. But she just couldn't figure it out. The fortune teller said that she and Xuan Tianhua were in a bad relationship and would bring disaster to each other. But she had clearly rejected the marriage and had clearly stopped expecting it! Why did Xuan Tianhua still get into trouble?
Xiangrong couldn't figure it out, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't figure it out. Gradually, hallucinations began to occur again. This time, she didn't think that the tree was Xuan Tianhua, but she felt that the Princess's Mansion was a big cage, surrounded by iron bars. She was a lamb locked in the cage, waiting for the people outside the cage to raise their knives and slaughter her at any time. She wanted to escape, to the world outside the cage, but there were many guards around her. What should she do?
Xiang Rong thought about this problem very seriously for three days. Finally, three days later, while An went to Baicaotang to get medicine for her, she found a way to get rid of the maid and the doorman, and finally ran away from the princess's mansion.
She didn't know if the air outside was really different from the air inside the mansion or what, but as she walked out of the princess's mansion, her fuzzy consciousness gradually became clear again, the hallucinations were gone, and she regained consciousness. She looked at herself in a daze as she stood on the street in the capital. Her feet were bare under her long skirt, just stepping on the ground. The cool weather of Mid-Autumn Festival made her shiver involuntarily.
All the people on the street were wearing white clothes, mourning for Xuan Tianhua. She didn't know why she wore a light pink dress today, standing among the people in plain clothes, she was so conspicuous.
Someone was very angry when he saw Xiangrong's outfit, so he stopped in front of her and accused her, "Whose family are you from? Don't you have a heart? The Seventh Prince has died, and the whole city is mourning for him, but you actually went out wearing such brightly colored clothes. What is your intention?"
Others said, "Forget it. We mourn voluntarily, but we can't force others to do so. The Seventh Prince is such a good man. If he knew that we were forcing others to mourn for him, he would definitely be unhappy."
The person who spoke earlier was dragged away by his companions, but more and more people gathered around Xiangrong. The pink dress aroused public anger, and people began to criticize her until Xiangrong covered her face and sobbed.
Finally someone recognized her, and said in surprise: "No! Isn't this the third lady of the Feng Mansion? She is the younger sister of Princess Yu."
"Is it her?" Someone didn't believe it and walked closer to take a look. Who else could it be but Feng Xiangrong? So he shouted, "It really is the Third Miss of the Feng Family! Third Miss, didn't you have an engagement with the Seventh Prince? Why are you going out dressed like this?"
Xiangrong didn't know how to answer. The white clothes on the street were so dazzling that she could feel more clearly that Xuan Tianhua had quietly left this world. Xiangrong covered her face and cried. She heard all kinds of voices. She didn't want to listen to any of them, and she couldn't hear any of them clearly. She only remembered that she got up and ran away. She was in a daze. When she woke up, she actually ran to the gate of Prince Chun's mansion.
Unlike the outside world, Xuan Tianhua's own mansion did not show any sadness after his death. There were no white banners, no white flowers, and no memorial ceremony. Even the guards guarding the door and the servants who occasionally walked through the mansion were all dressed normally, no different from when she lived here.
Xiang Rong was in a trance for a moment. She had hoped so many times that what she knew was just a dream. When she woke up from the dream, Xuan Tianhua was still living well in Prince Chun's mansion. But the people in the capital were all in mourning, which made her fall into despair again. Unexpectedly, her dream came true at the gate of Prince Chun's mansion. Since Prince Chun's mansion didn't hold a funeral, did it mean that Xuan Tianhua was not dead at all?
Hope rose on her face again, and she stared at Prince Chun's Mansion intently, hoping that after a while, Xuan Tianhua would walk out of the door, dressed in white, looking calm and relaxed.
However, she saw nothing. Everything in Prince Chun's mansion was normal, but also not normal. There were always servants who stopped and secretly wiped their faces with a sad look. There were also always guards who sighed softly with endless loneliness.
Besides her, there were many people looking towards Prince Chun's Mansion, including women and men. Like Feng Xiangrong, they all hoped to see the Seventh Prince walk out of the mansion gate, and then everything in the world would remain the same.
Unfortunately, no one's dreams can come true.
Someone told the truth: "It's useless for us to look at it again. The Seventh Prince is really gone. The reason why Prince Chun's Mansion didn't hold a funeral is because Concubine Yun refused to accept the reality. She firmly believed that her son was not dead, so she ordered that Prince Chun's Mansion must not have the slightest atmosphere of sadness. But look, who in the mansion is smiling? If he is really not dead, why are they so sad?"
Xiangrong finally understood, that was the case, it turned out that Yun Fei was just like her, unable to accept this fact. So they were all deceiving themselves, using this method to force that person to stay.
She was desperate, her last ray of hope finally shattered, she could no longer stay at the gate of Prince Chun's mansion, and stumbled away, but suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood at the entrance of a small alley not far away. Her eyes blurred and she was about to fall, but fortunately someone helped her up in time, so she didn't fall.
Xiangrong turned around to see that the person holding her was actually the fifth prince Xuan Tianyan. She was stunned for a moment, then looked at a strange woman next to Xuan Tianyan. She had a charming face, her eyes were full of affection, and her white clothes could not hide her natural charm. She was so beautiful that people couldn't help but want to take a second look.
She thought of the rumors she had heard after returning to the capital. The Fifth Prince was done with Feng Fendai, and he had married many concubines. Now the Prince Li's Mansion had returned to its former state, with singing and dancing day and night. However, Feng Fendai lived all alone in a small courtyard. It was said that she was so poor that she could not even afford servants. All she had to eat was radish, cabbage, and clear soup all day long. The only piece of meat she had was left for her half-brother.
She didn't know whether the rumor was true or not. Her health had not been good, so she had no chance to verify it. But every time she thought of how good the Fifth Prince was to Fendai, she felt that it must be a lie. No matter how ignorant Fendai was, she at least knew that the engagement with the Fifth Prince was hard-won, and she had always cherished it, and would never commit suicide by abandoning the Fifth Prince. Slowly, she forgot about the rumors.
But now, when she saw the woman standing next to Xuan Tianyan, the words she had heard before came back to her mind, so much so that she blurted out in surprise: "So you really married a concubine, and you really don't want makeup anymore?"
Xuan Tianyan frowned, wanting to explain to Xiangrong that it was not that he did not want Feng Fendai, but that Feng Fendai did not want him. But he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips. Looking at the blood Xiangrong spit on the ground, he felt that it was not the time to talk about his own affairs, so he did not answer her, but just asked: "Did you come out alone? I heard that you are seriously ill, and even the doctors of Baicao Hall are helpless. I am thinking of visiting the Princess's Mansion another day." After speaking, he looked at the blood on the ground again, with a worried look on his face: "I'll take you back!"
"No need." Xiangrong's face darkened, she shook her arm and broke free from his support. She looked at the woman again, and she couldn't tell what she felt in her heart. She told Xuan Tianyan: "Although my sister has hurt me again and again, she is still my biological sister after all, and I always hope that she can live a good life. So, Fifth Prince, no matter who is right or wrong in the matter between you, since you already have other women by your side, you should not care about the people of the Feng family. Xiangrong thanks Fifth Prince for his concern, but I hope that Fifth Prince will not tell others what I saw today. I know my own body. As a man, I should not gossip."
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