"Fifth Prince!" Qi Fang moved closer to Xuan Tianyan, and even tentatively put one hand on Xuan Tianyan's arm. scold her. I heard that they scolded her for two days and two nights. Feng Fendai knew she was guilty, so she didn't dare to leave the house, and didn't even dare to show her head. What do you think, if she is not guilty, what else can she be?"
Qi Fang vividly described the incident of the people in the capital going to curse Feng Fendai that day. When she got excited, she even imitated the tone of the people's cursing. Her voice and form were truly vivid.
She was talking happily, but his father Qi Huai, who was sitting among the ministers, was almost scared out of his wits. He knew what his daughter was thinking. The girl had been arrogant since she was young. If he hadn't suppressed her, she would have caused trouble long ago. Fortunately, he didn't like dealing with too many people, so Qi Fang didn't socialize much, so she had been safe for so many years. But today... He saw Qi Fang and the fifth prince getting more and more excited and enthusiastic as they talked, and Qi Fang's hands were already completely on the fifth prince's arms. He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. The fifth prince was still smiling at first, but later, he didn't know what Qi Fang said, and he saw the smile on his face gradually subsided. Now his face was cold, and he looked like he was going to kill someone.
Qi Huai's face turned pale, and his hand holding the wine glass trembled. However, his colleagues were still joking with him, saying loudly: "Master Qi! I didn't expect your daughter to be so ambitious and have such a good chat with the Fifth Prince! Master Qi must be prepared. According to the Fifth Prince's temper, Qi may go to the Qi Mansion to propose marriage tomorrow. You are a third-rank minister. If the negotiation goes well, you may even get the position of the principal wife! Congratulations!"
Qi Huai was so angry that he couldn't say anything. He stared at the lady sitting opposite him. They had been married for more than ten years, and the lady immediately understood what her master meant. But what could she do? As a woman, she couldn't rush to the prince to pull her daughter back. So she could only shake her head helplessly, indicating that she was powerless.
At this time, Qi Fang was still talking. In her mouth, Feng Fendai was not only worthless, but also worse than a slave. In her words, she was "a worthless life. She finally got the engagement from the prince, but she didn't know how to cherish it. She is still so arrogant. Such a person deserves to be fried in oil."
She spoke excitedly and with great joy, she felt like a messenger of justice. As long as she could humiliate Feng Fendai to the lowest degree, she would surely gain the favor of the Fifth Prince.
Unexpectedly, a slap suddenly fell on her face without any warning. The slap was so powerful that Qi Fang, who was talking excitedly, felt something fly out of her mouth. After three breaths, she felt the pain. When she looked again, it turned out to be one of her teeth.
She screamed "Ah", raised her hands to cover her face, and looked at Xuan Tianyan in disbelief. Blood was still flowing from the corner of her lips, dripping onto her carefully prepared dress, looking very embarrassed.
This slap and the loud scream attracted the attention of the whole audience. Even the dancers stopped dancing and looked over to the prince's table. Qi Fang cried and kept asking Xuan Tianyan: "Why? Why did the Fifth Prince hit me? Am I wrong? Feng Fendai is a shameless little goblin, a bitch. She just doesn't cherish the Fifth Prince. I'm avenging you, why did you hit me?"
When these words came out of her mouth, her father Qi Huai's heart skipped a beat, thinking it was over. Sure enough, Xuan Tianyan's slaps fell again, left and right, beating Qi Fang into a pig's head.
Everyone was shocked. Some people were shocked. This fifth prince was really merciless when beating a woman! Such a narrow mind was really a disgrace to the royal family.
But some people hold a different view: "In my opinion, she should be beaten! Listen to what that young lady said? No matter how bad the daughter of the Feng family is, she is the one who has a formal engagement with the Fifth Prince and is the legitimate future wife of Prince Li. Regardless of whether she has a good or bad temper, the Fifth Prince himself asked the Emperor and the Feng family for that marriage. As the saying goes, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten. It is not her place to make irresponsible remarks about the quarrel between the couple."
This statement was agreed by the people: "That's right! As for the royal family's reputation, it doesn't matter. The fifth prince can't inherit the throne and can't sit on the throne. He is just an idle prince. What's the matter with reputation? Whether he is generous or narrow-minded has nothing to do with the country, and as long as it doesn't affect the country, it doesn't hurt the country."
Qi Fang listened to what people said, looked at Xuan Tianyan unwillingly, and asked him: "Does your Highness the Fifth Prince really think so? One is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten? Even if Feng Fendai slaps you in the face, are you willing?"
"Shut up!" Xuan Tianyan finally spoke, his eyes were so cold that they could freeze a person to death. He told Qi Fang, and also told everyone who pricked up their ears to listen, "Feng Fendai is not good at all, it's not someone else's turn to say it."
So, people understood the Fifth Prince's thoughts. No matter how many women Prince Li married into the palace, in his heart, the Fourth Miss of the Feng family was the most important one. Just like he said, no matter how bad it was, he knew it in his heart, and it didn't matter if the two of them quarreled behind closed doors. However, others couldn't say anything, and if others said one more word, the end result would be like Miss Qi's. The Fifth Prince would not hesitate to turn against her, not hesitate to be called narrow-minded, and beat her so hard that her parents wouldn't recognize her.
