother and daughter?
It turned out that she had thought everything was too simple. The throne was higher than the sky. Even if she stood on tiptoe or stepped on a chair, she still couldn't reach it.
The palace had been peaceful and calm in recent days. People had seen the plight of the Eighth Prince and Liu, and had learned what happened to Liu in the end. Now they were all well behaved, staying in their own bedrooms, not daring to show their heads outside.
Jingci Palace was quiet for a while. Every day, besides talking to Emperor Tianwu, the Queen would sit in the palace and wait for Sun Qi to come. She was no longer afraid of him coming, but was looking forward to him coming soon. She wanted to pull out the thread that had imprisoned her for so many years, and it was time to speak frankly.
But Sun Qi never came again. Everything was very peaceful, so peaceful that the queen suddenly felt as if she had been abandoned. She had a feeling that Duanmu Anguo seemed to have found a better way. And she, the chess piece, had become useless before she could even use it.
She asked Fangyi: "I have already taken the throne of Queen, which chess piece can they have that can play a better role than me?"△≧△≧△≧△≧
Fangyi knew what she meant, but she was also shocked. If the person Duanmu Anguo had planted in the palace was more capable than the queen, what kind of person would that be?
The two looked at each other, both of them were frightened. The queen considered many possibilities, even thinking of Zhang Yuan, but still shook her head. "He will not send his son away, only his daughters. He has too many daughters. Even if I am one of them, I don't know if there are any other sisters around me. Fangyi, do you think I am too conspiracy-minded? When I think about it this way, I always feel that the palace is too unsafe. Even if the Eighth Prince and Liu are removed, there are still crises everywhere."
"Don't worry too much, madam." Fang Yi advised: "Maybe they have a problem of their own and can't take care of us for a while. What is coming will come eventually, we just have to wait."
"I have to be suspicious!" The queen sighed, "Fang Yi, do you know what I'm thinking? I'm thinking that if I become a useless pawn, then Duanmu Anguo will definitely get a more powerful pawn. And among all the queens here, who is the pawn that is more powerful than me? Guess who it is?"
Fang Yi was stunned. Who else could it be? Thinking about it more deeply, she couldn't help but exclaimed, "Your Majesty, you mean... Concubine Li? The Sixth Prince is now the regent, and Concubine Li is the Sixth Prince's biological mother. If it's her, then it's really... No, no!" Fang Yi shook her head, "If it's really Concubine Li, the Emperor can't have failed to notice. We thought we had hidden it well over the years, but we didn't know that the Emperor had already known it. If Concubine Li is really the case, the Sixth Prince can't sit in the position of regent anyway."
"Yes!" The queen sighed. Nothing can be hidden from the emperor. Although he seems confused, he actually knows everything in his heart better than anyone else.
Finally, the end of June came, and it was the day when Princess Wuyang Xuan Tiange was getting married...
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