But Qi Fang was unwilling to give up. Even though her mouth was so swollen that she could hardly open it, she still struggled to say one more sentence: "There were people cursing at the door of Feng Fendai's house the day you took in a concubine! Why didn't the Fifth Prince go to deal with those people? Didn't you acquiesce? If it weren't for your acquiescence, how could those people have the courage to curse for two days and two nights!"
Xuan Tianyan had a question in his mind when he heard this. Someone scolded Feng Fendai? And he didn't even know about this? For two days and two nights, if there was such a rumor, how could it reach his ears? Thinking about it again, he was entangled by the new concubine in those two days. Although he didn't enter the bridal chamber, he also accompanied that woman to watch singing and dancing for two days. So... His eyes were stern, and he stared straight at the woman opposite him who he personally brought into the palace.
The woman felt a little scared and shrank her neck in fear.
Xuan Tianyan understood that what he had done had brought so much harm to Feng Fendai. He had originally wanted to piss off that girl, but he had overlooked the intentions of the people around him. If someone in the mansion was intentionally hiding the truth, if someone had tried every means to silence the servants, so that he had no way of knowing anything about the outside world, wouldn't such behavior be seen by others as him being heartless and letting Feng Fendai fend for herself?
But God knows, if he knew that someone had blocked Feng Fendai's door and cursed her for two days and two nights, he would definitely... "You reminded me." Xuan Tianyan looked at Qi Fang and said coldly: "I will send people to investigate tomorrow morning. Those who cursed Feng Fendai will pay the price for their mouths."
Xuan Tianyan stopped talking after saying this, and lowered his head to drink silently. The wife of the Qi family bravely came over to take her daughter back, and the singing and dancing continued. It was as if nothing had happened just now. People continued to drink and chat, only occasionally looking at the Miss Qi who was beaten into a pig's head, and then laughing for a while, which was very good for drinking.
Zhang Yuan had just filled another glass of wine for Emperor Tianwu, and while urging him to drink less, he asked, "Your Highness, will you not take care of this matter?"
Emperor Tianwu glared, "Why should I care? I care about them fighting for power and ignoring state affairs, but why should I care about their love affairs? It's a good thing to know how to love your own woman. In my opinion, the fifth son should let the young lady of the Feng family teach him a lesson. Otherwise, does he think that all the women in the world can be chosen by him? He should also understand that not all women are really worthy of his status as a prince. There are also Feng... Feng what is it?"
Zhang Yuan curled his lips: "Feng Fendai."
"Yes, Feng Fendai. There are also people like Feng Fendai who don't like him and scold him from time to time and kick him. In my opinion, the fourth lady of the Feng family is really good. Some men should be criticized, but the criticism should be in the right place. If the young lady of the Feng family criticizes with bad intentions, it is not worth it."
In fact, Xuan Tianyan understood that if he was honest, Qi Fang was not wrong. Feng Fendai was a person who wanted to die. She had to do something stupid even when she had a good life. She did it again and again, and in the end, they broke up. She didn't wrong him at all.
But just like he said, no matter how bad Feng Fen Dai is, it is not other people's turn to say anything.
Every year or so, Feng Fendai would attend the banquets in the palace because of her status as the future wife of the fifth prince. In addition, she had entered the palace before because of the Feng Mansion, so this was a rare time for her to miss a palace banquet.
Although it was New Year, there was no New Year atmosphere in Feng Fendai's courtyard. There were not many servants to begin with, and she had sent two away before the New Year. The reason was simple: she had no money.
She really didn't have much money left. When she moved out of the Crystal Courtyard, she took some silver, which was given to her by Xuan Tianyan before, and she didn't return it. But she had been living off her savings, with servants to pay for, the courtyard to pay for, and food and clothes to buy. No matter how much silver she had, it was not enough to spend.
This New Year was quite miserable. Dongying used the remaining money to buy some meat and rice noodles. She originally wanted to make dumplings on New Year's Eve, but Feng Fendai said that if the meat was eaten separately, it could be used to make several stewed braised pork for Xiaobao, so she kept it. She only ate a few pancakes on New Year's Eve and a bowl of noodles on the first night of the New Year. for the child alone, and she didn't feel wronged at all.
Feng Fendai was able to ignore the abuse from those people outside a few days ago. Her mentality was better than ever before. She just closed the door and lived her own life. The voices from the outside world were the sins she had committed in the past. nothing."
Dongying had never seen Feng Fen Dai like this before. She was not used to it, but she thought it was good. She thought to herself, if it had always been like this before, the situation between her and the Fifth Prince would not have gotten to the point where it is now, right?
The master and servant didn't talk much. The small courtyard was very desolate during the New Year. Xiaobao didn't mind the coldness and laughed occasionally, which was very heartwarming.
They all thought that the New Year would go by uneventfully, but on the night of the first day of the New Year, after the banquet in the palace ended, a guest came to the courtyard...
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